Shen Fang had never imagined she would offer such terms. Even a court official like him felt his heart race at the prospect of a chance at immortality, let alone ordinary people.
Who was she? A genuine disciple of the Lotus Cloud Sect, sent out into the world, an inheritor of an immortal sect's legacy! "Immortal master" was merely a title. Whether she accepted it or not did nothing to diminish the credibility of her words.
Not to mention that she had already demonstrated her ability to "elevate others."
That was something Jiang Ning, the King of Qi's newly appointed immortal master, could not begin to match.
"Er—anyone can do it?" Still stunned, County Lieutenant Tang asked instinctively, "Immortal Master, didn't you say before that there was no easy path to immortality in this world?"
The Liu Shuyue of the past would certainly have felt embarrassed by her ill-considered statement.
Now, however, she could reply without batting an eye. "I never said this method was easy. It's simply that I'll shoulder all the difficulties and pay all the costs. As far as you're concerned, there's everything to gain and nothing to lose."
In a sense, she was not deceiving them.
Hunting down great demons could hardly be called an easy path.
When she had decided to destroy the Azure Dragon that day to give the fleeing civilians a chance to survive, she had already prepared herself for death. Surviving had been entirely unexpected.
It had also taught her something: with enough great demon blood, perhaps everyone in the world could sense qi and cultivate.
At the time, however, Liu Shuyue had merely entertained the idea.
She had long heard how common disputes were among rogue cultivators. Possessing power without cultivating one's character only led to bullying the weak and wreaking