Starting With 100 Million Lives

Their words left Brother Cheng completely baffled.

Such a treasure?

Such a big gesture?

Is simply sharing a few cigarettes really considered generous and broad-minded?

Are these people misunderstanding something?

For a moment, he couldn’t quite grasp their thought process.

Watching them treat the cigarettes so cautiously, placing them in their storage rings as if they were fragile treasures, he felt the scene was indeed quite magical.

"Don’t you plan to light them up?"

He even took the initiative to pull out a lighter.

After all, wasn’t it him who killed four of their people?

And picked up a heart tribulation, gaining a wave of improvement.

He thought... Fellow Daoist Fan Lei barely deserved him lighting a cigarette for once.

However, the people involved quickly backed up two steps.

Carefully shielding the cigarette with both hands.

"No, no, I won’t ignite it now. I’ll wait until I need it in the future."

In their previous speculations and discussions among Divine Thunder Bureau executives, the ’Trust Incense’ secret treasure is activated by lighting.

Once ignited, the damage absorption effect fully activates.

Now since no one is attacking, what’s the point of starting the secret treasure?

Moreover, the secret treasure is consumable and single-use, once ignited and used up, it becomes ineffective.

The others also shook their heads and waved their hands, refusing to ’activate the secret treasure’ now.

"No, no, we don’t need it right now."

"Such a treasure should be used at a critical moment."

"Yes, yes, using it now is pure waste; we can’t just squander it!"

In their eyes, at a pivotal moment, this treasure could be used to withstand irresistible damage.

Being able to resist a Thunder Tribulation’s Celestial Dao attack, only a Celestial Dao Supreme Treasure could do that before, right?

How amazing is this?

Such a crucial lifeblood trump card, they would rather take it home and worship it, the best steel should naturally be used on the blade!

After putting away the cigarette, Fan Lei Daoist Venerable rubbed his hands together expectantly and laughed awkwardly a couple of times.

"Hehe, Elder Jiang, um..."

"I see it seems you still have more of this treasure?"

With this question, others’ eyes also lit up.

"Yes, Elder Jiang, you surely can’t use them all yourself, right?"

"Why don’t you consider..."

No one thinks they have too many lifeblood trump cards.

They want to get a bit more.

Sect Leader Jiang was even more perplexed.

He really couldn’t comprehend these people’s way of thinking.

Even if you haven’t seen cigarettes, you can easily tell this stuff is just ordinary mortal objects, fundamentally worthless right?

Why regard this as a treasure?

He wanted to use mind reading techniques but didn’t want to waste Immortal Yuan points.

Yet, their words made him realize a ’business opportunity’.

"Ahem, well, I do still have a little bit of stock, but you know how rare and precious this item is, how important it is to me..."

Even though he himself didn’t know where cigarettes are precious.

A few Immortal Yuan Points could make a cartload in minutes, right?

But he deeply understood the principle of scarcity values, the more difficult it sounds the easier it is to set a high price.

Sure enough, when he said this, everyone from the Divine Thunder Bureau, from Fan Lei Daoist Venerable down to the twenty-plus high-ranking Immortal Officials, became excited.

"There really is more?"

"Elder Jiang, please give us some more!"

"Yes, exactly, you won’t need that many yourself, why monopolize?"

Give some?

Hearing such words, Brother Cheng nearly laughed.

Damn, you really can’t spoil the Divine Thunder Bureau.

I’ve already given each of you one cigarette, you still want to take more for free?

"Back then, to obtain this batch of treasures, I endured numerous difficulties, near-death experiences, paying a heavy price."

"If I publicly sell it outside, you should know yourself what price it would go for."

Honestly, he himself didn’t know what price this thing could fetch.

Because it basically costs nothing.

But upon hearing this, Divine Thunder Bureau members automatically started calculating his account mentally.

Secret treasures are inherently extremely precious.

Such secret treasures, although consumable, can withstand the Power of the Celestial Dao’s attacks at critical moments, surely can hold for a few minutes against a Divine Monarch?

That’s absolutely priceless!

If it went out, it would cause chaos outside.

"Sect Leader Jiang’s words are spot on!"

Fan Lei Daoist Venerable nodded.

"Our Divine Thunder Bureau is willing to bid for purchase. I wonder how much more Sect Leader Jiang has?"

"Purchase?"

Brother Cheng changed his tone and directly refused their purchase request.

"I never planned to sell it. Such a precious thing, isn’t it delightful to keep it for myself, why would I sell it?"

Ah, this?

The high-levels of the Divine Thunder Bureau couldn’t sit still.

"Don’t be like that, Elder Jiang, sell some to us!"

"No, no, keeping it for yourself is the Righteous Dao, things like Primordial Immortal Crystal, Pills, Equipment, Heavenly and Earthly Treasures are all just fleeting clouds..."

Both sides strongly requested him to sell while he resolutely refused to let go.

Back and forth, they wrangled over this for more than ten minutes.

"Elder Jiang, don’t be so straightforward in declining, we can discuss further!"

"Exactly, you could try naming a price..."

At this point, Jiang Cheng knew it was about the right time.

"Alright, seeing that everyone from the Divine Thunder Bureau has such dignified manners and extraordinary bearing, today I, Jiang Cheng will make friends with you, and sell off my final stock..."

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, how considerate!"

Fan Lei Daoist Venerable gave a big thumbs-up on the spot.

Then he cautiously asked, "How high do you plan to price it?"

"Hahaha, Fellow Daoist Fan Lei is indeed straightforward. How could I dare set it too high..."

Though Brother Cheng said this, his heart burned with passion.

The business acumen from back when selling pearls among the Qilin Race reignited fiercely.

If I don’t make you guys poor, then I lose!

The atmosphere in the room quickly reached its peak.

Meanwhile, the Pill Masters from the Celestial Pill Department nearby were utterly confused by the scene.

Wasn’t the Divine Thunder Bureau the most resentful toward Elder Jiang, wishing to tear him apart?

Not long ago, they were clamoring to execute him on the spot.

Now they’re addressing each other as fellow Daoists and complimenting each other?

This way of doing things is too magical, right?

In fact, this is the biggest difference between the Celestial Palace departments and the previous Sect Families.

Jiang Cheng eliminated four people from the Divine Thunder Bureau, in the past sects, it would definitely be relentless.

There would be no chance for a transaction.

Because within the sects, they were relationships of the master, martial uncles, senior brothers, all intertwined as family.

Whereas within the Divine Thunder Bureau, everyone... are merely colleagues assigned to work together by the Celestial Palace.

Killed a colleague, of course, normally one would be furious, and revenge must be sought.

But if there’s a benefit, one could choose to temporarily forget, and deal with it later.

Fan Lei Daoist Venerable, with deep strategic reserve, would not truly regard Jiang Cheng as a friend simply because he shared a ’Trust Incense Secret Treasure’.

This time ’gaining benefits’, who knows if he would turn against Jiang Cheng in the future.

And Sect Leader Jiang was well aware of this, so he felt no burden in swindling these people.