Telling Natalia about the Nine Provinces World's path to Longevity and letting her try it had been a sudden flash of inspiration on Pan Long's part.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas World seemed both real and illusory, but one thing was certain: its worlds were nothing like the Nine Provinces World, where every path to Longevity had already been claimed by some Immortal or Buddha, leaving those who came later to gaze across the ocean and sigh.
In other words, if the Nine Provinces World's methods of attaining Longevity could be learned in these worlds, becoming an Immortal or Buddha and living forever ought to be much easier than it was in the Nine Provinces World.
Pan Long had no intention of trying it himself. He had no idea whether attaining Longevity this way might have serious aftereffects. Once he returned to the Nine Provinces World, for example, he might be knocked from his immortal station back into the dust. Something even worse might happen.
That risk was not worth taking.
He had made up his mind long ago: if he pursued the path of the Immortals and Buddhas to attain Longevity, he would take the final step in the Nine Provinces World!
But there was no harm in letting someone else try while he watched.
As for the risks... He had no qualms about letting someone from the Suppression Bureau take them.
The Suppression Bureau was a villainous organization, so its members were villains too. They might have all sorts of admirable qualities, but did that change the fact that they were villains overall?
Of course not!
That was why Pan Long had asked Natalia Long to try it first.
If she succeeded, or at least showed some hope of success, he would pass what he learned on