Chapter 230 Asaho's Alertness

Although I am a superpowered person, I lived a peaceful life before this, and Asaha knew that. She probably always thought of herself as the culprit who disrupted my daily life, and now that she knows I was truly immune to strange events before, I wonder what she will think.

She didn't interrupt, but just watched me silently.

Fu Feng continued, "...This characteristic of being able to ward off evil spirits usually only appears in those who are Great Impermanence or those who have the qualifications of Great Impermanence. Of course, there are exceptions. A few people who are particularly powerful and have achieved the Great Completion rank, as well as those who are born with special luck, may also experience the phenomenon of being able to ward off evil spirits."

I could only continue the conversation: "So, this alone isn't enough to determine if someone is qualified as a Great Impermanence?"

"Of course, there are other characteristics that may appear on those qualified as Great Impermanence..."

Just as Fufeng was about to continue explaining, a demon hunter in a white uniform approached from a distance. His eyes lit up immediately upon seeing us, and he quickly ran to Fufeng.

"What happened?" Fu Feng asked immediately.

"Some outsiders have captured members of the Humanitarian Division and brought them here," the Witcher said with a strange expression.

"The Humanitarian Affairs Department... that's a good thing, but why do you have that expression?" Fu Feng asked curiously.

"That foreign impermanence... calls himself 'Winter Chariot'."

As I answered, the Witcher was still looking at me and Mazao, seemingly wondering who we two were who had suddenly appeared next to the base's highest administrator.

With the power of the nameless pendant, neither Mazao nor I need to worry about being recognized by passersby.

"Dongche?" Fufeng frowned. "He just arrived?"

“Yes, it happened right when you went out just now,” the Witcher replied.

Fu Feng turned to look at me, his brows furrowing even deeper, and muttered to himself, "Could it be that we've been tricked by the fortune teller...?"

"Who are Dongche and Gua Tianshi?" I asked curiously.

Fu Feng first ordered the demon hunter to leave, then explained to me, "The Divination Master is the Great Impermanence who supports the transcendentalism. As his name suggests, he is proficient in divination and has the ability to see into the past and future. Dong Che is his one and only disciple."

After he said that, I immediately understood why he was frowning.

The mastermind behind the sharpshooter, Da Wuchang, is likely a transcendentalist, meaning he might be the same Da Wuchang known as Gua Tianshi. And just as Fufeng was leading us to the base, Gua Tianshi's apprentice, Dongche, suddenly visited, making it hard not to suspect he was there for me and Mazao.

Of course, unlike me, who was unaware of the true identity of the Great Impermanence behind the Divine Spear, Fufeng, as Fazheng's confidant, was likely to know the other party's true identity.

The ability of the Great Impermanence to see into the past and future is far more troublesome for me and Mazao than simply having superior strength... While remaining vigilant, I directly asked, "Is this Divination Master the Great Impermanence behind the Divine Spear?"

“I’m sorry, Fazheng instructed me not to tell you who the other party is. Even if I told you who it isn’t, it wouldn’t work. After all, there are only four Great Impermanences in the Extraordinary Sect. Telling you who it isn’t is equivalent to helping you use the process of elimination to pinpoint who it is,” Fufeng said.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked.

"Have you forgotten what you did before? Of course, it was to prevent you from coming directly to our door." He said helplessly, "I can't understand why you would do something like issuing a challenge to the Great Impermanence, but I've seen people as crazy as you over the past few hundred years, so I can somewhat figure out what you're thinking."

"Judging from the fact that you are willing to hide in our base, you are at least somewhat rational. However, you probably think this way: hiding in this base is just an expedient measure to get out of the predicament of the enemy being in the dark and us being in the light. Once you lock onto the target's true identity and gain the initiative to attack, you don't want to endure even a second longer. You must break into the enemy's home as soon as possible and cause chaos."

"You are a highly promising candidate for the Great Impermanence position. Whatever grudges or resentments you may have, you can deal with them after you become the Great Impermanence. Wouldn't that be better?"

"Although I don't know exactly how you see me, let me make this clear beforehand: I'm not as crazy as you make me out to be," I said.

"So you're saying you don't intend to do what I said?" he countered.

I chose to change the subject: "...Let's continue talking about the Divination Master and the Winter Cart."

Fu Feng sighed and continued, "Although Dong Che is the disciple of the Divination Master, he is a proponent of social order."

"My master is a transcendentalist, but I am a politician?" I was surprised.

"Yes. It's said that Dongche is kind-hearted, believes that the transcendentalism is inherently evil, and his disgust for it grows stronger every day. Finally, one day he couldn't bear it anymore and left the Gua Tianshi's tutelage, turning to the pacifist school... That's the official story," Fufeng said. "But the problem is that the Gua Tianshi still publicly claims that Dongche is his disciple and is ready to welcome him back at any time. That's the Great Impermanence who can see the past and the future; his prestige transcends positions and ideologies. Countless demon hunters dream of becoming his disciples."

"Many socialite witchers ask themselves honestly that they cannot resist such a huge temptation. Therefore, in their eyes, Wintercart is likely a traitor within the socialite faction and is not well-liked by them... In fact, I think so myself."

"I see." It's not that I can't understand it.

"Besides... Dongche is too young. Nobody knows whether his switch to a conservative ideology is genuine or just a rebellious act of running away from home," he said.

"Young?" I asked.

He was about to continue explaining when he suddenly paused and said, "Speak of the devil, and he appears."

No sooner had I finished speaking than I saw a figure emerge from around the corner on the other side of the passage.

As soon as the figure saw us, it smiled happily, waved vigorously, and then jogged over to us.

And I also got a clear look at his appearance.

This is a slender boy of about fourteen years old. He has rare snow-white hair, delicate and lovely features, and is dressed in a white ancient-style robe.

I sensed the other party's magical energy fluctuations; the strength was above the Master level but below the Great Completion level. I haven't seen many Demon Hunters at the Completion level, so I figured he was one. Combining this with Fu Feng's words, he must be "Dong Che." I didn't expect him to be such a young, beautiful boy with a girlish appearance. To have reached the limit of a Demon Hunter at such a young age, no wonder he's Da Wuchang's disciple.

Zhu Shi's rambling last time, "A handsome young boy can look almost like a little girl if he dresses up a bit," must have been referring to this type, I thought casually.

"--Um?"

For some reason, Mazao suddenly made a mysterious, alert sound and moved closer to me.

(End of this chapter)