When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 670 - 493 Confirming the Direction
Xiang Beifei could not find any ground for excuse.
But he didn't need to make excuses anymore.
Elder Luo would not harm him; there was no harm in being known.
"What is the reason?" Elder Luo asked.
"I am also searching," Xiang Beifei replied. "Just like him, I think he might also be searching."
Elder Luo slightly nodded, then added, "Regardless, I still need to thank you."
"Thank me?"
"I think you could also control my system, couldn't you?" Elder Luo asked.
Xiang Beifei was silent for a long while.
Then he nodded.
This old man busied himself with various boring leisure activities every day, often including teasing Xiang Beifei as part of them. If Xiang Beifei wished, he could forcibly reset Elder Luo's system.
"But you never did."
"I won't touch anyone who has been kind to me," Xiang Beifei shook his head.
He now had the ability to control the entire Jiuzhou, but he simply chose not to do so.
"It's fortunate that a man like you, whose thoughts have not gone to extremes, has always been able to see himself clearly. If you had gone to extremes, I fear I would have been powerless," Elder Luo said with some emotion.
He knew that each time he managed to hit Xiang Beifei's forehead, it was because Xiang Beifei was sparing his feelings and not dodging.
"Perhaps it's because I have an optimistic grandfather and a righteous and principled master," Xiang Beifei said, propping his chin.
Elder Luo was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief.
Whether power is good or bad depends on the person. Role models and the educational environment have great influences on a person.
Xiang Beifei dared not say his views were utterly correct, but he at least maintained the most basic principles.
"So Lady Qiu, she was dealt with by you?"
"There always needs to be someone to take on the role of headsman, and I don't mind taking on that role," Xiang Beifei said.
Lady Qiu had already died because she was a Heavenly Connection realm powerhouse; Xiang Beifei had to keep her confined with a brick tile. But he was about to leave Jiuzhou and could not take her with him, so he decided to resolve the matter.
Such a person left alive would bring no benefit to Jiuzhou, only disaster.
"I really underestimated you," Elder Luo remarked.
In order to protect his disciple, he had tempered his temper a lot, worrying that if he went too far, he might provoke the alliance and they might secretly harm Xiang Beifei.
However, Xiang Beifei's capabilities had completely exceeded his expectations.
He casually dealt with someone like Lady Qiu.
Elder Luo continued cracking sunflower seeds, and after a long time, slowly spoke:
"I will take care of your grandfather, but you have to promise me one thing."
"What?"
"After finding the answer, come back alive," Elder Luo said calmly.
Xiang Beifei smiled knowingly.
"I will try."
He also did not know what exactly was in the outer desolate lands.
But the answer was definitely there.
——
Xiang Beifei did not mention his departure to anyone, except for Elder Luo, no one knew, not even his grandfather, because he feared worrying him, Xiang Beifei simply said that he was going into a long period of seclusion for cultivation.
Standing on the border wall, looking into the vast outer desolate lands, Xiang Beifei's mood was surprisingly peaceful.
Although he had been there many times before, this time felt distinctly different.
The tall city wall beneath his feet was majestic and resplendent, flickering with powerful formation runes that blocked the desolate beasts of the outer domain from entering. Inside was a world entirely different from the outside.
The outside was perilous and filled with the unknown.
He needed to understand what exactly Xiang Tianxing and his wife had gone off to do.
And why, in that moment, had Xiang Tianxing asked him if he had the Awakening System?
The answers lay within that vast expanse.
Xiang Beifei took a deep breath and leaped off the city wall, heading towards the Unrestrained Base.
He knew where Zi Hou and Chou Hou were located, but the exact location of Yin Hou was still unknown to him. However, he felt sure that the direction should be upon Chou Hou, which might have the answers to guide him to the next location.
Of course, in reality—
Xiang Beifei was well aware of how to find Yin Hou; from the moment he stood at Zi Hou, he had a vague understanding of where each location would be.
Xiang Beifei!
The method to find the locations was written in his name.
But he had compared the positional distance between Zi Hou and Chou Hou before, and if Jiuzhou's directions were to be referenced, Chou Hou was not north of Zi Hou but rather to the east.
The directions in the outer domain wasteland are extremely inaccurate, easily misleading human sense of direction; in the outer domain, one cannot judge by the normal east-west-north-south of Jiuzhou, a fact well-understood by all martial artists.
Since the "Hou" were in the outer domain wasteland, Xiang Beifei believed that to determine the direction, one must confirm the method of recognizing Zi Hou and Chou Hou. The reference point for defenses should be the "Hou," not Jiuzhou.
Otherwise, if he followed what he believed to be north, he might end up being diverted towards the east, west, or south along the way.
Upon returning to Zi Hou, Xiang Beifei did not choose to go to the snowy mountains but rather planned to check the blood altar, feeling intuitively that this altar was special.
In the Unrestrained Base, twenty Su People took turns guarding, and tight protective measures were in place, various formations guarding the area—some personally set by Elder Luo, and others left by Xiang Beifei, specifically to prevent Ghost Whiskers of Remnant Visage from making a comeback and storming this place again.
As soon as Xiang Beifei appeared at the canyon, a voice immediately called out, "Who is it?"
Three figures instantly appeared in the canyon.
"It's me," Xiang Beifei said.
"Mr. Xiang Beifei, it's you!"
The three Su People relaxed and quickly bowed in greeting.
Although Xiang Beifei did not hold an official position in the alliance, being a disciple of Elder Luo, his status was quite high in the eyes of these Su People.
"Everything normal?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Nothing unusual," one of the Su People hesitated, then taking a detector, said, "For safety reasons, we need to check you."
Everyone entering here had to be inspected, to prevent someone occupied by Ghost Whiskers masquerading as a martial artist from sneaking in—it was, after all, not impossible for someone to disguise themselves as Xiang Beifei using system abilities.
"Okay."
The detector, designed and manufactured by Xiang Beifei himself, was researched based on the Beast Pill of Ghost Whiskers; a simple scan over the heart, and if a Beast Pill was present, it could be easily detected.
After the Su Person scanned over Xiang Beifei's heart with the detector and confirmed he was alive, he deactivated the control and said, "Sorry for the disturbance."
"Carry on," Xiang Beifei replied.
Xiang Beifei walked towards the cave and soon entered the blood altar through it.
The blood in the blood altar was slightly flowing; it was supplied with beast blood, it seemed like the Su People had just replenished it.
When Xiang Beifei approached the blood altar, the blood in the pool surged out, morphing into hands that reached towards him, but they were promptly flattened upon touching him.
He pressed the brick into the slot, instantly mastering the entire formation of the Unrestrained, and using the formation, he scanned the snowy mountain area to ensure no abnormalities had occurred before he began to ponder his own matters.
"How to determine the direction?" he mused.
Soon, he spontaneously recalled the words of Comrade Xiang Tianxing.
His irresponsible father, although he had disappeared without a trace, had at least told him in the Pioneer Stone how to find the directions of the "Hou," which was why he had come searching for Zi Hou.
Xiang Beifei pondered for a moment and thoughtfully said, "Maybe it's like this?"
He roughly knew what to do now.
