Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1475: Chapter 202: Gradually Forgetting What the Mission Was

“…This part is mostly composed of rooms, similar in style to the one we saw earlier. Of course, if you’re interested, you can go check them out one by one. I’ve mentioned before, there’s nothing here except plenty of time.”

“Then I won’t bother looking…” Da Zhe shook his head.

Master Musashi seemed eager to have him choose a room to stay in… But he was still thinking about finding a chance to leave here—who knows when the maid might suddenly check in?

She would indeed do it!

This woman, except towards her boss with tolerance like a kindly mother—yes, precisely that kind of overly-indulgent mother… She wasn’t easy with anyone else.

“By the way.” Da Zhe suddenly remembered a question and curiously asked, “Isn’t it said that there’s nothing in this dimensional rift? In fact, all I saw here, besides those little beasts, were barren islands, rocks—not to mention trees, there’s not even a single blade of dry grass… How was the Palace of Eternal Night built?”

Master Musashi squinted his eyes and said, “If it were you, how would you think it was done?”

Da Zhe pondered for a moment, “If there are no construction materials produced here, then there’s only one possibility… they were brought from outside.”

“And where is ‘outside’ referring to?” Musashi smiled slightly.

Da Zhe looked up at him, frowned, and said, “From somewhere beyond the rift… other worlds? Are you implying that you’ve mastered the method to return to the original world?”

Master Musashi laughed heartily, not too surprised by Da Zhe’s insight—with a joke, if one’s intellect isn’t top-notch, how can one break the limits of the original world and enter the dimensional rift? Don’t mind those in the Transcender Organization seeming quirky, but that’s just them following their nature… None of them are easy to get along with.

Thus, Musashi wasn’t suspicious of Da Zhe’s sharpness—rather, if Da Zhe hadn’t thought of this, Musashi would carefully consider how Da Zhe managed to enter the dimensional rift with sheer luck.

“Correct, we indeed have mastered the method to return to the original world.” Musashi nodded, speaking seriously, “And not just the original world, we can even travel through most worlds… Some of the building materials for the Palace of Eternal Night were indeed brought back from different worlds for construction, leading to its current appearance. However, only our members can share this return method.”

Da Zhe smiled bitterly, “You’re really going all out to recruit members, huh?”

Musashi laughed heartily, “Our organization has certain rules, if we can develop potential members, there’s some benefit to it… I might not care much about these, but occasionally I do desire a few things. But in reality, many things can only be grasped by the Thrones.”

“Thrones… Are there many Thrones?” Da Zhe couldn’t help but ask.

Musashi shrugged and said, “In truth, even I don’t know the exact number of Thrones—most of us aren’t clear about the total number of Thrones. Currently, five are known to be active… But if you wish to know who they are, you first need to join us.”

Da Zhe shrugged, indicating he wouldn’t continue questioning. Musashi didn’t mind, casually lifting the wine bottle hanging at his waist to drink a sip, and then handed it to Da Zhe.

Da Zhe took it without complaint, lifted the gourd, and drank a sip… He touched his lips and suddenly asked, “By the way, you mentioned earlier that the Palace of Eternal Night was built gradually with materials brought in later, indicating it wasn’t originally like this? It… perhaps has existed for some time?”

“Mm!” Musashi nodded, “You’re attentive in listening… Indeed, the Palace of Eternal Night isn’t strictly built by us, it seems to have originally existed… a dilapidated structure floating in the dimensional rift for who knows how long. The previous keeper of the Palace of Eternal Night said it seemed to be an artifact from the Old Era… maybe a palace left by a super strong figure from that era.”

“Old Era, New Era?”

Musashi said, “The dimensional rift underwent a very catastrophic event, where almost all super strong figures directly perished, with only a few remnants… Our Thrones are believed to have survived from that era, gradually developing the Transcender Organization afterward.”

At this point, Musashi pondered slightly, “Speaking of which, I’ve had a conjecture before, that since the Palace of Eternal Night is a product of the Old Era, then perhaps during the Old Era, the dimensional rift wasn’t as barren as it is now… at the very least, there were usable resources. However, this conjecture is really hard to verify.”

Da Zhe curiously asked, “Didn’t you say those Thrones were leftover from the Old Era? Couldn’t you ask them to find out?”

Musashi shrugged, “I’m not a member appointed by a Throne, I’m more of a freelancer within the organization, merely bearing the title. Apart from the standard privilege of returning to the original world, I don’t enjoy any benefits… Of course, I don’t have to fulfill any obligations either, and the Thrones naturally won’t tell me much—after all, within the Transcender Organization, if a member wishes to know something or obtain something from the Thrones, they’d need to make contributions in exchange.”

Da Zhe said, “So you’re acting as the keeper of the Palace of Eternal Night… even considering recruiting new members, due to having desires you wish to obtain from the Thrones?”

Musashi said without concern, “After all, over time, there are always some demands… But I was initially rejected, so it’s hard to face it now, leaving me no choice but to take the long way and do things with minimal effort.”

Da Zhe couldn’t help but smile… this personality of Master Musashi actually fits his taste well.

As they talked, the two arrived before a giant door. Musashi casually opened the door—after opening, the interior room resembled a circular arena.

Da Zhe was astonished to discover that beneath this circular arena, densely packed Void Primordial Demons were placed… These Void Primordial Demons, at the moment, clustered like bugs, with some engaging in mutual biting—a hair-raising feeling ensued.

He wasn’t afraid of these Void Primordial Demons, but felt the scene was incredibly grotesque.

However, these Void Primordial Demons appeared very small in size, far unlike the giant Void Primordial Demons he had felled—they seemed almost miniaturized.

“These were leftovers from the last fight we had with heaven, thought releasing them would be troublesome, so they are kept here to see if mutual devouring might result in evolution into a stronger Ancestral Void Demon.” Musashi said indifferently, “The arena below features a compression technology, which was likely originally possessed by the Palace of Eternal Night… see the passage below? If you enter through the passage, your body will shrink hundreds of times to several times, varying…”

Da Zhe couldn’t help but glance a few more times, looking at the dense Void Primordial Demons in the arena below, at least numbering in the tens of thousands… Emmmm, the stuff the maid asked for seems to have a lead.

“Can I go down to take a look?” Da Zhe couldn’t resist asking out loud.

Musashi seemed slightly surprised at this moment and said, “You are really strange, from the looks of it you don’t seem like a fighter, why do I feel like your eyes light up when you see these Void Primordial Demons suddenly?”

“Coming from the countryside, it’s the first time seeing so many small monsters, so I’m a bit excited.” Da Zhe said rather seriously.

Musashi shook his head, but did not agree to Da Zhe’s request, “There are at least tens of thousands of Void Primordial Demons below that we captured, they are quite strong… some of them are at the critical point of evolving into Ancestral Void Demons, and there are even several Ancestral Void Demons themselves. It’s very dangerous for you to go in recklessly. Besides, these guys are considered organizational property, being a non-member, you can look but not touch.”

“Then I’ll join.” Da Zhe said earnestly: “Someone like you, not enjoying benefits or performing duties, you can be a freelancer.”

Musashi… Musashi opened his mouth, this guy named Da Zhe has quite a peculiar thought process… But he ultimately asked out of curiosity: “I’m quite curious, what is it you’re planning to do in there?”

Da Zhe thought for a moment and then said very honestly, “Planning to slaughter them all.”

Musashi froze for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter, “I mentioned there’s a way to return to the original world, you’re not the least bit concerned, and now you want to join us just to slaughter all these guys… Did these Void Primordial Demons do something wrong in their past lives to deserve your hostility?”

“How about if I joined, can I go down and kill all these little monsters?”

Da Zhe asked again, even preparing… if Musashi doesn’t agree, he would look for an opportunity to sneak in, kill all these Void Primordial Demons, stuff them into the Qiankun Bag, and then slip away.

Heaven knows where else to find so many materials at once, it’s a chance not to be missed?

Musashi directly said, “Within the Transcender Organization, strictly speaking, not even the Throne can directly command anyone. If you join us and have the ability to slaughter them all, go ahead. Anyway, these guys accrue over time, sometimes we do need to sweep them out, or they become a nuisance. In fact, even if you hadn’t mentioned it, I was planning to deal with them eventually… Lately, they’re so noisy it’s disturbing my afternoon naps.”

“Then let’s quickly burn incense and take the oath to join!”

“You… what did you do before?” Musashi curiously asked.

“Mixed on the streets.” Da Zhe spoke truthfully… he did mix on the streets before, but now he’s just working for others.

Musashi chuckled, not particularly bothered… but since Da Zhe plans to join, he was naturally pleased to see it, so he directly said, “Since you want to join us, then come and meet the Throne with me… You at least need acknowledgment from one Throne to officially join.”

“Go to meet the Throne?” Da Zhe furrowed his brows, somewhat hesitant… he wondered whether these so-called Thrones would see through his Dark Soul Body with a mimicry level of only ninety-six or seven percent.

Emmmm… in the worst-case scenario, might as well fight his way out?

After all, when the maid threw him in for leveling she mentioned that with the Zhan Lu Sword and Dark Soul Body, as long as he’s not too lazy, in the crevices, unless his luck is utterly deplorable, he generally won’t die… probably?

“Don’t worry.” Musashi patted Da Zhe on the shoulder: “It’s just that now it’s the Fu Xi Throne on duty, I see although you come from a sub-world occupied by Buddha, you might also be a descendant of Yan Huang… The Fu Xi Throne is particularly benevolent to Yan Huang descendants, you likely won’t have much trouble joining.”

“Oh, that’s good… what did you say?” Da Zhe didn’t react immediately; when he did, he couldn’t help but open his mouth wide, “Fu… Fu what?”

“Fu Xi Throne.” Musashi looked at Da Zhe curiously: “Why, any issue?”

“Master Musashi, is this Fu Xi Throne, related to that legendary Three Emperors in Yan Huang civilization?” Da Zhe gulped.

“It’s one of the Three Emperors of Yan Huang civilization, Human Emperor Fuxi… why, don’t you know?”

“Holy…!” Da Zhe almost jumped up, he was genuinely shocked—he suddenly realized this Transcender Organization wasn’t as simple as imagined… why then was the maid treating it with such disdain?

He couldn’t help but think, given the maid’s personality, she likely wouldn’t display disdain without knowing the details of the Transcender Organization—in that case, maybe the maid, her boss, and the shop he works for are more formidable than he initially thought… quite more formidable?

After this, Da Zhe muddled along until he was finally led by Musashi to a Light Gate and then became somewhat sober.

At this moment, Musashi took out a token before the Light Gate, seemed to say something into the token, and after it flickered a few times, Musashi turned to nod at Da Zhe, saying, “All set, the Fu Xi Throne said you could meet him, but you’ll need to enter Between the Thrones alone… Well, I’ve brought you this far, the passage is open, once you walk into the Light Gate you will directly teleport Between the Thrones… hmm, Da Zhe, what’s wrong?”

“I… I suddenly seem a bit anxious.”

Human Emperor Fuxi… the legend from the old tribe of Yan Huang, and I’m going to meet him?

——Um… speaking of which, wasn’t I initially here just to gather materials for the maid?

What the hell!