The Advent Sect's Internal Factions, Arrival at the Sect Treasury

Guardian Shadow clearly thought highly of Su Xing, so he patiently explained:

"Our Advent Sect has existed for nearly a thousand years. After a millennium of change, the sect has split into three factions: the Natural Faction, the Fanatical Faction, and the Coexistence Faction!"

After a pause, Guardian Shadow continued:

"The people of the Fanatical Faction are all lunatics. They are also the largest and strongest faction within the Advent Sect. They worship the Great Lord and hope to sacrifice themselves to bring the master race to Blue Star, where they can feast on every human on Blue Star, including themselves!"

Su Xing frowned slightly after hearing this. The Fanatical Faction was clearly the Advent Sect's radical faction. They were actually willing to sacrifice even themselves just to bring in those Alien Demonic Beasts. It was truly difficult to understand.

"As for the Coexistence Faction, they place their hopes in the great master race's mercy toward humanity. They hope that after the master race invades the Real World, it will acknowledge the efforts of our Advent Sect and allow most of humanity to continue living... Of course, in my opinion, the people of the Coexistence Faction have been kicked in the head by donkeys. How could ants like us possibly coexist with the great master race? We are Not Qualified Enough!"

A strange expression appeared on Su Xing's face after hearing Guardian Shadow's words.

The Advent Sect's Coexistence Faction sounded as though it still possessed a little humanity. They Believed the Alien Demonic Beasts were far stronger than humanity, so they wanted to surrender in hopes of securing humanity's survival.

But Su Xing knew that this was fundamentally impossible.

Once the alien race descended upon the Real World, it would swallow the entire Real World whole. How could there still be any talk of coexistence then?

In Su Xing's eyes, the war between the alien race and humanity was clearly a War of Extermination. Yet the people of the Coexistence Faction actually placed their hopes in the aliens' mercy. It was laughable.

So Su Xing asked again:

"Guardian Shadow, then what is the goal of our Natural Faction?"

Guardian Shadow's face was filled with longing as he said:

"Our Natural Faction seeks to return to the world's most original, natural side... In this materialistic world, we firmly believe that nature is what comes closest to the truth!"

Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this, thinking that if they merely wanted to protect nature, then this Natural Faction seemed fairly normal.

But Guardian Shadow's next words left Su Xing completely speechless.

Guardian Shadow spoke with a hint of fanaticism:

"Humans are naturally the lowest-ranked race! They have nothing to do with nature! Only the great master race is the race closest to truth and nature in this world!"

"Therefore, we must look to nature and become part of the master race. Even becoming low-level members of the master race would be enough to grant us the qualifications to approach nature!"

With that, Guardian Shadow slightly lifted his black shirt, revealing the skin on his abdomen.

Su Xing froze. A large mass of black mucus and organs, resembling octopus suckers, writhed madly across Guardian Shadow's abdomen.

This... were these still human organs?

Su Xing immediately felt nauseated. Guardian Shadow's skin no longer seemed to retain even the slightest human shape.

Yet Guardian Shadow remained immensely proud as he said:

"This is a gift from the great master race! Our Natural Faction hopes to use modifications to gradually transform from humans into members of the master race! Nearly one-fifth of my entire body has already been modified, and I even received organs from Lord Shadow Beast. That is how I gained such formidable strength!"

Seeing Guardian Shadow's fanatical appearance, Su Xing was rendered speechless.

So the so-called Natural Faction was just about transplanting alien organs into human bodies?

In the end, they would turn into monsters that were neither human nor beast!

It seemed that the Natural Faction, the Fanatical Faction, and the Coexistence Faction were all ideas no mentally normal person could come up with!

Su Xing subconsciously moved half a step away from Guardian Shadow. This guy was disgusting too!

But Guardian Shadow did not notice at all and continued talking to himself:

"Elder Yao! Our Natural Faction is among the strongest of the three factions, and our Faction Leader possesses half the body of the master race! As long as you are willing to join our Natural Faction, I will definitely report it to the organization and find you a perfect master race body!"

Su Xing's smile froze on his face. What? Who would want to be modified into such a monster that was neither human nor beast?

So Su Xing forced a smile and said:

"Cough, cough, Guardian Shadow, we can discuss this later! I am still a newly appointed Elder in the sect, so I am Not Qualified Enough to receive such favor yet!"

Guardian Shadow seemed to think Su Xing's words made sense, so he nodded and said no more.

Soon, the group entered the depths of the mountains. The mountain range stretched endlessly, and Guardian Shadow led them to a massive boulder beside a cliff.

The boulder was over thirty meters tall and looked no different from an ordinary rock.

But Guardian Shadow took out a token and placed it into a groove on the boulder. Then he said to it:

"Guardian Dragon! We have come to visit the Sect Treasury!"

Very soon, a transparent light screen appeared on the boulder. Guardian Shadow beckoned to Su Xing, then walked inside first.

Su Xing followed closely behind, though his heart was already churning.

An array! This is definitely an array from the Cultivation World! And this method is extremely similar to the Sect Protecting Formation of cultivation sects! It looks no different from ordinary mountain rocks on the outside, but there is a Cave Heaven within!

Su Xing's heart thumped wildly as he stepped into the grand array.

After entering the array, there was another world within.

An elderly man with a weathered face was dozing at the entrance of the treasury without even lifting his eyelids.

Guardian Shadow seemed very respectful toward him. He took out two jars of fine wine and placed them beside the old man, then activated a mechanism to open the treasury.

Su Xing followed closely behind. The moment he entered the treasury, the mountain-like piles of treasures left him dumbfounded.

The treasury was dozens of meters high, and its interior was as spacious as a plaza. Not a trace of sunlight entered it, yet the treasury was brightly lit, because rows upon rows of Night-Shining Pearls were embedded into the mountain walls, making the interior as bright as day.

Even more outrageous, countless gold, silver, and jewels were piled across the floor of the treasury like garbage. Their value was impossible to estimate.

Su Xing had no doubt that if the treasures in this treasury were brought into the Real World, they could probably buy an entire country!

Hundreds of billions? Tens of trillions?

No, perhaps even "hundred million" was no longer a sufficient unit to describe the treasures before him...

Yet these countless valuables were the cheapest things in the treasury, scattered carelessly across the floor and discarded like worn-out shoes.

Elder Shadow led Su Xing across a floor paved with gold and pearls. Only after walking several dozen meters farther into the treasury did he begin his introduction:

"Elder Yao, it is no exaggeration to say that our Advent Sect's Sect Treasury is no weaker than Great Xia's National Treasury... Aside from these worthless things beneath our feet, the treasury is divided into several areas: the Item Area, Equipment Area, Book Area, Heaven and Earth Treasures Area... You have half an hour to freely select treasures, but the treasures in the treasury cannot be taken out at will. You must pay a certain amount of Points..."

Su Xing immediately felt embarrassed after hearing that.

Tons of gold and jewelry beneath their feet... and he called them the cheapest things?

But after seeing the treasury's true treasures, Su Xing chose to keep quiet...