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Xiao Bin was terrified. He did not understand what Wei Huo meant. Was he planning to cripple his Epic cultivation?
Xiao Bin hesitated. It was easy for him to give up his power, but it was extremely difficult for him to give up the strength he had obtained with great difficulty.
The Epic stage that Xiao Bin had reached was not the real Epic stage. Due to various reasons, he had obtained the help of the system and had easily entered the Epic stage. A purple soul gem had condensed in his body.
However, that was meaningless. Not only was he weaker than a real Epic-ranked creature, but he had also severed his potential, which prevented him from advancing to a higher realm.
For example, although the current system created Legendary creatures that seemed powerful, it was impossible for them to enter the Mythical stage because they did not comprehend the Dao. At the same time, they could not use all sorts of mysterious abilities. They were purely akin to sandbags with domains.
That was why Wei Huo was asking him if he was willing to destroy his Epic stage. However, Wei Huo did not say this explicitly. He wanted to test the eldest disciple and see if he was a man who was willing to give up!
Xiao Bin hesitated for a long time. In the end, he kowtowed before Wei Huo three times and said, “My good fortune was given to me by my Master. My Master has the right to take it back. I once said that if I came out of seclusion, I would climb a mountain of knives and enter a sea of fire. Master, if you plan to cripple my cultivation, please attack me!”
Before Wei Huo could say anything, Zhou Song said in shock, “You’re the City Lord of City A, one of the three Epic-ranked humans alive. How could you be willing to destroy your Epic stage?”
It was unbelievable. Zhou Song could not believe it because he did not know the truth. He did not know that this Epic stage was a fake realm, but he was willing to give up just because of the oath earlier on.
Wei Huo nodded. He did not find it weird. In fact, even if Xiao Bin chose not to give up on the Epic stage, he would not interfere too much. Everyone had to choose their own path and take responsibility for their own choices. Wei Huo had understood when Lu Ren and Long Tao had left the Rose Manor.
Wei Huo stood up and waved his hand to remove the Thinking Lock in Xiao Bin’s mind. The Thinking Lock shattered and turned into mental energy to nourish Xiao Bin’s soul.
However, after the Thinking Lock was removed, Xiao Bin was stunned. Soon, endless sealed memories appeared in his mind. His eyes kept flickering, and his brain kept accepting these memories.
In the end, he stood up and retreated. He hit the wall, but the situation improved.
As the City Lord, he had come into contact with many players. He had more sealed memories than Zhou Song, so his reaction was stronger.
Gradually, Xiao Bin understood something. The reason Zhou Song could not understand was because he had not interacted much with players. However, Xiao Bin soon understood. When his memories were combined with the players’ words, everything appeared in his mind.
“This is a game.”
Xiao Bin mumbled to himself. He gradually understood what was going on with his Epic stage and why Wei Huo had asked that question.
Wei Huo said, “The Epic stage is a crucial stage compared to the Foundation Establishment stage of Daoism. One has to travel the world, see all kinds of things, and experience all sorts of ups and downs. Only after a long time can one sublimate to the Epic stage. The stabler one’s path is, the longer one’s path will be!”
Xiao Bin knelt down again. “I understand!”
Wei Huo pointed with his finger, and Xiao Bin groaned. Blood trickled down the corner of his mouth. The soul gem in his body had shattered instantly and turned into countless nutrients to nourish his spirit. However, his realm had dropped to the half-step Epic stage.
Wei Huo took out another Epic-ranked soul and refined the impurities in it before handing it to Xiao Bin. “If you encounter an emergency, use the mental strength in this soul gem. This will allow you to enter the Epic stage in a short time. However, you can’t use it to improve your cultivation. You can’t hurry to reach the Epic stage. You have to slowly build it.”
Xiao Bin nodded.
Wei Huo made him sit on the chair and said, “Xiao Bin, tell me in detail about the dream you told me about. Don’t leave any details out!”
Xiao Bin had once had a dream. That dream had warned Xiao Bin not to expose his name. That was why Xiao Bin and the others had used fake names. They had used ‘Private’, ‘Passerby’, and ‘Extra’ as their names.
Wei Huo had heard of the dream before, but he had not asked about Xiao Bin’s real name. He had not cared much about it at first, but after experiencing the seventh level of Kunlun Mountain, he realized that the prophecy was extraordinary!
If people who did not know the truth entered the City of Law on the seventh level, even if they were at the peak of the Legendary stage, as long as their names were recorded in the notebook, they would have to follow the law. If they violated it, they would definitely die unless they had equipment that could resist death.
Wei Huo still had the Rule-ranked Death Book, which was a real strategic weapon. A page of paper could kill a Legendary being of the same rank. One could use all their spiritual power to use five pages. For example, a page could probably kill ten Legendary creatures created by the system.
Given Wei Huo’s current mental strength, he could finish off all the Legendary creatures created by the system in the Northern Continent with just a few pages of the Death Book.
This notebook was terrifying. If the staff who had come to register him had not mistaken his name, he would not have been able to obtain it so easily.
That was why Wei Huo speculated that the prophecy’s purpose was to let Xiao Bin clear the seventh level easily. Perhaps Xiao Bin would have been stuck on the seventh level for too long if he had attempted to ascend Kunlun Mountain. It would have consumed a long lifespan, causing something irreversible to happen. That was why he had used this method to warn his past self.
This was a warning from the future. Perhaps it was not just a warning about not being able to use one’s real name. There might also be other information. That was why Wei Huo had taken this dream seriously.
Xiao Bin did not dare not answer Wei Huo’s question. However, he needed to recall carefully. The dream had influenced him greatly. He remembered that he could not reveal his real name, so he had not forgotten too many details about the dream.
He thought about it for a long time before saying, “I probably had this dream when I was 17 years old. I remember that I was still in school. Although it was Sunday, I woke up very early that day. It was precisely because I woke up early on a Sunday that I remember it better. After I woke up that day, I could not sleep. I thought about this dream carefully and finally recorded it in my phone’s notes.”
Xiao Bin started narrating his dream as he recalled it. Too much time had passed, so he had to make some connections. That was why he talked about many things that had nothing to do with his dream. In the end, he started talking about the dream itself.
“No one told me that it was the Underworld. I did not see the word ‘Underworld’ written anywhere either. Besides, it was completely different from the eerie underworld in the legends, the one with Ox-Head, Horse-Face, and King Yama. However, the first impression I had of that place was that it was the place where the dead went after they died—the Underworld!”