Chapter 195: The Deal 8

Empress Flora shook her head and spoke in a firm tone, looking sharply at Vaelor, "I refuse to let anyone control my life simply for giving me a mutated Heaven lineage. You are not the only opportunity before me, nor will you ever be!"

Empress Flora remembered a grand event that the universe would soon witness, where there was a slim chance she might be able to change her lineage there. However, she had been relying on Rios as a safe alternative if she failed. But now, after Vaelor demanded access to all information about her empire—literally controlling her life and the existence of her empire if he so wished—she refused immediately without second thought!

Yet Vaelor’s response was even more shocking to her!

"Controlling your life in exchange for a mutated Heaven rank lineage potion?" Vaelor raised his eyebrow and said sarcastically, "Who said in the first place that I intended to trade you a mutated Heaven rank lineage potion?"

"W... What do you mean by this?" Empress Flora stammered from shock for the first time, her eyes narrowing instantly.

"I mean literally what I said!" Vaelor emphasized his words. "Forgive me, Your Majesty, and I mean no offense! But does your humble life, along with your humble empire, truly deserve a Heaven rank lineage potion?"

Then he leaned back again. "Come down to reality with me for a moment, Empress! If I were to offer a mutated Heaven rank lineage potion on the market tomorrow, I would find a thousand buyers in moments! And if I requested it, there would be a thousand empires ready and happy to give me their private information just for the hope of obtaining the lineage!"

"If you aren’t going to give me a mutated Heaven rank lineage, then what will you even bargain with me for?" Empress Flora smiled harshly and spoke in disapproval. "Not to mention, you don’t even possess such a lineage!"

Vaelor smiled in the face of this question and disapproval, looking at the Empress with mockery and amusement.

"Your lineage belongs to the major law of wood, and it has a slight affinity with the cosmic law of life, doesn’t it?"

"Yes, and what about it?" Empress Flora marveled at Vaelor’s question and asked in confusion.

"First, I will give you this so that your humble empire becomes stronger!" Vaelor waved his hand over the table, and two potions of the Essence of Life appeared, one being a Basic rank potion and the other a Legendary rank potion.

The Empress’s eyes sparkled instantly upon seeing the two potions, and she looked at Vaelor in astonishment. "Is this the Essence of Life?!"

As someone belonging merely to a stellar empire, she did not possess the capability to purchase the Essence of Life, because the moment it was introduced to the market, cosmic and celestial empires would rush for it, leaving no place for the likes of her among them!

However, at the beginning of her journey in an inheritance land, Empress Flora had found a quantity of Legendary quality Essence of Life, enough to fill a cooking pot, which was the reason for her rapid advancement!

Unluckily, that supply had already run out. But if she could obtain more of it and nurture the talents of her empire?!

The fish took the bait, hehehehehe. Vaelor smiled when he saw that look on Empress Flora’s face, speaking before she could...

"I can give you a thousand Legendary quality potions every year, and ten thousand Basic quality potions every year as well," Vaelor said with confidence, smiling. "That is, if you can afford their cost, of course!"

Empress Flora opened her eyes wide upon hearing this, looking at Vaelor in utter shock, and soon heard him speak again...

"Of course, my prices are unlike anyone else’s. I will always sell to you at the cheapest price, no matter the quantity you request from me," Vaelor waved his hand and continued, crossing one leg over the other...

"Secondly, I will allow you to purchase epic weapons of Basic and Legendary quality," Vaelor said while looking at Empress Flora, continuing, "Of course, my prices will also be reasonable, just like the prices of the potions, and in large quantities as well!"

Vaelor’s final sentence landed as a heavy blow on Empress Flora’s mind!

If she had been looking at him in astonishment before, she was now looking at him in total daze and near disbelief!

Epic gear!This term was the signature of power for any respectable cosmic empire or higher!

The Stellar Green Branch Empire also possessed epic gear, but it was of the lowest level, Basic rank, and their numbers were barely countable.

As for Legendary quality epic gear, Flora possessed only a single piece, which was the heirloom of her ruling family.

Yet Vaelor was now telling her that access to Legendary quality epic gear in large quantities was available to her! If the strength of her kingdom were to increase by using the Essence of Life, then epic gear would bring them dominance over the battlefield!

However, Vaelor’s finishing blows were not over yet!

"You say that I do not possess a mutated Heaven lineage, don’t you?!" Vaelor said mockingly, pulling out a small vial from his storage space. "Not to mention a mere mutated Heaven lineage, and not to mention that I already possess more than one potion of it, I don’t even need it in the first place when I possess something better!"

"This..." Dalia, sitting beside Vaelor, looked at the potion, her eyes shaking violently as she felt the powerful aura of this lineage!

Dalia did not speak, as that was beyond her scope of work, contenting herself with observing and staring at the potion in awe!

Vaelor toyed with the vial in his hand, and Empress Flora sent her spiritual sense to inspect the vial, feeling its oppressive and overwhelming aura, and she quickly retracted her spiritual sense in terror!

"Is th... Is this...!" Empress Flora muttered in terror while pointing at the vial in Vaelor’s hand!

There, where the vial rested, she felt nothing but the aura of a lineage she had only imagined in her wildest dreams, never daring to imagine seeing it one day!

This was Vaelor’s lineage after he had taken a sample of it... a mutated Immortal lineage!

"As for the lineage, if our cooperative relationship reaches a good level, I might give you a mutated Heaven lineage. And who knows, perhaps you will obtain this mutated Immortal lineage!" Vaelor said, contemplating the looks of confusion and disbelief on Empress Flora’s face.

"But... but... but the empire and what I have built!" Empress Flora muttered to herself in a quiet, dazed, and low voice, but Vaelor could hear her nonetheless.

"Alright then, since you have not yet decided what is best for you, I will leave you to think alone for a while, and the deadline I leave between us will be right after the auction!"