Chapter 32: Negotiations 2 (1/2)

Chapter 32: Negotiations(2)

“If I die, Elder Sang’s conspiracy will be divulged.”

Su Chen struck at the heart of the matter.

The black-clothed man snorted but didn’t reply further.

How could he respond? From the letter and his actions, Su Chen had already anticipated this situation, and was in control.

Currently, the black-clothed man could only be thankful that he had been discovered by the cautious Su Chen. Otherwise, his death would bring their plans to light, making things much more difficult.

With that thought, the black-clothed man said, “If you guarantee that yesterday’s matters aren’t leaked, I will spare you.”

Su Chen wore a derisive expression, “You really are a fool.”

“What did you say?” The black-clothed man grew furious.

Su Chen continued, “Do you really believe that I made all these preparations just so that you wouldn’t kill me? If that were the case, I would’ve leaked this information from the start. With this information leaked, killing me would serve no further purpose.”

The black-clothed man grew shocked. However, he replied, “Then there would be absolute enmity between us.”

Su Chen sneered, “You’re speaking as if it that wasn’t the case now.”

The black-clothed man became mute.

That’s right, what difference was there whether Su Chen had offended them or not?

In any case, he had been sent there to kill Su Chen. Why wouldn’t Su Chen want to gain the initiative?

The black-clothed man’s words grew hollow as he finally became aware he was facing no ordinary youth. This youth was a person who had clear plan in mind. He put away his contempt and spoke with a stern tone, “What do you want?”

Su Chen finally put down the copper basin.

He took out a piece of paper and handed it over, “I want everything on this list.”

The black-clothed man glanced at it, “A bottle of Terror Snake venom, a log of ironwood, and four grade nine Origin Tools: one for long-distance combat, one for close quarters, one piece of armor, and one pair of battle boots…. This is extortion!”

The black-clothed man’s entire body trembled in anger.

What was an Origin Tool?

It was a weapon capable of using Origin power!

Since life began on the Primordial Continent, it has always existed in tandem with Origin Energy, exploiting and manipulating it. This has been true throughout all of history, from the first Origin races and Origin Beasts, to the later Arcana Empire, and even now amongst the mixed races. Besides cultivating and knowledge, Origin Tools were the greatest method of manifesting Origin Energy to preserve one’s life.

An outstanding Origin Tool was able to enormously increase a user’s strength, and would command an extremely high price no matter the market. Even the Su Clan only possessed three Origin Tools: two grade nine Origin Tools and one grade eight Origin Tool.

Grade nine Origin Tools were the weakest while grade one Origin Tools were the strongest. Above grade one Origin Tools were the legendary Divine Armaments, which are best explained later.

For Su Chen to say that he wanted four Origin Tools was more than just overstepping his boundaries. Just asking for this much was already being avaricious, not to mention the bottle of Terror Snake venom and log of ironwood.

The venom of the demonic beast Terror Snake was extremely precious because of its ability to induce hallucinations. The standard crystal bottle that Su Chen requested would either take a single Terror Snake half a year to fill or the death of several tens of Terror Snakes, as each snake only held a limited of venom in their sac at a time. As for the tough, durable ironwood, it grew extremely slowly and thus was worthless unless it aged a thousand years. As a result, an entire log of ironwood had to have grown for well over a thousand years. Such type of materials were extremely rare to come by, as one could imagine.

These two scarce, treasured items were even more valuable than Origin Tools in certain aspects. At the very least, Origin Tools could be found. Thousand year ironwood and Terror Snake Venom were extremely difficult to find.

It was no wonder why the black-clothed man was so furious. He spoke with a cold smile, “Such a large appetite, are you not afraid of overreaching yourself?”

“If you allow me to, then I most certainly will.” Su Chen bluntly replied, “Return to the people who sent you here and tell them that these are my conditions. So long as you deliver these items to me, I will forget everything that I previously heard.”