Chapter 79: Being Blackmailed

  "It's really high, no wonder Hu Gao and his brother just stood below staring at the wind tunnel without immediately jumping up. Who says he's afraid? He's actually studying these wind tunnels. It's truly impressive, with just a few minutes of close observation, he can find the rules within them and apply it right away... I, Yun Feng, am really not as good as him..."

  Yun Feng watched as Hu Gao rushed towards another black lotus flower, and his eyes showed a deep respect from the bottom of his heart.

  The guards standing behind him all had a slight change in expression. Their young master was known as the top genius of Longhua Country, with unlimited potential for future achievements. But at this moment, he was genuinely respectful to a youth who was about the same age as himself. This guy named Hu Gao seemed to be worth paying attention to after all.

  "This little doll is really special." The old man with a pipe and several others also exclaimed in surprise.

  At this time, there were also bursts of shocking sounds ringing out.

  "Second one down! That little brother has picked off a second Black Fire Lotus, this speed is too fast!"

  "As expected, he has indeed grasped the rules of the wind tunnel. Look quickly, he's heading towards the third Black Fire Lotus. Although he is still some distance away from the third Black Fire Lotus, with his speed just now, I believe it won't take him a minute to pluck the third Black Fire Lotus."

  "Hundreds of wind tunnels? On our side, the platform is only about twenty or so wind tunnels away from the third Black Fire Lotus. If... I don't know if anyone dares to try now."

  "If I'm right, the rule should be to cross the wind tunnel at the moment when the fire poison bursts out, but it's unknown whether anyone can grasp this degree accurately. Trying it is a bit dangerous, and I don't know if anyone would dare... Hmm, surprisingly, many people are trying?"

  "Haha, of course, someone will go. At the beginning, when no one knew about this rule, there were already a dozen or twenty people who went to try it out. Now that they know the rule, there will only be more people who want to try."

  In front of the crowd, more than a dozen martial artists suddenly charged forward, jumping up and landing on the platform. The person in the front looked at the third black fire lotus flower not far away, then looked at Hu Gao, who was only more than eighty wind holes away from the black fire lotus flower. He finally stopped hesitating, his eyes falling on a wind hole in front of him. He quickly approached it, and as soon as a cluster of flames shot out from inside, he didn't think twice and immediately flew out.

  "Hmph..."

  When he arrived at the very center of the Wind Tunnel, he suddenly felt something and his face changed drastically. His speed slowed down for a moment, and his body paused in mid-air. Before he could react, a ball of fiery red flames burst out from the tunnel, engulfing him entirely.

  "Hiss, this..."

  The warrior at the very front sucked in a breath of cold air, as if a basin of cold water had been poured down on him, causing his footsteps to come to an abrupt halt.

  "Don't block the way here, if you're afraid of death then roll down."

  The warrior hesitated for only a moment before another warrior behind him, growing impatient, gave him a forceful push to the side.

  "Let me try!"

  He shouted angrily and jumped out when the fire poison burst out, but the final result was the same as the previous one, being killed by the fire poison.

  "This..."

  Seeing this scene, the warriors on the platform suddenly changed color, and many people below also furrowed their brows, unclear why Hu Gao jumped over when the fire poison burst out and nothing happened to him, while they jumped over and were directly swallowed by the fire poison? Isn't this too unfair?

  He raised his head again to look at Hu Gao, who was taking a step across a wind tunnel, and surprisingly, there was still a hint of... an enjoyable expression on his face. It's actually quite fun to cross the wind tunnel with emotions.

  This is also too much of a blow, isn't it?

  For a time, many warriors on the platform were hesitant and uncertain, but some people still chose to try. If they tried, there was still a chance; if they didn't try, they probably wouldn't even get one of the last three Black Fire Lotus flowers.

  However, in the end, no one was able to cross a wind tunnel without being killed by the fire poison.

  "The third black lotus flower has been plucked, what's going on? How can that little brother ignore the fire poison, but they can't?"

  Many warriors below were puzzled, Hu Gao's cultivation was not very powerful, and he didn't see him use any special means, but now he crossed the wind tunnel as if playing hopscotch when he was a child, where was half a bit of pressure? Even more talked about danger...

  They can't see it either. Those warriors who were consumed by the flames of poison might know some reason, but they can't go ask the dead, can they?

  "Really amazing! However, these people are indeed too impulsive, no wonder at their age, their cultivation is still at the Condensed Shadow Realm level."

  Yun Feng looked at Hu Gao's figure and exclaimed in surprise.

  No warrior dared to cross the Wind Tunnel easily again, they could only watch as Hu Gao picked up the remaining two Black Fire Lotus flowers. From then on, Hu Gao had all four Black Fire Lotus flowers in his hands, right in front of hundreds of high-ranking Condensation Realm warriors.

  A black fire lotus is worth about 500,000 to 600,000 gold coins, and four of them are worth at least 2 million gold coins. This makes many people look at Hu Gao with envy, jealousy, but more so with greed, all wanting to snatch the black fire lotus from his hands and take it for themselves.

  Especially some powerful warriors with strong cultivation and high-ranking masters behind them have already started to take action, just waiting for Hu Gao to come down.

  "Boss, many people below are eyeing the Black Fire Lotus in your hand. Once you go down, they'll probably make a move to snatch it. What to do? Should we refine it first? Anyway, it won't take long. I can refine one Black Fire Lotus in about five minutes."

  Just as Hu Gao was about to jump down from above, Xiao Wu suddenly spoke up.

  "Snatching away? Refining above?"

  Hu raised an eyebrow and slightly nodded, then shook his head and smiled: "If I don't go down now, it will seem like I'm afraid. Moreover, if we refine the Black Fire Lotus in front of them up here, they will definitely think of a way to attack us. So, let's just go down and meet with them."

  Hu Gao didn't appear intimidated by these people. Instead, his expression was relaxed and he jumped down the wind tunnel, landing on the ground.

  "Little brother, your harvest is truly bountiful! You've picked four black fire lotus flowers. I wonder if you can sell two of them to me?"

  "Haha, since this little brother has already decided to sell the Black Fire Lotus, then let me, Baldy King, buy it. I'll offer 10,000 gold coins for four Black Fire Lotuses."

  "Baldy, this little brother has agreed to sell the Black Fire Lotus to our Sky Shadow Adventure Team. When did he ever say he'd sell it to you? However, we're offering a price of 10,000 gold coins too..."

  As soon as Hu Gao landed, a large crowd of people rushed forward, surrounding him in the middle, not giving him any chance to leave. Each and every one of them didn't care about his mood or face, all arguing over who would buy his Black Fire Lotus, and surprisingly, they all offered the same price - 10,000 gold coins, without a single person adding even one more coin.

  "Blackmail? Hehe, what a familiar feeling..."

  Hu Gaobrow raised an eyebrow, not a hint of fear in his heart, his face extremely calm, but he was secretly delighted, thinking to himself that he would take out the Wind and Thunder Pearl later to show off.

  These people want to blackmail themselves, then they must be blackmailed back in return.

  "Outrageous, what are you people doing? You actually want to buy four black fire lotus flowers for 10,000 gold coins? Are you kidding me? If Hu Gao brothers' picked black fire lotus flowers are for sale, I, Yun Feng, will offer 3 million gold coins."

  At this time, Yunfeng finally couldn't hold back his inner anger, pushed away a group of people, and walked in with his own guards.

  "Three hundred thousand gold coins...... Young master, it's not possible..."

  The four guards heard Yun Feng's words and were immediately frightened, their faces turned pale, and they wanted to stop him, but were waved away by Yun Feng.

  "Gentlemen, I bid 300,000 gold coins, does anyone want to compete with me?"

  Yun Feng's eyes scanned the surroundings, smiling faintly as he spoke. His smile had a hint of coldness to it. This group of people was too despicable, they were clearly extorting him.

  And the four guards behind him, each with a look of great urgency, thirty million gold coins, for them Wu Xu Sword Pavilion is almost half of their movable assets, if they just used half of it, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to Wu Xu Sword Pavilion.

  However, Yun Feng didn't think of this at the moment. Even if it brought some losses to the Sword Pavilion, he was unwilling to see his benefactor being bullied and deceived by others.

  "Yunfeng, did you come here on purpose to stir up trouble?"

  Guang Tou Wang and the various adventurers were extremely angry at Yun Feng, who had clearly come to stir up trouble. They had previously secretly discussed it, now they just needed to force Hu Gao to hand over the four Black Fire Lotus flowers, then they would each rely on their own abilities to fight for them, but unexpectedly Yun Feng came out to disturb them at this time.

  "Are you causing trouble? Hu Gao is my lifesaver, Cloud Feng. If you bully him, that's equivalent to bullying me! If you really want to snatch the Black Fire Lotus from his hands, then knock me down first! Does anyone among you have the guts to do so?"

  Yun Feng sneered and didn't give these people around him any face at all.

  Hu Gao's heart suddenly felt anxious. Although Yun Feng was being kind, he had blocked his own path to wealth. Hu Gao really wanted to push him away.