Chapter 258 - 256: The Doxxer Is Confronted in Real Life

Chapter 258: Chapter 256: The Doxxer Is Confronted in Real Life

The Celestial Secret Tower!

As a major power that had historically produced a Fifth Turn expert.

Although it had declined, its Fourth Turn master, Bai Xiaosheng, was still one of the few top powerhouses of the current era.

The Celestial Secret Tower was situated atop the Hidden Cyan Mountain in the northwest of the Great Zhou nation. Its terrain was treacherous and precipitous, shrouded in clouds and mist year-round, as if suspended beyond the Nine Heavens.

It could be said that all Martial Artists in the world were intensely curious about this power.

Rumor had it that the "Yongle Encyclopedia" recorded all the secrets in the world.

People always had questions they hoped to answer by getting a glimpse of the "Yongle Encyclopedia".

Unfortunately, the Celestial Secret Pavilion had always been exceptionally mysterious to the outside world, refusing all visitors. Martial Artists below the Third Turn weren’t even qualified to see through the bewildering array at the foot of the mountain.

But this also made it more convenient for Fang Can and the others to visit.

Walking along the winding serpent path to the summit, the so-called Illusory Barrier that was said to be difficult even for Second Turn experts to break was merely the first trial.

To reach the summit, one had to pass through numerous tests.

The trials at the foot and halfway up the mountain served as the Celestial Secret Tower’s clear message to the outside world: Strangers were not welcome.

But these so-called trials were nothing compared to Ji Donglai’s teleportation.

With just a few easy steps, he effortlessly crossed the three trials: the treacherous Serpent Path, the Suspended Mirror Abyss, and the Star-Shifting Flatland.

Once the mist cleared, Ji Donglai saw a massive pavilion before him, supported by nine pillars of meteoric iron.

The entire Celestial Secret Tower had nine floors, built in a pyramid structure, with the largest bottom floor covering several acres of land.

Observing the tall gate carved with the pattern of a hundred birds paying homage to a phoenix, Ji Donglai flexed his fingers, preparing to break the door down directly. After all, he hadn’t come for a polite visit.

But just as he was about to act, the blood-red iron gate, which weighed several tons, was slowly pushed open.

Then, a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian scholar looked at the group and asked politely, "Sirs, are you visitors from the Exotic Realm?"

Ji Donglai didn’t answer. Instead, the scar-faced man knit his brows and said, "Are you the current Bai Xiaosheng?"

"...Yes, I am." The scholar gave a bitter laugh. "I know why you have come, sirs. Please, step inside."

Ji Donglai didn’t move, suppressing the urge to attack directly. "Are you the one who made those Ascending Dragon and Hidden Dragon lists, causing all this to happen?"

"This matter is indeed my fault, but I truly had no choice," Bai Xiaosheng said helplessly.

"No choice?" Ji Donglai’s fists clenched. "It looked to me like you were having a great time doxxing people every day. How could you have had no choice?"

"I bet he doesn’t think he’s wrong. He’s just scared because we showed up at his door," a teasing voice, the King of Lame Jokes, echoed from within Ji Donglai’s chest.

"Please, come inside. I will explain everything to you all," the white-robed scholar said, gesturing for them to enter.

Ji Donglai figured the man couldn’t pull any tricks and strode right in.

He was fully prepared to obliterate this bastard, along with the entire mountain, if he gave a single unsatisfactory answer.

Bai Xiaosheng walked ahead, leaving his back completely exposed. He then spoke in a leisurely tone, "Sirs, do you know what my Martial Dao inheritance is?"

From within Ji Donglai, Fang Can’s voice drifted out, "The outside world says it’s ’As I Speak, So It Becomes,’ an improved version of the Golden Mouth Jade Words Art."

"That is correct. To inherit this massive Celestial Secret Tower, one must reach the Fourth Turn and choose to cultivate the ’As I Speak, So It Becomes’ inheritance."

Walking up the stairs to the second floor, Bai Xiaosheng sighed. "But the problem lies with this very inheritance. There is a restriction to mastering it: one cannot tell lies."

’He can’t lie?’ Fang Can and the others were all stunned.

"The effect of this inheritance requires that everything I say must be the truth." Bai Xiaosheng pointed to an object placed to the left of the solid wood staircase. "What do you see here?"

"A potted plant?" the King of Lame Jokes replied, poking his head out.

"No, this is clearly a stone tablet. It is approximately three chi, three cun, and three fen long; one cun wide; and one chi tall. On it are written the four words, ’Heaven rewards the diligent.’" Bai Xiaosheng stated with conviction.

As he spoke, the potted plant began to twist violently, then forcibly transformed into a stone tablet.

And on the tablet were indeed the four engraved words: "Heaven rewards the diligent."

Staring at the stone tablet, the King of Lame Jokes subconsciously reached out and touched it. The surface was ice-cold and undeniably real.

On the other side, the masked face of the Holy Separator turned grim.

He had kept his Forbidden Demon Domain active the entire time, yet it had still failed to stop the other’s inheritance from taking effect.

"This is the power of ’As I Speak, So It Becomes.’ Whatever I say must be the truth. If it isn’t, then reality itself must be flawed, so reality is twisted until it becomes correct," Bai Xiaosheng sighed.

"There has to be a limit, right?" Fang Can asked calmly.

"For instance, in terms of power, if you were to just declare that a Fifth Turn or Fourth Turn expert dies, it probably wouldn’t have any effect."

"Precisely. If I state a falsehood that excessively violates reality, I will be killed instantly by the backlash."

"The fact that I have survived to this day means I can take responsibility for every word I’ve spoken. I have never told a lie—or rather, if I did, it was forced to become the truth," Bai Xiaosheng said helplessly.

The Holy Separator asked, "So, you’ve deliberately revealed your inheritance to lend credibility to what you’re about to say?"

"Exactly. The Ascending Dragon List and Hidden Dragon List are also related to this inheritance," Bai Xiaosheng said truthfully.

"You should all be aware that the first master of the Celestial Secret Tower loved to debate martial arts. He wanted to argue the power differences between various Martial Artists."

"That is why he chose the ’Yongle Encyclopedia’ inheritance and created the Celestial Secret List."

"And even in death, he had no intention of resting in peace. He decided to pass this custom down."

"Starting from the second-generation master of the Celestial Secret Tower, every successor has had to swear an oath."

"As long as the Celestial Secret Tower exists, the Hidden Dragon and Ascending Dragon Lists must be continued, without fail. Furthermore, every future master must renew this oath before taking their position."

"Because every master has been bound by the vow not to lie, this Celestial Secret List has been passed down since the second generation."

"And you aren’t the first group to come looking for trouble like this."

"Originally, the Celestial Secret List and the Ascending Dragon List recorded information on the combat strength of Fifth Turn Martial Artists."

"But after a few editions, for self-preservation, we settled for the next best thing and only recorded Fourth, Third, and Second Turn experts..."

"To this day, we have completely omitted Martial Artists on the Heaven-Ascending Road and only record those with a Transcendent Body. This is already the absolute limit of the oath. If I were to truly cancel it, I would die."

Bai Xiaosheng turned his head, looked at Ji Donglai with a bitter expression, and said, "So... do you all understand now?"

Silence...

Even Fang Can was speechless. Talk about a moment of inspiration from an ancestor leading to endless suffering for his descendants.

Even Bai Xiaosheng had been wronged. The ancestor’s rules were immutable. Normally, recording Martial Artists with a Transcendent Body shouldn’t have caused any trouble; it had gone on peacefully for several hundred years.

But then a freak like Fang Can suddenly appeared.

’You’re the world’s number one human cauldron, making everyone want to fuck you. Is that my fault?’