Pretending To Be A Boss
Chapter 847 - 37: The Mantis and the Oriole of Baichuan City

Tang Xian walked out of the tomb. A sea monster was waiting for him outside the tomb.

"Did you get it?"

"I got it. The inheritance of the Destroyer God is actually its Soul Crystal. Are you the one who was responsible for the burial of the Destroyer God?"

"It wasn't me. It was the Red Emperor's responsibility."

"..."

Suddenly, Tang Xian understood why the Red Emperor had been so desperate to fight him.

"The Red Emperor took a particular liking to Junlin, seeing in him the image of the Destroyer God in his prime. That's why it deliberately refrained from killing Junlin, but against me, it was willing to risk everything to defeat me."

The sea monster wasn't surprised that Tang Xian realized this and nodded as it said:

"The Red Emperor has followed its master for longer than I have; it admires fighters who are willing to risk everything for combat."

Tang Xian felt as if he had been tricked by a dead person.

The Soul Crystal is more important than a heart or brain to creatures of the mines. How could the Destroyer God possibly remove its own Soul Crystal?

This must be the last wish of the Destroyer God. The Red Emperor, tasked with its execution, must know the mystery of the Destroyer God's inheritance.

But the Red Emperor's actions were as good as refusing to the death.

This doesn't count as defying the last wish of the Destroyer God since... the Red Emperor paid with its life.

"So about this so-called inheritance, the Red Emperor didn't tell you anything else? In all these hundreds of years, watching all sorts of battles, did you never ask the Red Emperor?" Tang Xian hoped for a clue.

He wasn't overly optimistic as he spoke, taking out the Soul Crystal. When he took out the two Soul Crystals, the sea monster looked puzzled.

"I don't care about those things. That was the Red Emperor's responsibility; I just helped it. Eh... This is the Destroyer God's... inheritance?"

"Yes, this is the Destroyer God's inheritance. I have no idea how to use it. By your expression, it seems you don't know either."

"I do know."

The sea monster's words immediately invigorated Tang Xian.

He looked at the sea monster, puzzled, and the sea monster naturally said:

"Although you are a human, haven't you seen the beasts consuming Soul Crystals in this world? Soul Crystals are greatly nourishing for all beasts, a massive energy source that can speed up evolution, of course, they are for eating."

"..."

Tang Xian, a man adept at eating, never really considered eating a Soul Crystal.

He once said that what animals can eat, so can humans.

But the current situation was different, Tang Xian didn't know if swallowing a Soul Crystal, an object filled with tremendous energy, would cause some kind of mutation.

The sea monster began to issue an order to leave:

"You have obtained what you came for; you can go now. Oh, and if you see Junlin, let it know to come to this sea area to find me."

"What are you going to do?"

"The mission of the Red Emperor has ended, but mine has not."

"What is your mission?"

"To witness the rise of the next Destroyer God."

Tang Xian was stunned.

The sea monster said:

"The Red Emperor valued Junlin for a reason. I can't tell you that reason, which I only understood not so long ago. But perhaps you'll come to understand some other place in the future."

Tang Xian vaguely thought it might have something to do with the secret of the Destroyer God's mastery of human writing?

He looked at the sea monster's expression and couldn't find an answer, so he didn't press any further.

In this world, many secrets exist yet remain unsolved by anyone.

Maybe someday after he truly saves the world and all the dangers are eliminated, the secrets of the Destroyer God or the other beast gods will remain secrets still.

Or perhaps, on some peaceful afternoon, at dusk, or at night, because of some trivial matters, some secrets will be unveiled.

Tang Xian had no intention of staying any longer; his journey to the hungry seas had taken up too much time.

Out of the ninety days, fifty-seven had passed, leaving only the last thirty-three days.

The threat of the judge was still very significant. The whereabouts of Lost Bird, or the Zudun Giant, were still unknown.

The true location of the Eden ruins was also unclear.

He didn't have time to rest, and even couldn't afford to return to Baichuan City.

...

...

Baichuan City.

There were twenty-eight days left until Tang Xian's showdown with the Orderly.

In this time, though Baichuan City was in a tense and fearful atmosphere, through the efforts of Song Que, Li Xiaoyu, and others, everyone was doing their part diligently.

They knew some significant event was approaching, but they didn't know what exactly it would be.

Somewhere among them, people found pleasure amidst the sorrow.

The structure of human society is extremely complex, intimately tied to the intricacies of human nature itself.

Qi Xun, once the young master of the Qi Family at the Huaxia Fortress, now an ordinary citizen of Baichuan City, faced a stark change in status.

Such drastic changes in standing are not unique to him; many from the former fortress elites now find themselves in similar positions.

Baichuan City had its undercurrents. People who once lived in a clearly tiered Pyramid, suddenly stripped of their past status. Although in the grand scheme, everyone was pursuing and proving their worth, many kin to the past shone, unwilling to accept the current reality.

They had been suppressed by Ju Mang, Song Que, and Li Xiaoyu and now appeared to comply on the surface, but Li Xiaoyu believed they would definitely make a move behind the scenes.

It was just uncertain what kind of actions these people would take.

Compared to others, Qi Xun was the most challenging to detect.

In his daily life, full of jests and laughs, as a scion of one of the big three clans, Li Zheng's image was that of devotion to his family, perceived as Li Wanye's successor, while Song Que has overturned the tables several times, now a bona fide hero of Baichuan.