Extra's Strategy: Cultivate Protagonists, Become Invincible-Chapter 139: Catching A Big Fish With Words Alone

Han Xuhan’s explanation left Mu Ran speechless. Because, it was Mu Ran who had insisted on entering the Holy Land of Laws despite Han Xuhan’s firm refusal. He had even asked Xuhan to keep that part of their deal a secret from the sect’s authorities.

"Sigh... I’ve made a loss of at least five hundred spirit stones this time. What a disaster! I got the shortest end of the stick. I could’ve brought a whole volume of a new, proper cultivation technique and still have some left with that amount of money..." Han Xuhan groaned.

Xuanyuan Zhou, who seemed to have caught onto what he was trying to do, hid a sneer and tried to mess up his scheme.

"But Attendant Xuhan, is your life not worth much more to you? Five hundred spirit stones were enough to ensure your safety inside such a perilous place where we were pitted against a soul reformation realm cultivator at the very least.

"You should be grateful that you got such a good deal. That amount of money is nothing when compared to the value of our lives!"

But after she refuted him, she realized that she had acknowledged the fact that he had actually lost materials worth five hundred spirit stones, an outright lie to begin with. She had even acknowledged that his losses had saved their lives.

She was trying to poke holes in his logic, but she ended up highlighting a part that she should have glossed over. Her greedy attendant wasn’t going to let go of the opportunity.

True to her suspicions, Han Xuhan’s eyes lit up with ’innocent glee’ the moment her words sank in. He looked so serious about his ’scheme’ that Xuanyuan Zhou could only give up all hopes of thwarting it.

It wasn’t as if she was against what he was trying to do. Personally, she knew it would have been difficult even for her to get out of the land of laws alive alone. She had been caught unprepared, since the spiritual backlash of losing a huge portion of her undead army had affected her pretty seriously.

So she stayed silent as Han Xuhan took the chance to dish out his ’finisher’ move.

"Exactly, my lady! Those five hundred spirit stones saved our lives! I guess they did contribute a lot to the mission, right, boss?"

Mu Ran, indirectly reminded by Han Xuhan’s logic that his own stubbornness was the reason behind Xuhan’s "massive loss", was busy feeling sympathy for his poor underling. Hearing the sudden question, he nodded emphatically.

"Of course, Xuhan! I have to agree that you did quite a marvelous job of using your resources in a timely manner. If I had any ways to compensate you myself, I would!"

As the role model of all good bosses, Mu Ran instantly comforted his underling. He was a just, honest youth full of integrity and righteousness How could he refuse to acknowledge his underling’s contribution?

He clearly remembered making a deal with his underling to compare and weigh their contributions if they found any treasures inside the land of laws and needed to divide it between themselves. It was Han Xuhan who had selflessly proposed the terms of their fair deal, leaving an impactful impression on Mu Ran.

Han Xuhan’s eyes began to glow like lightbulbs. This was it! The moment he had been waiting for!

"Boss, actually you don’t need to pay me any spirit stones at all if you wanted to compensate my losses a little," he said hesitantly.

From the corner of his eyes, he noticed Xuanyuan Zhou shaking her head with an amused expression on her face, much like a mother watching her children squabble between themselves playfully. It suited her usual demeanor, but a girl his age looking at them with an expression like that sent chills down his spine.

Meanwhile, Mu Ran looked quite puzzled as he tried to figure out how else he could compensate his underling for a loss of five hundred spirit stones.

"Underling Xuhan, surely, you can’t be asking for my body as compensation, right? I would have agreed to it if you were a woman-"

".....You’re overthinking it, boss," Han Xuhan interrupted him, almost overtaken by the urge to throttle this perverted boss of his.

"You could compensate my losses easily with a small cultivation technique, boss!"

"Eh?!" Mu Ran looked shocked, as if such an idea had never occurred to him. Han Xuhan insistently explained the deal.

"Boss, let’s not beat around the bush. I know for a fact that you had actually learned the language of laws long before you entered the circle of laws. How else could you decipher and write down your own law fragment so fast in that stadium, and leave the normal people like us in the dust? We spent so many hours deciphering new letters and words before being able to write a law by ourselves!"

"...Well-"

"What’s more, I have already been severely affected by the Holy Land’s spiritual infiltration of my foundation tower. The entire tower has been filled to the brim with those animated letters. So one way or another, I’d have to learn the language of laws properly,

"For this, I’d need to look for a cultivation technique related to the language. The only place I know of right now where such techniques exist is the third stage of the land of laws. Seeing how you aced your test in the third stage and returned outside unscathed, you should have gotten the related cultivation manual, right, Boss?"

Mu Ran opened his mouth to refute Han Xuhan’s torrent of logic. But then he remembered that he couldn’t just give away his secret by telling him what he had done within the third test hall.

Honestly speaking, as the primordial dragon’s legatee, he actually had all five types of law cultivation arts. The dragon inside his spiritual world had provided them a long time ago to prepare him for the face-off against Zhao Weiqing, the holy child of the land of laws.

If giving one manual to Han Xuhan was enough to compensate for the action of saving his life, Mu Ran did not find it an unfair deal.

Moreover, his underling was still way too weak to help him in direct battles and risky adventures. The law cultivation techniques would suit him quite well in his current situation and bring out Han Xuhan’s potential...

"You’re right, underling! I actually should have thought of this before. In the third test, I did get the manual for the Elemental-type law cultivation."

"But didn’t you enter the platforms for Force-type laws?" Han Xuhan asked in puzzlement.

"Ah... My bad, I meant to say that one, yeah. I got the manual for Force type law cultivation!"

Smiling benevolently at a skeptic-faced Xuhan, Mu Ran patted him on the back again confidently.

"Then it is decided. As your boss, I will not let it be said that I have ever treated you unfairly. Since you were the one who made the biggest loss, I’ll compensate you with the technique you need so much, and we shall call it even."

Han Xuhan beamed at him gleefully.

This was the power of a golden thigh!

The dark mood that had fallen over them ever since their visit to Pine Town had been lifted at some point during their conversation. The spooky feeling was still there, bubbling beneath the surface. But Han Xuhan was much happier now, and he decided to focus on this new feeling.

Looking at Xuanyuan Zhou’s subtle smirk, he realized that she was doing the same. And Mu Ran looked so proud of himself that he doubted if that guy remembered their current predicament at all.

Life was good when one had golden thighs to hug.

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