The three of them flew away together in a beam of light. Hu Le, who was in front, flew for hundreds of thousands of miles in one breath. Although he was still within the range of Zhou Mountain, he felt more at ease and slowly slowed down his escape.
Seeing a towering mountain in the distance, he immediately activated his escape technique and stopped at the mountaintop.
A moment later, the Treasure-Offering Heavenly Lord was the first to arrive.
After another ten breaths or so, Duobao caught up with them.
As soon as Duobao landed, he flew into a rage. He leaped over to Hu Le, pointed at Hu Le's nose, and shouted, "You heartless bastard! You promised me benefits before, and now that we're out, you want to go back on your word? Is that it?"
Hu Le smiled awkwardly and said apologetically, "Fellow Daoist has misunderstood me. How could I be the kind of person who goes back on his word? It's just a pity that those things belong to the Heavenly Court. Even I cannot easily give them to others. I can only ask you to make do with them."
As he spoke, he conjured up some spiritual objects out of thin air and placed them all in front of Duobao.
Among them are stones of Geng metal, essence of Kui water, Taiyi refined gold, Lingzhi jade ginseng, etc. Although they cannot compare with the Nine Heavens Breath Soil and the Three Lights Divine Water, they are still considered to be good innate spiritual objects.
As for the innate Xuanhuang Qi and other treasures he had promised before, they were extremely precious. Even in the hands of some great supernatural beings, they would have endless uses. How could he bear to give them to Duobao?
The previous statement was merely to keep Duobao in suspense and get him to do his job diligently; there was no intention to keep the promise from the beginning.
As for face, that's something only those with great supernatural powers need to worry about.
He's not even a Golden Immortal yet; his cultivation level and status aren't at a point where he should be considering that...
Duobao glanced at the treasures hanging in front of him and felt that the gap between his expectations and reality was too great. He was quite angry, but he figured he might as well take the good stuff. With a flick of his sleeve, he collected all the treasures.
He was still not satisfied and persisted, saying, "Pah! You really think you can get rid of me with this little bit? You're dreaming... Hurry up and take out those treasures you promised me before."
"Hey!"
The Treasure-Offering Heavenly Lord sneered from the side: "Don't you think you're being too greedy? You still dare to be dissatisfied with those treasures? You should know that those who are too greedy never have a good ending."
"Haha! Are you threatening me?"
Duobao grew increasingly furious. Not only did these two go back on their word, but they even dared to threaten him. Did they really think he, Duobao, was easily frightened? Having traveled the prehistoric world for many years, he had seen all kinds of dangers. How could he be afraid of this?
"What good will threatening you do? Don't you know your place? Such treasures are not for you to covet?" said the Treasure Offering Heavenly Lord disdainfully.
He felt that Duobao in front of him was either too naive or blinded by the treasure.
He actually dared to believe Hu Le's promise, without even considering whether he himself would easily give away such a treasure to someone else.
Besides, even if Duobao truly saved their lives, it would be one thing if he simply sent them a letter, indirectly saving them a thousand years.
Because of the passage of a thousand years, no fool would give away such a treasure as the Primordial Chaos Qi.
Hu Le remained silent, letting the Treasure-Presenting Heavenly Lord do as he pleased. To be honest, he was in the wrong, and now that he had broken his promise, he was really embarrassed to turn against Duobao.
Duobao knew the value of those treasures, but he felt no guilt whatsoever.
"Hmph! This is interesting." He turned to look at Hu Le and said coldly, "Fellow Daoist, if you didn't intend to give them away, you shouldn't have made that promise beforehand. Did I force you to give those things to me?"
“But we didn’t ask you to do anything difficult, it was just running an errand, do you really think it’s worth that much…” The Treasure Offering Heavenly Lord also had reason to refute.
"Alright! Stop talking."
Seeing that the Treasure-Offering Heavenly Lord was about to continue speaking, Hu Le quickly stopped him.
Then, he turned his head and smiled apologetically at Duobao: "Never mind, this time it was ultimately my fault."
He took out the half-bottle of the Three Lights Divine Water and said, "Since that's the case, I'll give you half of this Three Lights Divine Water, and from now on, our grudges will be settled. How about it?"
In the end, Hu Le decided to back down first. Unless he could kill Duobao on the spot, the karmic ties between the two would be impossible to erase.
Although he was somewhat ruthless, he wouldn't turn his back on someone and kill his own benefactor.
Moreover, even if they joined forces with the Treasure-Offering Heavenly Lord, they might not be able to kill Duobao.
It should be noted that Duobao was also a famous figure in later generations, and he had his own destiny. How could he be so easily erased?
If we fail and he escapes, there will be endless trouble later on when Duobao grows up...
Seeing Hu Le back down, Duobao began to ponder the situation. Although he was still not entirely satisfied, he couldn't very well just snatch it from him.
This person is a disciple of the Heavenly Emperor; he's not someone he can afford to offend...
"well……"
"Alright, let's do it your way."
Duobao hesitated for a moment, then immediately agreed...
Next, Duobao took out a yellow gourd and handed it to Hu Le. Hu Le then used half of the Three Lights Divine Water to make it and returned it to Duobao.
Duobao shook the gourd, and a clear, tinkling sound rang out. A beam of divine light shot out from the gourd and flew straight towards Dou Niu.
Seeing this, he quickly stuffed the gourd back in and put it back into a spatial magic treasure...
Having received the Three Lights Divine Water, Duobao's resentment vanished, and a smile returned to his chubby face.
"Thank you for your generous gift, fellow Daoist. If there is nothing else, please excuse me for taking my leave."
Duobao cupped his hands in farewell and prepared to leave.
"Please do as you please, fellow Daoist." Hu Le waved his hand with a smile, then watched Duobao turn and leave.
However, Duobao had only taken two steps when he suddenly stopped and looked up towards the west.
At the same time, Hu Le and the Treasure-Offering Heavenly Lord also looked over.
About a hundred miles to the west, a beam of seven-colored auspicious light shot into the sky, brightly illuminating half the world. Its radiant light spread across the universe, and a mysterious aura rippled through the heavens and earth.
"A Primordial Spiritual Treasure!"
Duobao, who had the most experience, suddenly exclaimed in surprise, then glanced at Hu Le and the other man with some annoyance.
If this strange phenomenon is truly a sign of the birth of a primordial spiritual treasure, and it tells the two of them, wouldn't that create two more competitors for no reason?
Hu Le and Xianbao Tianjun were initially somewhat puzzled, but after hearing Duobao's words, they immediately understood and were overjoyed.
"Ha ha!"
Hu Le clapped his hands and laughed, "What a stroke of luck! A spiritual treasure has actually appeared at this time; it seems it must be destined for me!"
Suddenly, the Treasure-Offering Heavenly Lord raised his hand and released a golden silk ribbon, which circled around Duobao like a white ribbon and turned into a rope that bound the man tightly.
"What...what are you trying to do?"
Duobao had been captivated by the strange phenomena in the distance, his mind completely focused on the unborn spiritual treasure.
Little did he expect that the Treasure Offering Heavenly Lord would suddenly attack him, and he was immediately caught off guard.
Hu Le was also surprised to see this, and immediately asked, "Fellow Daoist Xianbao, what is this?"
The Treasure-Offering Heavenly Lord smiled slightly at Hu Le, "Young Master, rest assured, I will certainly not do anything to Fellow Daoist Duobao. I will only let him go after you return with the treasure..."
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