I alone have my own laws; I start by fabricating myths and legends of mountains and seas.

Chapter 40 Omniscience is Omnipotence

Zhang Siqi took the emotional crystal. Inside, there seemed to be a faint light flowing, containing an indescribable active energy.

He looked at Chen Yang's pupils, which had instantly turned into a dazzling gold, and then looked at Jiang He, Wang Jianguo, and Su Fan beside him. Their eyes looked normal at first glance, but it turned out to be because of the colored contact lenses.

"This... is the price?" Zhang Siqi astutely grasped the key point. "Using that gourd to collect emotions causes your eyes to become like this? And makes you sleepy?"

"Price? Kid, that's a characteristic! A mark of honor for a veteran!" Chen Yang exaggeratedly raised his chin. "As for fatigue... you can also understand it as a price to pay in this world! But look," he pulled out an emotional crystal, twirling it between his fingers, "with this treasure, fatigue? Doesn't exist! It directly replenishes your energy, it's fantastic! More effective than any supplement!"

Jiang He coughed lightly, interrupting Chen Yang's excessive elaboration, and said to Zhang Siqi, "The Golden Eyes are indeed a symptom of using the Affection-Absorbing Gourd. As far as I can see, apart from the change in appearance, no other negative effects have been found. In fact, it even makes things clearer in dim light."

Her words were more objective and corroborated some of what Chen Yang said, but they removed the exaggerated embellishments and were closer to the truth.

"So you've passed the trial?" A familiar voice came from the midst of their conversation.

The group looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Yingzhao, who had left earlier, had reappeared.

After talking with the group, Zhang Siqi realized that the winged centaur was Yingzhao, a native of the Mountain and Sea Realm. He replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "That's right!"

"Then you should understand from your interactions with them! This world is called the Mountain and Sea Realm, which is full of opportunities. Emotional Crystals are the common currency here. If you want Emotional Crystals, I can provide them as a favor. The price is that you need to pay me back 50,000 Emotional Crystals. But you need to sign a contract with me. If you violate the contract, you will naturally pay the price," Yingzhao said.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang and his companions secretly gasped in astonishment! How utterly heartless!

On Bright Island, a Love-Gathering Gourd only costs 25,000 Emotion Crystals, so a round trip would yield a 100% profit.

"Senior Yingzhao, may I refuse?" Zhang Siqi asked.

"Oh? Why did you refuse? Don't you have any desires? As long as you have desires, you can fulfill your desires if you have enough emotional crystallization." Yingzhao asked with some surprise.

"People need countless reasons to agree to something, but Third Young Master doesn't need a reason to refuse something. If Lord Yingzhao intends to force me to do something against my will, I have witnessed your ability to command thunder, so I have no objection," Zhang Siqi said.

"Hahaha! Interesting! I won't force you. Since you don't have this idea, I'll give you another option. The trial is mainly to select the most outstanding and suitable people. You can design the trial venue. If it is adopted, you can get an Emotional Crystal. Moreover, during the trial, you can bet on who will pass the trial in the end. The odds are very high, and you can also earn Emotional Crystals." Ying Zhao laughed, seemingly not caring about Zhang Siqi's choice.

In fact, this was also Su Fan's choice. In the future, there will be many people in the Mountain and Sea Realm. Emotional crystals can be exchanged for all kinds of items on the Mountain and Sea Wonders Ranking. Even after death, one can still rely on emotional crystals to survive in the Mountain and Sea Realm. Su Fan does not believe that anyone can resist desires, so there is no need to force anyone.

Hunger leads to the desire for food, cold to the desire for warmth, and exhaustion to the desire for rest; the desire for profit and the aversion to harm are inherent in human beings.

They desire fine food, fine clothes, carriages and horses, and also wealth and possessions.

Xunzi's theory of desire may not be the truth, but it is still very valuable.

"Since you're unwilling, then forget it. I believe you'll come looking for me in the future." Yingzhao said and then disappeared again.

"You guys didn't tell me before that there were other ways to obtain Emotion Crystals," Zhang Siqi said, looking at Chen Yang and the others.

"As I said before, we are also exploring this world and don't know it very well. We've just been here a little longer than you," Jiang He explained, not finding anything wrong with what the other person said.

Jiang He didn't care what Zhang Siqi thought. Did she think they could ignore it to manipulate him with information? She wouldn't admit to things she hadn't done, and what others thought was their freedom.

"Are you doubting us?" Chen Yang wasn't so good-tempered, looking displeased. How dare a minor character question the main characters? It was simply going against the grain.

Zhang Siqi quickly realized that what he said was inappropriate and was about to speak when Wang Jianguo spoke first.

"We're all from the same group. In fact, it's been a long time since we met any newcomers. I'm not kidding you, we didn't even know the trial involved betting!" Wang Jianguo said honestly, like a kind elder.

"Well, I was just being petty and judging others by my own standards. My heart is rather dirty, so it's my fault!" Zhang Siqi said, trying to take the blame with a joking tone.

Fortunately, it wasn't a major conflict, and both sides were willing to compromise, so the atmosphere quickly became harmonious again.

Soon, Jiang He and the others felt a familiar sense of detachment and realized it was time to leave.

"You can feel it now! Don't resist, you're about to return to reality," Wang Jianguo explained to Zhang Siqi.

Soon, there was no one left in the Mountain and Sea Realm except for Su Fan.

"Heavenly Dao, how is the situation?" Su Fan asked.

The next moment, the Heavenly Dao appeared and said, "I have used the Soul Searching Technique on all the participants, and I have obtained their memories of the past."

The so-called trial serves two purposes: one is selection, and the other is that the various scenarios in the trial weaken the participants' will to resist and weaken their mental strength due to fear and pain, thus triggering the prerequisite for the development of the Soul Searching Technique.

"So you can instantly understand their past experiences now. If you had experts, professors, or industry leaders, you could instantly master their knowledge. It's a real shame not to learn this skill," Su Fan said with some emotion.

"Do you want their memories? I can transfer them to you," Tiandao said.

"Forget it! In my opinion, what makes a person a person is their memories. With so many massive amounts of memories entering my mind, would I still be myself? I'm afraid of developing a mental illness," Su Fan said.

"Then the skills these people possess can be given to you. Theoretically, if you have enough knowledge, you are omniscient, and omnipotent is omnipotent," the Heavenly Dao said.

"Is omniscience the same as omnipotence? Perhaps! But even if we harvest all the knowledge that humanity possesses, we still cannot be omniscient." The Sultan remained noncommittal.