My Twin Sugar Mommies and Two Systems are 100 Years Late! Chapter 26.
The question Yan Anle posed was followed by a momentary silence. Thinking about it, both Sanctuary Master Pei and Sun Ziyun felt it was not a completely unexpected question.
Any rational person would have doubts in such a circumstance. After about half a minute of silence, Sun Ziyun's lips parted.
"Mr. Yan," she chuckled, "would you like the undiluted truth, or..." She trailed off.
The other two people in the room had their eyes glued to her the entire time, curious about her response, and easily filled in the gap. Yan Anle managed to retain eye contact, even though he suddenly started to feel a bit intimidated for some unknown reason.
He argued, "Miss Ziyun, whether what you say is actually the undiluted truth or a mixed bag, at the end of the day, only you would know."
Sun Ziyun smacked her lips and walked over to his side of the table. Looking down at him, she told him, "I can swear a Heart Demon Oath."
Yan Anle's brows rose a bit. While he did not completely recognize the term, he was someone who had read almost a dozen online novels, eight or nine of which were in the Xianxia genre.
Plus, what he used to put food on his table and pay the bills was streaming himself playing games of the same genre. As they say, although one has never eaten pork, they have seen pigs run.
Coupled with Pei Wuxin's reflexive drawing in of a deep breath, he was quite confident in his guess on the meaning. A moment later, he smacked his lips and leaned back, shaking his head.
"Miss Ziyun, there is no need to escalate and complicate things so much. From this intention alone, I will trust whatever you say next."
A pity he did not know that for Demons, such an Oath was pointless.
As Demons themselves, they innately went against the Heavenly Dao, so how could it bear witness to their Oaths?
Sun Ziyun came closer to him, bent forward, and whispered, "What if I told you that the last time I spoke to my sister, she spoke of a man who had been appearing in her visions for months, and the man she drew looks like a clone of you?"
Although she spoke in a whisper, she did not use her cultivation to isolate her voice. To the blue-clad woman, being a Core Formation being, it was no different from whispering into her own ear.
Both Yan Anle and Pei Wuxin were a bit stunned. Of all the excuses she could come up with, who would have expected her to come up with such a blatant fallacy?
The two systems in the transmigrator's Primordial Spirit, on the other hand, glanced at each other through the void. They had not expected her to be so bold and blunt.
Still, in the end, they shook their heads. What was her sister's cultivation base and what was that of the systems? How could she overcome their concealment of their Host's Fate and Karma?
"Miss Ziyun sure knows how to make jokes." Yan Anle soon broke out in laughter. "For this quality alone, I don't mind redeeming you and bringing you back with me to liven up that dull courtyard of mine."
At the same time, he could not help but turn to the voices in his head. 'Hey, systems, can you discern the truth in her words? From what I know about cultivation worlds, there are people born with all kinds of strange special physiques, skills, techniques, and divine abilities. Or could it just be some divination?'
While the systems answered him, Sun Ziyun had expectation in her gaze. "Oh? Mr. Yan has agreed to redeem me?"
Yan Anle coughed lightly. He had only said that last part offhandedly.
After listening to what the systems had to say, he met her somewhat intense gaze and nodded lightly. "Yes, I agree."
'If even the systems can't provide a definite answer, this situation might not be so simple. This Sun Ziyun cannot be a simple character.'
'The ancients said to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. If I reject her now, she may use other means to fulfill her agenda.'
'Whatever that agenda is, with her by my side, I will have an opportunity to find out. Anyways, with Immortal-grade Spirit Roots and the unclaimed Special Physiques and Bloodline, I don't believe I can't grow powerful enough to protect myself from her in a short period of time. Especially since I can get ample resources from Myriad Worlds.'
[Immortal Clan System]: [Host, I can give you a lot of resources too. Just find yourself a wife as soon as possible.]
Yan Anle mentally rolled his eyes, paying the nagger no mind.
"That's great!" Sun Ziyun's lips curved upwards. "Mr. Yan, don't worry, you won't regret redeeming me! I will be obedient and diligent!"
The eyelids of Sanctuary Master Pei and the hooded [Ruo Sisters] in the void twitched slightly. Doesn't she know herself? Can she truly live up to those words?
What identity did she have? What kind of temperament did she have?
Especially the [Ruo Sisters]. They thought, 'Your Highness, most of those in the Black Lotus Secret Realm may see you as a dignified Princess, but how can we and your sister, the Empress, not know that most of the outrageous pranks that shocked everyone over the past few centuries were pulled by you? And worst of all, they did not provoke you. You just did it to relieve your boredom!'
Honestly, they could not help but feel a little worried. This Yan Anle was still so weak.
If she pulled some absurd prank and a fatal accident occurred, the consequences were hard to determine. Still, what could they do but remain concealed and silent?
Who asked them to grow up serving this peculiar Princess? Yan Anle's expression turned indiscernible shortly after as he turned and asked, "But, Sanctuary Master Pei, what price do I have to pay?"
Sun Ziyun glanced at Pei Wuxin, and while she did not have any intimidation in her gaze or convey anything through Divine Sense Transmission, the latter got the message.
"Mr. Yan, the usual price for my girls on the third floor is at least two thousand five hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones." Pei Wuxin fanned herself lightly. "Or the equivalent."
Yan Anle was moved by that figure but tried to hide it. In doing so, he picked up the tea and calmly took a sip.
Two thousand five hundred! That was almost a quarter of the wealth he had just recently come into!
'And she said "at least"!' he cried inwardly. Then, he probed, "Miss Ziyun is so extraordinary. I presume the price for redeeming her is much more than that, right?"
It was hard to say if his 'extraordinary' referred to the beauty herself or the relationship between her and Pei Wuxin.
"Of course. Someone like Ziyun would go for rates up to six or seven thousand." Sanctuary Master Pei folded her fan and paused momentarily.
Yan Anle's grip on his cup tightened noticeably. 'Six thousand! Seven thousand!' he wailed inwardly. 'This... Not only do I have a bandit for a system, but now even passersby want to rob me!'
[Myriad Worlds] sounded like a wronged child, [Ah! Host, I thought we had come to an understanding already!]
[Immortal Clan System] laughed, [Hehe. It seems that your new nickname has stuck.]
[Myriad Worlds] snapped back through gritted teeth, [Shut up!]
[Immortal Clan System] only laughed harder, holding her lower abdomen.
Before the blow she dealt him had simmered much, Pei Wuxin continued with a "However," unable to withstand the psychological pressure exerted by Sun Ziyun's stare.
Yan Anle looked at Pei Wuxin with a nearly imperceptible glimmer of hope in his gaze. While he had already kept up the act until this point and was determined to keep it up, it would still hurt a lot to cough up such a sum.
Spirit Stones weren't just money to cultivators, but the primary resource for boosting strength and utilizing various means, such as arrays!
"It is quite rare for Ziyun to be so proactive. I can't bear to make things too difficult for you," Pei Wuxin told him. "How about we stick to the minimum price?"
Coincidentally, she chose an excuse that vaguely echoed Fu Tan's.
"Two thousand five hundred? This number... is acceptable. Sanctuary Master Pei really dotes on Miss Ziyun." Yan Anle sighed, relieved.
He soon added, "But I can't take advantage of your kindness and love for your benefactor's granddaughter, Sanctuary Master. How about I throw in some pills or talismans?"
The eyes of all who heard him lit up momentarily in surprise, though for different reasons, of course. The systems just did not expect someone who was just complaining about coughing up Spirit Stones to make such a suggestion.
They could not help but wonder if he did not know that, most of the time, Spirit Stones were not as precious as treasures. It was like comparing having twenty dollars at hand to an actual plate of food on the table.
While the former felt good to have, you could not eat it. As for what the Sanctuary Master and Demon Princesses thought, it was not too hard to guess.
Eventually, the Sanctuary Master shook her head. "Mr. Yan is a forthright and honorable person. However, I stand by this."