585: Long Yunting's Vision

What Dragon Yunting was referring to was naturally the matters Zhou Luo had proposed years ago, such as what befriending him would bring to the Princes Mansion.

Now, compared to befriending the Wan Gu Sect or the Azure Spring True Sect, Dragon Yunting cared more about befriending Zhou Luo.

Although the outside world said he was only a low-grade Spirit Light and his talent had reached its limit,

he did not think so.

He felt that the other party possessed a unique temperament.

That kind of temperament was invisible to ordinary people, but he could sense it.

Especially after learning how the other party had risen step by step from a Matrilocal Son-in-law to his current position,

he became even more certain of his feeling.

He believed that with Zhou Luo's ability, he could go even further, and it was not impossible for him to even replace the Azure Origin Sect and become the master of the Qingyuan Domain.

This was not blind trust.

It was an ability Dragon Yunting had honed over these past few hundred years.

He trusted his own judgment.

So when he said those words, he actually wanted to befriend Zhou Luo, or at least maintain an exceptionally good relationship.

He just didn't expect that Zhou Luo's next words would momentarily stun him.

“Ninth Prince, you should also know that I've been targeted by the Demon Race recently; I can barely look after myself,” Zhou Luo said, intentionally shaking his head.

He had already guessed Long Yu's thoughts.

Although he didn't know why the other party wanted to befriend him,

since that was the case, he happened to have something to discuss with the other party anyway, so he simply stated his conditions.

Hearing this, Dragon Yunting was briefly lost in thought, then shook his head with a smile: “You're still the same as back then; no matter what it is, you focus on interests.”

“But clearly you are the one asking for my help, so why are you so certain I will help you?”

He looked at Zhou Luo, his eyes as deep as the ocean and calm as water, as if trying to see right through him.

Zhou Luo smiled calmly: “Because the Prince was willing to grant me an audience in person.”

“I remember last time, the Prince didn't seem to have any intention of seeing me.”

“Yet today you've been waiting for me for a long time; you must surely want me to do something.”

“And whatever it is must be far more significant than me marrying Young Miss Keyun.”

“That's why I want to seek more benefits.”

“Ninth Prince, as you know, I am a businessman.”

Zhou Luo's words were neither humble nor arrogant, nor did he hide anything.

The other party's attitude allowed him to make an accurate judgment of the situation.

Upon hearing these words, Dragon Yunting was slightly startled inwardly.

He thought to himself that he indeed hadn't misjudged the man.

He nodded slightly: “You are indeed very clever. No wonder you could rise from a Matrilocal Son-in-law to where you are today.”

“It was all forced by the circumstances of life,” Zhou Luo said modestly.

Dragon Yunting stopped speaking in riddles and said directly: “I can help you block part of the Demon Race's harassment. Take this token.”

“Once you encounter a Demon Race attack, you can activate the token. It can directly summon the nearest Nascent Soul Great Cultivator to take action.”

“I expect that even if the Demon Race wants to target you, they won't deploy anyone below the level of a Demon Commander.”

After saying that, he tossed over a gold-plated token.

A large character for 'Dragon' was engraved on the token.

Important members of the Imperial Family like them certainly had many trump cards to guard against Demon Race ambushes.

This token was one of them.

In the Fire Cloud Country, the Imperial Family was the largest Immortal Sect, and in their presence, even a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator could not be considered top-tier combat power.

And this token was specifically forged by the Imperial Family for important internal members.

Any Nascent Soul Great Cultivator recorded on the register had to accept the summons.

Because it represented the will of the Imperial Family.

If they disobeyed, they would be opposing the Imperial Family and could forget about staying in the Fire Cloud Country.

Now that he was handing such a precious and rare item to him, Zhou Luo was truly a bit surprised.

Zhou Luo believed his words and immediately stowed the token away, fearing the other party might regret it.

“Then I thank the Ninth Prince. But since the Ninth Prince has brought out such a valuable item, what is it you want me to do?”

He then spoke up to ask.

If the other party could produce a token that commanded Nascent Soul Great Cultivators, his goals were certainly not small.

Dragon Yunting had no intention of hiding it. He said calmly: “I know why you want to marry Dragon Keyun.”

“Because you want to obtain Long Yu's treasures.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Luo's eyes flickered slightly. He wondered if Dragon Keyun had confessed so quickly.

But that shouldn't be the case.

Seeing his confused expression, Dragon Yunting smiled faintly: “You don't need to guess how I know, just as I don't care to know what deal you made with Dragon Keyun.”

“I have only one requirement: hand over the few items Long Yu hid to me.”

For these years, he had been searching for Long Yu's treasure hoard.

But that fellow was long dead, and the children related to him seemed to have no idea where the treasure was.

It wasn't until Long Yunshuang told him about Zhou Luo's request to marry Dragon Keyun years ago that he became suspicious.

Because he had dealt with Zhou Luo and knew the man never did anything that didn't involve profit.

He must have known that Dragon Keyun was only a daughter of the Prince's Mansion in name and had no status or position to speak of.

So why was he so persistent about marrying her?

Later, after several tests, he guessed that Dragon Keyun must know the whereabouts of the treasure and had reached some sort of agreement with Zhou Luo.

Unfortunately, Zhou Luo had already entered secluded cultivation at that time.

Now that he had finally emerged, Dragon Yunting naturally had to mention this matter.

Although those few items were somewhat insignificant compared to the token that summoned a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, they held a huge temptation for the Cultivation Technique he practiced.

Whether he could step into the Nascent Soul realm in the future depended entirely on those few items.

Moreover, he truly wanted to befriend Zhou Luo, and bringing this matter up aligned with his intentions.

Hearing this, Zhou Luo also realized the other party had guessed something.

Since the other party was so candid, he stopped pretending and said directly: “Of course.”

Exchanging a few treasures for a token that could summon a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator was a bargain no matter how one looked at it.

In any case, those treasures weren't his to begin with.

Being generous with someone else's property caused him no psychological burden at all.

“Straightforward. Then I'll wait for your good news,” Dragon Yunting chuckled.

After speaking, he gave a letter to the other party and then called out loudly: “Steward Zhang, take Immortal Master Changsheng to see Young Miss Keyun.”

The old man then entered the hall again: “Immortal Master Changsheng, this way please.”

Zhou Luo nodded slightly, then stood up and bowed to Dragon Yunting to take his leave.

This Dragon Yunting was an interesting person, and quite candid as well, not using his power to bully others. Perhaps he could be worth befriending in the future.

He thought to himself.

As for what use those treasures actually had, he no longer cared.

Because right now, no treasure was more important than that token.

Even if those treasures were related to Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm, they had nothing to do with him at his current stage.

Moving from Golden Core to Nascent Soul was not something one could just achieve on a whim.

Without over a thousand years of accumulation, it was basically very difficult.

He still had time to plan slowly.

While lost in thought, he had unknowingly followed the old man to a certain room in the backyard.

“Young Miss Keyun is inside. The Prince said you may take her away at any time.” The old man finished speaking and left.

Zhou Luo pushed the door and entered.