Chapter 519: Two men discuss their terms (1/2)

Chapter 519: Two men discuss their terms

Gu Qishao’s smile was especially evil. “Your Highness Duke of Qin, are you discussing terms with this young master?”

“You can choose to refuse,” Long Feiye replied coldly.

“Your Highness Duke of Qin means to say…there’s no way we can negotiate?” Gu Qishao grinned again.

Of these two men, one was a glib talker while the other hardly spoke at all; one laughed and fooled around like it was second nature while the other sported a face that was physically paralyzed for years. How were they supposed to talk? Long Feiye would rather leave right now, but he couldn’t do it; he wanted to kill Gu Qishao as well, but that was even more impossible. Gu Qishao’s threat just then might have been a ruse to threaten him, but he couldn’t afford to bet on those chances. Meanwhile, Gu Qishao was only too anxious to take advantage of Long Feiye, but he knew he couldn’t afford it. He couldn’t afford to gamble on the secret of his undying body, either.

Once the news broke, how many people in the world would come seeking trouble with him? He might become the public enemy of the entire Cloud Realm Continent, like a rat running across the streets with people yelling ‘Kill it!’ at him constantly. Hadn’t the very Poison Sect been driven to extinction just because the medical academy found the idea of Poison Gu humans too dangerous?

Thinking up to here, Gu Qishao’s usually cheery eyes flashed with a hint of grief. Death was a man’s greatest fear, but to never die was the greatest sorrow.

“Just state your terms,” Long Feiye couldn’t be bothered to verbally spar with him.

Gu Qishao got straight to the point as well. “There are only two conditions. One, protect the secret of my undying body. Two…” Gu Qishao’s expression turned wicked, “Two, help me destroy Medical City!”

“Medical City!” Long Feiye chuckled.

“What, you don’t have the guts?” Gu Qishao asked disdainfully.

Medical City was the most powerful force in Cloud Realm Continent. Leaving aside the authority of the medical academy, they were financially rich and physically strong as well. The entire city was capable of supporting itself as a separate country if it wished. Long Feiye had never lacked ‘guts’ in his life, but he was curious about Gu Qishao’s enmity against the place.

“Where did you acquire your undying body from? What relation does it have with the Poison Sect?” Long Feiye asked.

“Long Feiye, you only need to concern yourself with my terms. The rest of it has nothing to do with you,” Gu Qishao replied gloomily.

Upon hearing that, Long Feiye didn’t pursue the topic. Instead he asked, “What can you give this lordship?”

“I’ll keep my mouth shut about Mute Granny.” Gu Qishao’s lips curved into a mocking grin. “And I’ll take the blame for the missing antidote!”

“These two are part of the same thing,” Long Feiye said coldly.

Gu Qishao realized what he was getting at and exclaimed, “It was one event after the other, they can’t count as one thing!” He had given Long Feiye two terms, while Long Feiye only gave him one. If they counted the antidote issue as a separate term from Mute Granny, then both of them would have two for two terms. But Long Feiye was shrewd enough to outwit Ouyang Ninguo, much less Gu Qishao.

He said, “Gu Qishao, you plotted against this lordship with the antidote, yet I didn’t fuss over it. What else do you want from your lordship?”

Gu Qishao fell silent without any outward expression at his question, but Long Feiye then added scornfully, “You have dug your own grave!”

If not for the antidote, Long Feiye would never have connected Gu Qishao with the black robed man who stabbed him at Hidden Pavilion, much less had been able to realize that Gu Qishao had an undying body. In the face-off between them, Gu Qishao had utterly lost. He fell silent for a while before faintly replying, “You only relied on the fact that Han Yunxi liked you!”

With that lass’s brain, she would’ve found the truth if she wasn’t so mesmerized by Long Feiye!

“You keep your distance from her!” Long Feiye narrowed his eyes as a dangerous air rose about him.

Gu Qishao only scorned the sight. “Why should I?”

Without a doubt, his words provoked Long Feiye, who reached out a hand to grasp Gu Qishao by the throat. Gu Qishao ignored it completely and turned serious. “What gives you the right?” he asked.

“Han Yunxi is your lordship’s wife!” Long Feiye smiled coldly as he gave his declaration. “What gives you the right to question your lordship?”

Gu Qishao only laughed. “Long Feiye, did you ever marry her?”