Chapter 170 Conditions of Cooperation
However, contrary to Zhu Yuyan's expectations, Zhu Chengwu simply sneered after hearing her very sincere conditions.

Zhu Yuyan's heart sank suddenly.

“The Yinkui sect is far away in the Sui Dynasty. How much help can it provide to me in seizing the throne of the Ming King?
And not to mention the Yinkui Sect which is far away in the Sui Dynasty. Even if Sect Master Zhu could convince Wudang Mountain and Shaolin Temple to fully support me in ascending the throne of the Ming King, it would still be insufficient compared to the risks I would take!

After all, even without the help of Queen Yin, it is a foregone conclusion that I will ascend to the throne of the Ming King!

It’s just a matter of time!

But it is different when placed face to face with the narcissus!
After a brief fight with Narcissus just now, I have confirmed that Narcissus has achieved the pinnacle of Yang God and is now heading towards Yang God...

Fighting with such a master, even this marquis would be in danger of his life!"

Zhu Chengwu's next words were just as Zhu Yuyan expected. Zhu Chengwu did not agree to such cooperation conditions.

As for Bai Qing'er, Zhu Chengwu didn't even mention her. Both Zhu Chengwu and Zhu Yuyan knew that it was just a bonus to strengthen the relationship between the two sides.

It doesn’t matter if she’s there or not!
"What conditions does the Marquis want?"

Zhu Yuyan stared at Zhu Chengwu's masculine face for a long time, then glanced at her beloved disciple Wanwan out of the corner of her eye before asking again.

Zhu Yuyan thought the conditions just now were already very sincere. Zhu Yuyan didn't know what else Zhu Chengwu wanted?
What else can she and the Yinkui Sect give?
Could it be Wanwan?
Wanwan is indeed extremely beautiful, and she also has some connections with Zhu Chengwu.

It's not surprising that Zhu Chengwu is attracted to Wanwan.

But Wanwan is her beloved disciple, the present and future of the Yinkui Sect.

But then she thought again, as long as she obtained the Silver Dollar Pure Water and the Jade Marrow Ice Soul and achieved a level above that of a Grandmaster, she would be the stronger present and future of the Yinkui Sect.

It’s not impossible to cultivate another one like Wanwan.

But what if she fails to break through?
Wanwan is the only support of the Yinkui Sect.

In the more than 2,000 years of history of the Yinkui Sect, although there has not been one itself, there have been several cases where the world's top masters have attempted to achieve a level higher than a grandmaster!

But no matter whether those brilliant geniuses of the time relied on their own talents to force their way through, or used the help of high-level treasures from heaven and earth to assist in the attack, the final result was failure.

And failed miserably!
Every top master in the world who failed in his attempt to become a Grandmaster ended up failing and leaving no trace of his body!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuyan's determination to snatch the Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jade Marrow Ice Soul and to break through to the Grandmaster level began to waver a little.

However, Zhu Yuyan was a martial arts master after all. After realizing that her mentality was not right, she immediately suppressed these thoughts and turned to think about the extremely difficult question of whether she would agree to cooperate with Zhu Chengwu if he asked her to use Wanwan as a condition.

As for the possibility that Wanwan would be unwilling to sacrifice herself for Zhu Chengwu after she spoke up, Zhu Yuyan had never thought about it.

Given the deep master-disciple relationship between Zhu Yuyan and Wanwan, who are both mother and daughter, Zhu Yuyan believes that as long as she asks, Wanwan will not refuse.

The problem now is whether she should agree or not.

"I want Yang Lei Zhen Yan and Tian Mo Ce!" Zhu Chengwu stated his conditions for cooperation.

Zhu Chengwu's words stunned Zhu Yuyan, who was thinking about whether she should agree or refuse if Zhu Chengwu asked for Wanwan.

She was wrong in the end and guessed wrong!
What does Zhu Chengwu want a woman for?
Even Wanwan, the popular heroine in Zhu Chengwu's previous life's hit TV series, had no appeal to Zhu Chengwu who was practicing the Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu.

Zhu Chengwu and Zhu Yuyan said so much, their only target was the high-level rare treasure of heaven and earth - Yang Lei Zhenyan and Yinkui sect's magical skill - Tianmo Gong.

Yang Lei Zhen Yan is related to Zhu Chengwu's achievement of being a master, and Tian Mo Ce can provide an extremely important reference for Zhu Chengwu to perfect his martial arts throughout his life.

Theory: With the help of the information explosion in his previous life and the collection of various works by great masters in this life, Zhu Chengwu has now accumulated enough.

What Zhu Chengwu lacks now is only various advanced magical skills that are of practical significance as reference materials.

As long as this shortcoming is made up, Zhu Chengwu is confident that he can push the magical skills that have been pushed to the limit of the grandmaster level - Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu and the unique skills - A World Away and Xiantian Gangqi to the level beyond the limit of the grandmaster level.

Only after obtaining the Yang Lei Zhen Yan, Zhu Chengwu will have a real chance of achieving the status of a Grandmaster.

According to Zhu Chengwu's deduction, without a strong enough foundation of magical skills and enough understanding of martial arts, forcing a breakthrough to the level of a grandmaster would only lead to one's own death.

It is the same even with the assistance of high-level rare treasures from heaven and earth.

Zhu Chengwu was not optimistic that Zhu Yuyan would eventually succeed in becoming a Grandmaster, even though Zhu Yuyan finally obtained the twin high-level treasures of heaven and earth, Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jade Marrow Ice Soul.

"Yang Lei Zhen Yan?"

Zhu Yuyan repeated the name.

"My Lord, are you talking about the high-level rare treasure of heaven and earth - Yang Lei Zhen Yan?"

Zhu Yuyan thought for a moment and looked at Zhu Chengwu for confirmation.

Yang Lei Zhen Yan and Tian Mo Ce appeared together. At first, Zhu Yuyan thought that the Yang Lei Zhen Yan mentioned by Zhu Chengwu was the same magical skill book as the Yinkui sect's magical skill book Tian Mo Ce?
But Zhu Yuyan thought about it and couldn't think of any place or sect that had such a magical book that could be compared with the Heavenly Demon Strategy.

Finally, Zhu Yuyan remembered this high-level rare treasure that once existed in the secret library of the Yinkui Sect.

"Yes! Master Zhu, as long as you have the Yang Lei Zhen Yan and the Tian Mo Ce, I can cooperate with you and do my best to help you get the Silver Dollar Pure Water and the Jade Marrow Ice Soul." Zhu Chengwu emphasized his conditions again.

"My Lord, do you want the Yang Lei Zhen Yan?" Zhu Yuyan looked at Zhu Chengwu and asked curiously.

Zhu Yuyan only asked about Yang Lei Zhenyan because she had already guessed Zhu Chengwu's purpose for wanting the Tianmo Strategy.

Experts, especially grandmasters, all have a heart that constantly climbs upward, but at this time, the magical skills they have cultivated themselves can no longer support their ambitions!

To this end, they had no choice but to continuously collect various martial arts secrets and magical manuals, constantly learning from others in order to raise the upper limit of their own magical manuals.

Although Zhu Chengwu was born into the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty and is a contemporary martial arts legend, due to the limitations of the world and the environment, he must continue to absorb all rivers and seas if he wants to achieve more than a master.

Just like the number one master and grandmaster of the Sui Dynasty decades ago - Ning Daoqi.

In order to advance to the level of Grandmaster, Ning Daoqi once went to Cihang Jingzhai on the Tadi Peak in person and forcibly asked for the sect's treasure book, the Cihang Sword Canon.

Zhu Yuyan once ridiculed her old rival Fan Qinghui as if she was watching a joke.

But unfortunately, in the end, it was proved that the abbot of Cihang Jingzhai, Fan Qinghui, was more skilled.

Not only did he make Ning Daoqi, the number one master of the Sui Dynasty, owe Cihang Jingzhai a favor in exchange for him reading the Cihang Sword Canon, but he also made a big fuss about this matter, which was originally embarrassing for Cihang Jingzhai, and used it to declare that Cihang Jingzhai's "Cihang Sword Canon" was the number one magical book of the Sui Dynasty, so Ning Daoqi, the number one master of the Sui Dynasty, went to Tadi Peak to borrow it.

Not to mention, Fan Qinghui's theory was also recognized by many warriors of the Sui Dynasty.

When this news came out, Zhu Yuyan, who was making fun of Cihang Jingzhai and Fan Qinghui at the time, was extremely angry!
How is the Yinkui Sect's "Heavenly Demon Strategy" worse than the Cihang Jingzhai's "Cihang Sword Canon"?
But it doesn’t matter!

God was on Zhu Yuyan's side, and she unexpectedly discovered Narcissus by accident.

When Zhu Yuyan persuaded Zhu Chengwu and other masters to besiege Narcissus and take down the twin high-level treasures of heaven and earth, Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jade Marrow Ice Soul, and achieve the master level, Zhu Yuyan must let Fan Qinghui know who is the real heaven of the Great Sui Dynasty. At that time, don't say that Ning Daoqi only owes Cihang Jingzhai a favor?

Even if Ning Daoqi completely stood on the side of Cihang Jingzhai and became an enemy of Zhu Yuyan, Zhu Yuyan would not be afraid at all.

Wait~~
Twin high-level treasures from heaven and earth!

Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jadeite Ice Soul!

Yang Lei Zhen Yan and the Earth Core Fire Lotus!
Marquis Fu'an had already obtained the high-level rare treasure, the Earth's Core Fire Lotus.

Could it be that Marquis Fu'an's goal is also to become a Grandmaster?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuyan's pupils trembled violently and she looked at Zhu Chengwu in front of her in shock.

“Yes, only with the same plan and the same hope of achieving more than a Grandmaster, would the Marquis of Fu’an, a legend in Ming martial arts, give up the twin high-level treasures of heaven and earth, Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jade Marrow Ice Soul, and fight for the Yang Thunder True Flame and the peak Yang God Narcissus.”

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuyan thought of Zhu Chengwu's indifferent expression when she mentioned that the ancestors of the Yinkui Sect had deduced that the twin high-level treasures of heaven and earth might help people become unprecedented masters.

“It turns out that Marquis Fu’an had already deduced the same method, and had even planned which two high-level treasures of heaven and earth to use to break through to the Grandmaster level. With such talent, is this the weight of a martial arts legend?” Zhu Yuyan sighed inwardly.

However, although she guessed Zhu Chengwu's purpose of wanting Yang Lei Zhen Yan and Tian Mo Ce, there are now two huge problems facing Zhu Yuyan.

First, how can Zhu Yuyan ensure that Zhu Chengwu will not go back on his word or break his promise after getting the things!
The second is where Zhu Yuyan could find the Yang Lei Zhen Yan, a high-level rare treasure in the world.

For more than two thousand years, the Yinkui Sect, which has always been the top force in the Sui Dynasty, has indeed obtained high-level treasures of heaven and earth, and more than one. It even obtained the Yang Lei Zhenyan that Zhu Chengwu needed hundreds of years ago.

But that Yang Lei Zhen Yan was consumed a hundred years ago by a Yin Kui sect ancestor who tried to use a high-level treasure from heaven and earth to forcibly reach the level of a supreme master (grand master).

That Yinkui sect ancestor was also a disappointing person. Not only did she consume the high-level rare Yang Lei Zhen Yan left by her predecessors, she also failed in her attempt to become a supreme master (grand master).

It is really laughable that he failed to challenge a mere top master with high-level rare treasures from heaven and earth!
Although Zhu Yuyan also knew that this could not be entirely blamed on the Yinkui Sect's ancestor, after all, the Yinkui Sect's Heavenly Demonic Skills were not compatible with the properties of the Yang Lei Zhen Yan.

But this did not prevent Zhu Yuyan from looking down on this Yinkui sect ancestor.

Who made it so that this Yinkui sect ancestor and Zhu Yuyan’s ancestor were rivals at the time!

If this Yinkui sect ancestor had not failed in his attempt to become a top master, he would have been burned to death by the backlash of the Yang Lei True Flame.

The position of the leader of the Yinkui Sect may not necessarily fall into the hands of the sect led by founder Zhu Yuyan.

"My Lord, don't you think it's too much to ask for both Yang Lei Zhen Yan and Tian Mo Ce at the same time?" Zhu Yuyan looked at Zhu Chengwu and said in a bad tone.

However, no one knew that behind Zhu Yuyan's unfriendly tone, she was actually beginning to tentatively negotiate terms.

"A lot? Not much!

It is reasonable to exchange a high-level treasure of heaven and earth and a book of magical skills for two high-level treasures of heaven and earth!
What's more, what Sect Master Zhu got were two high-level rare treasures from heaven and earth that were both in one body and in pairs!"

Zhu Chengwu said in a calm tone.

It was not Zhu Chengwu who was begging Zhu Yuyan, but Zhu Yuyan who was begging Zhu Chengwu, so Zhu Chengwu was not panicked at all.

“But if you want to obtain the pair of high-level rare treasures, Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jade Marrow Ice Soul, it’s not just the Marquis who has to work hard alone. We, the master and disciple, as well as some friends who have come to help, will all contribute!

Under such circumstances, it is obviously unreasonable for the Marquis to ask for a reward that is almost equal to the value of the Silver Dollar Pure Water and the Jade Marrow Ice Soul!"

Zhu Yuyan had reasons to bargain with Zhu Chengwu.

"Can Yang Lei Zhen Yan and Tian Mo Ce really be equal in value to the twin high-level rare treasures of heaven and earth, Silver Yuan Pure Water and Jade Marrow Ice Soul?" Zhu Chengwu looked at Zhu Yuyan with a smile.

“And even if to other people, the value of Yang Lei Zhen Yan and Tian Mo Ce is equal to the value of the twin silver dollar pure water and jade marrow ice soul, or even higher than the value of the twin silver dollar pure water and jade marrow ice soul, so what?

To Sect Master Zhu, the value of Yang Lei Zhen Yan and Tian Mo Ce is far less than that of Yin Yuan Pure Water and Yu Xue Bing Po!
In this world, the value of an item is always determined by the person who needs it! "

Zhu Chengwu seemed very calm, as if he was certain that Queen Zhu Yuyan would have to agree to his conditions.

No one knew that although Zhu Chengwu appeared calm on the surface, all sorts of thoughts were churning in his heart at this moment.

Zhu Chengwu was not worried whether Zhu Yuyan would agree to his conditions. As he said, no warrior could resist the temptation above the Grandmaster.

What Zhu Chengwu was worried about was whether the Yinkui Sect had the high-level rare treasure Yang Lei Zhen Yan for trading.

Zhu Chengwu initially proposed Yang Lei Zhen Yan as a condition for cooperation, but he was just trying to make a play.

Let’s see if the Yinkui Sect, a thousand-year-old sect, has any Yang Lei Zhen Yan left, or if there is any news about the high-level rare Yang Lei Zhen Yan.

When Zhu Chengwu first proposed the conditions of Yang Lei Zhen Yan and Tian Mo Ce, he was actually prepared to ask for a sky-high price and have Zhu Yuyan pay him back!
As long as Zhu Yuyan can provide information about Tianmo Ce and Yang Lei Zhenyan, Zhu Chengwu will agree to cooperate with them to deal with Narcissus.

After the brief battle just now, Zhu Chengwu finally understood that although Narcissus had strong physical strength, he lacked practical experience and his on-the-spot responses were extremely clumsy.

This may be because Narcissus rarely fought with others in his long life!
When facing ordinary people, Narcissus's weakness of lack of practical experience can be covered up by relying on the hard power of the peak Yang God.

But facing an opponent of the same level like Zhu Chengwu, Narcissus's lack of practical experience will be fully exposed.

Plus the characteristics of the spirit-refining path and the warrior path.

As long as Zhu Chengwu doesn't enter the Millennium Ice Valley, which is Narcissus's home turf, which is incompatible with Zhu Chengwu but beneficial to Narcissus; and be more careful and don't fall into the soul-refining formation that Narcissus has set up in advance...

Zhu Chengwu was confident that he could confront Narcissus head-on and not lose out.

Even if Zhu Chengwu has not recovered from his injuries, even if Narcissus possesses the essence of a high-level rare treasure of heaven and earth, it is still the same!
Zhu Chengwu's words "The value of an item is always determined by the person who needs it" hit Zhu Yuyan's sore spot, leaving her unable to refute.

“But how can I be sure that the Marquis will not go back on his word after obtaining the Heavenly Demon Strategy and the Yang Lei True Flame?
And although I don’t know how the Marquis knew that my Yinkui Sect’s ancestors had obtained the Yang Lei Zhenyan, the Yang Lei Zhenyan is not in my hands now, but in the secret vault of my Yinkui Sect. I simply cannot give the Yang Lei Zhenyan to the Marquis immediately!
Narcissus is too good at escaping and hiding! Once we reach a cooperation, I hope that within these few days, the Marquis will be able to join us in taking down Narcissus!

This way, there will be no time to bring the Yang Lei Zhen Yan from the Great Sui Dynasty and give it to the Marquis!"

Zhu Yuyan was silent for a few breaths, and finally stared at Zhu Chengwu and spoke in a serious tone.

Hearing Zhu Yuyan's words, Zhu Chengwu felt an overwhelming sense of ecstasy.

The reaction on Zhu Chengwu's face was that the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up a little.

Zhu Chengwu really didn't expect that the Yinkui Sect actually preserved the Yang Lei Zhenyan!

This is such a pleasant surprise, a stroke of luck!
"Master Zhu, you tell me the Heavenly Demon Strategy first. After we work together to capture Narcissus, we will each take one of the Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jade Marrow Ice Soul. After you take out the Yang Thunder True Flame from your Yinkui Sect's secret vault, we will exchange them."

Zhu Chengwu suppressed the joy in his heart, thought for a moment, and then made this suggestion.

"Okay!" Zhu Yuyan was silent for a few breaths again, and finally said reluctantly.

(End of this chapter)