I Am Loaded with Passive Skills

“Report—”

The construction of the Saint Hall had just begun, and things were already getting busy.

Ai Cangsheng, with nothing left to his name, realized he was wrong…

For when the Dao siblings were gone, all the decisions that needed a “Hallmaster” in the five regions fell upon his own shoulders.

People really shouldn’t act impulsively…

Even if Dao Xuanji was foolish, as a Divine Sorcerer her mind was just right for dealing with these matters.

She had a purpose in living.

At this moment, Ai Cangsheng truly wanted to drag out Dao Xuanji’s last vestige…there should be some left, right?

But like her brother, after both had fallen into such a sorry state, neither had shown their face again, as though truly dead.

His thoughts having wandered for a moment, Ai Cangsheng came back to his senses, looked at the Xi in front of him, and said, “No word from Dao Qiongcang still?” This was the first order he had issued after taking office.

“…No.”

“What about Dao Xuanji?”

“Also not found.”

Ai Cangsheng fell silent. What a pair of diving siblings, he could only wave a hand, “Speak.”

Xi paused, his expression turning grave, bowed, and said:

“Reporting to Lord Cangsheng, news from the ruins!”

“Xu Xiaoshou has already obtained the first God Fated Star, belonging to the Dark Division Chief Nian, who has yet to reveal himself… probably.”

“He’s quick,” murmured Ai Cangsheng silently.

Unlike the two previous Hallmasters, he had personally experienced the Ran Ming ruins, and knew the situation inside more concretely than what could be gleaned from reports.

The Ancestral God Ranking had those few names before he emerged, and for Xu Xiaoshou to collect the eighteen God Fated Stars, it would take time and effort.

Given his temperament, plundering was the fastest and most fitting approach for him.

But in reality, apart from Sleeveless of the Saint Servants and the Woodcutter, only the God Fated Star in Nian’s hands could be taken by him.

Xi’s report was as expected.

They added up to only four in total.

Zhou Tianshen was his friend, but as for those six… Ai Cangsheng refrained from commenting.

Those six God Fated Stars, even if he were still in the Divine Ruins, he wouldn’t take them; they were a hot potato.

Moreover, Yue Gongli was shrewd!

“Anything else?” Seeing Xi linger, Ai Cangsheng frowned.

“There is…”

“Speak.”

Xi hesitated for a moment, then could only speak: “Xu Xiaoshou had someone pass a message to you, the exact words were ‘One, signifies the beginning, represents boundless possibilities’…”

One?

The first God Fated Star?

Is he trying to tell me that with one, there comes two, and soon he will collect all eighteen to obtain the Ancestral God Fate Chart?

Ai Cangsheng silently shook his head, asking about the main point: “Who passed the message?”

Xu Xiaoshou still has people on the sacred mountain?

He willingly exposed a hidden agent just to pass this cryptic, seemingly meaningless piece of Qiongcang literature?

“He…” Xi knew Lord had misunderstood, opened his mouth, “called out in public.”

An image of that face appeared in Ai Cangsheng’s mind, and he further inquired, “What else?”

“Nothing else, just that sentence.”

“Since he called out in public, he said half for me to hear, and the other half for the world. Thus, there must be a next sentence.”

Xi was shocked.

How come you, like the Transformation Division, are so familiar with Xu Xiaoshou?

He did not voice this question, but as if Ai Cangsheng had heard his silent thought, he looked solemnly skyward:

“Hallmaster Dao once mentioned more than once that one day, Xu Xiaoshou would become a great enemy of Sacred Mountain Gui Zhe…”

Xi suddenly realized.

It was mentioned by Hallmaster Dao?

Indeed, they must have talked about young talents during their leisure time in the Saint Hall, but…

Xi was slightly puzzled.

If Hallmaster Dao had foreseen the future, why didn’t he choose to nip the risk in the bud? He was renowned for his strategic foresight!

But Xi dared not voice this question aloud.

People below should not know too much.

And just as Xi had one unasked question, Ai Cangsheng also had half a sentence unspoken.

Back then…

Whenever Hallmaster Dao mentioned Xu Xiaoshou, he would always add:

“Having already shot an arrow, why not shoot a few more? He has reached Innate level!”

“…He has reached the Master stage!”

“…He has become a Sovereign swordsman, huh.”

“…He possesses demi-saint combat strength, doesn’t he!”

“…This Xu Gusheng, I see he is quite like Xu Xiaoshou, won’t you shoot an arrow?”

At those times, Ai Cangsheng always thought it was Hallmaster Dao mocking, laughing at that arrow he’d shot in the Eighth Palace.

Now…

Looking back, everything has changed.

The entire Saint Hall is emptied out, and he heard that it was Hallmaster Dao who single-handedly created Xu Xiaoshou’s ghost beast form!

At times Ai Cangsheng truly couldn’t understand.

The Dao Qiongcang he had known for decades, was he really Dao Qiongcang?

Recalling it carefully again, it was here on this spot, in this Saint Hall, that he had nonchalantly thrown a question at Dao Qiongcang:

“Are you a Saint Servant?”

It was a jest.

But Ai Cangsheng had forgotten what answer Dao Qiongcang had given him at the time.

And now, it seems, he was truly like a Saint Servant, safeguarding Xu Xiaoshou’s growth from beginning to end!

Returning his thoughts to Xu Xiaoshou, Ai Cangsheng turned his gaze back to Xi, his face turning slightly.

“Uh, Lord Cangsheng with your keen insight, indeed Xu Xiaoshou also had a second part to his message, saying…” Xi struggled, choosing his words, “he said, as long as you leave Sacred Mountain Gui Zhe, all will be forgiven…”

“All will be forgiven” can be a beautifying embellishment; without a doubt, Ai Cangsheng knew the original words must be a lot harsher.

But he understood the message within.

Ai Cangsheng calmly stated, “Xu Xiaoshou thinks I’ll be frightened away by him, and you also think I would leave Sacred Mountain Gui Zhe, thus you hesitate to speak directly?”

Thump!

Xi’s heart missed a beat.

This is a deadly question!

How could Emperor Cang Sheng have contracted such a bad habit, learning from Hallmaster Dao?

Clearly, he had misunderstood Ai Cangsheng.

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