Chapter 3005 — An Liwen Offers a Plan
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An Liwen had recently made quite a bit of money, which brought him directly to Miss Luan's attention through the Northern Branch helmsman of the Fire Wolf Gang. Just then, Old Ancestor Xuanchen sent out an invitation, inviting An Liwen and the leaders behind him to visit the Five Luminaries Sect, and so Miss Luan made her appearance.
Had it been an ordinary sect, Miss Luan would certainly not have shown herself, but the Five Luminaries Sect was different. She had heard of this sect that stood at the very pinnacle of the cultivation world, and that was why she had agreed to come.
And for An Liwen, this was the first time he had laid eyes on the greatest boss of the Fire Wolf Gang and the Red Conch. Still, if he could catch the eye of the greatest boss, then the day of his rise to wealth and glory could not be far off.
"Straight to the point!" Old Ancestor Xuanchen nodded and said, "I have already been in contact with young brother An Liwen here. As it happens, Dr. Yin wishes to use a few cultivators for experiments, to create a new model of modified biochemically altered humans. I can provide two cultivators ready at hand."
"Oh? On what terms?" Miss Luan was no fool and asked directly. After all, finding cultivators to experiment on was no easy matter—what cultivator would willingly submit to modification? Yet ordinary people were of no use; Dr. Yin had already modified many of them without achieving a breakthrough, and so could only turn to cultivators.
Moreover, cultivators possessed formidable strength. Unless they volunteered for modification, even the Fire Wolf Gang, powerful as it was, could never capture a few cultivators and make them cooperate obediently with the procedure.
"I hear the Fire Wolf Gang excels at raising the dead to life—so long as some tissue in the body remains living, the person can be turned into a biochemically altered human. Is that so?" asked Old Ancestor Xuanchen.
"Quite right. What do you intend to do?" Miss Luan did not deny it. "Only, this technique is rather advanced. Yin Siren would still have difficulty managing it on his own."
"That is precisely why I sought out Miss Luan!" said Old Ancestor Xuanchen. "If Miss Luan were to perform the procedure herself, I fear the matter would become much simpler! What do you say, Miss Luan—could you lend a hand?"
"Who is it you wish to revive and modify?" Miss Luan neither agreed nor refused, but only asked. She too was weighing the stakes, to see just how much benefit this matter might bring her.
"It is a grand-disciple of mine, beaten into a vegetative state and lying unconscious. All I need is for him to awaken while the attribute structure within his body remains unchanged—in plain terms, to preserve the portion of his power as a cultivator!" The person Old Ancestor Xuanchen spoke of was, of course, Tagan Long. At present, Tianchan the Hidden One had failed to receive the inheritance, and Xuanchen had no choice but to set his sights on Tagan Long once more.
But refining a fourth-grade Great Return Pill was utterly hopeless, a thing far beyond reach. He had no way out and could only think of other schemes. After turning it over and over in his mind, his attention fell upon the Fire Wolf Gang, and he resolved to strike a bargain with them.
"That is absolutely out of the question!" To Old Ancestor Xuanchen's surprise, Miss Luan shot down his plan with a single sentence. "To bring your grand-disciple back to life with extraordinary power—that is no problem. But to preserve the attributes and strength within his body—that I cannot do, at least not now! Were he an ordinary person, we might make an attempt, but the crux is that your grand-disciple is already gravely injured. I must alter some of his genes to revive him, and who knows whether the attributes in his body will change?"
Miss Luan refused outright what could not be done, to spare herself trouble should problems arise later.