Chapter 4048.1: What Can You Offer?

Even if s.h.i.+ Yingxue couldn’t invite Li Qiye, she still wanted to hear his opinion.

“I have none, there are things that one must personally experience and see in person before coming up with an answer.” Li Qiye smiled.

“I’m sure you know something, Young n.o.ble, such a matter can’t trouble you.” Xu Yiyun acted a little coquettishly to urge Li Qiye. She owed s.h.i.+ Yingue a favor and wanted to help her right now.

“Mmm…” Li Qiye rubbed his chin and smirked: “It’s a rare matter indeed, it eats then spits you out, what’s the goal here?”

“We do not know despite many experiments. We have no idea what it is.” Yingxue smiled wryly. All of the missing disciples including the ancestors couldn’t come up with a reason.

She and the seniors have tried numerous things before to no avail. The phenomenon kept on repeating despite their precautions and methods.

“Interesting, there must be a cause or goal.” He nodded.

“Do you have a guess on what it is? Or what does it want?” She immediately asked after piquing his interest.

“I don’t.” He shrugged and said: “Plus, I don’t give out free lunch even if I know the answer.”

She took a deep breath and stared straight at him: “With the exception of that peak, we will do anything in our power to satisfy your demand.”

She saw a glimpse of hope after seeing his response. Though he never revealed an actual solution or gave her any guarantee, intuition told her that he could actually do it.

In fact, this was their first meeting but trust was a strange thing. She had trust in his ability right away. She could only attribute this to a woman’s intuition. It seemed ridiculous but she was confident in it. Any other ancestor from Armament here would not agree with this whimsical move.

“Well.” Li Qiye rubbed his chin again: “Your sect is named Armament due to its countless weapons. I’m sure you have plenty of treasures in your trove too but I doubt I can find anything to my liking.”

He was right. Their treasury was wondrous indeed but the problem was - she was dealing with the richest man in the world. It wouldn’t be unreasonable for him to call it a warehouse for sc.r.a.p metals.

“I understand that Armament Mountain is not on the same level as you, Young n.o.ble.” She bitterly smiled.

The events so far have completely defeated them and she thought that he was their last hope. She rarely had to beg for help before but the situation was dire enough.

They didn’t know what the consequences would be from this bizarre event. After all, all of the disciples have returned alive. They only lost a few personal belongings and treasures.

This might not always be the case in the future. If this took a turn for the worse, then their sect might be destroyed. Plus, the atmosphere there was terrible right now. All the disciples were nervous.

“There is something.” He smiled.

“Please tell me, I will agree if it’s within my capability.” She became excited after hearing this.

“It’s easy, just p.a.w.n yourself to me as the collateral.” He revealed.

She was startled at first before blus.h.i.+ng and looking a little awkward. She was a top cultivator right now in Sword Continent, the sect master of Armament, one of the Six Kings. Just one of these statuses was extremely prestigious.

Thus, Li Qiye’s comment could be viewed as an insult to both her and Armament Mountain. If a member from there were to hear this, they would instantly attack Li Qiye.

“Young n.o.ble, you’re being unreasonable here, it’s not like you lack beauties either!” Xu Yiyun gently stomped her foot after hearing this.

Yingxue thought about it. Any other woman would think that Li Qiye was frivolously messing with them. This joke was rather disrespectful.

In this case, she didn’t get this impression from him at all. On the contrary, it seemed that it was her honor to even get this offer from him.

“It is an honor to be considered by you, Young n.o.ble.” She took a deep breath and replied: “It’s just that I shoulder the responsibility of leading Armament Mountain. I cannot make this decision alone, so I’m afraid I can’t agree.”

He smiled: “You can take your time thinking about it, I’m not in a rush but I do hope that you’ll make the right choice. After all, there is a serious lack of smart people in this generation.”

She smiled wryly again, not knowing how to respond.

“Young n.o.ble, since you’re giving the sect master time to think, how about we visit Armament Mountain anyway since we don’t have anything to do recently anyway?” Yiyun’s eyes s.h.i.+fted as she came up with another way to help.

Yingxue glanced at her and appreciated the gesture.

“Little girl, stop trying to drag me into the muddled water. I know what you’re doing.” He shook his head.

She gently played with her ponytail and acted innocent: “Young n.o.ble, a man as benevolent as you have already made the decision. I am only expressing your desire to help.”

“Okay, stop flattering me.” He then turned towards s.h.i.+ Yingxue and said: “Fine, I do have free time right now so I will go there for fun. As to whether I’ll help your sect, that will be up to you.”

“Thank you, Young n.o.ble.” Yingxue bowed deeply and said: “It is an honor for a dragon like you to visit our humble abode.”

As long as Li Qiye agreed to go to Armament, the probability of him helping became higher. She then bowed towards Xu Yiyun as well to show her appreciation. She knew that she alone wouldn’t have been able to convince Li Qiye.

“I will go make preparations, Young n.o.ble.” Yiyun was happy for Yingxue and said: “I’ll let the girls come, we’ll serve you well along the way.”

“No need, just Ning Zhu alone will do. Everyone else stays behind.” Li Qiye waved his hand.

“You’re not bringing Sister Lu Qi?” Yiyun was surprised because ever since she met Li Qiye, Lu Qi has always been around him.

“Let her go back and meet her lord.” She said.

“Alright, I will tell Sister Ning Zhu.” Yiyun didn’t pry on this issue.

Lu Qi had never talked about her lord and her sect before. Nonetheless, Yiyun knew that Lu Qi’s background would be quite frightening, especially her lord.