Chapter 689: Telling the Truth
“My attainments in the spatial Dao are not as terrible as you imagine. Today’s me is different from the past. If I want to, I can simply use Word as Law. What difficulty does a mere spatial Dao pose to me?”
A cold, low voice rang out, startling Brahma Tower into a jolt.
“J-Jiang… Human Sovereign Jiang.”
Brahma Tower turned around and saw Jiang Li with a fake smile plastered on his face.
“It’s me. You seem to have some suggestions regarding my spatial Dao?”
“No, absolutely not,” Brahma Tower declared with conviction.
“Forget it. Since I’m here at your place, I’ll take a look at the records regarding the exploration of the myriad heavens and worlds.”
As a transit hub, Brahma Tower’s location held immense significance. Any cultivator heading to other worlds had to register here before they could leave.
Upon returning to the Nine Provinces, they also had to report their experiences from other worlds to Brahma Tower. Brahma Tower would compile the statistics and hand them over to Commander Liu, who would then make scheduling arrangements based on the data.
Right now, Jiang Li absolutely dared not go see Commander Liu.
With the Immortal Realm destroyed and the major task accomplished, if Commander Liu brought up having him stay and preside over the Human Sovereign Hall again, he would have a hard time finding an excuse to refuse.
He couldn’t very well say his hemorrhoids were acting up and he couldn’t sit down.
While thinking this, Jiang Li flipped through the investigation results from various worlds. Some were preliminary investigations, while others were already completed.
Those that were completed mostly involved cultivators at the Spirit Transformation or Unity Stages going, resulting in high efficiency.
“These worlds can generally be categorized into cultivation worlds, technological worlds, and others. Cultivation worlds and technological worlds are the mainstream, roughly equal in number and forming the majority. Occasionally, there are a few special worlds that neither practice cultivation nor pursue technology, remaining in an ancient state with an unclear developmental direction.”
“Indeed, my knowledge is still insufficient. There are so many interesting worlds I haven’t seen. Worlds where poetry and song are used as combat methods, worlds where culinary skills are combat methods, worlds where women are revered and men are inferior, worlds where spiritual energy is recovering…”
Just as Jiang Li was lamenting the vastness of the world and thinking he should travel more, the Teleportation Array flashed, and several young men and women appeared.
To be precise, it was one young man and three young women.
The male cultivator was handsome, though he looked rather anxious at the moment. He grabbed the three young women and said, “Listen to my explanation. I really do like all three of you. However, I was just stringing you along, watching you fight over me out of jealousy.”
As soon as he finished saying this, the male cultivator immediately slapped himself twice across the face.
What nonsense was he spouting? How come the influence from that world hadn’t worn off yet?
Upon hearing this, the three young women, who were already unhappy, immediately burst into tears. One of them, too angry to hold back, even slapped the male cultivator.
“We’re breaking up!”
The three young women left the area, weeping and wailing. They were so heartbroken after the breakup that they didn’t even notice Jiang Li.
The male cultivator stood awkwardly in place, not knowing what to do.
He had originally planned to take his three Junior Sisters to a world for a honeymoon trip. Instead of having a honeymoon, he ended up completely messing up all his relationships.
Damn that Truth World!
“What happened?” Jiang Li asked, putting on a concerned look for the young cultivator.
Only then did the male cultivator notice Human Sovereign Jiang was here. He hurriedly stood at attention and nervously explained.
“Reporting to Human Sovereign Jiang, I went with my three Junior Sisters to a place called the Truth World. As the world’s name suggests, in that world, one can only tell the truth and cannot tell lies.”
“I hadn’t been in that world long before my three Junior Sisters asked me, ‘Who do you really like?’ Affected by the world’s influence, I could only tell the truth. As a result, I made everyone very unhappy…”
The male cultivator’s voice grew softer and softer as he spoke, lowering his head, not daring to meet Human Sovereign Jiang’s gaze.
Jiang Li suddenly understood. “So that’s what happened. It’s fine, you can go back now.”
The male cultivator trudged away, head hung low, not daring to return to his sect for the time being, and went elsewhere instead.
After the male cultivator left, Jiang Li shed his composed demeanor and eagerly took out a communication talisman to contact his two friends.
“I found a fun world called the Truth World. You can only tell the truth there. Interested in coming?”
“Great, I’ll head over right now. At Brahma Tower’s place, right? Yu Yin, are you going?” Bai Hongtu agreed immediately. There was no reason not to go to such a fun world.
“I… the court’s administrative affairs are busy. I can’t get away for the moment.” Yu Yin’s tone was unusually unsteady for once, even pausing mid-sentence.
Bai Hongtu used an exaggerated and punchable tone. “Wow, wow, wow! This isn’t like you. Mere administrative affairs can’t possibly stump you. You’re not scared, are you?”
Yu Yin’s tone returned to its usual state. “How could I be scared? Don’t try to provoke me either. Such childish reverse psychology is ineffective on me. If I say I can’t go, then I truly cannot go.”
Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu regretfully gathered at Brahma Tower. Just as they thought it would probably be just the two of them this time, a streak of light flew from the horizon and landed here.
Yu Yin, dressed in a goose-yellow dress, arrived beside the two. The Wishful Gourd was tucked at her waist, and her brow was filled with a stern, imposing aura.
“Didn’t you say you weren’t coming?”
Facing Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu’s puzzled looks, Yu Yin casually explained, “Administrative matters can be handed over to the Prime Minister. I’m coming to the Truth World not out of curiosity, but because I’m worried you two might cause some trouble.”
The trio assembled, stood on the Teleportation Array, and teleported to the Truth World.
The Truth World was a technological world, highly advanced, only slightly inferior to Mingzhong World.
Upon arriving in the Truth World, Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin immediately felt an urge to speak. Fortunately, both had strong willpower and forcefully suppressed it.
Jiang Li’s expression remained normal. He detected a strange force in the Truth World that compelled people to tell the truth. The master of this force was undoubtedly at a very high level; even those at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage couldn’t resist it.
Luckily, he was at the Mahayana Stage.
Jiang Li secretly observed Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin. Seeing his two friends struggling so hard to hold back, he felt this trip was already worth it.
Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin had strong willpower and could endure, but not everyone present had such powerful will.
“I really want to be stepped on by my master.”
The Wishful Gourd continued voicing its heartfelt thoughts. “It would be even better if my master looked at me with trash-like eyes.”
Yu Yin looked at the Wishful Gourd with disgust. She never expected the gourd to be this perverted.
She slowly spat out two words. “Trash.”
The Wishful Gourd became even more excited.
Faced with the Wishful Gourd in this state, Yu Yin was somewhat at a loss. In the past, when the gourd embarrassed her, she would punish it with insults.
Thinking about it now, perhaps those methods weren’t punishment for the Wishful Gourd at all.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu burst into laughter.
Suddenly, Jiang Li asked, “Old Bai, back when you monopolized the hawthorn trees in the Nine Provinces, what exactly were you trying to do?”
Without thinking, Bai Hongtu blurted out, “To kidnap the hawthorns and threaten that damn Jiang Li.”