'Sealed Immortal Tower?'
It seed like a toy at first, but Vale's instincts flared the mont his eyes locked onto it.
The object in the stranger's hand was emitting a strange energy. He also felt familiar with the compressed spatial runes, divinity, and a powerful source of energy on it… It was unmistakable.
It seed like it was truly a sealed Immortal Tower.
Vale stepped forward, cautious. "Where did you get that?"
"I built it…" the man said with a steady voice. "It's mine. I've maintained it for over a century. It's compacted and sealed, but fully functional."
Vale was quite curious about this. Was the upkeep too expensive, so he was now planning to sell it?
He couldn't help but feel curious about the man's intention…
"And you're offering it to ?"
The man nodded. "In exchange… I want to join your return to the Human Realm."
Vale's expression hardened. "How do you even know about that?"
The man hesitated, then gave a sheepish smile. "I overheard it. I was nearby when you spoke with the Arcane Immortal. I didn't an to eavesdrop, but I was in the logistics wing, hidden behind a cargo array. I heard enough."
Vale wryly smiled... In any case, the Arcane Immortal must also be aware of it.
Furthermore, it wouldn't be surprising if so other Immortals were made aware of it since Kaela would also be away.
Still, that conversation had been sealed with silence runes. Either this man had bypassed them, or he had so kind of passive listening technique. Either way, this could be a dangerous person.
There was no way he'd just let anyone join his return. He was already stressing out about the 2 High Immortals who would be joining him, so he couldn't imagine himself getting another problem.
"You shouldn't know about our mission…" Vale said coldly. "And I don't even know who you are."
The man straightened, then bowed slightly. "My na is Seven."
Vale blinked. "Seven?"
It was such a weird na.
"It's the na I took after my seventh rebirth. I'm a rogue Immortal. I used to belong to the Black Spiral Sect, but I left decades ago. I've been living in the outer districts of Note City, maintaining my tower and studying transformation arts."
Vale had no idea about this sect or about the person's background.
"Rebirth?" Vale asked.
"Yes… To be precise, soul transfer… I just learned a special Spell to transfer my soul to different bodies. You can say that this is my seventh body... I'm still just a Sky Immortal."
Vale didn't respond. He didn't expect that sothing like this was actually possible. Still, he would allow him to join him…
Nonetheless, Seven continued speaking… "I know I'm not part of your circle. I know this sounds crazy, as we didn't even know each other… But I'm willing to make it worth your while."
He raised his hand, and his body shimred. A mont later, he collapsed into a cute black serpent, coiling silently on the ground. His aura vanished almost completely.
"I can transform," Seven said telepathically. "I can hide in your luggage. I won't interfere… I just want to leave this place… This is already my seventh life, and I'm still stuck at my current level. I need sothing to change."
Vale stared at the serpent, then at the sealed Immortal Tower that was dropped on the group…
"I can't just smuggle soone into another realm," Vale said. "Especially soone I don't know."
Seven shifted back into human form… He felt that Vale was starting to consider, so his expression was earnest.
"Then bind ."
This was his final layer offer. If this didn't work, he really doesn't know how to convince him even more.
Vale raised an eyebrow. "Bind you?"
"I'll sign an Immortal-level contract," Seven said. "It's sothing that links my soul thread to yours. If I betray you, I'll die. If I act against your interests, I'll be sealed. Of course, you will not have full authority over like a slave or sothing. You also could not knowingly hurt put into harm. This contract guarantees that neither of us that we won't be hurting the other or have conflicting interests."
Vale considered it. Immortal contracts weren't casual.. They required soul strand, divine ink, and a binding ritual, but they were absolute. If Seven was serious, it seed like he was desperate and willing to risk everything.
For now, Vale wanted to learn more about a few things.
He then glanced at the miniature tower. "Tell about that. What does it do?"
Seven smiled faintly, holding the miniature tower in both hands like a sacred relic.
"This isn't just a common Immortal tower. It's my third and final Immortal Tower… my most refined work."
Vale raised an eyebrow. "You built it?"
"I did," Seven said. "Across seven lifetis, I've constructed three Immortal Towers. The first was crude, functional, but unstable. The second was better, but lacked adaptability. I still have those two… This one… this one is different."
He glanced down at the sealed tower…
"It was hidden beneath a deep lake…" he continued. "I kept it subrged. It also keeps safe… But when I heard about the Demon Gods… I evacuated the core chambers, sealed the structure, and compressed it into this form."
Vale squinted his eyes and asked another question. "And you're just giving it to ?"
"I can afford to," Seven said. "I've already extracted everything I need from it. And if it helps secure passage to the Human Realm, it's worth the trade."
Vale studied the object more closely. "What's inside?"
Seven knew that Vale was really interested and nodded.
"Six floors... It can house over a hundred apprentices comfortably… The first floor is the residential wing, including private rooms, communal quarters, and a central hall with passive healing formations."
Vale nodded slowly.
"The second floor is the training hall…" Seven continued. "It's had the strongest layers of walls, and I got so help with the arrangent of protection runes inside… There's even an adjustable gravity field…"
He then continued to describe the other parts of the second floor, and Shane couldn't help but want this Immortal Tower for himself… or perhaps, for his Shadow Domain!
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