259: The emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is.

Chapter 259: The Emperor Isn't Anxious, But the Eunuch Is

Wu Xian pondered for a moment, then decided to ask Xu Cunxin about the Upper Realm.

After all, Xu Cunxin could be considered to have half Upper Realm blood.

“Speaking of which, how much do you know about the Upper Realm?” Wu Xian asked seriously.

Xu Cunxin paused slightly, hatred flickering in her eyes. “Is Revered Master interested in the Upper Realm?”

“Something like that,” Wu Xian nodded with a smile. “I inadvertently offended an Upper Realm dog earlier, and now that dog is bothering me quite a bit. You and I, as Revered Master and Disciple, can be considered to be united against a common enemy.”

“An Upper Realm dog?” Xu Cunxin was puzzled.

“A small Family in Tianfeng Province, said to be a dog raised by a certain big shot in the Upper Realm…” Wu Xian briefly outlined the situation of the Wang Family.

“I see,” Xu Cunxin finally understood. “Disciple’s knowledge of the Upper Realm is limited. What does Revered Master wish to know?”

Wu Xian pondered and asked, “Are those people the same as us, or is there some fundamental difference?”

“There is no difference whatsoever, only a difference in terms of power.”

“Are they… very strong?”

“Some are strong, some are weak,” Xu Cunxin said. “At least my enemy is very strong.”

“Compared to the current Three True Gods?”

“It’s hard to say,” Xu Cunxin analyzed. “The most top-tier individuals in the Upper Realm also control the power of a God. It can be said that, besides not being recognized by the Dao of Heaven and Earth, they possess all the power that a True God has.”

“That ruthless?” Wu Xian was secretly startled. “Then how did they acquire such power?”

Xu Cunxin shook her head blankly. “They seem to be refining the power of scrolls and Divinity Factors, similar to… the way alien monsters devour painting spirits to improve.”

“Is that how it works?” Wu Xian understood. “If so, why haven’t they received the recognition of the Dao of Heaven and Earth?”

“We humans are not quite the same as alien beings,” Xu Cunxin said. “Otherwise, there would have been no need to develop the extraordinary scroll system.”

Wu Xian was puzzled: “How are we different?”

“I’m not sure,” Xu Cunxin shook her head, “but the most direct manifestation is that after humans improve through this method, their own spiritual structure’s resistance to distorted pollution will become weaker and weaker. This is also the fundamental reason why they are holed up in the Upper Realm and unwilling to come down.”

“I see.”

Wu Xian suddenly understood and couldn’t help but have various questions about the underlying logic of this world.

The current extraordinary scroll system was like a “ A helpless choice” (choice made out of helplessness).

Because humans are not suitable for directly absorbing spiritual substances and Divine Power substances for improvement, they are forced to split the process of pursuing top-tier power into two parts: divine scrolls and scrolls.

Theoretically, when a divine scroll condenses to a certain extent and a scroll terminal develops to a certain degree, the combination of the two can also forge a True God.

It’s just that, so far, the development of the scroll terminal is still a bit lacking.

Conversely, in terms of divine scrolls, due to the emergence of various Divine Domains, Godhood has already begun to appear.

“What about the Heretical Scroll Masters?” Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

“The same,” Xu Cunxin said with a smile. “It’s just that they have completely abandoned themselves and fully embraced the erosion of distorted power.”

Wu Xian smiled knowingly.

It seemed that the people in the Upper Realm still had some “bottom line”… Back at the small villa in the North District, after some reflection, he continued his various research.

Hero Tower has become the focus of public opinion at the moment.

Especially after the major T4 big shots all suffered setbacks, it pushed the popularity to another level.

It was originally thought that with the T4 big shots of yesteryear making their move, it would be easy to clear the thirty-fifth floor, but the result stunned all sectors of society.

One must know that these current T4 big shots were all Seniors who had cleared the thirtieth floor many years ago, and their strength had been continuously improving over the years.

To put it bluntly, it wasn’t that they could only reach the thirtieth floor, but that Hero Tower had always only had thirty floors at most.

But now, many big shots have suffered setbacks one after another. Let alone the thirty-fifth floor, currently only one person has reached the thirty-third floor, and the other big shots are basically stuck on the thirty-first and thirty-second floors.

This has made all sectors of society intensely curious about the difficulty of Hero Tower above the thirtieth floor.

Discussions about this issue were everywhere online.

“What the heck? Is the difficulty jump above the thirtieth floor that big?”

“Maybe the big shots are still in the pioneering stage and haven’t adapted yet?”

“Didn’t a T4 big shot just post a message? Saying that above the thirtieth floor is an Undead System Domain copy, and it’s very difficult to deal with without targeted top-tier scrolls.”

“Currently, only a few big shots who specialize in dealing with the Undead System have achieved relatively good results.”

“Undead System? Don’t tell me ‘Undying Spirit’ also affects the Hero Tower copy?”

“Uh, no, that’s not the case. If it really had an effect, the big shots would be completely unable to play.”

“Don’t you know some common sense? A Domain copy is equivalent to a small independent world of Law and is not affected by the Abyssal Demon Lord.”

“Tsk~ I wonder who created this Undead System Domain Scroll?”

“Perhaps a Great Master from the Undead Dojo?”

“I wouldn’t be so sure. This update clearly came from Tianfeng Province, so it’s likely an Undead System scroll master from Tianfeng Province.”

“I really want to experience the difficulty of the thirty-first floor of Hero Tower.”

“Too bad I can’t even get past the twentieth floor yet.”

“Let’s still pay attention to the situation in the alien worlds. Now, the three major alien worlds are almost unplayable.”

“By the way, does anyone in your Family still have surplus food? Damn it, the supermarkets have been emptied.”

“Please, my child has been hungry for a day.”

“The price of grain has indeed risen ridiculously recently. Only some grain-producing cities are in a better situation.”

“No choice. With the inter-city spatial passages sealed, the circulation of goods will inevitably be affected.”

…Wu Xian, of course, also noticed this problem.

Yaoyang City was naturally as stable as an old dog. Now, the seven Earth God Temple Farms were growing larger and larger, and food production had begun to be fully in surplus.

It’s just that due to the blockade of the inter-city spatial passages, the surplus grain could not be sold.

City Lord Chen Shilong had already dispatched a grain transport team to support the surrounding brother cities.

At this moment, he was discussing with Wu Xian whether to take this opportunity to expand the Earth God Temple Farms to several surrounding cities.

“Are the surrounding cities also independently autonomous?” Wu Xian asked.

“Exactly,” Chen Shilong said noncommittally. “Our several brother cities were among the first batch of cities established during the era of disaster and have always been troubled by food issues.”

“Then that can be considered.” Wu Xian nodded thoughtfully. “I’ll trouble you to negotiate and liaise with them.”

Although the Earth God Temple could collect incense and faith, the current priority was stability, focusing on these independently autonomous cities.

His intuition told him that those new cities under the government system definitely had problems.

If Earth God Temples were established there, it would likely attract the attention and high concern of the Upper Realm.

There was no need to think; the struggle for incense and faith, and the struggle for believers, would inevitably touch upon the core interests of the Upper Realm.

“By the way, has the Wang Family made any subsequent moves?” Wu Xian asked.

“Not yet,” Chen Shilong said with a smile. “However, they have been indirectly inquiring about our situation, probably waiting for me to go and beg for mercy, right?”

…Tianfeng Province, Divine Dog Club.

Wang Zhi had been in a very bad mood recently, partly because Yaoyang City had been slow to react, and partly because of the sudden birth of the “Three Gods.”

As his Revered Master’s beloved dog, he naturally stood on the side of the Upper Realm.

After all, the appearance of the Three Gods from the alien worlds was definitely not a good thing for the Upper Realm.

“Damn you alien demons, do you even deserve to become Gods?”

At this moment, he felt somewhat like the emperor wasn’t anxious, but the eunuch was.