Looking at the Grand Elder, Feng Jun really wanted to ask, What makes you think I should return the formation pillar to you?
But there was no point in saying such meaningless things. "I have one final request."
There was more? The Grand Elder froze for a moment, then decisively nodded. "Go ahead."
Feng Jun took out a cigarette and a lighter. After clicking the lighter more than ten times, he finally lit the cigarette. He took a drag before speaking slowly. "The defenses at my Luohua Manor are rather weak. I'd like to borrow a Qi Refining Stage cultivator from Jade Ruins..."
The Grand Elder was stunned. After quite a while, he finally spoke. "How long?"
He understood perfectly well that although Feng Jun called it borrowing, he actually wanted Jade Ruins to provide a Qi Refining Stage cultivator as a servant—or perhaps a hostage. In any case, he wanted to keep one person from Jade Ruins under control.
"Ten years," Feng Jun said blandly after another puff. "Ten years should be enough, barring any accidents... Luohua also has a Spirit-Gathering Formation. If that person fulfills their duties, they can cultivate a little in their spare time."
This was the fundamental reason he had shown Jade Ruins some leniency instead of relentlessly pursuing the matter—the high-end combat strength at Luohua Manor was too limited.
If he was away and Huahua was out as well, Luohua's defenses would still be somewhat weak. In the future, Chaori County would also need someone stationed there. And in all of Xia Nation, Jade Ruins was the only place he knew of that had Qi Refining Stage cultivators.
As for whether someone from Jade Ruins might not work wholeheartedly? Feng Jun did not think that was possible.
The most crucial point was that he