Chapter 1897: Chapter 1895: Private Conversation
For such an unexpected discovery, Han Dong was completely satisfied.
This is the number one library among the Demon World, a title it’s held for many years, with a team of examination and management personally trained by the Yellow Robe from ancient times.
Han Dong also had no intention of staying in the curator’s room any longer, planning to spend the remaining time visiting various areas of the library.
Just as he was about to turn and leave,
the curator’s room suddenly filled with a thick soul-white mist,
Pop! An ivory tentacle, appearing from nowhere, popped behind Han Dong, quickly forming a white jade chair.
“Sit down, besides helping me take over the library,
since you are the only messenger I’ve chosen during my ‘split period’, we need to have a good chat.
After all, I am more inclined to be independent and do not like to arrange ‘messengers’ by my side… To not affect my current state, I’ve discarded most of my memories during the split period.
Therefore, we need to reacquaint ourselves.
Don’t worry, since I’ve chosen you, I will not revoke this title.”
“The only one?”
Han Dong had thought the Yellow Robe King, as he toured human cities and interacted with various people, would also recruit some talented humans as messengers.
Unexpectedly, there was only himself.
“The individuals I’ve split into are extremely extreme in personality.
The entity representing the [Yellow Robe King] is not good at management, knowing only to roam human cities each day to satisfy its creative desires.
Due to having no malice, even when encountering troublesome situations, it doesn’t get angry, nor does it resolve things through slaughter or soul extraction.
It is also troubled by a myriad of inconveniences, yet it has chosen you as a messenger… In that sense, it indeed makes some sense now.”
During the conversation,
the white jade chair was also examining some of Han Dong’s information, not just the soul, but probing into deeper levels as well.
This made Han Dong feel an unbearable itch all over, filled from inside out with something, a certain matter writhing inside him continually.
Han Dong also understood that this was not merely a conversation,
but rather the Yellow Robe King wanted to examine this messenger of his in depth.
Han Dong gritted his teeth and asked a question he was very curious about but considered risky.
“Elder Yellow Robe, when you chose to ‘split’ during ancient times… was it to correct personality or essence?”
Cautiously posing the question, Han Dong did not sense any anger or danger.
The Yellow Robe King, sitting in the curator’s seat, did not exhibit any emotional change or displeasure because of the question, even the ‘Lake-of-Hali’ in his expression did not ripple.
“Indeed, I inherently possess certain ‘defects’.
These ‘defects’ caused me significant obstacles and troubles at that time,
making it difficult to interact normally with other similar existences, and hard to integrate into their circles.
Of course, this was not the main issue.
Even I, over time, became aware of these defects and realized that some things couldn’t be done properly, and I couldn’t reach a higher plane because of them.
Thus, I accepted a suggestion from the void space in the early days,
conducted a ‘perfect split’ on the soul, consuming billions of years’ worth of ‘essence of soul’, then with my soul-plane accomplishments, mending the split parts into complete individuals, letting them each live entirely different lives.
Among these, the part symbolizing ‘good’ is exceedingly lazy in personality, dislikes managing and fears troubles, disguising as the lowest existence traveling to various regions of different star regions,
to freely enjoy and vent its creative desires.
After all, centering on ‘good’, no venting would ever threaten various lives and world balance.
As for the part representing ‘evil’, it wanted to get things done and was good at management, but its management wasn’t beneficial for the realm of spirits’ development, even plunging into crises at times.
Not long after the separation, it became hostile to many old kings, causing continuous outbreaks of small and medium-scale ‘land deed wars’ within its governed regions.
With the relationship continuously worsening and escalating, large-scale king-level wars eventually erupted.
The ‘evil’ part was restrained by multiple old kings working together.
In the end, it was through assistance and persuasion from the void space, by signing contracts to relinquish most of the land deeds, that it managed to barely save itself.
To avoid handing over the [Seraino Great Library], it seized the opportunity of a blast at the end of the war to deliberately throw the entire library into the shattered dimension.
Taking this chance, the ‘evil’ part was ‘tricked’ into the library.
Nominally placing it in the curator’s position to ensure the library’s stability, actually trapping it inside, endlessly drifting in the shattered dimension.
Using ‘time’ and ‘books’ to wear down and reshape the evil intentions within.”
“I see… Congratulations, elder! After endless splits, you finally achieved the desired effect.”
“Desired? It’s not the optimal expected result, just reasonably decent.
The ‘evil’ part has completely transformed and sublimated; now I will no longer be troubled by impatience or evil thoughts, and my overall strength has improved significantly.
But the ‘good’ part hasn’t reached the anticipated result; didn’t expect letting it indulge for countless epochs, it’s still intensely obsessed with creating novels, albeit this obsession is slightly better than back then.”
“Elder, are you planning to directly return to the original world, or…?”
“No rush, although there are many messes to clean up, they can be handled slowly… I have plenty of time.
The fusion of the split reaching the basic requirements also counts as me owing the void a favor. It’s better to repay a bit earlier; I don’t want to be led by that guy.
Let’s go back after collecting the remnant pages for you.”
“Thank you, Elder Yellow Robe.”
Han Dong took the curator’s seal, bowed, and left the curator’s room.
With the remaining time, Han Dong will embark on a thorough familiarization with the library, and bring the library’s various parameters and design blueprints to the engineers in his brain.
Let them consider how to place such a magnificent library.
After Han Dong left,
the white jade chair he sat on was stained with various colors dominated by grey.
As the Yellow Robe King recalled, the chair turned into a tentacle and was sucked into his mouth, sneeringly chewing on the various elements contained in the tentacle.
“Truly chaotic, more so than any demon I’ve encountered with [chaos]… this does fit the Grey’s traits.
However, the intangible grey matter which has developed and evolved from this individual is noticeably different.
What a pity!
If I could merge earlier, I would undoubtedly claim this little guy for myself, preventing it from contacting other beings.
The ‘good’ part clearly noticed this guy’s potential, even recruited it as a messenger, yet due to trouble, it ignored it… Otherwise, I could have an exceptionally good inheritor.
The level this guy could ultimately reach might exceed the ‘world line’ we initially discussed.”