138: Qin Xiong questions the acquisition of the strange fire technique

"Any price?"

Lu Ze repeated, saying, "Miss Xiong, don't forget, you and I still have a deal that hasn't been completed. For the last deal, you also said 'any price'."

"When did I say 'any price'?"

Xiong Lu stomped her foot, "What I said before was, as long as I have it, you can pick whatever you want!"

"Oh?"

Lu Ze looked at Xiong Lu directly, "Miss Xiong means that to ensure your safety this time, even if I ask for something you don't have, I can still ask for it. But if you don't have it, what good would it do for me to ask?"

Xiong Lu stated directly, "As long as you can ensure my safe departure from here, anything you want that I can't get, I will have my grandfather help you obtain! You know my grandfather, he is the Director of the Demon Subduing Division, there's nothing he wants that he can't get!"

Lu Ze waved his hand, "These are all empty promises. If I ensure your safe departure, but you don't keep your promise, I can't exactly put you back."

"Then what will it take for you to protect me?"

"It's simple, I want Miss Xiong's Strange Fire Skill! As long as Miss Xiong gives me the Strange Fire Skill, I will naturally do my best to protect you on this journey."

Xiong Lu hesitated, but then nodded, "Alright, I'll give it to you when we're about to leave here!"

"No!"

Lu Ze was very firm, "Either give it to me now, or this deal is off!"

Xiong Lu didn't expect Lu Ze to be so resolute, leaving no room for negotiation!

"But if I die, the deal we agreed upon before can't be fulfilled, wouldn't that be your loss?!"

Lu Ze crossed his legs on the small stool, "Miss Xiong, the deal we agreed upon before is my trump card. My trump card, no matter who I deal with, can be exchanged for good resources. As for whether the other party is you, it's not important at all. The price you can offer, others can offer too!"

"Also, Miss Xiong, I hope you understand your situation. Right now, you are the one with the request! I'm only giving you three minutes. If you don't agree, then today's deal is void. If you can get out alive on your own, we'll continue with the previous deal. If you die, then the previous deal is also void!"

With that, Lu Ze closed his eyes again and began to rest.

Xiong Lu looked at Lu Ze and knew that if she didn't agree, Lu Ze would definitely not protect her!

Looking at the others, they were still secretly watching her.

Xiong Lu felt a bit of regret. Why didn't she keep Shen Zexing and the others to enter the Battlefield Ruins with her?

Now she was alone here, completely without Foundation, surrounded by enemies!

However, the Strange Fire Skill was one of her biggest trump cards, and her grandfather had personally sought it for her. The price for it was unimaginable.

How could she easily give it to someone else?!

"One minute left."

Lu Ze's voice suddenly rang out, like a small stone thrown into Xiong Lu's heart, completely disrupting her thoughts!

All sorts of thoughts surged in Xiong Lu's mind, and various considerations battled within her head!

And Lu Ze's voice kept ringing in her ears, completely disrupting her originally clear thoughts!

"Thirty seconds!"

"Ten seconds!"

"Five seconds!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

Time was running out, and finally, in the last second, Xiong Lu nodded heavily, "I'll give it to you!"

Lu Ze opened his eyes, looked at Xiong Lu, and extended his right hand, "Give it to me."

Xiong Lu gritted her teeth, comforting herself that if she couldn't get out, everything would be lost, and it was just for Lu Ze, so it was a price for learning his trump card!

With this reassurance, Xiong Lu felt much better and gave the Strange Fire Skill to Lu Ze.

After Lu Ze received it, he flipped through it and confirmed it was indeed the Strange Fire Skill, not a fake.

Today's plan was very successful.

Lu Ze nodded with satisfaction in his heart. Not only did he shift the suspicion of acquiring the strange fire to Xiong Lu, but he also made Xiong Lu hand over the Strange Fire Skill. It was truly killing two birds with one stone!

"Alright."

Lu Ze put away the Strange Fire Skill, "I will naturally do my utmost to protect you until we leave this place."

Xiong Lu was also very satisfied. As long as she could leave here alive, she already possessed two strange fires. Given time, she would naturally become incredibly powerful, and perhaps, she could soon be promoted to the headquarters!

"Alright, is everyone ready? We're setting off!"

Lu Ze put away his small stool and called out.

Everyone stood up, and the Qin Family members looked at the two with suspicion.

When Lu Ze and Xiong Lu were talking just now, both of them had deliberately used Spiritual Qi to seal off a space, ensuring their conversation wouldn't be overheard by others.

This naturally made the others speculate, perhaps the two had reached some agreement?

Lu Ze looked at the Qin Family members and sneered a few times in his heart.

The Qin Family's ability to surpass the Tang Family and become the number one in Xuanyuan City in a short time was not without reason. These people, deep down, desired resources more than anyone else!

However, to snatch food from his, Lu Ze's, mouth, they would have to see how many lives they had!

Lu Ze led the group to continue advancing in the direction of the map. Xiong Lu followed closely by Lu Ze's side, even following him to the restroom.

Lu Ze was quite speechless, but he understood her intentions. At crucial moments, he would tell Xiong Lu to close her eyes and turn around, and he would quickly take care of business.

After the group had traveled several thousand meters, the world before them suddenly changed!

Snow and frost began to fall on the desolate flat ground.

The further they went, the heavier the snow became.

Within half an hour of entering this place, the snow under their feet was already a meter deep!

"Young Master Lu."

Qin Xiong, the most cultivated person in the Qin Family, pushed aside the snow in front of him and suddenly said, "Are you sure this is the right path?"

As soon as he spoke, Fu Liang also frowned. He turned to look at that person and said coldly, "Qin Xiong, what do you mean?"

Qin Xiong spread his hands, "Nothing, I just want Young Master Lu to check again if he's taken the wrong path. We've been walking for so long, and after entering this place, it's all white as far as the eye can see, and the front is an endless expanse. I hope everyone hasn't forgotten our mission, we only have ten days!"

"It's already the second day. At our current location, even if we rush back at full speed, it would still take a day, right? If we delay and fail to complete the mission, I wonder if Young Master Lu can bear this responsibility?"

"You?"

Fu Liang couldn't stand this Qi and was about to rush forward.

Lu Ze pulled Fu Liang back, then turned to face Qin Xiong, directly throwing a map over, "If you think it's wrong, you can go find it yourself, no need to follow me."

Qin Xiong took the map. The markings indeed showed this route, but he couldn't go find it himself, after all, the key to opening the formation was in Lu Ze's hand.

Qin Xiong was about to speak when a slender, fair hand suddenly appeared, taking the map from his hand, and then a slap suddenly came flying towards him.

"Slap!"

A crisp sound rang out, accompanied by a burning pain on Qin Xiong's face.

He wasn't unable to dodge this slap; he simply couldn't.

Because this slap was from Qin Wan, and before they set off, Qin Wan had been personally designated by the Family Head as the mission commander!

No one could disobey her!

"Is Young Master Lu someone you can question?"

Qin Wan's cold voice came from the front, "Since you don't trust Young Master Lu, then our team doesn't need you. Get out!"