Chapter 703: Time-Space Route

"Please forgive my rudeness, fellow Daoist, but I am indeed not here just for this fishing feast; I also wish to propose a trade with you."

Void Scale said sincerely.

"To have a fellow Daoist who manages all trades in the Great Void come in person, this trade must be quite significant."

"Not at all, not at all; it is only thanks to the kindness of all you fellow Daoists. In truth, I cannot be considered as managing all trades in the Great Void. After all, the Great Void is infinite and boundless; who could ever glimpse its end?"

After some polite pleasantries, Void Scale got to the main point.

"Fellow Daoist Li, do you remember what I mentioned before? I would like to tell some people the news that you possess the power of the Void that transcends."

Li Heng nodded.

"I am naturally aware of this, and then?"

"And then, my old friends wish to propose a trade with you. They desire that sliver of power that transcends the Great Void power. I wonder what you think of this, fellow Daoist?"

Void Scale asked.

"So that is how it is. But will your old friends not come in person?" Li Heng raised an eyebrow and said.

"I will not hide it from you, fellow Daoist. In truth, it is because my old friends have all encountered some problems with their states, making it truly unsuitable for them to appear in the Present World. I am the only one left whose state can be considered good."

Void Scale said helplessly.

Besides this, he had another reason he did not mention: his old friends had predicted that Li Heng would be driven to a dead end and flee, so they had intended to offer help in a time of need. But the facts were the exact opposite, slapping them hard in the face, and afterwards, they had no face left to see Li Heng.

Of course, he suspected that besides being speechless, there was another factor: his old friends were also wary of Li Heng, fearing Li Heng might suddenly strike at them.

"Since that is the case, I wonder what you can offer, fellow Daoist?"

Li Heng asked aloud.

"Does this mean you agree to the trade request, fellow Daoist?"

Void Scale's eyes lit up.

"Did you not say, fellow Daoist, that all things can be traded? Then the power of the Void that transcends in my hands can also be traded, provided that you can produce a corresponding price."

Li Heng said calmly.

Void Scale began to ponder. The main reason they proposed the trade was to study this power capable of transcending the Void, to glimpse its secrets and essence. In this way, just a tiny sliver would be enough; there was no need to care about quantity.

"Let us go with the smallest sliver, then? What is your asking price, fellow Daoist?"

He kicked the ball back to Li Heng.

"I do not have an estimated price for this power. Why don't you make an offer, fellow Daoist, and let me see if it is suitable?" Li Heng waved his hand, playing tai chi, and kicked the ball back again.

He knew well that the one who names the price first is easily at a disadvantage.

"I see. In that case, how about I provide you with some information about the Dao Master Era? After all, you seem very interested in the affairs of the former Dao Master Era, fellow Daoist."

Void Scale asked cautiously.

Li Heng shook his head, "Not enough."

"It is only the smallest sliver of power, and that is not enough?"

Void Scale asked in surprise.

"Even the smallest sliver is power capable of transcending the Great Void power. And there is no need for me to spell out what you intend to do with this power, is there, fellow Daoist?" Li Heng smiled.

Void Scale appeared somewhat embarrassed and fell silent for a moment. At this time, Li Heng was also thinking. He pondered, first manifesting a sliver of Source Power in his hand, then degrading this Source Power once and showing it to Void Scale.

"I have an idea here. This sliver of power is enough to suppress the Great Void power, right?"

Li Heng combined this product of degraded Source Power with the Great Void power he had drawn over; the Source Power Degraded Product directly suppressed the Great Void power.

Void Scale replied that it was so.

"Then look at it now."

Li Heng reached out as if extracting something from the Source Power Degraded Product, causing it to degrade once more—equivalent to two degradations—yet it was still able to suppress the Great Void power.

Void Scale was stunned. What was going on?

He had clearly seen Li Heng reach out, as if extracting something from that power—something extremely crucial, it seemed, like extracting the true essence and weakening this sliver of power.

But if so, why could it still suppress the Great Void power?

Could this Great Void power be a fake?

He hurriedly drew upon a strand of Great Void power and combined it with this sliver of power, yet he still found the Great Void power suppressed, and he immediately fell into deep thought.

A power weakened once could still suppress the Great Void power?

Are you kidding me!

Is this power that high-level?

If Li Heng knew of this thought, he would not be stingy in answering: it is just that high-level! He felt that if one were to compare Source Power to Infinite, then the Great Void power would be finite.

Since that is the case, no matter how many times Source Power is weakened, as long as it is a finite number of times, it is far stronger than the Great Void power. Thus, even if the Source Power were weakened twice, it could still suppress the Great Void power!

"I will not hide it from you, fellow Daoist; I just weakened this sliver of power by half, yet it can still suppress the Great Void power. Now you should be clear about what kind of high-level goods you are trying to trade for."

Li Heng said calmly.

Void Scale was speechless. He realized he had been careless. This power of the Void that transcends was even more high-level than he had imagined, exceeding the Great Void power by more than one level.

If one were to judge this thing by its true value, he would probably have to sell himself just to afford a single sliver.

"I understand what you mean, fellow Daoist. How about this: give me some time, fellow Daoist, and I will go discuss it with my old friends to scrape together our price."

Void Scale said with some embarrassment.

Although he had expected it, he still felt he had lost face.

His very self, his Great Dao, was to trade everything, to measure everything; all things could be bought and sold. Yet now, he actually could not afford one thing?

"Then you must be quick, fellow Daoist, because in a while I will set off to continue toward the future, straight to the End of Time and Space. Oh, by the way, as the end of the Time-Space Mother River, the End of Time and Space, I wonder how much you know about it, fellow Daoist?"

"If there is any crucial information, it can also reduce the cost."

Li Heng thought of something and asked casually.

"Heading to the End of Time and Space? Then I understand. Let me check my database here for a moment."

The Void Balance had no surprises; beings who reached their level of cultivation either headed toward the Wuqiong Weizhi to explore, or they realized the Time-Space Mother River was too conspicuous, or they explored the two ends along the direction of the origin or the end.

This situation had already become the norm for him.

"Oh, I have actually found some information."

Very quickly, the Void Balance gave an answer.

"Although the mainstream theory of the Great Void is that no one can reach the origin or the end of the Time-Space Mother River, there are some secret pieces of information that exist to some extent. For example, to head toward the origin and the end requires a specific Route Map, so that one can cross the Infinite time and space that cannot be crossed."

"Is there a Route Map?" Li Heng asked.

"There is. Recently, a mysterious guest gave me such a Route Map and even said that this route is about to open. However, because most of this kind of news is hearsay or even false rumors, I have not had time to confirm the True Reality of this Route Map."

The Void Balance replied.

As ancient beings who have lived from the Dao Master Era to the present, their pursuit of the origin and end of the Time-Space Mother River is not particularly keen; after all, the status of the Time-Space River was not very high back then.