"If you have something to say, say it plainly. If I find it pointless or unnecessary, I won't waste either of our time."
Shi Wen said flatly, "If you're only trying to hold my attention with talk, or stall for time, it's meaningless. I don't have anything you want, either."
"No, no. I'm really not trying to stall. I just want to talk to you."
Zhong Ming hurriedly pulled him over. "I'll tell you why the Yin people and those with Spiritual Perception are so powerful. Will that do?"
"But what I'm about to tell you comes only from the Sinking Bell Society's investigations and clues provided by the Yin people. How much of it is true remains to be verified. None of us ordinary mortals has ever tried to kill a Yin person or someone with Spiritual Perception, so we call the martial arts we're developing the God-Slaying Method. If it succeeds, it will rewrite humanity's fate!"
"Even a single successful case could kindle the fire of hope in countless hearts!"
Fanatic fervor filled Zhong Ming's face.
He wanted to perform some sort of ritual, but impatience appeared on Shi Wen's face.
He hurried on. "Those beings who stand above us and cannot be killed by any means in this world are called the Yin people and those with Spiritual Perception."
"Legend says that when disasters and True Beasts ravaged our world, the ancestors of the Yin people fought back. Through unfathomable means, they kept those disasters and every kind of Rot-Borer outside, giving humanity a place to live in peace."
"The things invisible to the naked eye are also called Rot-Borers. They are particles born from the turmoil at the edge of the Calamity Sea, and they contaminate every world they reach. Once they appear in a world,