Chapter 377 Plotting to Assassinate the Lord of the Divine Seal 1
Shenzhao seemed to want to use his words as a striking opening line, but neither Yuchi nor I gave any particular reaction to it.
Seeing this, he said, somewhat puzzled, "Aren't you surprised at all?"
“What do you mean by ‘surprised’…” Yu Chi said, “But didn’t you attack the Lord of the Divine Seal as soon as you entered the Void Realm? You just didn’t succeed.”
That opening line wouldn't be surprising coming from Shenzhao's mouth, or even from most of the Void Realm Apostles.
Among the seven Void Realm Apostles, excluding the number seven whose stance is uncertain, there are either those like me and Xiaowan who never intended to serve the Lord of the Divine Seal and might even oppose him in some ways; or those like Xuanming and Xugou who have already been smearing the Lord of the Divine Seal from the outside; and there is also Shenzhao who openly wants to kill the Lord of the Divine Seal.
Even Yuchi, I feel his attitude is the kind that says, "It doesn't matter whether the Lord of the Divine Seal is alive or dead, but it would be better if he were dead to save us trouble." To be honest, I think Xiaowan might have similar thoughts.
In this light, these are not the seven apostles of the Lord of the Seal, but rather six traitors plus one character of unclear significance.
If I were the Lord of the Divine Seal, I might already be considering whether it would be better to replace him with a different group of people.
“Hmm… alright,” Shenzhao said. “In that case, let’s jump straight into the details. But before that…”
As he spoke, he reached out and summoned a covered wooden box from where there was nothing.
He casually opened the lid, and at the same time, I felt the fragments of the divine seal in my consciousness vibrate slightly.
Inside the wooden box were three fragments of a divine seal.
The divine light looked at me.
"I don't know if you remember, but I promised in the Void Realm that anyone who came to the Luoshan headquarters before the next Void Realm gathering and took the initiative to find me would receive a fragment of a divine seal. And if you were the one who came, I would give you three fragments." Shenzhao raised his head and said, "Although you probably didn't come to the Luoshan headquarters to find me, and you didn't take the initiative to find me this time, I'm not a stingy person, and I won't compromise on my promise because of that."
"I've already given Yuchi his share of the divine seal fragment; now I'm only missing yours. Here, this is yours."
Aside from the Divine Seal fragment I accidentally found in the basement on the fifteenth floor that made me an Apostle of the Void Realm, I only obtained one Divine Seal fragment from Dr. Silver Mask at the Humanitarian Division's secret outpost. Now, however, there are three Divine Seal fragments right in front of me, which I can obtain without any effort.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, and it's precisely at times like these that we need to be extra cautious.
I didn't reach for them immediately. Instead, I examined them carefully first and then asked, "Aren't these three divine seal fragments bound to you?"
“No. If we ‘Virtual Realm Apostles’ come into contact with the unclaimed divine seal fragments, we will automatically form a binding relationship with them; but conversely, as long as we do not come into contact with them, they can remain unclaimed indefinitely,” Shenzhao said. “The Lord of the Divine Seals probably isn’t so naive as to think that he can reclaim all the divine seal fragments from us by using the method of ‘exchanging divine seal fragments for knowledge and information.’”
"He most likely plans to use the binding relationship between us and the Divine Seal Fragments to forcibly reclaim all the Divine Seal Fragments we possess in the final stage. I suggest that you do not bind all of these three Divine Seal Fragments after you obtain them; keep at least one or two for unforeseen circumstances."
"I will." I was still examining the three fragments of the divine seal.
Seeing my attitude, the deity continued, "Do you feel that you cannot accept a gift without having done something right, and do not want to accept my gift rashly? Then consider it my apology for stopping you in the matter of fate and corruption."
"Actually, I didn't collect these three divine seal fragments myself. They were transferred to me by Mingzhuo. He had his divine seal fragments stolen by Xuanming in the past. Perhaps he felt that keeping the extra divine seal fragments in his hands would bring trouble, so he simply transferred all the remaining divine seal fragments to me. I was indebted to him in everyone's eyes, which is why I had to help him before."
He seems to be somewhat concerned about saving face, and also wants to repair our relationship.
To be honest, I don't care about what happened back then anymore. If he hadn't brought it up specifically, I probably wouldn't have thought about it.
"A complete divine seal can also be used to remove the lifespan limit of the Life Impurity... and he's actually willing to transfer all of his divine seal fragments?" I asked.
"So many Great Impermanences are collecting fragments of the Divine Seal, so he probably knows very well that he can't get all the fragments from the other Great Impermanences within ten years; we won't give him the opportunity to obtain the complete Divine Seal just to prolong his lifespan." Shenzhao said dismissively, "In fact, there is also a huge controversy within us about who should be the one to make a wish using the complete Divine Seal in the final stage."
"Even if we take a step back, it wouldn't be impossible to consider someone as foolish as Fazheng, or even a divination master would be barely acceptable... Let's just forget about Mingzhuo."
It seems that Mingzhuo's interpersonal relationships with the Great Impermanence are indeed not very good, while Fazheng's evaluation of Shenzhao is unexpectedly high. These two people should have contradictory thoughts.
"Those who act justly will find many supporters, while those who act unjustly will find few..." I seem to have gained a new understanding of this saying that I had heard before.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony."
After observation and reflection, I accepted the three fragments of the divine seal.
While he probably wanted to repair our relationship with those three divine seal fragments, that's certainly not the whole story. Something of that magnitude wouldn't justify such a huge price. He probably still wanted to pave the way for his next demands, such as asking me how I single-handedly invaded the Void Realm.
As the saying goes, "He who eats another's food is bound to him, and he who takes another's gift is bound to him," and I'm not so thick-skinned as to ignore this kind of preamble, but I've already prepared my answer. Whether he'll be satisfied with my reply is his business.
As Shenzhao instructed, I did not touch the three fragments of the divine seal directly. Instead, I grabbed the wooden box and sealed the lid first.
"So... how do you plan to kill the Lord of the Divine Seal?"
Yu Chi finally joined the conversation. He didn't use a very respectful tone, but looked directly at Shen Zhao and asked directly, "Although you can use magic in the virtual realm, didn't your last attempt end in failure?"
"The Lord of the Divine Seal is clearly a super being above the Great Impermanence level. To use our terminology, he has at least pushed open the third gate, much like the Old Fist God. Judging from his reaction when you asked him a question last time, he even knows about the existence of the fourth gate and has mastered the method to break through it. How can such a monster be killed?"
I also raised my own question: "I'm very concerned about that too, and ultimately... how do you use magic in the virtual realm?"
“Let me answer Zhuang Cheng’s question first,” Shenzhao said. “How to use magic power in the virtual realm? The answer is actually quite simple: ‘Properly align the heavens and the earth.’”
Upon hearing this, the first thing that came to my mind was the small bowl.
Other Void Realm Apostles are unable to use special powers within the Void Realm. Besides Shenzhao, only Xiaowan is capable of doing so. While Xiaowan's ability to use special powers is more accurately described as limited to special perception, it's worth noting that in the Void Realm, a place so treacherous, even my own thermal perception is impossible to utilize. The fact that I can even perform special perception is already quite extraordinary.
The small bowl is the owner of the correct position of Heaven and Earth.
"I see..." Yuchi seemed to understand the reasoning behind it.
Shenzhao added: "Strictly speaking, in addition to the proper alignment of Heaven and Earth, it is also necessary to combine the power of the Divine Seal fragments. However, the power of the Divine Seal fragments is something that we can all use, so there is no need to say more about this."
"No, I can't use it yet..." I said in my mind, and Yuchi nodded understandingly.
“At first, I didn’t know how to use magic in the virtual realm until I saw number two,” Shenzhao said. “I noticed that she seemed to have special perception, and coincidentally, I have a deeper understanding of the true position of the heavens and earth than ordinary people, so I immediately judged where her perception came from and got a direction from it.”
"The correct Dharma of Heaven and Earth is different from our Dharma of Heaven and Earth of Great Impermanence. The latter uses its own powerful force to compel the heavens and earth to respond to us, and when used actively, it can even forcibly dominate the region it is in. This is a way of bullying the weak, so it will lose its effect when it is in a 'stronger environment' that does not accept this."
"The former is closer to the original meaning of the phrase 'following the laws of heaven and earth.' The so-called 'following the laws of heaven and earth' means emulating heaven and imitating earth, which is the way for the weak to adapt to their environment and survive. Although it is far inferior to the 'following the laws of heaven and earth' of the Great Impermanence, it can do things that the 'following the laws of heaven and earth' of the Great Impermanence cannot do when facing a 'stronger environment.'"
"But how are you able to use the proper alignment of heaven and earth?" I wondered.
Both the Great Impermanence Dharma Heaven and Earth and the Correct Position Dharma Heaven and Earth are Dharma Heaven and Earth, so out of curiosity, I also tried to see if I could use the Correct Position Dharma Heaven and Earth, but the result ended in failure. The Correct Position Dharma Heaven and Earth is the path of the weak, or you could say it is a kind of humanistic power, so for the Great Impermanence who has become strong and is like a god, perhaps it is impossible to learn it later in life... That was my original thought.
Now it seems like I might have a chance?
"Could it be that the correct orientation of the heavens and earth can be mastered through training?" I asked.
(End of this chapter)
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