Chapter 158: Farewell, Bei Er Nadai

"Did you forget that the Reader Path represents omniscience, and the God of Knowledge can also be called the Omniscient One."

Leike Dun hesitated briefly, then blamed the God of Knowledge.

"Is that so?" Ke Lai En looked at Leike Dun with some doubt, feeling the other was trying to fool him.

Leike Dun quickly changed the subject:

"Do you know Bei Er Nadai?"

Ke Lai En nodded: "Luo Sai Er's eldest daughter, now one of the Four Sea Kings, the 'Mysterious Queen.'"

After successfully shifting the topic to Bei Er Nadai, Leike Dun breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"She is the candidate I plan to invite to resolve the upcoming True Creator's descent incident."

He kept speaking under Ke Lai En's puzzled gaze:

"She is Sequence Three of the Seeker's Path; the ceremony to promote a sage is meant to prevent a disaster involving high‑level power."

"You want to use the promotion ceremony as a condition to get her help? But she is only Sequence Three, facing the problem of an evil god's arrival—can she solve it? Or can she solve it without causing a large‑scale disaster?"

Ke Lai En was not very confident in Leike Dun's plan.

"If you look down on Bei Er Nadai, you must at least respect Luo Sai Er, right?"

Leike Dun looked at Ke Lai En, noting the guy had never seen the pile of wondrous items Luo Sai Er left for his daughter, which could sustain an elemental dawn.

Ke Lai En fell silent for a moment; having a father who became an emperor was indeed enviable, then quietly shifted the heavy topic:

"Do you have a way to contact Bei Er Nadai?"

"I carry a great sage trait, Bei Er Nadai is also Sequence Three of the Seeker's Path, and she also carries a sealed object with sage characteristics."

Leike Dun didn't finish his sentence, but Ke Lai En already understood his meaning and asked curiously:

"Where do you plan to go to chance upon Bei Er Nadai?"

"Want a big meal?" Leike Dun said something completely unrelated.

Ke Lai En was a bit puzzled but still nodded; he didn't refuse a free feast, especially since he hadn't had breakfast yet.

Following his inspiration, Leike Dun took two steps forward and led Ke Lai En into the spirit realm.

Ke Lai En watched the richly colored, oil‑paint‑like lines retreat rapidly; after a while the dense, layered color blocks faded, and the surroundings became a private room in an upscale restaurant.

"Indis Selenzzo Restaurant, here we have the purest Indis cuisine, and many signature dishes said to have originated from Emperor Luo Sai Er's court."

Leike Dun gave Ke Lai En a quick rundown while he was still staring blankly at the surroundings.

"You're looking for me? How did you know I was here?"

Only then did Ke Lai En notice a lady he had been ignoring, seated at the table. She wore an olive‑green long dress, a dull black soft hat, and a fine gauze veil that draped over her face.

Only a waist‑long, naturally falling chestnut hair could be seen, and her proportions were excellent.

"Long time no see, Ms. Bei Er Nadai. I bear a sage trait; I can guess you have already arrived at Beckland, and by simply following my intuition and wandering around, I could chance upon you."

Leike Dun bowed to Bei Er Nadai at the table and then explained how he could locate her so precisely.

Bei Er Nadai did not hide the surprise in her eyes; her deep gaze flashed a barely perceptible purple radiance as she carefully examined Leike Dun and the nearby Ke Lai En.

She then slightly frowned, finding nothing abnormal in the two of them. She withdrew her gaze without a trace and said casually:

"Just like the last time we met at sea?"

"That time was an accident; I intended to chance upon the captain, but ended up meeting you instead."

Leike Dun gave an explanation.

"Captain?" Bei Er Nadai repeated Leike Dun's address to Jia De Li Ya, made no comment, and then said:

"Since you're here, why not sit down and try the signature dishes that have been passed down from Emperor Luo Sai Er's court? I'd like to hear your opinions; it might be an extra gain for me."

Leike Dun and Ke Lai En exchanged a glance, then Leike Dun took the seat opposite Bei Er Nadai, and Ke Lai En, seeing this, sat in the chair beside him.

Bei Er Nadai called the restaurant's waiter, who, with a startled look, took another round of orders.

The waiter politely bowed and left the room, not forgetting to glance again at the two newcomers, Leike Dun and Ke Lai En, in the private room.

He wondered if he had miscounted the number of people, or perhaps had zoned out during work and missed the two gentlemen entering the room.

Ke Lai En sat awkwardly beside him, having thought the feast was on Leike Dun's treat, only to find himself crashing a lady's table, and that lady happened to be the daughter of a previous transmigrator.

Leike Dun ignored the socially anxious Ke Lai En, lifted his left hand, rolled up his sleeve, and revealed a deep‑red Hanged Man tattoo on his forearm.

Bei Er Nadai's gaze was drawn to the deep‑red Hanged Man tattoo, and her eyes grew ever deeper.

After a while, she lightly furrowed her brows, intending to use her prophetic ability to see more, but an intuitive premonition stopped her.

Leike Dun saw Bei Er Nadai trying to use prophecy; he initially wanted to stop her, but then noticed she gave up the attempt and directed an inquisitive gaze toward him.

Leike Dun cleared his throat with a light cough and then began to explain:

"This is a mass of flesh and blood that carries the divinity of the True Creator and a small portion of conscious awareness; it temporarily resides within me."

"True Creator? Are you sure it's conscious awareness?"

Bei Er Nadai's tone mixed with unabashed doubt as she said.

Leike Dun nodded: "I used a special mysterious reenactment."

He told Bei Er Nadai the Easter story, hoping to earn her trust; it was the best way.

After hearing the story, Bei Er Nadai lightly frowned; the story was odd, and this world has no Easter at all, at least not in her years of experience.

This style, however, resembled some of the stories Emperor Luo Sai Er once told her.

Bei Er Nadai's eyes looked at Leike Dun with some doubt, though she did not show it, and she continued:

"You're only Sequence Five, yet you're already wielding that sage power—aren't you worried it will gradually merge with you?"

"It's already merging with me, which is why I'm so eager to advance my sequence."

Leike Dun spread his hands and said helplessly.

Bei Er Nadai stared at Leike Dun for a long time; the scene in the private room fell silent. The waiter brought the dishes Bei Er Nadai had just ordered and left again.

Emerald pea vines draped down in the room, like a scene from a fairy tale.

Klein curiously looked around, and through spiritual perception and his own intuition, he discovered that this place had already been isolated from the outside world.

He gave the mysterious queen across from him a shifting glance, somewhat worried she might take a liking to the sage trait on Rekton's person and resort to murder and robbery or banditry.

"I don't lack this sage trait." Beiernadai's voice rang out, her gaze sweeping over Klein's body.

Klein embarrassedly rubbed his forehead where no sweat existed.

He had wanted to mutter a complaint, but since both could read minds, the thought that just surfaced was forcibly suppressed.

Beiernadai turned her gaze back to Rekton, her expression turning solemn.

"What is your relation to the Hidden Sage?"

"Would you say we're on good terms as followers?" Rekton replied in a tone he himself wasn't sure about.

Beiernadai gave a noncommittal nod, then said:

"The last time we met, you still bore the blessing of the God of Knowledge, which is also why I agreed to send you onto the Future."

Upon hearing this, Klein's reaction was greater than Rekton's; he recalled the information given by the Hanged Man about the Pirate King and General of the Sea, in which the Mysterious Queen and the Star Marshal had long since broken ties.

The Mysterious Queen could still send Al onto the Future—she and the Star Marshal never really broke ties? Is this just an act for others to see?

They had almost fooled everyone, including the Moses Ascetic Order, such a great power—the waters of the mystical world are truly deep.

Rekton strove to make his expression a bit more solemn, lowering his voice as he said:

"This is a secret cooperation between the God of Knowledge and the Hidden Sage, a true secret—so please don't leak this information, at least before the Divine War arrives."

"Divine War?" Beiernadai's tone also grew solemn.

Rekton gave a slight nod:

"Yes, Divine War, a Divine War involving many parties; the True Creator is one of the allies that need to be won over."

Rekton spoke words that couldn't be called lies; only by making the situation sound serious enough could he make Beiernadai feel she knew too much and had been forced to take part.

Beiernadai had already furrowed her brows; she felt an urge to immediately throw these two guys out, and if the topic continued she would have to choose a side.

The next moment, Beiernadai's pupils flashed, becoming extremely deep, like the sea before a storm; in this state, she clearly lost focus, her eyes a vast blank.

Beiernadai wanted to glimpse a hint of the future through prophecy to help herself make a choice.

She saw a very blurry figure, so indistinct that no details or appearance could be made out.

It also saw her; unexpectedly, it had no malice at all, and was even friendly.

The vision flashed and vanished, and a line of bloody tears streamed from Beiernadai's eye corner.

Beiernadai suddenly realized: the she had just seen was the Hermit! But not the Hidden Sage!

(End of chapter)