Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses-Chapter 649 - 598: I Recommend Myself, Now I’m in High Demand (Combined - )_2
However, if you become a Guest Minister of our sect, you need to do one thing for us every three years." The Great Elder Zheng Jingming immediately stated the conditions of the Corpse-Driving Sect.
"The first thing, is it to go to the Abyss to support the cultivators of your sect?" Lou Yi’s doppelgänger, transformed into the Red Hero, asked.
Occasionally, when he exchanged glances with his main body, there arose a peculiar feeling in his heart, as if he were playing a werewolf killing game.
Recommending myself? Quite interesting.
"Exactly." Zheng Jingming nodded in acknowledgment, "You must already know of our sect’s situation; it’s extremely urgent now, so we can only see if there’s a breakthrough and a turn in the Abyss."
"As far as I know, the Abyss is fraught with dangers.
Although I have a relationship with your sect, business is business, and we should properly negotiate the offerings." Lou Yi’s doppelgänger said.
He was setting conditions to maximize the utilization of the Corpse-Driving Sect’s resources to enhance himself.
Also, there is no shame in hoping to play a crucial role in future sect crises.
Besides, it’s quite normal to negotiate a raise after receiving an offer, isn’t it?
"No problem, feel free to state your needs, and I’ll discuss them with my sect," Zheng Jingming was not surprised that the other party was setting conditions and nodded.
"I have no need for Spirit Stones; what I seek are some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures." Under the slightly tense gaze of Zheng Jingming and He Xiang, Lou Yi’s doppelgänger, the Red Hero, said slowly, "Five-colored Lingzhi, Windwalking Fruit, Earth, Spirit-devouring Vine..."
"If I can have three of these Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, it would be enough.
I can forgo other Spirit Stones and Elixirs."
"Why does this sound familiar..." He Xiang frowned and then looked at Lou Yi’s main body.
Lou Yi chuckled awkwardly: "I have sought some of these things in the sect before, also at the behest of the Red Hero."
"I see." He Xiang nodded in understanding, without any suspicion arising.
Indeed, the aura between Lou Yi’s main body and doppelgänger was completely different, even enough to deceive the Heavenly Dao.
Even facing a Golden Core directly, he had full confidence that the other party would not detect any flaws.
No one would have thought the Red Hero and Lou Yi are actually the same person.
"Many of these materials have long been extinct, and the sect’s Spirit Medicine Hall definitely does not have them; we have to search the Treasury thoroughly." Zheng Jingming frowned upon hearing this, "Is it necessary to have three of them?"
"Yes." Lou Yi did not relent but spoke confidently, "Your sect has extensive connections and deep foundations.
Even if they can’t be found in your own secret vaults, can’t you borrow from the other three sects of the Northern Domain?"
In the early stages of negotiation, one must not relent easily. Lou Yi was determined to leverage the full strength of the Corpse-Driving Sect to find key items for him, to enhance his power as much as possible before heading to the Abyss.
"It’s not that easy." Zheng Jingming shook his head with a rueful smile, seeing the Red Hero’s adamant attitude, and said, "I’ll inquire further upon returning and give you a reply then."
"Alright." The Red Hero nodded.
The first negotiation between both parties was not very smooth.
On the way back to the sect, He Xiang and Zheng Jingming found Lou Yi’s main body and discreetly asked, "Ah Yi, be honest with us, is the Red Hero holding firm, or is there room for negotiation?"
Lou Yi uncertainly stated: "It’s best to find these materials for the Red Hero; they seem very important to him for enhancing his power...
However, if it’s truly unavailable, I think the Red Hero is not an unreasonable person, but it’s still hard to say..."
"If it can enhance the Red Hero’s power, won’t it be more effective in the Abyss?
Now is not the time to be frugal, Old Zheng." He Xiang’s eyes lit up after hearing this and started persuading Zheng Jingming.
"Let’s wait and see." Zheng Jingming replied helplessly.
Thus, two days passed, and He Xiang brought back the sect’s response, having only found one crucial item Lou Yi needed: the Soul Erosion Flower, which can be used to enhance innate venom.
Lou Yi was a bit speechless, yearning for significant improvement, and yet, what he cared less about came easily every day.
The Corpse-Driving Sect intended to continue looking for other needed materials for him.
But could he first head to the Abyss to find a way to support the sect’s members?
While committed materials were pending, they asked Lou Yi to first fulfill his obligations as a Guest Minister.
Lou Yi was slightly helpless but understood that the Corpse-Driving Sect had done their utmost.
He was just about to agree.
At that moment, an unexpected individual came to him.
"Senior Brother Jin, I wonder why you suddenly sought me out, is there something the matter?"
In a teahouse in He City, Lou Yi looked at the opposite side, at a brawny man clad in Golden Armor with a stern face, and asked somewhat puzzledly.
The counterpart was precisely the prodigy of the True Blood Sect, Jin Tingfeng, who had found Lou Yi’s main body through the channel of the Four Seas Association, inviting him to meet in He City.
"I heard that you can get in touch with the Red Hero?"
"Just like your Corpse-Driving Sect wishes to invite the Red Hero as a Guest Minister, our True Blood Sect has the same plan."
"Just convey this message to the Red Hero for me... Besides the previously mentioned Spirit Stones, Elixirs, Spiritual Artifacts, our sect has the Five-colored Lingzhi.
The other two items, we will try our best to find them within three years."
"What?" Upon hearing this news, Lou Yi was both surprised and delighted.
The Five-colored Lingzhi is a crucial item for enhancing the Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique.
If obtained, his cultivation speed on the path of Martial Saint would greatly accelerate, allowing him to break through to the later stages of Martial Saint sooner.
But, abandoning the Corpse-Driving Sect to join the Red Sun Sect seemed a bit tricky for him.
Lou Yi said: "Let me first ask the Red Hero to see what his exact thoughts are."
"Fine, you may tell him that our sect’s strength far exceeds that of the Corpse-Driving Sect.
With a major sect as our backing in the Central Continent’s heartland and our Golden Core in its prime." Jin Tingfeng seemed uninterested in chit-chatting with Lou Yi, who was in Qi Cultivation, and said this coolly before leaving.
The information that the Red Hero intended to join the Corpse-Driving Sect as a Guest Minister and required three kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures was supposed to be top secret.
Somehow the news got out, and high-level authorities across several major sects of the Northern Domain were informed.
Soon, Wei Rou traveled from Yue Country to meet Lou Yi, telling him that Qingluan Palace also had intentions of recruiting the Red Hero, and their sincerity was substantial.
Their sect possesses the critical item needed for Wind Stabilization talent advancement, known as Xun Wind Stone.
They also know the whereabouts of the critical item needed for Monster Power talent, Blood Bodhi, which they could acquire given some time, leaving Lou Yi quite tempted.
However, they asked the Red Hero to conceal his identity and sign the contract with Qingluan Palace under someone else’s name to avoid catching the attention of the Taiyi Sect’s behemoth.
This request didn’t bother Lou Yi; at most, he would adopt another alias.
Within two days, the Red Sun Sect also dispatched an emissary to negotiate with the Red Hero.
In addition to Spirit Stones and Elixirs, their sect possesses the crucial item for Fireproof talent, the millennium-old Parasol Wood Core, and also promised to find two other crucial items within three years.
Lou Yi never thought that for a time he would become the sought-after darling among various major sects of the Northern Domain, each vying for his membership.
"Isn’t this quite normal?
The Red Hero, not yet forty, has already been able to powerfully defeat a third-tier Spirit Platform expert from the Thunder Shock Sect.
His potential is terrifying, and perhaps unmatched across the Northern Domain.
Moreover, he had no sect or school and has always fought for the people, resisting the Demon Clan, with a well-known righteous character." Bi Yaoyao stated as a matter of course.
As a true disciple of the Corpse-Driving Sect, Lou Yi would naturally honestly report the recruitment situation of other sects to his sect’s higher-ups.
At the same time, he told them the Red Hero’s real intentions, assuring them that under equal conditions, he would certainly prioritize the Corpse-Driving Sect for peace of mind.
The high-ups of the Corpse-Driving Sect, after hearing this, felt even more urgency and hastily opened negotiations with the other three sects of the Northern Domain.
After various negotiations and exchanges of interests, they ultimately informed the Red Hero, over ten days later, that they had secured the three necessary materials for him.
Lou Yi, upon hearing this, was overjoyed.
The doppelgänger, acting as the Red Hero, immediately arrived at the sect to participate in the Corpse-Driving Sect’s secretly held Guest Minister ceremony, attended only by elders, stewards, and a few true disciples.
Thus, the Red Hero became a genuine ’insider’ of the Corpse-Driving Sect, a sect’s Guest Minister, with privileges no less than an ordinary elder.
"There’s still a little over a month before the next opening of the Abyss for teleportation. We’ll notify you then." Zheng Jingming conveyed this information to Lou Yi, advising him to prepare.
And at this moment, Jia Hong, the Holy Daughter of the Yellow Springs Sect, also delivered good news.
Informing Lou Yi that she again had the eligibility to enter the Yin Fiend Realm, inquiring about his willingness.
Lou Yi was overjoyed.
An unseen premonition told him that perhaps this time, there would be gains.
If he truly could obtain the ancient martial arts legacy, his path to cultivation would be much smoother.
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