“Yes, that’s exactly is why I’ve been worrying. I’ve already stayed in Heart City for three days and still have no solution. Right now the only option is to wait and see whether any formation grandmaster accepts the task I posted,” Zou Dongsheng said.
“Waiting like this won’t do. We need to find a way,” Lin Yun said.
“Young Master, do you actually have an idea?” Zou Dongsheng looked at him in surprise.
“I can only try something. There’s no guarantee of success. I’m going out for a while. Wait for me here at the inn,” Lin Yun said.
“Very well, Young Master. I’ll be in the innermost guest room on the third floor,” Zou Dongsheng replied.
Lin Yun nodded, stood up, and left.
He intended to visit the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and ask its Pavilion Lord whether he could help locate a formation grandmaster.
After all, the man ran the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in Heart City. His network had to be vast.
Leaving the inn, Lin Yun headed straight there.
Since entering Heart City, the Source Tree inside his body had shown no reaction whatsoever, which meant that, at least within Heart City itself, there was no Source Heart.
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Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
Upon arrival, Lin Yun flashed the token the Pavilion Lord had given him last time and stated that he wished to see the Lord personally.
The attendant recognised the token at once, became extremely respectful, immediately led Lin Yun to a private elegant room, served tea, and hurried off to inform the Pavilion Lord.
Lin Yun had not even finished half a cup when the door opened again. The Pavilion Lord strode in with a broad smile.
“So it really is you, Fellow Daoist!”
Seeing Lin Yun, his face lit up. He walked quickly to the table.
“Fellow Daoist, are you here this time to sell something or to buy something?” he asked cheerfully.
Whether selling or buying, the Myriad Treasures Pavilion stood to profit handsomely. Lin Yun had previously moved a great deal of merchandise through them.
“This time I do have business, but it is neither buying nor selling. I wish to hire a formation grandmaster through your Myriad Treasures Pavilion,” Lin Yun stated frankly.
The Pavilion Lord paused, then said, “Oh? Could it be for that beastman corpse?”
“So you already know about it, Pavilion Lord?” Lin Yun revealed a trace of surprise.
“How could anything that happens in Heart City escape my notice? To be honest, more than one customer has already approached me, hoping to hire a formation grandmaster through us for exactly the same matter,” the Pavilion Lord said.
“Then can you make it happen for me? The reward is absolutely open to negotiation. You are well aware of my financial resources, Pavilion Lord,” Lin Yun said.
At present, he had just over two hundred million Haoyue crystals in total, an enormous sum, but this transaction might require a staggering amount and he was not certain it would be enough.
He had spent heavily before. After obtaining a huge haul of spoils last time, he had bought Soul-Nourishing Immortal Dew and various other treasures here, exhausting almost everything he had earned from selling those spoils.
Of the ten billion he had once possessed from the wooden box, more than eight hundred million remained at one point.
Yet three hundred million had gone into breaking through to the Transformation Dao stage, another three hundred and twenty million had been spent to fully mature the Source Tree, and before his divine-sense breakthrough he had cultivated for a month and a half using Soul-Nourishing Immortal Dew together with the Glazed Holy Lamp. That period alone had consumed several tens of Lin Yun’s millions on the lamp.
Although he had earned a little later (for example, thirty-odd million from wiping out the Heavenly Gang Gang), altogether he now held only a little over two hundred million.
If money proved insufficient, he would sell some of his treasures. No matter what, he had to resolve this.
Money was not his biggest concern at the moment.
The Pavilion Lord gave a helpless, wry smile. “It is not purely a question of reward. Right now, not a single formation grandmaster is willing to take the risk of venturing deep into beastman territory. Even Supreme powerhouses are reluctant to go there lightly, let alone formation grandmasters.”
“I already know that. That is precisely why I came to you in person, Pavilion Lord. I am asking you to do me this great favour and help me find a way. Whatever those grandmasters want, we can negotiate.”
The Pavilion Lord considered for a moment, then said, “Since you have asked so directly, Fellow Daoist, I will of course do my utmost to assist. I will personally take you to meet every formation grandmaster with whom I have a connection. You can speak with them face to face, and I will put in a good word where I can. Whether a deal is struck in the end will be up to you.”
