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Chapter 416 The secret that determines the strength of the true gods is revealed! So that's how

Chapter 416 The secret that determines the strength of the true gods is revealed! So that's how it is!

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At that moment, the Poison Patriarch Veronica was clearly taken aback.

She recognized Xia Fa, of course, but the bumblebee next to Xia Fa, which was about the size of a small dog, gave her an incredibly familiar feeling.

That feeling was very similar to her own Holy Poison Bee, yet completely different.

To be precise, this bumblebee was far more powerful than any of the sacred poison bees she possessed; in fact, it was already catching up to her!

"Who is this person?"

The Poisonous Chieftain Veronica was slightly startled. Since her failure to break through the Ancient Mithril Gate last time, coupled with the inexplicable disappearance of the two bee eggs she had planted on Xia Fa earlier, the two combined had severely damaged her vitality. She had been in seclusion to recuperate and had only just emerged today.

She came here immediately after leaving the house, to take care of a very important matter.

However, to her utter surprise, she encountered two unexpected entities in succession.

At this moment, the army of Holy Poison Bees also discovered Xia Fa and the Bees of Nature. Out of their instinct to protect their master, tens of thousands of Holy Poison Bees flapped their wings and were about to stand in front of Veronica, the Patriarch of Ten Thousand Poisons.

Just then, the bees of nature glanced at them, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

With just that one glance, all of the tens of thousands of Holy Poison Bees, whether they were at the level of a Sovereign or only at the level of a Demigod, trembled all over, their faces turned pale, sweat poured down their foreheads, and their bodies swayed as they were about to kneel down.

It was a fear of submitting to a monarch, an involuntary fear.

Moreover, they dared not make any further moves.

"Master, is this Veronica, the Queen of Ten Thousand Poisons?"

Seeing this, the bee of nature turned its head and asked a question through its spiritual intuition.

Xia Fa responded intuitively, "Hmm, how do you feel when you're facing her?"

He had, of course, told the Nature Bee how it came to be, so there was no need to hide anything.

The Bee of Nature said through its spiritual intuition: "Hmm—it's very special, like—a blood connection, but I also have this feeling with you, Master."

Upon hearing this, Xia Fa couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

This sounds a bit like he's saying that the Bee of Nature is his child with Veronica, the Patriarch of All Poisons?

"Shafa, are you Shafa? You've actually become a god, that's incredible!"

The Poison Patriarch, Veronica, spoke in a clear voice, her large, round eyes scanning the crowd. She continued, "Indeed, I wasn't wrong about you."

Xia Fa said with a half-smile, "You mean, this is your reason for planting bee eggs on me in the first place?"

Although he had benefited from the bee eggs both times, and given that Patriarch Veronica of the Poisonous Society was a member of the Entity Redemption Society, the old adage still held true: the score still needed to be settled.

Unexpectedly, Veronica, the Patriarch of Ten Thousand Poisons, sighed and said, "I really made a mistake back then. I'm sorry for what I did."

Even if she were foolish, she would have realized that Xia Fa was no ordinary person. After all, just over a month ago, Xia Fa was just a mortal, but now he had become a god.

This speed is beyond terrifying; it's unprecedented, even surpassing the legendary "absolute defense."

They're almost as good as the young Joker from Paradox!

Not to mention, the small bumblebee next to Xia Fa always made her feel that it was related to the bee eggs she had planted in Xia Fa, which further highlighted Xia Fa's mystery.

Therefore, Veronica, the leader of the Ten Thousand Poisons, decisively chose the Taoist path.

Unexpectedly, Xia Fa responded coldly, "You don't think a simple apology will suffice, do you?"

The Poison Patriarch Veronica was taken aback. Although Xia Fa was only a god, she was not afraid at all, because as a physical being, she could exert strength comparable to a quasi-celestial being in her outer god status. However, the bumblebee beside Xia Fa made her somewhat wary.

In addition, it was indeed her mistake to plant bee eggs in Xiafa.

After a moment's thought, Veronica, the Poison Patriarch, flapped her wings slightly, and a sweet, pale yellow warm breeze suddenly spread out, instantly filling the surrounding starry sky.

Xia Fa immediately sensed that the area had instantly reached the highest level of anti-divination and anti-peeping, and unless a true god came to eavesdrop, the news could not be leaked out.

The Poison Patriarch Veronica then spoke, "Hmm—how about this? I'll share a secret with you, a secret that might be useful to you. If you choose to forgive me after hearing it, then this matter is over. If not, I'll give you some compensation. What do you say?"

Xia Fa's heart skipped a beat: "What secret?"

The sudden appearance of this killer bee queen-like entity here is definitely suspicious.

It's important to understand that while the entities in their solidified state can randomly appear anywhere in the entire universe or even the Protoss realm, pulling others to unfreeze them, their actions in their unfreezed state are far from simple.

Perhaps, there is some great benefit hidden inside.

This can be seen from the fact that fanatical tomb raiders went directly to rob the tomb of a Quasi-Celestial Venerable.

The Poisonous Chieftain, Veronica, was quite straightforward, asking directly, "Do you know how the [World Serpent], one of the nine mysterious forbidden zones, came to be?"

As she spoke, she pointed to the enormous python that seemed to stretch across the entire universe in the far distance, in the sea of ​​meteorites.

"How did you get here?" Xia Fa asked directly, not ashamed to ask.

"I didn't know before, but recently, in the place where I was recuperating, I unexpectedly obtained a piece of history." The voice of the Poison Patriarch Veronica suddenly became much lower. "I don't know if you've heard of the Land of Time Stagnation, but I was recuperating in a certain Land of Time Stagnation before."

A place where time stands still?

Xia Fa narrowed his eyes slightly. This kind of place could only appear in the Time Mist. Under such circumstances, the chances of the Poison Patriarch Veronica obtaining a piece of history are not low.

In other words, her words should be considered barely credible.

"That history, to be precise, is actually a fragment of reality that fell from the gray fog of time into my place where time stood still. It was there that I learned the origin of the [Mortal Python]."

The Poison Patriarch Veronica was as decisive in her actions as in her words. With a flick of her long, slender, white hand, she produced a shard of glass and handed it over.

"Is this what they call fragments of reality?"

Seeing what appeared to be frames of a movie flashing within the glass shards, Xia Fa once again felt the lack of his knowledge of the occult.

Or rather, there are just too many unknown things in this world, like this thing in front of us.

"Okay, you can use it by sticking it on your forehead. Remember to return it to me after you're done; I want to keep it!"

Patriarch Veronica patiently explained the situation, and at the end, she didn't forget to give a word of advice.

"Don't worry, I won't steal it from you," Xia Fa replied with a smile, then stuck the shard of glass to his forehead.

With a "boom," he felt as if countless movie scenes flooded into his mind and immediately began to play in his head.

Fortunately, his mind is now exceptionally strong. If it were before, it would probably have been another mental storm that felt like his brain was being torn apart.

In the image in his mind, Xia Fa vaguely saw two extremely blurry figures standing outside a meteorite field.

The two figures were completely grayish-black, and it was difficult to see their faces or even their shapes, perhaps because they were in a "fragment of reality".

The two figures stood side by side, one of them seemingly holding a book as large as a table and flipping through it.

The other person stood next to him with their arms crossed.

It was just a simple action, but to Xia Fa, it felt as if this second figure could support the entire universe, exuding domineering magnificence to the extreme.

"It's basically confirmed. This is a layer of skin that the Moon Mother Goddess shed to protect herself when the extraordinary era arrived."

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The black figure carrying the enormous book spoke, followed by a sigh:

"What exactly happened more than 10,000 years ago is truly intriguing. Even the Moon Mother Goddess, one of the two pillars of the universe, had to resort to this method to escape and survive."

"Is there a risk? Do I need to erase this area?" The imposing figure spoke, his voice booming like muffled thunder.

"There's not much risk, especially after more than ten thousand years of evolution, this place can be considered a treasure trove. Of course, while there's no risk, there is danger if you want to go in and explore," the figure carrying the huge book concluded.

"How so?" the imposing figure countered.

"According to my recent research, the Moon Mother Goddess—although far less powerful than the Sun God King—still has nine titles, namely—"

"God of the Moon, God of Darkness, God of Mystery, God of Time, God of Space, God of Reincarnation, God of the Ocean, God of the Earth, God of Life!"

"In this situation, even if it's just a layer of skin shed by the Moon Mother Goddess, it contains a rich power of growth, enabling all things to flourish and develop within it. In addition, this layer of skin is also imbued with certain auras from that great event more than ten thousand years ago—"

The figure carrying the enormous book seemed to hesitate at this point, and could no longer continue.

The imposing figure nodded, his tone indifferent yet carrying a hint of command:

"Understood. Let's keep this place then. Make a note of it and categorize it as a Mysterious Forbidden Zone. But that makes a total of five Mysterious Forbidden Zones."

[“Okay!” Surprisingly, the figure holding the huge book didn’t seem to feel disrespected at all; on the contrary, he agreed very readily.]

"By the way, I've also made new progress in my recent research on the true gods."

Suddenly, as if remembering something, the person holding the enormous book spoke up, as if seeking praise.

The imposing figure, arms still crossed, said calmly:

"Oh? Tell me about it."

The figure holding the enormous book said:

"Do you know why you're so strong? Actually, everyone's strength is predetermined when they become a true god. Of course, this doesn't mean that you can't continue to grow stronger after becoming a true god, but rather that each true god's strength is actually closely related to certain factors from before they became a true god."

The imposing figure said:

"Go on."

The figure holding the enormous book nodded and continued without hesitation:

"The first factor is race. It's definitely different for a human to become a true god compared to a physical being becoming a true god, even though no physical being has ever become a true god yet."

"You must understand this very deeply yourself, after all, you and another person share the same origin—but you are different from all of us."

"The second factor is all the treasures you absorbed and consumed before becoming a true god. Of course, the closer a treasure is to the level of a supreme holy relic or even a supreme divine relic, the greater its influence, such as sacred metals and ancient fruits."

"As for the third factor, I actually think it's decisive—the extraordinary talent one possesses!"

"Extraordinary talent?" the imposing figure countered, a hint of emotion in his voice, as if he had realized something.

The figure holding the enormous book nodded slightly.

"That's right. You and the other person, each of you possessed many extremely powerful and unique extraordinary talents from the moment you were born. Especially you, your extraordinary talents are unimaginably strong. I suspect that this may be the reason why you are far stronger than the rest of us."

After a slight pause, He added:

"Just like in the era of mutants, the reason why the Sun God King and the Moon Mother Goddess were far stronger than other ancient gods was because they each possessed nine divine-level mutations, while other ancient gods were lucky to have one or two divine-level mutations."

"The factor in determining a person's strength after becoming a true god through divine mutation is almost equivalent to that of extremely powerful extraordinary talents."

"Of course, for us extraordinary gods, there are other decisive factors."

"For example, the three kinds of eternal certificates possessed before becoming a true god, the hegemonic-level secret contracts and other secret contracts signed, and the degree to which these secret contracts have been developed, etc."

"If someone could obtain and sign the Primordial Secret Manual before becoming a true god, then they would certainly be extraordinary after becoming a true god."

"The Primordial Secret Manual—no one has found it yet, and besides, we don't need it anymore, since we've already filled all the contracts." The imposing figure sighed, seemingly very regretful about not being able to sign the Primordial Secret Manual, a supreme-level secret contract.

"Yes, after all, it's—the only one in the whole world."

The scene abruptly ends there.

Xia Fa was in shock and didn't come to his senses for a long time.

"Could this be... a conversation between [Absolute Defense] and [First History]? I've actually overheard a conversation between these two righteous gods from over 20,000 years ago?"

He wasn't stupid; he had been suspicious from the start when he heard the imposing black figure speak so casually about erasing a mysterious forbidden zone.

Not to mention, their subsequent conversation almost confirmed that they were both righteous gods.

However, what Xia Fa didn't expect was that, firstly, this [Mortal Python] was actually a layer of skin shed by the Moon Mother Goddess, one of the two pillars of the universe, in order to survive and protect herself 30,000 years ago.

Secondly, it turns out there are such rules for becoming a true god!

The more extraordinary talents or god-level mutations a person possesses before becoming a true god, the stronger they will be after becoming a true god.

The reason why [Absolute Defense] is so strong, strong enough to deal with more than 600 Gold Cleaners by himself, is because he has many incredible extraordinary talents.

It's worth noting that even after [First History] became a true god, he still marveled at the extraordinary talent possessed by [Absolute Defense], which speaks volumes.

"So, what are the extraordinary talents that Lord [Absolute Defense] possesses, that make Him so powerful?"

Although Xia Fa knew that the strength of [Absolute Defense] actually owed to the three eternal credentials and the signed secret contract, the role of extraordinary talent in it was definitely not insignificant.

"Wait, if I can obtain the nine mutations of the Sun God King, then what about the nine mutations of the Moon Mother Goddess—"

Suddenly, Xia Fa realized something, and his gaze pierced through the countless meteorites, landing on the giant, upright python.

He now possesses a mutant system within his body, and previously he had only awakened those god-level mutations by consuming mutant crystals or mutant flesh balls.

And now, the skin that the Moon Mother Goddess shed is not far in front of me. If I eat a little bit of the skin, will I be able to awaken the god-level mutation I possess?

Of course, it won't work on just any skin type; it's probably only effective on the concentrated essence.

"Have you finished watching? Now you know I wasn't lying to you, right?"

Just then, Veronica, the leader of the Ten Thousand Poisons, spoke up. Her alluring face held an inviting look: "How about it? Want to go in and explore together? I'm not afraid to tell you, a very special swarm of bees has been born in this [World Serpent]. It's very important to me. I'm going in to bring it under my control."

She paused slightly, then changed the subject: "By the way, you didn't watch it twice, did you? You watched it for so long just now, or did you see something else in it?"

Xia Fa's heart skipped a beat, but he remained outwardly calm and said, "You are a physical entity, how could I possibly see more images from inside than you? I did confirm it twice."

From Veronica, the chieftain of all poisons, Xia Fa already understood that she could probably only see the part in this fragment of reality where [Absolute Defense] and [First History] discussed leaving behind [World Serpent], but she couldn't see anything beyond that.

"These fragments of reality are quite amazing; different people can see different amounts of information—"

Despite his thoughts, Xia Fa still kept his promise and returned the fragments of reality to Veronica, the chieftain of the Ten Thousand Poisons.

The Poison Patriarch Veronica accepted the gift with both hands, stroked it a couple of times as if it were a precious treasure, and then carefully put it away.

Seeing this, Xia Fa couldn't help but ask curiously, "Haven't you already seen it? Why are you treating it like a collectible, taking it so seriously?"

Unexpectedly, Patriarch Veronica of Ten Thousand Poisons showed a surprised expression: "Shafa, you don't mean to tell me you don't know how valuable this thing is? Aren't you a god now?"

Xia Fa asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Patriarch Veronica, however, turned her attention to the question: "Have you ever been to the City of Gold Pounds?"

Xia Fa nodded slightly: "I've been there. What happened?"

Patriarch Veronica of Ten Thousand Poisons continued, "You should know those large and small metal spheres floating in the center of the City of Gold Pounds, right? They're the ones called the Abode of God."

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Xia Fa replied without hesitation, "Yes, I know. I've been to one of them."

The Poison Patriarch Veronica seemed to have figured something out: "You went to a banquet, not a private property."

Xia Fa was genuinely curious now: "How did you know?"

Patriarch Veronica of Ten Thousand Poisons chuckled softly: "That's right. If you've ever been to those privately owned divine residences, you wouldn't be curious about what I just did."

"You must understand, whether it's the children of the nine righteous gods, the commanders of the nine churches' extraordinary legions, or even the unknown Source Lords—plus other strange and powerful beings,"

"Anyone who has the financial means to buy a divine residence in a city where gold pounds converge will almost always have these fragments of reality displayed in their living room!"

Xia Fa was taken aback: "Is that so? Is there some kind of custom involved?"

Patriarch Veronica of Ten Thousand Poisons shook her head: "I don't know what they're particular about, but you can certainly see the fragments of reality as some kind of extremely rare and expensive collectibles, a reflection of the strength and status of those Celestial Venerables and Quasi-Celestial Venerables. Of course, I've heard bards talk about this trend—it seems to have been started by [First History]."

"I see—" Xia Fa nodded slightly, as if he had understood something.

After all, before the Cleaners appeared, the extraordinary gods were quite idle, so it was normal for them to have such hobbies, just like nobles like to buy antiques.

Not to mention, some real-world fragments do indeed contain remarkable information and intelligence, such as the Veronica one, so this collecting trend is understandable.

Xia Fa even suspected that the fragments of reality were probably graded, and the older the fragments of reality they contained, and the higher the level of the person involved, the more expensive they would be.

The Poisonous Patriarch Veronica looked at Shafa again with her round eyes: "Speaking of which, how about it, do you want to come with me? If you agree, it means you've forgiven me."

Xia Fa chuckled and said, "Alright, at least I have someone to keep me company. But this can't be confused with forgiving you. I still feel like I'm a little short of forgiving you."

Patriarch Veronica of the Poison Sect provided him with such important information—although it wasn't intentional on her part, and since they were all members of the Entity Redemption Society, it would be fine to just let the matter drop.

However, the bamboo bar that needs to be struck still needs to be struck.

Upon hearing this, Veronica, the Patriarch of Ten Thousand Poisons, suddenly showed a hint of hesitation on her alluring face, but she immediately bit her lip, as if she had made up her mind.

"Here, take this as compensation! If you're willing to forgive me, please accept it!"

Seeing her throw out a black bag, Xia Fa caught it with one hand and probed inside with his spiritual intuition.

Inside, there were fifty bottles of honey, each exuding a rich and sweet aroma. To him, the effect was in no way inferior to Gastis's Ice Strawberry Wine, and perhaps even better.

This was like a godsend; Xia Fa simply clipped the black pouch to his waist and, with a flick of his hand, concealed it within the time rift.

Immediately, he looked at Veronica, the Patriarch of Ten Thousand Poisons, and smiled brightly: "Alright, now we're even."

Patriarch Veronica of Ten Thousand Poisons bit her lip: "This is something I've been saving up for years to secrete—in that case, you have to answer one question for me."

Overjoyed by this unexpected surprise, Xia Fa readily agreed, "Ask away, as long as it's something I can answer."

The Poisonous Patriarch Veronica extended a long, slender index finger and pointed at the Nature Bee buzzing its wings beside Shafa.

"Shafa, tell me the truth, is this bumblebee—related to my bee egg?"