Chapter 1220: Fight Our Way Up!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
With the crowd following like an entourage, Xu Que and the others went to the Seven Stars Academy.
Lin Yuxi fell into the state of awakening of the Inheritance of an Ancient Skill previously sealed in her body, so she was placed in the largest Soul Gathering Array of the Seven Stars Academy for Secluded Meditation.
After being injured, Lord Zeng had been in a coma, and he was also sent to the Seven Stars Academy for recuperation. The Master of the Ming Family had also specially offered many Immortal Elixirs as compensation.
However, due to the large number of people from the Earth Continent who had arrived—it was a whole brigade of hundreds of thousands of people—even if the Seven Stars Academy had been big enough, it simply couldn't accommodate such a large number of people. Eventually, only the big shots of the major forces stayed in the Seven Stars Academy, and the rest of their elite disciples settled down in the Seven Heir Cities.
The Emperor of Li Nation was thick-skinned enough to stay in the Seven Stars Academy; he wanted to get closer to Xu Que. He even hinted that he would send over some princesses to him. However, Xu Que wasn't in the least bit interested. He shut visitors off and pulled Buttface and Duan Jiude over to talk in private. Hence, at this moment, the combination of Que, De, and Dog were sitting in a huge room and staring at each other.
"Teacher Duan, you go ahead!"
"This old man isn't feeling well. You go ahead, Teacher Buttface!"
"D*mn, Your Holiness is your grandfather, I ordered you to speak, li-yi-si-o-ta!"
"Bah, what kind of language is that? I'm already not part of the Mighty Sect!"
Duan Jiude and Buttface were shirking their responsibilities, and they almost started fighting.
Xu Que's expression was gloomy and his eyebrows were knitted. From their expressions, he knew that Jiang Hongyan and the others must be in trouble!
"Come on, hurry up and tell me what actually happened in the Heaven Continent!" Xu Que urged impatiently.
Buttface then scratched his *ss and said helplessly, "Dude, don't be angry when you hear about this. There was really nothing we could do! When you were trapped under the Celestial Burial Valley, we searched everywhere for ways to rescue you. As a result, we met an old cunning *sshole in the Half-Celestial Stage who told us that there were authorities in the World of Near Celestials who could help you."
"I know about this. Just tell me what happened after all of you went to the Heaven Continent!" Xu Que interrupted.
When he was in The Four Great Continents, he already knew that Jiang Hongyan had to break through the Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage, to levitate heavenward to the World of Near Celestials in order to save him. Hence, he was truly concerned about what had actually happened to Jiang Hongyan and the others in the Heaven Continent.
"Well, that's a long story! Originally, Jiang Hongyan took us to the World of Near Celestials and we landed directly in the territory of Jade Lake. Someone came to receive us personally. Moreover, we also met Bai Cailing, the old woman we met at the Refined Moon Palace. She had recovered her youthful appearance. She was actually the Jade Lake Saint. Her status was extraordinary. She even personally arranged everything for us. That period of time was really pleasurable."
At the mention of that, there was a trace of his recollecting the pleasant life in Jade Lake on his face. Obviously, life in Jade Lake was very enjoyable.
"What's next?" Xu Que asked.
"And then…uh, then Jiang Hongyan was detected to be gifted. She had a body of Heavenly Kismet. If she went to the Heaven Continent, she was gifted enough to be the cream of the crop with her sovereign physique. And such news alarmed the Holy Mother of Jake Lake. She immediately started to groom her vigorously by providing countless natural treasures. And in just two years, Jiang Hongyan entered the Initial Stage of the Human Celestial Stage, it was terrifying!" Buttface explained.
"That's a good thing." Xu Que nodded, but he was pretty shocked. Jade Lake must have pumped in a lot of resources. Their natural treasures must be extraordinary. In two years, Jiang Hongyan was able to enter the Initial Stage of the Human Celestial Stage, which suggested that her physique and talent were natural endowments.
"Yes, it should be a good thing, but that was not the case after that! Bai Cailing voluntarily gave up her position as Jade Lake Saint and made Jiang Hongyan a new generation of Jade Lake Saint. Because she became the new Jade Lake Saint, she was qualified to study in the Heaven Palace Academy. That was a great piece of enlightenment! Most important, there are countless aces in the Heaven Palace Academy. Some people are especially good with spells. Jiang Hongyan agreed to be the new Jade Lake Saint in order to find someone to save you. When she entered the Heaven Palace Academy, bad things began to happen!"
At the mention of that, Buttface shook his head.
"Those who could study in the Heaven Palace Academy are people with extraordinary status and strength. Jiang Hongyan was so awesome that many lascivious men were casting greedy eyes on her. Hence, many people tried to woo her. After many fruitless advances, some of them resorted to using their power to reach an agreement with some people in the Heaven Palace Academy, they pressured Jade Lake to agree on a connection by marriage!"
"Hmph, this nonsense again. With my understanding of Hongyan, it would be impossible for her to agree!" Xu Que shook his head and snorted coldly.
Duan Jiude laughed bitterly, "It was, but because she refused to agree, Jade Lake suffered. Although Jade Lake is a first-class force in the Heaven Continent, one of the sovereigns who was pursuing Jiang Hongyan has a mightier origin. He's from the most powerful force in the Heaven Continent, the Sage Sect. The Sect Leader of the Sage Sect is his grandfather. Moreover, that man has the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus, it's a rare occurrence of one in a million years. He's the Divine Son who was favored by the Heavens as soon as he was born. He's extremely extraordinary!"
"Those from the Sage Sect hoped that he could come together with Jiang Hongyan, and their combination would produce the Divine Being of Heavenly Kismet & Taoist Fetus; it would be the strongest physique in history. Hence, the Sage Sect had united with the Heaven Palace Academy to pressure Jade Lake. Now the whole of Jade Lake had fallen apart. Eventually, in order not to harm Jade Lake further, Jiang Hongyan gave an ambiguous promise. She informed the Sage Sect that their marriage could be discussed again after she had entered the Earth Celestial Stage."
Speaking of that, Buttface added, "In fact, she wanted to stall for time, before she entered the Earth Celestial Stage, she wanted to find someone to rescue you and then escape from the Heaven Continent. But since you made such a big commotion on the Heavenly Tripod List, she already knew you were out of trouble."
"Unfortunately, she was restricted. She was accompanied by numerous aces even when she was outside. They said it was to protect her, but in fact it was a house arrest. And that dude with the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus went over to the Heaven Palace Academy to disturb her every single day. Your Holiness and Teacher Duan certainly couldn't control it anymore. We went to the Sage Sect wanting to go against them, but we were chased down instead!"
Upon hearing that, Xu Que was already gloomy, and there was a feeling of death in the air. He knew very well how excellent Jiang Hongyan was. But those people in the Heaven Continent really had no idea of death or danger. How could he possibly tolerate such coercion?
As for Duan Jiude and Buttface, they mentioned that they were going against them, but Xu Que could only believe half of what they said. With their booger-sized bravery, how would they dare provoke the Sage Sect? They must have been stealing or doing other illicit acts and were hunted down after they were discovered!
"What about Liu Jingning and the others?" Xu Que asked again. Those who had left with Jiang Hongyan included Liu Jingning and a group from the Utmost Happiness Faction.
"Demonic Woman Liu was doing fine. The ancestors of the Utmost Happiness Faction have survived in the Heaven Continent till now. They've set up a small force. They've naturally acknowledged and returned to their ancestors. Although there were a lot of lascivious men eyeing Liu too, she hasn't paid any attention to them. Moreover, with her talents, it wasn't worth the coercion from those forces in the Heaven Continent, so her circumstances are pretty good!" Buttface nodded.
Subsequently, Xu Que also asked them if there was any news of Zixia Fairy and Su Ling'er, Madam Ya, and those who had disappeared from the Mystery Land of South Continent.
Buttface shook his head helplessly, "Don't ask us this, dude. Do you know how big the Heaven Continent is? You haven't even been to the Six Major Celestial Realms in the Earth Continent, let alone the Heaven Continent. Compared with the Heaven Continent, the Six Major Celestial Realms in the Earth Continent can only be counted as a tiny piece of land. It's only a little debris that the Heaven Continent has discarded in the past! Hence, even if they're in the Heaven Continent, we couldn't find them unless they took the initiative to go to the Heaven Palace Academy to find Jiang Hongyan!"
"Not necessarily. The old man here guessed that they may have followed my master and levitated heavenward to the World of Near Celestials. As for which continent, it's hard to say!" Duan Jiude touched his chin.
"It seems like we still have to search the Xuanhuang Continent first, then the other Five Major Celestial Realms in the Earth Continent, and then we have to hurry up to the Heaven Continent. We'll get rid of the Heaven Palace Academy and the Sage Sect!" Xu Que squinted as he said lightly.
"More than that, in addition to the Heaven Palace Academy and the Sage Sect, there are several other forces that can't be spared. They're all those who have wooed Jiang Hongyan crazily. They're so arrogant, and I must break their pr*cks!" Buttface said excitedly, as if they had been badly bullied in the Heaven Continent. He was brimming with resentment and anger. Duan Jiude also nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"Yes, I'll certainly not let a single one of them off! But…I guess they'll come to me without me looking." Speaking of that, Xu Que had a cold smile arise from the corner of his mouth.But then the smile gradually faded away.
He shook his head and said solemnly, "The key question now isn't how to get revenge on those people, but how we should get to the Heaven Continent?"
He was aware that Buttface and Duan Jiude already knew that the passageway from the Earth Continent to the Heaven Continent was sealed, so he was worried about it.
If even the Space-Breaking Spell didn't work, he couldn't think of any other way.
Just then, Buttface stood up, threw a fist, and said, "Dude, there's only one way to go to the Heaven Continent, fight our way up!"
Chapter 1221: Little Brat, We Got News!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Open it by force?
Xu Que was stunned a bit. Could the thing which couldn't be solved by the Space-Breaking Spell be solved by brutal force?
Buttface explained, "I know a place that is the weakest point between the two continents. Its name is the Interface Point. I planned to come here through that place, but I didn't expect to be ambushed on the way. With having to drag Duan Jiude along, who is a totally cumbersome burden, I had to change routes. At last, we managed to come here through the channel between the Heaven Continent and the Earth Continent because of my intelligence and wisdom! So, we haven't been to the Interface Point yet!"
"As you said, you think you can go to the Heaven Continent by breaking through at the Interface Point?" Xu Que asked suspiciously. Although Buttface's physique was quite tough, he didn't believe the Interface Point could be broken with brutal force.
"Of course! But I have felt sick recently so it was not a good time for me to do it. I believe you can do that! You can definitely break it with your Act-Tough King's Fist!" Buttface said proudly.
Xu Que rolled his eyes immediately. Buttface's reaction meant it was highly possible that he was not able to break the Interface Point.
When Buttface mentioned the Act-Tough King's Fist, Xu Que remembered his Act-Tough King's Leg.
"Maybe I really can have a try!" Xu Que exclaimed. Maybe the Act-Tough King��s Leg is the key to break the Interface Point! If I can really break it, the problem of going to the Heaven Continent could also be solved!
However, he had to search the Xuanhuang Continent and the six Celestial Realms in the Earth Continent before doing that. If Duan Jiude's speculation was right, Zixia Fairy should have risen immortally, together with the entire Mystery Land of the South Continent, after reaching the Half-Celestial Stage. Now, they could all be somewhere in the World of Near Celestials. Su Ling'er, Su Xiaoqi, Madam Ya, and Xiao Rou had been in the Mystery Land. So many people couldn't disappear without any reason. He had to find them even if he had to turn over the World of Near Celestials.
At the thought of this, Xu Que said, as he looked at Buttface and Duan Jiude with a smile, "OK! I have an assignment for you!"
…..
That day, all the sects in the Celestial Realms of the Earth Continent left the Seven Heir Cities and the Seven Stars Academy. At this time, their strength in numbers was a great advantage! The Xuanhuang Continent was vast and had a lot of nations. However, over 100,000 people from the Zhenyuan Celestial Realm of the Earth Continent, who were led by Buttface and Duan Jiude, were sent to different places of the Xuanhuang Continent. Even the nations in the Xuanhuang Continent had to send their people to join the search task. During several days, they practically searched all the corners of the Xuanhuang Continent.
At the same time, Xu Que searched the Seven Stars Academy and the Ming Family residences for anything which could supply Celestial Core Power. If his World of Green Lotus couldn't finish its three growths, he wouldn't regain his full strength. Even after Xu Que had found all the treasury items in the Seven Stars Academy and the Ming Family residences, he felt it was still not enough! The Celestial Core Power he needed now was too large. Even all the elixirs in the Li Nation couldn't satisfy him, let alone from the Seven Stars Academy and the Ming Family.
"What a bottomless pit!" Xu Que sighed and shook his head. Nobody could cultivate this Chaotic Green Lotus easily. However, if he could cultivate this lotus till its maturation, it would be invincible. At that time, he would also be invincible between the Heavens and the Earth!
The Heaven Continent, the Holy Sect, and the Heaven Palace Academy will be nothing to me at that time!
Standing in the Seven Stars Academy, Xu Que looked up at the sky and said in a low voice, "Hongyan, wait for me! Those people will regret what they have done to you!"
"My young friend!" At this time, a familiar voice called out from behind him. Xu Que turned around and saw Lord Zeng was walking up slowly, with a string of Buddhist prayer beads in his hands and a smile. After several days of treatment and cultivation, most of Lord Zeng's wounds were healed. After taking the elixirs given by the Ming Family, he had reached the Initial Stage of the Human Celestial Stage from the Half-Celestial Stage. His foundation was even firmer than before. Actually, he got some good out of his misfortune.
"Lord Zeng, thank you very much for your help!" Xu Que said with a smile.
If Lord Zeng hadn't helped them, Lin Yuxi would definitely have been killed by Ming Cheng. Therefore, Xu Que must express his gratitude. After all, people like Lord Zeng were quite rare in the World of Cultivators.
"My young friend, you are welcome! I could rise immortally to this place because of your burger. So I needed to repay you for your kindness! Anyway, my young friend, the one you should say thanks to is that young lady!" Lord Zeng said with a smile. Xu Que waved his hand. A burger was nothing for him. But Lord Zeng's grateful heart was a precious gift!
As for Lin Yuxi…
Xu Que didn't know how to face her. Should he say thanks to her? What should he say?
"My young friend, this is a letter for you from that young lady!" Lord Zeng took out a letter at this time. On the envelope, he saw three words—To Xu Que.
"For me?" Xu Que was surprised and confused.
"I guess something happened between you and that young lady! I don't know when she gave this letter to me. When I woke up this morning, I found it outside my door. Just now, someone told me that young lady has left the Seven Stars Academy!" Lord Zeng exclaimed. It seemed he also had a similar experience.
Lin Yuxi has left?
Xu Que was surprised because he didn't expect it at all.
After sending Buttface and Duan Jiude out, he focused on repairing the World of Green Lotus these days while Lin Yuxi was performing her secluded cultivation. Xu Que didn't want to interrupt her. But he didn't expect she would leave without saying good-bye.
Xu Que tore the envelope open and tried to find out why Lin Yuxi wanted to leave. When he unfolded the letter, he was surprised for the paper was totally blank.
"This…"
Xu Que was stunned. Then he shook his head with a wry smile.
Lin Yuxi didn't know what to say to him, just like he didn't know what to say to her.
He had let go of the things that happened all those years ago. He didn't expect that Lin Yuxi would come here from Earth. Although he didn't know how she accomplished that, the process would be very difficult. However, before he had time to ask her about it, Lin Yuxi had left again.
"My young friend, before she left here, I saw she wandered in front of your door hesitantly. At that time, you were not in your room. After hesitating for a long time, she didn't knock at the door but turned around and left!" Lord Zeng said with a smile.
"Did you talk with her after that?" Xu Que asked.
Lord Zeng nodded his head, "When she left, I saw her. So we talked for a short time!"
"What did she say?"
"She said she did wrong to you and pushed you away from her. Now, when she wants to go back to you, she found the distance between you and her is so large!" Then Lord Zeng sighed, "Alas! She said she will go to find an opportunity from her memory. It seems it is an inheritance. I didn't ask her about it. But I didn't expect she would leave instead of asking help from you!"
Hearing that, Xu Que shook his head with a smile again, "This…is just her style!"
He knew Lin Yuxi very well. This girl had strong self-esteem and was eager to excel as usual. She knew here she was too weak. According to her character, she didn't want to seek shelter from Xu Que, because she didn't want to be a vase which was pleasant to the eye but of no use.
"Alas! What a…" Xu Que shook his head.
Lin Yuxi was quite independent, but she was also too naive! The Xuanhuang Continent was too dangerous for a young girl at the Original Infant Stage to be in alone!
"Lord Zeng, please tell the Dean of the Seven Stars Academy to search for Lin Yuxi. This girl's cultivation stage is quite low. So she can't be far away now! When they find her, don't bother her but just protect her in secret!" At last Xu Que asked Lord Zeng.
"OK!" Lord Zeng replied, as he nodded his head with a smile. Then he left.
Several days later, the Dean of the Seven Stars Academy came to Xu Que and told him they had found Lin Yuxi. And the Dean had arranged some people to protect her in secret.
Half a month later, Buttface and Duan Jiude also came back. Buttface, who was fatigued from the journey, rushed to the Seven Stars Academy. When he saw Xu Que, he said immediately, "Little brat, we have news about the Mystery Land of the South Continent!"
…..
Chapter 1222: Back to the Earth Continent
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Buttface and Duan Jiude didn't make their trip for nothing. They came back with a clue.
A Mystery Land Trial was being held in the Lin Nation, which was on the north end of the Xuanhuang Continent. All the people in the Xuanhuang Continent could participate in this trial. However, people from the Xuanyi Celestial Realm of the Earth Continent could also participate in this trial. So the competition between the people from the two continents was inevitable.
Someone who finished the trial said he had met a beautiful woman who was from the Xuanyi Celestial Realm in the Mystery Land. This woman said she knew the Exploding Heavens Faction's Xu Que.
Same as always, Buttface and Duan Jiude interrogated that man after trussing him up tightly. But they failed to get any more useful information finally from the guy.
"The guy just passed that woman in the Mystery Land. He knew she was from the Xuanyi Celestial Realm and heard she was talking about Xu Que from the Exploding Heavens Faction. But he didn't strike up a conversation with her. But you never went to the Xuanyi Celestial Realm! If a beautiful woman from there knows you, I guess she might be one of them!" Buttface said as he looked at Xu Que with a smile.
"Right! It is highly possible! But…what if that woman was telling a lie? Or it is possible that she knows me but I don't know her!" Xu Que said with a faint smile. In fact, he was quite expectant at this moment. At least this was pretty good news!
"Heh, heh, little brat, you gotta be kidding me! How could a beautiful woman say she knows you without any cause?" Buttface sneered immediately.
Xu Que raised his eyebrows immediately, "Wow! Buttface, I didn't expect you would be so arrogant now! Are you overconfident or am I too weak to punish you?"
"Humph! Little brat, mind your words when you talk to me! I descended from the Heaven Continent! So, I am quite distinguished! And…ouch! Brother Que, you are awesome, and you are becoming more and more handsome! My admiration for you is endless like the endless Yangtze River and rampant like the Yellow River!"
"Were those words uttered from your heart?" Xu Que asked, squinting his eyes.
Buttface shouted as he patted his chest, "Absolutely!"
Xu Que nodded his head, as he removed the knife from Buttface's neck.
Then, they left for the channel between the Earth Continent and the Xuanhuang Continent from the Seven Stars Academy directly. When they arrived at that place, they would go back to the Earth Continent.
No matter whether that woman was Su Yunlan or Madam Ya, Xu Que had to go back to the Earth Continent. After all, they had searched all the places in the Xuanhuang Continent. Now they would search the rest of the five Celestial Realms in the Earth Continent.
However, the channel between the Earth Continent and the Xuanhuang Continent was not open for everyone. People could descend to the Xuanhuang Continent from the Earth Continent easily. However, if they wanted to go back, they had to at least have reached the Earth Cultivation Stage. Meanwhile, they also needed a lot of Spiritual Crystals to activate the channel.
This requirement totally embarrassed Xu Que and over 100,000 elite apprentices of the big sects like Litian Academy!
They didn't worry about the Spiritual Crystals. However, all of them were just at the Human Celestial Stage! How could they go through the channel?
"Little brat, you can't blame me for that! I just tried to get more reinforcements for you!" Buttface shirked responsibility immediately.
Xu Que ignored Buttface's words. Anyway, he had earned over 1 million Acting Tough Points from the people brought here by Buttface. And he also had his way to go back to the Earth Continent because he had the assistance of the System!
He performed the lucky draw five times as he activated his Lucky Aura. After spending over 300,000 Acting Tough Points, he managed to get a Void Interface Spell. When he finished the preparation of the Void Interface Spell, he activated it and left for the Earth Continent from the Xuanhuang Continent taking Buttface, Duan Jiude, Lord Zeng, and more than 100,000 elite apprentices of different sects.
Lord Zeng could benefit a lot from going to the Earth Continent for he could complete the Rules of Life and Death. Also, his cultivation would be much faster in the Earth Continent because of the rich Spiritual Qi in it.
After several months, Xu Que and his teammates went back to the Zhenyuan Celestial Realm successfully. More than two years had passed since his departure. Many big sects in this place had experienced great changes. However, the rest of the things in this place were almost unchanged.
However, the Zhenyuan Celestial Realm was not Xu Que's destination. He had to go to the Xuanyi Celestial Realm. But they were embarrassed again for only cultivators at the Earth Celestial Stage or higher could travel among the Celestial Realms. Other cultivators would be killed by the void strength between the Celestial Realms. So Xu Que had to get another Void Interface Spell and ask someone who had been to the Xuanyi Celestial Realm before to use it.
During the preparation of the Void Interface Spell, Xu Que stayed in the Litian Academy temporarily. He met Qin Susu again. This beautiful girl shouted as she saw Xu Que, "My younger brother!"
"My younger sister!" Xu Que replied with a smile.
"You are pretty good, my younger brother! I didn't expect you would be so good at hiding your strength. You are so powerful, and you are even the leader of the Exploding Heavens Faction!" Qin Susu said as she looked at Xu Que with a thoughtful smile.
"My younger sister, you are also quite impressive for you have reached the summit of the Human Celestial Stage in several years! I, your elder brother, am very proud of you!" Xu Que said with a relieved expression.
Qin Susu rolled her eyes immediately. "I am still not as impressive as you! When I met you for the first time, you were just at the Half-Celestial Stage. Now, you have reached the Medium Stage of the Human Celestial Stage! What kind elixir did you eat when you grew up?"
"Milk Deluxe!"
"Milk…what?" Qin Susu was stunned by his reply.
"I was kidding! By the way, where is your great-great-grandpa? Last time he said he would take me to your parents so that I could give them my betrothal gifts. Why didn't he contact me after that…?"
"Shut up! If you mention it again, I will beat you up!" Hearing that, Qin Susu was quite angry. She talked tough before running away.
"Hah, hah, my younger sister, you can't do that! It is still negotiable!" Xu Que laughed loudly.
He didn't want to marry Qin Susu. But he could always have fun when he quarreled with that girl, who could make him remember his younger sister Xu Feifei. Now, Xu Feifei was performing cultivation in Jiang Hongyan's Good Fortune Jade Disk. Xu Feifei started her cultivation belatedly. So she would need more time for that. Although Jiang Hongyan was under house arrest in the Heaven Continent, Xu Que didn't worry about Xu Feifei who was still in Jiang Hongyan���s Good Fortune Jade Disk.
Several days later, the preparation of the Void Interface Spell was finished. Standing outside the Void Interface Point, Xu Que, Buttface, and Duan Jiude fixed their eyes on Qin Sanli.
This time, Qin Sanli would lead them to the Xuanyi Celestial Realm. Litian Academy and the rest of the sects would send their people to the rest of the four Celestial Realms to search for Su Yunlan and the other people with her. In case Xu Que failed to find them in the Xuanyi Celestial Realm, Xu Que and his teammates would leave for the Heaven Continent directly.
However, Qin Sanli looked quite worried at this moment. He said as he looked at Xu Que with a wry smile, "Faction Leader, are you sure you won't go there with more people? As far as I know, the Equipment Refining Sect has a powerful branch in the Xuanyi Celestial Realm!"
Hearing that, Xu Que looked at Buttface and Duan Jiude. Then he smiled.
I don't need more people as long as the two of them go with me!
"What is the Equipment Refining Sect? Is it edible?" The next moment, Buttface asked curiously.
Duan Jiude also asked seriously as he stroked his beard, "Is it playful?
Chapter 1223: Acquaintance
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Although the Earth Continent was divided into six Celestial Realms, all these Celestial Realms, which were composed of debris knocked down from the Heaven Continent, were on the same level.
Only cultivators at the Earth Celestial Stage or higher could travel among these Celestial Realms safely. Other cultivators who dared to do that would be crushed by the strength of the Rules of Heaven and Earth! Although Xu Que was quite confident about his physique, he didn't want to take risks casually. He also didn't want to challenge himself by risking his life because it was totally unnecessary. Xu Que had many ways to become stronger. So, he would never take unnecessary risks!
Of course, if the entire Zhenyuan Celestial Realm was looking at him, he would travel among the Celestial Realms, ignoring all warnings and persuasions! Because he could earn Acting Tough Points through it! When nobody was looking at him, he just didn't want to act tough!
They spent several days going to the Xuanyi Celestial Realm from the Zhenyuan Celestial Realm. Qin Sanli had been to the Xuanyi Celestial Realm before. When Xu Que set up the Void Interface Spell, Qin Sanli was asked to activate it, so that he could lead the rest of them to the Xuanyi Celestial Realm.
When Buttface and Duan Jiude were in the Xuanhuang Continent, they were told that that Mystery Land Trial was performed at the western part of the Xuanyi Celestial Realm, which was between the Xuanyi Celestial Realm and the Lin Nation of the Xuanhuang Continent.
Qin Sanli also knew that Mystery Land. So he led Xu Que, Buttface, and Duan Jiude to the entrance of the Mystery Land in the Xuanyi Celestial Realm. The Mystery Land Trial was about to end. Many people were leaving. When Xu Que and his teammates arrived, nobody noticed them. So they just waited outside the entrance.
"Little brat, we will just wait here and not enter, right? I've heard this Mystical Land has some good stuff in it!" Standing beside Xu Que, Buttface saw a lot of cultivators had left the Mystery Land. So he asked enviably.
"Nonsense! This Mystery Land is so large! What if we can't find her in it?" Xu Que said. He didn't want to enter the Mystery Land. As he said, if all of them went into this place when the woman who knew him came out, it would be more difficult for him to find her in the future. So, it was more feasible to wait at the entrance of the Mystery Land. After all, the Mystery Land only had one entrance, and it was here where he could definitely find that woman.
"Anyway, according to hearsay, there is really a divine item in this Mystery Land. However, nobody has seen it personally!" Qin Sanli also said casually.
Xu Que raised his eyebrows but said nothing with a smile.
If I ask you what that divine item is, I guess we will go into the Mystical Land and find it, right? That's why I keep silent!
"Eh…" Qin Sanli was quite embarrassed for he noticed Xu Que and Buttface didn't want to talk about this topic. But he felt it was quite boring for them to just stand here, so he was about to say something more about this topic.
"This divine item…"
"Shut up!" Xu Que shouted. "Don't mention that divine item or opportunity in front of me! Today, I just want to wait here and go nowhere else!"
"OK…OK!" Qin Sanli, who was stunned by Xu Que's reaction, said with a wry smile. He was confused for he didn't know how he had offended Xu Que.
At this time, Buttface stood up and said vigilantly, "Little brat, I felt something!"
"What?" Xu Que turned to Buttface.
Buttface sniffed as he said seriously, "I sensed an aura which is quite like yours!"
���Similar to my aura? What do you mean?" Xu Que was surprised. He didn't sense that aura at all. But it seemed Buttface was not kidding, and his nose was more sensitive than his indeed!
"I can't describe it! The aura is quite weak, and it seems it comes from this direction!" Buttface shook his head with puzzlement. Then he reached out his paw and pointed at the entrance of the Mystery Land.
"Are you trying to lure me into the Mystical Land?" Xu Que said with embarrassment. However, when he looked at the entrance, he was surprised by what he saw. A strand of familiar aura was approaching.
"Holy sh*t! I didn't expect I would meet an acquaintance here!" Xu Que didn't know what to say.
Then, a beautiful woman in a purple robe walked out from the entrance slowly. It was Lan Xinyue.
When he had left that abandoned place taking Lan Xinyue, Lan Hetu, and several apprentices of the Lihuo Academy, their Void Tunnel was ruined by a dead man's head. All of them fell out of the Void Tunnel. Xu Que found that Lan Xinyue and Lan Hetu were thrown out together with him. But they were far away from each other. When he woke up, he found he was in the Zhenyuan Celestial Realm. After that, he tried to find Lan Xinyue and Lan Hetu, but his efforts were in vain. Now, Lan Xinyue appeared in this Mystery Land, which meant she landed in the Xuanyi Celestial Realm of the Earth Continent.
"My fellow cultivator!" When Lan Xinyue walked out of the entrance, she also saw Xu Que. She walked up rapidly in surprise.
"Ms. Lan! What a coincidence! I didn't expect I would…" Xu Que greeted her with a smile.
Before finishing his words, he felt something was wrong. Duan Jiude and Buttface had told him someone met a woman from the Earth Continent who said she knew him in the Mystery Land. Xu Que hadn't been to other Celestial Realms before. So he thought the woman could be Su Yunlan or his other female companions subconsciously. Now, he was dumbfounded by the appearance of Lan Xinyue. Could it be that the woman mentioned by Buttface was Lan Xinyue?
"My fellow cultivator, I remembered you were in the Zhenyuan Celestial Realm! I have been healing my wounds through secluded cultivation. When this Mystery Land was opened, I also came here. I've heard a lot about you in it. I didn't expect you would also come to the Xuanyi Celestial Realm!" It seemed Lan Xinyue was quite happy to see Xu Que.
After losing touch with Lan Hetu, she had been wandering in this strange and dangerous place. So she was happy to meet Xu Que, who could be considered as an acquaintance, in this place.
But Xu Que was not really happy. So he said with a wry smile, "Ms. Lan, I am searching for some other people here actually. Someone told me a woman in the Mystery Land said she knows me. Was that you?"
"Ah?" Lan Xinyue was stunned a bit. Then, she explained with a red face, "My fellow cultivator, please don't misunderstand me! I heard some people were talking about you. So, I asked them about you out of curiosity and told them I am your friend! I hope you don't mind what I said!"
"….." Hearing that, Xu Que smiled with embarrassment again.
So it means we made this trip in vain!
Although he was glad to meet Lan Xinyue, he was a little bit frustrated for he wouldn't meet Zixia Fairy, Su Yunlan, and his other female companions here.
"My fellow cultivator, I am really sorry for my abruptness! Please allow me to explain!" Lan Xinyue said in a hurry for she thought Xu Que was not happy because she said she was his friend when she saw Xu Que's reaction.
Xu Que came to himself. Then he waved his hand and said with a smile, "No, no, Ms. Lan, you misunderstood me. This is a long story. Anyway, I am quite happy to know you are safe now!"
Qin Sanli and Duan Jiude smiled after making eye contact. They realized they had been misled by that clue.
Buttface was still staring at the entrance of the Mystery Land. After pondering for a while, he turned to Xu Que and said, "Little brat, stop immersing yourself in love! I really sense an aura that is quite similar to yours!"
"Ah?" Xu Que was stunned again. He thought what Buttface had mentioned just now was Lan Xinyue. After all, Lan Xinyue stayed with him for some time. It was normal for her to have some aura which was similar to that of Xu Que. Now, Lan Xinyue had left the Mystery Land. Buttface still said something in the Mystery Land had a similar aura, which provoked Xu Que's curiosity.
"What the h*ll are you talking about?" Xu Que asked again.
"I don't know. Anyway, it is just like the aura of a divine item!" Buttface said, shaking his head.
Again?
Hearing that, Xu Que was quite unhappy.
At this time, Qin Sanli couldn't help but say, "Deputy Faction Leader, you can't use the term Divine Item casually. The name of this place is the Realm of the God of Hell. It is said this was the former residence of the God of Hell in ancient times. His inheritance was also hidden in this place. However, nobody ever found anything related to the God of Hell in this place. So, people only say a divine item might be hidden in this place!"
Chapter 1224: God of Hell's Realm
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The God of Hell's Realm?
Hearing that, Xu Que remembered a term immediately—God of Hell's Compulsion!
Could it be that this Mystery Land is related to the God of Hell's Compulsion?
At this time, it seemed as if Buttface had remembered something suddenly. He jumped up and shouted excitedly, "Right! I've figured it out! Little brat, the aura in the Mystery Land is quite similar to your physique strengthening art! But it is much more powerful than yours!"
Hearing that, Xu Que reviewed the words of Qin Sanli. Then he became serious.
The God of Hell was a deity in ancient times! Does it mean there are really deities in this world? Since the God of Hell used to exist in this world, the so-called Fire God mentioned by people in the Fire Nation is also not hearsay! Xu Que was surprised by this idea.
At this time, Qin Sanli said as he looked at Buttface in surprise, "You mean the Faction Leader's physique strengthening art is related to the God of Hell? As far as I know, there is a lot of hearsay about this Mystery Land. One of them is about the inheritance of the physique strengthening art of the God of Hell, which could be used to realize the Mighty Body of Hades!"
"The Mighty Body of Hades? Hah, hah, this guy hasn't finished the cultivation of his God of Hell's Compulsion yet!" Buttface laughed.
Qin Sanli was surprised. Then he turned to Xu Que in surprise, "I didn't expect you could get the God of Hell's Compulsion!"
"Do you know this physique strengthening art?" Xu Que asked curiously.
"Of course! Compared with the Mighty Body of Hades, the God of Hell's Compulsion is much weaker! According to the records in the ancient books, the God of Hell realized his Overlord Physique before becoming a deity with the God of Hell's Holy Physique. His physique was extremely tough. A Buddhist disciple comprehended a physique strengthening art after watching the portrait of the God of Hell carefully. And the name of this art is the God of Hell's Compulsion!" Qin Sanli said, nodding his head.
Xu Que was surprised. It turned out that his God of Hell's Compulsion was just a replica, which was taken from the portrait of the God of Hell! In this way, the Mighty Body of Hades should be the most powerful physique strengthening art!
Xu Que glanced at the entrance of the Mystery Land. He still didn't want to go into that place. He knew the woman in the Mystery Land was Lan Xinyue, which meant they had been misled by that clue. But now he knew an inheritance which could be related to him was in this place. So he had to treat this Mystery Land seriously.
"Little brat, we should go into this place and have a look while it is not closed. I can vaguely sense the direction of that aura. Maybe you can really find an inheritance in it. Believe me, you will need it, or you will be beaten up by people in the Heaven Continent!" Buttface urged eagerly. Apparently, he was quite interested in the things in the Mystery Land!
"Damn! What do you mean? Do you mean I am afraid of the people in the Heaven Continent?" Xu Que asked.
Buttface sneered and was about to say something.
Boom!
A big bang crashed from behind them at this time. The Void was distorted. Several figures dashed toward them in the sky with magnificent kill intent.
"Oh, no!" Qin Sanli's expression changed abruptly as he shouted, "They are people of the Equipment Refining Sect!"
"The Equipment Refining Sect! They are right on time!" Xu Que said with a faint smile.
Before he turned around, Qin Sanli added, "All the three King Refiners of the Xuanyi Celestial Realm are here! It seems they are going to kill all of us!"
King Refiners!
The smile was frozen on Xu Que's face.
Whoosh!
Buttface escaped immediately. Duan Jiude also said, touching his beard, "I have decided to go into the Mystery Land. I won't hamper your fight!" After saying that, he turned around and escaped by rushing into the Mystery Land following Buttface.
Xu Que's lips twitched. Then he said as he looked at Qin Sanli with a smile, "Mr. Qin, do you want to know the meaning of life? Do you want to realize the true essence of life? Just fight!"
Then Xu Que also dashed toward the entrance of the Mystery Land, dragging Lan Xinyue with him. He was not a coward. He really had no chance of winning this fight! In front of him, there were three King Refiners at the Golden Celestial Stage! How could he win this fight? King Refiner Liu almost killed Xu Que with one move. When Xu Que escaped by using the Celestial Grade Divine Escape Spell, he was almost caught by King Refiner Liu! Now, he could do nothing but escape in front of three King Refiners!
"You…" Qin Sanli was totally shocked by their reaction. Although he was quite embarrassed and angry, he had to run into the Mystical Land following them.
Whoosh!
Instantly, all of them went into the entrance of the Mystery Land and disappeared. Many cultivators who had just come out of the Mystery Land watched this scene in surprise. Then they were totally shocked by the figures in the sky.
"My God! Three King Refiners of the Equipment Refining Sect are here!"
"What did they do? I didn't expect that three King Refiners would come here together!"
"Could it be that those people are from the Exploding Heavens Faction?"
Many people were talking about this issue in surprise. After all, the Exploding Heavens Faction was quite famous in the six Celestial Realms. Everyone knew about the blood feud between the Exploding Heavens Faction and the Equipment Refining Sect.
At this time, the figures in the sky stopped abruptly. The three King Refiners stared at the entrance of the Mystery Land coldly. Although they were quite powerful, only cultivators whose cultivation stages were lower than the Heaven Celestial Stage could enter the Mystery Land. Cultivators at any higher stage would be crushed to ashes by the Mystery Land if they dared to enter it forcibly.
"My lords, they have entered the Mystery Land. Should we send some people to hunt them down in the Mystery Land?" A deacon looked at the King Refiners and asked reverently.
A King Refiner shook his head and said coldly, "The Mystery Land will be closed soon. And it won't be opened again for 100 years. They will come out and meet their deaths here, or they will wait in the Mystery Land for 100 years, where they will be killed by the wind blades in the Void!"
"Exactly! We will just wait here till the closing of the Mystery Land!" Another King Refiner nodded his head. Then he snorted with cold killing intent in his face, "We planned to kill them in the Zhenyuan Celestial Realm. I didn't expect they could come here! What a good opportunity to kill them all!"
"King Refiner Liu…"
"It's OK! Just ask him to continue his rehabilitation. We will definitely avenge him! Even if Xu Que and his men stay in the Mystery Land for 100 years, we will bring Xu Que's body back to King Refiner Liu to clear his name!"
"As you wish!"
…..
At the same time, in the Mystery Land, Xu Que and his teammates had landed on the ground. A lot of cultivators were walking toward the entrance. The Mystery Land was about to close. The cultivators were surprised when they saw some people had chosen to enter the Mystery Land at this time. But they didn't waste their time in asking. They just walked by blankly and left through the entrance.
Qin Sanli said as he looked at Xu Que bitterly, "Now, we are in a nice hobble! The Mystery Land will be closed in several days and not re-opened for 100 years. And it will be covered by the wind blades in the Void, which will definitely kill all of us!"
"It doesn't matter! We can go back to the Zhenyuan Celestial Realm with a Space-Breaking Spell before the closing of the Mystery Land!" Xu Que said with a faint smile.
Qin Sanli was speechless, for he had forgotten this method again. After all, nobody could use the Space-Breaking Spell and the Void Interface Spell easily. When they tried to go to the Heaven Continent from the Earth Continent, they managed to obtain the two spells by scraping together the resources from several big sects.
When he heard Xu Que's words, he let out a sigh of relief. At least they could survive this time!
Howl! "Little brat, I sensed that aura again! It is in this direction!" Buttface sniffed and shouted as he pointed at the east side of the Mystery Land.
Hearing that, Xu Que looked in that direction and found an endless plain which was covered by clouds and mists. He didn't see any mountains on it.
Lan Xinyue changed her expression and said in surprise, "No, we can't go there!"
Chapter 1225: A Man-eating Spell Array
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"We can't go there?"
Hearing that, the others turned to Lan Xinyue in surprise.
Buttface jumped up and shouted, "Why can't we go there? Are you jealous of my magnificent strength?"
"Miss Lan, is there anything weird there?" Xu Que said as he pushed Buttface away. Lan Xinyue had been to this Mystery Land before. So her words must be based on some facts.
Lan Xinyue nodded her head, "We can go anywhere in this Mystery Land except that plain. It is always covered by clouds and mists. Those who try to step into it were melted by the clouds and mists. And I saw that with my own eyes!"
"Eh…you mean those clouds and mists could eat people, right?" Xu Que looked at that plain curiously. It seemed that plain was quite ordinary.
At this time, Qin Sanli broke in, "What Miss. Lan said is correct! That plain is the forbidden place in this Mystery Land. Whenever this Mystery Land was open, some people have always tried to enter it for they thought the inheritance of the God of Hell was in it. However, almost nobody could leave that place safely!"
"Almost? It means someone left it safely, right?" Xu Que asked immediately.
Qin Sanli nodded his head, "Right! The clouds and mists are illusions actually. The most dangerous place is that plain, which is a big sacrificial spell Array! Even the grasses on it are part of the Array. All the people who enter it will be killed as sacrifices! Some who were protected by some Celestial Artifacts used to search this place and get out of it safely. But they found nothing in it. Actually, that place is empty!"
"Celestial Artifacts? Hah! What a coincidence! I do have some of them!" Xu Que said with a smile. He had a lot of Celestial Artifacts in the System package, including some protective equipment that could be used to protect him from the attack of that Array.
"But it is just an empty Array! Why do you want to take the risk?" Qin Sanli shook his head ,for the inheritance of the God of Hell would have been taken away by others. Xu Que would find nothing in it!
Buttface retorted immediately, "You know nothing! How could the inheritance be obtained by others so easily? I am sure the inheritance is under this Array!"
"So, we have to dig a hole in this Array, right?" Xu Que said, frowning, for it was quite troublesome!
"Exactly! Those people only walked around on the plain. They didn't know the inheritance is under the Array! Little brat, hurry up! You should start to dig the hole now!" Buttface said confidently.
Qin Sanli rolled his eyes, "Who told you nobody dug holes in it before? They even used Celestial Artifacts in this area. How could they miss the underground area? At that time, they dug up the entire area. However, the ground and Array are restored hourly.
"I guess their way of digging was incorrect!" Buttface replied overbearingly.
"It seems Buttface really knows a lot! Tell us how should we dig that hole?" Duan Jiude asked at this time.
Buttface was stumped immediately for he was only good at bluffing.
"Eh…although I don't know how to dig the hole, I know a man who is pretty good at digging holes in the R Nation on Earth! His name is Taka Kato and his nickname is Gold Finger!"
"Gold Finger? A man who digs hole with his fingers?" Duan Jiude was totally shocked.
"Exactly! I even planned to learn some skills from him. However, my schedule was too tight, and I forgot to do that at last!" Buttface nodded his head.
"That's enough!" Xu Que interrupted the meaningless conversation between Buttface and Duan Jiude. Then he looked at the plain and said seriously, "If I am not wrong, we can't dig this Array forcibly. Maybe we can go to the underground area after breaking this Array!" He didn't have any feelings about it before. Now, when he stared at that plain, he got a vague sense of familiarity. It seemed as if it was resonating with the God of Hell's Compulsion in his body! Now, he felt the urge to go into that place.
"Little brat, how will you break the Array?" Buttface asked curiously.
Xu Que shook his head. "Let's go and have a look first!"
Then he walked toward that plain. He got a feeling that this Array was also related to his God of Hell's Compulsion.
"My fellow cultivator, are…you really going to go there?" Lan Xinyue asked hesitantly. Although she knew Xu Que was quite powerful, this plain had killed too many people. She had even witnessed the death of some people in it, which freaked her out.
"Don't worry! I'll just check it in the peripheral area!" Xu Que said with a smile. Then he dashed forward, stepping on lightning.
…..
After a short while, Xu Que had landed in the peripheral area of the plain. He didn't walk into those clouds and mists directly.
Buttface, Duan Jiude, and the rest also came over following Xu Que. Standing outside this weird plain, they were able to see it clearly at last. All the grasses were at the same height and were growing along a certain curvature neatly. People who suffered from the obsessive-compulsive disorder would have a pretty good feeling after seeing those grasses.
"What? It seems this layout is related to the Five Elements!" Qin Sanli murmured, for he had figured out something.
Xu Que nodded his head, "Exactly! The Array in this plain is round when it is seen from here. But it is divided into five parts, which stand for the Five Elements. The central area, which is covered by clouds and mists, is still unclear. Maybe the key to break this Array is in that place!"
"Little brat, do you want to go in there and check it?" Buttface urged again.
Whoosh!
Xu Que said nothing but took out a bronze sheet which was as large as his palm.
Qin Sanli, who knew the item, said in surprise, "The Bronze Armor Metal Piece? It is an Inferior Celestial Artifact!"
"Heh, heh, I found it at the edge of the Waste Realm!" Xu Que said, nodding his head with a smile. He had obtained it from those who he killed in the Waste Realm. Many of them had Inferior Celestial Artifacts. However, they didn't have the opportunity to use them before getting killed. So, all their belongings became Xu Que's trophies! This bronze sheet was one of those trophies. As an Inferior Celestial Artifact, it could be activated by injecting Celestial Core Power into it. Then it would become bronze armor which could protect the user effectively.
"Holy sh*t! What should we do?" Seeing that, Duan Jiude asked enviously.
Xu Que shook his head and said, "You just wait here. Buttface and I will go into this place and check it out!"
Although he still had other defensive Inferior Celestial Artifacts, Duan Jiude and Lan Xinyue were just at the Human Celestial Stage, and were not able to use Inferior Celestial Artifacts effectively or use the Inferior Celestial Artifact for a long time. Xu Que didn't worry about Buttface at all. His physique was extremely strong, even stronger than the Inferior Celestial Artifacts. So Buttface wouldn't be endangered in the Array.
Buttface jumped back immediately, "Holy sh*t! Little brat, you can go in there alone! Why do you want me to go with you? I won't do that! You can break the Array first. Then I can go there and have a look with you!"
"Coward! What are you scared of?" Xu Que said with embarrassment. After so many years, Buttface's cowardness had never changed.
"Humph! Don't try to goad me! I said I won't go there! This is the principle and dignity of a wolf!" Buttface said proudly.
Principle? Dignity?
Xu Que was amused and said, shaking his head, "Buttface, do you want some Smelly Tofu?"
"Holy sh*t! I just want to know how powerful that Array is! Little brat, let's go!" Buttface shook his body and shouted proudly as he walked forward.
While Qin Sanli and the others looked at them seriously, Xu Que, who was wrapped in a green bronze armor, dashed toward the center of the plain with Buttface. They disappeared in the clouds and mists immediately. However, they were not influenced by those clouds and mists at all. Xu Que was quite surprised. He believed those clouds and mists wouldn't have caused any damage to him even without that bronze armor. To ensure safety, Xu Que didn't take off his armor though. They continued to dash forward.
Soon, Xu Que and Buttface landed at the center of the plain. The clouds and mists were flying above their heads. Under their feet, the ground was very smooth and didn't have any grass on it. However, the grains of sand were flowing slowly on the ground like a sand river.
"Wait, something is wrong…" Xu Que shouted in surprise suddenly. The God of Hell's Compulsion was running strong in his body. His Celestial Core Power, which was divided according to the rules of the Five Elements, started to flow rapidly into his meridians.
The next moment, the sand grains on the ground also started to flow rapidly. Xu Que was sinking into the sand slowly.
…..
Chapter 1226: You Can Only Find Dead Ends Here
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Holy sh*t! Little brat, what are you doing? Where are you going?" Buttface shouted in surprise as he reached out his paws and tried to drag Xu Que back. However, all his efforts were in vain.
The flowing of the sand grains was getting even faster. Xu Que was not being pulled down forcibly, but sinking slowly as if he was standing on the water's surface. After a short while, half of Xu Que's body had sunk into the sand. Buttface could only see his chest and head now.
"Hey! Little brat, just try to get out! I can't stop you from sinking!" Buttface shouted and clenched his teeth. He had tried with all his might but still couldn't move Xu Que a bit.
"Wait! Buttface! I think this could be the correct way to go into the underground area! Only those who have acquired the God of Hell's Compulsion could…" Xu Que said for he had figured out something. Before he could finish his words, he was totally devoured by the sand grains. When he disappeared, the flowing of the sand grains was also stopped as if nothing had happened.
"Holy sh*t! Holy sh*t!" Buttface was dumbfounded. Then he started to try and excavate the sand hurriedly. However, this place was just like a desert. No matter how hard he tried, the hole he dug was filled up by the sand grains soon.
"Oh, no, this guy will take an exclusive possession of the inheritance! Let me go with him!" Buttface was so angry that he even started to jump on the place where Xu Que had been devoured by the sand. But he didn't sink into the sand.
…..
At the same time, Xu Que felt his feet had landed on the ground again. Now, everything went black for a while. Then, after landing on the ground, he realized his sinking in the sand hadn't lasted long. When he stood on the ground, he looked up and found he was in an extremely vast and dark area where the ceiling was too high to be seen. This place was like an abyss. He was surrounded by white clouds and mists. In front of him, there was a path paved with slabs of stone. A step could be seen at the end of this path which led to a higher area. However, Xu Que was too far away to see the things at the top of the step clearly.
To Xu Que's surprise, he saw a lot of corpses on both sides of this stone path. Some of them were like mummies. Some of them were skeletons. And some of them were just bone ash!
It seems a lot of people have come to this place before me! Xu Que frowned as he talked to himself. Apparently, he was not the first one to come to this place. If his speculation that only those who had acquired the God of Hell's Compulsion could enter this place was correct, a lot of people should have entered this place throughout long periods of time. But all of them had died on this stone path, which meant it was extremely dangerous!
It seems I can't tread on this path! Xu Que became serious. Then he started to check the rest of the places which were covered by the clouds and mists. However, he got a bad feeling about these clouds and mists, which were totally different than those in the outside world. He could only feel repression and even suffocation from them.
Xu Que reached out his hand and tried to check those clouds and mists.
Boom!
When his finger had just touched them, a big bang rang out from Xu Que's body. Then his bronze armor, which was wrapped in a green halo, cracked directly. He changed his expression and took back his hand immediately. A strand of cold sweat appeared on his forehead for he had been shocked.
Clang!
Then, a crisp sound of metal could be heard as a broken bronze sheet fell to the ground. It was the defensive Inferior Celestial Artifact which had lost all its Spiritual Qi!
"These clouds and mists are so powerful!" Xu Que couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. He had only tried to check those clouds and mists. He didn't expect that his bronze armor would be damaged when his finger had just touched the clouds and mists. His life was saved by that armor. But the point was that this bronze armor, which was an Inferior Celestial Artifact, was damaged instantly, which meant those clouds and mists were extremely horrible!
"I'm really in big trouble now!" Xu Que became more serious. He could go nowhere on the ground. So the only way might be in the space above his head. He looked up at the sky.
"Hah, hah, hah!" Suddenly, a coarse and weird laughter rang throughout the chamber.
Xu Que was shocked because he didn't expect anyone else was alive in this place. But why didn't I sense any aura?
He noticed that voice came from the stone path. However, he didn't know who was laughing among those corpses. Almost at the same time, that coarse voice could be heard again.
"I didn't expect someone would come to seek his death in this place again after so many years! Wait! He is just a young man at the Medium Stage of the Human Celestial Stage. My fellow cultivators, look, we got newbies! Old Bai, look!"
Then the entire area became silent again.
The next moment, that coarse voice continued. It seemed this guy was surprised.
"Hey! Old Bai, what are you doing? Don't tell me you are dead now!"
"Holy sh*t! Old Lin, old Lin! Why do you also keep silent? Are you also dead?"
"My God! Does it mean I am the only man alive here? Anybody else here? Alas! Oh, I almost forgot this newbie! Good! Good! The new guy could chat with me to keep me from being bored!" The voice echoed in this area.
However, Xu Que still didn't find the one who was talking to him.
"Who are you?" Xu Que didn't want to waste his time in searching. So he asked directly.
"Hah, hah, you asked me, right? We are the same for both of us are greedy! That Mighty Body of Hades is meaningless for we will die here!" A strand of mania and rage could be sensed from that coarse voice.
"Heh! You will die here! I won't!" Hearing that, Xu Que said with a wicked smile.
Crack! The next moment, a dry corpse in a white robe turned around and looked at Xu Que with his hollow eyes.
Xu Que smiled for he had found the source of the voice!
"Humph! In this place, you are also a dead man! Look around, you are surrounded by the ghost fog which could kill you instantly. You can only walk on this path! But…you will also die on it!" The dry corpse didn't open his mouth but his coarse voice could still be heard.
Xu Que pointed at the sky above his head and asked, "I can fly in the sky, right?"
"Fly? Hah, hah, you can try it!" The dry corpse laughed loudly.
Xu Que twitched his lips. He felt his cultivation achievements were not banned. However, according to the words of that dry corpse, it seemed he couldn't go to his destination by flying. Above his head, the sky was pitch-dark and just like an endless tunnel. Anyway, what the corpse said made sense. If people could fly in this place, the horrible clouds and mists here would be totally useless!
"Hah, hah! Young man, don't make blind and disorderly conjectures. The path in front of you is the only way for you here. All the rest of the places are…no, no, you can only find dead ends here! But your death on the path in front of you won't be very fast! So, come in and let's chat!" The dry corpse said with a smile.
Xu Que shook his head, "Nothing will happen if I just sit here and go nowhere, right?"
"Sure! You can do that! When you sit here for a long time and your life is about to run out, you will still come in!" The coarse voice was full of sarcasm. It seemed Xu Que's decision was so familiar to him. Maybe he had even made the same decision like that!
Xu Que nodded his head with a smile. Then, he activated the System, "System, check how can I leave this place!"
Then he looked at the dry corpse and said with a faint smile, "Senior, if you want to have a chat, let's talk about this place, OK?"
…..
Chapter 1227: Who Told You I Am Bound to Die Here?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Hah, hah, hah! Of course! Since you call me senior, let's just have a chat! It is always good to chat with a new guy in this place!" The dry corpse exclaimed delightedly and then started to ask questions.
"Young man, are you married?"
"Do you have a Cultivation Companion?"
"How old are you?"
"How long have you been a cultivator?"
"Which sect or academy are you from?"
"Don't tell me you are a poor disbanded cultivator!"
"Do you still have unfulfilled wishes?"
That dry corpse threw out a lot of questions.
Xu Que said with embarrassment, "Senior, could you change the topic? I want to know something about this place!"
"Oh, I see! You should have asked me at the beginning! However, there is nothing I can say about this place, except that it was a former residence of the God of Hell!" The dry corpse replied.
"A former residence? So, the inheritance of the God of Hell is really here?" Xu Que asked curiously.
"Hah, hah! Exactly! This is the place for that inheritance! No, we can't say it is an inheritance! We should say this place is designed for us to acquire the mighty physique!" The dry corpse said.
Xu Que was surprised by his words, "What do you mean?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! What an ignorant young man! Just concentrate your Celestial Core Power into your eyes and you can see everything through those clouds and mists! Don't be terrified by what you see!" The dry corpse said with a smile.
Hearing that, Xu Que concentrated his Celestial Core Power into his eyes. Then, he was surprised by what he saw. In front of him, a stone room was on his left. Inside the room, a giant golden dragon was sealed. The eyes of the lifeless dragon were closed tightly. It seemed the dragon had been dead for many years. However, its body was still wrapped in a dazzling golden light.
A real dragon!
This is a real dragon!
Xu Que felt his heart was beating faster. This was the first time he'd seen a real dragon ,and it was so giant and majestic! Powerful Metal Celestial Core Power was gushing out from the dragon's body.
"What? Wait…" Xu Que started to look around as if an idea had occurred to him. As expected, he saw another four stone rooms where something was sealed in this area.
In one stone room, an ancient tree was sealed. The tree had facial features like eyes and nose. Its roots, which were like countless tentacles, were supporting its giant trunk. Apparently, it was a Treant…no, it should be a Tree Celestial! Behind the tree, a Kylin was sealed in a stone room. The Kylin was wrapped in blazing flames. It seemed the Kylin had also been dead for many years, the flames were still jumping from its body!
Then he saw a jade basin full of water and a heap of earth, which were sealed in another two stone rooms respectively. Five things which represented the five elements were sealed in the five stone rooms. All those things were extremely powerful. It was the first time Xu Que had seen them. He was totally shocked.
"Hah, hah! See that? They are the key factors to acquire the Mighty Body of Hades!" The dry corpse said with a smile.
Xu Que asked seriously, "So, does it mean that none of you acquired it?"
"Acquired it? Heh, heh, all of us failed to reach that step! How could we have acquired it?" The dry corpse continued with a self-mocking smile, "All of these things were prepared by the legendary God of Hell for his descendants! He tried to cultivate a mighty body which was more powerful than his, so that his descendants could be the new God of Hell!
It is a pity that a war fought among the Celestials ruined everything. This place fell to this world and attracted many greedy eyes, including mine. But all of us died in this place!"
"Why? What kind of danger is hidden on this path?" Xu Que asked.
He noticed a lot of corpses were lying in front of him. But only a few corpses could be seen at the far end of this path, which were severely damaged. The bone ashes were very close to the end of the path. He couldn't see even one corpse at the end of the path, let alone the step.
"Young man, this stone path is not dangerous! It is a trial to test your willpower, endurance, and qualifications! Don't waste your time! Just tread on the path, which hasn't been trodden on for so many years!" The dry corpse said.
"Not dangerous?" Xu Que was amused, "It has turned all of you to corpses! How could you say it is not dangerous?"
"It is a trial!" The dry corpse said calmly.
"Nonsense! How could a trial be safe? But one point mentioned by you is correct! I don't want to waste my time here! Anyway, I have no other way to go. I have to tread on this path sooner or later. So I choose to do it now!" Then Xu Que started to think about it seriously.
Just now, the System had told him this stone path was the only way out of this place. However, it was full of horrible restrictive spells, which were at the Celestial level. The System's version was too low to break them. Also, spells like the Space-Breaking Spell were useless here!
So, this path had become Xu Que's only way out of this place. Although it was very dangerous, he could obtain great fortune and opportunity if he could walk through it! Xu Que got excited when he thought of the dragon and Kylin which were sealed in the stone rooms. So he made up his mind to obtain the Mighty Body of Hades!
"Hey, young man! I didn't expect you would figure it out in such a short time!" The dry corpse said curiously at this time.
During many years, a lot of people had come to this place. But none of them was bold enough to tread on this path immediately like Xu Que. Even the dry corpse had also stayed outside the path for six months before he made up his mind to tread on it.
"This is the way of our Exploding Heavens Faction! We just fight by undervaluing life and death!" Xu Que said with a smile. Then he was about to step on the stone plate.
"Wait!" Suddenly, the dry corpse stopped Xu Que. After a short pause, he continued, "Young man, actually, I suggest you should stay where you are and not tread on this path! You can live longer if you stay there! Although you will be quite lonely, you won't need to withstand the suffering in here! When you can't stand the loneliness and just want to die, you can come in!"
"Oh? What do you mean?" Xu Que asked.
"Alas! Once you come in, you will have to face suffering in your mind and your body at the same time! As I said just now, the God of Hell prepared this place for his descendants, whose bodies and qualifications are much more powerful than ours!"
Then the dry corpse said bitterly, "Actually, we are sentenced to death when we come to this place! So I suggest you stay outside of this path and just live without any suffering! When you want to die, you can come in or just commit suicide there, which is much more comfortable than the feeling in here! This is an advice from me, a guy who knows everything about it!"
"This is not necessary!" Xu Que shook his head with a smile, "Alive, be man of men! Dead, be soul of souls! Also…who told you I am bound to die here? The Mighty Body of Hades will be mine!"
Then, Xu Que trod on that stone path majestically!
Chapter 1228: The Incarnation of Body
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Alive, be man of men! Dead, be soul of souls? Heh, this is quite interesting!"
Beside the stone path, the dry corpse in the white robe opened his mouth with a smile. He fixed his hollow eyes on Xu Que. Meanwhile, his coarse voice could be heard at this time.
"But you can't obtain the Mighty Body of Hades easily! Young man, don't be too cocky… Forget it! I won't stop you! When you come in and become one of us, you can always complain tearfully to me! Hah, hah, hah!" The dry corpse kept laughing. He had met a lot of overconfident cultivators like Xu Que who ended up miserably. At the end, all of them regretted what they did.
"You'll know whether I am overly cocky later!" Xu Que said with a proud smile as he stepped out!
Boom!
A powerful pressure gushed toward Xu Que immediately. Xu Que felt the pressure on his shoulders as heavy as a giant mountain, and it stopped him from moving forward. Even worse, this pressure hadn't targeted him but was created in this area automatically.
"Hah, hah, so you begin to regret it now, right?" The dry corpse asked with a smile at this time. He didn't want to gloat. Everyone who entered this place could be deemed a dead person! The dry corpse believed Xu Que would die sooner or later. So he was just trying to enjoy this show because it reminded him of what happened all those years ago!
"Bullsh*t!" Xu Que said angrily, and his expression became more serious. He realized he had underestimated this stone path. Now, he could not only feel the powerful pressure on his body, he even felt his blood was leaking out.
"System, activate the Automatic Recovery Function! This path is so creepy!" Xu Que asked the System to replenish the blood for his body.
He felt he was stuck in this cycle, just like a player in PUBG who kept losing blood in the poisonous ring. The System continued to replenish blood for him.
"Young man, this is a one-way trip! Now, you have got the feeling that your blood is running off, right? Actually, this is a path of body reincarnation. The deeper you walk on it, the more reincarnation of body you will have to endure!" The dry corpse said with a faint smile.
Xu Que was stunned by his reply. Then he realized something and said in surprise as he pointed at the other corpses beside the path, "Does it mean all of them died from the body reincarnation?"
"Exactly! That's why I said this path is not dangerous! At the beginning, the reincarnation only happens in your blood, flesh, and skin. Then it will happen in your bones. At last, you will be turned into a heap of ash! Of course, your strength decides how far you can go! I fell at the end of the reincarnation of blood, flesh, and skin when I ran out of pills and elixirs!" The dry corpse exclaimed at this time. It seemed as if he missed those days when he walked on this path very much.
Xu Que fell silent when he saw those corpses in front of him. He thought those people had been dead for many years, and their corpses had decomposed because of weathering. He didn't expect they just died in this way. At the beginning, the body would be dried up. Then the bones would be decomposed. At last, a cultivator would be turned to ashes, which would end his journey on this path.
"What about that step? Is it also a part of the reincarnation?" Xu Que asked.
"The step? Who knows! Anyway, I haven't seen someone reach that step! However, according to my observations in these years, that step should be one part of the path of reincarnation. The speed of everybody's body reincarnation is different. Some people who have excellent qualifications and strong physique could reach the end of this path and that step before becoming a heap of ashes! After all, this path was prepared by the God of Hell for his descendants, which is not suitable for us!" The dry corpse replied and his voice was full of loneliness and helplessness.
Xu Que frowned immediately, "Please don't use the word us!"
"What? You mean this path is not suitable for me. But you can conquer it, right? OK! OK! I will just sit here and see how you will end up!" The dry corpse said with a smile. He didn't believe Xu Que could go very far on that path. Maybe Xu Que's performance would be even worse than his!
"OK, just watch carefully! And don't die before I reach the end of this path!" Xu Que said with a smile. Then he stepped out for the second time! However, when he had just reached out his foot, he felt the pressure on his body was increased abruptly. Just now, the pressure was just like a giant mountain. Now, he felt as if ten mountains had been placed on his shoulders, which were so heavy that he almost fell on his knees.
"Holy sh*t…" Xu Que clenched his teeth. Then he landed his foot on the ground resolutely.
Boom!
Instantly, the pressure, which had been magnified ten times, landed on his body completely. Now, Xu Que realized why some people could go far on this path and some people fell when they had just trod on this path. They didn't want to stop but they were stopped by the overwhelming pressure.
In other words, if a cultivator tried to finish his journey on this path, his physique would be strong enough to withstand the reincarnation. At least, his body wouldn't be turned to a heap of ashes before reaching the step. Then he also needed to keep moving forward under the ever-increasing pressure.
This is so difficult! Xu Que was surprised.
Luckily, he still had the assistance of the System's Automatic Recovery Function. Although the recovery was quite slow, it was more efficient than pills and elixirs. Otherwise, he would have fallen before approaching that dry corpse.
"Hah, hah, hah, young man, work harder! Just do your best and walk to me, so that we won't need to shout at each other when we want to chat in the future!" The dry corpse said with laughter at this time.
Xu Que shook his head and said nothing. Then he focused his attention and moved forward again. When he stepped out for the third time, he felt the pressure on his body was doubled again and was as heavy as dozens of mountains. Cold sweat started to appear on Xu Que's forehead.
After stepping out for the fourth time, the pressure was even larger! Xu Que clenched his teeth tightly. Then, the fifth step, the sixth step, the seventh step…
At the tenth step, he felt the pressure on his body was as heavy as several hundred mountains! To cover such a short distance was even more difficult than to reach heaven!
Xu Que, whose body was covered by sweat, was panting heavily. Now the System's Automatic Recovery Function was not able to replenish enough blood for his body. At this moment, Xu Que was halfway to that dry corpse. However, the further he went on this path, the faster he would lose his blood.
"Hey! Young man, you are quite impressive! Your body hasn't been dried up yet!" The dry corpse said in surprise.
Xu Que only waved his hand for he was too weak to say something.
Every cultivator who entered this place had acquired the God of Hell's Compulsion. So their physiques were quite tough! Xu Que's physique, which had been toughened many times, was pretty strong. However, he knew his physique was not the strongest in this place. On his way, Xu Que figured out that what that dry corpse had said was correct—maybe he was not able to reach the end of the path and would also fall in front of that dry corpse.
After all, the pressure was becoming stronger and stronger. Even the System's Automatic Recovery Function could not stop his blood from being dried up, and his body would be crushed by the pressure at last.
At the thought of this, Xu Que murmured to himself seriously, No! I need additional assistance from the System now! System, I want to buy equipment from the store!
Chapter 1229: Enormous Expenditure
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Whoosh!
A strand of light appeared in front of Xu Que. Suddenly, he could see
glistening equipment in the System store.
Xu Que smiled. Now, the defensive Inferior Celestial Artifacts on his body
were almost useless. After all, even the Inferior Celestial Artifacts couldn't
keep intact under great pressure for a long time. However, the equipment in
the System store was different. Magic Resistance Equipment would be very
efficient now. Also, the equipment in the store was quite cheap. As long as he
could enhance his ability to resist magic, he could keep moving forward on
this path.
Just like crossing his Heavenly Tribulations, he used some equipment to
protect himself from being wounded by the thunder when his physique was
not strong enough.
"What? Young man, why do you stop? Don't tell me you have reached your
limit! Holy sh*t! Try harder! Come closer, so that we can chat conveniently!"
The dry corpse, who noticed Xu Que had stopped moving forward, couldn't
help but shout at this time.
Xu Que ignored him, for he was fixing his eyes on the equipment in the
System store. When the System was upgraded to Version 10.0, many items in
the store were updated. He could find almost all the equipment which
appeared in the web fiction and games here. Now, he tried to find equipment
with high magic resistance and low prices. When he saw some equipment
from several games, he couldn't help but smile.
Then, in front of the shocked eyes of the dry corpse, Xu Que waved his hand
to take out a small stick from his crotch. The small stick was the Abyssal
Scepter from the League of Legends, which could increase the damage of
magic arts and the magic resistance of the pressure. Then he put on the
Negative Cloak, the Spirit Visage, and the Mercury's Treads. Finally, he also
put on the Eye of Phoenix and the Banshee's Veil.
The Eye of Phoenix could also increase the replenishment of blood, which
was quite suitable for the current situation.
After putting on the six pieces of equipment that he had gotten from the
System, Xu Que felt relaxed immediately. Now the pressure, which used to be
so heavy, was indiscernible!
He had only spent less than 10,000 Acting Tough Points to purchase all this,
which was very cheap!
"Hah, hah, hah, I am fully recovered! Now let me walk to the end once and for
all!" Xu Que roared in high spirits.
The dry corpse was shocked by Xu Que's yelling. A strand of light appeared
in his hollow eyes. Then he asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"
"I am using a trainer!" Xu Que said proudly as he stepped forward.
Flop!
Flop!
Flop!
He walked five steps without stopping, and his body was still intact!
The dry corpse was dumbfounded. His dry jaw almost fell to the ground. "My
God! How…could this be? How did you do that?" he asked in surprise.
Xu Que said with a wicked smile, "The Exploding Heavens Faction is
omnipotent!"
"The Exploding Heavens Faction?" the dry corpse asked with puzzlement. It
seemed he had never heard of such a sect.
Bang!
At the same time, a dull sound came from Xu Que's body. The Abyssal
Scepter and the Mercury's Treads exploded at the same time. Horrible
pressure gushed in immediately. Xu Que changed his expression as he
purchased another three Eyes of Phoenix from the System store.
In the peripheral area, the equipment could resist the pressure. However,
several cheap equipments had been crushed by the pressure. Xu Que had to
replace all of them with the Eye of Phoenix, so that he could enhance his
magic resistance and the speed of blood replenishment. In front of the
shocked eyes of the dry corpse, Xu Que put several ornaments which were
like eyes on his body. Then he walked another six steps casually and stopped
in front of the dry corpse directly.
"This…" The jaw of the dry corpse, who was totally dumbfounded, had fallen
to the ground.
When he reached this position, he had run out of his pills and elixirs. Then he
spent seven days and seven nights to heal his wounds. Now, this young man
who had just reached the Human Celestial Stage arrived at his position within
one hour! This path would become more and more difficult for the others who
trod on it. This guy just went faster and faster on it, and he didn't stop to take
a break, which was totally unbelievable!
But the dry corpse knew those strange ornaments and green armor were the
key factors for Xu Que to realize such a big progress. He was totally puzzled
by Xu Que���s appearance.
Xu Que's body was still intact and full of energy. And it had no sign of being
dried up at all. He was still a handsome cultivator!
"Holy sh*t! What the hell did you do?" The dry corpse couldn't help but shout
excitedly. His reaction was quite normal. After all, nobody had realized such
progress without drying up his body. It was just so enviable.
"Heh, heh, I've told you I am using a trainer!" Xu Que said with a wicked smile.
After checking the integrity of the equipment on his body, he continued to
move forward.
"Use a trainer? What do you mean?" The dry corpse asked with puzzlement.
"I am cheating!" Xu Que said as he walked several steps.
"How could you…cheat here?" The dry corpse was totally confused. This
divine place was set up by the God of Hell. How could someone cheat here?
Bang!
At the same time, Xu Que's Spirit Visage and Banshee's Veil were crushed
again. Without any hesitation, Xu Que replaced them with a Witch's Cloak and
a new Spirit Visage. Instantly, his magic resistance was enhanced again. But
he had reached his limit.
He was quite serious now, for he was not able to enhance his magic
resistance anymore. From now on, he had to spend a lot of Acting Tough
Points to resist the pressure.
Whoosh!
One step, two steps, three steps…
Xu Que walked forward rapidly. Now, the corpses beside the path had
become skeletons.
But he had only covered two-thirds of his path.
Bang!
Suddenly, the four Eye of Phoenixes on his body exploded at the same time.
When the pressure gushed toward him, he put on new equipment to maintain
his magic resistance. Then he walked another step forward.
Bang!
This time, the Witch's Cloak and the Spirit Visage exploded. Four Eye of
Phoenixes cracked. Xu Que replaced them with new equipment without any
hesitation. Then he moved forward again.
Now, whenever he stepped out, his equipment would explode. At last, six
equipments would explode at the same time. Xu Que had to replace them
with new equipment again and again, which meant a lot of Acting Tough
Points had been consumed.
The price for six equipments was over 10,000 Acting Tough Points. So he had
to spend over 10,000 Acting Tough Points for each step.
His Acting Tough Points were being consumed rapidly as he moved forward.
But the result was always worth the effort! After moving forward for more than
ten steps, he had covered four-fifths of this path eventually. The end was just
in front of him.
Phew!
Xu Que let out a sigh and smiled with difficulty, "Finally…I am almost there!"
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