All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 93: Movement in the Four Directions

The journey was smooth. Zhanyue rarely had such an uneventful trip. Only when his feet touched the ground and he arrived at East Dream City did he snap out of his daze. This could be considered his first time abroad, setting foot on the soil of the Rising Sun Kingdom.

As the three great empires of the Eastern World, the Eastern Kingdom, Rising Sun, and Scorched Earth had also crossed swords in the past. But in the end, peace arrived. Now, the common people of the three kingdoms could freely visit the various cities of the three empires. Business and cultural exchanges had never been so frequent.

Although East Dream City, also a port city, couldn’t compare to the prosperity of Pearl City, it was still very lively. Especially since East Dream City had a huge ancient transmission array that could directly send people to Hundred Birds City in the west of the Rising Sun Kingdom.

The two cute little cats were very irritated in the spatial ring. Zhanyue also felt a bit distressed. Little Ink and Little Snow were two living beings. Being confined in the not-so-large ring was a huge torment for them. Somehow, Zhanyue thought of that cute yellow-furred rat from his previous world. It seemed it was also unwilling to enter the ball.

“When there’s no one around, I’ll let you out. Just bear with it for now,” Zhanyue said apologetically. Without much delay, he directly headed towards that ancient transmission array. But when he arrived there, he heard some bad news.

“The ancient transmission array will be sealed for three days. During these few days, this array will not be open to the public.” A notice was posted at the entrance of the formation hall, causing the people outside to wail, especially some merchants who still wanted to argue their case. After all, being late by a day risked breaking contracts. However, the Rising Sun Kingdom’s soldiers couldn’t be bothered with them and only focused on executing their orders.

“Just my luck. Right after Baizhi left, this place is sealed. Looks like it’s impossible to get to the Alchemy Capital ahead of her.” Zhanyue originally wanted to hurry and arrive first to investigate the situation in the Alchemy Capital. However, this prohibition order disrupted his plans. But he wasn’t worried. He could contact Baizhi at any time, and the illumination Goddess had long been waiting in the Alchemy Capital. If anything changed in the Alchemy Capital, even if he couldn’t make it in time, he could have the Goddess take action. Zhanyue was always cautious in his actions, not daring to be negligent.

Taking out pen and paper, he passed on the information that the transmission array could only be used after three days to Baizhi. Not long after, Zhanyue received a reply. In the letter, Baizhi comforted him not to be anxious. She had found out that the Golden Pill Elder had gone out to search for a seventh-grade medicinal ingredient and wasn’t in the Alchemy Capital. They still had plenty of time.

These past few days, as long as Baizhi had time alone, she would write to Zhanyue. It hadn’t been long since they parted, but the girl’s yearning had already turned into a thick stack of letters. Although the letters were all about some trivial matters, with occasional exchanges on the Alchemy Daoist, Zhanyue didn’t dare throw them away. He just secretly thought that even the most talented person, once falling in love, was no different from an ordinary girl. He found it hard to associate the cold and aloof eyes of the one who called herself the “first life” before with the girl now.

“The divine art left by Seniors Jade and Stone Twin Sages is indeed endlessly marvelous.” Zhanyue thought back to the previous trial. To think that the second checkpoint, the Kindred Heart Jade Wall, was solved in that way. This made Zhanyue view Baizhi in a new light. Zhanyue also thought, if he and the illumination Goddess went to tackle that checkpoint and opened visual sharing from the start, wouldn’t it be a piece of cake?

Although outsiders weren’t allowed to enter, Rising Sun Kingdom’s soldiers entered the transmission array one after another like ants.

“Are they transmitting troops to Hundred Birds City? What happened there?” Zhanyue furrowed his brows tightly. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find out any information. This was a military secret.

Returning to the city center, Zhanyue rented a room. He let the two little fellows out. They happily surveyed their surroundings, curiously observing this new world. The little black cat pointed at the door, its meaning couldn’t be clearer. It wanted to go out and play.

“That won’t do. You are demon beasts, different from the beasts of this world. If someone recognizes you, it will be trouble,” Zhanyue shook his head. The two little cats were demon beasts. They absorbed Demon coress and moonlight to cultivate. The beasts of this world absorbed the spiritual energy in the air and devoured spirit objects and flesh to cultivate. The methods were different, naturally the end results were also different. No matter what realm the beasts of this world cultivated to, they couldn’t transform. But demon beasts had the possibility of transformation. This was also the biggest difference between the two. The lineage of demon beasts had long been severed in this world.

“It’s fine. Even my perception can’t distinguish them from other beasts. Others have even less of a chance,” the illumination Goddess suddenly transmitted.

“Is that so?” Zhanyue revealed a smile. The two little cats were only fourth-level demon beasts and hadn’t entered the fifth level. As long as they didn’t enter the Profound Realm, they wouldn’t attract too much attention. In this world, the disparity in whether one could enter the Profound Realm was extremely large.

Zhanyue had already informed the illumination Goddess of everything that happened on Ghost Island. Even with the illumination Goddess’s knowledge, she was greatly shocked. However, Ghost Island and the Ghost Shark Clan were matters from a thousand years ago. At that time, she had long fallen. She knew nothing about this, let alone any information about the Human Heritage Realm. It could be seen that this information was firmly controlled by the Ghost Shark Clan.

“After you disappeared, I went to the so-called Black Whale Island to take a look. There was no way to find the path to Ghost Island at all. Ghost Island and the Ghost Shark Clan are probably extremely terrifying. It’s best to plan for the long-term and not think about telling a few strong people you know to take back the Human Heritage Realm. I have a premonition that the Ghost Shark Clan’s strength is very, very frightening.” This was the illumination Goddess’s advice to Zhanyue. Zhanyue naturally agreed and immediately acted as if Ghost Island didn’t exist, no longer thinking about those matters.

Taking the two little cats out of the room, the two little fellows followed at Zhanyue’s feet, looking around with great curiosity. A world with so many people, so many strange buildings, were all things they had never seen before.

The two fourth-level beasts indeed didn’t cause any commotion. Just that the two cute little fellows still attracted a few more glances from passersby. Some people even wanted to pay money to buy them. Although they weren’t of much use, who wouldn’t like such cute pets?

“Oh! Third Grandpa, those two little cats are so cute! How come I haven’t seen them in the Myriad Beasts Illustrated Handbook? Are they spirit beasts?” A pleasant and lively voice rang out. Zhanyue furrowed his brows. He felt a terrifying power observing him. That definitely wasn’t the power a Profound practitioner should have. A Spirit God powerhouse? “Not good, trouble!” Zhanyue somewhat regretted bringing the two little things out. Although others couldn’t see through their demon beast identity and bloodline, they were good-looking! Cute! Their lethality to some people was even greater than any formidable beast.

Speaking of Zhanyue encountering trouble, in an extremely secret place, in an underground palace, once again, all the Nightmare Lords gathered together.

“I said back then to directly kill that girl who is the Light Contractor and eliminate future troubles. But Strategist disagreed and instead used the scheme of poisoning. Now others have found a way to suppress the poison’s toxicity, and her realm is rapidly advancing. If not for the news from Night Lord’s side, we wouldn’t even know. Although Strategist has countless strategys, there are still times when he makes mistakes.” A Lord snorted coldly. Among the Lords, he could be considered a die-hard loyalist of the Corpse Emperor and looked down on Strategist’s faction, disdaining the other Lords’ appearance of taking Strategist as their leader.

“Well said, but not very well.” The Nightmare Lord named Strategist appeared last. With just a sweep of his eyes, that Lord shivered with cold.

“That move back then was a key move. You couldn’t see through it. I don’t blame you,” Strategist said indifferently.

“Please enlighten us, Strategist!” That Lord asked, unsatisfied. He wanted to know how Strategist would explain. Now the Holy Light Maiden could suppress the Chilling Poison and would become a major headache for their Nightmare Race in the future.

“Although killing the Holy Light Maiden could eliminate a major headache, you should know that the illumination Goddess’s power isn’t only because she is the Light Contractor. You underestimate the illumination Goddess too much. Besides, I deliberately used the Chilling Poison and spared the Holy Light Maiden’s life to burden the Human Race. They naturally couldn’t bear to give up on the Holy Light Maiden and would definitely waste a lot of their manpower and resources, all for naught in the end.” Strategist said.

“What about now? Now they’ve found a way to suppress the Chilling Poison. What do you say?” That Lord pressed, not giving any face. Strategist couldn’t be wrong, but now seemed to be an important opportunity to break this notion.

“What do I say?” Strategist turned to look at that Lord and said coldly, “Rather than the Holy Light Maiden, I’m more concerned about who suppressed that Chilling Poison or what method they provided. That poison was personally concocted by me. You should all know how formidable it is. Now that it has been suppressed, almost cracked, there are only three possibilities. One, the Holy Light Maiden cultivated the divine-grade technique of the illumination Goddess from back then. Two, the Human Race recovered the illumination Goddess’s supreme treasure, the Sun God Stone. Three, there exists someone with strength not inferior to the illumination Goddess who suppressed the Chilling Poison for her. Isn’t this an extremely important piece of information? Regardless of which situation it is, it says one thing – we underestimated the Human Race.”

The Lords shivered with cold. Indeed, who solved the Holy Maiden’s Chilling Poison was a more important question. Was the illumination Goddess really dead? Had the Sun God Stone appeared in the world? Did the Human Race still have hidden powerhouses? All of this seemed to be behind this question.

“Strategist is wise!” Everyone couldn’t help but feel convinced. Not killing the Holy Light Maiden, but obtaining such important intelligence, he had schemed very far.

“Have Night Lord continue to investigate the Holy Light Maiden’s matter. I want to see which situation it is. If the illumination Goddess is really still alive, then all our plans will have to change. Let’s hope they only found the illumination Goddess’s Sun God Stone to suppress the Chilling Poison and not the other two situations.” Strategist sighed.

Everyone was clear about what the other two situations meant. If they only found the Sun God Stone and suppressed the Chilling Poison, that would still be fine. If it was the other two situations, it meant either the illumination Goddess was still alive or the Human Race still had hidden experts as powerful as the illumination Goddess. For them, both would be huge changes.