Chapter 2289: Negotiation Across the Void, Agreement

At this moment, an elder whispered, "If we throw a few from the Yu Vein into the prison, maybe we can..."

He couldn’t finish his sentence.

Throwing the Yu Vein people into prison, wouldn’t that just force Ying Sanmeng even more not to come out?

Just as Sikong Jing said, the more Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue show their determination to go down fighting, the more Chai Jiu and others will fear and dare not act recklessly...

With both the Yu Vein and Demon Vein inheritances potentially falling into the hands of Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue, who would dare to gamble rashly?

Chai Jiu’s fist clenched and then relaxed, relaxed and then clenched again...

"No, we must offer Ying Sanmeng some benefits, we can’t keep pushing him."

"The more desperate he is, the harder he’ll charge. We need to get him back to a soft-hearted state and calm down."

As Chai Jiu muttered to himself, he finally opened his eyes wide and said, "Tell Ying Sanmeng, we can refrain from killing any Yu Vein members. We can even return the Yu Vein people we hold, provided that... the Black Scale Demon is handed over to us."

Now Chai Jiu’s thought is: first get the Demon Vein inheritance and then talk.

At the same time, just as he muttered, let out some soft words to stop Ying Sanmeng from being anxious and rash, making him softer.

In Chai Jiu’s view, Ying Sanmeng is currently in a rash state. As long as his heart softens, he will calm down, and once calm, he will become more soft-hearted, unable to bear watching all the Yu Vein people being killed without fighting desperately.

From the beginning, Chai Jiu has had a high-pressure attitude towards Ying Sanmeng...

From initially blocking the inheritance and capturing the two alive, ignoring the life or death of the Black Scale Demon, to threatening with the lives of the Yu Vein group...to now being forced to finally have to soften his words, no longer daring to apply high pressure.

Inside the prison...

Chai Gong immediately conveyed the order upon receiving it...

Teng Yue instinctively looked towards Sikong Jing, and Ying Sanmeng, with a certain inexplicable feeling, also looked towards Sikong Jing.

Now they have no ideas at all.

Sikong Jing smiled and said, "Tell Chai Jiu that now he must publicly say your charges are completely groundless, and he must release all the Yu Vein detainees, including the elders at the Divine Martial Stage, only then can we talk..."

As Sikong Jing mentioned earlier, you might gain more in the first round of negotiations.

Because Sikong Jing has gradually understood Chai Jiu’s thinking, that is, his fear and reluctance to act too harshly.

Teng Yue, upon hearing this, immediately conveyed Sikong Jing’s words to Chai Gong...and Teng Yue’s heart was already pounding wildly. If he could release all the Yu Vein people, the subsequent actions would be much easier.

On the other side, Chai Gong’s forehead was covered in sweat, and he immediately transmitted the report outward.

Outside the wall...

Chai Jiu angrily roared, "Bastard! Tell Teng Yue if they don’t hand over the Black Scale Demon, people will die."

He did not want to agree to such a demand...

It was already hard enough to pin down the Yu Vein; the most he could do was release the core figures of the Yu Vein currently on the Divine Demon Island.

Inside the prison...

Sikong Jing looked at the nervously trembling Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue, and said in a low voice, "Ignore him. Now break out directly and head for the center of the prison. The closer you get to the prison center, the more likely Chai Jiu will have to agree."

With Sikong Jing’s words, the somewhat lost Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue gritted their teeth and immediately broke out.

Ying Sanmeng, reaching the second Great Realm of the Divine Martial Stage, finally forcibly tore apart Chai Gong’s Soldier Killing Array and dashed towards the prison center.

However, Sikong Jing added, "Don’t rush too fast. You must give Chai Jiu time to react and think...have Chai Gong charge again, and then let the Pulse Master tear apart the Soldier Killing Array, gradually crushing Chai Jiu and others’ spirit."

The more Ying Sanmeng breaks through, the more panicked Chai Jiu will become, and the more he panics, the less composed he will be.

Listening to Sikong Jing’s words, Ying Sanmeng did exactly that.

And he felt increasingly strange, wondering why he should listen to a Black-scaled Little Demon? But when he saw the incredibly calm gaze of the Black Scale Demon, Ying Sanmeng felt as though listening to him would surely be right.

It seemed that this Black Scale Demon had a peculiar infectious quality.

Of course, he didn’t know that this Black Scale Demon had experienced many wars and life-and-death struggles, having a natural air of strategic command when speaking.

On the other side, Chai Gong saw Ying Sanmeng, ignoring and not responding, tear through his Soldier Killing Array, and could only bite his teeth and pursue...

And of course, he could only report Ying Sanmeng’s reaction to the Great Gate Master.

Indeed, Ying Sanmeng is about to break through; they couldn’t stop him, and they seemed really unprepared to care about the Yu Vein people’s life or death. If this continues, they could soon reach the prison center.

Outside the wall...

Chai Jiu’s fist clenched so tightly it creaked, and the faces of the high-ranking Cang Lineage members turned white.

At this moment, Chai Ren said, "The center of the prison, Ying Sanmeng and the others might not be able to get in. Perhaps we can take a gamble."

The center of the prison is terrifying, situated within the dreadful black mist the sky touches. Although Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue obtained the Yu Vein inheritance, they only have demon clearance, and ordinary demons can’t enter either.

Bu Tun also chimed in, "Exactly, at most they can only let the Black Scale Demon in, but once the Black Scale Demon regains freedom, he definitely won’t listen to them. By then, we can still use people on Demon Scale Island to threaten the Black Scale Demon..."

At the next moment, an elder hesitantly said, "But what if the Black Scale Demon receives the Demon Vein inheritance and controls the Divine Demon Island?"

The second elder croaked, "The inheritance of the first generation Demon Vein Master will inevitably inform the ignorant Black Scale Demon that the demons of Divine Demon Island were historically not servants but existed on equal footing with us..."

"By that time, the Black Scale Demon may no longer be subjugated by us."

Gulp...

Everyone kept swallowing, as now they were truly too passive.

Chai Ren continued, "What you all said seems reasonable too."

"Then, it seems we should only seize the Black Scale Demon and use the most terrifying means to control him, ensuring that even with the Demon Vein inheritance, his life or death must be at our command."

"Only this way can we get him back into the prison center..."

Everyone nodded heavily at that, determined not to let the Black Scale Demon have any freedom at all.

After various analyses, everyone could only look towards Chai Jiu again.

"There’s no time left. We can only gamble on the Black Scale Demon to gain more and more secrets of the Divine Demon Island."

"Now, transmit the message to say, I agree to Ying Sanmeng’s request, let him come out to exchange hostages."

It couldn’t be delayed any longer; now Chai Jiu could only agree.

That is, he would publicly declare Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue innocent and release all the detained Yu Vein people.

However, when this order was transmitted inside, Chai Jiu’s eyes flashed with cold light, as if thinking of something...seemingly pondering what strategy to use against Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue after exchanging hostages.

Inside the prison...

Ying Sanmeng was still as Sikong Jing said, deliberately breaking out and slightly delaying, and of course, they gradually moved away from the position of the little canyon. Finally, at this time...Chai Gong brought Chai Jiu’s new order.

Suddenly, Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue’s faces were overjoyed.

At this moment, Teng Yue suddenly said, "Should we push a bit more, maybe Chai Jiu can still..."

Before he could finish, Sikong Jing shook his head and interrupted, "We can’t push any further. Chai Jiu also has a bottom line, and if pushed further, he’d really kill a few people to counter your force. Now, just respond by saying..."

"We will negotiate with them at the outer circle of the prison, have them prepare everything we said."

"The Divine Martial Stage elders must enter the Divine Demon Island with their War Puppet Body...all other Yu Vein people need to come in as well. In short, only after seeing all your conditions fulfilled can we release me, the Black Scale Demon."