Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 379 - 270: God-Sealing Organization: The Hidden and the Mundane Clash Again (Middle)

Of the three people in the lead, one was tall with blond hair and blue eyes, appearing to be in his early thirties. Dressed in a suit and leather shoes, he stood as straight as a spear piercing the sky.

Zeno.

Another was a middle-aged Asian man wearing a tracksuit, looking like a typical uncle out for a casual hike.

Hua Yuanhang.

The last one was a petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed woman who looked like a girl of thirteen or fourteen. She had a very punk-rock style, with two Crystal Ball-like earrings dangling from her ears. Her features were exquisite, like a porcelain doll, but her chest was completely flat.

Dailina.

The people behind them, including Cheng Zhihong and Yuna, were all extremely respectful toward the three.

These three were all experts rated as Celestial General Level within the God-Sealing Organization, already considered high-ranking figures in the organization.

The God-Sealing Organization divided the experts who bore a Fruit Position into multiple ranks based on their strength.

From bottom to top, these ranks were followers, Spirit Officer, Celestial General, and so on.

Cheng Zhihong and Yuna’s strength had barely reached the Spirit Officer Level, putting them on a completely different tier from the three before them.

A Celestial General Level expert, if compared to those in other Secret Organizations, was an existence on par with a true Ancient One.

This time, the Alliance had dispatched a full three Celestial Generals to make contact with the Donghua Group, which was more than enough to prove how seriously they were taking this.

"Since we can confirm the target’s location, let’s just head over directly. What are your opinions, you two?"

Zeno said lightly.

"Whatever. I’m just here to tag along, so don’t mind me. The higher-ups are really working me to the bone, making me run errands for everything. I was just in Antarctica not long ago and got totally worn out. Why do I still have to work like a dog even after becoming a Celestial General?"

Dailina yawned, pulled out a pair of wireless headphones from who-knows-where and put them on. Then she took out a comic book from who-knows-where and started reading, looking like she wanted nothing to do with the matter.

Then, Zeno turned his gaze to Hua Yuanhang.

"Mr. Hua, wouldn’t it be a bit rude for us to show up uninvited and go there so rashly? A single misstep could easily cause conflict. I’m relatively familiar with Yi Beidou. I could go first to deliver a formal invitation and greet him. That would show we’re giving this enough importance."

Just then, Cheng Zhihong moved closer to Hua Yuanhang and suggested in a low voice.

He and Hua Yuanhang both came from Dark Vine, so it was easier for them to talk to each other.

In truth, Cheng Zhihong was genuinely worried that these high-ranking figures would act too arrogantly because of their status and cause unnecessary trouble.

He had studied Yi Beidou in depth and knew his personality and methods. The man responded to kindness, not coercion. If their attitude was wrong, they could very well turn a good opportunity into a disaster.

"Mr. Hua, I need to remind you of something. You should be aware of the Alliance’s intentions. Our purpose here isn’t simply to seek cooperation. An overly friendly attitude will only cause them to look down on us."

"If this were merely a negotiation, there would be no need for three Celestial General Level experts to come together, would there?"

Zeno, who was standing to the side, also gave a light reminder.

Pondering for a moment, Hua Yuanhang nodded and said, "I agree with Mr. Zeno’s proposal."

This was indeed the Alliance’s intention. Several God-Sealing Organizations had united, but their internal opinions were not unanimous. After all, many still felt that letting people of the current era get involved in the secret struggles would only lead to disaster.

Therefore, to prevent such a disaster, they needed to seize the initiative, even if they ultimately reached an agreement to cooperate.

And the best way to achieve that was, naturally, to display their strength.

In many cases, politeness would be seen as a sign of weakness.

If they didn’t want to put the people of the current era in their place, why would the three of them have been dispatched at the same time?

"Mr. Hua..."

Seeing this, Cheng Zhihong looked slightly anxious and wanted to continue persuading him, but Hua Yuanhang stopped him with a wave of his hand. He could only swallow the words he was about to say.

"Cheng Zhihong, what are you worried about? With three Celestial General-level masters here in person, you think we can’t suppress these people from the current era? Are you looking down on our bloodline and our Fruit Positions?"

"To be honest, if it weren’t for our ancestral teachings and oaths, the people of this era would never have been able to stir up such turmoil in the world."

A young Caucasian man behind Zeno spoke up.

The others also nodded in agreement.

The people of this world were ignorant, knowing so little about its true face. They didn’t know that it was only through their checks and balances that the current era could remain peaceful, nor did they understand what a true genius or expert was.

For example, there was Yi Beidou, a hot topic all over the world, who was called the youngest to reach the Saint Realm, achieving Body Ascension at twenty-seven. But the world didn’t know that the young Caucasian man, Belte, had successfully resonated with a Fruit Position in the Ancestor Realm during his coming-of-age ceremony at eighteen, breaking through the threshold of the Saint Realm to become one of the "followers."

Now, at only twenty-three, he had already reached the "Spirit Officer" level. He might even enter the Ancestor Realm again before thirty to sublimate his Fruit Position and advance to "Celestial General."

How could ordinary people from the secular world possibly compare to them, the inheritors of Divine Enthronement’s blood?

This time, he was rather curious to see what these world-stirring secular people were truly capable of.

Hearing this, Cheng Zhihong exchanged a look with Yuna and said no more.

’Forget it. Our words carry little weight; we can’t change anything.’

"Mr. Hua, ’grant the seal’ to everyone."

Zeno said to Hua Yuanhang.

Hua Yuanhang nodded slightly.

The next moment.

BUZZ!

Brilliant light erupted from Hua Yuanhang’s body. Chains of Talismans crawled over his skin like tattoos as the light spread, faintly revealing the tangible form of a Celestial General.

This Celestial General held an illusory seal in its hand, while a mark of a seal formed from brilliant light appeared in Hua Yuanhang’s palm.

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!

Hua Yuanhang’s figure flickered like a phantom as he slapped his palm on everyone’s backs. A resplendent, glowing mark was instantly left on each of them, as if they had been stamped with a Treasure Seal.

Afterward, their auras were suppressed by this Treasure Seal, rapidly converging until they were nearly undetectable.

The Fruit Position Hua Yuanhang bore was called "Celestial General of the Treasure Merit Palm Seal."

"Well then, everyone, let’s move out."

Their auras concealed, Zeno said lightly.

They were going to give the secular people a little surprise.

「Meanwhile.」

Yi Beidou and the others were still in the middle of their discussion.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Ding Huiyuan let out a soft sound of surprise, as if he had sensed something.

"What’s wrong?"

The others asked, looking at him.

"I think I sense some ill-intentioned auras."

Ding Huiyuan said, rubbing his chin.

"Oh?"

Yi Beidou looked slightly surprised; even he hadn’t sensed anything.

After all, although Zeno’s group intended to make a show of force, they bore no murderous or malicious intent toward the Donghua Group. Furthermore, with the protection of Hua Yuanhang’s Treasure Seal, Yi Beidou’s Celestial Demon Sensing and Tribulation Sense had not reacted.

But this guy, Ding Huiyuan, his current mental peculiarity seemed terrifyingly sharp.

He could perceive the slightest disturbance.

In this respect, Ding Huiyuan was likely even superior to Yi Beidou.

"Hmm, the feeling is unclear. Let me take a closer look..."

As Ding Huiyuan spoke, the light slowly faded from his eyes. The aura on his body vanished, and even his heartbeat stopped. It was as if he had died.

"Leakage-Free Communication?"

Zhou Qingchen blurted out.

Leakage-Free Communication, one of the six Divine Powers of the Buddhist Sect. According to Buddhist doctrine, even wisdom is a "leak." It is like the moon in the water; the more you try to touch it, the blurrier it becomes. The more you know, the more you don’t know. Only by severing all thoughts and entering the Great Freedom Void Realm can one become omniscient.

It was a profound and mysterious state where, on the verge of life and death, one’s spiritual senses would reach a terrifying level, possibly even allowing one to foresee the future.

To think that Ding Huiyuan could enter this state at will.

No one spoke; they just watched Ding Huiyuan quietly.

A fiery light seemed to flicker in Yi Beidou’s eyes. He coated them with Demon Flame and opened his Celestial Dharma Eye.

He could vaguely see that Ding Huiyuan’s body was currently like an empty shell. But precisely because of this, certain magnetic field-related information connected to him was being drawn by the shell and the unseen threads of causality, pulling it into the empty vessel.

Normally, a Saint Expert’s magnetic field was too intense. Any of these faint magnetic fields that came near their body would be naturally destroyed, making it impossible to capture and perceive them.

’There’s actually a method to enhance perception like this?’

Yi Beidou felt his horizons had been greatly broadened.

To be omniscient by being ignorant—it was truly profound.

’If I mastered this method and combined it with my Tribulation Sense and Celestial Demon Sensing, could I lock onto some truly significant existences?’

After all, the causal entanglements upon him were beyond what an ordinary person could possibly fathom.

After about a few minutes, Ding Huiyuan’s aura began to return. Like a withered tree coming back to life in spring, his life force was restored.

"Interesting, very interesting. Like a person, yet not a person. Like a god, yet not a god. What kind of Cultivation method is this?"

Ding Huiyuan said.

His perception wasn’t complete, providing only a few vague fragments. It was like an ancient Celestial Master divining a person’s fate, only able to offer up things that seemed plausible but were not definitive.

’Like a person, yet not a person. Like a god, yet not a god?’

Zhou Qingchen and the others were baffled by this, but Yi Beidou’s heart stirred.

’People like Cheng Zhihong who cultivate with a Fruit Position... their Life Magnetic Fields combine and coexist with a Fruit Position’s magnetic field, which resembles that of a Deity, changing their original form. Isn’t that a kind of demigod state?’

’It seems our earlier spar exposed our position.’

"It should be the Secret Organization I mentioned before, the one that opposes the Ancient Ones."

Yi Beidou said, and he went on to explain the wonders of the Fruit Position to everyone.

"I never expected there to be a Cultivation method like this."

Huang Tianhu said with some surprise.

"These guys... it looks like they haven’t come with good intentions. Their purpose isn’t pure."

Zhou Qingchen said softly.

If they had come in good faith, they wouldn’t have concealed their auras like this, as if trying to avoid being sensed.

It’s like when an ordinary person visits a friend’s house but just shows up and knocks on the door without calling first—it usually doesn’t mean anything good.

That’s what you call "showing up uninvited."

"In any case, we have guests. We should at least give them a welcome, shouldn’t we?"

Yi Beidou said as he slowly rose to his feet.

"My thoughts exactly."

Smiles appeared on everyone’s faces.

The ones they had fought before were merely disposable avatars, but these were actual members of the Secret Organization. They were very interested.

Regardless, everyone present understood one thing clearly: the foundation for an equal exchange was equal strength.

A confrontation was inevitable.