Chapter 196: Divine Palace

On the massive deck, many more freshmen came to make friends with Jiang Jian.

Along the way, Jiang Jian got to know quite a few 5-level talents.

These geniuses mostly came from the seventy prefectures of the Earth surface.

Although their temperaments were different, their spirit was extremely high.

Every genius was one of the best in their own prefecture.

Even arriving in Tier Jiangcheng, the Second Realm,

these geniuses still had pride and were unwilling to be inferior to others.

The creatures of Tier Jiangcheng were numerous, invisibly gathering together and occupying half the deck.

But among them, quite a few were 4-level talents.

The 5-level talents from other prefectures and these 4-level talents from Tier Jiangcheng looked at each other with displeasure, invisibly sparking quite a few conflicts.

But Shen Xi stood at the bow of the ship.

Even if the atmosphere on the deck was bad, no one dared to act presumptuously.

"Jiang Jian, Qin Yingying."

Li Zhao suddenly spoke, "Don't you feel that this world is like a cage?"

"Those villagers, every one of them, are living creatures."

As he spoke, Li Zhao's tone was solemn, "But the vast majority of them have no qualification to participate in the God-Bestowed ceremony."

Qin Yingying raised an eyebrow and said: "What does this have to do with us?"

Li Zhao said: "It really doesn't have anything to do with us; I'm just feeling a bit emotional."

Qin Yingying said: "Why are you suddenly saying these things?"

Li Zhao looked back, gazing at the Saint Mountain that was getting further and further away, and said: "God-Bestowed talent should have been something everyone has."

Qin Yingying's expression became even stranger: "I didn't realize before that you were such a kind person."

She recalled the assessment results, her expression teasing, "Li Zhao, your battle damage score seems to be 32 points."

"This means that in your village, at least over a hundred villagers died."

"You are actually here now, saying these compassionate words."

Li Zhao spread his hands and said: "My battle damage score is low; does that have any connection to me pitying the local creatures here?"

"The assessment rules weren't set by me."

"Them participating in the Saint Selection ceremony to seek cultivation opportunities wasn't forced by me either."

"I just feel that the people here should be like Earthlings, everyone having the opportunity to obtain God-Bestowed talent."

He glanced at Qin Yingying, "Also, your battle damage score is only 29 points."

Qin Yingying sneered: "That's right, more of my villagers died, but unlike you, I'm not being hypocritical."

Li Zhao said calmly: "That's not what I meant; you wouldn't understand anyway."

Qin Yingying scoffed, walked to the other side of the deck, and stopped speaking.

Li Zhao looked at Jiang Jian and asked: "Jiang Jian, can you understand my thoughts?"

Jiang Jian said: "God-Bestowed talent should have been something for all humans, demons, ghosts, and monsters."

"After all, when the descendants of the gods of Neptune spread the God-Bestowed ceremony across the solar system, it was so that all spirits in the world could cultivate."

"Gods treat all living things equally."

"It's just that you have to understand that the masters of each planet are different, and the implementation varies quite a bit."

"Just like our Earth, only humans have the qualification to participate in the God-Bestowed ceremony."

"Other creatures are absolutely not allowed to touch it, nor will they be allowed to get close."

"This is the law of the Earth Alliance."

"Because the master of Earth is humanity."

"On other planets, the situation is completely reversed."

Jiang Jian walked to the edge of the deck, overlooking the mountains, rivers, and seas rushing past, "The creatures of this world are indeed humans to you and me."

"But to the Second Realm, they are just private property."

"Your thought just now actually has no problem."

Jiang Jian said softly, "But you don't have the ability to change it."

"At least for now, that's how it is."

Hearing this,

Li Zhao's gaze trembled, and he said in a low voice: "My true thoughts are the same as yours."

"I am a concubine-born child of the Li family, and I have encountered many injustices since childhood; I am very sensitive to such things."

"I hate it immensely, yet I am powerless to change it."

"This feeling makes me very desperate."

After speaking, he turned around and fell silent.

As the only 5-level talent of the Li family in Hanjiang Prefecture,

Li Zhao bore the heavy expectations of his family.

But his personality was extremely strange.

On weekdays, he liked researching the affairs of the major planets in the solar system the most.

As they spoke,

the warship slowed down, and the light screen around the deck shattered with a thud!

The giant warship floated by the side of Li Hai.

Jiang Jian stood at the edge of the deck and looked forward.

The vast sea was clear and blue, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The fishy, salty sea breeze blew toward them, blowing the hem of his snow-white robe.

Many freshmen stopped talking and looked toward Li Hai.

"Where is the strange realm?"

"Where is Li Hai Zhen Gong!?"

"Where is the Dragon Palace?"

Quite a few freshmen, having no understanding of strange realms, asked in confusion.

Someone sneered: "If strange realms were so easy to find, there wouldn't only be 13 strange realms on Earth now!"

Suddenly,

several light streams surged from all directions, piercing through rapidly!

A few seconds later,

these light streams stopped one after another, hovering in front of the warship, revealing the figures within.

An old man.

Two young men.

A woman.

These four people had different appearances, but they were all solemn, looking toward Shen Xi.

"Shen Xi, what are you doing here?"

The woman spoke first, her tone complex.

Shen Xi, wearing a white practice uniform, looked indifferent and said: "Of course, to take treasures."

The old man said in a deep voice: "Li Hai is barren and sparsely populated; what treasures could there be?"

Shen Xi glanced at him and said: "In this world, there is nothing that can be hidden from the Saint Palace."

Hearing this,

the four looked at each other, their expressions becoming extremely ugly!

The old man stared at Shen Xi and said in a cold voice: "Saint Palace! It's the Saint Palace again!"

Shen Xi stepped forward, walked off the deck, and stood in the air above the firmament: "Move aside."

The old man stood in place, gritting his teeth and saying: "I won't!"

Shen Xi raised his eyelids, light surging in his pupils, killing intent surging!

He took a step, his figure instantly appearing in front of the old man, and slapped his palm!

Boom!

The old man spat blood and flew backward like a kite with a broken string, being blasted into the clouds, disappearing without a trace!

At the same time,

Shen Xi turned around and waved his palm!

Rumble!

Several thunderbolts as thick as water buckets surged from the void and smashed hard onto the other three!

Crack!

The three hurriedly used protective means, but they were all instantly shattered by the thunder pillars; amidst the raging thunder, they had no power to resist and fell rapidly toward the bottom!

Four Divine Palace Realm experts, in less than a second, were all easily crushed!

"Shen Xi!"

An icy voice came.

Shen Xi's gaze flickered, and he looked forward.

A figure walked out; it was a creature in a mysterious black robe, looking like a youth.

He gazed at Shen Xi and asked: "A blessed land and cave heaven has appeared in Li Hai and has automatically chosen its master; is the Saint Palace going to rob it too?"

Shen Xi curled his lips and said: "I don't want to hurt you; move aside."

The mysterious black-robed youth did not retreat half a step and said coldly: "The cave heaven has spirit, and the candidates it chooses are all local geniuses of Li Hai; this is heaven's will."

He stepped forward and landed in front of Shen Xi, "Shen Xi, are you really going to defy heaven's will!?"

Shen Xi said calmly: "The Saint Palace is heaven's will."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 197 =====