Is that a Wisp?
chapter-269

Light Spirit then immediately warned.

"In that case, the thing that we talked about is probably happening. Once the Great Universes' powers find out that Wisps are all cultivating extremely fast and a lot of Divine Path Realm ones are about to appear, they will have to intervene. By intervening, I mean a full-scale wisp hunt!"

Krune nodded.

"I know, but we are at a point of no return now. If I don't do that, then the Luvile Universe might really get destroyed! At least at the moment, I don't have any better idea."

Light Spirit pondered a bit and said.

"Instead of starting spreading it now, you should hold yourself back for the time being."

Krune then asked why.

"Simple. It will take a very long time before anyone really notices that the wisps have a good chance of entering the Divine Path Realm in your home Universe. Think with me, aren't you, someone with the Myriad Energies Technique, still in the 7th of the Core Formation Realm? Not to mention that the Myriad Wisps Technique is slightly worse than the Myriad Energies ones."

Krune understood what Light Spirit meant.

"I see, that means I still have quite a few years ahead. Even if the Great Powers find out about the Myriad Wisps Technique, they will not act straight away since there is no proof that this technique can give the wisps a chance to reach the Divine Path Realm. They will need to wait to see how this is going to play out."

Light Spirit agreed with him.

"Correct! You are, without a doubt, the wisp with the fastest cultivation speed. After seeing Lakin, Dier, Cassy, and the other wisps, it should be very obvious to you that they are not a match for your talent. Especially considering your Advanced Major Core. So it will be better if you first reach a higher realm before following ahead with your plan."

Krune pondered a bit and then said.

"I understand. I will not spread it now. Still, I should at least select a few wisps to pass the Myriad Wisps Technique. In case something happens to me, there will be someone else to pass it forward. Just Feifei, Ruik, and Tiane aren't enough. Not to mention that their technique is the Myriad Energies, not the Myriad Wisps."

Krune was about to continued talking when he heard someone calling him.

Cinty saw that Krune was standing still for quite some time and then asked.

"Are you alright?"

Krune came back to himself and then nodded.

"Yes, I was just thinking about Wally for a bit."

Cinty nodded and then sealed Wally's light once more.

"Alright, let's return to my room."

Krune's group then followed Cinty back. On the way, she started to talk.

"Anyway, I only told you this much because this is something that the Wisp Kings and Queens must know. In the event where the throne stays empty, the wisp race makes sure to pass the story forward until the next wisp ascends to the throne. In fact, the throne stays empty most of the time since it is too hard to find wisps with Major Cores. Haha!"

Tiane was also hearing everything and then asked.

"In the end, why does the Wisp King or Queen have to have Major Cores?"

Indeed, that was the main question in everyone's minds.

Cinty sighed and then said.

"That's because only a wisp with a Major Core would have the chance of reaching the Divine Path Realm. I can tell you that, at the very least, we have no records of a wisp without a Major Core achieving this realm before."

Ruik then asked something else.

"So, what will happen if a wisp enters the Divine Path Realm?"

Cinty shook her head and answered.

"As far as I know, it is for the sake of having a Wisp King who can take care of the wisps in Wally's place. Of course, this is just speculation. I think that once a wisp who can achieve immortality appears, Wally might decide to go back to the Higher Realms."

Krune found it weird.

"Wouldn't that leave the wisps here unprotected?"

Cinty shrugged her shoulders.

"As I said, this is just speculation. I have never talked with Wally, so I could not ask it myself. As far as I know, he might as well have left already, and no one knows about it."

Krune wanted to say that it's definitely not the case, but it would be too weird. Cinty would definitely ask how he does know about that.

After arriving back in Cinty's cultivation room, she looked back at Krune and asked.

"So, will you accept being the next Wisp King? Of course, you won't become one now. I still have more than 20 years ahead to live, not to mention that your cultivation is still not in the Divine Soul Realm. So you will be free of the burden for the time being."

Krune had a lot more doubts about this Wisp King role. Still, becoming one definitely wasn't something someone like him wanted. It was at this moment that he thought about something else.

"What happens if the throne stays empty?"

"Nothing much, the management of the wisp race is then made by the Wisps in the Divine Soul Realm. The main issue is that even the Divine Soul Realm ones can only live around 80 years at most. There are also those at the Soul Forging Realm, but they will not intervene in the wisp worlds' management unless necessary. You can think about them as the wisps' protectors. They will just make sure that no one tries to seize control for their own benefit."

Dilo couldn't help but ask.

"Does it happen often?"

Cinty shook her head.

"No. The wisp race, for some reason, is a lot more united than any other race. Although I won't say that something like that didn't happen after so many Chaos Cycles, you can probably count them in your fingers. I like to think that it is because of our life spans. With so little so live, who will waste time in seizing control? It's not like our wisp worlds are rich or anything."

Cinty continued.

"To be honest, even the Wisp King or Queen doesn't have that much of a difference in treatment than normal wisps. Every single one of them, me included, took the throne for the sake of our race. Still, just in case someone thinks about such bullshit, the Soul Forging Realm wisps keep an eye out to prevent it. Thanks to Wally, no other race tries to intervene in this matter, either."

Feifei was hearing everything when suddenly, she thought about an issue.

"But it only happens in the case that a Major Core Wisp isn't available. At the moment, there is you, and there is Krune. I will be honest with you, I don't want Krune to become the king at all, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't want it either. After all, we all know that Krune deeply hates attention. What will happen with him if he decides to refuse to become the next Wisp King?"

Krune nodded after hearing that. Feifei asked precisely what he was thinking.

Contrary to their thoughts, Cinty just sighed.

"In that case, we will simply send you out. Also, don't you worry, we will not retract you from the Wisp Protection law. I will only pray that one day, you change your mind."

Feifei couldn't help but ask with a shocked face.

"That simple?"

Cinty then looked at her.

"Wulia Feier, right?"

Feifei nodded. It was her alias, after all.

"Feier, the wisp King or Queen exists for the sake of the wisps. We commit our lives to help the wisps, a race that is already in bad shape. Let me ask you, what good would it bring to our wisp race if the next Wisp King doesn't even want to be it?"

Feifei and everyone else was taken aback.

"This..."

Cinty smiled and then continued.

"I will tell you what will happen. If the new Wisp King doesn't want to be it, then his management will be done poorly. He will not put any real thought into his decisions and only think about it as a bother. Such behavior will then only bring disaster to the wisps that live in here. In that case, I might as well leave it for the Divine Soul Realm wisps who REALLY wish to help their race."

Krune couldn't help but smile. Still, there was one more question in his mind.

"Let's say that I accepted to be the next Wisp King. What about the fact that Feifei is my fiance?"

Only now did Cinty remember about this problem.

"Ah! That's right, this is indeed a problem."

Cinty pondered a bit and then had an idea.

"What about you keep it a secret? That should work, right?"

Krune and Feifei's mouths twitched.

"It couldn't possibly be that simple!"

Cinty Shrugged her shoulders and answered.

"Why not? Did you forget that wisps have little Life Span? It's not like I think you will reach the Divine Path Realm anyway. Since your reign will only last as much as your life span, then it shouldn't be an issue."

Krune heard that and decided to ignore Cinty's opinion on the matter. After all, he doesn't want to be king to start with. He then closed his eyes and asked Light Spirit.

"Light Spirit, what do you think?"

Light Spirit immediately understood what Krune meant.

"She does seem like someone that can be trusted, especially after saying that she will let us leave anytime we want. Since blood contracts won't work for her, this is as far as we can go. I will leave the final decision up to you."

Krune agreed with Light Spirit.

The thing that caught Krune's attention the most was her speech about the next Wisp King not wanting to be it. During that moment, Krune could feel the concern that she had for the wisp race behind that smile. He had only lived for almost 13 years, and he helped the wisps as best as he could. Krune could only imagine how much she had sacrificed for the wisps during her 200+ years of being in charge.

'I hope I'm not wrong.'

Krune opened his eyes once more and asked.

"I'm curious, what if you reach the Divine Path Realm? Would you still pass your crown to me?"

Cinty was puzzled with such a question. After all, it was evident that she wouldn't be able to advance five stages in a little more than 20 years.

"Hahaha! If such a miracle really happened, why should I pass it to you? I have always admired what Wally and his nine disciples did for our wisp race. If not for them, just where would we be today? I speak from the bottom of my heart, or core, if you prefer, that I would definitely follow in their steps and protect the wisp race until the day that I'm forced to ascend. I will then do my best to support Wally the best way I could, even if I have to descend right after."

Krune could see the pride in her face, but at the same time, the sadness of knowing that such a dream wasn't possible anymore.

Krune smiled and decided to talk with her through Divine Sense Message from now on.

Around one month later, Cinty broke through into the 6th Stage of the Void Breaking Realm.