The rarity of Red Flame Crystal is only one of the reasons.
In addition, what is more important is that the Red Flame Crystal has a huge appeal to the Earth Spirit Rat, and can also play a big role in its subsequent training.
Therefore, if it were any other treasure, the Earth Spirit Rat might not care so much, and giving Lin Tianming a certain percentage of the profits as a reward would not be something that could not be negotiated.
But now, the treasure they collected through cooperation was the Red Flame Crystal.
As far as treasures like this are concerned, the Earth Spirit Rat itself does not feel that it has enough. If Lin Tianming takes away 40% of it, it will further squeeze the space for the Earth Spirit Rat.
This is something that the Earth Spirit Rat absolutely does not want to see.
But in the heart of the Earth Spirit Rat, what it most hopes to see is to use other treasures as rewards for Lin Tianming and his wife.
Only in this way can it be guaranteed to get what it wants most and in the maximum quantity.
However, this idea only came into being when the Earth Spirit Rat fully considered its own interests.
I’m afraid Lin Tianming will not agree with the Earth Spirit Rat’s idea.
At the very least, if all the rewards for the attack are exchanged for other things, unless Lin Tianming is stupid, he will definitely not accept such a condition.
This point was actually obvious enough from Lin Tianming's previous tough attitude.
The more he thought about this, the more troubled the Earth Spirit Rat became.
However, in order to expand its own interests, the Earth Spirit Rat had no choice but to test it out even though he knew that Lin Tianming would not agree with his idea.
If the other party really agrees, then the Earth Spirit Rat will make a lot of money.
At worst, giving Lin Tianming as little Red Flame Crystal as possible in the reward would be a pretty good result, and it is also the situation that the Earth Spirit Rat wants to see most.
Under this psychological factor, the Earth Spirit Rat immediately discussed with Lin Tianming.
After some negotiations, according to the Earth Spirit Rat, the reward to be paid to Lin Tianming would definitely not be less.
However, the reward is only 10% of the amount of Red Flame Crystal, and the rest of the reward is replaced by three fourth-level treasures.
These three treasures come from the territory and nest of the Earth Spirit Rat. They are usually some rare treasures specially stored by the Earth Spirit Rat in order to expand the results of their cultivation.
As for these treasures, they are generally used at critical moments, such as when the Earth Spirit Rat encounters a bottleneck or suffers extremely serious injuries, and urgently needs some rare treasures to help it cross the level, or to quickly recover from injuries.
Therefore, even though the Earth Spirit Rat has digestive abilities that many monsters of the same level do not have, it will still retain some relatively precious treasures and use them specifically when it is in urgent need of energy.
Now, the three treasures that the Earth Spirit Rat used to trade with Lin Tianming were two fourth-level earthworm flowers and a piece of black gold and black iron.
Among these two fourth-level treasures, the value of each one is not as high as that of a red flame crystal.
But compared to other fourth-tier treasures, whether it is the Earth Mushroom Flower or the Black Gold Black Iron, they are also considered relatively precious treasures in the current world of immortal cultivation, and are also rare treasures that are hard to come by.
As for its function, the earth mushroom flower is a fourth-level spiritual medicine material and can be used in many fourth-level elixir recipes.
Lin Tianming had seen clear records of this in some ancient alchemy recipes.
Another fourth-level material, black gold and black iron, is also an indispensable refining material.
Especially in today's era of scarce resources, the black gold and black iron can rely on its relatively outstanding properties to refine spiritual treasures with better spirituality, thus exerting greater power.
Therefore, in terms of single value and function, the three fourth-level treasures taken out by the Earth Spirit Rat are indeed not much weaker than the Red Flame Crystals of the same level.
Of course, this is the view from the perspective of a normal monk.
In the eyes of the Earth Spirit Rat, the Red Flame Crystal is obviously more useful, and its determination to obtain the Red Flame Crystal is even more firm.
In this way, after the Earth Spirit Rat stated its conditions, it was actually very close to Lin Tianming's goal.
However, in the face of absolute benefits, no one will complain about having too much.
The same is true for Lin Tianming.
In this situation, facing the conditions offered by the Earth Spirit Rat, Lin Tianming still started bargaining.
According to Lin Tianming, he could make some concessions on the distribution of the Red Flame Crystal.
For this reason, he could take one less of the two Mushroom Flowers, but he had to take 10% more of the Red Flame Crystals, which means 20% of all the Red Flame Crystals.
Faced with such conditions, the Earth Spirit Rat was truly helpless.
There's nothing we can do about it, since it's the one that needs help.
In addition, Lin Tianming would make such a choice. From the other party's perspective, this is only human nature.
Because of this, the Earth Spirit Rat thought about it for a long time, and finally had to accept Lin Tianming's conditions.
So, after several rounds of negotiations between the two sides, they finally reached a consensus.
Among these conditions, as long as Lin Tianming successfully obtains the Red Flame Crystal, he can obtain 20% of the Red Flame Crystal, as well as a fourth-level earth mushroom flower and black gold iron.
As for the Earth Spirit Rat, it obtained all the remaining Red Flame Crystals.
Under such conditions, the basic goals of both parties were basically achieved.
To do this, the Earth Spirit Rat must hand over a Mushroom Flower and a piece of black gold and black iron before taking the treasure.
At the same time, both parties must sign the Heavenly Dao Contract before Lin Tianming can be completely relieved.
Otherwise, the conditions without any basis may very likely change once the treasure is obtained.
There have been many precedents in the world of immortal cultivation.
Although, Lin Tianming was not very afraid of the strength of the Earth Spirit Rat, he was completely confident that he could escape from the attack of the Earth Spirit Rat.
But no matter what, cooperation between humans and monsters is like seeking the skin of a tiger.
So in order to avoid being tricked, he still has to be cautious.
In this case, the signing of the Heavenly Dao Contract can undoubtedly put both parties at ease.
On this basis, the Earth Spirit Rat finally had no choice but to accept Lin Tianming's conditions and signed the Heavenly Dao Contract with him.
Next, the Earth Spirit Rat was decisive. It opened its mouth and spit out two balls of light.
As the ball of light appeared and got closer and closer to him, Lin Tianming immediately discovered the treasure in the ball of light, which was one of the conditions agreed upon by both parties, namely a fourth-level earth mushroom flower and a fist-sized piece of black gold iron.
Obviously, after the Heavenly Dao Contract was completed, the Earth Spirit Rat delivered the two treasures to Lin Tianming first according to the conditions agreed in advance.
Lin Tianming would not be polite about this, because these two treasures were the interests of the agreement.
Knowing this, Lin Tianming waved his hand and took the two valuable fourth-level treasures into his pocket.
After doing all this, Lin Tianming turned his attention to the Earth Spirit Rat again.
Then, Lin Tianming took the initiative to ask: "Senior, since we have reached a consensus, when should we set out to collect the Red Flame Crystal?"
Hearing this, the Earth Spirit Rat smiled and responded directly: "My friend, this Red Flame Crystal is on the edge of my territory." "And this Red Flame Crystal has long met the conditions for collection, but I can't do anything with that kind of strange fire."
"But now with your help, I should be able to get it with a good chance."
"In that case, let's not waste time."
"Let's get going now without further delay."
After saying this, the Earth Spirit Rat looked at Lin Tianming seriously, as if looking forward to his response.
After hearing these words, Lin Tianming nodded. Naturally, he would not object to the arrangement of the Earth Spirit Rat.
In fact, he didn't want to waste too much time on this matter.
After all, the Ancient Demon Secret Realm has only been open for half a year.
During this period, every day is extremely precious to these human monks.
It is even possible that just one or two hours can have an unimaginable effect at certain times, and the interests involved are not small.
For example, if you happened to discover a great opportunity an hour or two before the secret realm closed, but ultimately missed the treasure because you didn't have enough time to retrieve it, that would be really hard to accept.
Because of this, time at this stage may become extremely critical and precious for any human cultivator.
Including Lin Tianming and his wife, no one dared to waste any day.
What's more, right now the couple has the important task of finding Lin Tianyun.
On this basis, the Earth Spirit Rat’s eagerness to obtain the treasure is exactly what Lin Tianming wants to see.
Therefore, Lin Tianming, who was concerned about this matter, remained calm, and at the same time, he bowed to the Earth Spirit Rat and said, "Since you are so anxious, I will naturally not waste time."
"In that case, the two juniors will be completely at the mercy of the seniors."
After saying this, Lin Tianming looked at Qin Xi beside him, and the two of them waited for the next arrangement of the Earth Spirit Rat.
At this moment, the Earth Spirit Rat saw that Lin Tianming said this, and then did not waste any more time.
Then, the Earth Spirit Rat said calmly: "My two friends, follow me!"
As soon as the words fell, the Earth Spirit Rat turned around and changed direction, then turned into a shadow and quickly disappeared in the sand dunes.
At this time, seeing that the ground spirit rats left first, Lin Tianming and his wife were also unwilling to fall behind.
Soon, two beams of light, one red and one blue, shot out and chased in the direction where the Earth Spirit Rat disappeared, at the same incredibly fast speed.
Just like that, peace soon returned to the sand dunes and everything seemed to be back to normal.
At the same time, the ground spirit rat left the sand dunes and flew with Lin Tianming and his wife.
After half an hour's journey, Lin Tianming and his wife, as well as the Earth Spirit Rat, appeared in a flat desert area.
At this time, the Earth Spirit Rat and Lin Tianming and his wife were hovering in the air, both of them staring at the desert below.
After a long time, Lin Tianming finally spoke and broke the silence.
"Senior, if what I think is correct, the Red Flame Crystal should be deep underground in this desert, right?"
The reason why Lin Tianming said this was that he was actually quite confident.
Because as soon as they arrived here, he discovered that the fire attribute energy here was unusually active.
Although this level of activity is very weak, it is difficult for ordinary cultivators to clearly detect it even if they get very close.
But you have to know that Lin Tianming is a cultivator who mainly practices fire attributes.
In addition, what is more important is that Lin Tianming possesses a strange fire, a powerful strange fire that has undergone many changes.
Therefore, Lin Tianming is particularly sensitive to other strange fires.
Especially that kind of ownerless strange fire, because it cannot be effectively hidden, it is easier for Lin Tianming to detect it.
As soon as Lin Tianming entered here, he immediately noticed the difference of this place.
Relying on these reactions and combining them with the purpose of the Earth Spirit Rat's trip, Lin Tianming was already very sure in his heart that the deep area of the land beneath his feet might be where the unknown strange fire was located.
Including the Red Flame Crystal that the Earth Spirit Rat has been salivating over, it must also be in this deep underground area.
It is because he understands this that Lin Tianming said this at this time.
As expected, after hearing what Lin Tianming said, the Earth Spirit Rat smiled slightly, although it had not yet opened its mouth to answer Lin Tianming's question.
But judging from the Earth Spirit Rat's current reaction, it is tantamount to acknowledging Lin Tianming's statement.
In fact, just as Lin Tianming guessed, this place is the location of the strange fire and the red flame crystal.
Therefore, in response to Lin Tianming's remarks, the Earth Spirit Rat couldn't help but think that inviting Lin Tianming this time was indeed a very wise decision.
You know, the space where this strange fire exists is hidden deep underground.
In places like that, ordinary cultivators simply cannot imagine, and it is difficult for them to detect that there is a hidden world deep underground.
I would never have thought that in this seemingly ordinary place, there would be strange fire and red flame crystal.
However, even in such a secluded place, as soon as Lin Tianming arrived here, he vaguely discovered the secret.
From this point of view, the strange fire in Lin Tianming must be very strong, and his perception ability is also very strong.
After realizing this, the Earth Spirit Rat was not only glad for his decision, but also full of confidence in this treasure-hunting process.
And this confidence mainly comes from Lin Tianming.
Because there is a means to suppress the strange fire, the difficulty of obtaining the Red Flame Crystal is greatly reduced.
In this way, in order to achieve its long-awaited goal, the Earth Spirit Rat has put in so much effort, and now it finally sees the light of hope.
Under this psychological factor, the Earth Spirit Rat was in a very good mood and was also looking forward to the next exploration journey.
After finally calming down, the Earth Spirit Rat smiled and responded proactively.
"Ha ha……"
"My friend is indeed worthy of being a person who possesses the strange fire. He actually detected it so easily."
"You guessed it right!"
"In the desert beneath our feet, in a space several thousand feet underground, is where the strange fire and the red flame crystal exist."
...(End of chapter)
