allonlinenovel Chapter 441 - 287: Deal Reached
Chapter 441 - 287: Deal Reached
Cang Huang’s parents glanced sideways at Li Jizhou, realizing it was a young Human Race cultivator, and couldn’t help but drool.
"This is an important guest of our Tiger Mountain Monarch!" The White Tiger promptly positioned itself in front of Li Jizhou.
"Gulp~" The two Barbaric Fiend Race members forcibly swallowed their saliva, their eyes darting between Li Jizhou and Cang Huang.
"Did you buy her? How many Spirit Stones did it cost? Out of respect for the Tiger Mountain Monarch, we’ll pay you back in Spirit Stones to buy her."
"This jinx was born by us. Our son is still being punished in the tribe because of her, so we must take her back to save him," the Barbaric Demoness said fiercely.
"Hmph! Buy her back? Where would we get Spirit Stones to waste on this jinx?" The Barbaric Flying Demon immediately widened his eyes, glaring at the demoness beside him.
"This little Human Race guy belongs to the Tiger Mountain Monarch; are you really going to snatch by force?" the demoness retorted.
"Hmph! It’s all your fault, giving birth to a half-demon!"
"I also gave birth to a son!"
"And he was harmed by this half-demon you gave birth to."
"In the end, it’s all this half-demon’s fault!"
"Right!"
...
Clearly, the intelligence of the two Barbaric Fiend Race members wasn’t very high, saying whatever came to mind regardless of the occasion.
But fortunately, they eventually reached a consensus.
This finally made Li Jizhou understand why Cang Huang had always been in such a state.
It seems that the Barbaric Fiend Race, despite having the ancient bloodline’s tremendous Divine Abilities, lacks a bit in intelligence.
"How many Spirit Stones did it cost?" the male demon asked Li Jizhou again.
Li Jizhou, however, had already turned around, gently stroking Cang Huang’s now pale face: "Don’t be afraid, go inside and play with Hong Ling first."
Before Cang Huang could react, Li Jizhou had already used his consciousness to bring Cang Huang into the Blood Evil Realm of the Netherworld.
"Huh? Where did that jinx go?"
"Was it teleportation? Our Barbaric Fiend Race cannot teleport!"
The two Barbaric Fiend Race members widened their eyes and kept checking where Cang Huang had disappeared.
Li Jizhou paid them no more attention, turned around, and left.
Although they hadn’t answered his question directly, from their conversation, Li Jizhou had basically gathered most of the answers.
Simply put, the half-demon was a disgrace. After Cang Huang’s birth, she was despised within the tribe, even intended to be used as food, and perhaps her biological brother saved her, leading to his punishment by the tribe.
So these two Barbaric Fiend Race members came to the City of Ten Thousand Races to find Cang Huang and take her back to save their son.
Cang Huang was still young then, so her memories are unclear, but the instinctive fear of her parents clearly reflects how they treated her back then.
Nonetheless, Li Jizhou didn’t plan to help Cang Huang seek revenge. Family affairs, tribal matters, the customs of the Demon Race are such that, as a Human Race, it’s better to let things be, otherwise, it’s foreseeable that if the Demon Race completely accepts half-demons, the entire Demon Race’s strength will be significantly strengthened, which would be unfavorable to the Human Race, particularly the Jiuli Dynasty bordering Nanling.
"You can’t leave, you must return that menace to us, or all our suffering over the years will be for naught. We’ve lost so much weight from hunger!" Seeing Li Jizhou about to leave without a trace of Cang Huang, the two Barbaric Fiend Race members immediately realized that Li Jizhou must have hidden her.
Looking at the two Barbaric Fiend Race members dressed like shop apprentices before him, indeed looking quite thin, Li Jizhou found it amusing. With such intelligence, leaving their tribe to find Cang Huang, they most likely struggled for food. Of course, this mainly stemmed from the characteristics of their tribe—tremendous Divine Abilities, but with a particular need for blood or flesh.
"Scram!" Li Jizhou opened his mouth coldly.
"You little Human Race dare insult us?"
"Oh, I can’t hold back anymore, Tiger Mountain Monarch or not, let’s kill this Human Race and eat him, I’m so hungry!" The demoness started drooling again.
"Niu Liu, Niu Qi, what are you up to? Get back here at once, cause more trouble and there’ll be no food for you." As White Tiger and Red Flame flashed to Li Jizhou’s side, a shopkeeper inside suddenly bellowed with anger.
"Gulp!" The two Barbaric Fiend Race members shivered, recalling their hard, hunger-laden experiences, and immediately shrank their heads.
"Hurry up and get to work, there are plenty of Demon Beast hides in the shop that haven’t been cleaned properly," the shopkeeper snapped harshly.
"Alright, alright, alright." The two demons quickly headed into the shop.
They were about to enter the shop when the male demon suddenly paused: "Wait, why did we leave our tribe?"
"To find that half-demon menace."
"Then why are we working as laborers at this shop?"
"Because we didn’t have Spirit Stones to buy Demon Beast meat."
"Then why don’t we return to the tribe?"
"Because we can’t go back without finding that half-demon menace; our son will remain punished."
"But haven’t we already found the half-demon menace?"
"Yeah, so as long as we take her back to the tribe, we can save our son and won’t lack Demon Beast meat to eat... so why are we still working as laborers here?"
"You’re right!"
"Hmph! We’re not working anymore!"
After their question and answer session, the two demons suddenly realized and spat at the shopkeeper before turning to leave.
However, upon looking again, Li Jizhou and the others were already gone.
"That half-demon menace must have been hidden by that Human Race, let’s find and kill him to seize the half-demon menace back."
"But he’s already gone, and our Barbaric Fiend Race isn’t good at tracking!"
"That Human Race claims to be a guest of the Tiger Mountain Monarch; let’s go find the Tiger Mountain Monarch to demand him back."
"Can you take on the Tiger Mountain Monarch?"
"I can!"
"Good! Let’s fight the Tiger Mountain Monarch."
"Beat the Tiger Mountain Monarch until his guts spill out!"
...
"Haha, my little friend, how was it? After touring around the entire City of Ten Thousand Races, did you find anyone who can consume so much Red Phosphorus Gold Ore as I can?" As soon as Li Jizhou returned to the Tiger Mountain Monarch’s shop, the Tiger Mountain Monarch was already laughing and coming out to greet him.
A bit dejected, Li Jizhou shook his head before urgently asking, "Tiger Mountain Monarch, have you made contact? Is there someone who can take it all? My grandfather’s situation is really urgent; the price is negotiable, even if it’s slightly less."
The Tiger Mountain Monarch’s smile broadened, perceiving Li Jizhou’s urgent emotions, which erased any doubt about the success of this matter.
"Of course, with me, the Tiger Mountain Monarch, on the scene, there’s no deal that can’t be made, rest assured. This matter has already been settled. However, the other party requires a face-to-face transaction, meaning you need to bring all five hundred thousand cubic meters of Red Phosphorus Gold Ore, let them verify it, and then they will deliver the Spirit Stones to you in person."
"Alright, alright, but... there won’t be any trickery, will there? This is my grandfather’s lifesaving Spirit Stones!" Li Jizhou asked somewhat apprehensively.
The Tiger Mountain Monarch waved his hand largely: "Hey! My Demon Race isn’t like your Human Race with all that cunning scheming. Moreover, with my name, the Tiger Mountain Monarch, how could I do such a thing? Rest assured, there’s no problem."
"Really? Hahaha, that’s great then, great, so... how soon can the transaction be made? We’re in a hurry!"
"Of course, it’s true, and as for timing... whenever you can deliver the goods, that’s when we can transact."
"Where’s the location for the transaction? Does the other party have enough Spirit Stones? Do they need time to prepare the Spirit Stones?" Li Jizhou asked with excitement.
"No need, no need, the other party is from our Demon Race’s large tribe, a mere two million Middle Grade Spirit Stones can be brought out at any time.
As for the trade location... how about the border of your Jiuli Dynasty’s Yong’an City?" the Tiger Mountain Monarch tentatively suggested.
"..." Li Jizhou was briefly stunned.
Things were much easier than he imagined.
At this moment, he suddenly felt that playing tricks with the Demon Race seemed a bit too much like overestimating them.
Clearly, the Red Flame Demon Race is planning to rob!
And this trustworthy-looking Tiger Mountain Monarch is actually an accomplice.
Two million Middle Grade Spirit Stones, not that Li Jizhou looked down on them, but even if given three months to liquidate assets to gather them, it would be impressive.
But this is good, no need to wrack his brains anymore.
"Good, thank you Tiger Mountain Monarch, I’ll go prepare now. Let’s meet at the Yong’an City border in five days, make sure to have the Spirit Stones ready!" Li Jizhou emphasized.
"Rest assured!" Tiger Mountain Monarch patted his chest with grand confidence.
Li Jizhou nodded, immediately taking out a Teleportation Talisman, demonstrating an urgent intent to flee and make haste.
Yet at this moment, from somewhere two thunderous voices echoed: "Tiger Mountain Monarch, come out and have your guts beaten out of you!"