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Chapter 721: The Protagonist Aura Causing Unrest
Chapter 721: The Protagonist Aura Causing Unrest
After completing the divine weapon, Qin Muye also ran away. However, the spirits and monsters did not evacuate for the time being, as the natural disasters and human-caused calamities in the Great Qian Empire were not easy to handle, whether it was the environment or the disasters themselves.
Qin Muye did not have the heart to deal with these issues, so he left it to the spirits and monsters to handle.
He was now in a subspace, where Ji Shan was using equipment to continuously expand the subspace according to the specifications Qin Muye had given him.
Noticing Qin Muye's arrival, Ji Shan stopped: "The divine weapon is complete?"
"Yep, all done. I threw them out to find their destined owners. Now, we just need to bind this cave heaven to complete the process. Then, the divine weapons will be eternal, undying and indestructible," Qin Muye said.
"Well, you can wait a while. You've finished, but I haven't even dug out this subspace yet," Ji Shan complained, then added, "So, are you here to help me dig the subspace?"
"If you were to do it, it would probably take you a day, not three years."
Previously, Qin Muye had said it would take three years for Ji Shan to dig it out, but that was if Ji Shan did it alone. If Qin Muye were to help, it wouldn't take three years; even three hours would be too long.
"Oh, no time!" Qin Muye said decisively.
"What are you going to do now?" Ji Shan was a bit speechless. He thought Qin Muye was just here to chat, so how could he have time?
"Preparing to catch the Three Officials Great Emperor. We need to get a hold of him, or there might be problems," Qin Muye explained, then looked at Ji Shan, "Besides, you seem to be enjoying it."
Although Ji Shan was digging, he was also practicing certain spatial talents and skills. After all, this wasn't just hard labor; his current strength was considerable, and multitasking wasn't an issue. Moreover, digging a subspace didn't require much thought, just continuous work.
"It is a bit fun, but I feel like I might get used to it," Ji Shan said, looking at the equipment.
Indeed, this thing was really effective, capable of shattering space. If he kept digging for too long, he might start trying to shatter everything he encountered.
"Getting used to it? You might be developing a professional disease," Qin Muye disagreed. How could he get used to it? It's not like he was the same.
"Alright, go do what you need to. The Three Officials Great Emperor won't be easy to find. I've sensed him a few times, but there's no real clue," Ji Shan reminded Qin Muye.
"You'd be in trouble if you caught the Three Officials Great Emperor. He's a 9th-rank, and you're only 9th-rank in terms of your shell. In other aspects, you can't compare," Qin Muye warned. Don't go looking for trouble. The Three Officials Great Emperor would toy with Ji Shan.
Without Qin Muye around, if Ji Shan encountered the Three Officials Great Emperor, he might end up being sealed.
Ji Shan's shell was hard, but the Three Officials Great Emperor had many tricks, and a simple seal could keep Ji Shan in line.
"I won't go looking for trouble if you're here. He keeps provoking me, and it's itching me to take a look," Ji Shan admitted, indicating he would run if he met him again.
After confirming that Ji Shan was fine, Qin Muye turned and left. He had no idea where to find the Three Officials Great Emperor.
Just like the ancient mother goddess Gendaya, both were similar conceptual entities. They might exist, but not in a tangible form.
But to say they don't exist is impossible, as both national fortune and personal fate are real, even if they are intangible. Even Ji Shan had captured traces left by the Three Officials Great Emperor.
"Ji Shan can sense it, maybe because he's the Chosen One," Qin Muye couldn't help but think.
He himself hadn't felt anything, perhaps because the Chosen One talent was highly compatible with fate. Otherwise, it wouldn't be just Ji Shan who could sense it.
As for the protagonist of this world, Qin Muye wasn't sure. Most likely, he was already dead, or he would have already started fighting the alien races. It was unlikely that he would need Qin Muye to save the day.
If Qin Muye had to come, it only meant that the world itself couldn't handle it.
"Maybe I should bring the protagonist aura and see if it can attract something?"
Qin Muye thought this could work, otherwise, why would the Three Officials Great Emperor keep provoking Ji Shan?
He quickly rummaged through the corner of the Endless Abyss's warehouse and found a protagonist aura to wear. He had quite a few of these, but they weren’t very useful. He had even considered giving each spirit and monster a protagonist aura, or even letting them evolve their inherent luck into a similar ability.
But then he thought, if all these billions of protagonists were crammed into the Endless Abyss, wouldn’t that cause major problems? One protagonist was already enough to deal with; having so many more would be disastrous.
With the protagonist aura’s enhancement, Qin Muye could feel a slight change in the fortune around him.
"Is it being attracted to me? But that doesn’t make sense, Huangfu Xing also has a protagonist aura, why isn’t he experiencing this change?"
"The secondary protagonist auras of the Four Pillars of the Great Qian Empire, while not as strong as a true protagonist aura, should have the necessary abilities, yet they don’t experience this change either."
Qin Muye couldn’t help but feel puzzled. It couldn’t be that the Three Officials Great Emperor was looking down on them, that would be ridiculous.
"Is it a matter of strength?" Qin Muye compared the differences. Apart from their strength, there shouldn’t be any other distinctions.
Was it because he and Ji Shan were stronger, so they attracted fortune?
At first glance, it seemed possible, but after careful consideration, Qin Muye ruled out this possibility.
"I get it, it’s because of the type of fortune," Qin Muye suddenly realized.
Normally, Huangfu Xing had national fortune, and the Four Pillars of the Great Qian Empire were protected by national fortune.
But Qin Muye and Ji Shan were different. They had personal fortune, not the national fortune of the Great Qian Dynasty.
He was the Supreme Emperor, but he had already stripped away the national fortune related to the Great Qian Dynasty, transplanting a regular personal fortune, and sometimes even having no fortune at all.
Carrying national fortune was indeed safer, ensuring no trouble wherever he went, but it was too conspicuous. Therefore, Qin Muye had temporarily stripped away his Supreme Emperor identity.
"Let’s give it a try." Qin Muye quickly reactivated his Supreme Emperor identity, and the next moment, the change in fortune around him immediately stopped.
"Is it really looking for a protagonist?"
"But if it found me, why hasn’t it taken any action?"
Qin Muye was puzzled. It was this slight change that allowed Ji Shan to detect traces, but due to his insufficient strength, he couldn’t perceive much.
Although Ji Shan’s shell was 9th-rank, his soul strength wasn’t enough, so he could sense the changes but couldn’t trace or investigate them.
As soon as Qin Muye got involved, he immediately noticed the changes.
He quickly removed the national fortune, and as soon as the protagonist aura appeared, combined with the personal fortune, the overall change became very noticeable. It seemed to be connecting with the protagonist aura on his body, guiding him to perform a specific task.
This guidance wasn’t direct interference but rather an indirect influence, similar to the subtle hints given to a protagonist.
If Qin Muye hadn’t been monitoring the data in real-time, he might not have been able to resist it.
The reason Ji Shan wasn’t affected was simple: he was part of the Endless Abyss, protected by a shared destiny. So while the fortune could provoke Ji Shan, it couldn’t influence him. The Three Officials Great Emperor might be very strong, but he couldn’t shake Qin Muye and the Endless Abyss, and it was unlikely that he would use his full strength for this task.
Therefore, the approach was a slow, steady influence, but unfortunately, the shared destiny of the Endless Abyss wasn’t a stone that could be worn down by a steady drip.
"If you had put a little more effort, I would have noticed," Qin Muye complained. The Three Officials Great Emperor’s steady influence on Ji Shan was too weak, so weak that even the Endless Abyss’s data monitoring didn’t detect it. The influence was so minor that even the daily luck changes of the spirits and monsters were more significant.
Not noticing it was quite normal. After all, who would pay attention to the skin flakes they shed daily? There were so many that no one would bother to count them.
(End of Chapter)
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