"What do you even need all those Worship Hall elders for, then? So they can sit at home and simmer soup? They can't make any more progress anyway. Why not go out and stretch their legs? Don't they know Xue'er might inherit the Angel God's position? With them there, she'll be perfectly safe!"
Li Pu really couldn't understand their way of thinking. By their reasoning, it was simply a terrible idea.
They were letting Tang Hao and the dark side of Spirit Hall grow unchecked, tarnishing Spirit Hall's reputation, all just to prepare Qian Renxue to become a god in the future.
It might look as if the benefits outweighed the costs in the end, but they didn't know that he had a backup plan.
"In any case, you don't need to worry about that," Qian Daoliu said.
"Fine, then. You're the masters of Spirit Hall, after all. I'm just a minor elder. I can make suggestions, but the final decision is yours," Li Pu said lightly. They could do whatever they wanted.
After chatting a little longer, Li Pu left the Worship Hall.
He had barely returned to his quarters when a high-ranking Spirit Master came before him. The man bowed respectfully and presented him with a map.
"My lord, I found the place with the rare treasures you asked me to look for. Just as you expected, it's full of all kinds of medicinal herbs. However, a vast stretch of poisonous miasma surrounds it, and neither Spirit Masters nor Soul Beasts can enter. Here's the map."
Li Pu took the map. It was clear and straightforward, showing exactly where to enter Sunset Forest. The site lay near the forest's core, and several important landmarks were marked in detail.
As one of the three great treasure troves of Douluo Continent, a place every Spirit Master coveted, how could Li Pu pass it up?
He didn't need to venture out himself, relying on his own skill and daring to find it. His position as an elder in Spirit Hall gave him the authority to dispatch people to search for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Compared with some transmigrators who had to rely on their own skill and daring, things couldn't be much better.
Compared with Dugu Bo more than ten years later, Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo was only a Soul Douluo now.
With a silver tongue and overwhelming strength, Li Pu could make Dugu Bo kneel and sing his surrender.
If he could get the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he would. Otherwise, he would rather destroy them than leave them for Tang San and the others.
Of course, he couldn't be sure whether the Asura God would arrange another opportunity for Tang San.
In any case, the treasures were good, but it would be a different story if they fell into the hands of his enemies!
Besides, he didn't necessarily have to hand them over to Spirit Hall. He could let Spirit Hall hold on to them temporarily.
During his conversation with Qian Daoliu, the elder hadn't spoken plainly. He was wary and cautious around Li Pu, and didn't completely trust him.
A thousand years ago, God of Slaughter Supros and Spirit Hall had waged a war for supremacy over the continent. History could repeat itself in their generation.
Keeping Li Pu around also meant leaving him for Qian Renxue to deal with.
The struggle between gods should be left to the gods themselves.
Otherwise, Qian Daoliu wouldn't have become a shut-in, doing nothing at all.
"Wonderful! I'll make sure you receive the reward you deserve!"
"Thank you, my lord."
With that, the man left, brimming with excitement.
Bibi Dong happened to come by. Seeing how pleased Li Pu looked with the map in his hand, she asked curiously, "What happened to make you so happy?"
"I sent someone out to find a wonderful place. The treasures there are beyond anything you could imagine," Li Pu said without hiding it.
"What could it be? Is it really that miraculous?" Bibi Dong grew curious.
"The things there are much like the inner core I gave Xue'er before. The place is full of all kinds of rare treasures of heaven and earth. They can strengthen the body, evolve Martial Souls, improve attributes, enhance aptitude, and increase Soul Power. There are even treasures that can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones," Li Pu said with a smile.
"Is it really that miraculous?" Bibi Dong could hardly believe that such a wondrous place existed in the world. And damn it, all those treasures grew in one place! They weren't even artificially cultivated, like Chrysanthemum Douluo's herbs. Nobody would believe it if they heard about it.
"Of course. I found a mention of it in a corner of Spirit Hall's archives. Maybe they thought it was impossible for one place to hold so many treasures, so they ignored it. I sent people to look, and they found it."
Li Pu made up whatever came to mind. There was no way such a thing could actually happen. If it existed, how had nobody found it after all these years? What had the people at Spirit Hall been doing? These treasures had all been prepared for Tang San, their beloved son.
"Spirit Hall really hasn't amounted to much after all these years," Bibi Dong mocked. "They couldn't even find a place this wonderful. Surely the people who went out to gain experience couldn't have been that useless."
"They lack a spirit of adventure when it comes to the unknown," Li Pu said with a smile. "Besides, these things are so extraordinary that it's hard not to doubt they're real. It's not too late now, though."
"Let's go find an expert on flowers and herbs. I'm sure he'll go mad when he hears about this."
On this continent, aside from Tang San, the only experts in this field were Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan.
When Li Pu soon brought Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan the good news, the douluo's eyes widened in disbelief. "Elder Li, is what you're saying true?"
He had joined Spirit Hall not only to obtain resources, but even more to search for more Immortal Herbs—especially one that was extremely important to him.
"You'll find out when you get there. I sent people to look and confirm it," Li Pu said.
Chrysanthemum Douluo leaped to his feet, wishing he could appear at the site right that instant.
"Come on, come on! Let's leave right now!"
"Why are you in such a hurry? The treasures are right where they are. Nobody's touched them," Bibi Dong said with a smile.
"Saintess, you don't understand what that place represents, or what it means to me. Even killing me ten thousand times wouldn't be enough to repay its value. If any faction gets its hands on it, they'll flourish forever. No one will be able to shake them!" Chrysanthemum Douluo's breathing grew heavy, his blood boiling with excitement. Anyone would understand, seeing him like this.
"In short, I won't be able to calm down until I see it for myself."
"Bring a few more people. We'll need a powerful expert to guard the place."
Li Pu thought of the few shut-ins in the Worship Hall. They could send any one of them. They couldn't advance any further anyway. Perhaps the fallen beast god's domain would let them get one step closer.
"Fine, fine. That would be even better. There might be powerful Soul Beasts guarding the place, so having a Worshipper there would be ideal," Chrysanthemum Douluo said, still impatient.
Li Pu didn't choose one of the other Worshippers. He picked the fifth Worshipper, Guangling Douluo.
Unable to advance any further, and looking like a little boy to begin with, Guangling spent his days playing like a child.
Compared with the other Worshippers, Li Pu liked Guang Ling, the old child, best.
Guangling Douluo didn't turn down Li Pu's invitation. When he heard about such a place, there was no way he would refuse to go take a look.
"Staying in Spirit Hall with those old geezers is no fun anyway. I'll come along and have a bit of fun with you."
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