Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 375: Do You Understand Rounding Off? Who Taught You Math?
Ning Xuan frowned, not bothering to tell Wenren Yunshang to rise. Instead, he asked, "What is the meaning of this?"
"Young Master, you must seek justice for this old man! That Wu Pianpian used your name to swindle the Wenren Family of all its savings!" Wenren Yunshang lamented pitifully.
"Oh? How much did she swindle?"
Hearing Ning Xuan's question, everyone's minds started racing.
"And my family!"
"Mine too!" they all clamored at once.
"How pitiful," Ning Xuan sighed, his voice dripping with false sympathy. "However, I don't know any Wu Pianpian. I'm here today to collect debts."
After speaking, Ning Xuan tossed out a stack of promissory notes. Luo Tianyi had used an unparalleled method to give him these promissory notes during the livestream at Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace.
Everyone was stunned.
Ding Qianyan, at his side, was even more dumbfounded. She had never expected Ning Xuan to be so audacious. It was one thing to make veiled references to the Wenren Yi incident, but now he was single-handedly challenging the entire leadership of the Righteous Alliance!
"Ahem, Young Master Ning, you may not know this, but that Wu Pianpian came to us with identical promissory notes. We are all people of our word, so we paid her immediately," Nanling Xiu said, his eyes shifting as he pushed all the blame onto Wu Pianpian.
"Her promissory notes were fake. Otherwise, you wouldn't be saying she scammed you." Ning Xuan's retort left Nanling Xiu speechless.
"Well, the Nanling Family acknowledges the debt! However, Young Master, you must grant us an extension," Nanling Xiu said, gritting his teeth as he decided to admit to the debt.
After all, Bi Luo Palace was the one backing this debt. Besides, the family truly didn't have any Divine Crystals to spare at the moment. He had nothing to lose.
The others reacted just as quickly, all speaking up to acknowledge their debts. But as for providing Divine Crystals, they had none.
"Since you don't know Wu Pianpian, this simplifies things. All of our families' Divine Crystals and treasures were swindled by her. Young Master, as long as you find her, all those Divine Crystals will be yours!"
"Yes, that's right! The value of our families' treasures is dozens, even hundreds of times greater than the amount on these promissory notes!"
Didn't Ning Xuan say he didn't know Wu Pianpian? Fine, let him deal with her then!
"With brains like yours, I finally understand how you all got tricked by Wu Pianpian. When I find her, her things will naturally become my things."
Everyone was taken aback.
Beside them, Ding Qianyan couldn't help but snort with laughter.
Nanling Xiu shot her a cold, intense glare. Unlike before, Ding Qianyan was now completely fearless. Not only did she meet Nanling Xiu's gaze without flinching, but she did so with a hint of provocation!
Nanling Xiu was furious. But when he remembered that he had just given this girl to Ning Xuan, he had to forcibly suppress the urge to strike. He felt incredibly stifled.
"What the Young Master says is absolutely right, but we truly cannot repay the debt right now." At the same time, Wenren Yunshang pleaded, "I beg you, Young Master, for the sake of my ancestor, please grant us an extension."
"That's not impossible."
At these words, everyone's eyes lit up. But Ning Xuan's next words left them dumbfounded.
"However, I can't grant you much of one. Looking at this interest, I'm breaking a sweat on your behalf."
"Wh-what interest?" Nanling Xiu stammered.
"It has been several months since you signed these notes, and it's clearly written here that if payment is overdue..."
Before Ning Xuan could finish, Nanling Xiu snatched the promissory note from his hand. Looking closely, he saw there was indeed a time limit. The stated deadline was one month, and if overdue, the daily interest... He couldn't even bear to look at it. The figure was truly astronomical.
At this moment, an abacus suddenly appeared in Ning Xuan's hands. His fingers danced across it, and a moment later, he began rattling off numbers.
"The Nanling Family now owes me a total of 1,857,859,750 Divine Crystals. To make it simple, I'll round it for you. Just pay me 1.86 billion."
Nanling Xiu subconsciously asked, "Shouldn't rounding it off be 1.857 billion?"
"Don't you understand how rounding works? Who taught you math?" Ning Xuan retorted irritably, leaving a completely baffled Nanling Xiu in his wake.
Next, he began to calculate the Wenren Family's debt.
He had barely started flicking the beads on the abacus when the kneeling Wenren Yunshang scrambled forward, grabbed Ning Xuan's hand, and said with a smile, "Young Master, to be honest, our ancestor has returned. Since you are here, you absolutely must visit our home for a while."
He could see it clearly now—this Ning Xuan fellow was even more ruthless than Wu Pianpian! If he let this continue, they could sell the entire family and it still wouldn't be enough to cover the debt. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Ning Xuan calmly pulled his hand back, then slapped his forehead. "You're right, I almost forgot! She told me to take over the Wenren Family when she left!"
Wenren Yunshang was thunderstruck, his body slumping to the ground.
Smirks flashed across the faces of the others, but they vanished just as quickly. Ning Xuan had started calculating their debts.
By the time he finished, even the family with the smallest debt owed over one billion Divine Crystals.
"Young Master Ning, isn't this going a bit too far?" someone finally snapped, his expression dark.
"Oh? How so?"
"We acknowledge the promissory notes, and we acknowledge the due date. But you're the one who didn't show up on time, yet you're calculating the interest against us. How is that fair?!"
"That's right! There's no sense in that!"
"By the way, Young Master Ning, since you're new here, there's something else you might not know."
"Let's hear it."
"That Wu Pianpian went too far and eventually provoked public outrage. She was surrounded and attacked. To this day, her whereabouts are unknown, and no one knows if she's dead or alive. Moreover, Bi Luo Palace did not step in to defend her."
The implication was clear. If Ning Xuan continued to be so unreasonable, they would attack him as a group. The others all nodded, knowing they had to stand united at a time like this.
Nearby, Ding Qianyan's face, which had been filled with admiration for Ning Xuan, was now consumed by worry. These were the absolute highest echelons of the Righteous Alliance. They might not look old, but the youngest among them was over seventy.
Ning Xuan isn't even as old as I am. If they all attack together, he won't stand a chance.
She wanted to speak up but remembered her place. All she could do was fret silently.
Ning Xuan's expression didn't change, as if he hadn't understood their underlying threat. He just chuckled and said, "Sounds like her luck ran out."
Their auras began to surge, and a strange Majestic Pressure started to gather above Ning Xuan's head. But upon hearing his words, their breathing hitched in unison.
PFFT!
One of them trembled and spat out a mouthful of blood. He was so incensed by Ning Xuan's sharp retort that his Cultivation Technique went awry.
Ding Qianyan almost lost her composure again.
My Young Master is so wicked! These old men are truly pitiful!
"Ning Xuan, you bastard, go to hell!" the Clan Head Level figure who had coughed up blood roared, livid with shame. An Element Force Giant Hand suddenly materialized and slapped down toward Ning Xuan, instantly engulfing him.
