Chapter 1915: Chapter 1595: Talking About Rewards Hurts Feelings (Double Chapter)

“Senior, there are so many trees in the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts, I’ve long forgotten the location of that tree hole. Besides, the distance from the Desert of Death to the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts is so far, and I don’t even have a Teleportation Scroll, wouldn’t I have to run my legs off?”

Su Ran’s mind raced, quickly thinking of a reason to refuse. Although the excuse was a bit far-fetched, it was better than having none.

“No worries, I’m in no rush, there’s no time limit. As long as you bring back the Life Core, I’ll reward you with a piece of top-grade dark gold equipment!”

Bloodsucker Venerable knew this little skeleton wouldn’t budge without benefit. Though the words were sweet, without enticing profits, how would it ever accept the task? Only by offering great rewards could this skeleton be made to obey, a straightforward and practical approach.

No choice, this little skeleton is the only one in the world that can disregard the Heaven and Earth Profound Array’s seal. To escape this damned seal back then, it had to rely on the Life Core for rebirth, discarding the other Life Cores within the Heaven and Earth Profound Array. If all Life Cores returned, its power would soar, even the Human Emperor’s imperial might wouldn’t be able to challenge its Ghost Venerable authority!

“Cough cough, Senior, it’s not about the dark gold equipment. I urgently need to return to my territory to embed the formation stone. If the delay is too long, what if the Human Emperor escapes?”

Su Ran rejected the task righteously. Not to mention dark gold equipment, even if offered ten or a hundred ultra artifacts, he wouldn’t be tempted. The Life Core had already been swallowed by a pet, how could he complete the task?

No choice, I’m just that upright, how could I bend for a mere pittance?

“Hmm? Even dark gold equipment can’t tempt you? Undead, be careful not to bite off more than you can chew!”

Seeing Su Ran refuse so promptly, Bloodsucker Venerable’s face quickly turned sullen, “Do you know the consequences of offending me?”

“Senior, I already said, it’s not about the dark gold equipment. Even if you give me divine artifact or magical weapon, I wouldn’t be moved. I have principles, I agreed to do something for Old Granny, so I must complete it. To prevent the Human Emperor from escaping, I have to hurry back to my territory. Regarding your task, I can only apologize.”

Su Ran showed a resolute attitude with no room for negotiation, refusing the task outright even under Bloodsucker Venerable’s threat.

Come on, refusing a task doesn’t mean committing a mortal sin, right?

“This is not right.”

Bloodsucker Venerable realized there must be something fishy considering the drastic shift in this undead skeleton’s attitude! It stared at Su Ran, suspiciously asking, “Kid, are you hiding something from me? You were so eager to accept the task initially, why refuse so promptly now?”

“…”

Su Ran was taken aback, somewhat surprised, not expecting Bloodsucker Venerable to be so difficult to fool, he underestimated its intelligence a bit.

The saying goes, cunning with age, slippery with experience, seems it applies similarly in the game.

“Senior, it’s like this, I…”

“Don’t even try to make excuses, do you think you can fool me?”

Before Su Ran could finish speaking, Bloodsucker Venerable impatiently interrupted, “This task cannot be accomplished without you, you must accept it, refusal is not an option! If the reward is insufficient, just say so, but if you attempt to leverage this to threaten me, bear the consequences yourself!”

Hearing Bloodsucker Venerable’s soft and hard tactics, Su Ran was speechless, he’s absolutely being pushed onto the stage, no escape now…

“Senior, what’s between us doesn’t require discussing rewards, doing so would hurt feelings. Since this task requires me, I have no choice but to accept it wholeheartedly. However, I have a precondition, the task must not have a time limit. With so many trees in the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts, I can’t possibly complete it quickly. As long as you agree, I’ll take the task.”

Talking about rewards hurts feelings?

Hearing such brazen words, Bloodsucker Venerable trembled in anger, fiercely wishing to spit at him!

The incident of duping it with two bottles of Divine Power Potion in exchange for two pieces of equipment was still fresh in memory, yet now he talks about hurt feelings?

Shameless, utterly shameless!

Facing such a thick-skinned skeleton, Bloodsucker Venerable felt it could be angered to death, couldn’t understand how Old Granny thought, choosing to ally with such a lord, indeed blind for sure!

“Undead, you mean to say you don’t want any rewards?”

“Of course, having taken two pieces of equipment from Senior earlier, my conscience is unsettled, I feel deeply guilty. Now comes a chance to make amends, how could I ask Senior for rewards again?!”

Su Ran displayed an agitated look, “Don’t talk rewards with me, whoever discusses rewards with me I’ll argue with them!”

“Undead, I find it hard to tell whether you’re greedy or just noble.”

Bloodsucker Venerable looked at Su Ran like an alien, feeling utterly bewildered.

“Senior, I’m straightforward, right is right, wrong is wrong. If wrong, then one must courageously assume their mistakes, how could I further request rewards from you, right?”

“Enough already, it’s nauseating!”

Bloodsucker Venerable finally conceded defeat, voluntarily returning to the topic of the task, handing over a token, “This is my token, activate it to contact me. Once you’ve gathered the Life Core, you may activate the token.”

“Alright, I understand.”

Su Ran casually took the token, stuffing it away, silently thinking, probably never needing this in life, activating the token to contact it? Unless I’m out of my mind!