Chapter 306: A Century of Loyalty, Capturing the Martial Emperor!
"Let’s talk terms."
After a brief silence, the Celestial Lord said in a deep voice, "As long as you release Elder Cang, any terms can be discussed."
At this point.
There was no choice but to negotiate terms.
He has the Body of Selflessness, Qin Chuan cannot kill him, but Qin Chuan captured Elder Cang, which is his weakness.
"Any terms?"
Qin Chuan squinted at him, half-smiling, and said, "Then how about trading your life for his?"
The Celestial Lord’s face turned gloomy, and he said coldly:
"You know that is impossible. Both you and I understand that an agreement without the strength to back it up is just empty words. If I die, who can guarantee you will keep your promise? Dying for nothing is pointless."
To talk about any terms, the premise is to stay alive, because no one will trust a dead man!
"Then let’s change it."
Qin Chuan smiled and said, "Have your Celestial Eternal Race serve me for a hundred years, at my command, how about it?"
"Impossible!"
Before the Celestial Lord could speak, Elder Cang shouted:
"Our Celestial Eternal Race and the Nine Sky Realms have an irreconcilable hatred. If we follow your orders, what if you sell out our entire clan?!"
It is indeed possible.
Perhaps Qin Chuan would dig a pit and let the people of the Celestial Eternal Race jump in themselves, burying them all.
"Ah, don’t think of human nature as so evil. We’re all part of the Human Race; most people still have some integrity."
Qin Chuan shook his head helplessly.
What do these guys take him for?
A human trafficker?
Is he such a person?
At most, he’s just a pig dealer!
"How can you guarantee not to take the opportunity to eradicate my Celestial Eternal Race?" The Celestial Lord looked at Qin Chuan and said coldly.
"Do I need a guarantee?"
Qin Chuan asked, holding Elder Cang.
"Naturally!"
The Celestial Lord looked at Qin Chuan without shyness and said in a deep voice, "Capturing Elder Cang doesn’t mean you can do whatever you like. Although I respect Elder Cang, I can’t risk the safety of my entire clan to make a trade with you!"
"Alright then."
Qin Chuan was not angry at all; instead, he suddenly smiled. In his hand, a piece of white paper with golden lace on the edges appeared in a flash of golden light.
"This is the Ancient Contract. Once signed, it cannot be broken. I promise, as long as you follow my orders for a hundred years without disloyalty, I will not do anything to harm the foundation of the Celestial Eternal Race."
As he spoke, golden characters appeared on that white paper, exuding a mysterious and profound majesty.
"Is this really effective?"
The Celestial Lord asked with some suspicion because he had never heard of such a thing; it was unprecedented.
"Try it and you’ll know."
Qin Chuan smiled confidently. This was a treasure he spent two thousand ’Father Points’ to exchange for, how could it be ineffective?
The Celestial Lord was suspicious for a long time, then with a ’might as well try’ mentality, he signed the contract under Qin Chuan’s terms.
It was just a try anyway.
He had already accepted the terms; if it didn’t work, he could just break it. If it couldn’t be broken, that was even better.
A hundred years’ time.
For strong beings of their level, it was just a snap of the fingers. Being able to exchange a hundred years for Elder Cang’s life was very worthwhile.
Even without considering emotions.
Just from a profit perspective, obtaining a true supreme expert in a hundred years was a huge gain.
Because even in today’s unprecedentedly prosperous Nine Sky Realms, an extreme expert is not born every hundred years!
"Buzz!"
As soon as the contract was completed, the Celestial Lord felt a thunderous explosion in his mind as if the world was created anew.
Then, he sensed a majestic celestial power as if any breach of the contract would result in being turned to ashes.
Not only him.
The other members of the Celestial Eternal Race also simultaneously felt that immense power and were instantly terrified.
"Serve Qin Chuan for a hundred years?"
"Who is Qin Chuan?"
"Why is this happening?"
"I’ve been secluded for a thousand years, ignoring worldly affairs, why am I suddenly to be at someone else’s command, what’s going on?"
In short, the entire Celestial Eternal Race was bound by a single contract.
So why does such a powerful contract only sell for two thousand ’Father Points’? Because the contract itself is not valuable.
Just like a business contract.
You can print a stack of printed contracts for a hundred bucks, but if Party A doesn’t sign, it’s just waste paper!
The negotiation itself is worth far more than the contract paper.
"From now on, you should serve me well. If you perform well, there might be great rewards in the future."
Qin Chuan released Elder Cang and then smiled.
"Ah..."
The Celestial Lord sighed, bowed his proud head. At this point, there was no option but to accept it reluctantly.
Qin Chuan released Qin Zi.
"Eh, what’s this..."
Qin Zi looked at the harmonious atmosphere around him, suddenly a bit baffled.
Qin Chuan explained briefly.
Immediately, he breathed a huge sigh of relief, then asked the Celestial Lord, "Shui Qinghan, where is Qing Rou, what have you done with her?"
The Celestial Lord was silent for a moment, his expression a bit complicated, and said, "She should now be training with an old woman somewhere, I suppose."
"Wasn’t she with you?"
Qin Zi looked stunned.
The Celestial Lord showed a touch of wistfulness in his eyes, lowly saying:
"After I saved her from the Magma Sea, I knocked her unconscious and sent her to an old woman with the same physique as hers. This physique is very rare, and if nothing unexpected happens, that old woman will take her as a disciple."
Qin Zi said incredulously, "You’ve abandoned her?"
The Celestial Lord looked at Qin Zi with complex eyes and said, "I am Shui Qinghan, but not just Shui Qinghan... this feeling, you probably wouldn’t understand."
"I am the leader of the Celestial Eternal Race, and she is a true Nine Sky Human. Whether for the Celestial Eternal Race or for her, I cannot bring her into my world, so... we must forget each other."
Qin Zi gritted his teeth:
"Have you forgotten the days when you relied on each other? Can sibling affection really be forgotten?"
The Celestial Lord shook his head and smiled with self-mockery, "You still don’t understand. I am Shui Qinghan, but I’m not just Shui Qinghan... I have several identities, and my primary identity is the Celestial Lord of the Celestial Eternal Race."
"If I possess the memories of many lifetimes, why do you think this lifetime is the most important to me?"
Qin Zi was rendered speechless.
Who a person truly is, it seems only he himself knows, and only he himself can decide.
In his eyes, the other is Shui Qinghan, but in the other’s eyes, it’s not that simple.
"Boom!"
"Kill!!"
"Celestial Remnants, come out and face your death!"
Just then, a violent tremor came from outside, as if space had been violently torn apart; someone had entered the Chaos Void.
The black fortress of the Celestial Eternal Race was originally floating in the Chaos Void, incredibly secretive, but the commotion from the recent battle was too great, alerting the outside, so the Nine Sky Humans invaded.
"Shake Heaven, Capture the Dragon!"
An authoritative voice echoed like a blast, and then a gigantic, golden-scaled hand appeared over the black fortress, its majestic power seeming to want to uproot the fortress!
"Martial Emperor, Dragon Capture!"
Qin Chuan’s face twitched a few times.
He had long wanted to meet this fierce man, but why, of all times, was he caught in the act now?
He and Qin Xiaozhu already had quite the reputation for being "Celestial Eternal Race spies," and now it’s completely confirmed!
How should he explain?
He thought of saying real men don’t need to explain, but currently, he’s not really sure he could defeat him.
Martial Emperor, Dragon Capture, the title of the Human Race’s strongest is not for nothing, perhaps, even the current strongest in the Nine Sky Realms!