Chapter 1287: A Very Reasonable Price
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The Wolf King pondered for a moment.
“That makes sense. If I were in your position, I would have the same worries as you. No matter who you are, I admire you more and more.”
As he said that, the Wolf King opened his palm.
The Wolf Fang armor wrapped around his palm melted back into a liquid metal-like substance, and a big b.u.mp appeared at the center of his palm.
When the big b.u.mp broke, a yellowish substance that looked like a beehive was revealed inside. Its was filled with holes all around.
Even though he was wearing a mask, an unreasonable fragrance immediately rushed into Meng Chao’s nostrils, stimulating his nasal mucosa and brain nerves like strong alcohol.
“This is the ‘yellow crystal fruit’ that has been recorded in many war epics. You should know how magical its effects are.”
The wolf king said, “Perhaps, you don’t believe that it’s real, but as long as you break off a small piece and put it in your mouth, you will know that I don’t have the time or the need to lie to you.
“Or do you need me to break off a small piece and eat it before you can rest a.s.sured?”
“Yellow crystal fruit…”
Meng Chao slowly exhaled.
As expected, ‘Jackal’ka.n.u.s, who had secretly excavated countless lost temples, did not hand over all the spoils of war to the Lion King and Tiger King. Instead, he secretly hid the most valuable treasures.
The geological structure of Turan ZE was different from the Monster Mountains. The crystal veins here were deeper than the monster mountains. With the technology of the Turan civilization that was continuously deteriorating, it was difficult to excavate and refine them directly.
Fortunately, the ancient Turan people had long antic.i.p.ated the trend of civilization’s deterioration and created a magical plant such as the ‘Mandala tree’. Its roots could reach hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters deep underground, the spiritual energy in the mother lode of crystals was continuously absorbed and transported to the surface. In the form of the ‘Mandala Fruit’, the unworthy descendants of the later generations could directly put it into their mouths.
The mandala fruit, which had the most abundant spiritual energy, was known as the ‘Golden Fruit’.
Each mandala tree that was dozens of meters tall would only produce one golden fruit at the same time. It was a cultivation treasure comparable to the gene drugs in Dragon City.
After hundreds of golden fruits were collected and mixed with dozens of secret medicine, they were refined and refined repeatedly. Finally, such a thing that was the size of a baby’s fist and looked like a beehive was produced, it was the legendary top-tier cultivation resource, ‘Yellow Crystal Fruit’.
One could simply and roughly understand the yellow crystal fruit as ‘marrow crystals that can be eaten directly’.
The spiritual energy of almost a hundred golden fruits could be released slowly in the human stomach in the most gentle way to replenish the spiritual energy, repair the marrow, strengthen the flesh, stimulate the nerves, and heal almost all the injuries.
If converted into the training units of Dragon City, it was probably equivalent to hundreds of gene drugs.
Because the raw materials were not easy to come by, and the refining process was very complicated, more than a hundred golden fruits would be burnt to ashes if one was not careful. Therefore, with the technology becoming more and more backward, there were very few witch doctors or priests in Tulanze, they dared to refine the “Yellow crystal fruit”.
For most of the low-level orc warriors, this was something that could only be seen in the war epic.
Even the tribal chiefs who had tens of thousands of soldiers were often not qualified to enjoy it.
It was rare to get one, and they had to place it respectfully in their own temples as an offering to their ancestors.
Any ORC warrior would be dazzled by the fragrance of the yellow crystal fruit when they saw the wolf king take out the yellow crystal fruit, even if they still doubted his sincerity.
Meng Chao was naturally different.
He knew that the future Doomsday Wolf would definitely have a lot of things more valuable and overbearing than the yellow crystal fruit.
Therefore, he didn’t even move his little finger. He only shook his head slightly and said, “Not enough.”
“Not Enough?”
Wolf King was greatly surprised. He frowned deeply and said, “Then, what kind of guarantee do you need to believe my sincerity? More yellow crystal fruits, secret medicines, and weapons?”
“Half.”
Meng Chao said, “I need half of the resources that you carry with you, no matter what it is.
“I think that since everyone wants to ‘cooperate sincerely for mutual benefit and win-win’and share information and resources with each other, it is only fair. The cooperation can also be long-term and stable. What does Wolf King Think?”
The Wolf King could not help but laugh.
It seemed that he had never heard of such a reckless request.
“That’s right. Information and resources, 50/50. It’s indeed very fair.”
The wolf king said, “The problem is, how do you know how many resources I have on Me?”
“It’s very simple. We can roughly estimate.”
Meng Chao said, “Any totem armor that has been strengthened and upgraded in the temple often carries storage s.p.a.ce of different sizes. Based on the Wolf King’s ident.i.ty and the magnificence of your totem armor, it is definitely not inferior to the equipment of any battle group level powerhouse.
“As far as I know, the totem armor of a battle group level powerhouse has at least a minimum of ten arms in length, ten arms in width, and ten arms in height. Let’s calculate it according to this ‘minimum’.
“Don’t say nonsense like ‘the storage s.p.a.ce of my totem armor is not so big’. Such nonsense is purely insulting the wisdom of both of us.
“Don’t tell me that your totem battle armor is not filled with resources. In order to explore the sacred mountain temple, I believe that as long as there is a s.p.a.ce the size of a fingernail, you would want to stuff a fist into it.
“These are my conditions. There is no room for negotiation. You can only choose whether you want to die with me or live together.”
The Wolf King took a deep breath.
On the six kills armor, Wolf Fang, who had just dimmed and become obedient, was showing signs of being restless again.
He narrowed his eyes and stared at Meng Chao for a long time. Finally, he made a choice.
“You win. Half for each of us. It’s very fair.”
The wolf king gritted his teeth and said, “I will take out so many resources such as ‘long five arms, wide five arms, and High Five Arms’. I also hope that your greed will stop here.”
“Wrong calculation, Wolf King.”
Meng Chao said, “Half of the s.p.a.ce of ten long arms, ten wide arms, and ten high arms is not ‘five long arms, five wide arms, and five high arms’, but ‘ten long arms, ten wide arms, and five high arms’.”
“Is that so?”
The Wolf King seemed to be very surprised as he sighed from the bottom of his heart. “Your brain has surpa.s.sed my imagination of the Wild Boars and bulls of the b.l.o.o.d.y Hoof clan. It has even surpa.s.sed my imagination of all my compatriots in Tulan!”
“Thank you for your praise, Wolf King. By the way, it’s not a good time to test my ident.i.ty. The screams of the Wolf Warriors in the depths of the smoke gradually weakened. It seems that either they are about to die, or the Lion King and the Tiger King have gotten what they want from them. Either way, it means that we are becoming less and less safe. I hope that the Wolf King can make a decision as soon as possible.”
Meng Chao said, “There’s no need for the Wolf King to act as if I’m ‘insatiably greedy and pushing too hard’. I feel that the price I offered is very reasonable and has left quite a bit of leeway for the Wolf King.
“First of all, the resources that your totem armor can store are definitely not as small as ‘ten arms long, ten arms wide, and Ten Arms High’. In other words, I’m only asking for a small portion of your resources.
“Secondly, because I don’t know how many resources you have, you can choose carefully and take out those less important resources, while the real treasures and lethal weapons are still firmly in your hands.
“Thirdly, because I’m not sure if you will do anything to these resources — secret medicines can be poisoned, and weapons can be branded with all kinds of totems that only you can activate, making it very difficult for me to bring out the full value of these resources. It’s just that I’m keeping them for you.
“So, I’m definitely not asking for an exorbitant price, and it’s even more impossible for me to cause the Wolf King to lose all his bones and muscles. From then on, he will be under my control.
“I’m just making our power more balanced, our relationship more equal, and our cooperation more closely.”
Meng Chao did not speak anymore.
He allowed the miserable cries of the jackals in the depths of the smoke to ripple with the wind.
When the miserable cries of the jackals became weaker and weaker, the roars of lions and tigers that came one after another became denser and louder.
The strength angel that had just self-detonated was too ancient after all.
During the fierce battle three thousand years ago, it had consumed a large amount of crystals.
The Lion King and the Tiger King worked together again and lost more than half of its crystal reserves.
As a result, although the sound of the self-detonation was shocking, the true lethality was not proportional to the world-destroying sound, light, and electricity.
There were still many lion and tiger warriors alive, echoing with their respective leaders and gradually recovering their organization and ferocity.
There was not much time left for Meng Chao and the Wolf King.
The Wolf King finally chose to compromise.
Or rather, he chose to postpone the life-and-death battle between him and Meng Chao for a period of time.
The Wolf King quickly extracted a large amount of resources from the interior of the six kill armor.
Most of the resources were dried golden fruits and the repeatedly compressed flesh of totem beasts.
There were also dozens of bottles of highly suspicious-colored secret medicines that emitted bubbles and hissed.
There were also a large number of tools with complicated designs and sophisticated structures that were specially used to deal with all kinds of traps in the depths of the temple.
Many of the tools looked familiar to Meng Chao.
They were similar to the tools he had seen and used in the Archean ruins in Dragon City.
However, there were also some tools with strange designs. Meng Chao racked his brains, but he still couldn’t figure out how to use them.
This was not important.
Meng Chao believed that “Jackal”ka.n.u.s had planned this exploration for at least ten years and would never bring any useless things.
In other words, any tool that he took from him would bring him a little inconvenience.
This was the bargaining chip for the next round of the game.
By the time Meng Chao slowly put away all the resources, the roars of lions and tigers not far away had already stopped.
In the depths of the smoke, there was a dead silence.
Instead, it gave people the feeling that a large number of angry lions and tigers would tear through the smoke and pounce over at any moment.
“Next, should we take off our totem battle armor at the same time?”The Wolf King said through gritted teeth.
The reproduction totem battle armor consumed a large amount of psionic power, blood essence, and even brain power every second. The longer it took, the higher the risk of losing control.
Besides, the totem armor that was activated would release totem power even if it was still, raising the possibility of being exposed.
Meng Chao’s nerves were also stretched to the limit.
He was not willing to continue the stalemate and die together with ‘Jackal’ka.n.u.s.
He nodded immediately. “Let’s take three steps back and retrieve the armor from our hands!”