27. Robbery

Fang Yang's mind spun as he tried to find a reason for his current situation, and it was then that the answer hit him.

'They're overestimating my cultivation!' thought Fang Yang.

Fang Yang himself knew how ridiculous it was that he could manipulate an undead creature with no pressure on his soul.

If the Skeletons he controlled actually placed a burden on his soul, then maybe his soul would start showing signs of collapse after summoning the third skeleton. The only way to avoid this would be to have a stronger soul or to simply get a treasure that would allow him to manipulate a larger amount of undead.

But such treasures were all restricted to the foundation establishment stage!

So with no sign of a foundation establishment treasure, these cultivators could only assume that Fang Yang's soul was that of an especially strong late stage qi cultivator.

The second Fang Yang realised this, the power dynamic changed.

The ball was now in his park.

oblivious to the fact that Fang Yang had changed his outlook on them, the man leading the group step forward nervously and nodded towards Fang Yang.

"Sorry for disturbing you senior brother, the three of us will be leaving now"

After speaking, the young man waited for Fang Yang to respond, but as the seconds turned into minutes, he was only greeted with Fang Yang's cold eyes and a suffocating silence.

The silence seemed to carry an invisible weight as the three men broke out in a nervous sweat.

Eventually, the leader grit his teeth and spoke out.

"Well then senior, we will be taking our leave now."

But just as the man took a step forward, the corpse puppet by Fang Yang's side flashed before him, sending out an explosive fist.

"Bang!"

"Senior Brother Li!" called out the two young men

Fortunately, this so called senior brother Li was able to put up a Qi shield before the corpse puppet could hit him directly. But he was still forced to take several steps back as he was affected by the attack's recoil.

Looking at the burly figure of the corpse puppet in front of him, Senior brother Li's expression quickly turned ugly.

"Senior? what is the meaning of this?"

But the explanation he was expecting from Fang Yang would never come.

Now that he had decided to turn face, how could he still be cordial with them?

Ignoring Senior brother Li's furious appearance, Fang Yang's cold voice rang out in the mineshaft.

"Leave behind 5 spirit stones before you leave."

Fang Yang's words were simple, but the second the group heard this, their faces all twisted into an ugly grimace.

"Senior, you have to be joking?" asked Senior brother Li

"I'm deadly serious." replied Fang Yang flatly

This wasn't a reckless choice Fang Yang made out of the blue.

He had already considered his odds. If a fight broke out, then his 10 skeleton soldiers should be able to hold off 2 other cultivators for a while and when combined with a war cry, he may be able to kill one of them outright. Even if he failed to kill them, Fang Yang still had the confidence to escape.

But the major thing was that his opponents were already scared of him. This was the real thing that allowed Fang Yang to put up a tough front.

"Stop wasting my time," Said Fang Yang

"The price has now increased to 6 spirit stones. Leave them if you don't want to die."

"You dare!" roared one of the young men.

Fang Yang's bullying had gone too far! He couldn't take it anymore!

But the second he took a step forward, all 10 skeleton soldiers raised their sabres, releasing a baleful aura that made him pause for a second.

Right at that moment, the towering figure of the Battle Saint Corpse Puppet appeared in front of him, freezing him in his place.

"Gulp!"

Fang Yang's cold eyes scanned the three men again, making them shiver.

"If I speak again, the price will increase to 7 spirit stones."

Faced with Fang Yang's unyieldingly hard attitude, Senior brother Li took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Eventually, a look of hesitation appeared on his face before he brought out 6 spirit stones and placed them on the floor.

"Senior Brother!" shouted one of the young men in indignation

"Shut up!" shouted senior brother Li, annoyed at the ignorance of his junior brothers

"Now's not the time to be big-headed. Leave behind the spirit stones if you want to live."

It wasn't that he wasn't annoyed at this literal daylight robbery, but what could he do?

Deep down inside, he even felt a little lucky. How many robbers would actually spare their victims and not simply kill them outright?

Whilst Senior brother Li was having these inner thoughts, his two junior brothers had taken out the 6 spirit stones and placed them on the floor.

Seeing this, Senior brother Li looked towards Fang Yang and asked,

"Are we free to leave now senior?"

"You can go."

Receiving the instruction from Fang Yang, a smile finally appeared on the face of Senior brother Li and his two junior brothers.

With that, the brothers stimulated their movement techniques to the max as they fled from Fang Yang's sight, fearing that he would suddenly change his mind.

But even after the group left, Fang Yang didn't make a move and simply watched his surroundings for several minutes. But even after waiting for several minutes, the group never returned.

Unable to contain himself anymore, Fang Yang excitedly walked up to the pile of spirit stones

"Hahaha!"

"18 spirit stones! I actually got 18 spirit stones just like that!"

Fang Yang almost couldn't believe it. With just a few words, his wallet had ballooned.

With profits like this, it's no wonder people become bandits and thieves.

Robbing others is definitely the quickest way to get rich!

If these 18 spirit stones were added to the 26 spirit stones that he would gain after exchanging all his resources then he would have a total of 44 spirit stones.