Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

Yu Fu's narration gradually came to an end.

His gaze returned to He Li.

The latter naturally knew what he was going to ask.

"By expressing my fears, I want Your Majesty to understand the source of that strange power."

He spoke, and Yu Fu was stunned, but he was quick-witted and immediately realized what was going on. He tentatively asked, "Is that... a manifestation of the fear in my heart?"

"Almost there!" He Li nodded.

"That is why no amount of power can completely eradicate this effect."

"Your increasingly weak and powerless body..."

"This is also why he behaved this way."

After a slight pause, he continued, "The cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death is an inviolable natural law of the universe. Admittedly, there are beings in this world who can achieve immortality..."

"But this comes at a price."

"And that price is affecting the entire world and is about to bring a great catastrophe to this world."

"At that time, the spiritual energy in the world will no longer exist..."

"Everything will be severely affected."

"Even the gods will fall and flee."

"Determined to pursue the dream of immortality..."

"You may succeed, but the price will likely be an even faster death, and the Shu Kingdom, which you have painstakingly made prosperous, will gradually crumble under its influence..."

He Li was not deceiving Yu Fu; he was talking about the present and future of this world.

Yu Fu was dejected upon hearing this...

But at that moment, he didn't pay too much attention to it.

After listening to He Li's words, he knew that even pursuing immortality was not very meaningful.

After all, what good is true immortality?

As He Li argued, gaining immortality only leads to more unpredictable dangers and a faster death? It might even cause the complete collapse of the Shu Kingdom he had built...

This is not what Yu Fu wanted to see, so he is much calmer now than before.

He only thought about it briefly...

Suddenly, he asked, "May I ask... is it wrong for humans, or all living beings, to pursue immortality?"

"Of course not!" He Li shook his head.

No living being wants to die.

"That's true, but being born into this world means continuously consuming the world's resources from birth to death. Under this premise, if all living beings could live forever..."

"Think about what the consequences would be?"

Faced with He Li's question, Yu Fu knew without a doubt what serious consequences it would have.

So he shook his head and pressed on, "Then... what should we, as living beings, do?"

"I don't know!" He Li shrugged.

Everything is in a state of flux.

"But this kind of development is not something that can be accomplished in an instant; it requires the test of time over a long period of time."

"So... although I am certain that there must be ways for all living beings to pursue immortality without conflicting with the Way of Heaven, these are things that you and I, living in this era, cannot see."

"What we, in this era, can do..."

"It is to lay a solid foundation for future generations so that they can embark on this path sooner."

His words awakened Yu Fu.

In Yu Fu's view, although he and the human race of this era could not accomplish the pursuit of immortality, the human race of future generations might not necessarily be unable to do so.

As a sage, his role was perhaps to pave the way for future generations of humanity...

Or they could continue developing the current human race.

When humanity becomes prosperous and flourishing...

With more power and time, perhaps he could truly explore the mysterious path to immortality, and Yu Fu would surely become a pioneer revered by future generations of immortals.

"All living beings must die, some die nameless and unknown, while others are remembered for eternity..."

It was as if he had figured something out.

The fish murmured to itself...

"I am Yu Fu, King of Shu!"

"I am willing to be the pioneer for all living beings, to pave the way for all living beings, and to lay the foundation for all living beings' longevity..."

"I... am willing to die for the world!!!"

As he whispered, He Li's eyelids twitched slightly. He could clearly sense the changes in the Qi of King Yu Fu of Shu, as if some earth-shattering and powerful force was being nurtured within him.

Furthermore, He Li vaguely sensed a strange power suddenly emerging from Yu Fu's body.

He couldn't tell what it was...

I only felt that thing was ethereal, elusive, and filled with an indescribable sense of supreme sacredness, as if it were the truly supreme thing in the world...

And just as He Li was carefully sensing...

hum! ! !

Suddenly, a golden light burst forth from Yu Fu's body, shooting straight into the sky.

The light dispelled the surrounding darkness, making the area briefly indistinguishable from daytime. Countless aggregates of evil thoughts roared in pain and fled.

Meanwhile, Yu Fu's strength...

It also began to climb steadily at this time.

In just a short moment, He Li felt that the fish-like creature before him was no longer a mortal...

He... is a god!!!

It was incredibly powerful, at least no weaker than the gods he had seen near the divine tree before. But... how did Yu Fu suddenly become like this?

He was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

But before he could figure it out, the sky began to change as the golden light shone upon it…

He Li clearly saw that one after another imposing figures filled with pressure began to appear in the sky, and He Li felt that several of these figures were familiar to him.

A figure engulfed in flames, with long, flowing hair, resembling the phantom on the altar earlier...

Or perhaps a phantom with a human body and a snake's tail...

Including the phantom image of the Eight Trigrams appearing in the background...

And the phantom of the sun behind the winged figure...

Among those numerous illusory figures, He Li vaguely guessed their identities, as did Yu Ji.

"It's the Fire Ancestor!!!"

"And there's Nuwa, Fuxi, the Golden Crow..."

Yu Ji, who was beside him, exclaimed in surprise.

Hearing her words, He Li stared at the illusory figures in the sky and a guess formed in his mind...

"Could these all be ancient sages?"

He was utterly horrified, completely unprepared for the events that would escalate from his few words, and what followed was even more astonishing...

As the figures of many sages appeared, they suddenly bowed to Yu Fu with their hands clasped...

"Congratulations to the world!"

boom!!!

Suddenly, a radiant glow filled the sky.

Above the sky, golden light suddenly condensed, gradually revealing a blurry phantom resembling a fish or duck.

Yu Fu's aura continued to rise and approached the feeling that the supreme gods like Nuwa had given He Li, but it seemed that Yu Fu's limit had come to this.

His Qi no longer rose.

Above the heavens, the radiant glow and the phantom images of numerous ancient sages began to dissipate...

Once everything returned to calm, Yu Fu's eyes emitted a golden light, and his body was covered with strange golden patterns. Although his body was still hunched over due to the influence of evil thoughts, his aura was terrifying.

But as I looked...

He Li then discovered that although Yu Fu's aura was infinitely close to that of supreme deities like Nuwa...

Yet it also revealed a kind of weakness.

It was as if... his current Qi was not truly his own, but rather borrowed from elsewhere, a state that a power that did not belong to him could not fully control.

Although He Li didn't know what was going on.

But he could roughly guess...

The reason Yu Fu is like this is very likely because he has comprehended something and gained access to the universe...

With the approval of countless sages, the extraordinary scene of heaven and earth resonating and all the sages bowing was evoked, and at the same time, Yu Fu's strength was also infused and quickly reached its peak.

But this power ultimately did not belong to him.

That power comes from heaven and earth and countless great sages.

Therefore, although Yu Fu has become incredibly powerful, he is still essentially a mortal...

Even so, the influence of evil thoughts within him still existed and had not been eliminated at all. However... even so, Yu Fu was extremely terrifying at this moment.

They dared not provoke the collective of evil intentions.

At least ordinary evil spirits would absolutely not dare to provoke or even approach this area again.

Yu Fu, after a brief moment of distraction, looked at He Li and said, "My fate is sealed. Please, sir, help suppress the influence of the evil thoughts within me."

"At that time, I will do everything in my power to complete the final task that must be accomplished for this land..."

"Okay!" He Li nodded.

Although Yu Fu did not explicitly state what the thing he wanted to do for the world was.

But it's highly likely that this is related to his suppression of the collective evil, and that Yu Fu will die completely in this era after possessing such immense power and completing this task...

At that time, Emperor Wang will appear.

The Shu Kingdom is also about to usher in a new era!

Thinking of this, He Li calmed down and waved his hand, manipulating the fire in his hand to float towards the fish-like creature in front of him...

hum! ! !

As the inner fire touched Yu Fu, the flames visibly flared up instantly, as if they had touched an accelerant, engulfing Yu Fu's entire body as if to burn away all the evil thoughts within him...