"Little Drunkard! Little Drunkard! Get up!"
Hurrying into the bedroom inside the Grand Carriage, Qiānniǎo saw Gu Qingfeng lying on the bed, fast asleep and snoring. She immediately ran over, calling out while shaking him.
"What is it, sister?"
Gu Qingfeng shifted his position and continued sleeping soundly.
"What time do you think it is! How can you still be in the mood to sleep! Get up! Get up, something big has happened!"
"What big thing? Has the sky fallen?"
"Yes! Something even bigger than the sky falling! Hurry up and get up!"
"Alright, alright, stop shaking me. I'll get up, okay?"
Gu Qingfeng lazily sat up, yawned, rubbed his eyes, and asked, "What on earth is the matter?"
"The Jinwu Li Clan has brought a lot of people. They're clamoring to settle accounts with you."
"Settle what accounts with me? Did I burn their houses or seduce their mothers..." Qiānniǎo had thought her own nerves were thick enough, but she never expected Little Drunkard's nerves to be even thicker. With a fire at his heels, he could still sleep, and it seemed like he had completely forgotten yesterday's events. "You! Have you slept yourself silly? Yesterday you knocked that Jin Lie down and used a Heavenly Thunder Talisman on Li Jingya. Have you forgotten?"
"Oh, that matter."
Getting off the bed, Gu Qingfeng stretched. "So what, they're here to demand repayment?"
"What else do you think? You're such a pain. You just got some money and started showing off. See what happened? Now the Jinwu Li Clan not only wants you to kowtow and apologize."
"They want me to kowtow? How dare they."
"You think just kowtowing will be the end of it? They're also planning to extort a huge sum from you. You might have to hand over everything you bought to the Jinwu Li Clan!"
"Should I give them a lump of shit instead?"
"You!" Qiānniǎo gnashed her teeth in anger. "I know you're not willing. Don't say you're not willing, I'm not willing either! But who told you to provoke the Jinwu Li Clan? If you don't compensate them, they definitely won't let you go. And this is only because the Jinwu Li Clan is giving face to Young Master Xuan Yun. Otherwise, we wouldn't even know if we could leave here alive."
"Oh, Little Qiānniǎo, you know how to be afraid now? I remember you used to fear nothing in heaven or earth."
"This lady was young and didn't understand things back then, but now I've grown up. Little Drunkard, listen to my advice. Just compensate them. Money is something you can't bring when you're born and can't take when you die. Just pretend you never won those 1.8 billion. It's really not worth dying for that bit of money!"
Indeed. Qiānniǎo had grown up. If it were before, she would definitely have fought the Jinwu Li Clan head-on! But now she had grown up, experienced more, and thought about problems less naively than before.
She said seriously, "Little Drunkard, listen to me. The Jinwu Li Clan is not someone we can afford to provoke. When you run into this kind of thing, if you want to survive, aside from admitting your bad luck and swallowing your anger, there's no other way. Whether you admit it or not, this is the cruel reality."
"This is called the cruel reality?"
"Yes, this is the cruel reality."
"Then let's go. Today, I'll let you see that reality isn't actually that cruel."
"What do you mean not that cruel? What nonsense are you spouting?"
"Qiānniǎo, after traveling and training outside for so long, have you ever experienced a saying?"
"What saying?"
"Life is full of surprises everywhere."
"Damn it! What surprises does this lady have now? It's all fright!"
"Hahaha! Then today you're in for a good lesson on what a surprise really is."
Gu Qingfeng walked out from the bedroom to the outside of the Grand Carriage. Looking at the hundred-plus members of the Jinwu Li Clan and the crowd gathered on Floating Sky Island watching the excitement, he laughed, "Yo-ho, it's quite lively today."
At this moment, Gu Qingfeng was wearing an extremely dazzling Great Sun Brightness Jade Robe, with Gale Cloud-Piercing Boots on his feet.
Around his neck hung a string of one hundred and eight Purple-Gold Green-Eyed Buddha Beads. His left hand toyed with two Earth Fiend Mysterious Wonder Balls, while his right hand waved a Starry Sky Black Jade Fan. All ten fingers on his hands wore Star Whorl Storage Thumb Rings. In his mouth, he held a Purple-Gold White Jade Pipe emitting thick spirit smoke.
It must be said, this set of gear worth two hundred million was truly eye-piercing.
It really was eye-piercing, not fake. Especially under the sunlight, it glittered gold, dazzling not only people's eyes but also making the onlookers on Floating Sky Island drool with envy and jealousy.
Originally, everyone saw the Jinwu Li Clan extorting again and felt some sympathy for this Nouveau Riche who had won 1.8 billion. But after seeing this Nouveau Riche's set of gear worth two hundred million, their sympathy vanished, leaving only envy and hatred.
"Old Horse, bring that chair from the hall out for me."
Horse King was stunned, a little unsure if he had heard correctly. He asked, "Grand Lord, what did you say?"
"Go bring that chair inside out. Didn't you hear me?"
"Ah? Oh... Okay! Alright..." Not only Horse King doubted his hearing, but the dozen or so people from the Xiaoluo Secret Realm, including everyone present, also doubted their own ears.
Now the Jinwu Li Clan had brought over a hundred people and surrounded this place tightly, clearly intending to extort a huge sum. Wouldn't anyone be terrified in this situation? Very scared?
Such things were commonplace in the Fengyue Small World. Many Nouveau Riche who struck it rich overnight became more and more complacent, more and more arrogant and domineering after getting money. But when they truly provoked an immortal family from a major secret realm, they would all be scared out of their wits.
Just now, everyone saw the Nouveau Riche hiding inside the Grand Carriage, not daring to come out, and thought he was afraid to show himself.
Only now did everyone realize this Nouveau Riche wasn't afraid to come out at all. Looking at his demeanor, there wasn't the slightest hint of fear or terror. Forget fear, forget terror, there wasn't even worry, let alone nervousness.
Not only was there none, he even looked smiling and cheerful. With the Purple-Gold pipe in his mouth, smoking spirit smoke, and playing with two Earth Fiend Mysterious Wonder Balls in his hand, that leisurely and carefree manner, that lazy vibe, that luxurious style... It was like...
Like a grand lord who had come to watch the excitement.
And...
He even said something about bringing that chair inside the Grand Carriage out?
What did he want to do?
What did he mean?
No one knew.
No one understood.
Soon, Horse King really brought out that chair from inside the Grand Carriage. Good heavens! This thing was no small matter, a full two meters wide, just like a large bed. It was covered with some kind of animal skin, looking fluffy and comfortable. On the armrests of the chair sat a jug of wine and several wine cups.
Just as everyone was puzzled, the Nouveau Riche, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, casually leaned back, crossed his legs, reclined on the chair, snapped his fingers, and ordered, "Pour wine for the Grand Lord. Fill it up first, then we'll talk."