Within the emerald-green glazed palace, eternal silence descended once more.
The smile on Mud Swamp True Venerable's face gradually faded, turning cold and indifferent, while a thoughtful look filled his eyes.
It was clear that he did not usually like to smile, nor was he particularly bold and forthright. It was merely a merchant's warmth toward a customer, though such warmth was not unpleasant either.
"Croak!"
"Croak, croak, croak!"
The Green Toad on his shoulder croaked several times, somewhat excited. Spitting human words, it greedily said, "He's merely a Spirit Transformation junior who has mastered Void Refinement talismans, yet he possesses so many Natural Treasures. Should we pull a job?"
This Green Toad was called the Sky Blue Treasure Fishing Toad, an ancient exotic species. Its greatest ability was to spy out treasures.
Mud Swamp True Venerable had risen to prominence in his youth precisely because he had fortuitously encountered a severely wounded Sky Blue Treasure Fishing Toad and formed an equal contract with it. From then on, he had turned misfortune into fortune, encountered opportunity after opportunity, obtained treasure after treasure, and become a legendary figure of the Thunderflame Domain.
"You actually find this so tempting?"
Mud Swamp True Venerable was somewhat surprised.
Ever since advancing to Void Refinement, his old brother had not been this agitated for who knew how many years. Even when they had encountered the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect's Ninth Heaven Patriarch in the past, it had not been this excited.
That emotion infected him as well, making him recall his days as a Rogue Cultivator.
Back then, he had feared nothing and held nothing taboo, slaughtering as he pleased. Even those from powerful clans and great households with deep backgrounds meant nothing to him. Day and night, he danced upon knife edges,