Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Logically, upon hearing Chen Tian's intention to return the spiritual vein, an ordinary person would likely be ecstatic. However, Daoist Xu Chang was different; his heart held no joy, but rather a sense of helplessness.

And it wasn't just Daoist Xu Chang; even the Celestial Crane Sect Master, upon hearing Chen Tian's words, could only offer a wry smile and shake his head in a sigh.

After quickly pondering for a good while, Daoist Xu Chang seemed to have finally made up his mind. He first cupped his fist towards Chen Tian, then said with a resolute expression, "Senior, if it weren't for your help this time, our Chao Yun Sect would probably have been destroyed long ago. Therefore, consider this spiritual vein a gift from our Chao Yun Sect to repay Senior's kindness. Please accept it and don't return it."

"Hua!"

As soon as Daoist Xu Chang spoke these words, it was like a gust of wind swept through the crowd, causing an uproar.

Those disciples of the Chao Yun Sect who had survived all felt confused by Daoist Xu Chang's words. They couldn't understand why their Sect Leader would willingly offer such a treasure.

You must know that for thousands of years, the Chao Yun Sect has relied on this spiritual vein, which contains vast spiritual power, to rapidly develop to its current height. It can be said that this spiritual vein is the foundation upon which the Chao Yun Sect was built, and it is extremely precious! And now, after a series of great battles, it happens to be the weakest time for the Chao Yun Sect, and everyone is hoping to rely on this spiritual vein to restore their strength. But they never expected that Daoist Xu Chang would so easily give this treasure of the sect to others, which really made many Chao Yun Sect disciples feel puzzled.

In surprise and doubt, everyone slowly turned their heads and looked towards Chen Tian again. After careful observation, they seemed to have discovered something, and a hint of realization suddenly appeared in their originally puzzled eyes.

It turned out that they discovered that although Chen Tian had just said he wanted to return the spiritual vein, on the other hand, a slender golden thread suddenly extended from Chen Tian's right thumb, constantly wrapping around the neck of the huge light dragon.

This golden thread was like a chain, tightly binding the light dragon spiritual vein, preventing it from moving. In other words, this spiritual vein was still firmly in Chen Tian's hands!

And this sign indicated that Chen Tian's words just now were all insincere! He had never sincerely thought about returning the spiritual vein, but was taking the opportunity to test Daoist Xu Chang.

After all, the purpose of Chen Tian's trip was to obtain the spiritual power needed to break through to the Zhutian realm, and the vast spiritual power contained in this spiritual vein happened to be one of the targets that Chen Tian had set his sights on. How could he be willing to let go so easily?

"Senior, please wait!"

But at this moment, Daoist Xu Chang seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly shouted loudly, stopping Chen Tian's movements.

"What, could it be that you want to go back on your word?"

Chen Tian was originally happily planning to receive this spiritual vein, but at this moment, he suddenly heard Daoist Xu Chang's shout, which made Chen Tian think that Daoist Xu Chang had gone back on his word, so he frowned suddenly and said in a gloomy tone.

"Senior, please don't misunderstand. Now that we have agreed to give this item to Senior, then I will never go back on my word, but before that, I have an uninvited request, and I hope Senior can agree." Seeing Chen Tian's gradually gloomy expression, Daoist Xu Chang was immediately startled, and hurriedly lowered his head, speaking in a respectful tone.

"Hmm? An uninvited request?" Chen Tian carefully chewed on Daoist Xu Chang's words. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said, "Alright, then tell me, what exactly is this uninvited request?"

"Oh, it's like this, I can give the entire spiritual vein to Senior, but I hope that Senior can return the spirit seed within it to us, that's all. I hope Senior can fulfill our request!" Seeing that Chen Tian's original gloomy tone had softened, Daoist Xu Chang immediately said his thoughts.

"Spirit seed?" However, Chen Tian was a little confused after hearing this, and asked doubtfully, "What is a spirit seed?"

Indeed, Chen Tian simply didn't know what the 'spirit seed' that Daoist Xu Chang was talking about was.

"How about this, Senior, please wait a moment, I will take out the spirit seed right away."

Seeing Chen Tian's confused look, Daoist Xu Chang didn't delay. He pinched his fingers with both hands and suddenly shot a cyan spiritual light into the huge light dragon in the sky.

And before long, an extremely dazzling golden spiritual light floated out from the huge dragon head and slowly fell in front of Chen Tian.

Upon closer inspection, it can be found that within this golden spiritual light, there is actually a dragon-shaped phantom! It's just that this dragon-shaped phantom does not contain any spiritual power, just like a newborn baby, sleeping.

"Senior, look, this is the spirit seed I was talking about!"

Next, Daoist Xu Chang pointed to this 'dragon-shaped phantom' and explained to Chen Tian what the so-called spirit seed was!