Chapter 1350: Emergency
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"There isn't!"
The System's reply was blunt and straightforward.
It had answered in an apathetic voice like a slick scoundrel.
"He, he, trash!" Xu Que sneered coldly. He also adopted an aloof attitude and just exited the System's interface!
Xu Que had expected this outcome, because if the System had really been able to help him hide from this crisis, he would have used it long ago when he faced danger.
After all, Version 10.0 was too weak, and it couldn't keep up with his current needs in many different situations.
SIGH! "After I figure out what I'm doing, I must make use of most of my time to gain more Acting Tough Points. If I can raise the system's version in the 40-plus days I have left, then I will raise my odds of success," Xu Que said to himself.
The current situation was similar to the movie "Final Destination". Xu Que had learned about the danger in advance, yet it was still difficult for him to change the final outcome and escape from the Grim Reaper.
The sole difference was that in the movie, the protagonist got to know in advance the danger he would face in detail, but Xu Que didn't get such a privilege. The only thing he knew was that he was supposed to die in 40-plus days.
TSK! TSK! TSK! "I must take advantage of this time to promote the System and raise my power. Moreover, since I have the two souls, I don't believe that there is anyone able to kill me." Xu Que squinted his eyes, while a starry ray flashed past his black pupils.
"What? Something is amiss." All of a sudden, Xu Que felt dazed, and he had an idea. He summoned the System interface once again, and, getting lost in his thoughts, his gaze fell upon the Firestorm Wheels.
Currently, it seemed as if the only people able to kill him were probably those two souls.
After all, he wasn't the descendant of the two souls, as he had led them to believe, and everything with them had been just a misunderstanding from the beginning. It was a marvelous misunderstanding!
"I think I must guard against them," Xu Que muttered to himself.
…..
Buttface quickly managed to find some clues about the hidden entrance of the valley.
"I remember it. The entrance was there through an ancient tree," Buttface pointed at a vacant region near them and spoke excitedly. "But that ancient tree has already been dug out and taken away by me, while the whole area within the mountain has been exposed. Now, it has surely been destroyed. Ha, ha, ha!"
"F*ck!"
Xu Que promptly rolled up his sleeves, and he was about to charge at Buttface to beat him up.
But Duan Jiude quickly stopped Xu Que. "Lad, don't be impulsive! Don't be impulsive! It's too good for him to get just a beating. Tonight, we must make a stew of dog meat."
"That's also acceptable, give me a knife." Xu Que extended his hand.
As a rumbling sound echoed, Duan Jiude handed over a kitchen knife to Xu Que. Then he wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth, while a delighted smile appeared on his face.
"F*ck! F*ck! What do you want to do? Don't come over here, I have practiced…"
When Buttface saw Xu Que coming at him with the knife, he was frightened, and he shouted loudly, before turning around and escaping. He ran toward the forest nearby.
Xu Que didn't bother chasing Buttface, and he threw the knife at Duan Jiude, before saying, "We don't have a lot of time, so we must look around this area."
As a matter of fact, Xu Que wasn't any longer as motivated to find the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines as before.
Originally, he had planned to depend upon the two souls to rule the Heaven Continent and do whatever pleased him here.
But the prediction made him come back to his senses and warned him of something. Leaving those two souls next to him wasn't any different than living next to a time bomb. If they discovered that Xu Que wasn't really their descendant, they might kill him.
This was an extremely dangerous matter, and just the thought of it was terrifying.
"This area is too vast, and we won't finish searching it in less than a month. It's especially the case since some entrances are hidden." Duan Jiude shook his head and sighed.
Buttface had let them down at this crucial juncture, and even Duan Jiude found this a pity. If they couldn't find the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines, the two souls would dissipate after enough time had passed.
"Perhaps…we should reconsider carrying out our former plan, and go to the Divine Farmer Clan's land," Liu Jingning raised a suggestion.
"Huh? This is also a good solution. We could go to the Divine Farmer Clan to get enough Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines to stabilize the two souls before returning here to look more slowly. Wouldn't that be a better idea?" Duan Jiude's eyes lit up, and he spoke with delight.
Xu Que frowned and hesitated. He wondered whether he should keep the two souls. A double-edged sword could sometimes be quite deadly.
SWOOSH!
All of a sudden, a black blur jumped out of the distant underbrush.
When everyone raised their heads to take a look, they discovered that Buttface had returned.
This fool wore a secretive look, and he quickly rushed over, casting mysterious eye signals at Xu Que. He shouted, "Lad, hurry up! I have made a great discovery."
"A great discovery? Come on! Just come over, I won't hurt you. By the way, Mr. Duan, can I borrow the knife from you once again?" Xu Que raised his brows and extended his hand toward Duan Jiude to ask for the knife. Even if he didn't hack Buttface to death, he must make this fool suffer.
"F*ck! Don't cause a scene! This time, it's really a great discovery! I have seen the Divine Farmer Clan members, who were using a Concealing Spell Array throughout their journey. They had set up an Illusion Spell Array to hide the road they passed through. This matter is surely fishy," Buttface spoke in a low voice because he was afraid that other people could hear him.
Upon hearing this, Xu Que, Duan Jiude, and the others were startled.
"F*ck! This fool has really made a great discovery!"
"Where are these people?" Duan Jiude asked promptly.
"They are in that direction, and we are separated by several thousand miles." Buttface extended his hand and pointed toward the rear of the valley.
Xu Que rolled his eyes. "Did you manage to run over several thousand miles in such a short while?"
"I don't dare to brag about everything, but when it comes to speed, I'm surely among the best," Buttface spoke proudly, while he corrected Xu Que's statement. He said, "I didn't just run over several thousand miles, I have made a round trip. I have gone as fast as possible, and you have to reward me. Tonight, I want to eat Boiled Smelly Tofu, as well as simmer-fried Duan Jiude."
"Get lost! You are eating, eating, and eating once again. You only know eating all day long. Kiddo, I think that this is a matter of vital importance, and we must first hurry over there. If we don't do so, we may not find those people," Duan Jiude collected his kitchen knife and spoke earnestly to Xu Que.
Xu Que smiled. "It's isn't really an emergency."
"That is right, those few people are quite weak, and only several Golden Celestial Stage experts and Taiyi Celestials are strong. As for the others, they are just some young guys and a beauty. They aren't a match for brother Que, and I have already seen through their Spell Array with a single glance. We can chase them at any moment."
Buttface glared at Duan Jiude and smiled. He continued, "This is why it's better to first have dinner."
"Huh? Hold on, Buttface, what have you said?" Xu Que opened his eyes wide.
Buttface was taken aback, "Let's first have dinner?"
"Not this, but the statement before it."
"I can see through…"
"The one before it."
"There are several young men as well as a beauty, and they aren't a match for brother Que."
"Let's go, this is an emergency, and we must go over there quickly."
Chapter 1351:
Poisonous!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Buttface was rarely reliable, but this time he had proved true to his word.
He hadn't just been boasting. He had really made a round trip. Now he took Xu Que and the rest of the group and they followed the trail of the Divine Farmer Clan.
Even though the members of the Divine Farmer Clan had set up Concealing Arrays that erased their tracks, Buttface could see through their spells and followed the tracks. He easily managed to find the other group.
At this moment, Xu Que and his companions were hiding in the forest, and they were using the Divine Aperture's Shell to conceal themselves thoroughly, while they observed everything from a high place.
The Divine Farmer Clan members were proceeding carefully, while setting Spell Arrays and erasing their traces. They also had two Taiyi Celestials who were observing the surroundings to make sure no strangers showed up.
Their soul's detection scope was very broad, and, if Xu Que and his companions hadn't used the Divine Aperture's Shell, they would have been discovered long ago.
"Ha, ha, we have searched high and low, and yet we haven't found our objective. However, since they are being so careful, it's obvious that they are heading for the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines' farmland," Duan Jiude's eyes lit up and he smiled as he spoke excitedly.
"He, he, bet you all didn't believe you could depend on my wisdom? I figured this out long ago, and that was why I ran ahead to look for those people. In the end, I managed to find them easily." Buttface looked very happy. He was proud of himself!
Duan Jiude cast a glance at him, sneered coldly, and said, "What wisdom do the likes of you have? If you weren't afraid of a beating, you wouldn't have gotten so lucky. You just found them by chance, didn't you?"
"F*ck! Duan Jiude, are you looking down on me?" Buttface shouted loudly.
"It's fine, don't cause a scene. Don't you two think you're being childish? Is there any reason to argue like this?"
Xu Que frowned and shouted at Buttface and Duan Jiude. Then he added, "Buttface, even though you have made a contribution, you can't take the credit for it all by yourself, can you? He, he, if I didn't take out a knife to scare you, you wouldn't have run away and ended up running across them by chance. As a matter of fact, everything was part of my plan,which I decided on long ago. I used a knife to scare you so that you could go to find a path for us."
"F*ck!" Duan Jiude and Buttface opened their eyes wide. They were both left speechless!
Nothing could be done about this, as such shamelessness was a brand-new cultivation stage.
"Fine, you should all calm down for a moment. It seems like this group of people is approaching us." At this moment, Liu Jingning interrupted the Wicked Trio's debate and pointed in a certain direction.
Sure enough! The Divine Farmer Clan members weren't just setting up Spell Arrays, they were even changing their direction as they proceeded onward. At this moment, they were approaching Xu Que's group's location.
"F*ck! Have they discovered us?" Buttface cried out in alarm.
"I don't think that's the case. The entrance to their cultivation land is probably in our vicinity," Mo Junchen examined the situation for a moment before he spoke.
Xu Que agreed with this opinion.
It didn't seem from the expressions on the faces of the Divine Farmer Clan group that they had discovered anything disturbing, and they still proceeded at the same pace while setting up Spell Arrays. It seemed to have just been a coincidence that they were approaching.
In the end, the Divine Farmer Clan group stopped about halfway up the mountain, when there were only several hundred yards between them and Xu Que's location. They were quite close to each other!
"Well! Why have they stopped there? It doesn't seem as if there are any entrances there." Buttface was confused.
Xu Que frowned. He was also slightly confused!
What Buttface had said was correct. It didn't seem that there were any entrances in the middle of the mountain. Moreover, it would be impractical to make an entrance there, as it would be difficult to hide.
Suddenly, at this moment, the Divine Farmer Clan people sat down in the middle of the mountain.
One of guardians at the peak of the Golden Celestial Stage spoke, "We have made thorough preparations, and we now must wait for sunset to reveal the entrance. We will be able to see it from our current location."
As he spoke, the guardian looked at the young men, and his gaze fell upon a handsome man who had the most outstanding appearance. He said, "Yi Fang, since the clan has entrusted the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines' harvest mission to us, then it's obvious that they have put their faith in you. So, you shouldn't make any mistakes. If everything goes smoothly, the Divine Son's position will surely belong to you."
The handsome man revealed a faint smile. "Understood! Since I have invited two elders to travel with us, we are absolutely safe. The siblings, Yi Zhong and Yi Dan, were too haughty and provoked someone who shouldn't have been offended. They ended up throwing their live away in vain. I'm not as stupid as they were."
"It's fine as long as you understand this. The Divine Son position has a great significance, and the struggle over it is quite intense. But since the siblings, Yi Zhong and Yi Dan, died, you now have the highest odds of success. But you still mustn't treat this matter lightly," the guardian added.
Yi Fang curled the corners of his mouth into a sneer. "You can relax, once I take the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines back to the clan, I will start carrying out a plan to deal with Xu Que's father. Everyone in the clan and in the outside world seem afraid of the power of Xu Que's father, but they all don't know that our Divine Farmer Clan inheritance that has been passed down for so many years includes not just elixirs but also poisons. Even if Xu Que's father is a Celestial King or some higher being, he will still surely die once he falls into our trap."
SIGH! "Even though your plan is pretty good, and you will manage to surely get the Divine Son's poison to deal with Xu Que's father, but…" As the guardian spoke, his gaze fell upon the woman next to Yi Fang, and he shook his head. He asked, "Is it worth it?"
Upon hearing this, the woman lowered her head and kept her silence.
A very faint hesitation flashed in Yi Fang's eyes, before he gritted his teeth. He said, "It's worth it!"
Then the group kept their silence once again.
Xu Que's group that was hiding in the Divine Aperture's Shell atop a mountain peak also got to hear this discussion, and they were bewildered by it.
They had been sure that this group of people had come to harvest the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines, and that the entrance to the vines would only be revealed through some special methods. However, Xu Que and his companions had been bewildered by what else they had heard.
"Lad, it seems like they want to use poison to kill you," Buttface looked at Xu Que and spoke.
"I'm quite curious about this matter. The Divine Farmer Clan unexpectedly has poison that can work against a Celestial King or a being at a higher stage. But they still didn't say enough about this matter. Even if they possessed a powerful poison, how would they approach a Celestial King or a being at a higher stage?" Duan Jiude frowned and expressed his confusion.
There was obviously a great disparity in power, and this was why it was extremely difficult to poison a Celestial King or a being at a higher stage. Where did these people get such great confidence?
"Kiddo, is it possible that it's them who will cause your assured death after 40-plus days." At this moment, Liu Jingning raised a question.
Xu Que also came back to his senses, after being dazed for a moment.
"Is it possible? Will I die after 40-plus days from these people's poison?
"It's quite unlikely. Since I know that they will try to harm me, I surely won't let them near me. So, how would it be possible for them to attack me after 40-plus days?
As Xu Que thought of this matter, he shook his head.
Such a possibility was quite small. After all, even if he hadn't gotten to know the prophecy, he still wouldn't feel threatened by the Divine Farmer Clan members. This was why the danger he was going to face was probably not related to the Divine Farmer Clan.
At this moment, the Divine Farmer Clan people started talking once again.
"Little sister, did you make up your mind?" A youngster looked at the only young woman present in the group and questioned her in a low voice.
The woman nodded and still kept her silence.
When Yi Fang saw, he spoke calmly, "Little sister, you don't have to worry about anything. Once we achieve this, the Divine Farmer Clan's saint position will surely belong to you, and the only thing you have to do is to become the daughter-in-law of Xu Que's father as soon as possible."
Chapter 1352: Terrifying Plan B
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"F*ck!"
"F*ck! What the f*ck!"
Buttface and Duan Jiude looked at Xu Que, and surprised looks appeared on their faces.
They couldn't believe what they had just heard. The Divine Farmer Clan unexpectedly wanted to make their future saint the daughter-in-law of Xu Que's father? It was tantamount to wanting her betrothed to Xu Que.
Mo Junchen also looked startled, while Liu Jingning wore a fake smile as she looked at Xu Que, with a playful and seemingly mocking look in her eyes.
"Huh? Why are you all having such extreme responses? Didn't you hear them say what they wanted to do? They want to kill me with poison," Xu Que rolled his eyes as he spoke in response to the way the others had reacted.
Xu Que's body shook with laughter, and he sneered coldly, as he said, "I have assumed that they had a great ploy, and I definitely didn't expect that it was such a contrived and overused plan. They plan to send a woman to marry into my Xu family and have her poison me. Hee, hee, it's so naive."
That was right! It was so naive!
This method seemed stupid no matter how you looked at it, as any experienced cultivator wouldn't be poisoned, let alone a Celestial King or a being at a higher stage.
"Other people surely wouldn't fall into their trap, but you… That's still unknown," Liu Jingning said with a smile at Xu Que, as she mocked him.
Even though Liu Jingning said these words, she was still relieved, as she was aware that the Wicked Trio was quite adept at poisoning people and plotting against them. It didn't matter how treacherous the Divine Farmer Clan was, as it still wouldn't be canny enough to be able to plot against these three fools.
"What do you mean, the outcome is unknown when it comes to me? Little demoness, don't you have any trust in me? Fine, I will marry that woman, and I will see how she will poison me," Xu Que spoke confidently. He seemed full of mettle!
"Does Hongyang know that you are so wanton outside?" Liu Jingning said with a smile.
"Even if she knows, so what? And if she doesn't know it, so what? If the family isn't stable, how can the world be stable? Even if Hongyang was here, I would still utter the same statement." Xu Que stuck out his chest and raised his head, while he pointed his finger at a distant location and spoke vigorously, "Today, even if I have to starve to death, die from the cold, or jump to my death, I still won't allow that woman of the Divine Farmer Clan to enter my Xu family."
"You are quite amazing!" Liu Jingning imitated Xu Que's previous posture, blinked, and smiled, while she raised her thumbs up at him.
"Even though I don't understand what is going on, I still feel that…Brother Que is quite amazing," Buttface stood up and shouted.
A frown appeared on Duan Jiude's forehead. "What is amazing about him? Buttface, if you don't understand anything, don't shout out at will. This lad has obviously cowered, and he's a henpecked male…" COUGH! COUGH! "I have mistaken what I saw for something else. He didn't cower, and it's all due to love!"
As Duan Jiude got halfway through his statement, he changed his interpretation of what Xu Que was doing because he detected clearly that Xu Que's mocking gaze had fallen upon him. At that moment, he felt his scalp getting numb.
Buttface laughed loudly, because he felt that there was still hope for him to get some simmer-fried Duan Jiude.
…..
Meanwhile, outside of the Divine Aperture's Shell, the Divine Farmer Clan was still waiting.
Several talented youths of the Divine Farmer Clan sat together talking.
One of the youngsters looked at Yi Fang and spoke in a low voice as he shook his head, "I still think that this method is quite dangerous. If it fails, our sister will suffer the deadly poison's backlash, and this isn't any different than pushing her into a sea of flames."
"You should calm down! If I didn't have enough confidence in this, I wouldn't have carried out the plan."
Yi Fang was obviously quite sure about this, and he patted his clothes as he stood up. He spoke calmly, "According to what everyone says, Xu Que's father really has a special fetish and fondness for his daughters-in-law. I once questioned a Jade Lake disciple, and she said that Xu Que's father has an ambiguous relationship even with Liu Jingning. She said that anyone with a discerning eye would realize that they were having an affair."
"Is this true?" The other youngsters were startled.
Even though they had also heard some rumors about this matter, they were still only rumors, and they didn't expect that they were true.
"Hee, hee, it's really true. This is why I wanted to bring my younger sister. My younger sister's appearance and demeanor can be ranked among the top ten in the Heaven Continent. As long as she joins the Xu family and becomes the daughter-in-law of Xu Que's father, she only has to be slightly proactive, and Xu Que's father surely won't be able to restrain himself."
As Yi Fang spoke, he revealed an ice-cold sneer. "As long as he can't restrain himself, and his Yang Qi enters my younger sister's body, the Taiyin Severed Root Poison in her body will be ignited, and it will enter the body of Xu Que's father and take his life. Even if he's a Celestial King or a being at a higher stage, his Spiritual Root will be severed in an instant, and his Dantian will be destroyed."
When these words echoed out, the youngsters descended into silence. It couldn't be denied that such a plan had high odds of success, because they were all clearly aware that Taiyin Severed Root Poison was so terrifying, and it was the sole poison that could kill a Celestial King or a being at a higher stage.
But the crux of the matter now was how could they get Xu Que's father to lose control of himself. This matter would probably depend upon their little sister's performance.
As they thought of this, they all looked at the young woman.
The young woman's head was still lowered, and she kept her silence. Her beautiful face seemed ice-cold, and this was her true character. She was ice-cold and aloof, and having her seduce an old man would be quite difficult.
"Little sister, we don't have a lot of time left. We can only seal your Taiyin Severed Root Poison for one year, and this is why you must quickly master some Charming Arts," Yi Fang looked at the young woman once again and spoke to her.
"Okay!" The young woman nodded. This was the first time she had spoken, and she had a soft, sweet-sounding voice.
Upon hearing these two people's conversation, the youngsters next to them didn't have any qualms. If their little sister who possessed an outstanding demeanor and pretty appearance mastered the Charming Arts, then there wouldn't be any man in the world who could resist her.
The youngsters exchanged a glance and kept their silence. This was tantamount to approving the plan.
Even though this plan seemed coarse because they depended only on Taiyin Severed Root Poison, this poison was enough to make up for any deficiency in the plan.
…..
At this moment, Xu Que and his companions descended into silence.
This was especially the case for Xu Que, as he felt slightly dumbfounded.
Previously, he had assumed that this group of the Divine Farmer Clan had planned to make a woman marry him and earn his trust, before looking for a chance to poison him.
He had never imagined that these people could be so shrewd, and he didn't expect that their plan B would be seduction.
F*ck! It's well known that I'm famous for my steadiness in the face of women, so how is it possible for me to be seduced so easily?
"Lil Xu Que, it seems as if you have been really lucky, as you have just made a detour next to death's door," Liu Jingning smiled and spoke.
She believed that if they hadn't gotten to hear the Divine Farmer Clan's plan by chance, Xu Que would most likely have fallen prey to the plan.
After all, this poisoning mode was quite tricky, and even the Wicked Trio would fall for it. After all, those three fools were all males and thus weren't able to use such a method. This was why they might have fallen for it!
"Hee, hee! As a matter of fact, even if I hadn't gotten to know of it beforehand, I still wouldn't have been seduced so stupidly. If she tried to have me fall for her, then she might have had a chance to trick me, but if they wanted to use Charming Arts, then I can only say that they have underestimated me," Xu Que sneered and shook his head.
"Lad, it seems now that the danger you will face after 40-plus days isn't this," Duan Jiude added, as he looked pensive.
Buttface was thoroughly dumbfounded as he listened to them, and he wore a funny expression as he looked at the others and asked, confusedly, "Hold on! I still don't understand how will they poison him? Why will brother Que be poisoned if he can't restrain himself."
"F*ck! Can't you understand even this?" Duan Jiude opened his eyes wide.
Xu Que turned his head around to look at the Divine Farmer Clan's woman, while he sighed with emotion, "It's because…she is poisonous."
Chapter 1353: Stand Firmly and Hold Me
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Even though time was passing quickly, daytime and nighttime were quite long in the Heaven Continent, and sunset didn't occur as quickly as they had expected.
The Divine Farmer Clan's people wanted to enter the farmland of the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines, but they had to wait until the sun's rays fell upon the middle of the mountain to point the way for them and open the entrance.
The people in Xu Que's group were sitting on the ground, and they had stopped talking long ago. They waited along with the Divine Farmer Clan members.
It was like the proverb, the mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. Xu Que's group was the oriole, and they waited for the Divine Farmer Clan members to open the entrance so that they could follow them inside. After getting inside they would draw upon help from Guan Chuchu and Xuanyuan Qishang's souls to kill the Divine Farmer Clan people.
Thus they had nothing to do but wait.
Xu Que rested his chin on his hand, and he got lost in his thoughts.
Xu Que cared about the Plan B set up by Yi Fang, and he still had lingering fears about it.
What he cared about wasn't this plan's dangers. As a matter of fact, even if he didn't get to hear the conversation of Yi Fang and his companions, he was still confident that he wouldn't have fallen into their trap. Charming Arts were quite useless against him, and they only made him wary.
After all, at the beginning, when he had first transmigrated into this world, Xu Que had had a traumatic experience that seemed similar to this plan.
He still had a remnant piece of memory in his mind, and a similar method had been used on it. The Fire Nation's Fire Emperor made him his son-in-law and sent him a Concubine Huan who used Illusory Spells to take the appearance of the Fire Nation's princess. She had lured him into her room and had used Charming Arts to sleep with him on the wedding bed for seven days and nights, and this continued until she took away his Fire Spiritual Root.
This was the reason why every time Xu Que met a woman who used Charming Arts, he would become wary, and he even loathed these women.
For this reason, Xu Que believed that the Divine Farmer Clan plan wouldn't have succeeded, even if he hadn't heard the conversation of Yi Fang and his companions today.
However, Xu Que still felt wary about this, as if the Divine Farmer Clan woman tried to use a different approach to get close to him, like creating suitable opportunities for them to risk their lives together, then the final outcome could be unknown, and he might really fall victim to their ploy.
"It seems like the old sayings aren't wrong. There is a knife above the character for passion," Xu Que sighed with emotion and shook his head and spoke.
When he said passion, he wasn't just referring to having sex, but also to developing feelings with a woman.
"There is a knife above the character for passion. Lil Que, I didn't reallize that you were such a philosopher." Liu Jingning, who had sat down next to Xu Que, chuckled upon hearing his sighs.
"It's nothing unusual, and life is always like this. Every time you go through an ordeal, you will draw a lesson from it, no matter whether you suffered any losses or not. It's only through this that one can make progress. For example, I benefited greatly today. I have realized that I must have more strict self-discipline, and I mustn't get close to women too easily," Xu Que spoke earnestly as he made up his mind.
Liu Jingning sneered coldly, "So, can you please move your hand from my butt?"
"Huh? What is going on? Who put my hand there? It's outrageous!" Xu Que promptly shouted and moved his hand that was on Liu Jingning's butt and put it on her shoulder, before he started lowering it gradually again.
Liu Jingning glared at him with her pretty eyes, but since she noticed that Duan Jiude, Mo Junchen, and Buttface weren't paying any attention to them, a crafty glint appeared in her eyes, and she unexpected raised her skirt and revealed her snow-white legs, before she put one of them on Xu Que's leg.
Afterward, she extended her fair finger and stroked Xu Que's thigh, while she moved it upward slowly.
"F*ck! Why is it so exciting?"
Xu Que instantly opened his eyes wide. He found this matter incredulous!
At this moment, Liu Jingning's pretty face was already in front of him, and her lips were next to his ear. She blew at his ear, while she spoke softly, "Little rascal, your hand is quite naughty."
HISS!
Xu Que sucked in a breath of cold air. As he realized that Liu Jingning had blown into his ear deliberately, he got soft feelings. Moreover, this lassie was still stroking his thigh with her hand and using many tricks in succession. There wasn't any young and vigorous man who could bear this!
"Huh? Little rascal, why did your body heat up? Is it because I'm too close to you?" At this moment, Liu Jingning spoke once again in a soft and alluring voice, while she hugged his arm and squeezed it into her ample chest.
Xu Que's eyes were already open wide, and he had almost started shivering.
"This is so infuriating!" Xu Que shouted to himself.
If they hadn't been in broad daylight, if the sky wasn't clear and bright, and if Buttface, Duan Jiude, and Mo Junchen weren't here, he would have surely pushed this demoness onto the ground and had sex with her.
"She was too arrogant and wanton. My handsome and dashing self is like terrific fire, yet you still dare to play with it?"
BANG!
Xu Que took Liu Jingning into his embrace and gnashed his teeth as he whispered near her ear, "Little Demoness, just wait! It would be better for you to prevent me from getting any chance, as I will surely make you cry."
Liu Jingning chuckled and struggled out of Xu Que's embrace, while she still mocked him, "Didn't a certain person say a while ago that there is a knife above the character for passion?"
"That's right, but I still don't mind taking several knife strikes to make you cry," Xu Que gnashed his teeth and spoke resentfully.
"Is that so? Come on, I really want to know how you will make me cry," Liu Jingning spoke once again in a soft voice, while her gaze turned flirtatious. She asked him to take her seductively!
SWOOSH!
It was at this moment that Buttface, Duan Jiude, and Mo Junchen stood up suddenly.
"We have waited long enough! The rays that pointed at the entrance have appeared."
"They descended the mountain. Hurry up! Let's follow them."
The two humans and the dog spoke one after the other, before they turned around at the same time to look at Liu Jingning and Xu Que.
Liu Jingning had already moved back and wore her usual apathetic expression. She didn't seem seductive and flirtatious at all.
As for Xu Que, he sneered and spoke with a smile, "Go ahead of us, I must discuss something with this little demoness."
As these words echoed out, Liu Jingning's expression changed drastically.
"F*ck! Brother Que, don't act like this. What's more important than Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines?" Buttface shouted.
"It's the most important matter in one's life," Xu Que said, while he reached out his hand and caught Liu Jingning, who was about to slip away.
Liu Jingning became flustered. She had played with fire, and an accident had occurred. "Does this guy really want to have sex with her here?"
"Damn! Why did the Divine Farmer Clan decide to leave at this time?"
"What damned important matter? If we don't have your Divine Aperture's Shell, we will be discovered," Buttface spoke resentfully.
They had managed to get a chance to mount a sneak attack on the Divine Farmer Clan only with great difficulty. But if they didn't have the two souls brought by Xu Que, they wouldn't dare to go there to stir up trouble. After all, there were two Taiyi Celestials in the Divine Farmer Clan group.
"That is right… That's right, if you have another matter to take care of, leave it until later. Our top priority is following them, and if we don't do so, we may lose them," Liu Jingning came back to her senses, and she quickly spoke.
She had dared to seduce Xu Que so daringly only because she was aware that Xu Que didn't dare to touch her, but once he got serious she became flustered.
"Hee, hee, I don't care about these matters. In any case, you won't escape today." Xu Que chuckled and walked toward Liu Jingning.
Liu Jingning wanted to cry but couldn't shed any tears. Such a situation wasn't what she wanted.
SWOOSH!
However, when Xu Que reached her, he waved his hand and took off her belt.
Liu Jingning still hadn't come back to her senses, yet her belt was taken off suddenly, and that why she almost fell on her butt because she was about to move back.
Xu Que moved quickly and caught her. He said with a smile, "You should be careful and stand firmly and hold me."
"….." Liu Jingning was startled. She was surprised that Xu Que had decided to let her off the hook.
In the next moment, Xu Que continued, "Let's first take care of proper business. But tonight you must stand firmly, and hold me."
"Stand firmly, and hold him?"
Liu Jingning was taken aback, and, after she mulled over his words, her cheeks became flushed.
Chapter 1354: Come Over and Hit Me
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
At this moment, the Divine Farmer Clan group had already descended from the middle of the mountain to a flat ground at the foot of the mountain.
As the sun shone, it fell upon the middle of the mountain, and it was reflected on a certain stone there. The light rays fell at the foot of the mountain, causing innumerable symbols to appear there.
After the Divine Farmer Clan people landed, they weaved complex hand signs and used a special art. After they cast this art into the symbols in a special order, the symbols' power was activated.
"So this is what it's like. It's no wonder that they have to wait until sunset. Those symbols are anything but simple," Mo Junchen spoke while wearing a grave look. He also observed the symbols.
"They are really anything but simple, and the way of activating the symbols' power is quite complex. Every time, they must follow a different order. This was why they had to wait until sunset and follow the light rays that would show them how they could activate the symbols." Duan Jiude analyzed everything properly.
Xu Que also noticed this. Those symbols were quite complex like a combination lock, a dynamic combination lock that would change along with the passing of time. It was only when the light rays shone upon the symbols that they could get the order through following the rays, so they would be able to activate the symbols accurately.
This was why no one had managed to find the Divine Farmer Clan's farmland of the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines even though innumerable years had passed. The location was hidden well, and the activation method was complex.
"Mr. Buttface, you should study those symbols, as they will be quite beneficial to you," Duan Jiude looked at Buttface and spoke. After all, Buttface was adept and talented in this field.
Upon hearing this, Buttface looked disdainful. "Why the h*ll would I study them? I'm busy handling myriad mysteries every day, so where can I get the time to study such matters? Hold on, why don't we just dig them out of the ground and take them away?"
"Huh…" Duan Jiude was left at a loss of words, and he nodded, "After I have considered it carefully, I find this quite reasonable. We should dig it out and take it back with us to study it slowly. It would be better like this."
Mo Junchen, who was next to him, had already given them a thumbs-up in his mind.
They were cunning and slick people!
They still hadn't undertaken the task, yet Duan Jiude and Buttface had already divided the other group's belongings, and they planned in advance to take out even the ground.
There was a great difference and disparity between people's ways of thinking!
Mo Junchen sighed with emotion. The Exploding Heavens Faction was broad and deep, and there were many matters he had to study.
RUMBLE!
At this moment, a loud noise emanated from the foot of the mountain.
The Divine Farmer Clan people had already opened the entrance, and it was unexpectedly a hidden underground tunnel.
At this moment, the ground that was filled with symbols split open, and a pitch-black tunnel was revealed. The tunnel was filled with cold air and fog rose from it slowly.
SWOOSH!
The Divine Farmer Clan's two Taiyi Celestials set up a Concealing Spell Array around the tunnel, while Yi Fang and his guardians strode into the tunnel at the same time. Soon their bodies and auras disappeared.
It was only the two Taiyi Celestials who were left, and they sat cross-legged next to the entrance, guarding this land.
"F*ck! Lad, how can we deal with this? We can only ask your two souls to help us," Buttface shouted upon witnessing the situation.
Xu Que frowned. He had assumed that he would only have to fight those people after going inside, and that he could release the two souls and kill them all in one go.
But the Divine Farmer Clan's two Taiyi Celestials had been left outside, while the two souls, Guan Chuchu and Xuanyuan Qishang, could only attack a single time. If he summoned the souls to deal with the two Taiyi Celestials, then after their group went inside, they would have to depend on their power to deal with several apex Golden Celestial Stage guardians.
"Fine! After we go inside, I can probably get another batch of Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines for their recovery," Xu Que muttered to himself and strode forward to walk out of the Divine Aperture's Shell!
SWOOSH!
The next moment, he turned into a light beam that flew down the mountain.
"Who is there?" The two Taiyi Celestials detected this action, and they stood up, while their sharp gazes locked onto Xu Que.
Xu Que wasn't hidden any longer by the Divine Aperture's Shell and there was only a short distance between them. This was why Xu Que's aura and actions had been noticed by the two Taiyi Celestials.
"I'm Xu Que's father," Xu Que landed in front of the two Taiyi Celestials and replied, wearing a composed look.
Upon hearing this, the two Taiyi Celestials were startled, and they exchanged a glance. They seemed surprised that Xu Que's father, who they had heard many rumors about, had come here.
"So it's Elder Xu, may I ask what brings you here?" One of the two people looked at Xu Que, cupped his hands in greeting, and questioned him.
A person's fame was like a tree's shadow. Xu Que had achieved many great feats in only several days, and,even if the two Taiyi Celestials didn't want to know him, they would still have heard about him.
Moreover, the Divine Farmer Clan had recently lost two two talented youths to Elder Xu.
But the true reason why the two Taiyi Celestials were shocked was that they couldn't discover how Elder Xu had come here.
According to reason, if anyone appeared in the 1,000-mile-radius around them, then they would surely have detected him even if he hid his aura.
But Elder Xu had appeared suddenly. He had come from the mountain's peak and charged down as if he wanted to let them know that he was there. The issue was then apparent. How long since Elder Xu had come here?
Had he heard the previous words of Yi Fang and his companions?
Did he get to see the entrance's opening that occurred a while ago?
The two Taiyi Celestials had a bad feeling about this matter and were quite worried. If the entrance had been exposed, then the Divine Farmer Clan would likely lose its most important asset.
"Come over and hit me." Xu Que didn't waste his breath with the two people, and he beckoned them with his finger. He asked them to attack him!
He didn't have a way around this. If he wanted to make the two souls attack, other people would have to first attack him.
An attack was vastly better than a murderous aura because it was difficult to control a murderous aura. If he had evoked the two Taiyi Celestials' murderous auras, then once he released the two souls, those two people would surely cower, and their murderous auras would disappear. Then the two souls would not attack.
This was why he must let them attack him so that they could infuriate the two souls, and that was why once he released the souls, they would immediately fight.
When the two Taiyi Celestials heard Xu Que's words, they were startled, and a dumbfounded look appeared on their faces.
"What's happening?"
"Why did he ask us to hit him just after he arrived?"
"Elder Xu, even though a certain misunderstanding has occurred between you and our clan, we have still paid an appropriate cost for it. So please don't make trouble for us," one of the Taiyi Celestials spoke helplessly. As a matter of fact, he was just trying to sound out Xu Que before deciding what he wanted to do.
Xu Que didn't bother discussing anything with them, and he continued beckoning them with his finger. He said, "Hurry up! Come over and hit me."
The expression of the two Taiyi Celestials stiffened, and they frowned as they still stood where they had been, without moving. They were examining Xu Que as if they wanted to know what he wanted to do.
SIGH!
Upon witnessing this, Xu Que sighed helplessly. He promptly turned around and pointed his butt at the two people.
The next moment, a PFF could be heard, as a sonorous and long fart echoed out. Moreover, Xu Que still turned his head around to look at the two people, and he said, "Hit me. Hurry up!"
Chapter 1355: Unbearable
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
SWOOSH!
As a strange smell assaulted the two Taiyi Celestials, their expressions turned gloomy.
According to custom, once a cultivator had reached the Original Infant Stage, his body wouldn't contain even a wisp of impurities; it would be pure and clear. It would be impossible for him to let out a smelly gas unless he was a poison cultivator who treated his own body as a drugs' cauldron.
The two Taiyi Celestials, when they smelled gas, were too late to seal their senses of smell. Their systems were so irritated by the strong odor that they felt as if they were going to throw up.
Meanwhile, at the same time, they became agitated and flames of anger welled up in their hearts and their blood started boiling.
"Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!" Xu Que started shouting once again. His voice seemed almost coquettish and induced a strong impulse to beat him.
The two Taiyi Celestials became raging mad, and they clenched their fists and their veins popped. It seemed as if they couldn't stand this any longer!
Even Duan Jiude and Buttface, who were hidden watching, opened their eyes wide and felt so angry that they also wanted to rush out and attack Xu Que .
"F*ck! I can't stand it any longer, I really want to beat him."
"He's too wicked!"
Duan Jiude and Buttface, whose faces were filled with longing, spoke one after the other. They felt as if they wouldn't be able to control themselves any longer, and they really wanted to rush out to begin beating Xu Que.
"Why do you want to join in the fun? Were you also poisoned?" Liu Jingning rolled her eyes at them and asked.
"Poisoned? What poison?" Buttface was startled.
Liu Jingning shook her head. "Didn't you notice anything? Do you really think that this guy has only let out a fart? He just made use of that posture to release poison secretly, and the two Taiyi Celestials have been infected by a slow-acting poison. Just look at them, their eyes have turned red, and they have started losing their reason. They may attack at any moment."
"F*ck! I had no idea a method of poisoning people like this existed? Did he hide the poison in his fart?" Buttface was startled and amazed.
Duan Jiude also wore a surprised look. "I understand it now! D*mn, this lad is a genius. He really has great talent."
The corners of Mo Junchen's mouth twitched. Such talent in plotting against people was really…extraordinary.
Meanwhile, the breathing of the two Taiyi Celestials turned rough, as their red eyes glared at Xu Que.
It was really just as Liu Jingning had said. They had been infected by the poison, and their blood had started boiling because of it. Their self-control was disappearing, and soon they would find it easier to act on impulse:
So far they still restrained themselves well due to their high stage levels, and the poison didn't affect them as much as Xu Que had hoped. However, Xu Que's infuriating actions had strengthened the poison's might greatly.
"Elder Xu, please conduct yourself with dignity," one of them gnashed his teeth and spoke. He still persisted in his self-control and bore his anger.
"Our clan doesn't want to provoke you, so please leave this land quickly. If you don't do so, don't blame us for acting rudely," the other Celestial already couldn't bear this anymore, and he shouted angrily.
Xu Que chuckled and shook his head. He said, ��You don't want to provoke me? So why have I heard that you will send a poisoned woman to become my daughter-in-law?"
SWOOSH!
The expressions of the two Taiyi Celestials changed dramatically. They opened their eyes wide.
"He had heard it!"
"He had really heard it. It turned out that he had been here since the beginning, and he had even seen the entrance's opening method."
They exchanged glances, while their hearts sank.
If the news about what had happened today spread, then the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines' farmland wouldn't be a secret any longer, and all the other factions might come to fight over this land. The Divine Farmer Clan would lose its greatest asset.
"Elder Xu, that was the plan of Yi Fang and his companions, and it isn't related to our clan. We can hand him over to you and let you deal with him as you see fit." In the end, a Taiyi Celestial spoke. He decided to sell out Yi Fang.
No matter what, whether he was a talented youth or even the future Divine Son, he wasn't as valuable as the whole Divine Farmer Clan.
This was the opinion of most upper-echelon members of the Divine Farmer Clan. They didn't value their descendants. What they cared most about was their current development, as well as their stock of resources. As long as they had these, they would still manage to raise outstanding descendants.
"But they have slandered me and stated that I have a special fetish. This is what I can't bear the most, and, even if I kill him, I still won't be able to give vent to my resentment."
Xu Que shook his head and spoke, "When I heard their words, I received a grave mental blow, and I need kisses and hugs to… No, I need 10,000 Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines to feel better, and this is why…"
As Xu Que continued to speak, he winked at the two Taiyi Celestials and said with a smile, "You understand, don't you?"
"We don't understand it!"
The two Taiyi Celestials shouted inwardly.
"D*mn! Mental damages? As if you have suffered any d*mned damages. You obviously want to blackmail us and take advantage of this chance to rob us."
"Even if you empty out the whole farmland, you still won't get 10,000 Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines."
"Elder Xu, we can give you 200 Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines once again and hand over Yi Fang to you. So can you please forget about this matter. Okay?" The Celestial looked at Xu Que and questioned him in a low voice.
At this moment, he had already lost most of his reason, but he still struggled to control himself. He strove hard not to attack!
However, when Xu Que heard the suggestion, his expression turned ice-cold, and he strode forward. He said again, "Come over and hit me."
"….." The expressions of the two Taiyi Celestials turned gloomy, and anger welled up in their hearts once again.They still strove hard to restrain themselves, telling themselves that they mustn't fight.
"Come over and hit me. Hit me! Hit me! Just use your little fists and hit my chest." Xu Que stood in front of the two people and provoked them. In the end, he even clenched his fist and put it next to his cheek, as he winked at them. He said, SMACK!
RUMBLE!
In a single instant, one of the Taiyi Celestials spun out of control, and a great aura emanated from him.
"I can't stand it any longer. D*mn! B*stard, I will surely beat you to death," he let out a deafening shout and turned into a blur that charged at Xu Que.
The man's anger affected the other poisoned Taiyi Celestial. It was just like how a yawn could affect others. When someone yawns, others are affected, and they all end up yawning together.
"I also can't stand it," the other person shouted angrily. He took a step forward before he turned into a beam that seemed like a sharp sword.
Upon witnessing this, Xu Que frowned. He had a bad feeling about this. He promptly took out the Firestorm Wheels and released the agitated two souls.
At first, he had planned to infuriate the two Taiyi Celestials and take a blow before releasing the souls. In this way, it would be assured that the souls would kill those guys.
But after Xu Que witnessed the two Taiyi Celestials' attack, he didn't dare to try out the blow. He was pretty sure that if he suffered those two people's attacks, he would be badly mutilated, even though he possessed a second-rate holy physique.
After all, he was still just an Earth Celestial Stage cultivator, and there was a great disparity between their powers.
RUMBLE!
At this moment, the two Taiyi Celestials reached Xu Que, and they attacked him with Magic Arts
However, it was at this instant that the Firestorm Wheels in Xu Que's hand shone brightly, and the two souls emerged. They blocked the two Taiyi Celestials' killing techniques.
"You dare to hurt my child. Die!" Xuanyuan Qishang shouted in a deep voice and slapped the head of a Taiyi Celestial.
"My daughter, I will save you," Guan Chuchu called Xu Que in a different manner this time, and she shouted softly, before she weaved a seal with her fingers. The seal unexpectedly formed a shining illusory blade that penetrated the other Taiyi Celestial.
BANG!
BANG!
The Taiyi Celestials were instantly heavily injured, and disbelief appeared on their faces.
They looked at the two souls, before they looked again at Xu Que. Even as they were shocked and unwilling to accept what had happened, they turned into two patches of blood fog. They lost their lives immediately, and even their souls didn't manage to escape.
It could be easily understood why they were shocked and unwilling to accept this outcome, but the reason they were most confused at the end was that they were bewildered by the fact that Elder Xu was a woman.
Meanwhile, Liu Jingning, who still stood in the Divine Aperture's Shell, looked in surprise at Guan Chuchu's soul, and she spoke with surprise, "It's the Ghost King's Severed Blade Technique, and it's the Utmost Happiness Faction's Supreme Celestial Art that was lost innumerable years ago. It was unexpectedly cast by her."
Chapter 1356: Kiddo, Run Away!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Liu Jingning's words startled everyone.
The Utmost Happiness Faction's Supreme Celestial Art, the Ghost King's Severed Blade?
It seemed as if they had never heard about this.
Even Xu Que was startled. He had already taken the souls back into the Firestorm Wheels so that they wouldn't consume too much energy. It was fortunate that the previous confrontation had been quite quick, and they had finished the slaughter in three seconds. The souls didn't consume much of their power, and Xu Que might be able to risk using them once again.
It was only when Xu Que heard Liu Jingning's words that he thought about the attack of the two souls that had occurred a short while ago.
Xuanyuan Qishang's attack had been quite simple. He had merely slapped the Taiyi Celestial's head with his hand, instantly killing him.
Guan Chuchu's attack, however, had seemed more powerful. She cast a magical seal that released a storm of wind blades that engulfed the other Taiyi Celestial. He was killed instantly and turned into a fog of blood. This had occurred so quickly, and the crowd had been impressed with her great power. Their first impression of her was as the strongest.
But when Liu Jingning saw this confrontation, she looked very surprised. As everyone had mulled over the Celestial Art that they had seen, they realized that it had been quite extraordinary.
Liu Jingning spoke in a low voice, and her expression turned grave, "The Celestial Art she just cast didn't possess its true might. In the past, the Utmost Happiness Faction revealed great power in the Heaven Continent, and it depended upon the Ghost King's Severed Blade Technique to achieve its power. This Celestial Art can kill opponents at a long distance, but its true power was that if it was unable to kill its opponent, it could still sever and extinguish his Taoist Connotation and weaken him, before carrying out further attacks."
They were startled. They finally understood why Liu Jingning had been so surprised.
As a matter of fact, once a cultivator reached the Void Training Stage, his Taoist Connotation would become quite important. As his stage level became higher, the Taoist Connotation's importance would surpass even the Celestial Core Power, just like in the two souls of Guan Chuchu and Xuanyuan Qishang.
They were both souls who had already lost their Celestial Core Power, but they possessed power great enough to crush all cultivators below the Celestial King stage, and they depended upon their Taoist Connotations to achieve these feats.
Once a Taoist Way appeared, it would be difficult to erase it. This was also the case for Gods. Even if a God had died many years ago, as long as a part of his Godhead was left, he could depend on it to come back to life one day.
This was why, as a cultivator's stage level rose higher, his Taoist Connotation would become his main core.
But Liu Jingning told them that the Utmost Happiness Faction's lost Celestial Art was unexpectedly able to extinguish its opponents' Taoist Connotations, and this was tantamount to damaging the enemy's main core. It was a fierce and terrifying Celestial Art, and it was no wonder that the Utmost Happiness Faction could make a name for itself in the Heaven Continent.
"F*ck! Kiddo, you should quickly release Guan Chuchu and have her teach us that Celestial Art," Buttface shouted. He was quite excited, and he wanted to learn this Celestial Art that could cripple cultivators.
"Do you think that she will teach us?" Xu Que shrugged and looked doubtful.
If Guan Chuchu was able to listen to his instructions and teach him that Celestial Art, then the consequences would be too horrible to imagine. After all, such a matter meant that she possessed spiritual intelligence and wouldn't assume mistakenly that he was her child. She might even retaliate against him.
"Don't worry about it. I saw her cast it, and I feel as if I have grasped something about it. I may be able to comprehend it," at this moment Liu Jingning spoke.
Liu Jingning was a Magic Art cultivator, which was an art passed down by the Utmost Happiness Faction, and it was the same as Guan Chuchu's art. The Ghost King's Severed Blade Technique was just one of the offensive techniques in the Magic Art, and this was why, after Liu Jingning had witnessed it, she understood more about it than most other people.
"No rush, she will have many more chances to fight, and you have a lot of time to try comprehending it through observation. But…now, we must consider how to divide the work upon entering," Xu Que said with a smile.
Now that they had dealt with the two Taiyi Celestials, they could enter the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines' farmland.
They didn't have to worry about the talented youths who were inside, but there were a few peak Golden Celestial Guardians who could cause trouble. After all, on Xu Que's side, the sole person able to contend against them was Mo Junchen, and he could only fight two of them at the same time. As for the others, dealing with them would be quite difficult.
If they could find the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines in advance, all their issues would be easily solved. But if they couldn't find them right away, they would probably have to fight a bitter battle with low odds of success.
However, they had the Divine Aperture's Shell that could conceal their auras.
But they still couldn't ascertain what kind of environment awaited them inside, and it was unknown whether the Divine Aperture's Shell could conceal them thoroughly. If it couldn't conceal them, they would have to come up with another plan.
"I can take charge of the most important role, and it's bringing up the rear," Buttface volunteered.
"It would be better to leave such an important task to me," Duan Jiude wanted to fight over this role.
"What damned rear!" Xu Que shouted angrily. The enemies didn't have any reinforcements, and the reason why they wanted to bring up the rear was just to hide in the rear and watch everything from the sidelines.
"According to my view about this matter, in case our tracks have been exposed, it would be better for us to charge ahead together. Let's take charge of holding up those people, while Faction Master Xu goes to look for the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines. He should first treat the two souls so that they can fight without losing their energy," Mo Junchen presented a simple plan.
This was obviously the best plan. Moreover, it would still tie up Duan Jiude and Buttface and pull them into the fight. It would prevent them from defecting and running away.
"It should be like this. Anyone who dares to run away or cower will be fed a pound of feces and used to make Stinky Tofu." Xu Que approved of Mo Junchen's suggestion.
When Buttface heard about eating a pound of feces, his eyes lit up, but once he heard that he would be cooked with stinky tofu, disappointment appeared on his face.
He could eat faces, but he still couldn't endure being boiled alive with stinky tofu.
"Let's go," In the end, Xu Que waved his hand and strode toward the tunnel while using the Divine Aperture's Shell.
The others followed him closely, and soon they had all entered the tunnel.
RUMBLE!
A strong suction force was present in the tunnel, and it pulled them down quickly.
However, it was fortunate that such a process didn't last for long, and, after several seconds, their feet landed on solid ground.
The surroundings were dusky and were engulfed in a thick fog that was filled with dust. Their views were impaired and they couldn't see very far. What was most astonishing was that even their Soul Detection had been affected, and, every time they tried to use it to explore a distant region, they would be obstructed by the fog.
"D*mn it! Isn't this place's haze too dense?" Xu Que was startled, and he raised his head. The entrance could still be made out. It hung above their heads like a bright moon.
"Huh? I suddenly feel like it was a mistake not to leave anyone up above to bring up the rear," Xu Que suddenly recalled something and chuckled sheepishly.
"What do you mean?" Buttface and Duan Jiude looked at Xu Que.
Xu Que smiled bitterly. "Why do you think the two Taiyi Celestials didn't go down? They probably didn't do so just to protect the entrance. The entrance may probably close by itself after a certain period, and they would have to open it once again to release the people inside."
"F*ck! Ha, ha, ha, that could be the case. It's only me who is up to such a task," Buttface shouted in delight and surprise. He seemed as if he felt relieved from a heavy burden, as if he had just escaped from death.
Duan Jiude wore a vexed and resentful look. He had also wanted to bring up the rear, but the issue was that… he didn't know how to operate the seals used to open the entrance. His talent in this field wasn't as outstanding as Buttface's, and he couldn't learn it through a single observation.
"I will go out… Huh, hold on! Did you smell something? It seems a blood odor has wafted over," as Buttface was about to go out once again, he twitched his nose and spoke with surprise.
Xu Que and the others were startled. They were aware that Buttface had a keen sense of smell, and he was usually able to smell many odors before they were. At this moment, he had unexpectedly smelled the odor of fresh blood, which meant that someone had just died here a while ago.
"F*ck! Damn it! Kiddo, let's run away quickly. I have smelled a familiar odor, and it's that hateful lassie," at this moment, Buttface shouted sharply and quickly rushed toward the entrance atop his head.
Duan Jiude quickly followed him.
Chapter 1357: Something Is Fishy
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
What was happening?
Xu Que frowned. What woman could make Buttface cower so much?
"Xuanyuan Wanrong?"
A name emerged in Xu Que's mind. During the past several years, this had been the only woman who could scare them and make them suffer a loss. Even now, they still weren't able to fight against her.
But wasn't she buried in the Celestial Burial Valley? There wasn't any reason for her to have left there. Is it a clone?
SWOOSH!
Xu Que waved his hand and used his boundless Celestial Core Power to form a giant hand that pulled Duan Jiude and Buttface back.
"Why are you running away? Why don't you first tell me who you're running away from?" Xu Que asked.
"Ah! Kiddo, let go of me quickly! Even if you want to die, don't drag me down with you. That woman has come out once again," Buttface tried to struggle out of Xu Que's restraining giant hand.
"Which woman?" Xu Que frowned again and asked.
"Whoever else could it be? It's the one from the Celestial Burial Valley. She has really come here, and, if we don't escape right now, we won't have enough time to do so," Buttface shouted anxiously.
"What nonsense are you uttering? She's obviously still in the Celestial Burial Valley, and she won't come out until several hundred years have passed. How is it possible for her to appear here? It's at most a clone like the one in the Snow Fog Palace." Xu Que shook his head calmly.
Even if it was Xuanyuan Wanrong's real body that arrived here, he would still not be afraid. After all, Xuanyuan Wanrong had pulled him inside the Heavenly Book of Taiyi out of anger, and she had linked their destinies together and formed a certain Karma between them.
As long as he was alive, Xuanyuan Wanrong would continue living, and if he died, Xuanyuan Wanrong would also die.
On the other hand, the opposite was also true.
Their lives were linked, and this was why Xuanyuan Wanrong didn't dare to kill him.
"It's a different case. Lad, it's a different case this time. Even though it's still the same aura, and her power isn't as great as her real body in the Celestial Burial Valley, I still feel a restless feeling because this woman's aura has a demonic nature and a dense fiendish air. I can assure you that the few people who entered a while ago were surely killed by that woman," after Buttface spoke, he struggled more intensely.
"Fiendish air?"
Upon hearing such a term, Xu Que was startled.
In his impression of her, it had always seemed that Xuanyuan Wanrong was proud, aloof, and despised everything. It was as if all beings were ants in her eyes. But she still didn't have a fiendish air, and such a term couldn't be used to describe her.
"Don't spend too much time thinking over this. Lad, let's first get out before giving this matter any consideration. We mustn't stay here for long. I have made a daring guess, and I will inform you of it after we leave," Buttface urged. It was difficult for him to struggle out of Xu Que's restraints, and this was why he tried to persuade him patiently.
Upon hearing this, Xu Que could only nod at him. Since Buttface was so nervous, he had to take this matter seriously. If Xuanyuan Wanrong really had a great fiendish air, then the consequences would be too horrible.
Moreover, the Chiliad Gold Resurrection Vines were here, and they wouldn't grow legs and run away. Even if they had to leave before coming back later, they wouldn't suffer any losses.
SWOOSH!
Xu Que waved his hand promptly and loosened the restraints on Duan Jiude and Buttface, while he also released the gentle Celestial Core Power that enveloped him and Liu Jingning. They then proceeded toward the entrance.
Upon witnessing this, Mo Junchen also followed them quickly.
They hadn't been soaring up in the air for long before a strong suction force hit them and threw them out of the entrance. They managed to return to the surface!
When Buttface landed on the ground, he broke into a run to escape. He believed that this place was quite dangerous.
"F*ck! Why are you still running?" Xu Que was dumbfounded, and he rolled his eyes at Buttface, before he released a Restriction Spell that sealed the entrance on the ground. He looked at Buttface and said, "Can you set your mind at ease now? Speak quickly, what is happening?"
"Lad, you have to trust me this time. We mustn't go down into that place. I didn't misjudge the aura a while ago. That aura belongs to Xuanyuan Wanrong, but it's like a clone with an intense fiendish air. In other words, she's a homicidal maniac," Buttface spoke, stressing his lingering fears.
"A clone with an intense fiendish air? Are you implying that this clone will kill even me?" Xu Que got curious about this matter. He had experienced a similar situation in the past. When he tried to advance into the Void Training Stage, he transferred his Baleful Qi and cultivation power into the Taoist Body so that he could start anew.
In a sense, it could be said that Xuanyuan Wanrong probably wasn't able to make an advancement because her fiendish air was too intense, and she had to transfer it into a clone.
"I have heard some rumors about people at the Celestial Prime Stage who try to advance into the Celestial Emperor Stage. It's said that many of them tried severing their seven emotions and six desires into different clones. They discarded their worst sides and left behind only the best ones to reach a perfect state that could help them become Celestial Emperors," Mo Junchen spoke with a pensive look.
The method mentioned by him came originally from Buddhist Sects, but had spread out to others. Many cultivators learned of such a method and created clones that represented their seven emotions and six desires. In the end, they would fuse back with several of them and discard the rest.
"That doesn't sound like her. According to my understanding of Xuanyuan Wanrong and my judgment of her character, she isn't a person who would pursue such extremist perfection. Moreover, I didn't discern that she lacked any of the seven emotions and six desires." Xu Que shook his head, disagreeing with what Mo Junchen had guessed.
Buttface's expression turned grave. "That is right, but I have still thought of a certain possibility."
"What possibility?" Xu Que and the others looked at Buttface.
"She's a clone who has given birth to her own independent consciousness, and she isn't any longer the former Xuanyuan Wanrong," Buttface uttered these shocking words.
Xu Que and the others opened their eyes wide with shock.
"Is a clone able to give birth to an independent consciousness?" was the question foremost in all of their minds.
"Isn't this tantamount to having a split personality?" Xu Que spoke with surprise.
Buttface didn't understand what the term split personality meant, and he shook his head. He said, "I don't know. In any case, I think that the Xuanyuan Wanrong who is inside this clone is surely not the same as the Xuanyuan Wanrong we knew before. Even though their aura is the same, such a fiendish air and murderous aura couldn't belong to the one we knew."
"According to what you have said, we really shouldn't go down." Duan Jiude chuckled bitterly and looked at Xu Que.
Xu Que had acted fearlessly previously because he was aware that Xuanyuan Wanrong didn't dare to kill him. But now, the situation was different. If the clone had given birth to an independent consciousness, then she wasn't any longer the former Xuanyuan Wanrong, and the destiny fusion of the Heavenly Book of Taiyi wouldn't be effective against her.
Moreover, generally speaking, all beings who gave birth to an independent consciousness hated their main bodies. It was through this hatred that a new being was born, and this was why the independent clone surely hated the real Xuanyuan Wanrong. If she learned that she could kill Xuanyuan Wanrong through killing Xu Que, then she would surely attack him viciously.
"We surely mustn't go down," Buttface spoke firmly and looked at Xu Que.
"F*ck! Did we end up taking a trip here in vain?" Xu Que spread out his arms, while he hesitated.
On one hand, he still hadn't seen that clone, and everything up to now was just Buttface's guessing, and, on the other hand, he still had the two souls of Xuanyuan Qishang and Guan Chuchu. If Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone had really changed, then the two souls might attack her.
It could be said that the situation wasn't hopeless yet.
In other words, one shouldn't shed tears without seeing the coffin. Since Xu Que hadn't seen this clone personally, he wouldn't be able to accept such a decision.
"Huh? Did you notice that a fog has arisen in this land? Moreover, something is fishy about this place," Liu Jingning spoke suddenly, and she examined the surroundings with her face filled with confusion.
When Xu Que and the others heard her, they examined their surroundings. The mountain was still exactly the same, as was also the forest. But a thick fog had arisen here and engulfed the surroundings.
"F*ck! We have only been down here for a little while, so why did such a thick fog arise?" Buttface asked in surprise.
"Hold on! Something is really fishy."
Xu Que frowned. He discovered that the situation wasn't as simple as he had thought it was, and he pointed at the ground. He said, "We killed two Taiyi Celestials a little while ago, yet the bloodstains have disappeared thoroughly."
Chapter 1358: It's Surely Not So Simple
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
When Xu Que finished speaking, everyone looked at the ground, and immediately they got wary.
A very short time ago, the two Taiyi Celestials had been killed and turned into blood mist. Their corpses hadn't been left behind, but blood had soaked the ground.
Now, however, they had only been gone for a short while, yet the ground had turned perfectly neat and clean. Even the grass was still dark green, and they couldn't see any bloodstains, as if no one had died here.
It could be easily discerned that something was amiss.
"F*ck! Is it possible that this piece of ground is able to absorb blood? Or did any vampire appear in the vicinity?" Buttface cried out in surprise.
"It's probably not so simple." Duan Jiude shook his head, while his expression turned grave.
Xu Que frowned as he examined the surroundings once again. As he observed them, he too now felt that something was fishy. Nothing seemed realistic, and it started with the white fog and continued to the clean ground. He felt like he was in a dream!
Everything was vivid, lifelike, and realistic. But everything still seemed illusory and unreal.
"Is this an illusory realm?" Xu Que uttered a certain possibility.
They might have entered an illusory realm by mistake. This was the most direct explanation they could come up with after observing everything.
"I also think that it might be an illusory realm. But…an illusory realm shouldn't be so vast. Even though this land is engulfed by clouds and mist, I can still see the mountain ranges far away," Mo Junchen spoke, while he gazed into the distance.
It was evident there was a giant mountain there. It was called the Fire Mountain. Even though they couldn't see the flames, they could still detect that it was far away from them.
If they had really entered an illusory realm, it shouldn't have been possible for them to see that mountain. If they could see it, they were probably able to go there, which meant that this illusory realm's scope was too great and vast.
"Guardian Mo, your guess isn't accurate. We have probably entered a great illusory realm that is able to create everything," Duan Jiude waved his hand and spoke.
Duan Jiude had lived for a period in the Heaven Continent, and his experience surpassed Mo Junchen's greatly. He knew some powerful beings and was aware that the great illusory realm he had just mentioned really existed.
Even Xu Que had run into one once when he was in the Four Great Continents, and he had entered this illusory realm with Zixia Fairy, There, he had turned into a mortal and lived for ten years. It was only after he had exited it that he realized that only several days had elapsed in the outside world.
It could be said in a sense that such illusory realms weren't really illusory realms at all, and they were like brand-new worlds.
However, Xu Que still believed that the situation wasn't so grave, and, at least, their powers hadn't been suppressed. Moreover, they had only detected that something was amiss from the surroundings. So far, they hadn't run into any danger.
"It's still fishy. The danger's location is probably underground, and this illusory realm is probably related to that woman." Xu Que suddenly got an idea, and he recalled what Buttface had said previously. Xuanyuan Wanrong's independent clone was their greatest enemy.
The illusion that they were seeing currently had probably been made by that clone. After all, she was Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone, and her power wasn't any weaker than the real Xuanyuan Wanrong's. It wouldn't be strange for her to be able to create a great illusory realm.
RUMBLE!
All of a sudden, a tremendous wave of pressure descended upon the land and engulfed their surroundings instantly.
"Awful! She has really come out." Xu Que's expression changed drastically, and he quickly released some of his Celestial Core power, while he retreated along with the others.
But as he moved, the restriction seal atop the tunnel's entrance was torn open, and a white-clothed person flew out of it.
She wore snow-white clothes that covered her curvaceous body, while she also had a snow-white face with exquisite and breathtaking features. Her brows exposed clearly her ice-cold demeanor, and she was obviously the Xuanyuan Wanrong who Xu Que knew.
Except that the current Xuanyuan Wanrong had an intense fiendish air and seemed like a cruel and ferocious devil. She was very scary!
"The Celestial…the Celestial Prime Stage! D*mn it! How can we still fight?" Buttface shivered with fear, while his face fell.
Mo Junchen, Liu Jingning, and the others looked grave, and wariness was apparent on their faces.
At this moment, the ice-cold gaze of Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone fell upon Xu Que, and she looked at him for a moment before she spoke coldly. "Why do I feel an extremely horrid aura emanating from you?"
"Huh…?" Xu Que's expression stiffened, and he forced himself to smile. He said, "I know! Next time…I will use a different brand of washing powder. I can assure you that I will use Diaopai detergent powder, and I won't use Liby detergent powder any longer."
Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone frowned. It was obvious that she couldn't understand what Xu Que was talking about, but the fiendish and gloomy look plastered on her face still wasn't alleviated.
At this moment, her white skirt fluttered as she flew toward Xu Que. She said apathetically, "I want to kill you. So, don't make any rash actions."
"F*ck!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Que promptly released a wisp of Celestial Core Power and pushed Liu Jingning and the others toward the rear, while he activated the Firestorm Wheels and retreated.
"Lassie, you want to kill me, yet you still don't want me to make any rash actions?"
"Do you take me for a fool? You will soon see how I will deal with you…" These thoughts ran through Xu Que's mind.
"Huh?"
All of a sudden, Xu Que was taken aback.
He looked in a daze at the Firestorm Wheels, while shock appeared on his face. He unexpectedly couldn't even detect the two souls of Guan Chuchu and Xuanyuan Qishang within the wheel, let alone summon them to fight.
"What is going on? Where did the two souls go?" Xu Que spoke in surprise.
How would he fight Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone without the two souls? His opponent was a true and genuine Celestial Prime powerhouse.
"F*ck! Lad, you mustn't screw up at such a crucial moment," upon witnessing this, Buttface shouted in alarm.
"He's done for! An accident has occurred! We are all done for," Duan Jiude shook his head sorrowfully.
"Shut up, and quickly try to come up with a solution. It isn't me that has screwed up, but the two souls. Okay? You should quickly take a look and try to see where they went," Xu Que spoke angrily.
Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone had already landed in front of him, and she was emitting a boundless murderous aura. And Buttface and Duan Jiude still had the leisure to shout at will. They really deserved a beating!
"I can detect that your fate is linked with hers. If you live, she will continue living, and if you die, she will also die. This is to my liking," at this moment, Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone spoke once again, and she raised her hand. Her fingertip slowly approached Xu Que's forehead.
"Who cares about your d*mned liking," Xu Que hurled an insult at her, while he tried to move back.
However, he couldn't get rid of the clone with his speed. The opponent was a genuine Celestial Prime powerhouse, and there was an unimaginable great disparity between their powers. He couldn't overcome her.
As the finger approached him more closely, Xu Que stopped moving back and clenched his fist. He thrust his fist at her.
"Exploding Heavens Faction's King of Tough-Acting Fist: Dragon-Seeking and Cave-Worming Fist!" Xu Que shouted loudly, and uttered a move name at random. As a matter of fact, he consumed 100,000 Acting Tough Points to use the King of Tough-Acting Fist.
The coordination of the King of Tough-Acting Fist with his second-rate holy physique's physical power instantly formed a giant phantom image of a golden fist, and it fell upon Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone.
BANG!
As a loud rumbling sound echoed out, Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone was hit and sent flying away.
Such a sight left Xu Que dumbfounded, and various thoughts ran through his mind.
"What is going on?"
"Why is she so weak?"
"It's illogical! This is surely illogical!"
Xu Que frowned and, as he observed this matter with his senses, he found once again that something was amiss. It didn't matter how strong the coordination of the King of Tough-Acting Fist with the second-rate holy physique was, it still shouldn't be able to send a being at the Celestial Prime Stage flying.
As Xu Que thought about this matter, he promptly shouted, "Miss, you surely have a complicated history. Come over, and tell us your story."
Chapter 1359: Will I Die?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
RUMBLE!
A loud rumbling sound echoed out, and Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone returned. She emanated a great murderous aura and attacked Xu Que!
This time, she didn't speak and wore an ice-cold look. Her thin fingers shone brightly as she cast a powerful Magic Art that instantly froze the world's Spiritual Qi. A cold gale swept the land. It froze everything in its path as it went after Xu Que.
"He, he, it seems as if I have guessed correctly," Xu Que grinned and clasped his hands behind his back calmly.
In the next moment, a golden radiance emanated from his feet, and he waved his leg suddenly.
BANG!
The chilly wind and frost were instantly extinguished and shattered.
This was his Act-Tough King's Leg, and he consumed 100,000 Acting Tough Points to use it.
It didn't just extinguish the Magic Art of Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone. Its power continued proceeding onward like a blade that wouldn't ever stop. It flew onward and destroyed everything in its path.
Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone was immediately destroyed, torn apart by explosive force. Her body was twisted and deformed before it disappeared, but the power of the Act-Tough King's Leg wasn't exhausted yet. It continued onward until it hit a giant tree and split it open.
RUMBLE!
The ground quaked and everything in the vicinity became distorted, no matter if it was the trees, Buttface, Duan Jiude, or the others nearby. They had all turned from three-dimensional images into illusory images.
In the end, the loud rumble echoed and everything in the surroundings was extinguished.
Xu Que's eyes snapped open suddenly. He was still standing on the Underground Mystery Land as if he had just arrived. Moreover, the surroundings were still filled with thick fog, while Buttface, Duan Jiude, and the others were looking at him with surprise and shaking him.
"F*ck! You have finally woken up. Lad, what happened to you a while ago?" Upon seeing that Xu Que had opened his eyes, Buttface questioned him promptly.
Xu Que shook his head, "I fell into an illusion by mistake, but I have broken it."
Everything that had appeared a while ago had been just an illusion, and it was the same for the blood smell mentioned by Buttface. Everything seemed fishy from that moment onward.
But since everything seemed so realistic, Xu Que had a hard time coming back to his senses. It was only after he had hit Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone and sent her flying that he realized that everything that occurred in his fantasy had been outrageous.
This was why he suddenly came back to his senses. He wouldn't be a match for Xuanyuan Wanrong unless he was in a fantasy. He wouldn't even be able to contend against her clone.
The only explanation for the illusion was that he was either in a dream or everything was fake.
In the end, he had used a kick to get out of the situation. He used the Act-Tough King's Leg that was able to deal with Restriction and Formation Spells, and the scenery was shattered instantly. It was also the case for Xuanyuan Wanrong's clone. She had also disappeared.
In the end, everything was just an illusion.
"An illusion? What happened? We have entered here together, so why are you the only one who fell into an illusion?" Duan Jiude asked in surprise.
"Are there any restriction spells hidden on the ground?" Mo Junchen lowered his head to observe the vicinity, but he didn't discover anything.
"Lad, what appeared in the illusion? A while ago, I detected that something was amiss with you. You have been in a daze since you landed here, and you didn't speak no matter how much we called you. I have almost fed you feces to save you," Buttface spoke curiously.
"He, he, if you ever mention feces in front of me again, I will surely roast you and make a stew out of you," Xu Que glared at Buttface and sneered coldly as he spoke.
"F*ck! I wanted to do it out of the kindness of my heart, yet you… Huh, hold on! Did you smell something? It seems like a fresh blood smell again," the irritated Buttface twitched his nose suddenly and spoke in surprise.
As those words echoed out, Mo Junchen, Duan Jiude, and Liu Jingning looked at the surroundings, while Xu Que's expression changed drastically. He seemed dumbfounded!
"Those words sounded too familiar!
"A while ago, Buttface had stated them in the illusion. So, why did this occur once again?
"Hold on! Could it be that it wasn't an illusion, but precognition?"
Xu Que opened his eyes wide, and his pupils contracted slightly.
If it was really precognition, then Buttface would flee now, and he would still shout that he smelt a familiar odor, while the old b*stard Duan Jiude would also follow him and quickly escape.
"F*ck! Lad, you are bleeding."
However, what Xu Que was worried about didn't occur. Buttface didn't escape. Instead, he looked at Xu Que and shouted with a surprised look plastered on his face.
Duan Jiude, Liu Jingning, and the others also looked in surprise at Xu Que. They found this unbelievable!
"I'm bleeding?" Xu Que was also dumbfounded. He didn't detect that he had sustained any injuries.
But, the next moment, he felt an intense pain that emanated from his forehead and spread to his whole body.
It was at this moment that Xu Que detected that a warm liquid was flowing down his face slowly. He had sustained injuries, but he just didn't detect them a while ago because he didn't feel any pain.
But now, he felt intense pain, as if his body was being corroded by something, and something thing was worming its way through his body.
"F*ck! System, hurry up and activate my recovery ability," Xu Que summoned the System and shouted to himself.
He was still feeling muddle-headed. He had no idea when he had sustained injuries or what had attacked him on the sly.
DING! "After inspection, it has been determined that the host didn't sustain any injuries. It isn't recommended to waste Acting Tough Points and use the recovery ability," the System's notification reverberated.
Xu Que was dumbfounded. "I didn't sustain any injuries?
"I didn't sustain any injuries? How is this possible?
"Didn't you hear them say that I'm bleeding?"
HISS!
All of a sudden, Xu Que sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Could it be that I'm still in the illusion, and I haven't come out of it?"
As Xu Que thought about this matter, he looked at Buttface and raised his leg to kick him.
"F*ck! Lad, what do you want to do? Your bleeding has nothing to do with me," Buttface yelled and jumped with fright, quickly dodging the kick.
Duan Jiude, Liu Jingning, and Mo Junchen wore odd expressions. It seemed as if they couldn't understand what had happened to Xu Que.
"Little brat, what has happened to you?" Liu Jingning asked in a soft voice, worried.
Blood was flowing down Xu Que's face, and golden blood flowed slowly out of his eyes. It streaked across his cheeks and dripped on the ground. Moreover, Xu Que still wanted to attack Buttface suddenly, and everything seemed abnormal.
"Something is amiss. Faction Leader Xu's life force is disappearing quickly," Mo Junchen spoke in surprise because he had detected that something wasn't right about Xu Que's current condition.
Xu Que came back to his senses. He wasn't now in an illusion, and everything in front of his eyes was real.
"Why did he start bleeding in an inexplicable way? Why did the System's inspection determine that he wasn't injured? Moreover, even his body's life force was disappearing, wasn't it?
"This is…what is happening?"
Xu Que was confused. He had never been so confused and unaware of his situation.
"System, inspect clearly and quickly what kind of issue has arisen in my body?" Xu Que was forced to question the System again.
This time, the System replied quickly. DING! "After inspection, it was determined that the host's Vital Force is being constricted by a certain artifact that contains the power of Heaven Way's laws. The host has been affected by it, and your life span has been consumed greatly because of it. Your remaining life span is just 40 days."
"What?" Upon hearing this, Xu Que opened his eyes wide.
"His remaining life span was just 40 days?
"Nine days had elapsed since he entered this land, and, if the remaining 40 days were added to it, then didn't everything conform to the child's prophecy? He would die in 49 days!
"What is happening?"
Xu Que felt helpless and confused. When did he get constricted by an artifact? Moreover, he was still affected by the power of the Heaven Way's laws… That wasn't right, hold on!
All of a sudden, an idea ran across Xu Que's mind, and he figured out the answer. "Will Xuanyuan Wanrong die?"