Chapter 12700
Chapter 12700
Just then, the golden characters in the sky changed again.
This time, what comes to mind is Yuan Chu's promise from just now:
[The Beast God Academy guarantees double the resources. Failure to comply will be subject to Heavenly Judgment.]
The text flashed and then pointed to Yuan Chu.
Yuan Chu's expression changed drastically, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.
Golden words coalesced into a judgment:
[If a guarantor knowingly or should have known of the existence of a prior agreement but still makes a false promise, it constitutes fraud. The promised resources will be forcibly transferred to the victim as compensation.]
The moment the verdict was handed down, all the resources on Yuan Chu's body flew out on their own.
Pills, secret techniques, fragments of divine essence, and even divine equipment, as if drawn by an invisible hand, transformed into streams of light and flew towards the Heavenly Martial Hall, eventually landing in Lin Yi's hands.
Yuan Chu stood there, trembling all over.
That was the resource he had painstakingly accumulated by combining the Yuan family's resources and studying extensively at the Beast God Academy!
Now, it's all gone.
Not only that, but then five more treasure chests appeared out of thin air, each with a seal or restriction exclusive to the Beast God Academy.
However, these profound and unique restrictions were completely useless in the face of the Heavenly Dao and collapsed on their own.
Yuan Chu gasped: "The academy's treasury?"
These five treasure chests are clearly from the official collection of the Beast God Academy!
With the Beast God Academy so heavily guarded, even gods as powerful as they are, it's not something you can just walk into. In the eyes of Heaven, it's like giving it away for free.
The next message immediately stunned Yuan Chu.
These five boxes of imperial palace treasury were recorded in his account.
This time, Yuan Chu really felt like dying.
He would have to work for at least ten years without eating or drinking to accumulate even a single box of the academy's treasury.
Five boxes mean fifty years!
Although fifty years is nothing for a master of his 40-zhang Dharma form, he can easily pass the time with a long period of seclusion.
Fifty years of seclusion and fifty years of working like a beast of burden are two completely different concepts!
Moreover, fifty years is only the most ideal scenario. If there are any setbacks in the middle, this period will be extended to more than a hundred years.
The key point is that this is something he owes to the Beast God Academy, and even if he wanted to renege on the debt, he couldn't.
There is an even more critical problem.
With his talent, he originally had the opportunity to receive special training from the Beast God Academy and could have risen rapidly in his career.
Now look what's happened! He's indebted to the academy for these five boxes of treasures out of thin air, and until he pays them off, he'll never receive any real training from the Beast God Academy!
A hundred years from now, he will have long passed his prime and will have no further value for development.
This is a complete and utter dead end!
Yuan Chu couldn't help but blurt out, "On what grounds?"
This was the first time he had ever lost his composure in front of others.
He failed as a collaborator in the last incident, but at least he himself didn't suffer a major setback.
At least in the eyes of all parties in Tianjun, he was still a high and mighty figure. Even if he was not as good as Lin Yi, he was still a four-zhang Dharma Aspect expert, and not someone that any of them could afford to offend.
Upon his return, Yuan Chu had learned his lesson.
He deliberately avoided a direct confrontation with Lin Yi because he knew the chances of winning were extremely low, so he used such a roundabout approach.
He rehearsed the entire plan no less than a hundred times to ensure it was foolproof.
Who would have thought that Lin Yi would turn the tide against all odds!
In fact, according to his expectations, even if Lin Yi managed to turn the tables, it wouldn't be a big problem.
After all, he doesn't need to get involved personally, which means that even if he is overturned, it's unlikely that the consequences will affect him personally.
At most, it's just sacrificing Xia Qinghou as a pawn.
As a result, they ended up owing five boxes of imperial palace treasury goods!
Lin Yi was slightly speechless: "Brother Yuan, didn't you think of this?"
"..."
Yuan Chu stared at him blankly, his expression gradually losing control: "Even if they violate the Heavenly Dao Contract, they are the ones who should pay the price. Why should I bear it? I didn't sign the Heavenly Dao Contract!"
This is what he finds most unacceptable.
From beginning to end, he only made verbal promises and never took any concrete action to establish a Heavenly Contract.
He, Yuan Chu, would never be foolish enough to take such a risk!
Lin Yi said quietly, "Brother Yuan, aren't you taking the Heavenly Dao too lightly? Let's not even talk about whether you can deceive the Heavenly Dao, can you even deceive yourself?"
Yuan Chu was struck hard and was speechless on the spot.
From a procedural standpoint, he indeed did not have any problems, and Heaven's will could not punish him.
But he forgot one thing.
The Way of Heaven is not a rigid procedure that allows anyone to exploit loopholes in the process.
The Way of Heaven has its own will!
His fate today was actually sealed the moment he treated the Way of Heaven as a rigid, inflexible program.
Yuan Chu pointed at Lin Yi, his voice trembling: "You plotted against me..."
With his intelligence, even if he can't figure out all the details right away, he can at least understand one thing.
All of this was part of Lin Yi's plan.
He thought he had done everything he could, but in reality, he was just following Lin Yi's script.
Lin Yi calmly said, "I have never schemed against anyone. I simply state the rules upfront and leave the choice to everyone. As for the outcome, that is determined by fate, not by me."
At this moment, the group of traitorous trainees behind Yuan Chu finally realized what was going on.
One of them rushed to Lin Yi and cried out, "My lord! My lord, I know I was wrong! I am willing to return to the Heavenly Martial Hall! I beg you to give me another chance!"
Seeing this, the others also hurriedly begged for mercy, crying and pleading, just like a good show of prodigal sons who had returned to the right path.
There was no other way; Xia Qinghou's example was a stark warning. If they didn't quickly remedy the situation, they might become the next Xia Qinghou.
Lin Yi looked at them with amusement: "So you know you were wrong?"
"We know we were wrong! We know we were wrong!"
The crowd kowtowed repeatedly.
The students from Tianwu Hall sneered, "You know you're going to die, don't you? Where's that arrogant look on your faces just now? I prefer your unruly self!"
The other parties joined in the commotion.
Everyone enjoys the spectacle of beating a drowning dog—it costs nothing.
Besides, by ruthlessly crushing these ungrateful traitors, they can also gain some goodwill from Lin Yi, and such opportunities don't come around often.
Seeing that Lin Yi showed no sign of backing down, the leader had a sudden inspiration and pointed to the five boxes of the academy's treasury in front of him, saying:
"My lord! I don't want this compensation! You can have it all! I want to go back to Tianwu Hall! I promise I will never leave Tianwu Hall again!"
Everyone was collectively speechless.
The way everyone looked at this person was as if they were looking at a complete clown.
"You actually thought this compensation was for you?"
Li Yu, who was usually taciturn, couldn't hold back this time either.
The man stared at him blankly: "Wasn't it for me? It was originally for me, wasn't it? Isn't this double compensation for Yuan Chu's loss to us?"
On the other side, Cao Mang cursed, "Losing to you my ass! With trash like you, if it weren't for the Heavenly Martial Hall's connections, they wouldn't even bother to give you a second glance!" (End of Chapter)
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