The Saviors' Betrayal

Miao Long initially felt quite uncomfortable, because even for experts like them who used Gu, the Golden Silk Gu was not as docile as a dog.

In Xu Bai's hands, this Golden Silk Gu had none of its violent temper; it was very docile, almost barking.

This feeling is absurd, like discovering that the child you've raised for years actually belongs to the other person. That bittersweet feeling left him speechless.

However, his sourness only lasted for a short while. He quickly realized that after hearing Xu Bai say that the Golden Silk Gu had something, he didn't care about being impolite and hurriedly took a few steps forward to see what it was.

In Miao Long, the Golden Silk Gu was still lying quietly in the wooden box, and apart from looking a little cowardly, there was nothing else unusual about it.

Xu Bai laughed and said, "You wouldn't have guessed this thing is so complicated. By the way, what method did you say you were going to use to save it?"

Xu Bai had been having a lot of worries lately, but also a lot of happy things. After all these things combined, he forgot how he did it, and only remembered that he had to come over.

Upon hearing this, Miao Long quickly explained, "King Xu himself has a powerful regenerative ability. We want to use King Xu's blood to save the Golden Silk Gu Golden Silk Gu and allow it to recover."

"Your Prince need not worry. You don't need much, just one drop will suffice. What you hold in your hand is the most ancient Golden Silk Gu. As long as it can be restored, it can lead its entire clan to slowly recover."

Xu Bai stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and shook his head, saying, "A drop of blood isn't a big problem for me, but this isn't about giving a drop of blood. Things here aren't as simple as you think."

Miao Long was slightly taken aback. He had initially thought Xu Bai was unwilling to help after hearing the first half of the sentence, but when he heard the second half, he was completely confused. "Is it that complicated?"

The person in front of me is a newly Entering Sainthood Expert, and he wields immense power in the Great Chu Kingdom.

Even he felt that there was more to this than met the eye, so it must be really important.

Miao Long had no doubt that the other party would lie to him, because he had nothing to offer the other party. So when he heard Xu Bai say that he was not simple, he became worried.

The Golden Silk Gu is the most important thing in the entire Miao Sect, and it is also a thing passed down through generations. If it is completely eradicated, the loss will be extremely heavy, which will make the already poor Miao Sect even worse.

Miao Long became increasingly anxious, his forehead even covered in sweat.

Seeing Miao Long's expression, Xu Bai laughed and said, "You don't need to worry. I didn't say it can't be cured, but you shouldn't try to understand the things involved, or you'll get yourself into trouble."

Hearing this, Miao Long silently took two steps back, bowing his head respectfully to indicate that he would not ask any more questions.

That's how smart people are; when they know something that's inconvenient to know, they choose to keep quiet.

After all, the more you know, the more complicated the situations you encounter become, and the greater the danger to yourself.

I am not worthy of associating with someone of this level, so there is no need for me to force my way into this circle.

Xu Bai was satisfied with Miao Long's performance and ignored him, instead continuing to examine the Golden Silk Gu in his hand.

The more carefully he examined it, the more complex it became.

On the surface, this Golden Silk Gu seems normal. As Miao Long just mentioned, it is the oldest existing gu worm.

Xu Bai didn't use his naked eyes to look, but instead used his divine soul to explore carefully. With his current level of cultivation, he quickly discovered the differences.

Inside this existing Golden Silk Gu, there are two divine souls the size of soybeans, representing two different kinds of divine souls.

It is impossible for a normal species to fit two souls into its mind, otherwise it would be impossible to distinguish which one is primary and which one is secondary.

But this Golden Silk Gu is different. Its two souls each have their own duties, occupying their own positions, yet they do not interfere with each other, clearly separated.

But now, Xu Bai sensed that the divine soul on the left side was gradually weakening, and the balance had been broken.

Originally, everyone was doing their own job, but now that one side is weak, the other side is effectively becoming stronger, gradually eroding the weaker side's spirit.

Xu Bai guessed that there must be some kind of connection between them.

"Miao Sect".

Having withdrawn his divine sense, he looked at Miao Long beside him.

"Yes, Your Highness." Miao Long quickly bowed and clasped his hands in greeting. "What are your orders, Your Prince? Please speak freely. As long as it is within my power, I will do my best to fulfill them."

Xu Bai pointed to the Golden Silk Gu in the box and said, "I can't draw a conclusion based on just this one. If Miao Sect brings back a few more so I can continue my research, perhaps I can reach a conclusion."

All he knows now is that this oldest Golden Silk Gu has two souls, but he doesn't know anything else, nor does he know if this is an isolated case.

Therefore, we need to explore other cases to see if there are any similar situations.

Miao Long understood and quickly turned to leave. After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he walked in from outside, carrying four or five wooden boxes, which he spread out on the table in front of Xu Bai.

Even without opening it, Xu Bai knew what was inside.

As his divine sense swept over the area, Xu Bai finally obtained the final answer.

When he scanned the wooden boxes with his divine soul, he discovered that the Golden Silk Gu inside each box had two different divine souls.

This requires extremely profound skills in understanding the divine and spiritual realm to be able to detect.

Because the souls are so small, even if they are placed together, they would only be considered to be of the same kind. Only Xu Bai could see that, which also confirmed Xu Bai's guess from another perspective.

Miao Sect actually has a big secret, because that old man stayed in the Miao Sect until his death, and even stayed by his grave the whole time.

And when he finally died, it was the last Saviors in the world was gone. So the Miao Sect and the Saviors are closely related. Now, looking at the soul hidden in the Golden Silk Gu, Xu Bai can hardly not connect this thing with the Saviors.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai looked up at Miao Long and tapped the table with his hand. "Could you tell me where the Golden Silk Gu came from? I know the methods of raising Gu, but I'm not very clear about its origin. This shouldn't have been raised by you yourselves, right?"

Miao Long was still very anxious. Upon hearing Xu Bai's question, he answered without hesitation, "Your King Xu is right. Indeed, it was not raised by us. It comes from the inheritance of that old man."

"The old man gave us some Golden Silk Gu, and said that these things are extremely precious, difficult to reproduce, but very powerful."

"So we started raising them back then, and as the old man said, there were indeed great difficulties in breeding them."

At this point, Miao Long stopped and looked at Xu Bai cautiously.

As Miao Long explained, Xu Bai tapped the table faster and faster, and the sound of the thumping echoed throughout the room.

Miao Long didn't say anything, just stood there with his palms sweaty.

He was very worried, thinking that this matter was very important, and he was afraid that it would be related to their Miao Sect. After all, the person in front of him could decide the life or death of their Miao Sect with just one sentence.

"If all else fails, let's just give up on the Golden Silk Gu!"

Miao Long even made a plan that if there was a significant connection, concerning the life and death of their Miao Sect, he would be willing to give up the Golden Silk Gu if he had no other choice.

Compared to the Gu worms, the life and death of the Miao Sect are more important.

"Are you overthinking this?" Xu Bai was thinking carefully, and at the same time, he saw Miao Long's unpredictable expression and knew that Miao Long was definitely thinking the wrong thing.

Miao Long said with a wry smile, "Your Prince, your appearance makes me think a lot."

Xu Bai waved his hand. "Don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with you. I can tell you that for sure."

As he spoke, Xu Bai recounted the events, especially the fact that each Golden Silk Gu contained two divine souls.

These are just words; they simply mean there are two souls, which isn't a big problem.

"You mean that the weakening of each Golden Silk Bone is because their own soul is devoured by another soul, and this should be short-term?" Miao Long said with a sudden realization after listening.

Although he wasn't a cultivator of the spirit soul, he still had the basic knowledge, so he quickly understood.

Xu Bai nodded and said, "What you said is right. It is indeed a temporary weakness. It will recover after the soul is completely devoured. But can you be sure that the recovered soul is still the Golden Silk Gu?"

Two souls, one is devoured, and the other will become dominant, but no one knows for sure which soul is dominant.

Miao Long fell silent.

"Alright, you can go now. Don't bother me," Xu Bai said.

Miao Long didn't ask why. After receiving Xu Bai's instructions, he bowed and took his leave, but his expression was complicated, and he seemed to be preoccupied.

Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask; asking too many questions can easily lead to trouble.

After Miao Long left, Xu Bai examined the wooden box in his hand, a smile spreading across his face.

"Let me see whether your backup plan is good or bad, and let me also discern whether you are staying true to your original intentions or have other motives."

From beginning to end, he never fully believed the Saviors's words, and he didn't believe everything the old man said either.

After all, such a long period of time has passed. Whether these Saviors still held onto their original intentions or have changed long ago, no one can say for sure.

Take the divine soul within this Golden Silk Gu for example. If a divine soul is left inside, it will directly become the master of the Gu worm. But who are these divine souls? It's all a mystery, but Xu Bai is here to solve it.

The True Yuan Power was activated, and the divine soul power at the Saint level directly invaded the Golden Silk Gu.

Without any pause, almost in an instant, Xu Bai merged into that powerful divine soul.

It was originally devouring a soul, but when Xu Bai arrived, the creature stopped and its body began to tremble.

Xu Bai used his spiritual power to inquire of the other party.

He could sense that the spirit was very afraid of him, like a mouse encountering a cat, with an innate sense of suppression.

When Xu Bai used his divine soul to ask the question, the frightened divine soul finally transmitted the information.

"You are... the supreme being, the convergence of all wills, you are... all!"

The masses? The supreme?

A gathering?

Xu Bai was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening.

This sentence might be confusing to others, but he could understand it.

Sure enough, just as he had guessed, these things were indeed left behind by those Saviors.

Only they would call themselves that, because their golden touch had been distributed among them, so to them they were the assembly, the supreme being, and the multitude.

"You're still alive, and living in this way. It seems you have other plans." Xu Bai said calmly after using Heavenly Change that intertwined gold and gray-white to shield the surroundings.

When Xu Bai asked that question, he could clearly feel the person on the other end tremble again, as if they were very scared.

He received a reply very quickly.

"You supreme being, we who remain here are merely surviving, waiting only for your arrival."

"Oh?" Xu Bai stroked his chin. "Explain in detail."

The more Xu Bai listened, the more interested he became.

First, I encountered the skill "Fishing All Things," which proves that these guys are casting their nets everywhere, hoping to run into me.

Now that I've seen these guys again, living like this, are they still waiting for me? What are they waiting for?

The divine spirit continued to convey the message: "Supreme One, we have left behind many treasures that are of great use to you and need you to retrieve them. However, these treasures are not in any corner of this world, but are scattered throughout various worlds."

"The purpose is to prevent that being from knowing about it."

Xu Bai frowned. "You already know about its existence?"

He had originally thought that the Saviors was unaware of the existence of the Supreme Saint, but now it seemed that he did.

The spirit replied, "We didn't know at first, but after we conducted an experiment, we encountered the phantom of that thing descending upon us. Luckily, we ran fast."

"From that time on, we knew everything. You... finally knew all this, and you finally returned."

return?

Xu Bai shrugged. "I've always existed. It's not a so-called return. And what is your identity? The old man guarding the grave."

There was no return for him; he has always been there. At most, after learning the whole story, he transformed his hostile target into the Supreme Saint.

The spirit said, "He transformed into a spirit, and we don't know what object he resides in. Only a part of us exists in the Golden Silk Gu. Before he died, he communicated with us, saying that there were many truths he didn't tell you at the time because it wasn't the right time."

Xu Bai nodded. "Now is the time. Tell me, what is your real purpose in living in this way?"

He didn't want to investigate too much now. He knew the clues and the existence of these guys; all he wanted to know now was their purpose.

Good or bad?

Enemy or friend? The spirit remained silent for a moment, then slowly said, "We left behind many contingency plans in a very wide range of ways, but we were worried that you still wouldn't be able to make contact, so we made ourselves survive in this way, hoping that you could... Ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, a painful scream rang out.

Xu Bai clicked his tongue and said, "It must have been very painful, right? You felt your soul being gradually devoured. That's what you just did."

"Supreme One, I have not offended you, why are you punishing me like this?" The soul felt the pain and kept wailing.

He couldn't understand why Xu Bai would suddenly make a move.

What he said makes sense, so why is that?

Xu Bai quickly provided his answer.

"Because... there's a traitor among the Saviors, and that traitor is you," Xu Bai said with a smile.

"What you said is very good, very brilliant, I can't help but applaud you, but I just tried to control you with my soul and found that I couldn't control you. According to what you just said, I am your supreme being, but if even you can't control me, what kind of supreme being am I?"

"Also, there are huge loopholes. The old man met me before he died, and he should have told me everything. There is no question of whether it is the right time or not, because I will not return. I have always been here."

"Suppose that the old man has told me everything he knows, and he doesn't know about the existence of the Supreme Saint, but you do, then I would suspect that you have sided with the Supreme Saint."

"And that old man, was he manipulated by you to spread the Golden Silk Gu?"

Having said that, Xu Bai stopped talking and waited for the soul to respond.

His spirit fell silent, not uttering a single word.

"Are you sure you don't want to talk?" Xu Bai said calmly, "If you talk, I can spare your lives, but if you don't, you might die."

After he finished speaking, his soul finally gave an answer.

"Kill me, even if you kill me, I still won't tell."

"We have no chance of winning, because you don't know what kind of being you are facing, the one who has destroyed countless worlds."

"With just one most powerful world, gathering together those dead worlds, how can it possibly resist him?"

"Wishful thinking!"

"We can only survive by submitting to Him! Even if I die, He can resurrect me. I am not afraid!"

The message conveyed by the spirit carried a sense of madness.

Xu Bai sighed.

Just as he thought, after such a long time, it's not very scientific that none of the Saviors have betrayed them.

It now appears that the Supreme Saint's methods are not weak either.

"You just mentioned that you left behind a treasure that would be very useful to me," Xu Bai said slowly. "So, it seems your existence is hindering my search for the treasure, isn't it?"

Without answering Xu Bai, his soul fell silent once again.

"Silence means I'm right." Xu Bai narrowed his eyes. "You really don't want to talk anymore?"

The spirit said, "Give me a quick death. I was once one of humanity's educators. Give me a quick and painless end."

Xu Bai knew that this guy was determined to die, because he believed that the Supreme Saint would resurrect him.

Is it possible? No, it's impossible.

He had come into contact with the phantom of that Giant Eye, and the feeling it gave him was one of extreme indifference.

It's impossible for someone driven solely by their own selfish desires to keep their promises.

Xu Bai didn't waste any more words. He circulated his True Yuan Power to avoid the original soul of the Golden Silk Gu and annihilated all the excess soul.

After doing all this, he removed his Heavenly Change and turned to look outside the door.

"Come in."

Outside the door, Miao Long was on guard. Although he didn't know what had happened inside, he suddenly heard Xu Bai's order, pushed the door open, and walked in.

Xu Bai pushed these wooden boxes in front of Miao Long: "These things have been dealt with. Their souls are still very weak. They can be healed slowly. Bring up all the other Golden Silk Gu."

Miao Long was shocked; he hadn't expected it to be resolved so quickly.

Actually, this is not a difficult task for Xu Bai. The problem with the Golden Silk Gu is that its own soul is too weak, so it is devoured by other souls. Now that Xu Bai has eliminated the other souls, he only needs to rest.

For Xu Bai, the biggest gain from this trip was the methods of the Supreme Saint.

"We must not let our guard down. Even if he is temporarily imprisoned in the Ruins, he still has many tricks up his sleeve. If we don't deal with this trick today..."

"I'm afraid these guys will cut off the treasures left to me by the Saviors who didn't betray me."

Capable of annihilating countless worlds, even when imprisoned, he is by no means a simple character.

Xu Bai felt that he needed to be much more cautious in the future.

Miao Long didn't know what Xu Bai was thinking, but he was very happy to be able to solve the problem of the Golden Silk Gu. He quickly gathered people and brought all the Golden Silk Gu over.

Xu Bai didn't waste any time. He performed the operations one by one, erasing all the souls, before telling Miao Long that all his problems had been solved.

Miao Long was overjoyed and, along with all his senior executives, expressed his gratitude to Xu Bai.

Xu Bai felt perfectly justified in expressing his gratitude.

Before leaving, Miao Long gave Xu Bai a generous gift.

"Your King Xu, rest assured, we have already made a handwritten copy. What we are giving you now are the original versions of the manuals." Miao Long handed three books to Xu Bai. "We know you like manuals. These three manuals represent raising Gu, using Gu, and preventing Gu, respectively."

It has to be said that Miao Long is quite adept at handling things.

Xu Bai happily accepted the three manuals; after all, he was open to anything with a progress bar.

After doing all this, he didn't linger and left the Miao Sect, flying towards the borders of the Great Chu Kingdom.

Now that the first thing is resolved, it's time to tackle the second.

"Those two Barbarian Tribe have had enough of living, they've lived too long, it's time for them to die." Xu Bai thought to himself with a cold laugh as he looked at the border that was getting closer and closer in the distance.

In a secluded room.

The Barbarian Tribe Great Shaman, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, a look of surprise in his eyes.

"He's here! He actually came out! Our chance has finally arrived!"

Beside him, the Barbarian Chieftain, who was sitting idly drinking tea, suddenly sat up straight upon hearing this. "Really!"

The Barbarian Tribe Great Shaman nodded and said, "Back then, when we sent our deputy leader to his death, I used my strongest technique to establish contact with him. Unless his cultivation level is higher than mine, I can sense his location. He is about to leave the border of the Great Chu Kingdom."

The Barbarian Chieftain received a definite answer but remained silent.

No matter how you look at it, this whole thing seems like a trap. It's like they've been set up with a conspiracy, being told that Xu Bai is bait, to see if they dare to gamble.

This is... a difficult problem!