"Heh heh, so you were tempted after all?"
Da Long showed not a trace of anger at Yue Wen's disrespect. Its golden flames were full of the joy of an impending sale.
When he had listened to Da Long introduce its merchandise that day, Yue Wen had already felt that this Heavenly Circuit Transfer Device suited him very well.
The benefits of the Circulation of the Heavenly Circuit Instrument went without saying. Others cultivated, and he profited. When a seal bearer put ten parts of effort into cultivation, they could now reap thirteen parts of returns. Of the three extra parts, one went to them, and two went to Yue Wen.
A genuine win-win.
The downside was that, before he reached the Dao Realm, if a seal bearer died or their cultivation surpassed his, twice the cultivation they had provided him would be deducted.
That meant Yue Wen had to ensure the seal bearers' safety and maintain the gap between his cultivation and theirs.
But if the gap was too large, the cultivation they provided would have no value.
Yue Wen could currently issue at most five Heavenly Circuit Co-Cultivation Seals. If he gave them to five cultivators in the Lower Three Realms, the cultivation gains they provided from a full day of practicing their cultivation methods might add up to less than what Yue Wen gained from completing a single heavenly circuit himself.
There was no helping it. The difference in the capacity of their qi seas was too great.
So the best seal bearers would definitely be in the Astral Realm. They would pose no threat to him, while still providing worthwhile gains. They also needed to be Astral Realm cultivators he knew very well, the kind who often stayed close to him.
There happened to be three