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1Chapter 911: Jun Mo Xie's Arrangements
2Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
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6Wait for them to deliver it to Tian Fa Forest? The variables in that were simply too much. They could simply quote a random reason and pilfer the Exquisite Lotus away! Right now, Jun Mo Xie did not have a single shred of confidence in the "honor" of the Holy Lands, so how could he wait for them to deliver it? Even if they did not pull any tricks, they could simply schedule the date of delivery to another three or five years later… wouldn't that cause him to die of anxiousness?!
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8As for him going up to the Heaven Saint Palace to retrieve it himself? That was an exceedingly difficult choice as well. It sounded nice; you won the battle, so you can naturally come to claim the prize. But once he reached the Heaven Saint Palace, what would he do if those bunch of sneaky fellows turned around and refused to acknowledge him? Who knew how many undying old monsters were waiting in that mysterious place? What kind of mysterious methods would they have?
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10Things like falling out and turning their backs on promises was something that the three Holy Lands had done countless times… Jun Mo Xie did not believe a single word of those people's promises at all…
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12Although Jun Mo Xie was arrogant, he was not conceited to the point where he felt that he could contend against the entire Heaven Saint Palace! It was the same for the current him, who'd advanced greatly in strength as well!
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14"Since you've won, could it be that you're not allowed to collect your price?" The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master said coldly. "Jun brat, there's no need to be so conflicted. This Young Master was a judge of this match, and I'll naturally also accompany you to the Heaven Saint Palace to collect that Exquisite Lotus, completing the rules of the competition! This Young Master would like to see if they dare to not give it to you!"
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16He'd been looking coldly from the side all along, and although Qu Wu Hui's words were fair, there seemed to be another meaning hidden within, causing him to feel incredibly frustrated. Moreover, Jun Mo Xie was the successor of his benefactor. Thus, he stood out and interfered. With the current situation, it was not exactly unreasonable for him to interfere anyway.
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18Jun Mo Xie was somewhat touched as he turned his head. "This junior thanks Senior Fourteenth Young Master for your kind gesture. However… with your status, it might be somewhat awkward if you went to the Heaven Saint Palace."
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20The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master had been the greatest enemy of the Heaven Saint Palace all along. If he went there now, wouldn't it be extremely awkward? The Heaven Saint Palace would most likely mobilize all their strength to make him stay there forever!
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22Jun Mo Xie was never one to owe anyone a favor, so how would he be willing to let Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master take such great risks for his sake?
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24"Forget it then, you make the decision. It's indeed somewhat… inconvenient for this Young Master to go there." The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master understood his meaning and did not force the issue: "Only, in my experience, with the reputation of the Heaven Saint Palace, they would not necessarily renegade on a bet with a brat like you."
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26Jun Mo Xie nodded his head with a light chuckle as he turned to Qu Wu Hui. "Since Senior Fourteenth Young Master has put it that way, I will follow you to Heaven Saint Palace!"
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28Qu Wu Hui's brows shot up as he raised a thumb. "Good! Great courage! That's what a man should be like!"
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30Jun Mo Xie scoffed lowly in his heart as he thought to himself. It's just that I have the absolute confidence in retreating without harm; not that I have such big balls to use my life to bet on you honoring your promise…
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32After that, he returned to the Heaven Destroyer and Spirit Devourer side and looked at Mei Xue Yan. "Xue Yan, I'm going to claim the Exquisite Lotus now and also do some other stuff while I'm there… You've been away from Tian Fa for quite some time already, and it's time you went back to take a look as well. I'll have to trouble you to bring everyone back with you first."
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34"Alright. Then, you… must be careful." Mei Xue Yan looked at him worriedly.
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36"Relax; don't you know me? As long as I want to leave… is there anything that can hold me back?" Jun Mo Xie said in a low voice as he winked sneakily.
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38Remembering that mysterious pagoda of his, Mei Xue Yan relaxed and nodded with a light smile.
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40"When you return this time, you must seize the chance to let upgrade everyone's strength quickly… Just use the two pieces of spirit vein fragments I gave you, and according to the method I taught you, just lightly scrape a layer of powder off the top, and mix it with water to drink. Although it's not comparable to the Golden Jade Fluid, it's still the essence of the Spirit Stone Immortal Milk. Remember, you must not consume too much, or the dangers will be huge." Jun Mo Xie instructed carefully.
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42"Got it, I'll take notice of it."
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44"Also, once you return, quickly bring Grandfather and Third Uncle's strengths up as well. Remember, the two of them must be prioritized before everyone else; apart from the two of us, their strengths need to be the strongest among the entire Jun Family! As for the pills, just allocate them as you deem fit…"
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46"En, I understand." Mei Xue Yan nodded seriously. She could also understand Jun Mo Xie's intentions very well. Although Jun Zhan Tian and Jun Wu Yi's cultivation were considered formidable in the mundane world, but in Tian Fa, they were considered relatively weak. On top of that, they were the most important characters in the Jun Family. If they continued to lead the strong with their weak strength, even with Jun Mo Xie being a deterrent at the top, it would not be good in the long term…
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48Thus, the most important matter right now was to raise the abilities of Jun Zhan Tian and Jun Wu Yi first! Even if the issue of their strengths were not mentioned, this upgrade would be important for extending their longevity.
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50"To be honest, I really miss Xiao Yi, Qing Han, and the rest, and mother as well…" Mei Xue Yan's face flushed slightly as she said.
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52"Relax, in terms of prestige, your position in the Jun Family is higher than mine… when you return this time, they will definitely hound you and not let you go. At that time, we'll see if you still miss them…" Jun Mo Xie had a strange smile on his face as he said this.
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54These were not empty words at all. Ever since Mei Xue Yan sacrificed herself to save them, the entirely Jun Family was completely convinced of this future daughter in law. Mei Xue Yan's popularity in the Jun Family had definitely reached a terrifying level…
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56With all the preparations completed, Jun Mo Xie was just about to turn when he saw Baili Luo Yun coming over from slowly, his mouth opening and closing as if he didn't know what to say.
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58Rarely seeing such a conflicted look on the face of this great assassin, Jun Mo Xie smiled and asked, "Luo Yun, what's the matter?"
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60"Erm… It's like this, Young Master. This time, I wish to stay a few more days in Chrysanthemum City to take care of some… private matters. So I'd like to ask Young Master first." Baili Luo Yun stammered.
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62"This kid saw his old lover, so he's anxious to find her!" Leng Ao, who was standing on the side, laughed. In an instant, Baili Luo Yun's ears turned red.
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64"Wow! Really?" Jun Mo Xie cried out in shock as he ran up and hooked his arm around Baili Luo Yun's neck as if they were good brothers. "That's great news ah. What's the situation? What's her name? What does she look like? Fat or skinny? Tall or short? Which family is she from? How heavy is she? What's her three measurements? Do you have any nudes… keke…"
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66Baili Luo Yun was instantly stumped, and he begged, "Young Master, please let me off…"
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68"She's called Zhan Meng Die…"
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70"The Zhan Family?" Jun Mo Xie furrowed his brows slightly. He seemed to remember having met her briefly before. This girl's appearance was pretty, and she was an outstanding beauty. Only… he'd just killed the Zhan Family's old ancestor a moment ago, and Baili Luo Yun was actually talking about a match in the Zhan Family. Although he wouldn't mind, but the other side…
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72"Young Master can rest your mind at rest, I know what I have to do." Baili Luo Yun's awkward face turned into a pained expression. "I will tell her the truth, and if she chooses her family, and to become enemies with Young Master… I will not force the matter, and we will both become strangers… but if she chooses me…"
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74A few beads of sweat rolled down Baili Luo Yun's face as he mustered his courage and bowed lowly. "If she ultimately chooses me… may Young Master… give us your blessing!"
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76"Don't worry! A hundred years of effort lead to crossing by the same ferry, a thousand years of efforts lead to sleep on the same pillow. If she's meant to be your wife, she will definitely be yours… Zhan Mu Bai might be the old ancestor of the Zhan Family, but he's a person from several hundred years ago. Zhan Meng Die might not have that many feelings for him, right?"
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78Jun Mo Xie patted Baili Luo Yun's shoulder and encouraged, "Luo Yun, everything in life depends on the effort of the person; where there's a will, there's a way. Go for it! The matter might not even be as serious as you think it is! A wife should be something to snatch to obtain! It doesn't matter if she's willing or not; once the rice is cooked… where will she run with a big stomach? Keke, if not for me being unable to defeat my wife and my heart being too soft to go hard on her, I would have already…"
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80All of a sudden, he felt a stinging sensation on his ears, and Mei Xue Yan's jade-like hand was tightly pinching onto his ears. Her face red and furious, she asked in a dangerous voice, "You would have what? What was that about unable to defeat and going hard?"
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82Jun Mo Xie begged for mercy repeatedly and stammered, "I-I meant… I would have… I would have…" His eyes turned as he searched his brain urgently. "I would have confessed my love to you long ago ah! You're so formidable, and I didn't dare to confess because I was afraid of getting beaten up by you! Are you very touched? Hehe.. hur hur… kekeke…" He laughed strangely as he coughed.
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84The entire camp was filled with laughter and as he laughed, Baili Luo Yun instantly felt much better in his heart.
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86"Luo Yun, go on them. The rest of us support you! Don't be overcautious and indecisive; you should go and grasp your own happiness!" Mei Xue Yan advised in a gentle voice.
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88"Many thanks… My Lady." Baili Luo Yun said with gratefulness. This single 'My Lady' caused Mei Xue Yan's face to redden, and Jun Mo Xie's heart also whooped with joy…
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90"Why don't you bring a few more people along. Let Leng Ao accompany you, and also choose a section of people from the Heaven Destroyer Team." Jun Mo Xie said in a domineering manner. "Whoever dares to snatch your wife, just beat them up!"
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92Everyone felt sweat pouring from their brows when they heard this. This Young Master was simply a classic hooligan. The title of the number one debauchee in the legends actually had some truth to it…
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94After settling the matter, everyone discussed for a bit more before everything was settled.
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96Jun Mo Xie looked at Mei Xue Yan bringing everyone and leaving rapidly like a patch of dark cloud. On the other side, Baili Luo Yun brought a few men with him and went in the opposite direction into the city.
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98The intense and bloody battlefield from a moment ago was now completely silent.
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100Jun Mo Xie turned around and saw the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master with his hands on hips, standing sternly like a manager supervising his employees. Qiao Ying and Cheng Yin Xiao both stood at the side, watching the show. As for Qu Wu Hui, he was crawling along on the ground with his butt high in the sky, and his face was extremely aggrieved as he dug at the ground with his sword as if he was looking for something…
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102"What's going on?" Jun Mo Xie looked at the 20, 30 earthworms squirming on the ground and asked with confusion.
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104Hearing him ask, Qu Wu Hui's face turned red and he gritted his teeth, continuing to dig without a word. His face was filled with an ugly look of aggrievement and pain, and he seemed like he wanted to cry but had no tears…
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106Even if his chrysanthemum had been abused by a hundred Xuan Beasts… it shouldn't be able to cause a Guardian to display such an expression, right? Jun Mo Xie felt quite shocked in his heart.
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108Chapter 912: Digging Earthworms, Eating Earthworms...
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114"Your battle has ended, but our bet still hasn't yet… En, the few of us made a bet during the five man fight just now. The loser has to dig out one thousand earthworms without using any Xuan Qi… He lost, so this is the result. Right now, we're carrying out the terms of the bet." The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master explained in an unhurried manner.
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116"Ah? Digging for earthworms? Although it's a bit awkward to go digging for earthworms with your butt in the air, but the ground is loose, and the commotion earlier must have scared the earthworms here as well, so digging for a thousand earthworms should not be any difficult matter… But what's with that aggrieved expression? If it's Qiao Ying, a lady, who's afraid of anything gross, it can still be understood. But what's a man like Qu Wu Hui being so disgusted for?!" Jun Mo Xie asked in a laughing tone, still somewhat confused.
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118"Ah brat, this you don't understand… We made another bet at the seven versus seven match, that the loser has to eat these one thousand earthworms. Very unfortunately, he lost again. Originally, he still had a chance to win since I very generously gave him the opportunity to choose…" The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master said in a very proud manner.
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120"Pu-ahahaha…" Jun Mo Xie laughed aloud. "In that case… Senior Qu is truly unfortunate! Ha! Who asked you to have so little confidence in me to place your bets on those bunch of weaklings? It's no wonder that you lost!"
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122Qu Wu Hui made a sound in his throat, rolled his eyes and did not say anything, continuing to dig earnestly.
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124"Earthworms! I want those black one, not the red ones! Right, the most disgusting kind…" The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master pointed strictly, not leaving an inch of leniency…
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126The number of earthworms on the ground grew more and more… forming into a small mound. They squirmed energetically, sometimes raising their heads and tails out of top…
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128When Jun Mo Xie remembered that Qu Wu Hui would soon have to swallow these things into his stomach… he could not help but to retch dryly a little… and his face instantly turned somewhat pale!
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130That scenario was simply too terrifying to imagine!
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132The ground was soft and fertile, and although the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master's conditions were rigid and many, one thousand thick black earthworms of the most disgusting kind were still dug up by nightfall.
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134Having completed his task, Qu Wu Hui's face was the color of dead ash. His body covered in mud, he crawled out of the mud and with a look as if he would rather be dead. His eyes carrying the last wisp of hope, he opened his mouth with a pleading tone. "Brother Fourteenth…"
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136With the most flattering and fawning smile he could muster, he walked up to the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master in a pitiful manner. All the elegance and pride of a peak expert had disappeared without a trace…
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138"What?" The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master lifted his chin and turned his nose to the sky as he snorted arrogantly.
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140"Brother Fourteenth, look, I've already dug up all one thousand earthworms… I didn't slack off at all…" He said with a sweet voice.
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142"If you don't want to slack, hurry up and eat then. Just close your eyes and hold your breath, and everything will be over very soon!" A sinister voice rang out.
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144"That… my stomach isn't so good lately; can I not eat…" He smiled fawningly.
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146"Absolutely not! If you agree to bet, you must accept to lose!" A cold reply, unrelenting and emotionless.
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148"You! Don't go too far in bullying!" Qu Wu Hui raised his head with anger.
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150"How am I bullying you? As expected of an expert from the Holy Lands. To think that you could even utter such shameless and deceitful words. Fine then; you say that I'm a tyrant and a bully? Well then, I'll be a bully! What, you were the one who accepted the bet; are you going to be deliberately dishonest now?" The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master snorted.
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152"I'm not trying to be dishonest… didn't I did up one thousand earthworms according to your preferences; all thick black ones…" Qu Wu Hui's neck reddened and his lips trembled as he grabbed the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master's arm and swung it before calling out in a sweet voice. "Brother~Four~teenth~…" The voice was soft and coy, like a young girl flirting with her lover…
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154Jun Mo Xie who was standing on the side felt his entire body shiver and he nearly turned his eyes away. Even Young Master Jun's mental fortitude was not enough to withstand such a sight…
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156On the other side, Qiao Ying and Cheng Yin Xiao felt all the hairs on the back of their hands standing straight on their ends. Even all the cultivation that they'd accumulated in over a thousand years was not enough to prepare them for this instant…
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158"It's useless even if you call me Fourteenth Old Master! If you dare to bet, you should be prepared to accept the loss. No matter what you say, you still have to eat it today! Not one worm less!" Although Qu Wu Hui was ingratiating and mellow, the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master was tough and unyielding, completely unmoved!
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160"You you… You're asking me to die ah…" Qu Wu Hui stamped his foot with rage. His voice actually sounded like he was holding back tears, and his eyes were red while his shoulders trembled lightly.
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162"Cry?! You're crying? Go on then… if you really manage to drop some tears, I'll let you off today! Why aren't you crying yet!?" The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master scoffed coldly. He had already calculated that a peak expert like Qu Wu Hui would never disregard his status like that and start crying in front of other people, especially before a junior…
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164Besides, eating earthworms is not such an exaggerated matter. This Young Master has also eaten some back when I was sealed… Although it doesn't taste good, those things are not toxic. If I hadn't experienced it before, how would this Young Master dare to make such a bet? There is always a backup plan for everything…
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166However, he'd actually greatly underestimated the terror of a matter like eating live earthworms was to ordinary people…
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168Before the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master could finish speaking, Qu Wu Hui plomped his butt down on the ground and started wailing loudly, smacking his palms against the ground. Tears flooded from his eyes, and he looked incredibly aggrieved…
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172In that moment, the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master, Jun Mo Xie, Qiao Ying, and Cheng Yin Xiao all had the same expressions on their faces. Their mouths and eyes were opened wide with disbelief, and their temples twitched uncontrollably. Eight eyeballs had practically fallen off their sockets and rolled onto the ground…
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174"I… I f*ck your granddaddy! You're actually crying for real…" The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master cursed with disbelief. It was simply too unexpected… That was a Guardian of the Heaven Saint Palace ah…
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176"Just a few tears can save me from eating the earthworms, so why wouldn't I cry? You can try asking everyone present; how would they choose?" Qu Wu Hui temporarily stopped crying and looked up at the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master with his tears stained face. "Go on, what other styles of crying do you want to see? Do you want me to stand up and cry or should I continue sitting down? You want me to lie down and cry? Or should I face the sky and cry? Or maybe you'd like to see me run and cry or wail while jumping on the spot? Even if you want me to sway my butt and cry while dancing sexily, this old man will go all out today to meet your requirements… As long as I don't need to eat the earthworms!"
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178"The people of the world normally have a layer of skin on both sides of their faces. While you experts of the Holy Lands are not limited by this, one side of your skin is pasted onto the other side of the face, causing one side to have two layers of skin, while the other side is just completely bare and shameless! Such great talent is something that this junior can never hope to match! Originally, I thought that only Zhan Mu Bai, Hai Wu Ya, and the rest were like that. But it turns out that Senior is the true distinguished talent! This junior is full of respect!" Jun Mo Xie clasped his fists and said with admiration.
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180There was truly no choice but to be convinced ah. This was too domineering; this kind of shamelessness was simply too amazing!
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182"Forget it, this Young Master must have been crazy to have interacted sincerely with the lot of you! If I continue to hang around with all you shameless people, this Young Master's reputation will be completely gone."
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184After saying that, he shook his head, not knowing if he should laugh or cry. His body soared up and with a shu sound, he disappeared without a trace. Only a single sentence was left behind after him. "Jun brat, don't worry and go claim that Exquisite Lotus! If anything happens to you, this Young Master will, as a judge, surely pursue the matter to the end for you, even slaughtering the entire three Holy Lands thoroughly! To me, that's not a difficult thing at all; haha…"
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186The voice lingered in the air, while the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master's figure had already disappeared completely.
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188However, that last promise of his before he left was the most important! That single sentence was equivalent to giving Jun Mo Xie a hundred talismans of protection! Even if the Holy Lands wanted to play punk and trick him of his reward, or no matter how much they wanted to deal with Jun Mo Xie… they wouldn't dare!
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190Although Jun Mo Xie had a hundred percent confidence that nothing would happen to him, but hearing these words still caused him to feel a bit moved. The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master, no matter whether he was violent or crazy, he… was true to himself! He was definitely a person worth befriending!
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192The three Guardians of the Holy Lands all changed slightly. The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master's threats were not said for fun…
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194Seeing that the disaster had passed, Qu Wu Hui hurriedly scrambled to his feet. Now that the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master had left, there was naturally no need for him to continue crying. Turning his head to stare at Qu Wu Hui and Cheng Yin Xiao, he demanded fiercely: "What are you two laughing at? If you have the ability… why don't you go and eat those earthworms for me to see?"
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196Cheng Yin Xiao widened his eyes and laughed aloud. "Eat what? The two of us didn't make any bets at all!"
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198Qu Wu Hui snorted unhappily and turned to look at Jun Mo Xie. "Jun brat, about today's matter, you're not allowed to reveal anything! Otherwise, I will never let you off!"
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200Jun Mo Xie had an honest look on his face as he asked, "Senior Qu, when you said today's matter, which matter were you referring to? The battle? Or the matter about the explanation? Or perhaps you're afraid that this junior would tell others about how the Holy Lands were unable to accept defeat, breaking faith and ganging up on people? Senior has to be more specific; otherwise, how will this junior know what you're referring to?"
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202"You… how dare you act dumb with this daddy!" Qu Wu Hui's face was red with embarrassment and anger. His face was fierce, as if he would become violent if there were any disagreements.
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204"Kekeke, junior understands now. You're talking about the matter of you crying." Jun Mo Xie had a look of enlightenment on his face as he exclaimed. "I have to say, Senior Qu's crying was extremely touching and heartfelt. The voice was full of grief and pain… to be able to cry to such a standard, this junior is already exceedingly impressed. Why would I… do that?"
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206Qu Wu Hui's face had turned the color of pig's liver as he sputtered, unable to say a word. On the side, Qiao Ying and Cheng Yin Xiao started laughing again.
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208"Let's go." Cheng Yin Xiao looked at Jun Mo Xie and said. "I think Young Master Jun is also anxious to get the Exquisite Lotus."
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210"There's no rush; I'm quite free these days, and I still have some time to spare. Even if you want me to accompany the three Seniors to sit here and chat until next year… I still have the time. To be able to obtain guidance from the three Seniors is a good thing too." Jun Mo Xie said with a bright smile.
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212"You have the time… but we don't!" Qu Wu Hui shouted huffily. With a wave of his hand, the huge stone plaque tens of zhang away disintegrated into a pile of dust.
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214"Just let them stay buried here in peace… don't let any outsiders disturb their rest." Qu Wu Hui sighed and after taking one last look at the desolated land, turned and left…
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216Jun Mo Xie rubbed his nose with annoyance. Damn that fellow. I spent such great efforts to make that stone plaque, and you actually didn't even ask me before destroying it. How ridiculous. Looks like the bigger fist is still the best reason ah…
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220Chapter 913: Heaven Saint Palace
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226How fast were the movement techniques of the four people? Journeying all the way towards the southeast direction, in just a few days, they'd covered several thousand li of distance. In these few days, the four practically did not say anything to each other.
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228Cheng Yin Xiao and Qu Wu Hui were still more broad minded; however, Qiao Ying was filled with worries all the way as she thought about the War for Seizing the Heavens. She'd actually grown much more distraught looking over just this few days. With her cultivation, it should not have been easy for her to get to such a state. But the worries weighing down her heart were too difficult to dispel.
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230The four travelled a distance apart from each other, staying away from human civilization. The further they travelled, the more desolated the lands became. In that way, they travelled for another few days and climbed to the top of a tall mountain. Looking into the horizon, the sight before them was an endless ocean of mountains, seemingly stretching to the edge of the sky.
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232Looking back, the scenery was as beautiful as a piece of painting. Far away, it was still possible to make out the outlines of the nearest town. However, it was so far away that it was blurry and difficult to see.
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234"Jun Mo Xie, the name of this mountain is called 'Realm of Man'! Because the north face of the mountain is facing the human world, while to the south, it's nothing but a land of desolation!" Qiao Ying said as she looked at the last vestiges of human civilization far off to the north.
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236"Realm of Man? What an odd name," Jun Mo Xie replied. At the same time, he was thinking to himself deep in his heart. Qiao Ying had been ignoring the most of this journey; but now, she was taking the initiative to talk to him. Why was that?
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238"Do you see that? The further north one goes from this mountain, the denser the human population becomes. All the countless human legacies and tens of thousand of years of civilization development are gathered there, forming the flourishing age of humans we have today!"
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240Qiao Ying looked coldly at Jun Mo Xie. "And the only thing protecting this way of life is the War for Seizing the Heavens! Look over there; all the way south of here is the Pillar of Heavens Mountains! And the War for Seizing the Heavens will take place over there!"
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242Jun Mo Xie raised his eye and looked into the distance. Among the hazy mist far away, the outlines of a majestic and straight mountain could be seen, towering all the way into the sky. The main body of the mountain was completely covered by the voluminous clouds and it was impossible to see where its peak was, as if it stretched all the way to the edge of the sky!
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244"If the War for Seizing the Heavens ultimately fails, the strange races will invade the world of humans. And all that we have achieved in these tens of thousands of years would very possibly be destroyed in a single instant! The peaceful world right now would quickly turn into hell on earth! Furthermore, all humans would probably end up becoming slaves and food of the strange races!"
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246Qiao Ying stared coldly at him and asked heavily, "And just a few days ago, the 30 something people you killed were experts that were supposed to represent the human race to fight in the upcoming War for Seizing the Heavens! Do you know what the deaths of those people mean?"
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248"What does it mean?" Jun Mo Xie tilted his head and asked.
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250"It means that for the upcoming War for Seizing the Heavens, the Xuan Xuan Continent will be defeated for the first time! The invasion of the strange races is soon to become a guaranteed matter! The destruction of life on the continent, and the tears and hardships of the world is right before our eyes!" Qiao Ying's lips trembled with emotion, and her eyes blazed like two balls of flames. "And the reason for all their suffering was because of that one battle of yours! Jun Mo Xie, do you not feel any guilt in your conscience?"
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252"Guilt? Why should I have a guilty conscience?" Jun Mo Xie shrugged his shoulders lightly. "Those things you said… the suffering of the world, invasion of the strange races… what… the f*ck do they have to do with me?"
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254"You!" Qiao Ying had never expected that the young hero who wielded such great strength to utter such irresponsible words. Her face turned white from anger, and she couldn't say anything in that moment.
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256Jun Mo Xie completely did not place Qiao Ying's expectations and disappointment in his eyes at all. Turning his eyes away, he continued emotionlessly. "I've already grown sick of hearing about all that stuff about the safety of the people and the peace of the continent long ago! In the future, I don't wish to hear those irksome words ever again. Just mentioning it in front of this Young Master makes my balls ache! And don't try to link all these nonsense with this Young Master. This Young Master does not have anything to do with it at all!"
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258"You don't want to hear about it? But you're harming the interests of all the people in this continent!" Qiao Ying's voice turned shrill and sharp. "The War for Seizing the Heavens is going to fail because of you! Because of you, everyone's life will be plunged into suffering! You did not kill the common people, but the common people are going to die because of you! What qualifications do you have to say that you don't want to hear about it? How does it have nothing to do with you? Do you know how many people in this world will lose their lives and fall into misery because of you?"
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260"Bullsh*t! The people of the continent are dying because of me? Everything in this world has a cause, and there are no waves without wind. The reason I killed is because others want to kill me!"
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262Jun Mo Xie snorted with rage. "This daddy had never once gone to offend your three Holy Lands of my own initiative! This daddy had never even thought about bothering you all! But you guys f*cking came to look for me, behaving like thieves and harlots while pretending to be noble saints, finding trouble for me time and time again without rest! No matter what I tried, the bunch of you were like dogskin plaster, impossible to get rid of! Now, you actually have the face to question me? Even if all the people in the world died, it would be the responsibility of your dogh*t lands! What the f*ck does it have to do with this daddy!
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264"This daddy was originally living the life of a rich young master in Tian Xiang City, clad in riches and comforts, enjoying a life of luxury! But I was chased around and forced to a dead end because of you all, forced to abandon my home and move into Tian Fa Forest to live with millions of Xuan Beasts!
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266"This daddy had already taken so many steps back, but the lot of you were still unwilling to let it rest, going as far as to pressure my relatives and deal with my friends. As long as anyone had any sort of relationship with my Jun Family, you people would not let them off at all, even going as far as to run into Tian Fa Forest to assassinate me. If not for this daddy having some skills, and some hidden trump cards, I would have already been destroyed countless times by the sinister schemes of you bunch of bastards! How utterly despicable!
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268"Guardians of the continent? The three Holy Lands are simply a bunch of scoundrels—the three of you included! To think that you still have the face to talk to me about justice and the common people? Try asking yourselves; are you fit to do so?! After failing to kill me and instead ending up being killed by me, you all come to blame me for dooming the common people? Is there a greater joke in this world?
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270"Since you all want to kill me, and even tried to do so on many occasions, then I shall kill you all off in advance! The matter is just that simple. So what if you all are really doing everything for the sake of the world? Even if it's for the sake of the universe, and you are the only thing propping up the world, and killing you would result in the entire universe collapsing… as long as you want to kill me, I will still strike back without hesitation! At the most, both sides will be destroyed, and all of us will die together!"
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272Jun Mo Xie smiled cruely and continued. "Everyone only has a single life anyway. A person will create more damage as long as their alive! So what if the entire world is plunged into suffering? That kind of stuff is completely unimportant to this daddy. If you expect this daddy to be noble, that's impossible. This daddy has never thought of myself as some kind of noble hero or a charitable soul. You're gravely mistaken if you think that you can talk to this daddy about the common people! So what if this continent really turns chaotic? After another tens of thousand or hundreds of thousands of years, it would be a new world again! But please don't frame yourselves as saviours of the world. That is exceedingly disgusting!"
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274Young Master Jun snorted venomously and looked at Qiao Ying. "Have you heard of an idiom about a monkey wearing a hat? Can a monkey call itself a king just because it has a hat on? Tell me, is your three Holy Lands laughable or not? Comparatively speaking, you all are nothing but a bunch of monkeys acting imposingly; what rights do you have to represent the entire world? What rights do you have to proclaim yourselves saviours of the world? OK, even if you want to think yourselves as saviours of the world, it's fine. But don't use that as an excuse to pretend that you're infinitely better and more morally upright than others, and at the same time, use that self proclaimed nobleness to attack others! You all do not have those qualifications! And you're not worth that much!"
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276Jun Mo Xie spoke very swiftly, not even realizing that he'd used the english word 'OK'…
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278"Taking another 10,000 steps back, even if you truly want to prop yourselves up as gods and saviours because of some of the actions you did, that's still none of other people's business. Don't go around expecting the world to be grateful to you! Three advanced in years and highly experienced Seniors, I guess that you should know the difference between initiative and passivity? You all did those things out of your own volition; nobody ever put a knife against your necks and asked you to sacrifice, right?! You could have done nothing! This is not your responsibility… understand?! Let me tell you, this world will not change because it lacks somebody! Even if there's no three Holy Lands, the strange races might not necessarily be able to anything too. Understand?! How absolutely laughable!"
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280After scolding to his heart's content, Jun Mo Xie felt a satisfying feeling flowing through his entire body.
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282But after he finished with his whole tirade, the three people beside him actually did not say a single word. Instead, their faces were sullen in thought, as if they had much to mull over.
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284The group stood at the peak of this 'Realm of Man' in complete silence and after a long time, Qu Wu Hui sighed longly and said, "Let's go. There's still three days journey from here…"
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286Qiao Ying, who was furious earlier, now had a heavy expression as nodded. She did not continue to berate Jun Mo Xie, and the four ran along quietly, like four shooting stars streaking across the land…
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288The saying that 'horses run themselves to death whilst setting their sights on the mountain before them', was indeed true. From the peak of 'Realm of Man', they had clearly saw Pillar of Heavens Mountains. But despite the four top tier experts' frenzied speed, they still hadn't even reached the foot of the mountain despite rushing for two full days.
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290Jun Mo Xie also felt it was somewhat odd. With a distance of thousands of li between them, how did he even manage to see Pillar of Heavens Mountains? Even if his eyesight was good, it shouldn't be to such an extent right? Afterall, the distance was really a bit too much…
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292As if he had seen through Jun Mo Xie's doubt, Qu Wu Hui smiled lightly and said, "You'll understand when you're there."
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294Strangely, the three's attitude towards him had improved greatly after he'd given them the grand scolding. This caused Jun Mo Xie to feel somewhat curious in his heart. Could it be that these three fellows were simply itching for a scolding? Or perhaps, they were those fabled masochists? The kind that simply liked being abused when they had nothing to do? Perhaps this Young Master should scold them every few days… after all, it's just working my mouth a bit, and it's not really anything strenuous!
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296Just as he was considering the feasibility of this thought, Qu Wu Hui and the others suddenly stopped. With a light step, he also stopped instantly. A heartfelt sigh of relief came out from Qiao Ying's mouth as she pointed. "That mountain in front is the Heaven Saint Palace…"
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298There was a simple happiness in her voice, of one returning home after a long time.
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300Jun Mo Xie raised his head and looked, only to see that tens of li away, there was a towering mountain that seemed to have risen out of the ground. At the peak of the mountain, the outlines of a few houses could be seen. As they moved closer, Jun Mo Xie suddenly realized that those were simply ordinary thatched cottages! A few lush boughs propped up the main frame of the cottages, and green shoots even grew from the sides. The roof of the cottages were made out of numerous vines overlapped with each other…
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302These were crude structures that could not be more crude!
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304"That's the legendary Heaven Saint Palace?" Jun Mo Xie widened his eyes and asked with disbelief. In his mind, the legendary Heaven Saint Palace was a resplendent palace filled with gold and jade. Who would have thought that it would be such a simple and desolated sight?
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306Qiao Ying smiled and nodded proudly. "Yes, this is our Heaven Saint Palace!"
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308"Impressive!" Jun Mo Xie praised from the bottom of his heart. For the strongest experts of the continent to be willing to stay in such a place, no matter for what reason, it was enough to cause others to feel admiration for them!
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310"Many thanks." Qiao Ying smiled lightly. She felt extremely satisfied with Jun Mo Xie's words.
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312She could tell that this praise from Jun Mo Xie had come from his heart, and her image of Jun Mo Xie could not help but to improve. Pointing, she said, "300 li east of Heaven Saint Palace is the mountains where the Elusive World of Immortals live. Another 1,000 something li away, you'll find the Supreme Golden City! Further west, about 2,000 li away, is the Illusory Blood Sea. The mountain that our Heaven Saint Palace is sitting on is called 'Mount Heaven Saint' by the three Holy Lands. Just a thousand south of Mount Heaven Saint is the place which the fate of the continent is decided—the Pillar of Heavens Mountains! There's a vast open area at the top of the Pillar of Heavens Mountains due to a collapse, and that is where the War for Seizing the Heavens take place!"
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314"So it's all the way out here… this place is truly difficult to find!" Jun Mo Xie's mouth trembled, and he asked, "Are those three places also the same as the Heaven Saint Palace?"
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316Qiao Ying's face turned somewhat awkward as she coughed. "Those three places… cough cough, are somewhat… more gorgeous than here…"
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318Jun Mo Xie made a long 'ohhhhh' sound and nodded. "Slightly more gorgeous is it? What kind of saying is that! To actually let their own old ancestors to stay in such a crude place; if they themselves were also living simply, that would be fine. But it's a pity that the facts might be quite different…"
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320"Humility and frugality has always been a tradition of our Heaven Saint Palace!" On the side, Cheng Yin Xiao mumbled blandly, as if rebutting unhappily.
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322"What a good tradition… it's really not easy that you haven't died of cold and hunger. Thankfully, you have great Xuan cultivation ah… Xuan Qi is truly some good stuff! At least, one wouldn't starve to death!" Young Master Jun sighed and said.
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324In an instant, the faces of the three turned black…
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328"So this is what true frugality and humility is like ah!" Jun Mo Xie exclaimed with wonder the instant he climbed to the top of Mount Heaven Saint. "F\*ck, even this daddy would dream to live in this kind of frugality! Can you people not be so f\*cking pretentious! My goodness, even this can be called frugal and humble? Frugal your mom! I wish for your entire family riches!"
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330Now that Young Master Jun had finally seen these 'thatched cottages' up close, he could not help but to feel a ball of anger rise in his chest in an instant. *F\*ck, to think that this daddy was tricked into being so impressed with them; so this is what's going on.*
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332The top of the mountain was completely flat, and the Spiritual Qi there was so dense that it'd almost turned material. Although it was still not as dense or pure as the Spiritual Qi in the Hongjun Pagoda, there was actually a vigorous essence Qi of plants intermixed in the air!
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334There were roughly over a hundred of these thatched cottages here, and each of them were actually living trees! Jun Mo Xie could recognize these trees: Xuan Spiritual Trees!
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336Xuan Spiritual Trees could grow to ages of over ten thousand years. By cutting these trees into pieces of wood and carrying it on the body, it would have an effect of calming the mind and concentrating one's spirit, not rotting even after a hundred years. Living Xuan Spiritual Trees were also equivalent to small Spiritual Qi gathering formations, able to continuously draw and retain Heaven Earth Spiritual Qi!
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338And each of these 'thatched cottages' were made up of at least six Xuan Spiritual Trees… If one cultivated in such an environment, they would never have to worry about heart demons and cultivation deviation!
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342Chapter 914: You, Just Who are You?!
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344Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
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348As for the walls of these thatched cottages, they were all made with stalks of Tranquil Bamboo, lined up neatly into walls. Tranquil Bamboos were not very rare materials, and there was not much use for them. However, as long as such things were around, no bugs would come near.
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350And there was another, more important benefit—it was warm in winter and cool in summer; this was a natural air conditioner! Furthermore, it would emanate a deep and calming smell, complementing perfectly with the Xuan Spiritual Trees. These simple thatched cottages were simply paradises for cultivation!
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352Those Tranquil Bamboo were even more f*cking useful than insect repellent coils!
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354Young Master Jun was feeling quite jealous in his heart in this instant. Naked jealousy!
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356When he looked again at the vines coiling around the rooftop and the Xuan Spiritual Trees, Young Master Jun's eyes instantly turned the same green color of a wolf's eyes! Phoenix Tail Vine, Pilgrim Vine, Purple Luo Vine, Fleece Flower Vine… Eight Jewel Branch, Longevity Creeper…
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358Young Master Jun's teeth ached from sucking in too much cold air… those were all rare heavenly treasures ah! F*ck, these guys are a little too frugal ah…
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360Although this daddy can be said to do quite well now, I still don't dare to be this indulgent ah… These sons of b*tches from the Heaven Saint Palace came to such a desolate place to live, and they still have the face to act humble and poor, saying words like "frugality and humility are the tradition of our Heaven Saint Palace". Frugal your sister! To think you had the face to even say those words; why don't you just go and die instead…
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362Those words were too lacking in conscience!
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364"What do you think? Young Master Jun, our life in the mountains is simple and crude; please do not mind the lack of hospitality." Qu Wu Hui said in a bland tone.
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366Jun Mo Xie coughed lightly and grabbed onto Qu Wu Hui's hand with a teary eyed expression. "Senior Qu, Senior Qu, humility and frugality are great virtues of life; I-I… I also f*cking wish to learn from you all and live in a simple and thrifty manner so as to better appreciate the good things in life… Let me take a few of these thatched cottages away… I don't need many, just five or six will do; give this junior a chance to emulate the frugal lifestyle of Seniors…"
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368"Scram! You're dreaming brat!" Qu Wu Hui scolded without hesitation. This fellow was simply too greedy! To actually ask for five or six the moment he opened his mouth… What did he take them for? Even Mo Wu Dao from the Elusive World of Immortals had only got a few stalks so far despite begging laboriously for hundreds of years… he probably didn't even have enough to build half a cottage until now…
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370"Qiao Ying… you've returned? Oh, and you brought an esteemed guest with you this time as well? Why not come in?" A warm and gentle voice rang out.
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372The three experts' faces instantly grew stern as they answered, "Yes!"
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374Thereafter, they stretched their hands out to show the way. "Young Master Jun, please!"
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376"This Young Master shall not be polite then." Jun Mo Xie smiled lightly and walked to the front. Looking at the numerous thatched cottages, he pointed and asked, "There's a total of 136 cottages here; I wonder if… all of them are occupied?"
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378"Occupied? How is that possible." Qu Wu Hui shook his head. "Nearly half are empty. For over 10,000 years, only people who managed to reach the realm of Saint Emperor have the qualifications to live here! Recently, quite a few people were killed in Tian Fa Forest, and one more had been killed by you this time as well! Right now, there's less than 60 people left here…"
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380"60?! 60 experts at the level of Saint Emperor or higher…" Jun Mo Xie sucked in a breath of cold air and he asked. "What are the positions of the two Seniors in this place?"
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382"Our titles as left and right Guardians are nothing more than just a false name; our actual strengths… are roughly around the top 20. It's not worth a mention!" Although Qu Wu Hui was saying 'not worth a mention', anyone could easily see the look of pride on his face.
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384"Impressive, impressive, you're truly my idol." Jun Mo Xie said with a look of admiration on his face. Truthfully, Qu Wu Hui was indeed the greatest idol of disgust for Jun Mo Xie. Whenever he thought of this old fellow's tears and snot stained face and the manner of him wailing bitterly, it would be difficult for him not to feel disgusted!
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386As they spoke, the four of them had already arrived at the largest thatched cottage in the center. This thatched cottage occupied an area of five, six zhang, and the Xuan Spiritual Tree, Tranquil Bamboo and all kinds of wondrous spirit herbs were far more resplendent than the other cottages. With a single look, it was obvious that this was the heart of the Heaven Saint Palace.
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388"Come on in." A soft voice rang out from within. As this voice rang out, the door swung open by itself… With Jun Mo Xie's cultivation, he actually did not detect even the slightest Xuan Qi ripple…
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390The three persons had not even moved, when a surprised sound came out from inside. "Eh?!" That sound was extremely low, and there was unmistakable shock in that voice.
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392Cheng Yin Xiao, Qu Wu Hui and Qiao Ying's face instantly changed!
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394That was the Palace Lord's voice!
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396It'd been over a thousand years, and the Palace Lord had never been this shocked by anything before. But today, this Palace Lord had actually made such a surprised sound!
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398Could it be that it had something to do with Jun Mo Xie?
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400A short period of silence ensued, and shadows flashed around inside. By the time they walked in, the three saw that there were 10 chairs set in the cottage, of which three were empty. The rest were already occupied by people.
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402At their current level of elevation, Jun Mo Xie estimated that they should at least be seven, eight thousand meters above sea level. However, there weren't any altitude conditions like lack of oxygen and such in here. The ice on the outside were frigid and thick, never melting since the ancient days. However, the inside of the cottage was actually as warm as summer!
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404The moment the four stepped into the room, eight pairs of eyes turned to look at them, focusing instantly on Jun Mo Xie as if there was a prior agreement.
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406The gazes were warm and tranquil, and it seemed as if searchlights had been turned on in his body. Jun Mo Xie felt as if he was completely naked and put on display for others to observe.
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408However, he was quite calm about the whole matter. In any case, all of us are men. Look if you want to; it's fine, this brother is confident enough to let you look. As long as you don't feel inferior after looking… Naturally, there's nothing I can do if you looked and then felt bad about yourself; who asked you to not have such good DNA…
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410Qiao Ying and the others had already sat down soundlessly, and the three chairs were obviously left for them. Jun Mo Xie noticed that Qiao Ying was sitting at the very center of the left side, while Cheng Yin Xiao and Qu Wu Hui sat at the last two chairs on both sides, one on each chair.
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412No wonder they are called Guardians. So this is how it is… they are just minions who sit closest to the doors as guards ah… So their positions are not even as high as a naive little girl…
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414Young Master Jun criticised internally with disdain. What he didn't know was that Qiao Ying's position was actually very special within the Heaven Saint Palace. Her rank was only slightly below the Heaven Saint Palace Palace Lord. As for Cheng Yin Xiao and Qu Wu Hui, although their status among this bunch of high rank people was not high, but in the outside world, even the palace lords of the three Holy Lands needed to be extremely respectful towards them!
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416Everyone in this room were dressed in robes as white as snow. They were all obviously old monsters who'd lived for hundreds of years; however, not a single one of them looked like white haired old men. At a glance, they all seemed like healthy and fit people. Their heads were filled with black hair, and their skins were like jade. All of them looked like perfect middle aged men…
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418Jun Mo Xie narrowed his brows and harrumphed internally with disdain.* Perfect middle aged men my head! Just a bunch of undying old farts; are they trying to play with the mind of this Young Master?!*
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420Jun Mo Xie had not forgotten that this bunch of 'middle aged men' were basically all at least 800 to a thousand years old. They were a legitimate group of old demons…
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422Numerous sharp gazes swept across Jun Mo Xie's body. However, nobody took the lead to speak. In that moment, the entire room was completely silent. Everyone's faces were growing more and more serious…
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424"What do you think of this child?" The same gentle voice rang out. The voice came directly from the top, and it was directed at the rest.
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426Jun Mo Xie's heart shook slightly with shock. A moment ago, although everyone's gazes were fixed on him, he only felt 16 eyes on him. Furthermore, he hadn't discovered anybody else.
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428When this voice rang out again, Young Master Jun realized on then that there was a person directly opposite him, smiling lightly at him. Although he'd already confirmed the presence of this person, there was an indistinct feeling to him.
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430This person was clearly right before his eyes, but Jun Mo Xie felt as if he was looking at an illusion, as if this was just an image projection of another person…
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432Jun Mo Xie had only felt this kind of feeling from the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master before! Without a doubt, this person's realm had already reached the miraculous level of shattering the void! Perhaps, he was only a single step away from the so-called 'transcending beyond the broken void'…
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434This person's cultivation was likely not below the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master. Even if there's a bit of difference in their strengths, it wouldn't be a large difference, and it was at most only a little worse!
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436Knowing this, Jun Mo Xie could not help to feel the pores on his skin standing up! He hadn't imagined that a super expert of that level actually existed on the side of the Holy Lands as well!
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438Since they had such an expert with them… why did they allow the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master to behave so arrogantly for this long? Perhaps they might not be a match for him one against one, but the two sides already had so much hatred between them; in a situation where their strengths were evenly matched, they just needed to add a bit more people, and it would be enough to claim his life. Even if the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master wanted to escape, the chances would be extremely slim!
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440Just as Jun Mo Xie was in the middle of his thoughts, the person seated at the first seat on the right side spoke in an elegant voice. "This child… is undoubtedly the most peerlessly rare talent that has ever been seen from the ancient days to now!"
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442The second person on the left sighed and nodded. "Indeed, if he continues developing like this, I trust that this child's accomplishments would not be inferior to the Nine Nether First Young Master from that era, or perhaps even greater!
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444The moment they opened their mouths, the two of them had given Jun Mo Xie their greatest approvals!
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446The rest also nodded heavily in agreement with the words of the two of them. The fourth person on the right who had faint patches of birthmarks on his face agreed. "According to this old man's repeated observations, this child's hair had not been transformed by any kind of Xuan techniques, and the skin texture of his face is completely natural, not having any signs of having his age reversed. The baby hair behind his ears still haven't faded as well… I can confirm that this child's real age is definitely not past 20!"
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448Everyone nodded in approval once again.
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450The first person on the right looked at Jun Mo Xie's eyes and examined it like a hawk; after some time, he finally nodded. "Apart from that, the most commendable thing is that… if any youths had such accomplishments at their age, no matter how steady their minds are, their temperaments would definitely be very different from normal youths! But that's not the case for this child! Although he looks happy and has a look of complacency on his face when he heard us praising him, it's in reality just a disguise!"
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452Snorting lightly, he continued. "Although there's a hint of a smile, self satisfaction and arrogance in his eyes, that is only on the surface. The true thoughts in his eyes are hidden very deeply… This child's steadiness and dignity is far above a regular Saint Emperor; even this old man's mental state was not comparable to him when I was at his age!"
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454"Indeed! This child's determination is extraordinary, and although his achievements are so stellar, he does not seem to be satisfied and is still full of ambition. While he has a light smile on his face, there's a slight downward curvature at the corner of lips. This was an intentional formation, not the original innate appearance. This shows that this child's temperament is very ruthless and cold, and he surely treats his enemies unscrupulously! Normal people would usually always have some pity in their hearts, with only a few being the exception. But this child actually has none of that at all! This is the heart of a powerful expert, ruthless and cruel to the extreme!" The second person on the right carefully observed, slowly giving his conclusion.
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456The third person sitting on the right side, his body straight like a javelin, nodded in agreement as he spoke. His voice was grating, like metals scraping against each other. "Exactly! Even now as he is standing here, letting us comment like this, the expression on the face remains the same; even the look in his eyes and his expression also has no fluctuations at all. His robes are still, and his eyes are as calm as a still lake; his hands and feet are not fidgety, and he looks to be completely at ease."
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458"Or perhaps, one should say that he has absolute confidence in escaping alive! This part is much harder to understand. Although this child's strength in relation to his age is completely unheard of and is extremely shocking among his peers, he's not a match for any of us. Where does that absolute confidence of his come from? Against the 11 of us, even the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master would not have any chance of survival! But surprisingly, he actually has such absolute faith; such unshakeable faith that comes from the depths of his soul!"
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460"This child is terrifying! Truly terrifying!" After everyone gave their evaluation, another voice chimed in, concluding the whole analysis!
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462Jun Mo Xie stood there calmly, smiling lightly as if he did not mind at all. However, his heart was filled with indescribable shock! These people's eyesights were truly incredible, to even be able to analyze the pores on his skin. As expected of the old demons of legends; their powers of observation were actually detailed to such a level!
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464It was a pity that although they'd managed to see through his confidence, they were unable to determine his true trump card, the source of his confidence! Perhaps apart from the Nine Nether First Young Master, nobody in this world would know what this trump card of his was!
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466"Everyone has forgotten a point; the most important point." At this time, the white robed man who was sitting at the highest point finally spoke. His voice was calm and cordial, akin to the clear springs in the mountains, refreshing the hearts of whoever heard him. "The 11 of us were observing this child together just now, and perhaps everyone might not have noticed; whether intentionally or otherwise, we will have released our own unique inner auras. Even if it was just a tiny bit from each person, but the sum total of our 11 auras is something that if his position was swapped with any of you, even you might not be able to endure and will have to use your own auras to resist to prevent a fault from appearing in your mental state!"
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468"But he didn't! Completely didn't!" The person continued, his words causing the faces of the seven men to completely change!
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470Smiling lightly and lifting his head, the person looked at Jun Mo Xie for a swift moment. In the moment that their eyes met, Jun Mo Xie felt as if that pair of searing eyes had plunged deeply into his!
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472Jun Mo Xie could not help but to narrow his eyes, causing two rays of chilly light to surge out, meeting that pair of searing eyes!
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474This was the first time Young Master Jun had made an action of his own accord after entering this place!
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476That person's eyes were like the boundless ocean, deep and immeasurable. As for Jun Mo Xie's gaze, it was like the starry space, the infinite universe!
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478But no matter how deep and immeasurable the ocean was, or how mysterious and infinite the starry skies were, Jun Mo Xie's gaze were like two startling swords, straight and unyielding, following its own path without hesitation, no matter how many obstacles it had to pass through!
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480Everyone present instantly felt a shocking wave of killing intent in the air!
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482Although this killing intent was not considered too strong in the eyes of the people present, it was sharp to the extreme! This kind of sharp killing intent had a crazy kind of conviction that was intent on slaughtering even Gods and Buddhas if they stood in its path!
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484The other 10 were left in complete shock!
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486This was a different kind of battle that exceeded the normal contention methods!
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488The battle of spiritual sense!
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490However… the ten of them could no longer remember when was the last time that anyone in this world dared to contend with the boss! Not to mention vying against the thing that the boss was the most skilled in: spiritual sense. Even in other skills and areas, no many people dared to say that they could compete with him!
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492In this world, only three people had the qualifications to compete with the boss!
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494One was naturally the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master; the other was the old ancestor of the Misty Illusory Manor, Luo Fu Yun. As for the third one, it was the mysterious and inscrutable leader of the strange races, Chuangshang Bei Dao.
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496However, those disgusting strange races were all conjoined creatures, and they had two times the spiritual sense of normal people; they were exceptions since it's not considered as 'true strength'.
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498Who would have thought that another person would appear; such a lawless and talented youth!
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500The three instantly had a look of pity on their faces: to think that such a superbly talented genius would now suffer a spirit injury after being lost in the boss's 'Blurred Starry Sky', forever having his cultivation path halted! Such a result was simply too disappointing. However, the result was already determined…
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502There was only a short four, five zhang distance between the two.
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504In that moment, Jun Mo Xie's only feeling was that he'd trespassed onto someone else's domain!
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506It was as if that endless space was someone else's territory, and he was an invader!
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508No matter what kind of spiritual sense, there were always a certain limit! Take for example the drawing of an ocean. Although one could draw the ocean into its exact likeness, but it was in reality, just a piece of canvas! The limit of the size of the canvas was exactly like how each individual had a limit to their bodies!
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510That was all.
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512Therefore, Jun Mo Xie completely did not care, and he only continued to barge on recklessly! Even if there's nothing but the limitless sky in front, he would smash a hole through it!
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514Time passed by slowly, and it was nearing the amount of time for an incense stick to burn through.
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516The faces of the 10 people had already turned from pity to amazement!
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518They were simply struck dumb with amazement!
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520Could this youth be a monster? Under the spiritual sense attack of the boss, he could actually hold on and even counterattack, seemingly not being in a disadvantage! That was simply a completely inconceivable matter!
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522This battle result was truly unthinkable!
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524Jun Mo Xie's spiritual sense pierced through a piece of sky, an entire ocean, and cut through millions of high level Xuan Beasts, before barging through a sea of flames…
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526All these were naturally mental constructs of the opponent. Thus, Jun Mo Xie did not care at all as he tore and wreaked havoc without pause! My goal is the other shore, and I will not stop halfway through!
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528Slowly, Jun Mo Xie's face finally grew somewhat white. Sweat slowly formed on his brows, gathering into a large drop on his nose… finally, and silently… it dropped down!
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530The sweat dripped onto the ground, making a light splish sound!
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532Jun Mo Xie suddenly felt as if he'd come into contact against a solid wall-like surface. Just as he was mustering himself to barge through while disregarding everything, he felt the space in front suddenly turn empty, and his strength landed on nothing. It turned out that he'd already stepped out of the opponent's spiritual sense domain!
533
534Opening his eyes abruptly, he saw the middle aged man smiling faintly at him, as if nothing had happened. It was as if everything had been nothing but a dream!
535
536In front of him at the tip of his foot, there was a clear drop of sweat.
537
538"Who are you?" The middle aged man suddenly asked with a light smile.
539
540Although his words mellow and he was still carrying a gentle smile as usual; even the tone of his words were completely unchanged, the people in the room had all known this person for around a thousand years. How could they not tell that there was something different in the way he asked those words? In that moment, a look of fear flashed across everyone's eyes!
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542The hearts of the crowd shuddered!
543
544Today was truly a special day, with surprises following one after the other!
545
546"Me? I'm Jun Mo Xie!" Jun Mo Xie replied with a light smile.
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548"This old man naturally knows that you're Jun Mo Xie. The moment you stepped onto Mount Heaven Saint, I already knew that. But what I'm asking…" The expression on the middle aged man's face turned more serious as he uttered each word. "Is… just who are you exactly?!"
549
550Clearly knowing that he was Jun Mo Xie, yet continuing to ask 'who are you exactly', might seem quite contradictory, but the other 10 people in the room all suddenly sat up straight as their expressions became much heavier!
551
552"I'm not anyone." Jun Mo Xie replied with a light smile. "I understand what you're trying to ask… but I'm really just… Jun Mo Xie! Not anyone else!"
553
554When he first said 'I'm Jun Mo Xie', five or six of the people below all furrowed their brows dramatically, somewhat disbelieving. They'd heard that the three Holy Lands had offended a particularly troublesome opponent called Jun Mo Xie. Only now did they understand just what kind of a weirdo this Jun Mo Xie was!
555
556In that moment, they could not help but to curse the three Holy Lands in their hearts. Why did you all go and provoke this kind of perverse monster for no reason? Aren't you just looking for trouble for yourself? He apparently still has a mysterious master behind him also. The disciple is already so overpowered, so how scary is the master!
557
558But when they heard the words 'I'm really just Jun Mo Xie, not anyone else', the ten experts instantly widened their eyes, and the fourth person on the left blurted out, "Impossible!"
559
560Although the others did not say anything, their eyes clearly conveyed the same meaning, which was also the word 'Impossible'!
561
562Chapter 915: Digging Old Wounds, Returning Favors, Or Another Purpose?
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564Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
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568"Are you really not the reincarnated Spirit Seed of some Senior?" The person with the birthmark on his face asked as he stared sternly at Jun Mo Xie. "I trust that you should be very clear about this as well. You've reached the peak third level Saint Emperor realm even before the age of 20! If you're not a reincarnated Spirit Seed, there's no way you can cultivate at such an insane speed no matter what!"
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570Shaking his head with disbelief, he continued. "Even if the 11 of us poured efforts and groomed you from the day you were born, providing you with limitless heavenly treasures all the way, assuming that there aren't any hiccups in between, it would still not be possible to replicate this result before you reached the age of 20! How will you still deny now?"
571
572"But I'm really not the reincarnation of a Spirit Seed! If Senior won't believe me, there's nothing I can do. Instead, I'd like to ask a question in return. Does the so-called 'Spirit Seed reincarnation' really allow a person to have the same speed of cultivation as me?" Jun Mo Xie shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said.
573
574The birth marked guy fell silent immediately. Because even if a person was reincarnated from a Spirit Seed, it was impossible to attain the same success as Jun Mo Xie. Even a Spirit Seed had memories of its previous life, cultivation realm, and foundations… even if that person started cultivating inside their mother's womb, it would still be far from enough to reach Young Master Jun's current accomplishment.
575
576It was indeed possible for a Spirit Seed reincarnation to be born in a place with the most ideal cultivation environment. However, there was still a limit to that. Jun Mo Xie's perverse achievements were indeed beyond the capabilities of human effort!
577
578"The kid is indeed speaking the truth. He's not a Spirit Seed reincarnation!" The white robed person at the head announced the heaven shocking answer with an exhausted sigh. "When our spiritual sense clashed just now, I thoroughly checked. His spiritual sense is intricately linked to his body, without the slightest deviance! The soul and body are clearly one!"
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580The moment this word came out, everyone's face changed!
581
582Spiritual sense and body are linked, without any deviance!
583
584Everyone here clearly understood the meaning behind those words.
585
586For a Spirit Seed to 'reincarnate', it must find a pregnant woman who was about to give birth, using her to be reborn and obtain a new life. But such a precondition meant that there was already a prenatal soul inside the infant's body!
587
588In order to obtain the body of the infant, the Spirit Seed had to kill the original soul! That was the only way for the Spirit Seed to live on while relying on this new body. In that way, the Spirit Seed would receive a new life, and with the new body beginning cultivation while in a prenatal state, the path of cultivation would naturally be smooth. But where there were advantages, there was always another side to everything. There was also a huge drawback to reincarnation through the Spirit Seed: spiritual sense disharmony!
589
590After all, the soul that the Spirit Seed had killed was the original prenatal soul! After killing the prenatal soul, the spiritual sense they gained would naturally not be their own, and they could only familiarize themselves with it bit by bit, evolving it! But no matter how much the spiritual sense was evolved to adapt, there would always be a disharmony!
591
592Because of this, there was the most treacherous barrier that all the 'peak level' experts must face at the final realm: "Heart's Demon Hundred Refining Soul Reconstitution"!
593
594According to legends, once cultivators crossed through this barrier, they would be able to shatter the void as they wish, opening the doors of heaven and transcending to different realms as they pleased. But if they couldn't get past the barrier of their heart's demon, the result was a complete annihilation of the soul! Their past life and present life would all be reduced to nothing!
595
596The difficulty of passing through this stage was immensely high, even more dangerous than enduring a Heavenly Tribulation!
597
598From ancient times till now, no one had managed to break through that barrier before!
599
600Shattering the void, opening heaven's door and transcending with ease…
601
602In the ten thousand years history of Xuan Xuan Continent, only the Nine Nether First Young Master had done it! Not only did he do it, he'd even brought along his over 100 wives and transcended together!
603
604This so-called legendary level was exactly the words the Nine Nether First Young Master had left behind!
605
606It was also the final hurdle of the Xuan cultivation legacy that he'd passed down!
607
608But nobody knew that the reason the Nine Nether First Young Master had been able to achieve this was because he was originally never a Spirit Seed reincarnation; the same went for his wives, so they completely did not have to worry about the danger of this Heart's Demon Hundred Refining Soul Reconstitution.
609
610As for the people of the later generation reaching the peak of cultivation without restarting as a Spirit Seed…
611
612In this 10,000 years, not a single person had done it!
613
614The middle aged man at the head was exactly a Spirit Seed reincarnation of the last generation's Guardian of the Heaven Saint Palace. Like him, the five others under him were also of the same situation! And these six people were the ones with the highest cultivation in the Heaven Saint Palace!
615
616Although the others here were also ranked similarly, their cultivations were far from being comparable to the six of them!
617
618But today, such a terrifying freak had turned up; not reincarnated from a Spirit Seed, but managed to reach the peak third level of the Saint Emperor realm before the age of 20! This was simply a miracle that nobody could even dream of.
619
620One had to understand that the Spirit Seed reincarnation was the only slightly more plausible explanation for Young Master Jun's stellar cultivation speed. But right now, the only possible answer had been directly shattered!
621
622But what they didn't know was that although Jun Mo Xie was not a so-called Spirit Seed reincarnator, he was also not actually a real native of this place. His soul was similarly different from the original body's, and he'd even hijacked the body halfway through. Furthermore, he did not begin his cultivation with a 'prenatal' body… However, he had the Hongjun Pagoda with him, which completely smoothed out any issues with spiritual sense disharmony long ago! What ever heart's demon, heavenly tribulation and whatnot, were completely non-existent to him!
623
624"Although you are not a Spirit Seed reincarnator, there are huge amounts of medicinal energy in your body! Or should I say, it's that which gave you your present strength!"
625
626The middle aged man smiled lightly, but there was a sincere warning in his voice. "There are advantages and disadvantages to everything; you must take note that this is similarly not a good thing for you. Although advancing quickly in a short period can result in obtaining great strength, but in the long term, it could lead to long lasting problems. When you want to breakthrough again the next time, you should calm your heart down and try to digest all the remnant energy in your body first before you attempt it. Otherwise, if you rushed all the way to the final stage in one breath… the dangers you will face might not necessarily be lesser than ours, perhaps… even more precarious!"
627
628Jun Mo Xie looked deeply at him in the eye and nodded. "Many thanks!"
629
630Jun Mo Xie could tell that those words were purely meant to instruct him, and it was completely sincere. Although he did not have to fear that 'final stage' because he had the Hongjun Pagoda, he still appreciated this bit of kindness.
631
632Hearing that all this was attributed to 'large amounts of spirit herbs', the others felt their faces relax slightly. Although it was still incredible, this kind of explanation was much easier for them to accept. After all, there were too many unknown things and heaven defying treasures in the world. If Jun Mo Xie's body just so happened to be compatible with the heavenly treasures and with the right amount of fortuitous encounters, it was possible for a legend like this to appear.
633
634Otherwise, if it was all due to talent… these old monsters who'd lived for thousands of years might as well directly kill themselves if they compared themselves to him. That would be too painful for their pride…
635
636"Jun Mo Xie, although your current position is in opposition to the Holy Lands, this old man does not wish to make things difficult for you. Since you came with Guardian Qu and the rest, my guess is that there must be some matter?" The middle aged man smiled, his tone once again turning calm, returning to the odd, ethereal state again.
637
638Hearing the boss speak like this, everyone sighed lightly.
639
640For Jun Mo Xie to reach such a high cultivation at his young age was undoubtedly a huge miracle of this world! So the instant the boss saw him, he'd immediately summoned all of them, with the thought: With such a speed, this kid might be able to rush to the peak in a short time, perhaps even exceeding it!
641
642If he could transcend the Heart's Demon Hundred Refining Soul Reconstitution in front of everyone, it would be a point of great reference for everyone, and the benefits it would bring them would be incomparably huge!
643
644However, the boss seemed to have given up on this tempting idea now.
645
646But what they didn't know was that this Heaven Saint Palace boss had not only not given up on the idea after his interaction with Jun Mo Xie, the desire had instead grown more fervent! Only, he was a great judge of character. The moment he started interacting with Jun Mo Xie, he realized that this fellow was the kind of person with the smelly and stubborn temper of a donkey; the kind that would not move when it was pulled and would go backwards when whipped!
647
648Directly commanding this kind of person and getting him to agree that way would be harder than ascending to the heavens! And with their status, it was too much for them to put down their face and plead with the latter!
649
650Fortunately, there was still a weakness to this kind of people; they hated owing others a favor! So right now, they could only do their best to treat him well, giving him whatever help he needed, and then adapting to the situation as it came. Moreover, when he'd also felt how powerful Jun Mo Xie's spirit was. When they'd contended against each other, it seemed to him that Jun Mo Xie had not used his full strength yet! If the latter really used his full strength, it was questionable whether or not he could even handle it!
651
652This matter had caused him to be incredibly amazed!
653
654But what he didn't know was that Jun Mo Xie had actually exerted his full strength already!
655
656As for that strange hidden power he'd sensed, it was actually the Hongjun Pagoda's power. He was not wrong about that part at all. If he was wrong, it was only that he'd underestimated the Hongjun Pagoda's power by quite a bit. If Jun Mo Xie used his full strength and combined it with the Hongjun Pagoda, just a simple spiritual sense attack… would be something that even all the people in this room combined could not receive! How could the power of the Hongjun Pagoda be something that normal people could resist?!
657
658Seeing that the topic had gotten back on track, Qu Wu Hui hurriedly stood up and recounted the entire event of the bet in detail.
659
660Upon hearing that 30 plus high level experts had been killed, including Saint Emperor Zhan Mu Bai, the people in the room actually did not reveal much emotion, only sighing lightly…
661
662"So you're here for the Exquisite Lotus…" The middle aged man nodded lightly. "No problem! One should be prepared to lose if they are willing to bet. I will give it to you later!"
663
664Everyone looked at each other with shock as the words rang out.
665
666"Many thanks! Finally, there's a trustworthy person within the Holy Lands!" Jun Mo Xie smiled lightly and said with slightly raised brows. "Dare I ask for honored Senior's name?"
667
668Although these words sounded respectful, it carried a faint bit of disrespect within them. The positions of both sides were clear to see, and although Jun Mo Xie stood there with his cultivation being much lower than everyone in the room, his attitude and demeanor were as if he was on equal terms with their own boss!
669
670The middle aged man seemed to have been waiting for Jun Mo Xie to say those words. Hearing this, he opened his eyes and smiled as he wondered. "This old man's name huh… I truly seemed to have almost forgotten it… Right now, my name should be… Gu Han? 3,000 years ago, I was surnamed Wu. My name at that time was Wu Shan Yun…"
671
672Jun Mo Xie's question seemed to have triggered some memory of his. A trace of sorrow fleeted across his ethereal eyes as he sighed lightly… This sigh of his seemed to contain 3,000 years of the lamentations and joys of partings and meetings, the separations of life and death…
673
6743,000 years ago…
675
676Jun Mo Xie was truly somewhat shocked this time!
677
678This black haired handsome middle aged man was actually an over 3,000 years old human! But from his words, Jun Mo Xie also understood one thing. From the looks of it, this fellow was a whatever Spirit Seed reincarnation!
679
680To tell him his name from both his lives, the hidden meaning was quite obvious.
681
682"Then, should I call you Gu Han or Wu Shan Yun?" Jun Mo Xie smiled.
683
684"A name is just a symbol. It doesn't matter what you call me. Even if you called me 'undying old fart' in accordance with your heart… that's no matter as well." The middle aged man said with a light smile.
685
686"Haha…" The other side had been very frank and had treated him quite well, not making things difficult for him. Thus, Jun Mo Xie decided to reciprocate this time as well. Because this was undoubtedly a huge favor, and the thing that Jun Mo Xie hated owing the most was favors! Especially… a favor from the Holy Lands' side!
687
688Looking at this 'Wu Shan Yun' or 'Gu Han', he smiled and nodded. "3,000 years ah… Gu Han, how many wives had you taken in these 3,000 years? Judging by your good looks, they should all be supreme beauties as well? So… where are they now?"
689
690The moment these words came out, of the 11 people present, 10 were immediately enraged!
691
692Although a long life was something that all of them sought after, there were still many unforgettable things in their long lives that had pained them to part with! Every time they thought of those matters, their hearts would be wreaked with pain!
693
694"Young Master Jun, you've gone overboard with those words!" Cheng Yin Xiao snorted heavily.
695
696As for Wu Shan Yun at the top, his face was suddenly covered in a layer of veil, causing one to be unable to see his face clearly… there was only a suffocative pressure in the room, causing others to be unable to breathe properly.
697
698"Was that overboard? Well then… let me ask in another way." Jun Mo Xie smiled lightly. "You've experienced two lifetimes in 3,000 years… that's not really a lot! But… the parents of both of your life should have been very protective of you? So… where are those elders now?"
699
700"Jun Mo Xie! You're being impudent!" Qu Wu Hui stood up with anger, his entire body trembling from rage as he roared.
701
702"Impudent… looks like that's still not right… let me rephrase again." Jun Mo Xie stroked his chin and continued. "In 3,000 years, you had parents and lovers, as well as relatives… then, you must have had children as well! So… where are those children who still live in this world?"
703
704Jun Mo Xie looked around and said, "I ask everyone here this same question as well. All of you seemed to have lived for a few thousand years now… are your parents, lovers, family, and children… still around?"
705
706This question was simply too hurtful. Apart from the few of them peak level cultivators, who else was capable of living for one thousand or even several thousand years?! Jun Mo Xie's words were simply digging at their old wounds!
707
708Bang! Ten people stood up together, each of their faces filled with rage! Ten extraordinarily powerful spiritual sense instantly locked onto him. The originally immaterial auras were almost congealed into form, nearly blasting this little thatched cottage into the sky! From the looks of it, all of them were about to strike at Jun Mo Xie, this disrespectful brat!
709
710"What are all of you doing? Sit down!" Wu Shan Yun suddenly roared as he continued in an enraged voice. "Do you all know what Jun Mo Xie meant by those few words? Did you think he's an idiot, trying to rile the 11 of us up and turn us hostile?! Why would he make such a suicidal move? Can't you all think about it reasonably? All of you have lived for thousands of years; yet you still can't control your temper?!"
711
712Under his stern gaze, the crowd all sat down one by one. However, their eyes were still filled with unkindness when they stared at Jun Mo Xie! If Jun Mo Xie could not give them a suitable explanation, they would definitely not let him walk out of this door!
713
714Jun Mo Xie sighed and retracted his teasing attitude as he said seriously. "All the Seniors here are clearly not emotionless people. This can be seen from the way everyone was so agitated by my words just now. No matter how profound one's cultivation is, whether you're a Spirit Xuan or a Saint Emperor; even if your cultivation is as high as the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master… we're still just humans at the end of the day! We're humans with blood and flesh! And the thing that we humans most loathe to part with is forever our ties of blood and flesh! I trust that no matter how many lives we go through, as long as those memories exists, the pain of the separation of life and death will always remain the deepest scars in our hearts!"
715
716"Against our enemies, it wouldn't make a difference whether a thousand or ten thousand of them died. But… for our loved ones, just a single one dying would cause us to grief for a long time. As for those parents who raised us painstakingly from our youth… by the time we've all grown up, they've already become old… when we've learned to be mature and sensible… they'd already passed away… The tree craves stillness, but the winds will not abate. The child wants to serve his parents in their old age, but they are no more! This is no doubt a scar that will never be able to recover!
717
718Jun Mo Xie said with a heavy sigh. His tone was light and slow, and it carried a mystical charm. A faint sense of sorrow spreaded through the air.
719
720All the peak experts present could not help but to think of their own parents and family as they listened to him… It was as if they could once again see that strong and charming smile of their fathers beaming up at them as he lifted them above their heads. As the years passed, the strength of their father waned, and grey hair lined their heads until finally, they laid down, unable to get up anymore, their eyes still filled with worry and attachment for their children…
721
722Then, they thought of the gentle warmth of their mother's embrace, her calm smile and tender scoldings… In the end, there was only the endless, self-sacrificial love and willingness to do anything for their children, lasting for eternity…
723
724These memories had already passed for too long, but when they recalled it again now, the warmth was still there, and the grief and sorrow was still as painful…
725
726Especially for those experts who had been reincarnated through their Spirit Seed; when they were young, they might have been unused to the attention by their parents, even being very resistant to having a new family. But they were the only ones who could truly remember each and every moment of their childhood with absolute clarity. From resistance to acceptance, even enjoyment… From the first time they made a cute face on purpose to gain the laughter of their parents, they'd already completely accepted their new family…
727
728Who did not have such a period in their long lives? Such ordinary, happy, and peaceful days? When the night was still and their hearts were weary… who had not went to their rooftops and sighed longingly at the sky? All the countless vicissitudes of life, all turned into nothing but endless sighings…
729
730"And that beautiful and sweet girl of your youth; from an innocent young girl to a partner who accompanied you through tens of years… bearing children for you, washing and cooking, swearing to grow old with you… But ultimately, you watched as she aged day by day… finally fading away from this life…
731
732"Who has ever forgotten their vows of unchanging fidelity in oaths high as the mountains and deep as the ocean? Who can really forget the lovesickness of the past? Who can really forget the gentle lingering… those bashful smiles, that contented heart and that blissful feeling… the red light of the nuptial chamber on your first night together… One may perhaps be able to forget their names, but the experiences of a lifetime… can they really be forgotten? In the stillness of night, have you sighed deeply while lost in thoughts? Have you ever felt regret for the past…?
733
734"Ten years, dead and living dim and draw apart; should the dead be forgot
735
736and to mind never brought? A thousand li away you lie lonelily in grave… To whom can I my grief convey? Even if we met, you wouldn't recognize me. My face is worn with care, and frosted is my hair… At night in a dream I am suddenly home again: you were sitting at your dressing table, combing your hair… We gazed at each other hushed, but tears from our eyes gushed. Year after year will it break my heart? The moonlit grave, the stubby pines…" 1
737
738Jun Mo Xie's eyes grew somewhat misted as he continued. "It was just 10 years for others… but it's already so unbearable for them. But for you guys, it's actually thousands of years or even longer! Everyone, do you still remember your own lonely grave a thousand li away where you buried your beloved? Do you still remember that moonlit grave and those stubby pines? When you hear this now, do you feel… a great pain in your hearts? Do you still feel longing in your hearts?"
739
740There was no need to ask anymore. Right now, this bunch of peak level experts no longer had that steadfast gaze in their eyes and that sharp killing intent. Only endless pain and memories remained…
741
742Those vows of old, swearing to live and die together even as the ocean dried up and mountains crumbled, accompanying and relying on each other in this life and all lives… In the end, they could only watch helplessly as their beloved wife died… that lovely face sweeter than apples, that tender care in which she smoothed out their clothes every morning before they went out, that look of worry on her face as she waited by the door every night when they returned late…
743
744My beloved wife ah… though I go though the wheels of samsara… as long as I still have those memories, how can I ever forget you? Do you know that every night that I lay awake unable to sleep, the softest and most painful part of my heart… is filled with your face…
745
746In a short time, these peak experts of the world that could command even the winds and rains, fell into sorrow…
747
748Jun Mo Xie's calm voice was intermixed with a strange magic as it continued to worm into their hearts. "There's also the children whom you've hugged in your embrace countless times; the little bundles of joy that on the day they were born, causing you to smile so widely that you were unable to close your mouth. From the time they first learned to speak, to their first steps, finally growing into promising youths… they who were the creation of your own blood and flesh… but ultimately… they could not endure the trials of time as well, falling into eternal rest… That kind of sorrow of a parent burying their own children… who can forget such a thing?"
749
750"The heart wrenching memories of the past… who can truly forget it?!!" Jun Mo Xie had practically yelled those last words out with a martial technique similar to the "Lion's Roar"!
751
752It was like the evening drum and morning bell in a monastery, or a clap of thunder in everyone's ears!
753
754Footnotes:
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756Ch 915 Footnote 1
757
758This is a Chinese poem written by the Northern Song Dynasty writer Su Shi to his deceased wife, titled "江城子乙卯正月二十日夜记梦".
759
760Chapter 916: You... Return my Innocence!
761
762Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
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765
766In an instant, everyone suddenly woke up from their memories, discovering that many of their faces had already been stained with tears!
767
768The people in this room all had extremely profound cultivations, and their ages were incredibly great. These people had long ago forgotten the feeling of crying; but as they felt the tears running down their cheeks, they realized that actually, they had never truly forgotten how to cry!
769
770The eyes of the crowd was complicated and the way they looked at Jun Mo Xie was somewhat strange.
771
772"Everyone, the path of the Martial Dao has always been a difficult and long one, and it's undoubtedly a battle with oneself. It's a battle with one's innate laziness, a battle with one's own personality, and most importantly… it's a battle with one's own feelings!"
773
774Jun Mo Xie smiled charmingly and continued. "Sentiments are hard to break, and it has historically been one of the greatest heart's demons of cultivation and the most powerful shackles! Countless heroes have all fallen to this barrier of emotions since times past.
775
776"It's not to say that because a person had experienced the love between a man and a woman, that they would have seen through the barrier of emotions, severing the thread of carnal love with the sword of wisdom. As long as love existed before, it will never be seen through or be severed! Every single one of you has lived for thousands of years, and you think yourselves to have seen through the weight of your emotions… However, there would inevitably be moments when you could not help but to recall! The longer you suppress your emotions, the more unbearable it will be when you think of it! And because of that, the more difficult it would be to get through the heart's demon in your cultivation! This is especially so for your breakthroughs… Perhaps the lightning tribulation alone would be sufficient to claim your lives!"
777
778Even as tears stained their faces, everyone began to ponder over his words seriously.
779
780"Of your cultivation right now… a portion of that is the heart's demon that you've cultivated! The greater your strength, the stronger it grows! At this rate, it will sooner or later be impossible to ever free yourself of the heart's demon's grasp. One day, the backlash from the heart's demon will claim your souls, utterly destroying you!" Jun Mo Xie explained slowly.
781
782"Then… how do we break the shackles of the heart's demon?" The first person on the right asked. His eyes were filled with tears as he raised his head. "This barrier of emotions… how do we transcend it?"
783
784This person's relationship with his wife had been the deepest among all of them. When his beloved wife had died that year, he'd nearly given up on living… After so many years, everytime he thought of it, he would still brood endlessly in sorrow. Looking at Jun Mo Xie, he said with a sad voice, "If passing the barrier of emotions means to wipe her away from my heart… this old man… would rather have my soul destroyed!"
785
786"Everyone has different methods to transcend the barrier of emotion. What is suitable for me might not be suitable for you." Jun Mo Xie smiled lightly and said. "However, this barrier of emotion is definitely not passed by suppressing or forgetting your emotions! Thus.. everyone should let nature take its course!"
787
788"Let nature take its course…" A look of confusion appeared on everyone's face.
789
790"There are some… who used tears to transcend the barrier of emotion…" Jun Mo Xie said in a solemn voice. "According to legends… his face was still flowing with tears of love for his wife even after he'd crossed through the lightning tribulation… The depth of this person's emotion… can be easily imagined!"
791
792"Using tears to transcend the barrier of emotion?" This statement sounded somewhat ridiculous in the ears of the crowd. But when thought about it carefully, they feel that it was not completely illogical. But as for where the logic lay, no one could tell…
793
794"Everyone, this junior shall gift a sentence to you today, as compensation for the favor you've shown me this time." Jun Mo Xie smiled lightly and said. "In a moment, I will still need to take something away from her; may Seniors not hold it against me."
795
796"Don't worry, as long as it's something you like, apart from us only being able to give you one stalk of the Exquisite Lotus, you can take whatever else you want, as much as you need!"
797
798Everyone practically promised at the same time as they thought to himself. What can this kid take away from here? We've already promised you the Exquisite Lotus. There's also nothing good here left for you to take away. As for those heavenly treasures, all of them are growing from the ground; even if you wanted to bring them away, you won't be able to… In that case, we might as well act in a more generous way…
799
800"In that case, this junior thanks the many Seniors here." Jun Mo Xie laughed in a strange manner as he nodded. "The sentence I will gift Seniors is this: The barrier of emotions has always been treated as a fearsome tiger to overcome; but if you look at it from another angle… The heart's demon, might not necessarily be unable to instead become a form of help…"
801
802This last sentence had been purposefully dragged out by Jun Mo Xie to convey its meaning. After he was done, everyone fell into deep thoughts.
803
804"The heart's demon… might not necessarily be unable to instead become a form of help…" Everyone sucked in a breath of air and furrowed their brows, seemingly having comprehended something and seemingly not. In that moment, their hearts were unable to be at rest…
805
806"Everyone's trial of the emotions is already right before you; this junior trusts that after Seniors pass through this trial, you will have your own comprehensions on the matter. This junior had been presumptuous earlier, using a secret hypnotive technique in my voice to stir up Seniors' emotions. If there was any impoliteness on this junior behalf, I seek Seniors' understanding." Jun Mo Xie smiled and said.
807
808Jun Mo Xie's face was somewhat pale after hypnotizing so many peak level experts at once. Although the mental power he'd been using was supported by the Hongjun Pagoda, he himself had also been exhausted.
809
810"There's no need to be so polite! Young friend Jun, your words have helped us unravel the mist in our minds, pointing out a path for us. For this, we're already so grateful to you; how would we still blame you? Besides, we'd also allowed ourselves to be led by your magic. Otherwise… hur hur… Today, our warm memories of thousands of years had been stirred up, bringing with it a myriad of emotions… From the looks of it, we'll need to go into secluded cultivation immediately for a period of time…"
811
812The first person on the right answered. From his voice, he was very grateful towards Jun Mo Xie.
813
814The others also expressed their agreement, and their eyes grew much warmer…
815
816"Many thanks." Jun Mo Xie smiled and cupped his fists. "Since Seniors are going into secluded cultivation, this junior will be going ahead to claim the Exquisite Lotus first. After that, I may be staying for a few more days before going on my way."
817
818"No worries, as long as you like it, you can stay even longer." Gu Han's voice had a faint hint of a smile as he continued. "Young friend Jun… there's another matter which I'd like to address."
819
820"Senior please speak."
821
822"Young friend Jun, the three Holy Lands and you are now sworn enemies. To this result, it was indeed something that they'd sought themselves, and nobody can be blamed. If you want to seek revenge, we will not shelter or stand on their side as well… We only ask that Young Master Jun can take into account that they've guarded the continent for 10,000 years… to show some mercy, and reconsider a little…" Gu Han's face turned heavy as he sighed.
823
824"The grudge between the Holy Lands and I… keke, I was never a good person, and the debt of blood from before is definitely something that I still need to claim." Jun Mo Xie smiled and continued. "It doesn't matter who asks me; as long as it's someone that deserves to die, I've never been gone lightly against them. To this point, I hope that Senior can be understanding."
825
826One of the strongest expert in this world was asking for mercy on someone else's behalf, but Jun Mo Xie actually would not relent a single step still!
827
828Gu Han sighed deeply, and didn't bring up the matter anymore. He simply looked deeply at Jun Mo Xie and said, "Qiao Ying, bring young friend Jun Mo Xie to pluck a stalk of Exquisite Lotus. The few of us will not be accompanying you. Send my orders; as long as young friend Jun needs something on this mountain, he can take it away as he wishes. No one is allowed to stop him." After that, he nodded at Jun Mo Xie. "Young friend Jun, you can leave by yourself after you've obtained whatever you need. Us old men are anxious to go into secluded cultivation and will not be able to send you off."
829
830"Senior need not be polite." Jun Mo Xie hurriedly said as he thought in his heart. Just hurry up and go into seclusion. As long as you undying old farts go into seclusion, I can take whatever I want from this place without any obstruction. Otherwise, this Young Master could have simply give you a word of enlightenment directly; why would I spend so much effort to hypnotize your emotions out?
831
832Undoubtedly, this was the true motive behind Jun Mo Xie's great efforts!
833
834Everything was for the precious heavenly treasures of this Mount Heaven Saint! Only this place had those precious spirit herbs that no other places had! One had to know, that some of the spirit herbs here were essentials for pill refining that Jun Mo Xie would need once he reached the Sixth or Seventh layer, yet having never come across them yet! From the looks of it, they were stuff that even the Nine Nether First Young Master hadn't managed to collect. This also proved one thing: even if one's personal strength was great enough to be unrivalled under the heavens, it was still not as useful as having the deep foundations of a powerful faction…
835
836The green light shining in Jun Mo Xie's eyes nearly capped the entire mountain in green…
837
838If such a large amount of good stuff with such good quality was free for you to pick, wouldn't you be anxious as well?!
839
840Jun Mo Xie held back his impatience, bidding farewell to the old seniors warmly and respectfully. After a round of acting reluctant to part, and agreeing to some of their requests… he was finally… done.
841
842Jun Mo Xie spat out a long breath of air and wiped away his sweat. Thereafter, he swayed his butt and swaggered off exaggeratedly, cursing to himself: "F*ck, those old fellows are truly exhausting, this Young Master nearly suffered an internal injury from exasperation ah…"
843
844Behind him, Qiao Ying looked in shock as the previously elegant and graceful Young Master suddenly transformed into a foul mouthed hoodlum…
845
846My goodness, to think this fellow actually had the face to call us two-faced and shameless. This brat is the true two faced hypocrite! The angel is him, and the devil is him as well!
847
848"Where's your Exquisite Lotus?" Jun Mo Xie asked with some impatience.
849
850"Follow me and you'll see it." Qiao Ying snorted unkindly as she turned around, not willing to look at this quick face changing bastard. Gritting her teeth and forcefully refraining herself from slapping him across the face, she stomped off.
851
852Jun Mo Xie cackled sinisterly, quickly following behind her. He had to admit, that this exquisite beauty walking in front of him was truly a little too eye-catching. Her fragrant scent travelled down with the wind, floating directly into his nose, causing him to feel somewhat intoxicated…
853
854In order to fully appreciate this scene, Young Master Jun quietly dropped back a few steps and looked forward with a smile. The more he looked, the more he felt that this beauty's backview was impeccable…
855
856He could not help but sigh a few times in admiration. Such an exquisite and country toppling beauty was actually single year after year…
857
858What a waste of heaven's treasure ah! Jun Mo Xie sighed to the sky. Is that All Seeing Eye… really so important? This silly lass had actually sacrificed like that stupidly for over a thousand years… Why couldn't she have thought for herself for just a moment? Before her, there weren't any people with the All Seeing Eye. Yet, didn't they still win the War for Seizing the Heavens?
859
860Would the sun stop rising if this world lacked a certain person? How stupid…
861
862Qiao Ying who was walking in front only heard Jun Mo Xie sighing over and over behind her. Not knowing what he was being so troubled about, she asked, "Young Master Jun is young and talented; why are you so melancholic?"
863
864Jun Mo Xie looked at her willowy waist in an enchanted manner and could not help but sigh again in a heartfelt manner. "As long as the strange races are not destroyed, their ambition will never be extinguished. The War for Seizing the Heavens is right at our doorsteps; just thinking about how the common people will be trampled and defiled by the strange races, I… I truly find it such a waste ah…" The last sentence was truly said with his heart, and he sighed once more deeply. Such a beauty is actually… what a waste ah...
865
866In that moment, Qiao Ying could not help but greatly change the way she looked at him. Thinking to herself that this Evil Monarch had actually been touched after coming to Mount Heaven Saint, her tone became much gentler. "Young Master Jun should not feel troubled; with the strength of Young Master Jun's forces, in addition to Tian Fa's might and the Holy Lands, if we went all out and fought to the death, there might still be a chance for the continent."
867
868Jun Mo Xie mumbled in a listless manner. "Difficult ah… how can it be easy to swing the situation? A matter like cook the crane for meat and burn a stringed instrument for fuel truly makes my heart ache… unless…"
869
870"Unless what?" Qiao Ying suddenly felt as if she was about to explode from happiness. For the sake of the War for Seizing the Heavens, she had been willing to maintain her purity for a thousand years in order to retain her All Seeing Eye to deal with the strange races's stealth techniques. To a girl, this kind of sacrifice could be said to be capable of touching the heavens and earth. She'd already made the War for Seizing the Heavens her only purpose in life long ago. Right now, judging by the strength of the mainland, their chances of victory was incredibly slim. Hearing that there was a chance that this Evil Monarch might relent, she was incredibly excited.
871
872If Jun Mo Xie's faction could join in the War for Seizing the Heavens, their chances of winning this time would be quite high!
873
874Her heart skipping with delight, she immediately stopped her steps and asked, "Young Master Jun has a condition?"
875
876All of a sudden, she felt a weight behind her and an intense warmth. A bout of strong male scent was plastered behind her… As his mind drifted, Jun Mo Xie had been following behind her like an enchanted zombie. When she suddenly stopped walking, he'd been taken by surprise, bumping into her without noticing. In that moment, he only felt a wall of softness and sweet fragrance on his the front of his body…
877
878An advantage delivered so freely to him; it would be a waste to not enjoy it…
879
880"Ah…?" Qiao Ying exclaimed lightly with shock as her heart skipped like a deer. Her jade white face instantly turned red and hot. Because of her All Seeing Eye, she'd been brought to Mount Heaven Saint when she was just a little girl. She had never come into contact with a man before, so in that moment, her heart was skipping wildly.
881
882"Ah…" Jun Mo Xie narrowed his eyes and exclaimed as he leaned against her, as though his body had no bones. "You… why did you stop?" As he said that, he even rubbed his face against her back, sighing lightly in his heart. How comfortable…
883
884"You… hurry up and stand properly!" Qiao Ying felt her body growing soft, and she panicked.
885
886"I… I can't get up… I don't know what's going on, but my entire skeleton seemed to have turned soft… Y-you… quickly push me away, how is this appropriate?" Jun Mo Xie mumbled accusingly as he shifted his sense of gravity further forward, practically "sticking" onto her body.
887
888Qiao Ying was both embarrassed and angry. Somehow regaining her strength, she dashed out with a shu sound, stepping away from the awkward situation. When she turned, back, she saw that Jun Mo Xie's body was actually tilted forward by over 40, 50 degree; fixed at such an awkward angle and yet not falling down…
889
890"You're… shamel-…" The words shameless hadn't even left her mouth when she saw Jun Mo Xie straightening himself swiftly. A look of lingering fear could be seen on his face as he mumbled to himself. "This Mount Heaven Saint is truly an amazing place, I've just stepped into this place and suddenly lost control over my body… nearly harming a lady's reputation. How truly shocking… truthfully, this place is really quite magical… my mental fortitude is considered pretty good, but I'd actually been confused and affected, nearly dropping my pants…"
891
892"…" Qiao Ying felt her breath stagnating in her chest. She'd seen shamelessness before, but she'd never seen or even heard of anything so shameless before! This fellow before her was clearly an unprecedented existence and would be unsurpassable in shamelessness in the future!
893
894To think that such shameless words were said right in front of a lady! Qiao Ying's shoulders trembled with rage, and she stamped her foot down. "Jun Mo Xie! You, you… how can you be like that?"
895
896"Miss is right, I've done wrongly!" Jun Mo Xie said with a sincere voice like one admitting his wrongs. "No matter the reason, I should not have leaned against Miss's body. Although it was because you'd suddenly stop walking, and I couldn't notice because it was too sudden… But that's not an excuse! It's definitely not! No matter what, today I… like a hooligan… Ai, I… Such an innocent person like me, my precious purity… boo hoo…"
897
898Qiao Ying very nearly fainted.
899
900What nonsense is this fellow spouting? He started off fine, but towards the end, it'd actually became her who stained his purity?
901
902A moment later, Jun Mo Xie's eyes became even wetter, and his voice sounded more and more wronged as he spat out in a nasally voice, "You! Return my innocence!"
903
904Qiao Ying's body swayed a few times, and she felt a surge of blood gushing up her chest. Suddenly snapping back to her mind, she roared with rage. "Jun Mo Xie! How much longer are you going to mess around?!"
905
906"Eh? Er, cough cough…" Young Master Jun coughed awkwardly a few times before smiling sheepishly. "Miss, we should be arriving soon right? I know that the Exquisite Lotus is a precious treasure of the Holy Lands, but you can't just lead me around in an endless loop…"
907
908"Who is leading you around aimlessly?!" Qiao Ying's eyes were wide opened with rage. "It's just right in front! Are you blind?" As she said that, she pointed forward.
909
910To actually dare to doubt this lady's trustworthiness, how hateful! Qiao Ying was boiling with rage, completely forgetting to pursue the matter of that fellow's nonsense of taking advantage of her yet blaming her for it…
911
912"Ahhh~! So it's right in front…" Jun Mo Xie laughed aloud with joy and rushed up, exclaiming, "How beautiful!"
913
914Just in front, hidden in a misty fog, there was a pool of only a few zhang wide. The water in the pool was clear enough to see through all the way to the bottom; looking with the naked eye, it was even shining with a faint light, as if the pool was enveloped in a holy radiance.
915
916Walking up, he discovered that there were countless white objects in the water, covering the entire pond. Seven, eight pieces of leaves floated in the center of the pond. These leaves were actually all colorless. If one did not look carefully, it would be difficult to distinguish them.
917
918Numerous stalks of transparent, vine-like objects supported the leaves below the water, and apart from that, there was nothing else here.
919
920"Miss… please don't joke around with me… this… this is the Exquisite Lotus?" Jun Mo Xie pointed at the few pieces of leaves and asked with disbelief.
921
922"Yes, those are the treasures of the Holy Lands." Qiao Ying had a solemn look on her face as she looked at the few pieces of leaves with tender protectiveness. "The Nine Segment Exquisite Lotus!"
923
924"F*ck me!" Jun Mo Xie said with some exasperation. "There's just this many of these broken things? Even if it creates an Exquisite Lotus Root, how big would it be? Isn't this playing with the hearts of people? I have over 10 hungry people back home to feed ah…"
925
926"Over 10 people?" Qiao Ying rolled her eyes as if she was about to faint. "Then you need to wait for a few thousand years more! The Nine Segment Exquisite Lotus only produces a fruit once every 500 years, and a single segment of Exquisite Lotus will only produce one Exquisite Lotus Root."
927
928This time, it was Jun Mo Xie who rolled his eyes as if he was about to faint. At this moment, he was frustrated to the point of wanting to tear his hair out. Finally calming himself, he asked in a hopeful manner: "Then, how many people can each lotus root be split among?"
929
930"Each root is only enough for one person to consume a single time." Qiao Ying smiled lightly, looking at Jun Mo Xie in a manner of watching a good show.
931
932"That impossible?! This is a lotus root we're talking about right? Even if it's cut into pieces, there should at least be several pieces? It's only enough for a single person? Are you kidding me?"
933
934"What nonsense are you spouting? How large of a lotus root are you imagining this finger sized lotus to produce?" Qiao Ying rolled her eyes and looked at Jun Mo Xie as though she was looking at an idiot. "Actually thinking of cutting it into pieces? It's only the size of a grain of rice… how will you cut it into pieces?"
935
936"A grain of rice?!" Jun Mo Xie completely lost hope and he exclaimed with rage. "What's the use of a tiny thing like that no bigger than a mosquito's d*ck? To think that your Heaven Saint Palace actually treats it as a precious treasure; how embarrassing! I might as well just take everything away…"
937
938"You dare!" Qiao Ying's eyes lit up with shock and her voice grew several pitch higher. "These are the precious treasures of our Heaven Saint Palace! It's as important as the life and death of the Heaven Saint Palace itself! If you dare to touch it lightly, I will make sure that the Jun Family inside Tian Fa Forest is completely annihilated!"
939
940Jun Mo Xie had merely been joking before and hadn't truly intended to act on his words. However, Qiao Ying's words had completely touched on his reverse scale, igniting his greatest animosity. All of a sudden, he turned around and stared dangerously at Qiao Ying as his voice turned dark and cold. "Are you… threatening me?"
941
942"I'm just speaking a fact…" Qiao Ying's heart jumped with fright. As those cold and sharp eyes locked onto her face, she felt her entire body growing cold, and her tone instantly softened. "The Nine Segment Exquisite Lotus is the absolute treasure of the Heaven Saint Palace. The entire Heaven Saint Palace can be lost, but we cannot lose the Exquisite Lotus! Young Master Jun, you should understand the importance of the Exquisite Lotus to us now that I put it this way right?"
943
944"It's fine if you say it that way, but… please remember that regardless of the situation, it's best to not threaten me! Especially…" Jun Mo Xie's tone grew heavier as he continued in a dangerous tone: "using my family to threaten me. I will never accept any threats, because I will use all my abilities to utterly bury anyone who is a threat to me!
945
946"Even a peerless beauty is not an exception! I… have never been a person who is soft hearted for women!" As he said those words, Jun Mo Xie stared ruthlessly into Qiao Ying's eyes.
947
948An extremely dangerous feeling rose in Qiao Ying's heart. Standing before this junior whose cultivation was far below hers, she actually felt a mountain of pressure crushing down on her!
949
950In that moment, she could not help but to take one step backwards in fear!
951
952Chapter 917: Obtaining the Exquisite Lotus
953
954Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
955
956
957
958Jun Mo Xie's gaze was like a high and lofty monarch, wielding sway over her destiny! In that moment, she only felt a sense of helplessness in her heart, as if she couldn't resist!
959
960"Speak. I'm taking away all of this Exquisite Lotus! Can I or can I not!" Jun Mo Xie pressed fearsomely.
961
962He couldn't help but to be anxious. There were so many people back home who needed this Exquisite Lotus. If he waited for 500 years to reap one lotus root, then… even the most beautiful flower would have wilted long ago! Not only would he not achieve his intended purpose after bringing it back, it would end up creating more awkwardness. With just a single grain sized root, it would be wrong to give or deprive it from anyone.
963
964The reason he'd asked her so forcefully right after succeeding in intimidating her was precisely to not give Qiao Ying any time to react. Although doing it like this was somewhat despicable, Jun Mo Xie couldn't care less for the sake of his own happiness.
965
966"Ah.. you can… not you cannot you cannot!" Qiao Ying jumped with shock, very nearly giving her approval. Shaking her head rapidly, she spat out three cannots in quick succession. "Young Master Jun, one must be honorable with their words! We agreed that it would be one stalk, so you definitely can't take more! This is a matter of principle; there's no room for discussion!"
967
968Pausing for a moment, she continued. "Besides… our Heaven Saint Palace has only been able to raise the initial single stalk of lotus into the current eight stalks… It could be easily imagined how hard it is to raise them! Truthfully, us giving you one stalk is already a great waste… you clearly wouldn't know how to nurture it, not knowing what it likes or dislike… If you are unable to satisfy a single facade of its needs, it will quickly wilt! I'm not trying to scare or threaten you!"
969
970"Hm? I'd like to hear the details." Jun Mo Xie's tone suddenly became gentle and pleasing to the ear.
971
972"You're such a scoundrel!" Qiao Ying shook her head with exasperation as she explained carefully. "Firstly, the Exquisite Lotus must be planted in innate clean water, preferably water condensed from Spiritual Qi. Also, it needs to live in a place with exceptionally dense Heaven Earth Spiritual Qi in order to survive.
973
974Jun Mo Xie made an 'oh' sound with disinterest as he thought to himself. That's not a problem at all. This daddy's place has plenty of Spiritual Qi, even more concentrated than your mountain. There's so many heavenly spirit herbs growing there happily; I refuse to believe that I can't keep a stalk of Exquisite Lotus alive.
975
976"Secondly, do you see this pond? Although it looks like a simple pond, it's actually made with 30,000 pieces of innate spirit jade, with equal amounts of warm and cold nature to attain a fine balance of temperature. In order to gather all this spirit jade, we've gathered nearly all the spirit jade in the world together, and even the Misty Illusory Manor contributed a portion! This is practically a sum of wealth huge enough that no one can handle! Only such a condition will be enough to allow the Exquisite Lotus to slowly grow!"
977
978"30,000 pieces of innate spirit jade?" Jun Mo Xie felt his mouth turning dry. Not to mention 30,000 pieces; he didn't even have a single piece! In that moment, he could not help but to eye the pond sinisterly, thinking of bringing the entire pond away!
979
980As he pondered, a thought suddenly struck him. "Can the innate spirit jade be replaced with Eternally Warm Soft Jade?"
981
982"Eternally Warm Soft Jade only has the properties of warmth and softness. It does not produce any cold effects. So although its rarity is not lower than innate spirit jade, it's not enough to nurture the Exquisite Lotus." Qiao Ying looked at him queerly, seemingly somewhat suspicious that he would have such good stuff.
983
984"How difficult!" Jun Mo Xie furrowed his brows and narrowed his eyes as he continued asking. "What will happen if it's replaced with a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein?"
985
986"What kind of joke is that?" Qiao Ying smiled lightly and said. "Using a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein to cultivate the Exquisite Lotus is naturally much better than innate spirit jade. Furthermore, it will greatly improve the speed of the Exquisite Lotus' growth, shortening the time required for it to reach maturity. With a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein, all you need is a pool with water condensed from Spiritual Qi and nothing else. The Exquisite Lotus will grow at several times the speed, and… even have more amazing effects. However, that is only a thing that exists in legends, only found deep underground; moreover, the continent is constantly shifting, resulting in Spiritual Qi being scattered all the time… who will be able to find a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein?"
987
988Qiao Ying pouted with disdain as she rolled her eyes at Jun Mo Xie. "Even if you know a place with a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein, who has the ability to retrieve it? Move an entire mountain aside, and dig out the entire thing fully intact? That's basically an impossible and unrealistic matter!"
989
990Jun Mo Xie sighed and shook his head in a 'sad' manner. "How depressing…" In his heart, he was actually whooping with joy. F*ck! This daddy indeed has this legendary thing! And it's even a top quality and well aged one of several hundred thousand years old!
991
992"The third condition for it to grow is…" At this point, Jun Mo Xie could no longer hear Qiao Ying's words. He was incredibly excited, and his entire mind was filled with thoughts on the various possibilities.
993
994But although he was bursting with joy on the inside, he still had to display a troubled and depressed face on the outside. This was actually a high level acting skill. Fortunately, Young Master Jun had received plenty of training, and he managed to act out this show perfectly.
995
996Compared to the nourishment of the Heaven Earth Spirit Vein, all these methods of nurturing… were simply all bullsh*t!
997
998Jun Mo Xie made a quick estimation in his heart. The Heaven Earth Spirit Vein he had could easily support a small to medium sized lotus pond. At the very least, it should be seven or eight times larger than this little pond here.
999
1000"Then… how many lotus seeds do you have? Can I take some back with me in addition to the one stalk of Exquisite Lotus?"
1001
1002Jun Mo Xie looked pitifully at Qiao Ying. "Even if there's a tiny bit of possibility, it's still better than nothing… Elder sister Qiao, you must satisfy this tiny wish of mine ah…"
1003
1004The way he looked at her was as if she would be the most heartless and cold person in the world if she didn't give it to him.
1005
1006"There are indeed some seeds whenever the Exquisite Lotus blooms once every 500 years. We've also accumulated quite a few of those seeds… However, the difficulty of nurturing the seeds is tens of times harder than nurturing the Exquisite Lotus!" Qiao Ying said hesitantly. "If I gave it to you and you couldn't raise it, it would only be a waste of natural treasure."
1007
1008"Don't worry about it, I'm just giving it a try…" Jun Mo Xie said warmly. "Besides, I'm not asking for a lot. I'll be satisfied with just a hundred or so seeds…"
1009
1010"Hundred or so?!" Qiao Ying's eyes nearly fell out of her sockets. "In the few thousand years, our Heaven Saint Palace had only managed to collect no more than 50, 60 seeds! And the moment you open your mouth, you want a hundred?! You truly dare to ask ah!"
1011
1012"In that case, I'll just take 50…" Jun Mo Xie said with a light chuckle as he shrugged his shoulders in a helpless manner. "You guys already have so many fully full grown ones…"
1013
1014"No way!" Qiao Ying rejected flatly. After considering for a long time, she finally relented. "At most… I can give you five! That's already more than what I have the ability to give."
1015
1016"Elder sister… you're practically killing me ah! Five seeds, to think you had the heart to say that!" Jun Mo Xie cried out. "Didn't that Wu Shan Yun say just now that I can take away anything I want other than the Exquisite Lotus? You can't be that miserly right?"
1017
1018"Eight seeds."
1019
1020"Too little! I have to take at least 40!"
1021
1022"Jun Mo Xie, you're deliberately making trouble! Ten seeds, nothing more!"
1023
1024"30 seeds… that's the absolute lowest I can go. And lower and my trip here today would have been meaningless, and Wu Shan Yun's words would mean nothing… To think that I went so far as to enlighten the crowd and did such a huge favor to everyone, and yet you wouldn't give me even a few seeds… How are you so hard hearted and cruel?"
1025
1026***
1027
1028After a round of intense bargaining, Qiao Ying lost to Young Master Jun in the battle of words, finally parting with 20 seeds. Jun Mo Xie smiled widely in his heart, satisfied with his gains. In actual fact, obtaining just 10 seeds would be a pretty good deal. But now that he'd managed to get 20, it was a bonus…
1029
1030Qiao Ying's face was exceedingly bitter, and her head buzzed with confusion even until now. How did she end up taking step after step back, finally agreeing to take out 20 seeds? This… did those words really come out of her mouth?
1031
1032What she didn't know was that although her age was great, her experience and interaction with the outside world was pitifully little. Secondly, Jun Mo Xie's mouth was among the best in the world. If he claimed that his skill in arguing was number two, no one in this world would dare to call themselves first. Thirdly and most importantly, Young Master Jun had also secretly used some of the Soul Sedating Technique in his words.
1033
1034In order to prevent Qiao Ying from noticing, he'd only used a tiny bit to influence her slightly. But as the argument between the two grew more heated, Qiao Ying would not be able to notice even if she was more careful. In the end, she was easily tricked by this scoundrel…
1035
1036Right now, that particular scoundrel was feeling extremely proud in his heart. As expected of an all chest no brain lass. This girl's breasts were definitely not small! At the very least, it seemed unlikely to cover it with a single hand, and needs at least two hands to grasp it firmly. As for the degree of surface area two hands could cover, it would require some personal hands-on testing to be sure…
1037
1038Under the influence of his excitement at having achieved his goal, he nearly stretched out his hands to "measure" Qiao Ying's chest size. Fortunately, he hadn't done that… otherwise, this great beauty Qiao would most likely have rescinded her promise and given him a good beating to boot…
1039
1040Since the business bargaining was finished, the only thing left to do was to complete the deal.
1041
1042Qiao Ying returned to her residence, retrieved 20 seeds, and passed them to Jun Mo Xie. As for the matter of moving the fully grown lotus stalk, it was a huge headache. "Jun Mo Xie, this… how will you take this away?"
1043
1044"Dig it out for me, and I will naturally have a method to bring it away!" Jun Mo Xie said without so much as a pause.
1045
1046Qiao Ying felt her anger rushing up her chest once again. Could it be that this bastard wants to burn the bridge after crossing it? Right now, they haven't even crossed the bridge, and he's already anxious to burn the bridge…
1047
1048In her fit of rage, she was tempted to directly throw him into the pond to dig for himself. However, she could not bear to do such a thing. After all, she had been taking care of the Exquisite Lotus for so many years, and she'd already formed some attachment to them. If the Exquisite Lotus died because of her… Qiao Ying would not forgive herself…
1049
1050After thinking for a long time, she still carefully dug one stalk of lotus out and placed it on a large piece of milky white jade. After that, she placed it in a small spiritual jade box, filled it with water condensed from Spiritual Qi, and passed it to Jun Mo Xie…
1051
1052Chapter 918: Please Don't Stand On Ceremony!
1053
1054Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
1055
1056
1057
1058Qiao Ying gritted her teeth and stared at him seriously. "Jun Mo Xie, don't you f*ck around with this thing! I solemnly ask of you—you must! You must… take good care of it! Even if you don't know how to nurture it, you need to at least let it continue staying in this box. As long as it's in a place with rich Spiritual Qi, it will be able to stay alive… If you really can't take care of it… you must send it back to me! Can you do that?"
1059
1060Towards the end, her voice even carried a hint of begging. Such an attitude was like a mother sending her precious daughter off to be married…
1061
1062Jun Mo Xie could feel the sincerity in her words, and he straightened his face and replied seriously. "Don't worry; the next time you see it, I guarantee that it will be doing much better than it is now!"
1063
1064The little lotus in his hand swayed its transparent leaves lightly, seemingly bidding farewell to Qiao Ying. In that instant, she felt a sour feeling in her heart, and tears welled up in her eyes.
1065
1066At the same time, Jun Mo Xie's keen senses detected that a small section of the water in the center of the pond had sunk down, as though the water had been drained into an invisible bowl. As for the water around the center, it did not even so much as ripple.
1067
1068After a long time, the entire pond finally resumed its previous calm.
1069
1070"It's actually some near solidified spiritual liquid…" Jun Mo Xie felt a shock in his heart. From the looks of it, this was some very good stuff. Furthermore, this good stuff was something that belonged to the three Holy Lands… what rights did they have to keep it all to themselves? That in itself was a kind of crime!
1071
1072Right now, there was only himself and Qiao Ying here. It was simply a god given opportunity ah. It would be a waste not to pilfer some…
1073
1074Quickly deciding on his course of action, he raised his head and looked into the distance. "The Spiritual Qi in this place is truly enviable ah. Look, the Spiritual Qi in that area is so thick that it even congealed into a dense mist. To be able to cultivate in such a place… keke, your Heaven Saint Palace truly makes me jealous…"
1075
1076Qiao Ying turned around and looked over, smiling lightly as she wiped the tear from her eyes. "Young Master Jun seems to have seen wrongly this time. That's not Heaven Earth Spiritual Qi over there, but the mist of dusk. The sky is going to turn dark soon."
1077
1078In the swift moment that she turned around, Jun Mo Xie instantly activated the Power of Water. In an instant, a third of the Spiritual Qi condensed water in the pond disappeared by a third into the Hongjun Pagoda…
1079
1080Scratching his head awkwardly, he coughed. "Ah? Is that so? I've actually been mistaken… hehehe…"
1081
1082Qiao Ying smiled lightly, similarly feeling somewhat awkward. So it turns out that this scoundrel still has some boyish charm in his bones… That shy and awkward laugh of his just now was truly somewhat cute…
1083
1084Pleased with his successful theft, Jun Mo Xie began to examine the Exquisite Lotus in his hand with an excited smile on his face.
1085
1086As he observed the little plant carefully, he saw countless fine silk-like root hairs floating under it. In the center, there was a pathetically tiny jade lotus root. There wasn't any particular smell coming from it, but as it sat in his hand, he could feel a natural comfortable and refreshing feeling surge through his heart…
1087
1088With a flick of his hand, the Exquisite Lotus disappeared into the Hongjun Pagoda. Noticing Qiao Ying's astonished gaze, Jun Mo Xie shrugged his shoulder and blinked his eyes innocently. "It's a secret!"
1089
1090Qiao Ying snorted lightly and turned away. However, her heart was somewhat relieved. Jun Mo Xie has endless mysterious techniques, so it actually might be possible for him to raise the Exquisite Lotus…
1091
1092After this, Jun Mo Xie's true sneaky operations began. Because he had Wu Shan Yun's promise, all the spirit herbs of the Mount Heaven Saint were now his for the picking!
1093
1094And this fellow was a person who didn't know how to stand on ceremony. He simply thought to himself that this was the only time he would come to this place in this lifetime. If he didn't take the chance to take everything he could, when would he do it? Moreover, the Hongjun Pagoda was something that could most likely even fit the entirety of this world and still have space remaining. Without any reservations remaining, he widened his eyes excitedly.
1095
1096Of all the spirit herbs on Mount Heaven Saint and the natural treasures, he specifically chose only the older ones. The same went for the spirit trees and plants; he didn't let anything off. Whatever he liked, he would hang a small piece of red cloth to signify his ownership.
1097
1098When Wu Shan Yun agreed to his request back then, it was because he saw that this fellow had come completely empty handed. Even if they gave him a few cloth sacks to carry the stuff, how many could he take away? They were just pretending to be generous…
1099
1100If Wu Shan Yun knew that Jun Mo Xie had such a perversely overpowered treasure that could fit a near unlimited amount of stuff inside, he would never agree even if he were beaten to death. Even if he'd agreed, he would definitely go back on his words.
1101
1102Therefore, Jun Mo Xie only went ahead to choose now, marking the stuff with a piece of red cloth. On the day that he was leaving, he would take everything away together…
1103
1104One thing was for certain. After Jun Mo Xie left this time, Wu Shan Yun would certainly spit out a mouthful of blood…
1105
1106The people on the mountain simply looked on with interest, with an attitude as though they were only watching an interesting show. A single tree of tens of thousand years old has roots that stretch for unknown depths into the mountain! You want to take it away? The thought is nice, but can you even move it?
1107
1108Even the spirit herbs had roots which were embedded deeply in the ground. If one wanted to dig them out, it would still require great care to do so. Could it be something that you could take just as you please? This little fellow was simply daydreaming.
1109
1110So what if you hung a red ribbon on it? These things are still a part of Mount Heaven Saint! Not to mention one red ribbon; even if you wrapped it up in red ribbons, it would still be useless!
1111
1112Jun Mo Xie toiled for two days straight, while everyone sniggered and looked on coldly from the side as the idiot ran to and fro. From time to time, someone would laugh aloud and ask him with interest: "Jun brat, how many have you picked?"
1113
1114At these times, Jun Mo Xie would always smile and scratch his head in an honest manner, replying happily, "I've picked quite many haha… there's really so many stuff here ah…"
1115
1116"Feel free to pick as many as you want hahaha… Don't stand on ceremony, help yourself… it's just going to be wasted if you leave it anyway."
1117
1118Jun Mo Xie would always scratch his head with a conflicted look on his face. "If I took them away, it would be the equivalent of tearing down your houses… Are you really not worried?"
1119
1120"Haha… take them away? You sure know how to joke…" That person said with a light smile. "If you can take them away, I will…" All kinds of ridiculous vows and bets were thrown out…
1121
1122Two days later, at dawn, Jun Mo Xie began his grand relocation plan.
1123
1124In the time it took for a pot of tea to boil, everyone on Mount Heaven Saint was stunned silly!
1125
1126Oh my dear heavens ah…
1127
1128~~~ ~~~ ~~~
1129
1130Jun Mo Xie stepped out from his temporary guest room and bade everyone farewell solemnly. Apart from the few who were in secluded meditation, practically everyone had come out to send him off. Everyone wanted to see the helpless appearance on this kid's face. It'd been too long ago since such a fun thing had happened on Mount Heaven Saint…
1131
1132Just imagining the bitter look on Jun Mo Xie's face when he leaves clutching just one or two unimportant herbs, they could already feel their stomachs clenching up with laughter. This was a grand show ah… when they thought about how the mighty Evil Monarch who'd caused the three Holy Lands to lose so much face in the pugilistic world was suffering such a disadvantage at their hands, all of them felt much more comfortable in their hearts…
1133
1134"Seniors, this junior is very grateful for the hospitality I've been shown in these few days. Today, I will be bidding my farewell first." Jun Mo Xie said courteously, with a warm and sincere smile on his face.
1135
1136"Young Master Jun is being too polite. You're welcome to come back often to play." Everyone was laughing and jovially, while a strange smile lingered on their faces.
1137
1138"Senior Wu Shan Yun had said before that as long as I see something I like on this mountain, I can take it away no matter what it is, and how many. Therefore… I will not be standing on ceremony." Jun Mo Xie seemed to be afraid that the crowd had forgotten Wu Shan Yun's promise and was tentatively reminding them.
1139
1140"Please do not stand on ceremony. Since the boss had already promised you, it wouldn't be a problem even if you carried this entire mountain away…" The group of peak experts laughed and encouraged.
1141
1142Hearing this, Jun Mo Xie smiled with embarrassment. "Seniors are truly too courteous. In these few days, I've picked out quite a number of stuff, and my harvest was truly quite rich… If I become successful in the future, this junior will certainly remember the kindness and generosity of the various Seniors today…"
1143
1144Everyone sniggered darkly, continuously telling him that there was no need to be polite, to take whatever he liked. Their eyes were narrowed into slits, and their shoulders trembled lightly with laughter.
1145
1146Jun Mo Xie rubbed his palms and smiled happily. "The experts of the Holy Lands are indeed gracious and generous ah, it seems like I've struck a fortune this time! Hahaha…"
1147
1148Everyone joined in with his laughter and in that moment, the entire mountain was filled with endless laughter, as if there was a comedy show going on… everyone was exceedingly happy…
1149
1150Just as the crowd was growing anxious, their long awaited and predicted sound of shock rang out. "Ah! This is bad! I completely forgot… I've chosen so many things, but with just my own strength, how can I carry them all away? Ah ah ah… this is frustrating me to death…"
1151
1152These words were like music in the ears of those elders; it was more enjoyable than if a traveller who'd been thirsty for a long time finally got a taste of ice cream…
1153
1154Too satisfying ah! This stupid little bastard finally realizes his mistake. How enjoyable! Seeing Jun Mo Xie's frustrated and bitter face, everyone smiled until their eyes could not be seen, in a matter of enjoying the misfortune of others.
1155
1156Only Qiao Ying stood to the side with her brows furrowed as she looked at Jun Mo Xie with worry.
1157
1158She knew that Jun Mo Xie had a strange ability to make items disappear. The only question was just how powerful this ability was, and whether it could fit all these items. Looking at the entire mountain filled with red ribbons, she could not help but to gasp in her heart. If Jun Mo Xie really could bring everything he'd tagged away, Mount Heaven Saint's essence Qi would be greatly wounded…
1159
1160At the same time, she was also worried for Jun Mo Xie. If he couldn't take the stuff away… This fellow looked like an exceedingly clever person, but could it be that he'd actually allowed the vast amounts of spirit herbs, which clouded his judgement? Not even considering if he could bring everything away… After making such a huge blunder, he must be feeling extremely bad…
1161
1162Jun Mo Xie sighed endlessly, seemingly on the verge of being vexed to death. As he paced back and forth, he asked hopefully. "Seniors, if I kept my things here for the time being… After I get down from the mountain, I will immediately send my men up to bring them away. What do you say?"
1163
1164"That won't do! The boss had instructed before, that this time is the only exception! Furthermore, you are the only one allowed to take anything off this mountain. Besides… what kind of a sacred place is Mount Heaven Saint? How can we just let anyone come here as they pleased? Wouldn't that be too indecent?
1165
1166The bunch of old fellows instantly shook their heads vigorously. What a joke; it wasn't easy for us to be in such a jovial mood. If you did that, wouldn't our jokes be turned on ourselves? This brat is dreaming fancily in broad daylight, to think that he can clear out Mount Heaven Saint! When was there such a great thing in the world?
1167
1168Jun Mo Xie was somewhat flustered as he asked with red eyes. "This won't do, and that won't do as well. Should I just stand here and look then? I originally intended to take only a few of each type, retaining the Spiritual Qi of this place… Seniors, if you annoyed me, don't blame me for bringing everything I've chosen away!"
1169
1170An old fellow with his beard tied in two sides laughed coldly in response. "Jun Mo Xie, if you have the ability, you can take whatever you wish away. The few of us will certainly not stop you in the slightest! Why? You're intending to play foul now that you can't take anything away?"
1171
1172"Those were your words! If I really take away everything that I've chosen, you're not allowed to go back on your words, much less find some excuses to deal with my family and friends!" Jun Mo Xie said seriously.
1173
1174"Hahaha…" The tens of experts all laughed together. "Jun Mo Xie, what kind of people do you take us to be? This old man and the rest of us are all legends who held sway over the pugilistic world thousands of years ago. A word from us is as good as gold. We'll never go back on out words! With our reputation of thousands of years in the pugilistic world, are we people who eat our words?"
1175
1176"Good!" Jun Mo Xie looked as if he'd truly been forced to his limits and was about to play with his own life. "Although this method will harm my essence Qi greatly, it was you all who forced me! Men fight for a breath of air, and Buddhas vie for a stick of incense; If I don't take everything away, I would be looked down upon by you!"
1177
1178"If you have any abilities, you can display them as you please. Jun Mo Xie, this old man will remind you once more. After you go down the mountain today, in the future, not to mention sending people here; even you will not be allowed back up again!" Everyone looked at the flustered and furious look on Jun Mo Xie's face and could not help but sneer in disdain.
1179
1180Jun Mo Xie was furious, suddenly stretching his hands out seemingly exerting a great effort. His face was flushed, and his eyes were blazing with rage. Grunting loudly, he grabbed a thick Xuan Spiritual Tree beside him and roared, "COME UP FOR ME!"
1181
1182As his words landed, a light pop sound rang out, and the Xuan Spiritual Tree completely disappeared!
1183
1184In that moment, everyone fell silent as they stared with wide eyes with open mouths!
1185
1186How did such a large tree disappear just like that? This was too strange…
1187
1188Jun Mo Xie collapsed onto the ground on his butt and panted heavily. From the looks of it, he'd exerted himself too greatly after using his strange technique. However, a look of determination shone fiercely in his eyes still. It was as if he was bent on leaving with everything here, regardless of the price!
1189
1190Such a method was definitely something that would drain his own lifeforce! Otherwise, why would Jun Mo Xie's expression be so pale and deathly? He'd only taken a single tree away, but it seemed as if the effort had cost him half his life…
1191
1192Clearly, this was no longer a problem of taking away the spirit herbs; it was a matter of face! This Jun Mo Xie kid was obviously a person who viewed his face as more important than everything!
1193
1194Therefore, regardless of the results today, he would take all the treasures away even if it costed him his life!
1195
1196He was already tired to this extent just by a single tree. One could easily imagine what a great price he would have to pay to collect all of the ribboned items… Would he simply die of exhaustion?
1197
1198In that moment, all the undying old fellows began to feel somewhat guilty. Have we gone too far in forcing him?
1199
1200Jun Mo Xie panted a few time and stood up, walking in another direction in a determined manner. With a shu sound, another large Xuan Spiritual Tree disappeared…
1201
1202This time, Jun Mo Xie's face had turned completely red. However, he did not stop to rest as he stumbled unsteadily to the next tree.
1203
1204As three large Xuan Spiritual Trees disappeared, the entire thatched cottage collapsed. Jun Mo Xie panted heavily as he grunted, collecting the entire remains of the cottage away…
1205
1206T-t-this… everyone was completely stunned.
1207
1208Jun Mo Xie stumbled in a circle like a drunkard, plopped down on his butt and waved his hands determinedly. "Nobody try to dissuade me! Today, I must… bring everything away! Motherf*ckers… nothing anyone says can make me take this insult lying down! I, Jun Mo Xie, have never felt so belittled in my life before!"
1209
1210The crowd was completely speechless. Who's interested in dissuading you? It would be better if you exhausted yourself to death! It's just this much and you're already unable to endure. If… hmph hmph!
1211
1212Jun Mo Xie stumbled around unsteadily, collecting tree after tree, herb after herb… With every stalk collected, his face would become more and more pale, as if he would collapse at any moment… but ultimately, he did not fall!
1213
1214The crowd looked dumbly on as they followed behind him, watching tree after tree disappear, and house after house torn down… the entire side of Mount Heaven Saint had been turned into a patch of desolation…
1215
1216Jun Mo Xie crawled forward with great effort, but his stomach was practically cramping from laughing too much… Too enjoyable! What a great harvest ah… One tree, two trees, four trees… 70 trees… 90 trees… Wahahaha…
1217
1218How could Jun Mo Xie not know that he'd gone somewhat overboard? All the natural treasures on Mount Heaven Saint had been grown through over ten thousand years of accumulation ah! Even though he had Wu Shan Yun's promise, it was not a completely fail safe thing.
1219
1220If he incurred the wrath of the crowd, his own plan would go up in smoke! After all, these things here were their dwelling residence… Wanting to take everything away silently like that under the eyes of so many peak level experts… was more difficult than ascending to the heavens!
1221
1222Besides… even if he managed to take everything away safely, it didn't guarantee that they wouldn't take revenge! Jun Mo Xie and Mei Xue Yan may not be afraid of their vengeance, but that didn't mean that other people would not as well…
1223
1224Thus, this show that Jun Mo Xie was putting on was not plainly to toy with them… Firstly, he wanted to let them watch so that even if they decided to stop him halfway… he would have already collected quite a large number; they could only suffer a silent loss as well!
1225
1226Secondly… even if when they found out that they've been had… because they had already said it with their own mouths that they would not seek revenge, all the troubles would at most fall on his shoulders only. With the lofty pride of these people, they would only look for him to regain their face and wouldn't take their anger out on innocent people!
1227
1228The more ruthlessly Jun Mo Xie played with them now, the more they wouldn't lay their hands on other people before they dealt with him! And Jun Mo Xie… was also the least afraid of their vengeance! Even if he was forced to the end of his road, he could simply dodge into the Hongjun Pagoda and hide for a period of time… Even the gods would not be able to find him at that time!
1229
1230This time, he could consider it as having successfully harvested over 90 percent of all the materials he would need for his future pill refining needs! Furthermore… these materials were all living and fresh. In the Hongjun Pagoda, where the accumulation of Spiritual Qi was hundreds to a thousand times better than the outside world, the speed at which these spirit plants grew would be exceedingly quick as well! It was the equivalent of having an endless supply for the future as well…
1231
1232Zero investment and endless profits ah!
1233
1234The only thing he lost was probably his face. And… when had this Young Master ever cared about a simple thing like face?
1235
1236Under everyone's disbelieving gazes, Jun Mo Xie had slowly collected over 80 percent of his tagged items…
1237
1238Finally, all the experts realized that something was wrong. F*ck! This kid has already torn down over half of all the thatched cottages. And practically all of the spirit plants with advanced maturity have been plucked clean…
1239
1240This fellow… that half dead expression on his face hasn't changed at all from the beginning! T-this… isn't this just toying with us?!
1241
1242"STOP!" A white haired old man roared and charged over with a frosty expression. "Jun Mo Xie, to think that you actually used such sinister tricks to toy with us. Was it very fun? The ten thousand years of accumulation of our Mount Heaven Saint were actually destroyed like that in your hands! Jun Mo Xie, you've gone too far! Stop immediately and return everything you took!"
1243
1244As his words rang out, those who were still stuck in confusion instantly realized as well.
1245
1246"Return it?" Jun Mo Xie panted and straightened his back with great effort. "Brother, are you joking with me? That was a promise that came out of your own mouth! You said that it wouldn't matter even if I carried away the entire mountain! Wasn't that your joint agreement? You want to go back on your words now? One should not be so shameless as a person, okay?"
1247
1248The spirit plants had already been kept away, and the other party suddenly wanted to go back on his word. Jun Mo Xie did not even bother with calling 'Senior' now, directly turning it into 'Brother'.
1249
1250The faces of all the old fellows instantly turned red. Although it was true that they'd said that, who would have thought that this kid would be so perversely overpowered? Since the start of time, had anyone seen someone grabbing things in such a manner? F*ck, this kid was simply too sly…
1251
1252"Hmph! We've only promised you a portion; who said you could take everything away? Could it be that we must be responsible for all the jokes that we tell as well?" The old man's face turned a funny shade of purple as he insisted forcefully. "We've also claimed before that we would pluck the moon out of the sky… however, is that possible?"
1253
1254"That may be so, but I've indeed done it!" Jun Mo Xie narrowed his eyes and said. "So you're prepared to tear down all pretenses and throw your face away? It's one thing if the three Holy Lands are like that; after all, they're a bunch of hypocrites. But to think that your Heaven Saint Palace is also full of this kind of people? How disappointing. To think that a person's face can be thick to such an extent!"
1255
1256"Jun Mo Xie, there's no point in winning a contention of the tongue. There's so many of us here… Did you think that you can really leave?" The old man snorted coldly and continued. "A man who can recognize the facts of a situation is a paragon among men. Put the things down first, and we will naturally not make things difficult for you… You can bring away a portion, but you cannot bring everything away!"
1257
1258"Teng Chong Jie, that's not too good, right?" Qiao Ying furrowed her brows lightly. "I am also very angry that Jun Mo Xie thrashed our Heaven Saint Palace into such a state. However… this is, after all, something that everyone had agreed on and promised together. Now, the other party had managed to accomplish it, but you want to go back on your words… That's not very glorious, right? If word of this spreads out, where will our Heaven Saint Palace put our face?"
1259
1260"This matter has nothing to do with the Heaven Saint Palace! It's this old man that's going back on my words…" The old expert's face twitched, but he still gritted his teeth and said. "If he really took everything away like this, the essence Qi of our Heaven Saint Palace will not recover for several thousand years! This old man cannot bear such a consequence, and neither can you!"
1261
1262Chapter 919: Leaving With a Wave of the Sleeves
1263
1264Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
1265
1266
1267
1268"But that is not an excuse to be shameless and despicable!" Qiao Ying berated with her face flushed with anger. "If you couldn't afford to take the loss, you shouldn't exaggerate and promise so generously just now! When you were belittling others and making ridiculous bets while watching the misfortune of others, why didn't I see you stop at all? Do you only know to fear now?"
1269
1270"Fear? Qiao Ying, don't you know that this matter is no longer about the fears of a single person? This matter concerns the future of the entire Heaven Saint Palace! And no matter what, this matter had begun with this Jun Mo Xie brat scheming behind the scenes! He already had a plan long ago, giving us all kinds of false impressions to lure us to make the wrong judgements." Teng Chong Jie raised his voice. "This old man naturally needs to demand an explanation for being toyed with like that. Even if we have to break our promise, it's only fair!"
1271
1272Snorting heavily, he continued. "Besides… this matter has now become a personal grievance between Jun Mo Xie and I! It has nothing to do with the Heaven Saint Palace! Qiao Ying, if you still think of yourself as part of the Heaven Saint Palace, please stop speaking. In order to resolve this personal grievance, even if I have to lower my status and be looked at as a person who bullies the young, I still don't care!
1273
1274Qiao Ying was so angered that her eyes were open completely wide, and she practically couldn't say a single word.
1275
1276"HAHAHA…" Jun Mo Xie suddenly laughed aloud. "Personal grievance… you really make it sound good ah! I finally see where the shamelessness of the three Holy Lands comes from. So this is how it is! Indeed, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant as well! So what if it's an expert above the Saint Emperor realm! Teng Chong Jie… you were certainly born with a good mouth ah… I, Jun Mo Xie, could be said to have truly opened my eyes today!"
1277
1278"It doesn't matter what you say! Today, if you don't leave the treasures behind and give us an explanation, you can forget about leaving Mount Heaven Saint!" Not just Teng Chong Jie, the others also stepped forward, their auras locked rigidly onto Jun Mo Xie!
1279
1280From the looks of it, the situation had turned extremely volatile!
1281
1282"Who dares to attack!" Qiao Ying's body flashed and she appeared before Jun Mo Xie, blocking in front of him. Her face was completely flushed red with anger, and her heart was filled with fear, rage, and some embarrassment!
1283
1284While she felt quite a bit of heartache for all the spirit plants, she was even more enraged by the shamelessness of her people…
1285
1286To think that these hermit experts of Mount Heaven Saint, all peak experts of the world, would be capable of such actions. It was one thing to renege on their own promise and fail to keep faith with their words. But to actually use their strength to bully the weak… Although Jun Mo Xie was standing on the side of reason, he had indeed been too greedy to take so many things. But… since they've agreed, they should not regret it!
1287
1288If a person's words could not even be trusted, how could others depend on them to hold the skies up?!
1289
1290"Haha…" Jun Mo Xie laughed lightly and gently pushed Qiao Ying to the side as he shook his head. "It's best if you did not interfere in this matter! After all, you're ultimately a person of the Heaven Saint Palace!"
1291
1292Looking at the 40, 50 people in front, he scoffed lightly. "At this point, there seems to be no more leeway for talking. Everyone's actions… have caused me to be utterly disappointed! I, Jun Mo Xie, had never known that a person's face… could be so worthless! I at first thought that the legendary Heaven Saint Palace would at least be somewhat different. Although you all wouldn't agree to me taking the spirit plants away, it wouldn't reach such a point… but quite clearly, I thought too fancily; all of you are tarred from the same brush!"
1293
1294Young Master Jun paused for a moment and said with some disdain, "Although I haven't collected everything that I've tagged, you guys can keep the rest… As for the bets you made earlier… based on the thickness of your face, I will not hold any hopes of you fulfilling them; keke, in that case, this Young Master will be going now… Everyone, the blue mountains never grow old and the green waters flow on forever. We will meet again someday in the pugilistic world."
1295
1296"You actually still want to leave?!" Teng Chong Jie had just finished this word when his eyes widened with disbelief. Jun Mo Xie's face was still carrying that disdain and look of ridicule as it slowly faded out of sight, completely disappearing.
1297
1298"Where did he go? Where is he?!" Everyone sent their spiritual sense out to search. With the strength of these powerful experts, there probably wasn't anyone in this world who could easily slip away from their senses. Even the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master was not an exception. However, their search actually yielded no results, causing them all to be incredibly shocked.
1299
1300"Qiao Ying, use your All Seeing Eye and help us look; where is that kid hiding?! If we let him escape like this… the reputation of our Heaven Saint Palace will be greatly wounded…" Teng Chong Jie gritted his teeth and cried out.
1301
1302"Our Heaven Saint Palace's reputation will be gone? Hasn't our Heaven Saint Palace lost all our face long ago?! Is it still lacking this much?" Qiao Ying harrumphed lightly, her face as cold as frost as she turned and left. Her heart was filled with extreme disappointment. Was this… the Heaven Saint Palace that she'd stayed with for over a thousand years? Was it still the Holy Lands that lived to protect the Xuan Xuan Continent? *Why does it… feel so unfamiliar? *
1303
1304Although Qiao Ying had left by herself, the crowd was still searching madly. Each of them was an old expert with a wealth of experience. They immediately spreaded out in all directions and combed downwards, securing all the critical points. Some even went all the way down the mountain and blocked the exit.
1305
1306As long as Jun Mo Xie was still on the mountain, even if his movement techniques were more mysterious, it would still be difficult for him to escape!
1307
1308Looking at Qiao Ying's departing backview, Teng Chong Jie spat with rage, "What's she being cocky about? If the Heaven Saint Palace is destroyed, does she think she will have a good ending?"
1309
1310Qiao Ying, who was far away, now heard his words. However, she did not react at all, save for her face turning even colder as she continued silently towards her own room.
1311
1312At this time, the entire Mount Heaven Saint was completely stirred up…
1313
1314When Wu Shan Yun came out of his seclusion, he very nearly fainted.
1315
1316But after he heard about the events of the entire matter, surprisingly, he grew much calmer, only saying a single sentence. "If he took it away then, so be it… the more he took… the better."
1317
1318After that, he no longer said anything about the matter. It was as if he didn't feel any heartache about the things that Jun Mo Xie had taken away. In fact, he even seemed… somewhat relieved.
1319
1320He finally took them away…
1321
1322This kind of strange reaction was completely baffling to the crowd. Nobody would have thought that this boss who'd always viewed those spirit plants so preciously would actually be so calm after encountering this matter.
1323
1324Could he have gone crazy with anger?
1325
1326The same went for those old seniors who had just come out of seclusion as well. When they just came out, their faces were also filled with fury. However, all of them turned calm later as well…
1327
1328That was truly strange!
1329
1330Jun Mo Xie did not depart immediately after descending Mount Heaven Saint. He checked out the neighboring mountains and even went to investigate the bases of the three Holy Lands in detail.
1331
1332Finally, he turned around and went towards the Pillar of Heavens Mountain.
1333
1334With the War for Seizing the Heavens being situated here, he couldn't not take a look.
1335
1336When he got closer, he realized the true grandeur of this huge mountain. Even the rocks here were different from the other mountains'. They had a unique luster to them, looking like a mixture of rock and jade. They were also exceedingly hard.
1337
1338Jun Mo Xie grabbed a fist sized rock and tested it in his hand. In that moment, he could not help but feel slightly shocked. The sturdiness of even a rock on this Pillar of Heavens Mountains was much harder than a normal rock! With his current strength, he still needed to use 50 percent of his strength to crush it!
1339
1340Furthermore, this was just a small piece that he'd found on the outer layers. It was a piece of rock that'd been eroded by countless years of wind and weather! In that case, just how hard were rocks at the core of this mountain…
1341
1342Looking up, he only saw an endless expanse of clouds, and it was impossible to see the peak of the mountain! Furthermore, that single look was enough for him to clearly feel a crushing pressure surging downwards, giving one a feeling of anxiousness…
1343
1344A feeling like this was truly somewhat strange for Jun Mo Xie.
1345
1346This was just a mountain after all; could it be that it even had an aura like a martial expert? Jun Mo Xie steeled his heart and ascended with shocking speed up the side of the mountain.
1347
1348The further up he climbed, the heavier the pressure became. When he'd reached the six, seven thousand mark, he already could feel somewhat exhausted. It was as if a divine being were using its power to prevent mortals from ascending to the peak where gods existed.
1349
1350Jun Mo Xie roused his cultivation, ascending another 5,000 meters. When he looked up again, he still couldn't see the top of the mountain… At this point, he was at least 10,000 meters away from ground level…
1351
1352Jun Mo Xie could not help but to laugh bitterly. "Even Mount Everest on Earth is roughly only about 8,000 something meters tall. But I've already climbed for over 10,000 meters, yet I'm only halfway up… how disgustingly tall…"
1353
1354But at this time, Jun Mo Xie also finally understood why he had been able to see this Pillar of Heavens Mountain back then from several thousand li away. From the looks of it, the rocks on this mountain were not just sturdy; they could also reflect light, having an amplifying effect as well. With billions of these rocks stacked together… such a unique scene appeared…
1355
1356When he attempted to dive into the mountain, Jun Mo Xie discovered that his Yin Yang Escape Art seemed to have lost its magical abilities on this Pillar of Heavens Mountains…
1357
1358The entire mountain seemed to be some kind of giant, restrictive treasure. Such a discovery caused Jun Mo Xie to feel incredibly shocked!
1359
1360Who was it that had such heaven defying ability?!
1361
1362Moreover, this mountain… was simply too huge!
1363
1364Originally, Young Master Jun had still intended to continue upwards. However, he discovered that he couldn't go any higher. Sighing lightly, he shook his head. No wonder nobody could flip over to the other side by scaling this Pillar of Heavens Mountains… Human strength was limited. Right now, he could only go this far. But in the future, he would definitely unravel this mystery…
1365
1366Turning around, Jun Mo Xie set out toward the North… He'd left Tian Xiang City for a long time now, and it seemed like it was time to go back and take a look… Right now, he no longer had that many inhibitions, so he didn't have to worry about anything…
1367
1368En, there's still the Seven Colored Holy Fruit. Misty Illusory Manor… that was a place that he definitely needed to go to. At this point, he could only take one step at a time. When he got more news about Cao Guo Feng and the rest, he would make further preparations at that time…
1369
1370Jun Mo Xie considered for a moment and set off towards the North with wide steps.
1371
1372Chapter 920: Excitement over the Continent
1373
1374Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
1375
1376
1377
1378This time, Jun Mo Xie didn't choose to travel by foot.
1379
1380The path leading out of the mountainous area stretched up to tens of thousands of miles. It would take Jun Mo Xie or even Mei Xue Yan a few days to exit. Jun Mo Xie clearly had no time to waste.
1381
1382The most crucial thing for him now was the fact that the War for Seizing the Heavens was nearing!
1383
1384Despite the irreconcilable grudges between him and the three Holy Lands and his nonchalant attitude towards the survival of the Xuan Xuan Continent, he couldn't help despise the foreign race.
1385
1386There was no clear-cut reason for the disdain. Perhaps it could be attributed to Jun Mo Xie's innate extreme nationalism carried over from his past life or the disgusting fact that the foreign races were hermaphrodites.
1387
1388Therefore, even if the three Holy Lands decided to allow the foreign races to enter the Xuan Xuan Xuan Continent, Jun Mo Xie would not agree! Not only must they win the War for Seizing the Heavens, Jun Mo Xie would fight back and invade into the foreign lands to exterminate the foreign races.
1389
1390It was an extremely crazy plan!
1391
1392So, time was now so precious to Jun Mo Xie! There was less than half a year left until the war. More training was necessary for the Heaven Destroyer and Spirit Devourer and the other assassins not only for the sake of self defense, but also this final intrusion!
1393
1394In Jun Mo Xie's opinion, the War for Seizing the Heavens had become a gimmick or a convenient tool for some people to acquire fame and benefits. All it would do was to further destabilize the continent.
1395
1396The best solution would be tackling the root cause by eradicating the enemy! Jun Mo Xie never acknowledged that he was a heroic figure with great ambitions, but this time, he was going to make some difference!
1397
1398Jun Mo Xie immediately initiated the Yin Yang Escape and drove himself to his personal speed limit. In merely a day, he crossed the Mountain of Mortals and returned to the secular world.
1399
1400However, he was surprised to find out that the secular world had undergone a tremendous change, leaving it totally unfamiliar to him. The whole world was filled with excitement. It was especially true among the Xuan Qi practitioners as they gossiped on with exaggeration about the Evil Monarch that shocked the world!
1401
1402They had heard that the Evil Monarch led his subordinates to victory against the three Holy Lands and almost slaughtered the entire team the three Holy Lands had sent!
1403
1404As the news spread across the continent like a storm, the Evil Monarch had become an idol for every Xuan cultivator on the continent…
1405
1406Jun Mo Xie withdrew Yin Yang Escape and revealed himself strolling across the town into a restaurant. After a few days of eating dried food and wildlife, Jun Mo Xie was craving for some real food.
1407
1408He was only a thousand miles away from the Tian Xiang City. It was far for a normal person, but only half an hour for Jun Mo Xie. Therefore, Jun Mo Xie was not as hurried as the day before. He had to satisfy his stomach. After all, in work and life, balance was important…
1409
1410Also, on his way here, he had ordered all the flying Xuan Beast of Tian Fa to look for the men from the Misty Illusory Manor. They still definitely needed time and Jun Mo Xie had no choice but wait.
1411
1412Just as he entered the restaurant, the hustle and bustle hit him like a shock wave, striking him with the reality that he was back. Although Jun Mo Xie had accustomed to loneliness, he still felt a warmth up his chest as he returned from the silent blend of endless green and gray in the mountains.
1413
1414Just as he sat down, a man behind him said emotionally, "The Evil Monarch! Wow, he is so powerful! His opponents were the three Holy Lands! Do you know who are they? They are the best over the continent! Never surpassed by others for ten thousand years! And they were destroyed by the Evil Monarch! Totally destroyed!"
1415
1416Another voice agreed, "Yes, he is indeed an amazing figure! Brother Lu, do you know how he looks like? I heard that he's originally the Third Young Master Jun of the Jun Family from the Tian Xiang City! Do you think it's true?"
1417
1418The first guy smirked and said with contempt as if he was an all-knowing prophet. "Brother Wang… I'm afraid you're really badly informed! Those are just baseless rumors! Matching the Evil Monarch with someone like Jun Mo Xie is a huge disrespect to him! Hehe, Brother Wang, I warn you not to spread these baseless rumors or it might infuriate the followers of the Evil Monarch! No one would be able to intervene even if they want to kill you!"
1419
1420Upon hearing this, Wang immediately became tense as he looked around and said softly, "Thank you, Brother Lu, for reminding me. I was wrong just now! How can I compare a kid like Jun Mo Xie to the great Evil Monarch."
1421
1422Jun Mo Xie was flabbergasted. How could he expect that he had already become a heroic figure with so much fame and honor?
1423
1424The most ridiculous part was that they rejected the idea that the Evil Monarch was Jun Mo Xie. Jun Mo Xie was really dazed. He couldn't take it anymore as he rubbed his face and turned around to greet Mr. Lu with a warm smile. "Good day, brother!"
1425
1426"Good day! How may I help you?" Seeing Jun Mo Xie's courteous manner, they greeted him back politely.
1427
1428"Ah, I would say it's just a small favor. I heard the two of you mention the Evil Monarch, and I'm very curious about the topic," Jun Mo Xie replied politely.
1429
1430"Haha. Then you have found the right person. I'm famous for knowing much insider information." Mr. Lu stroke his own mustache and smiled proudly.
1431
1432"Oh? Can you… give me more details?" Jun Mo Xie appeared more eager to know.
1433
1434"Erm… Hmmm… I'm thirsty and my wallet is emptying. Maybe I will tell you next time." Mr. Lu squinted his eyes and smiled in a sly way.
1435
1436"Fret not, brother! If you can inform me well, I will treat you this meal! Waiter! More wine and dishes please!"
1437
1438Jun Mo Xie waved his hand generously. However, he was feeling a bit uneasy inside. I'm trying to know what they have to say about me and I got scammed. How hilarious it will be if others knew! But I really wonder what happened, making me so famous!
1439
1440"Haha… Young Master, you're so generous. I will definitely tell you all the details I know!" Mr. Lu instantly became as willing as ever and laughed forthrightly.
1441
1442Chapter 921: Legend of the Evil Monarch
1443
1444Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
1445
1446
1447
1448"Kindly tell, I am all ears."
1449
1450"They say that the Evil Monarch is a rare prodigy amongst all of the 10,000 years of Xuan Xuan Continent's history. Truly a peerless, unmatched talent of his own generation. And he is old and devious, full of rigorous schemes and deep foresight, unrivaled in his heroism…" Brother Lu opened is mouth and all sorts of flattery spewed out. Jun Mo Xie was full of smiles from hearing this, and every single pore of his body felt snuggly warm…
1451
1452What a pleasant feeling. Although what he was saying was the truth, but it was still a little excessive, and his choice of works was not very apt… *What does he mean by old and devious; this Young Master is in the prime of his youth; how can you say I'm 'old'… *
1453
1454"… rumors have it that this Evil Monarch focuses greatly on his own cultivation. Actually, he was already invincible in this world numerous years ago, but for the sake of improving his own strength, he concealed and hid for 500 years, 500 whole years ah… Haha, just this steadiness of the Evil Monarch is already very impressive! Not flying for thousand years, the moment he flew, he soared straight into the heavens. Not making a single noise for a thousand years, the moment he cried, it shocked the world! Finally in his first battle after returning again, he destroyed such a huge opponent like the three Holy Lands…"
1455
1456"Hold up… Brother Lu, you just said that… this Evil Monarch was already peerless but he went into seclusion for 500 years?" Jun Mo Xie widened his eyes. *The f*ck! When did this daddy go into seclusion for 500 years? How come I'm not aware of it myself? And invincible a long time ago? If I'm really that capable, then will I still need to run? *
1457
1458"The conduct of experts is a profound mystery! But there is concrete evidence on this, and not a single bit of it is false! I swear upon it with my life! The great Evil Monarch is definitely the number one person in the world!" That Brother Lu hit his chest and swore.
1459
1460The corner of Jun Mo Xie's lips twitched. Could it be that this person is not the same 'Evil Monarch' that was referring to me? There is someone else? He forced a smile and said with great difficulty, "Please do continue to speak."
1461
1462"Hehe, there are many people spreading that the Evil Monarch is the Third Young Master Jun Mo Xie of the Jun Family in Tian Xiang City! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Brother Lu cackled loudly, expressing his disagreement on this piece of information. "This saying is just ridiculous! When Jun Mo Xie wrecked havoc in Tian Xiang City, he was quite the figure, but… if we are comparing this Young Master of a worldly family and the Old Evil Monarch, there is still a difference of several streets!"
1463
1464"No, it'll be an insult to the Evil Monarch saying that they only have a difference of several streets. The disparity between the two is heaven and earth, and there is no way of comparing them! They can't even be compared together!" After making this remark, this Brother Lu seemed to noticed that he may have flattered Jun Mo Xie a tad too much, so he added, "What is Jun Mo Xie even? He is just merely a slightly capable Young Master; compared to the Evil Monarch, he is not even worthy of carrying his shoes! Discussing the two of them in comparison is the greatest insult to the Evil Monarch! This daddy will not tolerate it!"
1465
1466Jun Mo Xie was instantly at a loss for words. *This person… was praising him, and insulting him at the same time… how should I handle this? *
1467
1468"The Evil Monarch has the air of an immortal, standing at about nine meters, his waist is wide, he is amiable looking, and his face round like the moon, with a mouth full of protruding teeth…" Brother Lu described, spitting saliva everywhere.
1469
1470"Um… the two of you enjoy, I suddenly feel some discomfort in my stomach and need to go relieve myself…" Jun Mo Xie held his stomach, feeling as if he were about to suffer internal injuries. This situation was more terrifying than going through a devil's bite…
1471
1472Even when this daddy faced all the experts from the three Holy Lands, I didn't suffer any internal injuries once, but today, under this scoundrel's words, I'm on the verge of transmigrating back… This is really too impressive.
1473
1474Casually tossing some silver, Young Master Jun grabbed his belly and slipped away, not even bothering about eating anymore. He quickly went down the stairs and left.
1475
1476But that Brother Lu just had to holler, "Hey! This young master, I have yet to finish saying… I know insider information on this matter the best; there are still exclusive scoops on the Evil Monarch that I'm sure you'll be interested in…"
1477
1478"The f*ck I'll be interested!" Jun Mo Xie cursed mentally, vanishing with a whoosh. That Brother Lu was giggling himself silly while stroking the silver on his table. I*'ve struck it rich! To think it's so much! Hahaha… *
1479
1480Young Master Jun who had heard shocking news but not filled his stomach was feeling indignant, so he found another slightly more lavish restaurant and went up, only to realize that this place was the same as the previous one, everyone discussing and claiming that they knew all the 'insider info'. Jun Mo Xie had learnt to be smarter and did not continue to fish for information. He randomly found a table and ordered his food. Right now, filling his stomach was his priority. He only perked up his ears and listened silently.
1481
1482Halfway through his meal, he suddenly heard noises from the stairs. One old man walked up, holding a huqin. He pulled at the bow a couple of times and paused, gesturing a greeting to everyone and said, "As the saying goes, rely on your parents at home, rely on friends when you are out. This old man tells stories for a living, and I've come here to invite everyone to listen, if you have money, do give generously; if you don't, I'm thankful for your presence… Today, I'll be talking about 'The Evil Monarch's fury, the three Holy Lands' defeat!"
1483
1484Someone yelled, "Old man, we all know of this; we could almost memorize it already. You should just change to something new."
1485
1486Someone else shouted, "There's no harm in hearing it again, hearing it gets the blood raging every time; it's quite exhilarating, do get around to speaking!"
1487
1488That old man laughed proudly and said, "Everyone may not be aware, what I'm about to say today is the absolute insider information of this matter; there is nothing that can be missed! Everyone, please be patient…" Then, he pulled his huqin twice and slowly began to tell his story.
1489
1490Jun Mo Xie was getting all excited from listening. This story of the Evil Monarch coming from this storyteller had become a tale that shook one to the core! Unimaginable complications, the thrills in the fight and battle, and the grudges behind this matter were slowly unveiled…
1491
1492The more Jun Mo Xie listened, the more his mind began to wander. *This old fellow really made this Evil Monarch sound like an open and honest man, so heroic! Truly everyone's idol ah… *
1493
1494This guy was a little too engrossed, clearly forgetting that he himself was the main lead of that story. Yet this really could not be blamed on Young Master Jun. The things that the Evil Monarch this story-teller mentioned, no matter which one, was a complete stranger to Jun Mo Xie… He was literally listening to a story that had nothing to do with him, but it was being delivered in such an exciting manner, so how could one not be hooked? From start to end, only a few key words were used to link things together, but everything else was not done by Young Master Jun at all!
1495
1496Not only Young Master Jun, everyone else present was also thoroughly captivated. "… After the Evil Monarch heard of this, he was instantly enraged! He punched a giant hole into the heavens, yelling. 'The three Holy Lands are too overboard! This Evil Monarch swears to not rest until I die!' And so, he ordered for all the experts under him to gather. As such, one dragon, two phoenixes, three tigers, four panthers, five bears, six lions, seven wolves, eight cranes, nine demons led 36 devils, 72 fiends, 108 soldiers, 365 Spirit Xuan and set off immediately, issuing a letter of challenge to the three Holy Lands! The situation was tense, and the moment it set off, the entire world was in trouble and doomed!"
1497
1498"… after the three Holy Lands received the letter of challenge, they refused to back off and replied, 'If you want to battle, then we shall battle!' Thus both sides made an agreement: on the third day of the third month, they shall determine the winner with thirty three rounds of battle! When that day came, the winds howled and thunder roared! Blood flowed like river, and corpses piled like mountains! There was even a poem: The Evil Monarch is enraged, how could the three Holy Lands take it lying down? Thirty three rounds of battle that shook the heavens and earth; the wind remained cold even till now! If you'd like to know what ensued, please stay tuned…"
1499
1500The huqin began to play. Then, this old man brought out a plate and walked before everyone, bowing to seek some form of tips for his storytelling…
1501
1502Everyone was completely enthralled by the story, but were left hanging from how he stopped at such a crucial point. They casually tossed a few coins and urged him, "Continue to say, goddamnit, how could you stop at a juncture like this? Hurry up and continue, hurry, hurry!"
1503
1504That old man smiled courteously, nodding his head and bowing as he said, "Life is tough for me… Cough cough, but since everyone present is so kind… then I shall make an exception once and continue to…"
1505
1506He had barely finished his sentence when there was a huge bag of silver on his plate. A burly man in robes said, "Hurry up and continue; if you do it well, this master will have great rewards!"
1507
1508That old man was elated, thanking profusely. He turned around and tugged at his huqin and continuing his tale. "On the last episode…"
1509
1510Young Master Jun finally broke down…
1511
1512Because the contents of this story, which was also this 'absolute insider info', was because the Evil Monarch's lover was forced into an arranged marriage, fleeing far away, but was caught and brought back. Apparently some boss in the three Holy Lands had fallen madly in love for the Evil Monarch's lover, refusing to call it quits until he got here, so the Evil Monarch was enraged for his lover…
1513
1514To think that it was actually a love dispute…
1515
1516Jun Mo Xie couldn't help but recall back then when Chu Qi Hun's reputation was spreading, and the pugilistic world also seemed to be spreading that it was because some boss from the three Holy Lands had snatched Chu Qi Hun's wife, causing Chu Qi Hun to seek revenge and assassinate heartlessly!
1517
1518*F*ck, can't you change the pattern? *
1519
1520*Besides… even that old Wu Shan Yun who had lived for 3000 over years… how many people's wives did he snatch all these years… He should've stopped thinking about such things a long time ago, right? 3000 years; isn't he sick of it? Can that thing of his still stand? It's already an old item since 3000 years ago… it can f*cking be auctioned as an antique… *
1521
1522Young Master Jun who was on the verge of collapse subconsciously took his last big mouthful of food and drank the last cup of wine and stumbled out unsteadily from the restaurant. Of course, with his alcohol tolerance, this tiny bit of alcohol couldn't do anything to him even without the suppression from Xuan Qi. But he was essentially giddy from listening to that old man…