"The True Inheritance of a Venerable?" The Two Immortals of the Eastern Sea widened their eyes.
Duke Long gritted his teeth. "May I ask which True Inheritance?"
"The True Inheritance of You Hun." Fang Yuan said bluntly. "If Friend Duke Long doesn't believe me, I can reveal a thing or two."
Duke Long was silent for a moment, then nodded. "I believe you."
At the same time, he pondered silently: This demon Fang Yuan truly was a cunning schemer! Demon Venerable You Hun had already been captured by their Heavenly Court. Given time, extracting the True Inheritance of You Hun from him would pose no problem whatsoever. This True Inheritance had already lost much of its value to Fang Yuan, which was why he was willing to trade it away. But Qihai Old Ancestor didn't have a captive like Demon Venerable You Hun — it was only natural that he would be tempted.
Fang Yuan continued, "Friend Duke Long, if you want me to stand aside and watch, can you also afford to offer a Venerable's True Inheritance?"
Duke Long gritted his teeth again. "Naturally."
"Really?" Fang Yuan's eyes lit up. "To speak from the heart, in my entire life, I have held the deepest reverence for Immortal Venerable Primordial."
The corner of Duke Long's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but curse inwardly: This old fox was a cunning wretch to the core! Claiming to hold the deepest reverence for Immortal Venerable Primordial, yet in their fight just moments ago, every move had been vicious and ruthless — he had even used the Survival Steal, trying his utmost to kill him! However, since he specialized in the Qi Path, coveting Primordial's True Inheritance was only to be expected, and could be turned to his advantage.
"You may not know, Friend, but the greatest component of Primordial's True Inheritance is the Heavenly Court's Blessed Land. The rest of its contents are actually quite sparse, and due to the changes of eras, they've long since become outdated." Duke Long deliberately played coy.
Fang Yuan furrowed his brows, his disappointment evident. "In that case, you can't produce Primordial's True Inheritance? Then what can the Heavenly Court offer? The True Inheritance of Star Constellation? Or the True Inheritance of Primordial Lotus?"
Anything would benefit Fang Yuan.
Duke Long chuckled and offered Fang Yuan a sliver of hope, responding vaguely, "All these matters can be discussed."
The Two Immortals of the Eastern Sea exchanged glances, inwardly crying disaster. Duke Long commanded vast resources — to think he would go so far as to offer a Venerable's True Inheritance just to win over Qihai Old Ancestor!
The most troublesome thing was that neither the Shen Family nor the Song Family could produce anything of the sort.
Duke Long commanded the Heavenly Court, and his wealth was truly staggering. He was throwing resources and Venerable's True Inheritances at Qihai Old Ancestor, trying to overwhelm him into submission.
This was the accumulated heritage of the Heavenly Court over countless ages — so deep and vast that even the two heads of the Shen and Song Families were disheartened by it.
Yet Fang Yuan suddenly found that Duke Long actually looked somewhat agreeable at times. Regarding his style of doing things, Fang Yuan secretly wanted to give him two thumbs up.
Old brother, how magnanimous!
Right then, Fang Yuan and Duke Long plunged deep into their negotiations.
After all, he needed to stall for time and buy an opportunity for his Dragonman clone.
The Two Immortals of the Eastern Sea, standing off to the side, could only watch helplessly, anxious at heart but powerless to intervene.
Fang Yuan naturally didn't forget about the two of them, occasionally addressing them during the conversation to keep their hopes alive.
As this went on for a while, Duke Long naturally saw through the ploy, and his gaze grew deeper and more inscrutable.
He knew full well: Qihai Old Ancestor was using these two Eighth Transformation experts from the Eastern Sea to secure better terms for himself! But that was fine. As long as Qihai Old Ancestor was willing to negotiate patiently, it was a good sign.
"There's just the matter of Gu Yue Fang Zheng falling into Shen Congsheng's hands. That's a bit troublesome — I'll need to ransom him back." Duke Long pondered this even as he conversed with Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan was also thinking about Gu Yue Fang Zheng.
Earlier, the Two Immortals of the Eastern Sea had mentioned Gu Yue Fang Zheng, but Fang Yuan's acting was too good — he had appeared completely unconcerned, like a total outsider, without a single crack in his facade.
But Fang Yuan had his own calculations: "This cheap little brother of mine was not only rescued by the Heavenly Court but has also been nurtured and trained, becoming a Gu Immortal? Interesting!"
"Since the Central Continent's Heavenly Court values him so highly, there must be a reason. I don't know what it is, but it doesn't matter. I'll demand him later and simply kill him to settle the matter."
As for Fang Zheng, in his earlier years, Fang Yuan had wanted to refine him into a Blood God Child. Later, due to pressure from the Heavenly Court and various circumstances beyond his control, he had left Fang Zheng to roam freely within the Langya Blessed Land for quite some time.
Then an unexpected event occurred — Fang Zheng was rescued by Feng Jiuge!
While this couldn't be called a mistake per se, now that Fang Yuan had discovered the situation, he decided to rectify it.
Fang Yuan didn't actually think much of Fang Zheng, but since the Heavenly Court valued him, he would simply eliminate the problem. In such matters, Fang Yuan had always been very thorough.