Poison God's Heritage

Chapter 749: Sun Auction

The Eight Suns seemed confused, and their retainers were even more so. We were fighting an unknown enemy, in unknown numbers and without much knowledge. Everyone is bound to be a little bit stressed out.

"Seems like what Shen Bao said holds some truths," the Lord of Lords said.

Looking at him, he had his middle finger and thumb locked together.

"Oh, you're actually using that, from the words of a mere child," the Cryptic Sun sighed.

The Dusking Sun noticed the confused look on my face and said, "You might not know, Shen Bao, but the reason why the Lording Sun is the oldest and most annoying to deal with in terms of fighting is that what he is doing right now.

"I don't get it," I said.

"You wouldn't, at least for now until you see it applied against you. That's his own method of foresight, he can calculate the probabilities of the world itself and realize hidden truth."

"Premonition? Interesting…" I said as I locked my eyes on the Lording Sun's hand gesture.

It was thin, far thinner than a spider's thread, and there were many of them. Laws of space and time were rapidly spiraling around his fingers giving him the ability to calculate all that is to come in the near future or far.

"The Beyond is bound to enter one of its most turbulent phases, and sadly it will be during the Endless Night. Darkest One, you'll be the one to handle things once the Endless Nights starts I would presume," the Lord of Lords said.

"I have no problem with that, once the Endless Night starts, I lose most of my powers. I would then hand over the token of Elder Sun to the Darkest Sun."

"I have no issues with that, but if they were to attack during the Endless Night, I would assume that I'll have free access to all of your territories," the Darkest Sun said.

"No problem here," the Dusking Sun said.

"No one asked your opinion, you live in a damn swamp void of people," the Cryptic Sun snorted, "I, on the other hand, have many things to keep away from prying eyes, it will be under scrutiny and heavy watch if you're going to send in some of your forces over."

"No matter, just don't disrupt my own troops if things devolve to that extent," the Darkest Sun said.

"Just don't bring in the damned Titans, they ruined a fifth of my domain the last Endless Night, I haven't even been repaid for that."

The group continued allocating troops and coordinating with each other before the Flamboyant Sun looked at me and said, "Shen Bao. It would help if you claimed the Sea of Demons hastily. We have given you the title of the land, but not the heart of its people. And if the Rakshasa were to come, your land would be the weakest link.

Not to mention it's crawling with the Walkers who already grow incredibly stronger during the Endless Nights."

That's a problem I'll need to handle soon.

"The man who claimed himself Emperor is the peak Origin Shattering Realm cultivator, I don't think Shen Bao can usurp his reign with ease," the Blue Sun said.

"Are you suggesting to help him?" the Red Sun asked.

"Helping him directly goes against the noninterference policy. But I can lend assistance if provided with enough contribution," the Blue Sun said.

"I guess the handkerchief alone isn't enough," I said.

She shook her head, "After seeing what's inside the Bastion, I doubt that the words on the door mean much, the problem is, the Darkest Sun's disciple didn't even look at all of the symbols inside the Bastion and I'm left with an incredible lack of understanding. What a scatter head," she sighed.

"So, you want to probe my head for all the information regarding what's inside the Bastion so you can help me with claiming the Sea of Demons," I said.

"Your words are a bit harsh, it sounds like I'm extorting you," she said.

"Well, you are doing so," the Dusking Sun said. "Shen Bao, I'll lend you my owl for showing me such a good show, it should be enough to protect you against the Self Proclaimed Emperor of the Sea of Demons. As for killing him, that's on you."

"Why are you interfering Dusking Sun!" the Blue Sun's face turned red as he ruined her plan for getting information for a cheap price. And it was obvious to all.

"You'll just be wasting your time regardless, most of what was written on those walls were just scribbles and random charts. They mean nothing, even I couldn't figure them out," the Cryptic Sun said, "Not to mention, he wouldn't have been able to memorize them even if he did see everything. They're too complex for no reason."

"What makes you say so?" I asked the Cryptic Sun.

I sounded rude right there, and I knew it. But he kept throwing dirty water my way so I had to reply.

The Cryptic Sun was about to say some bullshit but The Flamboyant Sun coughed as to calm him down.

After calming down the Cryptic Sun said, "The designs of the symbols were too erratic, they held no depth to them even by crossing them with each other, there were more than millions of different characters. No sypher can ever deduce them, I say they are merely scribbles meant to bring a sense of mystery but everything about them is just for show. No real substance," he said.

Thanks to the soul link I have with the Lord of Lords pagoda I was able to hear the Tao Yang's very colorful words she had to say about the Cryptic Sun. But she couldn't express them too loudly in fear of her being noticed.

The Lord of Lords threw me a sly grin, he definitely knows that I smuggled her out but he isn't exposing me. But he seemed to worry that she might try and use Divine Sense to converse with me and that will be instantly picked up by the suns.

"Well, the reason why you're saying that is because you're too blind to see the truth," I said.

This was an insult, and he knew it instantly. I would have probably died right here and then if not for the rest of the suns moving their energy in order to stop the Cryptic Sun from vaporizing my existence.

I had to finish my words before shit gets too ugly though, it's enough insults his way… for now that is.

"Because you were using a proxy to see the symbols, you were unable to see their depth. The symbols look different because they aren't written in a one dimensional way. But are three dimensional. They have inner length and width that gives the same character a different meaning if rotated or pushed or even morphed. It's basically a different type of writing.

Instead of using letters, they use…well pictures that depicts a hidden meaning. Without the use of Divine Sense one could only see the outer layer of the symbols on the Bastion. And only when one dives in deeper with their Divine Sense can they see the meaning of each symbol," I said.

"You mean you were able to use your Divine Sense?" the Wisest Sun said, "Because if you did it would actually mean that you could see not just the tip of the iceberg but the entirety of it."

"Indeed, I was able to see inside the symbols and was able to read them," I said.

"This is quite the discovery, name your price, I'll buy that knowledge from you!" the Blue Sun said.

"Hold, even I am interested now, but what guarantees that what you're saying isn't just lies," the Cryptic Sun immediately changed attitude. But a snake could shed its skin but never change its color.

I'm being tested. They're Sun level cultivators. If I were to fuck up and actually show them an example of a symbol, they'd be able to immediately infer and understand the rest of the symbols that they already seen in an instant.

Although the chances of that happening aren't high, that doesn't mean they're not possible.

"I'd rather not," I said simply, "That knowledge is pretty important and I don't want to display even a bit of it to anyone. Unless amply rewarded me, at least enough that I see worth the knowledge from another world. After all, not anyone can get to the level where they can become one of the suns, and they made it even further," I said.

"I'm not the brightest in the room, knowledge of other worlds would only cloud my mind, I'll withhold on this bidding war," the Dusking Sun said out loud. .net

It might sound like he isn't interested, but what he did was a great favor for me. He immediately turned this into a bidding situation although he withdrew forcing the rest of the suns to compromise and bid among each other for this knowledge.

The Cryptic Sun realized that and was throwing both of us vicious looks.

"Hey, if looks could kill we'd both be dead by now," the Dusking Sun sent me a divine sense message. "Also, if you can help me out with anything worth while I'll help you out as much as I can in the upcoming Endless Night just don't expose us."

I couldn't help but admire how he acts. Although he withdraws from situations he still has a finger in the cake.

"Now then, since I'm interested, Shen Bao how about sharing that knowledge for this…" the Red Sun said as he handed over a small storage ring.