Chapter 517: Going to Find the Eastern Clan, Ancient Secrets

Si Tu Liang does not dare to directly refuse Li Xueru's request.

But wanting to examine the most classified royal documents is a huge matter; even he does not dare to rashly agree.

Si Tu Liang said, "Uncle Si Tu Li controls the Secret Treasury; I'll go ask him whether he knows anything about the food spirit beast."

Li Xueru nodded, "Then I'll trouble the sovereign."

"Of course!" Si Tu Liang replied politely, without any airs.

Si Tu Liang led them to a sitting room, had the best tea served, and then went to the Secret Treasury himself.

Soon after, Princess Si Tu Yu walked over.

She and Chu Yao are close girlfriends; the two immediately started chatting upon meeting.

Hearing Chu Yao recount what just happened, even Si Tu Yu was startled.

"Sister Yao Yao, is this food spirit beast really that terrifying?" Si Tu Yu asked, feeling empathetic and very nervous.

Chu Yao nodded, "It must be extremely frightening; my grandfather's complexion changed at the time, he was very nervous. The scholar deity was similar; fortunately Divine General Jiang was there, and he saved me."

Even now Chu Yao still feels lingering fear and hasn't recovered from that helpless terror.

The key is that the Detection Technique yielded no useful information and almost killed her.

She cannot imagine how such a terrifying thing as a food spirit beast could exist in the world.

Si Tu Yu glanced at Jiang Chen unnoticed, then hummed a tone only she could hear.

Jiang Chen will not lend the Skeleton, and she will not forget that.

Although Jiang Chen promised to save her mother, and she herself almost killed Jiang Chen.

But each code to each code, a girl's thoughts are incomprehensible to outsiders.

Not to mention outsiders, sometimes even oneself doesn't

understand enough.

Chu Yao saw Si Tu Yu's slight expression and said, "Don't blame Divine General Jiang either; as long as he has the ability, he'll definitely save you. This time Divine General Jiang also took two drops of a lethal drake spinal cord that can antidote, and told grandpa to mix a medicine to see if it can neutralize corpse‑rot toxin."

"That's the spinal cord of a level‑85 World BOSS, a priceless treasure."

Si Tu Yu whispered, "Really?"

Chu Yao nodded, "Why would I lie to you? Of course it's true."

Jiang Chen at this moment was also talking with Li Xueru.

"Teacher, do you think the royal family might have records on the food spirit beast?"

Li Xueru said, "The Divine Dragon royal lineage has been passed down for millennia; over those thousand years, through wind and rain, great clans have risen and fallen, yet only the royal house remains unbroken."

"If even they lack information on the food spirit beast, we must mobilize the royal power."

Jiang Chen understood Li Xueru's meaning.

To seal a province and lock a city, besides military force, one also needs the power of local administrations.

All these administrative powers are wholly held by the royal family.

Without royal orders, even if one could block a province or city, the result would inevitably descend into chaos.

Jiang Chen whispered, "All things generate and restrain each other; there must be a solution. If the royal house lacks the records, I can go ask it."

"It?" Li Xueru was startled, "Are you referring to that statue in the Core Area?"

Jiang Chen hummed, "It has lived for an unknown number of years; it should know something about the food spirit beast."

Li Xueru nodded, "Although I haven't spoken with it, I know some legends about it. It is said to be all‑knowing."

Jiang Chen chuckled lightly, "That's not entirely true."

Footsteps sounded, Si Tu Liang and Si Tu Li side by side

walked over.

Si Tu Li oversees the royal Secret Treasury; he has examined almost every document inside.

Li Xueru asked directly, "How is it?"

Si Tu Li produced a very ancient book, "Here are all the records on the food spirit beast."

"The food spirit beast records are extremely ancient and utterly chaotic. Our royal house made a revision in the year 800, compiling all the food spirit beast data together."

Li Xueru flipped through it rapidly; with his ability to remember at a glance, it was child's play.

After reading, the book passed into Jiang Chen's hands.

At this moment Si Tu Li asked, "Scholar deity, are you truly certain it's a food spirit beast?"

Li Xueru hummed, "It is undoubtedly a food spirit beast; it matches the book's records perfectly."

Si Tu Liang furrowed his brow, "This is a great calamity, scholar deity, what do you intend to do?"

Li Xueru said, "I just thought of a countermeasure, but it still needs to be discussed with the Eastern sovereign. I originally thought this would be a great disaster. The data, the discovery, could also be a major opportunity."

Si Tu Liang raised an eyebrow.

"Great opportunity—how should one phrase that?"

He hasn't read the data; he only heard Si Tu Li mention it and learned how terrifying the food spirit beast is.

Could the records possibly contain something different?

Si Tu Li had previously examined this material, but he saw no great opportunity.

"Please, scholar deity, elaborate!" Si Tu Liang asked repeatedly.

Jiang Chen, having finished the book, exhaled lightly, "Misfortune and fortune are intertwined; perhaps it truly will be an opportunity."

Li Xueru's words were already convincing enough; Jiang Chen's statement now essentially solidified it.

Si Tu Liang also flipped through the food spirit

beast records, but gleaned nothing from them.

Si Tu Li said gravely, "I, too, have previously examined the food spirit beast records and found nothing. I wonder how scholar deity and Divine General Jiang determine this to be an opportunity."

Li Xueru glanced at Jiang Chen, "Xiao Chen, you speak."

Their answers should be the same.

Jiang Chen nodded, "We have to start with the history of the Human Race."

Jiang Chen has read some not‑so‑secret materials in the imperial Secret Treasury, a large amount of material in the university, combined with his own experiences and the "friendly" exchanges with Antares.

Now his knowledge of the Human Race's history and all high‑level knowledge far exceeds that of ordinary people.

Even many Divine-level Strongmen are not as good as him.

On the contrary, some basic knowledge—such as where which Instance is—has become Jiang Chen's most lacking knowledge.

"A thousand years ago, the Human Race each governed itself; within the borders of my Shenlong Empire alone, there could be a hundred realms."

"The larger ones span a province or two, the smaller only a single city."

"Other nations were even more so; in some cases, a few villages with a thousand people could constitute a nation."

"Although there were many Divine-level Strongmen, internal strife never ceased; it could be called a scattered sand."

Jiang Chen spoke slowly and methodically, his voice like musical notes, drifting and distant.

In this quiet deep night, it seemed somewhat ethereal.

Chu Yao listened to Jiang Chen's narration and found his voice very pleasant.

She gradually became entranced, murmuring to herself, "Why didn't I notice before that Junior Jiang's voice is so nice."

Si Tu Yu watched Jiang Chen speak confidently and recalled the scene in the Fusishi Jie where Jiang Chen stood in front of him.

For some reason, Jiang Chen

seemed to become taller.

As Jiang Chen said, in those years buried in time, called the Chaotic Spacetime, the Human Race truly became a scattered sand.

At that time the Soul‑Eating Beast appeared but received no attention from the Human Race.

By the time it was discovered, it was already too late.

The Soul‑Eating Beast had already grown, possessing great power enough to contend with Divine-level Strongmen.

In the years‑long great war, the Human Race paid a huge price but finally achieved victory.

At that time the Human Race's Divine-level Strongmen were almost wiped out.

After the Soul‑Eating Beast's disaster, Abyss Demons and the Dragon Race descended.

If not for a sudden emergence of a batch of geniuses in the Human Race then, the Human Race would have been slaughtered by Abyss Demons and the Dragon Race long ago.

That batch of geniuses, in just a dozen or so years, quickly rose, turning ordinary Job Changers into Divine beings.

They lifted a sky for the Human Race and bought enough time for it.

The Human Race also used this time to recuperate and recover slowly.

This is a history buried in the flow of time.

Almost no one knows it.

"The birth of that batch of geniuses is linked to the Soul‑Eating Beast."

"The Soul‑Eating Beast hides within the soul, devouring souls and all flesh‑and‑blood power."

"But if it can be destroyed before it fully forms, its soul power will merge into the professional's soul."

"The soul is enhanced, attributes also increase. When Job Changing, the chance of awakening talent and Profession Ascension becomes much higher."

"That is how that batch of geniuses were born."

The Soul‑Eating Beast, its origin unknown from everywhere.

Its birth is also unknown.

It can reside deep within a human's soul, devouring everything.

It has many options, perhaps like Yue Dapeng,

a slow, steady devouring.

It may also directly put a person to death, devouring the soul.

But ultimately, it will break out of the body.