CHAPTER 452: CHAPTER 452: ERIN’S "HARVEST

Anything related to Yu Sheng and these people around him seems to develop in unpredictable directions to varying degrees — True Man Yuanling still remembers when Director Baili Qing contacted him and mentioned this, and now he obviously has a deeper understanding of this saying.

The Omen Wandering Star, which had been suppressed underground within the Taixu Spirit Hub for three thousand years without showing weakness, aside from being suppressed by the Taixu Earth Vein with no other weaknesses, was shattered into pieces by a half-meter-high puppet beside Yu Sheng, leaving only a fist-sized small sphere floating — if not seen with his own eyes, if anyone else told him of this, his first reaction would definitely be to kick the storyteller down, then stuff half a pound of Heart-Clearing and Wisdom-Enhancing Pills into his mouth, and serve him two bowls of Calming Soup, three times a day...

"About this sphere..." True Man Yuanling blinked, looking at the grey-white stone sphere floating beside Erin, organized his thoughts several times but didn’t know how to express his feelings at the moment, and finally could only muster one sentence, "Let me examine it first."

Yu Sheng casually grabbed the sphere mid-air and handed it to True Man Yuanling: "Then you check it."

When grabbing the stone sphere, Yu Sheng felt a slight resistance, but it wasn’t strong, seemingly because Erin was nearby, the stone sphere behaved quite "obediently."

True Man Yuanling took the stone sphere with a strange expression, with his other hand pinching a technique and chanting a curse, he then summoned an ancient copper mirror of unknown purpose, reflecting back and forth on the stone sphere, researching for a long time before calling Yuan Hao from the side to join him, while the two huddled together to observe and discuss, a heap of jargon muttering indistinguishable.

And the grey-white pitted small sphere, resembling a miniature planet, was just being tossed back and forth by the two old men, besides occasionally wanting to float towards Erin, it didn’t show any resistance, behaving obediently beyond comparison — especially when contrasted with the previous horrifying and irritable "Omen Wandering Star."

Erin sat on Yu Sheng’s shoulder, the two staring wide-eyed at the scene, after a while, Yu Sheng poked Erin’s head with a finger: "Do you have any thoughts?"

"Thoughts? How would I have any thoughts?" Erin stared blankly, "I don’t even know what’s going on here! Just making it clear first, if they want me to compensate, I truly cannot afford it... I only get so little pocket money every day..."

"Who told you this? I mean the connection between the Omen Wandering Star and you," Yu Sheng rolled his eyes, "Remember what the Omen Wandering Star said before? About the Omen Goddess part..."

Erin widened her eyes straight at Yu Sheng, then exaggeratedly shivered: "Ei—don’t say such ridiculous things!"

Yu Sheng did not continue, just raised his hand and lightly patted the puppet’s back.

Erin puckered her lips, then stared blankly into the distance.

Meanwhile, not far away, the Snake Princess quietly stretched herself out, realizing no one would come to attack her, she became bold again and moved closer to True Man Yuan He, stretching her head: "Old thief."

True Man Yuan He raised an eyebrow: "If you don’t want to call me True Man, at least use my name."

"Old thief Yuan He," the Snake Princess said casually, again pointed with her tail tip towards Yu Sheng and Erin’s group, "Who are these people exactly? Why does it seem like you’re all so courteous to them? I’ve never seen you treat anyone this way regularly..."

True Man Yuan He glanced at the big snake beside him with the corner of his eyes, contemplated for a moment and asked casually: "Do you know what’s happening outside?"

"How would I know! You locked me up in this dark place, I can’t even see the weather change outside," the Snake Princess glared, the tiger, leopard, bear, jackal heads next to her snarling at True Man Yuan He, but soon the heads all drooped, "I just heard a disciple mentioning during checks that something big’s happening at the border, then said something big happened at the Taixu Spirit Hub too... but nobody’s willing to explain what exactly happened."

True Man Yuan He pondered for a bit: "...Have you heard of the ’Dark Angel’?"

"What’s that? Is it tasty?"

Yuan He: "..."

"Why are you not speaking?"

True Man Yuan He remained silent, but after a moment of wordlessness, he seemed to suddenly notice something, turned his gaze tightly fixed on the big snake demon in front.

Snake Princess felt a chill under his gaze, subconsciously coiled her body: "Wh-What are you up to—I warn you, I haven’t settled the account with the dog head yet! Don’t you dare hatch any crafty plans..."

"Snake Princess," True Man Yuan He furrowed his brows, after a few seconds of peculiar seriousness, he said, "Did... you notice your speech is more coherent?"

Snake Princess: "...Huh?"

Meanwhile, on the other side, the brothers Yuanling and Yuan Hao finally finished checking the stone sphere.

As soon as they let go, the stone sphere floated leisurely back beside Erin, continuing to circle around the puppet.

"In terms of its aura... it indeed is still the ’Omen Wandering Star,’" under Yu Sheng’s curious gaze, True Man Yuanling nodded with a serious expression, "But it seems to have lost its mind response, nor does it have the previous dangerous fierce aura anymore, Senior Brother and I checked for quite a while, and found it left with nothing but the ability to float around... no other ’Divine Skills.’

"No mind response at all?" Erin’s eyes widened in surprise.

True Man Yuanling nodded solemnly.

"How does it feel like a factory reset..." Yu Sheng furrowed his brows, speaking pensively.

After a moment, he shook his head.

"The key now is how to handle this ball," Yu Sheng said seriously, "This thing has been following Erin."

Yuan Ling and Yuan Hao exchanged a glance.

"We two were also discussing this just now," Yuan Hao coughed lightly to break the silence, "Since this sphere seems fated with Miss Erin, why don’t you guys look after it first..."

Yu Sheng did consider this possibility, but hearing the suggestion so openly was still surprising: "Huh? Let us take it away?!"

Erin couldn’t help but speak up: "Isn’t this thing quite dangerous? Wouldn’t taking it beyond the seal cause problems?"

"In fact..." Master Yuan Hao hesitated a bit before sighing with a bitter smile, "the seal is already gone."

Yu Sheng & Erin: "...?"

Yuan Hao pointed to the surrounding Demon Suppression Stone Pillars and the pile of runic chains tangled in gray-white debris.

Only then did Yu Sheng notice that these objects, previously shrouded with a layer of spiritual light, were now completely still and had been silent since just a while ago.

"Just as the Omen Wandering Star shattered, the millennium seal at the base of the Demon Suppression Tower failed," the elderly man spread his hands, "including the setup that drew on the earth vein around here—the Omen Wandering Star is already free, and rebuilding the seal here would take at least three to five years."

"Back then, many powerful masters jointly suppressed the initial descent of the ’Omen Wandering Star’, sealing it underground in the Qianfeng Ling Mountain for years, giving others a chance to build this place of prohibition around it," Yuan Ling added, "And now... this demon has turned into its current form, so there’s no longer a need for so many to work together to suppress it underground. But now that this place’s seal has failed, continuing to..."

The old man paused, glancing subtly at the small ball floating beside Erin before continuing, "Continuing to keep it here is meaningless, and to place it elsewhere... the Taixu Spirit Hub currently has no other place to seal the Omen Wandering Star. Since it’s become like this, ’the travel agency’ might as well take over; we would actually feel more at ease."

More at ease, huh...

Yu Sheng pondered, quickly understanding the reasoning before his gaze fell on Erin.

Just then, the little puppet also realized, turning to glance at the youthful version of the Omen Wandering Star floating beside her. Her face instantly fell: "No way..."

"Just consider it as acquiring a Magic Treasure," Hu Li chimed in from the side, unusually displaying a look of eager anticipation for drama on her face, "Don’t novels, comics, and TV shows you usually watch go like this~~"

Luna suddenly raised her head, as if rebooting, and chimed in, "Hmm, right."

Erin was momentarily dazed, her expression visibly wavered: "If you put it that way... well, yes?"

Seeing this, Yu Sheng quickly took advantage of her still-processing state to nod her head: "Then it’s settled."

He then turned to Yuan Ling: "By the way, isn’t there some handover procedure or something needed? After all, we’re taking over such a... special item from you guys. Wouldn’t a formal power like Qianfeng Ling Mountain need some record?"

"Seems reasonable," True Man Yuan Ling nodded upon hearing this, stroking his beard, "though under special circumstances, the paperwork can be retroactively completed. You guys can take the ’thing’ out first."

A while later, after further confirming the state of the youthful version of the Omen Wandering Star, Yu Sheng opened a door leading to No. 66 Wutong Road, taking Erin, Hu Li, and Luna to leave the base of the Demon Suppression Tower first—they still needed to check on Zheng Zhi and observe any reactions from the small stone ball after leaving the tower.

Moreover, having been outside for such a long time and experiencing a fierce battle, Yu Sheng felt he really needed to head back, take a good bath, and sleep—no matter if the sky falls, he needed to rest first before dealing with it.

Yuan Ling, his brother, and Xuan Che stayed behind—they needed to check the state of the Demon Suppression Tower and address some issues following the failure of the local earth vein seal array.

The illusory door slowly dissipated in the air.

True Man Yuan He stroked his beard, waiting until the door fully vanished before turning to his two seniors.

"The ’Omen Wandering Star’ was just taken out of the Demon Suppression Tower... is that really fine? Wasn’t this a bit hasty?"

"An evil demon from outside the domain, capable of devouring earth veins, was suppressed in the Capital Star for three thousand years, and in these three thousand years, apart from restraining it in this place, we’ve been powerless," True Man Yuan Ling shook his head, "Now, this might actually be a good thing—keeping it by Yu Sheng is safer than keeping it at the Taixu Spirit Hub."

"So then... I suppose that makes sense," True Man Yuan He thought, exhaling a long breath, "After all, it’s ’Mr. Yu’—even the Dark Angel had to submit to him."