Chapter 271 Liang's Fate
The Martial God of the Supreme Martial Hall had initially come here because of the aura she felt that transcended the limit of what the Martial God realm could reach, but now that she saw that the same person was also a Heaven Immortal whose True Qi was so potent it caused her own Internal Force to tremble, she could not stay calm.
Hao Donglei also heard the term 'Heaven Immortal' and was stunned. Becoming a Martial God was one thing, but reaching the peak in Internal Arts? The requirement on talent and time was stringent.
As for Jia Susu, she heard 'Heaven Immortal' and nodded her head with a look of 'as expected'. Well, she didn't know what the hell that term meant, but it sounded cool and powerful, and her awesome Elder Brother Dante definitely deserved to be called that.
"Greetings. Let's chat while we wait a bit for something," Dante offered the Martial God who was still stupefied.
She snapped out of her stupor and bowed respectfully before sitting down. With a graceful smile, she introduced herself immediately. "My name is Mei Leiluo."
"My name is Dante, it's a pleasure to meet you," Dante responded casually.
Soon, the two began to share basic pleasantries and chatted on useless topics for a while. The entire time, Hao Donglei stood to the side like an errand boy, while Jia Susu's mind wandered, dreaming of scenes where Dante took her to eat delicacies until her belly became huge, and he carried her back home.
Funny enough, the entire time, Mei Leiluo's eyes often fell on Jia Susu, estimating her importance to Dante and also marveling at her monstrous talent to reach her level by the age of 16.
Seeing her interest, Dante smiled with amusement. "You need not wonder. This is Jia Susu, my former servant disciple who solely attended me but is now my recommendation to take my slot as a former core disciple of the faction."
Mei Leiluo was surprised, then she became shellshocked. She took her eyes off Jia Susu and then placed them on Dante as if looking at a scammer. Former core disciple? Do you mean to say that you were a student here previously?"
Hao Donglei coughed. "That's right. Dante joined our faction over 8 months ago during our annual testing, and he was detected to have the base blood energy of a Martial Grandmaster back then, so I directly recruited him as a core disciple and gave him some privileges."
"That was you?! No wonder…" Mei Leiluo's eyes shone with understanding.
"You heard of me before this?" Dante asked with surprise.
Mei Leiluo chuckled as she leaned back in her seat. "Of course, I built this faction from the ground up. All the techniques you see were either purchased by me, designed by me, or fought for by me across the world throughout my life. I pay attention to many major developments and news about your existence shook the faction deeply that even I heard about it."
"You were praised as the next Martial God of the faction, and many have been eagerly rubbing their hands while waiting for you at the Province-level to compete with you and test your mettle. However, it seems that such a thing is pointless as you have ascended beyond their wildest dreams."
Mei Leiluo shook her head when she thought of the many geniuses who had been clamoring to beat Dante down, even in the capital headquarters where she was. If those fellows saw him now, they might just explode into blood mist from his aura.
Dante nodded his head and continued chatting with Mei Leiluo, this time gathering some basic information about this realm, its history, and the interesting things she encountered on her travels.
Jia Susu and Hao Donglei listened with enraptured expressions, gasping when Mei Leiluo narrated her dangerous encounters and cheering when she overcame them. Dante was busily logging the details in his AI chip for another purpose.
Soon, Dante received a ping on his AI chip and smiled. "Well, we have a guest now. Hao Donglei, go and bring them in, please."
Hao Donglei nodded and walked outside, while Mei Leiluo curiously scanned the area. She also had a spirit sense due to her reaching level 6 in her Internal Art, but its range was limited.
When she saw Hao Donglei opening the gate for Xia Dongyin, her brows furrowed and she couldn't help but roll her eyes. Looking at how Hao Donglei's eyes never left that swaying chest, one could tell that he was fully enraptured by that woman.
It was only a moment or so later that she noticed the conspicuous boy that followed her. He was only about 13 years old and had the makings of being a peerlessly handsome young man when he matured, but there was nothing else special about him.
However, the fact that Dante could call him here made him unique for some reason, right? As such, she decided to probe a bit further, but was surprised when her spirit sense was rebuffed from the lad's body.
Even more shocking was the fact that his eyes, which were casually scanning the courtyard of the Supreme Martial Hall, locked onto her even from outside the building, as if he could see through the walls.
Dante rolled his eyes and glanced at Mei Leiluo speechlessly. You dare to investigate a protagonist? Do you think just because you are a bit old, you can be spared from being tricked into his harem?
Be careful, or in 50 or so chapters, you will be bearing his children and go from a fierce Martial God to a toothless housewife who simpers for her husband.
Hao Donglei brought the two in, and Xia Dongyin's eyes flashed with severity when she saw Mei Leiluo. She immediately bowed and greeted her, to which Mei Leiluo responded with a smile and a nod.
Xia Dongyin felt greatly blessed and bade farewell after reporting to Dante that her mission was completed. Hao Donglei looked around and realized he would be no longer needed here and also left.
Feeling awkward, Jia Susu also wanted to leave, and surprisingly, Dante allowed her to but instructed she must stand just outside and wait. Seeing this, Mei Leiluo understood that Dante had some private matters to discuss with the boy who just came in and randomly made an excuse about inspecting the disciples of the faction to leave.
Soon, it was just Dante and Liang, and the two stared at each other in silence. Dante expected him to speak first and inquire about many things, but the fellow wore an indifferent expression and seemed unconcerned.
This made his lips twitch because, boy, I literally gave you your system and personality. There is no one more anxious than you right now, standing in front of what should be the creator and owner of your 'golden finger,' but you dare to try and act nonchalant?
Man, what was wrong with these protagonists?! Will you die if you act like a normal person for two seconds and stop that 'neither servile nor overbearing' shit? Like, don't you get tired of squeezing your face and not feeling emotions every day?
"Haah…. Liang, or the Whispering Death, let's get this over with," Dante finally caved because?he really did not have time to play games with this stuck-up protagonist.
He simply sent an info pack into Liang's subordinate AI chip containing everything he was going to waste more than an hour explaining in one. Liang's eyes suddenly glazed over as he received and processed the information.
Dante patiently waited for about 5 minutes until Liang was done and his eyes seemed full of emotion for once. He seemed lost and unable to decide what to do, so ironically, he became more like a real youth as he stood before Dante awkwardly.
"So you're up to speed. The Whispering Death isn't real, it's just a persona I created for you because the original you was not ruthless enough to maintain your sister's safety," Dante stated with a smile.
"Oh," was all Liang said, his eyes showing that he clearly did not believe Dante. He could believe the whole shtick about quantum realms, the Eternal Universe, and superpowers, but he would not believe that his former life was fake.
This was exactly why Dante refused to use the Eyes of Illusion on his family or friends ever again. Even Beatrice had to be thoroughly reassured and convinced that her memories were fake, and she literally knew everything about Dante.
Liang, who only knew some general information, would definitely not believe it. Not to mention that these protagonist-type characters were the most distrusting fellows in the universe. They only trusted themselves and their judgment, no matter how wrong it was. Usually, the world would bend itself to validate their opinions and judgments as well.
Dante couldn't be bothered to go back and forth. "So here's what's gonna happen. I'm going off to go and fight for some heavenly treasure at the center of this realm that can be useful where I come from."
"You, on the other hand, have a choice. I will leave you as you are and drop you some Enhanced Energy Elixirs so you can cultivate yourself, or I can upgrade your system and grant you a whole new range of abilities that you could have never dreamed of," Dante offered casually with a look of interest in his eyes.
You could say that this was the typical second turning point for a protagonist. His first was acquiring his golden finger, and his second was making a decision between two huge things, mostly to do with his golden finger.
Usually, the protagonists in stories always made the right decision, but Dante felt like Liang was more poised to make the wrong one. After all, who would trust someone to place something in their bodies even if it was for an upgrade?
Liang seemed stumped and pondered silently for almost 10 minutes. Eventually, his eyes became bloodshot as he glanced at Dante deeply and spoke with a hoarse voice.
"Please… give me the upgrade."
Dante was stunned for a few seconds. He looked at Liang up and down and began to wonder if he truly had created something that was close to the truth. All this time, he called Liang a 'protagonist,' but it was mostly with a disdainful and sarcastic tone.
Even Dante did not dare to consider himself a protagonist, much less that someone he casually blessed could become one. However, Liang was truly shaping up to become such a person since he was able to make the right choice at this moment.
Dante nodded and took out some high-quality nanites and used Nanite Resonance at full power to modify them. He sent them into Liang's body, causing the fellow's system to reboot and gain new functions.
The new functions were also truly great, and Liang's system was truly OP. Dante even used his Quantum Core ability to modify the rules of this world slightly to make Liang a true protagonist, at least within this realm.
Such a modification did not trigger the AI managing this world, as its directive for a subroutine was to randomly pick protagonists for each era, and it still had some slots open. Giving one to Liang now did not create any stir; it was like casual nepotism.
Changing rules that already existed by a small amount was safe. What was dangerous was modifying rules by a large amount or even worse, creating new rules out of nowhere or deleting old rules.
After sorting out Liang, Dante spoke. "You can explore your new abilities. I have given you the power necessary to stand out, as well as the means to start your own faction. Try and raise some capable elites, and I will come for you guys and take you to the Eternal Universe when you are competent."
Liang snapped out of his stupor at analyzing his new abilities and resolutely bowed before Dante. You know how these protagonists were, they would never trust you until you dumped loads of 'cash' onto them, then they would suddenly take you as their benefactors and swear to pay you back.
Dante opened a portal for Liang to return to where he was and managed his sister who had begun to recover. Interestingly, from the world rules, Dante could tell that Liang's sister was already a chosen protagonist of this era and the strongest one.
But hehe, that was a problem for Liang to deal with. Calamities would be incoming for both him and his sister, and if young Liang didn't take advantage of his upgraded system features, he would become fodder for someone else.
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