Chapter 223 - Taiyi Metal (2/2)

She bowed respectfully and continued, “I’d like you to kill someone for me, Mr. Lu.”

“Who would that be?” Lu Xuan asked.

“It’d be inconvenient for me to name the target right now. But if I were to have such a need in the future, I do sincerely hope that you’d come to my aid,” she added.

“So you think you could get me to kill someone for you with just one piece of Taiyi Metal? Are you saying that I’d have to kill the president of the United States for you if you so ask?” Lu Xuan smirked coldly and asked.

She sighed, knowing all too well that Lu Xuan was not like those admirers of hers who would have heeded her every whim, and who would have gotten very excited and high from just a few words of praise from her.

“You do know how to jest, Mr. Lu. This piece of metal is but only a gift. If I had any intentions of killing someone in the future and need your aid, you’d still be free to choose whether to act or not.” She then added, “It will be worth your time when such a time comes.”

Lu Xuan looked at her, thinking that the piece of Taiyi Metal was worth at least several hundred million yuan. It might even fetch a price well over one billion yuan in an auction.

There was no doubt that the piece of metal was something very precious, yet in her eyes, it was but a gift to forge a connection with Lu Xuan.

She was definitely plotting something very huge. Lu Xuan was no fool. He knew that the person that she intended to kill would most probably be someone really troublesome. She would not have needed to go to such lengths otherwise.

There was no way he would have just agreed to it.

“In that case, I’ll take your gift then.”

Lu Xuan did not bother with pleasantries. He really needed such a piece of metal to forge his new sword, after all.

That sword would boost his combat capacity by over 50 percent.

She was relieved to see Lu Xuan take her gift. While Lu Xuan did not fall for her charm, he did not refuse her either.

But then again, she knew just how adamant the will of the man in front of her, and he definitely was not someone she could mobilize with simple conditions.

However, she simply had no other options. She was unable to think of anyone other than Lu Xuan being capable enough to kill that person, and take revenge for her family.

She would have been willing to do just about anything, even if she were to give everything she got to see her goals be achieved, which included even herself.

She deemed Lu Xuan to probably be the only man in the world capable of pulling off such a feat.

She had been wracking her brains to find a way to make an acquaintance with him ever since she came to know of him, eventually finding an opportunity to allow her to forge such a connection.

“In that case, I will gladly hand the Taiyi Metal over to you, Mr. Lu.” She continued, “Consider it a gift from a friend.”

“This is some ‘friend’ indeed.”

Lu Xuan took the wooden box that she handed over. There was a piece of a rock about the size of a grown man’s palm. It emanated a faint golden sheen.

“It is indeed a piece of Taiyi Metal.”

Lu Xuan nodded.

There were a lot of similar treasures throughout the world that directly connected to the workings of spirit qi. Due to the depletion of such spirit qi for the past several hundred years, such treasures became incredibly rare, and Taiyi Metal, which had been rare to begin, became something capable of fetching astronomical prices.

But then again, there was also no doubt about the potency of Taiyi Metal. Even tiny bits of the metal would have made Lu Xuan’s Bloodthirst even sharper than it already was.

The piece was not as huge as Lu Xuan expected it to be, but it nonetheless proved sufficient for the job.

“Well then, you can consider me a friend of yours now. But if you want to get my hands dirty, you need to bring more to the table,” Lu Xuan added.

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