Chapter 622 - 621: An Inertial Transmigrator?

Chapter 622: Chapter 621: An Inertial Transmigrator?

"AAAGGGHHH! It’s true, it’s true! I’m telling you the truth," the old man cried out, weak and in pain.

Only then did Jiang Zuo withdraw his hand. Mo Mingbei’s Thunder Needle also vanished. If not for the man’s utter weakness, it would have seemed as if nothing had happened at all.

Jiang Zuo stood there indifferently, as if he hadn’t done a thing.

But when Mo Mingbei looked at Jiang Zuo again, he felt a strange sense of panic. This silent man might brutally murder him on a whim.

He was now completely at the other’s mercy.

Jiang Zuo spoke. "How much do you know about the ancient era?"

Mo Mingbei shook his head. "I was severely injured, so I know very little about the ancient era. Besides, I’ve always hidden in the depths of the void, far from where the Human Race gathered. I rarely received any news from there."

Jiang Zuo then asked, "Do you know what the Celestial Stele Divine War is?"

Mo Mingbei answered without hesitation. "A war between several worlds, or several smaller worlds."

"The reason for the war?" Jiang Zuo asked.

"Perhaps to determine a winner."

"And what happens to the winner?"

Mo Mingbei shook his head. "I don’t know. I heard the winner gets something. The world I came from was just a small one, so I don’t know much."

Jiang Zuo paid him no mind and turned to leave.

Naturally, Jiang Zuo took Mo Mingbei with him.

After leaving the records room, Jiang Zuo entered the main hall. It was filled with many still-functional Magical Treasures. He could take them back and sell them to the people in his group.

’They’re all useless items anyway.’

As he gathered the items, Jiang Zuo asked, "Is the Otherworld Record yours?"

Mo Mingbei watched Jiang Zuo’s actions, pained to see his things being taken. He then shook his head. "It isn’t. A Transmigrator gave it to me for safekeeping. He said he was running out of time and didn’t know where he would appear next."

Jiang Zuo was taken aback. "A chain of transmigrations?"

Mo Mingbei explained, "From what he said, he transmigrates whenever he dies. If he transmigrates without dying first, and his body in the new world dies, he’ll just transmigrate back."

’I’ve never seen anything like this,’ Jiang Zuo thought. ’To think someone so special exists in this world.’

’Doesn’t that make him effectively immortal?’

’But judging from the record, he doesn’t know how he acquired this ability, does he?’

’I never encountered this person in my past life. Otherwise, I could have tried capturing and studying him.’

’I might have been able to find some clues from him.’

’And then apply that research to Jiu Xi.’

’The success rate would have been much higher that way.’

’Even now, I still don’t know how Su Qi’s immortality came to be. Of course, if I were to conduct research this time around, the best subject would be the Ten Thousand Leaves Immortal Spirit.’

’But I’m not ready to go in there yet.’

’And by the time my strength is sufficient, it won’t be a good time to study it.’

’Research takes a great deal of time, which, unfortunately, I don’t have right now.’

’In the past, it wouldn’t have mattered if my research took a few years, a few decades, a few centuries, or even millennia.’

’Now, forget years—I could be dead in a few months.’

’That saying is right,’ Jiang Zuo mused. ’With a different life, you’re bound to lose different things.’

But Jiang Zuo didn’t mind.

"Where did you last see him?" Jiang Zuo asked.

"In my home world. He helped me escape to this place, and we lost contact after that," said Mo Mingbei.

Jiang Zuo didn’t press further. An encounter like that was entirely up to fate; if it wasn’t meant to be, it wouldn’t happen. He just wondered if the man was still alive.

After a moment’s thought, Jiang Zuo dismissed the idea.

’I’m different now. It would be useless even if I did run into him.’

Once Jiang Zuo had finished collecting the Magical Treasures, he prepared to leave.

He then asked, "As an outsider who came here, you didn’t pledge your allegiance to King Qin Wu? How did you survive?"

Mo Mingbei said agitatedly, "I did pledge allegiance! King Qin Wu just didn’t send me to the battlefield. I did my best to help, otherwise I wouldn’t have ended up in this state.

"Er, no, that’s not right. Not pledging allegiance would have been even worse."

Jiang Zuo didn’t pursue the topic. Instead, he asked, "Have you heard of Celestial Favor?"

Mo Mingbei nodded. "A little."

"Then what exactly is a Celestial Favor? Someone favored by heaven and earth?" Jiang Zuo asked.

Mo Mingbei shook his head. "I don’t know the specifics, but I’ve heard that every Celestial Favor is incredibly powerful."

"Does every world have one?" Jiang Zuo asked.

Mo Mingbei shook his head. He didn’t know.

Such questions were too profound for him. All he knew was that those with Celestial Favor were special.

’Su Qi might be a Celestial Favor. This makes it imperative for me to figure out what that really means.’

’If she wasn’t a Celestial Favor, I probably wouldn’t be so concerned.’

’But speaking of Supreme Forgetting Emotions...’

’Jiu Xi was so powerful in my past life, but she hadn’t achieved Supreme Forgetting Emotions, had she?’

’If she had truly reached that state, would she have pestered me so much?’

Jiang Zuo didn’t know.

’Perhaps Su Qi isn’t a Celestial Favor at all. Maybe her constitution is just special, making her Cultivation speed a bit faster than normal.’

’After all, it’s not like such unique constitutions don’t exist.’

’Like Chu Qing, for example.’

Jiang Zuo had no more questions. He left the Artifact Refining Land, planning to search for the Celestial God Flower next.

He brought Mo Mingbei along with him.

Mo Mingbei asked, "Sir, do you have any more questions? If not, could you please let me go?"

Jiang Zuo stopped abruptly.

This startled Mo Mingbei.

The man’s habit of attacking without warning made Mo Mingbei extremely anxious.

Jiang Zuo looked at the forest. "Something feels wrong."

Mo Mingbei followed his gaze curiously. "What’s wrong?"

"This forest is filled with danger," Jiang Zuo said. "The odds of dying if we go in are high."

With that, Jiang Zuo turned to leave. ’It’s best to just avoid this kind of situation.’

"For real? You can tell just by looking?" Mo Mingbei said. "How about you let me out? I can scout the path for you."

"You’d be better off going to the Core Land and putting on the Core Mecha," Jiang Zuo said.

Mo Mingbei’s pupils contracted. "How did you know about that?"

Jiang Zuo didn’t answer. ’I went in there and wore it myself in my past life. How else could I have killed all those people who pursued me inside?’

’If I hadn’t killed them, how could I have seized the Cave Mansion?’

’But I don’t remember seeing this Mo Mingbei back then. He must have either been killed or gone into hiding.’

’In any case, anyone hiding in the Celestial Star Cave Mansion definitely died in the end.’

Mo Mingbei’s hopes were completely dashed. He had thought he had a secret weapon that would give him a chance at survival, but now it seemed this man knew far more than he had ever imagined.

Jiang Zuo opened his compass and discovered that the items he needed were all inside the forest. This was truly bad news.

’The situation in the forest will probably last for a while. I should gather the Five Elements Power first.’

’And while I’m at it, I can try to condense the Innate Three Qi.’

’Although the Celestial God Flower is in the forest, it won’t be easy to obtain.’

’I still have plenty of time.’

After checking the map, Jiang Zuo took out his coin again. While searching for the Five Elements Power, he could also try to find a way to resolve the crisis in the forest.

’If all else fails, I’ll have to use the Core Mecha. It’s just that the strain on my body would be immense.’

’I’d have to waste another Shaping Pill.’