Even till now, Patriarch Xue Pao had yet to mention the mass extinction of immortals. In other words, this old devil knew they still existed in this world.
To be honest, if this happened several days earlier, Lin Jin would have fallen for his trap.
Not anymore.
In the Visitation Hall, Lin Jin had personally met the immortals, Qin Yunshang and Chen Xuankong. It was from them, that he learned of the extraterritorial lands.
Hence, he now knew many secrets of immortals. If Patriarch Xue Pao was planning to use what Lin Jin already knew as leverage, he wouldn’t succeed.
Still, Lin Jin was curious.
He wondered how Patriarch Xue Pao knew all this.
“Of course I know. And I know even more secrets than you might think,” said Patriarch Xue Pao with great confidence. He was hoping that Curator would ask him more so he could seize the initiative in their conversation and slowly guide it to his goal.
To his surprise, Curator did not press him for more information. He didn’t even seem interested in the topic at all.
This baffled Patriarch Xue Pao and threw off his pace.
He mused, ‘This is impossible. No expert in this world could possibly resist the lure of immortality, so why isn’t Curator conforming to the norm?’
The ruffled Patriarch Xue Pao immediately adjusted his emotions and said, “Curator, I can see that your cultivation is profound and your abilities are phenomenal, but you have yet to reach the immortal realm. If you promise me one thing, I will gift you an opportunity, a chance at immortality and I will help you become an immortal.”
Now, this was blatant temptation.
No one in this world could possibly resist a chance at immortality as everyone knew how amazing immortals were. They lived forever and dominated the world as they pleased.
Lin Jin chuckled silently.
“What’s so good about immortality? I’m not interested.”
Indeed, he wasn’t.
With the Rank 9 immortal devouring beast around, humans gaining immortality would just be a death sentence. Daojun was the prime example. While he was extremely strong, all that strength was pointless if it could not bring down the Rank 9 immortal devouring beast.
Curator’s answer evidently shocked Patriarch Xue Pao.
For a moment, Patriarch Xue Pao went silent. It seems that he was at a loss for what to say.
“If you have nothing else to say, I have no reason to keep you around,” said Lin Jin as he broke the silence. Invoking a spell, his Psyche-Refining Needle began to close in and Patriarch Xue Pao’s psyche instantly sensed the impending danger.
“Wait. Curator, you may not be interested in immortality, b-but do you know that immortals actually still exist in this world? Promise me one thing and I can tell you where they are hiding.”
He set down another heavy temptation. Again, if he said this a few days earlier, Lin Jin would have been interested in hearing his answer.
Today, what Patriarch Xue Pao said practically confirmed that he was referring to the extraterritorial area.
Since he already knew, he wasn’t interested in that either.
“Not interested,” said Lin Jin as he moved his finger and the Psyche-Refining Needle pressured Patriarch Xue Pao so much that his face began to contort.
“Don’t! Wait!” Patriarch Xue Pao was panicking.
This completely exceeded his expectations. Even this information couldn’t move Curator? Unbelievable, So what would actually pique his interest?
Or rather, did Curator already know about all this?
With this in mind, Patriarch Xue Pao’s heart raced.
His thoughts ran wild and he considered a possibility. After all, he had been secretly observing the world for several hundred years now so he knew many things. Yet, the rise of Curator had been such a surprise. It was like a legendary figure had fallen out of the sky, or was born overnight.
None of this made sense.
Since he wasn’t interested in news about immortals, Patriarch Xue Pao was forced to consider one other possibility.
And so, he probed in a slightly trembling voice, “Curator, are you perhaps from Black Mountain…”
It was mostly a probe, and Lin Jin could tell.
A chain of thoughts rushed through his mind and he answered, “The extraterritorial area has nine mountains so Black Mountain isn’t much.”
Upon hearing his, Patriarch Xue Pao couldn’t conceal his shock anymore. No matter how hard he tried to contain himself, he just couldn’t.
“Yo-you…”
Patriarch Xue Pao began to stutter out of shock.
Lin Jin anticipated this effect after somewhat tricking Patriarch Xue Pao.
Moments later, as if he came to a realization, Patriarch Xue Pao said, “I’ve been too clumsy. So Curator hails from the extraterritorial area. It’s no wonder then.”
After a pause, he asked, “May I ask which sect is Curator from?”
This question wasn’t a challenge for Lin Jin. Recalling the sect of his two immortal visitors, he remembered that the Mystery Dao Sect was one of the greatest sects in the area, boasting a rich history. It would be ideal to use their sect compared to the Immortal Cloud Sect, which was slightly weaker.
With this in mind, Lin Jin said, “I wonder if you have heard of the Mystery Dao Sect?”
“Ah!”
Patriarch Xue Pao’s bloody face was visibly stunned.
“So Curator is from the Mystery Dao Sect!” Patriarch Xue Pao’s voice mellowed greatly as if he was humbling himself.
More importantly, he had done so willingly. There was also traces of fear and intention to retreat from his voice, a stark contrast compared to his earlier tone.
“I have once received guidance from Mystery Dao Sect’s Immortal Miao Yan, so I can be considered a partial disciple of his. With this, you and I are considered students of the same sect, Curator,” said Patriarch Xue Pao cordially.
‘He really did manage to come up with something,’ Lin Jin thought.
Naturally, Lin Jin didn’t respond or press questions since he didn’t know who Immortal Miao Yan was, nor did he have any details on the guy. If they continued sticking to this topic, he would surely be exposed.
However, Patriarch Xue Pao grew increasingly excited.
“Curator, my grudge with your disciple is nullified. Not only won’t I pursue the matter, but I will also bestow upon him great benefits. However, I need you to do me a small favor first.”
Perhaps he thought they had gotten closer now, Patriarch Xue Pao revealed his actual goal.
This was also the reason he tried to prevent Hu Yuzhen from coming to Dark Wind Monster Sect.
After hearing him out, Lin Jin knew what Patriarch Xue Pao wanted.
He wanted Curator to come to his hiding place to move something. While that sounded easy, even a fool knew that the task wouldn’t be as simple as Patriarch Xue Pao described.
Move something?
Who couldn’t move things? Why must Curator be the one to do it?
What’s more, it wouldn’t be difficult for Patriarch Xue Pao to create a body to do the grunt work. If he only wanted something normal moved, he could have done it himself. Why did he need another person’s assistance?
That aside, since Patriarch Xue Pao could control Hu Yuzhen, he could have controlled someone else to assist him.
