Become an immortal?
Pei Ling couldn't help shuddering. Was the Fusheng Chess Game a path to ascending and becoming an immortal?
This...
Good thing he'd been cautious before and hadn't gone over there to get himself killed!
As his thoughts raced, he heard "Huo" say calmly, "Lose, and your cultivation comes to nothing. You die, and your body and Dao vanish."
Pei Ling's heart tightened. He respectfully said, "Thank you for your guidance, senior."
"However, may I ask what you wish of me after granting me such instruction?"
"Huo" replied succinctly, "Become an immortal."
Become an immortal?
Pei Ling was confused. But seeing that the taboo had no intention of explaining, he didn't dare ask further. He immediately said, "This junior understands. Next, I will challenge the Sect Masters of the Nine Great Sects."
With a taboo standing right before him, he couldn't refuse. He could only agree for now.
Besides, the taboo hadn't set a time limit. He could wait a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years... That wouldn't count as breaking his promise.
The taboo said nothing more. The space before Pei Ling shattered with a thunderous crash, and he plunged into a spatial rift, vanishing from sight.
Within the shadowy depths, all was dim and hazy.
A figure in white robes appeared once more. Sensing that Pei Ling had departed, "Yu" slowly stepped forward, reached the dais, and bowed. Then, hesitating, she asked, "Master, are you really going to give 'Zhou's' fortune and the path to immortality to a living person?"
Dead silence hung over the dais.
After a moment, the taboo's voice rang out, vast and immense. "He has earned the right."
At that, "Yu"'s expression changed. Then she fell silent.
After bowing respectfully once more, she quietly withdrew.
Within the shadowy depths, "Huo"