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Ten thousand immortal crystals is a considerable sum for the Myriad Immortals Sect, and they would have to grit their teeth to come up with it.

The key point is that all these immortal crystals are compensation to Lu Yuan, and the Xuanxian Five Qi Liquid that was previously stolen must also be returned in full. Therefore, in the eyes of the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, such compensation is already more than enough.

But Lu Yuan was still not satisfied and even said it wasn't enough?

Ten thousand immortal crystals in compensation is not enough, what else do you want?
The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect couldn't help but get angry. This person was far too greedy. At this moment, he had completely forgotten that the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect was the one who started this whole thing.

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I don't want much. I'm very interested in that small stone shield you just had. I wonder if you would be willing to part with it?"

Lu Yuan had already seen through the nature of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, so he was ruthless in taking what he wanted. This is the principle behind serving good wine to friends and hunting rifles to wolves.

Since it was your Wanxian Sect that stole my things in the first place, now that the situation has reversed, Lu Yuan is here to extort them as well, which can be considered an eye for an eye.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect turned pale.

He hadn't expected that this person would target his small stone shield. The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect immediately said, "That's impossible. This is my natal protective magic weapon. You'd better not even think about it."

The Small Stone Shield is the life-protecting magic weapon of the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect and also the sect's most prized treasure. It is extremely important to the sect, so how could such a thing be given away so easily?
If the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect were to give this away, how would their sect maintain its standing in the Immortal Realm? Wouldn't they be ridiculed for not even being able to protect their own sect's most prized treasure? Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for this item to be given away.

Lu Yuan looked at him and said, "Have you thought it through? If you don't hand over the stone shield, you will surely die today. Your protective magic treasure won't be able to save your life today. Hand it over, and you might still be able to save your life."

"My patience is running out. Don't think I can't do anything to you. If you persist, I'll take matters into my own hands. I'll kill you, and the things will still be mine."

Lu Yuan was only trying to persuade him in good faith, saying that as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn.

Today's situation was brought about by the Wanxian Sect itself. They did indeed covet the small stone shield in the Wanxian Sect leader's hand. If they hand it over, the matter will be over.

If he doesn't pay, then he can't be blamed.

Just as Lu Yuan was about to make his move, an elder from the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect appeared and said, "Lu, don't go too far. We admit that we acted dishonestly, but our sect leader has already promised to compensate you with 10,000 immortal crystals."

If you insist on being so aggressive, don't blame us for a fight to the death. Don't forget, your people are still in our hands.

As this patriarch of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect appeared, he was also holding several patriarchs from the Alchemist Alliance in his hand. These patriarchs were the same ones who had been captured by Wu Hao at the Dragon Transformation Tower.

At this moment, the people of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect are using these elders to threaten Lu Yuan, showing a clear intention to fight to the death.

However, after a moment of contemplation, Lu Yuan asked him a profound question.

"You arrested them, so why are you telling me to stop?"

This statement indeed stumped everyone in the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect.

Yes, they arrested Lu Yuan's men, so why should Lu Yuan back down?

Wait, no, normally shouldn't you be saving your men? These are all your men.

The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect thought to himself that this was outrageous.

On the contrary, he thought he was already a ruthless person, but he didn't expect that someone was even more ruthless than him, who could say such things in front of his subordinates without considering saving people at all.

Lu Yuan said to the several alchemist alliance elders, "Don't worry, although I can't save you today, if they dare to kill you, I guarantee that after you die I will send them down to join you."

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the elders of the Alchemist Alliance all said, "Senior Lu, please make your move. The people of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect are going too far. It doesn't matter whether we live or die, as long as they die."

The old patriarchs of the Alchemist Alliance also hated the people of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect. They were doing business well together, but then the sect suddenly overturned the table, leading to this mess. They even tried to use them to threaten Alliance Leader Lu.

However, they completely overlooked one point: the old patriarchs of the Alchemist Alliance felt guilty for losing Lu Yuan's Xuanxian Five Qi Liquid, which was worth tens of thousands of immortal crystals.

At this moment, they were even less willing to become Senior Lu's weakness. Senior Lu's decisiveness towards them was exactly what they wanted.

Moreover, in their view, it was a deal that was entirely worthwhile to exchange themselves for the entire Ten Thousand Immortals Sect and their own demise.

So many Taiyi Xuanxian, Jinxian, and even Taiyi Jinxian powerhouses were buried with him, or even made a huge profit.

The members of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect were dumbfounded.

Who would have thought that the people of the Great Luo Immortal Sect would be more and more abstract than the last?
The sect leader didn't consider saving his subordinates at all. Several of his subordinates who had been captured and whose lives were in danger didn't beg the sect leader to save them. Instead, they were more eager to die than anyone else, and were ready to die for their lives.

Who can stand this?

This was not the effect the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect wanted at all. What they wanted was for Lu Yuan to come and rescue his subordinates, so that he would be restrained by them. With Lu Yuan's hands tied, he would be easier to deal with.

But now this will only have the opposite effect. The patriarch of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect is dumbfounded, and the sect leader is also dumbfounded.

There is absolutely no solution.

Lu Yuan ignored the Wanxian Sect patriarch who was threatening him with the life of the alchemist alliance's patriarch, and looked at the Wanxian Sect leader: "Enough with the nonsense. The initiative is in your hands now. Choose."

If the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect dares to kill someone, he will be the first to kill the person who did it, to avenge the patriarch of the Alchemist Alliance.

The second thing was to kill the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, and then none of the sect's high-ranking members would escape.

Sensing Lu Yuan's pure killing intent, the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect finally backed down.

Having encountered such a killer, there was absolutely nothing that could be done about him. What was most terrifying was that he was in the right. The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect said, "Fine, fine, we admit defeat today. You can take this item."

If he doesn't back down, things will escalate to an unmanageable point, and the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect will ultimately have no choice but to grit his teeth and sacrifice the sect's most prized possession to save the sect.

Although he knew that the reputation and prestige of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect would never be the same after this incident, the most important thing now was not reputation, but survival.

The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect severed the connection with his natal protective magic weapon, took out the small stone shield, and handed it to Lu Yuan from a distance.

After Lu Yuan obtained it, he carefully examined it and realized that it was indeed a treasure. However, he couldn't even tell what materials it was made of.

At the same time, a notification sound rang in Lu Yuan's ears. "Congratulations, host, you have obtained one fragment of the Immortal Suppressing Shield!"

"Congratulations, host, for defeating the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect. You have received the following rewards: [Qilin Ancestral Blood +10], [Randomly obtained one Heavenly Dao Law], and 5 trillion points."

As the rewards were distributed, Lu Yuan stroked the small stone shield in his hand.

He muttered to himself.

"Is this thing called the Immortal Suppressing Shield?"

Lu Yuan originally thought that this thing was passed down from the ancestors of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, or that it was a magic weapon that the sect leader himself made using some special materials.

Unexpectedly, this thing was just a fragment of a magic weapon, just like the tip of his Rahu Spear.

No wonder the shield is so small and miniature; if it were just a fragment, this size would be normal.

Moreover, this thing has such a powerful effect even as a fragment. How powerful would it be if it were a complete magic weapon?

It's likely to be another magical artifact comparable to the Rahu Spear.

Having received compensation from Little Stone Shield and the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, captured Wu Hao, retrieved his belongings, and brought back the old patriarchs of the Alchemist Alliance, Lu Yuan's original plan was to take Xiao Huang and the others directly back.

But at this moment he changed his mind and decided to talk to the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect about the small stone shield.

Inside the Wanxian Sect, in the main hall, Lu Yuan sat in the main seat. The high-ranking Taiyi Xuanxian and Jinxian immortals of the Wanxian Sect, as well as the sect leader, were not friendly.

After all, they had just experienced a great battle, for which the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect paid a heavy price. But they did not expect that this person would not leave after receiving the benefits, but instead wanted to come in and sit for a while.

The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect couldn't help but say, "Fellow Daoist Lu, leave some room for maneuver in your actions, so that you can meet again in the future. Our Ten Thousand Immortals Sect has already compensated you for what you should have compensated, and given you what you should have given you. Don't push your luck."

Lu Yuan said, "Don't misunderstand, I have no other intentions. I just have some things to ask you about, fellow Daoist."

The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect said, "I dare not presume to ask for your guidance. Fellow Daoist Lu's cultivation is far superior to ours. Please speak frankly."

Lu Yuan took out the small stone shield and asked, "May I ask, fellow Daoist, where did you obtain this item?"

The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect looked at his small stone shield now in Lu Yuan's hands, his face full of pain. He even suspected that Lu Yuan was doing it on purpose, getting the benefit and then acting innocent, deliberately showing off in front of him.

However, considering that he could not defeat Lu Yuan, the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect still said, "I obtained this item by chance from beyond the realm more than ten thousand years ago."

"Something from beyond this realm?" Lu Yuan was taken aback.

No wonder he couldn't figure out the material of this stone shield; he had never seen such a material before. It was from beyond the realm, so it wasn't surprising.

After all, things from beyond the realm are mostly strange and bizarre, completely different from things from the immortal realm. It wouldn't be surprising if such things existed beyond the realm.

Lu Yuan asked him to explain in detail, so the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect began to speak.

In his early years, when he had just been promoted to Taiyi Golden Immortal, a major event occurred in the Immortal Realm: the two top powers of the Immortal Realm, Western Spirit Mountain and Netherworld Blood Sea, once joined forces.

It seems that the higher-ups of these two major forces have received some information and are recruiting powerful immortals to explore a region beyond the realm.

At that time, the Myriad Immortals Sect was not as powerful as it is now. The sect leader was still in the early stages of his career. The rewards offered by Mount Ling and the Netherworld for recruiting powerful immortals were quite generous, so the sect leader took several subordinates with him.

Following the people of Lingshan and Youming to explore beyond the realm, they spent a thousand years exploring beyond the realm. This small stone shield was something that the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect obtained by chance in the beyond the realm.

This stone shield is a treasure. The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect knew this the moment he discovered it. However, this was not the target of Lingshan and Youming back then, so he did not hand it over. The people of Lingshan and Youming did not know about this, so he kept it.

After returning to the Immortal Realm, the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect gradually refined this treasure and realized its power. He nurtured it for many years, which is why it possessed such might.

According to the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, when he first obtained this treasure, it was weak and had suffered great damage. He later used a lot of resources to repair it.

This stone shield has extremely strong defensive capabilities. Normally, it could withstand the attacks of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal. However, it unexpectedly encountered a vicious and ruthless Lu Yuan, who used all kinds of top-notch supernatural powers and laws to kill without restraint. He was even more ferocious than a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

From the memories of the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, Lu Yuan learned the origin of this thing, which was indeed obtained from beyond the realm.

However, Lu Yuan still has many questions about the memories of the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect.

He asked, "Why are Mount Ling and the Netherworld exploring beyond the realms? Do you know why?"

The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect shook his head: "Back then, I was just a newly promoted Taiyi Golden Immortal. In the Four Great Continents, I was indeed a master, but in the two top forces, Lingshan and Youming Blood Sea, I was nothing special."

Their purpose in exploring beyond the realm is a secret; how could they possibly let us mercenary immortals know?

Back then, the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect had only an employer-employee relationship with Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea. How could they possibly know about such a confidential matter?

The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect only vaguely knew that the powerful beings of Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea were searching for the cave dwelling of a powerful being from another realm.

The place they explored back then was extremely dangerous, located within the territory of a powerful clan from beyond the realm. The cave dwelling of that powerful being from beyond the realm, which the powerful beings from Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea were searching for, was left behind by the ancestor of that powerful clan.

While searching beyond the realm, they were discovered by extraterrestrial demons several times and went through several major battles, each suffering losses.

The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect didn't understand why the people of Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea were so persistent in searching for the cave of that powerful being from beyond the realm. They had explored beyond the realm for many years and fought against the evil spirits there for many years, but Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea never gave up.

Until one day, the powerful beings of Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea suddenly announced their withdrawal to the Immortal Realm, and the matter was left unresolved.

Lu Yuan: "Suddenly withdrawing? No follow-up?"

The leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect shook his head: "After returning to the Immortal Realm, the people from Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea settled their payments and then let everyone leave. So many years have passed and there has been no follow-up news. Nobody knows what the powerful figures from Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea did in the outer realms back then, or why they suddenly withdrew."

However, none of that concerned the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect. He gained benefits in the outer realm and obtained the Small Stone Shield.

After returning, he received generous rewards from Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea. He wasn't idle, so why would he bother to dig into the secrets of Mount Ling and the Netherworld Blood Sea?
Curiosity kills; the wise choice is not to pry into the secrets of such top-tier powers. (End of Chapter)