Before the Thousand Crane Group could respond, Zhang Yuanqing continued:
"Three chances to borrow the artifacts, one month each time. Each artifact will be borrowed in turn. After a total of three months, the usage rights and ownership of all three artifacts will belong entirely to the Thousand Crane Group."
It was currently late July. Three months later would be late October. By then, he should be at the peak of level 6, waiting only for the Slaughter Dungeon in December to advance to Sovereign.
And in the Slaughter Dungeon, Sovereign-level items definitely could not be used, so whether he had the three artifacts by then would no longer matter.
Once I advance to Sovereign, I won't need these three artifacts anyway, Zhang Yuanqing thought silently.
Threaten, concede; threaten again, concede again. Test the bottom line bit by bit, break through the other party's defenses bit by bit—or let them break through yours—until finally choosing a relatively reasonable and satisfactory outcome both sides could accept.
That was more or less what negotiation was.
Zhang Yuanqing had learned quite a lot from Fu Qingyang.
The terms he proposed were the absolute limit of what the Thousand Crane Group could accept.
From his perspective, the Thousand Crane Group had obtained the three artifacts entirely because of him. He had even withstood the threat of the Fear Heavenly King. Could such things be settled with money?
Now the Thousand Crane Group wanted every last gain from the High Plain of Heaven. They were dreaming.
But matters in this world could not be measured simply by whether one profited or lost. There were far too many variables involved.
For example, the location of the High Plain of Heaven was an important bargaining chip for the Thousand Crane Group. Without their guidance, he could not