390: Chapter 390 The Fallen Pot

Nie Ning watched the apprenticeship ceremony as it continued, and he quickly understood the reason behind it.

Amivika!

Because according to Helian's theory, the greater the benefits obtained, the greater the backlash.

And in this Transcendent World, strength always ranked first; the stronger one was, the more benefits they had proven to obtain.

By the same logic, if the 'Amivika Effect' truly occurred, the Transcendents who had advanced to the seventh rank over the past ten-plus years were undoubtedly the biggest beneficiaries.

If Saya were to apprentice under a powerful figure, she would very likely be implicated.

However, Nie Ning felt it was a bit strange, as this was clearly not the best method.

If he were Helian, he might have turned Saya into a peripheral student, and perhaps wouldn't even have held such a grand apprenticeship ceremony.

Because this way, anyone could see Saya's importance to Yishi Mansion.

However, wanting the best of both worlds was indeed impossible; as long as resources were provided, a connection with Yishi Mansion would be formed, yet without resources, she wouldn't be able to grow.

It was very contradictory.

"Why are you so absent-minded? In a moment, Yishi Mansion's secret treasure will appear, a treasure that can temper Transcendents."

Amivika saw Nie Ning's vacant gaze, fed him a piece of pastry, and said with a smile.

Nie Ning chewed the pastry in his mouth, couldn't help but look at Amivika, and felt a slight sense of emotion in his heart.

If it weren't for Amivika appearing so suddenly, combined with Helian's alarmist and terrifying words, perhaps Amivika really would be a very perfect wife.

Even during this time, aside from his own internal displeasure and the matter regarding Amelia, Amivika had not done anything out of line.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Seeing Nie Ning staring at her, Amivika unconsciously touched her own cheek.

But suddenly, Nie Ning understood one problem.

He knew why Helian would do this!

A very clever approach!

One could only say that High-level Wizards were not just blowing hot air; in terms of intelligence, they were indeed capable of crushing most people.

It was the same concept as when Helian gave him gifts previously, because Saya had a certain relationship with him!

If nothing went wrong, Helian might interact with him more frequently later on, thereby using the connection between him and Amivika to reduce the possibility of disasters occurring.

Perhaps it wasn't just him; maybe this group of High-level Wizards had already thought about the future.

If they successfully delayed the occurrence of disasters, they might use this method to avoid danger in the future.

Plus, given Yishi Mansion's reputation in this area, they almost never made enemies with others, and Helian could even tolerate him cuckolding him; the sustainability of this alliance relationship was indeed very high.

Er...

Nie Ning rubbed his chin; this was indeed a good idea.

It was just...

If Amivika kept living on, and with twenty years as a cycle, wouldn't there be too many ex-husbands?

To put it another way, Nie Ning could be considered the number two ex-husband, and perhaps in the future, they could even form an Ex-Husband Alliance.

Nie Ning couldn't help but be amused by his own strange thoughts.

Amivika looked at the silly-grinning Nie Ning, and for a moment, she even doubted if her special ability had malfunctioned.

She wondered inwardly if this guy had been traumatized, could it be because of Amelia?

Amivika's expression turned slightly cold, and her eyes flickered.

It seemed she really needed to talk to the ex-husband and have him send Amivika away for studies, so that the two of them wouldn't be able to interact.

After a long time, naturally, they wouldn't develop any inappropriate thoughts.

...

While the two of them were lost in their own thoughts, the apprenticeship ceremony had already concluded, and what followed was the time for the various Transcendents to offer their compliments.

And after a short break, the white ring in the sky suddenly lit up, and at the same time, a massive black crack appeared within it.

Seeing this scene, Nie Ning couldn't help but stop his train of thought, looking up at the anomaly above, wondering if someone was attacking.

"Don't worry, that is an ultra-long-distance cross-spatial portal, a tool used by Yishi Mansion wizards to explore the universe."

Amivika, who was beside him, explained with a smile.

Hearing this, Nie Ning raised an eyebrow, and couldn't help but think of Saint Ville World and the Crimson Holy Blade.

As someone who didn't belong here, Nie Ning hadn't expected that these forces, who usually kept a low profile, had actually reached such a level.

Thinking about it this way, it was truly terrifying.

If every seventh-rank force controlled a planet, then the subordinate worlds of Belvis World would reach at least over a hundred!

"Does Yishi Mansion also have its own small world?"

Nie Ning asked calmly.

"They do have one, but it's just a low-level barbarian world."

"After all, the entire universe is vast and boundless; not every place is suitable for life to emerge, and the difficulty of finding a life-bearing planet is extremely high."

Amivika did not hide anything and explained to Nie Ning.

In reality, finding a life-bearing planet was not the biggest problem, nor were the life forms on the planet; the main issue was that the world itself had its own will.

The will of a planet—just thinking about it, one knew how powerful it was.

Therefore, if one wanted to gain control of a planet, they had to deal with the world's will.

Their actions were not much different from those of demons.

But the resources of the main world were limited.

Either return to the ancient era where the strong were respected and the weak were suppressed from surviving, or constantly explore the outside world to fill the gap in resources.

For the ordinary people of this world, this was a good thing, because they gained a chance to breathe.

But for the outside creatures, any being that intruded into their world was a demon.

And Yishi Mansion was relatively slightly better; they wouldn't enslave or traffic creatures from other worlds, only requiring the provision of corresponding resources.

But in the eyes of other forces, if the opposing side was not human, the outcome would not be very good.

...

While Amivika was educating Nie Ning, the spatial rift within the ring had completely opened.

Inside the pitch-black opening, there was nothing else, only specks of starlight falling, and immediately afterward, a brass cauldron fully fifty meters in size fell out from it.

Nie Ning opened his mouth, not knowing how to comment on it for a moment.

With such a big commotion, don't tell me you made a pot of rice?

Seeming to read Nie Ning's gaze, Amivika pinched Nie Ning's arm: "Don't you underestimate this thing; it contains a very special treasure inside."

Nie Ning turned his head to look at Amivika: "The treasure you mentioned wouldn't be this thing, would it?"

One had to know, everyone present was at least third-rank, and there were at least a hundred sixth-rank and several seventh-rank Transcendents.

Taking out something too inferior would just be embarrassing, and might even become a laughingstock for others after tea and dinner.

But if it really was some kind of treasure, how much would a dozens-of-meters-large cauldron need to hold to be enough for the entire Yishi Mansion to enjoy? I'm afraid one meal would cost half of Yishi Mansion's savings.