Chapter 28: Negotiation

  The morning sunlight filtered through the branches and fell on an old man. The old man with white hair and beard looked very spirited.

  A middle-aged man next to him suddenly said lightly, "Judging from the previous situation, they should be able to come out this afternoon. I wonder who will get the key, it's really exciting!" The man was Chen Yun, the deputy master of Danxiang Temple.

  "Heh heh, this time it might be a lot faster, this time our overall strength is much stronger than before."

  A mature woman twisted her proud body, that plump and raised buttocks were tightly wrapped, those big breasts also unapologetically attracted many people's eyeballs, this is the Li Lu of Qí Miào Gé.

  Wu Qingtian nodded: "Indeed, it makes sense. Maybe they can come out at noon, hehe, Li An, have you prepared the prize for first place?"

  "Lord, I've been ready for a long time, please don't worry." Li An stepped forward two steps and bowed.

  As soon as the words fell, the people guarding the cave entrance all sensed something and one by one raised their heads to look at the not-too-distant mountain cave.

  Wu Qingtian and the others looked at the light curtain at the entrance of the cave, which was fluctuating more and more violently, and couldn't help but feel delighted. It seemed that someone had already taken the key, and everyone would be out soon. This was much earlier than expected.

  "Whoosh!" Figures flew out of the mountain cave's light screen, some with missing arms and broken legs, others heavily injured, their clothes tattered and disheveled. Some were still clutching a stalk of spiritual grass, clearly having just picked it and not had time to put it in their Cloud Bag before being flung out.

  All sorts of postures, some with their heads facing the ground, others eating dog shit, and beauties standing up rubbing their own buttocks, wherever they fell you will definitely understand.

  After a while, many people were thrown out, of course, those who didn't come out were dead inside.

  "Ahh!" A pig-like scream sounded, and Deng Huanzi was thrown out and slammed into a large tree. Immediately afterwards, Liu Ru, Song Qijiang, Han Dong, Meng Qian, Lin Ru and others were also thrown out one by one.

  "Hey kids, who got the key?"

  Li An hastily went forward to ask, Wu Qingtian also hastened to look towards Liu Ru and others.

  "Hmph, you'll know soon enough." Liu Ruyue let out a cold hum, clearly in a bad mood.

  Song Qijiang stood up from the ground, patted the dust off his hands and calmly said: "The key was taken by that little brat."

  "Ah!" At this moment, another wolf howl sounded, and a figure flew out of the light screen, flying straight towards Deng Huanzi.

  Duan Yifeng touched his bottom and felt it was soft. He muttered to himself, "I thought I would be in a lot of pain? It doesn't hurt at all!"

  "Ah, you little rascal, you're pressing down on me, get up quickly!" A voice came over, Duan Yifeng looked down and hurriedly jumped up, he found himself sitting on Deng Huaizi's body, no wonder his butt didn't feel sore.

  "Hehe, I'm sorry about that, it wasn't intentional, you guys can all vouch for me." Duan Yifeng said with a bit of embarrassment.

  "It's you" Wu Qingtian, Li Lu and Chen Yun said in unison, because they all discovered that Duan Yifeng's right hand was holding a red crystal.

  "It's me, hehe, aren't you thrilled? You've been expecting this for a long time, right!" Duan Yifeng smiled brightly.

  "Ah, this young friend, here's your reward. And by the way, please introduce yourself so that everyone can get to know you." Li An handed a Lingyun bag to Duan Yifeng.

  "Ah, hello everyone, my name is Duan Yifeng. Although I'm the most handsome in our Luoke Town, there are people outside of people and sky outside of sky, so I'm not arrogant, but rather humble. Hehe, this time I got this key, it's really just good luck, and also because of Liu brother and Deng brother's humility, so this stone was given to me. Anyway, I'll do my best to bring back the calming pill for Wu Baozhu, you can all rest assured. Oh, ladies, I still don't have a crush on anyone, hehe, you know what I mean!" Duan Yifeng said with a smile, stroking his long hair by his ear, looking like a ** mother pig, and swinging his hips back and forth.

  "Hmph, this kid......" Liu Ru looked at Duan Yifeng's appearance and shook her head with a mixture of laughter and tears.

  Deng Paozi and Lin Ru, along with many others, burst out laughing. They didn't expect Duan Yifeng to be so open-minded, and he even bragged about how handsome he was. His shamelessness is simply beyond words.

  Wu Qingtian furrowed his brow and walked out, clearly not very satisfied with Duan Yifeng obtaining the key. In his eyes, Duan Yifeng was just a mid-level Lingyun warrior, and such cultivation was indeed a bit low. Even Li Lu and Chen Yun felt a bit of a headache.

  "This time, everyone has worked hard. If you have other things to do, you can leave now. You are also welcome to stay at my Hongyan Fortress for a few days before leaving. This young friend Duan Yifeng, please go down and rest first, come find me tomorrow and we'll talk again." Wu Qingtian said, waving his hand, and many people began to leave Yunyue Mountain one after another.

  Duan Yifeng was very clear in his mind that Wu Qingtian did not directly entertain himself at this time, nor did he mention the matter of Long Yin Yuan, obviously he had some reservations about his own cultivation and needed to consider it.

  Duan Yifeng didn't say a word and led Han Dong down the mountain at a quick pace, Meng Qian hesitated for a moment before following them.

  "Hey, Yifeng Lao Da, this Wu Bao Zhu seems to look down on us a bit! His attitude towards us is a bit..." Han Dong said as he walked.

  "Mind your own business! If he were nicer to me, I might be willing to help him get that Mind-Calming Pill. But if not, then I'm not bothered, anyway the key is in my hands, whatever I want to do is my own business, and I'm not particularly interested in that Mysterious Spirit Soldier."

  "Oh, Miss Meng Qian really wants to hang out with us two?" Duan Yi Feng turned his head and looked at the red-haired beauty behind him.

  "Really? From now on you're going to be my boss, hehe, you promised me, no backing out!" Meng Qian ran in front of Duan Yi Feng and looked at him.

  "Alright," said Duan Yifeng, flicking Mo Qian's nose with his finger, causing her to blush involuntarily.

  At night, inside a palace in Hongyan Castle, there were five people discussing something. Apart from Wu Qingtian, Li Lu, Chen Yun, there was also a middle-aged beautiful woman and a short old man, both of whom had the cultivation of mid-level Lingyun General and had the qualifications to impact high-level Lingyun General. The old man was precisely the master of Qimiao Pavilion, Zhou Tian, while the beautiful woman was the master of Danxiang Hall, Fan Ping.

  "Is that Duan kid really a mid-level Lingyun cultivator? How could he possibly get the key, unless those Liu Yu and others were willing to hand it over?" Zhou Tian asked.

  "That's what the kid said, but nobody knows the specifics." Chen Yun said beside him.

  Wu Qing Tian sighed and said, "It's always been whoever gets the key goes, but this time it's too unexpected. I quite like that kid's personality, but he's not capable enough, going would be a death sentence for him. Everyone knows, this is my last chance, if I let him go... isn't that just wasting our only opportunity? I'm just waiting to die, so I wanted to discuss it with everyone."

  Fan Ping looked at Li Lu: "Li Lu, aren't you known for your discerning eye? What do you think? Why don't we call that kid tomorrow and ask him to hand over the key, then invite Liu Ru or someone else to go instead? We can give that kid some benefits and let him leave. He must also know about the danger of Long Yin Yuan, maybe he'll even propose not going himself tomorrow!"

  Li Lu chuckled and said: "I think we can let that little guy give it a try."

  Wu Qingtian snorted coldly: "I think you two families won't be hoping for that kid to die, and can't get the Ding Shen Dan? If I die, it's easy to guess what benefits your two families will gain."

  "Brother Wu, what are you talking about? Are you suggesting we discuss this? Fan Ping and I also plan to attack the high-ranking Lingyun General in the future, so we'll need that Dan of Tranquility. How can we waste a once-in-a-decade opportunity? Besides, with two city forces eyeing us covetously, we rely on you to hold them off. Our three parties have always coexisted peacefully and united against outsiders. What good would come from internal strife?"

  Zhou Tianyue said more and more angrily, feeling that Wu Qingtian was simply a villain who measured others' hearts with his own.

  "Let's not be impatient, we should listen to why Li Lu said that. She must have her reasons," Fan Ping hastily said, although she was the master of Dan Xiang Hall, but she also knew that this Li Lu, the executive of Qi Miao Ge, was not a person who spoke nonsense.

  "It's my fault, this is the last chance and that kid's strength was too weak, so... I hope everyone understands me, I've been waiting for 60 years." Wu Qingtian quickly apologized, he has always been a person who knows his mistakes and acknowledges them, and they have also known each other for decades, apologizing wouldn't make him feel too embarrassed.

  "Lǐ Lù is in charge, so please share your views. I was indeed too excited just now and didn't think it through." Wú Qīngtiān looked at Lǐ Lù with a hint of embarrassment.

  Li Lu smiled and said, "It's okay, I can understand your feelings. The reason why I think it's possible to let that Yifeng go is not because I've seen him before, nor is it what you think, but because I feel he's mysterious and may have real abilities."

  "Oh!"

  "Tell me in detail"

  Li Lu's eyes suddenly became sharp, as if they could see through everything: "That Yi Feng, two months ago when I saw him, heard that he had just entered the low-level Lingyun Warrior, and before entering the secret realm this time, he was also a low-level Lingyun Warrior. Hmm, this point is not * , * in the back. How can a low-level Lingyun Warrior like him be the first to arrive from Hongyan Square to Yunyue Mountain? Isn't that mysterious enough?"

  Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this, and Li Lu continued to analyze: "Many low-level Lingyun warriors went in and died, but he didn't die and even broke through to mid-level Lingyun warrior. First, it proves his talent, second, it shows that he still has some strength, otherwise how could he protect himself? Also, when he said someone gave him the stone, this is an impossible thing, which means he wants to intentionally conceal something. And also, when Liu Ru came out, there were some bloodstains on his clothes, don't say it's someone else's or a monster's, that bloodstain must be his own."

  "How can you be sure the bloodstain is his?" Fan Ping asked doubtfully.

  "Because the bloodstain was fresh, it was clear that he had been injured before coming out, and the bloodstains on Lin Ru's body were not so fresh. Therefore, Liu Ruxi was very likely to be injured when he snatched the key last time, and the key was in Duan Yifeng's hand, so it is possible that Liu Ruxi was beaten by Duan Yifeng." Li Lu made a bold guess.

  "No way, how is this possible?" Wu Qingtian's eyes widened in disbelief!

  "This is just my guess, and I don't know what the actual situation is. If it was really him who injured Liu Ru, then that means he has been hiding his true strength. There must be some way to hide one's cultivation level. But what I find hard to understand is that if that's the case, then this is too incredible, because two months ago he was indeed a low-level Lingyun Warrior, and now becoming a mid-level Lingyun Warrior should be the normal situation." Li Lu looked puzzled.

  "Li Lu's analysis is very correct, this kid is indeed mysterious and must have many secrets. Many of the strong people who went before were not able to... He is an uncertain factor, maybe he will go and succeed instead, let's not take the usual route this time." Chen Yun nodded in agreement.

  Wu Qingtian thought for a moment, then slowly nodded: "Alright, I'll stake my old life on this young man surnamed Duan. I hope he won't disappoint me."