Chapter 468: If you want me, then you can have me (1/2)

Chapter 468: If you want me, then you can have me

None of the plants in Pill Fiend Valley were ordinary medicinal plants. A casual pluck of any one would yield a valuable specimen. Moreover, His Excellency Pill Fiend had chosen this valley in the first place because of its ideal climate and soil conditions. Thus, the valuable of the lands here were worth more than just a few ingredients. There was no one else in the world more clear of its worth than His Excellency Pill Fiend himself!

Even Long Feiye was intimidated by Han Yunxi’s demands, to say nothing of the old steward! He knew that this woman had been planning to move against Pill Fiend Valley for a while now. She’d never let such a chance go, but he never expected her to move so fast. And so ruthlessly! She was simply seeking to swallow Pill Fiend Valley in one gulp!

Although Long Feiye didn’t want to admit it, he felt that his woman wasn’t here to settle debts, but to rob the owner outright.

Merciless and savage! He liked it!

Gu Qi Sha only shot Han Yunxi a doubtful look. “You…what did you say?”

“This wangfei wants all of your Pill Fiend Valley! Otherwise, there’ll be no end to this!”

Fine. Han Yunxi admitted that she was here to plunder and loot. She had wanted to seize Pill Fiend Valley for ages, but lacked the proper excuse and chance. Now she could make her claims openly!

A Confucian saying once stated that stealing a book didn’t count as theft at all—that to pilfer a book was an elegant offense. As a comparison, Han Yunxi felt that seizing medicine by force wasn’t robbing at all. How many people could she save if Pill Fiend Valley was in her hands? Even if she was labeled a thief, she’d accept it! And if Gu Qi Sha disagreed, they could duke it out again!

“You want…Pill Fiend Valley?” Gu Qi Sha muttered to himself.

In the silence of the room, it seemed like Pill Fiend would explode with rage at any second. Perhaps he’d even accuse Han Yunxi of pushing him too far. But against all expectations, the dim light in Gu Qi Sha’s pupils rekindled into a shining brilliance. He stared at Han Yunxi before suddenly breaking out into a smile!

“You want Pill Fiend Valley?” he repeated.

Han Yunxi raised her chin and openly admitted, “Yes!” She looked as if this was simply a matter of course and refused to budge an inch, though all of this was acting on her part.

This wasn’t her first time coming to Pill Fiend Valley, so she naturally had an estimate of how many precious plants it contained. Although she hadn’t traveled to every part of the valley, what the detox system reported back to her was already overwhelming. Every plant in this valley was an exquisite item. There were at least a thousand rare plants and hundreds of unique ones with no equal. The worth of a single Pill Fiend Valley even far exceeded the price of her jade crystal bracelet which carried the value of an entire nation. There was no way to put a price on the place. She had given him these terms for an outrageous cost, it was true, but she was waiting for Gu Qi Sha to haggle her back down!

“Han Yunxi, do you think this old fellow’s really that easy to bully?” Gu Qi Sha looked cold, but there was no hostility in his eyes.

“Your Excellency Pill Fiend, you’re the one who bullied us first. We’re a lot easier to pick on than you,” Han Yunxi grinned back.

“Do you know how many valuable plants reside at Pill Fiend Valley? How many unique plants without peer?” Gu Qi Sha asked next.

So-called rare plants were classified by Medicine City on a one to ten scale. The higher the point value, the more valuable the plant would be. Plants without peer meant that there was only a single specimen in existence; once it was used up, it’d be gone.

“I don’t know!” Han Yunxi said calmly. “It’s not like I want Pill Fiend Valley for real! If you give me the two bottles of antidote you owe me, I’ll leave right away!”

That there, when women behaved so shamelessly, it was a hundred times scarier than them acting spoiled!

Long Feiye looked at Han Yunxi’s innocent, resigned expression and inexplicably settled into a doting smile! He liked it the most when this woman was acting wicked! Gu Qi Sha had been looking at Han Yunxi with nothing but doting eyes; he just hid it better beneath his discontent.

“It’s fine if you don’t know,” he said, “We can find Medicine City’s Council of Elders as public witnesses while the Board of Directors calculate the net worth of Panoptic Red Lotus, Serpent Fruit, and Bear chuan and how they compare to Pill Fiend Valley.”

The Board of Directors in Medicine City was composed of members from the three great clans of Wang, Mu, and Xie. The Wang Clan stood on their side, but it was hard to say for the Mu and Xie Clans. Judging from the conflict between Medical City and Gu Qi Sha, these two Medicine City clans wouldn’t take Gu Qi Sha’s side, either, but neither would they favor Long Feiye and Han Yunxi’s side. Han Yunxi would never be stupid enough to ask for more trouble.

“It’s easy enough to calculate Pill Fiend Valley’s net worth. But what about the cost of the losses we incurred as a result of your deception?” Han Yunxi countered.

Gu Qi Sha only sighed heavily, looking a bit helpless as he refused to answer. Meanwhile, the old steward on the side was already feeling doubtful. His master had always been eloquent with the gift of the gab and a poisonous tongue, so why was he so quiet today? It didn’t match his personality at all! With his temper, he’d be laughing and jeering at Han Yunxi long ago. The old steward only felt that his master was acting out of sorts, though he couldn’t pinpoint where. Meanwhile, Long Feiye hadn’t ceased his scrutiny of Gu Qi Sha.

“Your Excellency Pill Fiend, if you don’t speak, I suppose we’ll settle things like this?” Han Yunxi pressed on. She wasn’t afraid of Gu Qi Sha bargaining as much as him not saying anything at all.

“How about this? I’ll offer you 20 types of medicinal ingredients. You can take whatever you want from Pill Fiend Valley,” Gu Qi Sha finally laid out his terms.

Han Yunxi shook her head.

“50 types, no higher than this!” Gu Qi Sha said.

Han Yunxi shook her head again, this time with a smile.

“Then what do you want?” Gu Qi Sha looked depressed.

“All of Pill Fiend Valley!” Han Yunxi refused to budge.