The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor Chapter 2100 - 2097: Negotiating the Price

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Previously on The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor...
Bei Yao Shenwu and Ye Xuan collaborated to trap Old Shan in the Heavenly Pond Graveyard. While Bei Yao Shenwu attacked Old Shan relentlessly, Ye Xuan used the Divine Mountain Seal to pin him down. Old Shan was furious at being betrayed, especially after having taught Ye Xuan some skills. Ye Xuan questioned Old Shan's presence in the Heavenly Pond Graveyard and his loyalty, implying Old Shan was involved in past betrayals.

"Tell me, what compensation do you want? I’ll give it to you!"

Old Mountain was extremely angry at this moment.

This damn Ye Xuan, truly forgetting favors and violating justice!

Ye Xuan just calmly looked at Old Mountain, not saying a word.

Old Mountain was a bit unnerved by Ye Xuan’s gaze and grabbed the peach wood stick next to him, intending to smash it on Ye Xuan, but because of the suppression by Bei Yao’s divine martial power, he couldn’t hit Ye Xuan at all.

This made Old Mountain very uncomfortable. He cursed, saying Ye Xuan wouldn’t die a good death, then corrected himself cursing Ye Xuan wouldn’t live well, given he was the Undying Night Emperor.

After cursing for a long time, Ye Xuan just looked at Old Mountain.

In the distance.

The Blood Slaughter Demon Emperor, Qiankun Ancestor, and a little girl in black clothing that emerged from the grave soil watched the scene, not understanding.

In fact, they also didn’t understand what was happening.

The Blood Slaughter Demon Emperor faintly felt that the Emperor Ye might be plotting against that old guy called Old Mountain.

That old guy looked a bit pitiful, but the Blood Slaughter Demon Emperor was clear.

This guy is actually very powerful, nowhere near as pitiful as he seems.

As for Bei Yao’s divine martial power, it was unclear what soul-stealing concoction Emperor Ye fed her.

Logically, these two had just been fighting to the death, and now they teamed up against Old Mountain, which was really baffling.

"Big brother, what’s the master doing?"

The little girl in black jumped onto Qiankun Ancestor’s shoulders, her face full of curiosity.

Qiankun Ancestor watched the scene, gently stroking his long beard, pondering.

Qiankun Ancestor said with a smile:

"The master intends to take down Old Mountain."

"How is he going to do it?"

"Just going at it hard."

"The master is really awesome."

The little girl in black gave a thumbs up, her face full of admiration.

Qiankun Ancestor lifted his head proudly, as if it was he who took down Old Mountain, looking smug: "Of course!"

At this time.

Ye Xuan reached out and slapped Old Mountain’s messy hair a few times, mocking, "You think you have the right? Let’s talk about compensation!"

Bei Yao divine martial power heard this, her willow brows furrowing slightly, somewhat dissatisfied.

Ye Xuan, however, seemed not to notice, grabbed Old Mountain’s messy hair, forcing him to face him.

Old Mountain, nearly pissed off, exclaimed, "You damn Ye Xuan, you’ve plucked all my hair, compensating for what, no compensation!"

"Oh?"

Ye Xuan was energized, "Then you’ll just stay here like this."

With that, he pressed Old Mountain’s face into the grave soil.

Only Old Mountain’s muffled cries were heard.

After a while, Old Mountain seemed to surrender, no longer struggling.

Only then did Ye Xuan let him go.

Old Mountain lifted his head, immediately spat in Ye Xuan’s direction.

Ye Xuan dodged quickly, wearing a mischievous smile: "Missed."

Old Mountain gritted his teeth in anger, glaring at Ye Xuan, speaking in a deep voice: "Can you first ask this nasty woman, ow!"

"Mind your language!"

Behind him came Bei Yao’s icy voice, carrying a hint of murderous intent.

"Alright, alright, can you big sister first let go of little old me, little old me’s old waist has been crushed by you, take pity on little old me,

Old Mountain said sarcastically.

This statement not only didn’t make Bei Yao loosen her power, but even intensified it.

Old Mountain grimaced in pain, only able to signal to Ye Xuan with his eyebrows, hoping Ye Xuan would speak.

Ye Xuan looked at Bei Yao, speaking softly: "Let him go for now."

Bei Yao looked at Ye Xuan coldly, seemingly puzzled.

Ye Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly.

Bei Yao instinctively stepped back and released Old Mountain.

But this action made Bei Yao clench her teeth in frustration, feeling somewhat indignant.

It was a result of Ye Xuan coaxing her for quite some time before!

She felt this wouldn’t do; once the old mountain’s matter was resolved, she needed to have a fight with this guy!

With that plan in mind, Bei Yao didn’t bother intervening, stepping aside to watch coldly.

Freed from Bei Yao’s constraints, Old Mountain quickly jumped up, grabbing the peach wood stick nearby, and swung it fiercely at Ye Xuan, cursing while doing so: "You ungrateful thing! Is this how you treat a master? I’ll beat you to death!"

But Old Mountain’s attack didn’t land on Ye Xuan; it was directly blocked by the Forbidden Power.

After venting, Old Mountain didn’t continue to act out, though his expression remained unpleasant: "Calculate how many strands of my hair you’ve pulled out just now. Compensation reduces by ten percent for each strand!"

"No negotiation!"

Old Mountain added.

Ye Xuan chuckled, "Stop pretending, are you shy because there are outsiders here? Do you want me to talk about when I first visited you in the Mountain God Realm?"

Old Mountain’s expression immediately became solemn, righteously saying: "What are you saying, there’s no need to mention that between you and me."

"Speak, what compensation do you want, I’ll give it all to you."

"I may not have much else, but little old me sure has plenty of things!"

He certainly didn’t want the story of him being beaten like a dog by Ye Xuan years ago to get out.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have grudgingly taught Ye Xuan the Mountain God Dao back then.

Under someone’s roof, one must bow their head.

Ye Xuan, seeing Old Mountain’s generosity, grinned.

Anyone else would have thought Old Mountain was so magnanimous, only Ye Xuan knew this guy was a penny-pincher.

Getting something from him is almost as hard as reaching the heavens.

"Speaking of which, Ye Xuan, let’s talk about something else."

Old Mountain leaned close to Ye Xuan, pulling on his hand, speaking mysteriously: "Compensation is easy to discuss, but aside from that, is there anything else you want? Just let me know."

Ye Xuan glanced at Old Mountain, his right hand grasping into the void.

The Divine Mountain Seal he had discarded earlier returned to his hand.

Old Mountain watched it with envy.

Ye Xuan casually tossed the Divine Mountain Seal a few times, smiling as he said: "This thing isn’t for trade, because I borrowed it from someone."

"Borrowed?"

Old Mountain’s eyes widened: "Who did you borrow it from?"

He really couldn’t figure out who the owner of this Divine Mountain Seal was.

Ye Xuan tossed the Divine Mountain Seal back into his own realm, speaking leisurely: "Don’t ask about that, let’s talk about compensation, it’s simple, I only want three things."

Hearing this, Old Mountain’s mouth twitched: "How about just one?"

Ye Xuan shook his head.

Old Mountain took a deep breath, face full of pain: "You’re really extorting me!"

Ye Xuan didn’t deny it, responding calmly: "You know me, if I were really extorting you, it wouldn’t be just about three things."

Old Mountain said dejectedly: "Alright."

He truly understood Ye Xuan, if it were real extortion, three items wouldn’t be enough to get off.

"Let’s get one thing straight, what can and can’t be asked for."

Old Mountain stated his last bit of defiance.

Ye Xuan grinned: "Don’t worry, I only want the Five Elements Great Demon Wheel, Taiyi Gold Bowl, and Nine Dragon Sealing Heaven Gate."

Upon hearing these three demands, Old Mountain’s face turned red with rage, almost coughing up old blood.