"Everyone, withdraw."
True Lord Beiheng waved a hand, and the many Nine Li Valley cultivators below filed out of the hall.
Only after you and True Lord Beiheng were the sole two Nascent Soul cultivators remaining in the hall did he speak solemnly.
"Fellow Daoist Azure Origin, now that you have advanced to the Nascent Soul realm, you shall enjoy the privileges of a Supreme Elder of Nine Li Valley, as we agreed...
"You will have your own cave abode on a fourth-tier spirit vein and receive a generous stipend every year...
"
When you joined Nine Li Valley, the price for borrowing its fourth-tier spirit vein to attempt your Nascent Soul breakthrough was to protect the valley for the following hundred years.
During those hundred years, you would receive the compensation True Lord Beiheng had described.
"Very well."
You nodded slightly, accepting without demurral or delay.
As a newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator, your most pressing need was a stable cave abode and cultivation environment.
Nine Li Valley could provide all of that. Why would you refuse?
As for whether protecting Nine Li Valley would be dangerous... with a veteran Body Cultivator True Lord like True Lord Beiheng holding the front line, the chances of you actually encountering danger were exceedingly low.
There had been no cases of a Nascent Soul True Lord dying in the Infinite Domain over the past several hundred years.
Moreover, your Nascent Soul spirit body was exceptionally stable, giving you greater survival capabilities than an ordinary early-stage True Lord.
Hearing your response and seeing no reluctance in your words or expression,
True Lord Beiheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Nine Li Valley had made you sign a fourth-tier spirit contract back then, and even a Nascent Soul True Lord would suffer a