"Ten thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones, one thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and one hundred High Grade Spiritual Stones, this is the ransom commonly used among the nobles of the Demon Clan."
"Moreover, because of my status as the Golden Flower Demon King of the Three-eyed Demon God clan, I will provide one hundred demon clan slave soldiers, one hundred demon clan female slaves, and one hundred demon clan laborers!"
"Additionally, there are seven types of Demon Spirit Fruits unique to our Three-eyed Demon God clan, ten of each kind, and ten pounds of Thunder Fire Soft Jade from our Three-eyed Demon God territory!
Besides, in my status as the Golden Flower Demon King, I will give the materials to refine a thousand standard Soul Weapons of the Demon Clan, and a complete set of materials for the Demon King’s full body Demon Armor Suppressing Artifact!"
Contemplating for a mont, the Three-eyed Demon Marshal Jii Hua solemnly reported a price.
Listening to this price, Ye Zhen couldn’t help but twitch his mouth.
Luckily, it was this guy who quoted the price himself. If it had been Ye Zhen, there wouldn’t have been so many terms.
If Ye Zhen had done it, at most, he would ask for a million Mid-grade Spirit Stones, maybe materials for dozens of Soul Weapon refinents, and at the top of his mind, so Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he knew he’d ask for.
"Materials for a complete set of the Demon King’s full body Demon Armor Suppressing Artifact?" Ye Zhen posed his question.
At this question, Jii Hua shrugged indifferently, "Yes, it’s the armor that withstood your thousands of Demon Spirit Crossbow Cannons’ bombardnt earlier!
From head to toe, all of a Low Grade Suppressing Artifact level. Unfortunately, it was shattered by your attack! Originally, after my successful trial this ti, I was going to return and enhance that set of Demon Armor Suppressing Artifact to a Mid-grade Suppressing Artifact."
This answer made Ye Zhen take a deep breath, a full set of armor at the Suppressing Device Level.
If it weren’t for the ten thousand Demon Soul Army behind Ye Zhen and the War Soul Blood Banner Blessing, if it was Ye Zhen standing there attacking, Ye Zhen feared that even then, he wouldn’t have been able to breach the defense of that Demon Armor Suppressing Artifact.
Besides, Ye Zhen was also very curious about the so-called seven types of Demon Spirit Fruits, as well as the demon clan slave soldiers, etc., and, of course, didn’t care for female slaves.
However, what excited Ye Zhen the most was that Thunder Fire Soft Jade.
That material is extraordinary; if there’s enough Thunder Fire Soft Jade, it can be refined to an extrely powerful Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire.
Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire is a Mid-Grade Spirit Tier fla, but its power approaches the High-Grade Spirit Tier Spirit Fire, making it incredibly terrifying and domineering.
It is highly effective both in artifact refinent and in harming enemies.
Rumor has it that the Earth Core Fire Commander of the past longed for this supre refining material but couldn’t obtain it.
But despite his curiosity, Ye Zhen didn’t ask more; saying more would only lead to mistakes, too many questions might give him away.
Anyway, once these things were in Ye Zhen’s hands, he could study them slowly.
"The ransom you offered ets my satisfaction, but the quantity is insufficient." Ye Zhen said.
"And it’s far from enough; given your status as the Golden Flower Demon King of the Demon Clan, the ransom should be at least a hundred tis this base amount, a hundred tis!" Ye Zhen held up a finger.
Jii Hua, the Golden Flower Demon King, had been smiling expectantly, but his expression froze suddenly. Though he was a noble of the Demon Clan, he knew the art of demanding a sky-high price and settling for the floor.
He was quite certain that after hearing his offer, this ’noble’ in front of him would inevitably raise the price.
From the mont Ye Zhen let him quote first, he knew what was coming.
But he never expected that Ye Zhen’s markup would be so outrageous.
"A hundred tis? A hundredfold?"
The Golden Flower Demon King Jii Hua pointed at Ye Zhen’s finger, trembling violently, "Heavens, a hundred tis, you’d better just kill ; it’s not just a matter of being a demon king of the Demon Clan, even a Demon Lord isn’t worth that price!
Just kill , you should just kill ; my family would never accept such an outrageous, sky-high price!" The Golden Flower Demon King Jii Hua wailed.
Seeing Jii Hua’s intense reaction, akin to a pig being slaughtered, Ye Zhen awkwardly rubbed his nose, wondering if he had pushed the price too harshly.
"Then, fifty tis?" Ye Zhen suggested uncertainly.
"Kill , use your terrifyingly powerful Heavenly Thunder to blast away, fifty tis, you’re better off blasting directly!" Jii Hua continued wailing.
Ye Zhen’s expression turned frosty. Clutching his ears pained by Jii Hua’s loud voice, he warned, "Do you believe I’ll blast you right now if you keep howling?"
Lightning flashed across Ye Zhen’s fingertips, and Jii Hua imdiately sobered up, putting on an exceedingly pitiful expression.
"Sir, the ransom I’ve offered is truly generous, but to show my sincerity, I could go cry by my mother several tis, and perhaps double the ransom!"
"Ransom, at least tenfold!" Ye Zhen considered montarily, then coldly replied.
"Sir, you’d better kill , no, spare ! This ransom is already my ten years’ inco! Three tis, three tis ransom, I really can’t go any higher."
"I said, at least tenfold!" Ye Zhen insisted.
"No... five tis, five tis, really can’t do more!" The Golden Flower Demon King Jii Hua countered.
"Offering so little as ransom is an insult to and your bloodline. At least tenfold, or else, might as well blast you dead!" Ye Zhen threatened fiercely, raising terrifying Heavenly Thunder in his palm, while behind, the Demon Spirit Crossbow Cannons shimred with blood light, ready to attack at Ye Zhen’s signal.
Jii Hua froze montarily, then chuckled wryly.
Calculating swiftly, Jii Hua quickly offered a new price, "Spirit Stones, can be tenfold.
The demon clan slave soldiers, female slaves, laborers can also be tenfold, materials for the standard Soul Weapons of the Demon Clan can be tenfold too, mm, enough materials for refining ten thousand standard Soul Weapons of the Demon Clan."
The seven kinds of Demon Spirit Fruits can also be multiplied by tenfold. At worst, I can have my brothers act as traitors again!
However, a full set of Demon Armor Suppressing Artifact really cannot be doubled, only one set, there can be only one! As compensation, I can provide a thousand pounds of Thunder Fire Soft Jade, a specialty of our Three-eyed Demon God’s territory!"
Ye Zhen glanced at Jii Hua, and it was clear that the full set of Demon Armor Suppressing Artifact seed genuinely troubleso to him, but this guy seed to be playing tricks in front of Ye Zhen.
Under the Sword Heart Enlightennt sensation of Ye Zhen, Jii Hua did not hesitate at all when he raised the Thunder Fire Soft Jade from ten pounds to a thousand pounds, as if he were giving away sothing insignificant.
Ye Zhen estimated that this thing must be very common in their Three-eyed Demon God’s territory.
"Other conditions are fine, but as for the Thunder Fire Soft Jade, I want one hundred thousand pounds!" Ye Zhen said in a deep voice.
"One hundred thousand pounds?" Jii Hua was stunned for a mont, then nodded, "Sure, there are several such veins in my fiefdom, that’s not a problem!"
"Veins?" Ye Zhen’s eyes suddenly lit up, followed by an endless greed.
This gaze made Jii Hua’s expression change, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "The price is already outrageously high, besides these, even if you beat to death, I won’t add a single penny more!"
Seeing Jii Hua’s firm expression, Ye Zhen gave up the idea of extorting a few more points.
"Alright, now, let’s talk about how to pay the ransom. I believe with such a huge ransom, there’s no way you brought it with you, right? How will you give it to then?" Ye Zhen asked.
Upon hearing this, Jii Hua smiled.
"That’s simple, from now on, I, Golden Flower Demon King Jii Hua of the Three-eyed Demon God clan, will be a captive of Your Excellency Di Kuohai, and will follow by your side until my family sends the ransom."
Seeing Ye Zhen’s face darken, Jii Hua quickly added, "It won’t take long, the Ancient Demon God Temple will close in six days.
By then, when we leave the Ancient Demon God Temple, my family will gather the ransom to redeem after receiving my ssage!
By that ti, you just wait to receive it!"
Jii Hua hadn’t finished speaking before Ye Zhen’s expression turned incredibly deadly; he was waiting for Jii Hua’s family to bring the ransom. Jii Hua alone was a Divine Communication Realm existence, how terrifying must Jii Hua’s family be?
If Ye Zhen dared to go, wouldn’t he be seeking his own death?
However, Jii Hua’s deanor showed no sign of deceit, utterly sincere.
After pausing for a mont, Ye Zhen figured out the reasoning behind it.
Jii Hua had regarded Ye Zhen as an equal bloodline existence of the Demon Clan, so he spoke that way.
Because if Ye Zhen were an equal bloodline existence of the Demon Clan, the demon clan family behind Ye Zhen would absolutely not be afraid of the force behind Jii Hua.
But the problem is, Ye Zhen was just a Ghost Li.
Not to ntion collecting the ransom, even keeping Jii Hua as a hostage by his side for five or six days to collect ransom made Ye Zhen extrely wary.
After thinking for a long ti, while Golden Flower Demon King Jii Hua was beginning to find it strange, Ye Zhen spoke again.
"Jii Hua, Brother Jii, since you and I are both mbers of the Demon Clan, we should share the sa enmity and help each other when we’re out.
This ti we clashed, I won, and you followed the noble rules of the Demon Clan by paying the ransom, which really moved !
So, I think....."
Hearing Ye Zhen say it was moving, Jii Hua’s eyes almost sparkled with stars, "Are you saying the ransom is not required?"
"I think since you have already paid a high ransom, I have an obligation to protect your reputation, your dignity, your honor!" Ye Zhen said with an expression of righteousness!
"So, I plan to let you go back, and then after you’ve raised enough ransom, co back to find !" Ye Zhen said.
These words left Jii Hua completely stunned, his gaze at Ye Zhen becoming exceedingly fervent.
"Really?"
"You’re not kidding, are you? Are you being serious?" Jii Hua felt like he was going crazy.
As one of the top nobles of the Demon Clan, while ransom can be used to save one’s life and buy back freedom.
However, this would remain an indelible sha for any noble in the Demon Clan, affecting future promotions and appointnts due to this indelible black mark of sha.
Unless absolutely necessary, no demon would do such a thing!
But now the terms Ye Zhen offered were about to make Jii Hua ecstatic!
Because once back, he will still be the promising Golden Flower Demon King Jii Hua in his family.
"Of course! However, as we are eting for the first ti, I think you should show your sincerity!" Ye Zhen said.
"Sincerity?"
"That’s right, sincerity! For example, you first pay part of the ransom upfront, even if it’s not much! For instance, a letter of surrender with your Innate Primordial Divine Soul Mark, a redemption book, and so on, you get the idea!" Ye Zhen kindly reminded.
"Understood, I’ll demonstrate my greatest sincerity right away!" Jii Hua giggled happily.
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