Chapter 1165
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"I have only just arrived . This is my first time doing this," Han Sen said .
"You'll need to put your back into it and work hard . There may be no guards here, but you have a quota of ten walnut powder sacks a day . If you don't meet that quota, they'll bump you back down a level . Then, you'll have to do the test all over again," the man explained .
"What use is the powder for?" Han Sen asked, as he began to work .
"Those of us down here don't have a clue . But it's a material that's wanted by the big cheese, and since we're required to produce it, we don't question it any further . " The man briefly paused, look around, and then spoke again in a quieter tone . "You didn't hear this from me, got it? But . . . rumors say that Immortal Emperor, the big boss of this place, uses it to craft what has been dubbed Immortal Pills . "
"What are they for? Do they make him immortal?" Han Sen inquisitively asked .
The man laughed and balked . "Spirits are immortal already! Immortal Pills, however, are said to grant spirits access to the Fourth God's Sanctuary . They were created by Immortal Emperor, so naturally, they were only named after him . "
The man then stopped chatting, so he could focus on working the stone mill and grinding the walnuts .
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Han Sen didn't push very hard . He casually worked the mill while his mind relaxed to ponder the nature of Immortal Emperor .
"He needs all this labor for the production of these Immortal Pills?" Han Sen did not believe eating the pills would allow one to ascend and become a demi-god .
He believed this due to his experience with Xiang Yin . To ascend, you had to literally ascend an excruciatingly painful staircase . Walnuts wouldn't allow you to skip that, and Han Sen believed the best they could do was make a person temporarily stronger to weather the cleansing fires a little better .
By the time the day was done, Han Sen had created twenty sacks of walnut powder . When the spirits came to take them, they provided him with two drops of lifewater .
"You're good . You've only just arrived and you've already produced twenty sacks-worth," the man, receiving his lifewater, said to Han Sen .
The man had produced fifteen sacks, but that only granted him one drop of lifewater . The additional five, however, would count for the next day of work . If he did another fifteen the next day, he'd receive two lifewater drops .
Han Sen spoke to the man briefly, but then fled the shelter, exiting via the tree hole he had entered from . He wanted to spend time researching the effects of the lifewater .
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Han Sen returned to his own shelter, and on the third day, his body returned to its ordinary size .
And while Han Sen may have been ordinary, the drop of lifewater he had received was still as small as it used to be . The vial of liquid was so small, it couldn't even be classified as a drop . It was almost invisible to the naked eye .
Han Sen summoned Moment Queen and Dragon King and asked them about Immortal Emperor, to see what they knew . They both claimed not to know who he was, but Dragon King told Han Sen that it was most likely a fake emperor .
"Why would you say he is fake?" Han Sen asked .
"Emperor is a title, not a self-given name . It is bestowed upon a spirit by other spirits in recognition of their greatness . If he is not widely recognized, how can he be an emperor?" Dragon King explained his reasoning .
"What you say makes sense, but what if he does have the strength of an emperor? What if he does, and he just maintains a low profile and keeps to himself?" Han Sen asked .
"Impossible . The actual body of an emperor is not much stronger than that of a king spirit, but it provides the emperors a higher chance of opening ten gene locks . Unlocking your tenth gene lock, however, requires many resources . Do you think this fellow could obtain all the resources he would need silently, without others becoming aware?" Dragon King said .
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"I suppose you may be right . He doesn't have many resources, actually . Plus, out here in the normal-sized world, he only commands a tree . " Han Sen agreed with Dragon King, hearing it put like that .
Han Sen then showed Dragon King the lifewater he had received, and to this, Dragon King said, "Holy smoke! Lifewater, you say? This is a skydrop! You've met Sky King . "
"Who? Sky King? Skydrop? This is lifewater . " Han Sen was confused .
"Immortal Emperor must be that *sshole Sky King . Just when I thought he couldn't stoop any lower, the guy goes and proclaims himself to be an emperor!" Dragon King almost looked amused .
"Who is he?" Han Sen asked .
Dragon King explained, "He is another one of the eight generals . I'm surprised he didn't meet a grizzly end yet . And now he's moved on to call himself Immortal Emperor? It makes me shudder . "
Han Sen believed Dragon King must have held some sort of grudge against Sky King to possess such a strong reaction, so he said, "It has been a long time, you know . Are you sure there wasn't a chance for him to level up and become an emperor?"
Dragon King looked at Han Sen with disdain and said, "My *ss! He used to be an emperor . He became too big for his breeches, so you know what he did? He challenged Ancient Devil Emperor himself . And of course, Ancient Devil defeated him . But he was taken in as a general . During their battle, though, Sky King was injured quite badly . His wounds were so grievous, they knocked him down a peg . He became a king spirit, as a result . He'll always have to remain so, as well . He'll never be an emperor, ever again . "
Han Sen then told Dragon King about the laboring, and what was whispered about the Immortal Pills .
Han Sen asked, "If he is indeed Sky King, might it be possible he has found a way to recover? Is that why he hides atop the shelter inside the tree hole?"
Dragon King frowned and said, "Ancient Devil said he cannot be healed . Not now, not ever . But Sky King, he's as slippery as an eel . It wouldn't wholly surprise me if he truly did find a way to recover . Might I ask, is that shelter a black and red walnut tree?"
Dragon King stared at Han Sen with a queer look .
Han Sen confirmed his suspicion and described the tree in further detail . He also went on to explain how the interior looked .
Dragon King squealed, and said, "Oh, no! That really must be the Sky Tree! This is what he owned during his time as an emperor . It should have been destroyed, after the battle . It's growing again? But if it's growing, there must have been a lifeforce on it . "
Dragon King suddenly widened his eyes, and he said, "Haha! I know! This is what Sky King wants . . . This is a good chance . . . "