He originally wanted to say that he was willing to pay any price, even his life, but before he could speak, the Immortal Venerable had already set the terms.
It’s not that they wouldn’t help you, nor could they directly help you; you needed to contribute.
Why should the Immortal Venerable help you just because you said a word?
“You want to resurrect Qi Manyao, don’t you? I won’t lie to you, nor will I assign you any difficult tasks. The conditions are the same as for any disciple of the Five Elements Hall.
This price is clearly marked in the Merit Hall and is treated equally for everyone. To have an Immortal Venerable resurrect someone, you need to provide five million merit points.
Of course, we don’t need merit points. The reason we do this is to prevent disciples from treating life as a game, and we don’t want them to develop a habit of getting something for nothing. Everything in the world is exchanged on an equal basis. The life of a close relative is worth five million merit points, which is not much.
By the way, merit points can be transferred. If you two earn them together, it should be faster.”
Upon hearing this, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were overjoyed and immediately thanked the Immortal Venerable.
With conditions and a clear goal, all that was left was to strive towards that goal. As long as the two of them pooled together five million merit points, Qi Manyao could be resurrected.
Recalling Qi Manyao’s beautiful and tragic farewell before her death, the heartbreaking pain strengthened Wan Lei’s resolve.
He would definitely resurrect her!
“Immortal Venerable, I would like to ask, bringing Xiaoyu back to the Five Elements Hall, using my offense against the Fire Hall Master as an excuse to issue some inferno-level missions to make things difficult for me, these actions are out of the ordinary, but the logic is very sound. After all, I did genuinely offend a Saint. Were these cleverly arranged series of events secretly orchestrated by you?”
Hearing this, the four Immortal Venerables all looked towards Tu Xian Zun Wan Yi.
Yes, this was something only this old schemer, the wisest person in the main plane, could have done.
Wan Yi shook his head slightly upon hearing this.
“I only issued four missions. I didn’t do anything else.”
“Everyone has their own destiny. The reason we didn’t tell you we were Immortal Venerables, or that we were in the Five Elements Hall, was to let you develop freely and not interfere with your life’s trajectory. If we interfered too much, we would only ruin you.
It’s like when we were in the Thunder Wind Realm. We only guided you and let you do things in the secret realm, but we never dictated your affairs in the Thunder Wind Realm.
We can manipulate side quests a little, but the Thunder Wind Realm is the main storyline, a crucial part of your life. We cannot control it.
The first mission I assigned…
Wan Qingyi, can you be a little more restrained?”
Wan Yi suddenly turned and spoke to someone nearby.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu looked over and saw their Lei Di ancestor sitting cross-legged on the ground, with a small coffee table in front of him, and maids constantly bringing him fruits and wine. He was enjoying himself immensely.
Ancestor, on such an important occasion, is it appropriate for you to eat and drink like this?
“Restrained about what? Coming here is like coming home. Without my wife, I have no home. Your home is my home…”
Wan Qingyi even beckoned to Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu,
“Come, come, eat together. The things grown by Immortal Venerables cannot be found outside. They are all good things.”
“This… how can we impose?”
Wan Lei said with feigned modesty, while pulling Fang Xiaoyu to sit beside Wan Qingyi on either side.
These were things from an Immortal Venerable. If they didn’t eat them today, who knew if they would ever have the chance again? Of course, they had to eat more. Wan Lei even wanted to pack some for Xiao Jin and Qi Heng to try.
Where Wan Qingyi was, nothing could be serious. Wan Yi pouted and continued to explain to Wan Lei.
“Have you heard of the butterfly effect?”
“What butterfly?”
Wan Lei looked up and mumbled, his mouth stuffed with a banana…
“A butterfly, gently flapping its wings on land, can create air currents that form a tsunami on the other side of the ocean.
My butterfly issued a bounty mission in the Andromeda galaxy, the Lava Dead Zone.
The butterfly’s wings have already flapped, and everything that follows will be a natural progression.
Even the fact that you met the children of us Immortal Venerables was not something we deliberately arranged.”
The children of Immortal Venerables?
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu stopped eating. Four children’s figures flashed through their minds.
Xia Yubing was the child of Xia Dayu and Xia Xiaoyu, no wonder her nickname was ‘Hail!’
Han Xiaoyun was the daughter of Han Xiaofeng and Han Xiaoyu. No wonder she once said her name came from a famous saying, ‘A cloud made of rain in the wind.’
Wan Qianxin was the child of Wan Yi and Wang Xiaoyu, that most intelligent child who liked to wear black, had the most agile mind, and was so much like his father.
Bao Bao… should be She Yu’s child. She probably took her father’s surname instead of She’s. Her personality was very much like She Yu’s. No wonder her father was known as the number one ‘soft rice king’ in the immortal realm. His wife was an Immortal Venerable, wasn’t that the strongest form of ‘soft rice’ earnings?
No wonder they were so rich, no wonder they broke through to become immortals in their teens. With the resources of an Immortal Venerable and their aptitude, how could they not succeed?
At this moment, all the doubts vanished, and everything became clear in an instant.
Just then, Wan Lei suddenly remembered that when he asked Xia Yubing for help, Xia Yubing had shouted that she wanted to be Xia Dayu’s father…
No, I can’t help it…
“Don’t laugh, hold it back. Don’t worry, he’ll get it.”
Xia Dayu said expressionlessly.
Wan Lei silently mourned for Xia Yubing in his heart.
Fang Xiaoyu’s eyes widened as she looked at Wan Lei, then at Xia Dayu, not knowing what had happened.
“Those children had just broken through to the immortal realm and it was time for them to go out and train, so we assigned them missions. If they wanted to kill people, they would naturally go to the lawless zones. It happened that the Lava Dead Zone was opening, and it was close to the immortal realm continent, so they chose that place. Their encounter with you was also destined.
After that, you encountered people from the Weeping Desire Sect, and with your personalities, it was impossible not to eliminate them.
Because you eliminated the Weeping Desire Sect, Zhenhuo Qingwu had to swallow the Heart Fire Bead and needed treatment.
Because treatment was needed, my son recommended the Xiangren Sect to you, which was the only suitable place for you.
Because you went to the Xiangren Sect, you had to fight in Jingshan.
And because you destroyed the place, they naturally reported it to the authorities. Because you killed Chai Yan, Chai Lian, who happened to be responding to the report, went to Jingshan.
Everything, while appearing coincidental, actually followed its own trajectory. Fang Xiaoyu being captured and brought back to the Five Elements Hall was part of the destined trajectory, not our arrangement.”