Chapter 161: So What If It Is Extortion?

"The feeling of having my supernatural powers restored is truly exhilarating, haha..."

After venting their anger and washing away their humiliation, a dozen or so ability users divided up all the treasures they had just collected, reaping a massive harvest.

These were all ancient artifacts, magnificent treasures. Casually taking out one or two jade pieces among them would cause a sensation in the antique world.

"By the way, you spooky little brat, what was that all about just now?"

After finishing the division of the spoils, Tild and the others recalled how Chen Yufeng had suddenly appeared and their powers had miraculously recovered. None of them understood the reason and thus asked the question.

Why did everyone's abilities suddenly return the moment he appeared?

Try as they might, they simply could not figure out why this had happened.

Chen Yufeng glanced sideways at Tild, and said with displeasure, "Is 'brat' what you call me? Show some respect to your savior. You should call me Emperor Yu. Come on, bow down to me. Weren't you just about to drop to your knees and beg for mercy?"

"Humph, don't get full of yourself too early. There will come a time when you suffer."

Thinking of how Chen Yufeng's hocus-pocus had almost tricked them into genuinely kneeling down and begging for mercy, Tild felt extremely annoyed.

Had it not been for the fact that they were still inside the ruins with too many uncertain factors, and the fear of encountering fierce beasts suddenly charging out—making it crucial to preserve their strength first—he would have launched an attack right then and there.

"Who was it that got tortured like a dead dog by others earlier? If it weren't for me saving you, you'd still be acting as beasts of burden for someone else right now."

As Chen Yufeng exposed their recent embarrassing moment, the ability users present were hit right where it hurt. Yet, what he said was indeed true; they had indeed been tortured like dead dogs by those ants earlier, feeling utterly stifled and humiliated.

Today's events could be said to have become an eternal pain buried deep within their hearts.

Therefore, these people even made a pact on the spot that no one was allowed to spread word of today's humiliation.

However, the greatest doubt in their hearts remained unanswered; they still could not figure out why it had happened.

After pausing for a moment, Sakuragi Mie came over to Chen Yufeng. She traced her fingers across his chest in a seductive manner, fluttering her eyelashes while asking in a sweet, coquettish voice:

"Little handsome, you haven't answered yet. What on earth was going on with that matter? Can you tell me?"

"Have some self-respect, big sister."

Chen Yufeng felt goosebumps break out all over his body. He wasn't going to fall for this trick, so he quickly pushed her away and then asked with a smile, "Do you want to know?"

"Yes!"

Sakuragi Mie was naturally filled with intense curiosity.

"Well, that's simple. Bring out the money! Why would I tell you if you don't have money? Do you think you're pretty enough to get by on looks alone?"

"You..."

Sakuragi Mie felt extremely irritated, sensing that this Chinese kid didn't even bother to look at her properly, completely ignoring her proud beauty.

Chen Yufeng couldn't be bothered to deal with her anymore. He then shouted loudly to the group of ability users:

"My friends, you are all very puzzled, aren't you? If you want to know the answer, hand over half of the treasures you're carrying, and I'll tell you. Otherwise, don't even dream of finding out."

He simply wanted to extort some treasures along the way.

Although he had already received a share of the gold, silver, jewelry, jade, and prayer beads earlier, you can never have too many treasures; who would ever complain about having too much money?

After all, they were still on Earth and had to deal with ordinary people. There would always be times when money was needed.

"Kid, you... you're outright extortion."

"Exactly! Believe it or not, we'll finish you off right now?"

Hearing this, Tild and the others felt their lungs burst with anger. Wick, in particular, had the urge to beat him to a pulp, his muscles bulging and his fists cracking loudly.

However, without Tild's order, he didn't dare act rashly, so he suppressed his urge for the time being.

Even if Wick were to attack him right now, Chen Yufeng wouldn't be afraid in the least.

"So what if it's extortion?"

Chen Yufeng puffed out his chest, looked at the crowd, cupped his chin, and said with a deliberately mysterious tone:

"Whether you want to give or not is up to you. Anyway, telling you about this would scare you out of your wits. You have no idea what kind of thrilling danger I went through just now. Tsk tsk... I narrowly escaped death to restore your powers and save you from being bullied by those people. Don't you think you should pay me a hardship fee?"

The ability users present were stunned for a moment.

After a pause of several seconds, some began to curse him angrily. Who would be willing to hand over treasures they had already managed to get their hands on?

However, others felt it made sense; after all, he had indeed saved everyone just now, and giving a hardship fee was only proper.

"Fine, I'll give. In fact, I feel that giving half isn't enough to show my sincerity. I'll give you everything."

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Tild walked up to Chen Yufeng with a smile and handed his entire bag of treasures over to him:

"Little brother, I apologize for any offense given earlier. Now, I give you everything I've just collected as a gift. Can you tell me now?"

"Well, that's more like it. Wait a moment while I collect some more."

Chen Yufeng couldn't care less what kind of conspiracy or scheme Tild was plotting. Since the other party was delivering treasures to his doorstep, it would be foolish not to accept them.

He wasn't afraid of hot potatoes and happily accepted them on the spot.

He opened the bag and took a look. Oh heavens! The entire bag was glittering with precious light and golden radiance. There were quite a few jadeite beads, amber beads, and sandalwood beads, and even a golden monk's robe had been acquired by him.

Now, however, they all belonged to him.

He had struck it rich! A massive windfall! Haha, now he could even go out and show off his wealth.

Then, Tild shouted back at Wick and the others:

"What are you standing around for? Why haven't you handed your things over to this little brother yet? Remember, hand over everything."

"Ah, this..."

Although Wick and the others were unwilling, they still followed his command and handed their own treasure bags into Chen Yufeng's hands.

This time, Chen Yufeng truly struck a colossal fortune. Although the treasures inside were not magical weapons or Taoist artifacts carrying divine might, once taken out to the open market, they would undoubtedly be exceedingly rare and priceless treasures of immeasurable value.

To say nothing else, just the dozens of amber beads and sandalwood beads alone were enough to dazzle anyone's eyes, and now he had them piling up like marbles.

After all, this was an ancient ruin. While such items were relatively abundant inside, they were undoubtedly exceptionally rare in the outside world.

Sakuragi Mie's faction, wanting to uncover that earth-shattering secret, likewise handed over a substantial amount of treasures to Chen Yufeng without feeling too much heartache.

How could these people fail to understand? Since Tild had given away all the treasures he had acquired without reservation to this kid, it meant he intended to take action once they got outside.

Naturally, their two allied teams would join forces to deal with the Divine General Group.

Therefore, these treasures were merely being temporarily left in the kid's custody.

Once they got outside, they would naturally return to their own hands with interest...