Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect - Sharingan Intercepts Tianmeng

Chapter 63 No matter the cost, I, Xiao Hongchen, will definitely revitalize the Hongchen family once again!

"By the way, go to the treasury of my Hongchen family later. Just take anything you need, and I'll tell them." Jing Hongchen said as Xiao Qiang was about to leave.

"The treasury of the Hongchen family? Teacher, may I take a few soul tools?"

"How many items? Do my disciples from the Mirror Red Dust clan have to take things by the item when they go to the Red Dust clan's treasury? Take as many as you want."

Xiao Qiang looked embarrassed. "Um... teacher, I might have taken a little too much."

"It's alright, my Hongchen family is large and powerful, you can take whatever you want."

"Thank you, teacher."

Xiao Qiang bowed to Jing Hongchen and then went to the Hongchen family's treasure vault.

With Jing Hongchen's prior notice, Xiao Qiang did not need to register and went directly to the Hongchen family's treasure vault.

As far as the eye can see, there are a dazzling array of level seven, eight, and even nine soul tools, as well as various rare metals and precious materials.

"As expected of the Hongchen family's treasure trove, there are indeed many good things. Brother Tianmeng, take a look and see which ones we might use in the near future and which ones we might use in the future."

"I understand if I might need it recently, but what do you mean by 'might need it in the future'? What is something that I definitely won't need in the future? That kind of thing shouldn't exist, right?" Tianmeng said, full of questions.

Xiao Qiang nodded. "Yes, so we'll take everything from the entire treasure vault, every single item."

"Huh? Are you serious?"

A rare serious expression appeared on Xiao Qiang's face. "Brother Tianmeng, do I look like I'm joking right now?"

"No, why?"

"To increase sunk costs."

Jing Hongchen has already painted a grand picture of Xiao Qiang's talent and all the possibilities that lie ahead. Now, it's time to increase sunk costs to ensure that if the Snow Empress's protection of Xiao Qiang is exposed one day, even if Jing Hongchen knows that Xiao Qiang may be colluding with the soul beasts, he will still choose to stand on Xiao Qiang's side because of the previous sunk costs.

After all, with Xiao Qiang's second martial soul and Xue Di's protection, anyone would think twice. Even if Xiao Qiang is a pure human, who can guarantee that a soul beast will not be able to possess him?

Although the people of Douluo Continent might not be intelligent enough to think of this, Xiao Qiang had no intention of hoping that the enemy was an idiot.

Now that the pie has been drawn up, what Xiao Qiang needs to do is rely on his close relationship with the Hongchen family to maximize Jing Hongchen's sunk costs as much as possible, in order to make thorough preparations for things that may or may not happen in the future.

"Preparedness prevents trouble," a principle Xiao Qiang has always firmly believed.

"What is sunk cost? No, that's not important. What's important is that if you take everything at once, are you sure Jing Hongchen won't ask you to take it back?" Tianmeng didn't understand what Xiao Qiang's sunk cost was, but he knew that if he took so much stuff, Jing Hongchen would definitely feel the pinch.

"My teacher just told me to treat him like a father, and the information I revealed was quite obvious. Almost anyone could understand the benefits I could bring him. Plus, by becoming his student, I'm practically half a member of the Hongchen family. Although this isn't exactly a transfer from one hand to the other, these resources can still be considered part of the Hongchen family."

"Of course, the most important point is that if he takes it from me, I can simply return it to him. At most, it's just moving things around. Is he going to expel me from the sect over this? If he can expel me from the sect over this, then all the talent I showed before was for nothing."

"If I succeed, the benefits will be huge, in every aspect. If I fail, the losses I suffer will be negligible. Why not take a gamble in this situation?"

"Okay, I understand. In that case, leave it to me."

Tianmeng acted swiftly. Using her mental detection abilities, she quickly categorized and organized the items, then packed them up and took them away, leaving not a single trace of rare metal for the Hongchen family's treasury.

After Xiao Qiang left, the Eight-Soul Soul Douluo, who was in charge of guarding the Hongchen family's treasury, looked at the empty treasury, closed the door, rubbed his eyes, and then opened the door again. The Hongchen family's treasury was still empty.

Thinking back to Xiao Qiang's embarrassed expression when he told him that he couldn't resist taking everything from the Hongchen family's protective enclosure because he saw too many good things, he realized that when Xiao Qiang said he took everything, he meant it literally.

The Soul Douluo responsible for guarding the Hongchen family's treasure vault remained silent for a long time before quietly dialing the Soul Guidance Communication Device to report to Jing Hongchen.

"Patriarch, Xiao Qiang has taken everything from the family treasury."

"Hmm, what did he take?" Jing Hongchen asked calmly, sipping his tea.

"He took all the things he was protecting."

"I know, so what was he holding?"

"Patriarch, what I mean is that he took everything, the treasury is empty, and now the Red Dust Clan's treasury doesn't even have a trace of rare metals left."

Jing Hongchen paused, holding the teacup, as if she hadn't realized what her subordinate meant.

After a moment of silence, Jing Hongchen recalled Xiao Qiang's information. According to the information, Bai Qingshan, who initially helped Xiao Qiang, went from being a well-off fourth-level soul master to losing everything and accumulating a huge debt in just eight years.

At that time, Jing Hongchen had no concept of what Xiao Qiang was using. After all, those resources were vital to Bai Qingshan, but for the Hongchen family, they were not even considered pocket money for the younger generation. But at this moment, Jing Hongchen had a clear understanding of the resources Xiao Qiang was using.

"Fine, let him take it. I'll just spend some time filling in the missing resources."

"It is the head of the family."

Sitting in the chair, Jing Hongchen rubbed his head. "They took quite a lot of things, but fortunately, my Mingde Hall is a large and wealthy family, so we won't go bankrupt like a level four soul master."

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After reporting to Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen soon arrived at the Hongchen family's treasure vault.

"Mr. Ma, please open the door. I need to get something."

"Um...Young Master, this..."

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with me getting something?"

"No, no, it's just..."

Old Ma, who was in charge of guarding the Hongchen family's treasury, opened the treasury, and Xiao Hongchen saw that it was completely empty.

"Has a thief broken in?"

"No, it's just that the people the head of the family sent took everything away."

Xiao Hongchen remained silent for a long time, then, after thinking of something, seemed to mature considerably in an instant. "I understand. Don't let Meng in during this time."

Old Ma hesitated. "If we don't let Miss Meng in, this..."

"If she insists on coming in, tell her to come find me."

"Yes, young master."

Xiao Hongchen took one last look at the family treasury, then seemed to have made a decision, resolutely returning to his room. Looking at Jing Hongchen's portrait, he muttered to himself.

"Grandpa, I've been protected by you all these years, yet I didn't even know that our family was facing a major disaster and needed the entire family treasury's resources to help us through it!"

"Don't worry, Grandpa, I assure you and everyone in the Hongchen family! No matter the cost, I, Xiao Hongchen, will definitely revitalize the Hongchen family!"

(End of this chapter)