"Does Master Li mean what he said?" Li Xiu looked at Li Xianchun and asked.
"If you're willing, I'll get the things and trade with you right away." Li Xianchun said immediately.
"Since Master Li is so sincere, let's do this." Li Xiu said.
"Chief Li, before the transaction, I wonder if you could let me take a look at the divine gem... Don't get me wrong, I don't have any other intentions. This transaction will cost the entire Li family's assets. Although I am the head of the family, I also have to give an explanation to my clansmen... I hope Chief Li can understand..." Li Xianchun seemed to be begging.
"As he should. Since Master Li can afford a high price, he naturally has the qualifications to see the goods." Li Xiu did not say much. He took out the small golden box containing the divine gem and opened it in front of Li Xianchun.
The moment the hazy and dreamy mysterious light came into his eyes, Li Xianchun was certain that it was indeed the real divine gem, and his heart began to beat faster.
Li Xianchun stretched out his hand to take the divine gem in the box, but before his fingers touched it, Li Xiu pushed the lid down.
"I haven't seen the liquid of truth and the corpse of the divine demon spirit. It's better for Master Li not to move for the time being." Li Xiu said lightly.
"Of course, of course. When can the transaction be made?" Li Xianchun looked at Li Xiu and asked, suppressing his excitement.
"I'm available anytime." Li Xiu said casually.
"I wonder if it will be convenient for Chief Li to come to my Li family for the transaction tomorrow. Other things can be delivered to your house, but the corpse of the divine demon spirit is not convenient to move. I'm afraid Chief Li will have to go and receive it in person." Li Xianchun was obviously still vigilant and did not completely lose his rationality because of the appearance of the divine gem.
"Okay." Li Xiu said.
Li Xianchun said goodbye and left. He also needed to go back and prepare all the items on the list. In addition to the liquid of truth and the corpses of the gods and demons, there were still a lot of resources that needed to be prepared.
As long as he can create a god-level trial-taker for the Li family, Li Xianchun will not hesitate even if it means losing all his wealth.
But the fact that things were going so smoothly made Li Xianchun feel a little uneasy.
The arrival of the kite turned Li Xianchun's uneasiness into anxiety.
"Why are you here?" Li Xianchun couldn't help but frown when he saw Feng Zheng actually came directly to Li's house to find him. Feng Zheng's move was equivalent to exposing his identity.
"There is something I must tell you. It's too late to contact you. This is the only way." Feng Zheng said directly: "Han Minghui secretly visited the various rooms of the Han family tonight and borrowed a lot of things. Now she has gone to Courtyard No. 7."
Li Xianchun's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Han Minghui's whereabouts could not be hidden from him, and his whereabouts probably could not be hidden from Han Minghui either.
Han Minghui actually borrowed resources directly from each branch of the Han family. Perhaps she knew about the deal between him and Li Xiu, and she was determined to take a gamble before he could make the deal.
Now Li Xianchun began to worry that if Li Xiu was moved by Han Minghui and exchanged the divine gem with Han Minghui tonight, everything would be over.
Now Li Xianchun is a little regretful. Why didn't he choose to trade with Li Xiu on the same day? It has been confirmed that Li Xiu has the real divine gem, so why is he still hesitating?
If Han Minghui gets ahead, it will be extremely difficult for the Li family to return to its peak.
Li Xianchun gritted his teeth, asked his confidants to gather information, and loaded the prepared resources into the car, ready to set off at any time.
Soon the news came back that Han Minghui had indeed gone to the Han family and brought several large carts of things. Although she acted quietly at night, she still couldn't hide it from anyone.
Han Minghui was so anxious that it was obvious that she was determined to win.
Li Xianchun no longer hesitated and directly ordered the already loaded convoy to set off and rush to Yard No. 7 without stopping.
"Mr. Jia, please help inform him that I want to see Director Li." Li Xianchun knocked on the door and bowed slightly to Mr. Jia.
"I'm sorry, the general manager is receiving guests, and it's probably not convenient at this time. If you have anything, please come back tomorrow, Mr. Li." Old Jia said as he was about to close the door.
Li Xianchun quickly stretched out his hand to block the door and said, "Mr. Jia, this is a serious matter. Please help me. The Li family will never forget your kindness."
"Master Li, it's not that I don't want to help you. It's just that the general manager has ordered that he won't see anyone today. You'd better go back." Old Jia said and was about to close the door again.
Li Xianchun's eyes flashed, and a divine light suddenly burst out from his palms. He exerted force suddenly to blow the door open, and rushed inside like a phantom.
Old Jia was furious. He didn't expect Li Xianchun to be so presumptuous. He actually dared to force his way in and let the door open without any preparation.
"Get out of here." Lao Jia's hand was as cold as lightning and he grabbed Li Xianchun's neck in an instant. It was so fast that Li Xianchun didn't even have a chance to dodge.
But when he grabbed Li Xianchun's neck, he found that it was actually an illusion. It shattered into pieces and turned into light and shadow bubbles as soon as he grabbed it.
Li Xianchun had already rushed into the courtyard and immediately saw many boxes placed in the courtyard. Li Xiu and Han Minghui were standing in front of the hall door talking. He immediately shouted loudly: "General Li, I am here as promised. Please allow me to say something."
Old Jia's figure caught up like a ghost, mysteriously appeared behind Li Xianchun, and reached out to grab him.
"Old Jia, let him come over and close the door." Li Xiu said.
After hearing this, Old Jia retreated. Li Xianchun walked up to Li Xiu, not even looking at Han Minghui, and said to Li Xiu, "Director Li, I have brought all the items for the transaction. Can you please trade with me as agreed?"
"This..." Li Xiu looked at Han Minghui beside him.
Han Minghui smiled and said, "Master Li has not signed a contract with you, the General Manager. You naturally have the power to choose. Since ancient times, the one with the highest bid wins. Even if it is first come first served, I have discussed it with you many times first... and you have seen my sincerity. My things are all here."
"Director Li, there are some things that only our Li family can take out. Please consider carefully." Li Xianchun said, opening the box containing four bottles of truth liquid: "The rest of the things, except for the corpse of the God and Demon Spirit, which you need to receive in person, are already outside the door. You can check at any time."
"Since Master Li is so sincere, just leave the things behind." Li Xiu said with a smile.
"What does Chief Li mean?" Li Xianchun heard something wrong in Li Xiu's voice, so he immediately closed the box and asked, staring at Li Xiu.
Li Xiu reached out and took out the jade token, allowing Li Xianchun to see it clearly, and said calmly: "Didn't Patriarch Li already say that I want to use the jade token to borrow resources from various families? Since Patriarch Li is so polite and sent the things over himself, I will gladly accept it."
Li Xianchun felt as if he had been struck hard. He stood there for a moment, staring at the jade token, his whole body shaking.
“You… you really have the jade token… you are going to destroy my Li family…” Li Xianchun’s eyes were bloodshot, like a trapped beast waiting to devour its prey.
"Master Li, what you said is biased. You have tried to sow discord between me and Vice President Han time and time again, and ruined my plans, but I didn't hold it against you. You knew that I had the jade token and wanted to borrow resources, but you still came to me. How can you say that I want to destroy your Li family?" Li Xiu said calmly.
Li Xianchun's face was distorted and looked extremely ugly. He turned around and rushed out while holding the box.
"If you want to leave, I won't stop you as long as you think it over carefully." After saying this, Li Xiu told Lao Jia to open the door.
Li Xianchun stood in front of the open door, breathing heavily like a dying beast.
The open door was right in front of him, and no one was stopping him. However, Li Xianchun stood inside the door and was hesitant to take that step.
His face was extremely distorted and his whole body was shaking. He remained silent for a long time and his teeth were chattering.
It is easy to step out of the door, but this is in Changshengtian. Seeing the jade token and not obeying orders is equivalent to disobeying the president's orders. If this is done, the Li family will have no way to survive in the future.
"Move everything in." After a long time, Li Xianchun gritted his teeth and gave orders to the convoy outside the door.
After finishing speaking, Li Xianchun turned around and walked in front of Li Xiu, handed the box of truth liquid to Li Xiu, and seemed to be suppressing the anger in his heart with all his strength, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Write an IOU."
Li Xiu took the box of truth liquid and said with a smile: "You don't need to move the things outside. I only want the truth liquid and the corpse of the god-position demon spirit."
Li Xianchun was slightly stunned, and then seemed to understand something. He waved his hand and ordered the Li family's people to stop moving.
After Li Xiu left the truth liquid, wrote a promissory note and put his fingerprints on it, Li Xianchun left Yard No. 7 without saying a word.
Han Minghui watched the whole process from the side and felt a chill in her heart.
Li Xiu didn't want the other resources brought by Li Xianchun, not because Li Xiu was kind or he looked down on those resources, but because he wanted to use them to catch more big fish.
By now, it is estimated that other families have already received the news and know that Li Xianchun has brought something to Li Xiu. They can figure out what Li Xianchun is trying to do even with their toes.
Now that Li Xianchun has pulled the things back, others will think that Li Xianchun wants to exchange for the divine gem. Li Xiu did not keep his resources. What Li Xianchun said before will be self-defeating. At that time, each family will probably come to Li Xiu even more frantically, wanting to exchange for the divine gem.
Li Xianchun suffered such a great loss, but this time, he would never tell anyone about it. Even if he was beaten to death, he would not say it. He would swallow his anger even if his teeth were broken.
It was not because he was afraid of Li Xiu, nor was it because he was worried that Li Xiu would not return the borrowed items. In fact, even if there was an IOU, the possibility that Li Xiu would return it to him was very slim.
What really scared Li Xianchun was that the Li family had lost such an important thing, and their strength had once again been severely damaged, and the gap between them and other families had become even greater.
Since the gap in strength cannot be narrowed, the other families must also suffer losses so that the Li family can continue to remain among the best.
So even though he knew Li Xiu's plan and was cheated so badly by Li Xiu, Li Xianchun would still help Li Xiu complete his plan. He even hoped that the plan would succeed more than Li Xiu, and it would be best if the other families were cheated even worse by Li Xiu.
Once you are in the situation, you have no choice.
"When this guy gets ruthless, he's really scary." Han Minghui looked at Li Xiu with a complicated expression.
"You should also transport the things back." Li Xiu said as he looked at the boxes that Han Minghui had transported overnight.
The resources in these boxes are all real, but they are of no use to Li Xiu. The Han family’s top treasures are already in Li Xiu’s hands.
"Please don't forget your promise, Director Li." Han Minghui sighed.
"As long as I'm alive, one of the divine gems I obtain will definitely be yours." Li Zheng said seriously.
Although Han Minghui was unwilling to hand over the initiative to Li Xiu, as this was not her style, there was no other way at this point and she could only hope that Li Xiu would keep his promise.
Part of the facts that happened that night soon spread to all the families. Early the next morning, every family crowded at the gate of No. 7 Courtyard to look for Li Xiu.
The top leaders of various families now hate Li Xianchun with all their teeth, and they all think that Li Xianchun deliberately spread the news just to exchange it for the divine gem for himself.
Li Xianchun was like a mute eating coptis chinensis, unable to express his bitterness and could only swallow the bitter fruit. The Li family's life in Changshengtian became even more difficult.
Li Xiu started the harvesting mode. He pocketed everything he liked and left behind a lot of IOUs.
Those families that were conquered by Li Xiu all had the same idea as Li Xianchun. Since their own family was damaged, they naturally could not let other families have an easy time, otherwise how would they gain a foothold in Changsheng City in the future.
They all tacitly agreed not to mention their losses. Changsheng City was peaceful and every family just swallowed their anger.
The Sun family and the Mo family were the only two families that were not harvested by Li Xiu. The Sun family was because Sun Tianbing had sent something to Li Xiu in advance, and the Mo family was probably because the immortal gave a warning in advance.
It was not until Li Xiu completed the harvesting mode that the heads of each family ran to the president crying and complaining. Unfortunately, no matter what they said, they were finally sent back by the president with just one sentence.
Li Xiu is going to fight for Changshengtian. If they want to get their things back, they can fight for Li Xiu.
After Li Xiu completed the harvest, he stayed indoors and even did not go to the Trial Competition. He had to improve his strength as soon as possible.
This time he got so many resources, enough for him to advance to the peak of soul forging.
A few days later, Li Xiu came to the Li family and saw the corpse of the god and demon spirit that Li Xianchun had mentioned.
It was completely different from what Li Xiu had imagined. It was not a rotten corpse, but a complete corpse of a demon spirit.
The corpse is larger than a blue whale, and its entire body looks like an orange gem, emitting a hazy and dreamy glow.
The appearance of this demon spirit is a strange demon spirit with a crab-like lower body and a human-like upper body. It has three heads and six arms, and the six arms are like knives.
From a distance, it looks like a huge gemstone statue made of orange and sapphire, evil and dazzling, as if the evil god has descended.
"Master Li, what is the origin of this evil spirit?" Li Xiu asked as he looked at the evil spirit's corpse.
Li Xianchun had no temper in front of Li Xiu. He said expressionlessly, "This is an elder of the old generation of the Li family. He asked the president to help hunt down the demon spirit. I only heard that the trial place where it was located was called Flame Mountain. At that time, the elder found it when it was giving birth. He asked many friends for help and wanted to kill it while it was giving birth. In the end, they suffered heavy losses. Even when it was giving birth, it was still extremely ferocious and could not be killed by a few cast spirits. In the end, we had to ask the president to help us kill it."
Li Xianchun paused and continued, "It's a pity that this demon spirit didn't produce any demon spirit gems, or even anything. Only this corpse was left. The god-level demon core had already been dug out, and now only the corpse material is left."
"Why didn't your Li family use such high-end materials?" Li Xiu felt that this matter was a bit strange.
Divine-level materials, even without any technical refining, can have extremely powerful effects if simply polished into weapons or armor.
With such a corpse, it is more than enough to make a dozen sets of armor, and even more to polish weapons. How could it be left here for decades without being used?
Li Xianchun sneered, "We want to use it, but we have to be able to use it. The energy contained in this corpse is very strange. If the body of the trial-taker is exposed to the light it emits for a long time, the body will become diseased."
"Lesion?" Li Xiu was a little surprised.
"Similar to cancer." Li Xianchun said with a sneer.
"Isn't this similar to nuclear radiation?" Li Xiu finally understood why the Li family sealed this thing in a secret room deep underground and hadn't used it for so many years.
I'm afraid no one would dare to carry and use armor and weapons made of such materials, as that would be no different from suicide.
"No wonder Li Xianchun is willing to exchange this thing. It turns out he can't use it at all. I guess he wants to laugh at me now." Li Xiu thought about it and asked Li Xianchun to send someone to deliver a letter to the old official.
Not long after, the old official came to the secret room with people and instruments.
Unexpectedly, the old official brought Professor Xu and several veteran researchers with him, all of whom were wearing special protective clothing.
The moment they saw the corpse of the devil, the old official, Professor Xu and a group of veteran researchers all had their eyes lit up, like hungry wolves seeing blood.
"Complete god-level material... it's really great..." Without Li Xiu's instructions, everyone set up their instruments and began to test the material.
Li Xianchun watched coldly without saying a word.
He didn't believe that Li Xiu could really use this corpse. The elders of the Li family had already hired someone to study this corpse. If there was any way to use it, they would not have left it idle here.
The old official led a group of old men to tinker with the corpse. After a long time, the old official finally came to Li Xiu with a serious face.
When Li Xianchun saw the old official's face, he couldn't help but sneer inwardly, thinking that the old official and his men were also helpless.
"Old official, how is it?" Li Xiu asked the old official.
"This thing is a bit weird..." said the old official with a strange expression.
"Why is it so weird?" Li Xiu asked again.
"This thing... might be alive..." The old official's words made Li Xiu and Li Xianchun change color.