Something stirred in Bai Xiaowen's mind. "It won't be just the two of us solving the jade slip's mystery this time, will it? Who else is going?"
"My master, Master Black Horn," Ge Xuan said, surprised.
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. "I have powerful generals under my command and a million armored troops. Could they be of use?"
Ge Xuan shook his head. "No matter how many secular troops you bring, they'll be useless at the Daoist Gate Ancestral Court. They might even ruin the opportunity."
After a pause, Ge Xuan continued, "According to my master's calculations, you are central to this undertaking. The more outsiders we bring, the likelier they are to ruin the opportunity. It would be best if you brought no one else."
"Just the three of us?"
"That's right," Ge Xuan confirmed.
"But as you said, Daoist Master, I've only just ascended the throne. There's much to rebuild. If I disappear, the court and the realm will fall into chaos. Who knows what trouble the warlords I've only just subdued might stir up?" Bai Xiaowen said.
"There is a way around that," Ge Xuan said.
Bai Xiaowen gave him an inquiring look.
"You should have read the Upper Volume of the Heavenly Books in full," Ge Xuan said. "Then you must have seen the Great Peace Arts recorded in the Middle Volume of the Heavenly Books?"
Bai Xiaowen nodded.
"Do you remember the art of Puppet Control and the Illusion Dao Art?" Ge Xuan continued.
Bai Xiaowen nodded again. He had a good memory.
Puppet Control and Illusion Dao Art were both first-tier Dao arts recorded in the Middle Volume of the Heavenly Books. With his current 63 points of Origin Force, he could learn them.
But he had glanced at their effects and found them