diskusbooks Chapter 400: A chill runs down my spine – there's a trap!
Chapter 400: A chill runs down my spine – there's a trap!
Treating Cang Yue's condition is much simpler than treating Pu Siqinglan's.
It's very simple for Li Muyang, at least.
Because Cang Yue was simply physically weak, but the power contained within her was too strong.
So all we need to do is improve her physical condition, in other words, strengthen her body.
It works even better when combined with a vitality booster.
As for Pu Siqinglan, Li Muyang guided her cultivation in order not to interfere with her development, which naturally took a lot of time and effort.
The treatment of Cang Yue was roughly as follows: after Li Muyang finished examining her body, he took out some herbs and refined a pill, which he gave to Cang Yue to replenish her vitality. About an hour later, Xuan Yue carried the sweating Cang Yue to the toilet to clean.
As for the illness? Of course, it's cured.
Cang Yue's power is too strong, and even her genes are affected to some extent. No wonder she can only maintain her strength for twelve days in the outside world. In addition, there must have been a big fight before she came. Although it didn't make things worse, the twelve-day limit was reduced.
"You really know how to increase the intensity! Aren't you afraid I won't be able to heal you?" Li Muyang complained to Xuan Yue, who had just finished bathing Cang Yue. Although the intensity was still nothing to him, it didn't stop him from complaining!
Xuan Yue's lips twitched. He wanted to say something, but felt that anything he said would be powerless. Cang Yue defended him, saying, "It's not your fault, Your Majesty. I was the one who had to take action. I had been lying down for too long."
Li Muyang didn't say anything more. He had actually guessed that Xuan Yue had a backup plan, namely Dr. Amy from VV Academy. If Li Muyang couldn't cure her, he would go to Dr. Amy! Dr. Amy's ultimate healing technique had been developed to a very advanced level. Even if she only had one chance left, curing Cang Yue would still be no problem.
Of course, the price would be a life for a life. Dr. Amy had already reversed her aging process and regressed to the level of a fetus. If she were to undergo another extreme treatment, her life would come to an end.
However, in Xuan Yue's eyes, Dr. Amy's life was definitely not as important as Cang Yue's. He had plenty of ways to make Dr. Amy willingly treat Cang Yue.
That's the original plot.
Do you really think Dr. Amy knows nothing? Besides her seventh sense of ultimate healing, she also has mental abilities that allow her to communicate with others, which means she can probe memories.
Dr. Amy is considered one of the more hidden powerhouses in the world of Stealing Stars, but she suffered from the disadvantage of reverse aging.
"As agreed, I've cured Cang Yue's body. So, what's your opinion?" Li Muyang took a sip of water and asked leisurely.
Xuan Yue remained silent, while Cang Yue was somewhat puzzled. It was obvious that Li Muyang wanted to recruit Xuan Yue into the Management Bureau, but Xuan Yue had not told Cang Yue about it.
So, Li Muyang took out another contract and tried to hand it to Cang Yue, but Xuan Yue snatched it away, saying, "What are you trying to do?!"
Li Muyang shrugged speechlessly: "Big brother! Do you have to get so worked up? We're not some illegal organization! Let alone some shady workshop! We're a perfectly legitimate group that maintains the order of the heavens! You don't think those saint-level beings would hold a grudge against us, do you?"
"I just saw that Cang Yue was confused about this, so I was just answering her questions! Don't overthink it, okay?"
Xuan Yue sneered: "Yes, I do know about your system. I trust those saints, but I don't trust you!"
Li Muyang was even more speechless. This was the first time someone had questioned his credibility. He could only sigh, "Sigh~ People's hearts are not what they used to be~ So what do you want to do?"
"It's all clearly written in the contract. If you see me doing anything wrong, just report it! What are you afraid of? Didn't you say you trust those few sages? What are you afraid of now? Or are you convinced that I invited you to join the Management Bureau for some other purpose?"
However, Xuan Yue remained indifferent and gave a forced smile, saying, "Heh! Do you think I can't see through you?"
"You just want someone to manage things for you so you can be a hands-off boss!"
At this moment, Xuan Yue seemed to have countless figures fighting behind her! Di Renjie, Bao Zheng, Sherlock Holmes, Kindaichi, Conan Edogawa... and in a daze, Qi Letian and Bao Xingxing were also there.
"Me!" Li Muyang's face immediately turned dark (red)! He was furious and embarrassed...furious...well, that's not quite right. It should be more like righteously declaring, "Believe it or not!"
(Holy crap! How did he see through it?) Li Muyang didn't understand! Xuan Yue's mental control couldn't possibly probe his primordial spirit, since he had a world of consciousness as a cover! If Xuan Yue wanted to probe Li Muyang's mental consciousness, he would first have to break through this world of consciousness.
This is a gift from the Demon Ancestor Rahu!
Xuan Yue silently broke out in a cold sweat. Good heavens! You really want to be a hands-off manager?
Because Li Muyang couldn't lie when the contract was signed, he had to truthfully disclose information about his branch office, even if CEO Goose used highly technical jargon to deceive... oops! He revised the contract, but with Xuan Yue's knowledge...
Even if he couldn't understand it, Izumi Souji beside him could! This guy wasn't some good-for-nothing rich kid; he was a top-tier rich kid with status, position, and ability! He saw through the situation at a glance!
This contract! There's something wrong with it!
It is indeed under the Administration Bureau, but it is not the headquarters. Or rather, the headquarters of the Administration Bureau is not a place that just anyone can enter. To this day, the top management at the headquarters consists only of those innate great powers! The remaining employees are also a group of immortals.
Then, the other components are basically branches. Although they are directly managed by headquarters, they are essentially feudal lords, and generally, they are all landowners! They are all related to the bigwigs at headquarters!
What you think of as the Zhou royal family and the enfeoffment system is that the Zhou emperor allocated a piece of land to you, but it grew bigger and bigger, eventually becoming a dangerous threat.
In reality, they just hand you a title, point you in a direction, and tell you, "This piece of land is yours! Go and develop it yourself!"
Well, to put it bluntly, it's all about being ordered to expand territory! Apart from the titles, everything else is just empty talk!
The downside of this is that it's easy for the feudal lords to grow larger than the central government!
However, the Administration doesn't have this problem because it operates on merit! And the bosses who established the Administration are a bunch of Primordial Golden Immortals! Saints! And even Primordial Grand Luo Immortals!
According to the requirements, the highest level of cultivation at the branch of the Administration Bureau can only be Golden Immortal. Anyone who is at the Golden Immortal level or above is more willing to enter the headquarters to cultivate in order to pursue a higher level.
What? You don't want to go in?
Sure! Headquarters isn't forcing us to!
But you need to understand one thing: those worlds that offer opportunities for you to break through to higher levels aren't places you can just walk into anytime!
Without going to these worlds, even in those ordinary small worlds, no matter how much you mess around, it's difficult to break through!
Once you reach the Golden Immortal level, the difference in realm and combat power becomes enormous! The weak might only be able to bully those of lower realm, while a powerful Golden Immortal might be able to unleash combat power far exceeding their realm by relying on their own understanding of the "Dao," allowing them to fight beyond their level!
Li Muyang's assistant, Goose Boss, is not as simple as he claims. He is just an ordinary AI from the Bureau of Management, and his true identity is unknown, but the information he knows is extremely detailed and advanced! Li Muyang can now access secrets that are only accessible to those at a higher level.
At the very least, it can broaden one's knowledge and perspective.
Therefore, Li Muyang knew a secret: ordinary cultivators, even those at the Golden Immortal, Taiyi, or Daluo levels, could not be distinguished from ordinary cultivators.
There is still a huge gap between them and true cultivators of the rules!
Ordinary cultivators, even those with high cultivation levels who have reached the Great Luo realm, exist only by relying on the world they inhabit! However, the worlds they live in are extremely special and mysterious, such as the Primordial World or Journey to the West.
Once they exist outside the world, the power they can exert, whether in combat or in supernatural abilities, will be greatly reduced!
They exist in dependence on the world, so although they appear to live as long as the heavens and be immortal, the world will eventually be destroyed. At that time, the cataclysmic calamity will occur, chaos will repeat itself, and heaven and earth will be reborn! Everything will start anew!
Unless one attains the Primordial Chaos Realm, the Great Luo Immortals are all for naught!
However, attaining the Primordial Chaos realm requires more than just a deep understanding of the "Great Dao"; it also demands personal strength and unwavering self-awareness. Otherwise, before even reaching the Primordial Chaos realm, you will have already been assimilated by the Great Dao and lost your own identity!
Therefore, the ordinary world would not easily tolerate such a firm self-concept, because they are of no benefit to the world. This is the true "defying the heavens" cultivation! It is truly "beyond the three realms and outside the five elements"!
Moreover, the more a world can accommodate a large number of Golden Immortals, Taiyi Immortals, and Daluo Immortals, the more difficult it is to comprehend the Great Dao! This is because the Great Dao has retreated, and the Heavenly Dao holds absolute power! And those who cannot comprehend the Great Dao are destined to never step into the "Primordial Chaos" realm!
This is both a monopoly and protection! Because the higher the cultivation level of a cultivator, the greater their talent for the Dao, and the easier it is for them to be assimilated!
There is only one way to avoid assimilation: maintain your uniqueness! This is the only hard requirement! And achieving this is very difficult!
The difficulty lies in maintaining just the right balance!
It's like you have to both despise and love the Great Dao! And you have to maintain the balance that best suits you! No one can help you with this!
The difficulty lies in aligning knowledge with action!
Consider some fanatics! Those who "cultivate the Tao" to the end might all go mad! Ultimately, they achieve "union with the Tao," which, to put it bluntly, means being assimilated by the Great Tao—and that's the end for them!
Leaving aside the long-term topic of reaching the "Primordial Chaos" realm, even if you want to advance further from the Golden Immortal realm, you must enter a world capable of accommodating multiple Taiyi cultivators, with a world limit of the Daluo realm! Otherwise, you will never be able to break through! No matter how much power you accumulate, it will not be enough!
Golden Immortals, Taiyi, and Daluo cannot achieve qualitative change through quantitative change!
Therefore, the Administration Headquarters monopolizes the advanced worlds above the Golden Immortal level!
Unless it's a world like Li Muyang's main world, which is itself a high-level world!