Eternal Night

Chapter 814 Agreement
Wu Pifu was very satisfied.

He even somewhat admired the unrestrained and wild man in front of him, and didn't feel offended at all.

That's how normal people should be. There are gains and losses. He's here to talk, not to rob and plunder. If the other party gives up everything out of fear of him, he'll be disappointed.

Peter Young's demeanor and words were just right, neither offending nor too greedy, yet perfectly satisfying his needs and desires.

At this moment, the bodies of the people around tensed up again, but the about twenty Nen users sitting closest to them relaxed completely, and some of them even had smiles on their faces.

Walking on the edge of the abyss, stepping in front of death, not everyone has the mental fortitude to do so. However, as the elite of the elite, some people still keenly perceived all these clues and their inner connections.

As expected, Wu Pifu smiled and said, "Okay, it's a very reasonable deal. As long as you can fulfill your promises, I have no other objections."

At this moment, Jin said from the side, "Please allow me to check on your partner's condition first?"

Wu Pifu nodded, and with a wave of his hand, three small animals and a golden tree bonsai landed in front of Jin, while a piece of clothing was also draped over Beelzebub.

Without delay, Jin squatted down and activated his Nen ability. After touching the three small animals and the golden tree bonsai with his Nen, his expression became serious.

Seeing this, Peter Young immediately squatted down and used his Nen ability as well. Then, about twenty Nen users present used their Nen abilities to check at the same time. They all did so openly in front of Wu Pifu without any concealment, nor did they dare to conceal anything, for fear of causing even the slightest misjudgment.

After all that was done, Jin bluntly told Wu Pifu, "I'm sorry, this has exceeded our capabilities. To put it bluntly... in our view, your three companions are already..."

“Four,” Wu Pifu said, pointing to the golden tree bonsai. “Four companions.”

Jin paused for a moment, then readily agreed, saying, "Your four companions are beyond saving, at least from our worldview."

At that moment, a boy with chains on his fingers suddenly said, "No, if we had the same power that saved Gon back then, we could probably save them too, but it's impossible to contact the civilized world from here, and..."

"And the price we paid for that power that saved Xiao Jie is too high for us to afford, right?" Jin said bluntly.

Wu Pifu wasn't panicked. Treating them nearby was the best option. If all else failed, he would rather forgo the opportunity to enter the ancient insect world and take them back to Gaia for treatment. At worst, he could freeze them into hibernation and then wish for treatment once the Holy Grail was fully charged.

He thought for a moment and said, "Could you elaborate on the specifics of the situation?"

Standing next to Jin, Paris smiled and said, "Of course I can say it. The symptoms are actually quite simple. Their bodies and minds are covered by an incomparably powerful sense of death. This sense of death is very peculiar. It is in a static state, perhaps because they are in a coma, unaware of anything. But as you said, once they awaken, they will begin to weaken. Perhaps this is the constraint of this sense of death. They must remain in a state of slumber and cannot awaken. And we have no way to deal with this sense of death."

That would be a negative impact.

Wu Pifu can see the negative aspects of the detached state, but he is helpless against the negative aspects hidden within the sea of ​​life consciousness.

Before Wu Pifu could speak, a Nen user in the distance said, "There must be an exorcist among us. Why don't we let one give it a try?"

The twenty-odd people who had investigated remained silent, to avoid Wu Pifu making a misjudgment.

Sure enough, three Nen users emerged from behind. The leader looked like a witch, the second was dressed as a priest, and the third was a young girl who looked like she hadn't woken up yet, wearing an adorable bear costume.

The three were all reserved and respectful. They each walked up to Wu Pifu and then stepped forward one by one to carefully examine the three small animals and the golden tree bonsai. After examining one person, the person turned pale and retreated in fright. After all three had finished examining them, there was no need to ask any questions. Everyone knew that they could not resolve the thoughts of death on these four lives.

The girl with the bulging face spoke to Wu Pifu, saying, "My lord, it's not that we dare not remove the thoughts, but that this exceeds our limits. We thought removers are not good at removing thoughts after death. That is an extremely rare trait, and its magnitude is too terrifying. Even if it's not a thought after death, we would not be able to remove it."

Wu Pifu waved slightly, signaling them to return to their positions. Then, after thinking for a moment, he said, "I'm sorry, I can't see the thoughts after death that you mentioned, at least not within the body. So I don't know what you mean by 'level'. My four companions only had brief contact with the nurturing beasts, and the whole process definitely didn't exceed ten minutes. Could you give me a rough description of their level?"

When Wu Pifu said this, at least a dozen people present felt their brows twitch, and they immediately concealed their emotions and expressions.

Peter Young clicked his tongue, but immediately said, "Post-death thoughts, as the name suggests, are thoughts that only arise after death. How can we conceal them?"

Wu Pifu knew he hadn't described it correctly, so he immediately said, "I'm not asking you to use it, but to describe it to me, or to describe the scale. Uh, is the amount of deathly consciousness covering them as much as this?"

After thinking for a moment, Wu Pifu forcibly drew up about 10% of the negative energy surging from his mind from his sea of ​​consciousness and condensed it into his palm.

In an instant, everyone retreated hastily, and their retreat methods and postures varied greatly. Some were as agile as cats and snakes, crouching low as they retreated; some bulged their muscles and smashed through walls, ceilings, and floors to escape; some simply vanished in a flash; some burrowed into suddenly appearing circles; and some suddenly transformed into tables and chairs in the distance, while they themselves reappeared in the distance...

Wu Pifu was amazed by the various methods used, but he sat still and waited patiently. After about several tens of seconds, someone at the very edge of the hall said, "It is only about one ten-thousandth of this magnitude... but this is just an estimate, because neither of us dares to touch it."

The person who spoke was Jin.

Wu Pifu finally understood, and then suppressed the negative energy back into his sea of ​​consciousness. In terms of the magnitude of the negative energy, the negative erosion suffered by the three small animals and the golden tree bonsai should have been very weak. However, this world was different. The extraordinary path of thought in this world could amplify negative energy as an extraordinary effect, which made it qualitatively different from the negative energy in other worlds.

So ultimately, it still requires learning mindfulness.

However, the negative impact is very minor. So, once someone learns Nen, the influence of the afterlife that is unattainable for others may be a problem that can be solved by simply moving a finger.

Thinking of this, Wu Pifu said with relief, "Alright, everyone come back. I've taken back the negative."

Soon, all the Nen users returned to the hall from all directions. They all looked at Wu Pifu with apprehension, but to Wu Pifu's bewilderment, twenty or thirty of them looked at him with fanatical worship.

Wu Pifu ignored him and said, "I have a general understanding of the situation. So, as you said before, I will personally learn all the knowledge you taught me. And then, what do you want?"

Upon hearing this, not only Peter Young, who made the suggestion, had his eyes light up, but the eyes of the more than one hundred people who had entered also lit up.

“I think…” Peter Young was about to speak when King suddenly took a step forward, and out of Wu Pifu’s sight, his body emitted a burst of Nen energy that looked like a raging fire.

Peter Young didn't give in either. He too was burning with brilliant Nen energy, looking at Jin with an extremely serious expression.

Of all the Nen users present, the strongest were King and Peter Young.

King is hailed as one of the five greatest Nen users in the human world!
Jin didn't look at Wu Pifu; he stared intently at Peter Yang and said, "Sir, to be frank, learning Nian isn't complicated. From the initial Nian practice to all the knowledge of Nian, to the oaths and constraints you mentioned, everyone here can teach you. Even if it's something more advanced, more than half of the people here can teach you step by step. So... who is the counterparty you're trading with?"

At this point, although they were slightly slower than King and Peter Young, at least ten other people present also ignited their Nen. They might be slightly weaker than King and Peter Young, but Wu Pifu's promise was equivalent to making a wish to God or the devil for anyone in this world, and they could not give up this opportunity.

Most people thought that no matter who Wu Pifu chose, the most likely outcome would be that he would choose the strongest one.

As the saying goes among Nen users, unless the difference in strength is so great that it is incomparable, the outcome of a battle between Nen users is related to their performance on the spot, their combat experience, their combat skills, and so on.

None of them were willing to admit defeat and back down at this point.

As for the remaining hundred or so Nen users, although they were also eager to try, they at least knew their own limitations and knew they couldn't let this battle go.

"Oh, you just woke up and there's already a passionate battle? Why didn't you wait for me?"

A voice rang out from outside the hall, and a handsome young man who looked seriously injured walked into the room with a strange smile. But the moment he entered the room, the boy with chains on his fingers swung the chains and smashed them at the young man.

The young man, bewildered, reached into his pocket and pulled out a playing card from somewhere, using it to brace the chains: "I said, we just finished fighting together, and you immediately..."

As they spoke, the young man's gaze turned to the hall. His strong combat skills allowed him to immediately use the Condensation technique. Then, he saw Wu Pifu, and Wu Pifu saw him as well.

"not good!"

The chained boy was in a great hurry.

Although he didn't have a good impression of the young man, they had just fought together against a villainous organization that he was determined to kill, so he wanted to save the young man's life.

As far as he knew, the people who had died on the deck before were all heinous murderers or psychopaths, and he considered this young man to be a psychopath as well. He thought the young man was doomed.

But to everyone's surprise, Wu Pifu only glanced at the young man a few times before turning his gaze to the dozen or so people confronting each other in the arena.

He clapped his hands and said, "I have a suggestion, and I wonder if you all would be willing to listen to it."

Everyone looked at him.

Wu Pifu said, "I don't intend to choose the strongest among you. That's one of the answers, but I'm here for a peaceful trade, not to watch a beast fight. So how about we do it this way?"

"You should work together to compile a book on the knowledge and practice of mindfulness, gather your understanding of mindfulness, pool your collective strength, and unite to teach me."

"And I will fulfill one of your collective wishes or demands, such as who you want to kill, or who you want to destroy, what you want to destroy, or whether you want to bring back a head as evidence."

"How about this?"

(End of this chapter)