Who hid My Corpse!

"Haha, it seems the world is changing fast." Isaiah said with a smile, "I'm starting to fall behind the times."

"No, no, how could you fall behind the times? I always believe your spirit should be as eternal as the stars." The leading Black Merchant stopped only after escorting Isaiah to a hotel, "Though I'd love to chat more with you, I believe you should also rest. Please rest assured, no one will disturb you, and when the time comes, representatives from the Contract Land will come here to find you."

Isaiah nodded slightly, "Thank you."

The two Black Merchants left with smiles.

It was only then that Mina, who had been silent for a long time, spoke with some confusion, "Teacher, don't you think these two Black Merchants seemed a bit strange? I feel like there's more to their words, as if they are asking you for something."

"Isn't it quite obvious?" Isaiah said calmly, "The situation is chaotic, power is in a vacuum, and naturally, those cunning merchants hiding in the shadows have their thoughts."

"You mean they want to clean up their act?" Mina was quite surprised, "But who would help them? They have no divine backing, how could they come to the forefront?"

In this world, the reason the Eight Great Churches' positions are unshakeable is precisely because of the divine beings behind them.

Mere mortals cannot contend with gods; only with divine backing do they have the qualifications to come to the forefront, and if the divine has issues, the mortal order would naturally collapse, such as Holy Sound and Wildfire, and previously Lyra.

Isaiah said, "What if they have Contract Land behind them?"

Mina was stunned.

"Remember what I just said? Contract Land wants to emerge, but they have strength without a foundation. And it's the opposite for the Black Merchants, so it's not surprising they come together." Isaiah spoke leisurely, "As for why the Black Merchants value me so much, it's not that they want my help, but hope that when the time comes, I, as a Star Relic representative, won't oppose."

Mina looked at Isaiah blankly, only after a while did she take a deep breath and murmured, "I didn't notice any of what you pointed out... Indeed, I'm still far from you, teacher."

"Haha, compared to the vast Star Sea, humans' little tricks really aren't much." Isaiah unfolded the folding telescope in his hand, and then with the demeanor of an old child, he placed it in front of his eyes, speaking with interest, "Compared to such unnutritious matters, what I prefer is..."

Speaking, Isaiah's body paused, then suddenly turned around, using the telescope to look in a certain direction behind him.

Mina was startled by Isaiah's actions, "Teacher, you are..."

Isaiah didn't speak, still staring directly at the small alley behind him.

Under the telescope's observation, the end of the alley had nothing but a low wall.

Isaiah stayed silent for a while, then put away the telescope and smiled at the nervous Mina, "Nothing, just saw a cat."

"A... a cat?"

"Yes." Isaiah said with profound meaning, "A very interesting cat."

After speaking, he did not explain further, turning and heading up the stairs, leaving Mina alone in bewilderment.

...

At the end of the alley, Lair leaned against the low wall, panting heavily.

What was that just now?

That old man turned his head and made him feel his heart and lungs nearly stopped.

If Lord Visas hadn't controlled his body and made him retreat in advance, he would have already been discovered by that old man.

But did he really evade the old man's gaze? Lair kept feeling that this wall couldn't block that guy's eyes.

"Rest assured, he didn't see you."

Bai Wei's leisurely voice rang in Lair's mind.

Lair was about to be relieved, but then heard Bai Wei say.

"But he probably noticed."

Lair's expression froze, he instinctively wanted to retort, "Do your two statements make any logical sense," but realizing it was Lord Visas, he knew the illogical must be himself, so he held back forcefully.

Facing such a loyal "subordinate," Bai Wei kindly gave an explanation, "He did not directly see, but he must be able to sense something, uh... how to say, probably the mutual attraction of Corpse Fragment Holders."

Lair was a little stunned, "Then why didn't he come directly to find me?"

"He cannot ascertain your identity, nor does he know if you are from the Black Merchants." Bai Wei said slowly, "Besides, unlike some dimwit, his eyes are also a secret, he does not want to expose them."

Lair did not know who the dimwit Bai Wei was referring to, nor did he care, because he was more concerned about another matter now.

"Um, Lord Visas..." Lair swallowed the saliva stuck in his throat, "Although I'm very willing to give everything for you, that guy... I don't think I can beat him, if you want me to go and snatch that eye by myself, I think the possibility is quite low."

Though Lair indeed wanted to impress in front of Lord Visas, facing Isaiah, whose gaze nearly scared him to wet his pants, Lair felt he needed some self-awareness.

"Don't worry, no need for you to go battle that guy." Bai Wei said calmly, "You just need to hand over your body to me."

Lair scratched his head.

To be honest, he really wanted to become a competent assistant to Lord Visas, in all aspects, instead of just having a body useful to Lord Visas, which was too much like a Puppet, and had too high a substitutability, not good for future development.

But how to say, everything starts small, originally without much use, would it be even worse if not lending the body properly?

So Lair patted his chest, "Don't worry, Lord Visas, feel free to use my body, no need to be polite!"

After saying that, his head tilted, and he passed out.

Opening his eyes again, it was already Bai Wei.

"Truly overly sensible."

Bai Wei laughed, shook his head, and then glanced at the hotel opposite.

He did not intend to use Lair's body to fight Isaiah, because he knew the Rule of the Right Eye was indeed powerful, especially in Isaiah's hands.

The Rule of the Right Eye opposes the Left Eye, aside from the common [Gaze], one is from non-existence to existence, the other is from existence to non-existence.

The Left Eye is from existence to non-existence, if I do not observe you, you cease to exist.

The Right Eye is from non-existence to existence, if I observe you, you should exist.

And this existence will be fixed in that eye, like Isaiah leaving a splendid Star Sea in his eyes, allowing him to always be under the brilliance of the Star Sea, always able to call upon the power of the stars, the Star Relic Mage's drawback completely nonexistent for him, making him one of the strongest humans in this world, and one of the most suited for the Right Eye.

Of course, the most suited should always be its master.

So, it's time to figure out a way to reclaim it.

Bai Wei waited quietly for a while, seeing the envoy from the Contract Land appear at the end of his view, then got up to greet them.