<h4>Chapter 1291: Li Chunbo’s Helplessness</h4>
“I need Purple Crystals! The more the better! The more the merrier!”
A certain ‘sessor to the Purple Crystal n’ iled wildly as he bellowed. His face was full of agitation. His eyes burned insanely and his entire body was spasming!
“I need my ce of residence settled as soon as possible!”
“I need the authority to freely go in and out of the Purple Crystal mine!”
“I need you to gather everything I need immediately!”
“I need...”
Chu Yang threw out demand after demand as though he had gone mad. “I need Purple Crystals in order to improve my Purple Crystal Divine Technique and speed up the breakthrough process! I can’t wait another moment longer when I’m facing such a huge treasure trove! I need the authority to freely go in and out so that I cane here immediately whenever inspiration graces me! Be it in the day or at night! Be it during daybreak or midnight!”
“Do you understand?”
“My ce of residence must be the most luxurious, somewhere where I can swim even inside the room! Somewhere where I can relieve myself inside the room and not even detect any smell! All of these affect my mood! If I’m in a bad mood, my progress will slow down!”
“I need servants to wait upon me! I need my maids to be so beautiful that even the ugliest one can participate in the Nine Heavens beauty pageant! They must not be too short! They must neither be fat nor thin, and absolutely must not be t-chested!”
“This affects my vision and my vision affects my mood! My mood affects...”
“I prefer things to be done nimbly and I dislike it when things are draggy... From now on, my orders must be carried out at the first moment. If there’s any dy, I will show no mercy!”
“I need a standalone space! When I’m breaking through this gigantic Purple Crystal mine, other than when I’m about to seed, no one is toe near at all other times! I’m not a circus show for others to watch!”
“If you can’t satisfy my conditions above... I-I-I... There’s no more meaning to me living on...”
The demands, which Chu Yang had thrown out like a machine gun, stunned all the Li n members who hadn’t even awakened from their reverie!
But who was Li Wubo?
He was a n leader amongst the Nine Super ns! How experienced was he? How intelligent was he? In merely a moment, he regained his senses and immediately issued orders like a machine gun!
“Prepare Purple Crystals for Lord Zi immediately! Get ten thousand pieces ready for now!”
“Arrange a ce of residence in the core grounds immediately!”
“Give Lord Zi a token of authority to freely go in and out of the Purple Crystal mine immediately!”
“When Lord Zi is breaking through the Purple Crystal mine, no one is to watch at the sides!”
“Prepare maids for Lord Zi immediately! We want beauties of the highest quality! All of them must be the purest and most chaste girls!”
“Immediately...”
...
With a wave of his hand, Chu Yang said, “Send the Purple Crystals to my residence when they are ready! Tonight, I’m going to work overtime!”
Then, he dropped back onto the ground on his bottom. “I overexerted myself earlier and used up all my strength... I can’t walk anymore.”
Li Wubo hurriedly hollered, “Someone! Carry Lord Zi back!”
Like a myriad of stars surrounding the moon, everyone lifted Lord Zi up and sent him back. The amount of care they took when doing so was no less than people waiting upon their seriously ill elderly mother!
His quick discovery that there were actually such a huge amount of shocking and amazing treasures inside the Purple Crystal mine had raised Lord Zi’s status within the Li n to a ‘national treasure’ status of much weight.
Do not ever anger this lord! Do not ever displease this lord!
The future of the entire Li n depended entirely on this lord’s Purple Crystal Divine Technique after all.
The Li n’s thoughts were veryplex and very simple at the same time — These were chaotic times; once these batches of Purple Crystals were mined, they would be of terrifying value!
And they would be able to create a tremendous number of experts for the Li n within the shortest amount of time!
Especially when one of the Nine Tribtions was right in their n now. Coming from this perspective, their n had in truth already fallen out with the other eight Super ns!
In the future, when the Nine Tribtions Sword Master arrived, their n’s final showdown of life and death with the other eight Super ns would be unavoidable! This was something that they had no chance of winning at all... They already had no chance of victory going up against just one n! What more eight?
If their situation were to be exposed and peopleunched a collective attack on them, they should already be counting their lucky stars if they were able to ensure the safety of Li Xiongtu! As for the number of nsmen who would be able to pioneer the next ten thousand years of prosperity together with Li Xiongtu... That was something they really had no confidence in!
But now, the heavens were on their side!
At such a time, they suddenly discovered a treasure trove of such shocking volume inside their n! And one which allowed them to create more than ten ninth-grade Supreme Martial Artist experts within the shortest amount of time...
Wasn’t that doubling the strength of the Li n? If so, then together with the Nine Tribtions Sword Master’s power... The Li n pretty much needed only to pay a minimal price and they would be able to cross over to the new century sessfully!
This...
This was already beyond the point of just something good falling from the heavens; it was something godly falling from the heavens!
Therefore, toward the ‘sessor to the Purple Crystal n’, the one and only person in the whole wide world who could mine these treasures, all the more they treated him with utmost care and consideration.
That was why Li Wubo had agreed to Chu Yang’s demands almost without any hesitation. He was keenly aware that because of the huge surprise of discovering the gigantic treasure trove, this Purple Crystal sessor had already gone a little mad.
If he displeased him in any way at this moment, it was equivalent to throwing a bucket of cold water onto a burning furnace; the result it would cause was immeasurably serious!
As he watched a certain sessor to the Purple Crystal n being carried away, Li Wubo could no longer control his joy. “I’m going to look for the Elder Master!”
In the blink of an eye, he had already run off and disappeared without a trace.
“...and that’s how it is, Elder Master!” In a hidden hall of the Li n, four ck-d figures sat upright and listened to Li Wubo’s narration.
The expressions of all four of them were as stiff as iron. Even their faces were somewhat dazed.
Only when they heard the words ‘Soul of the Purple Crystal’, ‘Holy Crystal’ and ‘Divine Crystal’ did the eyes of the three at the side suddenly brighten. Right after, the elderly man in ck in the middle also slowly raised his head. His eyes swept across the front as though two rays of light that had physically manifested!
Just a mere sweep of his eyes gave people an oppressive feeling. They seemed to carry a kind of weight and feeling of one who had gone through countless vicissitudes of life.
Li Wubo had already finished his report. The hall fell into silence. After a long while, the person in the middle finally nodded slowly. “You did well. Give him whatever he wants! No matter what, retrieving the treasures is our top priority now!”
Even though one couldn’t tell his age from his appearance, both his energy and countenance looked healthy and rosy. It was only when he spoke that one would be surprised by how hoarse and rough his voice was.
As though a strange and piercing sound produced by rubbing against a piece of iron that had rusted for many years.
“Yes.” Li Wubo was rather overwhelmed by this unexpected favorable response. He answered respectfully and even his face flushed a little red from agitation.
The one who had spoken was the true founder of the Li n — The son of the Nine Tribtions back then! Li Chunbo of the Li n!
For so many years, even though Li Wubo had met this Elder Master a few times, the Elder Master had never spoken a single word. No matter what he said, he didn’t even raise an eyebrow.
“However... Some of the future arrangements...” Frowning, Li Chunbo didn’t continue. He closed his eyes again.
“Yes, I n to do so as well. Even if we provide him Purple Crystals, as long as we restrict him from going out and keep him within our control, where can he run off to? As long as he can sessfully extract everything, the n would definitely be the biggest beneficiary.”
“In fact, I’m also considering this — If we can wed a beautiful woman from the n to Zi Xiaoyan as his wife... If they seed in producing offspring... Then we would also possess the Purple Crystal bloodline within our n. At that time, killing or imprisoning this man... would bepletely up to us!”
Li Wubo spoke respectfully, revealing his ns, including every scheme and conspiracy, without holding back. He knew that in front of the Elder Master, nobody could conceal their inner thoughts and secrets.
Li Chunbo released a long breath and shook his head. Then, after pausing for a moment, he shook his head again before he opened his eyes. In his eyes, there was a deep sense of disapproval and disappointment.
“Is the Elder Master...” Li Wubo asked carefully.
“Unfilial descendant!” Li Chunbo heaved a deep sigh, rather disappointed. “Only with sincerity can one get back sincerity in return... There is nobody whom one cannot befriend. I can tell from what you said that this rule of the martial world, having a righteous and loyal heart, has already died outpletely in the Li n!”
Li Chunbo seemed rather enraged. He surprisingly spoke at length, in an unprecedented move.
“Even though you can get your way for the time being using such a method, did you think... that you can continue getting your way like that for the next ny thousand years? The Li n will end up declining and the bloodline dying out sooner orter!”
“Why did it never ur to you to properly befriend him? Appealing to him with reason is far more effective than threatening him; persuading him with logic will provide you even more paths of development than tempting him with benefits... If you befriend him sincerely, the Li n will gain a source of great assistance... If you burn the bridge after crossing it... How can you be sure that the ones whom you groomed in the future wouldn’t betray you!”
“I have already been disappointed by the Li n! I single-handedly founded the Li n, but now I can only watch as the Li n goes step by step into decline! Even if there are ten thousand of such treasures... If you harbor evil intentions, you can forget about holding on to it!”
With a sh, Li Chunbo disappeared without a trace.
“I have retired since a long time ago and no longer concern myself with n matters. Do as you see fit... Out of thest ten thousand years, the mentality of the Li n has been twisted for a whole seven thousand years... Even if I, Li Chunbo, am the founder... What power do I have to change this situation? I can change the appearance of rivers and seas, but what ability do I have to change the hearts of my descendants that have been twisted for seven thousand years?”
In the end, he sighed. “I can only hope that all of you can remember this! To be part of the Nine Super ns... One must first be... a human!”
Li Chunbo’s form vanished.
The other three also disappeared thereafter.
Getting onto his feet, Li Wubo was at a loss. His mind felt rather nk. But after a long while, his heart settled back down. Clenching his jaw, he thought silently to himself, “The Elder Master has been away from worldly matters for too long, so he’s no longer familiar with the martial world... Even if I treat people with the manners of a gentleman, who would treat me with the manners of a gentleman? Wouldn’t the Li n be destroyed even faster that way?”
How could recruiting a Sword Supremacy-level sessor to the Purple Crystal n, whose temper and personality was already fixed, beparable to the reassurance of grooming one himself?
Right now, the most pressing matter is to ensure the safety of the whole n. As for being a gentleman... We’ll talk about it after the cmity of the Nine Tribtions passes...
When that timees, as long as I have the skill, schemes and methods, what kind of friend would I be unable to make? Why be so conciliatory during a critical moment like this?
Li Wubo strode out of the hall.
Behind him, in the void, a sorrowful sigh could be heard...