Deal Reached

"Not bad, though your regard for seniors is a little lacking."

Chen Luo spoke with some regret. He had been in this era for so long, yet he had never found any weighty seniors to pay respects to. It truly disappointed him. The graves he had dug up outside before were all far too low-level. He desperately needed to find a few seniors of real stature—such as the Founding Ancestor of the Ancient Sword Sect, or Immortals who had fallen from the Upper Realm like his second brother.

Regard for seniors?

The Five Elements Ancestor's tone stalled.

He shot a suspicious glance at Chen Luo, whose face was full of regret. He somehow felt that what the other man meant was not the same thing he had meant. Still, considering the other party's formidable strength, he followed Chen Luo's lead and continued.

"Indeed. We cultivators should naturally respect our seniors and forge ahead!"

The Five Elements Ancestor forcibly steered the topic toward what he wanted to discuss. He reached out and tapped the tabletop twice. A circle of transparent Light Barrier rose from the ground, separating the two of them from the outside. The mortals passing by outside did not detect anything amiss, and no one noticed that a table was missing from the inn's second floor. They would only instinctively assume that the second floor had always been arranged this way.

"The path of immortality lies in struggle alone!"

He took out a fiery red stone and placed it on the table, then used his index finger to push it toward Chen Luo. This was a Fire Patterned Mysterious Crystal, an essential spiritual material for fire-attributed Void Return Cultivators of this era. Like the "Dao" of later generations, it was an equally scarce resource.

"A small piece of Fire