When the monarch's words were spoken, the elders of the four powerful forces, whose faces were already as pale as slate, turned even paler, their stunned expressions being as vivid as one could imagine.
Five million precious stones, although half the amount of ten million precious stones, they could indeed provide. But that was the accumulated savings of their ancestors over nearly a thousand years.
If they were to hand them over, it would be as if the efforts of generations upon generations would be in vain. Their four powerful forces that had been passed down for nearly a thousand years would then become four empty mountains.
However, due to the monarch's words, they dared not disobey in the slightest. After all, it's better to live with a broken heart than to be wiped out. Although their hearts were bleeding as they took out all their wealth, it was still much better than being wiped out.
And seeing the monarch's sincerity, the monkey king who knew the true wealth of the five forces, finally suppressed his anger and smiled slightly, saying, "Alright, since you've spoken, I will naturally give you this favor."
"Yuan Gang Sect, Bai Cang Sect, Xiaoyao Valley, Fire God Sect, each force should provide five million precious stones. However, the members of the Divine Clan must hand over one million precious stones. Otherwise, it's off the table."
"What? One million precious stones?" ! "It's better to kill me!"
Upon hearing these words, Jie Xingpeng had the urge to vomit. Although in terms of strength, the members of the Jie clan did possess a total of ten million celestial pearls, if they actually took them out, their clan would be drained of all its strength and have nothing left.
Without a large amount of wealth to support them, how could the descendants of the Jie clan train and establish themselves? Without superior training conditions over other forces, the descendants of the Jie clan, let alone competing with the descendants of the Jie Ling Gonghui, would probably not be able to maintain their current glory in the future and would instead fall into the status of an ordinary first-class force.
"Jie Xingpeng, do you want to protect these ten million celestial pearls, or do you want to preserve your clan?" The emperor lord glared fiercely at Jie Xingpeng.
"Emperor lord, I want to preserve the Jie clan." Although Jie Xingpeng was reluctant, he could clearly see the situation before him.
The reason was simple. Although the ten million celestial pearls were gone, it would affect the future development of his clan and even bring it to a low point within a few hundred years.
But if his clan was destroyed, then nothing would remain. Even the wealth of his clan at present would be snatched away by others. So this choice was actually quite easy to make.
After Jie Xingpeng accepted, the Monkey King King proposed another condition. That within ten days, he must see three million celestial pearls. Otherwise, he would not give up until he got them.
This was quite a difficult situation for the Jie clan and the four forces. Although they could produce three million celestial pearls, they also needed to sell many treasures. It really required selling everything to get enough money. This needed time.
In addition, their power was already scattered across the land, so delivering the three million celestial pearls to the Monkey King King within ten days was extremely difficult for them.
In this situation, the emperor lord of the Jiang Clan Kingdom stepped forward again and came up with a better idea. That the three million celestial pearls would be paid for by the Jiang Clan Kingdom.
That is to say, the Jiang Clan Kingdom would first hand over three million celestial pearls to the Monkey King King. However, in the future, the Jie clan and the four forces must return these three million celestial pearls to the Jiang Clan Kingdom.
The Monkey King King only cared about the quantity of the celestial pearls and did not care about the source. As long as the celestial pearls could be received in full, everything was fine. Therefore, to the emperor lord's suggestion, the Monkey King King, Chu Feng, Zilin, and Zhang Tianyi, Gu Tianchen, were all invited to the Jiang Clan Kingdom as guests and to retrieve the three million celestial pearls.
Although the Jiang Clan Kingdom was full of powerful people and was a place to be feared, with the powerful and lawless existence of the Monkey King King sitting in charge, Chu Feng and others were fearless and without hesitation boarded the Jiang Clan Kingdom's chariot and headed to this giant force of the Three Kingdoms Continent.
After Chu Feng and others left, the Jie clan, Yuan Gang Sect, Fire God Sect, White Mountain Sect, and Xiaoyao Valley, also began to lead their elite armies and return to their respective forces.
Back then, when the five forces, in alliance, attacked the Jie Ling Gonghui, it was so glorious that they even wanted everyone in the world to know about their heroic deeds.
But they never imagined that because of Chu Feng's appearance, they would end up in such a situation. Not only did they suffer a crushing defeat, but they almost lost their entire family. The four forces lost their four sect leaders, and the Jie clan lost its patriarch who had been in seclusion for a hundred years.
If this news were to spread, the five forces would surely lose their reputation and become the laughingstock of people. So they acted very low-key and did not want this news to be spread.
However, there were some who were worried and some who were happy. When the five forces returned in a low-key manner, not wanting to let the crushing defeat be known, the Jie Ling Gonghui mobilized all the messengers to publicize this matter extensively. Thus, after the Five Forces were defeated by the Divine Spirit Society, the news that the ancient genius from a hundred years ago, the leader of the Four Forces, and the Four Forces themselves had perished quickly spread throughout the Jiuzhou Continent.
In order to promote the strength of the Divine Spirit Society, the people of the Divine Spirit Society even widely publicized the deeds of Chu Feng and the Monkey King.
This made people know that the Monkey King was the mysterious strongman who defeated Yu Sheng and Gu Tianchen a hundred years ago, the true king of the Demons' Mountain, and also Chu Feng's sworn brother.
Due to this complex relationship, when people learned everything, they naturally elected Chu Feng as the greatest contributor to the defeat of the Five Forces by the Divine Spirit Society this time.
Especially, when the truth about the initial arrest of Chu Feng by the Five Forces was revealed, Chu Feng's image in people's hearts underwent a complete 180-degree change.
He was no longer the bloodthirsty and merciless devil, but a fearless young hero who dared to fight against evil forces, and had become a typical figure of a positive role model.
Back then, if any child disobeyed, the old man would say, "If you keep crying, Chu Feng will come and arrest you." And those children were exaggeratedly frightened and immediately held their mouths, not daring to cry. This shows how terrifying Chu Feng's evil reputation was at that time.
But now it's completely different. If any child disobeys, the old man would say, "Don't cry. Come, I'll tell you a story about the brave young hero Chu Feng, who fought against evil forces."
When the old man said this, the child immediately stopped crying and sat down on the ground. His eyes were wide open, staring intently at Chu Feng's story, and he was extremely excited.
As for those who had already admired Chu Feng before, they became even more fanatical. Even a large number of young people began to pack their bags and head to Qingzhou.
Not for any other reason, but because there was a rumor spreading that Chu Feng was planning to rebuild the Qinglong Sect. So, after learning this news, those who admired Chu Feng naturally took the lead and wanted to become disciples of Chu Feng.
In conclusion, Chu Feng has completely transformed from a negative figure in the past to a positive one. He has left a significant mark in the legendary deeds of the Jiuzhou Continent.