Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 417 Gold Negotiation
"Hello, dear Bishop." Gult Fesela smiled. He stood up, saluted Luo Xiuwei, and greeted him:

"May the golden winds be with you."

As Gulte Fesela greeted him, Luo Xiu also looked at him.

The golden elder of the "Fesela Family", one of the ruling families of the "Golden Kingdom", has a standard oval face, a gray beard on his chin, a large gold chain shining with golden light hanging around his neck, and a robe embroidered with a golden scale pattern on the front with gold thread.

Luo Xiu felt as if a Middle Eastern oil tycoon was standing opposite him.

And on Gulte Fesela's fingers - every knuckle of his finger was wearing a ring made of platinum or gold, and the ring face was inlaid with gems the size of pigeon eggs.

When he raised his hand, the light in the room shone on his ring, instantly emitting a dazzling light with mottled colors.

He looked quite wealthy... This was Luo Xiu's first impression of Gulte Fesera, the golden elder of the "Fesera Family".

The detection of his panel shows that Gulte Fesela is a saint with the fifth level of [Intelligence] and his profession is "Golden Mentor".

That is a hidden profession that requires one to advance to the level of "Great Alchemist" and is also a specialty profession of "Gongol College", the highest institution of learning in the "Golden Federation".

In addition to being the golden elder of the "Fesera Family", he should also be a senior professor at Gonggor College.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu nodded slightly in response to the greeting from the Golden Elder.

He finally turned to face Gonzalo Manston and greeted him as well:

"Hello, Mr. Gonzalo."

"Hello, Your Excellency the Bishop."

Gonzalo responded respectfully. He was currently holding the large box of the "Golden Window" and could not bow, so he just nodded respectfully.

Among the three big businessmen in the Golden Kingdom, his status was the lowest. But now he represented the entire Manston family, so he was qualified to sit at the same table with Joe Dewen and Gult.

After greeting the three big businessmen from the "Golden Country" one by one.

Luo Xiu smiled and said:
"I have heard that the Florence family and the Manston family have sent out the 'Golden Army' to fight against the 'Psychic Legion' of the Theocracy on the border. On behalf of the Red Maple City Church, the 'Holy See', and the Empire, I thank you."

"You are our trustworthy allies and our solid backing."

"Haha, your praise really makes us feel refreshed, Your Excellency." Qiao Dewen responded with a hearty laugh.

After Luo Xiu finished saying this, he looked at Gulte Fesela at the same time, then at Qiao Dewen, giving him a questioning look.

"Oh, look at me, I forgot to introduce you to my 'old friend'."

Qiao Dewen understood what Luo Xiu meant, and he immediately introduced the "Golden Elder" of the Fesela family beside him to Luo Xiu:
"This is Gulte Fesela, a golden elder of the ruling golden family, the Fesela family, and also my old friend.

Old Gult heard about your glorious deeds, so he came all the way from the Golden Country to discuss cooperation with you. "

"That's it." Luo Xiu nodded.

He then turned around, faced the "Gurt Fesela", smiled and said:

"It is an honor to meet you, Your Excellency the Respected Golden Elder."

"It's a pity that we are just 'projections' now, not really face to face. Otherwise, we could have shaken hands solemnly."

Qiao Dewen introduced himself to this "Gurt Fesela".

Although the panel can detect his name, knowing this from Qiao Dewen can make the conversation go more smoothly and naturally.

"Haha, you are indeed as old Joe Dewen said, humble and gentle."

Gulte Fesela smiled, and he also stood up and responded to Luo Xiu's greeting face to face, but he seemed half a head shorter than the "bishop".

Taking advantage of the harmonious atmosphere during the greeting, Gulte Feisela got straight to the point and said:

"I represent the Fesela family, respected bishop. Jodwin has told me about your deeds, and we have also heard that the holy expedition you led has now arrived at the city of Latama."

"You have proven - proved that you are a 'partner' worthy of our trust. Then, on behalf of the Fesela family, I will discuss cooperation with you about our joint local intervention in the war with the Florence and Manston families, and about reaching a strategic alliance with you and the Red Maple City Church."

"As you already know, Bishop.

Florence and the Manston family have blocked the theocracy's ambition to penetrate the empire, and have fulfilled their previous promise to you. Now, we want to talk to you about what new cooperation we can reach on the "Holy Crusade."

"That couldn't be better." Luo Xiu said with a smile. Since Gult Fesela said it so straightforwardly, Luo Xiu also said:
"I have made an agreement with Mr. Qiao Dewen. Since you all have the intention to further cooperate with us, then I should also show our sincerity."

"We conquered the Kaveri Fortress half a week ago. There are still many spoils seized from the fortress that have not been processed, including a large amount of raw ore of hexagonal crystal ore and magic pattern ore."

"I have heard that these two kinds of raw ores are important materials for the Gonggor Academy to study new alchemy. The families behind the three seem to have the intention to purchase them. The church can give up half of the profits and sell these unprocessed raw ores to you at half the recycling price."

"..."

When the "bishop" said this, the three big businessmen's eyes lit up!
The family behind them is indeed collecting a large amount of raw ore, and there is indeed a large mining area within the boundaries of Kaveri Fortress that can produce these two types of raw ores.

They originally wanted to negotiate with the "Bishop" Luo Xiu Carlos to recycle the raw ore at a price as low as possible below the normal recycling price. But now the bishop took the initiative to bring this up, which was like extending an olive branch to them.

"Haha, good, good!" Gult clapped his hands and laughed, "Your Excellency the Bishop is a straightforward person. This is exactly what we need. We really feel your sincerity."

“This is the beginning of further cooperation between us.”

Luo Xiu said with a smile.

His burning golden eyes then turned towards Qiao Dewen and said:

"Besides these, I have other 'gifts'."

"In Kaveri Fortress, we found the former head of the Sigalia family, Ariel Sigalia."

——"Sigalia"!
When they heard the name of this family and the name of its once most prominent "patriarch", the three big businessmen's pupils shrank slightly and they could not help but sit up straight.

And the "Bishop" continued:

"Everyone present here should know that this Mr. Ariel Sigalia once founded the largest Sigalia Bank in Songyuan City. But he later violated the laws of the empire, causing tens of millions of assets to collapse overnight. He eventually fled to the Dark Principality with his family and has not been heard from since."

"But a few days ago, we found him in Fort Kaveri, and he was seriously ill and lying in bed waiting to die."

"Before he died, he 'confessed' to us everything he knew. Including the private property hidden by several executives of the Principality, and several gray industries distributed in the Empire, the Church, and even the Golden Country itself."

"Our church and the Supreme Court still have to go on an expedition, so we don't have time to deal with these things for now. Within my authority, I can entrust you with the investigation. You can get 30% of the stolen goods and money that are finally sorted out."

——Thirty percent!
That's a pretty generous ratio.

"And," Luo Xiu didn't finish his words.

"Sigaria has confessed all the secret agents he knows about who are buried deep in your families and who are secretly loyal to the executive officers of the Dark Principality. I can share all this information with you and help you complete your own 'purification'."

"..."

The three big businessmen looked at each other and saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

But they knew, especially Jodwin, that the "bishop" would not give them such a heavy gift so easily.

"Well, then, your Excellency."

"Golden Elder" Gult stroked his beard, squinted his eyes, and asked with a smile:

"You have indeed offered a generous price. So, what can we do for you?"

"..."

"That won't be difficult to do."

Luo Xiu smiled, looked towards Gult, and said:
"This is my proposal to you, the Golden Elder of the 'Feithera Family', His Excellency Gulte Feithera."

"Now, the Manston family and the 'Golden Army' of the Florence family have entangled the Theocracy at the border. I would like to seek the help of the Fesela family on the journey of the Holy Expedition."

"I know that the Fesela family has a 'Golden Sword', Klein Fesela, who is known as the 'Fifth Sword Saint'. He is the 'Guardian' of your family."

"I would like to propose a hiring - please ask the family to send Mr. Klein Fesela and 10,000 'Golden Army' to assist me."

"I hope to meet up with him within two days, and work with him to capture Latama City and then Fafnir City."

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(End of this chapter)