“Teacher, what am I supposed to know?”
Yin Yang looked at Mr. Yuan with a confused expression, his eyes filled with bewilderment.
“The direction you were looking just now was where the evil god's sacrifice was taking place.”
“An evil god?”
Yin Yang looked even more dazed, then reacted. “Teacher, was I knocked out by an evil god?”
“Do you usually have low blood sugar?”
“No.”
“Any history of fainting?”
“Never.”
“Then why did you suddenly pass out for no reason?”
“I don't know.”
Yin Yang's tone was incredibly innocent, as if he truly didn't understand what had happened.
Mr. Yuan said seriously, “Xiao Yang, is there anything on you that would make it easy for an evil god to target you?”
Hearing this, Yin Yang thought hard for a moment before shaking his head.
“I don't have anything special on me. It's just that when I left home, my family prepared a few life-saving items for me.”
“Would you mind telling me about them?”
“Of course.”
Yin Yang took off the necklace from his neck, which had two rings hanging on it.
“These are two transcendent items, but their power is very weak now, and their functions are quite ordinary.”
“This ring helps me sense nearby danger, though the perception isn't very clear, and the side effects aren't very noticeable either.”
“The other ring is more interesting. It helps me identify lies. The side effect is that when I use it, I can't tell lies myself.”
Hearing this, Mr. Yuan's expression didn't change much. Transcendent items with these kinds of abilities weren't rare in Central City; they were almost essential for the children of major families.
“And then there's this.”
Yin Yang took out his keychain and pointed to the sunshine doll on it.
“A Substitute Life Doll. It can block one long-range attack for me. The Shield Talisman you gave me before, Teacher, has already been triggered.”
Mr. Yuan nodded, feeling even more certain that Yin Yang was a scion of a great family.
These Substitute Life Dolls were priceless and often unavailable even if one had the money. Some core disciples with average status couldn't even get one, yet this ‘ordinary person’ Yin Yang had one on him.
“And then there are these.”
Yin Yang took a small notebook from his breast pocket and opened it page by page, revealing several slips of paper tucked inside.
Liu Hong glanced over curiously but couldn't make anything out. Mr. Yuan, on the other hand, looked surprised.
“One-time transcendent items? You have this many?”
Tucked inside were over a dozen one-time transcendent items!
The first time Yin Yang had used a one-time sealed object was when he used the Self-Immolation Application to ambush that Sequence 6 bartender.
After just that one time, Yin Yang had experienced the joy of using such things. Consequently, every time he visited a transcendent trading post or Wanwu City, he would deliberately collect a few.
Hearing Mr. Yuan say these were all one-time transcendent items, Liu Hong was stunned.
Even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had at least seen a pig run.
Even if the price of a one-time transcendent item was much lower than a permanent one, the cheapest would still cost eighty to a hundred thousand, right?
In other words, this little notebook was worth over a million?
He swallowed hard, thinking to himself that as expected of a child from a major family in Central City, money was just a number to him.
Yin Yang scratched his head, looking a bit sheepish.
“My family was afraid I'd die, so they prepared a bit extra. But I've already used two of them—one for teleporting away and one for a disguised escape.”
As he spoke, he handed the notebook to Mr. Yuan.
“This is all I have on me. Would these attract an evil god?”
Mr. Yuan frowned. After flipping through the notebook briefly, he shook his head.
“No.”
“Then where exactly is the problem?”
Liu Hong also joined in the deep contemplation. After a dozen seconds, he slapped his thigh.
“Mr. Yuan, could it have something to do with faith?”
“Faith?”
“Yeah, doesn't Zheng Yang believe in that Lord of Rebirth and Communion? Could it be because of his faith?”
Mr. Yuan shook his head again.
“Xiao Yang is just an ordinary person. He's not a transcendent. In the eyes of a god, he's like an ant. Why would they target him?”
At this point, Mr. Yuan asked curiously, “Xiao Yang, given your family's circumstances, it shouldn't be hard for you to become a transcendent. Why haven't you chosen to become one?”
Liu Hong also looked over.
For an ordinary person to become a transcendent, they needed to possess a certain amount of spirituality.
When the Little White Rabbit, Zhou Kexin, killed all those people, it was initially to plunder the spirituality within their bodies.
However, if you were very rich, becoming a transcendent became much easier.
For example, one could consume a certain spiritual substance that was compatible with oneself. While the spirituality was still in the body, one could take the potion and become a transcendent.
Although this would make one's strength slightly weaker than a normal transcendent and the difficulty of promotion higher, at the very least, one would still be a transcendent.
They would be much stronger than an ordinary person and could use transcendent items through their spirituality.
If one was extremely wealthy, there were even more options.
For instance, one could transplant an organ from a natural transcendent.
“I'm actually preparing for it right now,” Yin Yang replied naturally.
Mr. Yuan thought for a moment and then asked with some uncertainty, “The Scholar pathway?”
“Yeah.”
Yin Yang looked a bit embarrassed.
“I've heard from my family that while transcendents are strong, there's always a risk of losing control. And the more rare or incomplete a pathway is, the higher the risk.”
“So, following my family's advice, I chose the Scholar pathway. I don't plan on reaching a high Sequence anyway. Becoming a Sequence 8 is enough—no side effects, and I'll be able to use transcendent items on my own.”
Hearing Yin Yang say this, Mr. Yuan didn't doubt him, as this indeed aligned with the values of some children from major families.
From the moment they were born, they didn't need to struggle for a living; they could simply enjoy life.
Therefore, they didn't need to ‘seek fortune through risk’ to change their quality of life.
They only needed to seek stability and extend their lives as much as possible.
“Could it really just be a coincidence?”
Liu Hong pointed at the ring on Yin Yang's necklace.
“Could it be because of this ring that senses danger? It sensed the danger of the evil god, and because its spirituality was activated, it attracted the evil god's attention, which is why Zheng Yang fainted?”
Mr. Yuan nodded, finding Liu Hong's words somewhat reasonable.
“Old Yuan.”
Mr. Yu walked over with a serious expression. He glanced at Liu Hong and Yin Yang and waved his hand.
“You two head out first. I have something to say to Old Yuan.”
“Yes, sir.”
Yin Yang and Liu Hong decisively walked out, with the latter thoughtfully closing the door behind them.
Once he saw that both had left, Mr. Yu took out a transcendent item. As he infused it with spiritual power, a soundproof barrier rose.
“Old Yuan, that evil god was summoned by the Shadow Lotus Church, and the impact is significant. The higher-ups said that your promotion ritual and mine will have to be postponed.”
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