"If you're willing, Fellow Daoist, you could be given some payment for chopping the trees." Lord Wielding Sword seemed to think I was genuinely formidable at chopping trees, which was why he had come up with this idea. After all, I had just severed a small branch with two strikes. If it had been him or one of his disciples, they probably could not have done it so easily. Even if they had, their swords would likely have been chipped.
"Some payment? Tribulation Lightning Crystals and the like? I'm not lacking those, and you're asking me to do the work none of you are willing to do. Why should I do it? Do you really take me for a long-term laborer?" I said with a laugh.
"If Fellow Daoist would help us cut away some of the excessive branches, simply name whatever payment you want. If it's a few treasured swords or ancient texts, our White Cloud Sword Sect still has plenty." A woman's voice soon drifted over. I looked toward it and saw five women appear among the white clouds. The woman who had spoken looked to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight. She wore a Daoist robe and a feathered crown, and her whole being radiated an overwhelming immortal aura.
Behind her were several girls in their teens. Every one of them was pretty, each with her own distinctive charm. Some were slender and possessed an otherworldly bearing, while others were tall and graceful. They truly were all rare beauties, one in ten thousand!
"If the White Cloud Sword Sect possessed a sword capable of chopping trees with ease, why would you give it away? You could simply use it to chop trees yourselves. As for ancient texts and the like, if studying them still leaves me unable to