usatvline Chapter 266 Negotiation
Chapter 266 Negotiation
Of course, all this was within Brook's expectations. Tuoba Li would come in sooner or later.
Brooke plans to have a talk with Tuoba Li.
Rumor has it that Tuoba Li has a violent and erratic temper. If that's true, it's probably going to be difficult to negotiate, and I'll have to make significant concessions. If things really can't be resolved amicably, it'll be very troublesome.
It's not that he can't beat him. Even if Tuoba Li is very powerful, there are only two of them, Brook and Wenren Muyue, and both of them have not been reincarnated yet, so their attributes will not be much different. If they really fight, Tuoba Li will most likely suffer.
But the problem was that Tuoba Li was a direct descendant of one of the three major families, and this identity made people very wary.
Brook frowned slightly.
"Mu Yue, Tuoba Li has entered the third floor."
"Ah! Where is he?" Wenren Muyue exclaimed.
"Don't worry. He just entered the entrance and is heading upwards. He's still a long way from us. Of course, if he's brave enough and isn't afraid of the monsters here, he can fly away."
"That's good. Even if he is a warrior, he won't fly around in this unfamiliar environment. We have to hurry and hope to defeat the Ice Girl before she finds this place." Wenren Muyue was obviously a little afraid of Tuoba Li.
"Mu Yue, let me ask you a question. If we fight with Tuoba Li and accidentally kill him, how will the Tuoba family react?" Brooke asked.
"...You want to kill him?! No, he is Tuoba Hongye's only legitimate grandson! If we kill him, the Tuoba family will probably try their best to retaliate against us!" Wenren Muyue said in horror.
"Don't be afraid, I'm just assuming. This is the Underground Palace Trial, and killing isn't prohibited. If he insists on making things difficult for us, and we're forced to kill him to protect ourselves, will the Xuanyuan family, who are in charge of the situation, help us?"
"This... I don't know. I heard from my second sister that the Xuanyuan family is relatively upright. I think Elder Xuanyuan Dayi will uphold justice." Wenren Muyue said.
Brook nodded, this was pretty much what he guessed.
Other cultivators can die, but not people from the three major families? After all, so many people are watching. The Xuanyuan family, who preside over the underground palace trial, will definitely uphold fairness, even if it's just superficial fairness.
"In that case, I have an idea. If Tuoba Li comes looking for us later, we can use courtesy first and then force, like this..."
Brick explained in detail, and Wenren Muyue nodded repeatedly. Finally, he sighed and said:
"Okay, let's try it as you say. You can talk to him directly later. We made this concession, and I hope he will agree."
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Tuoba Li searched the third floor and found the Red Devil Spider and the mutant Fox Moon Dzi Bead, but did not find the two people from the Wenren family.
The monsters here had very high attacks, especially the mutant Fox Moon Sky Pearl and the Ice Palace Guardian. If you entered their attack range, even if you didn't die, you would lose a layer of skin. So even he was reluctant to use random easily.
It seems that those two people should be fighting the Ice Palace Guardian in the lower right corner!
Tuoba Li snorted coldly and ran quickly to the lower right corner.
When Tuoba Li found the guardian of the Ice Palace, it was above the pool of water, and only had the last 3 percent of its health left!
Wenren Muyue and Brook, whom he had been looking for, were on the other side of the pool. Not only did they stop attacking, but the Taoist priest named Brook even politely saluted him with his fists.
"Brook meets Brother Tuoba. I've heard a lot about you!"
Tuoba Li stopped and gave Brook a cold look before turning to the Ice Palace Guardian, who only had a little blood left. He was clearly not buying Brook's tricks.
Brooke and Wenren Muyue also wanted to kill the Ice Palace Guardian, but they were running out of time. Tuoba Li had already arrived. Even with its low health remaining, it would still take a minute or two to kill. If they insisted on killing the Ice Palace Guardian in front of Tuoba Li, he would surely stop them. How could they even talk to him?
Just give up the killing to show your sincerity.
"I remember now. We met on the first floor. Brooke, you are the first person in the Wenren family to use random escape." Tuoba Li said.
"Brother Tuoba has a good memory! The situation was critical at that time, so I ran a little faster and didn't have time to say hello to Brother Tuoba. Don't blame me." Brook said with a smile.
"I really want to know how you two managed to get ahead of us in the Demon Sealing Parkour?" Tuoba Li didn't want to waste any more time talking nonsense and directly asked the question he wanted to know.
"We were lucky, the teleporter just happened to spawn right next to us. After entering, the road was smooth, and we could always find a gap where the monsters were hiding. It was just that the last section of the road was too tightly blocked, so we had to force our way through. Fortunately, I'm a Taoist priest, and I'm very skilled in collective invisibility. I disappeared with each step and made it through."
Brook's answer was simple: luck and skill. You know, monsters spawn randomly, so if you're lucky, it's possible to find a gap every time you're doing Demon Sealing Parkour.
Seeing Brook's answer was very clear and didn't seem fake, Tuoba Li was already 7% convinced. If it weren't for good luck, he couldn't think of any other way to be faster than him.
"You two stole my first place, I'm very upset." Tuoba Li said.
"We didn't want to do that either. If we had known, we would have let Brother Tuoba go first. How dare we compete with Brother Tuoba for first place?" Brooke said in a humble tone.
"Oh~ Really?"
"Of course. So, to express our apologies, we would like to talk to Brother Tuoba and hope to cooperate with each other. The Wenren Family has no intention of competing with the Tuoba Family and is willing to give the first place in individual points and first place in team points to Brother Tuoba. The two of us will be very satisfied if we can get second or third place."
"Give in? How do you give in?"
"It's very simple. Brother Tuoba can go back and forth between the second and third floors to kill bosses and earn points. Of course, the bosses on the second floor are exclusively for Brother Tuoba; as for the third floor, those more difficult ranged bosses belong to us. As for the most powerful Ice Palace Guardians, you kill one, and we kill one, and we'll split it equally, half each! Brother Tuoba, if you agree, this low-health Ice Palace Guardian can be yours!"
Brook's proposal is full of sincerity.
Of course, this was a last resort. If Brook didn't do this, Tuoba Li would surely come to harass them, and it would be difficult for them to kill Tuoba Li. They were caught in a dilemma, unable to focus on monster hunting. It would be better to give up some of their benefits, relinquish the top spot, and cultivate good relations with the Tuoba family. In fact, it would be good if the Wenren family could achieve a second or third place individual ranking. This would be a win-win for both parties.
"Hahaha~ Your idea is great. Unfortunately, I don't agree!" Tuoba Lixie said with a smile, "I have a better idea."
"Brother Tuoba, please speak."
"Let me tell you one thing: if I set my sights on something, I'll get it myself, without anyone else giving it to me! So, my idea is: you two just stand there and let me knock you away! As long as I knock you away, I'll be the well-deserved number one! I've never killed the first and second place winners before, and I'm excited just thinking about it!" Tuoba Li licked his lips with a perverted look on his face, and then said, "How about this, since you're so obedient, I can grant you immortality. You just need to go back to the city! The Tuoba family won't treat you unfairly. After the trial, I'll give each of you 1000 Yuanbao as compensation!"
Tuoba Li is smart, bloodthirsty, and greedy.
Of course he wanted the first-place artifact, but the second-place Lucky Veil was worth at least 1 Yuanbao, and the third-place level 2 skill book required 75 Creation Stones, about 1500 Yuanbao, which was also very valuable.
He wanted them all! He would take first place, and then let the rest of the team take second and third place.
Finally, he has to take first place in team points!
In this way, the Tuoba family will take up all the important rankings in the underground palace trial!
This is an honor the Tuoba family has never achieved! And he, Tuoba Li, will also go down in history!