The Most Direct Way!

Su Ming met Xuanyuan Tian Ji's gaze.

In her cool eyes, he saw a trace of undisguised seriousness.

His understanding of Great Elder Wen Dao had indeed been superficial.

The man had stood for tens of thousands of years as Great Elder of a colossus like Xuanji Hall.

The depths of such an old monster's schemes likely far exceeded anything Su Ming could imagine.

Su Ming had planned to use Luo Yiyi's allotment, then obtain the World-Purifying Holy Lotus with Wen Dao's approval.

That path looked like a shortcut, but it might be riddled with traps he could not see.

Perhaps Wen Dao would agree, but he would surely attach conditions that left Su Ming owing him a favor.

Or bind him to Xuanji Hall's war chariot.

Su Ming disliked the feeling of being maneuvered.

He pondered in silence.

Xuanyuan Tian Ji watched his furrowed brow. Then she changed tack, a faint lightness entering her voice.

"Of course, there's one simpler way."

Su Ming looked up, surprise flashing in his eyes.

There was another?

Xuanyuan Tian Ji looked at him and spoke clearly, word by word.

"Go to the Weiyang Palace treasury and take it."

Boom!

Her words exploded in Su Ming's mind like a thunderclap.

Weiyang Palace!

The power founded by the Human Emperor, once the Human Race Holy Land and the heart of the Human Race that had ruled the Heavens and Myriad Worlds!

Though it had fallen in that great war countless ages ago,

the treasury it had left behind was a supreme treasure trove that could drive all the Great Thousand Worlds mad.

The World-Purifying Holy Lotus was precious, but in the Human Emperor Treasury, it might count as nothing more than an ordinary item.

Su Ming's breath caught. Then, as though a bucket of cold