Immortal Spirit-Gathering Pill

"Senior must also know about I's origins. Of all the people in this world, Senior should be the one most clear about the Power that stands behind me.

"And even if we ignore that and consider only our individual talent, I is still far better than Hiro in every aspect…"

He kept on talking with a sincere attitude, as if he was earnestly trying to recruit a talented individual. As for Hiro? He was thoroughly ignored.

By now, Lyne could no longer make sense of what this Deus was trying to achieve; she couldn't help but frown.

Instigating discord?

With Deus's strength, he could easily obliterate Hiro, so why would he need to bother with such a roundabout method? Maybe, she was thinking too much, and he truly just wanted to get her on his side.

To be honest, she had quite a good impression of Deus. After all, she had experienced far more than many others, so she didn't look at the world through a narrow and biased pin-hole.

She had witnessed everything that happened, and in her view, Deus had done and said nothing wrong. On the contrary, Hiro had held a confrontational attitude and even threatened to murder Deus.

Even then, Deus didn't bother with him. The grandeur he held, his heroic might, and the calm temperament he showed…all that made Lyne believe that his achievements would be limitless in the future.

"Young Lord , you needn't say anymore. Since I have received Hiro's kindness, there's no way I will leave him alone before he has grown up."

Still, Lyne shook her head and bluntly declined Deus's kindness. Although the conditions were quite tempting, they couldn't make her go against her conscience.

Her response visibly disappointed Deus, and he said with a sigh, "Of course, I won't press Senior to give me a response right now. You can take your time and consider my proposal. If Senior decides to follow me, I will forget about Hiro's hatred and offence towards me; asking the Ethereal Phoenix Sect to release him without anymore punishment will also only take a sentence. As for Helene, I can give her to him, too!"

"You…"

Throbbing veins could be seen on Hiro's forehead, but he held back his rage. By now, Hiro had already understood that Deus didn't just want to humiliate him, he wanted to steal everything that belonged to him.

Although Hiro didn't say anything, the hatred and rage in his eyes had already grown as deep as a bottomless abyss.

In Deus's words, Helene — who Hiro could only watch from afar — was nothing more than a doll whose fate could be decided with a single word from him. It opened Hiro's mind to the truth of the world once more: 'in a dog-eat-dog world like this, the strong could, indeed, do whatever they wanted!'

"Please don't speak anymore, Young Lord ! I appreciate your sincerity, but…"

Deus's words had also startled Lyne. She had never thought he would propose something like that. It could be said that he was truly sincere with his request.

"Senior, do consider it! I will never force anyone against their will, let alone threaten senior with Hiro's life."

Deus spoke once more with an indescribable look in his eyes. If he could really kill Hiro, he wouldn't have let him live this long.

Although Lyne had lived far longer, her temperament was more straightforward, so she was far easier to deal with than Helene. The small bias against him in her heart was stamped out with just those words.

What's more? He had practiced for tonight's play for quite a while over the last three days.

Deus had already said everything he needed to say, and now, it was time for the final act of the play. After that, he would only need to watch the rift develop between these two Master and Disciple.

And when they are none the wiser, he would reap all the benefits.

"This is called the [Immortal Spirit-Gathering Pill]…though, I presume Senior already knows what it is."

At this time, Deus smiled and took out a box by moving his hands in an unhurried manner.

Inside the box sat a lavender pill circled by small, colorful clouds. Various visions continuously emerged around the pill; there were mountains, oceans, and palaces full of grandeur that mysteriously appeared and disappeared.

"It's really the [Immortal Spirit-Gathering Pill]!"

Lyne couldn't help but exclaim, and the shock in her delightful eyes couldn't be suppressed.

"Senior's spirit is not in a good state right now, so this pill can be considered the meeting gift from I for you."

Deus said with a smile. Before Lyne could refuse the pill, he pushed the pill-box in her hands and disappeared from the prison.

As the saying went: 'to harness a wolf, one must be willing to sacrifice their children.

The smile on Deus's face slowly faded away, only to be replaced by an expression of interest.

It means you have to make sacrifices if you want to achieve something great.

way, right? Fortune Backlash, or whatever, should be taking effect any time now.

What would it be, though?

That's what Deus wanted to know.

...

[Inside the Dungeon.]

"This is really the [Immortal Spirit-Gathering Pill]…"

Lyne murmured to herself.

Her scarlet pupils couldn't hide the shock in them as she looked down at the pill wrapped in lavender Qi. There was no way she could misrecognize this pill, and it was because of this that she was truly shocked.

One had to accept that Deus was indeed generous with his meeting gift.

She was never short of this pill when she was at the peak of her power, but now, Deus giving her this pill was no different from someone sending you charcoal on a snowy winter night.

Even in the Upper Realm, the [Immortal Spirit-Gathering Pill] is an extremely precious treasure. It's refining process is troublesome beyond measure, and the materials are difficult to come across. One had to know that even in the Upper Realm, one would rarely find this Pill only in some massive auction houses.