# Chapter 71: The Invisible Blade is the Deadliest
Under Su Xiao's almost murderous gaze, Kaiser finally put socks on his feet and wore his shoes.
Su Xiao clearly saw that when Kaiser's socks moved, they left a trail of light yellow smoke in the air. The smoke was turbid and thick, making one's scalp tingle.
Fortunately, the ventilation in the room was good. This place was converted from a cave. Su Xiao was not clear about the exact location here.
Beside the stone round table about 2 meters in diameter, after the air became fresh, Su Xiao lit a cigarette and said:
"Blazing Sun Lord, this time between us is both cooperation and a transaction."
"A transaction?"
Blazing Sun Lord looked suspicious. In his plan, this was neither cooperation nor a transaction, but rather recruitment—to recruit Su Xiao under his command, to obey him.
Blazing Sun Lord having this plan was actually very normal, after all, the status and identity of both sides were unequal. Blazing Sun Lord was the supreme ruler of the New Kingdom, while Su Xiao was just an alchemist of the Sun Church.
The New Kingdom and the Sun Church were forces of equal scale, but in the New Kingdom, Blazing Sun Lord was the absolute leader, with no one able to defy him.
Precisely because of the unequal status between the two sides, what Blazing Sun Lord thought of was not cooperation, but recruitment. If that didn't work, then he would consider cooperation.
Hearing Su Xiao mention a transaction, Blazing Sun Lord wasn't too concerned. He wasn't even prepared for cooperation, let alone a transaction that required more equal status between the two sides.
"The content of the transaction is?"
Blazing Sun Lord asked casually. His attitude implicitly indicated that he didn't care about this transaction.
"For example, escaping this world."
Su Xiao exhaled smoke. Blazing Sun Lord's attitude was something he had already anticipated. In fact, the fact that the other party hadn't sent people to ambush him had already allowed him to estimate Blazing Sun Lord's level of difficulty.
This seemed to be an arrogant ruler like a tyrant, but in reality, he was meticulous in his thinking and extremely accurate in judging situations. Arrogance was his mask, and he had used this mask to trick countless powerful enemies to their deaths.
"Escape... this world?"
Blazing Sun Lord squinted his crimson eyes. His golden hair, which fell back like a lion's mane, combined with his crimson eyes, gave him a noble handsomeness.
"You just said escape this world, didn't you, Kukulin Bai Ye."
Blazing Sun Lord scratched his brow with his middle finger, then picked up two metal cups from the table and a bottle of wine that had been stored for many years.
"I, this king, heh... calling myself this king now is still somewhat presumptuous. In the World of Paintings, even the strong dare not call themselves monarchs, yet I dare to do so. This has nothing to do with whether I am powerful. I am the surviving royal descendant of the 'Dynasty,' the royal descendant of the Valentine clan. That's why I dare to call myself a monarch. Otherwise, those sun-worshipping madmen would immediately come after me. The 'shield' of the Dynasty is broken, the 'sword' is shattered, leaving only those sun-worshipping madmen. Without them, the Sand World would have long been filled with beasts.
Whether for the Sand World or the outer World of Paintings, the sun-worshipping madmen, the Trace Kings, and the Painters are all indispensable. Unfortunately, we only have the sun madmen here, no Trace Kings or Painters."
Blazing Sun Lord pulled out the cork and poured two glasses of wine.
"It seems you came from another world. The chips you offered, I temporarily do not accept. If I wanted to leave, I would have left long ago with a waste who called himself the Nightmare King. Don't laugh at me, I... want to restore this world to its original state, then become the king here. Everything will be repaired by me, then controlled by me. That's very reasonable."
Having said this, Blazing Sun Lord picked up a glass of wine, drank it all in one gulp, then moved the other glass to the table in front of himself. Clearly, this glass was not poured for Su Xiao.
"Kukulin Bai Ye, don't you have any anger? From just now until now, I've been despising you. The strong all have pride. You should at least feel a little angry. If you started getting angry, how wonderful that would be."
Blazing Sun Lord sighed softly, picked up a new metal cup from under the table, poured half a glass of wine, then slid the cup across the table toward Su Xiao.
From the very beginning, Blazing Sun Lord had been trying to provoke Su Xiao. As long as Su Xiao showed even a hint of anger, he could seize the opportunity and use his methods to manipulate that anger.
"With a spy like Kaiser, you must also know that my recent situation hasn't been good. A few 'wild dogs' often cause me trouble. But this is also a rare opportunity. Two of those 'wild dogs' happen to have something I want."
"Scroll Fragment?"
"Hm?"
Blazing Sun Lord's gaze became alert, murderous intent hidden. He said, "It seems you come from the same place as those 'wild dogs.' Does that mean you also have Scroll Fragments?"
"Of course."
Su Xiao took out 9 [Scroll Fragments] from his storage space. Seeing these [Scroll Fragments], Blazing Sun Lord's gaze became much more 'friendly.'
"Since you have no interest in leaving this world, I'll pay you with Scroll Fragments."
Su Xiao placed all 9 [Scroll Fragments] on the table. Even fishing requires letting the fish take a bite of the bait, let alone that Blazing Sun Lord's intelligence was not comparable to a fish's. After all, this was a mid-level old yinbi.
Blazing Sun Lord's strategic intelligence was not as high as Su Xiao had imagined, but sometimes his actions were just right, making Su Xiao look at him with new eyes.
This indicated one thing: Blazing Sun Lord himself was powerful in combat and had a certain level of intelligence, and under his command, there was a super old yinbi loyal to him.
In most cases, old yinbis either become the boss themselves or are in a family. They rarely submit to others. Reasoning this way, the super old yinbi beside Blazing Sun Lord was likely a senior relative of Blazing Sun Lord, assisting him in achieving his goals.
Blazing Sun Lord's previous performance was just the first three moves. After those three moves, he gradually revealed his true level.
Su Xiao formed a strategy in his mind. Blazing Sun Lord could be used, but he must kill the old yinbi beside him within a short time. With that old fellow around, it would be difficult to complete the plan.
"If you're willing to pay with Scroll Fragments, there's no harm in trading with you. Tell me, as compensation, what do you want? It wouldn't be the Sun Church's Beast Heart, would it?"
Blazing Sun Lord spoke with a half-smile, feeling a sense of certain victory. All of this had been predicted by his 'Aze'u.'
In the ancient language of the Dynasty, Aze'u represented elders and respected people, mostly used to address elders loyal to oneself, so as not to alienate the two sides due to superior-subordinate relationships.
What outsiders didn't know was that Blazing Sun Lord, who didn't have a very good reputation, had strong personal charisma in the New Kingdom. Many powerful people were willing to be loyal to him. Those powerhouses knew that following Blazing Sun Lord would not only bring prosperity in the present but also, after achieving great things, they wouldn't have to worry about Blazing Sun Lord eliminating them out of fear of their achievements and fame.
Blazing Sun Lord not only had ambition, but he also had ideals. His ideal was to obtain more Scroll Fragments, use these Scroll Fragments to fill the Sand World to completion, make it exist independently, suppress the madness and beast transformation here, and stop the blood rain from falling. If he achieved these, this world could enjoy at least a thousand years, or even longer, of peace.
Few people were willing to follow a super old yinbi, except for someone like Kingsley. But Blazing Sun Lord satisfied many characteristics of a leader. If it were someone else, in this dying world, they really couldn't gather so many devoted powerhouses around them.
"Could it be that I really guessed right? Even if you give me Scroll Fragments to help you seize the Beast Heart from the Sun Church, I won't agree..."
"I have 9 Scroll Fragments here. The Sun Church has 21. After the matter is accomplished, all of these will be yours."
Hearing Su Xiao's words, Blazing Sun Lord began to ponder. Su Xiao didn't urge him either. He actually had no interest in the Beast Heart. What he wanted was the [Scroll Fragments] and to deal with Blazing Sun Lord.
Su Xiao extinguished the cigarette in his hand, thinking about how to kill the old yinbi under Blazing Sun Lord's command. First, he needed to cause a rift between the two.
Blazing Sun Lord had grand ambitions. Judging from his current situation, his ambitions had been suppressed for a long time. The reason was most likely the insufficient number of [Scroll Fragments].
Blazing Sun Lord had just mentioned that he wanted to restore this world to its original state, or rather, Blazing Sun Lord wanted to repair this world.
It was precisely because of such a promising ideal that people were willing to follow Blazing Sun Lord. In this fading and collapsing world, someone who still maintained such an ideal, whether friend or foe, was respectable. But respect was respect, and scheming was still scheming.
The old yinbi behind Blazing Sun Lord was responsible for advising him. At the beginning of their contact, Blazing Sun Lord, following the old yinbi's instructions, actually managed to bluff Su Xiao for a while.
It could be imagined that the old yinbi was sincerely treating Blazing Sun Lord. The current problem was that Blazing Sun Lord's ambitions in his heart had never been able to move forward.
The old yinbi sought stability, while Blazing Sun Lord was anxious to show his subordinates a bright future. This was the biggest point of contradiction between the two. Neither side's philosophy was wrong, and neither side's thoughts were wrong, but their opinions would therefore be at odds.
Thinking of this, Su Xiao seemed to see a crack. This was the crack between Blazing Sun Lord and that old yinbi. What could widen this crack? There was no need to ask—of course, a large number of [Scroll Fragments].
As long as this crack grew larger and larger, when it finally exploded with a bang, Blazing Sun Lord's blade would definitely swing toward that old yinbi, because he knew that after the relationship broke down, how reliable that old yinbi had once been was how terrifying he would be now. He must be killed.
"Blazing Sun Lord, I'll give you a piece of information for free. The two wild dogs you mentioned earlier are called Wude and Zuiyasi. I have 9 Scroll Fragments here, the Sun Church has 21, Zuiyasi has about 5, and Wude has about 6. Don't look at me like that. The three of us joined hands to kill the Nightmare King. Their goal was the Scroll Fragments, and my goal was the Beast Heart. That's why we parted ways."
Su Xiao didn't continue. Adding these up, there were 41 Scroll Fragments in total! Su Xiao really wasn't worried that Blazing Sun Lord wouldn't be tempted. Even when he mentioned these himself, he was tempted.
"I can help you seize these Scroll Fragments, but after you accept my 9 Scroll Fragments, let's first seize the Beast Heart, then consider the other Scroll Fragments."
Su Xiao proposed a suggestion that Blazing Sun Lord wouldn't agree to and that he himself wouldn't implement. According to his plan, Blazing Sun Lord should first deal with Wude, Zuiyasi, Water Brother, and others. That was what he wanted to see.
"No, the three wild dogs here are very troublesome. You proposed cooperation, you proposed the transaction. Kukulin Bai Ye, I don't see any sincerity from you..."
"Was the Sun Holy Medicine drunk by a dog?"
"You, cough, that was a meeting gift."
After saying this, Blazing Sun Lord was very satisfied in his heart. He had been a bit choked just now and couldn't speak.
"We must first go to the Sun Church to seize the Beast Heart, otherwise there's nothing to discuss."
Su Xiao's attitude was firm. Bubu Wang and Baha beside him both looked ready to make a move at any moment. No, make a claw move.
"We must first help me get rid of those three wild dogs."
Blazing Sun Lord leisurely savored his wine. Seeing this, Su Xiao's expression began to 'turn ugly.'
"Then there's nothing to discuss."
Su Xiao got up and left. One step, two steps, three steps. He blindly guessed that Blazing Sun Lord's next words would be: 'Thank you for the Sun Holy Medicine you gave me.'
"Thank you for the Sun Holy Medicine you gave me. If there's this kind of good thing in the future, remember to come to me first, Alchemist Bai Ye."
Blazing Sun Lord's words made Su Xiao stop. He turned his head to look at Blazing Sun Lord.
"You win, Blazing Sun Lord. Let your master come see me. I have no interest in continuing to talk with you, a puppet. This is meaningless."
When Su Xiao said this, Blazing Sun Lord didn't have much reaction at first, but Kaiser's heart skipped a beat. He had been watching the show the whole time, and he was as clear as a mirror about the development of the situation. This series of statements from Su Xiao was simply too ruthless.
There must be someone behind Blazing Sun Lord, an old yinbi assisting him. When one day, Blazing Sun Lord negotiated with a dangerous person, and that dangerous person actually said that Blazing Sun Lord was a puppet and that there was a master behind him.
As the supreme commander of the New Kingdom, what would Blazing Sun Lord think in his heart? Could he not develop suspicion? He would definitely carefully consider whether he had really become the puppet of 'Aze'u.'
Suspicion was also a crack, a bigger crack than disagreement.
"Puppet? Are you talking about me?"
Blazing Sun Lord found it somewhat ridiculous, but from the slight stiffness at the corner of his mouth, he didn't seem as calm as he appeared.
"Oh? Aren't you a puppet?"
"Of course not."
"..."
Su Xiao squinted his eyes, as if in deep thought. After a moment, he said, "If I cooperate with you, I can first help you deal with those three 'wild dogs.' If it's with the person behind you, then there's no need to continue talking. Someone who hides their head and tail is not trustworthy."
Su Xiao said this to make Blazing Sun Lord feel that Blazing Sun Lord was more capable than that old yinbi. This strategy was about the sense of achievement and transcendence, making Blazing Sun Lord feel that he had unknowingly surpassed that old yinbi.
Human beings are very strange. When Blazing Sun Lord was inferior to someone, he would take that person's words more to heart, feeling that what that person said made more sense.
But when Blazing Sun Lord felt that he had surpassed that person, that person's words were no longer golden sayings. Blazing Sun Lord would think, you're not even as good as me, why should I listen to you? Who do you think you are? This was... complacency.
Complacency, suspicion, disagreement, eagerness for quick success—four layers of estrangement now all appeared in Blazing Sun Lord's heart. In fact, these had existed long ago, but now they were drawn out by Su Xiao.
This was attacking the heart, an invisible blade that cuts the soul.
"Time's up. I can't leave the apartment for too long. We'll continue talking tomorrow night. Oh, one more thing. I think highly of your ideal."
Su Xiao said something that puzzled Blazing Sun Lord.
"So?"
Blazing Sun Lord's heart was somewhat disturbed, but his tone didn't show any impatience.
"So I'm prepared to invest. If you can fill this world to independent existence, I will also live here long-term. Consider it an investment. I'll prepay one piece first."
Su Xiao placed a [Scroll Fragment] on the table. Still, fishing requires letting the fish eat the bait, let alone that Blazing Sun Lord's intelligence far exceeded that of fish.
Blazing Sun Lord looked at the [Scroll Fragment] on the table, nodded, and said, "If I succeed, this world will forever have a place for you to settle."
"That's good then."
Su Xiao turned and walked into the corridor. The already dim yellow light on the ceiling suddenly dimmed for a moment. The scene seemed to freeze for an instant. Su Xiao, with his back to Blazing Sun Lord, had a faint red gleam faintly visible in his eyes, while a few meters behind, Blazing Sun Lord sat on the stone chair with his legs crossed, his elbow resting on the armrest, holding a wine glass in his hand, a slight smile on his face.
The light returned to normal. Su Xiao walked into the corridor, turned a corner, and stood on a teleportation array. The plan was going smoothly. Just let it ferment. Soon, he would be able to stab Blazing Sun Lord to death and get the treasure chest.
But directly killing Blazing Sun Lord was not the best choice. If Blazing Sun Lord had drunk that bottle of [Sun Holy Medicine], it meant that the 'Qie Ge Cells' were already hidden in his body.
Then, through 'Nie Yang' to activate the 'Qie Ge Cells,' plus letting the First Generation Devourer invade Blazing Sun Lord's body, after this set of procedures, more things could be done, such as making Blazing Sun Lord desperately go beat up Zuiyasi, Wude, and Water Brother.
PS: (Two chapters today. I'm a bit stuck. I only managed to write two chapters until now. Let's consider two chapters as a rest for today.)