Chapter 517: Awakening Again
"It's a pity that it's on Gou Huan! He's very powerful, and this is his lair. Even if I'm sure I can defeat him, it's a fool's dream to kill him, and to kill him in a short time. It's simply impossible. He can only keep this fragment for a while, and wait for an opportunity to take it later."
Qin Ziling's excitement soon calmed down, because after thinking it over in his mind, he realized that he had no chance of success at all. Even if he was entangled by Gou Huan and his men, and the generals of the other three towns or Zhu Run arrived, he would not only fail to seize the treasure, but would be unable to escape.
"Greetings to General Zhenxi!"
Qin Ziling suppressed the unrealistic thoughts in his heart and bowed to Gou Huan together with everyone else.
"No need to be so polite!" Gou Huan looked down upon us and waved his hand.
Then, everyone came forward one by one according to their positions and presented the list of tributes and the storage rings containing the tributes.
Someone took the tribute list and the storage ring containing the tribute, counted them roughly, and then handed them over to the steward Lu Yu who was standing at the steps of the General Zhenxi's throne.
After the people who presented the tribute list and the storage ring containing the tribute were confirmed to be correct, servants would come to lead the way and take them to sit behind the large tables placed on both sides of the hall.
Not long after, it was Company Commander Feng's turn to step forward.
Lian Changfeng respectfully presented the list and the storage ring containing the tribute.
A steward took it, counted it roughly, and then handed it to Lu Yu.
Generally speaking, once the list and storage ring were in Lu Yu's hands, as long as he nodded, the job was done.
"Bring the list of Qingyun Island to this general for his review." However, when they arrived at Qingyun Island, Gou Huan seemed to suddenly become interested and spoke.
"Please take a look, General!" Upon hearing this, Lu Yu hurriedly and respectfully handed the list to Gou Huan with both hands.
Gou Huan took it and glanced at it, then his face darkened slightly and he shouted, "How dare you to bring only such a small amount of things as tribute to the king!"
"General, our Qingyun Fairy Island is just a small fairy island. This is the result of our hard work over the years." Lian Changfeng explained hurriedly.
"How dare you deceive this general!" Gou Huan shouted again, and a powerful and majestic aura pressed towards Lian Changfeng force.
Seeing Qin Ziling's face change slightly, he took a step forward and stood in front of Lian Changfeng. A powerful aura burst out from his body, barely blocking Gou Huan's momentum.
However, when blocking Gou Huan's momentum, Qin Ziling's face turned pale, sweat broke out on his forehead, and he looked like he was struggling hard.
"General, please be wise. Qingyun Island is just a small fairy island ranked at the bottom among the thirty-six fairy islands. Even if we have the courage of heaven, we dare not deceive you!" Qin Ziling said.
"Didn't your Qingyun Island defeat the island master of Langtian Island and the four elders of Fukong Island halfway through? With such strength, you have only accumulated such a small tribute over the years. Do you think this general should believe it?" Gou Huan said coldly.
Qin Ziling looked at Gou Huan and knew that he was deliberately looking for an excuse to suppress his arrogance. At the same time, he also wanted to make his attitude clear to the Floating Fairy Island, so that the Floating Fairy Island would not have any reservations when attacking the Qingyun Fairy Island.
Qin Ziling was extremely angry and wanted to suppress Gou Huan.
But he knew that once he took action, not only might he not be able to kill Gou Huan, but he would also have to flee for his life.
Therefore, although Qin Ziling was extremely angry in his heart, he behaved very respectfully on the surface and bowed to Gou Huan repeatedly.
"General, you are so wise and brave, and you have a keen eye for detail. Thanks to you, I made some gains on the way a few days ago. We were so confused that we forgot to include this part of the gains in our calculations. We only included the income from the hard work of Qingyun Fairy Island and the nine nearby islands over the past five years. Please forgive me, General. I will include this part of the income in our calculations now."
Qin Ziling said this and quickly wrote a new list and handed it over with both hands.
Lu Yu took the list, glanced at it, his eyelids twitched slightly, and then he quickly handed it to Gou Huan.
On this list, there are one hundred high-quality immortal stones alone. This number is not a small amount even for Lu Yu, the chief steward.
Gou Huan originally saw that Qin Ziling was ungrateful and did not even think of taking the initiative to come and join him. Moreover, Qin Ziling was from Qingyun Island, so he suddenly wanted to suppress his arrogance and humiliate him.
If he dared to refute, he would take the opportunity to teach him a lesson.
Unexpectedly, Qin Ziling was so tactful. Not only did he not show any rebuttal or dissatisfaction, but he started by flattering and self-criticizing, and then took the initiative to present a new list.
This new list is naturally nothing to Gou Huan, but it is still pleasing to the eye.
In this case, Gou Huan couldn't continue to reprimand.
After all, sitting in his position and managing such a big business, he often needs to convince people with rules and regulations, and cannot rely solely on force.
"It is a great honor to admit your mistakes and improve them! Well, this general will forgive you this time." Gou Huan waved his hand, and servants came forward to lead the three people to sit behind a large desk.
Lian Changfeng, the island owner, sat in the middle, with Qin Ziling and Qu Zhong sitting on his left and right.
Most people were surprised when they saw the three people from Qingyun Fairy Island sitting down.
At that time, when they saw that Qin Ziling dared to rob Duanmu Song and others, and even took away their magic weapons, they thought that he would definitely rely on Gou Huan for support in order to escape the revenge of the Floating Fairy Island.
Unexpectedly, he didn't.
At the same time, they were also surprised that such a ruthless character like Qin Ziling would humble himself and compromise in front of Gou Huan without hesitation.
Among the crowd, only Duanmu Song and others from the Floating Fairy Island had the most complicated expressions.
Duanmu Song was both surprised and gnashing his teeth.
The surprise was that Qin Ziling did not defect to Gou Huan, otherwise it would be very troublesome and difficult for them to retaliate and kill him later.
What made them grit their teeth was that the gains along the way that Qin Ziling mentioned were exactly their wealth.
This was to use their wealth to please General Zhenxi! And it was to slap them in the face again in public!
After accepting tribute from everyone, Gou Huan got up and left.
Given his status and strength, why would he stay behind to entertain guests?
After Gou Huan left, the general manager Lu Yu arranged a banquet with singing and dancing, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became much more relaxed.
Qin Ziling looked at the direction where Gou Huan left, and a very subtle look flashed in the depths of his eyes.
Because at this moment, in the vast void, the fire dragon's single eye finally opened a little, half-open and half-closed, and it seemed to have been stimulated by something and woke up without Qin Ziling inputting any pure yang power.
"Qin boy, I can feel another small part of my body. You must find a way to find it for me immediately." said the fire dragon.
"Senior Huolong, I want to too! But the person who possesses that piece of fragment is not only powerful, but also a first-grade True Immortal, and this is his lair, and he has the backing of a third-grade True Immortal behind him. Although I am confident that I can defeat him with my current strength, it is simply impossible to kill him and get away safely. So, senior, don't be anxious. Wait until I become stronger, and I will find a way to help you snatch that piece of fragment." Qin Ziling's soul said in the void.
"What's a true immortal? Thinking back to the past... thinking back to the past..." The fire dragon seemed to remember something, but couldn't remember it. There was a hint of pain in his eyes.
"Senior, if you can't remember, don't think about it." Qin Ziling comforted him, but he was shocked in his heart.
Although he had long known that the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover was extremely powerful, he had never imagined it was so powerful that even the True Immortals could not take it seriously.
You know, there are nine grades of true immortals!
Each level of strength rises to a higher level.
Qin Ziling couldn't even imagine how powerful he would be once he became a ninth-grade true immortal!
As a result, in the mouth of Senior Fire Dragon, True Immortals are nothing.
How powerful that would be!
This is beyond Qin Ziling's current imagination.
"Yeah." Fire Dragon replied, and indeed stopped thinking about it. Instead, he forced his eyes open and said with energy: "Qin kid, as long as you give me as much small barrier-level lightning liquid as last time, plus your strength, we should be able to quickly kill a first-grade true immortal and get away quickly."
"The small barrier-level thunder tribulation liquid was almost used up last time." Qin Ziling replied.
"Then give me soul power. As long as it's twice as much as you gave me the first time, I should be able to barely unleash a little Flame Dragon Divine Fire." said the Fire Dragon.
"Senior Fire Dragon, my soul is about to pass the tribulation. Once I pass the tribulation, my soul will be even stronger, and it will contain more pure Yang power. By then, not only will my strength be improved, but I will also be able to easily give you some soul power with pure Yang power. It will be safer to snatch it from you then.
If I give you such a large amount of spiritual power now, my spiritual power will be damaged, and the delay in my tribulation is not a big deal. I am afraid that our combined strength is still not enough. Once time is delayed, it will alert other True Immortals, especially Zhu Run, the Lord of the Fire Ape Nation, and then we will be doomed. Zhu Run is a third-grade True Immortal, and it is said that he also has the blood of the ancient fierce beast Zhu Yan, and his strength is close to that of a fourth-grade True Immortal. "Qin Ziling explained.
"The soul's tribulation is the most bizarre and unpredictable. Even though you have already bred pure yang power before you have gone through the tribulation, your chances of successfully going through the tribulation are relatively high. However, it is also very likely that an unexpected change will occur, causing you to fail and your soul to be annihilated." said the fire dragon.
"There is no such thing as overcoming tribulation without taking risks. The hope of success is relatively high, which is already very good." Qin Ziling couldn't help but think of his own Qi training and the abnormality of overcoming tribulation in martial arts when he heard this. His heart skipped a beat, but he quickly regained his composure and said calmly.
"But if you join forces with me, kill a first-grade true immortal, take the fragments for me to fuse and restore some of your strength, then when you overcome the tribulation, I will be able to lend you a helping hand and ensure that you are safe." said the fire dragon.
"Can you lend me a hand?" Qin Ziling looked surprised.
