NOVEL NEXT Chapter 969: Terms
"Holy Saint, our Golden Sparrow has already shown the greatest sincerity."
The woman's voice under the umbrella was elegant and distant, her surface emotionless and tone calm, "Whether you believe it or not, these resources are the maximum limit that Golden Sparrow can offer."
No, it's not the limit, Xia Feng's dark eyes slightly narrowed as he directly said, "Dubhe Five and Golden Sparrow Feather should be in the hands of Golden Sparrow, right?"
Upon hearing this, Ke Yanqing's oil-paper umbrella slightly lifted, evidently not expecting the Abyss Saint to want these two items.
"Such divine objects as Dubhe Five handed over to Your Holiness just for a 10% price increase seems unfair. Moreover, Mother has yet to seize this item."
She shook her head, puzzled, "As for the Golden Sparrow Feather, I wonder what the Saint wants with it?"
"This you do not need to know." The Black Spade Man said faintly.
Ke Yanqing furrowed her brows in deep thought. The Golden Sparrow Feather is a Level 7 spiritual material, a plant that naturally grows within the domain of the Legendary Divine Relics·Sparrow God Mountain, resembling a sparrow feather, and possesses traits like maintaining the existence of a damaged soul body or substituting as an exalted spiritual material.
This spiritual material hasn't reached the importance of a Level 8, but it's also almost exclusive to the Golden Sparrow, and only blooms once every thousand years, very rare.
The Golden Sparrow's own reserves aren't much, making it approximately as rare as a Level 8 material in some sense.
Previously, the S-Class inheritance·Golden Finch Flower Domain Spirit Paper was only lent out, and could be retrieved, so the actual loss was not significant, but if the Golden Sparrow Feather were given out, it would be a true consumption.
Ke Yanqing was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Fine, I can give Your Holiness one Golden Sparrow Feather."
"One? This Saint wants ten." Xia Feng said faintly.
"?!!"
Are you robbing me! The oil-paper umbrella shook, and Ke Yanqing took a deep breath, "Sir, the Golden Sparrow Feather might not blossom for a thousand or even two thousand years, we only have three left in total."
Only three left? So little... Xia Feng mused to himself, unsure if this was the truth.
But if it's three, then three it is.
"Alright, then this Saint will take three." Xia Feng said casually, as if it was a small matter.
Ke Yanqing's slender hand holding the umbrella tightened again, her expression dazed. The last time she was this angrily subdued was when she was harassed by that villain wearing the K mask.
This time, the person in front was also masked, and his words were equally infuriating.
Ke Yanqing took a deep breath, her voice cool, "Holy Saint, may I consider that you have no sincerity in trading with our Golden Sparrow?"
She seemed to realize, this mysterious Black Spade Man was deliberately bullying Golden Sparrow, with a faintly targeted intent.
Xia Feng thought for a moment and said, "How about this, what does your Golden Sparrow want? You can propose a condition to this Saint."
Condition? Ke Yanqing was stunned for a moment, then understood immediately. The Abyss Saint was intending to be a middleman, as he was about to receive a large amount of spiritual materials from other forces, which he could use to re-negotiate.
However, what's most urgent for Golden Sparrow now is not spiritual material resources. Ke Yanqing thought it over, her oil-paper umbrella slightly pivoted, her cold gaze fixed on the young man in a suit in the distance.
She turned back and asked, "Holy Saint, do you have the power to annihilate Burning Heaven?"
Xia Feng: ".....?"
What do you take me for, Dragon God's descent?
However, he also understood her intention immediately; Golden Sparrow wanted to use the possible existence of the Abyss Dragon God behind Xia Feng to strike against Burning Heaven.
But regardless of the existence of the Abyss Dragon God, even if it did exist, it wouldn't trade its appearance for such a small benefit.
"You two, discussing annihilating Burning Heaven right in front of me, isn't that a bit rude?"
From the distant ruins, the young man in a suit said with a chuckle, "How about this, beautiful Lady Servant, why don't your Golden Sparrow pay for Burning Heaven's entry into the Heavenly Realm, and we'll withdraw our troops, how's that?"
"In this way, Your Holiness gets the resources, your Golden Sparrow gets safety, and we Burning Heaven enter the Heavenly Realm for free—it's a triple win, isn't it?"
Ke Yanqing's gaze was cold, ignoring him, merely pondering for a moment before looking at the Black Spade Man, "Holy Saint, will you still be here tomorrow?"
The Black Spade Man thought for a moment, nodding, "Very well, today's negotiations will pause here. Tomorrow, you Golden Sparrow can give this Saint a definite answer."
Sparrow God Mountain is very close to the Sumeru Gate, there's really no rush, Ke Yanqing nodded, considering that according to the Twelve Seated's agenda, since Sumeru Gate opened in Golden Sparrow City, they intended for a deep collaboration with the Abyss Saint, and Mother agreed with this plan.
However, seeing the Abyss Saint so greedily asking, tonight's Twelve Seated meeting might be a tumultuous one.
"By the way, besides that...." The Black Spade Man casually gestured behind him, a vortex unfolded, revealing a young man with platinum hair and a black mask, whom he tossed towards Ke Yanqing.
"This one named Ko Nan is your younger brother, right? If not for this Saint's intervention, his life might have been at risk in this chaotic city."
The youth was naturally Xia Feng's true form; the Dubhe Five would eventually end up either with Hua God or the Heavenly Burning Saint Master, so he planned to infiltrate Sparrow God Mountain while waiting for an opportunity to act.
Ke Yanqing was shocked to see her younger brother had been grabbed... rescued by the Abyss Saint, hastily reaching out to catch him.
Xia Feng bumped into Qing Shan's embrace, feeling the soft, cloud-like sensation, and instinctively wrapped his arms around the waist of the woman in the flag dress, eyes in darkness.
Ke Yanqing's body stiffened, but thinking it was her younger brother, she felt nothing of it, the strange feeling of discomfort in her heart dissipating.
She pursed her lips, looking at the distant Black Spade Man, despite finding him as odious as the K-masked individual, always targeting Golden Sparrow, he ultimately did a good deed.
"This grace, Yanqing will remember, Holy Saint."
With that, without further delay, a clear cry echoed below her feet from the Golden Sparrow, drawing a fiery red twisted ripple across the sky, turning into a black dot, vanishing into the heights.
The remaining factions quickly departed without lingering, each using their own methods to leave quietly.
In the end, only Nian Gengcheng of Burning Heaven remained,
Appearing to have little interest in any transactions, with a cryptic smile, he lightly cupped a hand towards Xia Feng before transforming into a dark red flame, scattering with the wind.
The Black Spade Man stood atop the tower, gazing into the distant sky for a moment before turning back towards the Sumeru Gate.
This was merely Xia Feng's Dead Spirit avatar, prepared to stay in the Sumeru Realm to await further negotiations with Golden Sparrow the next day. Xia Feng withdrew his perspective from the avatar, his vision darkened, the scent of a faint Zhi Zi fragrance lingering on his lips.
His identity as the young master from the Ke Family was set as having a disfigured face, perpetually wearing a mask, though the mask only covered two-thirds of his face.
His lips and chin were exposed, with contours quite similar to Xia Feng's childhood appearance.
He looked up, meeting the woman's gaze.
Under the oil-paper umbrella, the woman's face, always obscured before, was finally distinct.
An oval face, hair pinned up with wooden hairpins, her beautiful eyes bearing a gentle and cool softness, not stunning but having a timeless, classical chill as if walking out of a far-reaching landscape painting.