Within an unnamed world inside Heart-Questioning Valley.
An elder of Heart-Questioning Valley came trembling to the entrance of a great hall.
"Great Elder!"
He bowed slightly and called out timidly.
"Hum..."
The doors of the great hall slowly opened.
He hurried inside cautiously.
But after he entered the hall, an entirely different scene greeted him.
This was another world.
Moreover, immortal qi filled this world. A single breath could send one's cultivation soaring.
An old man sat upright atop a mountain.
Dressed in plain clothes, the old man held a fishing rod, fishing in the sea of clouds between the mountains.
The elder came up behind him and bowed respectfully.
"Great Elder, the people from the Divine Firmament Sword Sect have brought up the ore vein again. Their stance is already very firm this time. I'm finding it difficult to keep putting them off."
The fishing old man merely smiled faintly.
"Then just ignore them."
Cold sweat covered the elder's forehead.
"But this is the Divine Firmament Sword Sect. When the Divine Firmament Sword Sect is being reasonable with us, we'd best be reasonable too. If they choose not to be reasonable..."
The elder did not finish, but his meaning was clear.
If they really kept leaving the Divine Firmament Sword Sect hanging like this, the consequences would not be good.
Yet the old man merely lifted his fishing rod.
Nothing!
But the old man was not angry.
He had never expected to actually catch any fish with this thing anyway.
He was only doing this to cultivate his temperament.
As for the elder's question...
The old man simply cast his line again, then shook his head. "Don't worry. The things are in our hands now, and they're only useful if we're willing to cooperate."
"If we refuse to cooperate,