Chapter 1742: Perfect Carrier

Li Laide swallowed his saliva nervously.

Even though he had already witnessed this bizarre ability last night, he still held a trace of luck in his heart. But when he clearly saw the entire process again during the day, the last trace of fantasy in his heart shattered...

The other party possessed such an ability, so didn't that mean no matter how he fled, he couldn't escape?

Undoubtedly, this brown-clothed man in front of him was frighteningly strong.

But such a powerful existence... why did he insist on making things difficult for him? And would he really care about those bounties offered by the officials?

Li Laide had countless questions in his heart, but he had no other choice right now. He could only obediently sit at the dining table, pick up a piece of bread, evenly spread butter on it just like Chen Ling, and then elegantly eat it bite by bite, like a true young noble gentleman.

He wasn't afraid of Chen Ling poisoning him. If Chen Ling really wanted to kill him, he would have already died a thousand times last night.

The two just silently ate all the breakfast on the dining table completely clean.

In fact, Chen Ling ate very little, the vast majority was eaten by Li Laide. He really seemed like he was starving to death, his hands fundamentally unable to stop. But even so, he still stubbornly maintained his elegant demeanor, only taking a small bite each time, and the butter spread had to be even.

"Go wash the dishes."

"?" Li Laide glared at Chen Ling angrily, "I'm not your slave!"

Chen Ling raised his eyes to look at him. In the next second, Li Laide's words were forcefully played backward and swallowed back.

"Slave your not am I——?"

Li Laide widened his eyes, his expression as ugly as if he had eaten a fly.

"If you want to continue playing this kind of boring game to pass the time, I can play with you for a whole day." Chen Ling opened his mouth calmly, "If you want to get some things from me... for example, intelligence, power, freedom, or..."

Chen Ling casually raised his hand, and several Gold Bars dropped onto the tabletop with a clang, making Li Laide's eyes go straight.

"Then, go wash the dishes."

Li Laide's breathing gradually became heavy.

He wanted gold, but he wanted more than just gold. He knew that relying on other people's charity or gifts for a long time could only turn him into someone else's dog. So these few pieces of gold indeed had an attraction to him, but what truly made it hard for him to refuse was still power, freedom...

And, just who exactly was this powerhouse with a mysterious origin in front of him?

Li Laide's dignity and his desire fought crazily in his mind. He was silent for a full ten-plus seconds before standing up, carrying the plates without a word and walking into the kitchen...

The splashing sound of flowing water transmitted from inside.

The corners of Chen Ling's mouth rose slightly.

In fact, last night Chen Ling had really thought about whether to just directly kill Li Laide... Just what degree this absolute genius of the Path of the Thief would grow to in the future, Chen Ling was clearer than anyone else.

He would become the nightmare of this world, and also become a stumbling block for the Dusk Society. Strangling him to death in his childhood period seemed like a pretty good method. During the second-to-last world simulation, Chen Ling had indeed done exactly this.

Without the Silver King, the Dusk Society's development was much smoother. Everything proceeded step by step according to Chen Ling's plan... But the result was also obvious.

A conventional restart, a conventional ending. Ultimately, they still failed to resolve the Red Star.

What Chen Ling wanted was more than this.

Since Li Laide possessed the potential to contend against the Red Star, strangling him to death now would be a bit too much of a pity... Chen Ling actually already had some expectations regarding how to resolve the Red Star. It was just that his expectations were too crazy. Once it failed, it would easily drag the entire Earth beyond redemption, not even having the chance to restart.

Since it was like this, Li Laide, this role who could play "hide-and-seek" with the Red Star carrying the Earth, was extremely important.

Rather than directly strangling a possibility in the cradle, it was better to try guiding Li Laide to become an assistance to the Dusk Society and even all of humanity... Chen Ling knew this might be somewhat crazy, but so what?

Wasn't the Fifth Generation Red King choosing to bet humanity's future on a World-Ending Calamity even crazier?

But Chen Ling knew that changing a person wasn't that easy. He needed to observe for a period of time. If it really didn't work, he could only use another extreme method.

While Chen Ling was thinking, Li Laide had already walked out of the kitchen with a sullen face...

"Washed." He opened his mouth coldly.

"Very good."

Just as Li Laide looked at Chen Ling with a kind of expectant gaze, the latter raised his chin, ruthlessly spitting out a sentence:

"...Sweep the floor."

Li Laide: ???

...

Chengtian Domain, Taishi Division.

"...He unexpectedly really fixed it?" An old man wearing a flashy official uniform looked in surprise at the Domain Train part before his eyes. Strands of white hair hung down from his temples, covering a purple scar on his cheek.

"It is indeed surprising." Beside the old man, a youth slowly walked out.

That was a figure with a Western face. Although he was also wearing an official uniform at this moment, he always seemed to have a bizarre sense of disharmony. Both his hands were full of rings with gems of various colors, and his green pupils were also staring intently at that part.

If Chen Ling were here at this time, he would be able to recognize this "acquaintance" before his eyes with a single glance...

It was precisely the former Vice President of the Witchcraft Association, who later took over the position of the official President, and at the same time the aide of the Lord of Wuji Lou Yu, and also the one who personally refined several Philosopher's Stones... Brand.

Brand at this time was quite a bit younger than in Chen Ling's impression, but that gloominess and craftiness had already been engraved into his features.

"The Domain Train part that our Alchemist Association spent so much effort to forge, he unexpectedly repaired it so quickly... Although other Paths of the Artisan can also do it, the degree of completion is far from being this high..."

"Brand." The old man coldly opened his mouth. "Pay attention to your wording... There is no Alchemist Association anymore now. We are the Taishi Division established by imperial decree, we are Your Majesty's personal guards."

"It was my negligence, Uncle... oh no, Lord Chong." Brand smiled, bowing to the old man.

"There is one more point, you didn't explain it fully." Lord Chong faintly opened his mouth. "Forging a Domain Train requires the combined efforts of 'Artisan' and 'Witch'. The damaged portion on this part is not only the material foundation of the Path of the Artisan, but also the alchemical creation of our Path of the Witch God. Usually, the Path of the Artisan can only repair the material portion of it... But this Li Shangfeng unexpectedly could also repair the broken metallic creation together..."

"I'm afraid, that path he has stepped onto, is precisely... [Stitcher]."

"Stitcher?" Hearing these three words, Brand's eyes suddenly lit up. "Is it that Stitcher who can create 'artificial humans'?"

"Not bad... Aside from repairing external objects, a [Stitcher] can also forge human bodies. Moreover, the human body forged by him would be an absolutely perfect creation of heavenly workmanship, and also the most perfect artificial soul carrier..." Lord Chong's eyes narrowed slightly,

"Which is to say... the Philosopher's Stone."