Chapter 2882: Negotiations (1/2)
However, Jian Chen was unable to calm down. His heart continued to pound at an extraordinary rate. There was a Grand Exalt’s rib, a Grand Exalt’s spine, and even half of a Grand Exalt’s heart. If these three items ended up in the Saints’ World, they would definitely rock the entire Saints’ World. Countless Grand Primes would fight against each other tooth and tail for them.
Clearly, Jian Chen was extremely interested too with such a great temptation laid out in front of him. He even became greedy.
Jian Chen sucked in a deep breath and forcefully calmed down his turbulent emotions. He said, “There should be much more than that in the bronze lamp.”
In soul form, the Darkstar Emperor glanced at Jian Chen deeply and said calmly, “That’s right, there are indeed much more than these four items inside the bronze lamp. Apart from these four items, there are also some extremely precious and rare materials inside, as well as a few ancient records the ancestor left behind.”
“None of these rare materials possess powerful presences, so it’s impossible to conjure them.”
“As for the records left behind by the ancestor, they’re all either secret techniques or cultivation methods. Only members of our Darkstar race can practise them, so even if outsiders obtain them, they’re useless, unless they modify the cultivation methods of our Darkstar race and absorb the power of Spiritsages.”
Jian Chen’s eyes flickered as he stared straight at the Darkstar Emperor. He asked, “Darkstar Emperor, you say you require a cultivation at Chaotic Prime to open the space in the bronze lamp. How am I supposed to believe you’re telling the truth?”
“Hmph, I’ve always been a man of my word in the Darkstar race, and everything I do is done righteously and proudly. Never have I done things like rip off, trick, abduct, or fool like you outsiders. And, you’ve spent some time in our race when you were impersonating Kun Tian, so you should know a little about my moral character. I can only promise you that nothing I say is a sham,” said the Darkstar Emperor, pledging seriously and sincerely. He was upright and honourable, radiating with righteousness.
“Moreover, some items that belong to the Grand Exalt of the Wood Spirits are supreme treasures that can drive everyone crazy in the eyes of you outsiders, but to us, they’re truly useless. That’s because we’ve already held onto these items for countless years. They were already in our possession before the Spirits’ World was destroyed in the past. Now, despite countless years passing since the destruction of the Spirits’ World, the items you regard as supreme treasures are no different from before. They haven’t even moved within the bronze lamp’s miniature world.”
“For the sake of this goal, my race has already exerted itself for countless years, generation after generation. Even now, during the age that belongs to me, we still haven’t given up.”
The Darkstar Emperor was upright, staring at Jian Chen straightforwardly. He continued, “Outsider, I’ve said all of this to make you understand that everything I say is completely true, without any deceit or falsehood at all. And, I would never stoop as low as to plot some kind of scheme.”
The Darkstar Emperor paused for a moment. He said, “Of course, if you change your mind now and are willing to exchange the divine beast with me, then I can promise you that once our great ceremony succeeds, I’ll give you all the materials in the bronze lamp, including the three items from the Grand Exalt of the Wood Spirits.”
“You don’t have to bring that up again. No matter how many precious items your Darkstar race possesses, even if you possess the legacies of Grand Exalts, you’ll never exchange Sacredfeather from me.” Jian Chen directly dismissed all of the Darkstar Emperor’s thoughts. After a moment of thought, he continued, “Just the specialties of your Darkstar race is still not enough to exchange for the lives of your entire race. Since you can’t produce the Grand Exalt of the Wood Spirits’ bone, then you might as well replace it with the Grand Exalt’s essence blood in your Darkstar race’s possession.”
“You want Grand Exalt’s essence blood?” The Darkstar Emperor’s eyes narrowed.
“That’s right. Not only has your Darkstar race produced a Grand Exalt, but he has fought against the Grand Exalt of the Wood Spirits, so you should have quite a lot of essence blood belonging to the Grand Exalt of the Wood Spirits too. You can replace the Grand Exalt’s bone with essence blood. How much essence blood do you have?” Jian Chen asked.
The Darkstar Emperor thought to himself and said, “We don’t have essence blood from the Grand Exalt of the Wood Spirits. Even if we do, it’s all inside the half a heart, so we can’t retrieve it at all. However, we do have some essence blood from our ancestor, but there’s not a lot left.”