Chapter 142: Chapter 0152: Should We Redeem Them All at Once? Chapter 142: Chapter 0152: Should We Redeem Them All at Once? Qi Tian put away the Gold Rune Volu. Naturally, he wouldn’t be polite to Huang Zhong at this ti; this was what he deserved, and was an agreent between him and Huang Zhong. However, Huang Zhong clearly recognized him just now, but still kept his face hidden. If Qi Tian hadn’t called Huang Zhong out, it was not beyond probable that Huang Zhong would feign ignorance and pocket the Gold Rune Volu, refusing to hand over everything to him.
“Alright, Master Huang. I’ve taken the object. You can leave now,” Qi Tian started to dismiss him promptly.
Huang Zhong opened his mouth, wanting to disclose his real purpose of this visit. But considering the possible consequence of doing so, he dismissed the thought. “Alright, I’m leaving then. Qi Tian, I hope we can et again in the future.”
After Huang Zhong left, another person arrived. Unlike the previous n, this ti it was a woman, a beautiful woman who had encountered Qi Tian several tis before.
Seeing Zhu Ziyan standing in front of the huge stone, as beautiful as a peach tree in full blossom, Qi Tian’s gaze tightened. He didn’t expect the Lianying Trade Union to get involved in this matter. Despite his surprise, Qi Tian wasn’t overly concerned. The Lianying Trade Union might have a mysterious background, but due to the laws of heaven and earth in the Lianying Realm, they couldn’t summon cultivators beyond the Qi Cultivation Period. At most, they could send soone like Chu Yang who was at the Half-step Foundation Establishnt stage, which posed no fatal threat to him.
Zhu Ziyan had never seen Qi Tian’s real face. At the ti, Qi Tian wore a mask and deceived many people including Zhu Ziyan and Li Hongjie. However, later on, when Qi Tian showed off his Golden Flur Tiger, Li Hongjie was able to recognize him. Because Zhu Ziyan hadn’t seen Qi Tian riding the Golden Flur Tiger, she didn’t recognize him yet.
Zhu Ziyan bowed to Qi Tian, saying, “Qi Tian, this ti I represent the Lianying Trade Union and nurous powers within the Lianying Realm. We hope to negotiate a trade with you to redeem the head of the Cai family, Cai Qilong.”
Qi Tian nodded and said, “No problem. The price has been established at thirty million worth of cultivation resources. Once I receive these cultivation resources, I’ll release him imdiately. An old man nearing death is of no value in my hands; I have no reason to keep holding onto him.”
Zhu Ziyan responded, “Thirty million is too much. You must have received quite a lot of coins from the powers that ca bit by bit just now? I estimate it should already amount to ten million. First, this ten million needs to be deducted. Then, looking at Cai Qilong’s condition—which you’ve shaken up quite a bit—it’ll require substantial cultivation resources worth millions to bring him back to his original state. Furthermore, you seem to have taken quite a lot of things from Cai Qilong, which are also worth a fair sum of money. This way, we’re only willing to offer another ten million, and you hand Cai Qilong over to us. Consider it as a favor to , Zhu Ziyan, and the Lianying Trade Union.”
Qi Tian chuckled, “Considering you’re a pretty young lady, I can do you a favor. I can subtract one million, but that’s the limit. Offer cultivation resources worth twenty-nine million, and that’ll do. Don’t give coins; I have no use for them.”
“So my favor is only worth one million?” Zhu Ziyan’s face turned cold.
Qi Tian laughed, “Absolutely. We are neither relatives nor friends, eting for the first ti at that. If not for your beauty and being a woman, I wouldn’t let go of even that one million. Also, let remind you; capturing Cai Qilong, I never intended to bargain with anyone. If you want to ransom him, you can do so, but it needs to be on my terms.”
Zhu Ziyan gritted her teeth. She didn’t expect Qi Tian to be so obstinate, leaving no room for negotiation, rendering all the argunts she’d prepared in advance useless.
She looked up at Qi Tian, noticing the firm determination visible between his eyebrows, understanding that there was likely no room for bargaining in this matter. To redeem Cai Qilong, it seed they really would have to comply with Qi Tian’s price.
Zhu Ziyan, an assertive person herself, and the Lianying Trade Union she represented, didn’t want to plunge the Lianying Realm into chaos; it wouldn’t align with their interests. So, she said, “Alright, we’ll do as you say. I’ll arrange for the cultivation resources worth twenty-nine million right away.”
Qi Tian said, “I only want three types of cultivation resources: talismans from grade three to five, spirit stones or resources that can help breakthrough. Of course, if you have a Foundation Establishnt pill, that would work too.”
“Foundation Establishnt Pill? You wish!” Zhu Ziyan retorted indignantly. Qi Tian, who was only at the Qi Cultivation Stage 4, was already this overbearing. If he managed to break through to the Foundation Establishnt Stage, he would be even more domineering. This is the kind of person who should be trapped in the Qi Cultivation Period for life, and eventually irritate a strong cultivator in the Foundation Establishnt Stage, who would slap him to death.
For the sa reasons, Zhu Ziyan also ruled out pills that could aid in breaking through, as well as talismans that could enhance combat and defense capabilities. The only resources left were spirit stones.
Zhu Ziyan took out a brocade box and handed it to Qi Tian, saying, “Take a look at this, is it enough?”
Qi Tian opened the brocade box, his gaze involuntarily focusing on the ten spirit stones inside. They were unlike ordinary spirit stones, appearing more lively and vibrant in color. “Middle-grade spirit stones?”
“Exactly, these are middle-grade spirit stones. Each one is worth a fortune. Ten middle-grade spirit stones can fetch up to thirty million coins,” Zhu Ziyan declared proudly.
Hearing this, Qi Tian imdiately handed the brocade box back to Zhu Ziyan, saying, “Middle-grade spirit stones are too precious. I can’t afford them. You’d better give low-grade spirit stones at the market price.”
Almost driven mad with exasperation, Zhu Ziyan retorted, “The middle-grade spirit stones I’m offering you are priced according to the market value. I’m not asking you for extra money.”
A smirk played at the corner of Qi Tian’s mouth. “Maybe that’s your market price, but not mine. Three million coins for a middle-grade spirit stone? Are you treating like a fool? One hundred thousand each would be more like it.”
“The price calculation isn’t as simple as that. Yes, the content of Spirit Qi in middle-grade spirit stones is about ten tis that of low-grade stones. That’s correct. However, that doesn’t an that the value of a middle-grade spirit stone is just ten tis that of low-grade stones. Depending on the buyer, it can easily be two hundred- or even three hundred-fold the value,” Zhu Ziyan attempted to explain to Qi Tian.
Qi Tian, of course, knew this, but on the one hand, he didn’t need middle-grade spirit stones at the mont, and on the other hand, low-grade spirit stones were more valuable to him. After all, the Heavenly Dao Engine he possessed could drain the energy from both low and middle-grade spirit stones in an extrely short period of ti. Hence, low-grade spirit stones were in fact more worthwhile for him at his current stage. Of course, it was uncertain whether this would change in the future.
Qi Tian shook his head and said, “You don’t have to explain this to . Either you convert all of them into low-grade spirit stones for , or you give middle-grade spirit stones at a price of one hundred thousand coins each.”
Zhu Ziyan almost gnashed her teeth in frustration. She was trying to overcharge Qi Tian by using a middle-grade spirit stone to cover a cost of three million coins. That price was far beyond its market value — typically, one middle-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for twenty low-grade ones, and sotis, a particularly good-quality middle-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for thirty. The exaggeration of exchanging two to three hundred low-grade spirit stones for one middle-grade spirit stone was non-existent. As a businesswoman, Zhu Ziyan was naturally inclined to seek high profits. Yet, to her surprise, Qi Tian was incredibly shrewd, not giving her an inch, and, what frustrated her the most was how he kept the prices rigidly low. At ten middle-grade spirit stones for one hundred thousand coins each, and one low-grade spirit stone for ten thousand coins each, she’d barely make any profit.
“Fine. Since you want low-grade spirit stones, I can give them to you. But I can only give you two thousand. If you still aren’t satisfied, then you might as well kill Cai Qilong. I’m washing my hands of this troubleso matter,” Zhu Ziyan delivered her ultimatum.
After a brief monts of consideration, Qi Tian said, “Since you have that many low-grade spirit stones, let’s make another deal. I can trade all the coins I have with you. What’s your price for spirit stones?”
Zhu Ziyan’s eyes flickered as she said, “Given the large amount you’re asking for, it’s quite challenging for our Lianying Trade Union to gather all those stones. Let’s price it according to the wholesale rate. Fifteen thousand coins each, how does that sound?”
“Sure.” Without any hesitation, Qi Tian agreed. He had even bought spirit stones at twenty thousand each during the auction in the Lianying Realm, so getting them at fifteen thousand each was quite a steal.
Of course, he could have taken all the coins back with him and sold them to the Imperial Master Mansion. But then, he would have to carry bags of silver around to buy spirit stones. Ignoring whether the Imperial Master Mansion had the quantity of spirit stones he needed, how was he supposed to ensure the safety of those tens of millions of coins? Better to exchange them directly for low-grade spirit stones here, even if it ant accepting a bit of a loss, rather than risk being targeted and unable to protect his assets when he got back.
Qi Tian still had quite a decent amount of coins on him. He hadn’t used them all up when he was bargaining for the ransom, and on top of that, people had just handed him over ten million more. In total, he had slightly less than forty million. Qi Tian originally wanted to open Cai Qilong’s storage bag and ring, but found out that he could not. Unlike others’ storage bags and rings, Cai Qilong had perford a blood sacrifice on his storage magical instrunts. Unless Qi Tian killed Cai Qilong, or forcefully cracked them open with the Heavenly Dao Engine, he wouldn’t be able to access them.
As he wasn’t willing to resort to forceful ans in front of Zhu Ziyan, he considered briefly and handed the approximately forty million coins over to Zhu Ziyan. He then took out Cai Qilong’s storage bag and ring and placed them in front of Zhu Ziyan. “These belong to Cai Qilong. Do you want to redeem them as well?”
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