Chapter 864: We will et again
“You fought very well, Fairy Yunxi”, Wu Long spoke with a smile.
She smiled in return, “If it was soone else who just defeated , I might’ve thought they were mocking . But from you… I think I’ll take it”
“Good”, Wu Long nodded, “Because I ant it. Though I must admit, I really wanted to see what kind of a technique it was that you were holding back from using so much”
Her eyes flashed with shock, and then her smile regained its previous energy, “You were able to tell?”
“Mm, along with how you kept a thin thread of connection going with every attack so you could turn it into a blunt one if needed. I must say you went quite easy on ”, Wu Long nodded, not really used to soone holding back against him.
There appeared admiration in her eyes at how accurately he saw through her, and then a wry smile, as she realized that with his skill it was probably not hard for him to do so.
“I cannot be as certain as you are…”, Li Yunxi then added, “…but I suspect the one who went easy on the other among us two wasn’t ”
“Hahaha, I won’t be denying it”, he lightly laughed, putting both hands behind his back and resuming his usual relaxed pose.
“Khaa~… how cruel of you to admit it!”, she then made a disgruntled half-squeal and spoke with light, almost friendly frustration that finally ca out with that initial, turning to the side with a sulking face, “Haa~… I really wanted to win…”
“You should’ve used that move then”, Wu Long shrugged his shoulders.
“That technique is not sothing to use against an opponent in a spar, but against an enemy”, her tone beca a bit more somber as she said that.
“A kind and honorable choice”
“Haha, that’s who I am, a kind and honorable beauty”, she chuckled with a cheeky smile.
But receiving no comnt on how it was too much to call herself a beauty or sothing of the sort, her cheeks slightly reddened.
“Khu-khu-khu-khhmm!!!”, the Martial Alliance representative was clearing his throat – trying to get their attention – for the third ti now. And this ti, clearly annoyed, made an unnaturally loud sound.
“…”, Li Yunxi soundlessly gasped, as if woken up, turning away from staring into Wu Long’s eyes, and looking to the Martial Alliance representative.
Wu Long made a light smile, and turned in that direction as well.
“With a forfeit from Disciple Li Yunxi of the Profound Union Pavilion, Daoist Wu… ehem, becos the winner of both challenges agreed upon. Thus, the natural treasure would be returned to the Southern Sea Island Sect, which can then trade it according to their own calculations”, the Martial Alliance representative spoke in a grandiose tone of voice.
Wu Long noticed the slight of hand he did, as if specifying that other Sects still could approach the Southern Sea Island Sect with their own offers, but it did not matter to him, as he knew his deal was far better than anything they could get.
Instead, his attention shifted back to Li Yunxi, “Will you be staying in the Erald Falls City for so ti?”
“Eh?”, she widened her eyes in light surprise, and then raising her finger to her lips in thought, added “Ehm~, no, I think I heard Grand Elder spoke with one of the Elders about purchasing tickets for a Beast of Burden going this evening”
“That’s a sha”, Wu Long nodded with a smile, causing her to question what was it that he was lanting.
‘They were probably worried about staying here for too long thinking they were going to hold the Yang treasure with them’, he thought, understanding the hurry.
He then added “Although I assu you are one of the candidates your Sect is going to send to the opening of the Secret Realm of the Great Fang Dynasty?”
“Hm? Y-yes”, she beca even more surprised, not sure why he was talking about all of this all of a sudden.
“Then I suppose we will certainly et again, Fairy Yunxi”, Wu Long chuckled, cupping his hands in another greeting before going off to the Sect Master of the Southern Sea Island Sect who was already surrounded by a few Grand Elders from the smaller Sects.
She made a mystified expression, absentmindedly mimicking his motion of the farewell greeting, and moving away to join her Sect mbers. But before she did, she turned to look at Wu Long again with a strange look, not sure why his last words lingered on her mind.
Wu Long, anwhile, approached the Southern Sea Island Sect’s Sect Master, and before any of those surrounding the latter and were already making all kinds of offers could speak up as he ca up to them, raised his hand in a stopping motion.
“I will not trade away the natural treasure. Money doesn’t interest , neither does the cultivation legacy of any of your Sects. Other cultivation resources would be aningless to offer unless they are of the sa or higher quality and value”
As soon as he made his terms known, the people showed frustrated expressions. To which he added, “Intimidation will also not work. As you may have guessed from this whole situation, I really don’t care about crossing any of you”
His words caused a few sparks in the eyes of people around, so of them not even standing close to him.
Yun Ping, who finally regained full consciousness, although still needing the support of two other Disciples to stand, was trying to incinerate Wu Long with his eyes, though the latter never acknowledged that gaze, or was bothered by it.
Although he knew that Yun Ping would try to cause trouble for him later on, no matter when it was, he decided to postpone dealing with him, as a certain thought occurred to him, ‘Experinting on stealing an Extre Yang Physique right away is a bit too big of a hurdle, if Physiques indeed could be stolen, it is better to start with sothing far less powerful, and also far less precious so that it’s not too big of a loss if it’s a failure… like a Yang-type Variation Physique’
No one seed to possess any other ans to entice Wu Long into trading away the treasure, and the Southern Sea Island Sect, with him by their side, seed reassured, also declining any talks.
Both Wu Long and the Sect Master proceeded to et the Martial Alliance representative in his office.
“Now, then, I know you said that you weren’t willing to trade, but I am going to ask for the last ti anyway”, the Martial Alliance representative spoke without turning to open his vault.
“I do not think you possess a resource of equal value that you can trade”, Wu Long shook his head.
“But if you decline to trade… I might just declare the whole two matches invalid on the grounds that you are not in Mortal Transcendence Realm. No one in their right mind would believe you are, when they learn you defeated a pirate in the 5th-level Essence Gathering Realm who consud an Essence Ignition Pill, unless you are one of the few and far between Heaven’s Chosen”, the Martial Alliance representative finally showed his hand in concealing this information.
His expression shifted to that of glee as he spoke, “I don’t know how you are so masterfully concealing your cultivation, but it’s going to be hard to continue under scrutiny”
Wu Long revealed a grin, “You can use a Mortal Grade asuring stone if you like, it’ll show you that I am exactly in the cultivation I am in, but even without that… this should tell you plenty”
He placed a pass into the One Sun Fortress onto the desk.
The Martial Alliance representative’s eyes widened with shock, first at his words about the Mortal Grade asurent stone, which would shatter if one possessing Profound Qi so much as got close to it, and then even more at the sight of the pass that indicated that Wu Long went into the Sun Shadow Secret Realm.
“Y-You’re bluffing…”, he could only say with hesitation.
“You can check the records. Go ahead and do it now, why would I bluff with sothing so easily disprovable?”, Wu Long shrugged nonchalantly, as he didn’t even have to bluff here, speaking simple facts.
The Martial Alliance representative picked up his communication jade and a few communication talismans, a few of them glowing and withering right away as he used them.
anwhile, the Southern Sea Island Sect’s Sect Master stood covered in cold sweat.
He was certainly mad at their treasure being taken away and being pushed aside.
And he knew very well that while the Martial Alliance promised a reward of 100,000 gold to their Sect, which wasn’t even remotely equivalent to the treasure’s value to begin with, they would be lucky to receive even a tenth of that.
The rest would be promised to be given later, then delayed, then ‘mistakenly recorded as being payed out’, and then completely forgotten.
Thus, agreeing to cooperate with Wu Long was a natural choice, as what he offered was worth to them much more than the money.
Their primary motivation was, of course, the technique he offered them.
But it was also true that at least a small part of that motivation was to throw sticks into the wheels for both the Martial Alliance, and the Sects who all ca here greedy for what was theirs.
At the sa ti, they would be doing so from a relatively safe position of putting all the bla and resentnt of all parties involved on Wu Long.
If they could do that while also making profit, it was an absolute win.
However, he never expected such a direct confrontation with the Martial Alliance.
The Martial Alliance representative turned his eyes filled with shock to Wu Long, as he received a ssage through the communication jade.
“…”, he could not believe it, but he had a hunch that even if he ordered to bring in a Mortal Grade asuring stone, it would not change the situation. Wu Long was telling the truth.
‘This youngster… what monstrous talent…’, he thought as he looked at Wu Long, ‘Should I… crush him now?’
After all, Wu Long could bear a grudge against him for this, and if Wu Long was allowed to grow enough to threaten him…
“I don’t care about you”, however, Wu Long’s cold words shook the Martial Alliance representative to the core just as he was thinking about all of that.
That gaze, full of cold indifference, it sohow saw through him completely.
It was now the Martial Alliance representative’s turn to start shedding cold sweat as he was suddenly overwheld by an uncontrollable, and inexplicable existential dread.
Wu Long’s presence completely changed in his perception even though it didn’t seem like anything changed to the Southern Sea Island Sect’s Sect Master, who also froze at Wu Long’s words but for a different reason.
“As long as you give what is now rightfully mine, without trying any stunts to try and give sothing else, and don’t cross , out of your worthless worries about imagined future, I have absolutely no interest in you, what you do, how you live, and your existence in general”, Wu Long’s words seed to lack any emotion whatsoever, and yet sent chills through the Martial Alliance representative.
He continued, tolerating spending a bit of ti on this, as he saw that as a small price to pay for avoiding all the trouble he would get if this Martial Alliance representative didn’t fully understand the situation.
“If you decide to aggravate this situation in any way whatsoever, the prophesy you just imagined of retaliation from will beco self-fulfilling, and far earlier than you imagine. It all depends on your choice, right here and now, to just let it go and live peacefully however much you can do so without causing trouble for yourself with soone else, or to beco an immortal fly. Now… choose… and choose wisely…”
As Wu Long’s last words fell, it felt like a decree of the Heavenly Daos, giving the Martial Alliance representative the final warning and choice.
The Sect Master of the Southern Sea Island Sect forgot to breathe as he looked at that scene with wide eyes, scared out of his wits and thinking that this madman was going to get both of them dead.
And then, after a full minute of silence, the Martial Alliance representative silently turned and used his jade token to open the vault’s Formation, entering inside.
He then ca out with a jade box, putting it carefully on the desk in front of Wu Long.
“Wise choice”, Wu Long nodded, not needing to confirm as he saw the treasure through the vault long before they even started talking.
He stashed the jade box into his Spatial Ring, and throwing a jade slip with the technique to the Sect Master of the Southern Sea Island Sect, turned to leave the room.
The latter, having already collapsed to the floor from excess stress, after the tension was finally cut, caught the jade slip while sitting on his butt, turning his round eyes to it, and then to Wu Long’s figure leaving the room with a dazed expression.
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