Douluo Dragon King: I am the Lord of the Abyss, the King of Eternal Night.

Chapter 120: Extortion, a Tribute to Life
"Friend Jiang, long time no see." The figure slowly came in front of Jiang Xiu and Na'er. It was Yu Guanzhi, the commander of the Central Army Corps.

"Hello, Captain Yu." A gleam of light flashed in Jiang Xiu's eyes. He really didn't expect that the first person to come to him would be this person.

Yu Guanzhi's originally serious face was filled with a warm smile. He pointed to Na'er beside him and said suggestively, "I wonder if I can talk to Jiang Xiaoyou alone."

Naer frowned and looked at Yu Guanzhi cautiously, with the communication soul guide in her hand ready to go, because her master had not left yet.

"It's okay, Na'er, you go find the teacher first. I'll chat with Captain Yu and will be there soon." After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xiu gave Na'er a reassuring look and let her leave first.

"Well, notify me in time if anything happens." Na'er relaxed her eyebrows and nodded slightly. After looking at Yu Guanzhi, she took a step and disappeared into the exclusive passage.

Jiang Xiu had something to do, so she naturally wouldn't disturb him as long as he was safe.

Yu Guanzhi slightly pointed his right finger, and a dot of ink instantly spread out in front of him. In just a breath, it included Jiang Xiu and himself. Then, with a flash of ink light, the two of them disappeared into the exclusive passage out of thin air.

"Don't worry, this is my territory," Yu Guanzhi said softly with a faint smile, looking at Jiang Xiu in front of him.

Jiang Xiu was naturally familiar with the aura of the domain, and he had also heard a little about the domain of this Divine Pen Douluo.

All around him was like a beautiful painting, with towering ancient trees, pleasant bird calls coming from time to time, and even soul beasts with outstanding bloodlines chasing each other not far away. Everything seemed so real.

This is exactly the painting of heaven and earth in Yu Guanzhi's domain, and all the creatures here were also painted by Yu Guanzhi himself. In the huge federation, in terms of personal team combat ability, Yu Guanzhi can be said to be the undisputed number one. He once relied on these fictional soul beasts he wrote to guard an abyss passage alone.

Seeing that Jiang Xiu didn't panic at all, Yu Guanzhi couldn't help but think more highly of him. He then smiled and said, "There may have been some unpleasant misunderstandings between us earlier. I would like to apologize to you, Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Xiu raised his eyebrows, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes. He didn't expect that Yu Guanzhi could be so humble as to apologize to him. Such a shrewd person was worthy of being able to surpass his master and become the number one in the federal military district.

"Captain Yu, the original matter has been resolved, and I don't take it to heart." Jiang Xiu smiled slightly and waved his hand as if he didn't care.

Of course, whether I took it to heart or not, I couldn’t tell Yu Guanzhi at this moment.

"Friend Jiang, we are all members of the Brotherhood Legion. It would be best to let this little thing go." Seeing this, Yu Guanzhi's eyes showed a hint of smile.

Jiang Xiu glanced at the time and said meaningfully, "Captain Yu, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly. I have to go see the teacher later."

"Well... it's like this. I would like to establish a cooperative relationship with you, Jiang Xiaoyou, on behalf of the Yu family. If you can break through to the level of a master craftsman in the future, I hope you can give priority to making four-character battle armor for our Yu family." Yu Guanzhi said warmly.

"Is that so? But let's not talk about whether I can reach the master craftsman level in the future. Even if I can, we still have to follow the principle of first come first served. After all, other families also have contracts. It's difficult for me to handle it if you do this." Jiang Xiu suddenly realized, then took out the thick stack of contracts and said with embarrassment.

You're asking him for things without any real reason. Do you really think Jiang Xiu is doing charity?

"We are all from a brotherly legion, so we naturally have to consider things first. I don't want too much, just forge eight or ten pieces of four-character battle armor. You can rest assured about the reward, Young Friend Jiang." Yu Guanzhi said generously.

Jiang Xiu also said generously: "If I break through to the Divine Craftsman level in the future, it will be no problem. Captain Yu, you only need to give me ten or eight divine artifacts."

"What?!" When Yu Guanzhi heard the reward mentioned by Jiang Xiu, the corners of his mouth twitched and he almost fell off his seat. He really thought that the artifact was a cabbage. Their Yu family only had three artifacts in total.

Yu Guanzhi suppressed his thoughts and said with a smile: "Little friend Jiang, how can you make such a joke?"

"You were the one who started this joke." Jiang Xiu flashed his standard smile. He just casually mentioned ten or eight pieces of four-character battle armor; did he really think he was some kind of production team's donkey?

"Ahem, ahem, I'm sorry for being so abrupt." Yu Guan coughed lightly a few times, his face calm and his heart steady as he said, "Then, young friend Jiang, what do you want to do? Or do you have any conditions?"

"I heard that Captain Yu has a life-attribute artifact in your hand. If we have it in the future, transactions between us should be easy." Jiang Xiu thought for a moment and spoke slowly with a hint of meaning.

It was true that Yu Guanzhi wanted him to create a four-character battle armor in the future, and it was also true that he wanted the artifact in Yu Guanzhi's hand.

During this period, although the divine realm disappeared, all major forces had their own forged artifacts, and the power of each artifact was different.

The artifact that Jiang Xiu was referring to was none other than the life-attributed artifact, Ode to Life, one of the three great artifacts of the Yu family.

This artifact was created by a powerful man thousands of years ago. Several tons of precious life stones were consumed for its creation. After the death of that powerful man, this tribute to life was taken back by the Federation and later fell into the hands of the Yu family.

The reason why he wanted this artifact was entirely to seal the Golden Dragon King's origin in his body.

Every time he broke through a layer of the Golden Dragon King's Origin Seal, he would absorb the enormous Qi and blood power within the Golden Dragon King's Origin, but while accepting this Qi and blood power, his body would also suffer varying degrees of erosion and collision.

If there is a life artifact that can heal injuries in the body, he can do it when breaking the seal, allowing this huge force of qi and blood to temper his body. Even if he is injured in battle in the future, he can use this life hymn to heal his injuries in a short time.

He has no shortage of offensive means now, what he lacks is defensive means.

Yu Guanzhi looked at Jiang Xiu in front of him and felt a headache for a moment. He really didn't expect that Jiang Xiu, an eleven-year-old boy, was so meticulous and didn't fall into his trap at all, just like an old fox.

Shouldn't a young man of this age be extremely passionate and enthusiastic after achieving such an accomplishment?
"Friend Jiang, how about we change the conditions?" Yu Guanzhi asked.

"Hey, Captain Yu, you have been making excuses again and again. It is obvious that you don't want to truly cooperate. I think we should just let this matter go. We can discuss it again when I break through to the level of a master craftsman in the future." Jiang Xiu sighed with a look of regret, and then prepared to stand up.

He naturally didn't believe that just a few words from him could make Yu Guanzhi take out a magical weapon, but it was still a good idea to plant a seed in Yu Guanzhi's heart in advance.

"Little friend Jiang..."

"Captain Yu, please call me Master Jiang from now on. We are not familiar with each other." Jiang Xiu shook his head and continued to walk out.

"Then don't forget to give priority to making four-character battle armor for our Yu family." Yu Guanzhi stood up and instructed.

"Don't worry, I've forgotten about it."

"That's good...huh?"

When Yu Guanzhi heard the word "don't worry", he thought Jiang Xiu agreed, and his face suddenly brightened with joy, but the next moment his expression froze.

At this moment, Jiang Xiu was about to leave his territory. Yu Guanzhi gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and shouted, "Wait, let's discuss this."

Jiang Xiu paused, his heart suddenly moved.

(End of this chapter)