#427 - Transaction (4000 words)

Xu Ming looked at the massive mountain of flesh in front of him.

Looking at his mouth full of sharp teeth, and the pressure emanating from his body.

Xu Ming knew that this prison warden's realm was not low, at least a cultivator of the Upper Five Realms.

Indeed.

Managing so many vicious and evil criminals, if he wasn't a cultivator of the Upper Five Realms, he really might not be able to hold them down.

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"Please, both of you, follow me."

The prison warden didn't say anything, turning around and walking into the darkness.

With each step the prison warden took, Xu Ming felt the earth shaking.

Finally, the prison warden brought the two to the front of a stone cave. The stone cave was blocked by a stone.

"Ao Jin is inside. You two can just go in." The prison warden said to them.

Xiao Lan bowed to Xu Ming:

"Lord Xu, you can go right in. There is no time limit, so Lord Xu doesn't need to be too anxious. You can come out whenever you like. I will be waiting outside this door. If you need any help, you can crush this token."

Saying that, Xiao Lan took off a token from her waist and handed it to Xu Ming.

Xu Ming nodded and bowed to the two of them: "Thank you both, but may I ask if there is any wine here? Could you give me two jars of wine?"

Xiao Lan glanced at the prison warden. The prison warden didn't say much, just walked away, and then, not long after, came back with two jars of wine.

These two jars of wine in the prison warden's hands were like two small teapots.

"Thank you, Prison Warden."

Xu Ming held a jar of wine in each hand.

The iron chain in the prison warden's hand was inserted into a hole next to him. Immediately after, the stone blocking the entrance of the cave moved away.

A dim tunnel appeared in front of Xu Ming.

Xu Ming walked into the tunnel, step by step, moving forward.

The surrounding darkness prevented Xu Ming from seeing any light at all.

However, when Xu Ming walked a certain distance inside, suddenly, in front of Xu Ming, a ray of light flashed from the cave.

Immediately after, on both sides of the cave, torches were suddenly lit, illuminating the path for Xu Ming to advance.

At the end of this cave, there was a prison cell.

Inside the prison cell, a man with disheveled hair was kneeling on a pile of straw.

The man's hands and feet were handcuffed. The clothes on his body were tattered, with many whip marks.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Ao Jin slowly opened his eyes, looking at Xu Ming who was gradually walking towards him.

When he saw Xu Ming for the first time, a hint of surprise flashed in Ao Jin's eyes, followed by a deep sense of doubt.

"Long time no see." Xu Ming said.

"It has been a long time indeed. I didn't expect that the person who came to see me would be you." Ao Jin looked at Xu Ming calmly, "How did you get in?"

"How else could I have gotten in? Of course, it was Dragon Queen who agreed."

Xu Ming smiled, then placed the wine in his hand in front of the prison cell.

Xu Ming then took out a few wine cups from his storage bag.

Xu Ming poured the wine and placed it in front of him. Ao Jin didn't stand on ceremony with Xu Ming, picked up the wine, and took a sip.

"It seems that the Dragon Queen appreciates you very much, even allowing you to come and see me in this place."

Ao Jin said, looking at Xu Ming.

Ao Jin didn't know the relationship between the Dragon Queen and Xu Ming.

But for a condemned prisoner like himself, the Dragon Queen still allowed him to come and see him, which was enough to show that the Dragon Queen had given Xu Ming a great deal of face.

"Indeed, the Dragon Queen still appreciates me quite a bit." Xu Ming nodded.

"How is the outside world?"

After taking another sip of wine, Ao Jin looked at Xu Ming and asked.

Xu Ming didn't answer directly, but instead asked: "What do you think the outside world is like?"

Ao Jin frowned: "What else could it be like? Now that the Dragon Queen has already discovered our Eastern Sea's and Mount Zhōngyān's plan, then Dragon King Vine will definitely not belong to the Eastern Sea. If there are no accidents, Dragon King Vine has already gone to the Northern Sea, and before long, they will come to the Eastern Sea to demand an explanation."

Xu Ming shook his head: "If things were really as you said, then this matter would be easier to handle, and the Four Seas wouldn't have become what they are now."

Listening to Xu Ming's words, Ao Jin frowned: "What do you mean?"

Xu Ming stared directly into Ao Jin's eyes: "What else could it mean? It means exactly what it says. Otherwise, tell me, what do you think the Four Seas will become after the plan fails?"

Ao Jin looked at Xu Ming and slowly said: "Our cooperation with Mount Zhōngyān was for that Dragon King Vine.

Now that the Dragon King Vine is gone, it will definitely return to the palace in the Northern Sea.

Our plan has failed. With the Dragon Queen's personality, she will definitely not let it go.

The Dragon Kings of the other two seas will definitely come to my father to demand an explanation.

But my father is cooperating with Mount Zhōngyān. I believe Mount Zhōngyān will definitely not stand idly by."

"To tell you the truth, that Dragon King Vine has already been shattered and is completely gone."

Ao Jin looked at Xu Ming in disbelief: "What did you say? How could the Dragon King Vine be gone? That is a treasure passed down from ancient times."

Xu Ming looked at Ao Jin as if he were looking at an idiot:

"In this world, nothing is indestructible.

The Dragon King Vines of your Four Seas are the same.

After your plan was exposed by the Dragon Queen, the Dragon Queen went the other way, trying to make the Dragon King Vine into her own natal magic weapon, but who knew that Mount Zhōngyān would come up with a do-or-die scheme.

Your father died at the hands of Mount Zhōngyān, and then his heart was dug out. Combined with some unknown spells, under the hands of that Zhōngyān Elder, the Dragon King Vine was completely destroyed.

After the Dragon King Vine was destroyed, the abysses of the Four Seas fell into turmoil.

In the Nether Abyss of the Northern Sea, an ancient existence rushed out.

But in the end, it was still suppressed by the Dragon Queen.

According to the Dragon Queen, the other sea regions don't have too much of a problem suppressing those ancient existences.

It's just that your Eastern Sea is probably going to have some problems.

Now that your Eastern Sea is without a leader, it's probably your brothers who are presiding over the overall situation."

"My father is dead! No! You must be lying to me!" Ao Jin stared at Xu Ming intently.

Xu Ming sighed: "What good would it do me to lie to you? You are going to die anyway. Why would I lie to you?"

Ao Jin's eyes were constantly shaking.

Finally, Ao Jin seemed to accept reality, clenching his fist and slamming it heavily on the ground: "How dare Mount Zhōngyān do this!"

"In the words of Miss Xiao Lan, your Eastern Sea's cooperation with Mount Zhōngyān is no different than seeking skin from a tiger.

In fact, in the plan prepared by Mount Zhōngyān, you are all dispensable things, so your father was sold out by Mount Zhōngyān."

Listening to Xu Ming's words, Xu Ming could see that Ao Jin's eyes were filled with anger.

Ao Jin raised his head, looking at Xu Ming with red eyes: "What about my sister? How is my sister? Yiner is innocent. She doesn't know anything. I will bear all the responsibility."

"You're only thinking of your sister now?" Xu Ming took a sip of wine.

Ao Jin: "…"

Xu Ming: "To tell you the truth, even if your sister didn't do anything, even if she didn't know anything, no matter what, she is still a person from your Eastern Sea. Because of your relationship, your sister will at least be imprisoned in this Northern Sea for thousands of years.

But I am friends with Yiner after all. I pleaded for her, and the Dragon Queen likes your sister. The Dragon Queen has agreed and will let your sister go soon."

"Thank you…"

Knowing that his sister was safe, Ao Jin collapsed completely.

In his eyes, there was already a sense of death.

"I have always had a question I wanted to ask you." Xu Ming looked at Ao Jin suspiciously, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be a big deal for your sister to go to the mainland. Why wouldn't you let her no matter what."

Listening to Xu Ming's question, Ao Jin sighed and shook his head:

"That's because of my sister's constitution.

Only my father and I know about this matter. Now that the Dragon King Vine has disappeared, it doesn't matter if I tell you about it.

When my sister was born, the entire sea race of the Eastern Sea felt a strange summoning.

Above our Eastern Sea Imperial Palace, true dragon phantoms were constantly circling, and the sun and moon were constantly merging.

After my sister was born, there was a sun and moon pattern on her abdomen. According to the records of our Eastern Sea, my sister's constitution is the Innate Sea Spirit Holy Body.

The so-called Sea Spirit Holy Body is a great affinity for the sea.

As her realm gets higher and higher, this affinity will become stronger and stronger.

Even later on, my sister can issue orders to the sea race, and almost no sea race can refuse, and the entire sea will become my sister's cultivation ground.

But such a constitution has a problem, that is, before entering the Nascent Soul Realm, my sister must never set foot on the mainland.

Otherwise, the Sea Spirit Body will weaken, which will have a great impact on Yiner's Great Dao.

Our Eastern Sea's plan was originally to obtain the Dragon King Vine, and then cooperate with Mount Zhōngyān to pull the other sea regions in.

In this way, my sister can cultivate with the help of the Dragon King Vine, and it will be twice the effort with half the work.

In less than a thousand years, my sister will definitely be able to enter the Ascension Realm.

At that time, she will be able to compete with that Dragon Queen."

Even the other three seas combined are no match for our East Sea. When that time comes, we can rule all four seas. But I never expected that man proposes, Heaven disposes.”

Xu Ming: "It seems your East Sea's ambitions are quite large."

"Heh heh heh heh." Ao Jin sneered a few times, "It's not just our East Sea. Go ask the other seas, whose ambitions aren't big? Controlling Dragon King Teng is equivalent to controlling the lifeline of the four seas, at least having the means to threaten the other seas. Who wouldn't want to unify the entire sea and become the master of the entire ocean?"

"But in the end, you failed and caused the entire four seas to suffer. You will eventually be nailed to the pillar of shame," Xu Ming said.

"That's right, but failure is failure. Losers never have any excuses."

Ao Jin sighed.

"Thank you, Young Master Xu, for protecting my younger sister. Now that the East Sea is gone, I don't know how many people will covet my younger sister.

If possible, please take my younger sister to the mainland.

In this way, my younger sister's Sea Spirit Body will be resolved, and she will be able to live a stable life."

"Regarding this matter, I will talk to your sister. As for whether she is willing or not, that depends on her own decision.

However, I am not here to reminisce with you. My friendship with you has not reached the point of reminiscing.

The reason I am here is to make a deal with you. If you are willing to make this deal with me, then you might be able to live.

But if you are not willing, then you will definitely die. It depends on whether you want to do it or not."

Ao Jin stared directly into Xu Ming's eyes: "What kind of deal?"

"You return to the East Sea and become the master of the East Sea. The North Sea will also help you register.

But the prerequisite is that you need to leave one soul and one spirit in the North Sea and light the life lamp.

In other words, from now on, you will be the dog of the North Sea. You must do whatever the North Sea asks you to do.

The East Sea will completely become an appendage of the North Sea.

If you are willing to agree, then you can live. If you are not willing, then you can only die here."

Xu Ming said without any euphemism.

Only by saying this directly can the other party consider it clearly, and only then can his sincerity be shown.

For some people, as long as they can save their lives, what does it matter even if they become a dog?

Not to mention being a dog who is second only to one person and above ten thousand people.

But for existences like the Dragon Race, it is not that simple.

They have a sense of pride in their hearts, and they feel that they must never be insulted.

Especially this Ao Jin.

The fact that this Ao Jin was chosen by the East Sea Dragon King to carry out this plan shows that the East Sea Dragon King values him extremely and believes that he has this ability.

And the fact that he can come alone, unafraid of life and death, further shows that he has this pride in his heart.

But as for whether he himself will agree, Xu Ming doesn't care. If he doesn't agree, then that's it.

He didn't give him a choice.

And if he agrees, then the East Sea will be firmly controlled by the North Sea.

After the North Sea controls two sea areas, its strength will be greatly improved.

The Dragon Queen will also be much better at resisting risks in the future, which is much more cost-effective than killing him.

"I agree to you."

After considering for a long time, Ao Jin looked directly into Xu Ming's eyes and said.

"I am willing to become the dog of the North Sea, and the entire East Sea will become an appendage of the North Sea, but I also have a request. Regarding Mount Zhongyan, the North Sea must help me avenge!"

"Without you saying it, the Four Seas and Mount Zhongyan are already in an irreconcilable situation."

Xu Ming stood up and walked towards the outside of the cave.

"Drink these two jars of wine well. Someone will come to take you out in a few days. Prepare your soul and spirit. From today onwards, your life belongs to the North Sea, not yourself."