"Well, I don't know what happened, but it seems like it all worked out well," I said.
I then looked at the guards in front of the tower and approached them.
"So, what caused all this crap?"
"Well, seems like a few of so proclaid acquaintances of yours obtained the golden insignia that we have given you," the guard said through divine sense. He then looked around and added, "Might as well get inside, I'll have one of the administrators explain everything in detail."
"Right that would be best," I said and walked inside.
The rest of the cultivators waited outside, as most of them were still waiting for their tokens, the ones that can calculate their kill count against the incoming invasion.
Once I was inside, I had to get into an elevator that took up along with the guard all the way to one of the top floors of the Black Tower.
The elevator stopped and opened into a wide room that had a wide table with several chairs.
The Purple Cloud Sect Master was sitting on one of these chairs and next to her was elder Yun, as for the main seat, the one in the centermost was a young-looking man that seed to carry himself with more grace than the noblest of nobles.
His whole deanor was that of soone that was born in richness, and grew with nobles, and thrived in all sorts of social occasions.
He had a well-decorated robe, and a hair bun with a single black jade hairpin that had the symbol of the Black Tower.
"Fellow Cultivator Shen Bao, welco to our humble accommodation," he said with all the grace one could afford.
"Thank you," I said and imdiately walked up and pulled a chair.
"Seems that you kept my people from leaving, can I ask why?" I said.
"Oh, we had no ability to confirm that if they had obtained the golden insignia that the Black Tower had given you, through legit and honest ans, so we had to keep them within the tower until you appeared to confirm it."
'This was the biggest and stenchiest pile of bull crap I heard this morning, but still, I guess they really didn't want to have a golden insignia moving around freely.
"Now, that it is confird that I have given it to them, what are you going to do?" I asked.
"I can only send in one cultivator with the golden insignia. But the sect master here wants to send her whole sect, you know that will be problematic if I were to do that." The young man said.
"Problematic doesn't an impossible. So, be honest with , and stop beating around the bush, what do you want from ?" I asked.
The young man smiled and said, "I want that puppet of yours, the massive one that flew you to the tower's gate."
I frowned, this guy is driving a bargain I can't accept.
"Don't, Shen Bao, that puppet is your only lease of life, we're already in debt to you for even thinking of using the golden insignia on us." The sect master said.
'Well, of course, I wasn't gonna give him Y, Bruh, that's basically signing my death warrant the mont I walk around without his protection,'
"The sect master is right, Y is not sothing I can give up that easily, if you have another request then I'll make sure to do my best to manage it, otherwise this won't do."
The young man began thinking or acted like he was assessing what I was speaking, while the both of us knew that his very first request was sothing that was impossible for to even accept thus his second request will be more plausible, it's a bargaining technique. Request sothing incredibly high in value, just to proportionally make your original or primary request sound less impactful on the second request.
'Master,' I heard from Y's divine sense ssage.
'What is it?' I replied.
'With that Saint Qi crystal, I'm more than capable of flight in outer space, I can also take your Lord of Lord's token with all of the sect mbers and take them to a nearby planet, the only downside is that I will use too much energy to evade the assault and will probably not be able to co back. lest I can take you with , then there will be no reason to stay on this planet.'
"That's actually pretty damn good to know, but for now, let's keep that as a last resort as I said, I need to actually fight in this war, I need so of the resources that the black tower is offering, if shit hits the fan, I'll go around collecting all friends I care about and just leave this place. As sad as that might sound, I'm no paragon of virtue, and I can't save an entire planet on my own.'
'Master, you fail to realize that Cultivators do not care about anyone but themselves, one must beco greedy for their own life, and if things go bad, you can always beco stronger and co back for revenge. It is the way of cultivators.'
I sighed inwardly at how black and white Y's vision was, but he was right, if you can't change an outco why regret what you cannot interfere with. One of the four kings, a god among n decided that a certain planet was to die, who was I to tell him no? even the Poison God had to step carefully around these beings.'
"Then I'll have to ask for sothing else. You showed good fighting ability earlier, and I was impressed with it, not to ntion that after a quick background check, we managed to figure out that you are well versed in inscriptions. This object right now is of high-security clearance, and the Black Tower is allowing a few select people of knowing this." The young man said and looked at the two guests next to .
"I'll have to excuse myself," Said the Sect master, and then Elder Yun also nodded and stood up.
"Shen Bao, this is a world of cultivation, don't forget that, think about yourself first, and stop caring about others, the mont you find a an or a thod to escape, use it. don't worry about us, it is fate of the weak to die, and none will envy you if you manage to escape calamity." The sect master's words were cold as she spoke and suddenly she left the area alongside elder Yun who sent a divine sense ssage.
"I got so good herbs I've been saving for a few years, how about you join for a ga of Go later on when you have so free ti?" Elder Yun sent.
'I'll make sure to do so," I sent back.
Once the two left, the young man smiled and waved a hand creating a small domain of law as easily as breathing that stopped any and all sounds from entering or leaving.
"Why not just use divine sense?" I said as I found it a waste to have this domain raised up.
"Because so divine sense ssages can be translated," the young man said.
This caused to worry, because what if he heard what Y had just said.
'Do not worry Master, Unless soone is stronger than my own creator, Master Rain, the divine sense ssaging between us can never be decrypted.'
That's comforting.
And also, this man is pretty dangerous, the mont he said his statent of divine sense translation, he wanted to hint that he was able to hear what I and Y discussed, but now Y just confird that he was bluffing. Which worked well in my favor, as he wanted to disrupt and now he cannot.
"So, what's the top-secret thing that you need my help with, while I'm just a Nascent Soul cultivator, while you have many, many stronger characters."
"Stronger, probably, but not a lot, no one can kill a soul transformation cultivator that easily, not even a Half Ascendant cultivator. Though I would admit that the killing blow ca from your puppet, the fact that you had him stuck in a rudintary domain, that wasn't even complete, raised my view of you by a lot. Also, my request doesn't rely on one's personal strength," he said.
"Then what is it? we've been going around the subject for a while now, and I'd like to finish this as soon as possible."
The young man laughed, "Most people would be terrified of my authority as a representative of the Black Tower, the very fact that sitting next to can be an honor to many, while you Shen Bao, argue and urge to speak faster. Interesting, I also enjoy a frank and direct discussion of the topic, free of the social barriers between people."
'Bro, you're saying that you want to speak directly and you're rambling on for your life's worth, hurry up damn it.'
Irritation was probably painted on my face, and this thankfully urged him to speak his mind.
"An old man, who goes by the na Old Yue, has asked for your presence, I would say that it would be best if you et him, he needs your knowledge of inscription making to help this planet survive. Assist him in his task, and if you succeed, I can promise you that your whole sect can be allowed to leave, using the insignia." He said.
There was a hidden ssage in his words.
"I suppose you didn't want to say this, but you clearly an 'Only my sect' and not be included."
The man looked flustered for a fraction of a second then smiled, saying, "You are indeed very sharp. It is true, the golden insignia's value is the sa as your own life, only one can leave, either you or your whole sect, the choice remains with you. You can leave right now, but your sect will not, or you can do what I asked, and your sect can leave, but you shall not."
'Not that I wanted to leave, also, Y said that he can take out of this planet if I wanted to, so his words an nothing to right now.'
"I agree. Then, let's et this old Yue." I said.
"I'll have a shuttle to drive you all the way to Mount Wu. It will take you a week to get there. So you won't have much ti in fixing the formation in ti, but perhaps you'll be able to make it functional, it won't stop the primary invasion force, but it will afford the cultivators a lot of protection after its erected to battle." the young man said.
"How far is Mount Wu?" I asked.
"About six hundred thousand miles away from here."
'Holy hell that's fucking far, how big is this damn planet…'
'Master, Six Hundred Thousand Miles is not that far of a distance, I can get you there in less than an hour… the only problem is that it will be a very tedious hour for you.'
'That's much better than wasting a whole damn week.'
"Do you have a map of Mount Wu's location?" I asked.
The young man frowned and said, "Yes, and then he handed the map," I looked at it and then said, "I won't need the shuttle, I can get there faster." I said then stood up.
"Are you sure about that? This shuttle is sothing the Black Tower has personally given you, it is really fast for a Nascent Soul cultivator and won't put much strain on you while traveling."
"As I said, I have my ans, tell Old Man Yue I'll be there in a few if you can contact him. I'm off." I said and then stood up.
"Good Luck Shen Bao," the young man said, "You'll need it," he added.
Which I really didn't like.
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