Chapter 706

This condition raised little controversy.

Moreover, it is more advantageous to the Liyufu Sect.

After all, Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti least wished for Luo Fu to personally intervene in the Journey to the West.

"We have no objection to this condition. But lending a spiritual treasure does not count as personal intervention, does it?"

Naturally, Saint Jieyin agreed without hesitation to a condition favorable to himself.

Yet he also used this condition to raise an issue—the matter of spiritual treasures.

For cultivators, spiritual treasures are a vital component of combat power.

Lending one's spiritual treasures to disciples is nearly standard practice among great divine beings.

After all, the methods of spiritual treasures are extremely limited, and most are held by great divine beings.

The Liyufu Sect especially enjoys doing this; otherwise, the Buddha and Daoist Randeng would not respectively hold the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and the Nine-Petaled Golden Lotus.

By raising the issue of spiritual treasures, Saint Jieyin was testing the waters.

On one hand, he did not wish the spiritual treasure issue to become an excuse for Luo Fu and Saint Tongtian.

On the other hand, he wished to probe Luo Fu's limits.

In terms of spiritual treasures, the Liyufu Sect clearly held a slight advantage on the surface.

The Divine War caused the Jie Sect's primordial spiritual treasures to be plundered en masse. Even Saint Tongtian's Four Swords of Zhu Xian fell into others' hands.

Aside from the twenty-four Divine Beads of the Sea that Saint Tongtian had just reclaimed, he possessed no other spiritual treasures of significant power.

Luo Fu has always relied on divine powers in battle and has never revealed any spiritual treasure.

Compared to them, the Liyufu Sect, as the number one force in the Three Realms, possessed an extremely impressive number of primordial spiritual treasures.

Enough to arm numerous formidable Luo Jinxian.

Upon hearing Saint Jieyin mention spiritual treasures, Luo Fu glanced at him coolly, as if telling him he had seen through his intentions.

"Lending spiritual treasures naturally does not count as personal intervention."

Though he saw through it, Luo Fu did not refuse this.

For while this seemed advantageous to the Liyufu Sect, it was even more advantageous to him.

He could obtain as many primordial spiritual treasures as he wished; though he lacked powerful ones himself, he could borrow them.

Ancestor Minghe, Pingxin Niangniang, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were all sources of his spiritual treasures.

The combined primordial spiritual treasures of these beings far surpassed the Liyufu Sect's twenty-four Divine Beads of the Sea in splendor.

Thus, the first condition was settled; both sides were highly satisfied with it.

"Second, the scripture seekers must be the originally designated individuals; no substitutions allowed. If either side interferes to replace them, that side shall be deemed the loser."

After stating the first condition, Luo Fu quickly proposed the second.

The scripture seekers must not be replaced. After all, Sun Wukong was Luo Fu's most crucial piece in this matter.

If this condition were not raised, Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti would simply replace the scripture seekers, rendering the wager pointless.

"We of the Liyufu Sect agree to this condition!"

Without further words, Saint Jieyin immediately accepted the second condition.

This condition required no testing—it was clearly Luo Fu's bottom line.

This wager is about whether the scripture seekers can overcome the Eighty-One Difficulties.

If the scripture seekers could be freely replaced, Luo Fu would almost certainly lose.

Luo Fu would never be foolish enough to agree to a wager he was certain to lose.

Thus, there was no need to discuss this condition.

Moreover, not replacing the scripture seekers actually benefits the Liyufu Sect more.

Aside from Sun Wukong, the other scripture seekers all have ties to the Liyufu Sect.

"Third condition: the duration of this wager is one hundred years. If, without the scripture seekers deliberately hiding, your Liyufu Sect fails to defeat the scripture team within one hundred years, you lose."

Luo Fu was not surprised that Saint Jieyin immediately accepted his second condition.

For this condition was already an implicit prerequisite for the wager's validity.

It had merely been explicitly stated by Luo Fu.

As soon as Saint Jieyin agreed to the second condition, Luo Fu seized the opportunity to propose the third.

This condition was meant to restrict certain tactics.

For example, the Liyufu Sect could create a massive array to trap the scripture team and slowly wear them down.

"Agreed. During the Journey, the scripture seekers must not leave the pilgrimage route without cause; if their absence exceeds one year, you lose."

Regarding the time limit, Saint Jieyin had little grounds to object.

Though he indeed had similar ideas, such notions were unfit for public discourse.

Since Luo Fu imposed a time limit, he could only counter with a similar restriction.

"One year is too short. Cumulative absence must not exceed ten years."

Luo Fu did not immediately agree, but changed one year to ten years.

"Fine."

Saint Jieyin did not oppose Luo Fu's amendment.

Whether one year or ten years made no difference to him; his purpose in proposing this condition was merely to confine the scripture seekers to the pilgrimage route.

"Fourth condition: this wager shall be witnessed by Saint Taiqing. That is all my conditions."

Since it is a wager, there must be a judge.

Only a Shengren or Ancestor Hongjun can serve as judge in a dispute between Shengren.

Neither Luo Fu nor Saint Jieyin nor Saint Zhunti wished to disturb Ancestor Hongjun over this matter.

Then the only one most suitable to serve as judge was the powerful Taiqing Sage.