Chapter 291: Boy Toy! (1/2)
Lu Yun hadn’t expected the master of the Panorama Pavilion to arrive so quickly. Qing Xun borrowing the dao weapon had been conducted with a transportation formation, but it seemed the Tribulation Surrogate Pill warranted a personal trip.
The newcomer was a tall, lean man, roughly thirty years of age. He was an arcane dao immortal, but right now, his cultivation was held back by layer upon layer of restrictions. He didn’t dare give the slightest hint that he possessed any dao fruits.
His arcane dao fruits’ communion with heaven and earth would inevitably draw the monsters protecting the origin dao fruits to him—or him to them, either one.
As he wasn’t confident in his ability to pick an origin dao fruit, he had no recourse but to seal away his own dao fruits. Death in failure was far too out of the question for him to contemplate. Even a grievous injury would reduce his Panorama Pavilion to rubble!
The master looked fervently at the youth before him. Despite being wet behind the ears, this young man could help him survive his tribulation! A dao weapon alone didn’t necessarily mean he could defeat the long-haired monsters, but a Tribulation Surrogate Pill would provide considerably more assurance.
After the Panorama Pavilion obtained the herbs in question, its lord keenly sensed that they were vitally important to him. His ignorance of what their actual purpose was hadn’t hindered his premonition. That was why the faction had spent several thousand years attempting to restore them, hosting auction after auction in order to attract the world’s strongest and brightest.
After receiving Qing Xun’s report, the lord had immediately set out with a panoply of medicines: a hundred and eight thousand immortal herbs, three hundred eighty thousand supplemental ingredients, and his sole remaining portion of skyphoenix blood.
“Young friend, what conditions do you have in mind? What will it take for you to refine the Tribulation Surrogate Pill?” He cut straight to the point as soon as he arrived.
“What conditions?” Lu Yun mused over the question for a moment. “It’s simple. The Panorama Pavilion will join Dusk Province, with you as its guardian.”
The lord colored slightly, but said nothing.
“I didn’t really want to make Dusk Province into a sacred land at first, but… a lot of people everywhere are forcing my hand, you see?” Lu Yun was a little troubled.
Initially, he’d only wanted to establish a tomb raiding sect to teach and pass on his traditions. Alas, too many people saw him as a future threat to be stamped into the ground. His very life itself was in danger! What could he do except follow through with their wishes? Dusk Province… had to become a sacred land!
The inheritance tower was there, as was Sword Lake. Even the dao flower had bloomed there. When it came to natural blessings, Dusk Province was more than qualified. Sadly, it lacked a critical mass of reliable manpower.
The Skandha Range commanded the respect of many villains, but they owed favors to the desolate willow, not him. At present, strengthening Dusk Province however he could was Lu Yun’s top priority.
The restriction against golden immortals and above?
It was powerful, sure, but the Nephrite Emperor had once deployed the power of origin dao in the province through a replica of himself. The restriction hadn’t done a thing about that, proving that it wasn’t omnipotent in its security.
If an origin dao immortal wanted to destroy Dusk Province, it was still quite possible for them to do so. According to Lu Yun’s present information, the Donglin clan had at least one such member.
Having said his piece, the youth looked quietly at the Pavilion Lord. He wasn’t much worried that the Panorama Pavilion would take over the province; he wouldn’t have dared to make such a proposal in the first place without a failsafe up his sleeve.
“Alright, I agree.” After perhaps twenty breaths, the lord of Panorama Pavilion exhaled loudly. “Ruyan’s child will be born in another year and you will be their master. In the future, the Panorama Pavilion would still have to join your province!”