The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 717 Never Give Up Until There's a Dead End

When Lin Chen returned to the city lord's mansion, the city's defensive spiritual light array had been fully activated, with white fluorescent light shooting into the sky everywhere. The entire sky was also completely covered by a white spiritual energy shield, which looked incredibly spectacular.

After dinner, Lin Chen saw Gu Yuanjie return and immediately asked, "How did it go? What was the result?"

Gu Yuanjie's face was grave, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes: "These people refuse to lend a helping hand, saying that they have already paid their taxes and that they are short of funds, making excuses to shirk their responsibilities."

Lin Chen wasn't surprised at all. He knew this would be the outcome as soon as Gu Yuanjie mentioned borrowing money from the merchants.

Throughout history, countless natural and man-made disasters have occurred, and similar scenarios have happened countless times, yet how many people have been willing to contribute money?

Lin Chen comforted him, "Don't be angry. They weren't actually wrong. They paid the taxes they were supposed to pay. Guarding the city wasn't their responsibility. Besides, to them, it didn't make much difference whether we lived in the city lord's mansion or the Holy Fire Sect."

"If they contribute spirit stones to help defend the city today and the city is saved, that's fine. But if they fail and the Holy Fire Sect enters the city to investigate the responsibility of those who funded the defense, wouldn't they be in big trouble?"

Gu Yuanjie paused for a moment, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end he sighed with a dejected expression: "That makes sense. They are just doing business to earn spirit stones, and they don't care who becomes the city lord."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "So don't take these people's reactions to heart. How many spirit stones do we have now?"

Gu Yuanjie replied, "Six million. That seems like a lot of spirit stones, but if we really use them to defend the city, they won't last long."

Lin Chen comforted me, "Don't worry, I made a fortune today. I'm having Situ Xiu help me exchange my spirit stone card for spirit stones. It'll be about 15 to 20 million. Just use it for now."

Gu Yuanjie stared at Lin Chen in shock: "How did you earn so many spirit stones? Did you rob someone?"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Pretty much. The Sky Pirate Aurora Gang robbed the Sima family's caravan and kidnapped hostages for ransom. I accompanied Sima Xiu to pay the ransom, but they went back on their word and tried to kidnap Sima Xiu instead. So I killed almost all of them, and their things naturally became my spoils of war."

Gu Yuanjie's eyes widened, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Did Lin Chen single-handedly wipe out the entire Sky Pirate Aurora Society?

How did he manage to do all that?
Isn't he just a Golden Core cultivator?
The Aurora Society has an unknown number of Golden Core cultivators, and even Nascent Soul cultivators.

Lin Chen changed the subject and asked, "Does the Su family of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect have business in Baitao City? You mean the Su family that Su Mubai is from?"

"No," Gu Yuanjie replied. "The Su family has shops in every city controlled by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and the nearest city is about a day's journey away."

Lin Chen thought for a moment and said, "Here's what we'll do. I'll write two letters, and you can have someone deliver them. One letter will be sent to Wanjian Peak and given to Su Mubai, Su Dingbo, or the head of the Su family. The other letter will be sent to the city closest to us that is controlled by Wanjian Sect and given to their person in charge."

Gu Yuanjie stared at Lin Chen with surprise: "Junior brother, you have a connection with the Ten Thousand Swords Sect?"

Lin Chen shook his head: "I only helped the Su family a little, and it has nothing to do with the Myriad Swords Sect. Otherwise, I would have directly asked the Myriad Swords Sect for help. I don't know if it would work, but no matter what, since we have decided to defend Baitao City, we should go all out. If we fail halfway through, wouldn't that be a waste?"

Gu Yuanjie immediately became excited: "Okay, write the letter and I'll send someone out right away."

Lin Chen took out a jade slip, wrote two letters, and handed them to Gu Yuanjie. Soon, the two cultivators set off under the cover of night.

Lin Chen's letter was a personal plea for help from the Su family.

Simply put, it's about borrowing people or spirit stones.

If the Su family remembers Lin Chen's kindness and asks a Nascent Soul stage expert from the Myriad Swords Sect to come out, then this matter will naturally be resolved.

Lin Chen didn't believe that the Holy Flame Sect could be so arrogant as to dare to launch a war even with the participation of the Myriad Swords Sect. After all, the Myriad Swords Sect was the number one sect in Hengshan, Nanyue, and was extremely powerful in the entire cultivation world.

If the Su family doesn't want to get involved in trouble, then Lin Chen can lend them spirit stones. As long as there are enough spirit stones, they can hold out until Qiao Wei wakes up, and then the situation will change.

Qiao Wei didn't have many injuries, and the fact that she managed to hold on until she returned to Baitao City before fainting shows that the other party didn't have overwhelming strength. Otherwise, they could have just injured her and made her recuperate for ten days or half a month, and the matter would have been resolved just the same. Why would they need to resort to poisoning in secret?
Lin Chen had actually considered whether it was worthwhile to use so many resources to defend this city.

Could we use these resources to purchase materials to help Qiao Wei complete her full-body sword bone cultivation as soon as possible, allowing her to enter the Nascent Soul stage sooner? Then we can take it back, right?

However, Lin Chen only thought about it for a moment before putting the idea out of his mind and deciding to fight the battle anyway.

Cultivation is about facing difficulties head-on and defying fate!

If you could have stayed, but retreated for the sake of so-called "perfection," will you choose to yield and retreat as long as there is still a way out and you haven't reached a dead end?
Don’t retreat!

beat!
(End of this chapter)