Chapter 891: 891. Choices
The news that Flying Demon would inherit part of Shandal's individuality was incredible. Even if he had ended up in that cursed situation, the god of the Empire was still an entity that had managed to reach the divine ranks!
The process wouldn't be quick, and Flying Demon had to be careful not to ruin himself. After all, individualities were unique, and cultivators couldn't exchange them as if they were techniques or diagrams.
Also, it was risky to imitate someone else's path.
Existences grew in power because they enhanced themselves as they strived for the higher ranks. Still, that made them specialize on a specific path and absorb only the laws connected with their individualities.
That was the reason why cultivators that had reached a certain level of power couldn't change paths anymore. Their entire existence would have become something too specific to go back to a general form.
However, the offer came from the god of the Empire, a divine entity that was waging war against Heaven and Earth. He was bound to have countless methods in his possession due to his long life.
Dreaming Demon had listened to his explanation too. The fact that Flying Demon had ultimately accepted Shandal's offer meant that she didn't find anything suspicious.
After the two Demons returned, Shandal's will reappeared too and addressed the issue that the cultivators were facing. "Walk with me through the castle. I'll help you with your choice."
Noah and the others stood up, and even the Ghostly Snakes slithered toward the will that had begun to stroll toward one of the corridors.
The group saw the vast collection of powerful and peculiar items that Shandal had seized and stored over the years again. Yet, short descriptions about their nature and effects appeared under them when Noah and the others walked near them.
The invisible barriers that had prevented the group from seizing everything during the first exploration were materializing words to read. There would be even exotic symbols at times that the cultivators could only scan with their mental energy to understand the purpose of certain items.
A few of those treasures didn't have any description but only notes signed by Shandal himself.
"Most of these come from the Immortal Lands," Shandal explained when the group walked past an item without a description. "I didn't manage to discover what they do even after millennia spent studying them. I believe my power is too low or my individuality too different to uncover their effects."
Silence often reined as the group kept on walking in an orderly way through the many halls and corridors of the castle. The rewards were the only thought in the cultivators' minds, and they wouldn't care about anything else until they found something that suited them.
Noah held June's hand as they walked side by side through that massive collection.
The recent fight had brought them even closer to each other, and they were enjoying that relaxing moment. It felt as if June and Noah were a couple that had gone out shopping, with the only difference that they intended to buy powerful relics that could benefit their cultivation.
The two of them exchanged opinions on certain promising items, and the Demons would join their conversations when they knew more about specific topics.
Faith and Daniel remained mostly silent instead, but they would ask for Shandal or the Demon's opinion when they found something interesting.
The browsing took almost half a day, and the group returned in the throne room after Shandal declared that there was nothing else to see in his castle. It was time for them to decide, but that choice wouldn't be an easy one.
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