Starting With 100 Million Lives

Chapter 1004: Chapter 1004: Buy a Ticket to Board

After giving a rough explanation of the situation, Celestial Venerable Mieyang got straight to the point and proposed a cooperation.

"We heard you were once targeted by the Immortal Mother and suffered the backlash of the Celestial Dao Karmic Force."

"But in the end, you came out without so much as a scratch."

"Is that true?"

This wasn’t any kind of secret; the number of experts from all races present back then couldn’t even be counted.

Brother Cheng straightforwardly nodded. "Yeah, it’s true!"

Getting his personal confirmation, all the experts in the hall revealed delighted expressions.

One Protector couldn’t wait to ask, "May I ask how you did it?"

"Exactly, the Power of the Celestial Dao doesn’t belong to any Rules; it shouldn’t be defendable at all. How did you block that Karmic Force invasion?"

Brother Cheng gave them a puzzled look.

Then said blandly, "Obviously because I’m so outrageously handsome that I’ve transcended the Celestial Dao."

Everyone curled their lips.

Do you take us for idiots?

If they didn’t still want to cooperate, they’d probably have turned and left already.

Celestial Venerable Mieyang waved his hand, fully aware that Jiang Cheng would never reveal this secret.

So he took a step back. "The reason we seek cooperation is because we want your help to break through the blockade of the Pusuo Jade Person and the other thirteen Celestial Dao Supreme Treasures."

"As long as we pass the hurdles set by these Celestial Dao Supreme Treasures, the Celestial Dao will be within our grasp!"

As he spoke, even this dignified Celestial Venerable’s tone involuntarily turned feverish.

Clearly he was imagining just how much benefit he himself would gain after seizing control of the Celestial Dao.

Brother Cheng asked curiously, "The Celestial Dao itself won’t retaliate?"

"It won’t."

"As long as we break through all the Celestial Dao Supreme Treasures’ obstruction, the job is done!"

"So that’s how it is."

Brother Cheng pondered slightly, then asked a soul-piercing question.

"After it’s done, who does the Celestial Dao belong to?"

In Celestial Venerable Mieyang’s heart, once they broke all the Celestial Dao Supreme Treasures’ seals, they’d ’kill the donkey after it’s done with the grinding’ and get rid of him, so of course the Celestial Dao would belong to them.

But in front of Jiang Cheng, he absolutely couldn’t say that directly.

"Naturally, it will belong to you!"

Brother Cheng couldn’t be bothered to waste a massive amount of Immortal Yuan Points on reading minds, because he could already guess the other side’s plan.

So he said with a half-smile, "Is Chi Yin Palace a charity now?"

"What do you mean by that, Fellow Daoist Jiang?"

"Heh, you’re setting aside your grudge and racking your brains to help me obtain the Celestial Dao. What kind of lofty spirit is that? Do you take me for a fool?"

Awkwardness flashed through Celestial Venerable Mieyang’s eyes.

Come to think of it, even the dumbest person wouldn’t believe there’s such a good deal in this world.

"Alright, actually we want to split the Celestial Dao with you."

"Split it? The Celestial Dao can be controlled by two people at the same time?"

"It can."

In fact, Celestial Venerable Mieyang had no idea whether it could or not; no one in history had actually succeeded in mastering the Celestial Dao.

In any case, what he ultimately wanted was sole control.

Brother Cheng nodded.

"You guys can’t break through the Celestial Dao’s blockade, can you?"

"Indeed."

"Only I can break through?"

"That’s right."

"Then why should I cooperate with you? Why don’t I just do it alone? On what basis do I have to split it with you in the end? What can you bring to the table?"

Uh, this...

Another soul-piercing question was flung over, and all the experts were dumbfounded.

To put it bluntly, when it came to scrambling for the Celestial Dao, cooperation itself was ridiculous; it just didn’t hold water.

Even for people of the same Sect like them from Chi Yin Palace, if they really all broke through the Celestial Dao’s blockade, at the final moment facing the Celestial Dao, there was a good chance they’d stab each other in the back.

Let alone when they were enemies with Jiang Cheng.

"Well, this..."

Even Celestial Venerable Mieyang couldn’t come up with a line.

The thought ’I want to use you’ was basically written all over his face; he couldn’t hide it even if he wanted to.

"We’re so zealous because we hope to follow behind Fellow Daoist Jiang and get a slice of the pie."

"You should’ve just said that from the start, what’s with all this talk about cooperation?"

Brother Cheng shrugged. "To put it bluntly, you just want to cling to my big thigh and have me carry you, right?"

"Yes, yes."

Since things had already been laid bare, all the experts in the hall could only admit it.

"That’s right, we hope to receive your help."

"We hope to follow you and get some benefits."

"That’s more like it!"

Brother Cheng pressed his hands down in the air. Facing those pairs of eyes brimming with expectation, he said with a beaming smile, "My big thigh doesn’t come for free. If you want my help, pay up."

He did want to just wipe out Chi Yin Palace.

But without these people to lead the way, he had no idea how to even look for the Celestial Dao.

So he could only knock some benefits out of them in advance.

The loot from that swap last time had only barely helped him recoup his capital.

He was now in urgent need of Immortal Yuan Points.

"What?"

"You actually want a reward on top of that?"

No one had expected that demand from him.

You killed so many of our people—us not killing you is already pretty generous, and you still have the nerve to ask for payment?

This wasn’t in their plans at all.

"Doesn’t asking someone for help require paying a price?"

Brother Cheng, on the other hand, was perfectly matter-of-fact. "You buy a ticket to board the train; that’s heaven’s law and earth’s principle, okay?"

"Does Chi Yin Palace not even understand this basic Rule? Do you not know how to conduct affairs?"

Celestial Venerable Mieyang thought, our Sect is this big; we don’t need you teaching us how to handle things.

"What reward do you want?"

Brother Cheng immediately pulled up the system, checked the list of Treasures that could be produced in the Realm of Yin, and then quickly rattled off a long list.

When Celestial Venerable Mieyang and the group of Guardian Elders and Protectors saw what was on that list, they all exploded.

"Are you insane?"

"This many Profound Yin Source Stones?"

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It was just that the former was a specialty of the Realm of Yin, and the latter of the True Ice Realm.

What Brother Cheng lacked most at the moment was Immortal Power Cultivation, so when he opened his mouth about this stuff, he asked for just a tiny bit more.

Roughly several tens of billions—ignoring bottlenecks, that was enough to pile up several normal Emperor Realm Ninth Layers.

So everyone in the main hall blew their tops.

"What kind of joke is this?"

"Our entire Chi Yin Palace couldn’t scrape that together, could we?"

"And these Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, are you trying to make us bankrupt?"

"Impossible, we absolutely can’t agree to such terms!"

"This isn’t just opening the lion’s mouth wide, this is outright robbery!"

"How is what you’re doing any different from plundering?"

The Protectors and Elders were all beside themselves with rage.

As the overlord of the Realm of Yin, they’d only ever robbed others; when had there ever been a day when they were the ones being robbed?

Just thinking about it infuriated them; they wished they could tear Jiang Cheng to pieces.

Celestial Venerable Mieyang’s face was just as dark as still water, his anger surging.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, are you toying with us?"

"With conditions so extreme they can’t even be called harsh, do you think we’d agree?"

Brother Cheng couldn’t care less about their intense reaction.

"It’s fine if you don’t agree."

He got up and headed straight for the outside of the hall.

"I believe the Realm of Yang and the Realm of Fire will consider accepting my terms."

"I should also thank you for the intel. Without it, I wouldn’t have known my train ride was worth this much."