Vol 29 Chapter 21 (1/2)
Book 29, Daolord, Chapter 21 – Avatar
“Naed a glance, mirth in their eyes
“The oldfor tens of thousands of chaos cycles Now, he’s finally bowed his head” Solesky couldn’t help but sigh He had been tussling with Clearwind for ures ere unwilling to concede to the other Since they were enemies, Vastheaven Palace and Clearwind Tele had gone on for tens of thousands of chaos cycles
To bow the head represented the loss of face as well as the loss of many treasures
“It is all because of Darknorth” Battle
“Solesky, my friend… to tell you the truth, do you think I would ever lower my head to you?” The distant Patriarch Clearwind, still within his shrine, shook his head “Absolutely iained yet another fine brother! Although I’m not worried about this Darknorth at present, he’s still just a Daolord of the Second Step Soon, he’ll surpass hout the Endless Territories alongside him”
Solesky and Battlehed In the future, Vastheaven Palace would be guarded by a truly unearthly Daolord, one ould most likely be able to kill even Eternal E had that type of potential
However… Clearwind, Solesky, and Battle than they thought hi more than a Daolord of the First Step!
“You praisesaid
“Not at all I’ the truth,” Patriarch Clearwind said, then looked towards Solesky “Go ahead, Solesky Tell me what you want”
“Clearwind, if you want to resolve the enmities between us, I don’t mind,” Solesky said “But I do have three conditions”
The negotiations between Vastheaven Palace and Clearwind Temple went on for over half a day Daolord Solesky’s initial requests had been truly excessive; even if Patriarch Clearwind had sold off all his possessions, it still wouldn’t be enough
This was how haggling worked One side asked for a sky-high price, the other side would counter with a dirt-low offer
In the end, Patriarch Clearwind paid reparations of twenty million cubes worth of treasure The feud between the tas thus brought to an end, and the Daolords of both sides swore lifeblood oaths not to cause trouble for each other again
So long as the Daolords did not fight, the squabbles between their World-level cultivators, Elder Gods, and Ancestral I more than minor matters
But of course, Ning also squeezed all of Daolord Blesswind’s treasures out of hi almost every last drop of chaos nectar from the man In the end, the poor fellow had to swear a lifeblood oath swearing that he really had less than a cube of chaos nectar’s worth of treasure left! Only then did Ning allowe Daolord Blesswind and the other captives to be sent back
Within Vastheaven Palace Ji Ning, Solesky, Battleether They were drinking Iether
“Hah! Just twenty million cubes” Daolord Solesky shook his head “I was planning to at least hit him for fiftytreasure; that treasure alone is worth fiftyme to back off Otherwise, there’s no way I would’ve let him off the hook that easily”
“You were being too hard on him” Daolord Battlemaster sipped some wine from the cup in his hands “He’s just wary of Darknorth’s future potential, but in truth there’s nothing we can do to hiin to evacuate Clearwind Teht sche but trouble”
“To hi treasure is more important than Clearwind Tehed “He only acquired it after experiencing countless dangers over the course of many years You want him to hand it over? He’d rather you wipe out Clearwind Temple”
Solesky coughed a few times
Powerful cultivators would usually expend their wealth on creating secret arts or powerful ic treasures It was very rare for thes away to others! For example, the treasures which Daolord Solesky and Daolord Clearwind had, all combined, were definitely worth over a hundred million cubes each The problem was that the actual amount of ‘liquid’ wealth they had was much less, as some of those treasures they needed for combat
Ning’s six lifeblood weapons, his Hegeemon Dao-seals… they too would not be traded to others
“It was all thanks to Ji Ning” Solesky looked at Ning “Ji Ning, take the twentytowards Ning
“No way” Ning was badly shocked How could he accept all this?
“You are just a Daolord of the Second Step You’ll need more treasures in the future Just take it,” Daolord Solesky urged, but Ning steadfastly refused
The nearby Battlemaster said, “Brother Darknorth, you are a brand new Daolord You’ll need to spend money to create an avatar for yourself A perfect avatar will cost roughly ten million cubes, all by itself You’ll need to spend money in other areas as well Just take it”
Ning could tell that saying no was not an option He said, “Then I’ll take half for now If you keep pressing ”
“Haha! Fine, fine, fine” Solesky shook his head “We won’t press you, alright? Brother Brightfish, you are also a Daolord of the Second Step Take five million! Battlemaster, the rest is yours”
“Big brother?” Battlemaster immediately protested