The Investigation Begins
As the High Priestess continued her narration...
Qingxue's face showed a range of emotions, from confusion to surprise, then to excitement, and finally to worry.
"So it wasn't us who chose you, it was your the Lovers who chose you."
"And now you possess the powers of the Lovers; your ritual is complete."
"Just come with me for activation, and you'll be able to use your powers."
After the High Priestess finished speaking, Qingxue looked at Shen Hui and asked:
"What she said is all true. There really is such an organization? You're a member too? How come I've never heard you mention it before!"
The High Priestess never mentioned whether she was a member of the Tarot Club.
But from the fact that she initially referred to Shen Hui as a chosen one of Death God, Qingxue could understand.
Shen Hui gave a helpless look. "I guess so, but I'm not officially one yet."
"I didn't tell you for your own good, but I didn't expect you had already been in contact with them before."
Qingxue, however, did not seem unhappy. Instead, she exclaimed excitedly, "This is a good thing! We can gain even greater power!"
"And I'll know even more. I knew it! You were definitely hiding something from me, and from others too!"
The High Priestess said to Qingxue, "Shall we come together now?"
Qingxue then looked at Shen Hui: "Aren't you going?"
Shen Hui said, "I've already said, I'm not a formal member of the Tarot Club, just a preliminary candidate."
"Why not? Hasn't your ceremony been held yet?"
Through the High Priestess told Qingxue, she had a general understanding of the Tarot Club's procedures.
When asked about this, Shen Hui paused for a moment, then said, "That's right. You should go home first, then go with the High Priestess. Since it's already a done deal."
"I also need to rush to participate in the Starry Sky Leaderboard mission."
Shen Hui had no intention of revealing the Death God's ritual and looked at the High Priestess.
The other person gave a knowing smile.
Hearing that Shen Hui was leaving, Qingxue didn't ask any further questions.
"Alright, I'll head back first."
The High Priestess nodded, and the three of them set off together.
Watching Qingxue go upstairs alone, Shen Hui looked at the High Priestess and asked, "What are your powers?"
The High Priestess smiled and replied, "Wisdom, guidance, peace."
The other party only uttered a few conceptual terms, Shen Hui frowned slightly; the other party clearly did not want to explain everything in detail.
What powers and abilities will Qingxue be able to obtain?
The High Priestess said, "I don't know. You can ask her after it's activated."
Shen Hui asked, "How many people does the Tarot Club still need?"
The High Priestess said, "I don't know, I'm not familiar with the others."
Well, Shen Hui felt it was pointless to ask.
At this moment, Qingxue also rushed downstairs.
Shen Hui parted ways with the other party, and Qingxue began to activate the omnipotent power in front of the High Priestess.
Shen Hui then went back to find Zhiyue.
When Zhiyue saw Shen Hui reappear, she sensed something strange about him.
"What happened? Did you encounter any trouble on the way?"
"Qingxue has also been selected to Tarot Club. You didn't know that before?"
Shen Hui questioned.
Upon hearing this news, Zhiyue was initially surprised, but then smiled with relief.
"What can you do if you know? You've been chosen; you can't refuse unless you're dead."
"Let's stop talking about that and head to the World Association headquarters, or all the latecomers will have already left."
The two began their journey to the World Association headquarters.
Three hours later, we arrived successfully just in time for 12:30.
I also saw the rest of the people in the square.
There were quite a few people, at least two hundred.
After Shen Hui appeared, he once again became the focus of most people's attention.
Some people looked at Zhiyue strangely, then at Shen Hui.
They seemed confused as to why the two of them were together.
Zhiyue is a woman of considerable strength on the Starry Sky Leaderboard, yet she is also aloof and unapproachable.
He actually ended up hanging out with Shen Hui from this year's cohort.
However, most people's attention was focused on Shen Hui.
Because of the underground auction, Shen Hui's identity also became known.
Therefore, their information channels are incredibly well-connected; there are even people here who participated in the underground auction.
Naturally, they knew that Shen Hui had created deities and descended in divine incarnation.
Shen Hui didn't seem to care about their stares.
They spotted familiar faces in the crowd: Bai Fan, Tu Xingchen, and others.
They nodded to Shen Hui.
Zhuge Hongjing, however, greeted Shen Hui with a smile, "Brother Shen, it's been a long time! I didn't expect the Creation World to have improved so rapidly in such a short time!"
Shen Hui smiled calmly, "I still feel I'm not as good as Brother Zhuge. I haven't fully witnessed Brother Zhuge's strength yet. Could he be hiding it so well?"
The other party laughed and said, "We can discuss it sometime."
Shen Hui continued looking at the crowd, but did not see Ye Long.
But just as I was thinking of him, he came running up from behind.
"Phew~ Luckily we made it in time, Brother Shen!"
Panting heavily, Ye Long saw Shen Hui and immediately greeted him.
Ye Long approached Shen Hui and began exchanging pleasantries.
Before long, a few more people arrived.
Then an elder from the World Association came out and began to explain the mission.
"To all those preparing for this mission, this is unlike any other mission we've undertaken."
"Let me first talk about the rewards for this mission. Just by participating, you'll receive 200 points on the Starry Sky Leaderboard."
"In addition, there are resource rewards: 30,000 World Origin Power, and one item to choose from in the resource warehouse."
"Additional rewards will be given based on performance during the mission."
"Now let's talk about this mission. After this period of investigation, we have discovered the location of the Laughing Moon Cult's stronghold."
"The outposts aren't in the same place. Although it's highly likely they're empty, we can't rule out the possibility of something unexpected happening."
"Therefore, we do not yet know what kind of danger we are facing; there may be danger, and it could even be life-threatening."
"After all, we don't know much about the Laughing Moon Cult yet, not even as much as we do about the Giant God Cult."
"Once the participants are confirmed, they will be divided into groups and sent to different locations to conduct the investigation."
"If you want to withdraw now, it's not too late."
According to the elder, the rewards for this mission are quite generous.
Although there is a possibility of danger, not participating will result in a 200-point disadvantage compared to others.
Then it will snowball, and the missing resources will only increase.
So after discussing it, only a few people at the scene withdrew.
The rest of the people agreed.
Then we started to form groups.
Ye Long, Shen Hui, and Zhiyue naturally stayed together, and then other people joined in, including Zhuge Hongjing.
Finally, a team of ten was formed to investigate the Laughing Moon Cult's strongholds in different locations.