Grand Elder Liang and Cui Clan Leader imdiately turned their tense gazes towards Fu Changsheng. Fu Changsheng patted his storage bag, and with a flash of dawn light, a box floated towards Grand Elder Liang:
"Fellow Daoist Liang, here are the ten Tier Two Low-Grade Demon Pearls you wanted. With this, our families are even."
"Haha, Young Friend Fu truly is a straightforward person."
Grand Elder Liang took the box, scanned it with his divine sense, and was even more satisfied. He handed the box over to Liang Clan Leader, congratulating him in advance:
"Clan Leader, this ti the championship of the noble family competition has fallen to our Liang Family."
Liang Clan Leader also wore a smile, submitting all the demon crystals and pearls to the counting table.
Cui Clan Leader scanned with his divine sense and roughly estimated that the Liang Family had about 306 Court rit Points, just above their own family. If the Fu Family hadn’t participated, the championship would have originally been theirs, the Cui Family’s.
"Next."
After the Liang Family finished counting, the World Suppression Bureau mbers suddenly turned their heads to look at Fu Changsheng:
"Does the Fu Family have any demon crystals to submit?"
In their view,
the Fu Family only sent in three Foundation Establishnt disciples and had given part to the Liang Family, so they probably had little left.
Fu Changsheng stepped forward, patted his storage bag, and with a flash of dawn light and a series of crackling sounds, a pile of demon crystals fell onto the counting table.
These were obtained from slaying the demon soldiers in Cloud Mulberry Field Town.
Upon seeing this, everyone nodded, thinking the Fu Family was left with only these demon crystals.
The counting staff was about to announce the final count when Fu Changsheng handed over another demon pattern box: "There’s more?"
The counting staff froze for a mont, scanned it with their divine sense, and then their body shook, looking up incredulously at Fu Changsheng.
The other noble families were about to step forward to congratulate the Liang Family.
Seeing this situation, they all turned their heads, wondering if there was another twist?
"Gulp."
The counting staff swallowed hard.
A technique was applied into the demon pattern box, black light surged, and under everyone’s gaze, one demon pearl after another fell onto the counting table:
One.
Three.
Five.
Thirteen.
When it reached twenty,
Lin Tianfu and his wife couldn’t stay calm any longer.
The Fu Family had clearly already transferred ten pearls to the Liang Family, so how could there be twenty more? Doesn’t that an the three from the Fu Family killed at least thirty Tier Two Demon Generals inside?
But if he wasn’t mistaken.
The three towns the Fu Family was responsible for had only three Tier Two Demon Generals in total.
How could there suddenly be so many demon pearls?
"What on earth is going on?"
Vaguely,
he felt like he had missed sothing.
At this mont, Grand Elder Liang was extrely shocked. If the Fu Family hadn’t given him ten demon pearls, the championship would have gone to the Fu Family:
"So close."
Liang Clan Leader and Grand Elder Liang exchanged a glance.
Liang Clan Leader chuckled:
"I’ve always heard that Fu Clan Leader is exceedingly shrewd, yet at the crucial mont, he’s bound by so-called loyalty, tsk tsk tsk, truly too young."
If it were him,
he would certainly never give away ten demon crystals to other families.
Grand Elder Liang, however, felt sothing was amiss. Given Shangguan Feng’s relationship with the Fu Family, it was impossible not to have disclosed the Canglan Secret Realm quota to Fu Changsheng. Fu Changsheng, not being foolish, would never make such a move to hand over the championship if he could take it.
The only possibility was that,
Fu Changsheng still had enough remaining soul crystals and soul pearls to secure the championship for the Fu Family:
"Impossible, how did the Fu Family, having only three Foundation Establishnt disciples who entered, manage it?!"
Just as this thought passed.
More soul pearls continued to be taken out by the counting staff.
Twenty-one.
Twenty-three.
Twenty-six.
When it reached twenty-eight,
Grand Elder Liang’s heart leaped into his throat; if one more soul pearl ca out, the championship would change hands.
Under everyone’s eyes,
the counting staff pulled out three more soul pearls.
Without counting the rit points from the soul crystals, just these thirty-one demon pearls alone guaranteed the Fu Family’s claim to the championship.
Grand Elder Liang’s expression changed slightly:
"The Fu Family truly remains unfathomable!"
Beside him, Cui Clan Leader was also montarily stunned, seeing the Liang Family transform their previous triumphant expressions into ones of having eaten sothing bitter, he felt imdiately cheered:
"Congratulations to Fu Clan Leader for claiming the championship!"
In the back of the crowd, the Ghost Immortal Lady bit her teeth and sent a ssage to Lin Tianfu:
"Husband, I misjudged. The Fu Family likely encountered so fortuitous opportunity upon entering the Demon Realm; there’s no other way they’d acquire such a number of soul pearls. I shouldn’t have advised you to change allies."
The Ghost Immortal Lady wished she could slap herself.
Lin Tianfu was filled with regret. If he had aligned with the Fu family, they might not feast, but they could at least sip the soup. Yet there’s no redy for regrets among noble families:
"My dear, what’s done is done, no use dwelling on it. At least we ca out of the Demon Realm alive. Look at the Ping Family, wiped out entirely, and the Gongsun Family nearly followed suit."
As everyone thought the last three soul pearls were taken, they saw the counting staff continuing to pull out more demon pearls:
"This is..."
In the crowd, the Second and Third Elders from the Cao Family looked at each other, both appalled. Thankfully, they heeded their clan leader’s advice not to provoke the Fu Family; with the Fu Family’s extraordinary luck, opposing them might spell doom in the Netherworld.
"Already thirty-eight, and still more, there’s still!"
"Thirty-nine, forty! My heavens!!"
Several Ninth-Grade Noble Families couldn’t help but crowd around, exclamations of surprise erupting one after another, drawing the attention of the four Eighth-Grade Noble Families discussing matters on the other side.
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