"First, all the beast corpses outside Shrek City belong to Shrek City. The Soul Bones and Soul Rings all belong to Shrek. No objections to that, right?"
Di Tian was already struggling to restrain himself after hearing the first condition. He took several deep breaths and listened as Chen Ping continued.
"Second, every Soul Bone in the Star Dou Forest over ten thousand years old, so long as it's reasonably intact, belongs to us."
Di Tian clenched his fists until they creaked. His aura kept rising, falling, rising, then falling again, as though he were about to erupt.
He took several deep breaths in succession, expending enormous effort and mentally bracing himself before finally forcing down the fury in his heart.
Swallowing his humiliation and anger, Di Tian said, "I can agree to half of the first condition. The Soul Rings and Soul Bones can belong to Shrek City, but not the corpses."
Chen Ping paused at that, then nodded. "Fine. We weren't very interested in those corpses anyway. It's mainly the Soul Rings and Soul Bones we wanted. No problem."
"The second condition is absolutely out of the question."
"What I said just now was that, out of consideration for that technology of yours, the Star Dou Forest could compensate you humans for the losses you suffered during this beast tide-not hand the entire Star Dou Forest over to you!"
Di Tian glared at Chen Ping as though he wanted to swallow him alive.
Even Xuan Zi and Du Busi nearly lost their composure at Chen Ping's demand, a lion opening its jaws to swallow the heavens. This brat had not even named a number; he was going straight for the Star Dou Forest's life.
Yet Chen Ping remained perfectly unhurried. That was negotiation: first open your lion's jaws