Chapter 1316: The Transaction (1/2)
Chapter 1316: The Transaction
“Hmm…” The elder grew indecisive under the egging of the two girls.
He glanced at Li Qiye several times in the meantime while pondering. Eventually, he spoke: “Schoolmasters, I don’t have the authority to make a decision regarding your proposal, but I can talk to the ancestors about it once I return.”
In fact, this suggestion had left his heart thumping fast. Judging by Li Qiye’s performance, he really did have the apt.i.tude to become an Immortal Emperor. However, Meng Zhentian’s current prestige was too strong.
However, if their Hallowed Ancestor were to become Li Qiye’s dao protector and help him survive the difficult parts, he really would have a chance to compete against Meng Zhentian.
Meng Zhentian’s strength was undeniable, but it was not as if the younger generation couldn’t surpa.s.s him. What they lacked was time. If a true overlord was willing to stop Meng Zhentian to buy time for the youths, then the Heaven’s Will might have a different master.
Moreover, the marriage between an Immortal Emperor and a sea G.o.ddess was too promising to be left out. The truth was that the pavilion had thought about working together with Meng Zhentian as well. The problem was that he was too powerful. The person in charge of the alliance and the overarching situation would be Meng Zhentian, not the pavilion. At that time, there was a chance of them giving away a bride yet still losing an army on top of it. [1. Idiom, the most popular case being the one between Wu and Shu in the Three Kingdoms. Sun Quan married his little sister to Liu Bei, hoping to trap him in Wu when Liu Bei came to Wu to pick up his bride. However, Liu Bei managed to escape with his little sister. Zhou Yu gave chase and fell into Zhuge Liang’s trap afterward, so they lost troops on top of everything. If memory serves me right, Zhou Yu died soon after in the novel, coughing up blood from being angry at Zhuge Liang. That’s probably one of the earliest usages of coughing up blood from anger in Chinese literature.]
Li Qiye laughed after noticing that the elder was tempted. He shook his head in response: “Don’t listen to their nonsense. If you all really want to renew your ancestor’s life, I can show you the way.”
The elder hurriedly bowed: “Young n.o.ble, do enlighten me.”
Li Qiye spoke with a smirk: “I can renew his life and even guarantee success. My demand isn’t outrageous either, I only want one thing from your pavilion.”
“May I ask what you want?” The elder was glad to see Li Qiye’s interest. A chance had finally appeared. He didn’t care what Li Qiye wanted, as long as he was willing to partic.i.p.ate…
A thick grin appeared as Li Qiye answered: “The seven styles.”
“The seven styles?” The elder staggered back with a shocked expression after hearing this.
Ruyan and Jians.h.i.+ wryly smiled as well. This wasn’t an outrageous demand? Could there be a higher demand in this world?
The seven styles was the foundation of the pavilion. Rumor has it that the pavilion was established because of the seven styles.
There were too many legends about this particular technique. Some said that it was the most powerful martial style in the nine worlds. It was extremely heaven-defying with no equal.
To call it the best technique in the nine worlds since the start of time might be an exaggeration, but many people — including Immortal Emperors — thought that these styles were more powerful and scarier than Heaven’s Will Secret Laws if the users didn’t shoulder the Heaven’s Will.
It was much more precious than secret laws and physique laws. There were other secret laws and physique laws, but the seven styles was unique.
There were reports that the seven styles might actually originate from one of the nine heavenly scriptures, the Dao Scripture. Alas, no one in the world could verify this claim. Nevertheless, the prestige of the seven styles had been untouchable the whole time. Even an existence like Immortal Emperor Yan s.h.i.+ had to admit that it was unparalleled after experiencing it herself.
“Young n.o.ble, you must be messing with me.” The elder finally regained his wits. He coughed and gently shook his head: “I’ll be candid, everything is up for discussion except the seven styles.”
The elder firmly stated this. In fact, if a day came for the pavilion that they had no other choice, they would be willing to lose or trade anything outside of the seven styles.
Li Qiye smilingly replied: “I don’t want anything else from your pavilion besides the seven styles.”
“Can’t you change your mind? Maybe a few sea G.o.d’s weapons or merit laws? As long as it is within reason, we can talk about it.” The third elder tried once more. If this life renewal were to be successful, there was a high chance that they could have another sea G.o.d.
Thus, trading two or three weapons and a few merit laws for a sea G.o.d was a great deal.
“Frankly, I’m not interested in them. The seven styles is what I want. Your pavilion should know better than anyone else, if you could do it yourself, you wouldn’t be asking an outsider for help...