Chapter 1131: Chapter 755: The Human Race’s Divine Artifact
"Grandfather once mumbled in his sleep about an ’Emissary from Congji abyss pursuing the Mustard Seed in Palm,’ but to this day, I still don’t know what the Mustard Seed in Palm is. However, Congji abyss is a place where the Human Race resides, and I indeed encountered an Emissary from Congji abyss, a woman, who had been to Jiuzhou. Logically, she should be from the Human Race of Edge Corner Airspace."
Xiang Beifei remembered that woman clearly; she didn’t have a system interface. But if she were from the Edge Corner Airspace, it would be impossible for her to enter the Great Desolate Realm; at best, she could disguise herself using something like the Daosheath.
Luo Shanyou, having heard what Xiang Beifei said, didn’t respond immediately but seemed to be pondering something.
"Uncle Master should know what the Mustard Seed in Palm is, right?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Luo Shanyou hesitated for a moment, then said, "Breath soil, Ruishui River, Pure Iron, Jianmu, Source Fire, what do they remind you of?"
"Very special items that can resist void power," Xiang Beifei said.
"But you should be aware that these five items are not the only divine objects capable of resisting void power. Shen Li, the sacred being of A Li’s tribe, is also a very unique existence, just as we humans, being a race with natural advantages, naturally have our divine objects as well," Luo Shanyou stated.
Xiang Beifei was surprised. "Uncle Master means, the Mustard Seed in Palm is something similar to breath soil and Shen Li?"
Luo Shanyou nodded. "Yes, the Mustard Seed in Palm originally belonged to our Human Race as a divine object."
"But—if the Mustard Seed in Palm is a divine object of the Human Race, why does not a single person among us possess it?"
Xiang Beifei was genuinely puzzled.
Currently, the Human Race in Edge Corner Airspace is living very difficult lives, hunted everywhere, struggling at every step. Even before Xiang Beifei arrived, they had to rely on bloodwood for protection, and yet their own race’s divine object, not a shred of it remains, which is truly hard to believe!
"The Mustard Seed in Palm can only be nurtured by a strong individual from the Ancestral Dao Realm, which is the same for other races. Actually, it’s not just our Human Race; any race, if they cultivate to the Ancestral Dao Realm, can nurture a divine object specific to their race. And we humans—"
Luo Shanyou sighed but didn’t continue.
Xiang Beifei understood what Luo Shanyou was trying to say.
The Human Race, up to now, does not have a single master of the Ancestral Dao Realm!
Currently, the highest in cultivation is Fu Yuzi in the mid-stage of Ascendant Dao.
"Even if the Human Race encountered some cataclysm and declined, there should still be some Mustard Seed in Palm left, right?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Wouldn’t such a thing be preserved for future use?
Just like the Rushou relics—though their tribe was extinct, there still are structures left standing.
Luo Shanyou shook his head. "No one knows what truly happened a hundred thousand years ago. The Human Race from Edge Corner Airspace did not survive from such an ancient era. According to incomplete records within the tribe, it seems that the war a hundred thousand years ago led to the successive demise of many Human Race powerhouses, and subsequently, the Mustard Seed in Palm suddenly vanished without a trace, and no one knows why."
A hundred thousand years ago, Edge Corner Airspace was rife with conflicting forces and tribal dominance, but after that war, the Dao Palace took control of everything.
Out of the nine tribes, eight perished, leaving only the Houtu Tribe in power.
In Edge Corner Airspace, void power is extremely lethal, and any divine object used to resist void power is a rare resource.
The Pure Iron of Rushou Tribe, Ruishui River of Xuanming Tribe, Jianmu of Ju Mang Tribe... these are their foundational assets, and it is precisely due to the existence of these items that they initially had a base to establish their forces.
The Dao Palace controls the breath soil resources, equating to controlling the lifeblood of all races.
And it is precisely due to the existence of the breath soil that no race dares to oppose the Dao Palace.
This implies that if the Human Race had the Mustard Seed in Palm, it would have the capital to contend against the Dao Palace.
Of course, Xiang Beifei presently has breath soil and Erha, but the core of the Human Race must also include the Mustard Seed in Palm.
"The disappearance of the Human Race’s Mustard Seed in Palm is truly strange," Xiang Beifei said.
He extended his hand, a light gleamed in his palm, and a mist appeared in his hand.
This was the Mustard Seed in Palm.
Xiang Beifei initially obtained it from the Chamber Constellation, but he never figured out its purpose, so he never paid much attention to it.
"Does Uncle Master recognize this?" Xiang Beifei showed the Mustard Seed in Palm.
Luo Shanyou examined the mist and asked, "What is this?"
"Uncle Master doesn’t recognize this?" Xiang Beifei was puzzled.
"Should I?"
"This is the Mustard Seed in Palm!" Xiang Beifei stated.
Luo Shanyou suddenly froze!
"This is the Mustard Seed in Palm? Are you sure?" he asked, uncertain and suspicious.
"Yes," Xiang Beifei nodded.
"I’ve always been playing with this mist as if it were putty."
Xiaohei snatched the mist with a laugh, molding the Mustard Seed in Palm into the shape of Erha.
Luo Shanyou, observing the mist, was also quite astonished.
"I thought the Mustard Seed in Palm had vanished; where did you obtain this? Are you certain this is the Mustard Seed in Palm?"
Luo Shanyou immediately took the mist, examining it closely. The Mustard Seed in Palm was merely a ball of white mist, soft and pliable, yet it felt substantial to the touch.
"Strange, can’t Uncle Master smell the scent of the Mustard Seed in Palm on me?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"What are you talking about?" Luo Shanyou was puzzled.
"Back when I was in Jiuzhou, I encountered a woman from Congji abyss, and she could indeed smell... the fragrance of the Mustard Seed in Palm on me?"
Xiang Beifei recalled the last time at Zi Hou, at the Unrestrained Base, encountering a mysterious masked woman, whom he had always thought was an elder of the Human Race from Edge Corner Airspace.