Chapter 351 - Secret to Immortality! (1/2)
”Actually, regarding the affairs of handling the Jiu Empire, it would be better if you guys consult with Utmost Being, he is better in that field compared to me.” Duan Li confessed as he scratched his head in embarrassment.
”Utmost Being?” the patriarchs turned to look at each other with confused look. They had never heard of such a person before.
Meanwhile, Patriarch Shen was visibly riled upon hearing the name. ”Utmost Being? What gal to call oneself as such! Who is this person? Why is he qualified to be talking to the rest of us when we only answer to you Your Excellency?” he complained.
Not to mention him, we rarely talked with even the Emperor!
”He...” Duan Li once again scratched his head before he continued on, ”I guess you can call him as the... acting Imperial Overseer!”
”Ah?” the patriarchs felt their knee to collapse.
Acting Imperial Overseer?
Brother, do you think that the position of an Imperial Overseer was something that can be passed onto someone else like that?
This is the kind of position that could practically decide on where it should rain in the Jiu Empire we are talking about here!
Even the Jiu Emperor would have no choice but to act upon the order coming from an Imperial Overseer...
Yet, you asked someone to do it for you?
Seeing their aghast expression, Duan Li realized that they might be misunderstanding something, so he swiftly explained, ”Oh, by the way, he is a clone of mine. So there is no need to worry about any mishaps at all!”
Hearing this, their countenance finally relaxed.
So that's the case!
”But still, Your Excellency, why do we need to counsel the matters of the Jiu Empire with your clone?” the Jiu Patriarch asked as he found this to be weird.
After all, a clone was still but a clone, and they have limited intelligence and approach on how they should react to a certain matter. Without the input from the original, a clone would not even know what to do!
Could it be that you instruct it to study politics and warfare? How long would we have to wait until it became intelligent then? A few decades?
Just because we are retired people and have a lot of time in our hands does not mean that we want to wait that long!
Duan Li chuckled before he answered, ”This clone of mine is a little special... I managed to obtain him in the second region inside the Eternal Maze!”
”What? You... entered the Eternal Maze? How are you even still alive and managed to come out?!” the patriarchs were shocked to their core. They were no stranger to that mysterious place, and back during their time, they even sent a few experts of their clan there themselves, but none returned alive!
”Hmm? Oh yes... ” Duan Li recalled on how these patriarchs had cut their ties with the outside world and remained isolated inside this cave for a long time.