Chapter 1739: Invitation

Chapter 1739: Invitation

Pakhet's expression behind Wei Wuyin directly told the story of Wei Wuyin's impressively titanic aura exuding outwards. When Wei Wuyin had initially shifted to her from the Void, shocking her quite thoroughly earlier, her eyes had widened to their utmost limits. She was only able to quickly adjust due to her True Sage cultivation base on the verge of the True Soul Phase.

However, the duo of Worldly Alchemists were nowhere near her level of cultivation, and they immediately froze out of sheer oppression of his presence!

"Wo-World-Saint Ne-Neo-Dawn!" Hao Chengxue stuttered like a fool with wobbly legs. It was quite embarrassing to witness, completely unbefitting of a Hall Manager of a prestigious Utmost Purity Hall branch. Fortunately for him and White Sky, their reaction allowed Wei Wuyin to immediately notice that something was amiss. When he relied on his ability to sense and decipher mental fluctuations, the feedback he received was abject fear and mental suppression.

White Sky was on the verge of urinating. She already had a healthy dose of fear and reverence toward Wei Wuyin, and this greatly amplified those feelings to an extreme. Her survival instincts were nearly kicking in as her lips tried quivering out a pleading sentence, but only mumbles dared to come out.

Immediately, he found the source of the issue; the sudden expansion of his Mind's Eye also created an instability between his mental fluctuations and his soul, causing his True Soul's aura to leak outwards. Then, he discovered that his soul had improved by a considerable degree.

'Was this the benefit acquired by conquering the Calamity of Mortal Despair?' Wei Wuyin contemplated as he expertly crafted a blockage using his Spiritual Energy. It was only a stopgap, hastily done despite solving the issue completely. Fortunately, the Draconic Void Bloodline took effect and concealed details of his cultivation and aura once again. Then and only then did the two Worldly Saint Alchemists tremble slightly less.

They were affected on an existential level.

"My apologies. I'd just finished achieving a new level in my cultivation, causing some instability in the release of my aura." While Wei Wuyin didn't typically apologize, he was well aware that he had likely scarred the duo for life. White Sky was mindlessly nodding with dilated pupils as if accepting whatever Wei Wuyin said, even his earnest apology.

Hao Chengxue gulped heavily, barely able to contain his heavy breathing. It was lucky that he was the Hall Manager of an Utmost Purity Hall and had met a few Enlightened Sages and felt a few Supreme Sage's soulfully domineering auras from afar. He was still able to form coherent sentences, albeit with a voice that was of a slightly higher octave than before.

"N-no need to apologize! I should be apologizing for that pathetic display there."

"..." Wei Wuyin calmly smiled with a thoughtful gaze. This Hao Chengxue was quite an interesting fellow.

'What stage has he reached in the Resonant Soul Realm?! What a terrifying soul aura!' Hao Chengxue thought, completely neglecting the fact that Wei Wuyin's soul lacked distinct qualities of a Supreme Sage, such as oneness with the heavens and earth—a type of Resonance. 'I must get on his good side no matter what!' Was his resolved thought as he assessed Wei Wuyin's status and value yet again.

WHOOSH!

Wei Wuyin waved his hand toward White Sky. The out-of-it Worldly Saint Alchemist was directly placed in his Saint Ring yet again. She had just lost complete control of her bladder. It was lucky that Hao Chengxue's thoughts were completely occupied.

'Is this why Supreme Sages rarely make appearances?' This was a relatively nonsensical thought of his, as the stronger an expert becomes, the more involved they would become with cultivation, developing their legacies, or acting on a grander scale. They were often far too self-focused and ambitious to make regular appearances. Perhaps only an Emperor or Empress of an empire would make frequent showings to their citizens for the sake of overall morale and fortune.

After a bit of small talk to settle the atmosphere, Wei Wuyin once again found himself sitting down, enjoying Hao Chengxue's wine as if he had never left. Hao Chengxue was diligent to an extreme.

Pakhet was slightly shaken. What type of legendary teacher was this?! While her cultivation was at the True Sage Phase, she understood more than most that reaching this stage of cultivation was not a simple matter of resources or Innate talent. If not for the joint efforts of eight exceedingly talented cultivators binding their souls together, there was a great chance that none of the Sages of the Resolute Dusk Galaxy would be where they were now!

The White Abyss Galaxy which had millions upon millions of years of history had never produced a Sage... once.

NOT ONCE!

"Moreover, his daughter is on the Beauties of Catastrophe Rankings, the female-centric list of prominent beauties throughout the galaxy, a direct counterpart to the Heroes of Luminosity Rankings that you, uhm, ranked third in." Hao Chengxue blinked before staring at Wei Wuyin directly as if he had to convey his entire meaning into the importance of his next words, placing heavy emphasis on each word, signifying the importance of his next words: "She's ranked THIRD!"

It was as if he wanted to, no, needed Wei Wuyin to understand the level of batshit frenzy that was about to be unleashed, including the hidden implication that she possessed something that could cause a catastrophe on a galactic scale!

The courtship competition would likely involve many top-tier talents!

"I see," Wei Wuyin digested all this with a calm smile.

"And you, World-Saint Neo-Dawn, have received a direct invitation of highest honors! You'll certainly be held in high regard there! You can establish all sorts of connections with ease and perhaps intimately discuss the Alchemic Dao with others!" Hao Chengxue's eyes brightened considerably!

"...An invitation, huh?" Wei Wuyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After all, this was a thinly veiled attempt by the entire galaxy to bring Wei Wuyin to the public eye without directly intercepting him and causing offense. Of course, he wouldn't just reject this invitation. He was quite curious about this supremely old teacher.

"I'll think about it," was all Wei Wuyin replied with. Subconsciously, he looked at his refreshed Karmic Luck Value. There was no indication of a great fortune occurring there. Still, he wouldn't mind using it to establish connections and swiftly complete some of his objectives here.

"Please do!" Hao Chengxue excitedly pleaded.

Nodding, Wei Wuyin frowned slightly as he took a sip of his wine. "You said this teacher wasn't born in the Utmost Purity Galaxy?"

Hao Chengxue was taken aback by that question for a brief moment before he smiled, "Indeed. He was born in the Treasured Vale Galaxy. I heard he originated from a rather extraordinary lineage there."

"Hm? Treasured Vale...and what's the name of this teacher?" Wei Wuyin had a nagging feeling that there was something important here.

"Oh? Right! I haven't told you who yet! Then let me properly explain: The Pavilion Master of the Knightly Dao Pavilion, Shang Liu!"

"Shang?!" Wei Wuyin, for the first time, showed interest!