Chapter 1898: Show Me the Money
What made Lu Yun uncomfortable was that the gaudily dressed woman was also a grand supreme. The second he saw her, he contacted the Yama Kings and bade them to suspend operations regarding further major world conquest.
Things were not as they seemed—a significant group of powerhouses remained outside the tomb of the empyrean supreme, waiting and observing the situation. The grand supremes in the Ghost Sect, Starcatch Tower, and Wind and Cloud Pagoda were but the tip of the iceberg.
“Aiya, my most venerated master. Why are you looking at me like that? I personally served you last time in the Luo Trading Major World,” the woman giggled coquettishly.
What she meant by personal service was fetching tea and water for Lu Yun and arranging for his accommodations. Lu Yun hadn’t known about the existence of grand supremes then, so he’d perceived her to be an ordinary supreme.
This time, the woman called Luo Qian gave him the same feeling as the sect master of the Ghost Sect and Myriad Treasure Grand Supreme of Starcatch Tower. Plainly, she was another grand supreme.
In the meantime, Nightmare looked at Lu Yun with an inexplicable look in her eyes. A grand supreme personally serving Lu Yun?
Her thoughts were obviously going down the wrong path.
Grand Supreme Luo Qian was well known throughout Darkstar and even more prominent than the Myriad Treasure Grand Supreme of Starcatch Tower. It hadn’t been long since the Wind and Cloud Pagoda’s establishment and they certainly lacked in relative foundation, but their annual revenue rivaled that of the greatest merchant companies.
Credit for that lay completely with Grand Supreme Luo Qian.
She possessed thousands of replicas—one of those had greeted Lu Yun last time. Meanwhile, her primary body resided on Darkstar, supervising operations on the major world.
Darkstar was a very important locale even without the Dark World opening. Endarkened often appeared here, as well as treasures that couldn’t be found in the worlds of light. Most importantly was that the true land of darkness constantly threatened the chief worlds. That made Darkstar an important bastion against the gloom.
While the endarkened that appeared on Darkstar was a far cry from those that resided in the land of darkness, they provided good practice for sequence cultivators.
Naturally, the Wind and Cloud Pagoda also possessed ambitions to establish a branch in the Dark World.
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“Enhancing ghost cultivators to the level of high supreme in the Dark World?” Luo Qian blinked after hearing Lu Yun’s story. “That’s not impossible, but little Princess Nightmare will probably die as soon as she leaves the Dark World.”
“What??” Lu Yun gasped. Nightmare colored with shock as well.
“In that case… Why didn’t the Myriad Treasure Grand Supreme agree to my condition?” It didn’t make sense to her. If Starcatch Tower just wanted to use her and let her die after the fact, then they should’ve secured the partnership no matter the cost.
“Or maybe Starcatch Tower’s method will cause no harm to you, but ours will take your life.” Luo Qian thought of another possibility. “Regardless, that Sikong Myriad Treasure will not give up easily. Apart from Nightmare, there is another ghost dao royalty in Darkstar City—You Haoyue of the Dark Hell.
“But I know that he won’t work with them either, so Starcatch Tower will have to come back to Nightmare. It’s one thing if they change their conditions, but if they agree to giving her thirty percent, then they’ll probably use the method we know and let her die after the job is done,” Luo Qian postulated gravely.
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
The building trembled violently, as if someone was attacking the Wind and Cloud Pagoda.
“The two rats who dared insult Rising Sunriver’s princess will show themselves! Come out, or this supreme will destroy everything here!” rang a cold and detached voice. It was a high supreme from Rising Sunriver.
Lu Yun’s cheek spasmed.
“The tomb of the empyrean supreme does indeed hold great attraction for cultivators beyond supreme,” Luo Qian looked at Lu Yun. “But there are too many dangers inside it at the moment. Many high and grand supremes have yet to try their luck. We will enter only after the situation settles down.
“There are quite a few grand supremes who count as weaklings because we are not long into our ascension. But if established high supremes pick this moment to charge into the tomb, that would be courting death.
“Don’t worry, young lord, all of the high and grand supremes are focused squarely on the tomb of the empyrean supreme. What the World of Immortals is attempting does not warrant our attention.”
Lu Yun nodded with a rueful smile.
Fuxi and the others probably thought the same way, which was why they hadn’t entered the tomb. They were heavily injured and too many unknowns yet lurked in the structure. Once the situation progressed to the next stage, that was when the various high and grand supremes of the chief worlds would stream into the empyrean supreme’s tomb.
While the World of Immortals didn’t warrant their attention, they did want formula dao. It would be exceptionally useful in the tomb.
Luo Qian’s full concentration was on the tomb of the empyrean supreme. Lu Feng was immensely skilled in both immortal and formula dao, so the Wind and Cloud Pagoda wasn’t concerned about the upcoming expedition. Therefore, she’d ignored everything having to do with the World of Immortals.
Alarm bells, however, clanged in Lu Yun’s heart. The remaining high and grand supremes outside would very likely give the World of Immortals a fatal blow before they entered the tomb. They would forcefully strip formula dao from immortal dao then.
The Rising Sunriver high supreme continued to attack the pagoda. But seeing as it’d been built by Lu Feng himself, how would a mere high supreme break its defenses? They also seemed unaware that there was a grand supreme in residence at the Wind and Cloud Pagoda.
“Let them have their fun, they’ll go away when they’re tired.” Luo Qian didn’t care and didn’t seem inclined to teach the high supreme a lesson.
“You’re going to let them do whatever they want, just like this?” Nightmare asked blankly.
“What else can I do?” Luo Qian giggled. “We’re businessmen and focus on doing business. Rising Sunriver’s trade with us totals several hundred million enigma stones a year. Who spits in the face of so much money? We’ll make Rising Sunriver cough up some compensation for this, that’s all.”
Lu Yun held his forehead. Even saints experienced an occasional flare of temper, but the Wind and Cloud Pagoda remained unmoved when someone tried to beat their front door in.
After a while, the commotion outside dwindled down and the Rising Sunriver high supreme withdrew.
“Is it really the thing to do to just swallow this insult like this?” Lu Yun chuckled wryly.
“Swallow this insult? The pagoda never does that. Number two, make a trip to Rising Sunriver and tell them that their high supreme broke our Darkstar branch. Have them pay us one thousand ancestral veins of heaven and earth in damages.” Luo Qian made some quick calculations and updated, “Thirteen hundred veins! That’s probably their limit. It’s our loss if we demand any less and impossible for them to fulfill if we demand more.
“Thirteen hundred sits right at the maximum of what they can tolerate.”
Lu Yun and Nightmare gaped at her.
