sjar Chapter 126 Contracts have no borders, but the God of Contracts does.
Chapter 126 Contracts have no borders, but the God of Contracts does.
"Hmm? This actually does seem to be mine."
After taking the wallet, Zhong Li weighed it in his hand and nodded in satisfaction.
Then, he looked at Ying and said rather "embarrassed":
"I'm sorry, although I am the God of Contracts and a symbol of fairness and justice, I cannot mediate the conflict between the two of you."
Zhongli cast an apologetic glance at Ying.
"Because both Shiraki and I are gods of Liyue, if I get involved in this negotiation, the outcome will inevitably be unfavorable to you."
Zhongli looked at Ying and said the above words very seriously.
Of all the gods present, except for Shadow, all the others understood what Zhongli meant by those words.
If Zhongli were to participate in these negotiations, he would inevitably speak up for Ying, who is in a weaker position.
But Zhongli has now completely distanced himself from the matter, which means... that Bai Mu's investment of 20,000 Mora was quite effective.
Bai Mu smiled at Ying, who seemed a little nervous across from him, a sense of感慨 (gan3 kai3, a feeling of mixed emotions, often including nostalgia or reflection).
Although contracts transcend national borders, they uphold fairness and justice.
[But the God of Covenants has national boundaries.]
......
At this moment, Kage, who was sitting opposite Shiraki, seemed a little nervous.
Although she is a deity, she shouldn't have feelings of "nervousness".
But it depends on the occasion.
If she were facing three ordinary people, she would definitely maintain a cold and arrogant expression, and would kill Bai Mu with a single stroke the moment he mentioned wanting Ba Yun Island.
But the current situation does not allow it.
The current situation is that, among the four gods present, she seems to be the youngest.
And even her strength ranks near the bottom here.
With all these negative buffs combined, Ying transformed from the aloof and powerful Thor into a somewhat socially awkward country girl who had just entered society.
Even so, Ying firmly rejected Shiraki's request outright.
Before she came, Yae no Miko had told her that if it was a negotiation, she should just refuse whatever demands Shiraki made.
After she has refused many times, and eventually feels that Shiraki's requests are quite reasonable, she can then agree.
Although Yae no Miko, the pillar of support, was not by Kage's side, Kage had been diligently carrying out what Yae no Miko had told her before.
"Since Bayun Island is not feasible, then I can use the half south of Wuxiangren Gorge, right?"
Seeing Ying's determined gaze, Bai Mu took a step back and said "helplessly".
This is only the first concession, after all. He can't concede too much, otherwise, if he's not careful, the price might drop too much and things will get complicated.
"No."
Ying rejected Bai Mu's request outright, her tone leaving no room for compromise.
"Then I'll take a quarter of Bayun Island, is that alright?"
"no!"
"This won't work, that won't work, do you even want to get your dream back?!"
Finally, perhaps because Ying had refused a few times, Shiraki's face hardened, and he directly pulled out Dream Heart.
Bai Mu waved his dream intently in front of Ying and said in a deep voice:
"I'll state one last condition: if you still feel it's inappropriate, then this knife will remain with me for the time being."
"Okay, you say."
Seemingly intimidated by Bai Mu's imposing aura, Ying nodded stiffly.
"The Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed God Statue, along with all the God Eyes on it, will be used to exchange for this sword."
"If you think it's okay, then we'll exchange the idol for the knife."
"If you don't think it's feasible, then go back and think about it first, and come back in a few days."
Upon hearing this, Ying frowned and began to think.
Because of her lack of experience in the world, Ying knew very little about reading people's expressions and demeanor.
She couldn't discern Bai Mu's true thoughts from his facial expressions at all.
Therefore, she dared not gamble on whether this was Bai Mu's bottom line.
After some deliberation, Ying finally nodded.
"Okay, I promise you."
After saying those words, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the image of a thousand hands and a hundred eyes is also important to her, its importance is far less than that of her dream.
A statue can be rebuilt, and the Eye of God can be found again, but if a dream is lost, then the "truth" is lost.
Shadow has decided that once she returns to Inazuma, she will build an even larger "Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed Statue" with more divine eyes on it.
After hearing that Ying had agreed to his request, Shiraki immediately returned the dream in his hand to Ying.
Ying was somewhat surprised after receiving the dream.
She never expected that Bai Mu would so readily return her dream to her.
Didn't we just agree on "handing over the idol in one hand and the knife in the other"?
However, after seeing what Shiraki did next, Kage understood why Shiraki was so agreeable.
Bai Mu opened a portal in the wall of the private room, and on the other side of the portal was the scene of the Thousand Hands and Hundred Eyes statue.
Under the shadow's gaze, a huge crack suddenly appeared in the space behind the Thousand Hands and Hundred Eyes statue.
A claw emerged from the void and snatched away the statue that was placed there.
After doing all this, Shiraki turned off the live stream on the wall.
He stretched out a hand towards the shadow opposite him.
"The deal has been reached, and we've had a pleasant collaboration."
Instead of shaking hands with Shiraki, Ying suddenly said:
"Now that this matter has been resolved, shouldn't we talk about your trespassing on my territory?"