“You wish to inquire about the affairs of the Stargazing Valley Master, don’t you?” Wang Sheng knew Yue’s purpose very well.
“Yes, Lord Wang Sheng.” Yue remained very respectful.
Wang Sheng had also investigated the Stargazing Valley Master when he was dealing with the matter of the young prince.
Unfortunately, to outsiders, the battle seemed grandiose, but it yielded no useful information.
“Is that so? I understand.” Yue was somewhat disappointed, but he didn’t dwell on it too much and planned to take his leave.
“Hold on.” Wang Sheng stopped Yue, “Although I haven’t learned the specifics, I do have a speculation about what the Valley Master was fighting against, and I need your input on it.”
“What the Valley Master was fighting against? Lord Wang Sheng, did you encounter it?”
Yue was somewhat surprised.
He hadn’t expected Wang Sheng to reveal such explosive news the moment he spoke.
Wang Sheng didn’t hesitate and told him some things about the “Heavenly Father.”
The inheritance of Stargazing Valley was ancient; perhaps they knew something.
“Heavenly Father, Mind Control… Lord Wang Sheng, it seems you’ve had quite a rich life outside.” After a light jest, Yue’s expression quickly turned serious, “I’ve told you long ago that our Stargazing Valley’s inheritance is partly by memory, and a large part relies on our own deduction after reaching Great Grandmaster.”
“If the entity the Valley Master fought is indeed what you called the ’Heavenly Father’, maybe that part of the inheritance is involved. For now, I am clueless.”
“As expected, nothing!”
Wang Sheng wasn’t particularly surprised; if there was such a thing, Yue would have spoken of it earlier.
“If your Valley Master knew of the ’Heavenly Father’s’ existence, why wouldn’t he tell you anything at all? It’s truly strange!”
Yue shook his head; he was also unclear as to why.
Looking at the Valley Master’s actions, it was evident that he had long known the identity of what he was fighting against, and yet, he said nothing.
“It’s not clear whether he didn’t want to say or couldn’t say.”
After discussing for a long time, they didn’t come up with any substantive answers.
In fact, Yue knew nothing about these matters.
All the intelligence was still what he heard from Wang Sheng, so naturally, he couldn’t deduce anything.
Eventually, Yue left directly.
“Lord Wang Sheng, I will go back to my cultivation now!”
Yue wanted to break through to the rank of Great Grandmaster as soon as possible. This time, despite having a clue and possibly a way to find answers, he couldn’t get what he wanted due to insufficient strength, which made him somewhat frustrated.
This could very well be an opportunity to understand what exactly the Valley Master had encountered.
But he had no choice but to miss it.
“You don’t need to rush it; reaching Great Grandmaster doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll find out. Your Valley Master is not uncomplicated.”
Not to mention, if reaching Great Grandmaster meant knowing everything, then Stargazing Valley wouldn’t have only now confirmed that there are realms beyond Great Grandmaster.
Clearly, Yue’s master must be exceptionally special.
Breaking through a limitation of thousands of years to reach a higher realm is not so simple.
He was afraid that Yue, in his eagerness, might encounter problems.
“I understand, Lord Wang Sheng, you needn’t worry.”
Yue was naturally aware of this, but he had to try no matter what.
After Yue left, Wang Sheng also immersed himself in cultivation.
Whether it was those malicious powers or the currently suppressed force of the “Incense Fire Faith,” as long as he strengthened himself to a certain level, he would have a chance to resolve them.
Returning to the village was a good opportunity to assimilate and reflect upon the recent gains.
Life in the village naturally lacked the excitement of the outside world, and the next day Li Yongfeng brought his son, Li Longqing, to see him.
Li Longqing was young, just a few years old, but had already started laying his foundation, clearly set on the path of a Martial Artist.
Wang Sheng did not intervene overly.
At his young age, no matter which path he took, there was no specific hurry.
After Li Yongfeng left, it was the village chief, Xu Qu, and others like him that came for a simple talk.
After these people, Wang Sheng returned to his former daily routine.
Each day was for cultivation, reading, and self-improvement.
Time quickly passed, and after a month, the situation in the outside world had changed once again.
Although the Overlord Level powers had previously divided territories, they had not openly confirmed it; it was just a tacit understanding.
But within this month, the four warlords who claimed dominion solidly marked their territories and even issued announcements.
As for the other regions, the most critical was Shuzhou.
Shuzhou was naturally split by the Yellow Dragon River and governed by Heavenly Saber City and Spirit Sword Valley, that is, by King Ming and King Wu.
Then there was the area around Jiangyuan City, which finally had a ruling.
The area around Jiangyuan City was directly co-governed by both forces.
While many things remained the same, it was just that nominally, they now had owners, rather than being ownerless lands.
Almost everyone in the area around Jiangyuan City felt that nothing much had changed; they could still lead a carefree life for a while as long as the two powers didn’t settle their contest.
Only Wang Sheng was different.
At first, he didn’t care, whatever the Four Kings did had no effect on him.
That is, until a new baby appeared in the village.
In the past two years, Qingshan Village had developed quite well.
As a result, many young people got married, and gradually babies were born.
There were two infants that were born after Wang Sheng came back, one a half-month after his return and another one more than a month after.
The latter happened not long after the territorial division outside.
It was on the day that baby was born that malign forces appeared again.
This time, there were three sets of forces.
One of them was aimed directly at him.
The other two were directed at those two infants.
This time, because Wang Sheng’s Divine Thought had been on guard, he reacted in time, intercepting all three malign forces and annihilating them.
“Again this power has arrived, where exactly does it come from!”
Once again, it appeared without any warning.
However, this time Wang Sheng confirmed more information.
If a force searched for someone once and didn’t succeed, it would come back.
He was in that situation.
There was also a guess that he felt was very likely to be true.
That was after he ruled out some possibilities, the information he gained.
The two infants, there was nothing in common regarding their birth environments, both were born within Qingshan Village, the only difference might be the timing.
They were born one after the other, and the timing was very subtle.
“If both infants were targeted, it means it’s not an individual problem, but when the first infant was born, that power didn’t descend. Instead, it was the second infant, right after birth, he was targeted, even involving me and the first infant…”
Wang Sheng had already investigated both infants, and there was nothing wrong with them; their physical and mental conditions had no differences.
Yet, inexplicably, this situation occurred.
“On the timeline, the biggest difference in the external environment is the division of territories!”
“Could it be speculated that when the first infant was born, the territory around Jiang Yuan City had not been clearly divided, hence nothing happened, but when the second infant was born, the territory could be said to have been clearly divided, so that power descended…”
“However, there’s a problem with that. Previously, when I was in Jiang Yuan City, there was no clear territorial division, so why did that power descend?”
Although there were still some doubts, these speculations were sufficient.
Bold hypotheses, careful verification.
Since he had these speculations, maybe he could confirm them.
As soon as he returned to the village, Wang Sheng went out again; the forces had sought him twice, he needed to understand.
Alone, Wang Sheng’s Sword Flight speed was very fast, not long before he reached Jiang Yuan City, met the Shopkeeper, and through the Shopkeeper arranged to see Zhu Xiao.
Zhu Xiao arrived swiftly, by early the next morning.
“You actually took the initiative to seek me out, is there some urgent matter?”
Wang Sheng didn’t beat around the bush and asked his question directly.
“Do your forces have any special lineage; for example, becoming a king and establishing a territory could gain something?”
Zhu Xiao replied promptly, “There is a special inheritance, but I don’t have it. As I mentioned before, my ascension was opposed by quite a few, even now there are those who work against me, so I don’t have some of the inheritances, and most importantly, I don’t participate in the struggle, the Clan Elders are unwilling to share some things with me.”
“Is it possible to meet some of your clan’s Clan Elders? I want to use some methods to ask questions, without harming them!”
In truth, the most suitable to inquire would be those who declared themselves kings.
However, he wasn’t sure if his Divine Thought could fully affect a Great Grandmaster, so naturally, he wouldn’t take the risk if there was a better option.
“Have you encountered something, you seem a bit anxious and urgent.”
“I forgot to mention, it’s like this…” Wang Sheng explained the situation briefly, “You are quite sensitive too, have you noticed anything similar?”
Zhu Xiao’s expression grew solemn, she shook her head, “According to what you said, this thing is quite terrifying, it can target people anytime.”
“Yes, I suspect it’s related to the territorial division. I thought coming to you, Yuelai Inn, a power on par with theirs, you might know something, so I came to ask you, but you seem unclear as well.”
“I see, it seems I’ve disappointed you then. However… about meeting the Clan Elders, you can use Mind Control to ask questions, but you must ensure their safety.”
“Really? Don’t worry, as long as I don’t intend it, Mind Control won’t harm people.”
“That’s great!” Zhu Xiao seemed somewhat happy.
Wang Sheng: “???”
Zhu Xiao didn’t particularly care, explaining, “Actually, I’ve long had issues with them, claiming my leadership as invalid and reversed the grand direction, keeping some secrets even unto death, those secrets they keep in their minds, and being my elders, I can’t exactly force them, so I had to let it be. Now there’s finally a way…”
When it came to this, Zhu Xiao had a lot to say, clearly, she had been eager to vent.
Wang Sheng smiled, not expecting Zhu Xiao to have this side.
“If that’s the case, let’s set off.”
(Brothers are awesome, really hit 4000 monthly tickets, daily updates from tomorrow, and also seeking new monthly tickets at the beginning of the month!)