Chapter 281.1: A Tianma negotiation

Translated by: La0o9

Edited by: Juicetin

Proofreader: Arya

TN: The author messed up a little bit on the chapter numbering, so there are 2 chapter 281 and 282. For the sake of easy continuity, I’ll be labelling them a bit differently

The first Tianma pointed at Gu Qing Shan and said: “That’s him”

The black-clothed girl glanced at the vase in Gu Qing Shan’s hands, her eyes squinted a bit.

Then she looked Gu Qing Shan directly in the eyes.

Such a young and green human cultivator.

She started smiling brightly.

Then she whispered to the first Tianma: 『 You did quite a good job this time, master will praise you 』

The first Tianma’s expression loosened, no longer tense like before.

The black-clothed girl softly walked in front of Gu Qing Shan, curtsied lightly then asked: 『 Dao seeker, for what reason have you requested to meet with this one’s master? 』

Gu Qing Shan asked: “Why did your master not come herself?”

『 It’s due to the Law of the void ——-she is too powerful of a Tianma that this world cannot handle even her presence, which is why I’m here to represent her 』

“Can you make the final call?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

『 I cannot, but I can relay your message to my master 』the black-clothed girl spoke.

Gu Qing Shan just smiled and said nothing.

The black-clothed girl evaluated him, then commented: 『 There are very few human cultivators who would purposefully seek us out, and even if they do, they’d be trembling for power. But you are too calm 』

“That’s because I don’t desire the power you give”

『 If that’s the case, then for what reason do you seek our master? 』

Gu Qing Shan answered: “To talk business”

『 What business 』

“A Virtualized realm cultivator’s soul and vessel”

『 Virtualized realm? Dao seeker, you mean to have my master help you kill your enemy? 』the black-clothed girl very quickly realized.

She continued: 『 Do you have any idea how strong a Virtualized realm cultivator is? Even my master would have to pay a certain price to be able to win against them 』

She was no longer respectful, instead her tone was dyed in killing intent and malice.

Gu Qing Shan answered: “A certain price must be paid to gain a valuable a.s.set; I believe this is a common principle in all of the worlds”

The black-clothed girl sneered: 『 A Virtualized realm cultivator’s soul is indeed a valuable a.s.set, but the price that must be paid is much too heavy. I suggest you banish that foolish thought of wanting to profit from both sides 』

“Not quite, the price isn’t as heavy as you think it is”

『 What do you mean? 』

“If the Virtualized realm cultivator appears in the Tianma world, won’t that be much easier for you?” Gu Qing Shan spoke.

The black-clothed girl laughed coldly: 『 Even if we manage to trap them in our Tianma world, it still is a gruesome task to kill such a cultivator, we will have to sacrifice countless kins 』

『 Not to mention, how would a human cultivator ever appear in our world? 』

Gu Qing Shan didn’t respond and only raised the vase in his hand.

The black-clothed girl was a bit shocked, but understood what he meant.

『 You mean to use the Tianma’s Pond of Vitality to send the Virtualized realm cultivator to our world? 』

“Correct”

『 Our Tianma world is isolated from any and every world, asides from Tianma, no being will ever be able to leave 』the black-clothed girl contemplated and spoke: 『 This is indeed a good idea, but a frenzied Virtualized realm cultivator’s destructiveness is unimaginable 』

『 Facing such an existence, unless she is absolutely sure, my master will not consider fighting 』 she shook her head.

Gu Qing Shan continued: “That’s why I told you, this will be business”

『 Business you say? What are you suggesting? 』 the black-clothed girl looked at him, waiting for his next words.

This cultivator doesn’t look dumb nor does he look like an ignorant idiot who believes himself to be smart.

From what I’ve seen, he seems to be the practical type.

Gu Qing Shan looked at her, then softly spoke: “Behind the Virtualized realm cultivator, there is a world. A world where the Tianma has never been to before”

“Just imagine and put that into perspective. A world full of cultivators who have never seen or heard of you before”

“They don’t know what you are”

“They don’t know how to deal with you”

“To the Tianma, such a world is nothing but a large stock of food”

This time, not only the black-clothed girl but even the rest of the Tianma were staring at him, their faces visibly excited.

The black-clothed girl very seriously asked: “Are you sure you’re not mistaken?”

Gu Qing Shan answered: “That fact won’t change no matter what I say, how about you take a look for yourselves?”

The black-clothed girl asked: “What do you mean?”

Gu Qing Shan raised his hand and pointed at the mountain top.

“The answer is above” he smiled.

The black-clothed girl looked at him, then again at the mountain top.

She could sense a faint presence of human cultivators there.

“I’ll go take a look” the black-clothed girl spoke.

“Wait” Gu Qing Shan said, “I suggest you all go, a banquet such as this won’t appear every day”

The black-clothed girl stared at him closely, then also smiled: “If that’s the truth, let us continue after we meet again”

She and the 12 Tianma that came with her spun and disappeared into the void of s.p.a.ce.

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent.

He found a clean place and sat down to rest.

The Earth Sword reminded him: 「 There’s a Projection realm cultivator up there 」

“I’m only directing a pack of wolves to hunt a tiger, we don’t lose anything from this no matter what” Gu Qing Shan spoke without changing his expression.

“Not to mention, having a Projection realm cultivator there will further confirm whether or not they can deal with the Tianma”

“Following this, if the Tianma faces no problems, we can begin the next phase of the plan”

「 Then what if the Tianma fails? 」the Earth Sword asked.

“Then I’ll have to quickly think of other methods”

Gu Qing Shan took out a spirit replenishment pill, chewed it, and spoke vaguely.

…

The mountain top.

The other world cultivators’ camp.

The Projection realm cultivator was busy meditating to recover his wounds.

While circulating this spirit energy to efficiently absorb the pill, he was recalling the battle from today.

That woman’s spirit energy waves were clearly unstable and chaotic, a sign of having just reached Projection realm.

But why and how did she manage to battle me to a draw when she hasn’t even stabilized her realm yet?

I’m a great cultivator who has already been at Projection realm for over 200 years!

How is she so strong?

He suddenly felt annoyed.

Suddenly, a cultivator came and asked him loudly: “Why haven’t we gotten to replenish our pills for the past two days already?”

“Wait a bit more” the Projection realm cultivator answered.

“The subordinates are already gossiping” the cultivator commented.

“Gossiping? Who dares!?” the Projection realm cultivator angrily shouted.

The cultivator was a bit shocked, but seeing how his face twisted, he understood that he was angry.

“Then I’ll excuse myself first” the cultivator turned around and leaves.

After he left, the Projection realm cultivator frowned.

Who is this idiot that dares talk loudly to me like that without a single bit of respect?

May be he never respected me in the first place?

If he truly does think that, then he’s about to die.

What should I do to kill this moron legitimately?

Wait a minute ——

What’s going on with me today, why do I feel so annoyed?

Am I still shaken from that woman’s mult.i.tudes of abilities?

The Projection realm cultivator was feeling very irritated.

Before he could think about it more, he felt a faint sweet smell.

Two peerless beauties were standing at the door, bowing to greet him.

“Hm? You two, where are your exit and entry certification?” the Projection realm cultivator was evaluating the two women while speaking.

Their quality of these girls is quite good, making his mood a bit better.

Truthfully speaking, if these girls manage to get this far through the numerous layers of formations, they have to have certifications.

These are probably maids provided by the sect ——–it’s always been like this, one of many ways for fighters to loosen up a bit during the battles.

The original worlds of these women has already been absorbed, their cultivation sealed up, no matter how high and mighty they used to be, right now, all that’s waiting for them is death of old age.

“Come here, come here, let this venerable one take a look at you” he ordered.

He completely ignored the matter of the exit and entry certification.

The two women came and sat next to him, one on each side.

These two are such charming vixens that he couldn’t describe them by words alone, they were almost as beautiful as the two that Zishan young master always has by his side.

“Would you like to take a bath first?” one of the women softly asked.

“What? You think I’m dirty?”

“Not at all sir, we just want to take the best care of you” the other woman answered.

“Ahaha, very good!”

The Projection realm cultivator laughed loudly.

His mood instantly become much better.

He stood up, a flower on each hand and headed to the personal spring behind his tent.

It’s fine, let’s just loosen up for a bit. After young master gets here, no matter how strong that woman is, she’ll just be a piece of meat on the chopping block anyways.

How unfortunate that such a high-quality woman can only belong to young master alone, I won’t be able to enjoy her.

The Projection realm cultivator shook his head in regret.

But having two women so understanding besides him like this, his regret didn’t stay for too long.

He went into the spring.

The two women followed.

“Come” he laughed and ordered.

The women appeared to be a bit sulking, but very obediently fell into his arms.

“Ahahaha”

…

However, all of this never happened at all.

In fact, the Projection realm cultivator was still sitting cross-legged, meditating to recover his wounds.

The black-clothed girl stood at the door, tilting her head to evaluate him.

She saw how the Projection realm cultivator’s expression was changing into a satisfied smile.

She waved her hand.

Two Tianma appeared from behind the Projection realm cultivator as a faint mist.

“We didn’t meet any resistance at all” the two women were giggling.

“Even a Projection realm is that stupid? Seems like they really don’t know about us” the black-clothed girl spoke.

She smiled and started to move forward.

The other two quickly got out of her way.

The black-clothed girl turned into a mist in midair, fell down and enveloped the Projection realm cultivator.

The mist quickly flowed into the cultivator’s nose, mouth, eyes and ears.

During the entire process, the cultivator only had a dumb smile on his face.

Just a few seconds later, all the mist escaped from his body, then concentrated again.

The mist reformed into the black-clothed girl.

She was using a silk handkerchief to wipe her mouth with an expression of ecstasy.

“It’s been so long since I tasted this, a Projection realm soul, how delightfully unforgettable…”