As was universally acknowledged, Shan rode the whirlwind in town, but the seniors managed to stand up to the pressure and insisted, "Esteemed Suzerain, employing the spiritual weapon, the very quintessence of our clan, is definitely out of the question. What if the Suomo Clan availed themselves of the opportunity to impose a deadly attack upon us? Then our ten-thousand-year establishment would go up in flames! Esteemed Suzerain, please reconsider it!"
"Umm..." Picturing the consequences, Li Taixuan hung back.
The senior hit it, the last resort Li referred to was no other than using the spiritual treasure.
The spiritual treasure was hard to come by in Chifeng Prefecture, not to mention the Taixuan Clan.
A collection of wide-ranging valuable materials were elaborately wrought according to secret recipes till spiritual senses came into being, which constituted the embryo of the spiritual treasure. Its spiritual senses, albeit as raw as a newborn at the preliminary stage, could develop unceasingly via cultivation all the way till it became so powerful that a warrior could manipulate it to break the Taixuan Clan into pieces with a single attack.
Not to mention the secret recipes, they would take no less than hundreds of years until the spiritual senses took shape and the raw product developed into a real spiritual treasure with certain combat effectiveness.
One couldn't afford to neglect the fact that a warrior with the martial competence at the Refining Divine Environment level enjoyed merely a two-hundred-year life, which could be extended into no more than four hundred years after he entered the Yinyang Environment.
Nevertheless, very few warriors on the Fire Meteorolite Continent were able to make their way up to the Yinyang Environment, let alone any further.
On top of it, such spiritual treasures could only be found in time-honored clans, and warriors often picked spiritual weapons instead. Spiritual treasures, featuring time-consuming formation, was rather energy-consuming, hence warriors would end up extremely exhausted once they used spiritual treasures. Additionally, it would take a long time until spiritual treasures were ready for a second use.
Therefore, they never employed the Spiritual Treasure in a moment of indiscretion for anything, unless it was a matter of life and death concerning the whole clan.
But now, Li Taixuan went so far as to employ the Spiritual Treasure for the sake of Lin Xiao!
Not to mention seniors of the Taixuan Clan, even Shan Chengfeng jumped out of his skin on hearing Li's plan.
But a wave of raptures came hot on the heels of the shock. It made no difference to Shan whether Li would use the Spiritual Treasure or not, but once it was employed, the entrance to the wonderland would cease to be out of bounds. Thinking of that, an idea came across Shan's mind.
"I share your concern over the Suomo Clan, I assure you I would pop over in person as long as Lin Xiao is out, they will certainly give me face." Shan placated Li with a sense of intense confidence.
"Esteemed Priest, I'm grateful for your commitment, but I'm afraid you got me wrong. The Suomo Clan actually counts for little. The truth is…it's rather embarrassing… I've never tried our spiritual treasure before. What if I made a mistake and Lin Xiao…"
"That can be easily arranged. I'm in. You just go and fetch the Spiritual Treasure and leave it to me," Shan said.
Truth be told, Li Taixuan choreographed that conversation to keep the ball rolling, in a bid to rope Shan in, as he already knew the place of Lin Xiao in Shan's mind. If Shan could pitch in, Li would be able to keep his strength well preserved. Additionally, Shan would end as weak as water, then he would stay in the Taixuan Clan for another couple of days. Shan's stay was such a great advantage… Li Taixuan gave free rein to his imagination.
After the target was reached, Li extended his gratitude with a lighthearted smile, " Thank you very much, esteemed Priest, I shall leave it to Lin Xiao to decide his future once he's out."
In spite of Li Taixuan's feinted indifference, he was literally split down in the middle. Granted Lin Xiao had been a newcomer, he could tell his unfathomable talent from Lin's prior performance, unrestrained storage for the spiritual energy, and chiming ten bells simultaneously. Li didn't have the heart to let go of Lin Xiao.
Besides, Lin Xiao is Li's martial uncle, Lin's decision was not subject to his intervention even if he intended to.