Chapter 796
Panicked Like a Poor Man
Chapter 796 Panicked Like a Poor Man
A surge of power swept over, completely suppressing Zhang Yu's body.
With a soft thud, Zhang Yu was pressed down as if by an invisible hand, and he lay directly on the ground.
Bu Yingshu, who had done all this, stared intently at Zhang Yu, as if trying to see through everything inside and outside Zhang Yu's body.
Zhang Yu's gaze also fell on Bu Yingshu, and a hint of helplessness flashed through his heart as he listened to the other party's question.
"What a hassle..."
Zhang Yu had spent quite some time with Bu Yingshu, and he had never seen the other party so flustered, like a poor man, before.
From this point alone, Zhang Yu understood that the other party must have seen the content of the Great Sage's thoughts.
“The key issue now is…” Zhang Yu observed Bu Yingshu’s eyes, facial expressions, and fluctuations in magical power… not missing a single detail about the other party.
He wondered to himself, "What is the psychological and mental state of this noble lady from the celestial race?"
"Was she influenced by the Great Sage's will?"
"Will she see me as an ally? Or will she try to silence me? Or is she still mentally unstable herself..."
Zhang Yu couldn't be sure about any of this, so he decided to probe the other party's current state without provoking them as much as possible.
Zhang Yu asked, "Daoist Lord? What's wrong?"
Bu Yingshu snorted coldly and said, "Stop playing dumb with me. You felt that thought just now, didn't you? You saw all those memories, didn't you?!"
The moment the Great Sage's will descended, Bu Yingshu could sense that although the thing was aimed at her, Zhang Yu beside her was also affected.
Thinking of this, Bu Yingshu gritted her teeth and cursed inwardly, "Damn it... This Great Sage's will is specifically targeting me... Am I the chosen successor of the Great Sage?"
But Bu Yingshu refused to admit it.
"Impossible! How could I, a member of the mighty Immortal Clan of Myriad Laws, possibly be some worthless successor of a Great Sage?!"
At this moment, Bu Yingshu felt like he was going crazy.
At that moment, she felt like a top student from a prestigious university waking up to find herself a junior college student; an unprecedented sense of panic washed over her.
The sky is falling!
"Becoming the successor of the Great Sage is even more tragic than becoming a college student... no... according to the ecological research report of the lower realm that I have read, it should not be as tragic as becoming a college student."
"But it's still terrible!"
As a noblewoman of the Celestial Clan, she was all too aware of the immense power of the upper echelons of Kunxu.
As one of the promoters of the "Blood Tide Essence Sacred View", and a representative sent by the Immortal Clan, she already knew a lot about the Great Sage of the Wild Ox and his successors before she came out.
It was precisely because of this that Bu Yingshu understood the consequences of becoming the Great Sage's successor that she became so panicked.
Seeing Zhang Yu's calm expression, Bu Yingshu felt angry.
"You have no idea how dangerous the situation is right now!"
Bu Yingshu glared at Zhang Yu and said, "Once we are recognized as the successor of the Great Sage, neither the sect nor the Heavenly Court will let us go."
She said with a worried expression, "Even for me... if I were captured as a successor of the Great Sage, I'm afraid my identity as a celestial being would be in jeopardy!"
"From now on, I will have no passive income, no privileges, and all my innate certificates will be confiscated! I will even have to rely on my salary to repay my loans!"
With a pained expression, Bu Yingshu continued, "I don't want to live this hellish life!"
"Damn it..." Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This is the kind of life I'm living now."
Zhang Yu tentatively asked, "Daojun, why is this happening?"
“Why? What else could it be?” Bu Yingshu said bitterly, “Didn’t you see what happened in those scenes? The Great Sage of the Wild Ox is an important component of Kunxu and one of the foundations of the Spirit Realm today.”
"It is said that those who receive the will of the Great Sage of the Wild Ox will gradually become his successors and have a strong control over the spirit world."
"Therefore, the Great Sage's successor... is the best tool for building and managing the Spirit Realm. It can bring a lot of benefits, enough to make the major forces fight each other and compete for it."
"Not to mention all the other miscellaneous values, each of which has a high profit margin."
Bu Yingshu sighed, "And yet, the Great Sage's successor, who can bring in such huge profits... will be considered a criminal without any legal rights, and can be exploited to death without paying any price!"
"If it weren't for the regulations, many high-ranking officials would be considering researching the possibility of mass-producing the Great Sage's successor..."
Upon hearing what Bu Yingshu said, Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback: "Huh?"
In Zhang Yu's original view, the Great Sage represented by the Wild Ox Great Sage should be considered a rebel in the Kunxu world. They should be an existence that the upper echelons of Kunxu, including sects, the Heavenly Court, and even immortals, need to eliminate, guard against, and be wary of in order to maintain the stability of governance.
Zhang Yu believed that the Heavenly Court's surprise inspection of the special task force was for this very reason.
But now, listening to what Bu Yingshu said, Zhang Yu realized that his original idea was completely wrong.
"In their eyes, the Great Sage's successor is not a rebel at all... No, it should be said that even if he is a rebel, in the eyes of the Kunxu leadership, he is just a tool to generate profits."
Zhang Yu couldn't help but smile wryly to himself, then asked, "Aren't they worried about things going wrong?"
"What trouble could possibly happen?"
Bu Yingshu sighed and said, "How many years have passed since the era of the Great Sage Wild Ox? The advancements in various immortal techniques are now vastly different from what they used to be."
"As I said before, times have changed. With the rapid advancement of immortal techniques, the risks of the past are no longer insurmountable problems."
"Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people wanting to unlock the immortal techniques related to the Great Sage of the Wild Ox, because the risks involved have become smaller and smaller, and more and more insignificant, with the progress of the times."
“If the Great Sage of the Wild Ox hadn’t been one of the foundations of the Spirit Realm, then the Great Sage’s successor wouldn’t be so useful.”
Bu Ying Shu Xin was completely unconcerned about the various methods of resistance conveyed by the Great Sage's will, or the Great Sage's lineage.
Based on the information she had been exposed to since childhood, it was an outdated and antiquated solution. Even if she found it, she would probably only discover that the thing had become worthless.
Zhang Yu was speechless. He could sense from Bu Yingshu's words the contempt and disdain of the Kunxu leadership for the Great Sage's successor, the Great Sage of the Wild Ox, and now for this force of resistance.
The Immortal Slayer in Zhang Yu's mind sighed softly, "Kunxu has never been afraid of resistance. Whether it's me and my master, or even the Great Sage Wild Ox, to Kunxu it's nothing more than an accident, an unexpected event, a channel to create new profits..." Just then, the Wild Ox in Zhang Yu's mind said, "Arrogance is also a weakness and a flaw. It is precisely because of the arrogance of the immortals that we have the opportunity to fight against them."
Hearing Huangniu's sudden interruption, Zhang Yu was startled: "You...you've regained your intelligence?"
The wild ox continued, "It has recovered a little bit, but whether it's this little recovery, the arrogance of the immortals, or our resistance... in the end, it will only push the world further, continuing to push the world in a direction that benefits the immortals."
"We must establish a lineage of doctrines. Only by possessing our own lineage of doctrines can we truly have the possibility of changing the world."
After saying this, Huangniu fell silent again, and no matter how Zhang Yu and Zhanxian called out to him, he did not respond, as if he had fallen into some kind of slumber.
In an instant, Zhang Yu's thoughts raced through his mind. He temporarily set aside his various questions about the Wild Bull and focused his attention back on Bu Yingshu in front of him.
Summarizing Bu Yingshu's series of reactions, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "It doesn't seem like she was changed by the Great Sage's will."
Zhang Yu recalled the two previous instances of sensing the Great Sage's will.
One instance tested his courage to resist the immortals, while another tested his dedication to sharing his power with his companions.
Zhang Yu could sense that if he failed to pass these two tests, and his consciousness became immersed in the Great Sage's will, some irreversible change might occur.
"But this time, it seems that the Great Sage's will... hasn't been tested at all?"
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Is it because there was no test that nothing changed? Did it have no effect on Bu Yingshu?"
"Or has the test and its effects already occurred, but neither Bu Yingshu nor I have sensed it?"
Zhang Yu didn't know, but looking at Bu Yingshu in front of him and understanding her current state, Zhang Yu already had an idea in mind.
He then said, "Daojun, it seems that it wasn't just the two of us who sensed the so-called Great Sage's will at that time."
When the Great Sage's will descended, Bu Yingshu was the first to be affected. Before she could even sense the subsequent chaos in the spirit world caused by Zhang Yu, her consciousness was already being impacted by the information in the Great Sage's will.
Upon hearing Zhang Yu's words, Bu Yingshu was slightly taken aback: "What did you say?"
After Bu Yingshu collected information within the special task force, he discovered that... the entire task force might have sensed the Great Sage's will, and he even heard that the entire Wanfa Sect, and even the entire 11th floor, might have sensed similar spiritual information at that moment.
"The Great Sage's will swept across the entire 11th floor?" Bu Yingshu was stunned for a moment, his heart first being greatly shocked by this news.
"It actually stirred up an entire layer of the spirit realm? This is a major incident that hasn't happened in many years!"
Bu Yingshu could imagine that at this moment, the major sects and the righteous gods of the Heavenly Court had probably already turned the 11th layer of the Spirit Realm upside down, and not many people would care about the special task force.
A surge of joy welled up in Bu Yingshu's heart: "So I'm alright?"
"Good, good, good. Since everyone sensed the Great Sage's will, naturally no one noticed our abnormality."
The excitement and joy of surviving the ordeal kept welling up in Bu Yingshu's heart, making her pace back and forth excitedly.
But after learning what others had heard, Bu Yingshu paused slightly, a hint of nervousness flashing in her eyes.
"Holy crap? All everyone heard was... Holy crap?"
Bu Yingshu's heart sank: "Could it be that what they sensed was... my will?"
She recalled how she cursed inwardly when she felt the Great Sage's will descend from the sky and attack her.
"So I really am the successor of the Great Sage? Not only did I attract the Great Sage's thoughts, but with a single thought... I stirred up the entire 11th level of the spirit world, conveying my thoughts to countless people?"
Thinking of this, Bu Yingshu felt a surge of shock and fear: "We absolutely cannot let anyone know about this."
Bu Yingshu thought to himself, "I have cultivated diligently for many years, and only this year have I finally awakened my talent. With the accumulation of years of experience, I have finally unleashed my full potential and have the opportunity to soar to the top of the immortal path! How can I fall here?!"
However, what made Bu Yingshu feel fortunate was that as long as she didn't say anything, no one would know about the "Holy crap" incident. But...
Bu Yingshu glanced at Zhang Yu beside her, thinking to herself, "Xiao Yu sensed the Great Sage's will along with me. Should we silence him?"
But the next moment, Bu Yingshu shook her head. She knew that at such a sensitive time, with the spirit world in turmoil and having undergone a surprise inspection, the special team that had contacted the "Blood Tide Essence Holy View" was probably already being watched by the righteous gods.
"If something happens to Xiaoyu at this time, it will probably attract more attention."
"Then there's only one option..."
Bu Yingshu looked at Zhang Yu and sighed inwardly, "I never thought that one day, I, a proud genius of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan, would be on the same boat as such a cultivator from the lower realm."
Bu Yingshu withdrew the power that had been suppressing Zhang Yu, and then, with a grab from a distance, helped Zhang Yu up from the ground.
Bu Yingshu then spoke up, "Xiao Yu, you already know the situation..."
Zhang Yu immediately and firmly said, "Daojun, I remember nothing about what happened here, and I know nothing about it."
Bu Yingshu nodded slightly, but still felt uneasy: "Indeed... I can only feel at ease if I keep him by my side forever."
At this moment, Bu Yingshu had already made up her mind that once the special task force's work was over, she would transfer Zhang Yu to her subordinates and keep him under her control forever.
With her mind settled, Bu Yingshu's attention returned to the project.
With a light tap of her fingertips, she listed out one by one the immortal techniques she had extracted from the "Blood Tide Essence Holy View".
She then said, "Xiaoyu, you will continue to work with me to complete the combined attack and reproduce it in the laboratory..."
Zhang Yu asked curiously, "Daojun, after the incident of the Great Sage's will disrupting the Spirit Realm, will our project continue?"
With the threat of the Great Sage's successor temporarily gone, Bu Yingshu regained his confidence and composure.
She said calmly, "Heh... After this incident, how do you think the higher-ups will view the 'Blood Tide Essence Holy View'? How will they view the Great Sage of the Wild Ox's technology?"
"Because of the loss of control in the spirit world, they felt that the Great Sage Equaling Heaven's technology was too dangerous?"
"impossible."
"Will they feel worried, wary, or want to blockade the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's technology because of this loss of control and this incident?"
"No, after such a major accident, they will only realize that they underestimated the Great Sage of the Wild Ox, and they will only devote more resources to the research on the Great Sage of the Wild Ox."
(End of this chapter)