The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 716 Since you can't bear to part with it, then fight!
"Bai Tao City is poor."

Gu Yuanjie said with a wry smile, "Baitao City was originally just a remote small city. Its main source of income was a black gold mine. Although there was trade, because Baitao was so remote, there weren't many merchants or customers coming here. Most of the goods coming and going were related to daily life, and the taxes from these goods were actually not much."

"My lord is kind-hearted. When we took over Baitao City, we only hoped to provide a place for the cultivators of Feipu Peak who did not have a sect background. Most of the income from the city, after deducting the income from the development of the city itself, was distributed to these disciples so that they could have some resources to strengthen themselves."

“As you know, Junior Brother Lin, the situation at Flying Waterfall Peak is quite different. In the end, Bai Tao City is basically supported by the efforts of the adult alone. Even the massive resources needed for the adult to cultivate the Sword Bone, she didn’t take a single spirit stone from Bai Tao City. All that she earned was by killing demonic beasts in the wilderness and collecting them little by little.”

Gu Yuanjie sighed: "If the cultivators from Jinghun City attack, the most rational thing to do is to retreat in advance and abandon the city. But Baitao City is the lord's hard work. I can't bear to give it up like this."

Lin Chen thought for a moment: "Since you can't bear to do it, then let's fight!"

Gu Yuanjie's face also showed a determined look: "Alright, I will order the activation of the spirit light array and prepare the spirit light cannons right away. I will go and gather as many spirit stones as possible, and we'll talk about it after we start firing!"

Lin Chen asked, "How do you plan to raise the money?"

Gu Yuanjie replied, "The City Lord's Mansion has some reserves, but not much. I plan to go to some merchants with connections in the city to see if I can get a loan. As long as we get through this crisis, we can repay them slowly later."

Lin Chen nodded: "Okay."

Lin Chen accompanied Sun Liangren out, and Sun Liangren sighed, "War is inevitable everywhere. When will this world achieve true peace?"

Although Baitao City was facing attack, Lin Chen was quite open-minded about it. After all, the changes of dynasties over thousands of years were nothing out of the ordinary.

"People all over the world are bustling about, all for fame and fortune. War is the most direct and fastest way to achieve this, and the winner takes all. We don't know how the next battle will go. Elder Sun, why don't you leave Baitao City for a while and take shelter?"

Sun Liangren shook his head: "I'm just a doctor, treating patients and saving lives. I don't want to care about other things, and I can't care about them anyway. I don't think anyone would care about me anyway."

Lin Chen thought it made sense. As a doctor, treating patients and saving lives is his duty. Who would deliberately make things difficult for a doctor with superb medical skills?
Lin Chen personally escorted Sun Liangren back to the clinic. On the way back, after thinking for a moment, he turned and went to Wanzhen Pavilion. When Situ Xiu saw Lin Chen return, she knew he must have something to do and asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Lin Chen nodded: "Give me an estimate for the things I gave you before. Also, please exchange all the 12 million spirit stone cards, plus the previous 1 million spirit stone cards, for spirit stones and give them to me. I'll hold off on buying the Xuan Tie Wu Jing for now... Can you exchange them?"

Situ Xiu asked in shock, "What happened? Why do we need such a large number of spirit stones?"

Too many spirit stones are inconvenient to carry, which is why spirit stone cards were created. This is similar to cash and bank cards in the human world. Sometimes a transaction involves tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. Who would drive an armored truck to make the transaction?
Lin Chen didn't hide anything from Situ Xiu: "Jinghun City is probably going to attack Baitao City."

Situ Xiu's eyes widened: "Where is the Peak Master? Didn't she come?"

Lin Chen replied, "She has been tricked and is currently in a coma. Senior Brother Gu Yuanjie is preparing to use a protective array and spirit stone cannons for defense, which may require a huge amount of spirit stones."

Situ Xiu immediately understood what Lin Chen was planning to do. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Lin Chen, exchanging spirit stones is naturally no problem. Even if our family doesn't have enough, we can find other merchants to exchange them using spirit stone cards. But these are your own spirit stones. After a battle, I'm afraid even if all of these ten million spirit stones are burned, it might not be enough..."

"We heard that a Nascent Soul expert from the Holy Fire Sect has arrived in Jinghun City. The Spirit Stone Cannon is no match for a Nascent Soul expert. He may not be able to break through the spiritual energy shield, but his attacks will consume the spiritual energy shield and a large number of spirit stones. Even if he exhausts his spiritual energy, he may recover after resting for half a day or a day."

Lin Chen nodded: "Ten days, at most ten days, and Senior Sister will recover and wake up."

Situ Xiu's eyes lit up: "Does that mean if we can hold on for ten days, there's hope?"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "If we can hold out for ten days, the situation won't be so bad. My senior sister is in a coma, and I can't watch her city fall into the hands of others. It doesn't matter if we lose spirit stones, as long as the city is still there. Besides, we'll remember whoever attacks us. We'll get back everything we've lost, with interest!"

Seeing Lin Chen's resolute attitude, Situ Xiu didn't waste any words: "Alright, I'll have someone exchange the spirit stones right away, and then send them to the City Lord's Mansion for you."

(End of this chapter)