The arom tree only secretes ten drops every hundred years. Since City Lord Ning has taken away all the arom tree's stock, the possibility that the arom tree will secrete just ten drops is almost zero.
Sect Leader Bai asked Ning Songzhen to give out ten drops of exotic incense as compensation, a request that was almost impossible to fulfill.
As long as they bargain, they can not only find out where the amber trees are, but also find out how much amber Ning Songcheng has in his hands.
The next time would have to wait a hundred years, unless they used a large amount of top-grade spirit stones to ripen it at any cost.
"In addition to ten drops of exotic incense, they can also ask for a million top-grade spirit stones. These should be within their affordability." Sect Leader Bai added.
Gao Han pondered for a moment, "The top-grade spirit stones should be very important to them. Will they agree to these conditions? Can Ning Songzhen make the decision?"
"Of course, she can't make the decision, but there are still people in Ningsong City who can make the decision. In this incident, Zixiao Sect is the one who is right. If the people in Ningsong City Lord's Mansion don't take out these things to settle the matter, Zixiao Sect will not give up." Sect Master Bai smiled, "But by then, I'm afraid we will have to use Uncle Zhongli's identity to make matters worse."
The higher the status of the parties involved, the more this matter cannot be resolved as an ordinary conflict.
"It doesn't matter. He's already famous, so there's no need to hide his identity anymore," Gao Han said.
"That's good. Let me talk to them about this matter. The two uncles should have other things to say." Master Bai looked at Qin Yuexian meaningfully.
Gao Han nodded and said that there was no rush for this matter.
After getting his approval, Sect Leader Bai did not seek Zhongli Tingzhou's opinion again.
After being together for so long, he had already realized that although he might not listen to his uncle-master's words, he would definitely listen to Gao Han. As long as Gao Han nodded, he would no longer have any objections.
"This old fox is obviously hiding something." Watching Sect Master Bai walk away, Zhongli Tingzhou turned to Gao Han.
"I know, but I can roughly guess what it is. We didn't ask, and there's no need for him to tell us now. He will tell us naturally once he gets the thing." Gao Han said calmly.
Once the Strange Incense is obtained, no matter whether Sect Leader Bai knows about Fugui's existence or not, he will definitely want to know that they are planning to go to Yizhangling, and he will have to give them some of the Strange Incense.
Sect Leader Bai walked up to Old Tong and Ning Songzhen with a smiling face.
"Since you can't even come up with a Phoenix feather and 100 million top-grade spirit stones, what do you think we should do about this?"
The corner of Old Tong's eye twitched slightly. They had clearly already discussed it, but they were forced to ask proactively. He had to ask.
"We really can't take out these things. Why don't Sect Master Bai come up with a compromise compensation?"
"In that case, then I'll give you fifteen drops of exotic incense and two million top-grade spirit stones." Sect Leader Bai said with a smile, looking easy to talk to.
"Fifteen drops of strange saliva incense are worth a million top-grade spirit stones, which means you will need three million top-grade spirit stones, which is less than one-fortieth of one hundred million. With Ning Songcheng's financial resources, it shouldn't be impossible to come up with the money, right?"
Old Tong knew very well that this was an illusion. Not to mention the strange incense, even two million top-grade spirit stones were equivalent to peeling off a layer of skin from Ningsong City.
Ningsong City actually does not have as many top-grade spirit stones as the outside world thinks, because a part of them is expected to be used to feed the exotic aromatic trees. If the city lord comes back and knows about this, everyone will suffer.
"Fifteen drops of Alien Incense is impossible. Sect Master Bai must know that the Alien Incense tree can only secrete ten drops after a hundred years. We can't even produce ten drops, let alone fifteen. As for two million top-grade spirit stones, that's too much." Elder Tong shook his head. "Five hundred thousand at most. This is the limit of what we can produce."
"One million and a half million. You have no room for bargaining. Otherwise, it won't be me, the Sect Master, who will come out to negotiate," Sect Master Bai looked at the angry Ning Songzhen with a half-smile. "Your young lady has caused a lot of trouble this time. She even dared to kill my uncle-in-law, and she didn't even ask around before doing anything."
Old Tong's face trembled fiercely, and he was shocked. This young man was actually Bai Dongtian's uncle? Could he be the new disciple that Master Zixiao accepted a few months ago?
The news that Master Zixiao of the Zixiao Sect accepted a disciple had long spread to all the major sects in the Lingtian Continent, but not many people had ever seen his disciple, so until now few people knew what Zhongli Tingzhou looked like.
Bai Dongtian was right. The young lady had caused too much trouble this time. Even if the city lord came back, he wouldn’t be able to stop it.
Old Tong couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He shouldn't have believed the young lady's one-sided words. He should have checked the identities of the two people in advance. His face gradually became dejected.
"Master Bai, this matter is of great importance. I cannot make the decision alone. I need to go back and discuss it with others."
"Okay, but I can only give you three days. My uncle-master has a bad temper and my great-uncle-master loves him very much and can't bear to see him suffer any injustice." Sect Leader Bai said with a smile.
"Three days is enough." Three days was too short, but as soon as he mentioned Master Zixiao, Old Tong had to agree.
Ning Songzhen could tell that Mr. Tong was trying to compromise, and her eyes widened involuntarily. She anxiously sent a message, "Mr. Tong, you're not really going to agree, are you?"
"Miss, we are in trouble this time. Can't you hear that the young man in white you are targeting, if I am not mistaken, should be the disciple of Master Zixiao." Old Tong's voice was obscure and he sighed helplessly.
Ning Songzhen's expression changed instantly. Master Zixiao's disciple? The legendary number one swordsman in Lingtian Continent, the powerful swordsman who killed the demons and brought them back to the demon battlefield ten thousand years ago?
"All we can do now is delay temporarily. Miss, you should think about how to explain to the city lord when the time comes." Old Tong sighed again.
Ning Songzhen thought of her father. Even though her father loved her very much, he would probably be very angry if he knew that she had caused heavy losses to the Ningsong City Lord's Mansion. Her face turned pale.
The three days were very tight, so Mr. Tong didn't dare to stay any longer and immediately took the young lady and the others back.
"Uncle-master, it's time for us to go back too, right?" After resolving the matter, Sect Master Bai came back and said to Zhongli Tingzhou.
Zhongli Tingzhou looked at Gao Han. Gao Han said he would go back if he wanted to, and he wouldn't go back if he didn't want to.
Sect Leader Bai could only look at Gao Han helplessly.
Gao Han: "Let's go tomorrow."
Sect Leader Bai was surprised and asked, "Why tomorrow?"
Gao Han looked at Qin Yuexian, "We have an agreement with Miss Qin that if we stay in the City Lord's Mansion for five days, she will give us the Lingya Stone Jade and the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tree. Now we are still short of the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tree."
Sect Leader Bai looked at Qin Yuexian with complicated eyes. There was actually such a good thing. This kid must be a fool.
However, I have heard that the daughter of Tianjiu City Lord is fond of beautiful women. Considering Uncle Zhongli's enchanting appearance, it is no wonder that she would be attracted to him.
Sect Leader Bai recalled that he always told his disciples that appearance was not important and that there was no need to change the appearance given to them by their parents just to have a good-looking face. He couldn't help but sigh, it turns out that a good-looking face is really important.
From now on, he will never say these words to his disciples again, and he must do what Uncle Master Zhongli wants. Maybe he can get feather-tooth stone jade and thousand-year-old pine trees for his master in the future.
"You don't need to stay for five days. I can give you the thousand-year-old pine tree right now." Qin Yuexian said with a disappointed look on her face.
Gao Han raised his eyebrows slightly, "We have an agreement first."
"The agreement can also be changed according to the situation. Ning Songzhen targeted you because of me. You were implicated by me. I feel bad about it. This is the only way I can compensate you."
After knowing Zhongli Tingzhou's identity, Qin Yuexian realized that there was no need to spend the remaining day.
Fearing that they would refuse, she added: "I would feel bad if you don't accept it."
"In that case, I will be disrespectful to refuse." Gao Han said. It was better this way. No matter how many days Zhongli Tingzhou stayed here, Qin Yuexian would not get what she wanted. There was no need to give the other party more hope, nor to waste both parties' time.
Qin Yuexian asked An Lan to go to the warehouse and take out the thousand-year-old pine tree. An Lan didn't say anything and brought the things after a while.
Qin Yuexian handed the thousand-year-old pine tree to Gao Han, and tore up the agreement in front of him.
After confirming that it was a thousand-year-old pine tree, Gao Han tore up the agreement in front of her. After saying take care, the two of them left Tianjiu City with Sect Leader Bai.
"Master." An Lan walked to Qin Yuexian and looked at her worriedly.
"I'm fine. I just fell in love with a disciple of a strong man. Fortunately, he is not from a famous family, so I still have a chance." Qin Yuexian stuck out her tongue.
An Lan saw that she quickly cheered up and felt relieved. "Where there is a will, there is a way. If the master really likes him, one day, he will be moved by you."
"I have to think of a way to find more opportunities to get closer to him." Qin Yuexian suddenly had an idea, "An Lan, do you think he will go to participate in the Wanxian Dao?"
"He is now in the late Nascent Soul stage and is a disciple of Master Zixiao. He will most likely go, but it is difficult to qualify for the Wanxiandao." An Lan was a little worried. Almost all the cultivators who joined the Wanxiandao were geniuses, and the master's qualifications were a little poor, so it might be a bit difficult.
"There is still some time. I will try my best." Qin Yuexian's eyes flashed with excitement.
Seeing her master's behavior, An Lan felt relieved. It seemed that it might not be a bad thing that her master had someone he truly loved.
When her eyes fell on the few men running out from below the City Lord's Mansion, An Lan's gaze really fell on Tian Yong, and her eyes turned cold.
"Master, before that, we should first deal with the spy in the mansion."
Qin Yuexian just remembered this matter, and followed An Lan's gaze to see Tian Yong. Reason made her eyes more and more indifferent, "An Lan, you take care of the spy matter. I'll go back to my room to practice first."
She was so good to Tianyong, anyone could betray her except Tianyong, but she didn't expect that it would be him in the end.
Tianyong, who happened to come forward, heard these words and felt his heart tighten. His right hand clenched involuntarily. His master probably hadn't realized that he had done it yet.
This glimmer of hope was quickly wiped out when An Lan ordered someone to arrest him.