401 Take It All! (2/2)
The people on the spot immediately began to feel nervous.
The presence of the core of siderite was directly relevant to this Old Forefather’s longevity and the perfection of Supreme Cloud’s trap. It involved the fate of the nation – if Ziyou could prosper and reign for years to come!
It must have it, please have it!
Yun Yang touched the box and said, ”This should be fine. The box used to contain the meteorite is actually made of Flamegold. The siderite is most probably equipped with the power of absorption. If so, this old man’s confidence of about half has gone up to at least an eighth now that it will have the core inside.”
Yun Yang did not slack, opening the box to see a piece of strange metal that was the color of igniting flame. The steel was in crimson red, looking like a ball of crystal flame that was burning all along.
In spite of the radiating blaze, no one near it felt the slightest tinge of heat.
Yun Yang smiled and took a piece of a metal strip over to put it on the steel. Gradually, the crowd realized with a start that the metal bar had shrunk!
After some time, it was entirely gone.
If they had not watched with wide, open, eyes, no one would have realized the process.
A hint of a smile laced Yun Yang’s expression as he said, ”This is what I meant by the power of absorption. In other words, there is a core within this siderite – a complete core at that too. I can’t imagine that I actually found it here.”
Lan Wuxin asked, ”Elder Yun, can this be of help?”
Yun Yang answered, ”Yes, but…”
He looked troubled and rather reluctant he said, ”It’s just a pity.”
”Pity? Is that… not enough?” Sun Chengfeng was anxious as well.
Yun Yang sighed and said, ”Of course it’s sufficient, but this is something that involves Ziyou’s fate as a nation… Once the core is extracted… there’s a big chance this national treasure of nation’s destiny will be destroyed! It’s never a good thing to Empire of Ziyou.”
Lan Wuxin said with a smile, ”His Majesty has already thought of this when he took it out. He said then that despite the siderite being wonderful, it can only stay a symbol if kept with the Royals. After all, there’s no one else other than the late founding emperor who could use the power of this siderite’s core… If it could save Eder Yun and add another guarding pillar to the nation, it would be worthwhile, and His Majesty will be content!”
Yun Yang sucked in a long breath and said, ”His Majesty is benevolent, this old and useless one is ashamed.”
”Old Forefather, please utilize it quickly. It’s urgent to recover this as soon as possible,” Sun Changfeng said.
Yun Yang nodded and said, ”Alight, it'll fine for Chengfeng alone to stay back. For the rest of you, please bestow this old man a little honor and go back to rest. I might take a very long time, at least one whole night will be needed. Absorbing the core of siderite into me will trigger the three-hundred-year-old injury; the collision will erupt dramatically and will result in a mess. Not only will it not be beneficial to watch, it might be harmful. This old man has to give my all to go through this stage and can barely protect the rest of you…”
The group that was there nodded understandingly.
It was something significant to tackle a seasoned injury of three hundred years old and Elder Yun, as a reclusive expert, must not want others to see the lamentable side of him in addition to the lurking danger.
Lan Wuxin excused himself as a head start while the crown prince spoke in a troubled voice, ”This… uh…”
Yun Yang understood his expression and said formally, ”This old man will take the Globule of People’s Volition from the imperial jade seal first. so Your Highness can send it back before taking the core of siderite. The jade seal is an important national instrument, indeed it can’t be left in public for long. It’s an easy feat to take the globule of volition so it’s fine for all of you to watch.”
The crown prince blushed and replied, ”Thank you for your understanding, Old Forefather.”
The crown prince had no doubts about this Old Forefather whom the emperor came to visit – he dared not have any too. It was just that the jade seal held too much power, more so than the core of siderite that no one knew what its power was for!
The imperial jade seal was retrieved.
It was a big square-ish one.
Yun Yang’s gaze flickered complexly.
Emmie was also waving about in his divine consciousness space, asking how much of the people’s volition it should take.
”Ayaya?”
Yun Yang closed his eyes, before finally making it up in his mind and said, ”Take it all!”
”Ayaya!” Emmie was shocked.
Take it all! Would this not be too brutal? This would genuinely shake the core of the Empire of Ziyou. Did you not say that it would take, at most, a tenth?
The people’s volition that was contained within the imperial jade seal was intangible, existing almost like it did not, but still, it was something real and present.
Yun Yang did not know it at first and was only talking about it to fool everyone else. Even the methods he mentioned were simply rambles; he was only spewing nonsense while looking very serious. However, Emmie had chipped in inappropriately and said that it could really take the people’s volition contained within the jade seal. The people’s volition was also an energy – one that was very special!
As for the people’s volition in the jade seal, it was all that was accumulated since thousands of years ago when the Empire of Ziyou was built. Once all of it was taken, it would be the same as taking all of the dedication the Empire of Ziyou’s people had for their country.
In other words, once the energy was taken, it would make redundant the thousands of years of national fate cultivated by the Empire of Ziyou!
The fate or destiny of a nation was something mystical, yet real and present – one would be dead without breath, while a nation would be gone without fate!