Chapter 409: Exchange
Standing in the drizzling rain, Thor in silver armor and a red cloak, looked at Ling Xiao who walked into sight, his eyes were full of complexity.
"Ling, my father wants to see you, you can come with me." Thor clenched the hammer of Thor in his hand, he didn't want to hear the rejection from his friend's ears.
"Okay, I've been waiting for you to come to me for a long time." Ling Xiao chuckled, he was not surprised by Thor's arrival, the Reality Gem fell into his hands, how could Odin rest assured, in the entire Nine Worlds, no one knew better than him what kind of powerful power was coveting these gems.
"Thor!" As soon as Jane rushed out of the door, she saw Thor standing in the colorful light and nodded lightly to her, and the next moment, Thor and Ling Xiao had disappeared into the light of the rainbow bridge, and everyone standing in place could only look at each other, not knowing what was going on.
The colorful light of the Rainbow Bridge gradually dissipated, standing in the control center of the Rainbow Bridge in Asgard, Ling Xiao nodded slightly at Heimdall who was holding the guardian sword, Heimdall was not directly involved in the incident when Thor robbed Loki before, so after the incident, Odin did not punish him in any way, unlike the other four people, now they don't want Odin to be staked, as for how it will be punished in the end, it is still unknown.
"What are you going to do this time, Ling, I think you should know what to do." Thor looked at Ling Xiao with some concern.
Ling Xiao nodded, smiled, and said, "But I don't plan to give up the loot I got easily. β
Hearing that Ling Xiao's tone was not so resolute, Thor breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice while walking forward: "With my father's character, I will not forcibly snatch the aether particles from you, after all, in the matter of Malekis, you not only saved the queen mother, but also ended this disaster with me, and you are kind to the whole of Asgard, so my father should have given you some compensation while hearing that you gave up the aether particles." β
"Hmm!" Ling Xiao smiled lightly and didn't speak, Thor was still a little naΓ―ve after all, Odin might not take the aether particles directly from him, but coercion and temptation in the open and in the dark were indispensable, but Ling Xiao was indeed ready.
Count all the Infinity Stones, the Space Gem is the first Infinity Stone owned by Thanos, but it was later taken away by Odin, but it is precisely because Thanos once controlled the Space Gem that even Odin at the peak of his state could not completely master it, and in the end he was forced to be placed on Earth.
The Mind Gem is the second Infinity Stone owned by Thanos, but out of secret planning, the Mind Gem was given to Loki by Thanos and brought to Earth, but due to the failure of Loki's plan, the Mind Gem is now in the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Power Gem is now stored in an unknown planet in the universe, and only when it is found by Star-Lord and best sold to collectors, will it be in the universe Star-Lord, Ling Xiao doesn't believe that he has the time and luck to find the Power Gem before Star-Lord, he is still secretly waiting.
The Time Gem is now in the hands of the Ancient One Mage, and it has been in his hands for I don't know how many years, with his strong strength, he has not been able to fully control the Time Gem, and in the end it can only be handed over to Doctor Strange, what is the reason for this, Ling Xiao does not know for a while.
And only the soul gem was completely controlled by the magic stone Adam, and then it was exchanged by Thanos after paying a very heavy price, but even so, Ling Xiao doubted whether Thanos had control of the soul gem in the end.
Therefore, with Ling Xiao's current strength, even if he cultivated to break through to the Jindan Realm in the future, it would take him decades to completely control the Reality Gem. And now in the entire universe, there are too many people who covet real gems, Thanos is one of them, and there is another very greedy guy, that is, the collector, he sends out a high bounty in the universe to pursue the Infinity Stones, and countless interstellar hunters are like hunting dogs looking for them throughout the universe.
This time, Malekith tried to destroy the entire Nine Kingdoms with aether particles, and the Reality Gem was already clearly visible in the eyes of the discerning people.
Even if the collector himself does not make a move, there will be countless powerful star hunters who will come to Earth and try to snatch the reality gem from Ling Xiao's hands. And in this universe, there are too many people who are stronger than him, and it may be difficult for him to keep the reality gem in his hand.
And Ling Xiao's only chance is to use the Rainbow Bridge to leave the earth, or even leave the entire Nine Kingdoms, so that it is possible to keep this reality gem in his hand, but the problem now is that Odin does not want Ling Xiao to continue to keep this reality gem, so the problem comes.
For Ling Xiao, the current reality gem is equivalent to chicken ribs for him, although it is said that the reality gem can be used to refine the magic weapon by interfering with reality, but the problem is that with Ling Xiao's current cultivation, even if he can refine the results, the power of the magic weapon is quite limited.
And the magic weapon is not a thing like the more, the better, after all, in the battle of the strong, there are only a few magic weapons that can be used from beginning to end, and if it is redundant, it will be cumbersome, and it may even affect the play of one's combat effectiveness.
Of course, although the Reality Gem is like a chicken rib to Ling Xiao, it is impossible for him to give up the Reality Gem so easily.
At this point, when Ling Xiao met Odin, he expressed his tough attitude, but left a trace of leeway.
And in the end, when Ling Xiao walked out of the Hall of the Gods and Kings, although he lost the reality gem in his hand, he got something else, the ancient winter coffin.
Of course, for Odin, it is absolutely impossible for him to admit to the outside world that he exchanged the Ancient Winter Coffin for the Reality Stone, and externally, the Reality Gem was offered by Ling Xiao on his own initiative, and in order to reward Ling Xiao's contribution in this war, Asgard specially rewarded the Ancient Winter Coffin to Ling Xiao.
Asgard has already recovered the Space Gem from Earth, so the role of the Ancient Winter Coffin is not so necessary, and through the Reality Gem, they can also exchange it for more useful things from other powerful beings, but these are not what Ling Xiao needs to know.
According to Asgardian custom, after every victory in a major battle, a celebration banquet is held, of course, Odin never attends, it is always Frigga who appears, and Ling Xiao finally sees Sif again, Vostagg, Van Dahl and Hogan.
"Are you all alright?" Ling Xiao put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up and hugged the four of them before sitting down again.
"It's good that the Father of the Gods just locked us up for a few days and didn't punish us much?" Sif smiled a little reluctantly, and Wostagg, Vandal and Hogan didn't say much, even with Wostagg's big grin, they looked like they were preoccupied.
Ling Xiao could see that Odin hadn't punished them, but hadn't figured out how to punish them.
Siv didn't want to say anything more on this issue, so she turned around and asked, "Ling, why didn't you see Thor?" β
"Thor?" Ling Xiao took a light breath and said, "He was called away by Odin just now, I don't know what he's talking about?" β
"Oh." Sif replied in a somewhat depressed mood, and then didn't say anything more, picked up the wine on the table and drank it, but Vostag and the others on the side kept asking Ling Xiao about what had happened since they left Asgard, and there were many details of the battle.
Ling Xiao knew that these guys wanted to ask more about Thor, so he focused on Thor's performance in the battle, ignoring himself intentionally or unintentionally, and when he heard that Loki was dead, everyone's eyes showed a complicated look.
Ling Xiao didn't notice that when he told about these situations, although Sif didn't interject to ask, she had been listening carefully, and finally her face showed a hint of surprise, Ling Xiao intentionally or unintentionally weakened her existence in the whole incident, which the other three big men might not hear, but as a woman, Sif still noticed that Ling Xiao was hiding a lot with her natural delicacy and sensitivity.
Especially when it comes to Loki's death, Ling Xiao is vague in some details, which makes Sif look at Ling Xiao with doubts in her eyes.
Suddenly, Sif stood up violently, then reached out and poked Ling Xiao's arm, and in his surprised eyes, pointed to his back, where Frigga was already standing there with two maids, and Vostagg, Vandal and Hogan quickly stood up and saluted Friga.
Frigga just smiled at the four of them, and after a few words of comfort, she left directly with Ling Xiao and came to the balcony, under the bright starlight, Frigga first let the two maids head behind, and then looked at Ling Xiao, chuckled and said, "Loki is not dead, is he?" β
(End of chapter)