Measured Steps

Treasure Mirror Palace

Lin Fan looked at Oran Lee walk through a mirror as he waved him to follow after him. He didn't see any reason why not to follow him, and walked into the space before his body appeared in another room.

The mirror seemed to be a portal, and Chen Long was allowed to enter before Oran Lee took out a small black device and closed the mirror-way. A rather beautiful women in a red dress with green curly hair bowed at all three of them as they walked into the palace. There were thousands of small miniature islands circulating around the center of the room.

The room also had enough security, which included three Demi-Gods currently lounging on a couch to Lin Fan's right. They were equipped with powerful sentient treasures, staring meaningfully at Lin Fan, as he sauntered after Oran Lee into the center of the treasure palace.

The girl next to him stopped at bowed on her knee to Oran Lee as he smiled and pointed at three of the spinning rocks. A large hand made of miasma pulled three sentient grade treasures to him with an ethereal grace that was hard to describe. It seemed to Lin Fan that the hand in question was probably related to some sort of ancient technology that Oran Lee had mastered, but he couldn't be sure...

"These three sentient grade treasures, tomes just like the [heart of time], are for the elements of space, lightning, and wood... I'll trade you all three of these for the [heart of time] tome..."

"The first offer is the best offer I have, however, if you wish I can show you ten sentient grade weapons, or one sentient grade armor in exchange for the book..."

"I don't know if you call this a fair trade... If it took you so long to get a tome on the heart of time, maybe there is a reason they didn't want to give it to you? If you are going to be my ally, I want to trust that you aren't going to use it to... I don't know... conquer another continent..."

"The south continent is much more sophisticated then the east continent... We have beautiful women that each are like a shimmering diamond while the east continent has only diamonds in the rough..."

"If I wanted to start a war, it wouldn't be here but on another planet..." Oran Lee smiled and looked over at the [heart of tome] as it hid and shivered behind Lin Fan's leg... "What do I need to throw in?"

"Maybe you can throw me in master?" The beautiful lady said as she bowed on one knee... "Three treasures and my abilities at teaching combat... I'm an essential element to winning any battle for someone trying to win a war...."

"I don't think I want to leave her off the table... However, I seriously want to know what you want to do with the law of time..."

Lin Fan as someone from a small sect felt like he had a large duty to ensuring the safety of his continent. The law of time tome was from another world, and he didn't want to play a secret weapon in such a perverted, glum looking fellows arms. He saw lacerations all over the green haired girls back as she bowed from the mirrors reflecting light from the ceiling. He could tell this sick pervert wanted nothing more than complete control of all the worlds treasures...

"I want to improve the speed of our [pill plumes]. I want to improve the speed at which beauty matures, and I want to be able to watch battles occur at a faster rate..."

"I have thousands of children put in thousand isle villa every year, and it takes them usually eighteen years to get fun enough to watch... However, if I had the law of time under my control, I could increase the speed of training soldiers and also get more good things to watch!"

Lin Fan didn't like hearing that, but sighed as he nodded his head. He had to be practical about what he needed and could come back and destroy this man after mastering the three books on laws. The law of wood was nearly impossible to master past twenty percent, and he'd reached a impasse in the law of electricity and the law of space. The law of space required insights that the system couldn't give him, and he was still eighteen years old and wet behind the ears compared to the other Apotheosis Rank High Echelon Elites. He needed to ensure that he had no weaknesses in the war, and having someone hot to train his soldiers was an added bonus...

"Little guy... I'll be back for you in a few months... Be good, and accept all the food this man gives you..."

"Rah! RAH! RAH!" the [heart of time] tome looked upset but waddled over to Oran Lee's side. It frowned and did a slight curtsy by bending its pages as Oran Lee's smile brightened...

"Great... take these three books and get them out of my face! I mastered them long ago, and they are unable to eat any more missive seeds..."

"Maybe if they liked you..." Chen Long said with a smile as Lin Fan glowered back at him... Oran Lee smiled and bent down with a sudden frown growing on his face...

"You're a demi-god, and he's new to the Apotheosis Stage... Give me a reason to kill you and I will..." Oran Lee said as he pointed outside... "I'll respect your treasure like it's my son, though, let's go and make sure you like me okay?"

"Rah! Rah!" Lin Fan's [heart of time] tome waddled off and turned back like a sad puppy as Lin Fan collected the three books into his spatial ring. He sighed and grabbed the green haired girl by the arm as she tried to figure out what had just happened...

"Did master... did master just really give me away?"

"You're mine..." Lin Fan said with a smile as he put his arm around her and walked past the three demi-gods... "I'll want you to wear something shorter around me... I'm also your master now right..."

"Yes, but... as my new master, I still usually have some control over what I do... What do you want me to wear?"

Lin Fan smiled and nodded his head at Chen Long before the later instantly tossed down a small [Blaze Fire Generator] and activated instantly. A massive shield appeared around both of them as the three demi-gods stopped inches away from the shields hot membrane...

"Careful, you try and mess up a deal and I might accidentally blow up this entire city..." Lin Fan smiled as he held a switch in his hand... Tell that boss of yours if he tries to renege on his deal again... I'll be back to turn him into dust..."

Lin Fan walked through the mirror with his hands in his pockets and looked up at the Fan Sect Sun Warship before he put the new girl in his arms.

"Come on... I can tell he abused you... Let me go show you what it's like to enjoy pain..."