He pointed at the red glowing mountain that looked like a giant piece of burning coal and said, "As you can see, I already have the divine crystal I need to advance. So I don't need more divine crystals for the moment. This is why the offer of protection is my most important demand."
"I will become a Dao Lord soon, and as a fresh Dao Lord, I will be weak. As it happens, many Dao Lords also hate and would like to kill me. This makes the offer of protection even more important to him."
"Not only does your offer of protection affect my life, but there is also not much you can offer me aside from your services. At least, you can't offer me more Supreme Metacs. I have too many of those," he said with a chuckle.
He thought he was being universally funny, but only three Dao Lords found him amusing. These three were Green Fire, Immobile Mountain, and Carefree Immortal. As for the other five, they didn't think he was funny at all.
