Capítulo 1822: Chapter 1823: One Ten-Thousandth

The killing intent filled the entire mining site, and Su Chengyu directly summoned the Dragon Slayer Sword and the Wasteland Battle Halberd as dual safeguards to prevent any accidents from occurring.

He was not sure how much autonomy the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core in front of him had at this moment.

Even if it didn’t possess the power to oppose him, Su Chengyu still had to ensure it couldn’t escape from here.

“You’re indeed a clever kid. Was it my initial attitude that gave me away? But even so, you shouldn’t have been so certain.”

“And my father’s actions.”

Su Chengyu calmly continued to explain.

“As the elder said, in fact, before meeting the elder, I was equally puzzled. Why, despite the tribe’s people having the elder’s totem as faith, there wasn’t even a basic means or practice to promote this faith. Logically, even without my assistance, as long as normal faith activities occurred, with even a small amount of Power of Faith being injected back into the Immortal Core, and you continuing to nurture it, the faith would grow… Once a virtuous cycle formed, the elder should not have appeared as you did when I first saw you.”

“But if, from the beginning, my father never intended for this group of tribal people to truly generate significant Power of Faith for the elder, then everything can be explained.”

It was through the complaint of Vermilion Bird Immortal Core that made Su Chengyu realize this point.

After all, it was as if this matter was hindering its own objective, and the only explanation Su Chengyu could think of was that Su Zhedian did not desire for the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core to recover so quickly.

All he did was to plant a seed for the future.

“Then is it too late for me to defend myself now?”

“The elder may speak, but I might not necessarily believe.”

Facing the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core’s reaction, Su Chengyu calmly spoke.

“What the hell is the point of defending? If I had known you were so crafty, why would I bother with all that nonsense.”

“So the elder has admitted to it?”

“Admit? You don’t even know what, why would I admit to anything?”

“I believe the elder will tell me.”

Su Chengyu took the initiative to speak. Although he had guessed the purpose of Su Zhedian’s actions, he was still missing a crucial clue: the reason behind Su Zhedian’s contradictory behavior.

“You kid. Alright, since you’ve already guessed most of it, it’s no harm in telling you the reason. I don’t want to be making clothes for others.”

“Hmm?”

Su Chengyu was startled for a moment before asking in confusion: “Wasn’t this matter decided by the elder’s true self back in the day?”

“The true self is the true self, and I am me! Even when he ascended, he didn’t take me along, why should I follow his ideas?”

Hearing this answer, Su Chengyu was momentarily speechless.

Despite being dumbfounded, he had to admit that the other’s words were devoid of any fault.

“Unlike the Divine Sense’s Divided Spirit you are familiar with, the Spiritual Body of a Divine Beast Immortal Core, although separated from the main body, must have complete autonomous consciousness. Otherwise, this Divine Beast Immortal Core would become entirely ownerless, and that transition of the so-called Four Great Divine Beasts would officially happen.”

“Four Great Divine Beasts have been passed down for millennia; is this the reason for the elders’ existence?”

“Something like that, but as you can see, I’m just a consciousness, a thing that can’t even take autonomous action without the Power of Faith. You expect me to fight the Great Catastrophe of Heaven and Earth? What a joke of The Immortal World?”

Su Chengyu fell silent again, then looked at the Vermilion Bird Totem and said: “This is the matter regarding the ceremonial clothes the elder mentioned before.”

“Yes, as you know, as long as pure-blooded Demons can absorb our power. And once we fall into the hands of those from the same race, meeting the conditions, they can truly become the God Beasts between heaven and earth, showcasing the real splendor of a God Beast.”

“I see…”

Su Chengyu murmured quietly, immediately understanding the question Bai Qiu and the others had sought for so long without finding an answer.

Why, being descendants of the God Beasts, were they thrown from The Immortal World to this world.

Chess pieces and planning.

They are one of the pawns that those Immortal Emperors outside Heaven’s Gate inserted into this realm.

And his grandfather, his father… became the ones to receive them.

“Hey kid, what are you thinking about?”

“Nothing much.”

Su Chengyu’s train of thought was interrupted, and after looking up, he responded rather plainly.

Yet even though Su Chengyu tried hard to temper his inner emotions, the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core sharply caught that split-second anomaly.

“No, you kid, have you already met our descendants?”

“Elder, you are overthinking. If my father and they had any leads, why wouldn’t they have restored you earlier and taken you back?”

“That’s also true…”

Just when the golden flames on the stone slab were about to calm down, suddenly flared up again.

“No! What does you meeting them or him have to do with it? Didn’t you just say you came to this place by accident? And you know nothing of these matters, then how do they necessarily know what you know?! You’re lying, you’re lying, aren’t you?”

“Elder, you are overthinking…”

The Vermilion Bird Immortal Core’s astuteness made Su Chengyu mildly troubled.

Indeed, compared to identifying someone else’s lies, weaving a perfect lie is much harder.

Especially for a cultivator in the mind, capable of deducing countless possibilities at any time; as long as they seek an answer to a question, they often can spot even a momentary flaw easily.

“Overthinking? You’ve definitely met someone from our lineage! Wait? What’s this aura on you… well, kid! The aura still lingers on you, and you dare say you don’t know them.”

Su Chengyu smirked bitterly, then simply utilized the Phoenix Divine Art and the True Dragon Technique.

“Elder, I think you must have misunderstood due to these divine skills…”

“Bullshit! Then what’s up with that White Tiger Clan’s aura lingering on you! I might not have regained my strength, but I’m not blind!”

The statement left Su Chengyu with no room to argue, just as he was contemplating how to soothe the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core.

A stream of light suddenly shot out from the stone slab and, throwing caution to the wind, galloped towards the southeast direction.

Su Chengyu watched the flowing blaze, let out a sigh, and in the next moment, the Dragon Slayer Sword behind him flew out instantly, severing the escape path of the Immortal Core.

“Why does the elder need to force this? While I haven’t fully grasped your background, the elder should know your restored Vital Force is not capable of escaping from my hands, is it?”

“So what! Even if there’s only a one in ten thousand chance, I won’t let it pass…”

“One in ten thousand? Elder, with your current strength, how do you intend to pursue this one in ten thousand…”

Halfway through Su Chengyu’s statement, he suddenly realized that, amidst the chaos, the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core was unequivocally spreading a whiff of its own aura in all directions.

This aura was not Divine Sense; its dispersion was, of course, insufficient for the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core to escape Su Chengyu’s control.

But just now, Su Chengyu suddenly realized that this wisp of aura wasn’t meant for its escape at all, but to lure the Demon Emperor who had long had its eyes on the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core!

“Hahaha! Silly boy, did you finally realize?! This is the one in ten thousand chances this God Beast is striving for! Don’t think I can’t see through your current facade! At this moment, you can’t compare to that Demon Emperor at all!”

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