Ch275 - Deal Concluded

Edited by Zaki

The residence where Liu Mufeng’s team of four were staying.

“Mufeng, do you think the Phoenix King will agree to sell us the Ascension Totem?”

Jiang Xu asked his man worriedly.

“Master, I don’t think the Three Princes were agreeable to the idea.” Frowning, Xiaoyuan said so.

“The Phoenix King didn’t directly refuse. He did not reject it outright, which means that there is still room for negotiation in this matter. Besides, we have three Spiritual Profound Realm cultivators at our side, and the Phoenix King will be more or less afraid of us. So, I think he will definitely consider it seriously.” Liu Mufeng felt that there was still a 70% success for this matter.

“I think he will agree. The Wolf Clan and the Snake Clan have both been destroyed, the Fox Clan’s reputation is now growing, plus, the Fox King and Queen are also at the Spiritual Profound Realm. We came here with the Fox King’s token as well. The Phoenix King is very likely to link this matter with the Fox Clan. If he thinks so, he wouldn’t dare to disagree. Because the three of us plus those two old Foxes, would be five Spiritual Profound Realm cultivators, even if he, the Phoenix King, has three heads and six arms, it’s impossible for him to beat five Spiritual Profound Realm alone, so he will definitely weigh this matter carefully.” The Demon race respected the strongest, the Phoenix King had seen their strength and their sincerity (the pill they gave), so he would have to be cautious.

“En, what Xiaoyue said makes sense. He should already be leaning towards agreeing to deal now.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng also felt the same way.

“Then, if we buy the Totem Slab, can we go back?” Jiang Xu asked with a smile.

“No, we still need phoenix blood. The purest phoenix blood to activate the totem.” Speaking of this, Liu Mufeng frowned. This matter would need the involvement of the fourth female lead.

“Phoenix blood? Is my blood not enough?” Xiaoyue frowned when he heard that phoenix blood was needed.

“No, you are from Fox Clan, you can only activate the totems of the Fox Clan, and your blood can’t be used for the Phoenix Clan’s Totem.” Shaking his head, Liu Mufeng explained the reason.

“I can only activate the totem of the Fox Clan? So the eight totem slabs we found on Mechanism Island were the totem of the Fox Clan?” Thinking of this, Xiaoyue was astonished.

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“Yes, there were records in some materials of the Tianyan Clan. The partner of the Ninth Elder was a beauty from the Fire Fox Clan. She had moved away from the Clan and was wandering when she was rescued by the Ninth Elder. After that, the two fell in love and became Dao companions.” Liu Mufeng explained patiently.

“Oh, so that’s how it is.” Nodding, Jiang Xu expressed his understanding.

“You’re really smart, you even know which Clan the partner was from.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Xiaoyue suddenly felt that this guy was a bit scary, because he knew too much about the Tianyan clan .

“To go to the Mechanism Island, naturally I need to know more about the situation. Besides, whenXiaoXu and I first came to the Shengtian Continent, I went to the bookstores in Tian City, Xiang City, and Hai City, and read a lot. I bought a lot of books introducing the Tianyan Clan. Also, the second time we came to the Shengtian Continent, I also went to the big cities to read the books several times.”

“We know that you have a photographic memory, don’t brag to us about how many books you have read.” Speaking of this, Xiaoyue was very depressed. He only knew the characters of the Demon race, and the books of the human race were like ghost writing to him. But this guy Liu Mufeng could actually know the characters of the human race, the characters of the Tianyan Clan, and the characters of the Demon race. He even knew the totems of the Fox Clan and the Phoenix Clan. He was an existence that made people jealous.

Liu Mufeng was amused at Xiaoyue’s grumbling. He was not showing off his literary talents, he just wanted to use the fact that he often read books to cover up his knowledge of knowing the plot of the original novel.

“Okay we are getting away from the topic. Let’s talk about the phoenix blood. Will the Phoenix King give us phoenix blood? If he doesn’t give us phoenix blood, then it’s useless for us to have the stone slabs. We can’t just find a phoenix to bleed, right?” Jiang Xu frowned.

“If he agrees to sell us the Totem, we’ll talk to him about the phoenix blood. At most, we’ll have to offer more pills. But this phoenix blood cannot be from some random phoenix. It must be the purest phoenix blood. As far as I know, among the Phoenix Clan, only the Sixth Princesses, Feng Pianpian, is qualified to donate blood. This girl has returned to her ancestors’ Mystic Phoenix bloodline, and is proficient in divination. She is a celestial Daughter of the Phoenix Clan and her status in the clan is very high; she is second after the Phoenix King. Even the status of the Princes are less than hers. She is the dream lover of all the warriors of the Phoenix Clan.” Looking at the crowd, Liu Mufeng explained.

“A Princessah, won’t she be afraid of pain and refuse to donate blood?” Jiang Xu felt a little depressed.

“No, this is a middle-level continent, and the Demon race don’t have their own alchemists. For them, medicinal pills are the most scarce and rare things. As long as we can afford it, I don’t believe she won’t be tempted. If she is afraid of pain, we can ask her to take blood several times separately, not take too much blood at one time.” Liu Mufeng felt that if the other party agreed to sell the stone slabs, they would also agree to sell phoenix blood.

“It’s just a small bowl of blood. Do you need to take the blood several times? The Princess is not made of paper, is she so delicate?” Xiaoyue couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

“No, not a small bowl, but six bowls, at least six bowls. The distance we travel from here back to the Zunhuang Continent is six times longer than when we came here from the Mechanism Island. Therefore, we need more phoenix blood, if blood is drawn all at once, it will seriously hurt the Princess, the Phoenix King will not agree.” Liu Mufeng was also very helpless.

“Is that so?” Hearing this, Jiang Xu frowned.

“Six bowls? That’s indeed a lot.” Xiaoyue frowned when he heard that six bowls of blood were needed.

“Six bowls of blood, how many pills should we give them?” Looking at his man, Jiang Xu asked.

“I can offer six pills, and if she is not satisfied, I can give her two more, totaling eight pills. She should be satisfied, right?” Liu Mufeng said after thinking about it.

“Eight, that’s not too much. With the addition of the pills for the stone slabs, there are a total of 18 pills. It’s much cheaper than that human teleportation array when we came here.” Jiang Xu smiled wryly. When they came, they spent one million high-grade spirit stones. The value of 18 sixth-level pills was less than 200,000 high-grade spirit stones which was much cheaper than a million high-grade spirit stones.

“We offer this price, and maybe in the end it may not be this price. People always have to increase the price. It is inevitable to bargain in this business. However, I also have a bottom line. We can sell up to 40 sixth-level pills. If they dare to ask for more, then we will have to do it the hard way, steal the Totem and snatch the Princess.” Looking at his wife, Liu Mufeng expressed his plan.

“Forty sixth-level pills are quite a lot. We are the only ones who can come up with 40 pills in the Tianyao Continent.” Xiaoyue also felt that the price given by Liu Mufeng was already very fair.

“En, what Mufeng said is right, we have to have a bottom line, we can’t just give them as much as they want. If they ask us for hundreds of sixth-level pills, then I’ll take them all over and beat them up.” Jiang Xu also felt that in this matter, there must be a bottom line.

“No need to beat them up, if they ask for more than we can give them, we’ll leave the Phoenix Clan first, then find the opportunity to stun them with hallucinogenic drugs, and steal the Totem and the Princess. There is no need to confront them head-on, so as not to scare the snake away.”

Jiang Xu nodded in agreement. “Alright, if we fight with them, they will definitely guard against us and hide the Totem so that we won’t find it.”

“Yes, that’s the truth.” Liu Mufeng said with a smile.

“Liu Mufeng, you know about the Totem. Then, do you know what the Princess looks like? We should not go and catch the wrong person, and it will be troublesome.” After thinking about it, Xiaoyue felt that this was a problem.

“Don’t worry, although I don’t know what that Princess looks like, she is the only woman in the Palace. Also her blood of Phoenix is very strong, you and Xiaoyuan are both from demon race, as long as you get close to her, you will feel the invisible pressure. You may not feel it too obvious, Xiaoyue, but Xiaoyuan would feel the bloodline pressure quite obviously. Only the higher bloodline of the Phoenix Clan possesses this kind of pressure.” Looking at Xiaoyue, Liu Mufeng explained as such.

“En, that’s true. Since her bloodline is higher than her father’s, Xiaoyuan, me, and the Spirit Insects, we will definitely use our senses when we walk up to her, and we can’t be mistaken with this feeling.” Thinking of this, Xiaoyue felt relieved.

Three days later, the four from Liu Mufeng’s party formally met with the Princes, Elders, warriors, and the fourth heroine Feng Pianpian of the Phoenix Clan to discuss the purchase of the Ascension Totem.

“I’m so sorry to keep the Fellow Daoist Tu, two Fellow Daoists Hu, and Nephew Jin waiting for so long.” Looking at the four people sitting across from him, the Phoenix King apologized with a smile.

“No matter, staying here also allows us to enjoy the scenery of the Phoenix Clan, and we have all stayed very well these few days. Thank you to Your Majesty for your hospitality.” Smiling, Liu Mufeng said nonchalantly.

“Fellow Daoist Tu, I have already discussed with six Elders, ten warriors, my Sons, Daughters, and subjects about the purchase of our clan’s Ascension Totem that you said earlier.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, the Phoenix King started the topic.

“So has Your Majesty reached a decision?” With a polite smile on his face, Liu Mufeng asked.

“Everyone unanimously agreed to make this deal with the Fellow Daoists. However, my Phoenix Clan has a relatively large population, and there are also some subordinate races, such as the White Crane Clan, the Black Feather Swallow Clan, the Magpie Clan, and other small clans which also belong to my Phoenix Clan, so the population of our race is relatively large, all together there are as many as 50,000. These 10 sixth-level pills are not enough to distribute.” The Phoenix King had a look that expressed his difficulties as he spoke.

“Oh? Then what does His Majesty and all of you mean?” This was a request for a price increase.

“I’ve already discussed it with the Elders. What I mean is, we want 4 sixth-level pills, 50 fifth-level pills, and 300 fourth-level pills. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Tu?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, the Phoenix King expressed his thoughts.

Liu Mufeng raised his eyebrows. “Your Majesty is the King of a Clan. There are many subjects, so you need more pills. I can understand that. Since Your Majesty has already thought about how many pills you want, let’s follow His Majesty’s wishes – 4 sixth-level pills, 50 fifth-level pills, 300 fourth-level pills.”

Seeing Liu Mufeng readily agreeing, the Phoenix King twitched the corners of his mouth. He thought:Oh no! I demanded too little.

“Okay, okay, then it’s settled.” Nodding, the Phoenix King agreed. But he was regretting it more or less in his heart. He would have asked for two more pills if he knew it earlier.