Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal

"Isn't cultivation supposed to be diligent? Can such indulgence stimulate the spirit and improve Great Dao compatibility?"

Li Feiyu was slightly astonished.

"Haha, everything in the world has the yin and yang way. The path of cultivation also needs balance, just like a taut string, too much tension will cause it to break."

Dong Bolai laughed and said, "Come, let me tell you what real cultivation is..."

Li Feiyu's eyes showed some doubt.

But she did not resist.

At this moment, a slight vibration came from her body.

She sensed briefly and quickly stood up: "Excuse me for a moment."

After speaking, she swiftly got up and walked outside.

After Li Feiyu left, the girl who had been attending to Dong Bolai smiled and said: "Young master, this Miss Yu seems to be somewhat reserved..."

"Tsk, these people are just pretentious. Isn't it just because they fancy my talent and want to use my strength for Divine Union Cultivation to achieve immortality? Yet, she puts on such a modest and dignified appearance, expecting me to speak first? Well, it's best if I don't speak. I wonder how long she can keep up the act. Let's continue playing this game."

Dong Bolai sneered and said, "The more she invests in me, the less she will want to give up, and I can use her as a representative from the Li Family to increase my own value. This way, if other powers want to invest in me, they'll have to offer more resources. Thus, the longer it drags on, the more advantageous the situation is for me."

After speaking, he hugged the girl tightly: "Come, let's continue."

...

Outside this space, Li Feiyu naturally did not know Dong Bolai's assessment of her.

At this moment, she arrived at another secret area surrounded by formations, activated an Immortal Artifact to connect communication.

Soon, the projection of Li Shaoyan's serious figure appeared from within.

"How is Dong Bolai going?"

The Li family's Immortal went straight to the point.

Seeing the Patriarch in this manner, Li Feiyu felt some pressure, yet she quickly said: "Don't worry, Patriarch. Dong Bolai is responding to my invitations and seems somewhat reliant on me. I believe it won't be long before he takes the initiative to propose becoming Daoist companions."

She knew her words were somewhat exaggerated and had false elements, but she believed...

It was close enough.

"Over a hundred years, and he hasn't signed any agreement with our Li family!? I just had someone calculate, do you know how much the resources you applied for in these hundred years are worth? I'll tell you, it's no less than an Immortal Artifact!"

Li Shaoyan's tone was evidently displeased.

"An Immortal Artifact?"

Li Feiyu was slightly stunned by Li Shaoyan's words.

This...

In just a short hundred years, has she already applied for so many resources!?

For a moment, even she seemed shocked by this figure.

"The value no less than an Immortal Artifact's worth of resources just squandered by you, what have you accomplished? Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Li Shaoyan's tone gradually grew stern.

"I..."

Li Feiyu forced herself to hide her panic, knowing that the more critical the moment, the calmer she must be.

At this moment, she spoke in a calm and rational tone: "Patriarch, I'm already close to success. If Dong Bolai asks to become Daoist companions on his own, the difference between him proposing and us pulling him in is vast. Perhaps just one or two more Immortal Artifacts..."

"Another one or two Immortal Artifacts!? Do you think the Immortal Artifacts of our Li family are like cabbages for you to squander freely? If we had known, investing all resources into Gu Jinlai, wouldn't that be ten, a hundred times better than this Dong Bolai!?"

Li Shaoyan said sternly.

"Gu Jinlai?"

Li Feiyu felt unwilling once again thinking of how Gu Jinlai had abandoned their Li family for the Qin family: "How can he compare to Dong Bolai? Dong Bolai is the top candidate on the Flowing Light Path substitute list!"

"Flowing Light Path, substitute list top candidate? Can Flowing Light Path compare to Space Avenue?"

Li Shaoyan said and directly sent a document over: "See for yourself!"

Li Feiyu accepted the information, her eyes falling upon the updated list of Space Avenue candidates.

And at the new top, was indeed Gu Jinlai.

"Gu Jinlai is ranked first on the Space Avenue Inner Mansion Daoist Master candidate list!? How... how is it possible!?"

Li Feiyu couldn't help but exclaim.

"Why couldn't he be ranked first!? Didn't Star Lord Tian Xiang give you detailed information on Gu Jinlai, saying he's not only young but from the Outer Domain, having solely relied on his own efforts and some broken cultivation techniques to reach this level!?"

Li Shaoyan's stern voice held anger: "Yet you claim all that is mere facade, judging from the Three-Life Stone that certainly he gained precious opportunities, refining vast amounts of cultivation resources, but what really happened!? He had none of that! Thus, simply complementing the cultivation technique led to great progress, in a century refining ordinary resources, reaching a thousand miles a day, and with the help of an Innate Sacred Cloud Kun, his Space Avenue Compatibility increased from 92% to 96%!"

"96%!? His Space Avenue Compatibility reached 96%!?"

Li Feiyu quickly reviewed the factors concerning Gu Jinlai's placement at the top.

Among them, the most conspicuous was 300 years of cultivation and 96% Space Avenue Compatibility!

These numbers suddenly left Li Feiyu stunned.

"How could..."

"The resources provided by the Qin family over the past century can completely be matched by our Li family! Moreover, the cultivation techniques and texts Gu Jinlai lacked, we have even more in our collection!"

Li Shaoyan took a deep breath, holding back his anger.