Chapter 1110
The voidsteel dagger Velvet had spent so much effort to get was left behind as she approached her destination. It shouldn’t easily be found, so she wasn’t particularly worried about it. The greater concern was her not surviving to retrieve it. Along with her other that was currently being reforged back in the Scarlet Alliance, Velvet had left most of her remaining weapons.
She carried with her only some lightly enchanted daggers. She would have preferred to bring no metal at all, but that was far more suspicious. Instead, her equipment would ‘prove’ that she was a weak cultivator to anyone who saw her, when she allowed it.
But currently, she was spending most of her time on the daytime side of planets. Traditional stealth wisdom indicated that she should stick to shadows and other low visibility settings. To remain quiet. But traditional wisdom only worked to a certain extent with cultivators.
If Velvet was wandering around in the sun, who would be looking hard? Conversely, in the dark people would be watching for sneaks and thieves. Likewise, in silence people would listen. If she stood next to a crowded market, who would hear her? She wasn’t going to be seen when she didn’t want to. She had the use of illusions if necessary, a negation of others’ perceptions. However, there was another method.
If she didn’t want it to, sunlight wouldn’t dare touch her. It was much like making herself transparent, but less work on her part. It was still due to her active will, and so far Velvet hadn’t found any stars with sapience even after hearing about Maheg, but the way in which she used her abilities mattered. So convincing light to work with her was easier than relying on shadows. Though Velvet was plenty familiar with every form of stealth.
She didn’t know what she wanted, except to leave these places. Even though the planets seemed relatively normal, they didn’t feel quite right. Perhaps it was bias from the lower realms. She hadn’t seen any hollowed out planets yet. But she also wasn’t in the core worlds of the combined sects just yet.
Not knowing what information she was looking for exactly, she made use of pieces of equipment to copy everything she could find. Images and video were costly, but if she simply took text she could get an unlimited amount. The only unfortunate thing was that all the technology she used to copy things was made of metal, and even hidden in her storage bags she had some concerns. Hiding the presence of their elements from lesser cultivators was easy enough, but it was a bit more difficult with those who were stronger.
Zaur was an exception because his element was also her element. One was simply the radiance of a person, whereas Velvet used the light of stars. Though she reminded herself she was only successful because he was distracted. She wasn’t strong enough to trust in hiding herself from Domination cultivators consistently.
Integration cultivators from the Imbued Fragments were easy enough. They probably had some decent information too, though she obviously couldn’t review everything. She just stole what was convenient as she made her way further along.