As for whether the principal will vouch for him?

Li Cunxu believed he would.

The principal knew about his invention of the Spirit Crystal, and considering his contribution to humanity, the principal might be lenient towards him in some aspects.

Of course, it's also possible he won't.

Nothing is absolute.

After all, Li Cunxu was not the principal himself and could not confirm the principal's thoughts.

However, even if he doesn't vouch for him, it doesn't matter.

At worst, he won't do business with the Golden King.

The business Li Cunxu wanted to do with the Golden King was: Gold and Jade Elixirs.

The Gold and Jade Gourd can simultaneously refine Demonized Golden Jade Liquid and Gold and Jade Elixirs.

Li Cunxu thought that since the Gold and Jade Gourd was placed here, he might as well create some profit, cooperate with the Golden King, and sell Gold and Jade Elixirs.

Just as well, the Golden King wasn't short on gold, and Li Cunxu wasn't short on jade.

Li Cunxu possessed a White Jade Mystic Realm, abundant in white jade, lacking only gold.

Mentioning the principal, Li Cunxu had another intent, to deter the Golden King.

The Golden King had a good reputation, but judging a person's character cannot rely on reputation alone.

What if, seeing him as just a small Golden Beastmaster, the Golden King had the idea of seizing his Gold and Jade Gourd?

A thin arm could not twist against a thick thigh.

Li Cunxu had no way to handle him.

Of course, a gentleman takes revenge, even ten years later isn't too late; Li Cunxu believed that if the Golden King dared to do that, he would have the ability to retaliate in the future.

But mentioning the principal could avoid potential trouble, and Li Cunxu preferred to use that tactic.

Inviting trouble when unnecessary wasn't Li Cunxu's character.

Ding-dong~

The notification sound from the Golden King's phone chimed.

The message was from the Tuo Clan of Black City.

The Tuo Clan first apologized for the trouble Tuo Hei caused in the Golden Secret Realm, then offered to help solve the problem of the Demon Prison Aura in the Golden Secret Realm.

They were willing to relocate their clan's Purification Pool to the Golden Secret Realm to purify the Demon Prison Aura, and as an expression of apology, they didn't want the reward the Golden King offered.

Having read this, the Golden King chuckled coldly, whispering, "It seems you are the coincidental ones."

A while ago, during the tournament, Tuo Hei had summoned the Gate of the Demon Prison, and soon after the bounty was posted, the Tuo Clan came forward to clean up afterwards.

If it weren't for Li Cunxu, with no other choice, the Golden King would most likely have chosen the Tuo Clan's solution.

Viewed this way, the Tuo Clan seemed much like deliberately poisoning a wealthy lord, then presenting themselves as the sage capable of detoxifying.

The Golden King suspected that the Tuo Clan had fully submitted to the Deceitful Prison Demon God, possibly orchestrating this attack on the Golden Secret Realm behind the scenes.

Staging the attack themselves, they come to clean up afterwards, laying even greater hidden dangers for the Golden Secret Realm.

The Purification Pool was indeed the greater hidden danger.

If the Purification Pool was relocated to the Golden Secret Realm, those Kings in need of the Purification Pool to suppress their own Evil God corruption would follow, those Kings potentially risking complete corruption and falling to the Evil God at any time, akin to ticking time bombs ready to explode at any moment.

Once those Kings went mad, a chaotic strike might just destroy the Purple Gold Vein.

Reject those corrupted Kings from entering the Golden Secret Realm from the start?

It was futile.

If there was an idle Purification Pool not provided for use, and with the Demon God Sect manipulating internal alliance opinion, the Golden King could instantly become a selfish wretch who only cared for his Secret Realm and disregarded the Kings heroically suffering Evil God corruption.

Pressured by various parties, the Golden King might be forced to allow those corrupted Kings into the Golden Secret Realm to use the Purification Pool.

Before the Golden King could inquire, the Tuo Clan immediately addressed the Golden King's concerns about the Purification Pool by stating they had extra Purification Pools and relocating the Purification Pool wouldn't bring in Kings corrupted by the Evil God, hence it wouldn't pose any new troubles for the Golden Secret Realm.

This only made the Golden King more convinced that there was an issue with the Tuo Clan.

"But it's hard to investigate the Tuo Clan! They reside in Black City, worlds apart, and it's challenging to go investigate them."

"Wait, maybe this is precisely their plan, even if they are exposed, regardless of my suspicion, I can hardly go to Black City to investigate them."

Just as he was about to refuse the Tuo Clan, the Golden King suddenly came up with a method that could kill two birds with one stone.

A method to confirm whether there was an issue with the Tuo Clan and also gain a Purification Pool.

The method was simple: accept the Tuo Clan's Purification Pool, but do not place it within the Golden Secret Realm; instead, place it in another smaller secret realm.

Then, simply wait to see if news of a Purification Pool within the Golden Secret Realm would leak; if it does, it would imply the Tuo Clan released the information, confirming they indeed had issues.

Afterwards… two months after the Golden Tournament ended, news about a Purification Pool inside the Golden Secret Realm indeed leaked out, stirring massive public opinion within the alliance, where numerous Kings impacted by Evil God corruption came forward to harshly criticize the Golden King, urging him to open the Golden Secret Realm for them to use the Purification Pool to suppress the corruption.

However, inside the Golden Secret Realm, there truly was no Purification Pool, and after inspection by several impartial Kings, the rumors dissipated.

Six months following the conclusion of the Golden Tournament, the Golden King, alongside a group of King-level friends, descended upon the Tuo Clan's ancestral land and annihilated it; in its last moments, the Tuo Clan Leader, aligned with the Deceitful Prison Demon God, used the remaining lives of the entire clan as a sacrifice to summon a Divine Son's avatar under the Deceitful Prison Demon God.

The avatar, though only at King-level, fought a great battle with the Golden King.

The outcome was a severely wounded victory for the Golden King, with the Divine Son's avatar retreating in defeat, downgraded to Overlord level as a result.

During the Golden King's recovery period in Black City, he fell into traps set by the Evil God factions within Black City, getting trapped in the Forbidden Zone: Black Abyss. On the last day of the same year, in his dire predicament, the Golden King advanced from King to Venerable King, earning the title of the 'Golden King.'

Having torn through Black Abyss, the Golden King sought to eradicate the Evil God factions in Black City, inciting fear within these factions, prompting the city's upper echelons to sacrifice the population of an entire city of four million to summon a King-level Divine Son.

In a hasty confrontation with the Divine Son, the Golden King, leveraging the world's suppression of the newly descended Divine Son's powers, severed one of its fingers and escaped using a random teleportation scroll.

The escape still came at a heavy price, with the newly crowned Golden King, having only just ascended to the Venerable King level, suffering injuries nearly as great as the Divine Son's; despite severing a finger of the Divine Son, he lost an arm.

However, the achievement was still amazingly impressive, marking him as one of the few to achieve such a record upon first reaching Venerable King, and his reputation soared thereafter.

...

Having completed his calculations against the Tuo Clan, the Golden King chuckled and said, "Secretary, take Li Cunxu to my treasure vault to receive the Golden Dragon Egg and Orange Seed Gourd!"

The treasure vault of the Golden King was filled with countless treasures, making Li Cunxu drool.

After receiving the Golden Dragon Egg and the Orange Seed Gourd, Li Cunxu turned to leave immediately.

This surprised the secretary greatly, as Li Cunxu obviously coveted these treasures, yet after obtaining the dragon egg and the Orange Seed Gourd, he left without a trace of reluctance on his face.

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