181: You take someone's money, so you're obligated to solve their problems!

"You dare to target our employer? You're truly courting death!"

A chilling voice echoed out, and the three Mysterious Persons simultaneously waved their hands, directly nullifying the attacks of the Black Fiend Bandits.

This move instantly caused the faces of many Black Fiend Bandits to change drastically, as if facing a formidable enemy.

The Black-Robed Ghost-Faced Man leading them was startled and quickly waved his hand, "Stop, everyone, don't be rash!"

Hearing this, the Black Fiend Bandits retreated one after another, looking at the three Mysterious Persons with nervous expressions.

With that single move just now, they clearly understood that they were probably no match for the three people in front of them!

Moreover, they had a strange sense of familiarity with these three, as if they had seen them somewhere before!

But their inaction didn't mean the Mysterious Persons would remain still; they had received orders!

Seeing the three raise their hands, the leading Black Fiend Bandit's face changed drastically, and he quickly shouted, "Three Seniors, is there some misunderstanding in this matter?"

"What misunderstanding?"

The Mysterious Person chuckled lightly, "We're merely taking money to eliminate troubles; you should just surrender obediently!"

The Black-Robed Ghost-Faced Man grew anxious and shouted, "We are willing to offer all our treasures, definitely more than fifty million Spirit Stones, only asking for Senior to spare our lives!"

But the Mysterious Person remained completely unmoved, his cold gaze sweeping over everyone.

One of the Mysterious Persons slowly spoke, "If we kill you, won't all the treasures still be ours?"

As his words fell, powerful spiritual energy fluctuations surged from their bodies.

The Black Fiend Bandits seemed to know that begging for mercy was useless, so they gritted their teeth and launched another attack.

However, the power gap between the two sides was too great. With just a wave of the Mysterious Person's hand, terrifying forces emerged, instantly shattering the Black Fiend Bandits' attacks and harvesting their lives.

In the blink of an eye, only one person remained alive: the leading Black Fiend Bandit.

He watched his many brothers die, his body trembling violently, and an expression of grief and despair appeared beneath his ghost mask.

He looked up at the three Mysterious Persons, his voice hoarse with despair, "I think I remember now, weren't you the ones who saved us seven years ago?"

"Now you want to kill us. Why are you doing this?"

"Why?"

"Hehe, haha, you all deserve to die, you all deserve to die!"

"But the one who deserves to die the most is you!"

The Black-Robed Ghost-Faced Man became crazed, ignoring the others and charging directly into the warship.

"Don't come over, help!"

A startled cry rang out, seemingly indicating the presence of other people inside the warship.

And the Black-Robed Person rushing in seemed to intend to kill someone as a human shield?

But before anyone could react, a loud "bang" suddenly echoed from within the warship.

Immediately after, the warship shattered instantly, and a terrifying energy wave swept across the entire area!

It was clearly the result of a Spirit Venerable Realm Cultivator's self-detonation, containing terrifying power that even Spirit Venerable Realm experts would find difficult to withstand head-on!

Seeing the terrifying energy wave surge towards the flying boat where Nangong Yu and the others were, everyone's expressions subtly changed.

At this moment, a Mysterious Person calmly waved his hand, instantly neutralizing that energy wave.

Then, he looked at the other two, "Collect the items and return directly!"

"Understood..."

The two agreed, waved their hands, and collected the other two warships, along with everything on them.

Except for the corpses!

Seeing the other two leave, the Mysterious Person took a step and arrived outside the flying boat.

He casually dispersed the light barrier he had just set up and instantly appeared before Nangong Yu.

"Young Master Nangong, how will you pay?"

Nangong Yu nodded slightly, took out a Spirit Jade Card, and handed it over, "Thank you, Divine Emissary!"

"Taking money to eliminate troubles!"

The Mysterious Person waved his hand, tucking the Spirit Jade Card under his black robe, quickly completed the Spirit Stone transfer, and then threw the Spirit Jade Card back to Nangong Yu.

"I look forward to our next collaboration!"

The Mysterious Person nodded with satisfaction, then instantly vanished from their sight.

"Divine Emissary, safe travels!"

Nangong Yu said softly, only to see Nangong Ruoxue subtly hooking her arm through his, "Xiao Yu, wasn't the price a bit too high this time?"

Nangong Yu shook his head slightly, glanced at everyone, and chuckled, "Compared to losing our lives, this price isn't high at all!"

Nangong Ruoxue nodded slightly, sighing inwardly with a touch of helplessness. If her strength were sufficient, perhaps Xiao Yu wouldn't have had to spend so much today, right?

At this moment, Qin Wuhui finally recovered from his shock, "Prince, have they always existed?"

Nangong Yu nodded slightly, then shook his head, "I'm not sure. As far as I'm concerned, whenever a transaction is involved, they seem to be on call!"

Hearing this, Qin Wuhui thought of what the Mysterious Person had told him and nodded slightly.

Perhaps these people were sent by that person to protect the Prince, but he didn't know... Then he saw Nangong Yu wave his hand slightly, "Don't overthink it. Let's set off as soon as possible. We'll talk more after returning to the Qingyou Empire."

"Understood!"

Someone respectfully nodded and quickly turned back to pilot the flying boat.

Prince Qin stepped forward and said, "Little Fellow, thank you very much. However, this matter was something we all encountered together. This Prince will have everyone raise Spirit Stones afterward to compensate you for your loss!"

Nangong Yu shook his head slightly, "Fourth Imperial Grandfather, there's no need to be so polite; it's just a small matter."

Prince Qin shook his head and smiled, "It's not a small matter. Today's event can be considered a life-saving grace. Fifty million Spirit Stones should be shared by everyone!"

Nangong Yu raised an eyebrow slightly, gave Prince Qin a deep look, then smiled faintly without dwelling on the topic.

He chuckled, "Fourth Imperial Grandfather, I had some insights just now, so I'll go back to Cultivate first."

With that, he bowed slightly and pulled Nangong Ruoxue directly back to their room.

Nangong Ruoxue activated the concealment formation in the room, asking in surprise, "Xiao Yu, why do I feel like Fourth Imperial Grandfather's words just now were strange?!"

Nangong Yu shook his head slightly, "Perhaps it's his own psychological effect. Even though we are juniors, he doesn't want to owe us a favor, yet he doesn't want to be a patsy and directly pay those fifty million Spirit Stones!"

Hearing this, Nangong Ruoxue nodded thoughtfully.

Nangong Yu shook his head slightly and smiled, "Alright, let's not overthink it. Sister Xue, do you want to continue sleeping for a bit, or Cultivate for a bit?"

Nangong Ruoxue glanced at Nangong Yu and smiled faintly, "Then let's Cultivate. However, my main task right now is still to comprehend the Concept; it's not suitable to Cultivate to enhance spiritual power for the time being, otherwise, it's easy to Breakthrough!"

"Me too!"

Nangong Yu also smiled faintly. The two sat facing each other, and Nangong Yu quietly opened the divine enlightenment space, enveloping them both within it.

On the deck of the flying boat, watching the two leave, Qin Wuhui quietly came to their room door, standing guard silently like a door god.

Prince Qin's expression in the depths of his eyes changed rapidly. He glanced at everyone, then walked inside the flying boat.

Seeing this, the others exchanged glances and quickly followed Prince Qin's footsteps...