Chapter 877: Chapter 556: Dew of Fusang, Beneath Mount Fuji (2)
In his personal account, there was a substantial amount of initial funding displayed, enough for him to directly exchange a Six-Star Blue-level spiritual material.
Arasaka Koichi bowed slightly again: "This is just a small token prepared by Arasaka for all of you, it’s just a humble gift, hopefully you will accept it with a smile."
Lin Guang turned off the screen nonchalantly, seemingly not at all surprised by this gesture, and just uttered lightly: "You’re too kind."
"Besides."
He straightened up, and the smile on his face appeared even more eager.
"Since everyone needs to wait for the return of the two brothers and the other True Masters to discuss matters, during this wait, I have already arranged a schedule for the upcoming few days."
"I hope everyone will spare some time to visit and experience the power and prosperity of our Fusang today."
Hearing this, Lin Guang frowned slightly and instinctively glanced at Su Yue and Finn Xi beside him.
The two
—had already agreed before departing that this operation would be entirely under Lin Guang’s command.
Lin Guang looked at the person in front of him, who was courteous and flawless, yet unbeknownst to them, had arranged their entire trip for them seamlessly, this boy True Master.
In the end, he still calmly nodded.
"In that case, I’ll leave it to you."
Arasaka Koichi’s smile grew even broader.
......
Night.
The top floor of Kyoto Tower.
The bustling building, cleared temporarily due to their arrival, finally no longer faced interruptions.
On the platform three thousand meters above Kyoto Tower, Arasaka Koichi personally escorted everyone into the Kyoto Hotel.
This was already the hotel on the top floor of Kyoto Tower, and above it seemed to be some measurement instruments and weather modification equipment, as well as the Ether signal tower facilities.
These things have strict requirements for height, thus needing much space at high altitudes.
Perhaps this is why the building was constructed to such a height.
However, the hotel at three thousand meters is actually so high that it is beyond what ordinary people can imagine; if one’s eyesight and the weather are lacking, it would be almost impossible to see the scenery below.
A few young women and Lin Guang, along with Remyu, were in this suite.
This was Lin Guang’s personal presidential suite.
Su Yue and Finn Xi were also in their respective suites.
Of course, Remyu had her own room but naturally snuck in here, bringing Lisa along to explore, rollicking on the king-sized bed in one of the bedrooms and making strange noises.
"Yay! It’s even better than the last place I stayed!"
It seemed to consider the need for interaction with Spirit Beasts, as even the living room was enormous here; the ceiling was high enough to accommodate Spirit Beasts under ten meters, and one could vaguely feel the spiritual rune array within the walls gathering Ether effectively.
The manager personally handled their check-in procedures, and the carefully selected staff and Arasaka employees were available at all times, ready to assist with any feasible requests at a moment’s notice.
However, Lin Guang directly instructed them not to disturb themselves or others until tomorrow morning, thus finally granting them a brief tranquility needed for contemplation.
Taking off his jacket, leaving only his vest, Vishdair stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows in the presidential suite’s living room, looking down, his arms crossed, creating a massive arc.
At the moment, a drizzling rain was falling from the sky, meandering down the floor-to-ceiling windows of the presidential suite, distorting the bizarre cityscape below into a blur of neon light spots.
Gigantic geisha images unfolded on the airboats below, slowly rotating, painted with alluring makeup, seemingly promoting the next performance.
"...Feels kind of weird."
Sitting on the sofa, Zumama examined the bracelet in her hand—it was a black crescent, suspended a few millimeters away from her wrist, hovering in mid-air, and would spin when flicked.
Her words were direct, lacking any awkwardness.
"Is this used for surveillance?"
"Probably not."
"Given the sensitivity of True Intent, using this for surveillance is too crude, aside from offending us, it serves no other purpose."
"Just... this likely means everything viewed through this will only show what they want us to see."
Lin Guang spoke while leafing through the book in his hand.
Chelina sat beside Lin Guang, holding onto one of his hands naturally with both hands, placing it on her slender legs covered in black silk: "What are you reading?"
Lin Guang: "I’m seeing if there’s anything to resolve my doubts."
It appeared to be some book documenting Fusang culture, discussing Fusang history and culture.
It was even a perfectly translated Chinese version.
No significant difference from what he knew.
Fusang history before the National Era was almost unrecorded in this book.
And after entering the National Era...
Fusang was divided into Old Fusang and New Fusang.
Old Fusang was overthrown around one hundred and fifty years ago by Black Sun Great Authority Heikawa Yue leading the people to break the decayed ruling regime, realigning disorderly Fusang.
Whether it’s the past Old Fusang or the present New Fusang, its foundation rests on a Tier Seven peak Desolate Beast.
It was a colossal Desolate Beast with eight heads and eight tails, its head resembling a dragon, its eyes crimson, and eight-colored dark clouds often hovered above its head, its body prominent like eight mountain peaks, as vast as eight valleys.
Indeed, it was the Eight-headed Serpent.
After being struck dizzy by Celestial King, it fled all the way back to Fusang, burying itself at the base of Mount Fuji, seemingly intending to absorb earth’s veins to sleep and heal.
Yet it never managed to awaken.
But strictly speaking, it merely lost consciousness without dying entirely, instead losing consciousness, merging inversely with earth veins, forming a peculiar symbiosis.
The Desolate Beast’s instincts gathered massive Ether from Blue Star’s earth veins.
Influenced by it, Mount Fuji, already a node of earth veins, further became a rich mining area, high-tier Ethereal Crystals and various precious spiritual material minerals converged intensely, continuously generating even until today.
In essence, they are but extensions of the serpent’s growing flesh.
Nevertheless, Fusang’s Beast tides were also intricately linked to it.
—Desolate Beasts, beasts more sinister than Magical Beasts.
At least Tier Seven peak is required to earn this designation.
This signifies it inherently represents calamity.
Its contamination and influence spread through earth veins, in Fusang, hence Fusang not only has plenty of wild Magical Beasts but also frequent and threatening Beast tides, even having many specific terms—Hundred Ghost Night Parade, Encounter Demon’s Hour, and so on.
This situation also fostered a phenomenon.
Beastman.
Fusang’s Contract Technique cannot be compared to Great Xia’s, it’s not as widespread, Spirit Master awakening rates are not as high.
Beginning from the Old Fusang Era, many mortals unable to awaken their talents, in search of protective power amidst increasingly difficult times, had to settle for secondary choices, opting to worship various indigenous deities and evil spirits, offering sacrifices and faith, being granted various Spirit Beast bloodlines, thus to some extent awakening the Sea of Spirit, embarking on the path of cultivation."
And beastification was the price of this trade.
To this day, Beastmen account for over a third of the Fusang population.
—Up to this point, it was consistent with what he found in the information from Great Xia.
However, at this moment, Chelina saw his slightly furrowed brows: "What’s wrong?"
"...Hmm, the book is missing a lot of information."
"Missing what?"
"...It’s not urgent, we’ll talk about it tomorrow."
Lin Guang raised his head, looking beside the wall.
A hint of dark golden radiance flashed in his eyes, seemingly catching a glimpse of Finn Xi in the neighboring suite.
The woman in a Gothic long dress was placing her finger on the black bracelet representing Fusang’s network and system, her eyes shut tight, purple light flickering at her corners.
"We have an expert in this field."
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