Chapter 23: There are cheater in this game
"Cheating... I didn't think my real body would let someone who played around so easily."
[Of course not. From the information I can provide, the final battle won't result in your death. Only a few injuries will leave you on the edge of life and death. Otherwise, with Di Tian's nature, he wouldn't have toyed with you in the middle and the end of the fight.]
[Astrea simply views this as a foolish struggle by her opponent who thinks he can win. So he doesn't punish those who try to cheat in his chess game.]
"That's right." Elysium finally realized something odd.
He reflected on his behavior with Na'er and Tang Wulin in Aolai City. Although he planned to study them under the guise of helping them, he wondered why he chose to act as their wingman when other research methods existed. His choice now seemed inconsistent with his initial goal.
Elysium frowned as he thought about it. His brain thought quickly and utilized his mental abilities as he relaxed on Xiong Jun's back, speeding towards Eastsea City.
"From the first time I met Na'er, I seemed to be under the influence of something. Especially when I was invited to dinner at Tang Wulin's house, I chose to let the two of them get closer and force them to fall in love."
This approach wasn't wrong. He also wanted to see how soul beasts transformed into humans would respond to human civilization. But none of this was his priority.
He realized that being overwhelmed with work may have caused him to overlook his actions in the city, leading him to behave oddly and create chances for Na'er and Tang Wulin to get closer, though this wasn't part of his main objectives.
"So, was focusing on Tang Wulin and Na'er the intended result all along? The methods are clever, but what is truly being achieved here? Why go to such lengths just to match Tang Wulin with the Co-Leader of the soul beasts?" Elysium pondered, questioning the underlying purpose despite his outward amusement.
In fact, he praised the one who did all of this and wanted to directly ask why he wanted to force the two of them to fall in love.
"From what I understand, the person behind Tang Wulin likely wants to obtain the genes and offspring of the Co-Leader of Soul Beasts, who is definitely a dragon. Xiong Jun, what species is your former Co-Leader of the Soul Beast Clan?"
"It's a silver dragon king, sir. She has the ability to control the seven elements: fire, water, earth, wind, light, darkness, and space. She can control all of them freely, but not to the Ultimate level."
Xiong Jun looked at the Xingdou Great Forest with a sharp gaze and a sense of disgust, without any desire to return.
"The chosen one, what do you mean by using Tang Wulin and the silver dragon king to produce offspring? But it's impossible for someone to produce offspring from the silver dragon king bloodline. The dragon clan is known to have such a low fertility rate that they are almost impossible to produce offspring unless under special circumstances."
"Even Di Tian didn't have children despite having two wives, Bi Ji and Zi Ji. Over the past several thousand years, he's tried various methods, even using natural treasures and medicines developed by humans, but there's still no hope."
Oh? Elysium heard some interesting information. "I've seen this happen in some spiritualist civilizations. When a person's energy level reaches such a high level, their physical and mental state becomes closer to The Immaterium, making it nearly impossible to have children through conventional means."
But there's always a way. Many in the cultivator world and the magical world might use potions or natural treasures just like Di Tian, but that's the choice of their barbaric civilization. But for an advanced civilization, this isn't a problem at all.
He himself has many ways to bypass that restriction with some seed culture and cloning. If that still doesn't work, he can use gene modification technology to create a child with his exact genes.
You can even call him/her your children by then.
"No, that person definitely wanted the descendant of the Silver Dragon King. That's why he arranged for the Silver Dragon King and Tang Wulin to meet and fall in love," Elysium replied, opening his Temp-pad. He showed Xiong Jun all his analysis.
Xiong Jun read through the data slowly but soon noticed something strange about this child named Tang Wulin. A young child with a punching force of nearly half a ton and a martial spirit of blue silver grass.
Even as stupid as he was, he could still see the problem. More importantly, Elysium showed a video of Tang Wulin merging with his spirit soul.
"See the problem here? Whoever the person behind Tang Wulin is, he has the means to attract the Silver Dragon King and make her inherently have a good impression on him. I suspect that his genes have been modified to be closer to the dragon and even aligned to be closer to the dragon species. Right now, maybe he has become a hybrid of human and dragon and will become a full dragon in the future."
Xiong Jun nodded, understanding what the chosen one was saying. Basically, the soul beast clan was already in a cage and would not be able to break out of this game. Two great beings were playing a game and showing their schemes.
Unless one of them showed a desire to take the soul beast piece, the soul beast clan was doomed. Xiong Jun glanced at Elysium, who seemed unconcerned about the soul beast.
He even stated his intention to dissect soul beasts to examine their anatomy, physiology, and even behavior. He literally saw the soul beasts as intriguing experimental subjects.
Elysium put his Temp-Pad back down and looked at Eastsea City, already quite close. A city with blue as its main theme, boasting a strategic location on the coast.
There, he could start establishing his own base and planning everything. The world would soon welcome another organization that would shake things up. Shrek, Spirit Pagoda, and even Tang Sect—all the old and the cause of stagnation—he would destroy and rebuild them.
"The chosen one, should we go straight to Eastsea Academy right now? Or should we take a look at this new city?" Xiong Jun asked, gazing at the city, which looked vast and bustling with life.
His eyes were filled with hatred and a chilling coldness. Not because humans always slaughter soul beasts and take their soul rings and soul bones, but because this city is arrogant enough to not hold a grand welcoming event and make it their national holiday.
Look, the chosen one has arrived and you don't even know about it? What, you're using the excuse that you didn't know about it?
It's your problem, not ours.
At least there should be a grand celebration here, and everything should be of the highest quality. Xiong Jun unleashed his sky-tearing claw and prepared to destroy this city with one full sweep.
No one would know anyway, so it's not a problem.
"What are you doing? Put that stuff away." Elysium smacked this stupid bear with a secret agenda on his head. He looked hopeless when he saw the fanatical eye right there. "If you want to cause trouble, you'd better go back to the Xingdou Great Forest and never come out."
Xiong Jun shuddered and immediately retracted his sky-tearing claw. "Ahem, The Chosen One, I was just joking. Why should I care about something like a welcoming party and a national holiday because of your arrival? Trust me, I won't do anything weird."
Elysium rolled his eyes and ignored this troublemaker.