Chapter 279 (2/2)

The situation of the Xia Clan was different, however, since those in the history of the clan who became Deities could remain in this world for a total of ten thousand years. During that long period of time, they could provide the clan with many things, such as refining Deity-grade scrolls. As they did not need the Temporal Temple to send them down and could refine them locally instead, the overall price of production was significantly lower. Of course, refining each of those Deity-grade scrolls was not easy to do, and the Xia Clan had also used plenty of them during difficult times.

Every one of those scrolls was part of the Xia Clan’s foundation.

“How about this—ten scrolls might be indeed too many, so how about five?” suggested the golden-armored young man, Wu Ma Hai. “Five Deity-grade scrolls. I heard that the Xia Clan has used up quite a few scrolls for the sake of saving you when breaking down those 12 sets of arrays put up by the Beast Clan. Five…should be an amount that they could easily take out.”

“Five, and not a single one fewer,” added Bo Bo. “Bring them out, and we’re allies. Refuse, and you can leave first.”

Xue Ying suppressed his anger.

He was merely gambling on a sliver of hope for survival by going to the Crimson Rock Mountain. On top of that, the Xia Clan had the looming threat of the Great Demonic God and the Sorcerer God over their heads. How could he ask for five Deity-grade scrolls from them at such a time?

Forget five, even one would be too much!

“Farewell!” Xue Ying said and immediately turned to leave.

The expressions of Wu Ma Hai, Ba Han and Bo Bo slightly changed.

“Dong Bo Xue Ying, there’s no team which will just casually take you along. Us being willing to take you along is something you should be happy with,” Wu Ma Hai said in a frosty tone.

“Then I’ll go by myself,” Xue Ying said.

“You’ll go alone?” Wu Ma Hai sneered, “Hmph, hmph, even someone like Bo Bo would only have a one in ten chance of success if he goes alone. As for you? You’ll die beyond a shadow of a doubt. Going there just means sending yourself to your own death. I encourage you to think carefully, or else, when you’re facing your doom in the Crimson Rock Mountain, there won’t be anyone there to save you. By then, it’ll be too late for regrets!”

Xue Ying walked directly towards the exit while laughing. “Many thanks to Young Master Wu Ma Hai for your concern.”

Ba Han shouted, “Brat, is your life not worth five Deity-grade scrolls? As long as you accept this deal, we’ll do our very best to protect you.”

“Haha…someone on death’s door like me to be worth five Deity-grade scrolls? You’ve grossly overestimated me.” Xue Ying’s figure had already reached the distant door to the courtyard. Soon, he was already outside the range of vision of the three Demigods.

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The gold-armored man, Wu Ma Hai, took a seat inside the pavilion before beginning to eat some desserts with a frown. “I truly did not imagine that this Dong Bo Xue Ying would fear death so little. The moment we mentioned the Deity grade scrolls, he immediately rejected us without even giving us a chance to negotiate! The Xia Clan would have certainly forked out three to five scrolls for the sake of such an existence who can suppress an era, but that brat wasn’t willing to cooperate.”

“Such a waste of effort!” Bo Bo sat back on the rock by the side. He was quite infuriated.

“Whatever, just let that brat go meet his death!” said the thin, tall man, Ba Han. “What use is there for the True Meaning of Mirage? There aren’t that many places which require scouting in the Crimson Rock Mountain; it’s still mainly a path filled with battles, and his combat power is so much weaker than ours.”

“Mn, quietly continue your preparations. Pay him no more heed,” said Wu Ma Hai.

From the beginning, their sights weren’t even set on Xue Ying’s combat strength.

They had asked Xue Ying to take that apple merely to display their strength and make him spend a bit of effort to take it away. They did not consider, however, that Xue Ying’s True Meaning of Mirage would be so much stronger than they expected.

Even then, their sights were still not set on him.

After all, Xue Ying’s individual offensive power was too weak, and without a Deity weapon, he was even weaker than Bo Bo by a large margin.

The only thing they cared for…was Xue Ying’s worth in the eyes of the Xia Clan! Therefore, they sought to obtain some Deity-grade scrolls from the Xia Clan.

Unfortunately, it had been a failure.

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“Take care, Sir Dong Bo Xue Ying.” The guards at the entrance of the Temple of the Earth God remained respectful to him.

Xue Ying had just walked outside the entrance of the Temple of the Earth God when he turned his vision up to the vast sky above. He let out a laugh. It’s not a big deal for me to not join this team. In the worst case, I’ll just enter the Crimson Rock Mountain alone!

Hong.

Within moments, he had already shot up into the sky. A crack appeared in space as it was torn apart. Xue Ying stepped through it and disappeared.