The white light that appeared this time only covered an area of a few meters.
In front of the stone wall, a translucent figure condensed.
The figure changed continuously, sometimes middle-aged, sometimes elderly, as if choosing the ’skin’ it wanted to show outwardly, finally settling into an amiable-looking old man with white shoulder-length hair and a clean-shaven face.
It gazed at Wang Jixuan and Shen Qionglin, with a hint of wariness in its eyes, as well as an enduring melancholy.
No.4 Spirit Cultivator spoke gravely:
"You’ve lowered my impression of human civilization’s individual character, mysterious cultivator."
Shen Qionglin’s lips curled into a charming smile, he hugged his arms and took two steps back, leaving the main stage to Wang Jixuan.
Master Wang chuckled awkwardly, "But you have given me a much clearer and definite judgement of Spirit Cultivator civilization."
No.4 Spirit Cultivator cursed, "Are you trying to humiliate me again? You should start by showing some sincerity in negotiations!"
"If sincerity in negotiations means flattery, then what meaningful results can we possibly achieve?"
Wang Jixuan raised his hand and gestured, and Mu Dan brought over a folding chair.
Daoist calmly took a seat, crossed his legs, and stared straight at No.4 Spirit Cultivator, saying slowly:
"You saw the footage just now, Beast Speaker, a traitorous human who betrayed Spiritual Ability City and defected to the Blade Beast Camp, formerly a Level Spirit Ability User."
"He’s about to lead the Blade Beasts in an attack on us."
No.4 Spirit Cultivator sneered, "Isn’t that the consequence you brought upon yourself? Without my protection, you are bound to fail, your plea for help has come too late..."
"I’m not here today to ask for your protection, with the state you’re in, you can’t protect humanity."
Wang Jixuan weighed his words carefully:
"You were besieged and hunted by Blade Beasts, and you led the Blade Beasts to this planet, causing the local primitive civilization to suffer a devastating impact."
"Blade Beasts are savage and fearsome, but what about you? The creators of the Blade Beasts, the spark that ignited the invasion of human civilization."
"It’s just a matter of before and after the disaster," No.4 said coldly, "Even if we hadn’t come, the Blade Beasts would eventually have come here and destroyed everything."
Wang Jixuan looked puzzled:
"What grudge do Blade Beasts hold against humans?"
"Their core circuits are designed that way..."
No.4 suddenly realized something, his eyes filled with caution, and he did not continue the topic, instead switching to:
"Since it’s a negotiation, let’s get straight to the point, state our conditions and raises."
"Alright, let’s get right to it."
Wang Jixuan inwardly lamented, "What a pity."
This fellow is quite cautious.
Instinct told him, if No.4 Spirit Cultivator had continued, he might have been able to extract some secrets about the Blade Beasts.
Wang Jixuan raised his hand in invitation: "Your terms."
"Send me back to Spiritual Ability City."
"Out of the question," Wang Jixuan said, "offer something practical."
"Fine, my first condition, you must fully respect my will, and provide me with at least 30,000 young and eligible human beings to become my Spirit Slaves."
Wang Jixuan shook his head:
"This is a war zone, not Spiritual Ability City."
No.4 looked as if he had anticipated this and said indifferently: "It’s power, the power to oppose the Blade Beasts. Gaining power requires a certain price, and this price, for humans who can continuously reproduce, should be nothing."
"There are many ways to gain power."
"I think you’d better let the Commander make the decision, cultivator."
A hint of mockery appeared on No.4’s lips:
"This might seem cruel to you, but for the commander of the human forces..."
Fu Jian’s voice came through; he spoke slowly:
"I have fully authorized Comrade Wang Zheng to negotiate with the Spirit Cultivator civilization."
No.4’s brows furrowed deeply.
Wang Jixuan leisurely sipped the tea that Mu Dan had passed to him and said warmly: "The first condition we actively offer you, is to protect your safety under the threat of the Beast Speaker."
No.4 said coldly: "Isn’t that blatantly plundering me?"
"How could that be plundering?"
Wang Jixuan explained earnestly:
"We provide you with protection, and in return, you must pay a protection fee.
"In fact, it’s a double protection.
"The first layer of protection is to keep you safe from the threats of the Blade Beasts and Beast Speaker.
"The second layer of protection is to keep you safe from my threat, if it weren’t for their intervention, I would have destroyed you by now, No.4 Spirit Cultivator."
The atmosphere in the warehouse became stagnant.
Wang Jixuan’s attempt at getting something for nothing was almost too much for Fu Jian to watch.
In this situation, it was unthinkable that No.4 Spirit Cultivator would agree...
No.4’s expression eased slightly:
"You truly can threaten me; the poison you left behind last time made me waste a lot of Spiritual Energy... but if it’s just to provide me with that kind of protection, then the technology I can offer you will not involve the core interests of the Spirit Cultivators."
"You name your price for what you want... What do you want?"
Wang Jixuan nodded and turned to ask: "Commander, what do you want?"
Fu Jian was silent for half a minute.
As if, he was truly stumped by the question.
Actually, Fu Jian realized that threatening No.4 Spirit Cultivator with Blade Beasts and the Beast Speaker was likely to be effective.
Fu Jian, who has always insisted on an independent path for humanity, suddenly couldn’t think of any benefits they could demand.
Ask for infusing technology?
They would not sacrifice ordinary people to produce Spirit Ability Users.
Without Spirit Ability Users, then the technology for Spiritual Awakening and advancement of High-level Spirit Ability Users would be out of the question too.
No.4 Spirit Cultivator became a bit uneasy: "Don’t you want to get anything from me?"