Chapter 1405 - Cannot Survive
Esvele became stunned as she heard Ancestor Cornelia's words, while Freya also displayed a similar reaction.
Did Davis actually include their names into the condition? What under the heavens was he thinking, lowering the chances to make this negotiation succeed!?
If it failed because of them, it was rather obvious how saddened they would feel about it.
"Well, I wouldn't care if they died, but my cute Shirley is going to cry if you accidentally take advantage of her by holding them hostage." Davis narrowed his eyes, looking like a schemer before he chuckled, "Why wouldn't Ancestor Cornelia commit suicide? You already know that your life is finished anyway, so making me instantly obey the Blood Soul Contract is well within my expectations."
Ancestor Cornelia stared at him with exasperation as she clenched her teeth.
"I won't go that far to obtain Incandescent Vermilion Soul Mantra as I still have to see what you have in store for us. Besides, I do not know what kind of actions you would take in the future that might potentially harm my sect, not to mention that because of your slaughter; there is plenty of chances that the wicked path might get triggered and attack us because, in their perspective, they might only have one or two Ancestors at High-Level Ninth Stage to attack now!"
"Moreover, I still want to live if you ask me! Every being under the heavens does as it is as natural as to simply exist!"
She unexpectedly became emotional, causing Davis and Sect Master Lea Weiss to know that she hadn't fully accepted dying. They couldn't help but blink, but as expected, there would always be regrets that one could only suppress when they are about to die.
Truly accepting death was just a momentary delusion at the moment of death.
Davis viewed Ancestor Cornelia with complex emotions before his lips moved.
"Then I don't understand why you are not l.u.s.ting after their Fire Phoenix Flames. No matter who these two are, they are not your kin for you to deeply care about."
He pointed at Shirley and Sect Master Lea Weiss, looking at Ancestor Cornelia with a suspicious gaze.
"Heh! Fire Phoenix Flames?"
"We Burning Phoenixes are actually weak in prowess because our ancestors who birthed us were mere Emperor Beast Stage Magical Beasts themselves. They were not Immortal Beasts."
"But it makes sense..." Ancestor Cornelia continued, "No wonder you're able to comprehend Death Laws to a terrifying degree. Even when those Death Law Cultivators ran rampant, they were all Soul Emperors while you were a mere Soul King, but not one of them managed to kill a cultivator a stage higher than them in an instant. You are truly one of a kind that I feel like I should eliminate while I have the chance, but I also cannot deny that I haven't heard of you before."
"Therefore, I certainly do not want to be the reason for you to fall into the wicked path."
Ancestor Cornelia looked at the disguised Chu Feng and Shirley and couldn't help but feel that history was repeating itself.
The union of the Fire Phoenix and the Vermilion Bird signified their creation, birthed the existence of Burning Phoenixes into the fray. And now, this supposed master and disciple, carrying the legacies of the Vermilion Bird and Fire Phoenix, respectively, made her doubt if this was truly fate.
Perhaps, this denoted a significant turning point in the future of her Burning Phoenix Ridge!
'I can now only hope what I decided wouldn't invite a calamity late in any form...'
Ancestor Cornelia took a deep breath, looking at Davis before she amended her part a bit before she soul bound the Blood Soul Contract, further strengthening the connection she and the Blood Soul Contract would share with Chu Feng if he acknowledged it as well.
The Blood-Soul Contract was variable with how one could use both their blood essence or soul essence to form a contract. In this case, Ancestor Cornelia had little to no blood to spare. She was nervous that she might drop dead sooner than she expected if she extracted blood essence from her body.
She sent it back to him, beckoning him to seal the deal.
However, as long as Ancestor Cornelia follows her words, he didn't have any thoughts on backing out as well.
The Incandescent Vermilion Soul Mantra may be something huge to the current him, connecting his way to the Immortal Stage in terms of soul. However, he was only giving the part till the Eighth Stage for now, and even if he had to give the entire manual now, to become a Soul Emperor was extremely hard that he mused that he mused that he wouldn't see a single Soul Emperor in the Burning Phoenix Ridge, not considering Shirley for at least the next hundred or thousand years, which was more than enough time for him to get an extremely good Soul Forging Cultivation Manual that actually supported Death Laws!
Surely, if stories of these wicked path Death Law Cultivators existed, the manual itself must be present somewhere, right?
Nevertheless, Davis deviously smiled inside.
This Blood Soul Contract had a dangerous loophole that he could use to not give this sect the Ninth Stage part of the Incandescent Vermilion Soul Mantra!
Unexpectedly, Ancestor Cornelia wanted to live.
So if he could find a way for her to increase her lifespan despite all the methods that she had used and gained medicinal resistance to, she would obviously be willing to take it as if her life depended on it. This fact also meant that she would not die any sooner, and consequently, he would not have the need to give the complete Incandescent Vermilion Soul Mantra to them!