"Feng, why bother talking to him? Just kill him and be done with it."
"Exactly, the longer we wait, the more trouble we might face. Let’s kill him first."
The people around were eager to take action. This was a Level 58 World BOSS, guaranteed to drop Legendary items. The previous Giant King dropped six Legendary items, so Wang Xie should drop at least as many. Everyone here could probably get a piece.
Chen Tianwen, without saying a word, raised his hand, and eight golden runes appeared around Wang Xie, trapping him inside.
Qimen Dunjia—Eight Gates Golden Lock Technique!
The others hesitated to strike immediately upon seeing this.
Xiao Jie quickly said, "No, our top priority is the Ascension Items. Don’t you want to become Immortal? Let’s hear him out first. Brother Tianwen, this guy can’t escape, right?"
Legendary Treasure is good, but compared to Ascension Items, they are incomparable.
The item Wang Xie mentioned is most likely an Ascension Item.
"Don’t worry, there’s absolutely no chance of escape within the Golden Lock."
Xiao Jie thought, that’s reassuring.
"So, tell us, what exactly are we after?"
Wang Xie, seeing his life temporarily spared, regained his composure, stood up from the ground, dusted off his clothes, adjusted his attire, and then snorted, "What else could it be? Since my true self entrusted it to me, it must be to advance his grand plan.
I originally couldn’t understand why such an item exists, but now that I’ve seen you all, it becomes clear.
You’ve come here despite the risk of death to trouble me and used so many means to disrupt my plan. Can it really be to save the world and rescue the masses?
Hahaha, you may deceive Heng Yuan, that fool, but you can’t fool me. You’re definitely here for this item.
However, don’t be too pleased with yourselves. Do you think you came here voluntarily? Hahaha, you’re just pawns in my true self’s scheme.
Unfortunately, my grand plan didn’t succeed, or not only I, but even you could be free from my true self’s control.
You’re being used without knowing it, truly laughable and pitiful.
But I’ve already destroyed that item, and now it only exists in my mind. If you kill me, you’ll never get it."
Xiao Jie was a bit surprised. Wang Xie could even predict his true self’s plan, quite insightful indeed.
He suddenly laughed, "Since your true self is so powerful, how do you know your actions weren’t part of his plan? Perhaps he intended to give the item to us through you, and your schemes are actually a part of his plan.
So your failure is inevitable, and that item in your possession is meant for us. Instead of resisting, why not obediently hand it over, completing the mission assigned by your true self, and I’ll spare your life."
Xiao Jie’s words left Wang Xie momentarily stunned, frozen in place.
Others, aside from Chen Tianwen who knew the backstory, were clueless, thinking, what kind of riddle are you playing at?
After a long pause, Wang Xie finally said reluctantly, "If everything was truly within my true self’s plan, then you must have the first two volumes of that item. Otherwise, even if I wanted to give it to you, you couldn’t obtain it. Do you have the first two volumes?"
Now Xiao Jie was one hundred percent sure that Wang Xie was indeed talking about the Unnamed Taoist Scripture.
Come to think of it, he had started his encounter with this thing back at the Newbie Village, and it turned out to be an Ascension Item.
It was well-hidden indeed.
He already had the first volume, True Word Chapter, and the second volume, Human Dao Chapter. What Wang Xie had was perhaps the third volume, Earth Dao Chapter.
From this perspective, ascending through this path must require obtaining the Heavenly Dao Chapter to complete the Ascension.
This aligns with the setting that Ascension Items can’t be achieved overnight and must be completed step by step.
If that’s the case, what’s a little pretension and delay for the sake of this Ascension Item?
There’s no way he didn’t want the Ascension Item. Although Xiao Jie had the Ancient Qi Refining Skill as another path, according to the trigrams, this Qi Refining Skill path was ’Demon Star blocking the way, nine deaths and one life.’ If there’s a more convenient and safer Ascension route, it would be very beneficial.
If the Qi Refining Skill path fails, a backup plan would be valuable.
"That’s right, we have the first two volumes of the Unnamed Taoist Scripture, Volume One, True Word Chapter, and Volume Two, Human Dao Chapter. Satisfied?"
Wang Xie let out a long sigh, "Satisfied, how could I not be? I never thought all my schemes were within his plan. Alas, since my true self wants me to complete this task, I’ll pass the Earth Dao Chapter to you now.
But this True Scripture cannot be given for free. I want to use this Earth Dao Chapter to buy my life. Are you willing to make this trade?"
Xiao Jie hesitated for a moment, but Chen Tianwen urgently asked, "If we fully learn this Unnamed Taoist Scripture, can it make someone become Immortal?"
Wang Xie scoffed, "Become Immortal? That’s nothing. If mastered to perfection, one could become a Saint."
A Saint... Xiao Jie’s interest was piqued. It was the first time he’d heard the term ’Saint’ from an NPC.
When he first entered the game, the promotional CG introduced seven Saints. But after entering the game, there was no trace of them, the most powerful beings in the game being missing Immortals and Divine beings.
It was almost as if that setup was a mere facade, though it made sense considering the CG mentioned the Saints had disappeared.
Now hearing Wang Xie mention a Saint made Xiao Jie alert.
He quickly asked, "What is a Saint?"
"A Saint is one who endures countless tribulations without perishing, touches karma without being tainted. Holding the authority of the universe, time and space are like lines in their palm. With a single thought, heavens and earth overturn; all laws return to the source. Their word becomes the Heavenly Dao, stabilizing the order. Undying and imperishable, the One amidst countless tribulations!
A Saint is the manifestation of the Great Dao, transcending the river of fate, not bound by the Five Elements. The chaos of creation is but a triviality, and the flickering of galaxies a mere thought. Neither perception nor non-perception, action yet inaction. Heaven and Earth are the furnace, and creation is the work; a Saint dwells among them, sovereign through eternity!"
This powerful? Xiao Jie thought, are you exaggerating?
"Really? Or are you just bragging? If it’s that powerful, then why haven’t you become a Saint?"
"How would I know? My abilities are only a fraction of that of my true self, and my memory is only small fragments of his. The power of the Unnamed Taoist Scripture in my memory is as such, but as for its truth, you’ll have to ask my true self for that.
Although I recall some content from the Taoist Scripture, it’s incomplete. I only have the third volume, Earth Dao Chapter. If you want to learn the Heavenly Dao Chapter, you’ll have to find my true self. Anyway, I only have the Earth Dao Chapter. It’s up to you whether or not you want it."