The six Afterglow Immortal Sects remained speechless for a long time.
"If..."
"If that is true..."
Yu Hui of the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace drew a deep breath. "If the Immortal Sect can prove it, we can lower our demands further. But if you expect us to give away our inheritance selflessly, or take tens of millions of years of our order's legacy in exchange for a paltry reward, that is absolutely impossible."
"If you insist on that, there is nothing more to say."
This time, he did not mention partial Immortal Sect citizenship.
Everything they did was to see their orders rise again. Given sufficient benefit and assurances, anything could be exchanged.
"Fellow Daoists,"
"Then we can exchange inheritances."
Jiang Ding was unsurprised. "You must list every inheritance in your possession. When the Immortal Sect needs a particular technology, it can offer cultivation technology in exchange."
"How does that sound?"
Trade and exchange were the foundation of the Immortal Sect's rule over the world cluster.
"Cultivation inheritances of equal value?" Yu Hui of the Heavenly Secret Immortal Sect asked.
"Twenty to one," Jiang Ding said calmly.
"In other words, the Immortal Sect can exchange a technology worth one unit for any technology of yours worth twenty. The exchange will be compulsory; you cannot refuse."
"How each technology's value is determined can be discussed later."
A victor carried himself like a victor.
Driven into a dead end, the six Afterglow Immortal Sects were powerful and terrifying indeed.
But offered a way to survive—open to being divided and won over—they were far from invincible. They could even be called fragile.
Under those circumstances, the six Afterglow Immortal Sects were nothing to fear.
Naturally, they would not be offered particularly favorable terms.
The six Afterglow Immortal Sects deliberated and calculated for a