Shi Feiyang's proposal made Chan Master Xiaoyue's heart leap.
His cultivation and magical power were actually formidable; what he lacked were sufficiently powerful magic treasures.
To tell the truth, he was genuinely poor. Even the twin swords Tianhui and Yiguang had only come into his possession through guidance from his new master, Deng Yin.
But those two flying swords alone still left him at a disadvantage against the Three Immortals of the Eastern Sea. In his last battle with Xun Lanyin, his magical power had been no worse than hers, and his spells could hold their own. It was only his flying swords and magic treasures that fell short, repeatedly putting him on the back foot. If he, too, had nine Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Swords, he would have chopped Xun Lanyin into seventeen or eighteen pieces long ago!
Yet the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture had been passed down to him by his revered master, and he had cultivated it since the Eastern Jin, through several lifetimes of reincarnation...
Seeing his interest, Shi Feiyang sweetened the offer. "Fellow Daoist, you say you want to establish the true Emei lineage, but how are you going to fight them? They have the Purple and Azure Swords, the Seven Cultivation Swords, the Invisible Sword, the Mandarin Duck Thunderbolt Swords, Jade Green Peak, the Nine Precepts Immortal Banner, the Ziwu Cosmic Light Disc, the Three-Flower Divine Shuttle, and so many treasures passed down by Emei's patriarch.
"Even that expelled disciple, the Dragon-Slaying Abbess, has the Dragon-Subduing Pearl, the Dragon-Slaying Saber, and a great many treasures she refined herself. What do you have, fellow Daoist? What can you use to contend with them? Let me say something, and I hope you won't take offense: from an outsider's perspective, your magical power is formidable and your divine