The Endless Promise

18. A 'Reasonable' Deal

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Bailong smiled. "Sect Leader Xu, permit me to say something before I state my demands!"

"And that is there's no one in the Mortal Realm, even Sun Li-. Er, High Immortal Sun Liang, who can guarantee the Light Tiger's safe delivery."

"How arrogant!" Xu Fengyan said sceptically. "Are you saying even the High Immortal wouldn't know what to do? The only reason I won't let him near the tiger is in case he tries to cast a seal on the cub."

"Sect Leader Xu, High Immortal Sun wouldn't know what to do, not because he is weak, but because the Light Tiger was too eager to hide her child, and this led her to do something stupid.

"Even the Sky Emperor would need to summon three legendary seal-breakers to save her."

Xu Fengyan absorbed what he said. "Explain."

"Of course!" Bailong stood up and started pacing.

"There's something called the Tri-Moon Formation. It's a powerful seal in Sky Realm that can trap and hide anything from a being, to treasure, hiding its trace completely.

"However, with a single mistake, whatever is hidden might never be regained, and whatever is lost might never be found. The Light Tiger's knowledge was limited, so she didn't realize that the seal should only be used on something already in existence.

"Her cub is still between two worlds. It doesn't 'fully exist' here, so the Seal has not taken effect. But once the cub is ready to come out..."

Xu Fengyan slammed his fist on the small table before him. "Are you saying the cub will disappear?!"

"Not only that. The part of the cub in our world was already linked to his mother when she cast the seal. What happens when the caster of such a dangerous seal, is affected by the seal as well?"

Xu Fengyan's eyes grew wider than they already were, but Bailong simply sat across him.

"Breaking the Seal is easy, but it's not a spell I would share easily."

"And how did you come to learn about it?" Xu Fengyan asked.

Bailong felt a wave of sadness.

He had created the Tri-Moon Formation to hide something within someone, and one of the Mermans from back then must have found part of his records and spread it.

But he couldn't exactly say all that, so he reached into Luoyin's memories.

"Mother was from a long line of beast hunters." He answered, settling for half a truth, since the Duan family of the Chuyi sect were revered beast hunters.

"Mother left me a book older than the Chuyi Sect itself, and it had all these things. I suppose inheriting her bloodline made me interested in studying beasts." He finished with a smooth lie.

"Hao." Xu Fengyan said, observing him carefully. "And what is it that you want in return for saving the entire sect?" But much to his surprise, Bailong knelt, cupped his hands and bowed his head.

"Sect Leader Xu, I do not mean to withhold such a secret, when the entire Sect is at stake. I'm merely desperate. I will promise to break the seal before anything happens, even if we can't come to an agreement.

"However, if you grant my wish, not only would I guarantee the safety of mother and cub, but I'll also sever any of the cub's ties to Sky Realm, without harming his immortality.

"After that, I'll bind him to Xu Weiyan. It won't be as powerful as the Soul Bond, as that would waste its mother's sacrifice. But my method would still make the cub have a natural affinity with Xu Weiyan's blood."