Chapter 1670 - Origin (2/2)

Thousand Star Maiden asked, “How many Mysteries of Truth did you get?”

There was nothing to hide at this point, so Zhang Ruochen said, “Five out of ten thousand.”

“Six out of ten thousand for me.”

Thousand Star Maiden then said, “Do you know why you’re still alive?”

“Why?” Zhang Ruochen said.

Thousand Star Maiden said, “Because you’re only a second-step saint king, like an immature saint fruit. Even if I kill you, I can only get five ten thousandths of the Mysteries of Truth.

“When your cultivation is improved, you can definitely get more Mysteries of Truth if you pa.s.s more levels of the Ocean of Truth, so I decided to seize it when you become a ninth-step saint king.”

“You’re treating me like a saint fruit, aren’t you?” Zhang Ruochen squinted his eyes.

Thousand Star Maiden was at ease and said, “You should’ve known the law of nature when you started refining. You only have yourself to blame, as you exposed the secret that you have Mysteries of Truth.

“Do you know that a monk will become a Messenger of Truth once he or she gets one hundredth of the Mysteries of Truth? Do you know what that means? It means the monk can use the power that can rival a G.o.d.”

Zhang Ruochen sneered. “Are you really that confident that you can kill me when I’m a ninth-step saint king?”

Thousand Star Maiden’s eyes glinted, and she said, “When you become a ninth-step saint king, there’ll be supreme saints from Thousand Star Civilization coming for you life. Even if supreme saints can’t kill you, there’ll be G.o.ds coming for you. G.o.ds can definitely kill you.”

Zhang Ruochen was silent.

It was totally possible that G.o.ds would try kill him for Mysteries of Truth and the ident.i.ty of the Messenger of Truth.

He shouldn’t have exposed that he had Mysteries of Truth to Thousand Star Maiden when he was crossing the Ocean of Truth.

And he should’ve killed Thousand Star Maiden with that s.h.i.+ning Sun Arrow.

Even if he killed Thousand Star Maiden, it would be of no use. Some of the creatures from Thousand Star Civilization must’ve learned about it already.

Thousand Star Maiden took out the s.h.i.+ning Sun Arrow and put it on the desk, pus.h.i.+ng it to Zhang Ruochen. She said, “I don’t know why you shot this arrow, but since I plan to become temporary friends with you, this is the gift.”

Zhang Ruochen took back the s.h.i.+ning Sun Arrow and smiled. “It seems you need my help for something.”

“Help? Not exactly. It’s more of a cooperation,” said Thousand Star Maiden.

“No way.”

Zhang Ruochen rejected her offer and said, “I’ve already learned I’m going to be killed by Thousand Star Civilization in the end. Why would I cooperate with you in any way?”

Thousand Star Maiden smiled vaguely. “Actually, we don’t necessarily have to kill you to get your Mysteries of Truth. If you surrender to Thousand Star Civilization and give your Mystery of Truth to me every time after you get some, I’ll not only spare your life, but also give you an important role in the civilization. You might even become the son-in-law of the entire Thousand Star Civilization. How does that sound? You don’t need to answer now. I’ll give you enough time to think about it.”

Zhang Ruochen pondered what she said as he was curious how Thousand Star Maiden could be so confident that she could handle him.

Even if she practiced Way of the Void, Zhang Ruochen practiced two ancient ways at the same time.

Did she really think the ident.i.ty of ‘son-in-law of Thousand Star Civilization’ was that attractive?

Zhang Ruochen didn’t show what he was thinking. Instead, he said, “Not only could I have Thousand Star Civilization to help me, but also I’d get lots of refining resources and get a beautiful girl. There’s no reason to reject your offer, your highness.”

Thousand Star Maiden’s eyes glinted, and she said, “I only said you have a chance of becoming the son-in-law. You need to perform well enough to seize that chance.”

Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “I’m curious. How did you see through my cover, and how did you get here?”

Thousand Star Maiden thought that she had everything under control, so she didn’t hide anything from Zhang Ruochen. “Because I’m the manipulator of the Way of Origin, one of the nine ancient ways.”

“Way of Origin?” Zhang Ruochen was dazed.

Shouldn’t it be Way of the Void?

Thousand Star Maiden pointed her finger forward and tapped on the desk. The desk exploded and turned into a void.

But no…

It wasn’t a void. Instead, the desk turned into billions of tiny particles. They weren’t detectable to ordinary eyes. Only Heavenly Eyes and mind power could sense them.

Zhang Ruochen had been far away when Thousand Star Maiden defeated the guard in the Ocean of Truth, so he thought that she’d turned the guard into the void.

“The origin of everything.”

Thousand Star Maiden raised her hand again.

Whoos.h.!.+

The billions of particles immediately integrated and formed an object that was invisible to normal eyes.

It wasn’t a white jade desk anymore. Instead, it was an iron sword that was five feet long.

And then, she pointed at the iron sword, which then exploded and turned into a red saint tree that was hundreds of feet tall. There were flowers blossoming in the tree, which looked magnificent.

The pedals drifted and fell slowly on Thousand Star Maiden’s and Zhang Ruochen’s heads like red snow.