"Great Sage! We have made contact with the Rebate. They seem unwilling to speak to us and would rather speak to the 'King' of the Buddhists," said a young and muscular bald man to the figure on top of a Golden Lotus.
The king in this instance meant leader rather than the rank of cultivation. This meant that the Rebate had sent someone of similar hierarchy level to meet someone on their side.
The thing was that the Buddhists didn't have a 'King', so the next best thing was someone that was the most respected and wise.
The man on the Golden Lotus wore a black and white silk robe reminiscent of the robes of the ancient chinese. The expression on the face of the young man was relaxed and bored as he looked into the sky.
"Hmm, I'll deal with them," said the young man with a smile. Turning to face the muscular bald man, the young man spoke to him, "Blue Sea, tell the strong and wise Buddhists to guide the young and weak. We must stay united and guide each other to rise into new heights. Leaving one or two behind is like dragging each other behind.
It's preventing us from reaching new heights and growing together."
'Great Sage…'
Blue Sea was shocked by Qing Tian's wisdom and couldn't help but look up to Qing Tian.
With a wide smile on his face, Blue Sea responded with great fervor, "Will do! Great Sage!"
Qing Tian waved his hand and sent Blue Sea away to relay his order before getting off of the Golden Lotus letting the lotus return to it's original and tattered appearance.
Exiting the monastery without taking a look back, Qing Tian walked on forward with an ever present smile on his face.
'I wonder what Yisha looks like,' thought Qing Tian as he tried imagining a tall, strong, and independent woman with bunny ears on her head.
Chuckling to himself, Qing Tian even wondered whether the sensual woman also had a bunny tail that she had hidden underneath her clothes.
With that thought in mind, Qing Tian walked over to an area on the outskirts of the city he was in. In the outskirts was a small camp set up by the Rebate that had arrived to meet with the 'King' of the Buddhists.
Inside the biggest tent was a stunningly beautiful woman with white bunny ears on top of her head and a fierce saw knife on her back.
"Queen, the King of the Buddhists is approaching," said a man with black bunny ears and a nervous expression on his face.
"Great! Let's go meet him halfway. I want to return to my search," said Yisha as she stood up with a heavy and serious look on her face.
The man began to nervously sweat as he tried to stop Yisha, "The… the thing is…"
"Hm? What is it?" Yisha said in a commanding tone as she looked at the man. Seeing that the man was still stuttering and couldn't get a single word out, Yisha pushed the man aside with her Half-Deified strength. "Move to the side. You're wasting my time…"
Yisha ignored the random rambling of the man as he chased after Yisha who confidently walked over to the entrance of the temporary Rebate camp.
'Where is the 'King' of the Buddhists?' Yisha asked herself as she searched around the Buddhists entering and leaving the city on various modes of transportation.
Yisha couldn't find a man of the Buddha race that looked important or even had a grand presence. Instead, she something someone strange looking amidst the many Buddha men and women.
All those Buddhists addressed this strange person with the greatest respect and Yisha couldn't help but feel that something was wrong here.
Turning around, Yisha looked at the nervous man before asking with a serious expression on her beautiful face, "You, who's this person that seems to be approaching us?"
"Th-that… we were told that he's the acting 'King' whilst the other… 'king' went into seclusion. They say that… this man… receives even more respect than the 'King' of the Buddhists. The Buddhists even gave the man the title of Great Sage…" said the man as he spoke with great difficulty.
Yisha's face was filled with confusion, wondering where this man had appeared from and what race he could possibly be from. He didn't look like he came from any of the races she knew of, but she had a feeling that this man was similar to the monstrous figures she had seen before.
Those monstrous people commanded great powers that even surpassed that of a Deified rank being. They could easily split space and travel via the void so casually that it greatly shocked Yisha.
Although she herself wasn't a Deified, being in the Half-Deified rank for so long, she knew what kind of abilities a Deified would have. The skills and abilities these figures had completely overwhelmed her and they had cemented their presence within her memories.
'Is he related to them? It doesn't feel like he's strong like them… maybe it's just a coincidence…' thought Yisha as she looked at the smiling man in black and white robes approach.
Lifting up his hand, Qing Tian greeted the beautiful bunny eared woman he saw before him, "Yo, my name is Qing Tian. May I have the pleasure of knowing yours."
Yisha didn't know what it was about the man before her, but she felt at ease in his presence. Nonetheless, she was still a little wary of him.
"Y-yo?"
Yisha furrowed her eyebrows at the way Qing Tian greeted her and didn't know what to say. She had never heard this form of greetings before in her entire life.
That's saying a lot since she had many run-ins with many of the other races before and met many young figures.
"Ahem! I am Yisha. You may call me Queen," said Yisha as she focused back onto their greeting.
"Nice to meet you Yisha," said Qing Tian as he stretched out his hand for a hand shake.
Yisha looked at Qing Tian's hand for a second, a bit confused. It isn't usually a custom to shake hands in the Great Geneverse. Seeing Qing Tian's hand reach out, Yisha hesitatingly stretched out her hand to shake Qing Tian's.
When their hands touched, Yisha felt like her body received a shock.
It was so sudden and surprising that she felt like she was being attacked. Just as she was about to bring out her saw knife, Yisha felt like she developed a connection with Qing Tian.
She momentarily paused, no longer reaching for her saw knife as she felt the connection with Qing Tian with a confused expression on her face. Just as Yisha was about to ask Qing Tian about the meaning of the connection, she saw a confused expression on his face as well.
'Does he not know what this connection is?'
It was as Yisha had thought, even Qing Tian was at a loss about what was happening. Even with his Heavenly Saint title, insane fortune telling ability, and even powerful analysis predictions, Qing Tian had failed to see this coming.
However, he felt like this connection was the product of someone powerful. Not Deified powerful, but outside of this world powerful.
If it was as he thought, someone outside of this world was interfering with the world Super Gene. That's what he could infer with just this single connection between him and Yisha.
Realization dawned on him on this fact since he felt like even with the help of his Heavenly Saint title and the rest of his strengths, Qing Tian felt like he wouldn't be able to remove this connection.
It felt like his very soul and being had instantly connected to Yisha. If she died… then he would end up dying as well.
'Damn… who did this? I don't think I could remove this connection without my True Body,' thought Qing Tian as he looked at the invisible connection between himself and Yisha with his Heavenly Vision Technique.
"What happened?" asked Yisha with a confused face with a bit of concern.
Qing Tian frowned, his ever present smile hidden away for the moment, "Seems like someone played us a deadly prank."
"Prank? You mean a joke?" Yisha frowned, clearly displeased by what Qing Tian said.
She had never been pranked, but now that it had happened, she found it quite annoying. Especially when a Half-Deified like herself couldn't do anything about it.
"Yeah. It's not the worst kind of prank, but a very annoying one," said Qing Tian as he smiled a little to appease the displeasure in Yisha.
Yisha noticed what Qing Tian tried to do and decided to calm down since they were both still holding hands at the moment. Thinking about what type of 'prank' she was played, Yisha decided to ask Qing Tian about it, "Do you know how to tell the type of thing that they did to us?"
Nodding at Yisha's question, Qing Tian said, "Yeah, it was to do with our souls and our very lives being connected to one another."
"What is that supposed to mean?" asked Yisha, frowning because she had a bad premonition about what Qing Tian was about to say.
Whether it was because she had some rabbit genes because of her ancestors, or her Half-Deified instincts, Yisha could feel that this thing was a very bad thing for both her and the young man in front of her.
It was a bad feeling because it had been years since she had experienced such a feeling of weakness. Yisha felt like she was exposed and could be killed at any second.
"It means that if you die, I will die as well, and vice-versa," said Qing Tian as he looked into Yisha's eyes with a serious look on his face.
"What kind of person would do this to us," said Yisha, her eyebrows scrunching up in anger.
Qing Tian understood what she was feeling and felt a little guilty at her situation.
"I apologize," said Qing Tian, sighing in annoyance.
Yisha looked at Qing Tian for a second, not saying anything.
"It looks like someone is targeting me from somewhere FA~AR away," said Qing Tian as he glared at the sky.
'Looks like trouble is approaching,' thought Qing Tian as he felt a powerful wave of energy approaching his location.
This powerful energy was on par with Qing Tian's energy and even felt a little wild. In fact, there was some familiarity with this energy that he was feeling in this energy.
'Ki?'
"Which planet are they from?" asked Yisha, wondering who it was that placed this curse on both her and Qing Tian.
Qing Tian turned back to look at Yisha and shook his head, "They're not from this universe. They don't belong here. I believe they came to hunt me down. I'm not too sure why however."
"Not from this universe? That's…" asked Yisha, wondering if Qing Tian was just playing tricks on her and that the curse was his intention all along.
Qing Tian didn't speak any longer and instead lifted his hand as he showed Yisha his palm.
On his palm, small balls of light slowly appeared on his hand and eventually looked like mini planets.
As Yisha looked at Qing Tian's palm, she didn't feel much surprise at seeing the illusion of small planets until the planets began to show many different worlds.
Dragon Ball…
Bleach…
High School DxD…
Tales of Demons and Gods…
Against the Gods…
…
Yisha was shocked at seeing these worlds because she could very much feel the energy being emitted from each of these different worlds. Her Half-Deified rank allowed her to notice that these worlds do in fact exist and definitely not in her Universe.
She felt like her mind had exploded as she had the realization that there are many different Universes (Verses) that are completely different compared to her Universe. They may not focus on the cultivation and enhancement of one's genes but instead on other integral parts.
Shocked to her core, Yisha didn't fail to notice one crucial detail.
"You…" Yisha turned to look at Qing Tian with a look of uneasiness.
Noticing her look, Qing Tian could only nod, "My… name before this… was… is… still Sora."
Qing Tian revealed a look of reminiscence before looking back at Yisha who was even more shocked. Her look of a fierce and cold woman was completely gone at this point and now she just looked like any other strong beauty.
"So… you're from… the 'outside'?" Yisha looked at Qing Tian in curiosity.
Never had she ever expected to meet someone from outside her universe, especially on the day when she just found out there are more universes than just hers!