Chapter 1096 - Technical Resources (2/2)

“Well, I don’t dare to insult the immortals and gods but it’s already been almost a few hundreds of years and no gods have appeared,” the middle-aged Taoist priest replied helplessly.

“Oh, I see. Seems like Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life still. I will help a little then. Go grab your records of techniques over here and let me have a look, I’ll find a new path of cultivation for you,” Fang Ning said as he nodded.

“Uh…” The group of Taoist priests exchanged glances as confusion filled their faces.

“Hmm?” At the sight of it, Fang Ning immediately turned cold, portraying an overbearing manner.

The middle-aged Taoist priest shuddered all over as he almost got shot down to the ground.

Sure enough, he was indeed a true immortal who even had a trace of immortality that protected his body!

The middle-aged Taoist priest thought to himself, ‘Since I can’t get any results from cultivation, it’s better to just be clear-cut about it.’

As for this person standing before him, it was the powerhouse they had all been praying for.

At least this leading Taoist priest could not sense the opposite party’s upper limit strength was no matter what.

At the thought of the report given by the old master who was collecting food rations earlier on, the middle-aged Taoist priest quickly made a decision.

“Immortal, we’ve all lost our powers so it’s too time-consuming to go back and forth, we’re worried we’ll simply waste your time. The records are all kept in the palace, so we’d like to trouble you to come and have a visit, then have a look around yourself.”

“That sounds good too, I’ll go with all of you now then.” Fang Ning was beyond excited. This was just as if someone propped a pillow up for him just when he was about to doze off.

The old master yesterday had told him the location of the Xing Yun Palace exactly as it was.

It was just a hundred miles from the east, right at the mountain peak.

…

The very next moment, the group of Taoist priests, all taken by Fang Ning, were flying towards that exact mountain.

An ancient palace appeared right before their eyes, the richly ornamented building covering a wide area surface. From what the eyes could see, the building was almost more than ten thousand square meters.

The mountain was cut into a platform by someone using magic powers, and that was why it could accommodate the entire palace.

“An immortal indeed…”

“Yeah, it’s been so long since I’ve experienced the feeling of flying.”

The group of Taoist priests discussed among themselves animatedly.

One only knew how to cherish something when one loses it.

Among the group, many of them were just like the old master. They had gone through the period of immortality, and now they were experiencing the Degeneration where they had to struggle with the catastrophe of losing their powers.

“Immortal, the library at our Xing Yun Palace is right below this mountain. Please follow me,” the middle-aged Taoist priest leader said respectfully.

“Alright, lead the way,” Fang Ning responded in a feigned manner.

These Taoist priests were not good people either, and only villagers who had been deceived by them knew it. That was why Fang Ning had no psychological pressure to take away their books and records.

Of course, Fang Ning was not that extreme, he still had plans of his own.

“No. 2, can you check if there are any good people among those Taoist priests?” Fang Ning asked as he followed the lead of the Taoist priest leader.

“I don’t have this ability, only Sir System can do this. I’m unable to open the System Map here either. I’ve only inherited Sir System’s combat power,” the System incarnation replied.

“Oh, so you’re a defective version of the System,” Fang Ning stated disappointedly.

“In a way, yes, that is true,” the System incarnation responded emotionless.

“Go ahead and see the ancient records first, I’ll go ask your original version and see if it has any ideas,” Fang Ning said as he withdrew his Spiritual Sense once again.

“Sir System, did you hear about the problem just now?” Fang Ning questioned.

“No, I can only hear your conversation when I retract my incarnation. After all, I can’t see what you say in your mind by just looking at the monitor, can I? You weren’t talking bad about me behind my back just now, were you?” Sir System asked curiously.

“Oh, so that’s how it works. It seems like your incarnation is more honest than you.” Fang Ning nodded. “As I was saying just now, I wanted to ask if you can help me identify if there are any good people among the Taoist priests. I have an idea to save them, but I can’t let those liars and useless rubbish get away with everything they’ve done.”

“What idea?” Sir System asked inquisitively.

“You’ll know in a moment, just answer my question first.” Fang Ning urged.

“Oh, how troublesome, I’ll have to waste my experience points again and add some new features to the incarnation,” Sir System said in an upset tone.

“Well, if you want to achieve your goal, you have to pay a price, don’t be so stingy. Once you become the master of the universe, what can’t you do? By then it’ll be a Pay-to-win situation and the GM channel will be opened directly.” Fang Ning persuaded.

“I’ll have to wait till goodness knows when…” Sir System muttered. “Alright, find a way to get it back then, I’ll equip one on it.