"You speak as if we could stand a chance against that Primordial from the Upper Realm without making the trade,"
Yi Kui propped up her chin, her pale fingers gently tapping her cheek one after another, responding with indifference: "The woman just now was able to protect a Soul Condensation and quietly approach us, doesn’t that prove the point? Our Underground City’s Cultivation Techniques are not even slightly comparable to those of the Upper Realm."
"Just now, it was because Lord Sifu had not activated the Blood Divine Stone!"
Li Xing gave a low chuckle, took a deep breath, and mocked softly, "Yi Kui, are you so eager to follow that Soul Condensation to the Upper Realm? It’s a pity that her status is already too noble to care for your body."
Yi Kui let out a soft sigh, looking at the man in front of her without annoyance, and said lightly:
"If that’s the case, then Li Xing, you tell me, if we don’t agree to this trade, once the two from the Upper Realm leave or die in the Blood Demon Cavern, where will we find a way to breakthrough Primordial, where will we get stronger cultivation techniques? Is it something you can create yourself, or I can, or perhaps our Lord Sifu?"
"If we miss this opportunity, we can only wait for death in the next disaster of the Blood Nest!"
After speaking, Yi Kui clenched her hands tightly, and her beautiful eyes flashed with a fierce light at her fingertips.
All four of them grew up in the Underground City, where there is no daylight, with people and things they wish to protect together.
To indulge in decadence was because there was no hope in sight in this desperate situation, but it doesn’t mean Yi Kui had forgotten the original intention they had when they once overthrew the "sacrificial" rule."
Li Xing was silent for a few breaths, his voice became a bit smoother:
"What I mean is, at least we cannot lose our basic ability to resist. Let’s try to negotiate the details of the trade with those two people again..."
Yi Kui pointed outside, the alluring charm in her tone completely gone, now carrying a hint of fierceness:
"Other than the Blood Divine Stone, what else do we have to negotiate with the two from the Upper Realm?
"With information from the Blood Nest, or the resources of our Underground City?
"Li Xing, the Source Crystals they casually scatter are something we’ve never seen in our lifetimes! As for information... heh, does that man from the Upper Realm who knows how to escape the Underground Palace lack our information?!"
Yi Kui took a deep breath and massaged her forehead, her voice slowed down a bit:
"Apart from the Blood Divine Stone, maybe the only thing that would interest those two from the Upper Realm would be the four of us ourselves."
Upon saying that, the four were rendered speechless.
From the beginning, they really had no chance to bargain. As long as they wished to save the citizens of the Underground City, they could only unilaterally compromise with that brocade-robed gentleman from the Upper Realm.
"Alright, let’s all stop arguing,"
Bai Muxi’s crisp voice was gentle and soft, with a smile, but the smile under her veil was somewhat bitter: "I already know what to do."
she slowly stood up, looking towards the deep secret chamber of the stone hall.
There, two figures were slowly emerging.
The brocade-robed man’s voice, warm and smiling, drifted over:
"Lord Sifu, are you willing to accept the deal I proposed?"
Bai Muxi took a step forward, her gauzy clothes fluttering as she landed gracefully in front of the handsome man, bowing:
"Of course, we are willing. However, Mu Xi wishes to add a condition, hoping the gentleman will agree."
Xu Yuan listened to the change in her self-reference, his narrow eyes unconsciously narrowing:
"Aside from the Blood Divine Stone, the four of us are willing to be at the gentleman’s service."
Bai Muxi knelt down directly, her gauzy clothes sweeping the ground as her pale forehead tapped the floor beside Xu Yuan’s boots:
"earnestly begs the gentleman to save the citizens of the Underground City."