387: The reaction of bronze fragments

The stream was constantly filled with floating bullet comments.

Wan Lin also fell into contemplation.

The information was not very clear.

This Time Bu Ge was only asking the Senior beside him, but that Senior would not reveal everything in detail, and perhaps the Senior himself did not know the whole picture.

Furthermore, when relayed by This Time Bu Ge, there would be further distortion of the information.

“The Sage Emperor mentioned by the Yao Race outside the wall is a Great Yao; this point should be undeniable, as he is the ancestor who created the Yao Race Body Tempering Method. There’s no way they could be mistaken.”

Wan Lin thought for a moment and said, “It is possible that this Sage Emperor has some connection with the Sage Emperor of the Burial Emperor Star, but they are not the same person.”

[It doesn't matter. We are players anyway. Even if the Legacy we accept has problems, we can just Rebirth once and fix it.]

[Exactly. Others might have scruples, but Wan Lin, you are a Mortal account, so you shouldn't be afraid, right?]

[Find the Legacy, start cultivating, and then tell us the results. Perfect!]

Watching the bullet comments, Wan Lin's mouth twitched.

The viewers were speaking the truth.

A native of a normal Xuanhuan World would not immediately accept a Legacy upon finding it; instead, they would consider whether there were any hidden issues.

Currently, everyone knew that the Sage Emperor seemed to have some problems. The Sage Emperor of the Prison Land and the Sage Emperor of the Burial Emperor Star seemed to be connected, and the latter also appeared to have come into contact with “science.”

No matter how one looked at it, this Sage Emperor seemed problematic, and the Legacy he left behind could not be considered completely harmless.

However... as a player, dying and restarting would wash away all negative effects or methods used on him.

Therefore, Wan Lin was not afraid at all.

He looked directly at the chunk of meat and asked:

“Let’s stop talking about the Sage Emperor for now. Let’s look at these chunks of meat again. How do we obtain the Legacy from them?”

This Time Bu Ge sent an Advanced bullet comment, which was extremely eye-catching:

[According to the Senior, the Legacy left by the Sage Emperor on the Burial Emperor Star was destroyed a long time ago. It seems a famous Righteous Path Sect was responsible for handling it, which is rather strange... In short, the relevant records are not clear.]

[We only roughly know that there would be many chunks of meat capable of communicating with people, and they would voluntarily inform people of the method to inherit the Legacy.]

“But the chunks of meat here can’t communicate at all.”

Wan Lin waited for a long time, even suppressing his nausea to actively touch the meat chunk, but he still couldn't communicate with it.

Bullet comments continued to float across the stream.

After waiting for some more time.

This Time Bu Ge once again sent an Advanced bullet comment:

[I cannot get any more intelligence from the Senior.]

[But our Baiji Pavilion discussed it. Based on the rumors about the Sage Emperor and the carvings left by predecessors that we saw previously,]

[We speculate that the method to obtain the Legacy in this stage is... mating.]

“Huh?”

Wan Lin widened his eyes... After This Time Bu Ge sent the message to Wan Lin, he continued watching the stream.

He saw a face contorted in distress, and players who loved chaos giving tips to Wan Lin one after another.

After waiting for a long time, Wan Lin still hadn't made up his mind and was stuck in a stalemate.

This Time Bu Ge simply stopped watching the stream, planning to check the replay later to see the result.

He was currently following four Guards, resting at a temporary outpost in the wilderness.

Although called an outpost, it was actually a basin formed by tall sandstone walls. Only the six of them were there, with no outsiders.

Ye Hei lit a bonfire and used a small knife to prepare a wild rabbit.

The four Guards seemed quite idle and had nothing else to do.

It was precisely in this idle state that This Time Bu Ge was able to glean quite a bit of intelligence about the Sage Emperor from Guard Qing.

This Time Bu Ge finally sighed with emotion:

“Are these methods of obtaining the Legacy too bizarre? I really don’t know what kind of mentality the powerhouse who left the Legacy had.”

Guard Mo glanced at him and said:

“Some Dao Lineages are difficult to pass down using conventional means, so they can only resort to unorthodox methods to leave them for future generations. The transmission is very difficult, but ultimately, it must be continued.”

“A powerhouse who can leave behind an eternal Dao Lineage Legacy spanning ten thousand years would not design bizarre trials just to watch the expressions of later generations.”

This Time Bu Ge nodded: “That’s true. I underestimated the powerhouse.”

Guard Chi next to him interjected:

“It’s not underestimation; it’s incomprehension.”

“When cultivation reaches the highest levels, people become detached, gradually losing their humanity and becoming High Cultivators that no one can fathom. Their emotions, thoughts, actions... everything is different from us Low Cultivators.”

“Some High Cultivators think about leaving a Legacy and passing down their Dao Lineage before their lifespan ends.”

“But there are also High Cultivators who completely disregard the continuation of the Dao Lineage, thinking only of themselves and dreaming of living another lifetime.”

Guard Chi looked toward This Time Bu Ge and said coldly:

“So, regarding the Sacred Emperor Mountain you mentioned earlier, who can say whether the method there is a Dao Lineage Legacy for future generations or a contingency plan set up for his own revival?”

“Enough, stop talking about this matter.”

Guard Qing interrupted: “Do not recklessly speculate about High Cultivators.”

He stretched out his hand and pointed toward the sky, then stopped speaking.

Regardless of whether the Sage Emperor of the Prison Land was the Sage Emperor of the Burial Emperor Star, it was not strange for a powerhouse who once stood at the peak and had hopes of challenging for the Emperor position to leave behind any kind of contingency plan.

Such a figure—his topics—were something they dared not even touch upon.

“Don’t you all find it strange?”

Guard Tu, who was usually silent, suddenly spoke: “When the Patriarch took the Young Master away, he didn't instruct us to do anything.”

The other three Guards frowned.

“Are you saying this was just an impromptu decision?”

“But the time has been far too long...”

“This concerns the Dragon descendant...”

The four Guards discussed it, and Guard Qing, who was best at perception, was sent to investigate.

Before they knew it, several more days had passed, and there was still no reply.

The remaining Guards became restless. They took This Time Bu Ge and Ye Hei and cautiously began exploring.

An invisible pressure enveloped everyone.

This pressure lasted for three days until everyone discovered Guard Qing’s corpse.

He was lying on the yellow sand. His death was not gruesome; he was simply broken into several pieces, dying more neatly than most Cultivators.

Guard Mo went up with a dark expression to check the cause of death.

“There are obvious bite marks. Did he run into a Yao Beast?”

“Are you kidding? There are absolutely no Yao Beasts above the fifth rank in this wilderness.”

“Is it possible that a Yao Beast from the Ancient Desolate Forest ran out?”

“But there are no signs of battle nearby...”

The Guards couldn't figure it out, so they collected the body and prepared to continue searching for Jian Wanzhong’s whereabouts.

At this moment, Ye Hei’s body stiffened.

The bronze fragment in his arms suddenly trembled, and a light yellow mist of Qi was drawn over, hovering above the bronze fragment.

With another tremor, the fragment and the yellow mist of Qi vanished together, appearing within his Sea of Consciousness.

‘This is...’

Ye Hei did not yet have the ability of internal vision, but at this moment, he could clearly sense the existence of the bronze fragment and the yellow mist of Qi.

‘A part of the xuanhuang primordial qi?’

‘Wasn’t it with Jian Wanzhong? Why is it here?’

He looked toward the four Guards, and surprisingly, not a single one of them had noticed this matter.