Ze Pei cradled the small-scale "segnt" resting in his palm, clearly sensing the imnse energy it contained. It seed that he understood how to use it as soon as he had gotten hold of it.
Ze Pei cried out and clenched his fist forcefully. The segnt in his palm suddenly surged into a flagpole over two ters tall. The flagpole emitted bursts of golden light and seed to be surrounded by a fragrant aura, to which Ze Pei was exceedingly delighted.
"This object appears to make nearby enemies feel the might of the flagpole and submit to it. The flagpole represents the majesty of the Empire," Ze Pei told Zang Murenqing.
Zang Murenqing then hoisted this flag and said, "Ha ha, this must be the Empire's military flag. Wherever the flag points, armies and horses surge toward it; it seems to enhance the military's combat power. Can it really be this mystical?"
Everyone joyfully looked at the Destiny Artifact in their hands, yet Zero was sowhat worried because Bai Zhongqi was still standing still, clutching the key, his body surrounded by a halo of light, seemingly in a trance.
Zero inadvertently glanced at Gang Naj; the young man was happily fiddling with the seal he was holding.
At that mont, Xu Erli was the first to speak, "What's wrong with the teacher? Why isn't he moving?"
Jiang Li and Tie Yan said, "The master resonated with the Ruins and is now retrieving them."
Xu Erli, frowning prettily, asked, "How long will that take?"
Jiang Li and Tie Yan responded in unison, "Seven days."
Zang Murenqing was shocked, "How can it be so long? But in seven days, the dragon swarm will have reached Yimoduoya; without the teacher, who will lead the army to counter the dragons?"
At this mont, Zero grew inexplicably cold towards Zang Murenqing's students. She said, "I'll guard the Chancellor; you take the Destiny Artifacts and go command the troops. I'll transfer command of the army to you. You've already trained a lot these days. The dragon swarm shouldn't pose a problem; victory is inevitable."
Her heart was fully occupied by Bai Zhongqi, caring not for the safety of the planet or the extinction of humankind.
Zang Murenqing stared blankly; he had long known that Zero was entirely devoted to Bai Zhongqi, but he hadn't expected such an extent of dependency on the teacher.
At this mont, Jiang Li and Tie Yan said, "It's all right, once the master retrieves the Ruins, the dragon swarm will be nothing but chickens and dogs."
Gang Naj, full of confidence, said, "Then our mission is to hold the dragons at bay until the teacher awakens and displays his divine power. Ha ha, my seal also possesses imnse power, Master Zero. It seems it can review the commands the teacher issues to control the military's weapons, allowing for slight adjustnts within a 600-second tifra."
Zero's expression gradually turned icy as she suppressed her urge to kill Gang Naj outright. If Gang Naj was the original Seal-bearing Knight, then Xiao Yu was his descendant; could everything change if she killed him?
She was uncertain; after all, a ti-space paradox was involved. Zero, typically not one to make decisions on her own, would wait for Bai Zhongqi to wake and decide.
"The Chancellor has always been so easy-going; even if Xiao Yu usurped the throne, would he really kill Gang Naj? The child is not bad, and he so admires him," Zero thought to herself.
Turning to Zero, Zang Murenqing bowed and said, "Master Zero, we leave the teacher in your hands. I will organize the army with everyone to combat the dragon swarm. The power of the Twelve Destiny Artifacts is boundless; when linked together, moving mountains and seas is trivial. We will not fail the earnest expectations of our teacher."
Zero, sparing with words, simply replied, "Good."
Carrying the grand flag, Zang Murenqing led the others out of the White Jade Pillar room, with Jiang Li and Tie Yan following them.
Zero wanted to touch Bai Zhongqi, but, fearing she might disrupt sothing, she could only stand there anxiously.
At this ti, Bai Zhongqi was completely in a different realm.
He seed to be standing in a huge conference room, surrounded by rows of square tables, each row followed by another, extending upwards in this stair-like room, with Bai Zhongqi barely able to see the end.
Each table was occupied by three people, dressed in diverse attire—so in Hanfu, others in suits, so bare-chested, and so even in bathrobes (what the heck?), looking exactly like so absurd club.
But these eccentrics all had one thing in common—they all had the face of Bai Zhongqi.
When Bai Zhongqi appeared in the middle of this square conference room, this bunch of "Bai Zhongqis" were chattering noisily, and even when Bai Zhongqi appeared, they just continued as before.
Finally, a Bai Zhongqi with a beard sitting at the third row of tables started banging the table with his shoe, shouting in a Shandong accent, "What's going on, what's going on? Everyone's here, are you trying to turn the world upside down or what?"
Then, the Bai Zhongqi sitting next to him, who had a bit of a nasal voice, covered his nose and exclaid, "Man, this country bumpkin has such stinky feet, put your shoes on already!"
It took a while for this large group of Bai Zhongqis to quiet down, with Bai Zhongqi staring dazedly at this group of eccentrics who looked just like him.
An elderly "Bai Zhongqi" sitting at the front row, at least sixty, wearing a Chinese tunic and carrying a pocket watch, spoke in a refined tone, "Alright, we have welcod a new mber of the Elder Race, which is an occasion for celebration."
As soon as the old man "Bai Zhongqi" finished speaking, another "Bai Zhongqi" dressed in an extrely lavish imperial robe from the back shouted, "You old fart ng Ji, stop trying to entice the newcor with your ridiculous ideas about transcending dinsions and such foolishness about becoming a higher existence in the endless universe. I'm telling you, you're all like so crazy cult, ending up babbling like idiots, never knowing what you're actually doing day in and day out. My advice to you, newbie, is that it's way more satisfying to be an overlord like . My empire spans over a dozen stellar systems, and I receive no less than billions of beautiful won in tribute every year, haha, how wonderful."
A "Bai Zhongqi" clearly on the side of the old man remarked, "Great Emperor Sanct Ha, don't drag others into your adolescent fantasies. People like you only know about war and beauties. Did we Elder Race create humans just to learn and engage in sexual activities with them? Despicable! Low!"
The so-called Great Emperor Sanct Ha retorted, "Jiang Tianjun, do you even have the right to talk? Humans were clearly created by us, the Elder Race, but wasn't it your bunch of idiots who pressed our entire race to re-model ourselves after the humans you created? I didn't used to worry about this stuff, but ever since you ssed things up, if I don't get with seven or eight girls a night, I feel unbearably restless."
The bespectacled "Bai Zhongqi" sighed deeply, "That's because you use too many drugs, Great Emperor."
Bai Zhongqi, completely clueless about the situation, just saw this group of weirdos bickering nonstop.
Then, a "Bai Zhongqi" who appeared to be about thirteen or fourteen years old from the first row jumped out and walked into the middle of the room, smiling at Bai Zhongqi, "Don't worry about these folks; every ti we et, it's the sa noise. After all, ti is a aningless concept for us, the Elder Race, so we often end up doing a lot of pointless things."
Bai Zhongqi nodded and asked the young "Bai Zhongqi," "So, you all are part of the Elder Race?"
The youngster laughed heartily, pulled out a lollipop from his pocket, and licked it with his little tongue, saying, "Not only are we, but so are you."
Bai Zhongqi was stunned. "But I'm clearly just an ordinary human."
The young boy pointed to Bai Zhongqi's left hand, saying, "Would an ordinary human have sothing like this? Does an ordinary human live such a completely tangled and upside-down life?"
Bai Zhongqi looked at him, hoping to get an explanation.
The young boy leaned closer to Bai Zhongqi because the quarreling "Bai Zhongqis" were too loud, making it hard to hear each other unless speaking closely.
"We are the Elder Race, a na you've probably heard before. Originally, there were guys like Jiang Tianjun and old ng Ji, born in a universe, and because they were so aweso, they created humans. Then everyone thought humans were pretty cool, so we might as well turn into humans, so people like Jiang Tianjun and Great Emperor Sanct Ha transford themselves to look like humans. To keep things consistent, they settled on one appearance.
Then they discovered that new mbers of the Elder Race would start to be born among humans, following a certain line of causality, often experiencing a peculiar phenonon where their life trajectories were jumbled up in ti. For us Elder Race, ti is also a dinsion that can be altered. As mbers of the Elder Race grow, they eventually break out of their universes and co to this weird place.
Our usual approach is, well, to have no approach at all. We just do what we normally would do. The Elder Race are a bunch of lackadaisical fellows with no great ambition; aside from creating humans in different universes, they don't really have any other hobbies. Later, folks like old ng Ji started trying to explore truly mastering the causality law, breaking through to higher levels to beco more mysterious entities; of course, they admit that they do it just for the sake of showing off. Then there's another group, like Great Emperor Sanct Ha, who start conquering one universe after another, so even ruling over entire universes. Of course, there are also so who just live quietly.
Because, to us, life is sothing without aning. We don't die from old age, but that doesn't an we can't die. Many get so bored that they kill themselves. There are plenty of others who think that if they die, then so be it. So, to put it simply, we're all a pretty laid-back bunch."
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