In the northern city inn.
Ye Cangtian entered a standard room and met Fei Chen.
"Why are you back again? And in such a hurry to find me, what happened to the Anti-Black Alliance?" Ye Cangtian asked.
As Ye Cangtian inquired, Fei Chen slowly shook his head and said, "The team exploring the tomb failed, so..."
Fei Chen did not hide anything, but he hesitated to speak further.
The teams exploring the tomb were annihilated by powerful entities within it, resulting in the failure of their mission.
His coming to find Ye Cangtian was a last resort. The leader of the Anti-Black Alliance was extremely busy and had no time to deal with the tomb.
Since they did not want to abandon the tomb, Xuan Bing had to decide to have Fei Chen find a powerful individual for assistance.
However, finding a powerful person here was not easy. The only one Fei Chen could think of was Ye Cangtian.
But the problem was that Ye Cangtian was a member of the Hidden Organization. If he were to help them clear the tomb, how would the spoils be distributed?
Meanwhile, seeing Fei Chen's hesitation, Ye Cangtian understood.
"Tell me in detail, what is inside the tomb, and what is the general strength of the beings there?" Ye Cangtian asked.
"Inside are ghost soldiers, specters, and other malevolent entities, condensed from ancient deceased people. They have no souls or memories, only acting as pure killing machines!"
"As for their strength, it's at least at the Profound level and above."
Fei Chen pondered for a moment before replying.
"Profound level and above? Not entirely, there should be Earth level beings, right?"
Ye Cangtian looked at Fei Chen playfully.
If it were only Profound level beings, the Anti-Black Alliance would not have sought him out.
They could have organized another team to go in.
"Uh, there should be."
Fei Chen blushed.
He naturally knew that Ye Cangtian's questions were aimed at determining the reward and how the spoils would be distributed.
The reason he only mentioned Profound level and above was for this very purpose.
Ye Cangtian directly extended his hand and said, "All gains will be split fifty-fifty, and I will have the priority right to choose what I need."
"This..."
Fei Chen frowned. Fifty-fifty was already a high proportion, considering that the Anti-Black Alliance had already explored most of the tomb and paid a bloody price.
Yet Ye Cangtian was not satisfied and even demanded priority selection rights.
This was truly too greedy.
For some factions, crystals, ordinary weapons, and armor were not rare commodities.
It could be said that having these was good, but not having them was acceptable.
What they truly valued were the treasures within the tomb, the ancient inheritances, powerful spiritual artifacts, and divine-grade medicinal pills.
But if Ye Cangtian had the priority to choose, then if such items appeared, wouldn't they all be claimed by Ye Cangtian?
With such a high price, the Anti-Black Alliance would not be willing to receive only ordinary goods!
Thinking this, Fei Chen spoke, "Mr. Ye, other things can be discussed, but I will absolutely not give you the priority selection right!"
"Then there's nothing to discuss."
"Good luck to you!"
Ye Cangtian glanced at him, not angered, and said calmly before getting up to leave.
Needless to say, the Anti-Black Alliance's tomb exploration was nearing its end, and the remaining entities were definitely extremely powerful, while the Anti-Black Alliance lacked any top experts.
Now that they were asking for his help, it must be to deal with those extremely powerful entities. The risks he would bear were definitely greater than those of the others in the Anti-Black Alliance.
In that case, if he couldn't secure the priority selection right, he might as well not go. Why should he give the benefits to the Anti-Black Alliance?
"Mr. Ye, how about this."
"Split the treasures fifty-fifty, or the priority selection right, you choose one!"
"Of course, if you choose priority selection, you can only pick one treasure."
Seeing Ye Cangtian about to leave, Fei Chen's expression changed rapidly, and he finally spoke.
The beings currently in the tomb were too powerful, and if Ye Cangtian did not act, they would definitely be unable to clear them all.
Therefore, he had to compromise.
"And add this, if there are no treasures I fancy in the tomb, I can choose the fifty-fifty split of treasures instead!"
Ye Cangtian pondered for a moment and added.
It wasn't his first time participating in such an exploration; it was common to find only some crystals and garbage equipment throughout the entire process, so he specifically added this clause.
In any case, he couldn't work for nothing.
"Deal!"
Fei Chen considered it briefly and finally agreed.
Both sides reached an agreement, and then they discussed the time for the operation.
Fei Chen hoped to act as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications.
However, Ye Cangtian did not agree. It was simple; he still had many things to do, such as exchanging hostages with the Heavenly Remnant Tower, and even engaging in battle with them.
If he were to go to the tomb, and the Heavenly Remnant Tower were to attack his branch, the branch would suffer heavy losses, and it would be difficult for him to explain to headquarters.
The two of them discussed for a long time, and finally, Fei Chen compromised and would await Ye Cangtian's specific action plan.
...
The next evening, in the western square of Youming City.
Mandala pulled the prisoner cart and walked step by step behind Ye Cangtian.
On the other side of the square, people from the Heavenly Remnant Tower were already gathered, with Heavenly Remnant standing in the center at the very front.
When he saw that the Dark Association only had two people, Dawn and Mandala, he was stunned, and then his eyes filled with fury.
This was a complete disregard for the Heavenly Remnant Tower.
Heavenly Remnant gnashed his teeth, calculating in his mind.
Since the opposing side had so few people, after the hostage exchange, could they not directly eliminate Dawn and the others on the spot?
Without Dawn, the Dark Association branch was destined to be no match for the Heavenly Remnant Tower...
"Heavenly Remnant, Broken Blade is here, where is Flying Swallow?"
Just as Heavenly Remnant was plotting, Dawn's voice reached him.
Heavenly Remnant temporarily put aside his chaotic thoughts and glanced at the other party.
"She's here."
As he spoke, Heavenly Remnant waved his hand, and the guards beside him parted. Flying Swallow, dragging a heavy chain, was escorted forward by two guards.
Looking from afar, Flying Swallow had no external injuries, which made Ye Cangtian breathe a sigh of relief.
He pondered for a moment and asked, "Flying Swallow, did they use poison on you?"
"No, Heavenly Remnant only sealed all my spiritual energy," Flying Swallow replied.
On the other side.
Upon seeing Broken Blade, Heavenly Remnant, like Ye Cangtian, began to inquire.
When he heard that Broken Blade was only injured and not crippled, Heavenly Remnant also felt relieved.
If his cultivation had been crippled, it would have been a troublesome matter, and perhaps only the legendary Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir could restore it.
But now, he didn't need to think about those things; he only needed to tend to Broken Blade's injuries.
Thinking this, Heavenly Remnant glanced at Ye Cangtian and said, "Dawn, since neither side has any issues, let's proceed now!"
Ye Cangtian nodded slowly upon hearing this.
The next moment, Mandala opened the prisoner cart, and Broken Blade crawled out, slowly walking towards the Heavenly Remnant Tower.
At the same time, Flying Swallow also began to walk.
Their steps were very slow, and they soon passed each other in the area between both sides.
Whoosh!
At this moment, a whistling sound cut through the air, and an arrow, like lightning, shot from the direction of the Heavenly Remnant Tower, directly at Flying Swallow's back.