Fooling

Some hours later, a two guests stood at the entrace of the pagoda.

Li Yuan looked at the people out of the window and excitement filled his heart.

Finally, his pagoda was started to get crowded..

Opening the pagoda's door, he motioned them to enter the building.

The two of them looked awkwardly at each other, before Luo Shi allowed Cui Jingyi to enter first.

He wasn't being polite, but he could see that this old man was stronger than him.

"I'll go first then.", Cui Jingyi cupped his cups and thanked them.

Entering the building, he saw that Li Yuan was already waiting them.

"I don't know how I should address you?",Cui Jingyi asked and sat down.

"My name is Li Yuan, but my customers call me 'Pavilion Owner'."

"I know why you came here and I can assure you that I don't have any plans for the Sun Empire.", Li Yuan shook his head and replied.

"Fellow brother is joking, I just came to apologize for my disciple's previous attitude.", Cui Jingyi laughed with no shame on his face.

"I believe that you should already know the current situation of the empire."

"I don't know what's your opinion regarding the Snow Heaven Sect.", he continued, while stroking his beard.

"If you want me to stand on your side, I'll have to refuse."

"The Heaven's Secret Pavilion doesn't involve itself in disputes between cultivator forces."

"I will show favor to neither the Snow Heaven Sect nor the imperial family."

"This Pavilion has only one purpose: to guide cultivators in going against the Heaven.", Li Yuan explained and shook his head.

"Don't force me to take part in your disputes, it may bring a disaster to yourself.", Li Yuan said in a kind tone, but Cui Jingyi could clearly hear that it was a threat.

In fact, before coming here, Cui Jingyi didn't fully believe his disciple's words.

In his opinion, the Pavilion Owner would be a Nascent Soul cultivator like himself at most.

When he came here though, he was shocked to find out that he couldn't see through this man's cultivation no matter how much he tried.

Who was he?

Although he hadn't reached the Peak stage of the Nascent Soul realm, Cui Jingyi could say with confidence that he was the strongest person in the whole empire, even stronger than Emperor Wu.

This means that there was a high chance that the man in front of him was a Saint!

This was an existence that the Sun Empire couldn't provoke.

"The Pavilion Owner misunderstood me."

"My disciple mentioned that you follow the Dao of Destiny and I came to ask for advice."

"You should know how rare the Destiny Dao is.", Cui Jingyi changed his form of address to 'Pavilion Owner'.

Seeing the change of his attitude Li Yuan was pleased and nodded.

Actually, Cui Jingyi had piqued his interest.

When someone entered the pagoda's range, the first thing that Li Yuan did was to use the Identification technique.

This not only allowed him to act better, but it was also a way to see if someone too strong had come.

If a Great Saint wanted to pay him a visit, Li Yuan would stop caring about the Heaven's Wrath and start running for his life.

Cui Jingyi wasn't a Great Saint, but his information was very interesting.

[Name: Cuo Jingyi]

[Cultivation Realm: Nascent Soul Late stage]

[Current Situation: Current ancestor of the Snow Heaven Sect. His lifespan is running out. He is trying to use the last months of his life to allow his disciple-daughter to get stronger and be able to protect herself...]

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This wasn't something that he had expected.

Weren't cultivators supposed to be cruel to everybody and especially their own discples?

In most novels that Li Yuan had read, when the master's lifespan was about to run, they would sacrifice their disciple in order to break through a major realm.

"I can see that your life is running out and you've lost hope to break through.", Li Yuan said.

Hearing his words, Cui Jingyi shook.

This was his biggest secret, and not even his disciple or the sect's elders knew.

When he was younger, he managed to find and opportunity and break through the Nascent Soul realm..

However, this wasn't without any side effects.

Normally, a Nascent Soul cultivator would have a lifespan of 10.000 years, but he only had a lifespan of 7.500 years.

"Pavilion Owner, you must be joking, how is it possible for my lifespan to run out.", Cui Jingyi denied his claims.

Even if it was the truth, it was better than no one else knew about it.

"You've given up on cultivating and focused on helping your disciple."

"No matter how much you help her, will she able to stay safe once she loses your backing?", Li Yuan ignored his words and asked in a mocking tone.

"Actually, it's not like there is no chance to break through the Saint realm."

"As long as you can pay a certain price.", Li Yuan finally got to the point.

Together with his words, the aura of a Saint cultivator erupted from his body.

How were you supposed to sell a product?

You had to make the customer believe that you had the only solution to his problem.

Hearing his words and feeling the aura, a little bit of hope lit inside Cui Jingyi's heart.

"Is there really a way for me to break through?", Cui Jingyi asked, as he regained his calm.

"It's not like you have any other option."

"Your disciple won't be able to reach the Nascent Soul realm before your death."

"You can only take a gamble."

"I'll meet the others first and you can give me your answer then.", Li Yuan responded and motioned him to leave the pagoda.

Cui Jingyi walked out and Li Yuan's words kept sounding in his mind.

Seeing him leave, Li Yuan shook his head.

Fooling Cui Jingyi was way harder than fooling Xiao Yan and the others.

Even if he was desparate, he was still an old monster that had lived for thousands of years.

'Let's hope that everything goes as expected.', he thought.