Seeing this, Ouyang Ming, who had been extremely overbearing, softened his attitude somewhat.
The relationship between the two men left him unable to help entertaining certain possibilities.
If a Heaven Immortal could order a Golden Immortal around, that proved someone even more powerful stood behind the Heaven Immortal.
What cultivation level?
Supreme Unity?
Or a Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal?
But after thinking it over, Ouyang Ming felt that was impossible.
If this brat really had someone behind him, why would he come to our remote backwater to cultivate?
"Fellow Daoist Ouyang!" After some thought, Stone Gatherer said directly, "You want me to help you set up a fifth-grade mountain-protecting defensive grand array, is that right?"
"No!" Ouyang Ming shook his head with a smile. "There are no fifth-grade immortal formations on my Heaven-Pointing Peak. If possible, I would like to ask you to help me set up a fifth-grade defensive immortal formation, plus two Divine-Sense Sealing Immortal Formations, a Warning Immortal Formation, and a Spirit-Gathering Immortal Formation!"
"Five in total!"
"Of course, there's no need to worry, fellow Daoist. I understand the rules involved. I'll prepare the formation materials myself, so you won't have to trouble yourself!"
"Certainly, certainly!" Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer said cheerfully. "As you saw, setting up this defensive grand array alone took me a full sixteen years!"
"Since you want me to help you set up five fifth-grade immortal formations, City Lord, it would be impossible without seventy or eighty years, perhaps even longer!"
"I wonder how you intend to compensate me for these hundred years, City Lord?"
With that, Stone Gatherer looked intently at Ouyang Ming.
A trace of a cold sneer flashed in Ouyang Ming's eyes. "I don't know how to put a price on that either. How about this? Tell me what you