Chapter 273: 275. Chapter 275: Requirements

275. Chapter 275: Requirements

Li Yi's words could be said to have left everyone at the banquet suspicious. They never expected that Fan Wentian, the Fan family head, had only mentioned it casually, and Li Yi had guessed their purpose. It seemed that this Li Yi was by no means the martial artist who was only addicted to cultivation as seen before; his intelligence was also extraordinary.

Perhaps because of his personal strength, this intelligence was not revealed.

In fact, as an evolver, although there are differences in personality, in terms of brains, the brains of evolvers are very useful.

After being pointed out the purpose, everyone didn't cover it up and simply opened up the conversation.

Zhao Mingyue, an elder of the Zhao family on the side, said: "The world has suffered from the ghosts and gods collecting life for a long time, and millions of people have died prematurely because of this. Our families are controlled by ghosts and gods and are powerless to resist, because our Eight Great Families have not been able to produce a Dharma Aspect Realm expert in a thousand years. To resist the ghosts and gods, only people like Young Master Li who crossed dimensions have hope. As long as Young Master Li is willing to solve this matter, after the ghosts and gods are destroyed, our families are willing to respect Young Master Li as the master and govern the world together."

After speaking, he cupped his hands and bowed, saying it solemnly.

He thought that taking out the righteousness of the people, the country, and the reputation could move Li Yi, but he didn't expect Li Yi to just smile lightly: "I destroy the ghosts and gods, and this world is still yours. As for the people of the Four Seas and Bazhou, after the ghosts and gods are gone, will your family's Yin spirits not collect life? It's nothing more than the emperor taking turns to sit, and it's my turn this year."

"As for the co-lord of the world, it is at best a false name. How long can I stay in the Four Seas and Bazhou? What is the use of this false name?"

As soon as these words were spoken, a look of embarrassment appeared on Zhao Mingyue's face.

Although they knew it well, it was still embarrassing to be pointed out by Li Yi.

"Young Master Li, you are a smart person. Some things can be hidden from others, but not from you. But Young Master Li, you should also know that we are indeed very sincere. If it weren't for this, we wouldn't dare to hold this banquet. Otherwise, if this matter leaks out and is known by the ghosts and gods, our four great families will also suffer," Fan Wentian said seriously.

"Young Master Li, your cultivation speed is amazing, and you crossed dimensions. Your future achievements will be limitless. Perhaps for Young Master Li, ghosts and gods are still a threat now, but if it is a few more years, I believe the Dharma Aspect Realm will be broken with a flick of a finger."

"That's true," Li Yi nodded slightly, acknowledging Fan Wentian's words.

Fan Wen said: "I won't hide it anymore. I'll just say it directly. If Young Master Li is willing to take on this matter, after today, our four great families are willing to use the strength of the whole clan to support Young Master Li. As long as we can do it, we will grant it. I believe that with Young Master Li's talent, plus the resource supply of the four great families, your strength will definitely advance by leaps and bounds."

"By then, the matter of ghosts and gods will be a piece of cake for Young Master Li. After the matter is completed, our four great families will still respect Young Master Li as the master. As long as Young Master Li has any use for us in the future, just speak up, and we will never refuse."

"Sounds good. What are you asking for?" Li Yi thought for a while and then asked.

At this time, Meng Que, the Qi Refining elder of the Meng family, said in a deep voice: "Our request is very simple. After that, there will only be four great families left among the Eight Great Families. Each family will occupy two states and share the world with Young Master Li. In the future, if there are Dharma Aspect Realm experts again, I hope Young Master Li will not stop them."

"So that's it. You want to divide up the other four great families, replace them, and become the new ghost and god family, governing the world forever?" Li Yi understood at this moment.

Such a big harvest is indeed worth their gamble.

If they win, these four great families will be true local emperors and will never perish. If they lose... at most, they will lose a sum of resources. Although there are some losses, it will not shake the foundation. No matter how you think about it, it is profitable.

"Young Master Li, you misunderstood. It is not that our four great families govern the world forever, but that the families and you govern the world together. Young Master Li, you are still the co-lord of the Four Seas and Bazhou," Qi He, an elder of the Qi family, said.

Li Yi laughed out loud at this moment: "When I met Master Zhao Ge, he once said to me that my talent was extraordinary. If I practiced martial arts, I would be invincible in the Four Seas and Bazhou in a few years, and I would have the opportunity to sit on the golden throne and have ghosts and gods bow to me in the future. I thought Master was joking before, but now it seems that there is really a chance."

"Young Master Li, do you agree?" At this time, the delicate voice of Fan Ruyu on the side sounded just right, asking on behalf of everyone.

A beauty asking, it finally didn't seem so abrupt.

Li Yi stopped laughing soon, then stared at everyone and said: "Cooperation is a win-win. I have no reason to refuse this matter. I can destroy the ghosts and gods for you, and your four great families can govern the eight states forever, but I have one requirement. If you agree, drink this cup today. If you don't agree, I will leave now. Today will be as if you have never seen me, and in the future, it will depend on each other's ability."

"What is Young Master Li's requirement? Please speak," Fan Wentian asked with joy and surprise.

Others also immediately became nervous.

Li Yi said seriously: "After I kill the ghosts and gods, the life-collecting incident will stop here."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone at the dinner table changed.

To be honest, this requirement was not excessive, but it made them dare not agree.

What was the purpose of their plan today to break the deadlock of ghosts and gods? Wasn't it for long-term governance and longevity? If there was no life-collecting, their family's Yin spirits would die, the strong would grow old, and all the accumulation would vanish.

Li Yi saw that everyone didn't speak, and just said calmly: "If the life-collecting incident is not stopped, after a thousand years, can the people of the Four Seas and Bazhou support the countless Yin spirits in your four great families? The reason why the world is still calm now is that the ghosts and gods and your families have formed a balance, and at the same time, the supply of life span in the Four Seas and Bazhou has reached a limit, so that no new ghosts and gods can be produced."

"I destroyed the previous batch of ghosts and gods, and your families are the next batch of ghosts and gods. By then, what you do will be the same as the ghosts and gods today, suppressing the world and cutting off other people's path to advancement."

"Young Master Li, this is reasonable, we cannot refute," Fan Wentian sighed: "It's just that this matter is of no benefit to Young Master Li. Why does Young Master Li care about things hundreds or thousands of years later?"

"Then why should I care about your affairs today? It's just some resources. Even if there are none, my cultivation can still move forward steadily," Li Yi said calmly.

"This..." Everyone was speechless.

In fact, Li Yi was right. Even without the support of the four great families, it was a matter of time for Li Yi to return to his world, evolve, and become a Soul Realm expert. By then, returning to the Four Seas and Bazhou would be invincible all the same.

"This matter is of great importance. Can Young Master Li give us a cup of tea time to discuss it?" Fan Wentian asked at this moment.

"Family Head Fan, please," Li Yi signaled.

Fan Wentian cupped his hands and said: "Then please excuse us. Ruyu, Zhizhou, you two serve Young Master Li well, don't disturb Young Master Li's interest in drinking."

Fan Ruyu and Fan Zhizhou hurriedly agreed.

Soon.

Fan Wentian and several Qi Refining experts left the banquet in a hurry, obviously to discuss the results.

"Young Master Li, please forgive me for not understanding. You also benefit from the life-collecting incident. Since our families replace the ghosts and gods to collect life, naturally there will be no lack of benefits for Young Master Li. Young Master Li enjoys life span, why not do it? Why mention this alone?" Fan Zhizhou asked in confusion.

According to his idea, Li Yi and the four great families cooperated and would be the beneficiaries in the future. After collecting life, Li Yi would also get a share.

This is a win-win situation.

Li Yi said: "If your families only prolong the life of a few people, there are so many people in the Four Seas and Bazhou, I certainly don't object to collecting some life span from each person. But people's appetite will get bigger and bigger. Today he enjoys life for a thousand years, tomorrow I enjoy life for a thousand years. If the life span supply is insufficient, what should you do? Is it to kill each other to reduce consumption, or to kill the chicken to get the eggs, eat all the people in the Four Seas and Bazhou, leave corpses everywhere, and turn this beautiful river and mountain into a wilderness?"

"Instead of this, in my opinion, it is better to be like this. At least those ghosts and gods know how to restrain themselves, but your four great families may not be."

Fan Zhizhou was also silent when he heard this.

It is indeed so.

The current ghosts and gods have at least restrained themselves for a thousand years. If the families replace them, it may not be as good as the current ghosts and gods. That might really lead to a situation where there are corpses everywhere in the fertile land.

Seeing his silence, Li Yi didn't say anything more and buried his head in eating and drinking.

These mountain treasures are good things. Since he is here today, he won't eat them for nothing.

In fact, Li Yi is not a saint. Of course, he also understands how much profit he can get from it. That is life span. It is a priceless thing in any world. Moreover, he holds a supernatural item in his hand, and every time he uses it, he needs to consume life span. He even wants to come to the Four Seas and Bazhou to get some life span to fill his losses.

But it is normal for people to have selfishness, but selfishness is selfishness. Li Yi cannot do nothing because of his selfishness and watch this cannibalistic world continue.

If there is a chance, Li Yi will definitely change this world. After all, his relatives and friends may also have to survive in this world in the future. He must deal with some hidden dangers as much as possible.

"But will these four great families agree?" He was eating and thinking, and he was not very sure in his heart.

At the same time.

In a remote garden in the City Lord's Mansion.

Several Qi Refining experts gathered together to discuss what had just happened.

"This Li Yi actually made such a request, to cut off the life-collecting incident? This has been going on for a thousand years, how can he say cut off and cut off?" Meng Que frowned and said: "If so, what is the point of our resisting the ghosts and gods? It is better to be like this, at least we can share a cup of soup every year and continue the family heritage."

"You can't say that. The ghosts and gods and our families have lived in peace for a thousand years, but it doesn't mean that they will be safe in the future. If we don't plan early and strike first, if the ghosts and gods liquidate us in the future, what should we do? Today we have the Eight Great Families, and in the future, there may be Ten Great Families... The sword hanging over the head is ultimately not good, it is better to hold it in your hand," Zhao Mingyue pondered for a while and said.

"Reasonable. After the life-collecting incident is cut off, our families are still families. But if there are ghosts and gods hanging over our heads, we will be destroyed if we are destroyed. And life span can only prolong life, not immortality," Qi He also said.

They, the family elders, knew very well that although life span can prolong a person's life, the human body has limits, and sooner or later it will age and wither. At that time, even if the life span is continued, it will be useless, and they will still die.

Yin spirits exist in the world forever. Although they also need life span to support them, in fact, even if they don't need life span, Yin spirits can live for a long time.

But if they can get the opportunity to break through the Dharma Aspect Realm, they are still profitable. After all, breaking through to the Dharma Aspect Realm will also greatly increase life span, not worse than a Yin spirit enjoying offerings.

But in this way, the ordinary family disciples suffer. Without life span to continue their lives, they can only live until they die of old age and cannot continue.

"Family Head Fan, what do you think? Should we agree to Li Yi's condition or not?"

After others discussed for a while, each had their own reasons, and finally handed the choice to Fan Wentian.

Fan Wentian thought for a long time, didn't speak, just asked about the attitudes of others, and after getting their answers, he returned to the banquet.

"How did Family Head Fan think about it?" Li Yi put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked immediately.

Fan Wen said: "Young Master Li, if our four great families govern the eight states forever in the future, the life-collecting incident can stop here. But what if someone is willing to buy and sell life span?"

Li Yi heard this and said immediately: "It's a matter of mutual consent. I can't control this."

Hearing this answer, Fan Wentian breathed a sigh of relief, and then laughed: "If so, Young Master Li's requirement is not harsh."

For the great families, to obtain life span in the future, they just can't rob it openly, they have to spend money to buy it. Although there is an impact, it is not a complete cut-off of the opportunity to obtain life span.

The other family elders' eyes lit up when they heard this.

That's right.

Not collecting life can be buying life, which is also a good way.

Li Yi also knew that he was weak and could not stop the life span incident, but he felt that he could do this point, which was enough. Future matters, future people will do it. At least he, an outsider, brought some good changes to this world, and that was enough.

"Come, for Young Master Li's righteousness, let us toast you," Fan Wentian raised his wine glass, and a look of admiration appeared in his eyes at this moment.

Obviously, the life-collecting incident was beneficial and harmless to this person, but he was still willing to stand up for the ordinary people of the Four Seas and Bazhou and put forward this requirement.

This courage and breadth of mind were enough to move people.

Watching everyone raise their glasses, Fan Ruyu on the side also smiled and held the wine glass to Li Yi. Li Yi took it and didn't talk nonsense, and drank it in one gulp.

At this point, the four great families reached an agreement with him.

The wine glass was put down, and everyone stopped discussing the matter just now, but raised their glasses and drank enthusiastically, as if they wanted to throw all the previous unhappiness behind them.

Li Yi also took the opportunity to put forward his needs: "The martial arts heritage of the four great families, the secret of entering the meridian, the method of Qi refining, I want a copy of each. If there is a method of soul refining, that would be the best."

"This is a small matter," Fan Wen said.

Martial arts heritage is not particularly precious to the great families.

Li Yi said again: "The land of two hundred miles around Sanyang City belongs to me."

"No problem, it's just a city and two hundred miles of land. If it's not enough, Young Master Li can add some more," Fan Wentian agreed immediately.

Li Yi continued: "I want a hundred years of life span for other uses."

Fan Wentian laughed: "Young Master Li also needs life span. Why did you stop the ghosts and gods from collecting life just now?"

"The former is for the public, the latter is for the private," Li Yi said calmly: "Everyone has selfishness, and I am naturally no exception. But I don't ask for much."

"Young Master Li, your request is too little. It's just a hundred years of life span. My Fan family will make it a round number for Young Master Li and is willing to give Young Master Li a thousand years of life span," Fan Wentian said immediately and happily.

"My Zhao family is also willing to give Young Master Li a thousand years of life span."

"My Meng family is the same."

"..."

The four great families were indeed generous, each willing to give a thousand years of life span to Li Yi. Just a few words, and Li Yi gained four thousand years of life span.

It has to be said that the accumulation of these thousand-year families is indeed amazing.

And in order to show his sincerity, Fan Wentian directly asked someone to send a brocade box. Inside the brocade box were ten pills. Rather than calling them pills, it was better to call them crystal beads. Inside, white mist was circulating, slightly divine.

"This is a life-prolonging pill. One pill can prolong an ordinary person's life by a hundred years," Fan Wen said.

Li Yi took one out and looked at it for a while. He did feel a surging vitality. He just didn't know if the life span of the Four Seas and Bazhou could offset the consumption of supernatural items.

After all, the two worlds are different, and he has no bottom in his heart.

But no matter what, he has to try. If it is useless, then the supernatural item can only be abandoned in the future. ===== CHAPTER 274 =====