I am a cannon fodder, so what's wrong with grabbing an opportunity?

Xie Zhiqiu successfully survived the thirty-nine thunder tribulations and advanced to the Golden Core Realm.

After the calamity clouds dissipated, Xie Zhiqiu put away his sword and meditated on the spot, stabilizing his cultivation at the early stage of the Golden Core to prevent his realm from becoming unstable.

Jing Kun teleported in front of Zhao Qiu and didn't urge her, just waited.

Xie Zhiqiu knew that Jing Kun was right in front of her, but if the enemy didn't move, she wouldn't move either, and the situation remained in a stalemate.

When his state of mind stabilized, Xie Zhiqiu opened his eyes and heard it.

"Special Envoy Zhao, you survived the thunderstorm in the city and destroyed a lot of my City Lord's Mansion. How are you going to compensate me?"

Xie Zhiqiu stood up and asked, "Lord City Lord, how do you want me to compensate you?"

"I want your cultivation method, and I also want you to make me a set of top-grade protective armor." Jing Kun opened his mouth loudly.

Xie Zhiqiu said self-deprecatingly: "You think too highly of me."

"You have already cultivated to the Spirit Severing Realm, why do you still need the cultivation techniques of a mere cultivator like me?"

Jing Kun looked at Zhao Qiu, releasing the pressure of a powerful person in the Spiritual Severing Realm, and said with a raised tone: "What if I insist?"

Xie Zhiqiu could still stand at first, but as the pressure grew stronger, she half bent her legs and was unwilling to kneel down.

In my previous life, I knelt too much and begged for mercy but still could not have a good ending. This life will not be like this again.

Jing Kun became even angrier when he saw Zhao Qiu like this, and he no longer held back his pressure.

Xie Zhiqiu held on like this, with his knees half bent, not going down even a bit.

The stalemate lasted for two quarters of an hour. Jing Kun's pressure had already reached its limit and he could no longer pose any threat.

Instead, Xie Zhiqiu's knees slightly rose.

If it was when she was building her foundation before, she might not have been able to hold on, but things are different now, and slowly she has adapted to it.

Jing Kun also noticed it. It was a little unbelievable that this person actually secretly resisted under his pressure and even had a little room for maneuver.

Just when Xie Zhiqiu was wondering whether he could straighten his knees, Jing Kun withdrew the pressure he had released.

"You were able to successfully advance to the Golden Core Realm thanks to the 500,000 top-grade spirit stones I provided you. It's not too much to exchange 500,000 top-grade spirit stones for your cultivation technique, right?"

Xie Zhiqiu knew that he had spent a lot of spirit stones, but when he heard the number of five hundred thousand, he was still a little shocked.

Her entire fortune consisted of only 170,000 or 180,000 top-grade spirit stones. In the early days when Jing Kun did not provide her with any supplies, she spent the spirit stones like water, spending 50,000 or 60,000 of them.

Now it's just over 100,000.

This has not yet been taken into account how many spirit stones my two spirit beasts have used in their cultivation during this period.

But how could she admit that she used so many spirit stones?

"City Lord, please don't lie to me. I didn't even know that I used so many spirit stones. I cultivated and advanced by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and relying on my own strength."

"At most, I have borrowed this precious land, but don't worry, I will definitely pay you the rent."

"I can settle your bill at a higher standard than Qianjin Pavilion. Qianjin Pavilion charges three top-grade spirit stones per night, and I will charge you five top-grade spirit stones per day."

"Calculate how many days I have lived in the City Lord's Mansion."

Jing Kun's veins popped up when he heard this, and he wished he could kill Zhao Qiu right now.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

"Boom" sound.

Xie Zhiqiu watched Jing Kun punch the ground.

With the two people as the center, a ten-meter-deep pit appeared on the charred ground.

Only after he let out this anger did Jing Kun feel a little better.

I haven't suffered such humiliation for hundreds of years. This Zhao Qiu is just like that guy, very annoying.

Since Zhao Qiu wants to settle accounts with him so much, then he will settle accounts with her.

"If you want to settle with me, you can."

"You are in violation of the city regulations by enduring the thunder tribulation in the city. I will just have to fine you 300,000 top-grade spirit stones."

"In addition to the damage to the City Lord's Mansion and the time lost in repairing it, you only need to pay 300,000 top-grade spirit stones as compensation."

"Also, you asked for accommodation fees. You've lived here for almost a year. I'll calculate it based on 300 days, so the total is 1,500 top-grade spirit stones."

"It's only 610,000 top-grade spirit stones. Special Envoy Zhao, how are you going to compensate me?"

This was the first time that Xie Zhiqiu met someone who was better at calculating accounts than himself. This time he really ended up losing more than he gained.

If she wanted to escape from Jing Kun, it was not impossible to try, but that would go against her original intention.

Although she had a deeper understanding of the Five Elements Spirit Adjustment Technique during this period, she was ultimately unable to initiate it.

If she had to practice again every time after getting injured, how much time and energy would she waste?

And it has to be a fatal injury. Even though it may not be a problem now because he is young, who knows if there will be any sequelae when he is older?

After making up his mind, Xie Zhiqiu flattered Jing Kun.

"City Lord, I think your initial proposal is very good. I will give you the technique as you said, and the rest will be written off."

Jing Kun listened to Zhao Qiu's words and sneered, "Have you forgotten something?"

Xie Zhiqiu pretended to be dumb and said, "No, this is the condition you mentioned at the beginning."

"You also need to make me a set of top-grade protective armor." Jing Kun didn't beat around the bush and said it directly.

Xie Zhiqiu knew he couldn't avoid it, so he could only agree: "Okay, I'll do whatever you say."

"But I have to make it clear to you first. This technique of mine was also a fragment of a legacy that I got by chance. After I got it and engraved it into my consciousness, it disappeared. I don't have the original copy, but I can write a copy for you."

"Okay, but what you write had better be true, otherwise I will send you to hell."

Jing Kun didn't care whether what she got was the original or a copy. After all, if it was really the Five Elements Spirit Adjustment Technique, it was very likely to be a fragment.

Some skills will indeed dissipate after being engraved into the spiritual consciousness.

As for the authenticity, he has his own way to distinguish it.

"I dare not, I dare not." Xie Zhiqiu responded repeatedly.

Jing Kun took Zhao Qiu to his study and watched her write down the exercises word by word.

Along the way, Xie Zhiqiu's mind was working rapidly, distilling his experience in cultivation over the past year and making it sound more presentable so as not to be discovered all at once.

Jingkun took the paper in his hand and quickly glanced through it.

This technique does have similarities with the one he was practicing, which makes him more convinced of the authenticity of the technique in his hands.

However, the authenticity remains to be verified.

When Xie Zhiqiu saw Jing Kun carefully put away the papers, he knew that he had passed the first level and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Jing Kun arranged: "From now on, you can stay in the City Lord's Mansion and refine the treasure for me."

"Yes, City Lord." Xie Zhiqiu responded obediently.

Xie Zhiqiu just lived in the City Lord's Mansion, and was locked in a yard all day long, constantly refining weapons.

No one except Jing Kun could enter Zhao Qiu's yard, and Jing Kun only came once every three to five days, which made Xie Zhiqiu even more unscrupulous.

She ordered the guard at the door to bring her various materials, and when Jing Kun arrived, he saw a yard full of waste.

He also knew that it was not easy to create a top-grade treasure, and that the right time, place and people were all essential.

As time went by, I didn't come here often.