The Quest for Immortality

Lugu was at a loss for words.

Their ancestors’ method of forging armor, which they themselves couldn’t master, was instead learned by others. Mentioning it is shameful.

Lugu thought for a moment, nodded and said, ”Alright, if you offer the Bone Heavy Armor forging method for trade, we can reconcile.”

Mo Hua shook his head and replied, ”I can only give you the Heavy Armor, not the forging method.”

Lugu, hearing this, was incensed, his face twisted in anger, ”Do you intend to monopolize the inheritance of my Ancestor Shugu?”

Mo Hua remained calm, ”It’s not that I want to monopolize your Shugu Main Department’s inheritance, but rather, I actually don’t know what your ancestor’s forging method truly is.”

”All of this is the grace of the Divine Lord.”

”It’s only because the Divine Lord allowed me to know that I know. If the Divine Lord doesn’t want you to know, I can’t help you know either...”

Lugu just felt Mo Hua was ”talking nonsense.”

But Mo Hua’s nonsense was so serious and earnest that Lugu couldn’t quite ascertain whether he was really talking nonsense or not.

Could it be... there truly is a Divine Lord giving him divine guidance and bestowing him with Barbaric Wilderness heritage?

Otherwise, how could he spout such nonsense without blushing or being nervous?

Lugu frowned.

Mo Hua asked him, ”Bone Heavy Armor, in exchange for an alliance between our two departments, will you exchange or not?”

Lugu sneered, ”In tribal wars, there is only life and death. The knife of your Danque Clan members is stained with the blood of my Shugu Clan, the spear of your Danque Clan pierced through the hearts of my Shugu Clan members... There is a blood feud between our two departments. These grievances and sins, how can a few Heavy Armors resolve them?”

Mo Hua said, ”Not just a few, but ten sets.”

Lugu fell silent.

Mo Hua asked him, ”Exchange or not?”

Lugu said nothing.

”If not, forget it.” Mo Hua stood up to leave.

Lugu immediately responded, ”Let’s discuss further!” .

Ancestor Heavy Armor, that’s a treasure handed down from ancestors; over the years, losing or damaging a set would be a great loss.

Its internal structure, nearly miraculous, couldn’t be repaired or reforged.

Such ancestral inheritance, not to mention if it’s offered, but even if one had to steal, kill, or rob, it must be obtained.

”Ten sets aren’t enough,” Lugu said, ”We need twenty.”

Mo Hua shook his head, ”Just ten sets.”

Lugu considered thoroughly and said, ”Eighteen sets.”

Mo Hua replied, ”Eight sets.”

Lugu was stunned, thought he misheard, and angrily asked, ”How can you lower it even further?!”

Mo Hua said, ”That’s how I bargain.”

Lugu had no choice but to grit his teeth, ”Fifteen!”

Mo Hua responded, ”Five sets!”

Lugu was maddened, his scalp tingling, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly thought of something and clenched his teeth, fearing that saying one more word would make even the ”five sets” offer disappear.

Mo Hua repeated, ”Five sets!”

Lugu wore a stern expression, clearly unwilling to agree.

Seeing this, Mo Hua stood up and casually said:

”If not, then forget it. The Shugu Main Department isn’t just you, and you’re not the only Commander. If you don’t agree, someone else will. If you don’t exchange, there are others who will...”

These words directly pierced into Lugu’s heart.

His face turned extremely cold, ”Stop!”

Mo Hua stopped, turned to look at Lugu, thought for a moment, and said:

”This is my final offer to you, six sets! If you agree, then we will form an alliance.”

”In my life of bargaining, I’ve only ever lowered prices, never raised them again. Offering you six sets is already a great concession, considering you’re a General.”

Mo Hua sounded as if Lugu was getting a great deal.

Lugu took a deep breath and slowly said, ”Alright...”

Mo Hua nodded, ”Then it’s settled, your Shugu Main Department will provide the armor materials...”

Lugu’s face stiffened, ”I have to provide the materials too?”

Mo Hua calmly said, ”Naturally, I don’t have any bones left. Now there’s a famine outside, the tribes are at war, I have no means to acquire these materials, so you have to provide...”

Lugu asked, ”How much?”

Mo Hua said, ”Heavy monster spine bones, such as Bear Pi, twenty sets; medium monster leg bones, like wolf or panther, thirty sets; additional some ulna, claw bones, etc., casually bring fifty or sixty sets...”

This number was, of course, exaggerated by Mo Hua.

The monster materials within the Wutu Mountain Realm had been used up, and the forging of Bone Heavy Armor had been halted.

Mo Hua could only rely on trading with Lugu to skimp on some materials to forge armor for himself.

In doing so, he could provide Lugu six sets and forge twelve more for himself.

Of course, he was skimping quite a bit.

Lugu, however, didn’t think much of it.

He knew well the difficulty of forging armor from ancestral techniques, and the success rate of forging armor was definitely not high, especially with the engraving of the Holy Pattern, which had an extremely low tolerance for error, surely involving significant material wastage.

Mo Hua’s ”offer” wasn’t actually excessive.

Lugu nodded, ”Alright.”

Observing Lugu, Mo Hua knew he had underquoted.

Although he was already quite ”black-hearted,” he realized he had lost out.

”My skin is still too thin... next time in such situations, I must quote higher; otherwise, there’s no room for bargaining, and I suffer too much loss...”

Mo Hua silently learned his lesson.

Despite feeling regretful, Mo Hua didn’t add to the price.

After all, it was his first trade with Lugu, and he had to offer a ”discount.”

Moreover, being the Shaman, he had to maintain some dignity; the words spoken in public should be trustworthy and not easily changed, lest he appear undignified.

Mo Hua nodded, ”So it’s settled.”

He then discussed some specifics:

”Starting from the day the materials are delivered, within six months, I will forge these six sets of your Shugu Main Department’s Ancestor Heavy Armor and hand them over to you. Averaging one set per month. During this period, the Shugu Main Department under your command, the Danque Division under Young Master Dan Zhu’s command, and the small tribal alliance of the Wutu Mountain Realm will temporarily form an alliance, refraining from mutual attacks in daily affairs. If external enemies invade, we must watch out for each other and join forces to repel them...”