After the excitement subsided, Aiden Li became serious and asked, "What exactly is the function of the Heaven and Earth Bank? I'm currently a good-for-nothing with no cultivation level or talent!"
Aiden Li felt dejected when mentioning this.
It had been three months since he transmigrated, and he had been unable to break free from his slave status. Because his grandfather had become a servant of the Zhou family in those days, the next three generations automatically became servants of the Zhou family.
Aiden Li was born a servant with no choice. How could the transmigrated Aiden Li accept this?
In the past three months, Aiden Li had been secretly learning the martial arts and cultivation methods of the Zhou family.
But with little success.
Ultimately, it was because Aiden Li was too old and had missed the prime age for cultivation.
Moreover, his talent was of the worst grade, even worse than that of an ordinary person. In three months, he hadn't even passed the first threshold of cultivation, the initial stage.
Seraphina said, "Master, don't worry. The Heaven and Earth Bank has the right to trade everything. As the master, you have inherited everything of the Heaven and Earth Bank. Although the Heaven and Earth Bank is currently in a dilapidated state, it has infinite potential. Regarding the talent that the master is concerned about, as long as someone is willing to offer their invincible talent, the master can absorb it."
Aiden Li's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Can everything in the world be traded?"
"That's right. As long as someone is willing, with a nod from you, master, the trade can be made." Seraphina nodded.
"But there's nothing in the Heaven and Earth Bank now!" Aiden Li said regretfully.
"This requires the master to find a way." Seraphina said helplessly.
Aiden Li closed his eyes and suddenly thought of something. He said, "Can I exchange my own lifespan with others?"
Seraphina immediately nodded and said, "You are the master of the Heaven and Earth Bank, so of course you can."
Aiden Li immediately said, "But what about the customers?"
Aiden Li was eager to make a deal and develop the Heaven and Earth Bank, but there was not a single customer.
Seraphina waved her hand, and three pocket watches appeared out of thin air. They were blood-red, exquisitely crafted, with hollow interiors and ticking away the time.
Seraphina said, "Master, these are the invitations of the Heaven and Earth Bank. As long as the master chooses the content of the trade in his mind, the pocket watch will find a suitable candidate. If the other party agrees, they will enter the Heaven and Earth Bank and trade with the master."
"So powerful?" Aiden Li exclaimed in surprise.
"At its peak, the Heaven and Earth Bank had a million pocket watches and a hundred thousand envoys. It dominated the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and was invincible in the Immortal Realm. No one dared to provoke it. Now, only three pocket watches remain in its decline." Seraphina said with a tinge of sadness.
Aiden Li took one of the pocket watches and said to Seraphina, "Don't worry. I will restore the prestige of the Heaven and Earth Bank. One day, I will go after these powerful beings who don't pay their debts one by one and get the debts back."
Seraphina smiled and said, "I believe you, master. Now start choosing the first person."
Aiden Li closed his eyes and began to think about the thing he wanted to trade in his mind.
His lifespan!
Five years of lifespan!
Aiden Li was only eighteen years old this year. Although he had missed the prime cultivation time, he was still young and had several decades of lifespan. It was no problem to take out five years as the starting trading capital.
The pocket watch received the information and slowly faded and disappeared in Aiden Li's palm.
At the same time, Aiden Li looked a bit more mature. Losing five years of lifespan had little impact on him.
Seraphina said, "The pocket watch has gone to find a suitable person for the trade. Because the Heaven and Earth Bank is currently very weak, the pocket watch won't go far. It will only search within a thousand miles around the master."
Aiden Li nodded and said, "I hope it will be quick. Tell me more about the Heaven and Earth Bank."
Seraphina immediately nodded and then began to tell Aiden Li about the information of the Heaven and Earth Bank.
...
The Great Departure Land, a vast territory in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
Taicang, a small city in the remote area of the Great Departure Land. There were three major clans here.
The Zhou family! The Lin family! The Zhang family!
The three families jointly controlled Taicang City, and each family had an ancestor in the Asking Dao Realm to maintain order.
The cultivation realm started from the initial stage of cultivation, then entered the Transcendent Mortal and Life Wheel realms, and finally reached the Asking Dao Realm.
The Asking Dao Realm could control the primordial energy of heaven and earth, so it was very powerful. In Taicang City, each of the three major clans had an ancestor in the Asking Dao Realm.
But recently, the ancestor of the Li family had a problem. He was so old that his lifespan was coming to an end and he didn't have much time left.
The whole Li family was in a panic. Without the ancestor in the Asking Dao Realm to maintain order, the Zhou family and the Zhang family would devour the Li family in an instant.
All kinds of medicinal herbs and countless physicians and alchemists had been invited.
But they were all helpless.
The Li family was in a panic.
Completely panicked.
The Zhou family and the Zhang family were on standby, recalling the experts in their families, just waiting for the news of the death of the ancestor of the Li family to come and immediately destroy the Li family.
The whole Taicang City was on the verge of a storm.
At this time, the ancestor of the Li family, who had been in a coma for seven days and seven nights and whose breath was so weak that it was almost imperceptible, opened his eyes and saw a pocket watch.
A pocket watch that was ticking away.
A blood-red pocket watch.
And through this pocket watch, he saw infinite possibilities.
The ancestor of the Li family summoned his last bit of strength and grasped the pocket watch.
"Whatever it is, as long as it can let me live, I'm willing to pay any price." The ancestor of the Li family murmured.
In the Heaven and Earth Bank, Seraphina suddenly said to Aiden Li, "Master, a guest is here."
Aiden Li's eyes lit up. So soon?
"Get ready for the deal!" Aiden Li said in a deep voice.
Seraphina waved her hand, and Aiden Li and she came to a grand and bright hall. Aiden Li changed into a black mysterious robe and wore a dark-golden mask on his face.
At present, Aiden Li didn't want to reveal his identity. He was still too weak.
The next second, the ancestor of the Li family appeared in the hall.
White-haired.
Full of wrinkles.
With a strong aura of death.
He was slumped in a chair and couldn't even stand up.
This was an old man on the verge of death. Where was the dignity of an ancestor in the Asking Dao Realm?
"Where is this place?" The ancestor of the Li family stared wide-eyed and looked at Aiden Li in disbelief.
He couldn't see through Aiden Li's cultivation level or his face. He only saw a mysterious figure wearing a dark-golden mask.
"This is the Heaven and Earth Bank. You received our pocket watch. Tell me what you want to trade." Aiden Li said calmly.
"Lifespan. I want to live. I don't want to die!" The ancestor of the Li family didn't care about anything else and said hurriedly.
The footsteps of death were approaching, and the ancestor of the Li family could hear it clearly. He was afraid. He didn't want to die.
Not only for himself but also for the huge Li family.
Once he died, the Li family would surely fall apart and be completely ruined. This was his life's work.
So he looked at Aiden Li with hope. Even if there was only a glimmer of hope, he had to seize it.
He wanted to live!!!
Aiden Li nodded in the expectant eyes of the ancestor of the Li family and said, "I can give you five years of lifespan. But what will you trade for it?"
The ancestor of the Li family said excitedly, "Anything. As long as I have it, just name it."
Seraphina whispered in Aiden Li's ear, "What the Heaven and Earth Bank lacks most now is a spirit vein. The Li family has a high-grade spirit vein."
Aiden Li nodded and said, "A high-grade spirit vein in exchange for five years of your lifespan. If you agree, sign here."
Seraphina immediately took out a contract, clearly written in black and white.
The ancestor of the Li family was stunned. He didn't expect Aiden Li to ask for a high-grade spirit vein.
That was the only high-grade spirit vein of his Li family.
It was extremely valuable.
Even some powerful forces would covet a high-grade spirit vein.
A high-grade spirit vein was equivalent to a hundred medium-grade spirit veins.
It could enable an ordinary person to cultivate to the Asking Dao Realm.
The Zhang family and the Zhou family were coveting this high-grade spirit vein.
To exchange it for five years of lifespan?
Was it worth it?