Isn't that inappropriate?

"Ahem... Those two Immortals truly lacked public morality. They didn't even know to find an empty place to fight, dragging an innocent passerby like you into it."

Sensing a hint of sorrow in the other party's words, Qi Yuan could only cough dryly to hide his embarrassment, while adding a couple of free words of comfort.

The elder surnamed Shi seemed to have come to terms with it, saying faintly, "Such is the will of Heaven, what can be done? I have roamed for tens of thousands of years, living with free will, slaying all powerful enemies, yet in the end, I still could not escape the cycle of fate."

Then, he forced himself to perk up and continued:

"Because I did not walk the path of the heavenly dao before, after cultivating to Mahayana Perfection, I discovered that my path forward was severed. To become an Immortal, I could only pin my hopes on that ethereal Immortal Fate."

Immortal Fate? Qi Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

According to what this mysterious Mahayana expert had said before, becoming an Immortal was incredibly difficult.

Aside from the path of the heavenly dao, which was arduous and harsh to an outrageous degree, there was another unconventional route.

That was to obtain an Immortal Fate.

Compared to the path of the heavenly dao, a tangible method of becoming an Immortal, an Immortal Fate was akin to waiting for a pie to fall from the sky; whether one could obtain it depended entirely on luck.

An Immortal Fate could be some Immortal Artifact, Immortal Pill, or Immortal Legacy obtained by chance, or perhaps someone was simply an Immortal Reincarnation. In short, anything that could allow a Mortal to become an Immortal could be called an Immortal Fate.

However, he had always belonged to the unlucky crowd. Having finally gotten lucky enough to awaken the System, it turned out to be a troublesome, brainless thing. Clearly, he couldn't count on becoming an Immortal through an Immortal Fate. It was more practical to honestly walk the path of the heavenly dao...

Just as his thoughts were drifting, the elder continued:

"At that time, I had already left the Yunmeng Great World and headed into the depths of the boundless Void Realm to search for an Immortal Fate, until I encountered that unexpected disaster."

"The aftermath of the Immortals' battle was truly too terrifying. A mere wisp of the leaked aura caused my Mahayana Perfection Physical Body to instantly collapse, leaving only a wisp of my remnant soul to escape and attach itself to this ring."

"Later, I burned through almost all my magic power to drive the ring back to this world, and then I fell into a long slumber until I was awakened by Lin Kid."

After speaking, the elder let out a heavy sigh:

"Because my fall was too sudden, I hadn't had time to arrange my affairs before disappearing for over a hundred thousand years..."

Qi Yuan looked enlightened:

"You must be worried about your descendants and want to entrust me with looking after them, right?"

"You guessed wrong. My heart is left only with the Dao; I have no children, no worries, and I haven't even taken any disciples."

"In my later years, in order to pursue an Immortal Fate, I cut ties with my Sect early on. I have no more attachments in this world."

Hearing this, Qi Yuan frowned and continued to guess:

"Then did you leave behind a huge inheritance with no one to inherit it, and you intend for this Junior to help you retrieve it?"

"Little friend, you guessed wrong again. All my belongings were in a spatial Spirit Treasure, but that Spirit Treasure was annihilated along with my Physical Body. Now, I can't even scrape together a single Spirit Stone..."

Qi Yuan's mouth twitched slightly.

Damn it, is this old guy sick? He doesn't know how to speak properly and insists on saying half-truths like a riddle-maker.

Guess your sister! If I, your brother, fall for this foolishly again, I'll take your surname from now on!

At this moment, the person who hadn't guessed correctly once since entering the door decided to start slacking off.

After waiting for a while, the elder, having received no response, seemed to feel a bit bored and had to continue on his own:

"I once discovered an ancient Divine Beast in a prehistoric ruin. Although that Innate Divine Beast had extraordinary talent and an exceptional foundation, it was in its infancy at the time, and its strength was far from its prime state."

"I utilized a powerful secret technique that defied the heavens, spending a full hundred years to plant a Bloodline Restriction within its body, intending to raise it as a spirit pet."

"Unfortunately, not long after I placed it in my Immortal Cave, that incident occurred. Divine Beasts have long lifespans and can easily live for millions of years. Now that over a hundred thousand years have passed, it has probably just reached adulthood."

"With that Divine Beast's abilities, having lost my constraints, it would soon be able to break through the Formation in the Immortal Cave and escape."

"What I want you to do is to help me find that Divine Beast and bring it back, so that you will have a reliance if you encounter trouble in the future."

Ancient Divine Beast?

After hearing this, Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment, then his face showed difficulty:

"Senior, are you joking? An adult ancient Divine Beast has at least the combat power of the Mahayana Realm."

"You are asking a Junior who has just broken through to the Nascent Soul realm to catch a Divine Beast of the Mahayana Realm. Isn't that inappropriate?"

"If I actually encountered it, it would be more likely to catch me."

Honestly, this request was even more outrageous than the tasks issued by the System. After all, the System would only arrange for him to bully the weak, but it would never arrange for him to throw his life away...

Seeming to have anticipated Qi Yuan's reaction, the elder immediately explained:

"Little friend, don't be anxious. With the Restriction I set up back then, no matter how capable that beast is, it won't be able to stir up any trouble. Later, I will teach you a Command Seal. After meeting it, you only need to chant this incantation to make it obediently submit, and it won't dare to offer the slightest resistance."

"You have formed a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul and carry a trace of the Heavenly Dao aura on your body. When that beast smells it, it will instinctively feel close to you and won't easily attack you. You will have enough time to chant the incantation."

"After the matter is accomplished, I will tell you the specific location of that prehistoric ruin. Not only are there all the Materials needed to refine the creation mending heaven pill, but there are also many rare and exotic beasts, as well as Heaven And Earth Treasure that are hard to find in the world."

"If you are lucky enough, it is even possible to encounter an Immortal Cave left behind by ancient experts. At that time, ascending to the heavens in a single step is not impossible..."

The elder's voice was low and ethereal, carrying a hint of persuasion.

After pondering for a moment, Qi Yuan raised the doubts in his heart again:

"Senior, you should know that this world is boundless. After so long, trying to find an ancient Divine Beast with no traces is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I am afraid this Junior will find it very difficult to accomplish."

"Little friend, rest assured. If you agree, I will use Lin Zhen's hands tonight to create a positioning compass and send it to you first thing tomorrow morning."

"As long as that beast appears within a radius of one hundred thousand miles, the compass will automatically locate it. You only need to follow the direction of the pointer to track it down, and you will be able to find its location."

"This..." Qi Yuan hesitated for a moment.

Although the reward looked very generous, it sounded more like a blank check. Who knew if that so-called prehistoric ruin had been looted clean by others.

The only thing that interested him was the ancient Divine Beast itself.

An Innate Divine Beast of the Mahayana Realm, if utilized properly, would definitely be a great help.

Anyway, there was no time limit. At worst, he could just use the Command Seal to drive it for a hundred or eighty years before returning it.

Although there were Grandmasters of the Mahayana Realm in the Holy Land, they weren't people he, a Dao Child, could order around at will. They were all hiding in the Sect's Immortal Cave, in seclusion. Unless they encountered a matter of life and death, they generally wouldn't show themselves.

If he could really get a Mahayana-level combatant to act as a thug, wouldn't he be able to walk sideways in the Cultivation World in the future?

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan finally made up his mind:

"In that case, this Junior is willing to give it a try!"