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Luo Nan leaned lazily against a spacious genuine leather sofa, holding a glass of crimson wine in his hand, and gently swirling it out of sheer boredom.
Tang Yuehua sat quietly beside him, like a perfect supportive partner.
"This old man, Second Elder Yu Luomian of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, greets Your Excellency Luo Nan and Madam Tang."
As soon as he entered the door, Second Elder Yu Luomian unhesitatingly put down the box in his hands, cupped his hands together, and bowed deeply toward Luo Nan.
His posture was set extremely low, and his tone was filled with utmost respect.
Third Elder Yu Tianci also hurriedly followed suit and saluted, not daring to even let out a single heavy breath.
Luo Nan lifted his eyelids slightly, his gaze lingering for a moment on Second Elder Yu Luomian's face, which was full of vicissitudes yet revealed a hint of astuteness, while a playful arc hooked at the corner of his mouth.
"Second Elder, please rise. I've heard that Elder Yu is the chief steward of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. Seeing you today, you truly have an extraordinary bearing."
"Your Excellency flatters me too much. Before Your Excellency, this old man is merely a mediocre person in his twilight years."
Second Elder Yu Luomian waved his hands repeatedly, then went straight to the point. He turned around and personally opened the two large mahogany boxes.
In an instant, two full boxes of property deeds, account books, and contracts were displayed before Luo Nan's eyes.
"Your Excellency, what is packed here are all the property deeds, shop contracts, mineral mining rights, and shares of Spirit Master academies belonging to our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect in Heaven Dou City and the five surrounding large cities."
Second Elder Yu Luomian pointed at the contents inside the boxes, his tone incomparably sincere, even carrying a hint of ingratiation.
"Our Sect Master acted rashly and offended Your Excellency. On behalf of the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, this old man extends our deepest apologies to Your Excellency."
"These worldly goods are a small token of appreciation from our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. I wonder if they can appease Your Excellency's anger?"
Luo Nan put down his wine glass, leaned his body slightly forward, and casually swept his gaze over the two boxes of priceless property deeds.
One had to admit that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had truly bled heavily this time.
Second Elder Yu Luomian's decisiveness and ruthlessness truly made Luo Nan inwardly admire him in his heart.
However, Luo Nan's face did not reveal any expression of pleasant surprise.
He leaned back against the sofa once more.
"All the properties in Heaven Dou City and its surroundings? Elder Yu, your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect sure are generous."
Second Elder Yu Luomian felt a burst of joy in his heart, thinking Luo Nan had agreed, and was just about to open his mouth to thank him when he heard Luo Nan's next words, which poured down upon his head like a basin of ice water.
"However, I have a habit: I find too many things troublesome."
Luo Nan extended a finger and gently tapped on the tabletop.
"I will accept all the properties inside Heaven Dou City."
"As for those messy things in other surrounding cities, however you brought them here, take them away from me in the same way."
"What?!"
Hearing this, Third Elder Yu Tianci couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
He simply couldn't believe his own ears.
Luo Nan had actually rejected fat meat delivered right to his mouth?
The properties surrounding Heaven Dou City accounted for more than seventy percent of the value in these boxes!
Second Elder Yu Luomian was also slightly stunned, but he was much more composed than Third Elder Yu Tianci.
He acutely sensed that since Luo Nan had rejected this immense wealth, that meant what Luo Nan wanted was far more precious than this wealth, and touched even closer to the core of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect!
Sure enough, Luo Nan stared fixedly into Second Elder Yu Luomian's eyes:
"I heard that your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect has a Legacy treasure, whose name seems to be... the True Dragon Nine Crowns."
Hearing the four words "True Dragon Nine Crowns", the expressions of Second Elder Yu Luomian and Third Elder Yu Tianci instantly turned ugly.
The True Dragon Nine Crowns!
That was the true foundation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, nine extremely special head Spirit Bone fragments left behind after the legendary ancient Dragon King had fallen!
Although these nine fragments did not possess the skills of conventional Spirit Bones, as long as a Titled Douluo who possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit fused with them, they could forcibly extract the residual Soul Power of past ancestors in a short period of time, bursting forth with an extremely terrifying combat power enhancement.
It could be said that the True Dragon Nine Crowns were the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's final and strongest trump card!
The existence of this supreme treasure was known to very few people across the entire Douluo Continent; how did Luo Nan know about it?!
"I am quite interested in this item."
"As long as you bring the True Dragon Nine Crowns over and hand them to me, I can let bygones be bygones regarding everything in the past, including the matter of Sect Master Yu Xiaolie robbing my caravan."
"You can also take Sect Master Yu Xiaolie back completely intact and unscathed."
The main hall fell into a dead silence.
Third Elder Yu Tianci's lips trembled violently, and he wanted to open his mouth to refuse.
Handing over the True Dragon Nine Crowns was equivalent to digging up the ancestral graves of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, cutting off the Sect's hope of giving birth to top-tier powerhouses in the future!
This was even more unacceptable than handing over all the properties!
However, before Third Elder Yu Tianci could speak, Second Elder Yu Luomian suddenly took a deep breath, raised his head abruptly, and stared straight into Luo Nan's eyes.
"No problem!"
Although Second Elder Yu Luomian's voice was somewhat hoarse, it was extremely decisive:
"Since Your Excellency is interested in the True Dragon Nine Crowns, that is the honor of our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect."
"Please grant Your Excellency a few days of grace. This old man will personally rush back to the Sect, invite out the True Dragon Nine Crowns, and send them over to you as soon as possible!"
This time, it was Luo Nan's turn to be surprised.
He had originally thought that upon bringing up the True Dragon Nine Crowns, Second Elder Yu Luomian would inevitably bargain desperately, and might even flip out on the spot.
After all, for a Sect that had been passed down for hundreds of years, the significance of such a Sect-protecting treasure was even greater than the life of the Sect Master himself.
He had even prepared to use force and directly go to the ancestral grounds of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to forcefully plunder it.
However, Second Elder Yu Luomian actually agreed! And he agreed so crisply and neatly!
Luo Nan took a deep look at the slightly hunched old man before him.
He knew that Second Elder Yu Luomian's heart was bleeding.
But this old fellow, in order to preserve the Sect's current spark and to appease Luo Nan's anger, was actually willing to pay such a painful price.
"Able to bend and stretch, cutting off one's tail to survive. Second Elder Yu Luomian, you are a smart person and a figure of character."
Luo Nan evaluated inwardly. Such a person, if not for lacking in strength, would definitely be an extremely terrifying overlord.
"Good, straightforward!" Luo Nan gave a loud laugh and nodded with satisfaction.
"Since Elder Yu is so sincere, I, Luo Nan, am not someone who doesn't abide by the rules either."
"The moment the True Dragon Nine Crowns are delivered into my hands, Sect Master Yu Xiaolie can return with you."
"Many thanks, Your Excellency! This old man takes his leave!"
Second Elder Yu Luomian bowed deeply once more, and then pulled Third Elder Yu Tianci, who was still somewhat soul-deprived, out of the reception room.
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A few days' time flashed by in an instant.
During these past few days, what fierce arguments had erupted inside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and how angry and helpless those Elders were, the outside world had no way of knowing.
But when Second Elder Yu Luomian appeared in the Moon Pavilion once more, his complexion was even paler than a few days ago, as if he had instantly aged more than a decade.
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