Chapter 1798 Path Forward

Chapter 1798 Path Forward

The Sloth Sage shook his head. "Look at me, rambling about the distant past. Rather out of character, I must say."

He glanced at Rui. "If my fellow leaders find out, half of them will not be pleased. There is an implicit understanding that you would do Martial Art and the Martial Union more justice as Emperor than the Emperor of Harmony who focused on balancing interests as per their importance and power."

Rui didn't reply.

He simply stared at the Sloth Sage silently.

He was waiting for the Martial Sage's decision.

The man heaved a sigh.

"Alright, I'll keep it a secret. In turn, you keep my, ahem, transgressions a secret. I'll declare that you were forthright and transparent with your intentions of becoming Emperor, and I'll owe you a favor, deal?" The Sloth Sage turned to Rui lazily.

"Deal," Rui smirked. "As for the favor...I intend to have a Martial Master who is highly adept at disguise take my place while I travel in search of the Divine Doctor. She is able to fool almost all Martial Masters, but when it comes to Martial Sages..."

"I'll handle it," The Sloth Sage waved his hand lazily. "It's not particularly relevant to my field of expertise, but I can ensure that it won't get out unless something particularly unfortunate happens."

"Thanks!" Rui grinned.

He had managed to secure confidence that Master Reina wouldn't be exposed. Of course, anything was possible, but he had a reasonably high degree of confidence that the worst wouldn't unfold.

'Now I can just focus on calmly building my faction, and then head out to the Beast Domain as early as I can,' Rui narrowed his eyes.

"Good luck with that," The Sloth Sage remarked, reminding him that he could hear his active thoughts. "Finding the Divine Doctor is going to be a particularly difficult task. Among the hardest to track, he ranks particularly high on that list."Discover new chapters at novelhall.com

Rui turned to the Sloth Sage. "...Any advice?"

"Going in blind is stupid," the sage remarked. "I'd say, find someone who has a connection with him. They might be able to give you more clues. I don't know how you found out that he's in the Beast Domain, but it doesn't surprise me. You still need more specific information, though. I probably don't need to tell you that."

Before he could even consider that, his four bodyguards had already arrived behind him.

Before he could even consider that, his four bodyguards had already arrived behind him.

"How did it go?" Master Ceeran asked him with concern.

"It went pretty well," Rui casually remarked. "We managed to come to a solid agreement and understanding. The Martial Union will be supporting me even more."

"That is very relieving to hear," Master Zentra remarked.

"Good going!" Master Iskan slapped him on the shoulder.

"It is definitely relieving to know that the Union will be moving as a whole," Master Vericita smiled warmly.

Rui nodded. "I have a lot of work to do. So let's get back."

He wanted to finish his faction-building goals as soon as possible. He had less than five years to find the Divine Doctor and save the Emperor. The more time he wasted, the lower the probability was that he would succeed.

He also intended to commence a search for information on the Divine Doctor employing methods that his father hadn't. His father did not have the ability to harness the Martial Union's power to find the Divine Doctor.

Rui did.

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His father did not have powerful techniques such as the Angel of Laplace and the pattern recognition system of the VOID algorithm.

Rui did.

There were many possibilities that he could find what he was looking for, but many of them needed to wait until he departed from the Kandrian Empire. This was the only realistic way forward, and even then, Rui knew that it would not be easy.