Chapter 3313
Chapter 3313: The Deal With the Two Domains
“Lifesoul Flowers?” The Primordial realm experts from the Divine Palace of Grand Heaven all furrowed their brows when they heard that. They looked at one another before a Sixth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime old man asked Jian Chen with uncertainty, “Fellow, you only want us to pay you some Lifesoul Flowers for your assistance?”
“That’s right. I only require the Lifesoul Flowers from your two domains. However, I won’t help you fend off anyone from the Scarlet Blood Domain. I will only be responsible for keeping the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King busy. Any expert beside the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King has nothing to do with me,” said Jian Chen.
Receiving confirmation, the eyes of the Infinite Primes all lit up. Now that their rulers were not present and many of their experts had followed the rulers out to sea, the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King obviously became the root of their problems under this severe vacuum of strength.
If they really could mobilise an expert on par with heavenly kings to keep the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King busy at the cost of Lifesoul Flowers, they would obviously be more than happy to make a deal like that.
Of course, the most important reason was because this matter was completely in their control. They did not require any permission from their ruler to go forward with this.
After all, they only had to offer up a certain number of resources, and they could gather Lifesoul Flowers. This sum of resources would not be small, but it was within a range that they could manage.
“May I ask how many Lifesoul Flowers you require, fellow?” asked the leading old man from the Divine Palace of Grand Heaven seriously.
They had originally come to issue an ultimatum to Sword Emperor city. They were even prepared to directly destroy it.
But now, that was completely off their minds.
“All of them! Regardless of quality!” Jian Chen said.
“What are you doing with all these Lifesoul Flowers?” The Primordial realm experts were puzzled.
“That’s not your business. Are you accepting this deal or not?” Jian Chen stared at the Infinite Primes calmly, without any emotion. None of them knew what he was thinking.
The Infinite Primes from the Divine Palace of Grand Heaven exchanged glances. After a moment of consideration, the leading old man nodded. “Deal! I will let the Jade Centre Domain know so that they gather all the Lifesoul Flowers in their domain as quickly as possible. I hope you can uphold your word and help us keep the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King busy.”
Jian Chen smiled faintly. There were far more Lifesoul Flowers in the Grand Heaven Domain and the Jade Centre Domain.
The Infinite Primes from the Divine Palace of Grand Heaven did not pay any more attention to the Sword Emperor on the side. They were about to leave.
However, before they left, the Eighth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime glanced back at Jian Chen. He was solemn. “If you can’t manage this, we might be powerless over you, but the wrath of a ruler is nothing to be trifled with. Farewell!”
The Primordial realm experts of the Divine Palace of Grand Heaven left Sword Emperor city and directly returned to their main base.
Spirit Emperor city was one of the nine imperial cities of the Peace region.
But now, it had become a base for the experts of the Jade Centre Domain and the Grand Heaven Domain, and the Spirit Emperor had joined their side too.
At this moment, in an imposing hall within Spirit Emperor city, a few Primordial realm experts from the Jade Centre Domain and the Grand Heaven Domain gathered together.
There were not a lot of them, less than twenty in total, but all of them were late Infinite Primes.
Of course, most of them were at the Seventh Heavenly Layer. Five were at the Eighth Heavenly Layer and only two were at the Ninth Heavenly Layer.
Among these two Ninth Heavenly Layer Infinite Primes, one was from the Jade Centre Domain, while the other was from the Grand Heaven Domain.
“Elder Lu, is the person from Sword Emperor city really as powerful as you say? Even with your strength, you stood no chance against him?” The Ninth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime from the Divine Palace of Grand Heaven turned towards elder Lu in doubt.
Elder Lu was the Eighth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime that had ventured to Sword Emperor city.
But when he heard that, elder Lu became extremely serious. “I’m absolutely certain. His strength has indeed surpassed the Ninth Heavenly Layer. He might not be a heavenly king, but he must be no weaker than one.”
“I even suspect that he’s already on par with them.”
When they heard him mention heavenly kings, everyone present became serious.
The realm of heavenly kings was one that they all yearned for, as they were existences only second to the three rulers in the Wood Spirits World. They were extremely powerful, far greater than any regular Ninth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime.
There were two Ninth Heavenly Layer Infinite Primes present in the hall, but both of them were aware that they could not even defeat a single heavenly king even if they worked together.
Only by gathering all the late Infinite Primes in this hall could they hold back a heavenly king.
Elder Lu continued, “However, he wants us to gather all the Lifesoul Flowers in the Grand Heaven Domain and the Jade Centre Domain. We’ll give him the Lifesoul Flowers in exchange for keeping the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King busy for us.”
“What does he want all those Lifesoul Flowers for? If it’s for healing, lower quality Lifesoul Flowers should be useless to an expert like him?” The Ninth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime from the Jade Centre Domain asked out of curiosity.
When they heard that, all of the Infinite Primes looked at one another. One of them asked suspiciously, “Don’t tell me Lifesoul Flowers really are hiding something we don’t know about?”
“Whether Lifesoul Flowers serve some special purpose is not important to me. Our priority right now is to suppress the Scarlet Blood Domain. Otherwise, once the rulers return and find out the entire Peace region has ended up in the Scarlet Blood Domain’s hands, how are we supposed to answer to him?” elder Lu said seriously.
The faces of all the experts in the hall sank. Elder Lu was right. If they failed to stop the Scarlet Blood Domain and allowed them to annex the entire Peace region right under their noses, they really would not be able to face their rulers anymore.
“Since he’s the only expert who’s willing to keep the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King busy, let’s just fulfill all of his requests for now and deal with the issue of the Peace region first.”
“Fellows of the Jade Centre domain, what are your thoughts?” asked the Ninth Heavenly Layer from the Divine Palace of Grand Heaven.
“If it’s just Lifesoul Flowers, that’s something within our control. It’s not a problem.”
Seven days later, elder Lu arrived in Sword Emperor city once again. This time, he did not go to the Sword Emperor’s estate. Instead, he directly arrived in the courtyard where Jian Chen stayed, handing a Space Ring over to him cautiously.
“Fellow, these are the Lifesoul Flowers you require. Our Grand Heaven Domain and Jade Centre Domain have gathered everything that we possess. We’ve fulfilled your request, so we hope you don’t disappoint us next,” elder Lu said to Jian Chen carefully.
Jian Chen accepted the Space Ring and examined it. He said calmly, “That’s a total of over twenty thousand Lifesoul Flowers, but most of them are of low quality. There’s a very small number that is higher in quality, much less than what I was anticipating.”
He looked up at elder Lu and asked, “Is this really all the Lifesoul Flowers in the Jade Centre Domain and the Grand Heaven Domain?”
Elder Lu nodded. “All the Lifesoul Flowers we could gather are here. After all, Lifesoul Flowers possess a certain value and only a limited quantity is produced. They’re not exactly common.”
“Alright. I’ll accept these Lifesoul Flowers. You don’t have to worry about the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King. I won’t let him interfere with what you’re doing.”
Afterwards, Jian Chen entered secluded cultivation again with the Lifesoul Flowers, devoting himself to healing the cracks in his soul.
During the time he spent in secluded cultivation, Bai Yurou had brought over her clansmen from the White Emperor’s faction. Xia Jianming made arrangements for them to stay somewhere else.
As for the Jade Centre Domain and the Grand Heaven Domain, they unleashed their full force. Without the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King as a concern, they mobilised all of their experts and engaged the Scarlet Blood Domain in a full-blown war in the Peace region.
Apart from Sword Emperor city, all the other imperial cities were sucked into this war. A bloody slaughter unfolded, ranging from Primordial realm experts to Godhood cultivators.
Imperial cities collapsed one after another. From this war, the Peace region suffered countless losses. The land was dyed red, blood flowed freely, and corpses lay strewn. Even Primordial realm experts perished.
Under the combined efforts of the Jade Centre Domain and the Grand Heaven Domain, the Scarlet Blood Domain was immediately forced into a retreat.