The kind that brings public humiliation.
At that moment, he advanced again, with his aura suddenly locking onto Xu Jin, shouting, "Mr. Xu, the rites have been observed, and you have received them, now when will this martial trial begin?"
"Who said that I would spar with you to test my strength?" Xu Jin refused.
"You!"
Star Monarch An Tongchun was enraged but couldn’t act out.
Beside him, Heavenly Patrol True Monarch Ding Moqiu squinted his eyes, a dangerous light flickering within.
However, the aura of An Tongchun, who was confronting Xu Jin, became more aggressive, while True Monarch Tianzhang let out a cold snort, which cleared up An Tongchun’s vision significantly.
"Hahaha!"
Heavenly Patrol True Monarch Ding Moqiu laughed loudly, "Indeed, the young hero who slew the Star Monarch has courage beyond the ordinary!
Today, I have been inconsiderate!
But by the same token, only the Star Monarch is capable of testing your strength!
Here is the proposal: you fight a duel with An Tongchun!
Defeat him, or withstand for thirty breaths, then this trial under the Heavenly Patrol True Monarch is considered passed!
How about it?"
"No way!"
Xu Jin rejected publicly again.
Upon being publicly refused again, True Monarch Ding Moqiu’s face darkened and he exploded on the spot, "Xu Jin, young people, being too arrogant is never good! I am the Heavenly Patrol True Monarch, here under the mand to inspect.
What is your intention when you do not cooperate with either requests?
Are you trying to stir trouble before the Emperor?"
True Monarch Tianzhang was about to speak on Xu Jin’s behalf, but Xu Jin interjected, "True Monarch, it is not that I am unwilling, but when I previously killed the Star Monarch, I used an explosive secret technique. I spent a significant amount of cultivation resources and took half a month to recover.
This trial today asks me to duel with the Star Monarch directly, if I want to withstand it, I must use the explosive secret technique!
Yet, the question remains: how will you account for the resources consumed by this explosive secret technique, and the extensive time for recovery?
You have seen it yourself, I am intensely diligent in cultivation, racing against time!
This trial not only consumes scarce cultivation resources but also wastes my time!
How do you expect me to consent?" Xu Jin made his point with clear arguments, and listeners from all around, including high-ranking officials of the Dongxuan Star Realm, nodded repeatedly.
Indeed!
On the battlefield, I fight desperately, and can bear any kind of loss!
But now I have returned, and you want to push me to fight desperately again?
This logic would not make sense even to the Emperor!
True Monarch Tianzhang was astounded. Watching Xu Jin, he grew to admire him more and more.
This was brilliant.
Directly left Ding Moqiu speechless, and if this matter was brought before the Emperor, Ding Moqiu would still be at fault.
Who organizes a trial calling for desperate measures using explosive techniques!
Heavenly Patrol True Monarch Ding Moqiu was once again shut up by Xu Jin.
Damn!
This reasoning is flawless.
The justification wouldn’t hold up anywhere!
Directly stuck in an awkward position.
Now the issue was not about the trial anymore, but about his face and dignity!
Being contradicted in public four times, and stuck in an awkward position!
If this gets back, those colleagues would laugh at him to death!
Beside him, Star Monarch An Tongchun was anxious, as his lord was disgraced and as a minister, he felt like a dead man!
The master of his household was humiliated twice because of him, and now the same by Xu Jin, creating even greater embarrassment!
He was both anxious and furious.
Suddenly, with a flash of inspiration, an idea emerged, and he quickly said, "Mr. Xu, here’s a thought. Although it’s about testing your bat power, since you need explosive secret techniques, I’ll cover the costs to prevent accusations of coercion causing you losses!"
In An Tongchun’s view, this was a perfect solution acceptable by both parties, but unexpectedly, Xu Jin’s eyes shifted, followed by a sideways glance as he replied, "Can you really afford it?"
"Your mere Eighth Tier Peak recovery needs, there’s nothing that can’t be afforded!" An Tongchun retorted.
"Then have you seen an Eighth Tier Peak slaying a Star Monarch?" Xu Jin countered.
An Tongchun remained silent.
"So it appears that you cannot afford it!" Xu Jin added another blow!
Heavenly Patrol True Monarch Ding Moqiu began to sense the flavor of the moment, feeling like Xu Jin was preparing to skin An Tongchun alive.
But right now, his reputation was sticking to the ground, directly unable to pick it up, so he didn’t stop him.
It wouldn’t cost much anyway!
"Fifteen drops, I require fifteen drops of All Heaven Star Dew for recovery."
"Impossible! A single severe wound recovery wouldn’t use that much!" An Tongchun exclaimed.
"Was that when you were Eighth Tier Peak, did you ever slay a Star Monarch?"
An Tongchun shook his head.
"If you can’t afford it then shut up and move aside!" Xu Jin dismissed with disdain, his eyes full of scorn!
Star Monarch An Tongchun was thoroughly frustrated, gritting his teeth, he reluctantly agreed.
"Fifteen drops, just fifteen, I’ll provide them!"
Having said that, Star Monarch An Tongchun pointed to the sky and said, "Regardless of victory or defeat, I’ll cover the cost of these fifteen drops; Mr. Xu, now you should dare to face me in battle."
"Fifteen drops are merely for my recovery from explosive injuries!
Even with these, I will need twenty days to recover.
You’re wasting my twenty days of cultivation time, how will you pensate?" Xu Jin inquired.
This question directly stumped Star Monarch An Tongchun; after a brief pause, An Tongchun said, "Normally, twenty days of painstaking cultivation would equal only one drop of All Heaven Star Dew.
I will pensate you with an additional drop!"
"One drop, are you treating me like a beggar?"
Xu Jin maintained a look of disdain, "I normally cultivate using Nine-tiered Star Crystal provided by the Yutang Royal Mansion and I cultivate tirelessly day and night, otherwise, where did my current bat power e from!
Over twenty days, at my cultivation pace, it would at least equal ten drops of All Heaven Star Dew effect!"
"Impossible!" An Tongchun responded in amazement.
"Of course you think it’s impossible because you’re not a top genius like me, naturally you find it impossible!
If you can’t afford it then step aside, I have no time to waste on you!" Xu Jin retorted disdainfully.
An Tongchun was astonished.
All around, the multitude of Viscounts were shocked, even Yuan Chengfa’s gaze towards Xu Jin had changed.
Even with cultivating using Nine-tiered Star Crystal for twenty days, you can’t yield ten drops of All Heaven Star Dew effect, can you?
Even Yuan Chengfa, when using Nine-tiered Star Crystal for cultivation, would only yield three to four drops of All Heaven Star Dew effect in twenty days.
Has the gap between him and Xu Jin bee so substantial?
Suddenly, Yuan Chengfa felt a pang of sadness!
Opposite him, Star Monarch An Tongchun’s face grew more ugly, he wanted to agree but, the problem was, he didn’t have that much All Heaven Star Dew, he was broke.
With the previous fifteen drops, he would have to gather some from others, but now, with ten more drops, it’s absolutely impossible!
For a moment, he felt stuck!
On the other side, Heavenly Patrol True Monarch Ding Moqiu glanced at his member An Tongchun’s face and had some understanding of the situation.
He could not afford it.
Thinking it over, Ding Moqiu felt he needed to regain the face trampled upon, and also to consider showing some empathy for his loyal retainer.
With a bit of contemplation, he thought about providing the pensation for the ten drops of All Heaven Star Dew.
He intended to quickly municate this plan to An Tongchun, but suddenly felt a twinge of regret.
Twenty-five drops of All Heaven Star Dew in total.
This was quite a fortune.
Judging by An Tongchun’s ine, not accounting for battle gains, it would take him a good three to four years.
For an ordinary Little Star Monarch, it would take over ten to twenty years to save such an amount.
Yet now, they were to hand it over to Xu Jin.
According to the previous conversation, this was pensation.
It meant, irrespective of victory or defeat, once the battle menced, those twenty-five drops of All Heaven Star Dew, Xu Jin would secure them!
In that case, it was a huge loss!
Though his reputation would be salvaged, he felt Xu Jin was gaining significantly at his own expense, leaving him extremely displeased!
Reflecting further, Ding Moqiu looked at Xu Jin’s arrogant face and suddenly had an idea.
"Alright then, we agree to provide twenty-five drops of All Heaven Star Dew, but with conditions!"
"I respectfully ask True Monarch to clarify." Xu Jin replied with a formal gesture.
Ding Moqiu originally intended to say only if victorious, but a glance at Xu Jin’s defiant and proud eyes made him falter.
Being publicly rebuked again would be unbearable, so he decided not to beat around the bush!
"For this contest, if you win, we’ll double it to fifty drops of All Heaven Star Dew, but if you lose, you will receive nothing. Do you dare accept?" This was Ding Moqiu’s strategy to mitigate the losses!
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