In Battle Through the Heavens, lying down makes you stronger.

Chapter 138 Brother's Price: Five Million Gold Coins!

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li both stared in astonishment at Xiao Ran and Xiao Yan.

"Ran-di, Xiao-yan-zi, what kind of formidable enemy have you encountered? How come even the Lion King has been beaten like this?"

With tears in his eyes, the Amethyst Winged Lion King looked at Xiao Ran with a wronged expression upon hearing this.

Xiao Yan scratched his head and looked at the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

He then spoke,

"It's nothing serious, big brothers. We haven't eaten yet, how about we eat and talk?"

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were both very intelligent people, and they immediately knew that there was more to the story than met the eye.

He smiled and nodded.

"Alright, then come with me."

As he spoke, he nodded to Xiao Ran again.

"Ran, you go ahead and do your thing."

Xiao Ran nodded with a smile.

"Take care, eldest and second brothers!"

After the three Xiao brothers left.

Xiao Ran turned to look at the Amethyst Winged Lion King and said,

"It's alright, Xiaoqing, find a place to lie down. Let's go back to our room and rest."

"Oh, yes, young master."

Xiao Qing nodded, glanced at the Amethyst Winged Lion King with some sympathy, and then followed Xiao Ran.

The Purple-Gold Winged Lion King roared to the sky.

Xiao Ran suddenly turned around.

"If you keep shouting and talking nonsense, I'm having lion's head meatballs tonight!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King immediately shrank its neck.

After Xiao Ran left, he curled his lip and muttered disdainfully.

"You've got the heart of a lion, but you don't appreciate it! If it weren't for me, where would you have gone to have your fun last night? Humph!"

"I, the Great Lion King, am magnanimous and will not stoop to the level of an ignorant human like you! Don't take it seriously that I am afraid of you."

"Ouch! That really hurts!"

After venting his anger, the Amethyst Winged Lion King limped back to the place where he had been resting.

……

That evening.

Xiao Qing sat at the table with her head tilted to the side, watching Xiao Ran meditate and regulate his breathing, while occasionally stirring the small fire on the table that had shrunk to only a few inches long.

Xiao Ran began to calculate the gains from this trip.

Previously, he and Xiao Yan found the Azure Lotus Seat deep within the magma where the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was born, and returned it to Xiao Ran.

All the lotus seeds born in the lotus seat belonged to Xiao Ran.

However, seeing Xiao Yan's pitiful appearance, Xiao Ran still gave him two lotus seeds.

The rest were stored away, and they were not used to refine or enhance their strength.

The lotus seeds of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame are all non-renewable, at least until the birthplace of the next Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame is found.

Therefore, these are all rare and precious materials for refining elixirs.

As for upgrading, he can do it anytime by completing system tasks; it's up to him.

Of course, Xiao Ran did absorb some of the fire power there.

However, as soon as he began to absorb the Yin True Fire, the temperature there suddenly began to drop.

The old doctor even cursed Xiao Ran for wasting such a precious resource.

Xiao Ran then realized that the strange flames were not comparable to ordinary fire.

So that a blue lotus flame might be born there again after thousands of years.

Xiao Ran did not continue to absorb the underground flames, but simply took the lotus seeds back with him.

While closing their eyes and regulating their breathing,

Suddenly, the system's voice came to my mind.

[Ding! System task issued: Please travel to the Snake-People's *** location within three days and stay for thirty days. Completing the task will reward you handsomely!]

"Oh ho? A new mission has arrived!" Xiao Ran was overjoyed.

I was just thinking about whether to go to the capital of the Empire to find Yun Yun and help her resolve the hidden dangers in Yunshan.

Let's first go to the Tagor Desert to find the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame for Xiao Yan to refine.

Of course, his main purpose was definitely not for the beautiful and infamous Medusa Queen!

Unexpectedly, the system sent the task directly first.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran calmed himself down.

Then he began to think about the preparations for his trip to the Serpent People.

at this time,

There was a knock on the door.

Xiaoqing immediately got up upon hearing the sound and went to open the door.

Then they saw Xiao Yan pacing back and forth at the door, wringing his hands, looking uneasy and preoccupied.

"Stop loitering at the door, come in."

Upon hearing Xiao Ran's voice, Xiao Yan nodded happily to Xiao Qing repeatedly before hurriedly entering the room.

Upon seeing Xiao Ran sitting there cross-legged, he smiled and nodded in greeting.

"Brother Ran."

Xiao Ran raised an eyebrow.

What are you doing here?

Xiao Yan chuckled.

"It's not that I'm tossing and turning at night, thinking about Ran-ge..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Ran interrupted him,

"Stop, get to the point, otherwise I'm going to sleep."

"No! No! Something's wrong, I've got something to do."

Xiao Yan waved his hands repeatedly.

Then I honestly put forward my ideas.

"That's right, Brother Ran. You must have heard the teacher talk about my cultivation method, so I urgently need the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame to improve my strength."

"Back underground, based on the scales we found, we deduced that Queen Medusa of the Snake-People tribe had taken them, so..."

At this point, Xiao Yan glanced at Xiao Ran, feigning embarrassment.

Xiao Ran knew how thick-skinned Xiao Yan was; the closer the person was to him, the thicker his skin became.

Without saying a word, he rubbed his fingers together in front of Xiao Yan.

Having grown up alongside Xiao Ran for many years, he naturally understood the meaning of this gesture.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yan gritted his teeth.

"Brother Ran, a brotherly price! One million gold coins, how about you help me retrieve the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame?"

Xiao Ran rolled his eyes.

"Bah! I'll give you two million gold coins, and you'll conjure up a Green Lotus Earth Core Flame for me?"

"That……"

Before Xiao Yan could speak, Xiao Ran had already spoken.

"This is your last chance to submit a bid. If it's not satisfactory, you can go home!"

Xiao Yan gave an awkward smile and scratched his head.

"I... well, it's just that I don't have the ability. Brother Ran, please don't be angry."

Xiao Ran laughed.

"I'm not angry, I'll listen to your offer."

He then closed his eyes.

He chuckled inwardly, for it was just as he was about to go to the Snake People's Clan to complete a system mission.

If Xiao Yan stubbornly takes the initiative to go and kill for me, that would be the best outcome.

Seeing Xiao Ran close his eyes and remain silent, Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, then stretched out a hand and gritted his teeth, saying...

"Five million gold coins, absolutely no more than that, any more than that and I'll..."

Xiao Ran immediately nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright, it's your price, brother, five million gold coins!"

Xiao Yan rolled his eyes. Why didn't they mention a brotherly price when it was one million?

Then Xiao Ran said,

"However, even between brothers, accounts must be kept clear. The interest absolutely cannot be reduced. We, as your nephew, will pay it as usual!"

Xiao Yan was slightly taken aback. After calculating with his fingers, he felt overwhelmed.

How is Ran Ge's interest calculated?

Back then, five out of twenty returned, five million gold coins, my God!

That means that in a year, he will have to pay back 20 million gold coins to Brother Ran, including principal and interest!

(End of this chapter)