Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times - Chapter 785: 260: Everything is ready, just waiting for the east wind!_4

Chapter 785: Chapter 260: Everything is ready, just waiting for the east wind!_4

“This bastard is two-faced, scheming like a wolf!”

Quickly—

Chen Qiu’s Divine Sense had just detected Little Wolf, who clearly sensed that his actions had been discovered and started frantically fleeing into the deep parts of the back mountain. Chen Qiu sighed softly. It seemed that Little Wolf really had guts; despite his previous Nascent Soul cultivation, he dared to venture to such a place alone.

But it looked like there were indeed good things deep in the tunnel, as they even enabled Little Wolf to break through his cultivation so significantly, and it seemed there were no side effects either.

No further words were spoken.

His fingertips trembled slightly and immediately sent out a Sword Qi, slashing away the parts of the tunnel entrance stained with urine. He then led the way into the deep tunnel, walking downward.

Although he was not a Sword Cultivator, forming the Spiritual Energy into a sword talisman was not problematic.

Doing so didn’t increase its power; in fact, because of the additional process, it was more troublesome and consumed more Spiritual Energy. But… It couldn’t be helped that it indeed looked cooler. No wonder so many aspired to be Sword Cultivators; they truly did look impressive.

Especially those with high cultivation.

Low-level Sword Cultivators still needed to use a sword for fighting, but high-level Sword Cultivators seldom needed to engage in physical sword fights. Their maneuvers looked much more flashy than those of Magic Practitioners.

All those Sword Arrays, Swordsmanship methods—it looked truly mesmerizing. Maybe he would try Sword Cultivation himself once his cultivation was high enough and he had no more worries. For now, though, he needed to focus all his resources on being a Magic Practitioner.

But on second thought, it was unclear how Little Wolf, with such a large body, managed to squeeze into the tunnel. Since when could Little Wolf freely control his body size?

Surrounding Chen Qiu was a floating Light Ball.

Its brightness illuminated the entire tunnel.

On the tunnel walls, one could faintly see the claw marks left by Little Wolf. Chen Qiu really wanted to scold Little Wolf since it was indeed presumptuous, but on reflection, he couldn’t really be angry. It was akin to throwing a man into a brothel—making mistakes was almost inevitable.

How many men, after visiting a brothel, would go home and say, “They all indulged, just not me; I find it filthy.”

…

Th𝒾𝑠 𝙘h𝑎p𝙩𝖾r 𝗂ѕ p◎𝑠𝑡ɛ𝐝 b𝑦 Ƙɪ𝑡𝓮ṉο𝗏𝖾𝓁

Meanwhile—

Above the sea bordering Xuantian State, the Dragon Clan Patriarch who had been anxiously watching suddenly looked toward Xuantian State, his eyes lighting up. He couldn’t hear the Heavenly Dao Imperial Decree resounding from Xuantian State.

But he keenly felt that the land’s constraints of Xuantian State had weakened slightly.

Of course, it was only a slight weakening, practically no different than before, which didn’t mean he now had the capacity to break through or pass through the state’s land constraints. However, it at least indicated that the Xuantian Throne had now been fully secured.

Calculated with his fingers.

From the start of the ‘Throne’ battle to just now, it had been about a year. This meant Chen Qiu had now fully secured the Xuantian Throne. All that remained was to wait for the other eleven states to secure their thrones, and the constraints on the lands of the Vast Continent would be completely removed.

“Come on…”

The Dragon Clan Patriarch looked eagerly toward the other state lands, hoping the other eleven states would speed up. At best, it would take another year for the land constraints to be completely lifted.

If it were slower…

It would be uncertain.

It could be two or three years, or maybe even eight or ten years.

Not for any other reason, but because… Xuantian State had a whole new batch of cubs in the past few months!

It was the first time he came to know that a batch of Dragon Cubs could be described as a “nest.”

After days of contemplation, he had finally prepared his plan to take back the Dragon Cubs!

He prepared three sets of Storage Rings.

The first Storage Ring was filled with shiny treasures, to lure the Dragon Cubs.

The second Storage Ring was filled with Spirit Stones, as a gift for the newly appointed Xuantian King, Chen Qiu. If Chen Qiu had no connection with these Dragon Cubs, he would only gift 30 percent, since he felt there was a high probability that Chen Qiu would become the Ultimate King. It wouldn’t hurt to send a gift in advance.

Even if he did send a gift, Chen Qiu was unlikely to help him with anything, but if he sent nothing and let Chen Qiu know that the Dragon Clan was wealthy, then Chen Qiu would probably want to do something about the Dragon Clan.

Often, the purpose of giving a gift was not to make the recipient do something, but to prevent them from wanting to do something.

If Chen Qiu did have a connection with these Dragon Cubs, then he would gift 100 percent.

The third Storage Ring was prepared for the father of these Dragon Cubs, since his main branch had some conflicts with the branches on the Xuantian Continent, and these conflicts could only be resolved with as many Spirit Stones as possible.

Worried that the Spirit Stones might not be enough,

He had already sent a trusted subordinate back to Huilong Island midway through, and this time there should be no issues. Everything was ready, except for an east wind!

He would lead his dozens of trusted subordinates with a large amount of Spirit Stones into Xuantian State the moment the restraints of the state were lifted!

…

“This won’t work.”

In Taotian State, an elderly man dressed in white robes embroidered with gold thread looked helplessly at the Bai Family’s young lady, “Miss, Chen Qiu is a once-in-a-millennium peerless talent in the Third Grade Continent, lacking nothing, especially not Spirit Stones.”

“On the contrary, if you directly send Spirit Stones, he might even feel insulted.”

“Generally speaking—”

“When our family makes connections with such talents, we send opportunities like ‘Heavenly Fate Land,’ or something more unique, like tea sets made of Spiritual Treasure, or Spiritual Pets.”

“Sending Spirit Stones directly would seem too vulgar. Not to mention, miss, if you put yourself in their shoes, if someone tried to make a connection with you by giving you 1,000,000 Spirit Stones, wouldn’t you also find it crass?”

“Moreover, you’d feel that such a heavy gift implies a large motive, and you would definitely hesitate to accept it, right?”

“So, the first contact should involve a small gift, like a fruit basket, or a delicate, inexpensive item to start making acquaintances and get to know each other without putting too much pressure on the recipient. Then, you can begin to find excuses to send larger gifts if their Cultivation makes a breakthrough, for instance.”

“Like you, miss, sending 5,000,000 Spirit Stones off the bat, is likely to get rejected.”

“And the first gift sets the tone; miss, if your first gift is so considerable, how would you manage future gifts? You can’t possibly give less than the first time, can you?”

“…Hmm.”

The Bai Family’s young lady nodded thoughtfully, “That makes some sense. So, Granddad, are you saying that we shouldn’t send these 5,000,000 Spirit Stones? I had thought of sending them as soon as the state’s restraints were lifted. He’d surely like that, considering he is said to have no great family backing him and came from humble beginnings. I thought he would need the Spirit Stones.”

“Miss,”

The elder said with an emotional expression, “The more humble the beginnings, the more they value face. He can lack Spirit Stones, but you cannot let him think you believe he’s lacking. Otherwise, he might feel you’re looking down on him.”

“We could give him an opportunity where there are many Spirit Stones to be had. That way, even if he acquires many Spirit Stones, he’ll think he did it all on his own and won’t lose face.”

The Bai Family’s young lady nodded, paused thoughtfully, and then said uncertainly, “But I still think giving Spirit Stones directly is better. How about we first send a noble son with 1,000,000 Spirit Stones to test the waters? If Chen Qiu accepts them, then we can proceed.”

“And if he doesn’t, and it displeases him, then we can consider other options.”