Golden light glittered within the Divine Palace.
"It's fortunate that Tian'ou is now the ruler of the Li Kingdom. Otherwise, this would be rather difficult to handle."
After a few wistful remarks, Baoqiu rose and led Xu Ming outside.
"Pass a message to him for me: if he wants to survive, he should prepare enough wealth when the time comes."
"Wealth?"
Xu Ming followed Baoqiu outside, looking somewhat puzzled. Although cultivators had things like spirit stones, those only circulated among Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Once one broke through to Purple Mansion, or possessed a grotto-heaven or blessed land, such aids to cultivation as spirit stones lost their significance entirely.
"His status is special. Only if he has wealth equal in value to his life can our lineage bring him into its fold."
Baoqiu glanced ahead, summoned a stream of white qi, and carried Xu Ming away into the distance.
"We of Many Treasures cultivate hidden metal. We have the Life-Pawning Art, which exchanges wealth for life. It works wonders even at the Purple Mansion level."
"If he brings the entire treasury of Great Li and pawns his life, not even a True Lord can erase him from existence for nine days!"
"What a wondrous art. I will certainly pass that on."
Xu Ming sighed in admiration. He had long heard that taboo wood could die in one's stead and hidden metal could pawn one's life, but he had never imagined their effects could be so miraculous.
Senior Baoqiu was a mighty cultivator of Many Treasures and would never make empty claims. If he said he could preserve someone's life against a True Lord, then he surely could!
For a Golden Core cultivator, killing someone at Purple Mansion was as easy as breathing out. Protecting someone from another Golden