Chapter 1270: They're Cured after Xu Que Sleeps with Them
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Really?
Hearing this, the deacons and Bai Cailing were stunned. Xu Que's words totally confused them for they had never heard of a therapy that could cure the peach trees by sleeping with them! However, it was inappropriate to doubt Xu Que now. Although this therapy seemed quite bizarre, Xu Que had revived a peach tree. Therefore, the process was not important! The Jade Lake only cared about the result—reviving all the peach trees!
"Okay, Elder Xu, we won't interrupt you anymore!" Bai Cailing decided to leave with the rest of the members of the Jade Lake. Nobody dared to leave a monitoring spell here or stay here to supervise Xu Que. Since Xu Que had agreed to help them, their only hope was that Xu Que would revive those trees successfully.
When the people of the Jade Lake departed, Xu Que was left alone. However, he didn't take out the Living Holy Water but continued to lie in the hammock eating sunflower seeds and enjoying the sunshine cozily. Although Xu Que was just at the summit of the Human Celestial Stage, his Mind Sense was quite powerful. When he arrived in this place, he sensed a strand of aura was watching him secretly. Then, when he went into the peach tree garden, the aura disappeared. So he knew clearly that he was not alone in this garden. An old guy was also hiding here. And he knew this old guy was one of the guardians of Yi Zhong.
Apparently, this man used a mysterious magic art to conceal his aura. Even the deacons of the Jade Lake didn't sense its existence. After merging the Little Gold Clone with his soul, Xu Que's Mind Sense was extremely sensitive and could detect everything close to him. So Xu Que was having a patience competition with this guy. He didn't believe that this man could use this mysterious magic art for a long time. Once this man was not able to use the magic art anymore, he would have to leave or he would be sensed by the deacons of the Jade Lake immediately.
Crack! Xu Que ate another sunflower seed and spat out the shell casually. He spent the entire morning in this way.
During this period, the Jade Lake didn't send any people to bother him. That disappeared aura also didn't show up. Xu Que was still quite patient. After eating sunflower seeds for the whole morning, he was about to enjoy a cozy noontime snooze. After eating and drinking to his heart's content, he would definitely enjoy a noontime snooze in the cozy afternoon sunshine!
When Xu Que had just closed his eyes, his eyelids twitched a bit. Then a strand of a smile appeared on his lips. The hidden aura had shown up at last! Apparently, the man couldn't hold it much longer. So, a strand of his aura could be sensed. Meanwhile, his aura was running out of the peach garden rapidly because of the fear of being detected.
When his aura had left the area, Xu Que scanned the entire area with his Mind Sense that had been enhanced by his Little Gold Clone. When he knew there were no other people in this area, he took out a small jade bottle from his System package and poured the liquid in it on the tree beside his hammock. This time, he only used a small bit and put away the rest of the Living Holy Water. Last time, he used one bottle of Living Holy Water to attract the Nine-Reincarnation Peach. Only a little bit of the Living Holy Water would be enough to revive one peach tree and could even improve the health of those peach trees around this one. After doing that, Xu Que closed his eyes to doze in the hammock.
When evening fell, Xu Que stood up from the hammock. After stretching, he walked toward the entrance of the garden with his cane. "Cough, cough, cough…" Xu Que turned pale and started to cough and cover his mouth when he walked out of the peach tree garden. Hearing that, an apprentice of the Jade Lake came over immediately. "Elder Xu, anything I can do for you?" The apprentice asked as she looked at Xu Que with concern.
At this moment, Bai Cailing also appeared. She felt guilty when she saw this "exhausted" old man. After all, the Jade Lake hadn't promised to give any rewards to this old man. But this frail old man still did his best to save their peach trees! How selfless he was!
"Cough, cough, it's okay! I will go back to my room to have a rest. Tomorrow I will continue to save these trees by sleeping with them!" Xu Que said, waving his hand. Indeed, he was a little bit tired. It was tiresome to lie in a hammock all day long. He needed to go back to his room to relax.
Bai Cailing opened her mouth and was about to say something. When she saw the peach trees behind Xu Que, she was stunned. Now, two peach trees had been revived. Even several peach trees around them seemed also quite energetic. The lifeless Qi on them had disappeared.
"Elder Xu, well done! Thank you for your help!" Bai Cailing expressed her gratitude with a smile. She was totally amazed for she had never heard of such a weird magic art. He could revive a dying peach tree by just sleeping with it—it was incredible!
"Don't mention it! It is just an inconspicuous magic art handed down from my ancestors!" Xu Que waved his hand humbly. Then he sighed, "Alas! What a pity! When I was young and energetic, I could fix all these peach trees in one day! It is a pity that I am old and no longer as powerful as before!"
"Elder Xu, you are too modest! I guess you are the only one who can use such a miraculous magic art in this world!" Bai Cailing said with a smile. She hadn't seen the trap in Xu Que's words.
"No, no! My son, Xu Que, also inherited this sleeping therapy. Anyone who sleeps with him will get countless Vital Force. The first night with him is extremely precious and could be deemed as a good fortune. Cough, cough, forget it, I don't want to talk about this unfilial son!" Xu Que stopped his narration in time. It was not because what he said was inappropriate. Sometimes the explicit words were not good enough for acting tough and the effect of enigmatic words was better.
His words aroused curiosity in people in this area. Anyone who obtains a first night with Xu Que could have good fortune, right? Does it mean…it is a kind of cultivation through body contact?
At last, Xu Que left the area. Many female apprentices outside the peach tree garden were anxious and preoccupied for they believed they could become a powerhouse if they could sleep with Xu Que. Bai Cailing was not disturbed by these ideas for she only wanted to save the peach trees. When Xu Que left the area, she shared the news with the deacons of the Jade Lake and sent people to inform the Holy Mother.
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At the same time, Xu Que, who had gone back to his room, was frowning. On his way back, he had sensed a faint aura was following him secretly again. Apparently, someone was spying on him and even trying to kill him.
D*mn! How annoying they are! I have to teach them a good lesson. Otherwise, they won't treat me with respect! Xu Que snorted to himself. Then he went to rest sitting in his room with his eyes closed and legs crossed. Since someone was spying on him, he could do nothing but plan how to punish those people.
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The next day, surprising news started to spread in Tianxiang City. "Hey, have you heard the news? Xu Que's father is a miraculous doctor who can not only save people, but also trees. Anyone who sleeps with him can be revived!"
"Holy sh*t! Really?"
"Yes! A reliable source says the Jade Lake invited Xu Que's father to revive their peach trees. Now, several peach trees have been revived!"
"That's nothing! It is said that anybody can reach the Heaven Celestial Stage after sleeping with Xu Que!"
"No! I heard anyone can reach the Golden Celestial Stage only by obtaining Xu Que's first night!"
"My God! This is totally unbelievable!"
"I will find Xu Que and sleep with him now!"
"Holy sh*t! You? Are you kidding me? You are a man!"
More and more people were talking about this. Within a day, Xu Que had become the man everyone in Tianxiang City wanted to sleep with!
Chapter 1271: The Ancient Battlefield of Divinities
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The next day was a sunny day. After sitting on the ground with his legs crossed for a whole night, Xu Que stood up and stretched himself as he looked around suspiciously. The aura that had been spying on him secretly for the whole night had disappeared!
Wow! It seems you are going to hide yourself again! No way! It is unnecessary to hide in this way! Does it mean you have given up your plan of a sneak attack? Xu Que murmured to himself and shook his head. He didn't want to waste his time in thinking about it. Anyway, he had made up his mind to punish Yi Zhong and his underlings. He wouldn't be intimidated by them no matter what they were going to do. His physique was strong enough to withstand a sneak attack of a cultivator at the Golden Celestial Stage.
When he opened the door and walked out, a female apprentice of the Jade Lake walked up to greet him. Apparently, he had become a distinguished guest of the Jade Lake. However, this treatment was nothing spectacular for Xu Que. Now, only something really precious could impress him. For example, as cultivators who treated each other with all sincerity, they should set aside the gender differences by taking a bath together, which could enhance their friendship remarkably! It was a pity that this was impossible.
"Alas! Too bad…" Xu Que sighed as he walked into the peach tree garden. To his surprise, he didn't see any apprentices of the Jade Lake in the garden. He only found Bai Cailing who was standing in a pavilion. It seemed she had been waiting for him for a long time. When Bai Cailing saw Xu Que, she saluted him with a faint smile. "Elder Xu, good morning!" She said in a low voice.
"My daughter-in-law…oh, sorry, Holy Virgin, what brings you here? Are you waiting for me?" Xu Que asked seriously.
"Yes! I am going to go away for a few days. So, I came here to say good-bye to you. Also, I have another issue to tell you about!" Bai Cailing replied.
"Okay! What is it?" Xu Que didn't pay much attention to Bai Cailing's words. An idea came to him suddenly. "By the way, Holy Virgin, I didn't see the young man from the Divine Farmer Clan for the past few days!"
Bai Cailing was stunned a bit, as if she didn't expect Xu Que would mention Yi Zhong. She replied, "Elder Xu, they left last night. In fact, this is also related to the thing I wanted to tell you. Last night, we got news about Buttface and Duan Jiude who are your son's good friends. They have appeared. I guess your son could also be with them!"
"Oh? I know them! But why is this related to Yi Zhong?" Xu Que was shocked. Does it mean Buttface and Duan Jiude also used to fool Yi Zhong?
"Because all of them are in the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities now! And I will also leave for that place at this time!" Bai Cailing answered. Xu Que raised his eyebrows. It turned out Buttface and Duan Jiude really went all out for fortunes. It seemed the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities was an extraordinary place. Maybe it was another God of Hell's Realm!
"Elder Xu, you should know the flames of war raged across the land in the age of divinities. Many deities were killed at that time. A place in our Tianxiang Celestial Realm used to be a battlefield. Places like this could also be found in other Celestial Realms. The battlefield in the Tianxiang Celestial Realm was deeply buried underground long ago and nobody could find it. Several years ago, it was found by Buttface and Duan Jiude, who managed to find ancient inheritances in it," Bai Cailing continued.
Now I get it! The truth suddenly dawned on Xu Que. He knew Buttface and Duan Jiude had gotten an inheritance. However, they didn't mention where and how they found it. It turned out it was from this Ancient Battlefield of Divinities!
"When people found out this news, many people from other Celestial Realms came here. The Jade Lake also used to go into that place. However, that ancient battlefield, which hasn't been completely excavated, is very dangerous. Also, only cultivators who are at the Golden Celestial Stage or lower could go into it. Until now, we haven't found anything precious in it. Buttface and Duan Jiude have appeared in the battlefield again. Many people went there to try to force Buttface and Duan Jiude to tell them the way to get into the ancient battlefield!" Bai Cailing paused a bit and continued to say, "I guess this time they really came together with Xu Que. It is said another person was also spotted besides Buttface and Duan Jiude. And that person is very powerful! Maybe it is really your son, Xu Que!"
"What? Is that unfilial son really here?" Xu Que said angrily.
"I am not sure, but it is highly possible. Elder Xu, please have a rest in the Jade Lake. I will be back soon. If I meet Xu Que, I will bring him back to you!" Bai Cailing tried to dissuade Xu Que from his idea of traveling with her. It didn't mean she tried to detain Xu Que in the Jade Lake, so that he could revive the peach trees. Xu Que was just at the Half-Celestial Stage. His body was filled with magnificent Lifeless Qi, which made him quite frail. He could even be killed by someone else in the city, let alone the powerhouses in the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities!
"Okay! Please don't worry about me and just go! I like a peaceful life and don't like dangerous places like that!" Xu Que agreed. In fact, he was not interested in the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities. He had enough fortune and opportunities. The inheritances were not attractive for him. Moreover, there were so many young girls in the Jade Lake now! And they were so lovely!
"Okay, I won't keep you any longer!" Bai Cailing said with a smile. Then she saluted Xu Que again and was about to leave.
At this time, a female apprentice walked over in a hurry and said as she saluted Bai Cailing, "Holy Virgin, we have received news that Buttface and Duan Jiude appeared in the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities. It is said that a small sect from the Taiyin Celestial Realm is under attack. Buttface and Duan Jiude have shown up to save them! We checked that small sect and it is the Utopia Faction!"
"What? How dare they do that?" Bai Cailing's face darkened. When Jiang Hongyan came here, she was with Buttface, Duan Jiude, Liu Jingning, the Sect Leader, and several Elders of the Utopia Faction. After that, Liu Jingning and the rest of the members of the Utopia Faction joined the Utopia Faction in the Taiyin Celestial Realm. Many people knew the Utopia Faction was close with Jiang Hongyan, Buttface, and Duan Jiude. Therefore, they tried to find Buttface and Duan Jiude by attacking the Utopia Faction.
Hearing that, Xu Que's face also darkened. He had planned to find Liu Jingning later on. Now, it seemed Liu Jingning was also in that ancient battlefield and could even become a hostage! He was quite angry! How dare you provoke the woman of the Act-Tough Saint? Are you seeking death?
"Holy Virgin, I'm afraid…the Divine Farmer Clan is also a mastermind of this issue. It is said the Utopia Faction didn't want to go to that place. The Divine Farmer Clan ordered them to send people to the battlefield. They even asked Ms. Liu and the people with her to go to the battlefield specifically!" At this time, the female apprentice of the Jade Lake reminded Bai Cailing in a low voice.
Bai Cailing was very angry. "How despicable they are! Just inform the deacons and ask them to prepare themselves! We will leave for the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities immediately!"
"As you wish!" The female apprentice said immediately. Meanwhile, Bai Cailing was also about to leave this place.
"Holy Virgin, please wait!" Xu Que said calmly. Hearing that, Bai Cailing was surprised. She turned around and asked as she looked at Xu Que in surprise, "Elder Xu, what can I do for you?"
"Oh, it's nothing! I remember Buttface has a thing that could revive the peach trees rapidly!" Then Xu Que said with a sly smile, "Its name is the Living Holy Water!"
"What? Does he have Living Holy Water?" Bai Cailing's expression changed abruptly. Living Holy Water was extremely precious on the Heaven Continent! It was even sold in drops at auction! The Jade Lake also knew Living Holy Water could revive the peach trees. However, since they had dissipated their fortune, they couldn't buy enough Living Holy Water to revive all the peach trees!
"Yes! And he has a lot. So I have decided to go to the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities with you, so that I can get some Living Holy Water from Buttface!" Xu Que said.
"Elder…Xu, let me handle this issue. You just have a rest in the Jade Lake. You don't need to go there!" Bai Cailing said perplexedly. Xu Que was too weak, and she worried she was not able to ensure his safety!
"No, you have no idea. Only I or my son, Xu Que, could get the Living Holy Water from Buttface! Moreover, I haven't seen my unfilial son for a long time. So I could take this opportunity to meet him!" Xu Que waved his hand as he spoke resolutely.
Seeing that, Bai Cailing nodded her head after a short hesitation, "Okay, Elder Xu, please prepare yourself and we will leave immediately!" She believed Xu Que was powerful enough to ensure his father's safety. Moreover, she knew this old man would go there alone if she refused to go with him. Since she was not able to stop him, she decided to take him with her for it was more dangerous for him to go alone.
Soon, they left for the Teleportation Device in Tianxiang City together with five guardians at the summit of the Golden Celestial Stage and dozens of female apprentices of the Jade Lake. Soon they left for the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities.
Among the people traveling, Xu Que found an old woman who looked quite ordinary. However, he knew she was an extremely powerful cultivator. Bai Cailing didn't want to keep the fact from Xu Que. She told Xu Que that the old woman was a senior Deacon of the Jade Lake who had reached the stage of Taiyi Genuine Celestial. She was even more senior than Deacon Lin. Xu Que knew a Taiyi Celestial was not able to enter the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities. So, this old woman's task was to ensure Bai Cailing's safety outside the ancient battlefield. On the battlefield, only those guardians at the Golden Celestial Stage could protect her.
They didn't come across any danger on their way. Xu Que kept a low profile in the team and didn't provoke the Taiyi Genuine Celestial for fear that she would unmask him. Luckily, the old woman, who looked even older than him, kept closing her eyes even when she was walking! She was really good at acting tough!
Xu Que felt he learned a lot from her. An expert who would turn a blind eye on everything and only live in his own world made sure that the outside world was not qualified to bother him! Later, Bai Cailing told Xu Que the Taiyi Genuine Celestial had wounded her eyes because of an Inner Demon caused by her cultivation. Now she was blind!
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Seven days later, Xu Que and the people of the Jade Lake arrived at the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities. It was located in a desert on the edge of the Tianxiang Celestial Realm and was close to the Taiyin Celestial Realm. In this place, there were only several shabby ancient cities and a few cultivators. When the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities was found, this place became bustling. Many cultivators set up stalls to sell all kinds of equipment and elixirs. When more and more people came to this place, it had become a market.
When Xu Que and the others arrived, he found five or six Taiyi Genuine Celestials from different sects. Apparently, they were protecting their descendants! However, Xu Que didn't sense the auras of Buttface and Duan Jiude among these people. So he started to check the limitless desert behind the market.
There was a deep pit behind the market. Inside the pit, some shabby buildings could be seen. Many of them had been eroded by the wind. The entire area looked like an archaeological site that had just been excavated. The only difference was that a dazzling blue curtain was at the entrance of the site. A lot of people were coming in and out of the site. Whenever someone came in or out of the site, ripples were created on the curtain, which was full of the strength of an ancient restrictive spell. Apparently, this was one of the reasons why a powerhouse whose cultivation stage was higher than the Golden Celestial Stage couldn't enter this site.
"Hah, hah! Duan Jiude and that dog are so ruthless. They managed to kill several cultivators at the Heaven Celestial Stage by setting up traps on the road!" Laughter rang out at this time, from a man who had just walked out of the site.
Hearing that, people outside the site were not surprised. Someone shook his head with a smile, "This is not the first time for them to do that!"
"Anyway, the Divine Farmer Clan is also despicable! I didn't expect they would blackmail Buttface and Duan Jiude by capturing people of the Utopia Faction!"
"That's nothing because that dog and Duan Jiude try to have the lion's share of things inside! They are too weak to take possession of the inheritance in this site! I'm afraid they will be killed because of their greed!"
"That's enough! All cultivators would try to take possession of fortunes like that. It is quite normal!"
"Thanks to the Divine Farmer Clan! They forced Buttface and Duan Jiude to show up and keep following them. Now, we can also move forward safely!"
"They have been following Buttface and Duan Jiude for several days? How is it going?"
"I guess they should have reached the center of the battlefield. However, the deeper they go into this site, the more dangerous it will be! It is said that Duan Jiude has been wounded. Several members of the Utopia Faction have been killed. Now only Liu Jingning is alive!"
Many people were talking about it for everyone who came out would bring the latest news. At this time, Bai Cailing said seriously, "Let's go into this area immediately! Deacon Zhang, please stay here and wait for us!" She said as she looked at that Taiyi Genuine Celestial.
The old woman nodded her head calmly and said nothing. Bai Cailing didn't waste her words. She walked toward the entrance of the site by passing through the market. However, as they walked out, the old woman seemed stunned a bit. It seemed her closed eyes could see anything. She turned to Xu Que. Then she frowned and murmured in a low voice as she shook her head, "Is it a misconception? I can sense a horrible killing intent in this person, which could even freak me out!"
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Chapter 1272: That Is Xu Que's Father!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
When they walked out of the market, more and more people appeared around them. Most cultivators gathered in this place to keep an eye on the entrance to the ancient battlefield. Everyone who walked out of the site would bring the latest news.
However, when Bai Cailing and the rest of the members of the Jade Lake appeared, many people were startled. After all, the Jade Lake was the most powerful sect, which dominated the Tianxiang Celestial Realm. When the rest of the sects sent people to this place, the Jade Lake would also participate in this activity as the host of this continent. So people were not surprised by the arrival of the Jade Lake. But they were surprised to see Bai Cailing. Most people had only heard about the Holy Virgin of the Jade Lake in hearsay. The opportunities to see her so close up were quite rare.
Bai Cailing didn't disappoint them. Her graceful temperament and beautiful face were very impressive. Even though she had given the position of the Holy Virgin to Jiang Hongyan, people still accepted her because of her extraordinary strength and appearance when she became the Holy Virgin again.
"I thought the Jade Lake would only send several deacons this time. I didn't expect the Holy Virgin would be here. It is really a great honor for us to see her!
"Exactly! Seeing is believing! The Jade Lake's Holy Virgin is perfect!"
"On the Heaven Continent, it is said the deacons and apprentices of the Jade Lake are beautiful! Now I know that not only are their apprentices beautiful, their Holy Virgin is also exceedingly beautiful!"
"Hey! Wait! Something is wrong! Why is there an old man in their team?"
All the people were exclaiming about Bai Cailing's temperament and appearance when someone shouted in surprise. Then people noticed a frail old man in the team of the Jade Lake led by Bai Cailing. The point was that this old man was encircled by more than ten apprentices of the Jade Lake who treated him reverently. It was so confusing!
"What happened?"
"Who is that old man? He is just at the Half-Celestial Stage. Why do those apprentices treat him so reverently?"
"I remember Yi Zhong, the young sovereign of the Divine Farmer Clan, was beaten up by an old man in the Jade Lake. It seems this is the old man!"
"Right! I also remember it because I watched the Recording Crystal Ball! It is indeed this old man who is Xu Que's father!"
"Wow, he is Xu Que's father!"
"Hah, hah, what you know is not the latest news. As far as I know, Xu Que's father is the father-in-law of the Jade Lake's Holy Virgin. The Holy Virgin will become that old man's daughter-in-law soon!"
"Wait! Your words are confusing. Does it mean the Holy Virgin will marry Xu Que?"
"Exactly! It is said Xu Que's father came to the Jade Lake to meet the Holy Virgin with a marriage certificate. Now, the apprentices of the Jade Lake treat him reverently, which means the Jade Lake has accepted this marriage!"
"Holy sh*t! This …"
People were shocked for this was totally unbelievable! No wonder an old man at the Half-Celestial Stage was being treated reverently by the Jade Lake. Bai Cailing also treated the old man with respect because she would become his daughter-in-law soon. However, Bai Cailing and the Jade Lake's apprentices didn't hear this discussion among the onlookers. While people were talking about Xu Que's identity, they had stepped into the ancient battlefield.
Now, they were in a dark room that was filled with a faint blood smell. The smell was not fresh. It was a kind of blood smell that had existed for many years and could drive people crazy. In this room, people couldn't help but imagine a scene of countless deities killing each other in ancient times.
"This is really an ominous place!" Xu Que couldn't help but say at this moment. Even though they were not endangered, he could still feel his blood was frozen, which made him quite uncomfortable. Hearing that, Bai Cailing and the rest of the people also nodded their heads. This was not the first time they had come here. So they had already become accustomed to this place.
"Elder Xu, are you sure you want to go into this site? The deeper we go into this place, the more dangerous it will be. And there will be dangers even we don't know about yet in it!" Bai Cailing asked as she looked at Xu Que worriedly.
Previously, they had come into this place together with the rest of the big sects. But they had failed to find the right path. Almost all of them could only wander around the perimeter of this place. They triggered a lot of restrictive spells, which killed many people. They had to leave this site empty-handed. Only Buttface and Duan Jiude managed to go deeper into this site and escape after obtaining an inheritance.
Now, the Divine Farmer Clan and the rest of the sects had forced Buttface and Duan Jiude to leave to save Liu Jingning. In this way, the Divine Farmer Clan and the rest of the sects could go into the depths of this ancient battlefield to find the place with inheritances by following the paths of Buttface and Duan Jiude.
"Don't worry! I know what I am doing. When there is danger, please take care of yourself. I can protect myself!" Xu Que replied, nodding his head. However, his frail voice was not very convincing for those apprentices of the Jade Lake. Anyway, they would protect themselves first in any dangerous situation. Although Xu Que was a well-respected old man, they wouldn't risk their lives to protect Xu Que.
Bai Cailing continued to walk forward when she knew Xu Que had made up his mind to go into the site. On their way, they saw a lot of cultivators who were exiting hurriedly. When they saw Bai Cailing and the rest of the apprentices of the Jade Lake, they would stop and greet them warmly. However, as they went deeper into this place, the cultivators who were exiting became more and more serious. At last, several cultivators, who were quite pale and with blood on their lips, rushed out in a hurry. Apparently, they had been seriously wounded.
"Are you…from the Jade Lake?" One of them, who recognized Bai Cailing, asked in surprise. Then another person also said, "Holy Virgin, you'd better stay out of that place. The inheritances have been divided up. Now, only massacre is left in there!"
"What? What happened?" Hearing that, Bai Cailing asked immediately. They had come here to find out what the deities' inheritances were. They would try to obtain them if they got a chance. Now, someone had told them that the inheritances had been divided up, which would be bad news for the Jade Lake. It was nothing to return empty-handed for it was a matter of kismet.
However, this ancient battlefield was on the Tianxiang Celestial Realm, which was dominated by the Jade Lake! Several big sects had obtained the inheritances while the Jade Lake was late and got nothing. This would be a humiliation for the Jade Lake and would impair its reputation!
Chapter 1273: Get in and Start to Move
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Inside… Alas! We were late. Then we were entrapped by Buttface and Duan Jiude. There are seven paths in this place. Buttface and Duan Jiude knew we were following them. So they left some traces at the intersection of the most dangerous path to lure us onto it. When we set foot on that path, all of us were teleported to an altar!" A cultivator said bitterly, shaking his head.
"However, we found deities' inheritances on that altar, and we found a strand of remnant soul on the altar that was quite feeble—it didn't even have any intelligence. All the sovereigns of the big sects started to fight over it. Finally, they tore that remnant soul into small pieces and divided them up. This caused the restrictive spell on the altar to be activated, which inflicted great casualties among us!"
"That piece of remnant soul had kept the restrictive spell from being activated. When it was divided up, the restrictive spell was activated, which killed a sovereign from the Nujin Peak of the Tanlang Celestial Realm on the spot. The fragment of the remnant soul that he had stolen fell on the ground. The other sovereigns, who tried to get it, started fighting over it again. Many people were killed in that combat, and the altar was filled with their blood!"
"We managed to escape because we were lucky and were standing at the edge of the altar. But we were still seriously wounded by the restrictive spell. We are quite happy to be alive!" A cultivator said, with fear lingering in his face.
Another cultivator sighed, "Now, they have truly lost their minds! When we came back to this place, the strength of the restrictive spell on the altar had disappeared. It seems they have been driven mad by something. All of them are doing their best to steal those soul fragments by killing each other!"
"What about their guardians? Are they also influenced?" Bai Cailing asked immediately. She felt this issue was quite weird. After all, those people were sovereigns of many sects, who were quite precious. They would never rob the inheritance fragments by risking their lives. This was not only related to their life, but also to the sects behind them. Their fights would result in bloody combat between different sects. So, she believed the words of those cultivators who had managed to escape. Those sovereigns must have been driven mad by something! But why didn't their guardians stop them?
"They were also influenced! Everyone on that altar was influenced and became mad slowly. When we were at the edge of the altar, we felt upset and had the urge to kill others. If we had not been blown out by their magic arts, we would have been killed in that bloody battle. " A cultivator told the truth.
Hearing that, the people from the Jade Lake were speechless. Bai Cailing frowned. Even the guardians at the summit of the Golden Celestial Stage could also be influenced! I should really think about whether we should go into this place seriously!
"Then, where are Buttface and Duan Jiude?" Xu Que asked at this time. The inheritances meant nothing to him. He didn't care about the sovereigns. He only wanted to know where Buttface, Duan Jiude, and Liu Jingning were.
"They…" A cultivator said with embarrassment, "They arrived at a place that faces the altar from another path. Buttface took out a table and some chairs in front of us. Then they started to enjoy a kind of food that is called Spicy Hotpot as they enjoyed the bloody fight on the altar!"
"Hah, hah, hah!" Hearing that, Xu Que couldn't help but laugh loudly for he was so happy to find out that those people had been fooled by Buttface and Duan Jiude like that.
"Damn! What are you laughing at?" The cultivators stared at Xu Que angrily. The people of the Jade Lake also looked at Xu Que in surprise because they didn't know why this old man was laughing delightedly.
"I am laughing at Buttface and Duan Jiude, who are so arrogant and despicable! A friend of mine who used to act like them is long dead!" Xu Que sneered at this time. Hearing that, the cultivators calmed down. But the apprentices of the Jade Lake were confused. It seemed this Elder Xu was taking pleasure in the cultivators' misfortunes. Why did he start to laugh suddenly?
Bai Cailing looked at Xu Que suspiciously for she felt that that laughter was so familiar—it reminded her of that despicable Xu Que! Like father, like son! I guess this Elder Xu must have been very despicable when he was young!
"We are going to leave here. Holy Virgin, you'd better stay away from this place. We believe that the morbid thing on that altar is very horrible. If it is taken out of the altar, something bad will happen!" After giving them some advice, the cultivators left. Obviously, they still had a lingering fear about the things that had happened just now. Even though they had escaped from the altar, they didn't dare to stay around and just wanted to get out of here.
When they left, the apprentices of the Jade Lake turned to Bai Cailing and waited for her decision. Bai Cailing was a little bit hesitant. If they left now, the reputation of the Jade Lake would be impaired. But the safety of their apprentices would be ensured. But she was not reconciled to leave like this!
"Elder Xu, what do you think?" Bai Cailing couldn't help but ask as she looked at Xu Que. She had a vague feeling that this Elder Xu was quite powerful. Till now, he had been very calm and not terrified at all, which was strange for a cultivator who was just at the Half-Celestial Stage.
Xu Que replied with a faint smile as he looked at Bai Cailing, "I think it is just like a kind of sport that can mold people's temperaments! Since we are here, we should go for it! We should get ready for the possible bloodshed!"
What is he talking about? Bai Cailing and the apprentices of the Jade Lake were confused by his words. "Do you mean we should go into this place?" Bai Cailing asked in a concise and comprehensive way.
Xu Que nodded his head, "Right! We should go into it!" Then, he walked forward directly. The altar and the morbid Qi as well as the inheritances on it were nothing for Xu Que. Since it was a trap set up by Buttface and Duan Jiude, they must know it very well. Maybe they even went into this place and figured out the way to solve the puzzle in this place. So Xu Que didn't take the altar as a threat. He decided to go into this place now for he wanted to see the expression of Buttface and Duan Jiude when they saw him on the altar.
Of course, he also wanted to kill people of the Divine Farmer Clan! Since they had arrived in the Heaven Continent, Xu Que didn't want to keep a low profile. The Divine Farmer Clan had offended him and threatened Buttface by capturing Liu Jingning. So Xu Que would never let them go. He knew the Divine Farmer Clan was a gigantic sect. He also knew he still had the Sage Sect and the Heaven Palace Academy as his horrible enemies! But the Act-Tough Saint would never be intimidated by them!
The Divine Farmer Clan is nothing! I won't be intimidated by them even if they have Taiyi Golden Celestials! I won't be intimidated by them even if they have the Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven! I won't be intimidated by them even if this sect is the overlord of the Taiyin Celestial Realm! I won't be intimidated by them even if this sect is almost as powerful as the Sage Sect!
Because I am the Act-Tough Saint! If the worse comes to worst, I could plant all of these issues on Buttface and Duan Jiude!
Chapter 1274: I Live in the Silt, but I Am Not Stained
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
They kept moving forward. Most places in this ancient battlefield that had been buried underground for so many years were ruined and cracked. After being eroded by the soil and dust, these places had become dead ends, which made this area a weird labyrinth. Basically, anyone who wandered in this place could be trapped in this labyrinth, which was full of dangerous restrictive spells. They would only find a dead end and have to go back helplessly.
So, the Jade Lake and the rest of the big sects had failed to find the right path into this site. Buttface and Duan Jiude, who might have had a map, managed to find the right path and take away the inheritances. Therefore, people started to cast greedy eyes on them.
Now, they had showed up again and were spotted by others immediately. The Divine Farmer Clan even forced them to lead the way by threatening them with harming Liu Jingning. In this way, the Divine Farmer Clan could go deep into this site by following Buttface and Duan Jiude.
However, Buttface and Duan Jiude were experts in entrapping others. On their way, they set up all kinds of traps. At last, when they entered the inheritance place, they managed to start a fight among the Divine Farmer Clan and the other big sects!
Now, Xu Que, Bai Cailing, and the apprentices of the Jade Lake also arrived at the intersection mentioned by the cultivators. It was a junction of seven paths. The sovereigns had been lured into the path at the top left side where shoe prints could be seen. No traces or auras could be found on the rest of the six paths.
Xu Que frowned as he looked at the rest of the six paths. His intuition told him that all these six paths were more dangerous than the one on the top left side. It seemed he would be destroyed immediately after stepping his foot on those paths. The path on the top left side, which was the one chosen by the sovereigns, was safer than the rest of the six paths, although it also looked quite dangerous. Moreover, the point was that the aura of Buttface and Duan Jiude could be sensed in this path.
"This path is quite weird!" Xu Que squinted his eyes slightly. He was sure that Buttface and Duan Jiude had entered through this path. However, they had managed to use some magic arts to go to the place which faced the altar instead of being teleported directly onto the altar. Then, they started to watch the show as they enjoyed the hotpot.
"Elder Xu, do you want to enter through this path?" Bai Cailing walked up and asked as she looked at Xu Que. She had also figured out this was the only path they could use. Great uncertainties could be sensed in the rest of the six paths, which might destroy them rapidly. So, she would choose the path which had been chosen by others before.
However, this was not an easy path. If they didn't know the method, they would be teleported to the altar like Yi Zhong and the rest of the sovereigns who were driven mad and started to kill each other. Of course, people from the Jade Lake also had an advantage! Once they came into that place, Buttface would recognize them and help them to leave the altar.
"Let's go through this path. As those cultivators said, we won't appear in the battlefield directly if we are teleported to the altar. We will appear at the edge of the altar. However, we will still be influenced by the morbid Qi on it. If you can't resist the morbid Qi, I suggest you should stay here!" Xu Que said calmly like an expert. His words, which contradicted his frail appearance, were too harsh for the people of the Jade Lake.
We respect you, but you can't underestimate our strength! A frail cultivator at the Half-Celestial Stage like you dares to enter this place! But you said this place is too dangerous for us who are at the Earth Celestial Stage, Heaven Celestial Stage, or even the Golden Celestial Stage! Are you kidding? Moreover, it is not difficult to resist the morbid Qi. If we know about it in advance, we could ensure our safety by taking precautionary measures!
Those female apprentices of the Jade Lake smiled as they shook their heads. Because they respected Xu Que, they said nothing and pretended they didn't hear what Xu Que had said. Bai Cailing made a gesture of invitation with a wry smile, "Elder Xu, let's go!"
"Okay!" Xu Que nodded his head as he stepped forward. Bai Cailing walked side by side with Xu Que. Behind them, there were several guardians at the summit of the Golden Celestial Stage and more than ten apprentices at the Earth Celestial Stage or Heaven Celestial Stage who were walking forward vigilantly.
When they stepped onto the path, a gust of chilly wind blew in which was full of the fresh and the old smells of blood.
Boom!
Suddenly, all of them were dragged into the void by a horrible traction force. Then they disappeared in the passage!
Sh*t! Before the teleportation, Xu Que couldn't help but curse secretly. Now, he knew the entire path was a part of the Teleportation Device where no intersections could be found. Buttface and Duan Jiude must have something like a key to change the direction of the teleportation. In this way, they could reach the other side by jumping across the altar.
However, this belated discovery was useless. When the darkness in front of them disappeared, they found they were standing at the edge of an enormous altar. Dozens of people were fighting fiercely at the center of the altar. The entire altar was trembling because of their thickly dotted dazzling magic arts. The ground was covered with blood. Dozens of dead bodies were lying in blood, which revealed the brutalities of this fight.
"Oh, no! Buttface and Duan Jiude have left!" Bai Cailing's expression changed, and she said in a low voice at this time. Hearing that, Xu Que looked up toward the other side of the altar. He only found some leftovers and a big pot but didn't find Buttface, Duan Jiude, and the rest of the people. Apparently, they had left.
For Xu Que and the people from the Jade Lake, this was bad news! Their plan had been to ask Buttface to take them to the other side after being teleported to this altar. They didn't expect that Buttface and Duan Jiude would have left. Now, they were in the same situation as the sovereigns who were engaged in a bloody fight. Even if they could withstand the morbid Qi and prevent themselves from starting a fight with others, they could still be attacked by those who had been influenced by the morbid Qi.
"What? No! I didn't expect the morbid Qi in this area would be so powerful! I have a feeling I can't resist it anymore!" A female apprentice shouted in surprise suddenly. After being reminded by the cultivators, they had made preparations before coming into this place. Some apprentices even used magic artifacts to protect themselves. However, the morbid Qi still infiltrated their bodies when they appeared on the altar.
"Something is wrong with this place!" A guardian at the Golden Celestial Stage said seriously. Apparently, the powerful cultivators at the Golden Celestial Stage were not able to stop the morbid Qi from going into their bodies either! Even if they could stay sane now, they would lose their minds sooner or later because of the gradual influence of the morbid Qi. At the last, they would be driven mad because of the accumulation of morbid Qi in their bodies.
"No wonder this is the ancient battlefield! Those morbid Qi comes from the remnant souls of the deceased divine. When the remnant soul was torn apart, the morbid Qi accumulated before his death came out, which is totally unstoppable!" Xu Que squinted his eyes and said calmly at this time.
The reason that the name of this place was the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities was that deities used to fight in this place. All deities that died here were killed in combat. Their morbid Qi was extremely violent, which was unstoppable for cultivators at the Golden Celestial Stage!
"Elder Xu, please step back and don't stand at the front!" Bai Cailing said seriously. She knew the situation was serious. So, she asked Xu Que to go back to the edge of the altar where he could still stay sane. In this way, she tried to prevent him from being involved in the fight, although she knew what she did was useless.
This old man was the weakest one among them. So, he would be the first one to be driven mad. Therefore, Bai Cailing tried to ask him to stay away from her and the other apprentices of the Jade Lake. Otherwise, once he lost his mind and started to attack them, they would have to defend themselves by fighting back, which would drop them into a perplexing situation.
"Don't worry! These morbid Qi are nothing for me!" Xu Que said calmly with a smile at this time. Hearing that, people from the Jade Lake were surprised. After checking Xu Que's status, they widened their eyes and didn't believe what they saw.
"How…could this be?"
"I didn't expect Elder Xu could resist all morbid Qi!"
"Elder Xu, how…can you do that? Why do the morbid Qi circumvent you?"
Several apprentices of the Jade Lake shouted in surprise. Bai Cailing and those guardians at the Golden Celestial Stage also looked at Xu Que in surprise. A frail old man at the Half-Celestial Stage could keep the morbid Qi away from him, which was too confusing!
"Heh, heh!" Xu Que smiled at this time. By placing his hands behind his back, he looked up and said with a kind smile, "You are influenced by the morbid Qi because of the Inner Demon in your heart! Your mind is not pure enough! If you could act as peaceful as I do, the Inner Demon in your heart will disappear. Also, the morbid Qi won't affect you anymore!"
No Inner Demons in our hearts? This is totally impossible! Deities couldn't ensure their hearts were free of any Inner Demon! Even eminent monks who pursued a purity of six senses couldn't realize that. As long as there was a strand of Inner Demon in the heart, that one strand could still be influenced by the morbid Qi. This Elder Xu was so peaceful and calm! Does it mean he is a sage?
"When Xu Que was a kid, I asked him to act like me by getting rid of the Inner Demon in his heart and being at peace with this world. It is a pity, for you can't find other people like me in this world who live in the silt but are not stained! So, don't be frustrated and just keep working harder!" Xu Que consoled them with a mysterious expression.
Hearing that, the people from the Jade Lake were stunned for they knew what he said was incorrect! This is impossible! When Yi Zhong was possessed by Xu Que's soul, Elder Xu was so angry he even beat Yi Zhong up! How could he say he has no Inner Demon in his heart? How could he say he lives in silt but is not stained?
"What?"
At this time, Bai Cailing was attracted by the things on Xu Que's chest. So, she said with a smile, "Elder Xu, could I have a look at those Buddha Beads and Buddha necklaces on your chest?"
Chapter 1275: There Must Be a Method!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
At this moment, Xu Que's body was wrapped by a peaceful and upright aura, which kept dispelling those morbid Qi. It was the aura of Buddhism, which was peaceful, upright, and masculine!
Xu Que had purchased many Buddha beads and necklaces from the System store, which were full of the peaceful aura of Buddhism. In other words, they had been enshrined by eminent monks and could dispel morbid Qi. Before coming into this place, he didn't wear these things on his body. When he knew this place was full of morbid Qi, he purchased many Buddha beads and necklaces and wore them on his neck. He didn't expect those items would be discovered by Bai Cailing before he could finish acting tough.
Apparently, Bai Cailing knew those Buddha beads and necklaces were extraordinary. So, she was looking at Xu Que thoughtfully. At this time, she got a growing sense that this Elder Xu was not as kind as he used to be. However, she was not surprised, for Xu Que's father would never be an ordinary person!
"Heh, heh, your vision is pretty good!" Xu Que smiled as he looked at Bai Cailing. Then he took off the Buddha beads and said calmly, "I haven't finished speaking yet. To dispel the morbid Qi, we should get rid of the Inner Demon in our hearts by pursuing inner peace. Also, we should use the strength of Buddhism to dispel the morbid Qi!"
Xu Que gave more than ten Buddha beads to Bai Cailing as he said, "As the stipulations in the Buddhist scriptures, we shall not do evil of any form and we shall accumulate excellent merits. The central signification of Buddhism is to clean our minds through continuous cultivation! Sometimes, the morbid Qi is something fabricated by us to fool ourselves. The evil intention is like a string in our heart. When it is plucked by the morbid Qi, we use it to play the music of killing!"
"What Elder Xu said is correct! The nature of humans is evil. And cultivators are still human beings!" Bai Cailing nodded her head as she gave the Buddha beads to the apprentices of the Jade Lake.
When Xu Que took out so many Buddha beads from the System store, he was planning to give them to the people from the Jade Lake. However, he had to act tough before doing that for he needed to earn the Acting Tough Points back. All those Buddha beads and necklaces were high-grade magic artifacts. Although they were not as precious as the Celestial Artifacts, they were still sold at a high price in the System store.
When they wore those Buddha beads on their bodies, the morbid Qi in their bodies was dispelled slowly. Soon, all of them were free from the influence of the morbid Qi in this area. At this moment, people from the Jade Lake started to look at Xu Que curiously. They thought this old man couldn't even protect himself in this area. They didn't expect he would save them by providing them with so many Buddhist magic artifacts.
"Thank you, Elder Xu!" After removing the morbid Qi from her body, Bai Cailing thanked Xu Que as she looked at him gratefully. She knew clearly that the apprentices of the Jade Lake would be influenced by the morbid Qi and start to attack each other soon if Xu Que hadn't given them these Buddhist magic artifacts.
"Never mind! We are of the same family but you are treating me like an outsider!" Xu Que waved his hand and said calmly as he turned to those sovereigns who were still killing each other at the center of the altar. Bai Cailing shook her head with a wry smile. Xu Que's words stressed her out, but she didn't know how to respond to him. She knew this Elder Xu was treating her as his daughter-in-law wittingly or unwittingly.
"Holy Virgin, what should we do now? We can only move backward and can't move forward on this altar. If we can't break the restrictive spells, we won't be able to reach the other side!" A guardian said in a low voice at this time.
Bai Cailing shook her head, "We are not able to break those restrictive spells easily. At least none of us could do that now, unless…that remnant soul could be reunited to suppress those restrictive spells!"
Hearing that, the rest of the people became speechless. Xu Que also said nothing for what Bai Cailing had said was right. If they wanted to break the restrictive spells on this altar, they had to reunite the remnant soul to suppress those restrictive spells. In this way, they could reach the other side of the altar.
Buttface and Duan Jiude must have come to this place before. According to their style, would they leave that remnant soul untouched? That was impossible! They would have taken the remnant soul away unless they didn't know how to handle it. So, in order to reach the other side, they had to find a way to reunite the remnant soul.
"Elder Xu, could you dispel the morbid Qi in their bodies?" Bai Cailing asked as she looked at Xu Que at this time. She tried to ask Xu Que to stop those sovereigns from killing each other by dispelling the morbid Qi in their bodies. If they needed to reunite the remnant soul, they had to ask those sovereigns to hand over the soul fragments obtained by them. Now, they were busy killing each other and it was impossible to talk with them for anyone who came close would be implicated in their bloody fight immediately.
���Eh? Dispel their morbid Qi?" Hearing that, Xu Que was confused and almost laughed out loud. Are you kidding me? How could you be so merciful to those people? Isn't it more convenient to erase these people by letting them kill each other when they are influenced by the morbid Qi?
"Elder Xu, I know this is a little bit too much for you. But…all these people are distinguished sovereigns. If all of them die here, the Jade Lake will become the target of their sects!" Bai Cailing, who knew what Xu Que was thinking, explained with a wry smile. She had no other options. If she was a disbanded cultivator, she would wait until all those sovereigns were dead and obtain their storage rings to reunite the remnant soul, so that she could leave here safely.
It was a pity that she was the Holy Virgin of the Jade Lake. Many people saw her come into this place with many apprentices of the Jade Lake. If all people from the Jade Lake left this place safely while all those sovereigns died here, the Jade Lake would be suspected of causing their deaths. The most direct suspicion would be that the Jade Lake killed the sovereigns of those big sects by colluding with Buttface and Duan Jiude. Then the Jade Lake would become the common enemy of those sects. In that case, the loss would outweigh the gains!
"Alas! Holy Virgin, I know what you are talking about!" Xu Que sighed as he shook his head at this time. "It is a pity that I am only a cultivator at the Half-Celestial Stage who is not able to dispel so many morbid Qi!"
Apparently, Xu Que didn't want to do that. He had made up his mind to kill people from the Divine Farmer Clan. And he wouldn't help the sovereigns from the other sects without any cause or reason. These sovereigns were greedy and even participated in the plan of threatening Buttface and Duan Jiude by capturing Liu Jingning. How could Xu Que save them?
"Elder Xu, I know you have a method!" Bai Cailing looked at Xu Que seriously. Her crystal-clear eyes were full of wisdom as if she knew everything clearly!
Chapter 1276: It's the Old Fart Again!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Bai Cailing didn't believe that Xu Que had no method to save the sovereigns. Even though Xu Que looked like a cultivator at the Half-Celestial Stage now, the things he had done could never have been realized by any cultivators at the Half-Celestial Stage! More importantly, judging from Xu Que's calm reactions in this place, Bai Cailing was sure he must have some knowledge about how to deal with their situation, but he just didn't want to reveal it for some reason.
However, this was related to the safety of the Jade Lake. All the big sects tried to cheat or outwit each other. If these sovereigns died here today, the Jade Lake would become the common enemy of all those big sects. After all, this was not the first time for such a thing to happen on the Heaven Continent. The Jade Lake and the other big sects had not been the original overlords of the Celestial Realm. All of them had reached the top by stepping on the corpses of others.
"Sorry, Holy Virgin, I am really not able to do that!" Xu Que refused, shaking his head. This might cause trouble for the Jade Lake.
But Xu Que would still adhere to his principles. He had agreed to help the Jade Lake to revive the peach trees for the sake of Jiang Hongyan. He had done a lot of things for the Jade Lake, but he wouldn't offer his help forever. It was exactly the same as how the Jade Lake didn't do its best to protect Jiang Hongyan. Under pressure from the Heaven Palace Academy and the Sage Sect, the Jade Lake handed Jiang Hongyan over at last.
"Elder Xu, I…" Bai Cailing was getting quite nervous, because the Jade Lake would really be endangered if Xu Que refused to help her.
"Enough! I won't save them even if I have to die in this place today! Holy Virgin, please don't force me to do something I am not able to do!" Xu Que said as he shook his head sturdily.
Bai Cailing was stunned by his reply. She got a weird feeling that this Elder Xu was becoming more and more like Xu Que. But she was not surprised because she knew he was Xu Que's father. Then she lowered her head as if she was making a decision. The female apprentices of the Jade Lake were also shocked because it seemed as if Elder Xu's mood was totally unpredictable.
This issue was related to the future of the Jade Lake. They were also quite nervous. So they looked at Xu Que with imploring eyes. Does this mean Elder Xu is really not able to do this or he just doesn't want to do it? They were inclined to believe the latter. How could a man who could revive the peach trees and have so many Buddhist magic artifacts say he is not able to dispel the morbid Qi in those sovereigns?
"Elder Xu!" At this time, Bai Cailing looked up and clenched her teeth as if she had made an important decision. Then she said as she looked at Xu Que, "If you will help the Jade Lake with this problem, I…I will honor my promise in the marriage certificate by marrying Xu Que!"
"Okay! Consider it done!" Xu Que replied as he walked toward the center of the altar with several Buddha plates in his hands!
Swish!
The Jade Lake's apprentices and the guardians at the Golden Celestial Stage were totally shocked and couldn't believe what they had heard. They were not surprised by Xu Que's quick attitude change, but by the words uttered by Bai Cailing. Is she really going to save those sovereigns by marrying Xu Que? Is it really that necessary?
Although she could prevent the crisis of Jade Lake by saving those sovereigns, it was still unworthy to marry Xu Que for that! Because she still had other options. If the Holy Virgin agreed to use her marriage as leverage, she could marry the Holy Son of another sect or she could marry the Holy Son of the Divine Farmer Clan directly. In this way, the enemies of the Jade Lake would have to consider before launching an attack. Also, the alliance of the Jade Lake and the Divine Farmer Clan would be further solidified, which was a more satisfactory result than marrying Xu Que!
However, Bai Cailing ignored their reactions and just looked at Xu Que calmly. She had said that because she knew she still had room to maneuver. She knew Xu Que had his beloved women like Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning! She believed Elder Xu didn't know that. So, she agreed to honor her promise in the marriage certificate because she knew Xu Que would say no to her. So, she could take that opportunity to get rid of her promise. She was smart enough to work out this double cross. However, she didn't realize that Elder Xu was Xu Que!
Xu Que had agreed to help because he had sensed danger. After watching the sovereigns who were fighting closely, he noticed that whenever a man was killed, his blood would spill on the altar. However, the blood on the altar was disappearing at an incredible speed, as if a vampire who was hiding under the altar was sucking the blood secretly. Xu Que had suddenly gotten an ominous feeling. If more people were killed and their blood was absorbed by the altar, something dangerous might be triggered.
Buttface and Duan Jiude always liked to watch the fun. Why did they leave this place when the sovereigns were killing each other? It was highly possible that they knew something more dangerous would happen. So they just ran away before finishing enjoying their hotpot. Therefore, Xu Que also changed his mind. But he didn't expect that Bai Cailing would offer to marry Xu Que as a condition. So he had just taken the opportunity to release the peaceful Qi in the Buddha plates using some magic arts.
Boom!
After being activated by Xu Que's magic arts, the Buddha plates flew into the air and started to give off dazzling light and peaceful auras. Then the sovereigns, guardians, and apprentices were wrapped in the peaceful auras. Their furious hearts and boiling blood calmed down gradually. Also, the morbid Qi in their body was dispelled slowly.
"What's happening?" A guardian at the Golden Celestial Stage of the Divine Farmer Clan was restored to sanity first. He was totally shocked, and he didn't know why he had been fighting with these people. Although he didn't stop his attacks, his movements were not as crazy as before.
Soon, the rest of the people were also restored to sanity. The fight at the center of the altar stopped.Then all the people looked at each other in surprise! "What the h*ll is going on?" A sovereign asked seriously, because his sect had suffered serious losses this time. More than half of his apprentices and one guardian at the Golden Celestial Stage had been killed in the fight.
"D*mn! We were fooled by that dog and Duan Jiude!" One of them shouted angrily.
"This remnant soul suppressed the altar. After we divided it up, the altar started to release the morbid Qi! This place is a trap!" A powerhouse said seriously. Apparently, they had figured out what had happened. Luckily, only apprentices and guardians were killed in the combat. All the sovereigns survived, which could prevent the escalation of more conflict.
"That dog used to say he was about to release a demon, which would die together with us! I'm afraid what he was talking about was this altar!" A powerhouse said in a low voice as he looked at the altar under his feet. The blood on the altar was being absorbed slowly.
"Guys, let's reunite the remnant and leave this place!" Bai Cailing said as she walked up at this time.
"What? Is this the Holy Virgin…of the Jade Lake?" Hearing that, everyone turned to the people from the Jade Lake.When they saw Xu Que, their expressions became queer. They knew this old man had helped them to dispel the morbid Qi because the Buddha plates that were floating above their heads were controlled by the old man.
Yi Zhong, the sovereign of the Divine Farmer Clan, also saw Xu Que immediately. Then his face got dark and he snorted, "It's that old fart again!"
At this time, Xu Que's expression changed, and he shouted, "Oh, no, I can't control the morbid Qi anymore. Quickly! I hoped a sovereign would step out, so that I could summon my son to suppress the morbid Qi!" When Xu Que said that, he fixed his eyes on Yi Zhong!
Chapter 1277: I Am Elder Xu's Daughter-in-Law
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
F*ck! Yi Zhong's lips twitched, and he wanted to utter dirty words. Now, he was sure the possession mentioned by Xu Que was a deception. He hadn't sensed any Soul Strength when he was in the Jade Lake. He had made a foolish decision, which had been used by Xu Que to beat him up while he was not able to fight back.
The point was that he had become a laughingstock in Tianxiang City because of this issue. Now, Xu Que was trying to use the old trick again, which totally annoyed Yi Zhong who was so anxious to kill Xu Que. However, Xu Que was even faster on his feet than Yi Zhong. He pointed at him and shouted, "My young friend Yi Zhong, what are you waiting for? Come here and let my son's soul possess your body! Otherwise, nobody can leave this place today!"
"How dare you!" Yi Zhong shouted angrily and was about to attack Xu Que. Seeing that, Bai Cailing, who was standing beside Xu Que, waved her hand to create an energy shield. Then she placed the shield between Xu Que and Yi Zhong.
"My fellow cultivator, what are you going to do? If Elder Xu hadn't helped you, all of you would have been killed in your bloody fight!" Bai Cailing said as she stared at Yi Zhong coldly.
"Holy Virgin, don't you know he is fooling us?" Yi Zhong said angrily, but he stopped his attack for he didn't want to fight with Bai Cailing. He was very angry for everyone knew Xu Que was humiliating him deliberately. Bai Cailing chose to defend Xu Que, which totally frustrated Yi Zhong.
"Elder Xu is the Jade Lake's distinguished guest. He is wounded but still chose to help you! Are you going to return his kindness with hatred?" Bai Cailing said coldly.
Xu Que sighed as he shook his head, "Alas! The moral degradation of the world is getting worse day by day! Forget it! My daughter-in-law, if my young friend Yi Zhong really hates me, just let him kill me!"
Daughter-in-law? Hearing that, people from all the other sects got wide-eyed and looked at Bai Cailing in disbelief. When did the Holy Virgin of the Jade Lake get married? It turns out she is this old man's daughter-in-law!
"Old fart, how dare you stain the Holy Virgin's reputation?" Yi Zhong shouted angrily again.
"Stop!" Bai Cailing stopped Yi Zhong with embarrassment. Although she had agreed to honor the marriage certificate, which she believed would be terminated by Xu Que, she didn't want to publicize this news. Now, Xu Que had announced it in front of so many people, but she was not able to deny it.
"What Elder Xu said is correct! I have been engaged to Xu Que. From now on, I will be Elder Xu's daughter-in-law!" Bai Cailing said calmly, her heart filled with a weird feeling. She thought she would never utter those words. However, when she did, inexplicably, she didn't have any conflict in her heart as if the marriage was totally acceptable for her.
At the same time, the rest of the people in this area were shocked by Bai Cailing's words. People from the Jade Lake knew this already. However, people from the rest of the sects, who didn't know about this issue, were totally shocked. How could the Holy Virgin of the Jade Lake be engaged to a nobody? Yi Zhong was even more angry now. He had just left the Jade Lake for a few days. The marriage certificate denied by the Jade Lake had become effective now!
"Holy Virgin, are you sure about this?" Yi Zhong asked as he stared at Bai Cailing coldly as if warning her. When he left for the Jade Lake from the Divine Farmer Clan, the Jade Lake's Holy Mother was visiting the Taiyin Celestial Realm. She even talked about the marriage with the leader of the Divine Farmer Clan. Both of them agreed to the marriage between the Holy Virgin and the Holy Son. So he decided to go to the Jade Lake to take the initiative. Of course, he also knew Bai Cailing would still marry the Holy Son of the Divine Farmer Clan even if he failed.
Now, Bai Cailing had announced the marriage with Xu Que in front of so many people, which meant the marriage agreement between the Jade Lake and the Divine Farmer Clan had been terminated. For Yi Zhong, this was a great shame. After all, everybody knew he was pursuing the Holy Virgin. So, this was a great humiliation for him.
"My fellow cultivator, it's not up to you to make carping comments on my issues!" Bai Cailing replied calmly. Her words made Yi Zhong look like a fool in front of so many people.
Bai Cailing was not a puppet like the Holy Virgins of other sects. She knew what she wanted. Even the Holy Mother was not able to force her to accept marriage with people from the Divine Farmer Clan! Moreover, she chose to support Xu Que for the sake of the Jade Lake. When Xu Que revived the peach trees, the Jade Lake would become a powerful sect and didn't need to fear the Divine Farmer Clan anymore.
"Okay, good! Very good!" Yi Zhong smiled and stepped back as he stared at Bai Cailing and Xu Que with resentment. At this time, the sovereigns of the rest of the sects also started to look at Xu Que carefully. They didn't know why Bai Cailing would change her attitude for this frail old man who was just at the Half-Celestial Stage.
"As the Holy Virgin said, this place is too dangerous! Let's leave here as soon as possible! Guys, let's take out the soul fragments. Don't try to hide any or all of us will be trapped in this place!" A sovereign said at this time. His name was Ji Wuyun, a sovereign of the Dark Shadow Pagoda from the Qisha Celestial Realm. He had reached the Medium Stage of the Heaven Celestial Stage and was almost as powerful as the Holy Son of his sect. He withdrew from the competition for the Holy Son because his competitor was his elder brother.
Bai Cailing respected this sovereign very much. So she said, nodding her head, "Just now we've checked this place. If we want to move forward, we have to reunite the remnant soul to suppress the restrictive spells on this altar!"
The rest of the people in this area were speechless. Apparently, they understood the situation very well. If they wanted to move forward, all of them had to take out the soul fragments obtained by them. But they could obtain the inheritance in the soul fragment if they chose to leave this place now. So they had two options.
At the very beginning, seven sovereigns obtained a soul fragment each. However, one sovereign was killed by the restrictive spell and his soul fragment was obtained by Ji Wuyun. Therefore, the remaining six sovereigns had to make a choice. If they wanted to move forward, they had to hand over the soul fragments obtained by them. If any one of them decided to leave here, the situation would become quite complicated because those who wanted to move forward wouldn't allow that!
"Sorry, guys, we suffered great casualties in this combat. I have only one guardian left. So we don't want to move forward!" A sovereign broke the silence at this time!
Chapter 1278: I Have Made Up My Mind to Fight!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The one who spoke just now was the sovereign of the Fangcun Celestial Sect from the Tiantong Celestial Realm. His sect had lost almost all of its apprentices and guardians in the combat that happened just now. Even if he decided to move forward, he wouldn't stand a chance to obtain anything by defeating the rest of the sovereigns when the divine inheritance really appeared.
So, he chose to leave now, for that way he could at least stay alive. Of course, he would take the soul fragment with him. And whether he could leave here depended on how many people among the rest of the sovereigns would leave together with him.
"I agree with his proposal. We also suffered great casualties and don't want to move forward!" Yi Zhong, who represented the Divine Farmer Clan from the Taiyin Celestial Realm, said as he walked over to the sovereign of the Fangcun Celestial Sect.
Then, the sovereign from the Pojun Celestial Realm also stepped out and said, "Our Myriad Law Sect also chooses to leave! You know we are good at spells and Arrays. However, the restrictive spells and Arrays here are beyond our imaginations. I don't think the situation can be improved if we move forward. We might come across more dangers!" Apparently, this sovereign had been intimidated by the blood fight on the altar just now. The restrictive spells and Arrays in this place were extremely dangerous. So he didn't want to move forward anymore.
Now, three sovereigns from different Celestial Realms had chosen to leave here. Another three sovereigns kept silent. The situation fell into a stalemate. Six sovereigns were looking at each other coldly. Bai Cailing and the people from the Jade Lake formed a third party here. After all, they didn't have soul fragments and couldn't influence this situation.
"Let's decide the attribution of these soul fragments according to our rules. The winner will have all the soul fragments. Is that okay with you?" Ji Wuyun from the Qisha Celestial Realm interjected at this time. He had thought of a suggestion to decide the attribution of the soul fragments.
Among the young sovereigns on the Heaven Continent, there was a rule about solving all conflicts of interest through a fair fight, which should not be interfered with by the guardians. Anyone who violated this rule would become the common enemy of all the sects. This rule was accepted by all the young cultivators of the 14 Celestial Realms. Nobody dared to violate it. So Ji Wuyun decided to try to solve this stalemate according to this rule.
"This is a pretty good suggestion. But…" Yi Zhong said with a cold smile as he looked at the people from the Jade Lake, "What about the Jade Lake? I guess they might take advantage of our fight!" Hearing that, the rest of the five sovereigns couldn't help but frown. Before they could say anything, Bai Cailing said, "If you hope the Jade Lake would participate in this fight, it is absolutely okay with me!"
"No, you are not qualified to take part in the fight!" Yi Zhong replied directly. "We suffered great casualties to obtain those soul fragments. The Jade Lake did nothing and has no position to join in this fight!"
"….." Bai Cailing said nothing as she looked at Yi Zhong coldly. The rest of the five sovereigns looked at Yi Zhong with embarrassment because Yi Zhong's reaction was unreasonable to them. Indeed, the Jade Lake did nothing and had no soul fragments. However, the Jade Lake had saved their lives, which was enough to earn a position in the fight. Yi Zhong ignored the facts directly, which meant he was aiming at the Jade Lake deliberately.
"Do you mean the Jade Lake should leave here directly? Don't forget this place is on the Tianxiang Celestial Realm which is dominated by us!" Bai Cailing said coldly. Apparently, she was annoyed.
Yi Zhong said, as he shook his head with a smile, "Holy Virgin, please calm down! I just want to help you. You don't have any soul fragments. So how about I fight people from the Jade Lake first. If you could win, I will give my soul fragment to you. In this way, you will be qualified to take part in the fight, and we will also leave here directly, so that both sides can be satisfied!" Then Yi Zhong continued as he looked at Xu Que sarcastically, "Of course, if you lose, I will also give you the soul fragment before leaving here! Is that okay?"
"Okay! How do you want to have this fight?" Bai Cailing nodded her head without hesitation. Although Yi Zhong had promised to give the soul fragment to the Jade Lake even if he won the fight, the Jade Lake would owe the Divine Farmer Clan for that. However, Bai Cailing believed the Jade Lake could never lose this fight.
"Simple! I will have a duel with Elder Xu! Of course, because he is just at the Half-Celestial Stage, I will also fight him by lowering my strength to the level of the Half-Celestial Stage!" Yi Zhong said as he pointed at Xu Que while magnificent kill intent gushed out from his body.
Xu Que's eyes lit up. He was quite happy to hear that. I was waiting for an opportunity to kill him. Now, this guy puts his head in a noose!
"No!" Bai Cailing refused directly. Then she said seriously, "Elder Xu is not a member of the Jade Lake! If you want a fight, you can pick me as your opponent!"
Holy sh*t! Please don't do that! Xu Que opened his eyes wide immediately. My daughter-in-law is a fool! Why did you stop me from killing that guy who wants to die?
"Heh, heh!" Yi Zhong said as he shook his head at this time, "Holy Virgin, since you are Elder Xu's daughter-in-law, he should also be deemed as a member of the Jade Lake. Why can't he be my opponent? Are you going to defend your father-in-law before officially marrying his son?"
Bang!
Xu Que knocked at the ground with his cane and shouted angrily, "How dare you say that, young b*stard! You should show me some respect! Come on! If you want a fight, I'll give you a good one!"
"Elder Xu!" Bai Cailing was stunned by his words and tried to stop him in a hurry. "Elder Xu, please calm down! You are wounded, and it is not necessary to take part in this fight. The Jade Lake can leave here because those divine inheritances are not so important for us!" She really meant that. If Elder Xu was killed here, nobody would revive the peach trees of the Jade Lake! Moreover, if he died here, how could she face Xu Que in the future?
"It's okay! I know what I am going to do. This little b*stard is really rude. I've had enough! Let me punish him!" Xu Que waved his hand angrily like an old man who had lost his mind.
"But…"
"There is no but! I've made up my mind to fight! Daughter-in-law, just stand behind me!" Xu Que interrupted Bai Cailing firmly.
Chapter 1279: Xu Que's Father Is So Powerful!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Hah…" Yi Zhong smiled as if his conspiratorial ideas had been realized.
The rest of the sovereigns and their guardians and apprentices shook their heads speechlessly. They had figured out that Yi Zhong just wanted to find an excuse to kill this old man. It was a pity that this old man was really annoyed and even seemed to want to fight Yi Zhong. What he was about to do was to seek his death!
As a candidate for the Divine Farmer Clan's Holy Son, Yi Zhong was quite powerful. Even though he had said he would fight at the level of the Half-Celestial Stage, he could kill a frail old man easily. They believed Yi Zhong would win this fight unless a miracle occurred.
"Elder Xu, it is not up to you to make this decision! You must leave here!" Bai Cailing refused Xu Que's wish directly. She knew this old man, who was good at a lot of secret magic arts, was still only a cultivator at the Half-Celestial Stage! Even though Yi Zhong would fight at the level of the Half-Celestial Stage, Elder Xu would never rival him because Elder Xu's strength was too low—although he was good at magic arts! And most of Yi Zhong's magic arts were offensive and very powerful. They were going to be in a competition to decide who was better at fighting and killing. Even though Elder Xu knew how to revive peach trees and dispel the morbid Qi, his magic arts would be useless in a duel!
"Enough! I am the master of my destiny! Today I will fight for my dignity! So I will take part in this fight even though I might die here!" Xu Que said as he stepped out and stood in front of Yi Zhong and waved his cane toward him. "Come here!" Xu Que shouted as he gathered Qi in his Dantian.
"Humph! Old fart, I will change my name if I can't tear you into pieces!�� Yi Zhong snorted. Then, before Bai Cailing could have time to stop him, he took out a black halberd and smashed down abruptly!
Rumble!
The black halberd, which tore the void open, smashed down toward Xu Que's head with dazzling lightning and horrible pressure.
"Oh, no! He is using an Inferior Celestial Artifact!" A guardian of the Jade Lake who was at the Golden Celestial Stage shouted in surprise. Bai Cailing was totally annoyed. Although Yi Zhong was fighting at the level of the Half-Celestial Stage, he had chosen to fight with an Inferior Celestial Artifact, which meant he was determined to kill Xu Que!
The rest of the sovereigns in this area were not surprised because they knew Yi Zhong would definitely win this fight. Even if he didn't use the Inferior Celestial Artifact, they still believed he would win. Now he would end this fight more quickly by using the Inferior Celestial Artifact!
Crack!
The black halberd came out of the void along with dazzling lightning and deafening thunder. The next moment, it was just above Xu Que's head. Xu Que's old body looked so frail under that black halberd. It seemed as if he had been totally shocked by Yi Zhong's attack so that he was not able to dodge the attack and could only protect his head with his arm.
Boom!
Along with a deafening sound, the black halberd landed on his arm heavily. Everyone could see clearly that the black halberd had hit Xu Que's arm!
The next moment, the scene that showed Xu Que's body smashed that was expected by everyone didn't appear. On the contrary, Yi Zhong was knocked back together with his black halberd. Many wounds could be seen on his hands. Then he fell to the ground and turned pale from terror. The old man was still standing there with his cane in his hand, while he placed his other hand behind his back. He was as calm as a secluded expert. His old eyes were filled with indifference. Then he said as he shook his head and looked at Yi Zhong, who was lying on the ground, "You are too weak!"
Wow! Instantly, all the people in this area stared open-mouthed with disbelief! "How…could this be?" The Jade Lake's guardian at the Golden Celestial Stage asked in surprise. Bai Cailing's mouth was also open wide as she looked at Xu Que in surprise.
Ji Wuyun, the sovereign of the Dark Shadow Pagoda, said in a low voice as his hands trembled in his sleeves, "The physique of this old man is extraordinary!"
Everyone had figured out that this old man had wounded Yi Zhong without using his Celestial Core Power. He had borne the attack of a cultivator at the Half-Celestial Stage with an Inferior Celestial Artifact with his physique, which was totally amazing. Even the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus of the Sage Sect couldn't realize that.
"You…you…this is impossible! Why is your physique so tough? You must be wearing a protective magic artifact at the level of Low-grade Celestial Artifact!" Yi Zhong stood up and shouted as he stared at Xu Que at this time. This result was totally unacceptable for him. In a fight he was determined to win, he had failed and was even wounded by his opponent. The point was that this old man was just at the Half-Celestial Stage and full of Lifeless Qi. He was the sovereign of the Divine Farmer Clan. He hadn't gained an upper hand in the fight even though he used an Inferior Celestial Artifact, which was totally unacceptable for him.
"I never use Celestial Artifacts because my body is a Celestial Artifact! So, please don't be surprised if you are killed by me!" Like an unfathomable expert, Xu Que spoke as he looked at Yi Zhong calmly.
Ji Wuyun looked at Bai Cailing and moved his lips to send a message to her, "Holy Virgin, who is this old man?"
"Eh…actually, I don't know his name! He is my friend Xu Que's father. So we call him Elder Xu!" Bai Cailing replied with a wry smile because she had also been shocked by Xu Que. She never expected Xu Que's father would be so powerful even though he looked so frail. Apparently, this old man is quite tough! Right! His physique is really tough! Really tough!
"Xu Que's father!" Ji Wuyun murmured in a low voice in order to remember that name as he looked at Xu Que thoughtfully. He was quite curious what physique-strengthening magic art this old man was using. No, his tough physique couldn't be realized through magic arts! It is absolutely a tough physique, and it is as powerful as the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus!
"What? You are asking me a question, right? What can I do for you?" Xu Que turned to Ji Wuyun suddenly.
Ji Wuyun was shocked for he didn't expect that his murmur could be heard. This old man is really extraordinary! He took this opportunity to ask with a smile, "Elder Xu, could you tell me if your physique is the Divine Being?"
"The Divine Being?" Xu Que snorted disdainfully. "Humph! How could the pathetic Divine Being rival my physique? Check my physique carefully with your eyes!" Then he tore his robe open abruptly.
Scratch!
When his robe was torn apart, his strong muscles and tender skin appeared in front of the people. All the people in the area were shocked by what they saw. Could this be the body of a frail old man? At the same time, Xu Que raised his head as he turned to the people.
"The…Holy Physique?" All the people were shocked when they saw the two golden characters on Xu Que's chest. Who the hell would write the name of his physique on his chest? This old man… is really good at showing off!