Chapter 730: Power and Money Deals

When Emperor Feng Lin descended to her backyard, Su Che naturally went to greet her.
“What happened? Who is that girl?”
As soon as they met, Feng Lin asked right away. She had witnessed Lan Ling’s fight with Zong Yi earlier, but out of respect for an emperor of the same rank, she couldn’t intervene or inquire further, so she came to the Treasure Shop to ask Su Che.
Back when Zong Yi arrived at the Treasure Shop, Emperor Feng Lin had already received secret messages from Yuan Yuan and the Old Monkey. She had also hidden in the Heavenly Market early on to prevent that old scoundrel Zong Yi from doing something extreme.
Firstly, to help her sister, “Grandma Gu,” fulfill her long-cherished wish, it was her responsibility to protect Su Che’s life. Secondly, if Zong Yi went berserk and caused serious damage to the entire Haoyuan Heavenly Market, it would also tarnish her reputation to some extent.
After confirming that Zong Yi still had some self-control and had gone out to fight in the wilderness, Emperor Feng Lin felt relieved and came to Su Che’s place.
“The item that Senior Zong Yi was looking for is that girl in the blue dress.”
Su Che explained, “However, the atmosphere between them wasn’t very friendly after they met. It might take some time for them to get to know each other better.”
The reason she called Lan Ling a “girl” was because, in her human form, she indeed appeared very young. By normal standards, her bone age was similar to Su Che’s—both under a thousand years old.
Besides, even considering her true age of tens of millions of years, it wasn’t inappropriate for her to be called a “girl” in front of emperors like Feng Lin and Zong Yi, whose ages were unknown to be in the billions.
Emperor Feng Lin asked again, “So, you helped him accomplish that task?”
Feng Lin didn’t know that Lan Ling was an Origin Demon King, nor was she aware of the events in the Immortal-Demon Battlefield. She could only guess that the task Zong Yi asked Su Che to help with seemed to have been completed.
“More or less,” Su Che nodded lightly. “Though the result isn’t entirely ideal.”
Feng Lin remained where she was, showing no intention of entering the shop, and continued, “Back then, my sister told me that you alone could revive ancient artifacts. I found it hard to believe. Now it seems you truly are special.”
Su Che sighed, “What’s the use? My strength is too weak. Living in the immortal realm is full of danger; I could die at any moment. It’s thanks to your protection that I have a place like the Haoyuan Heavenly Market to call home.”

“That’s only your own fault. The things you’ve done aren’t something a celestial being should do, which is why you’ve come into contact with people and matters you shouldn’t have,” Feng Lin said with a faint smile.
Su Che nodded silently, fully agreeing with Emperor Feng Lin’s assessment. With three celestial slave servants and a Golden Immortal like Uncle Zhuo to protect him, if he chose to live a low-key life, he should be able to live a more comfortable and safer life than other lower-ranked immortals in the celestial realm. All these troubles ultimately stemmed from opening a shop and doing business.
However, Su Che didn’t think there was anything wrong with this approach. His fate simply didn’t allow him to take a low-key route. If he tried to stay low-key, a series of high-profile issues would inevitably arise.
“There’s one more small matter…”
Feng Lin seemed to mention it casually, “I have dozens of guard teams from various continents whose equipment needs to be replaced. You could take care of this deal. You can handle tens of thousands of top-quality celestial weapons, right?”
“Thank you, Emperor, for taking care of my shop’s business.”
Su Che believed that an emperor like Feng Lin wouldn’t test or scheme against him over such matters, so he replied calmly, “I do have the capability for that.”
“In a few days, someone will come to discuss this with you…”
Feng Lin nodded, signaling that he was about to leave. But Su Che still had another thing to ask her.
“Please forgive my boldness, but I have a request. I’m not sure if it’s appropriate…” Su Che said cautiously.
“Go ahead and speak,” Feng Lin replied gently.
Su Che mustered his courage and said, “If we can close this deal, instead of celestial crystals, I hope to receive those death row prisoners in Feng Lin’s territory who are facing execution—those with the cultivation level of celestial beings would suffice.”
Emperor Feng Lin ruled over more than a thousand continents, with even the smallest one covering 2 trillion square li. In such a vast territory, the number of true immortals living there was countless.
Tens of trillions? Hundreds of trillions? Who knows!
As the saying goes, in a big forest, there are all kinds of birds. There are always those who would risk everything for profit, committing unforgivable crimes, only to be unlucky enough to be caught by Feng Lin’s guard forces. After trial, they would be sent to the execution platform to face the most extreme form of execution—beheading.
If they died on the execution platform, their status as true immortals would be completely stripped away, leaving only a wisp of soul to be sent to the netherworld, where they would face judgment according to its rules. Whether they could be reborn as mortals in their next life was uncertain.

To Su Che, these people were a truly valuable asset; it would be a shame for them to die in vain.
Faced with Su Che’s request, Emperor Feng Lin frowned slightly, clearly displeased. “Since they are condemned prisoners, they must undergo a fair execution. Under no circumstances should they be allowed to remain alive. Otherwise, it would be unfair to the souls who died as victims of their crimes, as well as to the authority to judge granted to me by heaven.”
At that moment, Feng Lin first thought that Su Che might want to use these prisoners to build his own power, perhaps turning them into battle puppets.
Whether puppets or tools, they would still be considered alive in the world. If such a thing were revealed, the fairness and strictness represented by Emperor Feng Lin would surely be questioned by everyone.
“Emperor, please calm down!”
Su Che hurriedly explained, “I was just asking. If it’s possible, fine; if not, it doesn’t matter. Moreover, I pledge with my life and wealth that once these people fall into my hands, they will die too—there’s no way they’ll continue to exist in this world. It’s just that I have some special methods to utilize their guilty bodies to create value for me.”
“Devouring immortals to cultivate demonic powers?”
Emperor Feng Lin seemed even angrier. His almond-shaped eyes narrowed, and his authority surged. “Do you dare not believe that I’ll arrest you immediately, interrogate you harshly, and expose all your evil deeds…”
But before she could finish, Su Che laughed and clearly stated, “I don’t believe it!”
Fairness and strictness? Pure fairness and strictness? Such a person wouldn’t even be able to serve as an official properly, let alone become an emperor. This was true in the mortal world, and it was the same in the immortal realm.
Sure enough, Emperor Feng Lin didn’t really get angry. He merely glared at Su Che once more before his immortal form dissipated, leaving no trace.
Five days passed in complete silence. Then, a Great Luo Golden Immortal came to Tianxuan Treasure Shop to negotiate on behalf of Emperor Feng Lin the purchase of 50,000 top-quality immortal weapons with Su Che.
After some modest bargaining, Su Che made further concessions, and they finally agreed: ten top-quality immortal weapons in exchange for one condemned immortal!
This outcome meant Emperor Feng Lin could save nearly 70 million immortal crystals.
70 million immortal crystals was a considerable sum for any emperor. After all, although immortals had many ways to make money, their expenses were equally enormous.
Every bit of progress in an emperor’s cultivation required massive wealth investment—a feat unimaginable for lower-ranked immortals.

And those death row prisoners were not worth a penny; on the contrary, executing them on the Execution Platform each time required a considerable amount of cost. After the deal was finalized, that Great Luo Golden Immortal reminded him once again through secret communication: “Remember, these celestial death row prisoners must absolutely not continue to exist in this world. Even if just one of their corpses is seen, Boss Tianxuan, I’ll come and reduce you to ashes! Because if anything goes wrong, I’ll have to take the blame, and many people, including you and me, will die. Do you understand?”
“Understood!”
Su Che solemnly promised, “Lord Luo, rest assured. My method of handling them is ten thousand times cleaner than the Execution Platform. Once those prisoners are delivered to me, not a single hair of theirs will remain in this world. Although I’m a Human Immortal, I fear death more than anyone else and won’t make any mistakes.”
As he spoke, a storage ring containing a million Immortal Crystals was secretly placed in his palm, completely invisible.
Lord Luo pretended not to notice the extra ring in his hand, got up to take his leave, and left gracefully.
“Five thousand celestial death row prisoners are about to be in my hands…”
After seeing him go, Su Che stayed alone in his room, excitedly saying to Lao He, “What does this mean for me?”
“It means you’re about to become incredibly powerful!”
Lao He replied with a smirk, “Power and money—I despise you!”
Su Che laughed heartily, “Trading power for money is wrong, but there’s no absolute right or wrong in this world. Using darkness to create light, I have no regrets. Haha, doing business with those big shots is truly exhilarating!”
“I despise you!”
Lao He wouldn’t miss this chance to insult him, insisting, “It sounds nice, but it’s just an excuse. I still despise you!”
Though he said that, this warden of the Immortal Prison was also eager to get started, ready to take in those prisoners and extract every last bit of value from them. By the way, he could also despise himself a bit…
Lord Luo was quite efficient. Half a month later, he arrived secretly in front of Su Che under a disguise and personally completed the first deal.
The storage ring Su Che handed him contained ten thousand top-quality Immortal Weapons, all flying swords.
The spatial artifact Lord Luo brought contained a thousand prisoners in a state of apparent death, all celestial beings.
“Boss Tianxuan, I won’t say any more unnecessary words.”
Lord Luo warned solemnly, “If anything goes wrong, I’ll step onto the Execution Platform, and you won’t even get that chance!”

Su Che cursed inwardly at his verbosity; on the surface, he had to make even more solemn guarantees and promises…
Anyway, after he left, a thousand immortals in a state of apparent death, utterly defenseless, were sent to the Immortal Prison. The first punishment they faced was the extraction of their skills!
Not to mention those ordinary divine spells, but only those grand arts worthy of being displayed in the Immortal Realm—each person had at least one, many had two such grand arts, and a few were even skilled in three.
So many grand arts were about to be gathered and integrated into Su Che’s body.
The wish to merge three thousand grand arts into one was now coming true—this was just the first step…