Chapter 3134 — The Past of Vice President Ouyang
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"It is not like that at all!" Vice President Ouyang smiled faintly. "It will not come to an astronomical sum. It is truly very expensive, that much is so, but our Cultivators' Guild is in the business of business, and our aim is to make money. So there are elders specially appointed to appraise the value of what the trial-takers bring out from the Ancient Isle. But the price will certainly never be something outrageous—after all, the Guild's reputation is at stake!"
Wei Zhao nodded, and only then did it sink in: the Cultivators' Guild was an organization that sought wealth, so it was understandable that they would make money through such trials. What puzzled Wei Zhao was where this Ancient Isle had come from.
But plainly Vice President Ouyang did not know that either, and Wei Zhao naturally did not press him, asking only, "Will this trial be starting soon?"
"This trial is held at irregular intervals; there is no fixed time. After all, opening the Ancient Isle requires many conditions—the right timing, the right place, the right people, as they say. It cannot be opened at any time!" Vice President Ouyang said. "In our Cultivators' Guild there are people specially charged with studying the Ancient Isle; they infer the approximate time it may open from certain phenomena of the isle, and then begin organizing trial-takers to sign up!"
"So that is how it is." Wei Zhao nodded and said, "Then are there any restrictions on signing up? May I go as well?"
"Naturally! The condition is that any Heaven-rank master may take part, and Brother Ling already meets that requirement. You need only pay the one-billion-yuan entry fee for the Ancient Isle," Vice President Ouyang said.
"Pff—cough, cough, cough..." Hearing Vice President Ouyang's words, Wei Zhao at once broke into loud coughing. "Brother Ouyang, did I hear that right? One billion? And that is only the entry fee?"
"Uh... you heard right." Vice President Ouyang smiled wryly. "As I said before, the Cultivators' Guild will not quote some outrageous, unacceptable price—but it will certainly not come cheap either."
"Cheap it certainly is not!" Wei Zhao smiled wryly as well, and said with feeling, "One billion—at least for now, I cannot produce it!"
"Ha ha, but with this first-grade automatic medicinal cauldron in hand, I trust this sum will be no problem at all for Brother Ling!" Vice President Ouyang said with a smile. "What, Brother Ling, are you very interested in this trial?"
"From what Brother Ouyang says, there are so many fine things inside—I imagine any cultivator would be interested, no?" Wei Zhao nodded and asked, "Then when was the last time it was held?"
"Twenty-five years ago. By reckoning of time, it should be about due—the Ancient Isle generally opens once every twenty to thirty years!" Vice President Ouyang said.
"Twenty-five years ago? So Brother Ouyang was already a Heaven-rank master then? And now..." Wei Zhao looked at Vice President Ouyang with a rather odd expression and asked in some perplexity. Nor was Wei Zhao to be blamed for finding it strange: if Vice President Ouyang had already been Heaven-rank twenty-five years ago, was he still only at the peak of the early Heaven-rank now? That seemed a little unrealistic, did it not? (To be continued)