Su Che had always believed that the leader of the Yellow Heaven Sect and Zhongyuan shared sufficient mutual understanding.
He had even suspected before that Zhongyuan might be the Yellow Heaven Sect Leader's alternate identity.
But judging from Wrathful Heaven's meaning now, Zhongyuan and the Yellow Heaven Sect Leader should have been one in the light and one in the shadows, cooperating without a single seam between them.
He wondered how much of the Mount Zhong Association belonged to the Yellow Heaven Sect, and whether the Divine Firmament Sect and Celestial Master Sect were involved as well.
"His old self, our patriarch... acquiesced?"
"Mysterious Capital Palace holds the True Spirit Register of Offices. For many years, it has used this treasure as the foundation for its arrangements. Nearly every person in this realm who later achieved Longevity Realm has their name listed upon it."
Wrathful Heaven looked at Su Che. "If the Yellow Heaven Sect wishes to leave this realm in its entirety and forge a new undertaking elsewhere, Mysterious Capital Palace is its greatest stumbling block."
"So the Earth Book must be handed to the Yellow Heaven Sect, giving them a chance to break free from the True Spirit Register of Offices."
As Wrathful Heaven spoke, he smiled faintly at Su Che.
"You would not be reluctant to part with it, would you? The Earth Book is a treasure of fortune and virtue that cultivators can only encounter by chance, never seek by desire."
"Senior, do not underestimate me. What is there to be reluctant about? A heaven-born spiritual treasure belongs to the virtuous. In our cultivation world, whoever has the highest cultivation and the greatest divine powers possesses the highest virtue."
Su Che smiled faintly.
He had always taken gains and losses like these very lightly.
If he