“If I hadn't agreed to cooperate with the Tianshu Bureau, what would they have done?”
“That’s something I’m quite curious about.”
After Su Mengyao left, Ye Xuan chuckled lightly and said.
Are the bodies of Mutated Creatures that important to him?
Just as Su Mengyao said, at the current Spiritual Qi Concentration, although the flesh and blood of Mutated Creatures contained Spiritual Energy, it wasn't much, and wouldn't help him significantly; but why did Ye Xuan still act as if he only cared about the flesh and blood of Mutated Creatures while completely ignoring the other benefits of joining the Tianshu Bureau?
On one hand, it was because those benefits truly held no attraction for him; on the other hand, he and the Tianshu Bureau needed something to maintain the relationship between them.
Joining or cooperating—this was the choice the Tianshu Bureau, represented by Su Mengyao, offered Ye Xuan, and behind the Tianshu Bureau was the nation.
For a Holder of Myriad Heavens Treasure, would the nation just stand by and let them grow and become stronger without doing anything?
Of course, they couldn't stop it, but they had to express goodwill; and from that goodwill, they could observe who would disregard it.
Ye Xuan could certainly refuse to cooperate with the Tianshu Bureau.
It was just Mutated Creatures; even without the Tianshu Bureau’s search, he could find and hunt them himself, but he didn't, choosing instead to use this as a condition to cooperate with the Tianshu Bureau.
Because he knew that cooperation was the greatest concession the nation could make toward Holders of Myriad Heavens Treasure.
If you are unwilling to join the Tianshu Bureau, and unwilling to cooperate with the Tianshu Bureau, why are you so unwilling to accept their goodwill? What are you trying to do?
Establish yourself as king?
Ye Xuan certainly didn't have such intentions, but his actions would lead some people above to suspect he harbored such thoughts.
Before he possessed the ability to completely disregard all threats, he naturally had to accept the goodwill shown by "the strong."
Moreover, the terms offered by Great Xia were indeed lenient; they required almost nothing from him, only that he accept this goodwill.
To go to such lengths would likely be impossible in other countries.
Of course, it was also possible that Ye Xuan was overthinking things, and they truly didn't have such intentions, but it wouldn't hurt to consider some things more deeply.
“The Mutated Rats in the school must have been the work of an Ability User from the Tianshu Bureau.”
“I just don't know if it was a summoning-type Special Ability or a beast-taming type.”
“However, the latter possibility is very small. In the Future, as the Blue Star’s Spiritual Qi Concentration becomes denser and Mutated Creatures continuously grow stronger, their intelligence might improve, possibly reaching a level comparable to Humans; but not now.”
“Judging by the intelligence displayed by those few Mutated Rats in the school, the possibility of them being summoned creatures is greater; and it’s not simple summoning—there should be some kind of connection, like shared vision or shared memory among them.”
“Otherwise, the Spirituality of these Mutated Rats is far too extraordinary.”
After Su Mengyao left, Ye Xuan pondered the information contained within their conversation.
Regarding the Mutated Rats in the school, although neither of them mentioned it, they were undoubtedly the work of the Tianshu Bureau, and judging by the Spirituality emanating from those Mutated Rats, they were most likely the summoned creatures of a summoning-type Ability User.
Strength was secondary, but to be able to summon Mutated Rats of this caliber under the current Spiritual Qi Concentration, that Ability User’s Talent was definitely not low.
But thinking about it carefully, it was normal; how could an Ability User who could join the Tianshu Bureau have low Talent?
Considering the testing location was a school and the subjects were students, these Mutated Rats might even be creatures summoned after careful consideration by that person, not the limit of the strength of creatures they could summon.
If they went all out, they should be able to summon stronger Mutated Creatures.
Having developed their Special Ability to this extent in just three months since the Spiritual Energy Revival, their strength would inevitably rise to an even higher level when the Spiritual Energy Tide Su Mengyao mentioned arrives, possibly even comparable to some weaker Holders of Myriad Heavens Treasure.
Ye Xuan wouldn't be surprised even if many Holders of Myriad Heavens Treasure were surpassed by these Ability Users in the Future.
The Myriad Worlds each have their own Cultivation systems, and Myriad Heavens Treasures are merely derivatives of those systems; who can say that the Spiritual Energy System of our Blue Star is inferior in potential to other systems?
But regardless of the Cultivation system, the gap between geniuses and ordinary people is always so vast.
Even when Awakening a Special Ability, some people’s abilities possess considerable power right after Awakening, while others’ abilities haven't improved at all since they first Awakened.
Fortunately, besides Special Abilities, this World also has the existence of Myriad Heavens Treasures, which can give ordinary people a chance to change their destiny.
Otherwise, under the absolute disparity in strength, a world that was already unfair would likely become even more unjust.
“But none of this has anything to do with me.”
“Rather, the more geniuses Blue Star has, and the more people who obtain Myriad Heavens Treasures, the more advantageous it is for me.”
“If only one person stands at the top, it would be a bit lonely.”
“Having rivals and peers on the path of growth is also something worth being happy about.”
For Ye Xuan, who possessed the Myriad Heavens Fishing System, becoming the strongest was inevitable, but when he would become the strongest was something he couldn't determine.
Although always staying ahead of everyone else, so far that they couldn't even see his back, was interesting; but being able to contend with numerous geniuses in the same era, displaying their unique skills, and growing stronger through battle, was also something worth being happy about.
As for whether someone would appear in this era who Ye Xuan couldn't resist at all, and who was so psychologically twisted they wanted to directly destroy Human Civilization without giving him any time to develop, Ye Xuan wasn't worried.
When the System Awakened, it stated that the mystery level of this World had only Awakened 1%, and the Myriad Heavens Treasures invading reality all originated from worlds with relatively low system levels.
This meant that the Dimensional Treasures currently appearing on Blue Star had an upper limit in terms of grade; it was impossible for Myriad Heavens Treasures from worlds like Shrouding the Heavens, Perfect World, or the Primordial Era to appear directly.
Under such circumstances, if he, who possessed the System, couldn't improve his strength faster than others and lacked the confidence to contend with them, wouldn't he be no different from trash?
The mediocre are like still water, peaceful yet waveless; Heavenly Pride is like a surging current, rushing endlessly and stirring up a thousand layers of spray.
Even ordinary people, in their mundane lives, yearn for the future they could see clearly to be changed, to live more splendidly, don't they?
“Wang Quan Baye comprehended Wang Quan Sword Intent within a few months of returning from Outside the Circle.”
“Possessing all his Talent and my lost Sword Heart, what reason do I have for not being able to do it?”
“Don’t forget, the Talent gained from Template fusion doesn't replace my own Talent; rather, the two stack. Therefore, in terms of Talent, I am still above Wang Quan Baye.”
“Consuming lifespan? How can Sword Intent be such an inconvenient thing!”
“If Wang Quan Sword Intent must come at the cost of burning my own life, then I shall create a new Sword Intent.”
“No matter what demons or monsters you are, I will cleave them with a single sword!”