Chapter 1704 Let’s Talk
After sending the fallen leaves away from Qingcheng, he went directly to the city lord’s mansion with a sad frown on his face, a complete stranger.
However, it failed again and Ji Xiaoyan left the city lord's mansion again.
"Wasn't the City Lord still in the City Lord's Mansion just now? Why is he missing again?" The stranger looked at the NPC guard who came to convey the message to him with disbelief, and he frowned a little, right? Ji Xiaoyan didn't want to see him, so what excuse was he looking for?
The NPC guard looked unaware and said rigidly: "The city lord has guests arriving, so he left Qingcheng to meet the guests."
"Leaving Qingcheng to meet guests?" The stranger frowned, somewhat disbelieving. If you have guests, shouldn't you meet them in the City Lord's Mansion? Why do you have to leave the City Lord's Mansion or even Qingcheng to meet the guests?
The NPC guard nodded towards the stranger, thought for a moment, and then explained: "I heard that they seem to be people from the undead tribe. They are unwilling to enter Qing City, so the city lord can only go out and fight with them. Let’s meet.”
We didn’t know each other before and said, relieved.
"Then if the city lord comes back, please tell her that I came to see her." The stranger sighed, turned around and prepared to leave. There must be something going on when meeting NPC people. If the time is uncertain, there is no point in waiting in the city lord's mansion!
"Okay." The NPC guard nodded and watched the stranger leave, then turned and returned to his post.
At this moment, Ji Xiaoyan had already met people from the undead tribe in a small town closest to Qingcheng.
"City Lord Ji." The patriarch from the undead tribe looked about fifty years old. His face was pale and his skin was sagging. He felt that his energy was not very good.
"Clan leader!" Ji Xiaoyan nodded and smiled at the leader of the undead clan, his eyes falling on the group of aborigines following him.
This time, there were twenty natives of the Undead Tribe who accompanied the Undead Tribe leader, both men and women. They were all wearing black cloaks that covered their entire bodies. After seeing Ji Xiaoyan, they took off their hoods and revealed their faces.
According to Frisman, the leader of the undead clan who came to meet Ji Xiaoyan now was no longer the one she had met before, but a new leader who had just taken office. As for the former one, I heard that he was traveling far away, so he gave up his position as the patriarch.
The newly appointed leader of the Undead Tribe is not the son or grandson of the old leader, but the child of an elder of the Undead Tribe. As for the reason for his ascendancy, Frisman didn't know, and naturally he had no way to tell Ji Xiaoyan.
However, Ji Xiaoyan didn’t care too much.
"City Master Ji, we are here with great sincerity. We only want to buy the dragon's bones and we hope that you will make it happen, Master Ji!" After the leader of the undead clan followed Ji Xiaoyan and sat down in a tavern, Without any nonsense, he went straight to the topic and spoke earnestly to Ji Xiaoyan.
"Master Patriarch, I think Frisman should have explained it to you about the dragon bones a long time ago, right? We in Qingcheng really can't sell it to you." Ji Xiaoyan looked apologetic, Sighing slightly, she glanced at Frisman, who was standing next to her with his head bowed, and said to the leader of the undead clan.
"Frisman has said it. But, City Lord Ji, didn't you also say it? As long as we, the Undead Tribe, can guarantee not to side with the Fox Tribe, are we willing to discuss it?" The clan leader smiled slightly, his face suddenly squeezed out countless wrinkles, as if he had aged several years, and continued to say to Ji Xiaoyan: "City Master Ji, we are here to discuss with you sincerely."
As soon as the leader of the undead tribe finished his voice, an undead tribe woman standing behind him quickly stepped forward, held out a pile of gold coins, placed them in front of Ji Xiaoyan, and then said: "City Lord Ji, this is our meeting gift. "
Ji Xiaoyan was stunned for a moment and looked at the leader of the undead tribe in surprise.
“Master Ji, please accept it.” The leader of the undead tribe said with a smile, “When you brought Frisman back to recognize your ancestors, the old patriarch and many elders originally wanted to What I want to thank you for is just the wealth of our undead clan. My strength is not very good, and you were just an ordinary adventurer at that time, so I may have looked down upon you. Please accept these gold coins as compensation.”
Ji Xiaoyan blinked and turned to look at Frisman.
“Master Patriarch, don’t you need this thing?” Frisman also frowned at this moment, looked at the leader of the undead clan with disapproval, and then said: “When Xiaoyan sent me back to the undead clan, When he arrived at the place, the old patriarch also gave him a gift of thanks.”
"How can the little things the old patriarch gave you be called a gift of thanks!" The patriarch of the undead tribe glanced at Frisman with a smile, and continued to Ji Xiaoyan: "City Lord Ji, these dragon bones we are going to talk about are not here. It doesn't matter, if you accept it, it won't affect anything. We will naturally talk about it slowly according to what you said, right?"
Ji Xiaoyan smiled and did not move.
After accepting these gold coins, can they still talk about the dragon bone as they are now?
As the saying goes, eating people has short mouths and short hands. She knows this truth very well.
The leader of the Undead Clan just smiled when he looked at Ji Xiaoyan, with no intention of reaching out. The wrinkles on his face moved, and then he sighed and said: "City Master Ji, you really make us don't know what to do. spoke.”
"Just say it, the patriarch." Ji Xiaoyan smiled, "I also have my concerns about those dragon bones. Although I don't know what big things the undead tribe can do, I can guess how many. For now, the Fox Clan has caused a storm on the mainland. If you Undead Clan get these dragon bones again, what if something happens? If something happens, then I, Qingcheng, am really the biggest sinner. Patriarch, you have to understand our situation in Qingcheng!"
"We can write an oath to Qingcheng and promise that we will never do it! Isn't it okay to get involved with the Fox Clan?" The leader of the Undead Clan frowned slightly and looked at Ji Xiaoyan seriously and asked.
"Clan leader, there are more than just fox tribes in this continent!" Ji Xiaoyan sighed, with a look of helplessness on his face. The Fox Clan was just a possibility that Gui Tu reminded her of. Without the Fox Clan, there would still be Evil City! There may be other forces. Until that time comes, no one knows what forces will eventually appear on the mainland, right? The more important point is that if the undead tribe has the keel bones of two giant dragons, then can't they become a force?
"City Lord Ji, how do you want us to guarantee that you can sell the dragon bones to us?" The leader of the undead clan looked at Ji Xiaoyan calmly and asked.
"Clan leader, I would like to ask first, why do the undead clan have to buy these dragon bones?" Ji Xiaoyan stared at the leader of the undead clan and asked seriously: "What do you want to do with these dragon bones?"< br>
The leader of the undead clan was stunned for a moment, exhaled with a smile, and then said perfunctorily: "What can we do with dragon bones? We, the undead clan, like to collect them. They are just the bones of these powerful creatures. If you really want to take them back, they are just for collection."
"Master Patriarch, since it is just for collection, there is no need to say anything more." Ji Xiaoyan didn't know. Thinking of something, he suddenly smiled and said: "We in Qingcheng also want to keep the dragon bone collection, so we won't take it out."
After saying that, Ji Xiaoyan stood up and prepared to leave.
The leader of the Undead Clan frowned and locked his gaze on Ji Xiaoyan: "City Master Ji, there is no point in doing this. We told you it was a collection, but you didn't believe it; we told you not to cooperate with the Fox Clan, You don’t believe it either. So what do you want from us Undead?”
"Master Patriarch, I will tell you the truth." Ji Xiaoyan thought for a while and then said: "Before we came back from slaying the dragon in the Black Bone Forest, someone warned me not to sell the dragon bones to the undead. Because. You can take these dragon bones back and make them into bone dragons! I was a little reluctant to believe them at first, after all, I have two dragon bones. We Qingcheng have already given it away. Even if you undead people take the dragon bones back, you can't make a complete bone dragon, right? But that person also told me that it is not very difficult for the undead people to find the skulls of two giant dragons. "
When the leader of the undead clan heard Ji Xiaoyan's words, his brows were knitted together. He didn't expect that someone would tell Ji Xiaoyan these things first.
“If the undead tribe wants to refine the bone dragon, I have no objection. But the current situation does not allow me to sell the dragon bones to you undead tribe and refine the bone dragon. Mr. Patriarch, Do you understand what I mean?" Ji Xiaoyan looked at the wrinkles on the face of the undead clan leader and said to him: "We already have a lot of troubles in Qingcheng itself. If there is another undead clan trouble, Then I really can’t stand up as a city lord. "
"City Master Ji, we the Undead Clan must get the dragon bone," the leader of the Undead Clan said firmly to Ji Xiaoyan without hesitation, "It's exactly what you said, City Master Ji. We, the undead clan, bought the dragon bones just to refine one or two bone dragons, but we have no intention of cooperating with the fox clan. On this point, City Lord Ji, you can rest assured.”
Ji Xiaoyan still shook his head.
The leader of the Undead clan thought for a while and continued in a deep voice: "City Master Ji, our Undead clan has almost cut off contact with the mainland for many years and has not been involved in any other things. However, this does not mean that our Undead clan It’s safe! If you are worried about the Fox Clan, we, the Undead Clan, will be too. Worry about the attack of the Fox Clan! Without the Bone Dragon Guard, our Undead Clan will be devoured by the Fox Clan in the future. We are just trying to protect our Land of the Undead! Lord Ji, I hope you can do it.”
Frisman was shocked when he heard this and couldn't help but look at Ji Xiaoyan.
Ji Xiaoyan frowned and said nothing.
The leader of the Undead Clan stared at Ji Xiaoyan for a long time. Seeing that she still didn’t make any statement, he thought about it and gritted his teeth and said: "Think about it, Lord Ji, you should also be worried about the safety of Qingcheng. After all, let In your position, you have to shoulder the responsibility of a city. City Lord Ji, if you are just worried about the undead in the future. If it threatens Qingcheng, as the leader of the undead tribe, I swear to the Lord God, and I can even write a covenant to you, Lord Ji, that no matter what happens in the future, we, the undead tribe, will never take the initiative to cause any harm to Qingcheng. Threat."
Frisman's eyes lit up and he gently tugged on Ji Xiaoyan's clothes.
Ji Xiaoyan turned to look at Frisman, sighed and shook his head, then looked at the leader of the undead tribe and said: "Master leader, I still can't agree to what you said."
Not taking the initiative to pose a threat to Qingcheng? This sentence itself has foreshadowing.
Once something really happens, if the Undead Clan has the same ambition as the Fox Clan and swallows up the mainland, they will be left with a clear city, and then they will not be allowed to enter or leave. What will they do then? To fight or not to fight? That's an obvious thing! Didn't they take the initiative to clear the city in the end when the war started?
She can't ruin Qingcheng's future for a few gold coins, can she?
"City Lord Ji!" The leader of the undead tribe was a little angry, "You have no sincerity in talking to our undead tribe!"
"Master Patriarch, I asked Frisman to reject you at the beginning." Ji Xiaoyan frowned without showing any signs of weakness, looked at the leader of the undead tribe and said, "But your attitude is very firm, you must have dragon bones, so I thought Let the patriarch come for the interview. On the one hand, I want to tell you about our decision to Qingcheng. On the other hand, I just want to see what your attitude is towards this matter, the patriarch, and what your attitude is towards our Qingcheng. But looking at it now, I still insist that the dragon bones are not for sale!"
said! After finishing, Ji Xiaoyan signaled directly to Frisman and the others and walked out of the tavern.
Frisman was stunned on the spot, looking at the leader of the undead clan looking at him, without moving for a moment.
Zhen Mo, Manager Qing Gong and others glanced at Frisman, frowned, then each of them took one of his hands and led him directly out of the tavern door with Ji Xiaoyan.
“Lord Patriarch!” Several aborigines from the Undead Tribe frowned and looked in the direction Ji Xiaoyan and the others left, and couldn’t help shouting.
"It doesn't matter, let's stay here first, and then contact Frisman." The leader of the undead tribe suppressed his displeasure and said to everyone: "You are here, but you have to achieve your goal before going back. . With Frisman here, we still have a chance to talk again! However, this City Lord Ji is not as coaxable as the old patriarch told them to say!"
Everyone looked at each other after hearing this! It fell on the pile of gold coins on the table.
As long as City Lord Ji accepts those gold coins, this negotiation will naturally go much smoother. According to the old patriarch and many elders, City Lord Ji should still be very greedy for money! They did not expect that with these thousands of gold coins piled in front of her, she would not be moved at all.
Thanks to "TEN" for the starting point coin!
(End of this chapter)