Tea smoke curled through the pavilion.
Hearing the girl's words,
True Lord Linghan's relaxed brows lifted slightly.
Holding his teacup, his expression grew more serious. After pondering for a long while, he slowly said, "Dao-Union Relics are indeed quite precious, but unless they are of the highest grade, ordinary Dao-Union Relics are not actually that difficult to produce."
"It is only a pity that Dao-Union Relics have always been bestowed by the elders of each peak upon their own disciples. As a guest elder, Fellow Daoist Jiang... I fear..."
He did not finish, but the meaning was obvious.
Jiang Yuechu's expression remained unchanged. She was not surprised.
She had long been prepared for this.
Although the fact that the Nine Great Dao Sects did not forbid other human forces from entering the Immortal-God Cave Abode showed that the Dao Sects were not stingy. They even possessed the bearing of great sects and sincerely considered the human race...
That did not mean the sect was willing to hand over its own foundations to an outsider with no official standing for nothing.
It was like a friend asking you for ten million. Naturally, you would agree without hesitation.
You would promise to give it once you had it.
After all, you did not have it now.
But if they asked for ten thousand, you could not agree so easily.
Because you really did have ten thousand in your pocket.
Since Dao-Union Relics were out of reach, Jiang Yuechu asked instead, "What about the Five-Qi Treasure Grounds?"
"The Five-Qi Treasure Grounds... there are currently several within the sect."
True Lord Linghan set down his teacup and said solemnly, "Ordinary inner disciples may go to the Five-Qi Treasure Grounds to condense Dao Chess so long as they accumulate sufficient merit, or possess items of