Chapter 210: World’s Heart
“Your Duanmu Family’s old master isn’t about to advance to a Transcendent Master, right? These two items may not be considered precious, but their quantities are extremely scarce.”
“Not only did you personally deliver them, you even directly asked me for one hundred Sapphire Fish.”
After confirming that the meditation method and the Star-glow Spirit Liquid had no issues, Zhou Ming took this opportunity to probe the Duanmu Family’s foundation.
After all, his cooperation with Scorpion-Lion could be considered establishing ties with the Duanmu Family. If they truly had a Transcendent Master about to appear, how certain matters would be handled in the future would naturally be different.
“Nonsense. You’ve taken the items—just hand over the Sapphire Fish.”
Regarding Zhou Ming’s speculation, Scorpion-Lion did not deny it, but he also did not explain much.
Because he knew that the other party already had an answer in mind. Even if he denied the question Zhou Ming raised, the other party would most likely not believe it anyway.
After all, the previously agreed-upon mode of cooperation had suddenly been broken, and with the changes that had occurred in the Panlong Mountain Range, anyone could guess what the Duanmu Family’s objective was.
“Still that foul temper. You don’t even know how to change it.”
Hearing Scorpion-Lion’s urging, Zhou Ming did not continue to beat around the bush with him.
He directly took out an enormous fish tank from the spatial bracelet with the largest capacity.
Two meters wide and tall, about three meters long—a gigantic glass fish tank.
Fortunately, the camp had abundant resources; otherwise, it would not have been possible to assemble such a large fish tank in such a short time.
One hundred Sapphire Fish were crystal clear, radiating dazzling azure-blue light as they swam freely within the tank.
Several Life Stones were placed at the bottom of the fish tank to release the oxygen required by the Sapphire Fish.
“How many Sapphire Fish do you still have on hand?”
Originally thinking there would be bargaining with Zhou Ming, Scorpion-Lion did not expect the other party to bring Sapphire Fish all at once. He immediately concluded that Zhou Ming still had quite a few Sapphire Fish.
“Not many left. Mainly because of the threat brought by the Giant Race in the Panlong Mountain Range, I abandoned my previous plan to continuously utilize Sapphire Fish.”
“If you want to obtain more Sapphire Fish, exchange them with the resources I need. At most, I can still provide two hundred more.”
“At least five hundred.”
“Based on the previous transactions, and on you producing one hundred Sapphire Fish this time without hesitation, the Sapphire Fish school you discovered must number one thousand.”
“I ate five hundred.”
Faced with Scorpion-Lion seeing through his secret, Zhou Ming directly played the rogue. Anyway, even if the guess was correct, the extra Sapphire Fish had all gone into his stomach.
Hearing this, Scorpion-Lion shot Zhou Ming a glance.
As if saying, Do you think I believe that?
Not continuing to pay attention to Zhou Ming, Scorpion-Lion stepped forward to inspect the number of Sapphire Fish.
“Is that really necessary?”
Seeing this, Zhou Ming also felt helpless. They were old friends, yet there was still no trust.
“Didn’t you also inspect the meditation method and the Star-glow Spirit Liquid?”
After being retorted, Zhou Ming did not continue arguing with Scorpion-Lion over something meaningless. Instead, he took the opportunity to inquire about the foreign races.
“Scorpion-Lion, regarding the world where the foreign races exist, your Duanmu Family should have intelligence on this, right?”
“After all, your family’s old ancestor was someone who advanced to a War Knight back then.”
“Young Master.”
As soon as Zhou Ming raised this question, Uncle Leng at the side immediately spoke, clearly intending to stop Scorpion-Lion.
Seeing this, Zhou Ming’s impression of this old man plummeted.
If he were not Scorpion-Lion’s old servant, Zhou Ming would really want to let him experience his own way of ‘respecting the elderly.’
“It’s fine. Information about the world where the foreign races exist should be announced soon anyway. After all, the pace of the anomalies is accelerating again.”
Scorpion-Lion did not heed Uncle Leng’s obstruction. After briefly explaining the reason, he returned to his seat, pulled out a chair for Zhou Ming, and poured him a glass of red wine as well.
Seeing this, Zhou Ming silently commented in his heart: He knows what he’s doing.
Zhou Ming lifted the mellow red wine and took a sip, beginning to listen to the intelligence provided by Scorpion-Lion.
“The world where the foreign races exist is called the Tamu World. Compared to our Blue Star, the Tamu World is a super-massive continent, while our Blue Star is merely an inconspicuous barren islet in the vast ocean.”
“If that’s the case, then the foreign races have no need to expend great effort to invade our Blue Star.”
Hearing Scorpion-Lion’s description of the Tamu World, Zhou Ming immediately became somewhat curious.
All forms of invasion ultimately aimed to obtain benefits. With Blue Star’s foundations, it should not be something the foreign races of the Tamu World would value.
“Yes, ordinary benefits are indeed not worth valuing.”
“But what if it involves the opportunity to advance beyond Legendary Saint?”
Upon hearing the words “beyond Legendary Saint,” Zhou Ming was immediately shaken.
Because he had never considered what lay beyond Legendary Saint.
Since humanity on Blue Star established the Beast Taming cultivation system, the strongest had only ever been Legendary Saints. There had never been any news of surpassing Legendary Saint.
“Tell me more—quickly.”
At this moment, Zhou Ming also became somewhat impatient.
This was the first time Scorpion-Lion had seen Zhou Ming react like this. The corners of his mouth immediately curved upward, and he felt a wave of comfort in his heart.
Since the other party was so eager, he did not continue wasting time.
“If the Tamu World were a planet, then Blue Star would be a meteorite, pulled into the planet’s interior by gravitational force.”
“Just like how a planet begins as a nebula, constantly drawing in meteorites to ultimately form a planet, the world will of Tamu is to attract other living worlds to continuously grow stronger.”
“The appearance of dimensional rifts is the process of planets drawing in meteorites. The more numerous and frequent the dimensional rifts, the faster the speed at which they merge into the Tamu World.”
“The reason the foreign races spare no effort to take root on Blue Star is that, when Blue Star merges into the Tamu World, the original world-origin consciousness of Blue Star will form a World’s Heart.”
“If a Legendary Saint possesses the World’s Heart, there will be a chance to advance to an Epic Demigod.”
“Epic Demigod?”
Hearing an entirely new transcendent rank, Zhou Ming was also curious about what an Epic Demigod represented.
“That’s right—Epic Demigod. If a member of the Human Race advances to Epic Demigod, their lifespan will reach ten thousand years.”
“Human Race? There are humans in the Tamu World as well?”
Upon hearing the words “Human Race,” Zhou Ming immediately reacted.
“You’re quite sharp. That’s right—the Tamu World also has humans. Among the hundreds of races in the Tamu World, the Human Race is considered a major race.”
Without waiting for Zhou Ming to ask further, Scorpion-Lion continued explaining.
“The Tamu World is vast and has several continents. The region that came into contact with our Blue Star just happened to be territory controlled by the foreign races, which is why we never had the chance to encounter human forces.”
“Because according to the agreements among the races of the Tamu World, wherever a spatial rift appears belongs to the race of that region.”
“Then why don’t the foreign races wipe out us Blue Star humans?”
After learning of the Tamu World’s power, Zhou Ming only then realized how weak Blue Star’s humanity truly was.
“Because we Blue Star humans are the most important part of the Blue Star world.”
“The foreign races need us to become stronger so that the World’s Heart can contain more world power, but they also won’t allow us to grow beyond a certain limit, to avoid accidents in the contest over the World’s Heart.”
Hearing such deeply hidden information, Zhou Ming fell into silence.
Blue Star’s bitter struggle during the Doomsday Era, the establishment of the Alliance, and several hundred years of development ultimately turned out to be nothing more than a game orchestrated by the foreign races to harvest the fruit known as the World’s Heart.