Ling Wuxie was shocked. After a while, he sat down and said, âI didnât say I was going to give nothing in return! Supreme Dan beads are rare. I canât just take them. I donât want to owe you. You are just like Bai Chen, and Bai Chen never gives anything to others for free. Just tell me you want money, and it will be much easier⊠Come on. You are the One Meter Higher Sky, arenât you? I heard. Just donât call yourself a heroâŠâ
âWhat did you say?â Ye Xiao was angry.
âI⊠Nothing! I was saying⊠that you were such a hero with a kind heart! I am impressed⊠I admire you⊠Letâs focus on the business, shall we? Just tell me the price, and I will pay!â Ling Wuxie tried all he could to fawn on Ye Xiao, which made the others feel sick!
âThat is some bootlicking expertise!â
âThe prime leader of the Xie League. Impressive!â
âYou know how rare and valuable my dan beads are, so stop talking about money.â Ye Xiao laughed and said, âI heard, the five royal clans have some special Spiritual Qi Stones. I want about one million pieces. That shouldnât be a problem, right?â
Ling Wuxie was furious. âWhat? That is a huge problem! Do you know how rare the Spiritual Qi Stone is? One million pieces? Come on! What are you thinking? Besides, they belong to the royal clan members. I donât have them! Just kill me⊠I donât want to live anymoreâŠâ
Ye Xiao nodded and said, âCome on. Donât be pessimistic. If you donât have them, then there is no deal. That is all. You donât have to dieâŠâ
Ling Wuxie was gloomy.
âThatâs true. I canât give him what he wants, so there is no deal. I shouldnât have talked about death. He doesnât care⊠I canât do this!â
He regretted it so much.
Ling Wuxie had gotten some dan beads, just not as many as Master Bai and the two ladies. He got a few Heaven Seizing Supreme Dan beads, two Nine Turns Heart Dan beads. He was quite happy about it, so when he was drunk, he told his sisters about the Agerasia Dan. âNormal Agerasia Dan is nothing. I canât keep your beauty for a long time. I saw some supreme-level Agerasia Dan beads. It keeps people young forever!â
No women could resist such a treasure. His sister kept asking him about it.
Ling Wuxie was drunk, and he couldnât control his mouth. He kept telling everything he knew. âThe man is such a great dan-maker. I found him while I was traveling. We are good friends. I am going to ask him for some dan beads, and you can count on me! Just wait!â
Ling Wuxie didnât know what he had gotten himself into.
His sister was glad, but she couldnât be sure about it. âReally?â
After all, supreme dan beads were extremely rare in the Human Realm Upon Heavens, not to mention Supreme Agerasia Dan beads. Every woman wanted it, but it was impossible to get any. The lady of the Ling Clan was a decent lady in a big clan. She wouldnât believe it so easily!
âI am telling the truth!â Ling Wuxie said, âI am telling you⊠The man and I, we are good friends. If not that I asked him for help, Bai Chen and his maids could never get those dan beads!â
The lady of the Ling Clan heard that, so she traveled three hundred and seventy thousand miles to ask Bai Chen about it. After knowing the truth, the lady was excited!
âMy girls got the dan beads thanks to your brother. Your brother does have a good relationship with the marvelous doctor.â
Master Bai knew that it could only be huge trouble, so he pushed everything to Ling Wuxie before things lost control. âThink about it. I didnât know the dan-maker. Wuxie must be an important man to the dan-maker. Otherwise, why would the dan-maker give me the dan beads? You know what? My girls admire the dan-maker the most and then Wuxie, and I am only the third!â
That was totally a lie. Lady Ling didnât know the truth. She believed that the dan-maker must be a great man. Master Bai and Master Ling must be famous enough to talk to the dan-maker. Wan and Xiu were only maids. Master Bai didnât know the dan-maker, so it must be Ling Wuxie!
âCan Wuxie get the dan beads?â The ladyâs eyes lit up. She asked Bai Chen.
âOf course. You must know. When your brother met the dan-maker for the first time, he gave the dan-maker his Golden Soul Tower!â
Master Bai sold his brother out without hesitation. âYou know what? If there is anybody in the world who can get the Agerasia Dan from the dan-maker, it must be Ling Wuxie, your brother!â
Ling Wuxieâs sister was so glad. She left Bai Chen and returned to Ling Wuxie immediately.
The lady started to urge Ling Wuxie to get her some Agerasia Dan ever since. However, Ye Xiao was still in the Land of Han-Yang, and Ling Wuxie couldnât lower down his power before resting for a long time. Therefore, Ling Wuxie never did what his sister asked.
His sister was a reasonable person. She was in a hurry, but she knew it wasnât easy.
After half a month, Ling Wuxieâs mother found him. âWuxie, I heard that you could get some supreme-level Agerasia Dan beads. Is that true?â
Ling Wuxie knew it wasnât a good sign. He kept sweating, but he couldnât deny it. He had to say yes. What he hoped was that his mother was the last one who asked him for the dan beadsâŠ
âI am in big troubleâŠâ
After thatâŠ
His fatherâs concubines suddenly became unbelievably nice to him. They kept giving him all kinds of valuable things, delicious foodâŠ
After that, they started to ask him for the dan beads. They wanted the Agerasia Dan so much! They just couldnât wait!
At first, they all asked him nicely. As time went by, they started to push him⊠Nine ladies kept forcing Ling Wuxie to get the dan beads they wantedâŠ
Unluckily, Ling Wuxieâs own ladies heard about it too!
It wasnât hard to imagine how miserable Ling Wuxieâs life became. His life was full of darkness after that.
His mother, sister, his fatherâs nine concubines, eight ladies of his own⊠Nineteen women!
Nineteen women who Ling Wuxie didnât dare to mess with! He was under big pressure this time!
He promised one lady, so he had to promise the others too. It meant he had to get at least nineteen Agerasia Dan dan beads from Ye Xiao.
In fact, he had to get more than nineteenâŠ
Even if he got twenty Agerasia Dan beads this time, he was sure that they would be taken away before he could give them to the ladies he promised!
Ling Wuxie had been waiting for Ye Xiao, but he hadnât heard anything about Ye Xiao. When he left the Land of Han-Yang, Ye Xiao was only at Sky Origin Stage. Ye Xiao couldnât even defeat an ant in the Human Realm Upon Heavens. He believed Ye Xiao had to spend over a hundred years to get to the Human Realm Upon Heavens!
Unexpectedly, news about the One Meter Higher Sky, the Xiao Monarch, spread to the world. Ling Wuxie was surprised, so he decided to come and find Ye Xiao as soon as he could. However, he was fighting the Hall of Returning Nature at that time, so he had to wait a little longerâŠ
When the Xie League, the House of Chaotic Storms, and the Hall of Returning Nature finished the war, Ye Xiao and the Monarchâs Hall was fighting his own enemies.
Ling Wuxie wasnât shameless enough to go and ask Ye Xiao for dan beads while Ye Xiao was in trouble.
He even thought about sending people to help Ye Xiao. He couldnât. He and Meng Wuzhen were both princes, and the war between them was a war between two royal families. If he helped Ye Xiao, things might become complicated!
He had to wait, and he was worried. He was afraid that Ye Xiao would die. Finally, he heard the news about Ye Xiaoâs victory, so he came to the Monarchâs Hall immediately.
After some unimportant talk, he frankly asked for the dan beads. Ling Wuxie thought that it should be easy to get the dan beads because he thought Ye Xiao was just somebody from some lower realm. He thought he could just give Ye Xiao some purple spirit coins and bought the dan beads. After all, Ye Xiao made dan beads easily. He was sure Ye Xiao would just give him as many as he wanted!
However, he was wrong. That made him feel like sh*t!
âBrother Ye, we are friends. Letâs be honest with each other. I donât have the Spiritual Qi Stone.â Ling Wuxie said, âThey are only served for the five Sky Kings. Within one year, only a few pieces are produced⊠Even the crown princes canât easily get them⊠Brother Ye, I really canât get that for youâŠâ
Ling Wuxie looked very sad. âCan you ask for something else instead? Please, Brother YeâŠâ
Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows and said, âSomething else?â
âBrother Ling, we are friends, so we should be frank with each other. I donât need any treasures anymoreâŠâ Ye Xiao casually said. He had reached the fourth level of the East-rising Purple Qi and unlocked two floors of the Mountain of All Medicines. He had more valuable treasures than the entire Human Realm Upon Heavens. He really didnât need anything elseâŠ
âHowever, Brother Ling, I am still interested in rare metals, special crystals, and special weaponsâŠâ Ye Xiao smiled and said, âFor example, the Golden Soul Tower is nice. I have been keeping it with me all the time. If you can give something like that, I can give you three to five dan beads in return!â
Ling Wuxie looked so upset. âBrother Ye, you are the One Meter Higher Sky so is your price. My Golden Soul Tower for only five dan beads, really? I have only one Golden Soul Tower. I donât have anything as good as it anymore!â
Ye Xiao humphed and said, âI have told you the price. If you donât have what I want, I am not giving you what you want! Donât think my Agerasia Dan is nothing to me. You can try to find them somewhere else. I donât mindâŠâ
âCome on. We are friends. How could you do this to me?â Ling Wuxie said, âThat Golden Soul Tower I gave you was my life treasure⊠Come onâŠâ
Ye Xiao rolled up his eyes and said, âThat is why I am giving you the chance. If Master Bai comes to ask for the dan beads, he gets nothing!â
Ling Wuxie sighed.
Ye Xiao just didnât give in. At last, Ling Wuxie took out all kinds of treasures and weapons he had, and Ye Xiao finally nodded.
There were two Helpless Herbs, which were extremely valuable plants. The Helpless Herb could bring people back from death for real. It could rebuild a physical body for the person who died and fully restore a personâs power! It was unbelievably powerful. Even the Mountain of All Medicines didnât have any Helpless Herbs!
âFine. For these junks, I will give you twenty-five Agerasia Dan beads.â Ye Xiao said, âWhen you are ready to leave the City of Chaos, come to me and you will get the dan beads. Look. One is enough for one person. Eating more wonât work better.â
Ling Wuxie said, âYes, I see.â
âI am losing too much for these things!â
âAll those valuable things I had, I lost them all for just twenty-five Agerasia Dan beads. They are useless for a cultivatorâŠâ
Ling Wuxie felt that he was the most foolish fool in the world.
However, there was nothing he could do. He couldnât let the ladies down.
If he had the chance to take the dan beads back and gave it up, he was going to die in misery!
He had his pockets emptied this time, but it relieved him.
He finished the job⊠There were a few more than the ladies neededâŠ
He lost something, but he saved his lifeâŠ
âBrother Ling, everything has a price. How much do you think my dan beads are? How much do you have to spend if you want to buy one supreme Agerasia Dan bead from somebody else? Look. If you give me what you are wearing, I can give you one hundred.â Ye Xiao looked at Ling Wuxie and said with a smile, âI will give you one hundred dan beads, Heaven Seizing Supreme Dan, Agerasia Dan, or even Nine Turns Heart Dan. Whatever you like. One hundred.â
Ling Wuxie was angry. âDonât even think about it!â
Ye Xiao laughed.
That was right. Ling Wuxieâs clothes looked unbelievably ugly, making him look like a clown. However, Ye Xiao felt its strong spiritual power. He was sure the clothes would definitely keep Ling Wuxie alive even in a fight against some Undead Stage cultivators.
âIt is one of my fatherâs most valuable treasures. You canât get it! No matter what you give me in return!â Ling Wuxie drank the liquor and rolled his eyes up.
âOh, I never asked about your family.â Ye Xiao said, âI thought you were a member of the royal families. I guess I was wrong.â
Ling Wuxie smiled and said, âYou are just like Bai Chen. You just canât stop thinking. You think and think, but that is just what you think, not the truth.â
Chihuo whispered to Ye Xiao, âHe must be the descendant of the Carefree Lord.â
âThe Carefree Lord?â Ye Xiao said. He tried to think of the information about the Carefree Lord. As he realized who the man was, he took a cold breath.
Over a hundred thousand years before, the two Supreme Masters died in the fight. Heroes came up and fought for the top of the world. The five Sky Kings were the best, so each of them ruled one place, the north, the south, the east, the west, and the middle area. The Great Master Ye rose up after that, so he became the sixth of the most powerful men in the world. However, there were still others who were equally powerful, and the Carefree Lord was one of them!
Nobody knew how powerful the Carefree Lord was. He never cared about his fame, so he spent most of his time traveling around the world. Besides, he was so powerful. Whoever fought him had died!
Nobody in the Human Realm Upon Heavens dared to ignore his power.
He was a powerful cultivator, but that was not all. He was the East Sky Kingâs sworn brother, who was at an equal position with the East Sky King.
In the Glaze Sky, the Glaze Sky King named him the Carefree Honor Lord, the Honor.
In the South Sky, he was the Saint Carefree Lord.
Who dared to mess with such a powerful man?
Ling Wuxie was his son.
When Chihuo whispered, the Green Water Lord stared at Chihuo with anger in his eyes.
Ye Xiao and Ling Wuxie were both curious about the two old menâs problems, but they knew it wasnât a good time to ask about it.
The deal was done. It should be a relief for everybody. However, the two old men still wanted to kill each other. Ling Wuxie stood up and said goodbye. He had to go to the Seven Lotus Clans. Ye Xiao didnât ask him to stay; he just told him to drop by again someday. He saw Ling Wuxie off. The Green Water Lord kept looking back at Chihuo with killing intent in his eyes.
âWhat was that, Chihuo? You told me you had lost contact with the others of the Seven Colored Lords.â Ye Xiao was confused.
Chihuo was furious. âHumph. That man is such a contemptible man!â
Ye Xiao asked, âCan you tell me what it is about? I want to know why he is such a contemptible man.â
âBack in the old days, the seven of us got the name Seven Colored Lords by luck. We werenât so close to each other. Lvshui, Huangshang, Lantian, and I, we are four sworn brothers, so we are close, unlike the other three.
âWhen the seven of us fought against our enemy one day, we got a treasure map. The map belonged to a great king in the history⊠It was about the great manâs martial arts and treasuresâŠ
âThe Great King Fentian was defeated by Supremacy Ji. His properties were missing⊠The map was the guide. It was precious to us.
âWe agreed to look for the treasures together. After searching for twenty years, we finally knew where the treasures were. We went there together, but nothing was left for us⊠It was empty.
âThe seven of us were equally powerful. The four of us were brothers, so we got to decide that the four of us kept the map. In fact, as we checked that place, we found that the treasures were taken during those twenty yearsâŠâ
âThat was to say the man who took the treasures was one of us⊠Suspicion grew among us. Twenty years was not a short time. Anybody had been alone for some timeâŠâ Chihuo said, âWe couldnât always stay together, could we? Everyone had his own life!
âThe Seven Colored Lords never trusted each other anymore. The other three men left. In fact, the four of us werenât together anymore.
âLantian came to me and told me that Lvshuiâs wife got a new coat, which was the Fire Phoenix Coat. It was extremely valuable. The Great King Fentian was known to be good at fire powerâŠ
âLantian and I thought that we should ask Lvshui about it. Lvshui and Huangshang came to us first. They said I took the treasures⊠It was his word against mine⊠We ended it with a fightâŠâ
Chihuo made a long sigh. âThe four of us all got wounded⊠The brotherhood was gone⊠We werenât together anymoreâŠ
âAfter collecting more and more information, all the evidence pointed at Lvshui. Lvshui hated me the mostâŠâ
Chihuo lowered his head. âNow, we are each otherâs worst enemyâŠâ
âI havenât seen Lvshui for tens of thousands of years until just nowâŠâ Chihuo said, âWhy was he staying low alone? He must be the one who took the treasures!â
âDonât jump into conclusions. You didnât do it, yet you were staying low as wellâŠâ Ye Xiao blandly said, âChihuo, we are friends. I believe you⊠If you did that, you wouldnât be just at this level. If you had the treasures from the Great King Fantian, you wouldnât need to risk your life to take the eggs from the dragon and phoenixâŠâ
Chihuo angrily said, âLord Monarch, you could see it clearly after spending a short time with me! Lvshui knew everything about it, yet he chose to ignore the facts! He was pretending! He is a contemptible man! He must have stolen the treasures!â
Ye Xiao sighed and shook his head.
He felt that Lvshui was truly angry, not pretendingâŠ
Chihuo was too angry to listen to any other explanation. Ye Xiao decided not to say more. He sighed and said, âMaster, sometimes we canât trust even our own eyes. There could be something else you donât know yet. Calm down first!â
Chihuo was still angry, but he said, âI will calm down.â
Ye Xiao knew Chihuo wasnât being honest, so he stopped talking.
After all, it was something in the old manâs heart for tens of thousands of years. It wouldnât be easy to change.
âLetâs go. Letâs restore our power first.
âThe Hall of Returning Nature wonât just stop attacking us. I am afraid they are coming soon⊠You are the best of us. If you are not at your prime when they come to us, that will be disappointing!â
Ye Xiao said, âWhen they come again, they will send the best men they have, who have been hiding all these daysâŠâ Ye Xiao looked in the distance.
He wasnât afraid of the arrival of the Hall of Returning Nature. In fact, he was a bit excited about it.
âŠ
Tens of thousands of miles away!
â Pang! â
A piece of jade ruyi broke into pieces!
Meng Wuzhen almost cracked his teeth when he gritted his teeth!
The Red Phoenix was covered in wounds. She had passed out. She did everything she could to make it back to the Hall of Returning Nature. Once she was back, she said something before passing out.
âMaster⊠We lost everybody in the battle⊠I⊠am the onlyâŠâ
What she said was like a huge thunderclap striking in Meng Wuzhenâs head.
âWe lost everybody!â
âI am the onlyâŠâ
âWhat is this about?â
Meng Wuzhen wasnât stupid. He knew that his men had all died in the battle. The Red Phoenix was the only person who made it back. The others were all dead!
The Two Tigers, the Golden Phoenix, the Four Kong Warriors, the Eight Sky Masters, over one hundred thousand men, and the two Undead Stage cultivators, died!
It meant eighty percent of the good men of the Hall of Returning Nature were lost in the war!
Meng Wuzhen spent half of his life to build it up.