Chapter 1035 - What Can I Do for You? (1/2)

Leng Jin Yu turned around and raised his brows. Unsurprisingly, the person standing behind him was of the spirit beast clan.

Without waiting for him to say anything, the man already spoke up. ”You have no use for that.”

Leng Jin Yu gave a faint smile. ”I don't. But a person I know does.”

The beast person scoffed. ”Do you even know what this is?”

”Mountain peak cloud. My husband happens to be an alchemist.”

The other man continued to look at him, his gaze not quite friendly. He didn't seem to know what else to say though and thus kept quiet.

Leng Jin Yu waited for a moment, giving him the opportunity to think things through and then sighed. ”I know that this herb is important for the beast people. As it so happens, the person I know in the human realm has some blood of the demonic beast tribe. He was recently hurt and his core was injured. Without this herb, I'm afraid he won't make it through.”

That beast person continued to look at him, obviously still not happy.

Leng Jin Yu could only sigh again. It wasn't that unbelievable that the beast people wouldn't want him to come and pluck a herb like this just like that. In fact, he had expected that. ”What do I need to do for you to let me take it?” He might be able to fight this person but if he did, getting out of the territory of the beast clan would be much more difficult. Thus, it was better to negotiate and hope for the best. Maybe there was something he could do for them that was worth just as much as a stalk of this herb in their eyes.

Unfortunately, the beast person just scoffed. ”You? You're just a human. What could you do for us that would be as valuable as something that could save our people's lives? Since you know that it can be used to heal a broken core, you shouldn't even ask about this.”

Leng Jin Yu nodded. ”I do understand where you're coming from. This herb is precious to your people. Giving it up … Naturally, you're not willing to do it just like that. But as for whether or not I can do something for you or your people, that still remains to be seen. Just tell me what I would need to do. If I can find a way, then it wouldn't hurt to give it a try, would it? In the end, you might also get an advantage out of this.”

The other man crossed his arms in front of his chest, looking from Leng Jin Yu to the herb and back again. ”Why do I feel like you are just trying to stall for time? Is another one of you here, trying to find this herb in another place? Don't even try that! I'm not the only one living here. We would notice.”

Leng Jin Yu just smiled at that accusation. ”Don't worry about that. I don't intend to play any tricks on you. I'm just positive that I will be able to do something to earn this herb. I know that you don't agree but what is wrong with giving it a try?”

The man scoffed again. ”You say that as if it was a small thing. Since this herb can be used to save our people's lives, you would have to save the life of at least one of our people, right? In fact, this one herb can be used to grow several more in the future, so you would have to save several of us. How are you going to do that?”