"Looking for that Void Flow Thunder Force practitioner, aren’t you?"
The Heavenly Mechanism Elder scratched his head, pulling out a nail full of muck.
Venerate Xinnie’s eyelid twitched.
Stepping back slightly, he said, "The Heavenly Mechanism Elder truly has divine skills in calculation."
The Heavenly Mechanism Elder grinned, revealing a gap where his front tooth was missing, and said:
"Do I even need to calculate?"
"You’ve been searching the Taicang State for Void Flow Thunder Force practitioners, even a three-year-old knows about it."
Venerate Xinnie showed a trace of embarrassment: "That practitioner is elusive."
"Finding him is really difficult."
"Today, I shamelessly ask you to please calculate his whereabouts."
The Heavenly Mechanism Elder shook his head and said, "What if I don’t help?"
Venerate Xinnie’s gaze deepened, and with a faint smile, said:
"Since you claim to know everything under the heavens."
"You should know I would come to find you."
"Yet you stayed here, waiting for me intentionally."
"Just tell me what you want to help, don’t hesitate."
The Heavenly Mechanism Elder chuckled.
He did not deny it.
With his ability to intercept the heavenly mechanism, when he doesn’t want to be found, no one can find him.
Not hiding, he pointed to the ancient thousand-year city ahead and said:
"I want to go inside once."
"I need Thunderbolt Origin for protection."
"Surely you wouldn’t be stingy, right?"
Thunderbolt Origin?
Venerate Xinnie’s complexion changed slightly and he said sternly, "Isn’t your appetite too big?"
"This is something the Young Emperor rewarded me with, to give me a chance to overcome the Heavenly Person Decline."
"How can I give it to you?"
He expected the Heavenly Mechanism Elder wouldn’t ask for a small thing.
But unexpectedly, he directly asked for the most precious thing on him.
The Heavenly Mechanism Elder chuckled:
"You think fortune-telling is easy for me?"
"That’s intercepting the heavenly mechanism, opposing the Heavenly Dao, and will surely suffer retribution."
"Moreover, helping you find an innocent person is aiding a tyrant."
"The consequences of heavenly retribution will be even more severe."
"If it weren’t for needing to see the Misfortune Sage to confirm something, even if you gave me ten Thunderbolt Origins, I wouldn’t help you."
This is also why Venerate Xinnie has never been able to find the Heavenly Mechanism Elder.
Initially, the Heavenly Mechanism Elder was not willing to help him either.
The Young Emperor, having practiced Void Flow Thunder Force himself, wouldn’t allow others to practice and intended to eradicate all practitioners.
How domineering is that?
Helping them is akin to aiding a tyrant, and would not be tolerated by the Heavenly Dao.
But he had to go to that dangerous place.
And Thunderbolt and fire origin are among the few things that can withstand these black smoke and Venerate’s remains.
So, he made an exception and allowed Venerate Xinnie to find him.
Venerate Xinnie frowned in contemplation.
He was absolutely unwilling to hand over the Thunderbolt Origin.
However, time waits for no one.
The Young Emperor had given him only two months left.
If he couldn’t find it, the Young Emperor would surely cross realms to kill him.
Clenching his teeth, he pulled out a small Thunderbolt Seal and said: "Here you go!"
"You must find this person for me!"