Cultivation—Stand above the Heaven Chapter 149

"You could have told me that earlier," Wandong smiled and waved his hand, striding into the Tianbao Mansion along with Leng Yuecui and Wu Yang.

Not until then were Leng and Wu convinced that the Tianbao Mansion owed Wandong a large sum of money. However, they still failed to come to the terms of it and wondered, "How come Wandong became a creditor of the Tianbao Mansion, which was known for its ample wealth? That's pretty unbelievable."

In addition, a thousand kilos of gold and a hundred cubes of blood steel gemstones were a considerable fortune even for the families of Leng Yuecui and Wu Yang, let alone in the eyes of themselves. "In which manner did Wandong make Tianbao Mansion owe him such an incredible amount of fortune?" Leng Yuecui kept dwelling on it so much that she wished if only she could wrap up Wandong and force him to lay bare the truth by means of torture.

Terribly embarrassing as it was, no wonder the Tianbao Mansion didn't put on a pageantry for the issue. Pulling a long face, Duan Lengyan led them into a VIP lounge room.

"This is a cheque for a thousand kilos of gold. You can cash it at any bank in the Qingyun Empire," Duan Lengyan said and offered Wandong a cheque the second he sat down.

Leng Yuecui and Wu Yang scrambled up to take a look at the cheque and went mesmerized on seeing the figure on it.

"Big brother, you struck it rich! A good one-thousand-kilo gold!" Wu Yang exclaimed with envy, mouth-watering.

Wandong slapped on Wu Yang's head and told him off, "What a fool you are! You really disgrace me! A thousand kilos of gold suffices to make you overreact, then a million or a billion kilos could kill you at an instant."

Wu Yang pouted and said with a grievance, "Big brother, bet you know my Dad's disposition inside and out. His whole family only lives on his modest income and just about makes ends meet. Being a son of a general, I'm not different from a random beggar on the streets. In any case, you'll have to share a bit of the gold with me."

The large sum of money also aroused a sense of envy in Leng Yuecui. She beamed charmingly, "And me! Anyone bears witness is entitled to a fair share."

Wan Dong let out a hum and put the cheque away. He responded to them with a categorical refusal, "Dream on! I've long put together a plan for an expenditure. You're not in the picture!"

"Skinflint! Penny pincher!" Leng Yuecui yelled with remorse and rage on seeing Wandong storing the cheque away.

Wu Yang felt ill at ease as well, but he dared not speak his mind as Leng Yuecui.

The cheque was just a tip of the iceberg — the Tianbao Mansion was indeed affluent. However, only about ten percent of the profits would stay with them, and the rest all went to the Tiezhan Empire as military spending. Hence, Duan Lengyan loathed offering the one-thousand-kilo gold to Wandong as well. And it further agonized her to see Wandong's elation and satisfaction on receiving the cheque.

"As for the blood steel gemstones, does Childe Xu prefer to choose himself or have us taking the liberty?" Duan Lengyan asked.

"Of course! I'll choose myself! Who knows whether you're gonna make up the number with only useless stones?!" Wandong responded angrily.

"Big brother, it's the same story whoever chooses the blood steel gemstones. No one knows whether they contain blood steel or not until they are chopped open. They can't just give you useless stones even if they want to," Wu Yang cut in.

On hearing that, Wandong grinned and said, "Wu Yang, what's got into you? Are you put in a word in my ear for them?"

Wu Yang put on a wry smile and responded, "Big brother, that's out of the question! I'm just concerned about your physical condition. Why bother to take pains yourself when it's all the same? Why not let them save you t trouble and get the gemstones selected and delivered to your place directly?"

"Stupid! That's totally different for me to choose on my own! They have such a miserable bad luck! You can't compare me with them! I might get 80 pieces of pure blood steel out of 100 gemstones. Look at the Tianbao guys' hapless faces. You find them equally fortunate? Are you jinxing me?" Wandong said in a sarcastic tone.

"Ah? I'm sorry I failed to take that into account. Big brother, you've taken care of every detail!" Wu Yang responded, rather pleased.

Chapter end