In the blink of an eye, the divine crystals had piled up into a small mountain.
"Elders."
While the Linghu family elders were stunned by the scene before them, Duan Lingtian spoke in a clear voice, "There are more than a million divine crystals here. Even if converted to divine stones according to the normal ratio, it would still be more than a hundred million divine stones."
"I, Duan Lingtian, have fulfilled the bet from back then."
"Now, I hope that you will fulfill your end of the bargain!"
As Duan Lingtian spoke, his gaze turned sharp as it swept across the Linghu family elders.
"Duan Lingtian …"
It did not cross Linghu Ren Jie's mind that Duan Ling Tian had summoned the group of elders from the Linghu Clan because of him. Moreover, Duan Ling Tian had directly taken out 1,000,000 Divine Crystals.
The value of so many divine crystals far exceeded that of divine stones.
At the very least, in Tung Leng Province, if you offered a hundred million divine stones, no one would be willing to exchange a million divine crystals with you.
Divine crystals were much rarer than divine stones, and were even rarer.
For a moment, Linghu Renjie looked at Duan Lingtian with gratitude in his eyes, but at the same time, there were also many complicated emotions.
In the beginning, he had taken care of Duan Lingtian because he had high hopes for Duan Lingtian's future. He felt that even if he invested in Duan Lingtian, he would not lose out, and might even make a huge profit in the future.
Later, after interacting with Duan Lingtian and gaining a better understanding of Duan Lingtian, he truly admired this young man. He also felt that he should do everything within his power to help him.
Moreover, during this process, he also saw that Duan Lingtian was definitely the kind of person who clearly distinguished between gratitude and grudges.
Later on, because of Duan Lingtian, he was stripped of his position as head of the Linghu family, but he did not complain because he felt that what he did was from the bottom of his heart, and there was nothing to regret.
In fact, even if he was given a chance to start all over again, he would still do the same.
Later on, his younger sister, Linghu Renfeng, returned. Only then did he find out that apart from Linghu Chuyin, he had another niece.
And that niece was Duan Lingtian's wife.
Duan Lingtian was suddenly related to him.
Duan Lingtian was his niece-in-law.
And it was the closest kind.
He was the son-in-law of Linghu Renjie's younger sister!
Under such circumstances, he didn't regret what he had done for Duan Lingtian. This was because he was his sister's family, and also Linghu Renjie's family!
"You don't have to do this."
Linghu Renjie smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, it's just as I told you before … After being the head of the Linghu family for so many years, I'm also tired. Now that I finally have some free time, I can properly cultivate. For me, this is a good thing, not a bad thing."
"I'm afraid you borrowed these Divinity Crystals from the seniors in Chunyang School, right?"
"Return them."
"In the future, when you have the ability to do so, you can return the Divinity Crystals to the Linghu family. Even if I, Linghu Renjie, can no longer be the head of the Linghu family after a hundred years, I will still owe you a favor."
"As for now … there's really no need."
As Linghu Renjie spoke, he glanced at Zhen Pingfan, who was standing beside Duan Lingtian, sizing up the elders of the Linghu family with great interest. Obviously, he had also guessed the origin of Duan Lingtian's Divinity Crystals.
In fact, even the head of the Tianlong Clan himself would find it difficult to take out such a large amount of Divinity Crystals in one go.
Not to mention Duan Lingtian, who was only an inner disciple of the Tianlong Clan.
After the elders of the Linghu family recovered from their shock, they looked at each other in dismay. After a moment, they completely sobered up and smiled bitterly.
In the past, when Duan Lingtian took out so many Divinity Crystals to return to them, they would only be happy and feel that the family had profited greatly.
But now, they were not happy at all.
This was because they all knew that once they accepted this batch of Divinity Crystals, everything would change.
In the future, Duan Lingtian would no longer care about the good of the Linghu family. He would only care about Linghu Renjie as a person … Even if Linghu Renjie became the head of the Linghu family again in the future, he would no longer have the slightest sense of belonging to the Linghu family.
Just as the elders of the Linghu family were about to recommend two elders to come out and talk to Duan Lingtian, Zhen Pingfan suddenly spoke up.
Zhen Fan Fan, the Pure Sun Sect's Jing Xu Elder who had been watching the show, looked at Linghu Ren Jie and said, "These Divine Crystals are a welcome gift to Duan Ling Tian on behalf of the Pure Sun Sect. He didn't borrow them.
"You can rest assured about this."
Zhen Pingfan said.
As soon as Zhen Pingfan said this, not only Linghu Renjie, but all the elders of the Linghu family felt their hearts tremble.
A welcome gift to the sect?
For Duan Lingtian?
They were not surprised that the Chunyang School would be so generous. After all, the Chunyang School was one of the five most powerful God-emperor forces in Tung Leng Province. It had the best cultivation environment and resources in Tung Leng Province.
However, to give Duan Lingtian, a newcomer who was just about to enter the sect, such a big gift was something to be patiently pondered over.
In the eyes of the Chunyang School, Duan Lingtian was actually so valuable?
However, the elders of the Linghu family did not know that under normal circumstances, the Chunyang School would never give Duan Lingtian such a large sum of Divine Gems as a welcome gift.
This welcome gift was completely "extorted" by Zhen Pingfan, an elder of the Chunyang School, by relying on his advantages and privileges in the Chunyang School.
The current Sect Master of the Chunyang School was his Junior Brother, and he was the one who taught and raised him. Moreover, the two of them had gone through many life-and-death situations together. The relationship between them was closer than that of biological brothers.
It was also because of this that Qin Wuyang had previously told Deng Kui, the Silver Puppet Elder of Taowu Villa in the Qingzhou Prefecture, that the Chunyang School Sect Master regarded Zhen Pingfan as both a brother and a father.
"Elders."
Duan Lingtian looked at the elders of the Linghu family and glanced at their complicated expressions one by one. "Since this sum of Divine Gems has arrived, shouldn't you fulfill your promise?"
Duan Lingtian repeated what he had said earlier.
As soon as Duan Lingtian said this, the elder who had been elected by the elders of the Linghu family immediately stepped forward. He was an old man with white hair and a ruddy complexion who was wearing a light green robe.
He looked at Duan Lingtian and smiled bitterly. "Duan Lingtian, when we agreed to the bet back then, it was actually just because the Elders of the Linghu family wanted to motivate you."
"Even though Linghu Renjie was removed from the position of Head of the Family, it was also to motivate you."
"But … for the past few decades, the Linghu family has not had a new Head of the Family, right?"
"Let's not talk about that bet anymore."
"It's best that you keep these Divine Gems for yourself. Whether it's for cultivation or as a currency for transactions in the future, they will be of great help to you."
"As for Linghu Renjie, from today onwards, he will return to the position of Head of the Family …"
"Mm, this was also the unanimous decision of the Elders of the Family."
Duan Lingtian was stunned by the words of the Linghu family elder.
He had never imagined that the Elders of the Linghu family would nominate a Linghu family elder to make such a statement.
All of this was to motivate him?
Including removing Linghu Renjie from the position of Head of the Family, and agreeing to his bet?
Why did he remember that this was not the case back then?
The Elders of the Linghu family seemed to have removed Linghu Renjie from the position of Head of the Family without him knowing?
In addition, hadn't he been the one to propose the hundred million Divine Gems promise of a hundred years?
Could it be that the Elders of the Linghu family had agreed to his hundred years promise to motivate him?
At this moment, not only Duan Lingtian, but even Linghu Renjie, Linghu Zhengxing, and Elders Heng Huan couldn't help but twitch their mouths.
These old fellows from the Elders of the Family were really good at making excuses!
As for why the old fellows from the Linghu family had suddenly changed their mind, it wasn't hard to guess the reason. They didn't want Duan Lingtian to leave the Linghu family.
Of course, when they said leave, they didn't mean leave physically, but mentally.
If the Elders of the Linghu family accepted this batch of Divine Gems from Duan Lingtian, even if Duan Lingtian didn't hate the Linghu family because of Linghu Renjie, he definitely wouldn't feel a sense of belonging to the Linghu family.
In the future, if the Linghu family were to face a great calamity, Duan Lingtian would probably only save Linghu Renjie.
He might not even care about the Linghu family.
"These old fellows are really thick-skinned."
Linghu Renjie thought to himself.
He still remembered that these old fellows had forcefully removed him from the position of Head of the Family in the ancestral shrine. At that time, they hadn't said that it was to motivate Duan Lingtian!
He hadn't expected them to say that everything they had done decades ago was for the good of Duan Lingtian.
"This …"
Even Qin Wuyang, Elder Lingxu of Chunyang School, was flabbergasted.
He was the clearest about the hundred-year pact between Duan Ling Tian and the Linghu Clan's Council of Elders because he had tried to find out more about Duan Ling Tian.
It was to the extent that even his Martial Granduncle, Zhen Pingfan, found out about this through him.
"That's right! It was all to motivate Duan Lingtian. "
"Duan Lingtian, you have to understand our good intentions … If you are unhappy about this, you can vent it on me. I can be your 'punching bag'."
"Duan Lingtian, keep these Divine Gems. Although they are precious, they are not as helpful to the Linghu family as they are to you. "
"That's right. Moreover, Duan Ling Tian, you're a member of our Linghu Clan, so you ought to have better resources to enjoy. "
… …
The group of Elders of the Linghu family spoke up one after another. None of them had any intention of taking the Divine Gems that had piled up into a mountain on the ground.
"Duan Lingtian."
The Elder of the Linghu family, who had been elected to represent them, spoke up again. "If you feel apologetic … you can take this batch of Divine Gems as a return to the Linghu family, and the Linghu family will give it to you as a gift."
"You are the first genius in the history of the Linghu family to enter Chunyang School. You deserve this gift!"
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