Chapter 259 - 257: The Martial World’s Truth and the Fourth Turn Domain

Chapter 259: Chapter 257: The Martial World’s Truth and the Fourth Turn Domain

Ji Donglai and the others followed Bai Xiaosheng to the seven-story tower.

Along the way, Fang Can didn’t see anyone else in the Celestial Secret Tower and couldn’t help but ask, "Is there nobody else in this whole tower?"

"Why would there be other people? The Celestial Secret Tower has always been passed down to a single successor."

Bai Xiaosheng replied without turning back, "Whether it’s cleaning the Celestial Secret Tower or providing for my daily needs, I can conjure anything I want with a single word. I have no need for servants."

"Then how did you know we were coming? Did that Yongle Encyclopedia tell you?" the Sacred Separatist asked.

Bai Xiaosheng came to a stop at a simple, antique square table. After inviting everyone to take a seat, he pulled a handful of pure white powder from his robes:

"This is the Longevity Lock, which the first Tower Master received as a gift after helping a Sixth Turn expert resolve their confusion."

Everyone looked over, only to see Bai Xiaosheng’s hand was full of white jade powder. It didn’t look like a Longevity Lock at all.

"This Longevity Lock can divine good fortune from bad and predict blessings from disasters, but it becomes damaged with each use."

"Thanks to this Longevity Lock, the Celestial Secret Tower has survived several calamities that could have annihilated us."

"By the time it was passed down to my generation, the Longevity Lock was already covered in cracks, but it was expected to be able to avert three more major calamities."

"But a short while ago, right before this edition of the Celestial Secret List was published, it shattered into this."

As he spoke, Bai Xiaosheng gently shook the jade dust in his hand.

"So, you’re saying that even before publishing the Celestial Secret List, you already knew disaster was about to strike?" the King of Bad Takes said with a grin.

"What other choice did I have? Publishing the Celestial Secret List was a death sentence, but not publishing it meant dying on the spot," Bai Xiaosheng said with resignation.

’In the last edition of the Celestial Secret List, I already made it as vague as possible. I just ranked you as number one and didn’t leak any other information.’

’But you and your women took all one hundred and two spots at the top of the Ascending Dragon List. How was I supposed to cover for you?’

’Maybe it’s really not his fault?’ The thought rose in Fang Can’s mind.

After all, the man had clearly tried his best to provide cover, but Fang Can’s hundred women had caused far too big a commotion to hide.

Faced with Bai Xiaosheng’s sob story, Ji Donglai snorted and slammed his palm on the table, leaving a clear imprint. "What’s all this nonsense? Are we here to argue about who’s responsible?"

"If it’s not your fault, is it ours? The superhumans? Get your attitude straight. If Fang Can wasn’t so soft-hearted, we would’ve annihilated you the moment we arrived."

Stopping Ji Donglai, who was siding with his own regardless of reason, Fang Can said:

"Let’s talk compensation. You’ve caused us immense losses and disrupted our plans. If you fail to satisfy us, we will destroy this Celestial Secret Tower of yours."

"Three answers?" Bai Xiaosheng said calmly. "I can answer three of your questions."

"Only three?" the King of Bad Takes grumbled.

"Because every answer comes at a price. Three is the absolute maximum."

Bai Xiaosheng said, "Even if you kill me, I can’t give you any more. I’m the one who has to pay the price for these three answers."

"Then we’ll kill you, and this Celestial Secret Tower will be mine anyway," Superman F snorted.

"I’m afraid that won’t work. My life is bound to the Celestial Secret Tower. All of its records must be unsealed by me personally. If I die, none of its information can ever be accessed."

Bai Xiaosheng said earnestly, "I could have immediately reported this to the various nations the moment I sensed something was amiss. But I’ve said nothing. Surely that demonstrates my sincerity?"

’Hah. A traitor to the Martial World, speaking so righteously.’ Ji Donglai thought calmly, then said aloud, "Fine. I’ll agree to your terms. Answer our three questions, and we’ll leave immediately."

"My apologies," Bai Xiaosheng said to Ji Donglai. "But could I trouble Young Master Fang within you to be the one to make that guarantee?"

"Me?" Fang Can asked, confused.

Ji Donglai’s brow furrowed. "You don’t trust me?"

In response to Ji Donglai’s question, Bai Xiaosheng could only offer an awkward yet polite smile. ’As if you don’t know your own reputation.’

After a moment’s hesitation, Fang Can said, "As long as you can guarantee that you won’t leak any information for the next ten days, I will guarantee your life."

"Done. I can certainly adhere to that. With Young Master Fang’s guarantee, I feel much more at ease," Bai Xiaosheng said, breathing a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, inside Ji Donglai’s body, the various superhumans discussed what their three questions should be.

After a few minutes of debate, Fang Can took the lead and asked, "First question: of all the existing Fourth Turn Martial Artists in the entire Martial World, what kind of legacy does the strongest one possess?"

"Second question: what legacy do you think is best suited to counter a group that fights like we do?"

"Third question: where are the Martial Artists above the Fourth Turn? Why hasn’t anyone in the Martial World seen them?"

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Several minutes later, after getting the answers to their three questions, the group fell into a long silence. They had never expected answers like these.

The answers, both about the legacies and the Martial World itself, were beyond anything they could have imagined.

According to Bai Xiaosheng, the Fifth Turn Martial Artists hadn’t all died. Instead, a being from beyond the heavens had suddenly appeared one day and taken all the Fifth and Sixth Turn Martial Artists away.

According to this celestial being, he was taking these Martial Artists to a different, more expansive world to continue their training.

In their quest to achieve even greater heights, practically every ambitious Martial Artist in the Martial World at the time followed him. They were never heard from again, directly causing a massive gap in the progression of the Martial Dao across the nations.

Of course, according to Bai Xiaosheng, it was only the Fifth and Sixth Turn Martial Artists from this specific region who were taken.

In reality, the Martial World is infinite. The land they inhabited was just one small piece of it—a tiny island. Beyond that lay the Endless Sea.

The Endless Sea was so vast that even a Sixth Turn Martial Artist could travel for an entire year and still not reach its end. Furthermore, it was teeming with ferocious sea beasts.

According to ancient texts, the Endless Sea concealed many massive continents, each as large as their own collection of nations, which were home to Martial Artists who had even surpassed the Seventh Turn.

It was precisely because the Endless Sea was so vast, and their corner of the Martial World so restrictive for a Fifth Turn expert, that almost all of them had chosen to leave with the off-world visitor when he came.

After hearing Bai Xiaosheng’s description, the group drew a rough analogy.

The entire Martial World was like their own universe. The Endless Sea was like outer space, and their nations were equivalent to being stuck on Earth, unable to find other inhabited planets.

Back inside the Celestial Secret Tower, the Sacred Separatist looked at the smiling Bai Xiaosheng and said, "I have one more question. My ability is to suppress any Extraordinary phenomenon."

"I’ve tested it before. I can affect anyone below the Third Turn. So why couldn’t I affect your ’words become law’ ability just now?"

Bai Xiaosheng answered with a smile, "That’s because once you reach the Fourth Turn, you begin to form a domain around yourself."

"If you could say that practitioners below the Third Turn use powerful legacies to warp reality, then the legacies of the Fourth Turn are, in themselves, a part of the rules of reality."