Lan Gu Ao thanked him, then sat down with Lan Guli. He then looked at Lin Yi and said, "Human, don't think that just because you saved Langouzha once, you can negotiate with the Sea Serpent Race. Even if you overestimate yourself, there should be a limit. What status do you think you have to be on equal footing with the Sea Serpent Race?"
Langouzha angrily said, "Lan Gu Ao, what status do you think you have? This is a conversation between Grandpa and Boss Lin Yi. What qualifications do you and Lan Guli have to interrupt? "
"Enough! Shut up! " The Sea Serpent King growled, cutting off Langouzha's words. He also stopped Lan Gu Ao and Lan Guli from continuing. "Human, tell me your request first. This King said that he would reward you. As long as it's not too excessive, this King can satisfy your request."
Honestly speaking, Lin Yi had basically given up on hope. At most, he would just have to go hunt sea beasts! But since the Sea Serpent King had said so, whether or not it worked out, he still had to mention it.
"I hope to be able to exchange 3000 sea beast cores with the Sea Serpent Race every year. The ratio is 300 Nascent Soul, 900 Golden Core, and 1,800 Foundation Establishment. I wonder if Sea Serpent King is willing to agree?" As for what he would give in exchange, Lin Yi didn't even mention it. If the Sea Serpent King had this intention, then he would naturally continue the negotiations. If he didn't, then everything else was useless.
As expected, the Sea Serpent King didn't even ask about Lin Yi's conditions. He directly refused, "Impossible! The cores of our Sea Beast Race will never be given to a human, let alone 3000 per year! Seeing that you've saved Languzha, I'll give you 30 Sea Beast Inner Elixirs when you return later. The ratio will be as you've suggested! "
Lin Yi was enraged. Thirty cores? Was he trying to send a beggar away? During the sea beast rampage and the battle on the island, Lin Yi had single-handedly killed 2,000 sea beasts. Why would he care about a mere 30 sea beast cores?
What was worse was that when Lin Yi and Langouzha were chatting about this matter, Langouzha also told Lin Yi that hundreds of thousands of sea beasts died of natural causes in the Endless Sea every year. Several thousand Inner Dans were just a drop in the ocean. For the sea beasts in the Endless Sea, where the strong were respected and the weak were prey to the strong, it didn't matter whether these Inner Dans were given to humans or not.
But now, the Sea Serpent King had rejected Lin Yi's proposal and wasn't even willing to listen to Lin Yi's conditions. This was simply too much!
"Sea Serpent King, I'm not asking for your neidans for free. The humans of the Ancient Jianghu used spirit jades or other items to trade. For both sides, this is a win-win situation. Why can't you accept it?" Lin Yi suppressed his anger and said coldly to the Sea Serpent King.
"There is no why!" The sea serpent king said indifferently, "The sea beasts are all noble. Even if it's an inner core left behind after a natural death, it's not something humans can easily touch. So, whatever you say is useless. There's no need to talk about this anymore!"
This argument was simply ridiculous! Did this old thing think that if they didn't trade, Lin Yi and the humans of the Ancient Jianghu wouldn't be able to get the Inner Dans? At most, they could just kill more sea beasts!
The Sea Serpent King would rather the sea beasts of the Endless Sea be killed than exchange the Inner Dans of the sea beasts that died of natural causes. In Lin Yi's eyes, he was simply a stupid King!
"Ah... is this the sincerity of the Sea Serpent King? Alright, just pretend that I didn't say anything. "Lin Yi sneered. It seemed that he couldn't communicate with this Sea Serpent King anymore.
The Sea Serpent King also sneered, "Human, don't think that just because you're Langouzha's savior, you can threaten the Sea Serpent King!"
"Grandpa, why would Boss Lin Yi want to threaten us? He just wants to exchange for a bit of Inner Dans every year. There's nothing wrong with that! " Langouzha very loyally argued for Lin Yi. Unfortunately, he completely didn't understand the Sea Serpent King's thoughts, so there was no result.
The Sea Serpent King didn't even need to speak. Lan Gu Ao and Lan Guli both angrily rebuked, "Langouzha, remember your identity. You actually have the nerve to call a human boss here? What a disgrace! "
"Boss Lin Yi saved my life. What's so shameful about me calling him boss? On the contrary, it's you two who are fanning the flames here that's even more shameful for the Sea Serpent King! "Langouzha also threw caution to the wind and roared, not backing down even half a step!
The Sea Serpent King unhappily shouted, "Enough! What are the three of you doing? Restrain yourselves a little! "
The Sea Serpent King was quite displeased that there was internal strife in front of a human like Lin Yi. He didn't like Langouzha to begin with, and now all his dissatisfaction was directed at Langouzha. However, he didn't seem to have any intention of blaming Lan Gu Ao and Lan Guli at all.
Lin Yi laughed coldly in his heart. Langouzha really wasn't talking nonsense. His position in the Sea Serpent King was indeed quite awkward. He was the third-in-line successor in name, but he didn't receive the slightest bit of attention.
With the Sea Serpent King's favoritism, Lan Guli immediately said arrogantly, "Grandfather, Langouzha is really a disgrace to the Sea Serpent King. Perhaps something happened to Langouzha after he was captured by the humans. Grandfather, please allow me to investigate and see if Langouzha was sent back as a spy by the humans!"
Snake Shichiro's expression also turned ugly. This idiot's imagination was quite wild. He could come up with anything. If that was the case, didn't that mean that Snake Shichiro had also colluded with the humans?
Unfortunately, even though Snake Shichiro was a Prince Commander of the Lian Luo Sea Region, he didn't have the right to speak in this situation. He could only lower his head angrily and curse Lan Guli in his heart.
"Lan Guli, that's enough! I didn't hold it against you when you bullied me all this time. However, if you insult me and Boss Lin Yi again, I definitely won't let this matter rest! "Langouzha pointed at Lan Guli and roared. This made the Sea Serpent King even more displeased.
"Oh my, you're saying that you didn't hold it against me when I bullied you all this time? You sure sound confident. Looks like I should thank you for showing mercy! How about this, you better show me what you're capable of and hold it against me. Show me if you don't let this matter rest! "Lan Guli said with a mocking expression. He was very clear about Langouzha's strength.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
