Negotiating Terms with Them

Flowing Stone, you're dead!

Xuanyuan Tunhan and Xiahou Fang stopped fighting, turned their heads, and couldn't even bear to look at each other.

It was simply too humiliating!

Neither of them knew how long Flowing Stone's perverted hobby would last, and both were thoroughly annoyed.

Just at that moment, someone burst into loud laughter.

Why did that sound so familiar?

Xuanyuan Tunhan and Xiahou Fang raised their heads together, only to see that at some point, a gigantic Ning Xianyu had appeared above them, laughing so hard she was rocking back and forth.

This woman was laughing carelessly, as if she had stolen honey, completely oblivious to the fact that she had been discovered.

Xuanyuan Tunhan and Xiahou Fang already realized that it wasn't Ning Xianyu who had grown larger, but rather that they had shrunk.

Inside Flowing Stone's boundary, they couldn't perceive changes in the outside world, but she could see everything clearly from the outside.

This woman had run away on her own long ago!

Abominable!

Ning Xianyu, you're dead!

At that moment, they shared the exact same thought: they wanted to go up there and strangle Ning Xianyu to death.

The crux of the problem, however, was that they couldn't get out.

Ning Xianyu laughed for a while before she suddenly noticed how quiet it was below. Lowering her head, she happened to meet two extremely furious pairs of eyes shooting sparks.

Oh no, discovered.

Ning Xianyu put down Flowing Stone and turned to run.

Nian Laisheng hurriedly called out to her, "Grand-disciple, what are you running for?"

Startled, Ning Xianyu yelled, "They spotted me, and they must hate me to the core. If I don't run now, when should I?"

Nian Laisheng said helplessly, "You can take this opportunity to negotiate terms with them."

His little grand-disciple was truly too naive.

She couldn't even think of this and only knew how to run away in a simple and crude manner whenever something happened.

Being this foolish was one thing, but she also loved stirring up trouble.

Just now, if she had simply rescued the two of them, she could have earned their gratitude, but she had to mess around instead.

Now look where it got her; people wouldn't remember her kindness, only that they had been played.

Actually, thinking about it, she was only seventeen or eighteen, still just a very young child. In the cultivation world, a child of that age was practically a baby, so having a simple and straightforward mindset was quite normal.

Nian Laisheng said, "You can use rescuing them as leverage to force them to agree to certain things."

Ning Xianyu countered, "What if they agree and then go back on their word?"

Nian Laisheng said, "No need to fear. Just force them to swear an oath using their divine souls. An oath sworn by cultivators is different from one sworn by ordinary mortals; the higher a cultivator's realm, the stronger the backlash from breaking the oath."

Remembering that Xuanyuan Tunhan had also sworn an oath to keep her safely alive, only to trick her later by splitting hairs, Ning Xianyu felt that swearing oaths wasn't entirely reliable.

"I will guide you, using ancient phrasing to swear the oath. I guarantee it won't trap you."

Nian Laisheng had lived longer after all, and he knew many more tricks used among cultivators.

Thinking this was feasible, Ning Xianyu lowered her head to look down.

Xuanyuan Tunhan and Xiahou Fang were still wearing those sexy outfits and fuming with anger. They looked like they desperately wanted to fly up and chop her to pieces, but unfortunately, they couldn't.

However, just because they couldn't do it now didn't mean they wouldn't be able to later. Given time, they would definitely break out.

Therefore, rather than waiting for them to come out and settle accounts with her, she might as well take the opportunity to demand more benefits.

Having figured this out, Ning Xianyu instructed Flowing Stone to restore their clothes and appearances to normal.

This was to show sincerity.

The two men checked their garments, and when Xiahou Fang saw that the person opposite him was Xuanyuan Tunhan, his expression changed instantly.

"So it was you. No wonder the aura is so repulsive."

Xuanyuan Tunhan let out a cold snort and shouted upward, "Speak, what conditions will it take for you to let us out?"

He considered himself somewhat understanding of Ning Xianyu and knew what she was plotting by doing this.

Ning Xianyu smiled. "I want to negotiate with you separately. Wait a moment."

She told Flowing Stone to separate the two men first so they couldn't see or hear each other.

Flowing Stone was very obedient; soon, dense fog rose inside the stone, hiding the other people and buildings from view, leaving only Xuanyuan Tunhan visible.

Ning Xianyu was very satisfied, feeling that Flowing Stone was truly obedient and sensible, and would eventually become the most considerate little cutie in her divine soul.

"Ancestor, let's negotiate our terms."

Xuanyuan Tunhan said with a cold face, "I won't let you die."

Huh?
So straightforward?

With a dark expression, Ning Xianyu asked, "How can you guarantee I won't die?"

Regardless of whether the Universe Sword was used or her body was used to mend the heavens, she would die. For the great demon lord to still speak such irresponsible words now was clearly deception.

Xuanyuan Tunhan actually sighed. "I wanted to tell you earlier: your body ofbreathing soil can be divided. As long as you split off a portion to mend the heavens, that will suffice, rather than sacrificing your entire self."

He hadn't even finished explaining when this woman ran off; she deserved to be caught.

Ning Xianyu felt a bit awkward, not expecting him to have thought of this long ago.

"No, what about the matter of the Universe Sword?"

Xuanyuan Tunhan sighed. "As long as you create a clone, you can be resurrected even if you die. What are you afraid of?"

That seemed to be the case indeed.

Feeling that letting him off this easily was too simple, Ning Xianyu wanted to propose a few more conditions.

After pondering for a moment, she said, "Then you must promise me: from now on, you are not allowed to hit me, scold me, keep any secrets from me concerning myself, torture me, cause me to suffer, scare me, or cause me pain. You must ensure my happiness and joy, and you must not restrict my personal freedom."

Believing she had covered all the bases, she asked Nian Laisheng if there was anything else to add.

Nian Laisheng thought about it too. "Why don't you ask him to teach you cultivation techniques?"

Ning Xianyu replied, "I don't want to learn."

She was too lazy to learn. If she really studied cultivation techniques with the great demon lord, she would definitely be subjected to strict demands, making her life worse than death.

Nian Laisheng felt exasperated, but since she was his only grand-disciple, there was nothing he could do.

Xuanyuan Tunhan agreed to all of it without hesitation, though his expression was extremely ugly and could only be described as thoroughly annoyed.

Watching him swear the oath in ancient phrasing using his divine soul, Ning Xianyu felt a lot more at ease.

"Alright, wait a moment. I'll have Flowing Stone let you out shortly. Now I'm going to go negotiate with Xiahou Fang."

Xuanyuan Tunhan, however, said, "Don't let him out. Just trap him inside Flowing Stone."

"Huh?"

She had wanted to threaten Xiahou Fang as well.

But Xuanyuan Tunhan said, "If you do as I say, I can agree to your other conditions."

Tempted, Ning Xianyu was about to agree when Flowing Stone refused.

"I don't like having him stay inside my body. It feels awkward."

Ning Xianyu felt exasperated. "If you don't like having him stay in your body, why did you pull him in and trap him in the first place?"

Flowing Stone stubbornly refused, unwilling no matter what.

Helpless, Ning Xianyu relayed this to the great demon lord.

He was equally helpless and could only say that she should negotiate properly then, but he must be present.

"Xiahou Fang is incomparably cunning. Since you played a trick on him this time, he will definitely hold a grudge and seek revenge against you."

Thinking to herself that the trick was already played and regret was useless, Ning Xianyu simply threw caution to the wind and negotiated aggressively.