20 A Secret deal 2 Chapter in 1

After a while, within the dining room of the central courtyard, The sound of the gentle song from a zither that has been played by Tian Xiulan resound within. Every upper realm cultivator that had invited listen in this peaceful and happy tune.

A whiff of alluring food fragrance pervades around the dining room, The three cart full of sumptuous meal in both Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian. Everything on the cart sends many of anyone who smells it to the sweet dream of food and alluring fragrance and hard to distract themselves.

Even Ping Xin and the people from the Enlightened Heart Temple tries heart to resist this alluring especially Ping Xin whose chanting "Amitabha Amitabha We only ate to sustain our body" Nonstop.

While the rowdy bunch from the Blood Demon sect is fighting with the other sect to get to the best piece of chicken and duck.

"HaHaHa, you fool! this honey roast duck is mine!!!" The rowdiest big muscle guy from the Blood Demon sect laugh loudly in happiness when he gets the entire of the honey roast duck from other smaller sect that can't fight against him.

The one wrong Zeng note from a beautiful zither song send the sharp qi to cut the duck leg in the hand of the rowdiest guy clean, and the body of the honey roast duck slowly gently drop to the plate by a very profound spirits qi control.

"Guest from the Blood Demon sect, please refrain from any uncivilized manner in this dining hall."

A cold but sweet voice from Tian Xiulan sends the shiver down their spine. They noticed that the cut has just above the hand of the rowdiest one for only 3 centimeters and this made them sweat profusely.

"Ye... Yes, madam Zhu."

They responded humbly. While the people of the smaller sect that just got bullied giggle with happiness in those Blood Demon sect misfortune that looks like they just get scold from their mom.

In a moment Zhu Wushang exit from the kitchen and the feast had officially begun.

The upper realm cultivator tries to eat in civilize they chat with each other in harmony but… when the first bite of food enters into their mouth. The spirit qi in their dantian has been stir by the spirits infuse within the food. Thus, The table manners of all these cultivators disappear immediately.

[This! High-grade Spirits infusion food!!]

They thought and looking at each other in dumbfoundedness before they start to swallow the food in front of them furiously, They all knew that even in the top of the apex sect from the upper realm, The High-grade spirit infusion food is a very top luxurious food that one cannot eat it even they have money. They need connection and opportunity because of the spirits chef that can cook the quality of High-grade spirit infusion food is rare.

Yes, In the lower realm it also has spirits infusion food too, but they were only able to give the benefit to the Spirits Commander realm at most, and While in the higher realm the most that it can benefit its consumer is just Emperor realm middle grade. Anyone with higher cultivation than dad will not experience the change of their spirits qi in their dantian.

And this High-grade spirit infusion food that can give benefit to even the beyond Ascension realm is a never before seen commodity even in the upper realm!

Everyone upper realm cultivator even Ping Xin eat their meal in very barbaric demeanor like they feared that this meal would disappear. They nearly swallow their tongue in a hurry while they tire of eating as much as they can because they didn't know when they can eat this great meal again.

The Only thing that keeps them from fighting each other to covet all of these meal for themselves is a goddess-like girl that is smilingly sit beside her husband while playing zither to lull all of her guests.

"It seems your cooking skill has been improved a lot from this two years. You need to cook it for me when you have time." Tian Xiulan speaks to her husband.

"No problem as long as you're with me I'll cook it for you every day."

His answer makes her smile, and a little red hue appears on her cheek while the bunch from the small sect look in jealous before they vent it at the food in front of them with more furiousness.

Zhu Wushang waits for a while for them to entirely eaten their meal.

After all of the food has been eaten Zhu Wushang let his servant prepare some tea for his guest before he starts the conversation.

"Everyone, I must thank you for giving us husband and wife this honor. You might know already that each one of you that we invited has one thing in common."

Ping Xin nod in understanding while chant Amitabha, People that look like the leader of their group also nod. But most of them still look at each other in confusion, but in the end, they pretend to understand and nodded because they don't want to lose face.

"As everyone might know already, I have Origin God Blood run through my vein, Every drop of my blood is a priceless treasure. And I must willingly give it away for this Origin God Blood to work. Otherwise, It'll just be a strong poison that could kill anyone when consume."

Everyone perks up their interest and hope that Zhu Wushang would offer them his blood willingly except Ping Xin that still peaceful because he knew that this not going to happen, It's too easy to get this heaven-defying treasure.

Zhu Wushang sees all of their reaction then continue.

"But that's not the thing I'm going to offer you in this negotiation. Because there's another thing that I can offer you and it's more practical than my blood in a bigger picture."

Zhu Wushang smile in confidence before start with the small thing first.

"You must know that you're in the lower realm right now but where can I have an ability to bring you the High-Grade Spirit infused food? according to the norm, I need a very rare ingredient to make it to the quality that you just ate right?"

Right now Ping Xin and many leaders of the group suspect something they quickly turn to look at the duck and chicken bone on the plate and their face pale without blood in disbelief. It's like they discover something outside of the possibility that should not happen.

"Yes, All the ingredients that you just ate is a normal ingredient that we can find in the mortal village market."

The word of Zhu Wushang is like the thunder that struck their mind every word etch deep into their memory of the incomprehensible and nigh impossible fact that proves to be possible. It's like someone told them that elephant just got beaten by an ant.

"Then how could…" Ping Xin ask in this belief, his bald head has a lot of cold sweat.

"I'm a Supreme Formation Master. I create a formation that can absorb the spirit qi and condense it before infused it to the food with my culinary skill."

Another thunderstruck in their mind. A Supreme Formation Master, this level of Formation master, can be said only to be found in folklore and legends! No one ever dares to challenge the world ridicule to claim themselves to be one.

"Benefactor Zhu, This is a bit…" But Ping Xin is still having some doubt and tries to advise Zhu Wushang not to claim himself as Supreme Formation Master.

"I can demonstrate for you all to see if you don't believe me. Is there anyone wear an armor inside right now? May I borrow for a bit?" Zhu Wushang ask.

He chooses an armor not weapon because he doesn't want this thing to return to bite him later in case something goes wrong.

Everyone looking at each other in hesitation, some of them do wearing it right now, but they don't want to give it to Zhu Wushang to try anything funny. What if he broke it? Or even make a scratch? Their armor isn't cheap after all.

But a man in the hood that wear a uniform of The Blood Demon sect stand up and take off his soft armor within the robe and give it to Zhu Wushang.

"You can use my armor." The hooded man speaks to Zhu Wushang and stands back by two paces to see what Zhu Wushang is going to show them.

Zhu Wushange is checking the hooded man armor and found that his armor made by the Blood spirits ore which is a high-grade material in the upper realm but its property is not appropriate for making armor. It should make the support treasure that helps to circulate spirit qi instead.

He produces his specially created black glove which that he creates from some of the Shoggoth cells. This Black glove works the same way as Shoggoth does, it can morph and shapeshift into all kind of tool that the wearer wants to.

He uses the black glove to change into many tools in his hand, and he starts to inscribe something on to the armor. The moment that this black glove morphs the finger part into the needle-like inscription tool shocked every upper realm cultivator. Not only the ability to morph that shock them, but also the nature of this glove that the morphed inscription tool is not of any metal but the bone that strong enough to inscribe something into a high-grade metal like the Spirits Blood ore.

The formations inscription took around half an hour before he finishes.

"Done! This type of material shouldn't be made into armor, but it should be made into support treasure to help with your qi circulation or increase your power or speed. but anyway, I already use my formation technique to enhance your armor into another realm try it!" Zhu Wushang explains, but later he decides not to bore the hooded man on technical detail.

The hooded man tries wearing it on his body with doubt, But at the moment when the last lock of the soft armor is locked. The Spirits qi sea within his dantian connect to another artificial Spirits qi sea, and it comes from his armor, and he feels like his movement is quicker and lighter by a fold. He tries air punching and kicking routine, and he found it as a fact!

"Incredible" He murmurs in disbelief while looking at his soft armor.

"That's not all of its features, But the hidden feature that I inscribed will show itself to help you when you encounter a life and death situation." Zhu Wushang explains all of his doing.

Every upper realm cultivator swallow their saliva in envy of the hooded man fortune. This is the Formation-inscribed armor that helps to upgrade the wearer fighting ability, and if what Zhu Wushang said is true, this armor is also a life-saving treasure!

One must know that the life-saving treasure alone is hard to come by and the price is high even the high-status people only have one or two of the life-saving treasure and it solely use for getting the owner out of the dangerous situation or protect the owners' life after that those treasure would usually disappear.

But the lifesaver treasure in the form of armor? They never heard of it! This might be a bluff by Zhu Wushang, but only the fact that Zhu Wushang can enhance something to this degree by using formation only is the solid proof of his Supreme Formation Master status or at least this degree of skill is of no match by anyone on the upper realm.

The hooded man immediately cupped his fist in respect.

"Master Zhu, Please tell me the price of this Enhancement, I'll definitely pay no matter what the price." The hooded man knew that this kind of enhancement did not come cheap.

Zhu Wushang shakes his head and rejects the hooded man offer.

"No need friend, You only just need to listen carefully to my proposal, That's all I want for now."

The hooded man nod and other upper realm cultivator are also nodded.

Zhu Wushang looks around at every upper realm cultivators that he invited.

"You all must already know that the Illusory Immortal palace had kidnapped my sister due to her superior bloodline." He asks and look around for confirmation and found that everyone nod.

It seems his past is not a secret to anyone from the upper realm that came here.

"Then that's easy, please form a coalition with each other and bring any news related to my sister, The Illusory Immortal Palace, Or any significant news on the Upper Realm to me."

He stops and glances at every one reaction, and it seems no one is interested except the hooded man that is considering.

This favor that Zhu Wushang ask is pretty easy to do, but they need to use their descending quota to bring him the news. So they prefer to listen to his offer first before doing anything.

Zhu Wushang then continue.

"In return, I'll create a very special kind of formation area to all the sect that decide to do this favor of mine to be able to stay here in the lower realm while maintaining the same cultivation condition as the upper realm, Whether it be the spirits qi density or the soil quality Indefinitely."

This offer of his make everyone eye constricted. They are no fool to not know about the meaning of his proposal. Usually, When someone has reached the threshold cultivation of the realm, they will be forced by the world law to ascend to the higher realm. They can choose to suppress their cultivation to stay in the lower world, but that's not a long-term solution. They will be forced by world law to ascend eventually.

Of course, They can descend to the lower world, but they need to pay a steep price especially if they are not lower world native. They also need to use high 1 High-grade spirits stone for each beyond Ascension realm cultivator, and they also have a limited time of 24 7 days to stay in the lower realm before the world law forces them to ascend.

The most important rule is that they cannot exceed the quota of the lower world tolerance to the realm exceeding cultivator, and no one beyond Basic grade Celestial Realm can descend to the lower realm otherwise, the world law will destroy them both in body and soul.

That's why the sect in the higher world divide the quota between them according to the sect strength and they strictly follow the rule of the world tolerance quota.

But If what Zhu Wushang said is true. Then that's mean they can cultivate in a safer environment without any fear of any top tier sect in the higher world and they can ascend into the higher world whenever they want. And if something happens, they can also retreat to the lower world where their enemy that have higher cultivation cannot follow even if they wanted to.

Every upper world cultivator start to discuss with each other for a long while before they stop and come to a conclusion and Ping Xin is the one that acts as representative for every sect that Zhu Wushang invited.

"Benefactor Zhu, We will return to our sect to report this to our superior about your offer after that I will return with the answer from every sect that you has invited here." Ping Xin cupped his hand and gave Zhu Wushang their conclusion

Zhu Wushang nod then cupped his hand and bow in return.

"Then I must rely on you brother Ping Xin."