162. When did you have the illusion that you are strong?
"Huh." Ao Man breathed out softly.
He knew that from the first time Wang Yuanji made a strong breakthrough and disrupted his plan, he could no longer control this wild beast.
Especially from the moment he sent out all the men at his disposal to besiege and kill, but was still beaten out of the way by the opponent, he had become a disabled person - all his eyes and ears had been taken care of, and now he was completely disabled.
All sources of information were lost.
Naturally, Ao Man did not have much confidence in whether Wang Yuanji had fully understood his overall plan.
His original intention was to test Wang Yuanji's knowledge of his plan through a verbal confrontation.
Has the existence of the Great Sage Mirage been exposed?
But it is a pity that Wang Yuanji kept everything secret and he was unable to get any useful information.
Especially, he was actually burned by Song Nana's Nightmare Fire, and now he no longer has the fighting power he had at his peak.
Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful in his heart.
He shouldn't have been hiding behind the dragon gate before. He should have brought people out as soon as Wang Yuanji opened his mouth. In this way, he would still have the strength to fight... In other words, there would still be room for bargaining, so that he wouldn't be like now.
Like meat on the chopping board.
Ao Man didn't like this feeling.
He has always regarded himself as one of the smartest people in the Bihai clan.
Although he didn't want to admit it, his third brother was indeed smarter than him. But compared to the other brother who was obviously very smart but didn't like to use his brain to think. Instead, he liked to use force to solve problems. Ao Man always believed that using his brain to solve problems was the best way to solve problems.
Solving problems is more classy than using force to solve problems.
In other words, it feels more superior.
At least, Ao Man thought so before today.
But now?
"Huh." Ao Man breathed out softly again.
If he doesn't want to fight Shura here, then the best way is to satisfy the other party's appetite - although this is indeed a very big shame for Ao Man, but after looking at it, he can at least suppress the three of his own party.
Wang Yuanji, and then there were Song Nana and Su Anran, Wei Ying, and Ao Man who didn't want to fight with each other here.
If only the problem could be solved so easily...
"What else do you want?" Aoman spoke again.
"Let me think about it..." The corner of Wang Yuanji's mouth raised, and then she started to speak loudly, "Five blue sea dragon scales, ten black dragon hearts and ten horns, and..."
"Don't go too far!" A look of anger appeared on Ao Man's face.
The black dragon's heart and unicorn are easier to say.
These two materials are not rare for the Demon Alliance, especially for their Bihai Clan. After all, the Black Flood Clan belongs to the ethnic group under the jurisdiction of their Bihai Clan. Therefore, whether it is the Black Flood Dragon who died in the battle or other reasons.
There will inevitably be reserves of various materials left over from the corpse of a dead black dragon.
After all, the demon race is different from the human race.
Having experienced the era of being hunted, a common idea among the demon clan is that if they die, then all the things that can be used as materials can be left to future generations. This point, to put it bluntly, is different from that of the human clan.
It is a principle that if a monk dies in battle, he will leave a legacy of magic weapons, talismans, seals, exercises, etc. to future generations.
It's just that the inheritance that demon cultivators can pass on to future generations is basically part of their own bodies.
Of course, even if they are not the remnants of members of the Black Dragon Clan, there are many wild black dragon monsters that cannot be transformed. The only difference between the materials on such monsters and the products left by the Black Dragon Clan is the effect.
It's slightly inferior.
So whether it is the heart of the black dragon or the horn of the black dragon, as long as Wang Yuanji does not name it, there is still a lot of room for manipulation.
But the value of the Blue Sea Dragon Scale is completely different.
There is no shortage of things that can be called dragon scales in the world of demons.
The scales of the dragon are also dragon scales.
In addition, there are many monsters that are somewhat related to the dragon clan, so the scales on their bodies can also be called dragon scales.
But Wang Yuanji said she wanted the Blue Sea Dragon Scale, which was tantamount to directly naming her.
In the entire Mysterious World, only the Bihai Clan produces Bihai Dragon Scales.
Because this is the product of the true dragon family - even the scales peeled off from dragons, such as dragons, horned dragons, and Yinglongs, cannot be called blue sea dragon scales. Only those born from the fate of heaven and earth can
Only the scales on the body of the true dragon clan can be called blue sea dragon scales.
Under normal circumstances, the true dragon family only sheds its old scales every thousand years.
And such an old scale must undergo forty-nine days of sacrifice before it can be condensed into a blue sea dragon scale, which is one of the top materials in the world.
The entire Bihai clan, including the old Dragon King, only has eleven members.
But there are only five people over 1,000 years old.
Wang Yuanji asked for five blue sea dragon scales. Ao Man felt that this was no longer a lion's request, but a whim.
"Excessive?" Wang Yuanji laughed, "That's because you haven't heard what I want later."
"No matter what else you want, the Blue Sea Dragon Scale is absolutely impossible." Ao Man said in a deep voice, "I feel now that you are not sincere."
"I'm not sincere to begin with." Wang Yuanji grinned, her expression a bit ferocious, and her cold eyes made Ao Man's heart shiver, "It's you who want to stop me from entering the Dragon Gate, but I don't want to prevent you from entering the Dragon Gate.
...You have to understand this condition first."
"The asking price is high, so pay it back on the spot." Ao Man replied, "If you only want one Blue Sea Dragon Scale, we can still negotiate. If you want five, that is absolutely impossible. And even if I am willing to give it,
I'm afraid you won't be able to eat too much... You should know the reason for this better than me."
Wang Yuanji frowned slightly.
She knew that what Ao Man said was right.
The Blue Sea Dragon Scale is the most versatile material in the Mysterious World - whether it is forging magic weapons, forging weapons or refining elixirs, the Blue Sea Dragon Scale can be used. It is precisely because of this that the Blue Sea Dragon Scale is used in the Mysterious World.
It is a very rare and special material that can only be compared with Phoenix True Blood.
Even if there are nineteen sects in the Xuan Realm, it is not easy to obtain a blue sea dragon scale.
If there is a rumor that Taiyi Valley has obtained five pieces, no matter whether the news is true or false, as long as it spreads, a huge whirlpool with Taiyi Valley as the center will inevitably form.
Ao Man knew this, and Wang Yuanji also knew this.
So what Ao Man said has a subtext.
——Even if I really give you five Blue Sea Dragon Scales, I will spread the news thoroughly. Do you still want it?
"Okay, I only want one." Wang Yuanji didn't hesitate and said straight away, "The demand for the black dragon's heart and horn is doubled."
"Okay." After thinking for a while, Ao Man nodded.
"in addition……"
"You'd better stop when it suits you." Ao Man's face darkened.
Wang Yuanji ignored Ao Man and continued to talk to herself: "My sixth junior sister wants to break into the Dragon Gate once. You give her a place... I can guarantee that she will not hinder the ceremony of your little princess of the Bihai clan."
"This is impossible!" Ao Man refused without even thinking.
Su Anran was stunned for a moment.
But soon, he completely reacted.
They knew that there was a mirage saint in Longmen, but Ao Man didn't know whether they knew this information. But regardless of whether they knew it or not, the other party obviously would never let Wei Ying into Longmen. This was the other party's bottom line. From the beginning
They just know the bottom line.
But what my Sixth Senior Sister really needs is to enter the Dragon Gate and help Qinglong perform the sublimation ceremony.
This means that there is no room for compromise between the two parties.
unless……
The other party is willing to take out a drop of true dragon blood.
But this point involves another issue.
True dragon blood, to the Bihai clan, is just like the lifeblood of human monks. If one drop is reduced, although the vitality will not be seriously damaged, it will not be possible to improve one's skills within a hundred years. The foundation must be constantly re-polished to make up for the lost effort.
Only when you come back can you continue to make progress in your cultivation.
Therefore, if they asked for a drop of true dragon blood from the beginning, they would know the result without even thinking about it.
But after going around in a circle and hiding the real core needs, the result is likely to be different.
"Then there's no need to talk about it?" Wang Yuanji's face turned cold, "You should know very well that the road to spiritual cultivation is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. The ruins of the Dragon Palace are only opened every few decades or hundreds of years, so... you
Do you want to interrupt my junior sister’s cultivation path?”
Seeing his fifth senior sister start to show off her acting skills, Su Anran, who figured out the reason, immediately burst out her momentum in a timely manner.
After all, he is a swordsman who has understood the meaning of the sword.
Although his current cultivation level is not very advanced—among the ranks of powerful Soul Condensing Realm masters, he, a monk in the Innate Realm, is as bright and eye-catching as a light in the dark night—but a sword cultivator with sword intent is different from one who does not.
Sword cultivation with sword intent is different. Because once a sword cultivator gives birth to sword intent and integrates sword intent into his own swordsmanship, the increase in lethality will become quite terrifying.
At least, sword cultivators who have already mastered the sword intention in the natal realm do have the ability to harm those who have just entered the soul-condensing realm.
However, Ao Man and others are not demon cultivators who have just entered the soul-condensing realm. They have either condensed the soul phase, or are in the transformation stage of combining the soul phase with themselves. Of course, with their strength, they are not afraid of just a mere person who has just realized it.
They are native sword cultivators who have mastered the sword intention. But unfortunately, there is Wang Yuanji beside Su Anran. As long as Wang Yuanji holds them back, they might really be stabbed in the back by Su Anran.
And can Wang Yuanji hold them back?
Ao Man knew very well that, let alone holding them back, that Shura now had no pressure to beat the three of them by herself.
Not to mention, there were Song Nana and Wei Ying next to her.
Of course, Ao Man didn't know that even if Su Anran didn't have Wang Yuanji and Song Nana around, he could really hurt them, and if he didn't do it right, they would probably capsize - after all, he was an artistic swordsman.
This is no joke.
"Does your junior sister want to use Longmen's special sublimation to transform her beast?"
Ao Man asked again.
Wang Yuanji didn't reply. She just turned around and looked at Wei Ying in front of Ao Man. Of course, she used her back to block Ao Man's view.
Wei Ying was a little confused, with "confused" written all over her face.
Because she saw that Wang Yuanji just turned her head to look at her, and then turned back again. She did nothing during the whole process, and she didn't even understand what her fifth senior sister wanted to do.
Su Anran, who understood all this, seemed very calm.
As the fifth senior sister, my acting skills are really online all the time.
"That's right." Wang Yuanji said, "My junior sister needs to use the ritual of leaping through the Dragon Gate to allow her beast to undergo a life sublimation and transformation."
"I can offer her another way."
"How can I trust you?" Wang Yuanji sneered, "The Dragon Gate is right in front of me. My junior sister only needs to go in. But now you are trying every possible means to stop me, and you also said you would provide me with another way? Do you think I believe it?"
"Because this method requires a drop of true dragon blood, do you think I would joke with you with a drop of true dragon blood?" Ao Man said in a deep voice, "The ceremony my sister is going to hold is very special, and no one is allowed to come in and disturb it.
...Since your junior sister just wants to sublimate her own beast-controlling life essence, she can do it without entering the Dragon Gate. At least as far as I know, this method is also possible."
Wang Yuanji sneered: "A drop of true dragon's blood? It's easy to say...you give it?"
"I'll give it." Ao Man nodded.
This time, Wang Yuanji put away the sneer on her face.
Her expressions switched so freely that Su Anran was quite suspicious of how many similar things her fifth senior sister had done before.
How could she be so skilled?!
"That's good."
Wang Yuanji pretended to ponder for a moment. She even turned her head and looked at Wei Ying solemnly. At this time, Wei Ying, even if she could no longer keep up with Wang Yuanji's changes in thinking, was already aware of the problem and would not hold back.
Therefore, the scene where Wang Yuanji and Wei Ying looked at each other "affectionately" seemed to Ao Man to be the eye contact between the two disciples of Taiyi Valley.
"Give my junior sister a drop of true dragon blood, and my junior sister will leave here right now." Wang Yuanji replied.
"If I give you a drop of true dragon blood, shouldn't you all leave?"
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Wang Yuanji curled her lips disdainfully, "I didn't even give you the blue sea dragon scales, but what about the black dragon's heart and black dragon's horns?... You just want us all to leave if you give me a drop of true dragon's blood. If you don't turn around,
If you give us these materials, where should we go to get them?...You give me the true dragon blood first, and then I will let my sixth junior sister go."
By this moment, Su Anran already knew what her fifth senior sister was thinking.
The only people who knew that Wei Ying had almost no fighting ability...or demons, were Chi Qi and Appa.
But even if Apa is dead, Chi Qi can't betray Wei Ying, so now the Demon League doesn't know Wei Ying's situation at all.
Previously, Su Anran thought that Wang Yuanji did not let Wei Ying leave the Dragon Palace immediately because she was worried that something would happen to her on the way out, but now it seems that this is obviously part of her plan - to take advantage of the fact that the Demon Alliance does not know Wei Ying's current situation,
Then find a way to defraud a drop of true dragon blood from the Bihai clan, and then use Wei Ying, who left the game early after getting the true dragon blood, to lower the vigilance of the Bihai clan.
It can be said that I, the fifth senior sister, have really figured out all the steps.
Perhaps, Ao Man can be two steps ahead of others, but it is obvious that Wang Yuanji can be at least two steps or even three steps ahead of Ao Man - Su Anran even thought, if the Great Sage of Mirage hadn't taken action before, interfering with Song Nana's fate line
, I am afraid that Aoman's layout plan has been completely destroyed by his fifth senior sister, so there are no follow-up problems that he is struggling with now.
Su Anran looked at Ao Man who fell into silence.
"Are you stalling for time?" Two seconds later, Wang Yuanji suddenly spoke first, accompanied by a burst of momentum, "What's in the dragon gate?"
Ao Man was startled when he heard Wang Yuanji's shout.
But he still maintained his composure and said calmly: "You are overthinking, I am just thinking about the pros and cons of this matter... Of course, what I didn't expect is that you are more cautious than what is rumored.
"
"This is just common sense, not cautious." Wang Yuanji said lightly, "I just don't believe what you monsters say. So I won't believe it until I see the real thing... Especially, you don't believe it either.
Know the value of the Blue Sea Dragon Scale."
"This is natural." Ao Man nodded.
Then the next moment, Ao Man stretched out his right hand, scratched his chest, and began to force out a drop of true dragon blood.
Su Anran looked at the unlucky child in front of her and couldn't help but sympathize with him.
The other party just made a wrong step at the beginning, allowing Song Nana's Nightmare Fire to force into the dragon gate. As a result, he completely fell into the rhythm of his fifth senior sister, and never took the initiative from the beginning to the end. And it was even more outrageous.
What's strange is that even if the other party loses the initiative, he still thinks that he has a little room for resistance and struggle, and that he has not been forced into despair.
This is what Su Anran really thinks is scary about Wang Yuanji.
From the very beginning, Wang Yuanji's goal was not to get Dragon Gate, but to get a drop of true dragon blood for Wei Ying - they knew very well that after the Great Sage of Mirage had already entered Dragon Gate, they wanted to send Wei Ying to Dragon Gate as well.
It's absolutely impossible.
In this case, their goal can only be the true dragon blood that can also give Qinglong a chance to evolve.
But if you ask for real dragon blood directly, the other party will definitely not give it to you.
Even the eight items from the secret vault of the Dragon Palace that the other party promised at the beginning, as well as those things like blue sea dragon scales, black dragon hearts, etc., are impossible for them to get, because the other party has made it clear from the beginning.
, he didn’t keep these things with him, he had to wait until everything was over and returned to the Demon Alliance before he could complete the transaction.
But under the premise that the Demon Alliance is about to add a new great saint, is it possible for them to get these things that Aoman promised?
The answer is obvious.
Even the phrase "If you ask for a high price, pay it back on the spot" was uttered by Ao Man under Wang Yuanji's inducement.
It is precisely because of the foundation laid by this sentence that Ao Man has the illusion of bargaining - as long as he successfully reduces Wang Yuanji's proposal, he is the winner. What Wang Yuanji later borrowed was to let Ao Man
When this misunderstanding occurs, when the opponent's self-confidence is at its highest, the opponent himself promises to give a drop of true dragon's blood. This is the only thing the opponent can offer at this time.
Because whether it is Wang Yuanji or Ao Man, they all know the first principle of on-site negotiations: that is, they must at least show some basic sincerity.
This is like the basic operation of negotiating with a robber holding hostages.
The negotiator definitely wanted to rescue all the hostages, and the robbers also knew the importance of the hostages, so during the negotiation and argument between the two parties, the negotiator sent a batch of food, and the robbers released a small number of them.
Partial hostages, this is the "basic" sincerity that both parties can see and touch - even if the robbers are unwilling to release some of the hostages, the act of sending food can still give the robbers some psychological advantages, which will pave the way for subsequent actions and
Delay the time to lay out and build the foundation.
current situation.
Wang Yuanji is like the party holding hostages.
Therefore, Ao Man must send a "sincerity" that both parties can see and touch to stabilize Wang Yuanji.
At least, that's what Ao Man thinks.
But in fact, all of this was just Wang Yuanji deliberately letting Ao Man think so.
Because it's just like what Wang Yuanji said before.
She never took Ao Man seriously from the beginning, and even thought that he was not worthy of being her opponent. Her real opponent was the Great Sage of the Mirage - Ao Man just set up a trap to kill humans in Pingchuan.
It was just a game. But after this game was broken by him, the subsequent series of contests and confrontations were no longer controlled by Ao Man, but by the Mirage Great Sage who had now entered the Dragon Gate.
Wang Yuanji was already feeling excited inside.
Handing the true dragon blood sent by Ao Man to Wei Ying, Wang Yuanji whispered: "After you go out, go back to Taiyi Valley immediately and don't stay any longer."
"I..." Wei Ying opened her mouth, as if she was planning to say something, but in the end she nodded, "I understand."
