You Old Rascal, You're Really Bad

"What exactly did he produce? I refuse to believe I'm no match for this old geezer!" Chu Xuantie said through gritted teeth, his displeasure with Leng Xinghe evident in his voice.

"Anyway, if you can find a mid-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine, we will definitely entrust this Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror to you for repair, and then he will be out of the picture." Zhang Shundao tried hard to suppress a laugh, making himself appear more serious when he spoke.

"Damn it!" Chu Xuantie cursed under his breath, even spitting out a curse, before staring intently at Zhang Shundao, "Are you sure you're not lying to me?!"

"Why would I lie to you? Oh well, they've already agreed to most of the requests, so you don't need to come. Just go and refine your weapon." With that, Zhang Shundao made a gesture to end the message.

"Wait! Wait! Damn it! A mid-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, just a mid-level ore vein! But I need to confirm, it really is the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror that has been repaired! If you lied to me, then you can expect my revenge!!!"

Chu Xuantie stared at Zhang Shundao with a serious expression, his eyes filled with a threatening look.

"It's the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror! Since you've already agreed, then come on over. Remember to bring the intermediate-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine!" Zhang Shundao said with a smile, then told Chu Xuantie to hurry over.

After ending the communication, Zhang Shundao put away the communication artifact and went to Li Muchen's side.

Li Muchen had just finished transmitting the message at that moment.

"You finished here so quickly? You haven't already sent him over, have you?" Zhang Shundao asked hurriedly.

Li Muchen nodded.

Zhang Shundao gave a wry smile, "You'd better tell him not to come. I've already discussed it with Chu Xuantie, and he's willing to offer an additional mid-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein to help us repair this treasure."

Li Muchen was taken aback when he heard Zhang Shundao's words.

They helped us repair our things and even gave us a mid-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone ore vein?!

Holy crap, you're really good at conning people!

Didn't you have a pretty close relationship with Chu Xuantie?

"Okay, I'll contact him now!" Li Muchen quickly contacted Leng Xinghe again. He couldn't afford to run into these two, or they would definitely cause a huge scene.

However, after Li Muchen sent a message to Leng Xinghe, Leng Xinghe refused to end the repair mission.

"I don't care! You promised me you'd help me repair the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror! I'm on my way, and I'll be there soon. As for that favor you mentioned, we won't use it. I still owe you one, so it's settled." Leng Xinghe looked like he'd found a treasure. Asking him not to help repair the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror was like being offered a wife—he'd only been happy for a short time, and now suddenly he was saying he'd lost his wife. How could he accept that?

Li Muchen blinked. "To be honest, Zhang Shundao has already agreed to let Chu Xuantie repair this treasure. Since you two don't get along, you shouldn't come, lest you two fight again."

"No, you already promised me, so why did you make him agree to that old bastard?!" Upon hearing Chu Xuantie's name, Leng Xinghe's already calm expression instantly turned indignant, as if he had heard the name of his father's killer.

Li Muchen smiled wryly, "There's nothing I can do. The founder of the Eternal Night Sect entrusted this task to us, not just me. If I had to choose who to repair it, I would definitely choose you. Blame that old man Zhang Shundao if you want."

Li Muchen promptly shifted the blame onto Zhang Shundao.

Zhang Shundao, who was listening from the side, twitched at the corners of his mouth and on his face.

Old Li! That's really unfair of you!

Why are you shifting the blame onto me?!

However, after thinking about it, he felt that he should take the blame himself, since his relationship with Leng Xinghe was just so-so anyway.

"Since the task has been assigned to you, you also have the authority to make decisions! So, I can give you something in return! This repair task is mine!"

"Sigh, I advise you to give up. After Chu Xuantie found out I was looking for you, he promptly offered up a mid-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine!" Li Muchen shook his head and sighed. Actually, when he said this, he wasn't too disappointed; in fact, he was a little eager to try it out.

He knew why Zhang Shundao mentioned the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine—wasn't it just to impress Lu Qing'an?

In that case, he could try to obtain a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein from Leng Xinghe!

Zhang Shundao glanced at Li Muchen and transmitted his voice, "You old rascal, you're really something!"

"We're evenly matched, alright?" Li Muchen replied telepathically.

Zhang Shundao thought to himself, "What do you mean?"

No wonder we became good friends.

Leng Xinghe was completely dumbfounded after hearing Li Muchen's words.

"Damn it! Has that old bastard gone mad?! A Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein? And a mid-grade one at that?!" Leng Xinghe gritted his teeth and asked.

"So I advise you to forget about it. It's just a repair mission anyway. You can leave the physical work to him," Li Muchen said.

"No way! Damn it! If it were any other weapon refiner, I wouldn't care, but with that Chu Xuantie, I can't let him get away with it! A mid-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine, huh? Then I'll offer a mid-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine too!" Leng Xinghe roared.

Li Muchen said bitterly, "It's all the same price, but they've already agreed. How about you contribute something else?"

"Alright, tell me, what else do you need?" Leng Xinghe acted extremely magnanimously at this moment.

"Another low-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein?" Li Muchen asked tentatively.

Leng Xinghe's lips twitched violently.

No way, are you guys really going after the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine?!

Aren't there enough Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins that the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror has repaired?!

I went through all that trouble to acquire the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine, and you think I'd just give it all to you?!

"Hey, I still advise you not to compete with him. If Zhang Shundao sends him a message saying that you also found a mid-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine, he'll probably find a low-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine as well. There's no point in comparing between the two of you. It's just a matter of physical labor, there's really no need." Li Muchen decisively adopted a strategy of retreating to advance.

Leng Xinghe's expression shifted unpredictably.

Firstly, being able to participate in the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror would be extremely beneficial to a weapon refiner like him.

Secondly, he couldn't afford to lose face in front of his old enemy, Chu Xuantie!

After hesitating for a moment, Leng Xinghe gritted his teeth and said, "I'll offer another low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein! You have Zhang Shundao tell him to get lost!!!"

Li Muchen was secretly delighted and decisively turned to look at Zhang Shundao: "Did you hear that? My old friend Leng Xinghe told you to tell Chu Xuantie to get lost!"