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Chapter 291 - 290: Du Gang, the Brain Trust!
Chapter 291 - 290: Du Gang, the Brain Trust!
Chapter 291: Chapter 290: Du Gang, the Brain Trust!
Translator: 549690339
Half an hour later, Du Gang and the others were all neatly dressed, each wearing a white hat. In addition to this, their clothing had also become localized.
“Next, we should consider how to find that legendary Child of Destiny, right?”
The problem facing everyone was not about surviving in this miniature world, but finding the Child of Destiny.
Killing him or not, that was the next issue.
Everyone was in a dilemma. Lan Zhize looked frustrated. He turned to Kou Yingwu and asked, “Captain, where should we look for the Child of Destiny?”
“How would I know!”
Kou Yingwu rolled his eyes. Finding someone was like a needle in a haystack, how could he have any clues?
“Aren’t you the captain?”
“So what if I’m the captain, does that mean I can find people?”
While speaking, he looked at the others nearby and asked, “Do any of you have some secret method of tracking people?”
Tao Xuanzhu shook her head at first, but then paused, and said: “I do have a secret method for tracking people, but it requires the target’s blood or hair…”
Upon hearing this, Kou Yingwu frowned and asked, “From your outfit and demeanor, you don’t seem like someone from an ordinary minor sect. Moreover, your purple flying sword had a sword light used by the Seven Sword Sects. Are you from one of them?”
Seven Sword Sects?
The other three looked curiously at Tao Xuanzhu.
Among those present, Lan Zhize clearly knew Tao Xuanzhu’s identity. He chuckled and said, “If I guess correctly, Fairy Tao Xuanzhu, you should be from the Purple Mist Sword Sect, right?!”
Purple Mist Sword Sect?
Du Gang had heard the name. One of the Seven Sword Sects, it was a major force in the Northern Plains.
Tao Xuanzhu smiled and nodded, “Noble Lan is quite distinguished and happens to be from the Northern Plains. I am familiar with a Lan Family there with an Elf Queen who not only suppresses many beauties but also ranks in the top hundred of the Human Ranking. Are you from that Lan family?”
She had a fair idea about it when she heard Lan Zhize’s name, now she wanted to verify it.
Lan Zhize was instantly gratified. He slightly raised his head, smiling, “Yes, that’s the one! My Lan Family!”
‘My Lan Family is royal, Du Gang the bumpkin wouldn’t get it. But Fairy Tao understands me…’
One belonged to the Lan family, one of the dynasty’s thousand royal families. One was a fairy from one of the Seven Sword Sects, and another was a descendant of the eighteen knights of the Kou Family.
Du Gang was turning all this over in his mind. He realized he did not know much about the man in black and turned to look at him.
“Brother Jia, may I ask where you are from? If it’s inconvenient, I won’t ask.”
Everyone was not in a hurry to discuss other things. Compared to the problem of finding the person, they were more concerned about the background of their companions. After all, this related to whether they could trust each other with their backs.
Jia Xiangming looked around at the others, realizing that none of them were from the same region as him, so he laughed.
“Why not say it?”
He laughed heartily and said, “It’s not every day one meets people like you. Why would I be cagey?”
He ripped off the human skin mask on his face, revealing a naive yet cunning face. He gently smiled and said, “My name is Jia Xiangming, a native of Eastern Ridge. Unlike you all with your prestigious backgrounds, I don’t have a great family background. And due to issues with a major power in Eastern Ridge, I am currently fleeing… so please forgive me.”
Jia Xiangming? A pseudonym?
Du Gang stared at the peeled-off human skin mask and his mouth twitched. He suspected that the man was using a pseudonym and might be wearing another mask underneath this one.
Not only him, the others also had certain speculations.
“Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? What’s with those looks?”
Jia Xiangming looked displeased. “I’m honestly being frank with you, and this is how you look at me?”
Tao Xuanzhu looked apologetic, “Fairy Xuan Zhu owes Brother Jia an apology… No matter what the outside world says, we should be good teammates in Heavenly Court!”
As she spoke, she was wondering if Jia Xiangming’s pig-like appearance from before was indeed fake.
It’s very likely that it was also a disguise!
At this moment, aside from Lan Zhize who still seemed carefree and devoid of thought, everyone else, including Du Gang and Kou Yingwu who was pretending to be rough and mindless, was pensive.
Everyone silently came to a consensus.
Among the five people, the most foolish one was Lan Zhize…
But Lan Zhize didn’t overthink and laughed heartily. He slapped Jia Xiangming on his shoulder and joyfully said, “Brother Jia, if you can’t stay on in Eastern Ridge, come to the Northern Plains. In the Northern Plains, my Lan Family is not a small force. Covering you wouldn’t be a problem…”
A momentary bitterness flashed across Jia Xiangming’s eyes, but he didn’t show it. Instead, he presented a formal salute and said, “I appreciate Brother Lan. For now, I can still survive in Eastern Ridge. If the time comes when I can’t anymore, I’ll come to you. I just hope that Brother Lan won’t mind then…”
“Hahaha!”
Lan Zhize let out a boisterous laugh and said, “Rest assured, no matter what’s behind you, if you come to my Northern Plains, even if you’re a dragon, you have to behave!”
Du Gang, who had been observing Jia Xiangming, noticed the fleeting bitterness in his eyes. Even though it was subtle, he still caught it.
The Lan family was royal. If a royal family couldn’t provide protection, could it be that Jia Xiangming had offended the divine race, or one of the forty-five major powers?
Although they did not know Jia Xiangming’s real name, they could broadly understand his situation. Everyone relaxed their guard a bit.
In fact, when they arrived here, everyone was a stranger. Nobody knew each other’s background and naturally did not dare to open up.
Now, after some time together, they had a preliminary understanding of each other, and their trust in each other increased significantly.
“Alright, we basically understand each other’s situations. Now we should think about how to find the Child of Destiny!”
Kou Yingwu brought the topic back. “We don’t have much time left, just twenty minutes. In twenty minutes, the World Will of this place will know our location, and then our pursuers will appear…”
Lan Zhize naturally turned to Jia Xiangming. “Brother Jia, do you have any ideas?”
Jia Xiangming shook his head, “If it’s a fight that’s fine, but finding someone isn’t my strong suit!”
“Besides, even if there really is a secret method, it’s probably similar to Fairy Tao’s. It requires the target’s blood. It needs certain conditions!”
Everyone immediately looked disappointed. “How on earth are we going to find him? This miniature world has a population of over a hundred billion!”
Kou Yingwu frowned, “Are we going to have to destroy this whole miniature world?”
“You’re overthinking things!”
Du Gang chuckled, “I’ve tested it. The spatial hardness here is not much different from the Primordial Continent. With just us, trying to destroy this miniature world, even if we tried for ten thousand years it wouldn’t be enough!”
Kou Yingwu shrugged his shoulders, “I was just saying, we’re out of options here!”
Tao Xuanzhu sighed, “Maybe we can only take one step at a time, wait for them to let their guard down?”
At this point, Du Gang shook his head, “Wait for them to show their hand? That won’t happen. The World Will is not stupid. It will never expose the Child of Destiny until he has grown up.”
“So, we must take the initiative!”
Having understood everyone’s situations and the current predicament, he no longer chose to hide his thoughts, and instead began to play the role of military advisor, helping everyone analyze the situation.
“Finding the Child of Destiny can be either difficult or easy!”
Everyone’s attention was immediately drawn to him as he spoke.
“Do you have a secret method for finding him?”
Everyone was very curious. Could it be that the Ancient God had some powerful method of finding people?
Du Gang shook his head, “Not a secret method, but there is a way!”
Upon hearing there was no secret method, everyone initially wore a disappointed look. But quickly, when he mentioned there’s a way, they couldn’t help but ask.
“What’s the method?”
Du Gang instinctively made a gesture of adjusting glasses. But of course, he didn’t wear any, so it looked particularly peculiar.
The other four, however, didn’t ask about it, deeming it to be some mysterious technique he was using.
“In this small world, we do not know the location of the Child of Destiny, but the Will of the World does!”
“Huh?”
All four of them furrowed their brows, not understanding the meaning behind his words.
Kou Yingwu scoffed, “The Will of the World definitely knows, you’re not suggesting, it will tell us, are you?”
Du Gang rolled his eyes, “Captain, I initially thought you were smart, but now it seems….”
At this, Kou Yingwu felt his teeth clang.
Even the others, who had been about to speak, were left at a loss for words.
In fact, they shared the same thoughts as Kou Yingwu and naturally wouldn’t acknowledge their lack of insight.
“If you have a method, say it now. If not, heck, making a joke at everyone else’s expense isn’t amusing at all!”
As he spoke, Kou Yingwu clenched his fists menacingly.
Du Gang chuckled and slowly spoke, “It’s actually simple, we just stand here, don’t move anywhere, silently wait until the final moment arrives….”
“When the Will of the World knows our location, we advance north….”
“And then, in the second hour, we head east….”
“In the third hour, we go south….”
“In the fourth hour, we move west!”
Everyone knitted their brows, each pondering his words.
“North…East…South…West, what does that mean?”
Lan Zhize scratched his head, doubting his own intelligence.
Others like Jia Xiangming and Kou Yingwu were in a similar state, unable to figure out the crux.
Only Tao Xuanzhu looked thoughtful, yet she also frowned after a while.
Clearly, she had a hunch, but couldn’t figure it out either.
Seeing her expression, Jia Xiangming quickly asked, “Fairy, have you thought of something?”
At this moment, Du Gang seemed like the one who posed the riddle, and they were trying to solve it. Hearing someone ask, Tao Xuanzhu quickly voiced her thoughts.
“I don’t quite understand what Du Gang meant, but I suspect it has to do with the Will of the World. Moving in a different direction each hour might allow us to detect the Child of Destiny’s location through the Will of the World….”
She shook her head, “However, I can’t figure out the specific method….”
As she spoke, she looked at Du Gang, her eyes burning with anticipation, “Du Gang, tell us, how do you plan to find the Child of Destiny?”
Immediately, everyone turned to Du Gang again, awaiting him to reveal the answer.
Du Gang merely smiled, saying, “It’s quite simple actually, the Will of the World aims to protect the Child of Destiny while eliminating invaders like us!”
“And I can discern the position of the Child of Destiny by selecting different directions to proceed….”
“It’s like, you’ve hidden a treasure. There are four directions, and when your enemies head towards where you’ve hidden it, you might react excessively….”
Du Gang laughed heartily, “Especially because the Will of the World is not particularly intelligent. Or rather, it acts predictably!”
The Will of The World, not even having a rudimentary form of the Great Path, was easier to predict!
“So, that’s it!”
Everyone finally understood!
Lan Zhize was excited, “Nice! So when we head towards a direction and the Will of the World launches a furious attack on us, it means the Child of Destiny is in that direction!”
He quickly turned to Du Gang and asked eagerly, “Is that right?”
His eagerness was reminiscent of a child who has just solved a riddle.
Upon hearing this, Du Gang simply smiled, without any further explanation.
“Du Gang, didn’t expect you to be so clever!”
Kou Yingwu looked astonished, “At first, I presumed you were all brawns and no brains, but now…”
The traits of an Ancient God often led people to overlook the wisdom beneath the muscles.
“Since you’re this smart, why don’t you be the brain of our team this time!”
Kou Yingwu smiled, “Even though we’re only five, since we are a team, let’s assign some roles!”
“As the captain who has experienced eight small-worlds, with the most experience and the strongest combat power, I’ll be the strongest physical force.”
“Du Gang has sufficiently demonstrated his intellect to us all, so he’ll be our strongest intellectual force.”
He then turned to Tao Xuanzhu, asking, “Fairy Tao, have you successfully cultivated the third layer of Purple Mist Scripture?”
Everyone present was stunned upon hearing this, including Tao Xuanzhu herself.
After a moment, she responded with a smile, “Couldn’t imagine that Captain Kou is so well-informed about the affairs of my Purple Mist Sword Sect!”
Kou Yingwu laughed, “Having experienced eight small-worlds, I’ve encountered companions from various regions every time. So naturally, I’ve studied all there is about the powers in those regions in-depth….”
He spoke honestly, without any hidden agenda.
His directness made Tao Xuanzhu aware there was no malice involved, he didn’t deliberately look into her sword sect’s status.
So, she readily admitted, “I indeed have cultivated the third layer of Purple Mist Scripture and mastered sword-flying.”
“Great!”
Kou Yingwu nodded and smiled, “In that case, Fairy Tao will be our scout!”
In this mini-world, where the highest combat power was of God Spirit Level and incapable of flying, Tao Xuanzhu held the advantage of striking first—efficient and safe.
Tao Xuanzhu nodded her agreement without any resistance.
Subsequently, he directed his attention to the remaining two, bluntly stating, “You two will be our fighters. When necessary, take action!”
The two had no other choice but felt somewhat helpless. They wanted to propose a different title, but without any other capabilities, and their strength insufficient to challenge Kou Yingwu, they could only accept.
And so, the roles and responsibilities within the team were decided. Next, they were to prepare for their first confrontation with the Will of The World!