Chapter 907: Chapter 91: The Temptation of Freedom
Until Gu Shen finished speaking, the Truth Ruler showed no reaction.
These words were certainly not meant for the already deceased Netherworld King—the dead are as extinguished lamps, and the Netherworld King is no different. Even though the Nether River still has traces of his once-imposed will,
Gu Shen’s words cannot reach the Netherworld King anymore.
“Do you not want to say something?”
Since the Devil remained silent, Gu Shen decided to take the initiative to ask.
“What do you wish for me to say?”
The Devil replied flatly, “I am currently in your hands, so I should say what you like to hear… Hmm, I agree, understand, and fully support your choice.”
“I am quite curious about what the previous holder of the Ruler did exactly.”
Gu Shen calmly said, “You can’t possibly know nothing, right? Since you can call out ‘Nether River,’ you must know something.”
The interior of the Ruler is incredibly quiet.
If one were to infiltrate with spiritual power and sink down, one would see in a vast space of intertwining light and shadow, the Devil leisurely reclining on the Throne, seemingly asleep.
No matter the time, it always reserves the right to remain silent.
Clearly, the Devil does not wish to speak about its past experiences within the Ruler.
And having just completed a transaction, Gu Shen couldn’t use “Black Silver” to threaten it, at least not for the next ten days… He must keep his promise to give the Devil “freedom.”
“Alright.” Gu Shen shrugged and said, “Don’t you want to make another transaction?”
The word “transaction” carries an enigmatic magic power.
The Devil on the Throne raised an eyebrow and, lifting its head, spoke in a somber, impatient tone, “Gu Shen… don’t take me for a fool; I know what kind of person you are.”
Deceptive, sinister, despicable, shameless…
This young man calls himself a “Devil” in his heart, but in this inequitable transaction relationship, he is indeed the more fitting Devil!
If the sky were to fall, Gu Shen would probably never truly transact with it.
Initially, in some small hope, it tried to achieve the goals of transactions through temptation, opportunity, and pressure in specific situations.
But now it abandoned these thoughts.
Because it was thoroughly convinced that Gu Shen was the kind of person it hated the most—a cautious to the extreme person who fears death… Transactions, even if there’s just a hint of the unknown or the risk, Gu Shen would not agree.
For Gu Shen, this is the case.
For the Devil, it’s the same.
“We’ve started a precedent for transactions, haven’t we? That’s a good sign.”
Gu Shen carefully coaxed, aiming to ensure the relationship with the Devil stayed just close enough but not too distant…
Close enough to be useful at critical moments.
Distant enough for consideration of his own “safety.”
Numerous confrontations, numerous games.
He understood the Devil more and more, and the Devil likewise understood him more.
If this guy no longer takes the initiative to mention transactions one day, then it won’t be a good thing… Perhaps someday in the future, Gu Shen will encounter an insurmountable crisis.
At that time, the Devil might not be as diligent.
To the Devil, loyalty is as worthless as dog manure.
If the Ruler could switch to a new owner, one who is foolish, impatient, and desperately craving power, it would be perfect!
These few transactions, the conditions the Devil set were enticing simply because the supply-demand relationship between them was uneven.
Gu Shen needs to balance this relationship, neither lacking nor relying.
“What do you wish to say?”
The Devil spoke faintly, lacking interest in Gu Shen’s words.
“I think, you must know. The previous owner of the Ruler, ‘Netherworld King’… what was he planning to do,” Gu Shen deliberated briefly and slowly spoke, “Isn’t that right?”
This isn’t difficult to guess.
Regarding the twenty-year-old past events, the Devil remained silent.
Clearly, this indicated it did not want anyone to know the secrets of the previous owner… But thinking carefully, the Netherworld King left the Truth Ruler in the East Continent and embarked on a journey to the [Old World], obviously having planned everything.
How could the Devil be completely unaware?
“Sorry, this does not belong to the content we can transact on.”
The Black Shadow on the Throne gave Gu Shen a quite unexpected response.
Trying to probe what the Netherworld King intended to do… refers to “non-transactionable matters”?
Gu Shen was slightly surprised.
He chuckled lightly, calming his mind, “Oh? So you also have things that are non-transactionable… I thought you would agree to any transaction as long as the price could be met.”
“I wish it were that way.”
The Devil also laughed, though it was more of a cold laugh, “Unfortunately, some things are priceless; it’s not that I’m unwilling to trade, but rather, I cannot trade. You should have already figured out that the so-called transaction rules are simple: you provide the cost, I fulfill the commitment, using the soul and spirit as media to ensure neither side can breach the agreement. Thus, whatever I promise can certainly be done. Yet even if you give me everything, I can’t help you kill the Light God’s Seat up in the mountain. After all… I am merely a ghost residing within the Ruler, not a great enough God capable of rewriting history.”
This statement, said toward the end, had a sense of desolation and solitude.
But Gu Shen never falls for this.