Chapter 287: An opportunity for cooperation?
"Damn it! He actually opened his mouth like a lion, and opened his mouth to reveal 100 million spiritual stones."
One of the elders asked: "Elder Wright, how much money can be allocated from the public treasury?"
After the original rotating elder Morris was killed by Jiang Heng, Elder Wright was responsible for handling daily affairs.
Fortunately, he was also prepared and understood some of the organization's recent situations in advance, and said solemnly:
"Currently, there are about 300 million spirit stones in the organization's public treasury, but to maintain the organization's operations, plus the members' mission bonuses, at least 250 million spirit stones must be set aside."
“In other words, the flexible funds that can be allocated now are only 50 million spirit stones at most.”
Another elder said with an ugly face: "In this case, not only will we lose this month's income, but we will also have to pay more than two million spiritual stones each?"
“Bad luck!”
“Forget it! Let’s look at it openly, facing such a powerful person, it’s not bad to use this money to appease him.”
“One hundred million spiritual stones is enough for him to retreat for a long time. It can be regarded as a waste of money and disaster relief!”
After discussing for a while, the elders sighed and agreed to Jiang Heng's request. They urgently mobilized funds and ordered Barton to send them to Jiang Heng.
Barton’s hands almost started to tremble after receiving the spirit stone.
This is the most wealth he has come into contact with in his nearly 10,000 years of life, but it is a pity that he has to give it to others.
"As long as you are strong enough, others will obediently offer you wealth and obey orders."
“Will I be treated like this one day?”
Barton was filled with daydreams in his mind, and soon he arrived outside Jiang Heng's manor. He put aside the fantasies in his mind, bowed to the manor and shouted softly: "Sir, I have brought the spiritual stone you want, please take it away." Down!"
Jiang Heng flashed and appeared in front of him. After taking the storage ring, he said with a smile: "This time is good, the efficiency is quite high. You go down first!"
He teleported again and appeared in a certain room in the manor.
“It seems that Castlevania still has a lot of potential to be tapped.”
He sat cross-legged with a smile, and after identifying the owner of the storage ring, he took out the spirit stone and began to practice.
One hundred million spirit stones, even at his terrifying cultivation speed, would take about ten days to consume.
During this period.
The elders of Castlevania and the two city lords who were secretly paying attention to the information breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Jiang Heng had finally settled down.
“It’s easy to say that it’s just for making money. These 100 million spirit stones should be regarded as offering gold, which is enough for him to practice for decades at least.”
“Maybe we can slowly build a good relationship with him and let him join Castlevania to increase our strength.”
"Not to mention, with such a strong person joining us, we can completely defeat all the surrounding forces. Compared with this, 100 million spiritual stones are nothing."
The elders began to think about the future very optimistically, and were even prepared to slowly figure out Jiang Heng's character, and then make various plans to close the relationship.
There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
Even if the other party has just blackmailed them.
Ten days later.
After all the spirit stones were consumed, Jiang Heng’s potential points reached 181 trillion.
It’s a pity that, based on his current cultivation level and various levels of skills, it’s just better than nothing.
Jiang Heng shouted: "Barton!"
The surging sound echoed outside the manor.
Barton, who had been waiting outside, immediately bowed in the direction of the manor and said: "Sir, please give me your orders!"
“Bring me another 100 million spiritual stones.”
It’s not that he doesn’t want more, but he is worried that if he opens his mouth too harshly and forces the other party to resist directly, he will not be able to get a single spiritual stone.
Outside the manor, Barton was shocked, but immediately responded: "Yes! Sir, please wait a moment!"
He immediately turned around and flew in the direction of the sub-station.
“The elders also wanted me to find out about his preferences and get closer to him, but now it seems that this gentleman is not so easy to be satisfied, and may even deliberately seek trouble.”
“The situation is not good!”
Barton sighed in his heart and quickly came to the general station to report the situation.
Hearing this, the elder on duty, Wright, couldn't help but take a breath and was shocked by Jiang Heng's huge appetite.
He entered the consciousness space immediately, awakened many elders, and shared the information with everyone.
“What? Another 100 million?”
An elder said angrily: "I was given 100 million spiritual stones ten days ago, but they haven't even been used up yet. The lion opened his mouth again so soon. He is deliberately looking for trouble!"
“I can’t give it to him anymore no matter what!”
"That's right! If this continues, one hundred million and one hundred million, when will it end?"
“Besides, there is no available funds in the public treasury now. We have to pay for all this money. How can we get so much money to satisfy him?”
The elders shouted angrily.
At this time, someone asked: "Then what should we do now?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly became quiet. You looked at each other, and I looked at you, with flickering eyes.
Long time.
Someone suggested: "How about trying to discuss it with him and see if he can accept a compromise plan?"
Someone sneered: "Then who will talk about it?"
Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.
None of them are sure of saving their lives in front of Jiang Heng. If they make the other party angry, they will definitely die.
No one is willing to take such a risk.
Suddenly, an elder said: "Let Bart talk about it. Naturally, it is impossible for us to come forward in person for this kind of thing."
Everyone agreed: "That's right! Patton has the most dealings with the other party, so naturally it is best to leave the negotiation to him."
“Then what is the bottom line of this negotiation?”
“Half of it, up to 50 million spirit stones, and I ask him not to make such a request again within ten years.”
“Half? Impossible! I won’t give out any more spiritual stones!”
One of the elders finally couldn't stand listening anymore and said in a bad tone: "I think everyone is taking it too much for granted? When the intruder has an absolute advantage, why do you think he should give in?"
“Do you think the status between us and him is still equal?”
As soon as these words came out, everyone's discussion couldn't help but stop.
The elder said earnestly:
"Everyone! What we are facing now is an unrivaled superpower, not the small forces we have dealt with before."
“I think at the very least, we need to show our humility and use a pleading attitude to ask the other party to relax their conditions, rather than directly irritating the other party through negotiation.”
“Otherwise, once the opponent takes action, who of us will stop him? How many of us do you think will die?”
“I don’t want to follow in the footsteps of Brother Morris.”
Someone immediately choked and said: "According to your opinion, if he insists on 100 million spiritual stones, should we still give it to him? How about you come up with these spiritual stones?"
The elder was not angry, but said calmly: "Since the other party has already made a request, no matter how we beg for mercy or negotiate terms at this time, it will be seen as opposition by the other party."
“This is bound to irritate the other person.”
“So I suggest that it is better to offer the spiritual stone this time.”
The other elders frowned.
Before they could object, he continued: "After presenting the spiritual stone this time, we will come to negotiate terms with him. At least he will not be too disgusted."
“Furthermore, this is also an opportunity for us to discuss cooperation with him.”