Chapter 166: 121. The origin is from Demon Luo Heavenly Authority; meeting at the Blood Pool, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls... signifies a destined connection_3
Originally, he had wanted Dai Huanzhen to befriend Tan Shuchang, but now he had asked Dai Huanzhen to pass on a message.
His power of the Sword Dao was not to be manifested trivially before others.
The restrictions of the Jiawu Realm on them, the former tri-validated Ascenders, were indeed too great.
"What kind of deal?" asked Tan Shuchang, and he directly skipped over the matter of Dai Huanzhen mentioning becoming his disciple. After all, he hadn't even attained the initiation into immortality, so how could he dare teach others how to cultivate?
Wouldn't that be misguiding the young!
Moreover, Tan Shuchang had no intention of establishing power in the Jiawu Realm since it was of no use to him in acquiring fierce spirits.
It couldn't help him attack the Land of Yin and Darkness, so what use was it?
"The senior said, he had once met with the Holy Master, and at that time the Holy Master even took away the spirit-treasure Chaotic Life Dharma Bead, so as long as the Holy Master is willing to return the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead to Jade Halberd Mountain, then the senior is willing to impart a peerless Sword Dao cultivation technique to the Holy Master!" Dai Huanzhen hurriedly said.
"So it's this senior..." Upon hearing this, Tan Shuchang immediately thought of the figure that had appeared at that time. Although the figure's eyesight seemed a bit off, and they thought his talent in Sword Dao was unique, their strength was still formidable.
Thus, he thought for a moment, and then reached out to retrieve the suppressed Chaotic Life Dharma Bead.
Originally, Tan Shuchang wanted to ask what kind of Sword Dao could compare to this spirit-treasure and what special characteristics this spirit-treasure had that required such emphasis from the other party?
However, after Tan Shuchang took out the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead, something incredibly unexpected happened.
This spirit-treasure unexpectedly acknowledged him as its master on its own!
The bead, which looked like clear glass, radiated brilliantly. Then, a surge of its power connected with Tan Shuchang, and the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead just lay there in the palm of his hand.
"It seems this deal can only be canceled," Tan Shuchang said to Dai Huanzhen in a calm tone, yet deep in his heart, a thought arose—he had discovered that spirit-treasures could be subdued and mastered!
He couldn't help but think of a little girl who had talked about fighting until a spirit-treasure acknowledged its master.
Thus, after such a comparison, Tan Shuchang felt he was a bit more formidable. For that little girl had first met the conditions for the spirit-treasure's recognition and then subdued the Heavenly Sword of the spirit-treasure!
But he was different; he didn't meet any condition and forcefully subdued it!
Unaware that he had already met the conditions for the spirit-treasure's choice of master, Tan Shuchang was already contemplating how to subdue the Yin-Yang Lotus Treasure Vase and the Vajra Mingwang Bracelet.
After all, there was no reason he could subdue the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead and not the other two spirit-treasures. It might just take a few hundred more years to suppress them because they were more formidable.
If even a monkey could be subdued after five hundred years, why couldn't a mere spirit-treasure?
At that moment, having received instructions from the lone sword drinker Dai Huanzhen, he quickly said, "Holy Master, the senior said that the acknowledgment of a master by a spirit-treasure can also be actively canceled. The senior has a Secret Technique that can harmlessly dissolve the spirit-treasure's master recognition, so the deal can absolutely still proceed."
"No, Brother Dai, you misunderstand," Tan Shuchang said, "I mean, it's not that the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead has already acknowledged a master, but rather, I am not willing to give up this spirit-treasure that has acknowledged me as its master." He was planning to convene a grand sword ceremony, and the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead would help him avoid future worries—why would he ever give it up?