NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 193: Cooperation? Tearing off the mask!_1
Luo Family Ancestral Land.
In the main hall for receiving guests.
At this moment, Luo Ping, the current Luo Family Patriarch, was sitting quietly in the seat of honor.
He held a teacup in his hand, taking small, slow sips.
Meanwhile, right in the center of the room.
Stood a young man dressed in yellow, holding his head high with an air of arrogance still on his face.
His complexion was so pale it seemed almost abnormal.
It seemed he could no longer bear the slightly oppressive atmosphere in the room.
Therefore, he shaped his fingers into the form of an orchid.
Pinching his throat, his voice slightly high-pitched, he spoke in a low tone, "I wonder, what is the Luo Family Patriarch's view on this matter?"
"Are you planning to cooperate with the Great Flame Dynasty or,"
"do you think nothing of the Great Flame Dynasty and wish to push us aside with a single shove?"
The young eunuch in yellow robes, his shrill voice, slowly reverberated throughout the room.
Upon hearing these words, Luo Ping sitting in the seat of honor, couldn't help but slightly narrow his eyes.
The hand that was already holding the teacup now gripped it even tighter.
"Cooperation with the Great Flame Dynasty is, of course, not objectionable to us,"
"but if the conditions proposed by your Great Flame Dynasty are too harsh..."
"Then you are somewhat indulging in a pipe dream."
The young eunuch's brows knitted slightly at these words, a flicker of surprise crossing his face.
Indulging in a pipe dream?
Was the man before him, the head of the Luo Family, calling him a daydreamer?
Had he misheard, or...
Was the person before him truly so insolent and arrogant?
"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that. Could the Luo Family Patriarch please repeat what you just said?"
A coldness began to creep over the young eunuch's face.
As he spoke softly, he lifted his head.
Silently staring at Luo Ping, the Luo Family Patriarch before him.
It seemed he wanted to hear clearly what Luo Ping would say next, yet it also seemed...
like a veiled threat to Luo Ping.
Telling him not to be so ignorant and ungrateful.
Of course, Luo Ping did not take the eunuch's threats seriously at all.
He was, after all, the current head of the Luo Family.
Threatened by a dead eunuch – what a joke!
"I said, if the Great Flame Dynasty wishes to cooperate in good faith, the Luo Family naturally has no objections, but if your dynasty's propositions are excessively harsh and you still wish to cooperate with the Luo Family, isn't that rather wishful thinking..."
...
Luo Ping's words slowly reverberated in the room.
At this moment, both Luo Ping, who sat on the seat of honor,
and the young eunuch standing silently in the center of the room,
were staring each other down.
Neither of them showed any sign of fear.
"Heh..."
After a long standoff,
The young eunuch in yellow robes finally showed a cold smile.
He kept his head raised, eyes filled with icy coldness.
Looking at Luo Ping before him as if he was looking at a dead man.
Then he said coldly, "Luo Family Patriarch, are you perhaps unaware of the strength of the Great Flame Dynasty, unaware of the forces backing the Great Flame Dynasty?"
As he spoke, the young eunuch nodded to himself.
Then, speaking as if to himself, he said, "Indeed, it is precisely because of this that you, as the current Luo Family Patriarch, dare to be so confrontational with the Great Flame Dynasty, and it's because of this that you dare utter those extremely arrogant words just now."
"Perhaps, in the eyes of people like you,"
"the stage beyond Bone Refinement, the Organ Refinement Realm, can already be regarded as powerful."
"And the stage beyond the Viscera Refinement, the Blood Refinement Realm, is deemed nearly invincible."
"But who among you knows that the Blood Cultivation Realm is far from the apex of the cultivation world?"
"Above Blood Cultivation, there is Mortal Transcendence."
"Mortal Transcendence, shedding the mortal coil, half a step away from being an Immortal."
"And even this last stage of the Five Realms of Mortality, the Mortal Transcendence Realm, is still not the pinnacle of the cultivation world."
"Beyond Mortal Transcendence lies the Immortal Realm."
"And behind the Great Flame Dynasty stands an Immortal Sect, known as the Five Elements Immortal Sect."
"If the Five Elements Immortal Sect backing the Great Flame Dynasty so much as waved their hand, your Luo Family would vanish in an instant, completely obliterated from this world."
"The very fact that the Great Flame Dynasty is willing to cooperate with the Luo Family has given you a path to survival."
"Luo Family Patriarch, I advise you not to be too blind to see the favors you're being offered..."
...
Inside the room,
The young eunuch laughed coldly.
In his eyes shone pride and confidence.
The Great Flame Dynasty might not be considered a powerful empire within the Dong Huang Divine State,
but if one were to mention the Five Elements Immortal Sect backing the Great Flame Dynasty,
then the status of the Great Flame Dynasty would rise accordingly.
The Immortal Sect – that is truly a dwelling of Immortals.
It is not a place just any mortal can reach at will.
"The Five Elements Immortal Sect?"
Luo Ping echoed the words of the young eunuch before him.
His face, devoid of any expression,
appeared to the young eunuch as if he had been scared senseless.
"Yes, the force backing the Great Flame Dynasty is the Immortal Sect known as the Five Elements."
"It's only because the Five Elements Immortal Sect has yet to take action."
"Otherwise, would the Great Flame Dynasty need to discuss cooperation with a mere Luo Family?"