Chapter 1617: One Hundred (2/2)

“I know.” Li Qiye chuckled: “But that’s two different matters. I only promised to find them back then but I couldn’t so how am I going to catch and bring them back here?”

The fowl guarding here wasn’t afraid of people sneaking in or invaders. Its job was to stop people from inside running to the outside world!

“Hmph, I don’t believe your lies. There are things you can’t find in this world? No way, it’s just that you never really tried to search for them.” It snorted in response.

Li Qiye shook his head: “It’s all in the past now, no need to talk about it. Let’s focus on the immortal crystals, I need a certain number this time.”

“Five, that’s the max.” The fowl said: “That’s the number we negotiated back then. Even when Immortal Emperors pushed it, whether they even got five or not was situational. And since you have borrowed some recently, all you can get is five now.”

The immortal mine wouldn’t necessarily cave into Immortal Emperors’ demands. There were strict standards in play.

“You want to chase me away with five? Impossible since I want to go all out in this generation. My supreme formation requires a large number of immortal crystals.” Li Qiye said slowly.

The fowl stared at him before conceding: “Okay, d.a.m.ned crow, give me a number so we can negotiate but don’t push your luck. We don’t have that many.”

“Not much, just one hundred. That’s enough.” Li Qiye revealed.

“One hundred!?” The fowl screamed again with a long and piercing harshness.

After a long time, it took a deep breath and said: “Crow, that’s not funny at all. Try again!”

“I’m not joking.” Li Qiye emphasized.

The fowl gave a careful stare and eventually found that he wasn’t messing around, judging from his expression.

“There’s no way.” It coldly refused: “We can give you fifteen at best, just fifteen.”

“One hundred, I must have one hundred.” Li Qiye didn’t relent.

“Twenty, no more. Crow, this is the limit and we’re only doing this to give you some face. Otherwise, even the strongest emperor wouldn’t get this number!” The fowl said firmly.

“I’m not leaving without one hundred.” Li Qiye gently shook his head with the same unyielding att.i.tude.

“Crow, don’t take a mile when we’re giving you an inch.” The fowl turned cold: “For millions of years now, our cooperation can be regarded as beneficial so that’s why we accede to your pleas for crystals. However, asking for one hundred is simply crossing the line. You’re not just robbing us at this point but simply wanting to kill us!’

Li Qiye stared straight at the fowl and said: “Fowl, it’s not easy to hide anything from me. Let us talk numbers then. No need to talk about ancient eras. All of you had only escaped here so I can understand it was hard at the beginning. However, you have some reserves now, especially after the Emperors Era when it was peaceful. It should have been a handsome harvest and I should be given credit for it. Now onto the numbers, your production should be around ten if slow in one generation, twenty if fast. Of course, your nest does consume some so you keep at least eight each generation. This is a conservative number. Of course, when I come to borrow, I go even lower at five. That shouldn’t be a problem at all. After some gains and losses across the generations, in my calculation, you should have around two hundred crystals in stock. Of course, if you were lucky, the number should be around three hundred.”

He paused for a moment here: “Even if you have two hundred crystals, all I’m asking for is one hundred. That’s not unreasonable, I’m still leaving some leeway.”