Facing Zhou Miao's sure question, Zhang Longqian just nodded lightly, and then she and Zhou Miao glanced at each other, and their eyes were a little solemn.

The expressions of the two of them that seemed to have thought through everything clearly made Bai Lu and Nangong Piao a little puzzled: "'How'?" ”

Looking at the two people who were puzzled, Zhang Longqian explained: "No matter what kind of organization it is, the boss can't be seen casually by a few outsiders, and it must go through several levels before you can communicate with the boss." ”

Bai Lu's face suddenly changed: "In other words, it's not just Kono, we also have to deal with other monsters, right?" ”

"That's right, and herein lies the problem. Kono may not have a lot of ill will towards humans, but that doesn't mean that all of his monsters are just like him. How to convince those youkai who were once mage's enemies and let us meet Kono smoothly is the key to the victory or defeat of these fifty percent. ”

After speaking, Zhang Longqian looked at everyone, and his serious expression made everyone think silently.

Unlike Cang Yan and Zhou Miao, who closed their eyes and were expressionless, Nangong Piao frowned slightly, and gently clenched his fist to his lips, while Bai Lu put his hands on his cheeks and pouted, closing his eyes in a thoughtful and meditative manner, but he quickly gave up and snorted.

"I don't think it's useful! Youkai and mages have been enemies for thousands of years, if it were me, if a few youkai came and said that they wanted to join forces with us, I wouldn't believe it, how could I let them go to see the boss? ”

Bai Lu's simple words made Zhang Longqian, who was also thinking, frown slightly.

Indeed, after all, there are thousands of years of hostile relations there, and no matter how you think about it, it is impossible for those youkai to willingly put aside their hatred and join forces temporarily because of a few simple words here.

Zhang Longqian couldn't help frowning in distress, and heard Zhou Miao's calm whisper.

"'Negotiation' is also 'exchange of interests', and the basis of interest exchange is the 'reciprocity' of both sides."

These words made Zhang Longqian's eyes light up, as if she had grasped the key thread, she slowly thought about it and said: "Xiao Miao is right, the basis of interest exchange is the reciprocity of strength, otherwise it will only become unilateral plundering by the strong." If we want to have an equal dialogue with them, the first thing we need to consider is not 'how to say', but 'equal strength'. After a pause, her thoughts gradually cleared up, and she asked Nangong Piao, "What is the strength of the five mages together?" ”

Although he didn't understand Zhang Longqian's intention to ask, Nangong Piao still replied: "Everyone with mage qualifications has strong mana, if the ability is suitable, the five mages should be able to calmly face a powerful monster that has been practicing for eight hundred years, and barely have the strength to fight when facing a thousand-year-old demon, but it should be no problem to retreat." ”

"If you are not facing a big monster, but an ordinary monster that has only been in the Tao for two or three hundred years, how many can you deal with?"

"It depends on whether those monsters have any natural skills...... But generally speaking, it is not a problem to deal with at least a dozen or twenty, and within thirty can completely protect themselves, and if they are about fifty, they should only be able to consider a smooth escape. After speaking, Nangong Piao couldn't help but ask: "Long Qian, what are you asking for?" The combat power of the five mages is not strong, even if they can deal with those two or three hundred years old monsters, they can't deal with the ones of Gano. ”

"No, the strength of five mages is enough, because," Zhang Longqian smiled, "I didn't want to deal with Gano, but only against the monsters that would prevent us from seeing him." As long as there is such a combination, even if those youkai are reluctant, they will definitely listen to us and let us meet Kono. ”

"Don't think about bothering your lips, but use your strength to bring them to your knees?" Bai Lu's eyes lit up, "I like it!" ”

Nangong Piao was a little worried: "But is it really good to reluctantly let them succumb like this?" Or is it better to find a way to convince them? After all, if they hold a grudge, cooperation ......"

"Then you don't have to worry, anyway, as long as Kono and us agree, those youkai will cooperate with us because of Kono's orders even if they don't want to, on the contrary, if Kono doesn't agree, then even if they are satisfied, they will kill us because of Kono's order. In the end, the key to everything lies with Kono alone, so we don't need to think about how to let the youkai around him let go of their hatred for mages. ”

Thinking about it, as Zhang Longqian said, they were only pursuing a temporary partnership, and there was no need to think about it so much, Nangong Piao finally nodded, but suddenly realized that one of the biggest problems was.

"Huh? But...... Where are we going to find a mage? ”

After all, aren't they going to look for youkai because they can't find a mage and really have no choice? Now it's the other way around, and you have to find a mage first, isn't it putting the cart before the horse?

Zhang Longqian didn't answer him, but looked at Cang Yan: "Can you tell who is a mage and who is a student from the outside?" ”

Glancing at Zhang Longqian, Cang Yan seemed to understand what she meant, but he didn't say much, just replied calmly: "No." It can only be discerned from the gap in the use of spells. ”

Seeing Zhang Longqian nodded, Bai Lu somewhat understood: "Long Qian, do you want to ......?"

Nodding to Bai Lu, Zhang Longqian curled his eyes and smiled.

"Since there are no mages, then let's 'do' five out!"

With all that said, Nangong Piao finally understood what Zhang Longqian meant, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "You mean...... Let's pretend to be mages?! ”

"That's right."

"How is that possible? Can't do it, right? ”

"Why are you so decisive? How do you know if you haven't tried it? Speaking lightly, Zhang Longqian didn't seem worried, "Cang Yan said that if you don't do it, you won't be exposed, as long as the acting skills are in place, you can definitely fool them." No problem. ”

I don't know if I was infected by Zhang Longqian's confident appearance, I originally thought this idea was ridiculous and wanted to oppose it, but at this moment, Nangong Piao really had a feeling of "no problem".

Oh, yes...... How do you know if you haven't tried it?

Somewhere in his heart there were some ripples because of this firm word, but before Nangong Piao had time to think about it, he heard Zhang Longqian's inquiry again.

"Nangong, did you bring a robe?"

"Dao robe?" I don't know why Zhang Longqian asked this, Nangong was stunned for a moment, but still nodded, "I brought ...... with it."

"Go and put it on."

"Huh? Why? ”

Looking at Nangong Piao and Cang Yan, Zhang Longqian smiled all over his face: "Since you want to pretend to be a mage, you have to do a good job!" ”

Although it seems that there is no necessary connection between the two, but thinking about it again, Zhang Longqian's words seem to have some truth, Nangong Piao nodded, but couldn't help but ask Zhang Longqian.

"We can perfect our camouflage with clothing, but what about you?"

"That's it." Before Zhang Longqian could speak, Zhou Miao looked at her calmly and said, "Although you can't tell the difference between a student and a mage from the outside, it is easy to see that you don't have a trace of spiritual power in your body, I know from Nangong, you can't recover for the time being, right?" Then, instead of pretending to be a mage, you might as well be more effective by not saying anything. ”

"Oh? Why is that? After all, he didn't know enough about these mages, spiritual powers, or something, Zhang Longqian immediately asked shamelessly.

"Even if it is a mortal, there will be some slight fluctuations in spiritual power in the body, and there is no creature without spiritual power at all. When you can't detect that the other party has spiritual power fluctuations, there are only two possibilities, one is that the spiritual power has been completely exhausted, and the other is that the other party is too strong and completely captures your own spiritual power fluctuations. Holding her glasses, Zhou Miao's lenses reflected a cold light, and she couldn't see her eyes.

"When you see that the other party only has five little ghosts and dares to run over, what do you think those monsters will think?"

"Of course it's 'two'." Zhang Longqian couldn't help laughing, "It seems that this time, my acting skills are also very important!" ”