“Are Blade Beasts the creations of Spirit Cultivators?”
“I'm sorry, I cannot answer.”
“Are Psionics intentionally created by the Spirit Cultivator civilization by imbuing humans?”
“I'm sorry, I cannot answer.”
“Are you toying with us?”
“I'm sorry, I… uh.”
Seeing the wisp of black energy surrounding the Wangji Profound Sword ring, the illusory old man quickly changed his tone:
“I am not toying with you, please calm down, mysterious cultivator!
“What I must say is that I am just a gatekeeper protecting the inheritance. The information I possess is limited, and some information cannot be revealed without the permission of the Spirit Cultivator civilization, because I am just a gatekeeper.
“This is a kind of… civilization's encryption.”
Wangji Xuan leisurely said, “Whether you are a gatekeeper or a Spirit Cultivator, we need to verify it ourselves, not rely on your empty words.”
“How could a powerful Spirit Cultivator be like me, coerced by you using such filthy psionic power?”
The illusory face became clearer, and a bitter smile squeezed out of the old man's face. He continued:
“You cannot understand me, just as I cannot understand you.
“I am a false thought entity born based on the Multiverse Psionic Formula, somewhat like the mechanical bodies created by those human civilizations over there.
“My task is to guard this stone tablet… You can actually enter the stone tablet and take a look. When your hand touches the stone tablet, I can guide your soul into it, and then you will understand everything I say.”
“I won't go,” Wangji Xuan decisively refused. “I can let my trusted teammate enter.”
Zheng Shiduo stepped forward decisively.
He had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time!
As long as he could enter, he would be the 'trusted teammate' in Teacher Wang's words!
Uh, it seems that this is not too important… But now, it's time for him to step forward!
“I'm sorry, he can't.”
The illusory old man directly refused:
“He is already a spirit slave of another inheritance stone tablet, marked with the imprint of another Spirit Cultivator's inheritance. This breaks the rules and will also destroy the tacit understanding between Spirit Cultivators.
“A spirit slave is just a spirit slave, who can only serve, obey, and dedicate themselves to the Spirit Cultivator, and cannot accept the Spirit Cultivator's inheritance.
“This is also the reason why I immediately closed the door after discovering him.”
“Spirit slave? Who?”
Zheng Shiduo pointed at his nose in astonishment: “Me?”
The faint old man smiled mockingly:
“It seems that your human civilization has not shared this part of the information. This is normal. Human nature is like this, and the Spirit Cultivator civilization is also an advanced civilization developed from a human-like civilization. These are all things I am authorized to reveal.”
Wangji Xuan snorted: “Don't play coy, try not to use rhetoric.”
The illusory old man smiled bitterly: “It's really difficult to communicate with you. Why do you reject this inheritance?”
Wangji Xuan's expression gradually turned cold: “Hmm?”
The old man changed the subject and continued:
“The following is all the information I can reveal.
“The six stone tablets correspond to the inheritance of six Spirit Cultivator adults. These six inheritances are extremely crucial to you. Completing the entire inheritance ceremony will allow the six adults to awaken and save your planet. Inheritance is an extremely complex matter.
“So far, only you have activated the inheritance stone tablet I guard.
“Each of the six stone tablets has one hundred and twenty small stone tablets. When all the small stone tablets are pieced together, the door to inheritance will be triggered by a suitable candidate.
“Prior to this, three inheritance stone tablets have already been triggered. I am the fourth.
“Moreover, the inheritors of those three stone tablets have already sensed my awakening, which may bring you some trouble.”
Fu Jian suddenly said, “There has been a riot in the Psionic Capital. They have dispatched all the emergency forces and are rushing towards here, but don't worry.”
“That's what I mean.”
The illusory old man looked at Wangji Xuan with a smile:
“Therefore, you must now accept this inheritance, and even obtain the inheritance imprint in the shortest possible time and embark on the path to becoming a Spirit Cultivator, so as to offset the pressure brought by the previous three inheritance imprint holders.
“Don't hesitate, this is your chance to move towards an advanced civilization. Don't you want to gain more powerful power? Mysterious cultivator.”
“Of course I want to gain power, but…”
Wangji Xuan shook his head:
“I don't need to rely on other people's charity.
“And in this short exchange, you have told several lies.”
“Lied?” The illusory old man was a little puzzled, “Since I can refuse to answer you, why would I lie?”
“Do you think I would waste time trying to figure out your thoughts?”
Daoist Wang's eyes became sharper, staring directly at the illusory old man:
“First, you are not a quasi-mechanical thought entity based on the multiverse formula.
“You are life, a soul, an incomplete soul, and the spiritual light contained within you.
“Second, as long as you touch the stone tablet, it shouldn't just be the soul entering it.
“I sensed the power of spatial fluctuations.
“Obviously, letting the soul enter the spire is one way, and another way should be to let the whole body enter the spire.
“Third, what you just said about [completing the inheritance] and [awakening] contradict each other. Inheritance is to impart one's own knowledge or abilities, but you specifically mentioned awakening. In all likelihood, the six Spirit Cultivators have fallen into some troublesome situation, right?
“Do you need some sacrifices? Or, new bodies?”
The illusory old man was silent, his expression becoming blank.
Wangji Xuan snapped his fingers and said calmly, “I no longer expect you to tell the truth. You just want to trick me into going in and then use the things inside to deal with me. Now, I give you two choices…”
“No need.”
The illusory old man said indifferently:
“You are more difficult to deal with than I thought.
“However, of the three things you said, there is one that I did not deceive you about.
“You just want to get information from me, but you never thought about making a contribution to me. My response to you with lies is the punishment for your insincerity.
“I didn't do anything wrong.”
The old man suddenly gained a bit of majesty.
Wangji Xuan nodded: “So, there's no room for negotiation?”
“I will put the inheritance stone tablet into a dormant cycle, so as to avoid being contaminated by your filthy, evil, and ominous psionic energy!”
The illusory old man stared at Wangji Xuan:
“I am very curious about you, which is why I took the initiative to communicate with you.
“In fact, you missed a huge treasure, a treasure that could make you the master of the planet! You will become the sinner of this civilization, this planet!
“Since you reject my call, then this planet only needs to wait for death. You cannot resist the Blade Beasts, you simply do not know the true power of the Blade Beasts.”
The illusory old man sneered, seemingly wanting to continue speaking, but his facial expression suddenly froze.
He suddenly turned his head and looked at the spire projected from the stone wall behind him.
In the spire, a wisp of black energy was flying up and down, which seemed to be… a Flood Dragon…
“What did you do! Damn it!”
He roared, his body turning into a beam of light and crashing into the spire. All the light on the stone tablet quickly faded.
Before Wangji Xuan could react, the stone wall itself suddenly disintegrated into rectangular blocks, falling freely and scattering on the ground.
Is this the so-called dormant cycle?
There was no response to the injection of spiritual energy either.
A wisp of black energy floated in the air, condensing into a half-meter-long Flood Dragon, and returned to Wangji Xuan's shoulder.
Daoist Wang clicked his tongue with some regret: “What a pity, I only saw a little bit.”
Chief Chen hurriedly asked, “What did you see?”
“Very complicated,” Wangji Xuan looked at Fu Jian, who immediately understood.
Fu Jian said, “We'll discuss these later. Immediately scramble the order of these stone tablets and store them separately. The emergency forces of the Psionic Capital will arrive at the D5 border in an hour and a half. Deal with them first.”
A messenger's shout came from outside the warehouse door: “Commander! The Six Elders of the Psionic Capital have sent a communication request!”
Chief Chen tactfully suppressed his desire for knowledge.
“Let those six old bastards wait first! Wang Zheng, come with me,” Fu Jian instructed, “Loyal Wingman is responsible for collecting these things. Ordinary people with souls should not touch them.”
“Yes!”
…
In the off-road vehicle heading to the Governor's conference room.
“What did you discover?” Fu Jian asked.
“A lot of things.”
Wangji Xuan leaned back in the passenger seat, raising his hand to rub his brow:
“That old thing should be the remnant soul of a Spirit Cultivator. There is a large space inside the spire. Each floor is very large, with a total of eleven to thirteen floors. I only browsed half of it.
“The core of the spire is on the top floor. There is a stone coffin there, lying across a lake. That lake is a strange formation.
“The Spirit Cultivator should be inside the stone coffin, which is where the remnant soul is.
“I have seen similar stone coffins in the Fire Melting memory fragments, but the patterns of the two are different.
“The second floor from the top has two sets of walls that can be inlaid with crystal cores, as well as some other upper walls. I have seen such walls in Ji Xiao's memory… the core components of the psionic infusion ceremony.
“As for the things placed on the third and fourth floors, Lao Fu, you probably can't imagine.”
Fu Jian sneered, “You underestimate my psychological endurance too much.”
“Crystal cores, densely packed crystal cores! Each one is as big as a general-level Blade Beast crystal core, just spread out on one floor like that, stacked up and down for a dozen floors.”
“That's it?”
“Isn't that shocking enough! What a huge treasure!”
Wangji Xuan rubbed his nose:
“When I saw this scene, I couldn't help but be moved.”
"However, I'm certain that he wants to trick me into going to the spire and then kill me."
"Just below the two crystal core layers, I saw a group of gaunt figures. They looked like mummies, and some of them had already begun to awaken. They were probably prepared by this spiritual cultivator's remnant soul to eliminate us."
"Fortunately, I was cautious and secretly went to investigate... Otherwise, when these mummies fully awaken, a group of powerful psionicists might emerge."
Fu Jian was silent, constantly pondering.
The SUV reached the elevator platform and began to ascend at a steady speed.
They were heading to the Chief Executive's office on the first floor.
Wang Jixuan briefly summarized in his mind:
【The 'scientific name' for psionicists is spirit slaves. They are slaves developed by spiritual cultivators using psionic energy infusion.
The spiritual cultivator's inheritance stone slab should have six sides. The D5 war zone currently possesses one. The Psionic Capital conservatively has at least three. The Six Elders' biggest secret is this thing. The Psionic Capital is built upon the foundation of the spiritual cultivator's inheritance.
There might be three 'inheritors' chosen by the spiritual cultivator, but these three inheritors have never appeared. The Six Elders are merely powerful spirit slaves who have been pushed to the forefront.
Fire Melt, this kind of awakened psionicist, is inherently a high-level spirit slave.
Awakened psionicists possess powerful combat abilities and can utilize 100% or even 120% of the psionic energy within their bodies.
Spiritual cultivators represent a cultivation civilization completely different from immortal cultivators.】
However...
Wang Jixuan carefully compared the information again.
Assuming that those 'mummies' in the spire all possess strength like Fire Melt, then one inheritance stone slab would indeed have the capital to contend against a single pillar-level Blade Beast.
However, according to Wang Jixuan's perception, the psionic energy contained within these 'mummies' varies, and not all of them are S-level psionicists. Most are A-level, and they can't defeat a pillar-level Blade Beast swarm...
Ah, so that's why the spiritual cultivators established the Psionic Capital?
This is uncertain.
Blade Beasts and spiritual cultivators are mortal enemies;
Upon discovering a suspected spiritual cultivator, Blade Beasts immediately adopt a relentless, never-ending stance.
Next, if D5 withstands the onslaught of eight King-level Blade Beast clans, the Blade Beasts might continue to increase their forces until this 'suspected spiritual cultivator' is eliminated.
Things are starting to become clearer.
The answer to where the Blade Beasts come from is beginning to gradually emerge.
Wang Jixuan began to ponder how to escape the Blade Beasts' current pursuit...
For him, the best-case scenario would be to have the Blade Beasts target the Psionic Capital with full force...
Fu Jian主动 broke the silence in the car: "This information cannot be disclosed, otherwise it will cause panic. Spiritual cultivators and psionicists cannot become savior-like existences."
"Understood," Wang Jixuan simply stated the summary he had made in his mind.
Fu Jian nodded calmly, smiling wryly: "They are even so arrogant that they never consult with the front-line warriors who are truly fighting against the Blade Beasts about these things."
"Spiritual cultivators only want to cultivate spirit slaves. They may still be a slave-based society."
Wang Jixuan closed his eyes to rest:
"I'm not too clear about other spiritual cultivators, but the feeling this old man gives me... he's full of hot air and has no credibility at all.
"Old Fu, we need to take the initiative to counterattack next."
Fu Jian asked with interest: "How do we counterattack?"
"Blade Beasts and spiritual cultivators are mortal enemies. We need to exploit this point. Can the D5 war zone fight on two fronts?"
"Yes, but there will be some pressure, especially on the Blade Beast side. More King-level Blade Beast clans may join the attack against us later."
"I will try my best to help you."
Wang Jixuan said quickly:
"How about we take the initiative to sneak attack S-level psionicists and King-level Blade Beasts? I'm not comfortable with always passively defending."
"Sneak attack? Are you saying, using your sword array?"
"The sword array is just a means."
Wang Jixuan smiled:
"The spiritual cultivator reminded me that next, I will try to modify the Buddha Hall squad to improve their strength and let them besiege S-level psionicists, directly striking at the Six Elders' forces. Then I will go and kill Xing Dian. I will command the battle against the psionicists.
"The King-level Blade Beast swarm will be handed over to Ling Tong and Deep Sea, and you will command this side.
"The Blade Beast side requires large-scale operations, which I'm not good at, but I should be able to handle the psionicist side."
Fu Jian smiled: "Why, do I suddenly sense a fighting spirit in you that I haven't seen before?"
"Because I am a mysterious cultivator, representing a certain cultivation civilization!"
Wang Jixuan's eyes were full of brilliance:
"Perhaps influenced by the atmosphere of the fortress, I'm now bursting with collective honor.
"Spiritual cultivator civilizations do have unique aspects in some areas, such as the inheritance stone slab they created. It's a portal, connecting to a secret realm, which is also a subspace.
"If I defeat them, I might also be able to learn something from them and supplement my own shortcomings.
"This is very likely to increase my chances of success in facing that powerful enemy in the future!"
Fu Jian frowned and asked: "Do you also have a destined powerful enemy? Like the spiritual cultivators and Blade Beasts?"
"Ah, no, my powerful enemy has nothing to do with you guys."
Wang Jixuan pointed upwards:
"It's called Heaven, also called Mortal Fate. I want to fight it again."
Fu Jian chuckled: "You should fight the Six Elders first... Don't speak later, put on the helmet and stand behind me. Your task is to observe the Six Elders. If my consciousness collapses in the future, they will be handed over to you to deal with."
Wang Jixuan: ...
You, and you think you'll collapse?
If this Daoist priest were to abandon the principles of a righteous cultivator and use more extreme methods, refining your soul into a blood fiend puppet and refining your mechanical body into a magical treasure, I guarantee you could live longer than the combined lifespan of the Six Elders!
Squeak—
The SUV stopped steadily, and the office was ahead.
Wang Jixuan took the black helmet held by an autonomous mechanical guard and followed Fu Jian to face the Six Elders.
