"Respect, Young Excellent Martial Master! The six of us are…"
Flap!!!
"I know who you guys are. Please take a seat!" Zheng-Fu interrupted before the representative of the group that had arrived could finish speaking.
Ah!
They were the chiefs of the Comrade City's suburban villages. The six of them knew who the main variable they needed to talk to was. They hurriedly ca to Zheng-Fu to negotiate what they had already discussed. It was to ask Zheng-Fu to talk to Comrade City's clan leaders about rging their six villages into the city.
"It's best to eat food when it's hot. Do you all agree?" But before anyone could say anything, Zheng-Fu spoke up. He talked about the food on the table, saying that it was most delicious when eaten hot. Which ant he wanted to eat first and talk later.
"Of course, sir! Young Excellent Martial Master, you can eat until you're full. We can wait!" the representative, who had spoken just now, spoke up in understanding. He was the oldest of the six village chiefs and was also the strongest of them.
"Then I won't be considerate! Everyone can eat together. It's fun to eat together with many people!" Zheng-Fu smiled mysteriously at the corner of his mouth. He was testing these people by making them wait for him. After he had invited them to sit down as if to talk with them from the beginning.
One shichen passed...
Burp!
"All right! I'm full. What do you guys want to say to ?" After a full shichen of eating, Zheng-Fu finally stopped eating and let out a belch to show that he was full. Before he turned to the six village chiefs who were waiting calmly.
"Can we speak to you privately?" the oldest elder said. His aning was that he only wanted to have a conversation between Zheng-Fu and them.
"I'm an open person. There is nothing to hide from my comrades. So, whatever you want to say, just say it. If you don't want to, that's also fine!" Zheng-Fu did not care what these people wanted to say. He would never dismiss anyone from his table or change the location of the conversation. They had to say it right there if they wanted to talk to him.
Hah!
Hearing what Zheng-Fu said, the six's expressions beca very grim. Because what they wanted to say to Zheng-Fu was a secret that they did not want others to know.
"This matter is sothing that cannot be known to others. And I think Young Master might be interested. But if you don't want to know, we don't mind. We can only say that it's about a secret land!" This elder was also quite cunning. He had an exceptional way of speaking. He did not tell the whole truth. He only partially revealed it to Zheng-Fu.
"Secret land!?"
At first, Zheng-Fu thought of ignoring these six village chiefs. But when he heard the word 'secret land', he imdiately beca enthusiastic. Because in the past, every ti he went into a secret land, he had always gotten good things back. So, he was interested and thought of listening to these people.
"All right! Then we go find a quiet place to talk. But let tell you first that if any of you think of talking nonsense, you can never leave this place!" Zheng-Fu nodded to the elder. He then sent soone to find a quiet place. And before getting up and leading them away, he warned the six village chiefs not to trick him, or they would definitely not die a good death.
"We're sure that this matter won't disappoint you!" The elder understood Zheng-Fu's aning. But he was also confident in what he brought to exchange.
Umm!
"Master Shi-Kong and Clan Leader Shi-Fei, I must excuse myself for a mont, sir," Zheng-Fu turned to address the elder and Fei-Shi-Fei. He knew that neither of them wanted him to go with these people. Because there were many past stories between them. But Zheng-Fu did not care about those things. He was only interested in the secret land the elder was talking about.
"Please feel free!" Neither Elder Shi-Kong nor Fei-Shi-Fei did anything to hinder Zheng-Fu. Because the two knew that they had no right to prevent Zheng-Fu from talking to those six village chiefs.
At the pavilion in the middle of the garden within Scarlet Fire Bird Clan's residence...
"All right! It's private enough here. What do you all want to say?" Zheng-Fu did not want to waste any more ti. So, he let the other party speak to the point.
"First of all, we need to tell you that we'd like you to help us speak to the various clans in Comrade City to accept us as part of Comrade City, including allowing us to participate in various city activities as well. Whether it's trade or export," the elder imdiately began negotiations without any detours. He spoke to the main point that had brought them here today.
"Is that all? And what will I gain by doing that?" Zheng-Fu slightly wondered if these people wanted sothing more.
"There is another matter. All of us six villages would like you to certify us to be under the Heavenly Command Sect. And if you're willing to help us, we'll tell you the location of the secret land entrance that the six of us know. And it would definitely take so items, which the six of us had, to open the entrance!"
This elder seed to be very smart. Every word he said had been carefully considered and scrutinized. Every point had conditions that the listener would find difficult to reject. And the exchange the elder offered was a good bargain. Not only the people who knew the positions were the six village chiefs. But it was necessary to use items from all six to open the gate.
Umm!?
"It's a good offer. But how can I be sure that your secret land is real? And what is inside it? What if it's a trap?" Zheng-Fu still had a calm expression on his face. Although this secret land was interesting, it was too dangerous if he did not know anything about it.
"The six of us had already entered that secret land. It's another world that is not different from this world. It's just that it's the habitat of high-level demon monsters, which consists of a large number of them. Even the entrance is full of initial Deity Soul stage demon monsters. Therefore, I think the treasure inside must be extrely valuable. Unfortunately, we can't go inside to find or explore."
The elder tried to explain what he had seen in that secret land. He and the other five village chiefs who had co with him had already entered. But they could only go a little further from the entrance. Because there were a lot of very strong demon monsters inside. Therefore, the six could only escape with nothing.
"Are you saying that the secret land is filled with such strong demon monsters? Then wouldn't that be like walking towards death?" Zheng-Fu pretended to be dissatisfied with this. If it were truly what the elder said, he would have to fight all the many demon monsters there before he could find any magical treasure. And from his experience, there had to definitely be the Deity Apprentice Stage demon spirit monsters residing there.
"Ab... about... about that…," the elder stamred when he heard Zheng-Fu's words. Because it was true what Zheng-Fu said. Would going in there not be like committing suicide? And if that were the case, Zheng-Fu would probably not want it.
"But co on! I'm happy to accept your offer. But I'd like to change the conditions a little. I'll do as you wish only after I leave that secret land. If you all can accept it, then everything is fine. But if not, I can't help you!" Zheng-Fu actually wanted to accept this offer. It was just that he wanted to hold off for a little while so that he looked unapproachable and trustworthy. If he accepted it too quickly, the other party would think he was easy to deal with.
"Then can we consult together first?" The elder looked very thoughtful at this mont. His eyebrows had wrinkled together until they were almost overlapping already.
"All right! You guys are free to consult with each other. I'll wait at the banquet. If you all conclude, then let soone tell !" Zheng-Fu did not object. Because he knew that these people had consulted to plan before. So, when the plan did not go as agreed upon, they had to discuss it together and plan again.
"Yes, sir, Young Master!!!"
"Why is it like this? You're sure he'll agree imdiately when he hears about the secret land, aren't you?" a village chief said nervously. He was worried seeing that everything was not as they expected.
"That's right! So, what do we do next? What if we let him enter the secret land and co out as told, and he doesn't keep his promise?"
"Like that, we won't get anything aside from being completely damaged!"
"Yes! We've been protecting this secret land for a long ti. Even we ourselves do not have the right to go inside at will. That we let him in was more than enough!"
"Sigh!!! I had already guessed that it would turn out like this. But whatever the conclusion is, I still support Eldest Village Chief as before!"
At this ti, the remaining five village chiefs all had different opinions. But there was one person who supported the elder. Whatever the elder decided, he would agree.
"We have nothing to lose. And from what I observed, he'll definitely not break his promise. I agreed to let him enter the secret land first as he proposed!" The elder seed more confident that Zheng-Fu would not break his promise. He, therefore, chose to follow Zheng-Fu's conditions, causing two voices to agree.
"Are you really that sure? And what will we take as a guarantee?" Those who disagreed had trepidation and hesitation. They were afraid that Zheng-Fu would break his word and attack them for usurping the right to possess that secret land.
"Everything must be risked! If you guys don't want to take the risk, we just cancel and return to our village and wait for the day when our village will be swallowed up!" The elder remained firm in his intentions. But if the majority did not agree, he would not force them.
Sigh!!!
"Then I'll take a chance on you!"
"... too!"
"Since you guys have agreed that this is proper, I must agree!"
Now, from two voices of approval, it had beco five. Therefore, another voice that did not express an opinion ant nothing. Because the majority agreed to let Zheng-Fu enter the secret land first.
"Then it's agreed that we'll accept his terms."
Umm!!!
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