494 Analysis (1/2)
For thousands of years, the five biggest sects had been searching for the other half of the Infinite Star Sea Void Map. Once they had the other half of the map, they would be able to enter the Infinite Star Sea and do some explorations. There was a chance that they would be able to find some rare treasures from olden times. What was so special about the treasures was that even the 33 Heavens had not been able to find them. Because of this, the five biggest sects set up some strict rules. No matter how high ranking a person was, as long as one found the other half of the map, he had to report the find to the respective sects. Then, the five sects would share the map, and the one who found it would be greatly rewarded. No one would have thought that the map would eventually end up with Yan Yuntian. The cunning fellow, however, did not report his find to his sect and kept it a secret. At the most crucial moment when he was in trouble, he had used it to save himself.
This act stunned everyone. However, the five biggest sects did not really bother about it. Now, their primary focus was on analyzing the complete Void Map. Once they came up with something, they would send in their experts to explore and make up for the loss of Azure Heaven.
”Well, do you have any ideas?” Seeing that Zhou Bao was still in a daze, Wang She smiled and asked, ”Would you interested to take a look together?”
Zhou Bao raised his eyebrows and asked hesitantly, ”Are you sure this half of the Void Map is the real thing?”
”Of course, it is impossible to forge the Void Map. Be it the materials or the text, they can only found in olden times. Even if one found them and tried to recreate, without the other half, how would he ever do it?”
”That's true!” Zhou Bao thought, a whole map would be easy to recreate but it would be a joke to create only half. No idiot would attempt to recreate without looking at the other half.
”You know, my ambitious old father-in-law did a complete turnabout. He went against the orders of the five biggest sects. So will you all close one eye and not punish him?” Zhou Bao asked with a smile.
”Your father-in-law should know right from wrong and will definitely have made plans for himself. Do you think he will willingly hand over the map to us? I'm sure there will be conditions attached and if we don't meet his conditions, he will destroy everything indiscriminately. The old guy has suffered too much and has become a little crazy. We do not have the time to dally with him,” Wang She said softly. There was scorn in his voice as he said, ”so, even though the old guy has angered us, no one is willing to bear the consequences, so we agreed to his conditions!”
”Eh, indeed, the older, the wiser. It would be quite a show!”
”Indeed, one of Yan Yuntian's conditions was that from today onwards, no one from the five biggest sects should interfere in Jin's matters, directly or indirectly. This made Tian Long Taoism very upset. He had been preparing to rebuild Mingyi School and sanction the nine well-known families. Oh, sorry, it should only be eight of them now!”
”That's nonsense, he does not have that much power!”
”Do you think he will look for you?”
”Yes, he definitely will, but he will also know what my answer will be. But according to his character, as long as there's a slight chance, he will go for it. This is what I admire most about him.”
”He is your father-in-law, of course you would admire his character. But it would be better not to get involved. He may decide to do an about turn again, but it is still far from achieving his big dream. This time around, he has basically offended the five biggest sects, especially Divine Wind Palace. It supported him in the past, but now there are too many people inside that are angry with him. Hence, if he wants to become a candidate for the Jade Emperor, it would be much more difficult than before!”
”Is that title really so important?”
”Of course it is! If not, there wouldn't be so many people fighting for it. At least the emperors of the strongest countries in Four Eastern Regions are fighting for it. They want their dynasty to last forever!”
”How can there ever be such a dynasty?” Zhou Bao laughed coldly, ”They're just a bunch of daydreamers!”
”That is where you're wrong. You're too powerful, so in your eyes, this emperor position means nothing to you. You can even kill the emperor in whatever way you want in just a blink of an eye. However, you're missing an important point and that is, one man's effort is very limited. You can be the strongest person, but you'll still be on your own. You have to do everything by yourself, like getting the elixir when you're practicing, or getting your equipment when refining celestial devices. Do you still remember when you refined the Air-frozen Bead? You spent so much time and effort just to compile the ingredients and had to stop your practice because of that. Once one becomes the Jade Emperor, things would be different. With just a single command, anything you ask for will be brought to you and anything you need to be done will be taken care of instantly. With such a resource, would there be anything to worry about when you are practicing?”
”Don't forget, this is different from the past, the human emperor cannot rule the heavens and realms!”