1280-1289 - Xu que

Chapter 1280: Your Chain Attack Was Pretty Good!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

At this moment on the altar the entire area was in a dead silence. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the two dazzling golden characters on Xu Que's chest—the Holy Physique! Like children's doodling, those crooked characters on Xu Que's chest were so funny.

When people got over their initial shock and came to themselves, they couldn't help but shake their heads. All the sovereigns and the guardians felt their lips were twitching with laughter. Although geniuses could also be found in this world, this was the first time they had ever seen an old man who was so good at showing off. He was quite shameless as he showed the characters on his chest to everyone in the area. What the h*ll is he going to do? Does he know what the Holy Physique is? It was just a story from ancient times that has never been seen in reality!

The H*ll's God was a horrible deity. He created the Mighty Body which could rival the Divine Being. The Mighty Body and the Divine Being were the most powerful physiques in the age of deities. Until now, nobody had ever possessed either of these powerful physiques. The Mighty Body was lost! The Divine Being became more and more impure. It was turned into something like the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus, which was still quite powerful.

Now, this old man was telling them he had the Holy Physique! Is he joking? The H*ll's God and the Divine Being believed the Holy Physique might exist but could never be realized. How could it appear now?

"Xu Que's father…is quite interesting!" Ji Wuyun smiled at Bai Cailing with embarrassment. Bai Cailing also replied with an embarrassed smile and said nothing. They didn't believe that Xu Que could have the Holy Physique. They thought this old man was kidding them or trying to humiliate Yi Zhong. Anyway, this situation was quite embarrassing. First, he wrote Holy Physique on his chest in an ugly scrawl, which was not convincing at all. Anyone who believed him would be a fool.

Snigger! A female apprentice of the Jade Lake couldn't help but snigger. She quickly covered her mouth. Someone standing beside her said, "Hey! Elder Xu is on our side! Why do you mock him?"

"No, I didn't mock him!" The female apprentice replied with a smile. "Grandpa Xu is so interesting! I have to say his loveliness is living on the 100th floor!"

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"It means his loveliness is at a very high level!"

…..

All of a sudden, Xu Que became the lovely Grandpa Xu for many female apprentices of the Jade Lake. However, one person was getting more and more angry! Yi Zhong was so annoyed that he was practically spitting blood. Yi Zhong never expected this old man would have Holy Physique written on his chest. Earlier, Yi Zhong had been knocked to the ground by this old man. So, when he saw this scene, he believed the old man was humiliating him deliberately.

"You…you…okay! I hereby swear that I won't reach the Golden Celestial Stage if I can't kill you here today!" Yi Zhong was so angry that he even started to smile. He swore with his future that he would kill Xu Que. Hearing that, the sovereigns and the guardians had weird expressions.

"Holy sh*t! Has he lost his mind?" The sovereign of the Fangcun Celestial Sect from the Tiantong Celestial Realm said in surprise. The oath was too deep, which meant that even if Yi Zhong killed this old man tomorrow, he wouldn't reach the Golden Celestial Stage! This was an extremely serious oath for a sovereign, which could also prove Yi Zhong's determination to kill this old man.

It is over finally! Ji Wuyun shook his head because he didn't believe Xu Que could create a miracle again. A sovereign would never make such a serious oath if he was not sure what he was about to do!

Boom!

At the same time, Yi Zhong waved his hand. Then his body was wrapped in raging flames. He was releasing the Genuine Fire by burning his blood. It was a magic art that could cause destruction to both sides. Once the blood was burned to create Genuine Fire, he would keep losing his life span. However, once his opponent touched the Genuine Fire, the opponent's blood would also be burned up if he was not good at magic arts.

This was just Yi Zhong's preparation before the fight! Then he waved the black halberd, which was also wrapped by the Genuine Fire. Soon the void started to be distorted. Bang! Almost at the same time, Yi Zhong jumped up into the sky and dashed toward Xu Que at a stunning speed.

"Oh, no! He is trying to kill Elder Xu with his full strength at the Initial Stage of the Heaven Celestial Stage!" A Jade Lake's guardian changed her expression and shouted in surprise. She was trying to remind Bai Cailing that it was the time to save Xu Que! After all, Yi Zhong had broken his word. So they had to stop this fight. Otherwise, the Jade Lake would never be able to return to the summit if Elder Xu was killed here.

Bai Cailing dashed out. She tried to catch up with Yi Zhong. However, Yi Zhong had expected her reaction. He was moving super-fast by burning his blood. The next moment, he appeared in front of Xu Que as if he had been teleported there. Bai Cailing would never have time to stop him. Now, she had to watch as Yi Zhong smashed his black halberd at Xu Que's head with horrible Genuine Fire!

Rumble!

"Stop!" Bai Cailing shouted. However, Yi Zhong's black halberd still landed on Xu Que's head, which created a deafening sound and a ripple in the void.

All the people in this area stared at Yi Zhong and Xu Que, holding their breaths. They believed Xu Que would definitely be burned to ash no matter how powerful his physique was! Because Yi Zhong had attacked with his full strength at the Initial Stage of the Heaven Celestial Stage this time! This was a fight between a cultivator at the Half-Celestial Stage and a cultivator at the Initial Stage of the Heaven Celestial Stage! Even if Xu Que really had the Holy Physique, he would never survive this attack!

Boom!

At this time, another big bang could be heard. People were shocked, and their eyes opened wide. They were dumbfounded by what they saw. Yi Zhong had been knocked back again. His hands were full of wounds. He spat out blood and fell to the ground heavily. Then he started to shiver on the ground. Xu Que was still standing there safe and sound. A gust of chilly wind was flowing over his body, and it had protected him from the attack of the Genuine Fire!

Clap! Clap! Clap! At this time, Xu Que clapped his hands as he looked at Yi Zhong. Then he complimented him as he nodded his head, "Your chain attack was pretty good! I'm guessing it was the so-called flash deterrence and ignition warning, right? You are making progress!" Then he shook his head, "What a pity! You are still too weak and foolish! I've told you I have the Holy Physique. But you still chose to have close combat with me!" Xu Que jumped into the sky, stepping on dazzling lightning. Bang! Then he dashed toward Yi Zhong like a phantom flashing across the sky!

Chapter 1281: Is It Very Powerful?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

BOOM!

A strand of dazzling golden light flew across the void and landed heavily on Yi Zhong's body, creating splendid sparkles in the sky. CRACK! Yi Zhong tried to block the attack with his arm, but the arm was broken on impact. He turned pale and fell to the ground, spitting out blood. It was quite obvious that Xu Que's attack had broken Yi Zhong's arm and caused internal bleeding!

Everyone who was watching this scene was totally shocked. They never expected that a sovereign of the Divine Farmer Clan who was at the Initial Stage of the Heaven Celestial could be seriously wounded by an old man at the Half-Celestial Stage. This was totally impossible! Even though they had seen it with their own eyes, they still felt there was something wrong about it. The strength gap between the Half-Celestial Stage and the Heaven Celestial Stage was too large, and it couldn't even be bridged by a Holy Physique! The point was that Yi Zhong was more powerful than ordinary cultivators at the Heaven Celestial Stage. As a powerful sovereign, how could he be defeated in such an easy way?

"I'm afraid Elder Xu has concealed his real Cultivation Stage!" A Jade Lake guardian at the Golden Celestial Stage sent a message surreptitiously to Bai Cailing, while looking at her in a very serious manner. A cultivator who could conceal his Cultivation Stage and not be discovered by them would at least be a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven!

Bai Cailing nodded her head slightly in agreement. She was also surprised, and she didn't believe that Elder Xu, Xu Que's father, was just at the Half-Celestial Stage because it made a mockery of common sense. Only the Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven could conceal his Celestial Stage from cultivators at the Golden Celestial Stage!

If this was the case, all the rest of the issues that had happened previously ever since Elder Xu had arrived in the Jade Lake made sense. A Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven was definitely able to revive the peach trees and dispel the morbid Qi. Things that were impossible for the Jade Lake's Holy Mother could be realized by another Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven, because all Golden Celestials of the Great All-Embracing Heaven were great at different things!

"I certainly didn't expect that Xu Que's father would be so powerful! I guess I have always underestimated Xu Que!" Bai Cailing shook her head with a wry smile.

At the time she had first met Xu Que, Bai Cailing had broken into the Refined Moon Palace and was attacked by some people. She was forced to heal her wounds on a low-level continent. While there, she met Xu Que and went to the Refined Moon Palace again together with him. At that time, Xu Que hadn't even reached the Half-Celestial Stage. Bai Cailing believed he would never be able to come to the Heaven Continent in the future.

She definitely didn't expect that Xu Que's father would be so powerful–in fact, he had shocked everyone in the Heaven Continent. There were only a few Golden Celestials of the Great All-Embracing Heaven on the Heaven Continent. Apparently, Elder Xu had been keeping a low profile for many years. Now, when his son, Xu Que, arrived at the Heaven Continent, Elder Xu decided to make himself known.

"Holy Virgin, you really had no ideas about the background of this Elder Xu?" Ji Wuyun asked as he looked at Bai Cailing. He had also figured out that this Elder Xu was definitely not at the Half-Celestial Stage. Almost all the rest of the people in this area had also realized it. And now they all fixed their eyes on Bai Cailing. They wanted some answers. After all, this old man was brought here by the Jade Lake. People believed that the Jade Lake must know something. However, Bai Cailing only shook her head silently. She really knew very little about this Elder Xu, who was Xu Que's father. Otherwise, why would she have tried to stop him from having a duel with Yi Zhong?

"It seems he must be a secluded big shot!" Ji Wuyun said, looking at Bai Cailing thoughtfully. Since this old man chose to live in the shadows, no matter if Bai Cailing knew something about him or not, she would never tell anything about him to them.

"However, what I am most interested in is how did Elder Xu come into this ancient battlefield without being detected by the restrictive spell at the entrance if he is really a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven?" Ji Wuyun asked with a curious expression.

Hearing that, the rest of the people were also surprised. Bai Cailing was also a bit stunned. The restrictive spell at the entrance of this ancient battlefield was very powerful. It could prevent cultivators whose Cultivation Stage was higher than the Golden Celestial Stage from entering this area. Even a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven was not able to outsmart that restrictive spell easily. Unless…the actual Cultivation Stage of Elder Xu was much higher than the Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven! At the thought of this, Bai Cailing's heart beat even faster for she was scared by this idea. Above the Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven, there were the Celestial King, the Celestial Prime, and the Celestial Emperor!

For a long time, many Golden Celestials of the Great All-Embracing Heaven, including the Jade Lake's Holy Mother, used to mention vaguely that the Celestial Kings, the Celestial Primes, and even the Celestial Emperors were not extinct but sunk in a deep sleep, and they would wake up sooner or later. This statement was quite popular several thousand years ago. However, nobody in this world had ever seen a cultivator at the level of the Celestial King or higher. Therefore, people stopped talking about them, and many people believed they wouldn't wake up in their lifetimes or at least not in the near future!

But now, this Elder Xu's identity had totally shocked Bai Cailing and all the rest of the people in this area. At the beginning, people thought Elder Xu might be a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven who could conceal his Cultivation Stage from cultivators at the Golden Celestial Stage. However, a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven could never outsmart the restrictive spell in this ancient battlefield by concealing his actual Cultivation Stage. Now people were shocked by this next speculation, which was based on the previous two facts.

Soon all the people fixed their eyes on Xu Que with a combination of fear and curiosity. Does all this mean the Cultivation Stage of this Elder Xu who is Xu Que's father has reached the Celestial King or an even higher stage? Does it mean he has just woken up after many years' sleeping? And is this the reason for the Lifeless Qi in his body? People were making all kinds of guesses, but nobody dared to ask Xu Que. After all, they didn't dare to offend the Celestial King or the Celestial Prime, whose strength seemed to have passed anything they had ever seen or had any knowledge about.

…..

At the same time, at the center of the altar, Yi Zhong stood up, holding his arm, which had been broken by Xu Que. His forehead was covered by a cold sweat. He pressed his left hand tightly on his broken right arm. A cloud with the intense smell of elixir gushed out of his body. The next moment, his broken right arm and his internal wounds started to heal at a stunning speed.

Holy sh*t! Xu Que was shocked. He didn't believe what he was seeing. He wondered if this guy also had an Automatic Recovery Function like the one he had. However, the elixir smell on Yi Zhong's body reassured Xu Que. It seemed as if this elixir smell came from Yi Zhong's body. It was as if his body was an elixir that could heal all wounds.

"His All Elixir Ethereal Physique is true to its name!" Ji Wuyun said in a low voice at this time. The rest of the sovereigns also agreed, nodding their heads. Indeed, the All Elixir Ethereal Physique was quite extraordinary! Yi Zhong could become a sovereign and a candidate for the Divine Farmer Clan's Holy Son because he had his own unique magic arts!

The All Elixir Ethereal Physique was the extraordinary physique handed down from the ancestors of the Divine Farmer Clan. However, the bloodline inherited by most of their descendants was not pure enough and couldn't reach the level of the All Elixir Ethereal Physique. Yi Zhong's bloodline was the purest among all those descendants. Now, after cultivating with numerous precious resources of the Divine Farmer Clan, Yi Zhong had managed to obtain the All Elixir Ethereal Physique at last. People who had this physique were born with the extraordinary ability to recover from anything. They were also immune to all kinds of toxins. Even when they were seriously wounded, they could heal their wounds without the assistance of an elixir as long as there was breath in their bodies! It was exactly like a wall lizard that could recover after losing its tail.

However, Xu Que had no idea about this physique at all. Up until now, he only knew about a few physiques, such as the Mighty Body, the Divine Being, the Holy Physique, Xiao Rou's Five Elements Chaotic Body, Jiang Hongyan's Body of Heavenly Kismet, and the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus of the Sage Sect. So, when he heard Ji Wuyun's words, Xu Que was surprised and said with a faint smile, "The All Elixir Ethereal Physique? Is it quite powerful?"

Is it very powerful? Xu Que thought to himself. He had the System's Automatic Recovery Function, which seemed as if it could rival this so-called All Elixir Ethereal Physique!

"It is none of your business! Old fart, I know you have concealed your Cultivation Stage. You don't have the guts to show your real strength here. Otherwise, you would have been killed by the restrictive spell in this place!" Yi Zhong yelled and stared at Xu Que coldly. His wounds were completely healed, and his face was full of killing intent. He reached his hand up into the air, and the black halberd flew back into it.

He had made up his mind to continue the fight because he had no other choice, even though he knew Xu Que's Cultivation Stage might be a Celestial King or higher. He couldn't take back what he had done. In fact, he was regretting what he had done just now. He shouldn't have sworn about his future. However, everyone had heard his oath. So, he had to fight. If he was not able to kill Xu Que today, it was impossible for him to reach the Golden Celestial Stage in the future, which was something even worse than death for him. So, he had no choice but to continue the fight!

"Oh? You know I have concealed my Cultivation Stage?" Xu Que said with a smile. In fact, Xu Que knew people in this area were not fools. Therefore, they must have figured out the fact that he had concealed his cultivation stage after his powerful strength had been displayed in this place. Of course, Xu Que had no idea people in this area believed his Cultivation Stage had reached the Celestial King or an even higher stage!

Therefore, Xu Que's words totally stunned everyone for they thought their guess was correct. Yi Zhong, however, was at a point of no return. He said as he stared at Xu Que with magnificent killing intent, "Old fart, I don't care what your actual Cultivation Stage is. I don't care whether you use your real strength or not! You must die today!"

BOOM! With a thundering sound, the black halberd in Yi Zhong's hand trembled a bit. The black metal on its surface started to fall off slowly. A dazzling golden halberd appeared!

"It is a…Medium-grade Celestial Artifact!" Someone in the crowd shouted in surprise. Yi Zhong's weapon was a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact! It seemed that the black metal on its surface was simply a kind of seal that was used to lock this long halberd into an identification as a Low-grade Celestial Artifact. Now, the seal had fallen off and the actual grade of the halberd was revealed.

"Heh, heh, I planned to use this as my surprise element during the competition for the position of the Holy Son. I didn't expect I would have to use it now!" Yi Zhong sneered as he looked at Xu Que, holding tightly to his golden halberd.

All the people present were shocked. They had figured out what Yi Zhong's plan was! With this Medium-grade Celestial Artifact, Yi Zhong was trying to force Elder Xu to reveal his actual Cultivation Stage by forcing him to use his real strength in this fight Once Elder Xu revealed his actual Cultivation Stage, he could be killed by the restrictive spell that controlled this place. If he continued to conceal his Cultivation Stage, he could be killed by the Medium-grade Celestial Artifact long halberd.

After all, the restrictive spells in this Ancient Battlefield of Divinities were powerful enough to kill deities.Therefore, the Celestial Kings, Celestial Primes, or even Celestial Emperors would also be wiped out in this place! All the people who were watching this take place nodded their heads to show their appreciation of Yi Zhong's plan. It was a smart move indeed! And it could save him from ruin.

"If Elder Xu's Cultivation Stage is really higher than Celestial King, he will be killed here today. And if it's not, it will not be easy for him to defeat Yi Zhong, who is supported by a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact!" Ji Wuyun, who was standing at the edge of the altar, said seriously at this time. Although they knew the strength of a cultivator whose Cultivation Stage was higher than the Celestial King would be extremely horrible, this place was filled with powerful restrictive spells. Even a Celestial King had to cheat the restrictive spells by concealing his Cultivation Stage, so that he could come into this place. So, if Elder Xu was killed here when he revealed his actual Cultivation Stage, his death would be terrible! It was a pity that Elder Xu had no other options. After all, Yi Zhong was enjoying the utmost advantages at this moment! He was holding a Middle-grade Celestial Artifact on the Ancient Battlefield of Divinities, which gave him a huge advantage.

"Elder Xu, let's admit defeat!" Bai Cailing shouted loudly as she looked at Xu Que at this time. She had decided to end this fight no matter whether Elder Xu's Cultivation Stage had really reached Celestial King or not because this old man might be seriously wounded or even killed.

BOOM! Yi Zhong, however, didn't want to give Xu Que an opportunity to admit defeat. While Bai Cailing was still in the middle of her sentence, Yi Zhong's golden halberd had already slashed down toward Xu Que, flashing across the void. Yi Zhong's golden halberd had turned into a dazzling sun. It was so bright and powerful, and its horrible momentum was much stronger than before.

"Old fart, what will you choose this time?" Yi Zhong asked as he smiled at Xu Que sarcastically. A strand of madness could be seen in his smile. "No matter what you choose, you will be a dead man soon…"

Before finishing his words, Yi Zhong was shocked by what he saw. Yi Zhong didn't find any fear or shock or even hesitation in Xu Que's face at this moment. He could only see an expression of heartache in Xu Que's face. Because now Xu Que only felt sorry for the golden halberd. "Oh, no! It is really a pity to ruin such a good Medium-grade Celestial Artifact!" Xu Que murmured to himself. But he didn't let this heartache stop his movements! The next moment, he raised his right hand in the air. A gust of horrible chilly wind started to blow throughout the entire area!

"Occult and Ghostly Ice Fog Hand!" Xu Que shouted loudly. His right arm was covered by a thick layer of ice. He reached out his arm to confront Yi Zhong's golden halberd!

BANG! His fist collided with the long halberd in the air and created a ripple in the void. Many waves of air were flying rapidly in the sky. CRACK! Yi Zhong's golden halberd, which had been encased with ice, started to break apart piece by piece!

CLANG! CLANG! The next moment, all the people who were watching this fight with bated breaths and open mouths were shocked! The golden halberd broke up into small parts and started to fall to the ground! The long halberd at the level of Middle-grade Celestial Artifact was ruined in this way! At this time, Xu Que glanced at Yi Zhong, who looked totally dumbfounded, and he said with a faint smile, "This is a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact, right? Is it very powerful?"

Chapter 1282: Why Were You So Careless?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The entire area got so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The sovereigns and the guardians of all the sects, including Bai Cailing and the people from the Jade Lake, were completely flabbergasted–they couldn't believe what they saw! Yi Zhong, the sovereign of the Divine Farmer Clan, was sitting on the ground. His face was as pale as a piece of blank, white paper. His eyes were wide with fear!

"How…could this be?" Everyone was exclaiming to themselves in surprise. This old man's physique was extremely tough. More important, he was also able to use horrible magic arts, which had shocked everyone watching. He had used the Occult and Ghostly Ice Fog Hand to break the long halberd, a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact, into small metal pieces easily!

"It was a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact!" People continued to talk to themselves. Even in the Divine Farmer Clan, only a few people were qualified to have a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact. Yi Zhong was able to get a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact from his clan because of his good bloodline, which was thought highly of by his clan. He had also been nominated as a candidate for the clan's Holy Son!

For Yi Zhong, this Medium-grade Celestial Artifact long halberd was his trump card. He hadn't used it before because he wanted to surprise his opponents with it during the Holy Son competition. Now, however, he had been forced to use it. And he had failed to make even a tiny scratch on Xu Que's body. Distressingly, his Medium-grade Celestial Artifact had been completely ruined on the spot! This was totally unacceptable for Yi Zhong, and it also shocked everyone else who had been watching this fight.

"The Elder Xu's physique and magic arts are so powerful! Does it mean he is a Celestial King, a Celestial Prime, or even a Celestial Emperor who has just woken up after many years of sleep?" Once again, the crowd was involved in self-discussions. "If not, how could his strength be so extraordinary and horrible?"

The old man hadn't displayed his real strength from the beginning. He had just stood there to confront Yi Zhong's attack with his physique. He had hardly used any magic arts! Only cultivators at the level of the Taiyi Golden Celestial or a higher stage who had extremely powerful physiques could smash a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact with full strength! Therefore, people were more and more convinced that their speculations about Xu Que's identity were correct!

Yi Zhong stood up with the help of his guardians. The guardians were watching Xu Que vigilantly as they protected Yi Zhong by encircling him with their bodies. Xu Que didn't continue his attack and said nothing as he stood his ground quietly. He figured out that he had overestimated his own strength. After obtaining the Holy Physique, he felt his speed and defense were far better those of Yi Zhong during the fight! Also, the Occult and Ghostly Ice Fog Hand he had used just now was quite extraordinary and could even smash a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact. As expected, this magic art was a buster of Celestial Artifacts!

However, when Xu Que attacked with the full strength of his physique, he could only wound Yi Zhong, but was not able to kill him. This was the result of the gap between their Cultivation Stages. Xu Que couldn't do anything about that for he knew his physique was not invincible!

It seemed to everyone watching as if he had escaped unscathed from the fight with Yi Zhong. However, the Celestial Core Power and the Qi in his body had been messed up by Yi Zhong's attack. If they continued to fight, Yi Zhong's wounds could be more serious, but Xu Que would also start spitting blood because of all his serious internal wounds. Of course, Xu Que had the assistance of the System's Automatic Recovery Function, which could heal his wounds easily. So, these wounds were not a cause for grave concern for him. Yi Zhong's physique would also help him to heal his wounds. Thus, Xu Que was not sure whether he could kill Yi Zhong if they continued to fight even if Yi Zhong's guardians hadn't stepped out to stop them. In the final analysis, it would be quite difficult to tell who was the winner of this fight. The sovereigns of the big sects on the Heaven Continent could keep their reputations.

Xu Que was quite embarrassed about this result. In his mind, he shook his head secretly at himself. After all, his Cultivation Stage was two stages lower than these sovereigns. Evidently, it was quite difficult for him to defeat them easily. If he could cross his Heavenly Tribulation and reach the Earth Celestial Stage right away, Xu Que was quite sure he could kill Yi Zhong in an opportunity like this. Unfortunately, he was still a short distance away from the Earth Celestial Stage now.

"Eh…Elder Xu, the Divine Farmer Clan admits its defeat in this fight! Now, the soul fragment is yours!" As Xu Que was thinking all this, one of Yi Zhong's guardians spoke and handed the soul fragment to Xu Que. Apparently, they were also intimidated by Xu Que's strength. No matter whether their speculations were correct or not, they didn't want to take the risk. The cost of losing would be the destruction of the entire Divine Farmer Clan!

Xu Que was totally surprised by the reaction of the Divine Farmer Clan. "What's going on? Does it mean these people really obey the rules? I didn't expect they would really admit their defeat!" Xu Que, who never followed the rules or admitted defeat, was thinking to himself again. Xu Que expected that, according to Yi Zhong's style, Yi Zhong should have been annoyed and asked his guardians to attack Xu Que. "Why did they choose to give in?" Xu Que was pondering this question.

"Elder Xu, the Divine Farmer Clan has been on friendly terms with the Jade Lake for many years. Since they have admitted their defeat, could you show your mercy and end this fight now?" Bai Cailing asked as she looked at Xu Que. A strand of reverence could be sensed in her voice.

Now, upon hearing that, Xu Que was really stunned. The reaction of Bai Cailing and the rest of the people in this area absolutely boggled his mind. Everyone was looking at him. In their eyes, Xu Que could see curiosity and fear as if they were looking at a ghost! "Holy sh*t! What the h*ll is going on?" Xu Que asked himself. Then he frowned for he was totally confused. Just now, he had showed the strength of his physique. But people in this area shouldn't be intimidated like this. Now, even Bai Cailing was looking at him with fear. Something must be wrong!

"OK! Let's end the fight now!" Xu Que couldn't figure out what was going on and didn't want to waste his time in guessing. So he just kept nodding his head. The Divine Farmer Clan guardians breathed a sigh as if they had been relieved of a heavy load. At the same time, Yi Zhong raised his head and looked at the soul fragment in Xu Que's hands resentfully. Xu Que was even more confused. "Something must be wrong! Yi Zhong is angry and recalcitrant now. Why does he choose to forbear? This is so weird!" Xu Que was having a whole dialogue with himself. "Does it mean…this guy is only pretending to surrender and he is going to attack me sneakily?"

At the thought of this, Xu Que raised his eyebrows immediately. He didn't reallize that all the people in this area had deemed him as a cultivator whose Cultivation Stage had reached the Celestial King or an even higher stage. So, he believed the people from the Divine Farmer Clan were going to play dirty. However, when Xu Que received the soul fragment, people from the Divine Farmer Clan didn't attack him. On the contrary, they turned around and were about to leave the altar and this ancient battleground right away.

"Are you going to leave in this way?" Xu Que was stunned, so he asked as he frowned. People from the Divine Farmer Clan stopped immediately. Everyone was shocked by his words. A Celestial King would never be insulted. It seemed this old man wouldn't let the people from the Divine Farmer Clan go so easily.

"You should take this junk with you! Protection of the environment is everyone's responsibility!" Xu Que said as he pointed at the metal pieces on the ground at this time. Those metal pieces were created after Yi Zhong's long halberd, which was a Medium-grade Celestial Artifact, was smashed. Although the Celestial Artifact was ruined, these metal pieces were still quite precious. They didn't expect Xu Que to call them junk!

People from the Divine Farmer Clan felt uneasy. They thought this old man was going to embarrass them again. They didn't expect that he would just ask them to take the metal pieces away! They were quite happy to hear that. They hadn't dared to take away those metal pieces. Since this old man asked them to do that, they would follow his request with pleasure! Those metal pieces might be junk for the old man, but were quite precious for them!

"OK! We will clean up this place immediately!" A guardian said at once.

Yi Zhong became even more impatient and was anxious to leave here because it was a humiliation for him. However, Yi Zhong still turned around and walked back to Xu Que. He took those metal pieces into his storage ring.

"Young man, there is no limit if you look up. So, don't be so arrogant in the future! I will let you go this time. But you won't be so lucky next time!" Xu Que said as he looked at Yi Zhong with a smile. Yi Zhong's face darkened as he suppressed his anger. But he didn't dare to have a fight with Xu Que again. So he just turned around and left directly. All the rest of the people also kept silent. They believed the Divine Farmer Clan had been quite lucky that this issue was solved in this way. They should thank the Jade Lake who had interceded for them and also the old man who had been so generous and merciful to them.

WHOOSH!

However, when Yi Zhong turned around and was about to leave, an air-rending sound whistled from behind him. The next moment, a pitch-dark rod landed on Yi Zhong's head heavily like a flash of lightning. BANG! Yi Zhong, who had had no time to dodge the attack, was knocked down to the ground and fell into a coma immediately. At the same time, Yi Zhong's chest was penetrated by a sharp sword. His robe was soaked in his blood as his life was being taken away by a horrible destructive power!

At this time, Xu Que's face, which was full of smiles, appeared from behind Yi Zhong's back. Then he said, as he shook his head with a smile, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I told you that you wouldn't be so lucky next time! Why were you so careless?"

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Xu Que was totally surprised by the reaction of the Divine Farmer Clan. "What's going on? Does it mean these people really obey the rules? I didn��t expect they would really admit their defeat!" Xu Que, who never followed the rules or admitted defeat, was thinking to himself again. Xu Que expected that, according to Yi Zhong's style, Yi Zhong should have been annoyed and asked his guardians to attack Xu Que. "Why did they choose to give in?" Xu Que was pondering this question.

"OK! We will clean up this place immediately!" A guardian said at once.

WHOOSH!

Chapter 1283: I Can Handle It Alone

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"Yi Zhong!" The Divine Farmer Clan guardians rushed up, their faces gray with shock. However, it was too late. Yi Zhong's chest had been penetrated by Xu Que's sword, which injected countless Lifeless Qi into Yi Zhong's body. The Lifeless Qi turned into a burst of horrible strength and started to devour Yi Zhong's vital energy. For just an instant, Yi Zhong was at death's door.

As he was drawing his last breath, his guardians arrived. Three guardians surrounded Xu Que. Another guardian took out a pill and inserted it into Yi Zhong's mouth. At that instant, Yi Zhong was pulled back from death's door and didn't die!

Xu Que just stood there, watching everything calmly. He didn't attempt to stop the guardians from saving Yi Zhong. People from the rest of the large sects, as well as Bai Cailing and the people from the Jade Lake, were totally shocked by what had happened just now. None of them expected that Xu Que would be so shameless that he would try to kill Yi Zhong secretly with his black rod and sword just after promising he would let Yi Zhong go. "How could a Celestial King do such an underhanded thing? Does it mean this Celestial King doesn't care about his reputation?" Many people became suspicious and started asking themselves questions. They started to stare at Xu Que and doubt his identity.

When Bai Cailing realized what had happened, she thought it was perfectly normal. Because she remembered the time she had spent together with Xu Que in the Refined Moon Palace. Xu Que was just as shameless as his father! As an old saying goes, like father, like son! It seemed Xu Que had gotten his despicable, shameless characteristics from his father!

"Elder Xu, what did you mean by this attack?" One of the Divine Farmer Clan guardians asked as he stared at Xu Que coldly. This guardian was quivering with anger. However, he was also suppressing his anger for he didn't dare to have a fight with Xu Que. Even though he was a guardian who had reached the summit of the Golden Celestial Stage, he was still intimidated by Xu Que's identity. He worried that maybe Xu Que was really a Celestial King who had played those dirty tricks in front of them deliberately to arouse their suspicions. In this way, when they were forced to attack him, he would have proper excuses to kill all of them and even vent his anger on the entire Divine Farmer Clan!

No matter whether his speculation was correct or not, he didn't want to take the risk of finding out. Of course, the most important point was that Yi Zhong was not killed. His life was saved by the Divine Farmer Clan's most precious Nine-Reincarnation Spirit Protection Pill. Also, the Divine Farmer Clan could restore Yi Zhong's health without any difficulty!

"What did I mean?" Xu Que smiled as he looked at the guardian at this moment. "Didn't you know what was I going to do?" BOOM! The next moment, a dark shadow appeared behind Yi Zhong and slashed a sharp sword down toward Yi Zhong's head!

"Oh, no! This is a replica! Retreat!" The guardians' expressions changed abruptly. The guardian who had inserted the pill into Yi Zhong's mouth just now grabbed Yi Zhong and stepped back immediately. However, that dark shadow was even faster. It was impossible for the guardian to dodge this attack no matter how fast his reaction was!

CHI! The dark shadow's sharp sword punctured Yi Zhong's throat! This attack was not lethal, and the wound created by it could have been healed. However, Yi Zhong was dragged back by his guardian. Because of this movement, his neck was run across the edge of the sword. In this way, he was beheaded on the spot. BANG! His head fell to the ground!

A young sovereign of the Divine Farmer Clan died in such a miserable way! All the people were shocked and couldn't believe what they had seen. The guardians of the Divine Farmer Clan felt everything in front of them go black as if they had been struck by lightning. They looked so helpless. The next moment, every single person who was in the area fixed their eyes on Xu Que. The atmosphere in this place became quite weird!

No one expected that the issue would be resolved in this way. They had thought that this old man would stop attacking Yi Zhong. They didn't expect that he would be so persistent and approach Yi Zhong silently with a replica. They didn't expect that he would attack Yi Zhong, who was beheaded accidentally at last! The entire place was shocked. After all, a cultivator whose Cultivation Stage was higher than a Celestial King would never do something like that! What Xu Que did was so horrible. They all asked themselves the question, "Why did he hate Yi Zhong so much that he was determined to kill him?"

No one could figure out the answer. However, the fact that Xu Que had managed to kill Yi Zhong in front of his guardians without revealing his actual Cultivation Stage reassured people that his Cultivation Stage was definitely higher than the Half-Celestial Stage! Since he was not a cultivator at the Half-Celestial Stage, and even cultivators at the Golden Celestial Stage couldn't discover his actual Cultivation Stage, people were more convinced than ever that his Cultivation Stage had reached either the Celestial King or an even higher stage!

If he was a proud powerhouse who cared about his reputation and didn't want to use despicable measures, people wouldn't be afraid of him, because he disdained to attack someone who hadn't offended him before! But now, the one standing in front of them, who was so powerful that his Cultivation Stage could be even higher than the Celestial King, would use those despicable measures shamelessly! What a horrible guy!

"Now, you know my plan, right? I just wanted to kill him, and that's that!" Xu Que explained as he looked at the guardians of the Divine Farmer Clan with a faint smile at this time. Meanwhile, he had placed a Celestial Grade Divine Escape Spell in his hand. If those guardians who were totally annoyed attacked him, he would still have the chance to run away! As for a counterattack, it had become pretty much impossible for Xu Que at this moment!

He was not able to defeat so many cultivators at the Golden Celestial Stage even when he was in a peak state. Moreover, his attack upon Yi Zhong just now was not as easy as it had seemed. When Xu Que attacked with his black rod and pierced Yi Zhong's chest with his sword, he used his full strength! That sword attack, which looked quite simple, was full of extremely magnificent Celestial Core Power, Soul Strength, and his Taoist Connotation. Also, the attack was strengthened by the strength of the Sword Spirit as well as magnificent Lifeless Qi from the Ancient Life and Death Wheel. In this way, Xu Que's attack was powerful enough to seriously wound or even kill a sovereign at the Heaven Celestial Stage. Otherwise, it would have been totally impossible for Xu Que, who was at the summit of the Human Celestial Stage, to kill a cultivator at the Heaven Celestial Stage!

However, when he managed to attack Yi Zhong secretly with his full strength, he didn't expect that the Divine Farmer Clan, which was so resourceful, could save Yi Zhong's life with a Nine-Reincarnation Spirit Protection Pill. This result was unacceptable for Xu Que! Nobody could stop him from killing his target! Therefore, Xu Que sent his Thunder Illusion Body to kill Yi Zhong remotely. The sword attack of his Thunder Illusion Body also caused a large consumption of his energy, although not as much as the previous attack. When the Thunder Illusion Body pierced Yi Zhong's throat with the sword, Xu Que believed the attack was not powerful enough to kill Yi Zhong! However, he didn't expect Yi Zhong's guardian would step back, dragging Yi Zhong's body. This movement caused the beheading of Yi Zhong, bringing him a miserable death.

Xu Que was quite satisfied with the result. Since Yi Zhong was dead, he didn't want to keep a low profile anymore. So, he decided to confront Yi Zhong's guardians directly. "This was my plan! What are you going to do?" He continued talking only to himself, "Do you want to seek revenge against me? I will run away after acting tough with the help of the Celestial Grade Divine Escape Spell! How can you capture me?"

However, to his surprise, the guardians looked angry, but they didn't attack him! Xu Que held the Celestial Grade Divine Escape Spell tightly in his hand so he could ignite it at any minute! In this way, they fell into a stalemate, while the rest of the sovereigns, including Bai Cailing, were speechless.

A moment later, a guardian of the Divine Farmer Clan said in a low voice, "Elder Xu, did the Divine Farmer Clan offend you sometime in the past? Why did you make up your mind to kill the sovereign of our clan with those measures?"

"Heh! Do you want to know the reason? It is quite simple!" Xu Que snorted and said, enumerating on his fingers: "First, you shouldn't have offended the people from the Utopia Faction! Second, you tried to kill me in the Jade Lake. Third, I don't like you! Fourth, you are too ugly for me! Fifth, sixth, seventh…I can even give you 100 reasons! Do you want to hear all of them?"

The guardians of the Divine Farmer Clan could do nothing but look angrier and angrier. The first two reasons were true. In order to track Buttface and Duan Jiude, they had kidnapped people of the Utopia Faction and killed most of them. At last, only Liu Jingning had survived and was rescued by Buttface and Duan Jiude. Now, they realized that this old man had a good relationship with the people of the Utopia Faction and wanted to avenge them. And second, when they were in the Jade Lake, they had tried to kill Xu Que. However, when they heard the news that Buttface and Duan Jiude had shown up, they changed their plans and left to find them immediately. As for the third and fourth reasons, they really didn't know what to say. Is it wrong to be ugly?

"OK! Since Elder Xu has told us the reasons, we will leave here now!" A guardian of the Divine Farmer Clan said seriously at this time. It seemed they had made up their minds to leave here. Their reactions totally surprised Xu Que. "Why are they leaving here with ease? Does it mean they won't avenge Yi Zhong?" These questions were running through Xu Que's mind.

In fact, the guardians of the Divine Farmer Clan had already come to an agreement. Yi Zhong was not the only sovereign of the Divine Farmer Clan. Now, he was dead, and his death was an irreversible fact. It was unnecessary for the guardians to avenge a dead sovereign before they could figure out the real identity of Xu Que. If this old man's Cultivation Stage was really higher than a Celestial King, they would not only lose a sovereign, they could even lose the entire Divine Farmer Clan, which was totally unnecessary.

Of course, this was just a temporary choice. When they went back to their clan, they would have plenty of time to check out Xu Que's identity. If they found this old man was not a Celestial King, the Divine Farmer Clan would have sufficient strength and could seek measures to get revenge against him. The guardians had thought long and hard about their situation. They weren't going to act recklessly, but had decided to act wisely. So, they left the altar together with the dead body of Yi Zhong and headed for the path which they used to come here.

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Standing behind them, Xu Que frowned for he didn't understand what had happened and even guessed that maybe those guardians didn't like Yi Zhong at all. So they didn't want to avenge him when he was killed. However, the rest of the people in this area, who had decided that Xu Que was a Celestial King or someone even more powerful, just looked at him without saying a word.

After a short hesitation, the sovereign from the Fangcun Celestial Sect walked up and said as he took out his soul fragment, "Elder Xu, the Fangcun Celestial Sect has decided to leave here. Since you are going to move forward, I will leave this soul fragment to you!" After that, the sovereign of the Myriad Law Sect from the Pojun Celestial Realm also gave his soul fragment to Xu Que without asking for anything in return. After mentioning the name of their sect in front of Xu Que, they left together with the people of the Fangcun Celestial Sect.

The entire process was very quiet and harmonious. No more conflicts occurred. Xu Que was shocked once again. It seemed as if people on the Heaven Continent were quite friendly. "Look at people from the Fangcun Celestial Sect and the Myriad Law Sect! How nice they are! They even gave their soul fragments to me!"

However, everyone else in this area knew the Fangcun Celestial Sect and the Myriad Law Sect had made wise choices. After all, they had decided to leave here. Before that, they could rival Ji Wuyun and the other two sects only with the reinforcements from the Divine Farmer Clan. They had tried to decide the attribution of the soul fragments through a fight. Now, the Divine Farmer Clan had been driven away by Xu Que, which meant the sovereigns of the Fangcun Celestial Sect and the Myriad Law Sect would definitely lose in any fight because they were outnumbered! Of course, even if they could win the fight, it was still impossible for them to take away the soul fragments. After all, a powerhouse whose Cultivation Stage might even be higher than a Celestial King was still here!

So, the Fangcun Celestial Sect and the Myriad Law Sect chose to give in wisely. They also mentioned the name of their sects in front of Xu Que deliberately. In case Xu Que was really a Celestial King, they would leave a good impression on a powerful big shot! If Xu Que was not a Celestial King, they would lose nothing because it was impossible for them to take away the soul fragments anyway! Therefore, this choice would only do good to them!

"Since we have obtained all the soul fragments, let's break the restrictive spell on this altar now!" Xu Que said as he gave the three soul fragments to Ji Wuyun. He didn't want to waste his time here because he planned to find Buttface and Duan Jiude. Most importantly, he wanted to see Liu Jingning. The Utopia Faction had been treated badly by the Divine Farmer Clan. Moreover, their Faction Leader and the Elders who came here together with Liu Jingning had been killed today. So Xu Que was worried about Liu Jingning very much!

"Okay, guys, please give your soul fragments to me!" At this time, Ji Wuyun said, nodding his head as he looked at the sovereigns of the other two sects. Those two young men nodded their heads as they handed over their soul fragments to Ji Wuyun. When they put the seven soul fragments together, Ji Wuyun started to press them with his Celestial Core Power. The fragments were merged slowly and formed a faint figure, which landed at the center of the altar.

BOOM!

The entire altar trembled. The strength of the restrictive spell, which was reduced remarkably, was much weaker than before. Apparently, the appearance of the Deity's remnant soul posed a threat to the altar, which used most of its restrictive spell's strength to counter the remnant soul. The remnant soul was suppressing the altar and vice versa!

"Great! If we attack together, we can break the restrictive spell on this altar temporarily. Then we can move to the other side!" Ji Wuyun said delightedly. Although the restrictive spell had been weakened, it was still quite powerful. It could only be broken by the combined attack of everyone in this area. Then they could move to the other side. At that time, it was highly possible for them to find more inheritances there. Therefore, it was a precious and rare opportunity for them!

"This is too troublesome! I can handle it alone!" Suddenly, Xu Que said calmly as he waved his hand. "Can he handle it alone?" People in this area were about to attack together. However, when they heard Xu Que's words, they were shocked and fixed their eyes on him in surprise, as they asked themselves this question.

Xu Que walked out from the crowd calmly. He walked to the wall of the restrictive spell at the edge of the altar. After that, he lifted his right leg in front of those surprised people. Then he kicked out as his leg was wrapped by a strand of dazzling golden light!

RUMBLE!

The entire altar started to tremble violently, which created a big bang! People were totally dumbfounded for Xu Que had created a big hole in that barrier of the weakened restrictive spell. Everyone was stunned. They looked at Xu Que's leg in surprise. Xu Que ignored their reaction. Placing his hands behind his back, he walked forward as he threw out his chest proudly.

"My God! What…is this magic art? It is so powerful!" At this time, a little voice of a woman could be heard from behind him. Apparently, a female apprentice of the Jade Lake was speaking. Xu Que didn't stop and turn around. He continued to walked forward as he replied with a smile, "The Act-Tough King's Leg!"

Chapter 1284: He Is on Our Side!

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It was pitch-dark in the ruins of the ancient battlefield! Xu Que and the others had succeeded in reaching the other side of the altar. There they found Buttface and Duan Jiude's leftover ingredients that they had used in making their hotpot, and many messy footprints that led in different directions. They also found dog pawprints and traces of dog sh*t in a corner of a wall.

Xu Que glanced at the sh*t. Then he pointed in that direction and stepped forward. Without any hesitation, Bai Cailing and the people from the Jade Lake followed Xu Que. Everyone else also followed Xu Que, after hesitating for a minute or two. Soon, the passage they had chosen became more and more spacious. Finally, a large Taoist Sanctum appeared at the end of the passage.

The entire place was quite shabby. Many weapons and magic artifacts were scattered willy-nilly on the ground, which was riddled with potholes. Apparently, a fierce battle had taken place in this sanctum. It had occurred so many years ago that even the corpses had been turned into fertile soil. Facing the Taoist Sanctum, hundreds of ancient buildings were scattered around this area. These buildings were also quite shabby. Some of them only had broken walls left. Some of them had collapsed and were completely covered by spiderwebs!

"Wow, I didn't expect that this place used to belong to a sect!" Someone said in surprise. It was quite obvious that this place used to belong to a sect. The deities had had a fierce battle here and destroyed it, and it sank deep into the ground. It seemed as if it had been excavated by Buttface and Duan Jiude.

"Elder Xu, I found some footprints here that lead in that direction!" Bai Cailing pointed at the south part of the Taoist Sanctum. Xu Que went over to inspect what Bai Cailing had discovered and found the footprints of Buttface and Duan Jiude on the ground of this Taoist Sanctum. They had passed through the sanctum on their way to the collapsed buildings in the southern part of this area.

The buildings in this southern part were quite normal. According to their footprints, it seemed as if Buttface and Duan Jiude had walked toward those buildings directly and didn't waste any time looking around in this area. Xu Que was completely convinced that Buttface and Duan Jiude must have had a map. Otherwise, how was it possible for them to know this place so well.

"Let's follow their footprints! Don't touch anything or walk off the path of their footprints! This place is quite weird!" Xu Que said seriously as he walked forward, following the footprints of Buttface and Duan Jiude. All the other people nodded their heads because this place felt weird indeed. All the weapons and magic artifacts scattered in this place were full of Lifeless Qi. Also the corpses of all the big shots seemed to have turned to soil in this place. It was quite dangerous for people whose Cultivation Stages were low to walk around here!

BOOM!

However, just as Xu Que had started off following the footprints, an enormous bang had exploded from in front of him abruptly. Dazzling red flames lit up the sky and the entire sanctum. The next moment, Xu Que saw Buttface and Duan Jiude, who were flying back the way they had come helter-skelter. With them Xu Que saw Mo Junchen, who was running behind Buttface. But he didn't see Liu Jingning. He rushed over to them immediately.

"What? Someone else has also come into this place!" Duan Jiude, who was running rapidly, was shocked when he saw Xu Que and Bai Cailing, as well as all the people from the other sects who were standing behind Xu Que.

"Hey! Who is this old man? He is just at the Half-Celestial Stage! How dare he rush toward us alone?" Buttface also saw Xu Que. Then he sneered as he waved his paw, "Guardian Mo, kill this old man!" Hearing that, Mo Junchen was about to attack Xu Que with a magic art. However, Xu Que had stopped in front of them. When Mo Junchen saw the golden "Holy Physique" written on Xu Que's chest, he was stunned a bit and stopped his attack.

"Buttface, Heavenly King Overpowers Ground Tiger!" Xu Que said in a low voice.

"Jade Emperor Sleeps with Queen Mother!" Buttface blurted out immediately. Then his eyes got very wide and he shouted, "Holy sh*t! Stop! He is on our side!"

"D*mn! The little brat has disguised himself again!" Duan Jiude cursed in a low voice. Mo Junchen also understood Buttface's words. Actually, he had figured out Xu Que's identity already from the two golden characters on Xu Que's chest. They stopped in front of Xu Que and fixed their eyes on Bai Cailing and the rest of the people who were behind Xu Que.

"Little brat, why did you bring them here?" Buttface asked in a low voice. Xu Que frowned and shook his head. He didn't answer Buttface's question but asked seriously, "Where is Liu Jingning?"

"Little brat, don't worry, she is hiding in a small house to heal her wounds and she is very safe now! We left those footprints to draw away possible enemies in order to protect her!" Buttface replied with a smile.

Xu Que let out a sigh of relief. He frowned at the place in front of them that was full of flames and noises like an erupting volcano and asked, "What in h*ll did you do in that place? What is happening over there?"

"Nothing! I was really unlucky for I have just lost a Divine Artifact!" Buttface put on a long face and said regretfully.

"A…Divine Artifact? F*ck!" Xu Que was dumbfounded and anxious to punch Buttface to death. It turned out that Buttface and Duan Jiude were on a mission to obtain a Divine Artifact. They had come to this place secretly, without telling the truth to Xu Que. Now it was quite obvious that they had failed to obtain that Divine Artifact.

"That Divine Artifact was something used by the Deities that was much better than all the Celestial Artifacts!" Xu Que thought to himself and felt like his heart was bleeding. If Buttface had only told him the truth, they might have obtained that Divine Artifact!

"Nonsense! It doesn't exist at all. It was ruined a long time ago! There is no way to extract it. I almost lost my life in there!" Duan Jiude said as he rolled his eyes. After such a narrow escape, he still was recovering from the fear in his heart. Mo Junchen also said as he shook his head regretfully, "We thought we would have the opportunity to see the legendary Divine Artifact! It is a pity that it has already been ruined. There was a shape, but, when we approached it, it just disappeared in front of us!"

"Sh*t! What the h*ll did you find there?" Xu Que asked, with wide eyes. He was totally confused because he couldn't understand at all what had happened from the words uttered by Buttface, Duan Jiude, and Mo Junchen.

"It was the Heaven and Earth Furnace, which was the Soulbound Divine Artifact of a Ninth-grade King Refiner in ancient times. We thought we had found a precious item, but we didn't expect that it had already been ruined!" Buttface said regretfully.

Then Duan Jiude continued, shaking his head, ��We obtained an ancient scroll, which was given to us by a man who managed to get out of this place alive. He said he saw a Ninth-grade King Refiner die in this place. The Heaven and Earth Furnace also fell into the ruins. However, this man who told us the story was busy running for his life and didn't have time to take away the Heaven and Earth Furnace. Then, when the man had escaped from here, he tried to heal his wounds in a secret place. But his wounds were too serious and cost him his life ten days later. Before his death, he recorded his regrets in the ancient scroll! So we came here to help that man conquer his regrets! And we never cast our greedy eyes on that Divine Artifact at all!"

"Nonsense! Tell me something about the Divine Artifact!" Xu Que said.

"We managed to reach the other side of the altar with the help of Guardian Mo. Then we found this place with difficulty. It turned out that the furnace had been ruined for a long time, and there was only a shell of it left. When we opened the door and walked into the house to get that shell, the Heaven and Earth Furnace exploded in our faces!" Duan Jiude said, shaking his head.

Mo Junchen sighed. "Alas! It is really a pity! Although the furnace was ruined, the flames in it are quite precious! That Ninth-grade King Refiner saved his soulbound divine flames in that furnace. The flames that have been nurtured in that furnace for so many years are escaping! What a pity!"

"Can't we grab the flames?" Xu Que asked. The soulbound divine flames of a Ninth-grade King Refiner were very precious. They were even more powerful than Mystical Fires. They could melt all kinds of divine materials and even burn a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven into ashes immediately. After all, a cultivator who had reached the Ninth-grade King Refiner stage was very close to a deity or already a deity whose Cultivation Stage was several stages higher than the Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven! Mo Junchen was just a First-grade King Refiner, the weakest one among the King Refiners. He could only forge a Middle-grade Celestial Artifact at most–no way he could rival a Ninth-grade King Refiner at all!

"It is impossible!" Mo Junchen shook his head and said with a wry smile, "We can't take away a divine fire like this unless we also have a high-grade Divine Artifact!" Then Mo Junchen sighed again as he looked at the fire with regret, "What a pity! If I had any precious materials with me, I would try to forge something while this divine fire is still flickering!"

"Eh? What did you say? You can forge equipment with this divine fire, right?" Xu Que's eyes lit up after hearing that. The next moment, he waved his hand and took out a big rod from his crotch. It was the broken halberd he had obtained from Liu Wenfeng in Lost City. The halberd, which was made from Purple Sky Age Metal and was full of Terrifying Spiritual Qi, was a precious weapon!

Chapter 1285: Brother Xu Que Is Awesome

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For a long time, Xu Que had been trying to reforge this broken halberd into a good weapon. It was a pity that the level of his equipment-refining skill was not high enough. At the same time, his Mystical Fires were not able to reforge the Purple Sky Age Metal. When he realized that Mo Junchen was able to forge equipment with the divine fire, he remembered the broken halberd immediately. He got very excited. If this broken halberd could be reforged keeping the Terrifying Spiritual Qi in it, his strength would be enhanced remarkably!

"Is this…the Purple Sky Age Metal? It's even the Best-grade Purple Sky Age Metal!" When Mo Junchen saw the broken halberd in Xu Que's hands, he shouted in surprise and couldn't believe what he was seeing. As the old saying goes, Venus is the brightest star in the sky, while the age metal is the most precious on the ground. When it was created in the purple sky, it became the Purple Sky Age Metal, which featured a Terrifying Spiritual Qi and an extreme hardness. It was a precious material that was even favored by the deities. Anyone who could obtain a small piece of Purple Sky Age Metal would be extremely excited.

Now, the broken halberd in Xu Que's hands was made from the Purple Sky Age Metal. The color of this weapon was deep purple, almost black, which meant it was the Best-grade Purple Sky Age Metal. Mo Junchen was so excited that he almost started to shed tears. He reached out his trembling hands and asked in a shaky voice, "Faction Leader, how did you get this divine item?"

"It was an award from a guy I helped when I fought evil to save the weak! Cut the cr*p! Just tell me whether you are able to reforge it or not! You must keep the Terrifying Spiritual Qi in it when you reforge it into a new Celestial Artifact!" Xu Que said. This long halberd used to be a Middle-grade Celestial Artifact, or it might even have been a High-grade Celestial Artifact before its fracture. When the halberd's head was broken, the remaining part of this halberd was still an Inferior Celestial Artifact. Xu Que cherished it very much and worried that Mo Junchen would not be able to reforge it.

"Faction Leader, what I am sure of is that this weapon, which is made from the Purple Sky Age Metal, is already a Celestial Artifact before I even begin to reforge it. Moreover, I will have the assistance of the divine fire. If I am not able to reforge it, I would be unworthy of the title of a King Refiner!" Mo Junchen said with a wry smile.

"Oh? What kind of Celestial Artifact can you make through reforging it?" Xu Que asked.

"A Middle-grade Celestial Artifact, and the quality will be pretty good. It will be almost as powerful as a High-grade Celestial Artifact. Also, if I could continue to make progress in the future, I could continue to upgrade it. There is no upper limit for materials like Purple Sky Age Metal. So I wouldn't be surprised if it became a divine artifact in the future!" Mo Junchen said confidently. He was eager to have a try. As a King Refiner, he had his goals. It would be an honor for him if he could reforge a Celestial Artifact that was made from such a precious material!

"Good! Then I will leave you to it!" Xu Que nodded his head satisfactorily as he handed over the broken halberd to Mo Junchen. Mo Junchen held the broken halberd in his hands with great care. Then he started to caress it as if he was touching his child. It seemed as if he was worried he would ruin the halberd if he touched it too hard. Unlike most mediocre materials, the Purple Sky Age Metal was extremely precious. Even a small piece of it shouldn't be wasted.

"D*mn! Guardian Mo, stop wasting time caressing it! The divine fire will be out in two hours! You gotta get cracking!" Buttface urged at this moment.

Mo Junchen came to himself and said with a faint smile, "Two hours will be enough for me! I will be back soon!" Then he put the broken halberd down in a safe place and dashed toward the divine fire that was directly behind him.

Standing farther back, Xu Que stared at the divine fire from afar. It was too powerful for him. He had to dismiss the idea of taking the divine fire away! Indeed, even though the divine fire was very precious, he was definitely not powerful enough to take it away. If he tried to take it, he would set himself on fire for sure!

"Little brat, why have you disguised yourself in this way? D*mn! You look even older than Duan Jiude!" Buttface walked up to Xu Que and asked him the question that had been bothering him.

"How could you have the nerve to ask me that question? You made big troubles in the Jade Lake, and I had to solve the problems caused by you! Remember, I am Xu Que's father now! Don't screw up my disguise and call me Xu Que in front of them!" Xu Que ordered Buttface. If he hadn't obtained a Nine-Reincarnation Peach after finding Buttface's paw print in the Jade Lake's peach tree garden, he would surely have severely punished Buttface and Duan Jiude!

"Xu Que's father? Holy sh*t! Little brat, you are really good at disguises! No wonder they are looking at you so reverently now!" Buttface flattered Xu Que. Xu Que pushed Buttface away and said, shaking his head, "Stop flattering me! I will send them away somewhere. You go to the place where Liu Jingning is hiding and tell her I am back!"

"No, I can't do that! She is healing her wounds through secluded cultivation, which will last for at least ten days! By the way, where are the people from the Divine Farmer Clan?" Buttface asked, as he peeped at the people who were standing at the rear.

"You don't need to peep. I've killed Yi Zhong. His guardians also left because they felt ashamed of their ugly appearances in front of my handsome face!" Xu Que said. Buttface exclaimed immediately, "Brother Que is awesome!"

"Damn! Buttface, how shameless you are! If you continue to flatter him like this, you might be struck by lightning! Frankly speaking, little brat, I always agree you are handsome. However, you failed to kill those guardians with your handsomeness, which means you should be even more handsome in the future!" Duan Jiude said earnestly. They were worried that Xu Que might punish them because of the trouble they had caused in the Jade Lake. So they continued flattering Xu Que shamelessly.

Xu Que ignored them. He turned around and started to leave the Taoist Sanctum directly. Seeing that, Bai Cailing and the others asked, "Elder Xu, the fire over there…?"

"They had a barbecue in that place and caused a bushfire. We have asked for help from the fire brigade of the Exploding Heavens Faction. You should stay away from that place!" Xu Que ordered, waving his hand. His words embarrassed everyone. "A bushfire caused by a barbecue? Are you kidding me? There's no bush in this area!" was running through many of these people's minds.

"Okay!" Bai Cailing didn't ask any questions, and agreed, nodding her head. She knew the flames on those ruins were quite extraordinary and they had even scared her. She had seen Buttface and Duan Jiude flee from that area. So she figured it was impossible for them to get anything useful there. She decided to ignore that place as Elder Xu had requested. After a short hesitation, Ji Wuyun and the sovereigns for the other two sects also nodded their heads slightly and didn't step into that area.

Xu Que activated the System's interface as he stood there. The divine fire was so extraordinary. Even though he had dismissed the idea of taking the fire away, he didn't want to give up too easily. In order to take full advantage of anything useful, he asked the System whether he could take away the divine fire. The reply he got from the System was almost the same as the one provided by Mo Junchen. He would need a divine artifact to take away the fire. Xu Que felt very sorry to lose it.

"The divine fire! It is the divine fire! If I can get it, I will be invincible on the Heaven Continent. And I won't be afraid of the Golden Celestials of the Great All-Embracing Heaven anymore! Do I really have to miss such an extraordinary item as this? The motto of the Exploding Heavens Faction demands that we make use of anything useful! " Xu Que was deep in conversation inside his head. Then, he decided to ask the System one more question, "System, could I obtain a divine artifact through your lucky draw?"

Chapter 1286: Get Lost!

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DING! "It is possible that the Host can obtain a divine artifact through the Lucky Draw. However, the probability is very low at this time. It is not recommended for the Host to give it a try!" The System's reply echoed in Xu Que's mind!

Xue Que was not disappointed by the reply, but was surprised a bit. After all, he didn't think that he could obtain a divine artifact through the Lucky Draw. But the System had just informed him that there was indeed a chance. Although the probability of obtaining it was quite low, there was still a glimmer of hope, which was definitely good news for him!

However, since the System suggested that he not play the Lucky Draw at this time, Xu Que decided not to waste his Acting Tough Points. He had accumulated more than 1 million Acting Tough Points but he hadn't used them much recently. He was quite powerful now. Most things that were sold in the System store couldn't help him anymore. On the other hand, he wanted to accumulate more Acting Tough Points so that he could upgrade the System in the future! The things sold in the System store were useless for him now because the version of the System was too low for Xu Que's current Cultivation Stage. In recent years, his Cultivation Stage had increased rapidly. However, the System was still running on version 10.0, which couldn't keep up with the pace of his Cultivation Stage.

To some extent, Xu Que had slacked off recently. He hadn't been acting tough frequently like he did before. The main reason was that he didn't want to rely on the System. He had made up his mind to find his own way to get stronger. Thus he had managed to obtain the Holy Physique, which was a big gain for him. However, the only thing that annoyed him was that he needed a lot of time to cultivate his Holy Physique. Xu Que was not a patient man. He could never stay still long enough to spend a lot of time cultivating his Holy Physique by performing secluded cultivation.

So now Xu Que had fixed his eyes on the System again. For him, the System was a shortcut and also his greatest asset. He didn't want to waste his time in performing secluded cultivation. But he also needed to stay alive while waiting for his Holy Physique to reach a high level. He had to get more things from the System store to save his life. For example, the Divine Escape Spell that he had used previously had already been replaced by the Celestial Grade Divine Escape Spell. However, when he had to confront the powerhouses in the Heaven Continent, even a cultivator at the Golden Celestial Stage could inactivate a Celestial Grade Divine Escape Spell. He had to find something new by upgrading the System.

When he upgraded the System from version 9.0 to version 10.0, he spent 1,280,000 Acting Tough Points. Now, if he wanted to upgrade the System to version 11.0, he would need 2,560,000 Acting Tough Points. Although it was not an astronomical figure for Xu Que, he couldn't scrape together so many Acting Tough Points in a short time. He only had a bit more than 1 million Acting Tough Points–he wouldn't waste them in the Lucky Draw.

The probability of getting a divine artifact in the Lucky Draw was very low. Even if he was lucky enough to get a divine artifact, he was not powerful enough to use it. After all, divine artifacts were designed for the deities. A cultivator at the summit of the Human Celestial Stage like him would never be able to use them. It was a paradoxical and embarrassing situation. If he had a divine artifact, he could obtain the divine fire that could kill even those Golden Celestials of the Great All-Embracing Heaven! However, if he was able to activate a divine artifact, the divine fire would be useless for him because he would already be capable of killing the Golden Celestials of the Great All-Embracing Heaven or even Celestial Kings with the divine artifact!

"That's what I call a conundrum, alas! This is so depressing! I still have a lot of acting tough to accomplish in order to reach my goals!" Xu Que sighed to himself as he closed the System interface.

BOOM!

All of a sudden, a big bang rang out from the ruins. It seemed as if something had irritated the divine fire, making it become more furious and magnificent as if it would devour the entire world. Even though Xu Que was still far away from the divine fire, he was intimidated by its power. "Don't tell me Mo Junchen has failed!" Xu Que thought to himself as he frowned.

"Elder Xu, is it…safe here?" Bai Cailing, who was also startled by the furious divine fire, asked as she looked at Xu Que. Everyone else also looked at Xu Que anxiously. Although they were quite powerful, they had also sensed danger in this place.

"Stay here and don't move. Let me check it out!" Xu Que replied calmly. Then he jumped up and dashed toward the divine fire. Ji Wuyun and the other sovereigns made eye contact. Then they also jumped up and rushed toward the divine fire, following Xu Que out of curiosity. They had reasons for believing that, although the place that was filled with raging fire was quite dangerous, it was also highly possible to find precious items there.

Xu Que hesitated a bit when he saw Ji Wuyun and the rest of the sovereigns following him. But he didn't stop them because he couldn't stop them and it was not necessary to stop them. Soon, Xu Que and the others arrived at the ruins, which were filled with divine fire. There they saw Mo Junchen. Mo Junchen was floating in the sky, holding out his arms. Dazzling light gushed out of his fingertips. A lump of inky black metal liquid was being quenched by the divine fire in his hands.

"Is this…the Purple Sky Age Metal?" Someone shouted in surprise. Bai Cailing, Ji Wuyun, the other sovereigns, and even the guardians were shocked and couldn't believe what they were seeing.

"I didn't expect the Best-grade Purple Sky Age Metal existed in this world! And the quantity is so large!"

"My God! Did they find the Purple Sky Age Metal just now?"

GASP! "If we can get some, this adventure will have been worthwhile!"

All the people were chattering, as greedy lights flashed in their eyes. A guardian of the Dishou Mountain from the Tianliang Celestial Realm said excitedly as he looked at Xu Que, "Elder Xu, Dishou Mountain is forging a Celestial Artifact now. Could we share a little of this material?" Hearing that, everyone looked at Xu Que eagerly, including Bai Cailing and the other people from the Jade Lake. Apparently, they thought the Purple Sky Age Metal had been found in this area. Although Xu Que's people had found it first, they felt entitled to a small share because they were also in this area.

Xu Que glanced at the guardian of the Dishou Mountain and said calmly, "Get lost!"

"Get lost?" His words stunned everyone. The guardian of the Dishou Mountain said with a hollow smile, "Since Elder Xu doesn't want to share, we won't insist on it. Would it be okay for us to get the same share as other people in this place? In other words, would it be okay if, after you take the greater part, the rest can be equally shared by the four sects here?"

"Get lost!" Xu Que replied rudely again. Xu Que, who didn't want to waste his time on these fools, continued to look at Mo Junchen, who seemed quite serious at this moment. According to his expression, it seemed as if Mo Junchen had encountered some problems in reforging the halberd. The divine fire was not as stable as he had expected. Also, the divine fire didn't fade away gradually as he had expected. On the contrary, the divine fire became more and more furious as if it would explode at any time and become an erupting volcano to ruin everything here.

Mo Junchen continued to quench the Purple Sky Age Metal in the divine fire. However, he was clenching his teeth and his face was covered by cold sweat. It seemed he was bearing tremendous pain with great difficulty.

"Eh…" At the same time, Xu Que's reply had totally embarrassed and even annoyed the people of the Dishou Mountain. "Get lost? Again? What do you mean by saying that? Does it mean this old man wants to take exclusive possession of all the Purple Sky Age Metal? What you are doing doesn't accord with the rules! Even if your Cultivation Stage has reached Celestial King or higher, you are too greedy! How can you refuse to share benefits with others?" These were the thoughts running through everyone's minds.

Chapter 1287: A Handy Tool

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"Hah, hah, you fools, what are you thinking? This Purple Sky Age Metal was brought here by brother Que…ahem, brother Que's father! Now, he is trying to reforge it. How dare you cast greedy eyes on it?" Buttface shouted with a sarcastic smile. He really wanted to know how Xu Que was going to deal with these people who were being so annoying?

However, no one believed what Buttface had said. They didn't believe a man could have so much Purple Sky Age Metal. It seemed impossible even for a Celestial King. According to the records in the ancient books, it was quite difficult even for the deities to obtain this material easily. The deities would fight over a piece of Purple Sky Age Metal that was only as large as a thumb. Now, seeing so much Purple Sky Age Metal in front of them, it was impossible for them to believe that all this material had been brought here by Xu Que!

"Hey, wait! I sense something familiar, which must have come from Elder Xu, in the aura of the Purple Sky Age Metal…" Someone shouted as he looked at Xu Que in surprise. Faintly, many people also sensed Xu Que's aura in the Purple Sky Age Metal, which meant this material had been carried by Xu Que for a long time. Otherwise, his aura wouldn't be sensed in the Purple Sky Age Metal.

"No way! Was this precious material brought here by Elder Xu then?" Someone asked in surprise. Most of the people kept silent and even pretended that they didn't hear this conversation. All of them kept looking at that lump of Purple Sky Age Metal with greedy eyes. Apparently, they didn't want to give up easily. They were trying to find an opportunity or excuse to steal the material. The Purple Sky Age Metal was precious enough for them to take the risk of offending a Celestial King because they believed the risk-reward ratio was quite good.

"Faction Leader…Faction Leader's father, sorry, I can't stand it anymore. The divine fire has gotten so crazy now…" Mo Junchen shouted at Xu Que at this moment. He had almost reached his limit. He had been quite confident in the very beginning, but he didn't expect that the divine fire would go crazy. It seemed something had irritated the divine fire, and it became extremely violent suddenly. Now, Mo Junchen had almost lost control of the heat and temperature.

"Guardian Mo, you can come back now. The quenching of the material is already pretty well done!" Xu Que replied. He believed the Purple Sky Age Metal was perfectly quenched, although he knew it could still be further improved, because the precious Purple Sky Age Metal was full of potential. Even if the quenching performed now was not perfect, the material could still be repaired in the future.

"Faction Leader's father, I really want to come back to you. But I can't stop the quenching now! The divine fire has become more and more violent. If I stop the quenching forcibly, the Purple Sky Age Metal will be devoured by the divine fire!" Mo Junchen said with embarrassment. He had done his best but he hadn't planned for the divine fire to go crazy suddenly. Even though he was a King Refiner, he was still taken by surprise. It was the first time he had ever felt helpless when he was forging equipment. Now, Mo Junchen was doing his best to prevent the divine fire from ruining the Purple Sky Age Metal. But he would have no more energy to reforge the material. That was the reason he asked for help from Xu Que.

Xu Que asked, nodding his head, "Guardian Mo, how can I help you?"

"I hope you can give me some advice. We can melt the Purple Sky Age Metal into an item. In this way, we can have a Middle-grade Celestial Artifact. In the future, we could still quench the Purple Sky Age Metal if we get an opportunity. Or, we can find other King Refiners among people in this area who could help me to stop the quenching forcibly, so that we could avoid the Purple Sky Age Metal from being ruined. We can still store the Purple Sky Age Metal in liquid form. In the future, we could find an opportunity to reforge it!" Mo Junchen said at this time.

Hearing that, Xu Que turned to the rest of the people in this area. He saw the Jade Lake from the Tianxiang Celestial Realm, Dishou Mountain from the Tianxiang Celestial Realm, Dark Shadow Pagoda from the Qisha Celestial Realm, and Zhouwang Palace from the Tianxiang Celestial Realm. "Could a King Refiner be found among these people?" Xu Que shook his head and didn't ask, because he saw the answer from their expressions. They had come here to find fortune and opportunities–they had not brought King Refiners with them.

"Elder Xu, I suggest all of us should work together! In this way, we might be able to save some Purple Sky Age Metal!" Bai Cailing said at this time.

"A child shall not interrupt the grown-ups' conversation!" Xu Que waved his hand haughtily. "Are you kidding me? I have brought this Purple Sky Age Metal here. And you are saying we can only save part of it? I will suffer a great loss if I follow your advice!" was running through Xu Que's mind.

"Eh…" Bai Cailing was totally embarrassed by Xu Que's words. The Holy Virgin of the Jade Lake had been treated as a child in front of so many people. It was so disgraceful!

Xu Que glanced at her and said calmly, "My daughter-in-law, you don't understand! I plan to leave this Purple Sky Age Metal to Xu Que as an inheritance. In the future, it could be used as a betrothal gift. So I can't afford to lose any of it!"

Hearing that, Bai Cailing felt much better. It was quite normal to be treated as a child by her father-in-law. However, the situation was still quite embarrassing! Apparently, this old man was implying that the Purple Sky Age Metal could be used as a betrothal gift. In other words, he was trying to urge Bai Cailing to marry Xu Que! Hearing this conversation, all the other people were puzzled. "Does it mean this old man is really going to take exclusive possession of the precious Purple Sky Age Metal?" was going through all their minds.

"Guardian Mo, I suggest we choose the first option. We can merge the Purple Sky Age Metal with an item temporarily!" Xu Que had made his choice. Since he couldn't find another King Refiner here, he had to be content with second best and obtain a Middle-grade Celestial Artifact now. Moreover, if the Purple Sky Age Metal was merged to an item as an auxiliary material, he would suffer no loss. In future, he could still quench and reforge the Purple Sky Age Metal when he had an opportunity.

"Good! What will be used as the master item?" Mo Junchen shouted immediately. Xu Que took out his sword that was possessed by the Sword Spirit. It was a Low-grade Celestial Artifact. After being possessed by the Sword Spirit, it was always mistaken for a Middle-grade Celestial Artifact, although, actually, it was not as powerful as an authentic Middle-grade Celestial Artifact. If he could merge the Purple Sky Age Metal into it, this sword would definitely reach the level of Middle-grade Celestial Artifact. At that time, the Sword Spirit's attack would also be more efficient.

However, when Xu Que took out his sword, he stopped suddenly. Such a sword at the level of Low-grade Celestial Artifact was not worth the precious Purple Sky Age Metal! Although he could get back the Purple Sky Age Metal from the sword in the future, he didn't know when he would be able to do that. Maybe it would happen in dozens of years, maybe even in several hundred years. At that time, this sword would be too weak to satisfy his requirements.

"Faction Leader…Faction Leader's father, have you made up your mind?" Mo Junchen shouted as he looked at the sword in Xu Que's hand. He could understand Xu Que's concern, and he also knew the Purple Sky Age Metal would be wasted if it was used on the edge of a Low-grade Celestial Artifact. However, he really had no other choices at this moment!

"Elder Xu, I can lend an item to you. Is that okay?" Bai Cailing asked as she took out a golden wheel that was a Middle-grade Celestial Artifact.

Xu Que was surprised. Then he said as he shook his head with a smile, "Thanks, my daughter-in-law, but that won't be necessary!" He had made up his mind because the Purple Sky Age Metal would always be wasted no matter what kind of Celestial Artifact would be used to merge with it! However, he had an item that was not a magical artifact or a Celestial Artifact. It was a tool that was very handy. If it was used as a master item, it would be much more powerful when the Purple Sky Age Metal was merged with it. Maybe it would be even handier than a Celestial Artifact merged with the Purple Sky Age Metal!

WHOOSH! Xu Que waved his hand and took out a black rod from his crotch. It was a black rod that he had obtained from the gift bag of the System. It would knock anyone out, no matter what the target's Cultivation Stage was! It was not a destructive weapon. However, if he merged the Purple Sky Age Metal into it, it would be as powerful as a Celestial Artifact made from the Purple Sky Age Metal. In addition, it also had the function of stunning!

At the thought of this, Xu Que smiled slightly. Then he turned to Bai Cailing with a big smile, "Heh, heh, heh!" Bai Cailing was surprised and puzzled by his reaction. "When an old man smiled at you as he held a black rod in his hand, what was he going to do?" She couldn't help but wonder.

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