"Hiss..."
Zhang Yuan's expression was exceedingly grim, and a bead of cold sweat rolled down his forehead.
He was injured?
Watching Zhang Yuan's expression, Wenren Shangzhi did not believe he could have been injured by this. He thought it was most likely an act.
"Brother, are you badly hurt?" Qin Tianyi asked upon seeing this.
Zhang Yuan exhaled a turbid breath and shook his head. "I'm fine. It's just that this Sword Qi is formidable. It was unleashed by an Elder Celestial Person Perfection Sword Immortal, and subduing it requires paying a price."
Upon hearing this,
Qin Tianyi and Wenren Shangzhi immediately understood what Zhang Yuan really meant.
Qin Tianyi sighed. "I see. Since you paid a price to subdue the Sword Qi, brother, how about this? Once we enter the Traveling Palace, you can have first pick of the first treasure or opportunity we obtain on this trip. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Wenren?"
Wenren Shangzhi said calmly, "I have no objection."
Letting Zhang Yuan choose first among treasures and opportunities that were useless to him, merely better than nothing, was of little consequence. But if they encountered a great opportunity with only one prize, those words would immediately become void. Whoever claimed it would have to rely on their own abilities.
That went without saying.
"Then it's settled."
Qin Tianyi nodded, then looked at the corner of the Traveling Palace where the Sword Qi had vanished. "Next, it's up to Fellow Daoist Wenren."
Wenren Shangzhi nodded, walked around the "injured" Zhang Yuan, and stood at the front, studying it with furrowed brows.
The Elder Era was extremely distant now. Even though the South Sea Dragon Clan had preserved an orderly succession of its heritage, some Formation Arts from the Primordial Era would evolve or disappear with time.