"Saintess of War, let's discuss something."
"What?" Before Ling Luoyi could speak, the Domain Lord reacted, "Si Zhan, don't trust him!"
Ling Luoyi didn't respond to the Domain Lord. Instead, she pointed at Nois's hand, which was still gripping the Domain Lord's neck, and said, "This doesn't look like a discussion."
Nois looked at her, unbothered, and said, "Then this King shall speak with the demeanor of discussion."
As he spoke, Nois withdrew his hand, and the Domain Lord instantly moved to Ling Luoyi's side.
"Saintess of War, you are young and may not understand why we must attack the human realm. This King will be direct. There is no spiritual energy in the Outer Realm. For my race to cultivate, we can only devour others. My race is not without emotions, and we are unwilling to devour our own kind, so we can only set our sights on the Inner Realm. If the human realm is willing to provide elixirs for my race, then my race would not have to attack the human realm. Saintess of War, what do you say?"
The elders had not yet recovered from the shock of Ling Luoyi being an alchemist, and upon hearing Nois's words, they were even more stunned.
Since arriving on the Azure Continent, Ling Luoyi had never revealed her identity as an alchemist. She refined elixirs within Fengxi territory, so besides Qiu Yuanxi, no one knew she was an alchemist. Later, after learning about the Holy Son and Holy Maiden, and because she considered Qiu Yuanxi her friend, Ling Luoyi kept it completely hidden to avoid her being ridiculed.
The Domain Lord only discovered this matter after Ling Luoyi returned to the Ancient Spirit Continent. At that time, he sensed that Gu Yuncheng had also arrived on the Ancient Spirit Continent and was monitoring him, unexpectedly uncovering this piece of information. However, to preserve the reputation of Qiu Yuanxi and the Qingxin Hall, the Domain Lord did not publicize it.
Ling Luoyi was not surprised by what Nois said. Her revealing her identity as an alchemist was a gamble, betting that Nois would be unable to resist the temptation of elixirs. Although she won the gamble, but...
"My King, this is not something I can decide. Moreover, my fate is drawing to a close. Even if this matter is successful, it will not be me providing them in the future."
As she spoke, Ling Luoyi remained vigilant of Nois's every move.
Upon hearing this, Nois's gaze towards the elixirs in Ling Luoyi's hand grew even more greedy.
In the tens of thousands of years of war with the human realm, Nois had witnessed countless times the human realm's armies consuming elixirs to instantly recover their spiritual energy when it was severely depleted. Compared to their need to devour their own kind to recover after spiritual energy depletion, Nois greatly desired the human realm's elixirs. For this, he had also made this trade with successive Domain Lords, but it had always failed.
It wasn't that the successive Domain Lords were unwilling to exchange elixirs for peace. However, the number of alchemists in the human realm was limited, and the quality of elixirs was also limited. The Department of Medicine not only had to meet the demands of the human realm but also supply Xia Ning City on time, and accept demands from other races. They were already overwhelmed. If the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were added to this, it was feared that the human realm would fall into great chaos.
Furthermore, successive Domain Lords did not wish to empower their enemies, making them even harder to deal with.
Hearing Ling Luoyi's words, Nois understood that this attempt had failed again, but he wanted to try one more time.
"Saintess of War, Domain Lord, why is this necessary? This King has always wished to negotiate peace with you all. As long as you can deliver a batch of elixirs to my race on time, this King guarantees that the human realm battlefield will be the most peaceful among the six battlefields."
"Nois, you don't need to think about it. This Seat..."
The Domain Lord intended to refuse directly, but Ling Luoyi stopped him, "Domain Lord, why be so ungracious?"
"Si Zhan!" the Domain Lord roared, but seeing Ling Luoyi give him a meaningful look, he didn't continue speaking, even though he didn't understand her intention. He merely turned his head away, unwilling to look at Ling Luoyi.
The elders also wanted to refuse sternly, but seeing the Domain Lord fall silent, they also remained quiet. Although they were elders, matters of the human realm still depended on the Domain Lord. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Seeing that the old men of the human realm had fallen silent, Nois looked at Ling Luoyi with admiration and said, "Saintess of War, it seems you are quite resourceful. These stubborn old fools have stopped speaking."
Ling Luoyi subtly glanced at the people fighting below and said, "My King, you don't need to say these things to me. Let's talk business. This Seat knows that you intend to invade the human realm this time. What will it take for you to retreat?"
Seeing Ling Luoyi's understanding, Nois smiled and said, "This King has met countless Domain Lords, Holy Maidens, and Holy Sons of the human realm, and you are the only one willing to negotiate peace."
Nois laughed heartily, a subtle hint of mockery flashing deep within his eyes.
What a naive child! Nois increasingly found Ling Luoyi foolish, almost not wanting her to die. If he could invade the human realm, why would he need to negotiate terms? He could have as many elixirs as he wanted, and spiritual energy would be no concern. If he invaded the human realm, within a century, he would soar to become the strongest among the six kings of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. No! Not the six kings, he wanted to be the sole king of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons!
Thinking of what Reed had discussed with him not long ago, and calculating the time, it should be soon. It seemed he needed to act quickly. However, since this Saintess of War was also an alchemist, perhaps she possessed many elixirs, and he might be able to trick her.
With this thought, Nois's gaze towards Ling Luoyi became even more fervent.
However, could Ling Luoyi not anticipate what Nois was thinking?
Of course not!
Ling Luoyi's conversation with Nois was merely to stall for time, and another purpose was to trick Nois.
The Domain Lord and the elders had consumed a lot of spiritual energy fighting Nois earlier and were now recovering by taking elixirs. Nois could not hide these minor movements from them, but Nois, relying on his high cultivation, simply didn't take them seriously.
Nois pretended to ponder for a while before saying, "This King has thought about it. The total number of my army is eight million. Today, I brought five million. For this King to retreat, it would require at least five million elixirs. Saintess of War, do you think this number is too much or too high?"
Ling Luoyi also pretended to hesitate for a moment and said, "Five million troops exchanged for five million elixirs, calculating it, it's only one elixir per person. Speaking of which, we are still making a profit."
"Hahaha! As expected, Saintess of War is a wise person."
What a fool! Nois increasingly felt Ling Luoyi was foolish, almost not wanting her to die.
Ling Luoyi seemed not to notice the faint mockery in Nois's tone. She took out a new medicine bottle and offered it to Nois, saying, "My King, would this kind of elixir be acceptable? If it is, this Seat will prepare five million similar elixirs, and only hope that Your Majesty will keep your promise and retreat."
Hearing Ling Luoyi's words, the elders became anxious. How could they give elixirs that restored spiritual energy to Nois?!
"Your Highness Si Zhan, are you mad!"
"Your Highness Si Zhan, have you lost your mind? We old fellows worked hard to deplete Nois's spiritual energy, and you are replenishing it for him!"
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The elders were so anxious that they cursed, but the Domain Lord was not agitated because he smelled something in that elixir that should not have been there.
Nois had initially been concerned that Ling Luoyi might tamper with the elixirs. However, this medicine bottle was newly taken out by Ling Luoyi from her storage ring. He thought she couldn't possibly predict the current situation and prepare it in advance. Furthermore, the elders' rude and disrespectful scolding of their Saintess of War made Nois believe her to some extent.
Nois did not fully trust her, so he only consumed one pill, took a few steps away from them, and waited for the medicinal effect to take hold.