My Professions Have Too Much Personality - Chapter 256 - 162: The Royal Court and the Vast World

Chapter 256: Chapter 162: The Royal Court and the Vast World

A doubt pricked at Su Chen, and he cautiously asked,

“Chief Judge, you seem to be in a great hurry. Logically, there shouldn’t be a rush to gain this recognition, should there?”

At his current standing, he knew there would be no consequences even if he asked a forbidden question.

“This matter…” Chong Jingtian began, trailing off in thought. Jiang Shu Mo and You Shan remained silent.

“There’s no harm in telling you.”

A flicker of surprise crossed Jiang Shu Mo’s eyes, and You Shan was also visibly startled.

Su Chen instinctively straightened up, sensing that the information he was about to hear would be explosive.

“Because of the Holy Banquet…” Chong Jingtian said, his voice measured. He didn’t beat around the bush. “When the number of the Deceitful God’s Followers reaches a certain point and the Deceptive Divine Power they can wield grows stronger, they will unite to initiate the Holy Banquet.”

“The start of the Holy Banquet is tantamount to shattering the barrier that separates us from the Deceitful God’s true form. When that happens, this land will become the Deceitful God’s paradise.”

Chong Jingtian’s explanation was brief, but it sent a tremor through Su Chen. He couldn’t stop himself from asking, “Don’t tell me this Holy Banquet is imminent, is it?”

“That’s right.” Chong Jingtian nodded grimly. “Your master and the other Chief Judges have been away for so long because they’re confirming this very thing. We are now seventy percent certain.”

Su Chen’s expression flickered. A sense of ’this is bullshit’ washed over him.

’I’m still leveling up! How is the world suddenly about to end?’

’With the power of the Deceitful God’s true form, what’s the point of even fighting once the Holy Banquet begins? We might as well just surrender.’

’I wonder if my disguise can fool its true form,’ he thought. Subconsciously, Su Chen was already planning his escape route.

He quickly reined in his thoughts and looked at Chong Jingtian. “Chief Judge, can’t the Holy Banquet be stopped?”

“We can…” Chong Jingtian nodded, but his tone was helpless. “The problem is that this endless fog isolates everything. There are too many places we can’t possibly keep an eye on.”

“Otherwise, we never would have allowed the Deceitful God’s Followers to grow to their current strength.”

’The fog…’ Su Chen sighed to himself. It wasn’t a failure of arms, but of circumstance.

Yet he also noticed that Chong Jingtian’s words held little despair.

He realized, “Besides stopping the Holy Banquet directly, is there another way?”

“We can rely on outside help.” Chong Jingtian looked up, his gaze seeming to pierce through the ceiling and the endless fog to the boundless, starry sky beyond. He uttered two words: “The Royal Court.”

“The Royal Court?”

For a moment, Su Chen’s eyes showed a flash of confusion, but he quickly understood.

“This might be difficult for you to understand.” Chong Jingtian seemed to be considering how to explain. “The so-called Red Thunder Star is actually a planet. It’s like this…”

With a wave of his hand, Energy converged, forming a sphere in his palm. “It looks just like this!”

The term “Red Thunder Star” was widely known, but much like “Southwind City,” most people assumed it was just a name, and almost no one questioned the reason behind it.

Beyond that, there was no other concept of a “planet.” The endless fog made it even more difficult to discover that the ground they stood on was, in fact, a sphere.

Su Chen nodded, waiting for him to continue.

Chong Jingtian had expected Su Chen to ask more questions, but he was surprised to find Su Chen merely watching him, waiting for the rest of the explanation.

Almost everyone who learned of this bombarded him with questions.

This was the first time Chong Jingtian had encountered someone who didn’t, and he found it rather strange. Still, there was nothing to say, so he continued his explanation.

“…This sphere resides in an immeasurably vast region, home to many planets similar to ours. You could call it… the cosmos.”

“As for the Royal Court, you can think of it as a more powerful version of Ying Feng, one that rules over many planets like ours,” he explained simply.

’That’s it?’

Su Chen opened his mouth to speak, then stopped. He had guessed as much when he first heard the name “Royal Court.” What he wanted was more detail.

“As for the specific details of the Royal Court…” Chong Jingtian shook his head. “I don’t know much myself.”

Since the topic had come up, he decided to be frank. “We only learned any of this because someone from the Royal Court fell from the sky ten years ago.”

“So that’s why the four cities declared a truce?” Su Chen said, understanding dawning. But then a new question arose. “Then why didn’t they bring Red Thunder Star under their rule?”

“Bring it under their rule?” Chong Jingtian sighed. “That’s like asking why we don’t bring the settlements in the wilds under our own rule.”

“It doesn’t have enough value, and with the fog, the cost of governing would be too high.”

’Red Thunder Star has no value? Just how powerful is this Royal Court?’

Su Chen raised an eyebrow. ’Perhaps it’s not that the planet has no value, but that it has no strategic value for them to rule. There’s a difference.’

But then another thought struck him, and he asked, stunned, “There’s… fog outside, too?”

He had been about to say “outer space” but changed his phrasing at the last second.

“Of course there is…” Chong Jingtian didn’t know why Su Chen was asking this, so he steered the conversation back on track. “The Royal Court should be able to help us with this Holy Banquet problem, but they won’t act without a reason.”

“So, if someone is recognized by the Great Venerable Red Flame Thunder Resonator, that will convince them to intervene?” Su Chen guessed.

“Exactly…” Chong Jingtian nodded, then quickly clarified, “They’re willing to intervene because a future Morning Star Tier is worth cultivating. It’s worth paying a certain price to resolve problems for such a person.”

He was afraid Su Chen might imagine something unsavory, like a sacrifice.

“I see…” Su Chen said, lost in thought. With this, a lot of things started to make sense.

The Deceitful God Sect was making frequent moves because they were trying to initiate the Holy Banquet.

Yuan Capital wanted Hongxuan to gain recognition to win the favor of the Royal Court.

“However, whether or not one can gain recognition is a matter of doing one’s best and leaving the rest to fate. You shouldn’t feel too much pressure. After all, there’s still Hongxuan.” At the end, Chong Jingtian’s tone became reassuring.