World-Saving Pavilion

Black and White Domain, Azure Wave Continent, World-Saving Pavilion.

The World-Saving Pavilion was the most mysterious existence on the Azure Wave Continent. The world only knew that anyone who entered the World-Saving Pavilion, even if they had only a single breath left, could walk out whole and unharmed...

However!

The World-Saving Pavilion had three conditions for saving people.

First, it would not save those guilty of heinous crimes.

Second, those saved had to serve for ten years.

Third, if the Pavilion Master was in a bad mood, no rescue would be given.

It could be said that those the World-Saving Pavilion had saved included local tycoons as well as regional overlords.

Within an elegant courtyard, Qin Jishi sat cross-legged, cultivating with his mind stilled and breath calmed. Four Primordial Azure Dragons coiled behind him as profound energy surged toward him.

With every breath he took, the surrounding air ceased to circulate, while his powerful aura formed a vacuum around Qin Jishi.

Huff!!

After a long while!

Qin Jishi opened his eyes, exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and slowly rose.

"The Old Man has been gone for three years, hasn't he? He said he'd leave something for me when I turned eighteen. Today, I happen to be eighteen. Let's see what exactly the Old Man left for me..."

As he spoke, Qin Jishi raised a foot and prepared to leave.

"Young Pavilion Master, Young Pavilion Master! Yang Kun's ten-year term has expired, yet he is still refusing to leave our World-Saving Pavilion. He says he has something to tell you."

A disciple hurried over.

Upon hearing this!

Qin Jishi remained calm. "Deliver my message. Tell him to get lost immediately. Don't wait until I cripple his cultivation and have someone throw him out of the World-Saving Pavilion."

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the disciple quickly departed.

If anyone had heard those words at that moment, they would certainly have been utterly shocked.

Who was Yang Kun?

He was the Clan Leader of the Yang Family, one of Soaring Dragon City's three great powers, and a man of considerable standing.

"Young Pavilion Master..." Just as Qin Jishi raised his foot to continue onward, another disciple hurried over. "The Black Eagle Prefecture Lord from the Azure Wave Imperial Capital requests an audience. He wishes to beg you to save his son's life..."

The Black Eagle Prefecture Lord?

Qin Jishi frowned, then relaxed. "The Black Eagle Prefecture holds some status in the Azure Wave Imperial Capital, and it is not a force guilty of heinous crimes."

"Do this!"

"Deliver my message. Tell him to prepare one million profound crystals and leave his son at the World-Saving Residence..."

Upon hearing this, the disciple accepted the order and left.

The Black Eagle Prefecture!!

It held absolute status in the Azure Wave Imperial Capital. Qin Jishi had agreed not only because they were not a heinous force, but also because he was in a rather good mood today.

Turning eighteen was a rare occasion.

After that disciple left, Qin Jishi raised his foot once more.

"Young Pavilion Master... Feng from Nether City..."

"Get lost!"

Before the distant disciple could even arrive, Qin Jishi had already grown impatient.

"Right away~" Hearing this, the disciple froze, then turned around and left.

Qin Jishi was already impatient, and the disciple had no wish to provoke him at such a time.

"How annoying. Such a good mood has been ruined."

"Humph!"

"I really don't know what the Old Man was thinking, insisting that I could only leave after becoming an adult at eighteen."

"Annoying!"

Muttering to himself, Qin Jishi stepped out of the courtyard.

After leaving the courtyard, Qin Jishi did not head toward where the Old Man had once lived. Instead, he made his way toward the Healing Hall.

When he entered the Healing Hall, a middle-aged man who had been waiting there for a long time came into view.

This middle-aged man was the Black Eagle Prefecture Lord.

"Young Pavilion Master... my son..." The moment Qin Jishi entered, the Black Eagle Prefecture Lord immediately stepped forward.

"I already know. Do you understand my rules?" Qin Jishi lightly raised his hand, then said no more as he looked toward the young man on the bed.

"Of course!" The Black Eagle Prefecture Lord nodded. "Aside from the other rules, the most important one is that I must not reveal anything regarding the World-Saving Pavilion, especially anything about you, Young Pavilion Master..."

"Mm!" Qin Jishi was very satisfied with the Black Eagle Prefecture Lord's answer.

The young man lying on the bed wore a pained expression, his face blackened.

"Soul Devouring Gu!"

With just one glance, Qin Jishi understood everything. "Black Eagle Prefecture Lord, it seems the Myriad Poisons Lair has recently shown signs of rising from the ashes."

As he spoke, Qin Jishi pressed his index and middle fingers together, sending a streak of golden energy into the young man's body.

Over the past three years, this was already the third time Qin Jishi had encountered the Soul Devouring Gu...

"Young Pavilion Master, you are correct. Ever since the Myriad Poisons Lair was destroyed twenty years ago, their traces have now appeared across the Azure Wave Continent once again. The Azure Wave Imperial Capital takes this matter very seriously, but despite constant investigation, nothing has come of it."

Before the Black Eagle Prefecture Lord had finished speaking, Qin Jishi had already withdrawn his fingers.

At the same time, the young man on the bed regained his normal complexion.

"All right, the Soul Devouring Gu has been removed. He will recover completely after resting for a few days..."

Uh!!

Upon hearing this, the Black Eagle Prefecture Lord was stunned.

While the two had been speaking, the Soul Devouring Gu had already been resolved?

The Soul Devouring Gu was something even he had been helpless against, yet the other party had dispelled it so effortlessly.

Just what realm had his strength reached?

Could he be connected to the Holy Domain Qin Family?

As the Black Eagle Prefecture Lord secretly guessed, Qin Jishi's voice rang out again.

"Black Eagle Prefecture Lord, since the Myriad Poisons Lair has targeted your son, they have likely set their sights on your Black Eagle Prefecture in secret. Be careful in your future dealings."

"Qingfeng, see the guest out..."

Just as the Black Eagle Prefecture Lord was about to offer his thanks, Qin Jishi had already issued an order to send him away.

Black Eagle Prefecture Lord: "..."

After leaving the Healing Hall, Qin Jishi turned and headed toward the forbidden grounds.

Along the way!!

"Young Pavilion Master, I'd like to discuss something with you. Could you let my son come to our World-Saving Pavilion to do odd jobs as well? As long as you agree, our Wang Family will give you half of our resources." Wang Mang, who monopolized Wuji City's weapons trade, said this.

"Young Pavilion Master, my ten-year term ends next month. Can I stay at our World-Saving Pavilion for a few more years? The flowers and plants here still need me to trim them." The Pill Pavilion Master of Linjiang City, who had always thought himself lofty and pure, shamelessly sidled up to Qin Jishi.

"..."

Anyone who was able to remain in the World-Saving Pavilion, even a mere sweeper, was a renowned figure whose name would shake the land once released outside.

Yet these lofty figures were all incomparably respectful before Qin Jishi at this moment.

"Hehe!" Qin Jishi had long heard such requests until his ears grew calluses. He chuckled softly. "Rules are rules. No one may break them, unless I am in a good mood..."

"The Young Pavilion Master is right... right..." Hearing this, all of them hurriedly echoed him.

"Well, Young Pavilion Master, are you in a good mood today?"

"..."

"I!" Just as Qin Jishi was about to respond.

"Young Pavilion Master..." At that moment, a disciple came rushing over in panic.

Seeing the hurried look on that disciple's face, Qin Jishi frowned and said displeasedly, "What has you so flustered... Could someone be causing trouble?"

"Young Pavilion Master... you were right. Someone has come to cause trouble at our World-Saving Pavilion."

Qin Jishi: "..."

He had only said it casually, yet it had actually come true.

This piqued Qin Jishi's interest. In his memory, ever since the World-Saving Pavilion had been founded, nothing like this had ever happened. He truly wanted to see who the other party was.