I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

"A deal?" Xu Xingyu looked at Lie Yan with surprise, then frowned and asked, "As the only god-level expert in the entire Five Elements Continent, I don't think there's much you can't get from me. What else do you need to get from me?"

Upon hearing this, Lieyan sighed and said, "Stop teasing me. Since you know I am an abyssal creature, you also know how strong the restrictions imposed on me by the God Realm are. Even if I am invincible in this plane, I am just a slightly larger grasshopper in front of the God Realm."

"That's true." Xu Xingyu nodded as if in agreement, then calmly looked at Lie Yan and slowly said, "But are you sure you're here to trade, and not to force a sale?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a nine-colored dragon shadow appeared behind Xu Xingyu, and the oppressive aura of the Dragon God began to spread throughout this subterranean world. At this moment, Xu Xingyu's body also completed its dragon transformation, and it seemed that she was ready to fight at any time.

However, in response to Xu Xingyu's accusation, Lieyan simply shrugged and said, "I just felt bad seeing you secretly checking the Crimson Lotus Mark on your body and trying to obtain the spatial coordinates of the Earth's core, so I just granted your wish and teleported you here."

The implication is that Lieyan was aware of Xu Xingyu's secret scanning of Ji Dong's Crimson Lotus Mark in an attempt to obtain the coordinates for traveling to the Earth's core.

"Oh, thank you very much, Your Majesty the Flame Queen. I was just about to make a deal with Your Majesty, so this is fine. But next time, please give me advance notice if possible."

"I'll be more careful next time. May I now present the details of my transaction?"

"Please go ahead."

After receiving Xu Xingyu's affirmation, Lieyan breathed a slight sigh of relief. She understood that what she had said before was just an excuse, and that her actions were actually preparations to gain the upper hand in the upcoming negotiations.

She had made deals with others before, such as when she was procuring various rare and precious materials for Ji Dong. She had made deals with Tengshe, Zhuque, and the Frost Dragon, but she was able to maintain control in those deals only because the difference in strength between the two sides was too great. Therefore, even if they didn't want to deal with her, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and go through with it.

However, Xu Xingyu is different. Judging from his performance on Holy Evil Island and now, this boy named Ji Dong definitely has a trump card that can rival his god-level self.

If I were to force the other party to make a deal with me by relying on my own strength, it would definitely cause a huge commotion and eventually make my existence known to the gods.

So she took this tactic of luring the enemy into a trap. On the one hand, it was to ensure that the divine realm would not discover her, since the divine realm mostly observes the surface and rarely cares about the development of the earth's core.

On the other hand, if the negotiations between the two break down, she could take advantage of the environment in the center of the earth to gain a battlefield advantage after the negotiations fail. However, it seems that even with these advantages, she may not be able to keep Xu Xingyu and the others.

Little did Xu Xingyu know that she was also somewhat relieved about the upcoming deal. After all, Lieyan believed that she couldn't keep Xu Xingyu, and even if Xu Xingyu could leave with Gu Qiuxi and Ya Lin'er, things wouldn't be much better for her.

There's nothing we can do; he doesn't belong to this plane of existence. This means that the only spatial coordinates belonging to this plane that Xu Xingyu possesses are those of Holy Evil Island.

Once he uses his spatial power to teleport himself and Gu Qiuxi and Ya Lin'er away from the Earth's core, they will be trapped on Holy Evil Island for the next five years.

Although there is no time limit for the third Dragon God Trial, he has no intention of staying on Holy Evil Island for a full five years! If he remembers correctly, the next Holy Evil War will be the one when the Dark Heavenly Secret triggers the Myriad Tribulations Thunder Prison. He has no intention of witnessing the Myriad Tribulations Thunder Prison in its full power. The damage he suffered from the core formation last time was enough to give him a headache!

The others listening nearby were somewhat frightened by the conversation between the two. Fortunately, Gu Qiuxi had seen a god-level expert before, so she realized that this was the work of a god-level expert the moment she entered this space. At most, she only became somewhat gloomy and disappointed after receiving a positive reply.

Originally, she chose to accompany Xu Xingyu to participate in this Dragon God assessment not only because of her special Golden Dragon assessment, but also because she wanted to help Xu Xingyu like the other girls.

Unlike the other girls who were with Xu Xingyu, Gu Qiuxi couldn't guide Xu Xingyu's cultivation like Gu Yuena could, protect him when he was in danger, or help him with matters of power like Xu Jiujiu and Jiang Nannan. She also couldn't help the Spirit Pagoda with her talent for learning soul tools like Xu Yanxue, nor could she dedicate her entire family's power like Wang Dong'er could, and even rank Xu Xingyu in forging.

So when she learned that her test was to accompany Xu Xingyu through the Nine Trials of the Dragon God, and to use the blank divine position he had given her to comprehend her own path and achieve her own divine position, she was actually quite happy, thinking that she could finally help Xu Xingyu.

Now, things have turned out badly; she's become a burden to Xingyu's brother. The power of a god-level expert is ultimately too great, and Gu Qiuxi's spirit, body, and energy haven't reached the god-level at all. She simply can't help Xu Xingyu when facing such a powerful expert.

This caused a seed of extreme resentment to well up in Gu Qiuxi's heart. Little did she know that this resentment resonated with the Golden Dragon King Divine Core within her body. Sooner or later, this seed would sprout, and whether Gu Qiuxi would experience transformation or destruction at that moment would depend entirely on her own actions.

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As for Ya Lin'er and Ji Dong, they were both so surprised that they couldn't speak.

Yalin'er was surprised that Xu Xingyu could contend with a god-level expert, and why her bloodline became more subservient to Xu Xingyu the moment Lieyan revealed that Xu Xingyu was the inheritor of some dragon god.

Ji Dong's feelings were more complicated. Simply put, he had always regarded Lie Yan as his goddess and harbored feelings of admiration for her. Therefore, his main purpose in cultivating had always been to grow strong enough to protect her and eventually become Lie Yan's lover.

Now you're telling him that Lieyan is a true goddess, and the strongest person in the entire Five Elements Continent. The enemy she fears is a force that doesn't belong to the Five Elements Continent, called the God Realm, and that it contains more than one god!

Fortunately, this news did not discourage Ji Dong. Instead, it made him understand why Lie Yan had been so devoted to him all along. This strengthened his resolve to become a god and protect the Lie Yan he loved!

Returning to the present, at the moment Xu Xingyu said "please go ahead," Lieyan also proposed the terms of the deal.

"I want to exchange five Earth Core Lotus Seeds for specific information on how the Dragon God became a god and how to create a divine position."

"Oh?" Xu Xingyu frowned. He hadn't expected Lieyan to be after this, knowing that this information was of no use to Lieyan, a creature from the abyss.

After all, while the laws of the universe allow the existence of abyssal creatures for the sake of cosmic balance, they absolutely forbid any abyssal creature from becoming a god-king. If any abyssal creature were to become a god-king, it would become an enemy of the entire universe.

In the original work, Lieyan was able to become a God-King (although the weakest kind) due to a variety of factors. First, Lieyan was not a pure abyssal creature. She did not have the instinct of ordinary abyssal creatures to devour all life or to disregard any life. Second, her divine position was inherited from the previous generation of the God of Goodness. Third, her divine position was only a proxy divine position, which could be taken away by the God of Goodness who inherited it from her at any time.

As is widely known, the Dragon God's path to godhood was through force. The Dragon God created his own divine position and became a God-King, even the highest-level Supreme God-King, based on his own analysis of the laws of the universe.

Even when the Abyss Demon King advanced to God King, he took a different path. This is a path that abyssal creatures, even those that are not pure abyssal creatures, absolutely cannot take. Once they take this path, they will be destroyed due to the hostility of the laws of the universe.

However, at this moment, Xu Xingyu saw Ji Dong beside Lie Yan, and her doubts were immediately resolved. She smiled slightly and said, "I didn't expect Her Majesty the Empress to be so fond of little brother Ji Dong. Is she hoping that little Ji Dong will follow the path of the Dragon God in the future?"

"This has nothing to do with you!" Flame replied with a cold and aloof expression.

Xu Xingyu simply said nonchalantly, "Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. I'll just say what I think."

"I disagree with this deal; it's simply not worth it."

This made Lieyan tense up immediately. She knew that Xu Xingyu's words were not a refusal, but rather a request for more money.

Don't let Lieyan's status as a god-level powerhouse fool you; she doesn't possess many treasures that could truly impress Xu Xingyu. The most precious item she has is the nine Earth Core Lotus Seeds, which she originally intended to use to forge her own divine artifact. Now, exchanging five for one that might not even be useful is quite painful for her. And now you want more money?!

However, just as Lieyan was about to express her dissatisfaction, Xu Xingyu continued, "Besides, to be honest, although your Earth Core Lotus Seed is precious, it's not very valuable to me right now. If possible, I want something else."

These words reminded Lieyan that Xu Xingyu had previously said that he also wanted to make a deal with him. Did this mean that he already had a target in mind?

With this question in mind, Lieyan immediately asked, "Since you don't like my lotus seeds, what do you want?"

Xu Xingyu replied calmly, "I want a Pure Flame Red Lotus."

Upon hearing this, Lie Yan's face instantly darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "Xu Xingyu, do you know what you're saying?"

As the embodiment of the Earth Core Red Lotus, Lieyan naturally knew about the Pure Flame Red Lotus, a variant of the Earth Core Red Lotus, which is precisely why she resisted it so much.

Even if Xu Xingyu said he wanted all the Earth Core Lotus Seeds in her possession, Lie Yan wouldn't have shown such an attitude. However, Xu Xingyu's current behavior is, in a sense, no different from selling her own people.

Such behavior would never be allowed by Blazing Flame. As the first Earth Core Red Lotus to develop sentience, she had always taken good care of her people.

Seeing that her other clansmen were unable to develop intelligence like her due to the harsh environment of the eighteenth level, she took them away from the eighteenth level and allowed them to grow on the fifteenth level. There, her clansmen quickly developed their own intelligence, and when their cultivation reached a certain level, they transformed into human form and established the Fire Lotus Clan, with Blazing Flame as their clan leader.

Therefore, Blazing Flame will absolutely not agree to such a transaction that involves selling its own people!!! Even if they are mutated, it's unacceptable!!!

Xu Xingyu knew that this deal would inevitably make Lieyan resent him, but he had no choice. In order to resolve the anomaly on Wang Dong'er, he was determined to obtain the Pure Flame Red Lotus!

Xu Xingyu said solemnly, "Of course I know what this deal means to you, but I have no choice but to obtain the Pure Flame Red Lotus. It's like you need to get some information about becoming a god from me for Ji Dong's future, while I need to obtain the Pure Flame Red Lotus for someone important to me."

As Lieyan listened to Xu Xingyu's words, she also sensed something at that moment. She had seen it in Ji Dong before, which was the awareness of one person to save another.

After a moment's thought, Blazing Flame spoke in a low voice, "I can agree to your deal, but you must promise me that you will never mistreat this member of my tribe!"

"Okay," Xu Xingyu nodded slightly.

Blazing Flame then added, "Besides that, the information about how the Dragon God became a god isn't enough to exchange for my people. So you must add something else."

"Something else?" Xu Xingyu thought for a moment and then said, "How about giving Ji Dong three chances to save his life? As long as it's not a god-level expert, I can immediately use spatial power to teleport to his side and help him."

After some internal struggle, Lieyan finally agreed, "This... is fine too."

To be honest, she actually wanted other things, but there was nothing she could do because Xu Xingyu had immediately found her Achilles' heel, Ji Dong.

As mentioned before, Lieyan cannot act in the mortal realm due to the reasons of the divine realm. Therefore, if Ji Dong encounters problems in the mortal realm, she will be unable to save him, otherwise her only fate will be death.

"Was the transaction satisfactory?"

"Yes, happy transaction."