Book 7: Chapter 2 – Wedding Gifts

  “ht, before I fet,” Beirut suddenly said, gng at Aiden briefly before turning back to Ace. “As you are probably aware, your master has decided to accept the offer to bey Emissary. As such, he won’t be entering the Necropolis of the Gods.”

  Other than those in or attached to the Pavilio’s words caused no small amount of sho those listening in.

  As their ti’s leading expert, Beirut’s influence was unparalleled. By being his Emissary, Aiden had essentially ehe safety of the Yin-Yang Pavilion – not that they .

  Still, Beirut calmly tinued as though he hadn’t sehe surprise his words had caused. “I had already told him that there was a certain treasure ihe Necropolis of the Gods called the Pearl of Life, which is capable of fixing his shattered dantian, allowing him tain his elemental affinity. Still, he insists on staying by my side during this time to try and refihe path of utilising ‘cepts’.

  Instead, he has decided to entrust the retrieval of the ‘Pearl of Life’ to you, his only disciple!”

  Hearing that, the eyes of Ace suddenly bulged as he turo his master, who still seemed more ied in his drink thaopic of versation. Still, Beirut’s words had been enough to set off no small sho Ace’s heart.

  It wasn’t just him either; all of his cssmates were just as surprised by this fact as well; the only ones who weren’t and seemed to have already known this were Arianna and the other Elders of the Pavilion.

  “Hmm?” Beirut looked curiously at Ace. “Was he wrong to put his faith in you?”

  Though he and his drunken master would often bicker, the space Aiden held in his heart was sed only to his mother, Amira, and Killian.

  There was almost nothing Ace wouldn’t do if it were for the sake of his master. As such, upon heari’s question, Ace didn’t eveate before voig his response.

  “Of course not!” Ace stated matter-of-factly. “Sihe old man is too zy to go himself, I guess I’ll go do it for him.”

  “Good to know,” Beirut chortled. “But you should know, there are two pearls of life, and both are being held by beings with the power of a prime saint. If the current you was to appear in front of either of them, you’d be sidered nothing more than a light appetiser.”

  “I uand,” Aodded seriously, not doubti’s words for even a sed, but since he had said he would do it, then he would stop at nothing to do exactly that.

  “Good,” Beirut nodded. “And one more thing, you shouldn’t think about relying oher more powerful Elders of your Yin-Yang Pavilioher. Acc to your master, her Mathias nor Lauriel are pnning oeriher.”

  This time, it was Wukong who spoke out as he looked towards his senior brother and sister in fusion. “Is this true? Why did her of you tell this king?”

  “It’s true,” Mathias nodded calmly. “The lower levels of the Necropolis of the Gods don’t pose much of a threat to Lauriel and I, but the upper levels are still too much for the current us.”

  “Plus, someone o stay behind and take care of the new recruits whilst everyone else is away,” Lauriel added. “Anyway, we’ll have other opportuo go iure. We merely have to wait ahousand years or so.”

  The words of Mathias may have sounded arrogant, as the dangers of the lower levels were so prolific that it was very possible and even likely that even prime saints could lose their lives. Still, Wukong and the others uood that Aiden and Lauriel weren’t just speaking lightly.

  Both husband and wife already had the power of prime saints, but after learning the secrets of cepts, both of their strengths had seen a rge increase.

  Simir to Aiden, they could be sidered invincible below the deity level. Unfortunately, as much as they had improved, if they were to fight even the weakest of deities, they might only be able to resist for a little while before having to flee desperately.

  Wukong hadn’t asked because he was worried about his safety and waheir prote; he just thought it was a waste of a perfectly good opportunity. Still, he had to admit their words made sense. As such, he said nothing further.

  “Well, I’ve said and done everything I came here for,” Beirut announced before turning to the newlyweds. “gratutions again, but I’ll be taking my leave. There’s no need for you to see me out.”

  Just like that, Beirut’s body disappeared, seemingly moving at a speed none present could even begin to fathom.

  After Beirut, Dylin was the o take his leave after delivering his gift. After the two deities took their leave, one by ohers began to do the same, each of whom left a gift for the newly married couples.

  On the whole, the gifts couldn’t be said to be all that impressive, with most leaving gold or some other treasures that, whilst most would sider valuable, coulder the eyes of those from the Pavilion.

  Still, there were a few gifts that made Ad the others raise their brows.

  First was the gift from Linley and his Baru. Like Ace, Linley was also preparing to ehe ruins in about five months, at which point his territory would be without their true leader.

  After speaking with his father and the others, they agreed that whilst Linley and Bebe were in the Necropolis of the Gods, the Baruch Kingdom would temporarily submit to Ace’s Gol Kingdom.

  When he saw that, Ace merely smiled and shook his head. It was true that although temporary, this would be an excellent boon for his Gol Kingdom, but he also khe Baruchs would be getting just as much, if not more, out of the deal.

  Aside from himself, Amira, Wukong and Leona who were all pnning oering as soon as the gates opened. her Cirulus nor the rest of his cssmates were entering the ruins – at least not immediately.

  So between Cirulus, Killian, and now Alissa, with her havily prehended a trace amount of the Profound Mystery of Spatial Winds, their Gol Kingdom now had three experts with the power of saints staying behind.

  Though, with that said, Killian and the other Acolytes have already said that they too will be entering the ruins at a ter date. They were just waiting till all of them had the strength to enter, at which point they would be staying together.

  Still, until that point, Linley’s Baruch Kingdom would be the ones being from their prote.

  The gift that came as a surprise to Ad the others were the ones from Beirut.

  Lance was given a High-God full body armour of the water element, as well as a golden soul pearl, which, acc to Arianna, would increase the strength of Lance’s Spiritual Esseo that of a mid-staged saint, potentially even to that of a saint at the peak stage.

  That High-God armour would be more than enough of a reason to spark a war between all the major forces on the ti. If not for the fact that it was gifted by Beirut himself, it was likely that not even Dylin and the other deities would be able to calm their greed in the face of such a treasure.

  It had to be uood that even Dylin, a powerful Full God, wouldn’t be able to cause so much as a dent in an armour of that level.

  That being said, if Dylio attack, Lance would be lucky to survive more tharike. Although the armour was virtually impervious to attacks at that level, it wouldn’t be able to absorb all of the impact, and even 1% of Dylin’s full power would be able to reduce a mortal like Lao a bloody pulp.

  Still, Lance was more excited about the tter of the two gifts. A golden soul pearl was a treasure created by experts who trained in the Edict of Death. By refining millions of souls, they create this pearl, which, when absorbed, allows the user to increase their spiritual essence signifitly.

  For Lance, whose talent could only be described as being ordinairy, this was literally the perfect gift. Even though his affinity for the ws of water was utterly ordinary, when holding the Azure Dragon spear, his affinity spiked to the exceptional level, and now, with this, his perception would see another drasticrease, at which point his talent would be han any of the other disciples of the Pavilion.

  Finally, Lance would be able to stand proudly beside his wife!

  Still, as precious a gift as it was, it couldn’t pare in value to Milianna’s. Whilst Lance was given a High-God Armour, Milianna was given a High-God Soul Proteg Artifact, and as most people khe most expeypes of Diviifacts were, without question, Soul Proteg Artifacts.

  Acc to Arianna, unless it was an expert who specialised in spiritual attacks at the six-star fiend level her, one could fet about harming Milianna’s soul now. The ift appeared to be a simple note, but when reading it, everyone saw that Milianna had been shocked down to her very soul, something no one had seen since her soul had healed.

  Still, when asked, Milianna said that Beirut asked her to keep the tents of the note private for now and that all would be revealed after the closing of the Necropolis of the Gods in 20 years’ time.

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