Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 407 - 278: Transaction_2

Chapter 407: Chapter 278: Transaction_2

"So what if you told me?"

"It would be convenient for this palace to tie you into the military camp in advance, Changtian."

"......"

Xu Yuan rolled his eyes and ignored the woman, his gaze turning towards the depths of the ancient city.

"...."

Bai Muxi knew these two were communicating through sound transmission, but she was unable to eavesdrop without alarming the cold and elegant lady.

Seeing that they had stopped talking, she spoke up.

"Both of you, we are about to enter the inner city."

"Indeed."

Xu Yuan replied, "I see it."

Even with his own eyesight, he could faintly make out a towering and majestic city wall standing nearly sixty feet high in the darkness ahead.

Bai Muxi pondered slightly and said in a clear voice:

"What I mean is, before entering the city, this official will prepare two sets of clothes for you. I hope you will wear them over the Blood Armor."

"...."

Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Li Qingyan’s slender and tall perfect curves wrapped in the Black Death Bacterial Armor before casually pulling out a black robe from the Sumeru Ring and tossing it to her:

"Qingyan, put this on."

"...."

Li Qingyan caught it and looked at Xu Yuan with a smile that wasn’t a smile for a few breaths.

"Since Changtian wants to be the only one to see, this palace will indulge you."

As she finished speaking, amidst Xu Yuan’s snickering, her enchanting curves were hidden by the bulky black robe.

Next to them, Bai Muxi, seeing the sudden appearance of the black robe, her eyes hardened, and she spoke with surprise:

"Is that... the Sumeru Ring mentioned in the documents?"

"Hmm."

Xu Yuan hummed softly in response and put on one for himself as well, then asked in a low voice:

"You also know about this type of armor in the Underground City?"

Behind the thin veil, Bai Muxi smiled lightly:

"Among the Seven Cities, as soon as someone steps into the Fourth Grade, they can be led by the priest to enter the Blood Demon Cavern and collect a set of Blood Armor."

"Blood Armor? Is that what those soldiers on the city walls of the outer city call ’Blood Armor Guards’?"

Xu Yuan didn’t ask how she had discovered it.

Over ten thousand years, the humans in this cave-cavern city must have explored the "Blood Demon Cavern" where the strange ghosts dwelled countless times, so it wasn’t strange to discover that the Black Death Mycelial Mat could form armor.

Bai Muxi nodded, her eyes showing a flicker of complexity as she whispered:

"Yes, but that’s all in the past. After the priest died, this official banned the armor, fearing that if outsiders or people from the inner city saw it, it could lead to unnecessary trouble."

Xu Yuan chuckled lightly:

"Because this armor devours people’s lives?"

"Yes."

Bai Muxi looked somewhat surprised and reminded Xu Yuan, "Sir, although this armor will make the wearer stronger, even a Fourth Grade strong person’s life span would rapidly shorten once they put on this armor."

"...."

This time, Li Qingyan slightly frowned and transmitted her voice:

"Changtian..."

Xu Yuan heard the concern in her words and directly said to Bai Muxi with a smile:

"Thank you for the reminder, Commander. This armor consumes life because the Origin Qi of a Fourth Grade Integration Body is not sufficient to support the armor’s demand. I have Source Crystals, and there’s no shortage of Origin Qi."

If you don’t pay with money, you have to pay with life.

"Source Crystal?"

Bai Muxi’s eyes lit up for a moment: "Is that the crystal that can supply Origin Qi?"

Seeing her reaction, Xu Yuan smiled and asked with interest:

"Why, Commander, are you very interested?"

After seeing the smile at the corner of his mouth, Bai Muxi’s gaze instantly dimmed, and her wide sleeves came together:

"I hope you don’t misunderstand, this official has no intention of seizing it."

"I know."

Xu Yuan said nonchalantly, "What I mean is, would you like to make a trade with this prince?"

"A trade?" Bai Muxi looked puzzled.

Xu Yuan whispered:

"How about trading your centuries of accumulated ’Blood Armor’ for my Source Crystals?"

Quickly stripping a large amount of Black Death Mycelial Mat would attract the attention of the monster deep in the Blood Demon Cave, but from Bai Muxi’s earlier words, there seemed to be no shortage of Black Death Mycelial Mat in the city.

At least... there should be enough to synthesize "blue equipment."

He couldn’t use it, but he could give it to Li Qingyan.

This Princess, with her mastery of military arrays, favored bold and direct close combat, making this type of armor a perfect fit for her.

Without hesitation, Bai Muxi agreed:

"Certainly, that’s possible, but the price..."

Xu Yuan smiled slightly:

"No hurry, we can talk slowly at the Divine Palace."

After this exchange, the group fell into silence once again.

After some time had passed,

"Both of you..."

A crisp voice suddenly rang out, "This official... may I ask you some questions?"

Walking ahead, Bai Muxi’s visage was shielded by the thin veil, her bright eyes hesitatingly fixed on the other two.

Li Qingyan remained silent about the question, while Xu Yuan, noticing the look in Bai Muxi’s eyes, glanced down at the Black Death Armor on his body and asked:

"What is it?"

Bai Muxi hesitated before asking:

"Above ground... are there still Yigui?"

Xu Yuan spoke in a gentle voice:

"The Yigui were exterminated by our human race over ten thousand years ago, and now the surface world thrives with the human path."

Upon hearing this, Bai Muxi’s beautiful eyes showed a hint of excitement, and her voice unwittingly quickened:

"Then those two... are they of the Medicine God Palace?"

Medicine God Palace....

Hearing this unfamiliar Sect name, Li Qingyan subconsciously glanced at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan had heard of this Sect from Old Man Luo because it had played a pivotal role during the great Yigui catastrophe ten thousand years ago.

After a pause, Xu Yuan shook his head with a smile:

"No."

Bai Muxi’s eyes flickered for a moment, and a slight smile appeared:

"Then... they must be from Jiatiange, right?"

"Not either."

"Then

"Destiny."

Xu Yuan interrupted, smiling: "She and I don’t come from Sects, but from the Imperial court."

Upon hearing this, Bai Muxi gave Xu Yuan a somewhat strange look, then turned to Li Qingyan:

"One of those mortal empires? But his cultivation level..."

Xu Yuan laughed and explained:

"Ten thousand years have passed in the outside world, and of those Sects you mentioned, only Jiatiange remains, the rest have turned to dust."

"....."

Upon hearing this,

Bai Muxi unconsciously stopped her exposed long, fair legs and blankly turned to look at Xu Yuan, speechless for a moment.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan was somewhat lost for words.

Unaware of the Qin and Han dynasties, disregarding the Wei and Jin.

This underground ancient city truly is a "Peach Blossom Spring" beneath the surface....

Thinking this, Xu Yuan said softly:

"Nowadays, the surface world is ruled by empires; the era of Sect dominance ended four thousand years ago. Dayan Empire alone occupies the fourteen provinces, and the Sects are subject to the Dayan Empire."

"..."

This talk seemed to have touched upon some sheltered beliefs of this leg-fine Destiny.

After a long silence, she murmured softly to herself:

"An Imperial world? Aren’t all empires puppets of the Sects, how could they surpass them..."

"Ten thousand years can change many things."

Xu Yuan interrupted Bai Muxi’s musings, staring at her and then smiling slightly: "Although this information is not very important, don’t you think it’s a bit impolite to be questioning us unilaterally like this, Destiny?"

Bai Muxi was silent for a moment before asking:

"May I know what you would like me to do for you?"

Xu Yuan smiled and proposed a classic exchange condition:

"Simple. You ask one question, I ask one. How about it? You may choose not to answer, but must not conceal."

Upon hearing this proposal, Bai Muxi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said clearly:

"That sounds very good."

Xu Yuan raised a finger and asked straightforwardly:

"First, how many people are in this ancient city, how many cultivators, and what are the cultivators’ levels of power?"

"......"

Li Qingyan immediately turned and gave Xu Yuan a glance upon hearing this question.

Xu Yuan signaled her with his eyes to keep quiet.

He knew, of course, that the question was offensive,

almost tantamount to directly asking a lady the color of her underwear to her face.

But it didn’t matter,

as long as the woman wasn’t foolish, she would definitely answer.

Because they came from the surface, from a world where the human path flourished above ground.

Just for that reason alone, Bai Muxi couldn’t refuse them.

The dark shadows cast by the ink-black darkness emphasized her pale skin, and the three of them fell into silence for a moment.

However, soon Bai Muxi made up her mind and replied in a low voice:

"That should count as three questions."

Xu Yuan thought for a moment and replied softly:

"Ha... in that case, Destiny, just answer the two questions related to the cultivators."

Underneath her veil, Bai Muxi bit her lip and said:

"The Seven City Alliance has a total population of three hundred seventy thousand, and a total of over seven thousand cultivators, including seventeen with Integration Bodies, three Great Grandmasters, and one... one Primordial."

"......."

Hearing these numbers, Xu Yuan and Li Qingyan instinctively exchanged glances, both seeing a hint of astonishment in each other’s eyes.

In such an extreme environment, the human population in this underground city still possessed such military strength.

And,

if what the other party said was true,

the proportion of mortals to cultivators in this underground ancient city was frighteningly high.

Nearly forty to one.

If such a ratio existed within the Dayan Empire, it would be possible to fight a civil war while simultaneously flattening the surrounding alien races!