It seed that Shenzhao wanted to use his remark as an eye-catching opener, but neither Weichi nor I reacted particularly.
Seeing this, he said puzzledly, "Aren’t you at all surprised?"
"Surprised about what..." Weichi said, "Didn’t you already attack the Master of Divine Seal as soon as you entered the Void Realm? You just didn’t succeed."
That opening line wasn’t surprising, not when it ca from Shenzhao, nor from most Void Realm Envoys.
Among the existing seven Void Realm Envoys, excluding number seven whose stance is uncertain, you have people like and Little Bowl who never intended to serve the Master of Divine Seal and may even oppose at certain points; people like Xuanming and Xu Gou who are already slandering the Master of Divine Seal outside; and then Shenzhao, who openly wants to kill the Master of Divine Seal.
Even for Weichi, I feel his attitude is more like "whether the Master of Divine Seal lives or dies doesn’t matter, but it’s more convenient if he’s dead," and honestly, I think Little Bowl may have similar thoughts.
It seems that these are not seven envoys of the Master of Divine Seal, but six traitors and one ambiguous figure.
If I were the Master of Divine Seal, I might already be considering whether to replace them with a new team.
"Hmm... alright then." Shenzhao said, "If that’s the case, let’s proceed directly to the specifics. But before that..."
As he spoke, he reached out and summoned a lidded wooden box from nowhere.
He casually opened the lid, and at the sa ti, I felt a slight tremor in the Divine Seal Fragnts within my consciousness.
Inside the wooden box were three Divine Seal Fragnts.
Shenzhao looked at .
"I wonder if you rember, last ti in the Void Realm I promised that anyone who found at the Luoshan Headquarters before the next Void Realm gathering would receive a Divine Seal Fragnt. If it was you, I would give three." Shenzhao raised his head and said, "Although you probably didn’t co to the Luoshan Headquarters specifically to find , and this eting wasn’t initiated by you, I’m not a petty person, and my promise won’t be discounted for that reason.
"I’ve already given Weichi’s Divine Seal Fragnt to him, so now it’s your turn. Take it, this is your share."
Besides the one I accidentally picked up in the basent on the fifteenth floor, making a Void Envoy, I’ve only ever gotten another Divine Seal Fragnt from Dr. Silver Mask at the Human Bureau’s secret base. And now, there are three Divine Seal Fragnts right before , which I can take without any effort.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, and the more it seems this way, the more caution is needed.
I didn’t reach out imdiately, instead, I examined them carefully and asked, "These three Divine Seal Fragnts aren’t bound to you?"
"No. We ’Void Realm Envoys’ automatically bind to ownerless Divine Seal Fragnts upon contact; conversely, as long as contact is avoided, they remain unbound," Shenzhao said, "The Master of Divine Seal surely isn’t naive enough to think that by offering trades of knowledge and intelligence for Divine Seal Fragnts, he could retrieve all of them from us.
"He is most likely planning to forcibly collect all the Divine Seal Fragnts we hold at the final stage through the binding connection. I suggest that when you get these three Divine Seal Fragnts, you don’t bind all of them, at least leave one or two just in case."
"I will." I continued observing the three Divine Seal Fragnts.
Shenzhao, looking at my cautious attitude, went on, "Are you feeling unearned and reluctant to accept my gift? Then consider it as my apology and compensation for previously interfering with your affair in Ming Zhuo.
"Truth be told, I didn’t personally collect these three Divine Seal Fragnts. They were transferred to by Ming Zhuo. He was once robbed of a Divine Seal Fragnt by Xuanming, perhaps thinking that holding surplus fragnts might invite disaster, he simply transferred all his remaining fragnts to . I’ve already owed him in everyone’s eyes, thus had to assist him back then."
He appears to have a sense of pride and seems to want to nd our relationship.
Honestly, I no longer care much about what happened back then, and if he hadn’t brought it up, I might not even have rembered it.
"A complete divine seal can lift the lifespan constraints of Ming Zhuo... and yet he was willing to transfer all his Divine Seal Fragnts?" I asked.
"With so many collecting Divine Seal Fragnts, he probably knows he can’t obtain all fragnts from other Great Impermanence within ten years; we wouldn’t give him a chance to get a complete divine seal just to extend his lifespan." Shenzhao said indifferently, "In fact, there’s a huge internal debate on who should be the one to make a wish with the complete divine seal at the final stage.
"If it were soone foolish like Fa Zheng, it might still be considered or even Gua Tianshi, albeit reluctantly... but Ming Zhuo, forget it."
It seems Ming Zhuo isn’t very popular among the Great Impermanence, yet Fa Zheng’s evaluation from Shenzhao is surprisingly high, suggesting these two should ideologically be at odds.
Gaining many allies, losing few... I feel I have an understanding of this old saying in a new light.
"Alright then, I won’t be polite."
After careful observation and thought, I accepted the three Divine Seal Fragnts.
Though these three fragnts might reflect Shenzhao’s intentions of nding our relationship, that can’t be the whole story. Such matters aren’t enough to warrant this high of a price. He’s likely paving the way for so upcoming request, such as inquiring how I managed to invade the Void Realm single-handedly.
As the saying goes, "He who takes the king’s coin must render the king his service." I can’t ignore such a gesture outright, though I’ve already prepared my draft response. Whether he’d be satisfied with my reply is up to him.
As Shenzhao suggested, I didn’t touch the Divine Seal Fragnts directly but grasped the wooden box, sealing the lid over it first.
"So... how do you plan to kill the Master of Divine Seal?"
Weichi finally joined the conversation. He didn’t use particularly respectful language but stared directly at Shenzhao and asked, "Although you can use mana in the Void Realm, wasn’t your last attempt a failure?
"The Master of Divine Seal seems like a super being above the Great Impermanence. Using our terms, he’s at least soone who has opened the third door, like the Old Fist God. According to his reaction last ti when you questioned him, he seems to be aware of the existence of the fourth door and knows how to break through it. How can one kill such a monster?"
I also asked, "I’m quite concerned, and also... how did you manage to use mana in the Void Realm?"
"I’ll answer Zhuang Cheng’s question first," Shenzhao said, "The answer is quite simple: ’Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona.’"
Hearing that, I imdiately thought of Little Bowl.
Other Void Realm Envoys are unable to use special powers in the Void Realm. Besides Shenzhao, only Little Bowl can do it. While it’s more accurate to say Little Bowl could only perform special perceptions, even being able to conduct special perception in that eerie Void Realm where I couldn’t even use my thermal sense is extraordinary enough.
And Little Bowl does possess the Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona.
"I see..." Weichi seed to grasp the concept.
Shenzhao added, "Strictly speaking, it needs to be combined with the Power of Divine Seal Fragnts, but since the Power of Divine Seal Fragnts is sothing we all can use, it doesn’t need further elaboration."
No, I still can’t use it... I voiced in my mind, while Weichi nodded in understanding.
"Initially, I didn’t know how to use mana in the Void Realm until I saw that number two," Shenzhao said, "I noticed that she seed to have a special perception, and coincidentally, I have a deeper understanding of Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona than most, so I imdiately deduced where her perception ca from and thus found a direction.
"Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona is different from our Great Impermanence’s Heavenly Earth; the latter forces the world to respond to us with our imnse power. Actively using it can even forcibly dominate the locale. It’s the path of the strong exploiting the weak, so when in a ’stronger environnt’ that doesn’t abide by it, it becos ineffective.
"However, the forr is closer to the original aning of Heavenly Earth terms. The so-called Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona emulates the heavens, mimicking the earth—it’s a survival path of the weak adapting to the environnt. While it is far inferior to Great Impermanence’s Heavenly Earth, it can do what Great Impermanence’s Heavenly Earth cannot when facing a ’stronger environnt.’"
"But how are you able to use Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona?" I asked, puzzled.
Both Great Impermanence Heavenly Earth and Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona are forms of Heavenly Earth, and out of curiosity, I did attempt to see if I could use the Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona, but failed. Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona, being a path for the weak, or rather a force of humanity, might not be sothing one can learn after becoming as powerful as the divine-like Great Impermanence... that’s what I originally thought.
Now it seems, maybe I’ve got a shot at it too?
"Is Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona sothing that can be learned through training?" I inquired.
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