Eternal Life as False Emperor

Chapter 500: Chapter 391: The Real and Fake Soul Gathering Pearls (Part 2)

To ordinary people, such a pearl would indeed be considered an incredible treasure.

But to a Cultivator, something like this, which is of no help to cultivation, is just useless garbage.

The biggest evidence is that when Zheng Yi restructured his body before, anything containing a bit of Spiritual Qi, like Crystal Stones and Magical Treasures, vanished without a trace.

Only this pearl fell to the ground, unnoticed.

Zheng Yi only discovered it accidentally when changing his clothes.

After all, it was brought from his original world. Although it’s useless, it can still serve as a memento.

Now in an urgent situation, he decisively took it out to deceive the Huiyue Demon Venerable.

The Huiyue Demon Venerable didn’t know that, in the blink of an eye, this guy in front of him had woven another grand lie.

He sneered disdainfully, "You’re not trying to tell me that this is some incredible treasure, are you?"

Zheng Yi slightly curled his lips and slowly shook his head, "The Demon Venerable should sense that there is no Magical Power fluctuation on this."

"If you have to say this is a treasure, not to mention a senior Cultivator like you, even a Qi Refining Stage fellow would never believe it’s anything remarkable."

The Huiyue Demon Venerable snorted coldly with a stern face, "Since that’s the case, what do you mean by bringing this thing out?"

"Demon Venerable, please be patient, I was just about to explain this point to you."

The Huiyue Demon Venerable didn’t notice that Zheng Yi’s speaking speed unknowingly slowed down, and though it seemed he spoke at length, it was actually all nonsense.

"This object is called a Soul Gathering Pearl. People from our sect, as soon as they enter the sect, must refine a part of their soul fragment into this pearl..."

"Young one, do you take me for an ignorant fool? There’s absolutely no way this pearl contains your soul fragment." Although the Huiyue Demon Venerable spoke assuredly, his gaze was firmly locked on Zheng Yi.

It was obvious that he wanted to see if he was lying.

Zheng Yi’s gaze showed no hint of avoidance as he looked fearlessly at the Huiyue Demon Venerable.

This kind of gaze, the Huiyue Demon Venerable had seen countless times.

Whether Cultivator or ordinary people, most are filled with fear and panic when they know they are about to die.

But in this world, there are some special people who, when realizing their certain death, instead become calm and fearless.

"Demon Venerable, don’t rush; I haven’t finished speaking yet." Zheng Yi spoke without caring.

The first flaw was deliberately left for the Huiyue Demon Venerable to discover.

The reason being is something Zheng Yi learned from a magician before his transmigration.

At that time, he just found it amusing and never thought it could be useful one day.

That magician once said on TV that when performing certain magic tricks, he would deliberately fail once or show a small flaw.

Allowing the "smart" audience to discover them.

Unlike perfect execution, such "mistakes" often enhance the magic’s effect.

Therefore, Zheng Yi deliberately spoke with flaws, allowing the Huiyue Demon Venerable to discover them.

The reason he dared to do this was that he gauged the Huiyue Demon Venerable’s greedy, suspicious, and indecisive nature.

"As Demon Venerable said, this Soul Gathering Pearl is just an ordinary pearl, not to mention my soul; it indeed doesn’t even contain the slightest power."

Zheng Yi dared to fool him with a mere pearl because it wasn’t a random assumption.

It’s because the Canglan Realm completely lacks such pearls.

Even though he hadn’t personally visited the Canglan Realm, he had seen this world through many substitutes.

Neither Female Cultivators nor ordinary women here wore similar pearl adornments.

For such a situation, only two possibilities exist.

Either pearls are exceptionally rare in the Canglan Realm, possibly used as materials for refining Magical Artifacts.

Or, this world simply doesn’t possess such things.

The first conjecture seemed unlikely. No matter how valuable pearls are, some women will ignore their value and use them purely as accessories.

Of course, all of this was just Zheng Yi’s speculation.

His understanding of the Canglan Realm could only come from Bai Zhirui and the others.

He had never truly lived in this world, making it easy to overlook many details.

But at this moment, Zheng Yi really couldn’t find anything more suitable to deceive the Huiyue Demon Venerable.

So, he could only temporarily use this pearl as a substitute.

At least the success rate with this thing was much higher than using something from this world.

Using objects native to this world might just get him exposed by the Huiyue Demon Venerable immediately.

Seeing the Huiyue Demon Venerable’s reaction, Zheng Yi was secretly pleased, "This guy is indeed fooled."

Without daring to show any carelessness, Zheng Yi didn’t even dare to show any happiness.

He lifted the pearl in his hand, "Funny as it may sound, senior, these Soul Gathering Pearls descend from the sky."

"Every year on the first of August, pearls rain from the sky for half an hour within a hundred-mile radius."

"Although many pearls fall, only about ten percent of them come in inseparable pairs; only such pearls can be refined into Soul Gathering Pearls by the seniors of our sect."

"One of the Soul Gathering Pearls is carried by us sect disciples, while the other is stored in the sect’s Soul Suppressing Hall."

"Once we die or the Soul Gathering Pearl shatters, the other one stored will also shatter."

"Our souls will naturally also scatter."

Seeing the Huiyue Demon Venerable wanting to speak, Zheng Yi immediately added, "I believe the Demon Venerable also understands that our sect excels at soul manipulation."

"Therefore, any Magical Artifact refined by our sect will form a Soul Contract with the sect’s disciples."

"Once we die, the Soul Contract erupts, immediately destroying those treasures."

Initially feeling a bit impatient and secretly preparing to seize him first, the Huiyue Demon Venerable’s movement suddenly paused.

Reason told him that this guy in front might be lying.

How could such a strange sect exist in this world?

And that so-called Soul Gathering Pearl is probably fabricated by him. How could there be such a peculiar thing?

Pearl rain from the sky?

Wouldn’t that crush people? This guy really knows how to make things up.

But on second thought, this guy seems to be from a different world than his.

In his world, what’s impossible might not be impossible in the other’s world.

At this moment, two voices were battling in the mind of the Huiyue Demon Venerable.

One voice didn’t believe Zheng Yi at all, while the other thought there might be some truth to it.

The guy in front of him surely has powerful Magical Treasures.

If he pushes him to self-destruct the Soul Gathering Pearl, causing those Magical Artifacts to be destroyed, wouldn’t it be a loss?

He had put in so much effort, and getting nothing in return would be unacceptable.

Inwardly, Zheng Yi sneered. Seeing the Huiyue Demon Venerable’s appearance, he knew how conflicted he was.

The reason was not because the Huiyue Demon Venerable was really stupid but due to the simple issue of sunk costs.

Before his transmigration, why were some people deceived, losing their lifetime savings?

Because they invested so much, they didn’t dare to consider whether the other party might be fraudsters.

Because that possibility was completely unacceptable to them.

Although the current Huiyue Demon Venerable hadn’t reached that point, clever people like him are sometimes easier to fool.

"Demon Venerable, I have a proposal." Zheng Yi’s expression became serious.

"As long as you swear to the Canglan Netherlord to let a few of us leave alive."

"I’ll hand over all the treasures on me to you."

As if afraid the other wouldn’t believe him, Zheng Yi added, "I’ll also swear to the Canglan Netherlord to give all the treasures I’m carrying to the Demon Venerable."

He emphasized the word "all" heavily.