"With so many fiends and demons, how could I possibly deal with them? Besides, I'm merely a crawler from the Third Region. I don't have that kind of ability."
Ye Lin refused without even thinking.
It wasn't that he didn't want to help; there were simply too many fiends and demons.
This old man had already offered the sect's supreme treasure as payment to have him act. The severity of the matter went without saying.
If he agreed and then failed to resolve it later, he would be the one losing face.
By then, the old man could simply take back the Enlightenment Sacred Lotus, and all his work would have been for nothing.
He would have worked entirely for nothing.
After all that hardship, if he got nothing in the end, he wouldn't even have a place to cry.
"Young friend, this old man's eye for people is not poor. If I say you can do it, then you can do it. You need only put forth your strength. Whether you succeed or fail, the Enlightenment Sacred Lotus will be yours."
"What do you say?"
The old man continued.
"Since Senior has said so, then I'll go."
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Lin ultimately agreed.
The old man had already put it that way. If he still refused, he would be showing a lack of tact.
What was more, trading one intervention for a treasure comparable to a Dao Artifact could not merely be called a huge profit. There simply was no other deal in this world more lucrative than this.
"Very good. This old man will be watching you. If you loaf on the job and play tricks, then even if this old man is confined, I have plenty of ways to capture you."
The old man