Chapter 79 Transaction Accomplished

"You won't admit it?"

The Detective Elder laughed in anger. In the eyes of the White Tiger troops, an order from a superior was a military order, and military orders were like mountains.

Yuan Shi Tianzun's words were like the words 'The Minotaur must die' to a Fire Master.

The old detective turned his head and glared at Fu Qingyang: "Is this the kind of soldier you train?"

Fu Qingyang's expression didn't change, and his tone was calm:

"Good citizens don't become soldiers, and soldiers aren't necessarily good people. I don't see any problem with Yuan Shi's unruliness."

He didn't mention the deal at all.

The old detective's forehead throbbed, and he said:

"B-level merit points, twenty million; that's the bottom line for the Huaihai branch. If you don't agree, we don't need the Yin-Yang Wheel, but the Huaihai branch will suggest to headquarters that Yuan Shi Tianzun doesn't respect the organization, disregards discipline, and you'll be stuck at the bottom forever."

Zhang Yuanqing bowed and said loudly:

"Well said! I implore the Detective Elder to suggest to headquarters that I be expelled from the Five Elements Alliance. I, Yuan Shi Tianzun, am willing to be a rogue cultivator, and I would be eternally grateful! If you can do that, I'll offer the Yin-Yang Wheel with both hands, no money needed."

"Arrogant!"

The Detective Elder flew into a rage, and the study was filled with murderous intent, a veritable killing field, making one feel as if they were in an abyss.

The hairs on the back of Zhang Yuanqing's hands stood on end, and goosebumps broke out on his back.

"Yuan Shi Tianzun, do you think you can look down on everything just because you're talented? Do you think headquarters really won't punish you severely?" the Detective Elder said sharply.

Zhang Yuanqing silently took out the Yin-Yang Wheel, struggled to resist the pressure, and said loudly:

"Detective Elder, you're using your power to bully and extort. Take it, then. I'm just a small Saint, I wouldn't dare to have the slightest complaint."

With that, he offered the Yin-Yang Wheel with both hands.

The Detective Elder's forehead veins bulged, and he was already in a furious rage.

"Cough, cough!"

At this moment, Secretary Li coughed lightly, and the murderous aura in the room vanished. He smiled and said:

"I hear it, Yuan Shi, you're resentful towards headquarters. Since ancient times, a tree that stands out in the forest will be blown down by the wind. Young people who are too sharp are prone to die young. Headquarters is honing you so they can entrust you with important tasks in the future. It's all good intentions."

"Think about it, killing an organization member, even a quasi-executive, even if they deserved it, is still a serious crime punishable by dismissal and imprisonment. But headquarters only demoted you and symbolically locked you up for a month, and now even that month has been waived. Can't you see how much headquarters values you?"

"You're a Night Wanderer. To nurture you, the organization didn't hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy strategies from the Taiyi Sect. You need materials, and the organization provides them without hesitation."

"These treatments, these benefits, are what ordinary members would break their heads to obtain. You should also understand headquarters' difficulties."

These words were spoken kindly, with a very low posture, every sentence talking about human relationships, and not mentioning the Yin-Yang Wheel at all.

'You two, one playing the red face and one playing the white face, bullying me for being young...' Zhang Yuanqing bluntly revealed: "May I ask Secretary Li, is the contribution I make to the organization greater, or is the organization giving back to me more?"

There's no love for no reason. Everything the official gave him was earned back by himself. If you have to calculate it clearly, the benefits he brought to the official are definitely more than what the official gave him.

If you have to talk about contributions and human relationships, who owes whom?

Secretary Li's smile didn't change, and he said amiably: "I understand what you mean. Headquarters won't mistreat any meritorious official. Your merits are all recorded and will be兑现 [duixian] (fulfilled) in the future."

"Secretary Li, that's not right. A mere Yin-Yang Wheel can make me stay at the bottom forever. What's the use of those merit points?" Zhang Yuanqing struck an angry pose. Secretary Li waved his hand, smiling gently:

"That was just a fit of pique; don't take it seriously."

The Detective Elder snorted coldly.

"I know it was a fit of pique, but the Jinghai branch incident made me see clearly what merit points are. They are indeed very useful, more useful than money, but as long as the right to兑换 [duihuan] (exchange) is not in my hands, it will always be in the hands of the higher-ups." Zhang Yuanqing laughed sarcastically.

"If I'm disobedient one day, they'll give me a little warning. This time, I won't be allowed to be promoted this year, and next time, I won't be allowed to be promoted for two years. In short, as long as I'm still thinking about my merit points, I'll be乖乖 [guaiguai] (obediently) beaten down."

"The more merit points, the more sunk costs, and the more chains on my body. I'm like a donkey with a carrot dangling in front of me. I watch the carrot run and run, but I can never eat it."

"The day I eat it, it means I've been completely tamed, right, Secretary Li."

The smile on Secretary Li's face slowly disappeared, and he said in a deep voice:

"Yuan Shi Tianzun, do you know how unruly these words are? Do you know that these words may cause headquarters to revise its evaluation of you? Don't do something you'll regret."

"Fire Masters are irritable and reckless, Wood Demons are promiscuous and casual, Water Ghosts are fickle and sinister, Earth Monsters are stubborn, Sentinels are overbearing. Every profession has personality flaws. The Five Elements Alliance can tolerate them, so why can't it tolerate my Yuan Shi Tianzun's unruliness?" Zhang Yuanqing looked at him firmly, his tone unusually serious.

"If you can't tolerate it, you can just expel me."

The study was silent for a moment.

Fu Qingyang stared at Yuan Shi Tianzun with a deep gaze, his expression somber, and his thoughts were unreadable.

Yuan Shi Tianzun's words were 'rehearsed' in advance. A smiling face doesn't mean much to headquarters; appropriate toughness is what will make headquarters compromise. Headquarters won't suppress Yuan Shi Tianzun for a single item; it's not worth it.

But besides these things, Fu Qingyang's suggestion for Yuan Shi Tianzun to face headquarters with a tough attitude had another deeper meaning. He wanted to take this opportunity to see the real Yuan Shi Tianzun.

Some personalities can't be seen usually; you can only see them when something happens.

At this time, Fu Qingyang looked at the unruly Yuan Shi Tianzun, and Dr. Sun's words appeared in his mind again.

Is it possible that this is the real Yuan Shi Tianzun? After he became a Lingjing Xingzhe, his abilities became stronger and stronger, and his level became higher and higher. Subconsciously, he felt that he didn't need to pretend anymore, so he gradually began to show his true personality.

'The real you is unruly, extreme, and perverse...' Fu Qingyang sighed in his heart.

Secretary Li put away his smile, and his face was no longer gentle. He said lightly: "Yuan Shi Tianzun, then what do you want?"

"Twenty million in cash, a Saint-level item, restore my one hundred million material quota, three chances to use the Yin-Yang Wheel, and B-level merit points," Zhang Yuanqing said. "If you don't give merit points, it's okay. Thirty million in cash, two Saint-level items, and the rest remains the same."

The former was a price with a concession, and if headquarters chose the latter, it meant that the conflict was already very deep.

So this was also Zhang Yuanqing's test of headquarters.

Secretary Li looked at him deeply: "I will relay this to headquarters and give you a reply within three working days."

After speaking, he nodded slightly towards Fu Qingyang, walked along the red carpet, and left the study.

After the two left Fu Qingyang's villa and drove away from Fu Jiawan in a business car, the Detective Elder suddenly laughed:

"It's okay, better than Fu Qingyang's outrageous demands. This price is within our acceptable range."

In fact, the Huaihai branch was really paying twenty million in cash, a Saint-level item, and three chances to use the Yin-Yang Wheel.

As for the one hundred million material quota, it was originally Yuan Shi Tianzun's reward; now it was just being restored.

Secretary Li opened the refrigerator, poured two glasses of wine, "Let's bargain again later, save whatever we can. Do you think Yuan Shi Tianzun was acting just now, or was he serious?"

The Detective Elder restrained his smile:

"I suggest headquarters revise its assessment of him. Those words just now were all true. This child should be taught, not suppressed. If you push him too hard, he will cause a great disturbance in the heavens. In the future, we should pay special attention to handling his problems."

"Either break his arrogance in one go, or give him benefits but not positions; use him as an unparalleled, sharp weapon."

"I will relay your suggestion," Secretary Li took a sip of wine and sighed, "It seems we've brought in a Monkey King."

Small-sized villa.

Li Chunfeng sat at his computer desk, tapping away at the keyboard:

"Yuan Shi Tianzun didn't like those three items. He hopes to get a Saint-level high-grade or top-grade item. If you want to clear out your inventory, you can consider selling it to him."

"He just brought back the Huaihai branch's Yin-Yang Wheel and the Xie family's Saint Infant's Head from the Yanshan Sea. He has plenty of money and items."

After editing the short email, he clicked send.

Then Li Chunfeng closed the computer, walked out of the room, and went to the living room to entertain the Xie family head.

Xie Lingxi held her father's arm, snuggling up beside him, like a贴心 [tiexin] (intimate and considerate) little cotton-padded jacket.

After introducing the two 'very caring' older sisters, she saw Li Chunfeng come out and said solemnly:

"This is Li Chunfeng, an Academician. He's our team's Zhuge Liang."

The gentle and handsome Xie Su nodded and smiled:

"Thank you for taking care of my daughter. This is my business card. If you have any difficulties in the future, feel free to contact me."

Li Chunfeng, who didn't like socializing, rarely smiled, and while taking the business card, he bowed and said:

"Greetings, Family Head Xie."

Everyone drank tea and chatted idly. Guan Ya, as expected of a noble lady from a prestigious family, wasn't at all timid in front of the Xie family head. She was able to hold her own in the conversation and bring up topics of a high enough level.

They exchanged pleasantries for more than ten minutes, until Zhang Yuanqing returned.

"Oh, Uncle, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Zhang Yuanqing had a face full of smiles, changed his distant and indifferent attitude in the study, and warmly held Xie Su's hand, saying:

"Uncle is elegant and imposing. Only after seeing Uncle did I realize why Lingxi is so beautiful. It's all thanks to your genes."

"There were outsiders present just now, so I had no choice but to make an outrageous demand. Uncle, please understand."

In fact, Xie Su had already received a text message from his daughter before the meeting, so he was prepared for the conversation in the study, knowing that Yuan Shi Tianzun was acting.

But he didn't expect that Yuan Shi Tianzun was really as his daughter said, acting appropriately, being tactful, and good at socializing.

'Even the secretary of the Five Elements Alliance's Grand Elder is considered an outsider...' These words were really pleasant to hear.

'How could such a person do such a foolish thing as killing an official member? There must be something fishy about it.'

He immediately had a change of heart.

"Nephew, we need to discuss the price of the Saint Infant again," Father Xie said.

"Of course." Zhang Yuanqing sat down next to Guan Ya and said: "Fifteen tubes of Life Elixir, fifty million in cash, plus two Saint-level items, and three chances to use the Saint Infant's Head."

Among these, fifty million was the least valuable.

Xie Su thought for a few seconds and said:

"Just Saint-level is enough?"

The quality of Saint-level items varied, some were strong enough to defy the heavens, like the Yin-Yang Wheel. Some were useless.

Zhang Yuanqing smiled: "I believe Uncle wouldn't try to fool me with garbage."

Xie Su nodded with a smile.

"The price is very fair, but I need to add two points. First, the fifteen tubes of Life Elixir will be paid in installments, five tubes each month. It's not that I don't want to give them to you, but the production of Life Elixir is limited. Second, every time you use the Saint Infant's Head, you have to leave an item of sufficient value as collateral."

The Saint Infant's Head was a high-level rule-based item component, and its value was far higher than the Yin-Yang Wheel. Yuan Shi Tianzun's asking price was still fair.

"Okay!" Zhang Yuanqing agreed readily.

With the transaction completed, the smile on Xie Su's face became even more profound. He patted his daughter's head and said

"Lingxi, Dad is planning to stay in Songhai for a few more days to visit a few old friends. Come with me. Stay at the hotel with me these few days."

'Tsk, tsk, is he going to introduce his connections in Songhai to his daughter? Being a second-generation Lingjing Xingzhe is great; the connections of the elders are your own connections...' Zhang Yuanqing was very envious. Unlike him, a child from a grassroots family, who had to拜纳头 [bainatou] (kowtow) to build relationships.

Of course, there was another reason for Xie Su's stay in Songhai; when negotiating a deal, if it was too smooth, how could you show the difficulty of the negotiation?

Three days later, headquarters gave a response, choosing the first price offered by Yuan Shi Tianzun:

Fifty million in cash, a Saint-level item, three chances to use the Yin-Yang Wheel, and B-level merit points.

The additional condition was that each time the Yin-Yang Wheel was borrowed, Fu Qingyang's approval was required. If the wheel was lost, all items provided by the Huaihai branch would have to be returned, and A-level merit points would be erased.

The Xie family also agreed to the requirements put forward by Zhang Yuanqing. For the Xie family, this was the price that their Family Head had磨千磨万磨 [mo qian mo wan mo] (ground and ground, bargained again and again) to obtain.

In the study, Fu Qingyang placed a thin piece of armor on the table, saying:

"Headquarters has already taken a step back. Similar games should not be played a second time. Do them as little as possible in the future. They chose a piece of armor for you on purpose to disgust you; this is enough to show that some people are already very dissatisfied."

Zhang Yuanqing already had a life-saving magic weapon, and it happened to be given by headquarters.

Fu Qingyang said: "Those ten old guys have high positions and great power. If you anger them, not only you, but I won't have a good time either."

"Ten old guys?" Zhang Yuanqing wasn't very clear about the structure of headquarters.

"There are a total of ten elders at headquarters. The Alliance Leaders basically don't care about anything. In fact, the Five Elements Alliance is ruled by these ten people. Small matters are decided by a general meeting, and major matters are discussed by those ten old guys behind closed doors. The elders of the major branches are all factions of those ten old guys. The Grand Elder of the Five Elements Alliance is also rotated among those guys. If the elders are local warlords, then the ten old guys at headquarters are the inner cabinet," Fu Qingyang said.

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly understood and suddenly remembered that Dog Elder had said that Fu Qingyang wanted to enter headquarters. At the time, he didn't feel anything, only thinking that Young Master Qian wanted to transfer to headquarters to work.

Now that he thought about it, Young Master Qian was ambitious. He wanted to be the eleventh person.

No wonder there was so much resistance. Of course there was.

There were only so many positions and so much power. If Fu Qingyang wanted to enter headquarters, others would have to give up power and benefits.

"Did Marshal also enter headquarters in the beginning?" Zhang Yuanqing cautiously probed.

Fu Qingyang's expression suddenly became strange, "After she was promoted to Overlord, she began攻略 [gonglue] (to complete a strategy) the Gang Dungeon. She entered the dungeon at the beginning of the year and came out at the end of the year. She became a Demigod and directly inherited the Old Alliance Leader's inheritance."

'If she's trash, then the two of us are ants, Boss.'

When Zhang Yuanqing had this thought in his mind, he was looking down, specifically guarding against the Sentinel's mind-reading.

"But even a genius like Marshal is still trash in front of you, Boss." Zhang Yuanqing said these insincere words while looking down.

"Yes, talent is something you're born with and can't be used as a standard for measuring the strong. The real strong are those who have a strong heart." Fu Qingyang deeply agreed and then asked, "Why don't you look up?"

"In front of the strong, I can only look down," Zhang Yuanqing said loudly.

After leaving Fu Qingyang's study and using Star Escape to return to his bedroom, Zhang Yuanqing placed the three items given by headquarters and the Xie family on the desk.

He planned to distribute these items to his team members. He already had many Saint-level items and could appropriately distribute them to his subordinates to arm them.

This was more valuable than keeping them in his inventory.

Guan Ya was a daughter from a wealthy family. She would be surprised to receive a Saint-level item, but not too surprised. Green Tea was a minor, so she definitely didn't have Saint-level items, so she would happily call "Brother, you're so good."

Giving it to the Queen was the most cost-effective. A Saint-level item, even if it was of medium or low quality, was a treasure that she could only hope for, and she would probably be so excited that she would offer herself.

He was thinking wildly.

In terms of cash, he had twenty million from the Huaihai branch, plus fifty million from the Xie family, and his own savings, and he was surprised to find that he was now a billionaire.

He planned to save this money to buy a top-grade item from the大佬 [dalao] (big shot) behind Li Chunfeng. The 滑铲鞋 [huachanshe] (sliding shovel shoes) were priced at one hundred million.

Of course, Mr. Bill was giving that price because of their friendship. Normally, top-grade items at the Saint level were already priceless.

But Zhang Yuanqing also had other Saint-level items, as well as scarce items like Life Elixir.

Now he was just waiting for Li Chunfeng's feedback.

Xie Family, deep in the forest garden.

Xie Family Ancestral Hall. Xie Su stood in front of the closed wooden doors, holding the Saint Infant's Head in both hands, bowing and saying:

"Ancestor, your great-grandson has brought back the Saint Infant for you."

A hoarse and滄桑 [cangsang] (weather-beaten) voice came from inside the Ancestral Hall:

"I have already heard about your efforts in the Songhai branch. You have done well. From now on, the Saint Infant's Head will be yours to keep."

"This, this is unacceptable." Xie Su said in horror, hurriedly refusing: "This is the item of the Third Branch, Ancestor. It would be inappropriate for you to give it to me."

"The Saint Infant's Head should be controlled by the Family Head. I was already showing favoritism when I gave it to the Third Branch in the past. Since they couldn't keep this item safe, let someone more capable take care of it." The Ancestor's voice was old and hoarse, but it carried an irresistible majesty: "I'm giving it to you, so take it and don't pretend to be humble."

Xie Su immediately bowed down, enduring his excitement, and said loudly: "Thank you, Ancestor."

The Ancestor gave an "en" sound: "That Yuan Shi Tianzun in the Songhai branch, is he close to your girl?"

"Their relationship is excellent," Xie Su said with a smile.

"Then marry her to Yuan Shi Tianzun."

"Ancestor, Lingxi is still a minor and not suitable for marriage," Xie Su said unexpectedly.

The Ancestor's voice came through the wooden door: "Seventeen years old, she should have gotten married long ago."

Xie Su smiled wryly: "This is not the past after all, Ancestor. Different eras, different laws."

Laughter came from the Ancestral Hall:

"Boy, when I dominated the Lingjing, the Qing Dynasty was still around. The number of dead people I've seen is more than the number of living people you've seen. Are you talking about laws with me? Bring him to see me at the crab feast in September this year, and we'll decide on this matter then."

Xie Su said respectfully: "Your great-grandson understands."

He put the Saint Infant's Head into his inventory and left the Ancestral Hall, beaming with joy. After September, Xie Lingxi would be eighteen years old.

Living room, Zhang Yuanqing and his teammates were enjoying lunch together, saying: "Queen, Lingxi, come to my room after lunch."

He was preparing to distribute the items.

Xie Lingxi looked embarrassed: "Brother Yuan Shi, Sister Guan Ya is still here. How, how can you make such an excessive request?"

"You're really taking every opportunity to挑拨 [tiaobo] (stir up) my relationship with Guan Ya, but did you forget? She's a Sentinel. Before you even open your mouth, she knows what you're up to."

Zhang Yuanqing didn't bother to pay attention to her, opened the forum while eating, and checked the latest news.

However, as soon as he logged into the forum, a post at the front caught his attention.

#The Huaihai Branch's Thug Wheel Was Subdued by Yuan Shi Tianzun -- Only a Thug Can Subdue a Thug#

Zhang Yuanqing stared blankly at the post and, after a long while, spat out two words: "Fuck!"

The thing I was most worried about still happened. The Huaihai branch must be slandering me!!