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1Chapter 450: Flying City on Land
2Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
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6The dragon qilin stepped on fire clouds while heading southwest. Heavenly Province Sect was right in front of them, and its two mountains were like a heavenly gate. There were all kinds of palaces on them.
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8Yue Qingshan was heading to Heavenly Province Sect when he suddenly sensed something and turned back to see the dragon qilin carrying Qin Mu on his back.
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10Yue Qingshan jumped in shock and immediately stopped. 'His speed is so fast! If I go back to the sect and snitch on him, he might just kill me right there!'
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12The dragon qilin stopped and Qin Mu greeted him. Yue Qingshan returned the greeting.
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14"Why isn't Brother Yue attending Flowery Mountain Festival and is returning back to Heavenly Province Sect?" Qin Mu asked with a friendly expression.
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16Yue Qingshen immediately smiled at him. "I'm ugly and it's hard for me to please a beauty, so there's no point in participating in Flowery Mountain Festival."
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18Qin Mu smile grew warm. "How is Brother Yue ugly? You have the look of a talent and would definitely win a beauty's heart. It's best if you go back to attend Flowery Mountain Festival."
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20Yue Qingshan's hair stood up on ends. The last time Qin Mu had said a similar phrase was when he had executed Sword of Founding Emperor Sea of Blood and killed four experts on the spot!
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22Now he repeated it, if Yue Qingshan wasn't tactful and insisted on returning to the mountain, what awaited him was probably a sword to end his life!
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24"Much thanks to Cult Master Qin's auspicious words."
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26Yue Qingshan gave his thanks and turned to return to Fragrant Bloom City.
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28Qin Mu saw him off before letting the dragon qilin hurry up on their way, taking a detour around Heavenly Province Sect.
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30Yue Qingshan saw Fragrant Bloom City from far away and turned back to take a look, thinking to himself, 'True Heaven Palace ordered his arrest so if my sect could take him down and make our relationship with True Heaven Palace closer, my position in the sect would definitely rise greatly!'
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32He planned to return when he saw a huge giant-shaped mountain in the barren plains. It left him stunned. He then saw the shattered roads and the destruction caused by the sound waves.
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34Numerous experts of Yu Family were flying over the limbs of Yu Family's old grandmother while bawling loudly.
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36'Yu family's old grandmother is also dead?'
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38Yue Qingshan was stunned for a time, then went straight to Fragrant Bloom City. 'Even the old grandmother of Yu Family couldn't stop him with a huge mountain, so it would definitely be difficult for our Heavenly Province Sect to catch him. It is better to avoid unnecessary trouble so why don't I just meet with the beauties.'
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40"Bamboo City is right ahead."
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42Two days later, Qin Mu stood on the head of the dragon qilin with the geographical map of West Earth in his hands. He carefully checked and matched the astronomical phenomenon and said happily, "After reaching Bamboo City, we won't be far from True Heaven Palace. Fatty Dragon, you have been hard working lately, running very quickly this time."
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44The last two days, the dragon qilin didn't become lazy and worked very hard. With his leg power, traveling twenty thousand miles a day, they would take half a day at most to reach True Heaven Palace.
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46Along the way, they had met quite a lot of trouble. With the order of arrest from True Heaven Palace, there were numerous divine arts practitioners searching for his traces, and there had been quite a few fierce battles.
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48However, a battle as fierce as Yu Family's bell swinging mountain giant did not repeat. The battle power of the bell swinging mountain giant was simply too terrifying and those who could possess such treasures were usually influential families. The preparation time for this kind of weapon was too long so they had to have an awakened mountain giant in advance or something under a seal.
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50The dragon qilin's speed was very fast, so unless someone knew where he was going, it was impossible for them to prepare in advance to intercept him.
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52On the journey, Qin Mu had experienced the strangeness of West Earth's paths, skills and, divine arts. Other than using mountains and rivers as weapons, the divine arts practitioners of West Earth would also raise some monsters.
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54They would enlighten some strange beasts and awaken the spirits. By rising them since they were young, they would make them extremely loyal. On top of that, strange beasts were also their spirit weapons. They would be used as such, and when compared to mountain spirits and earth spirits, they were much more nimble and versatile.
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56West Earth's paths, skills and divine arts of all things having spirits was truly an eye-opener.
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58The dragon qilin sprinted, and they got closer and closer to Bamboo City. It was mostly a mountainous land before it, and they would meet divine arts practitioners rushing through the sky from time to time. Most of them were riding flying strange beasts.
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60Qin Mu raised his eyebrows at many divine arts practitioners of West Earth monitoring his movements.
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62'We are being monitored again, looks like we can't enter Bamboo City. There will definitely be traps laid there! We can only go through the wilderness."
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64Qin Mu's consciousness pulsed as he used the communication method of Heavenly Feathers to alert the dragon qilin. He then took in a long breath which filled his whole chest.
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66Whoosh.
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68He spewed out all that air and instantly, fog spread in all directions, covering over ten miles of the sky.
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70The dragon qilin immediately sank into the woods. The divine arts practitioners rushed into the fog to search, but when the fog dispersed, Qin Mu and the rest were long gone.
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72"Young master is here!" a divine arts practitioners suddenly announced nervously.
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74A precious carriage flew over, with phoenixes pulling it along. In the carriage was a youth who looked stout but not fat. Beside him were numerous women accompanying him.
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76What was strange was that in West Earth women were clearly in a higher social position, but in front of that youth, the women of True Heaven Palace could only act servile and not be reckless.
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78Numerous divine arts practitioners greeted the newcomer. "Young Master Yu!"
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80Young Master Yu surveyed the surroundings and smiled. "He still managed to escape? It's no wonder. Back when I led everyone to chase after Nai Kui, he also interfered and let Nai Kui escape. That was in Great Ruins and not West Earth so I couldn't be reckless. Now that we're in my land, it's slightly childish if he still thinks he can escape from my grasp."
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82The youth was none other than Yu Bochuan who had chased after Xiong Xiyu and her daughter. He was the son of the palace master of True Heaven Palace, and even though he was young, his methods were ruthless and he was deceitful in many ways.
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84Xiong Xiyu had been the palace master of True Heaven Palace until she was overthrown by Yu Family. Yu Bochuan's cultivation wasn't considered great, but he could lead a crowd to chase after her, who was a cult master level existence, and nearly sent her to death after killing the strong practitioners beside her one by one. It showed Yu Bochuan's abilities.
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86His schemes were deep and extraordinary.
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88Yu Bochaun gently nodded, and a female of True Heaven Palace flew up to execute her divine art. Suddenly, the white clouds in the sky wiggled and transformed into an arrow shape that pointed downward.
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90The carriage drove into the forest below, and another woman stomped her foot. Numerous rocks started to roll together and formed a rock giant which pointed in the direction Qin Mu had left while saying, "The person riding a huge beast went that way."
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92The woman then dispersed her divine art, and the stone giant crumbled back into a pile of rocks.
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94Phoenixes pulled the carriage forward while Yu Bochuan sat in it with a smile. "In West Earth, no one can escape the tracking of our True Heaven Palace. The previous Nai Kui couldn't, and it's even more impossible for this Cult Master Qin."
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96"Young master, this time it was the grandmaster of the golden palace who came to inform us, asking Elder Bi of our True Heaven Palace to arrest this Cult Master Qin."
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98A woman of True Heaven Palace smiled in a charming way. "Elder Bi and the grandmaster of the golden palace have old ties, so ordering the arrest was expected. That grandmaster borrowed the power of our True Heaven Palace to get rid of a strong enemy so he will owe a favor to our True Heaven Palace. But why is young master helping him personally?"
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100Yu Bochuan smiled. "I'm not helping Grandmaster, instead, I'm meeting Cult Master Qin. I had suffered a loss under his hand the previous time and let him snatch Green Dragon Bead away, which is a precious treasure. Since he dared to barge into our West Earth again, I naturally have to teach him a lesson.
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102"Besides, coming to West Earth this time, he must have ill intentions. I suspect his motive isn't just simply touring around. Since he saved the previous Nai Kui and the little princess, I'm afraid he is going to try to help her snatch back the seat of the princess. With him around, Nai Kui is definitely not too far away!"
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104His gaze became cold and he said indifferently, "Even though my mother has become the master of True Heaven Palace, as long as she doesn't give birth to a little princess, her seat of palace master won't be firm. Nai Kui's motive for coming back is nothing unexpected. However, this Cult Master Qin and the previous Nai Kui will never expect how great my strength can be!"
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106He raised his head to look in the direction in which Qin Mu had left and said coldly, "Let me give them a big surprise!"
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108The dragon qilin sprinted among the mountains as though he was flying and passed numerous mountainous ridges. His speed was inferior to before, but it was still considered fast. Qin Mu surveyed the surroundings and frowned slightly. The terrain here was slightly different from the topology on West Earth's geographic map that Ge Ke had given him.
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110'The divine arts practitioners of West Earth like to fight around with mountains and I reckon they don't place them back after fighting. Using the terrain to determine my location is not a certain thing, I still require the astronomical observations.'
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112He raised his head and formation markings swirled in his eyes. He raised his head up to look at the sky and the stars and constellations that were blocked by the sunlight gradually appeared. He determined his location and let out a sigh of relief before smiling. "We have already passed Bamboo City…"
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114When he said that, rumbling suddenly came from the front, and Qin Mu frowned slightly. He raised his head to look ahead and saw dust permeating the sky, transforming into fog to shroud the mountain ranges. He couldn't see what had caused the world-shaking movements in front.
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116The dragon qilin also immediately stopped in his footsteps and looked nervously ahead. The dust became denser and denser as it rolled forward, swallowing forests and mountains.
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118"Cult Master, what's that ?" The dragon qilin gave an astonished cry.
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120The ground was trembling continuously, and the trees around them were also shaking. The rocks were jumping up and down on the ground like there was an earthquake. However, it wasn't what was happening.
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122Qin Mu opened Cinnabar Heaven's Eyes and looked at the dust surging forward, and his eyes went wide in disbelief. "There is a city in the dust…"
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124"A city?" the dragon qilin asked in bewilderment. "How can a city create such a big commotion?"
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126"Because this city is currently running through the forest!" Qin Mu's scalp almost exploded from his surprise, and he said sternly, "That city is running toward us! Fatty Dragon, let's go!"
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128The dust surged forth, and a magnificent city entered their eyes. It was running straight at them.
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130Below the city walls that were over numerous yards tall were incomparably thick legs. Behind the wall, huge houses had already become giants overflowing with murderous intent. Some were beating drums while others were carrying huge treasures. The gates of the city in the meantime opened and razor-sharp teeth grew out from them as well as the city walls. They opened and closed continuously, and everything that passed through them was chewed into bits and pieces, including mountain peaks!
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132All that couldn't be chewed into bits and pieces entered the city and were smashed into smithereens by the monster-like giants in the city.
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134The city kept on sprinting toward them, and on its gates, there were two words—Bamboo City.
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136The divine arts practitioners of West Earth had actually awakened an entire city!
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138Chapter 451: The Eighteenth Form
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140Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
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144The dragon qilin immediately turned and ran while shouting in exasperation, "The divine arts practitioners of West Earth are crazy! Cult Master, they must be crazy! Who awakens an entire city and use it as a weapon?"
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146Behind them, everything Bamboo City passed over was razed to flat ground.
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148The big city was like a fresh life form taking big strides to chase them. It flipped over the mountain ridges at an extremely fast speed. Everything it passed over was flattened.
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150The city was like a terrifying mouth that could swallow and crush everything. Not only that, the thousands of giants in the city swung their bodies like huge hammers, and all that couldn't be chewed into bits and pieces by the city was smashed into smithereens by the giants.
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152On top of that, behind the city was a rolling dust cloud of all the things that had been broken down into pieces.
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154The dust spread in a hundred miles radius, obscuring everything in sight.
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156The city swallowed with its front and spat out what was left behind itself. One could well imagine what the consequences would be like if they were to be caught up in its mouth.
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158Qin Mu hurried non-stop, and the dragon qilin was putting his utmost effort into sprinting. At that moment though, a huge river suddenly lashed out from within Bamboo City like a long whip.
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160The dragon qilin immediately dodged, but the huge river was extremely nimble. It moved right and left, forcing the dragon qilin to dodge in all directions. His speed decreased, and Bamboo City gradually caught up with him.
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164Xiong Qi'er's voice was trembling when she looked back in fear. The ground trembled and stones that were the height of humans were thrown midair. Bamboo City opened its gate wide and started crunching with sharp teeth in preparation.
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166"No worries, Sister Qi'er, don't be afraid."
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168Qin Mu turned around and his sword pellet floated into the air, moving in front of his body. The dragon qilin had been forced by the huge river to dodge right and left, and if it continued, they would soon be swallowed by Bamboo City.
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170"Who is blocking us?"
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172Qin Mu looked at the approaching thing. The city gate and wall constantly moved up and down, making the thick and sharp spears look like teeth. It sowed doubt in the youth's heart.
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174'Is there a need to have such a grand parade to kill a divine arts practitioners of Six Directions Realm? Pangong Tso's with his relations shouldn't have been able to mobilize such a huge treasure like Bamboo City, so who is it that wants to get rid of me?'
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176He suddenly thought of a person and smiled while muttered to himself. "It must be him. The young master of True Heaven Palace. His prey was snatched right under his eyes when I saved Xiong Xiyu and her daughter, so he and I can be considered as old friends. Is he planning to give me an unexpected surprise?"
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178At that moment, the dragon qilin howled. "Cult Master, this definitely isn't a surprise! This is a shock! Crap…"
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180Another huge river lashed out from the mouth of Bamboo City and wrapped itself around dragon qilin's tail before pulling him toward the huge mouth. The dragon qilin clawed furiously with his four feet, but he still couldn't prevent himself from being dragged closer to his doom.
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182"Fatty Dragon, cut off your tail like a brave warrior!" Xiong Qi'er said with a solemn face and clear voice.
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184Tears flew down dragon qilin's cheeks. "Sister Qi'er, we won't be able to escape even if I cut off my tail, so let me die with an intact corpse… Although I don't think that's possible either…"
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186The gate was like a huge mouth, opening and closing, crunching on anything that came close. Whatever survived it went through the giants transformed from buildings that were smashing around as they wished, so preserving an intact corpse was something nearly impossible!
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188Cold light flashed on every spear tip which was as thick as the opening of a bottle. They were like iron bars on top of the city wall. The tips were sharp as swords while the flat sides were filled with strange markings. It was obvious that every spear was a spirit weapon!
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190If one got next to the gates, it would be equivalent to dozens of spirit weapons piercing through their corporeal body and leaving dozens of bowl-sized blood holes in the body.
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192Combining that with the explosive power of the city gate and wall opening and closing, one would most likely become a bloody mess instantly.
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194Still in a daze, Qin Mu said, "As expected of the young master of True Heaven Palace. But he shouldn't have the ability to awaken Bamboo City's spirit, right? His cultivation may be higher than mine, but he's at most on Seven Stars Realm…"
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196"Cult Master!" The dragon qilin was still being dragged toward the mouth of Bamboo City.
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198Qin Mu shook off his surprise. His sword pellet suddenly burst forth, and countless sword lights flew out. The eight thousand swords executed Wave Sword Form at the same time. It was an incomparably majestic sight.
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200With treasure swords like clouds circling past the sharp spears of the city, countless teeth of Bamboo City's mouth were instantly sliced apart.
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202The city gate still chomped down heavily, and just with its astonishing biting strength was able to squash the art into a pulp.
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204Qin Mu stretched out his hand to grab his sword. He might not be able to unleash Carefree Sword's divine power, but its sharpness alone could allow him to slice everything apart!
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206Carefree Sword lit up in his hands. Dot Threading the Vast Movements, Yin and Yang Come and Go within Two Modes!
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208The power from the first form of Dao Sword exploded, and the sword light separated in black and white as yin and yang stirred up, swirling around each other to form the shape of taiji. However, it was just the vision caused by the sword skill.
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210The sword skill was actually executing extremely high algebra attainments. What formed every dot and every line of the taiji diagram had gone through incomparably detailed calculations, and the movement of every sword light contained incomparably complicated algebra calculations. It was the marvel of Dao Sect explaining the universe.
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212Bamboo City bit down on it forcefully, and a section of the city wall vanished with the sword light that had black and white replacing each other.
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214Qin Mu rose into the sky and raised Carefree Sword above himself. He used his magic power to hold the sword back as eight thousand swords flew back, overlapping with it. With the child swords fusing into the mother sword, the eight thousand swords combined into one, and Qin Mu instantly felt the sword in his hand becoming incomparably heavy.
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218It had two forms. One was the pellet, and the other was the fusion with the mother sword.
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220The weight after fusing made Carefree Sword so heavy that he could no longer use magic power to execute any power of this sword.
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222Qin Mu raised this sword even high, and at that moment, he could only do one move.
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226Hacking forward!
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228In front of him, behind the dragon qilin's butt, was Bamboo City. It had already dragged them past its mouth and was then pulling the dragon qilin to the street.
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230On both sides of it, the giants of awakened buildings were lined up in preparation to smash them into meat paste.
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232In the center of Bamboo City, even magnificent palaces had stood up. They weren't made out of wood or stone, but had been meticulously constructed from black gold, black iron, and black copper.
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234The divine arts practitioners of West Earth didn't seek to be strong themselves. They borrowed power from the heaven and earth and changed nature itself, gathering black gold and black copper to forge their spirit weapons. The better spirit weapons were forged, the stronger they would be when they awakened.
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236The palaces in Bamboo City were spirit weapons forged by the strongest divine arts practitioners, so their power was on an entirely different league when compared to the wooden and stone houses.
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238The palace giants had stood up to block the end of the street and were overflowing with murderous intent.
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242Qin Mu hacked down with this sword, and the tremor that came out from the incomparably heavy Carefree Sword immediately shattered the huge river which had coiled around the dragon qilin's tail.
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244It was like a huge snake whose tail got severed, and it twisted about, wiggling around in the city.
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246When the sword tip of Carefree Sword touched the street, its incomparably terrifying strength exploded, and the limestone slabs on the street overturned one after another while rising up into midair. An astonishing crack appeared on the street, and it exploded and frantically spread forward. More limestone slabs were flipped up and exploded into pieces in midair!
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250Flying swords flew out from the tip of Carefree Sword, and Qin Mu's violent vital qi surged into them. They swirled and slashed all around the street. With eight thousand flying swords slicing and cutting everything in their way, everywhere they passed, the giants were left in pieces.
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252When eight thousand swords combined into one, Qin Mu couldn't execute the power of each and every one of them, but when they separated, he could instantly do so.
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254Countless sword lights were circling in wheel-like motion while rushing toward the end of the street among pieces of wood and stone. In an instant, they cut deeply into the palace giants and pierced them!
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256Qin Mu's arms were trembling, for the sword had nearly torn apart all of his muscles. Nearly all of his bones had shattered, and his tendons had nearly snapped. His magic power was also already half depleted!
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258The reason why he had used the first form of Dao Sword and not the first form of Sword Picture when Bamboo City was about to swallow them was because he wanted to save magic power. The amount required by Sword Treading Mountains and Rivers was much higher.
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260Yet his slashing motion had instantly depleted close to half of his magic power!
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262However, the result was also brilliant; he razed an entire street with just one slash. He had never expected he could achieve such a powerful force of destruction.
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264Qin Mu let go of Carefree Sword and used his remaining vital qi. Carefree Sword trembled, and the other flying swords flew over from the end of the street.
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266This time, Qin Mu didn't dare to use the second form of the sword pellet. Instead, he collected the eight thousand swords into a circular metal ball.
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268He opened his taotie sack and put the sword pellet away. He then went into a daze again. 'I seemed to have found a basic sword form that is unprecedented. This sword move isn't in the seventeen basic sword moves…"
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270The move with which he had slashed downwards earlier had caused countless swords to spin like a wheel as they swooshed out from Carefree Sword with about half of his magic power in an instant. This kind of sword form that spun like a wheel was different from all of the seventeen basic sword forms. The most similar one to it was Wave Sword Form, but that one was using the wrist to draw out a circle with the tip of the sword.
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272The sword form that Qin Mu had unintentionally executed, however, could spin like a wheel and had the power of hacking, the technique of pare, and the agility of wave.
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276Within Bamboo City, wooden giants were rushing over, and at the end of the street, the tattered palace giants were raising their circular and yellowish palaces as 'hammers' to smash them against the intruders.
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278The huge rivers in the city surged forth and gathered together, transforming into a huge giant with a water dragon coiled around it. Raising its fists, it came with fists raised as well.
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280Qin Mu was in a daze again. 'It's just that this basic sword form seems to be too crazy in regards to consumption of magic power. Not only that, it also seems to require a lot of money, for only with plenty of money can one forge these many flying swords. The most crucial point is that the flying swords need to have tips on both ends to maximize the power even more.'
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282The dragon qilin roared fiercely and spewed fire from its mouth. The flame pillars set the street of Bamboo City ablaze, and the wooden giants began to burn. The water giant hurriedly extinguished the fire everywhere, and the water fizzled from the heat. This led to the water giant shrinking down.
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284Qin Mu remained in a daze. 'But come to think of it, what I have is money.'
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286The dragon qilin grew merciless. He spewed fire in all directions and set the whole city ablaze. He had been chased until he had no place to escape and was dragged into the city, so now his power doubled when paying back his oppressor.
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288Suddenly, Bamboo City gave a strong jerk and became motionless. The house giants, building giants, and palace giants also ceased moving instantly, returning to the ground and transforming back into buildings and palaces. The water giant also collapsed back into the river, becoming running water.
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290Bamboo City quieted down instantly. In the messy street, only Qin Mu, Xiong Qi'er, and the dragon qilin were left.
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292Chapter 452: Formation Master of West Earth
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298The dragon qilin looked around with nervousness, afraid that the buildings, houses, and palaces would revive once again.
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300But Bamboo City was silent, with no other people to be seen in the whole place. Bamboo City should have been a big city with over a hundred thousand people, but all of them seemed to have vanished without a trace.
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302To make an entire city leave their homes, a person had to possess unimaginable authority.
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304Bamboo City was empty, but for Qin Mu and his group. The city that was more than lively earlier seemed to have suddenly died.
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306But the quieter it was, the more terrifying it felt.
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308Suddenly, the entire city started to tremble violently, and the ground under their feet rose up. The buildings, houses, and palaces sunk downward, and Bamboo City instantly turned into a piece of empty land.
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310The dragon qilin hurriedly rose into the sky while stepping on fire clouds. Xiong Qi'er held tightly onto his mane, looking nervously downward.
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312The city below suddenly split apart, and square stones started to rise from the ground. They overlapped layer by layer to form a square-shaped obelisk which rose up extremely quickly. Within the timespan of a breath, a forest of square pillars appeared around Qin Mu and his group!
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316The pillars were actually moving rapidly, but the changes in formation were hidden. Every time the pillars moved, they would either increase in height or shrink. The square stones would automatically move horizontally or upwards, entering other pillars.
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318There were also some horizontal pillars which hung on the other pillars like beams. Yet the length of those beams was also constantly changing, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing. There were clearly roads in front of the group, but the next instant the stone pillars would join together and become an incomparably thick wall.
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320Bamboo City seemed to have revived once again, but it was completely different from the moving city that could swallow all things. Now it was like a three-dimensional space that was constantly changing.
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322Before, Bamboo City had been a huge object that could swallow everything and looked to be extremely dangerous, but it was all bark and no bite, posing no strong threat. However, after it had become three dimensional and began to operate with the pattern of formations, its threat level had risen drastically!
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324The six sides of the squares were imprinted with different rune markings. Even with the shifting and reassembly of the stones, the runes always connected perfectly with the ones in their surroundings.
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326It was the strangest point. The reassembly of the stones was only the outer appearance while the true danger lay in the runes that were constantly splitting up and merging back.
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328Different patterns created with the runes meant different formations. There were countless stones in the city and the runes on the stones were different from each other, so there were countless methods to merge them, and the changes in the formation were boundless!
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330Qin Mu immediately saw through it. If they stood still instead of moving, they wouldn't activate the power of the formation, but if they moved the least bit, the power of the formation would be activated!
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332'Divine arts of West Earth are incomparably magnificent!' Qin Mu exclaimed in admiration to himself. The divine arts of West Earth might not put importance on power like those of Eternal Peace Empire, but their strangeness and wildness made him admire them deeply!
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334He had learned Ten Thousand Spirit Nature Technique, but he had never put in effort in exploring it. Now, however, Bamboo City had shown him the wisdom of countless divine arts practitioners of West Earth.
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336The free space became smaller and smaller. It was continuously being compressed, and if the city continued like that, it was probably going to become a huge three-dimensional cube. If Qin Mu, Xiong'er, and the dragon qilin didn't manage to get out, they would naturally be squashed within it.
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338The dragon qilin could also see the terrifying points of Bamboo City and immediately began to calculate a path to survival. Since they were facing a formation, there had to be a certain execution process, and within it lay their chance for survival.
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340The transformation of Bamboo City relied on the shifting of stones, so it was where the group's only chance rested.
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342However, it was incomparably difficult to solve the formation. The paths that looked like they would lead to escape soon showed up to be dead ends. If the group had taken them, what awaited them would only be miserable death!
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344"The cubic cage of Bamboo City contains an extremely complicated algebra transformation!"
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346The dragon qilin looked around and his eyeballs continuously rotated like a lantern with a carousel of paper horses while he tried to calculate the movement of all the cubes in the huge formation. He soon started to foam at the mouth from exhaustion, though. He quickly said, "If I was given enough time, I could calculate a path to survival! However, I'm afraid that before I calculate it, we will be squashed to death! Cult Master, do you have any method to calculate a way out?"
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348Qin Mu's eyes flickered, and he said in delight, "I suddenly thought of an idea to deal with Xing An! If spirits could wake up in his limbs, wouldn't they go out of control? That would make it much easier to kill him!"
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350The dragon qilin was flustered and exasperated. "Cult Master, we are about to die, but you still have time to think of this?"
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352Qin Mu smiled. "The person controlling Bamboo City has extremely high attainments in algebra and is not inferior to me. If it was a fair fight, I could still defeat him. However, since they schemed against me and took the first move when an opportunity arose, it's very hard for me to solve their formation. By the time I would do it, we would have already been squashed to death."
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354The dragon qilin despaired, but Qin Mu didn't seem to share his feelings. He suddenly shouted out, "Senior Brother Yu, long time no see. Don't you want to chat with me before I die?"
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356"I don't. I'm scared I will die if I talk too much." Qin Mu could not tell from where Yu Bochuan's voice was coming, but it sounded quite delighted. "When dealing with a person like Cult Master Qin, it's best if you die as soon as possible. I can't risk you dying a moment later. Only dead Cult Master Qin is Cult Master Qin that people can trust."
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358Qin Mu's face turned black like charcoal.
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360"But Brother Qin can be at ease. If I meet your corpse, I will definitely sit down and tell you about myself." Yu Bochuan laughed happily. "Little brother I have a bad habit, and that's trying my best to get rid of the opponent when I fight them. Only when the opponent dies do I become talkative and have a good chat with their corpse, telling them the reason why they lost to me. I won't make an exemption for Cult Master Qin."
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362Qin Mu sighed ruefully. "What a good habit. I'm trapped here and am destined to die under your hand yet you are still so careful. Truly a wonderful opponent. So this is called meeting your match. I want to do a painting for you in consideration of our friendship that started with appreciating each other's talents."
363
364The movements of the stone walls became more and more concentrated, and the cubic cage formed by Bamboo City was also changing extremely fast. Every move contained profound mathematical structure.
365
366They became formation structures, and the stone cubes that no longer moved on the outer layer had already become a killing formation, trapping those inside. Slowly, the stone cubes in the inner layers also started to stop moving, becoming killing formations as well.
367
368As one layer wrapped around another, it became more and more unlikely that the trio would escape. When the final killing formation was laid out, there would no longer be any way out.
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370If Qin Mu and the rest moved, they would die. If they didn't move, they would also die.
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372Qin Mu chose to stand in his stop. He raised his brush and splashed some ink, then began painting with quick strokes.
373
374Stone pillars continuously closed in on them, and the formation changed continuously. Finally, it came right to where they were.
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376When it evolved until its final stage, it became six walls which came squeezing toward the center. The six-sided stone walls continuously pushed forward while giving off loud booms.
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378Finally, the six walls collided and immense power burst forth. The formations on the outer layer activated, and the runes on the countless stone cubes lighted up, giving the six walls terrifying crushing force. The whole cubic Bamboo City trembled from the collision!
379
380Such a strike would it make it hard even for experts of Divine Bridge Realm to escape death, let alone someone like Qin Mu or the dragon qilin!
381
382"Great, truly superb!" Yu Bochuan clapped his hands and laughed. "Formation Master is still Formation Master after all. This formation is truly unrivaled in the world and no one is a match for it. Despite Heavenly Devil Cult Master being full of tricks, he could do nothing against Formation Master's formations. He died without any grudge."
383
384A woman's voice answered him with insipidness. "Young Master Yu flatters me. I've heard that this Cult Master Qin had once fought with Poison Master Mu Yingxue who is quite arrogant but had lost to him. This shows that there's something extraordinary about him, but he focused too much on poison and his attainments in algebra and formations are far inferior to mine. I was matching against someone who was inferior to me, so I was able to trap them. Cult Master had no choice but to offer up his head and be executed."
385
386Yu Bochuan laughed loudly. "He thought Bamboo City could only defeat him with brute force, so he rushed in to show off his impressive skills, but he didn't expect that it was merely a bait set up by Formation Master and ended up in the trap. Formation Master, Poison Master, and Sword Master are the three absolutes of our West Earth, and you are all truly extraordinary. Formation Master, please undo this formation. I want to take a look at the painting Cult Master Qin left for me."
387
388The sound of swords clashing rang out, and the huge formation of Bamboo City gradually unwound itself. Chunks of huge stone sank into the ground, and the houses and palaces slowly rose from the ground. Not long later, Bamboo City recovered back to normal and a wall stood where Qin Mu and the rest had been stuck. A painting was hanging there.
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390Yu Bochuan had a smile on his face as he sat on the carriage which drove toward the wall. Behind him followed a crowd of experts from West Earth. There were about a hundred of them, and in the lead was a woman. She had a delicate and pretty appearance, and there was a metal cube in her hands.
391
392It broke down and turned into metal cubes of all sizes. They then rattled and merged together.
393
394The woman was Formation Master He Yiyi of West Earth, a person who was as famous as Poison Master Mu Yingxue and Sword Master Luo Yinyu.
395
396The three masters of West Earth were all girls, and they all had their unique ultimate arts which allowed them to set up an independent regime.
397
398Formation Master He Yiyi ruled Bamboo City and had become famous with her formation skills, which were unrivaled in West Earth. No one was a match for her in formation skills.
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400Even though True Heaven Palace was the sacred ground of West Earth, the three masters had their strong point and weren't subordinate to anyone. However, due to the power of True Heaven Palace, the three masters were slightly fearful of it. If the sacred ground had any requests, they would help.
401
402Behind He Yiyi were the experts of Bamboo City. They were the heads of all the influential families in Bamboo City, and their abilities were strong, much stronger than those of people in Fragrant Bloom City. To be able to set up an independent regime, they were naturally no small fries.
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404Yu Bochuan drove the carriage next to the stone wall. He examined the painting and saw within it were Qin Mu, the dragon qilin, and Xiong Qi'er. They looked remarkably realistic.
405
406"Vivid and lifelike!" Yu Bochuan was full of smiles as he laughed to the female disciples of True Heaven Palace. "Truly vivid and lifelike! Cult Master Qin's painting is really superb. If he sold paintings, he could be adequately provided! Hahahaha!"
407
408The women in the carriage laughed. "It's a pity he's dead. Young Master, take a look, Cult Master Qin is still smiling in the painting!"
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410Another female of True Heaven Palace smiled and said, "To die in the hands of Formation Master after seeing her perfect formation, this should deserve a smile of no regrets, right?"
411
412Yu Bochuan laughed loudly and got out of the carriage. With his hands behind his back, he examined the painting on the stone wall. He then said leisurely, "Cult Master Qin, let's chat for a bit."
413
414"Great!" Qin Mu in the painting suddenly turned his head around and grinned. "I was also thinking of chatting with Senior Brother Yu! Sword Treading Mountains and River—"
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416Chapter 453: Power of the Devil Cult Master
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422Yu Bochuan's expression changed drastically, and he retreated in a hurry while shouting. "This guy cheated death! Disciples of True Heaven Palace, we can get rid of him by destroying this painting!"
423
424Numerous women around him immediately went forward and attacked the painting. At the same time, sword light burst forth. It trembled, and a marvelous transformation was witnessed by the crowd. It was no longer sword light, but mountains and rivers flying at their faces.
425
426The ten or so female disciples of True Heaven Palace were instantly drowned out by them. Their elegant bodies seemed to have been frozen in place before scattering like sand.
427
428The speed at which the mountains and rivers surged forth was extremely fast and drowned out the carriage in an instant, swallowing Yu Bochuan who was behind it.
429
430Formation Master He Yiyi didn't move, but astonishment could be seen on her face. "Truly superb sword skill. He's not much inferior to Sword Master Luo Yinyu."
431
432Behind her, most of the experts of influential families in Bamboo City were stirring, ready to kill Qin Mu, but He Yiyi raised her hand. "No need to help. Young Master Yu has only invited us to lay a formation to hold Cult Master Qin of Middle Earth back. He only asked this from us, so we have no obligation to help him again."
433
434Everyone was forced to remain in place.
435
436Qin Mu's Sword Treading Mountains and Rivers didn't surge toward them, and He Yiyi said in a low voice, "He also shows proper restraint…"
437
438The power of Sword Treading Mountain and Rivers had killed over ten beauties of True Heaven Palace. Yu Bochuan couldn't help shivering and shouted loudly, "Cult Master Qin, why don't we have a chat?"
439
440His clothes fluttered. Even though he was a man, there were numerous accessories on his body. There were things like silver, jade, and chain bracelets, jade pendants, rings, necklaces, hairpins, and even longevity pendants that all came flying out.
441
442They were his spirit weapons, and their power was extremely great. In the end, they weren't made by Yu Bochuan, but were treasures given to him by his elders to stay safe.
443
444The spirit weapons had extremely terrifying power. A green dragon hairpin gently trembled and transformed into a green dragon. Its roar reverberated in the air, and, a huge hole was blown in the mountains and rivers.
445
446Yu Bochuan was delighted and jumped out through the opening. But suddenly, he lost connection with the green dragon hairpin.
447
448Next, he lost his sense of the other treasure, and terror filled him. Qin Mu's incomparably intricate sword skill had severed the vital qi connections between him and his treasures. This made him unable to use any treasures even though he had so many of them.
449
450Such wondrous sword skill was truly terrifying!
451
452Just as he jumped out of Sword Treading Mountains and Rivers, he saw the dragon qilin coming at him with his huge claws. He immediately took off his outer clothes and they floated up against the wind. They grew larger and larger as though they were a piece of cloud.
453
454The dragon qilin's claw struck the clothes, but they were soft and seemed to be empty, and the dragon qilin sank deeper and deeper into them.
455
456Yu Bochuan turned to leave while topless, but he heard a loud roar coming from the dragon qilin behind him. Fire blazed, and the clothing was burned to ashes in an instant.
457
458"Formation Master, save me!" Yu Bochuan shouted out. "If I die in your Bamboo City, you guys won't be able to escape responsibility!"
459
460When he voiced his plea, the hundred experts behind Formation Master all frowned.
461
462A woman whispered, "Young Master Yu is the son of True Heaven Palace Master, after all. If he dies here, we indeed won't escape responsibility. No matter if it's True Heaven Palace Master or Ba Gou, they both aren't easy to deal with! Formation Master, think thrice."
463
464He Yiyi shook her head. "Don't save."
465
466Everyone looked at each other in dismay, not understanding why she was acting like that.
467
468"I can't kill Heavenly Devil Cult Master of Middle Earth, but I have already attempted to lay my hands on him and formed a grudge. If I interfere and save Young Master Yu, the grudge between Cult Master Qin and me will never be able to be resolved," He Yiyi said indifferently.
469
470"I have long heard about Middle Earth's Eternal Peace undergoing reforms. They are becoming stronger day by day and have already annexed everything in the six directions and swept the eight wildernesses. The prairie and the snow plains have all been entered into Eternal Peace. The next target, however, is not Great Ruins, but our West Earth. If True Heaven Palace loses against Eternal Peace, Heavenly Devil Cult will enter West Earth and it will be our end."
471
472Everyone's blood ran cold.
473
474But He Yiyi wasn't done yet. "On top of that, as the young master of True Heaven Palace, how could Yu Bochuan not have any methods to protect his life? Young Master Yu had chased Nai Kui to the brink of death, which is not something an ordinary person could achieve.'
475
476Just as she said that, a jade belt flew out from Yu Bochuan's waist and transformed into a huge snake that bound the dragon qilin that was pouncing on him.
477
478Yu Bochuan escaped in a panic, but sword light suddenly flashed thrice. Yu Bochuan's body separated into four sections in midair. His legs were still sprinting forward, but the head froze in a daze.
479
480His chest also separated into two.
481
482Qin Mu pulled back his sword. At that moment, Yu Bochuan who had been severed into four sections fell from the air as four chunks of wood.
483
484"To substitute one thing for another?"
485
486Qin Mu was astonished. He raised his hand to catch the sword pellet flying out from his taotie sack, then flung it out forcefully.
487
488The two feet sword pellet whizzed forward while spinning. The flying swords within it into cold lights that shot into the ground and rushed through it!
489
490A human figure burst out from underground, and it was none other than Yu Bochuan. Behind him were the sword lights which had entered the ground to force him out and were chasing him relentlessly.
491
492Yu Bochuan raised his head to see the sword pellet coming at his head, and his expression shifted. If he was hit by that unimaginably huge sword pellet, his face would sink into his brain or even his whole head might sink into his chest.
493
494Suddenly, his body transformed into earth and fell from the sky.
495
496Layers of formation markings appeared in his eyes as he stared at the ground. His gaze was moving quickly when his arms suddenly trembled. He flew horizontally out of Bamboo City and hit a pile of mountain rocks in front of the city. The pile suddenly exploded and Yu Bochuan's body appeared among the scattered rocks!
497
498"Formation Master, I will kill him outside the city, consider this giving you room for maneuver!"
499
500When Qin Mu's voice rang out through the city, He Yiyi frowned. She raised her head to look into the distance and saw Qin Mu stretching his hand for his knife. Pig Slaughtering Knife automatically flew up, and he caught it in a reverse grip.
501
502The bodies of the two youths crossed in midair like two spinning tops, exchanging strikes back and forth.
503
504Chii...
505
506Blood light shone, and Qin Mu landed with a head in his hand. Blood was still dripping from the huge knife in his other hand.
507
508Thump.
509
510Behind him, Yu Bochuan's corpse landed on the ground and bounced twice.
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512Within the city, the faces of Formation Master He Yiyi and the rest of the experts grew dazed when they looked at the youth carrying the head.
513
514Raise the forbidden knife, and the emperor's head is in his hand!
515
516Butcher's knife skills were as bold and haughty as his poems!
517
518At that moment, Qin Mu was also haughty and unruly. He had killed Yu Bochuan who He Yiyi thought wouldn't die!
519
520"The young master of True Heaven Palace is dead…"
521
522The corners of everyone's eyes twitched, and their emotions were incomparably heavy.
523
524Cult Master Qin had only brought a dragon qilin and a little princess, but dare to barge his way into West Earth while killing anyone that blocked his path. After he raised his knife and killed even the son of True Heaven Palace Master, he was truly like a starving tiger overflowing with haughtiness, living up to the reputation of Heavenly Devil Cult Master!
525
526It is said that turbulent wind precedes a mountain storm.
527
528True Heaven Palace Master and Ba Gou had Young Master Yu as their only son, but he died outside Bamboo City. Heavenly Devil Cult Master from Middle Earth's Eternal Peace was truly ruthless and decisive. As long as he found the smallest opportunity, he would not let it escape and give any hope for his enemies!
529
530Wanting to escape alive from his hands was beyond difficult. Only the slippery beings on the level of Rolan Golden Palace's Grandmaster could slip through his fingers over and over again.
531
532Yu Bochuan's ability to escape was obviously much inferior when compared to that of an old monster who had lived ten thousand years, even if he was the son of True Heaven Palace Master and Ba Gou.
533
534He Yiyi walked out of the city and saw Qin Mu placing Yu Bochuan's head down. He took out a wine jar and poured a cup of wine to put beside his opponent's corpse.
535
536"You liked to chat with a corpse after you killed them." Qin Mu raised his head and gulped down a big mouthful of wine, then placed the wine jar beside Yu Bochuan's head while saying leisurely, "But I don't like it. Not chatting, farewell." After he said that, he stood up and walked over to He Yiyi.
537
538"Cult Master Qin," He Yiyi greeted.
539
540Qin Mu returned her greeting with a pleasant expression. "Sister Formation Master, how may I address you?"
541
542He Yiyi looked at him strangely, then asked curiously, "Cult Master doesn't know my name? My surname is He and my name is Yiyi. He is a big surname is West Earth and I have become erudite through paternal teaching and influence."
543
544"So I see," Qin Mu said. "Sister Yiyi's attainments in formation skills aren't bad and even I couldn't solve them in a short time, so I had no choice but to use the world in the painting to escape. So Sister Yiyi received inheritance from her influential family. Your He Family is truly extraordinary in formation skills, so you can be said to be number three in the world."
545
546Behind He Yiyi, everyone grew somewhat angry. He Family's formation skills were number one in the world, which was something everyone knew. Yet when it came to Qin Mu, they became number three, so how could they not be angry?
547
548He Yiyi looked at Xiong Qi'er and seemed to recognize the little girl. She smiled and asked, "I don't care if I'm number three or number one. Cult Master bringing Little Princess to True Heaven Palace is quite a conspiracy. In my eyes, though, Cult Master is just throwing his life away by going to True Heaven Palace, but you don't look like someone who will just throw away their life. Can you solve this mystery for me?"
549
550"Sister Yiyi, do you want to talk here?"
551
552He Yiyi then invited him into the city and to the main hall. Qin Mu sat down there and said in a solemn face, "Formation Master should know why I'm here, right?"
553
554He Yiyi's heart trembled slightly, and she cried out, "You are planning to help Nai Kui snatch back her position of the palace master! Nai Kui is also here! She's hiding somewhere!"
555
556Qin Mu laughed softly before shaking his head. "Sister Yiyi is holding me under some contempt. My journey this time is under the emperor's order to enlist West Earth!"
557
558In the hall, all the masters of the influential families of Bamboo City looked at one another. Under the orders of the emperor to enlist West Earth?
559
560Just Qin Mu alone?
561
562He Yiyi's gaze flickered. "Isn't Cult Master Qin's tone too overbearing. What qualifications do you have to annex West Earth?"
563
564Qin Mu smiled. "I'm Heavenly Devil Cult Master and that itself is a qualification. My Heavenly Devil Cult has a million divine arts practitioners, and with a wave of my arm, that million would gather together. With a pointing of my finger, that army of practitioners would raze everything down in their path.
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566"Your West Earth has been at peace for far too long, and all your cities and lands do things in their own way. Not to mention the emperor's martial prowess, even my Heavenly Devil Cult's million divine arts practitioners would see you as merely chickens and dogs that can't withstand a single blow!"
567
568He stood up with his hands behind his back. "I've forged Sunshot Divine Cannon that shot down Jade Sovereign of High Heavens. I've subdued Dragon Rearing Sovereign and ordered him to guard Surging River before subduing Bai Xi of High Heavens and ordering him to guard Hundred Years Mountains.
569
570"My Eternal Peace fought at God Broken Mountain and eradicated all the gods of High Heavens!" His gaze was like lightning when he swept it through everyone. "If I wanted to wipe out your West Earth, it'd be as easy as snapping my fingers!"
571
572Everyone's faces went paper white.
573
574Qin Mu smiled then. "However, I don't wish for the people of West Earth to be wiped out or even spoil the peace here. If Nai Kui was to retake the position of palace master, she would lead True Heaven Palace to submit to Eternal Peace. Not a soldier would be mobilized and no lives would be harmed, so what's the harm in putting myself in danger? My safety is not as important as the lives of the people of West Earth after all. Sister Yiyi, will you lend me a helping hand?"
575
576He Yiyi looked the masters of Bamboo City's influential families and saw that all of them were terrified.
577
578She frowned, then a smile blossomed on her lips. "Cult Master Qin said that my formation skills are number three in the world, so may I ask who is number one? And who is number two as well? Yiyi would like to know about it."
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580Chapter 454: Colorful Flowers Gradually Dazzling One’s Eyes
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586Even though He Yiyi said she didn't care about being first or third, she couldn't deny her own curiosity. In West Earth, she was known as Formation Master, the number one in formation skills. However, she didn't dare to insist that she was number one in the whole world.
587
588However, being the number one for so many years, she still had her competitive side.
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590As the cult master of Heavenly Devil Cult, Qin Mu was more experienced and knowledgeable, so she wanted to learn who were the number one and number two in his eyes.
591
592"Sister Yiyi may not know it, but I'm from Great Ruins' number one family in formation skills." Qin Mu's expression was sincere when he said that. "The number one in formation skills in the whole world is none other than my Grandpa Blind."
593
594He Yiyi stared at him with black eyes. He was from Great Ruins' number one family in formation skills?
595
596The number one in formations was a blind man?
597
598"Does Cult Master Qin have some misunderstandings regarding formation skills?" He Yiyi asked calmly. "Formation skills walk the path of algebra, and the simplest is the Palace of Nine Halls. Kan, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Zhong, Qian, Dui, Gen, and Li represent the nine numbers which are not repeated, and their sum is forty-five.
599
600"Slightly harder than this would be the eight trigrams, changing from octal system to base64 one, which results in endless transformations. Beyond that would be the five elements. Five Elements Eight Trigrams have the quinary system, octal system, and base64.
601
602"The even harder taiji and wuji diagrams have no end to their circumference, but no matter how exquisite the calculations are, there will still be flaws. So what attainments can a blind man have in algebra?"
603
604"Sister, look into my eyes," Qin Mu said solemnly
605
606He Yiyi didn't know what he meant, but carefully observed his pupils. Her mind trembled when she did it.
607
608She saw formation markings gradually forming in the eyes of the boy before her, transforming into the first heaven. The mathematical transformation within its formations intoxicated her.
609
610But before she could even comprehend it, the second heaven formed, and its mathematical transformation was even more complicated and profound.
611
612Next, it was the third heaven, fourth heaven, and only when it came to the fifth heaven, Bright Heaven's Eyes, did the formation skills in Qin Mu's eyes paused.
613
614The first heaven of the first layer alone contained attainments in algebra that could be acclaimed as the peak of perfection!
615
616Qin Mu's current cultivation was only able to execute Nine Heavens Eye Awakening Skill, but the transformations in his eyes had not yet stopped. A sun and stars were born within them. The stars formed into the Milky Way, revolving around the sun at the back.
617
618In the main hall, the hundred heads of the influential families looked at each other in dismay.
619
620He Yiyi had almost stuck her face to that of Qin Mu. The two of them looked each other in the eyes as though they were lovers that could not turn their passionate gazes away from one another.
621
622"Cough cough!"
623
624A white-haired old woman finally gave a few coughs to remind their city lord of her decorum.
625
626He Yiyi came back to her senses at that moment, and her face went beet red. She immediately stepped back and said firmly, "This Grandpa Blind can indeed be known as the number one formation expert in this world. I'm ashamed for being inferior."
627
628Qin Mu's face was also slightly red. He Yiyi closeness had made his heart race.
629
630"In the past, when I learned eye awakening skills from Grandpa Blind, I didn't seek to understand the transformation of the formations. Grandpa Blind's divine eyes can see through all fabrications, space, formations, and transformations in techniques. Only after I learned Dao Sect's algebra did I understand the mathematical transformation within them.
631
632"Dao Sect uses algebra to understand all things in the world and how the universe operates, so the reason why Grandpa Blind's divine eyes can see through everything is because algebra is the truth of this universe. Thus, I came to understand that Grandpa Blind was the number one person in formation skills."
633
634He Yiyi suppressed all other thoughts and said firmly, "If he wanted to break the formation of my Bamboo City, it'd be easy for him; he deserves the reputation of number one. Then who is the number two expert in the world?"
635
636Qin Mu smiled at her with some embarrassment.
637
638He Yiyi stared at him with her black eyes wide open, then cried out, "You are the number two formation expert?"
639
640Qin Mu blushed as he said, "I didn't dare to call myself number two at first, but after seeing Sister Yiyi's formation skills, I feel I can still be number two."
641
642Rage boiled in He Yiyi's heart, but she gritted her teeth. With a smile, she said, "I don't dare to fight for number one spot, but I'm not willing to accept being relegated to number three. Cult Master Qin proclaimed that he is number three in poisoning and defeated Mu Yingxue, making that girl personally admit that her poison is only number four in the world.
643
644"Now that you proclaim your formation skills to be number two as well, isn't that a little weird? Let us have a duel."
645
646"What kind of duel?" Qin Mu asked with interest.
647
648He Yiyi muttered to herself irresolutely for a moment before smiling at him. "It'll still be about this Bamboo City. You will be outside and I will be inside, standing here motionless. If you will be able to enter the city and find me, I will admit that I'm lower than you and accept being number three.
649
650"Not only that, from today onward, He Family and its people will take you as our only guide. If you'll want to support Nai Kui to retake her position of the palace master, my He Family will give all of its support to you!"
651
652Qin Mu laughed loudly and turned around to walk out of the city.
653
654In the hall, the hundred strongest practitioners of Bamboo City looked at one another in dismay. An old woman was about to say something, but He Yiyi waved a hand at her. "No need to say anything else. I will take this chance to observe Eternal Peace's attainments in formation skills.
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656"If my formation is broken, Bamboo City will also fall when Eternal Peace invades later on, so why don't we submit to it in advance. If Cult Master Qin can't break my formation skill, we can still fight when the day of reckoning comes. Fall back. Cult Master Qin and I will have a duel to determine the fate of Bamboo City, and maybe even the fate of West Earth!"
657
658Everyone could only retread from Bamboo City.
659
660The city gate was left wide open.
661
662Qin Mu had the dragon qilin bring out Xiong Qi'er. He then walked into the city, and it suddenly changed. All the buildings sank into the ground and vanished without a trace. Chunks of rocks rose into midair, evolving into formations.
663
664The appearance of Bamboo City changed tremendously, and in the other people's eyes, it was just weird things happening as rocks began shifting in the air. Most people would find it hard to understand the changes in formation from the moving rocks, but Qin Mu understood them, and in his eyes, they were magnificent and diverse.
665
666Every movement of the rocks gave him an incomparably pleasant impression. Each and every rune was linked, and the infrastructure intertwined, presenting a pleasant sight to him.
667
668No matter if it were barriers or killing formations, they were all mathematical reasonings.
669
670Formation markings appeared in Qin Mu's pupils, and he walked swiftly forward. Sometimes he would stop and raise his brush to change the formation markings, while at other times, he would move a step forward or stumble three steps back like a drunkard. There were also times when springs seemed to have been attached to the bottom of his feet, allowing him to jump here and there among the moving stones.
671
672He seemed to be flying gracefully as he passed through some barriers and like he was barging through with brute force at others. Just as it looked like he was risking his life to hit a barrier, the stone wall would suddenly split open before he crashed into it, allowing him to pass.
673
674As he wandered unhurriedly while solving the difficult algebra questions, he got closer and closer to the center of Bamboo City.
675
676Everything within it was transforming, and even the main hall they were in had broken down and vanished. The only thing that didn't change was He Yiyi's location.
677
678She stood quietly on a stone pillar and didn't move. She was executing various transformations of Bamboo City and changing all kinds of formations to stop Qin Mu.
679
680However, their situation was different from the previous time. Qin Mu had been ambushed at that time and trapped in the city, so it wasn't considered fair.
681
682Now that he was barging through the formation at his own speed, it tested whose attainments in formation skills were superior.
683
684After some time, He Yiyi saw Qin Mu's figure getting close and couldn't help growing nervous. She frantically mobilized the huge stones to lay out a new formation, but Qin Mu was still closing in at a steady pace.
685
686Where He Yiyi stood was the center of Bamboo City, and it was also the eye of the formation in Bamboo City. Qin Mu was only thirty yards away from it, and the last layer of formation might not be able to block him.
687
688He Yiyi suddenly gritted her teeth, and Bamboo City suddenly trembled. The formation skills before her were activated, and it became an absolutely fatal situation. The killing formations linked together and their power multiplied like crazy as they rushed toward He Yiyi's location!
689
690She activated the last resort formation which disregarded the concepts of friend and foe. No matter if it was Qin Mu or her, both of them would be swallowed by the killing formation!
691
692As Formation Master of West Earth, He Yiyi had inherited the honor of He Family and couldn't allow her family's reputation to be harmed. With the title of number one in formation skills lost, no matter if it was death that would welcome her, she had to protect the honor of He Family!
693
694Qin Mu's expression changed slightly, and he came to He Yiyi's side before the fatal formation could reach them. Grabbing her waist with one hand, he raised a brush and painted in the air with the other hand.
695
696He Yiyi closed her eyes as the killing formation came rushing over to swallow both of them!
697
698When nothing happened, she opened her eyes and saw that they were not in Bamboo City anymore. Instead, they were hidden in the depths of its space. However, when the absolutely fatal formation skills exploded, they tore through the world in the painting and rushed over toward them.
699
700The world in the painting in which the two resided at that moment was about to crumble and be destroyed.
701
702With a solemn face, Qin Mu's brush moved like dragons and snakes, possessing myriads of changes. Suddenly, He Yiyi felt a force around her waist, and she was pulled into another painting.
703
704They rushed inside it, and He Yiyi saw beautiful mountains and rivers with flowers blooming romantically. The scenery was extremely pleasant to the eye.
705
706Yet the next moment, the killing formation of Bamboo City crushed that world, and power that could destroy everything rolled toward them.
707
708"You aren't using formation skills to solve my formation skills." He Yiyi looked sternly and seriously at this boy beside her. "Even if you escape the killing formation of Bamboo City, I won't admit defeat."
709
710"You are number two in formation skills, and I'll just not fight with you. Will that do?"
711
712Qin Mu laughed loudly and splashed his ink like a scholar indulging himself, writing words everywhere. Before Bamboo City's deadliest formation skill could destroy their world in the painting, he brought He Yiyi into the next world.
713
714Resplendent stars occupied the sky there. They were like glowing gems, lighting up the darkness.
715
716Qin Mu brought He Yiyi onto the stars and began sprinting through the starry sky. His brush didn't stop for a moment, and he drew the Milky Way. Behind them was the absolutely fatal formation skill, but ignoring it they jumped into the river and floated far away.
717
718The Milky Way went downstream, and Qin Mu held onto He Yiyi's waist tightly to prevent her from being washed away.
719
720When she finally managed to find her feet, she was still in a daze. She saw Qin Mu swinging his brush around and pulling her closer as he jumped onto a newly drawn celestial horse.
721
722It sprinted out from the painting and became a reality. It galloped while its wings flapped to increase its speed, and they left the killing formation quite a distance away.
723
724Qin Mu raised his brush once again and splashed the ink as much as he liked. A door appeared in front of them, and when it opened, bright rays shone from the other place. The celestial horse carried rushed to the door. He Yiyi was stunned when she realized that they were on a mountain peak outside of Bamboo City.
725
726While still holding her by the waist, Qin Mu jumped off the celestial horse. It flapped its wings and raised its front legs to give a cry before transforming back into ink that fell onto the ground.
727
728From the distance, numerous heads of the influential families of Bamboo City hurried over to their side.
729
730An elder was about to say something when He Yiyi smiled and spoke in a gentle tone. "I lost; Cult Master Qin's formation skills are number two in the world. My He Family and everyone in Bamboo City will follow him with all our hearts!"
731
732Qin Mu looked at her with bewilderment.
733
734In He Yiyi's eyes, a trace of tender emotions could be seen brewing, and her gaze was like clear autumn water.
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736Chapter 455: Formation Master’s Methods
737
738Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
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741
742Rumble, rumble.
743
744The huge Bamboo City moved forward while Qin Mu and He Yiyi stood side by side on its tower. Even though he had seen the strange sight of the city moving by itself, Qin Mu still found it inconceivable.
745
746Even though the divine arts of West Earth had not improved in ten thousand years, the ideology of all things having spirit and all things having soul was still extraordinary.
747
748When he looked back and saw people walking to and fro through the city, he couldn't help clicking his tongue in wonder.
749
750After Formation Master He Yiyi admitted defeat, she summoned the people of Bamboo City and about a hundred thousand people returned. The sight of a city bringing so many people across the mountains was unimaginable yet it was right in front of his eyes.
751
752"Trying to overthrow Palace Master Yu of True Heaven Palace isn't going to be easy," He Yiyi said. "Besides my He Family, we also need the support of other influential families. In West Earth, Xiong and Yu Families were the two most influential families, and their abilities were also the strongest. But Xiong Family has already fallen and their position of True Heaven Palace Master was snatched by Yu Family.
753
754"However, there's still Poison Master Mu Yingxue's Mu Family, Sword Master Luo Yinyu's Luo Family, Fang Family, Liu Family, Gong Family, Xi Family, Fu Family—a total of ten influential families. Other than that, there's also influential families like those who belong to Ge Ke, Mao Chi, Ka Xiang Ka whose abilities aren't weak as well."
755
756Qin Mu pondered over it before asking, "Why did Xiong Family inherit the position of True Heaven Palace Master? Do other influential families also have this right?"
757
758"Xiong Family could inherit the position of True Heaven Palace Master because the first generation True Heaven Palace Master's surname was Xion," He Yiyi said. "The successive palace masters because of that were usually Xiong. Even though there were situations where other surnames had become palace masters, Xiong Family would still return back to the position of the palace master not long after. It is said that…"
759
760The girl looked at Xiong Qi'er who was beside Qin Mu. "It is said that the ancestor of Xiong Family had the support of a god so they could always remain on the seat of the palace master. However, this time it's different. It is said that the god was unsatisfied with Nai Kui, so Yu Family was contacted, and that is why it was so easy for them to uproot Xiong Family."
761
762'God? Could it be the owner of that wooden god statue I met in the flaming desert?'
763
764Qin Mu was still somewhat puzzled, so he asked, "Since this god always supported Xiong Family, why did he suddenly change to Yu Family?"
765
766"That will be because of Ba Gou," He Yiyi answered. "Ba Gou's origin is not ordinary, and rumors say that he is a strong practitioner who came down from the upper bound. It is believed that he brought Yu Family in contact with that god."
767
768"Ba Gou?"
769
770Qin Mu blinked. Ba Gou was a term of respect like Nai Kui. The latter was the mother of the princess while Ba Gou was the father of the princess. However, according to his understanding, even though the princess of True Heaven Palace was Xiong Qi'er, her father had died in battle, so the Ba Gou He Yiyi mentioned could only be the husband of Yu Family's True Heaven Palace Master.
771
772However, True Heaven Palace Master had not given birth to a daughter so it shouldn't be proper to address him as Ba Gou.
773
774"This Ba Gou needed an extraordinary position to be able to contact that god," He Yiyi said. "He's extremely mysterious and rumors say that he came from the upper bound and is the guest of High Heavens. He had already been with True Heaven Palace Master and it is said that she's already pregnant with a child. Ba Gou let it spread that the child within her is definitely a girl who is the princess of True Heaven Palace!"
775
776Giving birth to a girl would secure one the position of True Heaven Palace Master, which was a rule Qin Mu had never heard about before. However, West Earth honored women and their social customs were quite different from those of Eternal Peace.
777
778Besides, as long as one cultivated divine eyes, it wasn't troublesome to see if the unborn child was male or female.
779
780Since Ba Gou had confirmed that the child in True Heaven Palace Master's womb was a girl, he would not be wrong. True Heaven Palace Master would definitely give birth to a little princess and sit firmly on her seat.
781
782"What's the surname of this Ba Gou?"
783
784"Yu."
785
786Qin Mu was stunned. "He's also Yu? What's his relationship with Yu Family?"
787
788He Yiyi smiled, but it was an expression lacking warmth. "All of us would also like to know what's Ba Gou's relationship with Yu Family. There are many rumors in West Earth. Some say Ba Gou is the ancestor of Yu Family, others that he is the son of High Heaven's Jade Sovereign and that Yu Family originate from there as well. There are many rumors, but the truth is elusive."
789
790Qin Mu looked at her with a weird expression.
791
792"Some say that it was because Xiong Xiyu's talent was lacking and she wasn't a strong enough benevolent ruler that her position as palace master was snatched by Yu Family. Yet in my eyes, even though Palace Master Xiong really lacked talent, the true mastermind behind this is still this Ba Gou."
793
794Qin Mu nodded.
795
796Xiong Qi'er was right beside him, but he had no choice but to admit that what He Yiyi said was right. No matter if it was ability or scheming, the girl's mother wasn't like what a master of a sacred ground should be.
797
798She hadn't experienced a lot of scheming and bloody battles before ascending to the position of the palace master at a young age, so it was natural that she couldn't fight against Yu Family and Ba Gou.
799
800Even though Qin Mu had also ascended to the position of Heavenly Devil Cult Master at a young age, the people who had taught him were the nine elders of Disabled Elderly Village. Ever since he was young, he had been taught all kinds of crafty plots and machinations, making him sinister and cunning. However, the nine elders still found him too honest.
801
802Because of all that teaching, Qin Mu was able to sit firmly in the position of cult master, with everyone in the village accepting him wholeheartedly.
803
804Bamboo City sprinted among the mountains and wilderness, heading toward the west. It didn't head straight for True Heaven Palace, though.
805
806They were going to the ancestor ground of He Family, Sword River Valley, where their headquarters were located.
807
808As an influential family, He Family had their own power. Even though it was inferior to that of Yu or Xiong Families, it was still a strength that was not to be underestimated.
809
810After Bamboo City had sprinted for half a day, they finally came to Sword River Valley when the sun was about to set. Qin Mu looked into the distance and saw a huge river stretching straight ahead like a sword. On its hilts, a city was constructed. There were mountains on two sides while walls were arranged along the sword river to protect the two other sides.
811
812The city was very intriguing and astonishing to Qin Mu. When Bamboo City reached it, a huge mountain stood up to reveal a path. A long bridge made of stone rose from the bottom of the river as well. And it was stone giants bending over to let Bamboo City step on their backs to cross Sword River.
813
814"Too marvelous, the world of West Earth is truly a place full of wonderful imagination." Qin Mu couldn't resist exclaiming in admiration.
815
816He Yiyi's gaze was like limpid autumn waters as she smiled gently. "If Cult Master Qin likes this place, you don't need to go back. You can always stay here, and Yiyi will accompany you on scenic tours to visit all the wonders of the world."
817
818Qin Mu was delighted. "If there was a beauty like Sister Yiyi to accompany me, how joyful would that be. However, I've too many worldly affairs tying me down. After solving the matter with West Earth, I will have to lay my hands on High Heavens to get rid of this future danger. On top of that, there are still a lot of stuff to be done in Eternal Peace… Why don't we do this!"
819
820With excitement, he said, "After playing in West Earth for some time, why don't you come with me to Eternal Peace and I'll show you around there, to see the extraordinary points of Eternal Peace. You might just fall in love with it!"
821
822He Yiyi's expression showed interest, but she shook her head. "I'm afraid it's not possible. He Family still needs me. I can't abandon them."
823
824Bamboo City entered Sword River Valley and stopped.
825
826At that moment, the lights in all cities and towns of Sword River Valley shone brightly and looked very gorgeous. Even the mountains and the river were lit up.
827
828"Let's go to the main palace hall." A huge stone floated up to He Yiyi's feet and picked the three of them to bring them to the main palace hall. "The heads of my He Family will soon come to visit, and I need to prepare."
829
830Not long after that, numerous higher-ups of He Family came. There were both men and women among then, but the latter were in the majority as they came to pay their respects to He Yiyi.
831
832She invited the numerous higher-ups of the influential families to take a seat while Qin Mu accompanied her. "Everyone, this is Cult Master Qin of Heavenly Devil Cult, a sacred ground of Middle Earth's Eternal Peace Empire."
833
834Everyone in the hall went into an uproar, and an old woman praised her in a trembling voice, "Formation Master is truly extraordinary, to have taken down this devil cult master. Now we can ask True Heaven Palace for our reward!"
835
836"Ask for reward?" He Yiyi burst into laughter and shook her head. "Palace Master Yu is merely a little slut that schemed and seized the throne, so is she even worthy of taking down Cult Master Qin? Pardon my honest words, if not for Ba Gou supporting her, could she have ever gained the position of the palace master? Her womb failed to live up to expectations and could only give birth to a son. She can't even give birth to a daughter, so how good could she be?"
837
838Everyone in the hall looked at each other in dismay.
839
840He Yiyi glanced at Qin Mu, and he smiled. Holding Xiong Qi'er's hand, he said loudly, "Senior sisters of He Family, this is the little princess of True Heaven Palace!"
841
842He Yiyi smiled and added, "The little princess of True Heaven Palace is right here, so Palace Master Xiong is not far away. If my He Family can assist Palace Master Xiong in getting rid of the little slut of Yu family and helping her reclaim the position of the palace master, wouldn't that surpass the reward of turning Cult Master Qin in by a hundred times? Everyone, you are the elders of the clan, what do you think?"
843
844Everyone in the hall became silent. The men of He Family didn't dare to speak, but the women were very daring. One started to protest, "Formation Master, think thrice! Yu Family is at its peak right now so how can we He Family be its opponent? What's more, Ba Gou is supporting her!"
845
846"Well said." He Yiyi chuckled. "That's why, we will be allying ourselves with Heavenly Devil Cult. With its assistance, why should we be scared of Yu Family? If you think this is not enough, we'll ally ourselves with Mu and Luo Families. I believe that they also have the sense of propriety, justice, integrity, and honor, and won't accept Yu Family for long!"
847
848Another middle-aged woman suddenly rose and said angrily, "Now that Yu Family is in control of True Heaven Palace, how great is their power? Formation Master, even though you are the head of this household, I see that you have truly gone crazy!"
849
850"Formation Master, think thrice before acting." Another old woman stood up and propped herself on her cane. "Don't gamble the fate of our He Family on the table."
851
852After her, another said righteously, "The ten thousand years of our He Family's foundation can't be destroyed in an instant! If Formation Master insists on this, then hand over the position of the head of the household!"
853
854"That's right, hand over the position of the head of the household!"
855
856...
857
858He Yiyi looked around and said with a pleasant expression, "Which other elders have opinions? Feel free to speak since this is an internal affair of our clan, and you are all my aunts, grannies and great grandmothers. I'm of a younger generation so we should discuss this."
859
860A couple more elders stood up to criticize her then.
861
862He Yiyi waited for a moment, to make sure that no one else would come out to object, then smiled. "Seems like everyone has forgotten how I became Formation Master, the head of this household."
863
864The faces of everyone who had stood up changed. Before they could rush out of the main hall, cages popped out from the ground of Bamboo City, capturing all who had spoken against He Yiyi. The cages then sank back into the ground.
865
866He Yiyi patted her hands and smiled. "After I get rid of Yu Family, I'll let all of you out. Do the other elders have any opinions?"
867
868Everyone in the hall stood up and bowed while saying in unison, "We'll take Formation Master as our only guide!"
869
870He Yiyi looked at Qin Mu and smiled. "How are my methods, Cult Master Qin?"
871
872He smiled back at her. "Sister Yiyi is an unusual woman."
873
874He Yiyi's gaze wandered and there was a hint of bashfulness in her voice when she said softly, "Tonight, my window won't be closed. If you climb in, we can talk about formation skills the whole night and delve deeper…"
875
876Chapter 456: Old Schemer
877
878Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
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880
881
882On that night, when it was silent, He Yiyi heard knocking on the window and grew flustered. She hurriedly opened the window and saw Qin Mu behind it with a smile. "Sister Yiyi, I climbed here only after making sure that no one was around."
883
884He Yiyi's heart throbbed violently at the sight of her lover under the candlelight. Her heart became like a frisky monkey, and mind like a cantering horse.
885
886And then, both of them talked about formation skills the whole night.
887
888Before the sun was about to rise, Qin Mu secretly slipped out through the window, since he knew it was the rule of West Earth. Those who went for visiting marriage couldn't meet the woman's family.
889
890But Qin Mu didn't even manage to get downstairs before meeting a couple women who had woken up early. They immediately turned their heads away and acted as if they didn't see anything. Only after Qin Mu had walked a distance away, did they laugh softly.
891
892When the sun was high up in the sky, He Yiyi was reluctant to part with Qin Mu and send him out of Sword River Valley. "Just our He Family alone is not enough to do anything against True Heaven Palace, so Cult Master should go and see Poison Master. I'll meet the other heads of influential families in West Earth to discuss this major event together."
893
894Qin Mu bade her farewell and left.
895
896He Yiyi saw him off with some disappointment.
897
898A girl at her side laughed softly. "Did sister do it with Brother-in-Law Qin? Quite a few people saw him climbing through the window and some also saw him climbing downstairs in the morning."
899
900He Yiyi was sleepy-eyed and her vigor seemed to be lacking. She said angrily, "Do what? We talked about formation skills the whole night."
901
902Other girls came up and chattered with smiles. "Talk about formation skills, is that your excuse? The night was long yesterday and you were naturally like a pair of mandarin ducks flying together!"
903
904He Yiyi ground her teeth so much they made a noise.
905
906The girls jumped in shock. "You really talked about formation skills the whole night with brother-in-law?"
907
908He Yiyi looked at them helplessly. "He was so excited, so what could I do? Force him? Does He Family still want face? If I really used force, wouldn't we wreck the whole place with our fight and tear down this Bamboo City?
909
910"I could only talk the whole night with him about formation skills, but luckily his knowledge and experience were extremely extraordinary. We sank into exploring the formation skills to the point that I forgot to show affection and simply thought that the night was too short. Thinking about it now, I feel we could have done something first before exploring the path of formations and exchanged pointers."
911
912The girls looked at one another in dismay. A man and a woman spent the night in one room and they really talked about formation skills the whole night? "Truly horrible… worse than a beast!"
913
914"Then why is sister allowing Brother-in-Law Qin to go look for Poison Master, that little hussy?" one girl asked daringly. "If Mu Yingxue isn't reserved like sister and snatches brother-in-law, what will you do?"
915
916He Yiyi sneered at her. "Unless Lassie Mu uses force, everyone can forget about taking advantage of him. Ever since Lassie Mu lost to him, she couldn't forget about him and her amorous feelings kept undulating. She always fights with me, so if she found out that I lost, she would definitely make fun of me. So why don't I let her suffer a setback as well so it shuts her mouth?"
917
918The girls greatly admired her words. "Sister is wise!"
919
920Qin Mu brought Xiong Qi'er to the dragon qilin's back, and they headed to Thunder Mountain City where Poison Master Mu Yingxue lived.
921
922"Big brother, are we not going to True Heaven Palace?" Xiong Qi'er asked curiously.
923
924"I planned to go there, but so far there has been no news of Imperial Preceptor and your mother. I suspect…" The corners of Qin Mu's eyes twitched and he sneered. "Imperial Preceptor, that old schemer, hasn't shown his face from beginning to the end, and now I see what he wants to do! He is definitely waiting for me to create a huge ruckus and attract the attention an the main force of True Heaven Palace.
925
926"Then he will achieve victory amid the disorder! That old schemer… I knew there was something wrong about him personally running over to my Heavenly Saint Academy to invite your mother to West Earth before asking me to join as well."
927
928He raised his head and examined the surroundings. There were a couple of white clouds following them in the sky, and he immediately said to the dragon qilin. "Fatty Dragon, we are being watched again."
929
930The dragon qilin was frightened and immediately began to run faster.
931
932The speed of the white clouds also suddenly increased, but after a moment, the dragon qilin left them in the dust.
933
934Qin Mu noticed that not only were the white clouds chasing them, even the water of Sword River suddenly flowed in reverse. The waves moved like dragons, but they still couldn't catch up to them.
935
936Qin Mu looked with puzzlement at it. The divine arts practitioners were probably the strong practitioners of True Heaven Palace. Its tracking methods were indeed unmatched, and if they got seen, it would be hard for them to shake them off.
937
938Yet how did Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor, that old schemer, had known that he would attract a lot of attention after he entered West Earth? Even pulling out True Heaven Palace's forces?
939
940He was clearly very low key and knew his place, so how did that schemer had known that he would become the biggest target of True Heaven Palace?
941
942"Imperial Preceptor is an old fox…"
943
944Qin Mu took a look at Xiong Qi'er and instantly knew who was the real target.
945
946According to his understanding gained in the past couple of days, West Earth placed great importance on the little princess, and True Heaven Palace needed to have one to sit firmly in its seat. Since Qin Mu was bringing along Xiong Qi'er, the little princess, with him, how could it not make him the biggest target?
947
948Xiong Xiyu was nothing to worry about while Xiong Qi'er was the target of True Heaven Palace Master!
949
950In the past, the target Yu Bochuan had pursued wasn't Xiong Xiyu, but Xiong Qi'er!
951
952Qin Mu still remembered why he had saved Xiong Xiyu and her daughter. It was because when he saw Yu Bochuan bullying a four-five-year-old girl like Xiong Qi'er, he really couldn't bear to watch it and risked his life to save them.
953
954But when he thought of it now, Yu Bochuan had wanted to kill Xiong Qi'er not without a reason.
955
956'Why does True Heaven Palace place such importance on a little princess?'
957
958He couldn't help feeling bewildered and squatted down. He grabbed Xiong Qi'er's shoulders and flipped her around a few times, but he didn't see anything special about her. This made him even more puzzled.
959
960Nai Kui was True Heaven Palace Master, and the title's meaning was the mother of the princess, while the father was called Ba Gou. These two names originated from the little princess, which showed how high True Heaven Palace valued the little princess. There had to be a reason for that!
961
962Xiong Qi'er looked at him with her big eyes blinking innocently. She didn't look like she had any special ability.
963
964Suddenly, Qin Mu focused on her little backpack and was stunned for a moment. Xiong Qi'er had always carried it with her, all the way from Heavenly Saint Academy to there. He had always thought that it held her clothes and didn't pay any attention to it.
965
966Now, he was curious about that small backpack.
967
968"Qi'er, what do you have in that backpack of yours?" Qin Mu asked.
969
970Xiong Qi'er took it down and opened it up, causing green light to shower Qin Mu's face.
971
972He sighed. "As expected. Imperial Preceptor, that old schemer…"
973
974The Green Dragon Bead lay quietly in the girl's backpack. It was green like jade as well as sparkling and translucent. A dragon soul gently swam inside it.
975
976When Qin Mu grabbed the dragon bead, the dragon's soul looked at him with disdain, but when he let Xiong Qi'er touch it, the green dragon's soul looked at her with friendliness. It gently touched her hand from within the bead.
977
978"The innocence of the child is the best material to cultivate Ten Thousand Spirit Nature Technique."
979
980Qin Mu sighed ruefully. The reason why True Heaven Palace needed a little princess was mainly because of her innocence. Without any impure thoughts, she would be able to control a treasure like Green Dragon Bead and unleash its power to the extreme.
981
982In True Heaven Palace, there were three more treasures which represented Black Tortoise, Vermillion Bird, and White Tiger. The person who could unleash the power of all those treasures would only be the little princess of True Heaven Palace!
983
984The most powerful person in that sacred ground was never Nai Kui or the other strong practitioners. It was the little princess which was without the strength to truss a chicken.
985
986Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor and Xiong Xiyu had gone first to West Earth, but leaving Green Dragon Bead to Xiong Qi'er would have definitely not been Xiong Xiyu's idea, but that of Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor.
987
988Xiong Xiyu felt that Imperial Preceptor was unreliable, so she asked Qin Mu to bring Xiong Qi'er with him. Never would she have expected that she would fall for Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor's scheme and let Qin Mu and Xiong Qi'er become the targets of True Heaven Palace. Meanwhile, Imperial Preceptor and her could borrow the cover provided by them and execute their plans in secret.
989
990'Imperial Preceptor needs a smack on the ass. He is a heavenly king of my Heavenly Saint Cult, so how does he dare to scheme even against his own cult master.'
991
992Qin Mu sighed and roused his spirit. At that moment, the dragon qilin suddenly stopped and said, "Cult Master, there's something."
993
994Qin Mu looked forward and saw mountains stretching into the distance. Black coffins hung off the cliffs. They nearly covered them whole, making the whole mountain body black.
995
996He quickly counted the coffins and realized that they numbered somewhere around three to five thousand.
997
998"This is… a corpse raising ground!"
999
1000He opened Cinnabar Heaven's Eyes to look and instantly saw sinister wind blowing in waves while dark clouds shrouded the mountains.
1001
1002The place was indeed suitable to raise corpses.
1003
1004According to the geographic map of West Earth, they were in Lower County which was about eight hundred miles from Thunder Mountain City. Lower County was the territory of West Earth's Liu Family.
1005
1006'This corpse raising ground is in the territory of Liu Family? Does that means they're its owners?'
1007
1008Qin Mu suddenly remembered that corpses had no spirit nor soul, so wouldn't they be a good material for West Earth's divine arts practitioner to awaken spirit? The bodies of divine arts practitioners had been through the vicissitudes of life and far surpassed spirit weapons in power. On top of that, they had four limbs and may even be able to execute divine arts in battle, so they might be even more useful than spirit weapons.
1009
1010"Rise and get rich!"
1011
1012Suddenly, a shout could be heard, and Qin Mu looked toward the source of it. He saw a few men with embroidered headbands chanting phrases while executing divine arts of West Earth. A black coffin suddenly grew legs and pushed itself off the cliff as though it was flying, then laded with a thump.
1013
1014Creak.
1015
1016The coffin opened up and a woman hopped out. Her neck turned around stiffly, and she looked at Qin Mu. "Are you perhaps Heavenly Devil Cult Master from Middle Earth?"
1017
1018Qin Mu was astonished. He actually couldn't tell if the woman from the coffin was dead or alive. "That's me. May I ask who you are?"
1019
1020"Liu Ruyin of Liu Family."
1021
1022The woman landed on the ground. "I've heard that Cult Master has brought the little princess to West Earth. Where is she?"
1023
1024Qin Mu raised Xiong Qi'er's hand and smiled. "The little princess is right here."
1025
1026Liu Ruyin looked at Xiong Qi'er, and the light in her eyes shone brightly. The smell of decay instantly torrented into the sky, and numerous black coffins grew legs to sprint down the cliffs. There were even coffins floating in the sky which creaked loudly as they opened up. Numerous 'corpses' whose state of being Qin Mu couldn't determine sat up and rushed at Xiong Qi'er!
1027
1028Qin Mu stretched his hand and took out Green Dragon Bead from the girl's small backpack and stuff it into her hands while saying indifferently, "Liu Ruyin, your Liu Family seems to have ill intentions eh."
1029
1030When Liu Ruyin saw the Green Dragon Bead, she couldn't help covering her face and giving off a miserable shriek which was filled with terror. "Don't be reckless!"
1031
1032Chapter 457: God Burial Valley’s Liu Family
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1034Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
1035
1036
1037
1038Xiong Qi'er hugged Green Dragon Bead, since it was quite big. It was the size of an adult's fist. She was too young and it took her some effort to carry it.
1039
1040Qin Mu saw Liu Ruyin's actions and instantly knew that his guess was right. The Green Dragon Bead truly needed a pure and innocent little girl to unleash its full power.
1041
1042It was no wonder then that West Earth placed so much importance on the little princess.
1043
1044Liu Ruyin covered her face with a sleeve so only one eye was showing. It was ghastly white and only had a black pupil the size of a soybean; it was truly strange.
1045
1046"Cult Master, don't be mistaken."
1047
1048Behind Liu Ruyin, explosions rang out without end as the 'corpses' that were possibly dead or alive fell back into the coffins which closed automatically.
1049
1050Liu Ruyin also jumped back into her coffin and lay down with a chuckle. "We just wanted to see if the little princess was fine. Now that we see the little princess is safe, Ruyin is at ease. Farewell!"
1051
1052The coffins grew legs once again and were running up the cliffs.
1053
1054"Master of the House Liu, please wait a minute," Qin Mu suddenly said.
1055
1056Liu Ruyin, who had been about to close her coffin, stopped when she heard his words. She straightened her body and forced out a smile. "Cult Master, give us a way out and don't be ruthless."
1057
1058Her voice was trembling, and it seemed like she was extremely terrified.
1059
1060Qin Mu was bewildered. Wasn't it just the Green Dragon Bead?
1061
1062Xiong Qi'er was holding onto, but even though she could unleash its power, it should not be too terrifying... Did Liu Ruyin and the rest really need to be that terrified?
1063
1064"Master of the House Liu, you guys have come on the orders of True Heaven Palace?" Qin Mu asked with a pleasant expression. "Since it's on orders, there should be experts of True Heaven Palace in your clan, right? I would like to meet them, so could Master introduce them to me?"
1065
1066Liu Ruyin was slightly stunned. Qin Mu's face was warm like the spring wind when he smiled. "Master of the House Liu might not know, but I've no ill intentions for West Earth. I'm just here to see the local situation and customs. The reason I brought the little princess is simply because she's a person of West Earth and is more familiar with the geography."
1067
1068"Familiar with the geography of West Earth?" Liu Ruyin blinked at him.
1069
1070Xiong Qi'er was around six years old and had lived in True Heaven Palace ever since she was young. The only thing she might be familiar with would only be the geography of her home, so how could she have any memory of West Earth's geography? Letting Xiong Qi'er lead the way was no different from a blind man touching an elephant.
1071
1072'This Cult Master Qin from Middle Earth sure has a way with lies.'
1073
1074Liu Ruyin's next words were chosen carefully. "Cult Master Qin, a strong dragon cannot suppress a snake. Even though your background is enormous, my Liu Family is not to be trifled with as well. Be careful of a life and death struggle."
1075
1076Qin Mu looked at her with astonishment. "What is Master of the House Liu saying? I just want to see the senior sister of True Heaven Palace and resolve the misunderstanding between us. I have no ill intentions. If I really was thinking like that, I would have already asked the little princess to activate Green Dragon Bead, and do you think you guys would have been able to escape?"
1077
1078Liu Ruyin's face flickered between dark and clear. However, Qin Mu's patience was extremely good. He just stood there and waited for her reply.
1079
1080He didn't speak a word, and the 'corpses' in the coffins also didn't dare to move.
1081
1082After a moment, Liu Ruyin chuckled and said, "Since Cult Master Qin had said so, how can I go against it? Cult Master, please enter my coffin and let me bring you to Liu Family to meet the senior sisters of True Heaven Palace. I wonder if Cult Master will have the courage?"
1083
1084Qin Mu smiled at her. "What's the problem?" After saying so, he picked up Xiong Qi'er and jumped off the dragon qilin's back before coming next to Liu Ruyin's coffin.
1085
1086When he looked inside, he couldn't help becoming stunned. The coffin didn't look big from the outside, but the internal space was astonishing. Its length and width were over thirty yards, and even the height was fifteen-eighteen yards. It was like a huge house.
1087
1088On top of that, there were also tables, chairs, and even a jade bed. It was split into a few rooms, and there were dining and living spaces. There was even a place for a servant to live, which made it no different from a small and delicate palace.
1089
1090Qin Mu clicked his tongue in wonder. When Liu Ruyin had jumped out of the coffin, he had risen in shock. He thought that a zombie had jumped out, never having expected that it would actually be her living space.
1091
1092He looked at the other black coffins and wondered, 'Could all of them be like that? All places where the disciples of Liu Family live?' These coffins that grew legs to walk by themselves seem to be as wonderful even if they're using different methods which lead to the same result as Sister Yiyi's moving city.'
1093
1094"Fatty Dragon, you can also come in!" Qin Mu turned back to smile at him.
1095
1096The dragon qilin seemed slightly hesitant and shook his head. "Cult Master, I'm a bit superstitious, so I won't go in."
1097
1098Qin Mu scolded him with a laugh, then brought Xiong Qi'er into the coffin, leaving the dragon qilin outside.
1099
1100Liu Ruyin closed the coffin with a bang, and they immediately left with the coffins striding forward. Some of them even floated into the sky, escorting Liu Ruyin's coffin across the mountains.
1101
1102The dragon qilin followed after them, and after crossing a few mountains, he saw a huge mausoleum among the mountains. Numerous black coffins of Liu Family were floating around it like black boats in the sky. They formed a line to enter the huge mouth of the mausoleum.
1103
1104The dragon qilin shuddered as he complained in his heart. However, he still braced himself to enter the mausoleum with the coffins.
1105
1106In the coffin, Q
1107
1108in Mu sat with Xiong Qi'er in his arms. Liu Ruyin sat opposite of him, and the two of them looked at each other silently. The atmosphere was solemn.
1109
1110Suddenly, Qin Mu smiled and said, "Master of the House Liu, who is the chief of your Liu Family?"
1111
1112The black pupils that were the size of soybeans in Liu Ruyin's eyes swirled and returned back to ordinary size. She smiled back at him., "Cult Master Qin is an outsider, so you don't know about my Liu Family. I'm its head."
1113
1114Qin Mu was astonished. "In that case, it was correct of me to call you Master of the House Liu just now. Sister Ruyin, your Liu Family's technique is very strange. When I saw you guys just now, I thought you were all corpses! Can you tell me the reason why you're doing this?"
1115
1116Liu Ruyin couldn't help feeling a warmth well in her heart and threw a glance at him with joy she couldn't contain. "Your mouth is really sweet. The people of other clans, especially the men, which of them would dare to be so sweet when they see me? It's already fortunate if they aren't scared to death! Some of those stinky men piss their pants in terror while the souls of some scatter into nothingness. Cult Master, on the other hand, can still have a pleasant chat and call me sister."
1117
1118Xiong Qi'er was bewildered and thought to herself, 'Big brother seems to call every woman he meets sister…'
1119
1120The corpse air around Liu Ruyin's body became fainter, and she smiled. "The technique of our Liu Family is different from the basic one. None of us actually had the surname Liu when we were alive, and only after we died did we become Liu."
1121
1122Qin Mu's heart trembled and he cried out, "You're all!"
1123
1124"My West Earth's Liu Family has an extremely ancient background, which started when a spirit was born from a corpse. Rumor says that Liu Family's ancestor was buried under a willow tree, but soon, spirituality was born in the corpse, and he took the surname Liu.
1125
1126"Because we are born from corpses, our corporeal bodies are dead and we can't give birth. However, we have a lifespan, and once our spirits' time is up, our souls scatter. The people outside say that our Liu Family is weird and don't interact with outsiders, but they are mistaken. It's not that we aren't willing to interact with the outside, but that we are all spirits born from corpses so we are scared of being captured to be turned into spirit weapons."
1127
1128"When the experts of True Heaven Palace asked you to deal with me, you guys agreed. Could True Heaven Palace have the ability to take down your Liu Family and refine you guys into spirit weapons?" Qin Mu asked in a cold voice.
1129
1130Liu Ruyin's face changed slightly.
1131
1132Qin Mu laughed loudly and his expression became pleasant again. He smiled. "Sister Ruyin, for you to be able to become the chief of Liu Family, your cultivation surpasses mine by far, so how can you still be scared of me? Little brother is really just bragging and only knows how to scare people. I'm actually not confident at all."
1133
1134Liu Ruyin let out a sigh of relief and smiled back at me. "You really gave sister a scare. What's Cult Master Qin's cultivation?"
1135
1136"I'm only on Six Directions Realm. Can sister be at ease now?" Qin Mu said honestly.
1137
1138Liu Ruyin was indeed at ease, but she was still worried about the Green Dragon Bead in Xiong Qi'er's hands.
1139
1140That item was the biggest nemesis of Liu Family. When the power of this dragon bead was executed, no matter how strong the experts of Liu Family were, they wouldn't be able to contend against it!
1141
1142The reason why Liu Family had submitted to True Heaven Palace was because of Green Dragon Bead.
1143
1144"Sister Ruyin, who are the ones that came from True Heaven Palace? What's their cultivation?"
1145
1146"The person that came is the elder of True Heaven Palace's Yu Family, Yu Ruyi," Liu Ruyin said. "The experts of Yu Family are on Life and Death Realm, and they are all extraordinary."
1147
1148Qin Mu nodded gently. The people in West Earth didn't really see cultivation realm as important since Ten Thousand Spirit Nature Technique didn't rely on cultivation to achieve victory. It instead relied on comprehending nature and heaven and earth. The purer were one's thoughts, the stronger their senses would be, and then they would be even more likely to communicate with the heaven and earth.
1149
1150Of course, the higher the cultivation, the stronger the creation divine arts would be. Cultivation was also extremely important to one's ability, but to the people of West Earth, the senses and comprehensions in regards to nature were the most important.
1151
1152"Sister Ruyin should be at ease now, right?" Qin Mu smiled. "That Sister is on Life and Death Realm while I'm only on Six Directions Realm. Sister Ruyin, if Sister Ruyi wants to kill me, you will have to protect me."
1153
1154Liu Ruyin gave a troubled expression and said reluctantly, "Yu Ruyi and I are friends and I can only assure you that she won't touch you in God Burial Valley. As for outside it, I can't guarantee the safety of Cult Master."
1155
1156Qin Mu let out a sigh of relief and said his thanks. "Thanks for the trouble, sister. What kind of place is God Burial Valley in which you guys live?"
1157
1158Liu Ruyin smiled. "We are at God Burial Valley now. Cult Master Qin, please go out of the coffin!"
1159
1160The coffin opened, and Liu Ruyin brought him out to look around. They were in an underground world that stretched in all directions. There were sun, moon, and stars in the sky of the mausoleum, and in the surroundings, there were passageways leading to tombs of all sizes. There were numerous coffins entering and exiting them.
1161
1162A small coffin floated over, and its lids flipped open to reveal a little girl inside. While sitting on the coffin's edge, she said, "Mother, who is this?"
1163
1164Qin Mu looked over with doubt at Liu Ruyin. The woman looked at the child with sadness, then said softly, "This is my little darling. She died with me, and we were both awakened by an elder, so we came to live here… Let's not talk about this. Didn't you say that you want to meet Yu Ruyi? Let me call her over and introduce her to you, I might just be able to resolve the misunderstanding between you. Little darling, stay here to accompany big brother."
1165
1166The girl acknowledged her words sweetly and examined Qin Mu with curiosity.
1167
1168Qin Mu didn't dare to underestimate her. Even though the little girl was the daughter of Liu Ruyin, their spirits were awakened at the same time, so her cultivation realm was probably the same as that of Liu Ruyin. They were both great experts on Life and Death Realm or Divine Bridge Realm!
1169
1170He looked toward the center of God Burial Valley and saw a golden coffin standing upright there. It was heavily covered in thick chains and full of yellow joss papers. All kinds of runes were written on them
1171
1172"Who is in this coffin? Why is it locked?" Qin Mu asked curiously.
1173
1174"Mother said that a god whose corpse has already become a spirit lies there. However, everyone is afraid of them committing evil so they locked them up.
1175
1176"I see." Qin Mu smiled and looked down. "Little darling, let me perform some magic for you." After saying that, he took out a huge jade eye. "This eye of mine can shine."
1177
1178The little girl looked up at him with excitement. "How will it shine?"
1179
1180At that moment, Liu Ruyin's voice reached them. "Ruyi, that is Cult Master Qin. If you have any misunderstandings, I don't mind being the peacemaker…"
1181
1182The voice of another girl came followed by chuckles. "Resolve our grudges? That's good. He just needs to hand the princess over and the grudge will be resolved."
1183
1184At that moment, snow white light suddenly tore through the dimness of God Burial Valley before disappearing in a flash.
1185
1186Qin Mu's laughter rang through the underground world. "How was it? It shines, right?"
1187
1188Liu Ruyin was stunned for an instant. She then saw Yu Ruyi beside her with a horizontal mark over her stomach which split her into two the next moment.
1189
1190Chapter 458: Chop and Change
1191
1192Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
1193
1194
1195
1196"Bastard!"
1197
1198The moment Yu Ruyi died, the whole Liu Family was alarmed, and the black coffins opened with continuous bangs. Strong figures rose into the air one after another!
1199
1200There were even a few coffins that opened up without anyone being inside them. Instead, terrifying pulses came from within them while divine lights churned inside. Even if no strong practitioners showed their faces, it was still very shocking!
1201
1202Even though Liu Family didn't reveal its full strength, it was still one of the ten most influential families in West Earth, and so its abilities were no small matter!
1203
1204God Burial Valley was Liu Family's sacred ground, so once Qin Mu got rid of Yu Ruyi within it, the event touched upon Liu Family's taboo. In addition to that, the one that had died was a strong practitioner of True Heaven Palace, which would of course anger the host family.
1205
1206Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
1207
1208Figures surrounded Qin Mu, and the wind instantly became full of sinister cold. The figures flickered as they stood in the dark clouds, their faces impossible to see. It was hard to say if they were human or ghost.
1209
1210Just as one figure was about to tear the arrogant youth apart, it saw the Green Dragon Bead in Xiong Qi'er's hands and stopped, not daring to go forward.
1211
1212"Everyone stop!" Liu Ruyin ordered in flustered exasperation. "All of you stop moving!"
1213
1214She turned her head to look at Qin Mu and saw him stuffing a huge jade eye into his taotie sack like nothing of concern had happened.
1215
1216Her daughter was clapping her hands in delight, wanting Qin Mu to do it again.
1217
1218Liu Ruyin felt a splitting headache. When she looked at Yu Ruyi's body next to her, her head ached even more.
1219
1220Her original intention was to let Qin Mu and Yu Ruyi meet and that's it. No matter if they could come to peace or if they insisted on fighting, they would have to do it outside Liu Family's grounds.
1221
1222She only needed to be careful of Yu Ruyi and not let her kill the youth. As for Qin Mu, the big boy who was only a divine arts practitioners of Six Direction Realm, she didn't need to mind him at all.
1223
1224She would have never expected that such a simple plan could have such a hiccup!
1225
1226Just as Yu Ruyi showed herself, she was sliced apart by Qin Mu this scoundrel, and he still acted like he knew nothing. It was truly hateful!
1227
1228Cutting Yu Ruyi apart was fine, but the crucial point was that it had been done in God Burial Valley which would make Liu Family look disloyal.
1229
1230If True Heaven Palace decided to punish it, could Liu Family take it?
1231
1232'However, sending this Scoundrel Qin to True Heaven Palace can still redeem us of our crimes.' Liu Ruyin blinked while looking ahead. 'However, Green Dragon Bead is in the little princess's hands, so she can't be offended…'
1233
1234At that moment, a fragrant wind blew over, and the other women of True Heaven Palace floated over. When they saw Yu Ruyi's corpse on the ground, they couldn't help growing furious and shouting sternly, "Liu Ruyin, what's this?"
1235
1236Liu Ruyin's head began to ache even more. "This was done by Cult Master Qin from Middle Earth. It had nothing to do with my Liu Family…"
1237
1238One of the women shouted at her sternly, "Nothing to do with your Liu Family? Liu Ruyin, it's easy for you to say that, but the one who died is the elder of my True Heaven Palace. Your Liu Family can forget about shirking responsibility!"
1239
1240Another woman stepped forward with fierceness. "Chief Liu, if your Liu Family still wants to live, quickly take down that Qin boy and hand him over to True Heaven Palace. Palace Master can then consider old affections and not give too much trouble to you. Otherwise, the entire Liu Family is probably going to be eradicated and removed from the books forever!"
1241
1242As Liu Ruyin ground her teeth, Qin Mu's voice reached her ears. It was filled with curiosity. "Sister Ruyin, didn't you say that only Yu Ruyi had come from True Heaven Palace? I thought she was alone. Who are these sisters?"
1243
1244Liu Ruyin gave him a harsh stare and sneered. "I said someone called Yu Ruyi came from True Heaven Palace, but I didn't say that she was alone. I had also told you that a few senior sisters had come from True Heaven Palace, didn't I?"
1245
1246Qin Mu quickly came to a realization and smiled. "I was reckless, I thought killing one sister would be enough."
1247
1248Liu Ruyin was furious and said coldly, "Cult Master Qin, now that you have killed the elder of True Heaven Palace and spoiled the relationship between my Liu Family and True Heaven Palace, come teach me. What should I do?"
1249
1250Qin Mu rose and smiled at her. "Sister Ruyin, I just came from He Family and Sister Yiyi is currently planning to gather all the influential families to discuss how to overthrow the True Heaven Palace Master who only managed to ascend to the throne by relying on a rebellion. She keeps doing things all wrong, angering the heavens and the people.
1251
1252"Once Yu Family grows strong, your Liu Family will be only food for its table. Just Yu Ruyi and these couple sisters can make your entire Liu Family become docile. Since Yu Family could kill the whole Xiong Family, barely leaving one mother and daughter, aren't you guys worried?"
1253
1254Liu Ruyin was frightened. Qin Mu's words were logical. Once Yu Ruyi had died in Liu Family's grounds, True Heaven Palace wouldn't let it go easily. Liu Family would definitely be implicated and even if they didn't die, they would still have to offer numerous treasures to True Heaven Palace as offerings.
1255
1256And Liu Family's greatest treasure was their corpses.
1257
1258However, Qin Mu that scoundrel clearly had bad intentions and purposely dragged Liu Family down with him to fight True Heaven Palace together.
1259
1260However, he said that He Yiyi was gathering all the influential families for discussion, and this moved Liu Ruyin's heart.
1261
1262Yu Family held no affection from anyone and had been ruthless when dealing with Xiong Family, nearly killing every single person within it.
1263
1264Even though Xiong Family had always taken the position of palace master and attracted other influential families' envy, it was still considered fair in handling matters.
1265
1266However, Yu Family was different. Xiong Family had a population of a million people and possessed great power, but Yu Family had actually eliminated them completely, with only Xiong Xiyu and her daughter being able to escape West Earth. The others were all gone.
1267
1268This wasn't as simple as being ruthless.
1269
1270'If we could make use of this chance to overthrow Yu Family…'
1271
1272Liu Ruyin looked at Qin Mu and hesitated. The other experts of Liu Family were furious, but there was also quite a number who were thinking about Qin Mu's suggestion.
1273
1274He smiled and said, "Sister Ruyin, Xiong Family is only left with an orphan and a widow. Even if Xiong Xiyu retakes the position of the palace master, how can they rule West Earth with just the two of them? Won't she have to borrow the power of your influential families?
1275
1276"If Yu Family remains as the head of True Heaven Palace, you guys won't have any say in its dealings. However, the day Xiong Family retakes its seat, it will be the day when all of you influential families will become part of True Heaven Palace."
1277
1278Liu Ruyin made her decision and looked at the little girl beside Qin Mu. "Little darling, what's your opinion?"
1279
1280The little girl smiled and said, "Since mother has already decided, why are you asking me? Mother can make the decision."
1281
1282Qin Mu looked at the little girl who looked almost the same age as Xiong Qi'er and was extremely astonished. He immediately pulled Xiong Qi'er into his arms and moved a distance away.
1283
1284The little girl was definitely not simple. Liu Ruyin hadn't asked the opinion of the elders of Liu Family or the coffins who were giving off divine lights but had instead inquired about the little girl's thoughts. This showed that the little girl was definitely a crafty and sinister person who was probably the brains of Liu Family!
1285
1286She smiled at him sweetly. "I was originally stuck between whether to rebel against the Yu Family or not, and Cult Master was a great help in helping me decide."
1287
1288To the side, Liu Ruyin looked at the women of True Heaven palace and burst out laughing. "Senior sisters, don't worry, after all of you die, we will awaken the spirits inside you. As for whether you will be the ones to wake up, I can tell you for certain, it will definitely not be you. Everyone, send these senior sisters of True Heaven Palace on their way!"
1289
1290The women of True Heaven Palace cussed and tried to fight back, but even if their abilities were extraordinary, it was difficult for them to escape death in God Burial Valley. An elder of True Heaven Palace tried to undo the sealed golden god's coffin, wanting to use the corpse within it to deal with the experts of Liu Family, but just as she undid one seal, divine light suddenly burst forth from one coffin and poured into her orifices. Her primordial spirit was instantly dissolved and only a corpse remained.
1291
1292Qin Mu couldn't help shivering.
1293
1294The abilities of Liu Family were extremely terrifying. If it wasn't for Xiong Qi'er hugging Green Dragon Bead, it would have been hard to suppress them.
1295
1296What was even more bone-chilling to him was the girl that had looked harmless. Liu Ruyin had asked her to stay with him which had seemed a spur of the moment, but was actually full of preplanning. If the little girl had suddenly landed a fatal blow, Qin Mu and Xiong Qi'er could have already been dead.
1297
1298The reason Liu Ruyin was able to sit on the seat of the chief was probably related to the little girl.
1299
1300Qin Mu paid no attention to the situation and asked with a smile, "Little darling, what's your name?"
1301
1302The little girl raised her head and smiled sweetly at him. "Cult Master Qin, my name is Liu Zhenqing."
1303
1304"Liu Zhenqing."
1305
1306Qin Mu nodded. The little girl's pure smile could fight with his honest smile. Both could easily make people put their guard down, and so he knew that it wouldn't be a good idea to trifle with her.
1307
1308'The little girls of West Earth can't be underestimated.'
1309
1310After a moment, the women from True Heaven Palace were killed by the experts of Liu Family while Qin Mu brought Liu Zhenqing and Xiong Qi'er to the side. He saw an elder of Liu Family taking a root and tapping it on the corpses of the experts of True Heaven Palace. Their corpses then stood up.
1311
1312It was due to the spell of Liu Family which had awakened their spirits, and there were spells of this field in Ten Thousand Spirit Nature Technique that Qin Mu had cultivated. However, seeing how the spirits were awakened in the corpses was still somewhat shocking.
1313
1314"Cult Master Qin, the spirit revived from the corpse isn't the soul of the original host." Liu Zhenqing looked at Liu Ruyin who was not far away and whispered, "She's not Liu Ruyin and I'm also not her daughter."
1315
1316Qin Mu was stunned and puzzled. "Yet you still call her mother and she calls you little darling."
1317
1318"Liu Family has no familial bonds and no blood relations. Our blood is cold," Liu Zhengqing said with a dim expression. "When I call her mother, I feel a little warmth in my corpse body as though I'm still alive. She also feels the same way."
1319
1320Qin Mu looked at Liu Ruyin who was walking over to them and smiled.
1321
1322The spirits transformed from corpses might have cold blood, but they had human feelings. It was a great contrast to some people who might have warm blood, but who didn't have a hint of human affection.
1323
1324"Cult Master Qin, are you satisfied?" Liu Ruyin looked at him with a smile that was not really a smile.
1325
1326Qin Mu laughed loudly and bowed to the ground. "Sister Ruyin, forgive me. However, wasn't sister also scheming against me by leaving Zhenqing beside me?"
1327
1328Liu Ruyin returned his bow and sighed. "Yet I ain't as ruthless as you."
1329
1330"I have no choice; otherwise, I wouldn't be able to ally myself with sister." Qin Mu examined the god's coffin and asked with curiosity, "Who is that in the god's coffin? Why is he sealed? I also saw divine light coming out from a few coffins. Were they gods and devils as well?"
1331
1332Liu Ruyin shook her head. "The elders who had died and were revived over a dozen times have refined their corporeal bodies into those of gods, but they are different from the god in the golden coffin. The god's corpse within it is that of a true god."
1333
1334Qin Mu jumped in shock and couldn't help taking a few more glances at it.
1335
1336Liu Zhenqing suddenly coughed, and Liu Ruyin understood. She said meaningfully, "The sky is already turning dark, so why doesn't Cult Master Qin stay for the night before hurrying on his way tomorrow. Cult Master can rest here tonight, my coffin… will be slightly ajar."
1337
1338Qin Mu's scalp crawled, and he felt a chill go down his bones. He immediately said righteously, "I have already promised Poison Master Mu Yingxue to meet her and I've delayed the meeting for almost a year. Time is running out, so Qi'er and I have to hurry on our way! Farewell! No need to send me off!" After he finished saying that, he took Xiong Qi'er's small hand and called the dragon qilin over. They fled God Burial Valley through the darkness outside.
1339
1340Qin Mu smacked the dragon qilin's butt fiercely, and they left in a panic.
1341
1342Liu Ruyin brought her daughter out to see them rushing into the distance, and they couldn't help being disappointed and frustrated.
1343
1344"Why is it so hard to find a father with human affection…" Liu Zhenqing said dejectedly.
1345
1346"Don't worry, mother will find a good father for you," Liu Ruyin consoled her.
1347
1348Chapter 459: Thunder Mountain City’s Battle
1349
1350Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
1351
1352
1353
1354Early in the morning, Thunder Mountain City was already emanating with medicinal fragrance. Qin Mu sniffed the air and knew that it was poisonous fog given off by numerous toxic substances. He immediately refined a few Poison Avoiding Pills for dragon qilin and Xiong Qi'er to hold in their mouths.
1355
1356Poison Master Mu Yingxue's city was different from the ordinary cities. All kinds of poisonous grass and flowers, as well as venomous insects, could be seen everywhere. They were raised by the people of Thunder Mountain City in their gardens while the insects crawled everywhere on the ground. Some of the people even reared venomous birds and beasts which roamed everywhere. The houses were covered with poisonous vines from which green snakes would pop their heads out at times to hiss at passers-by.
1357
1358A bunch of big-eared opossums with scales ran past the dragon chilling, chasing a couple big centipedes that were roughly three feet long.
1359
1360The morning time in Thunder Mountain City was very bustling, and shouting could be heard coming from the streets from time to time.
1361
1362"God damn it, whose venomous wasp is this? My face is all swollen, bring the antidote quickly!"
1363
1364"Which utterly heartless person poured the medicinal dregs on the street? My leg is numb and black… It's almost rotting! Who poured those medicinal dregs? Son of a b*tch, I'll poison you to death!"
1365
1366...
1367
1368Qin Mu walked through the street of Thunder Mountain City, and there were quite a number of merchants selling the poison they had refined in the open. Their clamoring voices filled the air endlessly.
1369
1370"Sister Mu's Thunder Mountain City is pretty flourishing."
1371
1372When Qin Mu examined his surroundings, he saw numerous precious herbs, some which he bought. A number of the poison pills that the peddlers sold were also of good quality and could be used as basic poisons to refine even stronger toxins so he also got some.
1373
1374Without paying attention to it, he came to the center of Thunder Mountain City which was the most bustling place. There were numerous circular arenas, and divine arts practitioners who refined poison were fighting in them.
1375
1376Qin Mu stopped to look for a moment and saw that the divine arts practitioners were fighting differently from how it was normally done. There were numerous jars around them and also all kinds of green leaves, flowers, and grass.
1377
1378The two divine arts practitioners would execute their spells and force the venomous insects or other creatures to kill each other in the jars. The winner would then crawl out of the jar to nibble on the green leaves and evolve. The two divine arts practitioners would then quickly plant seeds within it and catalyze them with strange spells so they would grow quickly and bear fruit.
1379
1380The divine arts practitioners on both sides used rhizomes or fruits to feed venomous insects and the divine arts of all things having spirit to make them grow rapidly, spewing poisonous fog or poisonous fire at the opponent. The two venomous insects would then fight fiercely while the divine arts practitioners would avoid each other's attacks and prepare antidotes.
1381
1382'Fighting in arena forces them to refine poison on the spot, and the same goes for the venomous insect and poisonous herb growing, but that is only fair. However, the abilities of these divine arts practitioners are poor and there's not much to see.'
1383
1384Qin Mu continued to head forward until he suddenly heard a loud explosion when an arena split apart. A huge creature popped out and took up almost half of the arena. It was a huge spider whose upper body was that of a beautiful woman. It shrieked and shook its body, swallowing clouds and spitting out fog to force all the people who were standing around and watching to move back.
1385
1386Qin Mu looked at it with astonishment. "To be able to use of the numerous poisonous grass, flowers, and venomous insect to raise such a venomous creature, the ability of this divine arts practitioner is no small matter!"
1387
1388A woman in black rose from the body of the venomous spider, but a black veil covered her face. However, from the skin that could be seen, she definitely had poisonous warts like a toad all over her face. She shouted sternly, "Mu Yingxue, I'm back once more! Get your ass out here, for I want to settle who's truly better!"
1389
1390Qin Mu instantly became excited and came to the bottom of the arena to spectate the battle. The other divine arts practitioners of Thunder Mountain City also flooded over and created an impenetrable crowd around the arena.
1391
1392A woman said excitedly, "Poison Master is going to make a move!"
1393
1394Another woman was also in high spirits. "It's been a long time since Poison Master made a move! Rumors say that ever since Poison Master met Middle Earth's Heavenly Devil Cult Master who is also a great expert on the poison path, the two of them had their first awakening of love, catching the eyes of each other. They even had an indescribable love affair. After Poison Master came back, her abilities in the poison path increased tremendously and advanced even further on the poison path, entering the realm that was so mysterious that even gods and spirits could not predict it! Who would dare to challenge her?"
1395
1396"You don't recognize this woman? She's none other than the poison expert of True Heaven Palace with the name Yu Qingchan. She's also one of the top-notch figures of the poison path. She had once fought with our Poison Master for the title and lost. Her face was then ruined by Poison Master!"
1397
1398…
1399
1400Qin Mu blinked. When had he and Mu Yingxue had an indescribable love affair?
1401
1402He had clearly fought against her with poison, and both of them had sent one another all they had, changing one another into ugly and deformed beings. That wasn't romantic, but it could be seen as an appreciation of one another's talents.
1403
1404'She did give me a kiss though.'
1405
1406When the youth remembered this, his heart pounded violently, and a different kind of feeling and emotion rose within him. He suddenly woke up with a start. 'Crap! My heartbeat is increasing and blood is rushing to my face. My breathing is also becoming ragged and there's a warm feeling in my heart when I think of her. Could it be the Yearning Poison that Sister Mu had placed on me that's acting up? However, this poison doesn't seem to be dangerous, yea, there's no need to worry…'
1407
1408He moved his thoughts to Ling Yuxiu, Si Yunxiang, He Yiyi, and the other girls, and that warm feeling instantly vanished.
1409
1410'Seems like Yearning Poison isn't hard to deal with.' The youth composed himself.
1411
1412"Mu Yingxue, you don't dare to show yourself?" the woman in black on the arena sneered. "You aren't a man, tucking your tail between your legs isn't how you do things!"
1413
1414At that moment, a soft laugh could be heard, and green vines began to grow rapidly in the distance. They started at a mansion in the center of the city and were getting thicker and thicker, like green dragons. Large green leaves quickly shot out, and the vines grew even longer.
1415
1416In just a short moment, the covered three to four miles and came to the top of the arena.
1417
1418Pop.
1419
1420A soft pop sounded out as a huge flower bud grew out from a green vine which hung above the arena. It bloomed and a maiden with snow white skin jumped out. Before she even landed on the ground, seeds on the arena sprouted and another huge flower bloomed.
1421
1422Mu Yingxue stepped on its stamens with bare feet instead of landing on the ground. With a smile, she said, "Yu Qingchan, you lost to me the previous time and haven't even undone the remnant of the poison I left in your body. The once charming face of yours is still filled with warts. Aren't you just seeking death by coming this time?"
1423
1424Yu Qingchan laughed softly. "Hehehe, do you think I didn't improve at all during these years? After I lost to you and got disfigured, which man dared to look at my face? All of my visiting marriage partners were gone."
1425
1426Mu Yingxue felt some of her sorrow. "We who refine poison indeed do not have any men that would dare to come close to us. After all, at the slightest misstep, they would be poisoned to death. Sister Qingchan, we are fellow sufferers that empathize with each other. However…"
1427
1428She smiled and her expression became cheerful once more. "I already have my one true love! And he is also a poison expert, the number three in the world! My one true love has already entered West Earth to look for me, so Sister Qingchan, do forgive this little sister for not being able to accompany you in singledom!"
1429
1430Qin Mu couldn't restrain his smile. Mu Yingxue was always this clever and queer. However, he hadn't come to West Earth just to find her.
1431
1432Yu Qingchan chuckled and said, "You have a close friend, and luckily, I also have one. My close friend is a hundred times better than yours, and he's none other than the grandmaster of Rolan's Golden Palace who has remarkable abilities in the poison path! With his guidance, I have cultivated my poison path to the realm of the soul. Mu Yingxue you little slut, I will not only make you give up the title of the poison master, but also make you die a miserable death!"
1433
1434Mu Yingxue's expression changed slightly. "Grandmaster of Rolan's Golden Palace? That Grandmaster who is known for his shaman poison and soul poison? No wonder sister dared to come find me in Thunder Mountain City. That Grandmaster sure has some abilities."
1435
1436Yu Qingchan sneered at her. "Now you are scared? Little slut, I'll gamble with you today!"
1437
1438Mu Yingxue smiled and said, "Not to the extent of being scared. Ever since I fought with my little lover, my poison path has improved by leaps and bounds, and I'm no longer what I was before. Not to mention you, even if Grandmaster came to find me, I could still poison him to death with a flick of the finger. However, since you have come to challenge me, it wouldn't be right not to take up the challenge. On what would you like to gamble?"
1439
1440"We'll gamble on your man!" Yu Qingchan suddenly raised her hand to point below the arena, straight at Qin Mu, while chuckling. "The life of your man!"
1441
1442Qin Mu's surroundings instantly emptied out as everyone scattered to prevent themselves from being implicated. He alone stood in his original place. Even Xiong Qi'er had been brought away by the dragon qilin.
1443
1444Qin Mu was pretty surprised as he looked at the stage and smiled helplessly at the young woman on the stage while thinking to himself, 'West Earth's tracking is simply too masterful. I had never truly escape it.'
1445
1446Mu Yingxue's spirits rose and she wanted to jump down from the stage, but she suddenly stopped.
1447
1448Since she was already standing on the arena, jumping down would mean that she admitted defeat and gave up on the title of poison master. It would be losing without a fight.
1449
1450"Alright, we'll bet on my man!" Excited, Mu Yingxue turned her head back to smile at her opponent. "You merged soul poison and our West Earth's spell of awakening spirit, and used the poisonous substances on the arena to refine such a huge creature, which is truly extraordinary. Your abilities have improved a lot compared to before, but I can also use the poisonous substances on the arena to deal with it."
1451
1452Her bare feet gently touched the stamens, and poisonous flowers and grass bloomed along with the venomous insects and toads. "Sister Qingchan, you are only on poison technique while I'm already entering the path, understanding all kinds of inconceivable things of the poison path. You thought you had made your move one step earlier than me and achieved the upper hand, but you didn't expect that you had never had the upper hand in the first place."
1453
1454Wonderful things happened, and the poisonous flowers and grass as well as venomous insects and toads started to change form, transforming from one object into another, evolving from one kind of toxin to another. Her spell of creation could be said to be strange and mysterious.
1455
1456Qin Mu exclaimed endlessly in admiration. Ever since Mu Yingxue had lost to him, her attainments in all things having spirits had grown without end. Even her technique of creation had become mysterious and strange.
1457
1458Yu Qingchan shouted out sternly, and the huge spider under her feet waved its claws. The arena wasn't huge, so when the venomous spider that took up half of it started moving, there was little space for Mu Yingxue to dodge!
1459
1460Venomous eggs under the venomous spider's abdomen split open and transformed into tens of thousands of little spiders that covered the whole arena and swarmed toward Mu Yingxue.
1461
1462Yet before the venomous creatures could reach her side, they suddenly froze and shattered. The huge spider also gave off a miserable shriek before shattering into pieces.
1463
1464Yu Qingchan rose into the air in a hurry while shouting sternly, "I will still come back to find you!"
1465
1466"Sister, in your next life."
1467
1468Mu Yingxue flicked her sleeve, and Yu Qingchan collapsed into a pile of blood water.
1469
1470Chapter 460: Expecting the Blossom of Scholartree
1471
1472Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
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1474
1475
1476'Sister Mu's poison technique has already joined the pieces together, entering a realm that's so mysterious that even gods and spirits could not predict it.'
1477
1478Qin Mu couldn't help exclaiming in admiration. Mu Yingxue's attainments in the poison path had already surpassed his, and he had to admit that she really had outstanding comprehension in this field. She had a really unique thought process which was really suited to comprehending the poison path.
1479
1480After that battle with him, she had to have absorbed part of Apothecary's ideology and found her own path, so she could easily defeat Yu Qingchan.
1481
1482Apothecary's attainments in the poison path were extraordinary, but Qin Mu mainly specialized in treating and saving people. He didn't research much into poison techniques, so it was natural for him to be surpassed by Mu Yingxue.
1483
1484If it was him fighting with Yu Qingchan in the arena with just with the poisonous substances on the arena, he would have needed to use the creation techniques from Great Educational Heavenly Devil Scriptures to change the toxicity. Even though it was similar to Mu Yingxue's ideology, he would have needed to spend quite some time to achieve the same result.
1485
1486He could defeat Yu Qingchan, but it wouldn't be as easy as it was for Mu Yingxue.
1487
1488Of course, Qin Mu cultivated medicine and poison together, using medicine to supplement poison, which had an unexpected effect. If it was truly a life and death struggle, it would be hard to say which of them would come out superior.
1489
1490Mu Yingxue jumped down from the arena, but she still didn't touch the ground. A vine automatically grew out from the ground and huge leaves lifted her up.
1491
1492She stretched her hand out toward Qin Mu who took it and got pulled onto the leaf.
1493
1494The green vine under their feet grew higher and higher, lifting them up. Mu Yingxue waved toward everyone below the arena, full of delight and pride. "Look, even we who refine poison can still find our ideal husbands. My little man, Middle Earth's Heavenly Devil Cult Master, he's very powerful!"
1495
1496Cheers erupted below.
1497
1498Some girl laughed loudly. "Poison Master, you have found your ideal husband after one trip to Middle Earth, so when will you bring all of us to Middle Earth?"
1499
1500Mu Yingxue looked down at them with excitement. "After my little man's matters are finished, I'll bring you to Middle Earth to bring misfortune to Middle Earth's men!"
1501
1502"I've heard it's men who are superior in Middle Earth, what a truly backward region. Let's go correct them!"
1503
1504"That's right! Correct them!"
1505
1506Another girl smiled and said, "It's not easy for Poison Master to find a person she likes, so we have to celebrate!"
1507
1508The laughter of numerous girls was still echoing in the streets when a group rushed out from somewhere. They slapped their waist drums and tapped their feet to the beat, dancing and singing.
1509
1510Thunder Mountain City instantly became bustling, and numerous young men and women took each other hands, singing the folk songs of West Earth shoulder to shoulder.
1511
1512Some divine arts practitioner executed the divine arts of West Earth, and the green vines, poisonous flowers, as well as grass, grew frantically. The men and women who cultivated poison techniques wandered through the flowers and sang songs to each other. Some even stood on rising vine leaves to dance with the partners they admired.
1513
1514Gongs and drums rang out, and loud and clear song pierced the air.
1515
1516Qin Mu, who stood on the leaf, looked down and saw a huge green toad with white belly walking over from the end of the street, taking up most of it. A bunch of big-eared opossums followed behind it, showing off their glossy metal scales. Beside them were numerous toad spirits that were croaking in accompaniment.
1517
1518The toad spirits rapidly stuck out their tongues to hit the scales of the opossums, giving off clear clangs.
1519
1520There were also numerous toad spirits dancing and beating gongs and drums while some played the short flutes with their four fingers. A few big centipedes tapped to the rhythm as they wiggled their bodies.
1521
1522From time to time, there would be centipedes flying up and kicking onto the bulging cheeks of the toad spirits, making them croak.
1523
1524On the head of the big green toad, a pretty young woman slowly stood up. Her black dress swirled as she sang.
1525
1526…
1527
1528Qin Mu was very engrossed in the song. Even though the green vine had already risen very high, the magnificent sight of the city in celebration was still in his eyes. The melodious singing voices all reached his ears.
1529
1530The passionate feelings of the maidens of West Earth flooded him like waves, wrapping him up layer by layers as they poured into his heart.
1531
1532The green vine suddenly lowered him and Mu Yingxue, bringing them through one street after another. There were people dancing everywhere with strange and weird spirits and venomous creatures. Everyone did flamboyant dance poses and messy dance moves before raising their hands up to touch those of his and Mu Yingxue that was stretched out.
1533
1534The tune that resonated throughout the whole Thunder Mountain City suddenly became reverberating and impassionate, happy and noisy. Qin My felt like he had come to a kingdom of the legends, where giant green vines carried him and a young maiden beside him to pass through all the streets filled with joyful people.
1535
1536The green vine brought them back, raising them up and down along the way. Girls on the various trees stepped on the leaves to hang flower garlands on their necks.
1537
1538There were also young girls lying on the treetops, swinging their little legs and looking at the both of them who were rising up. With their hands cupped around their mouths, they sang love songs that tugged at people's heartstrings while a swarm of locusts tapped on small gongs with their hind legs in accompaniment.
1539
1540Green vines stretched toward the center of the city and went over the incomparably bustling streets, stretching above the circular houses and coming to Mu Yingxue's palace hall.
1541
1542The loft of the palace had its windows open, and the green vine sent the young man and woman on the leaf into the room.
1543
1544Qin Mu and Mu Yingxue stood in front of the window and watched the bustling crowd moving through the street below, continuing with their songs and dances.
1545
1546They were still celebrating the happy occasion, Poison Master Mu Yingxue finding her ideal husband.
1547
1548"So embarrassing." Mu Yingxue covered her face and grumbled, "They're celebrating like this as though I shouldn't have been able to find my ideal husband. They can't wait to send me off for visiting marriage!"
1549
1550Qin Mu looked at her and saw that the girl before him who was number one in West Earth's poison path didn't have any hint of bashfulness. Instead, she was very daring and hot, diluting the bashfulness with her burning passion.
1551
1552The passion of West Earth's maiden was slightly hard for Qin Mu to stomach, and the intoxicating morning of Thunder Mountain City had left him slightly bewitched.
1553
1554His thoughts scattered, and he got lost in his emotions.
1555
1556The celebration was only the first thing. When afternoon came, Mu Yingxue couldn't conceal her excitement. She lay her head on Qin Mu's shoulder and looked quite blissful.
1557
1558The dragon qilin carefully walked among the poisonous flowers while looking at the young men and young women that were still standing at the windows while grumbling softly, "Back then, Patriarch had also degenerated this way. Every year, that dirty old man would abandon me to come to West Earth…"
1559
1560Qin Mu finally woke up from the dream and said, "Sister Mu, we still have important matters to settle."
1561
1562Mu Yingxue's face grew slightly red and she tugged at the corner of his shirt. "Visiting marriage is at night. Why are you so impatient? Can't you endure a bit more? However, if you are really urgent, I… even so I can't! I can't yield to you, over here, women are the ones in charge. Men have to accommodate the women!"
1563
1564Qin Mu blinked and patiently waited for her to finish talking. "Sister, the reason I came to West Earth this time is because I'm trying to help Xiong Xiyu and her daughter take back the position of True Heaven Palace Master, and that's why I created such a big ruckus. This should be the family matters of your West Earth, but back when Xiong Family was overthrown by Yu Family and numerous people died, you had already gotten related."
1565
1566Mu Yingxue nodded and ordered for the dragon qilin and Xiong Qi'er to be invited inside while she continued to be intimate with Qin Mu. "Back when Yu Family made their move on Xiong Family, I had indeed been of great help. Yu Family had a Ba Gou whose origin is very terrifying, so I was forced to agree to help Yu Family poison Xiong Family. My poison didn't take their lives, but you know that."
1567
1568Qin Mu nodded. Mu Yingxue's poison was Coiling Silk which destroyed a person's cultivation but didn't harm the person otherwise. When Qin Mu had met Xiong Xiyu, what she was suffering from was Coiling Silk Poison which had severely damaged her cultivation. It was because of that she had been chased down by Yu Bochuan until she was in an extremely miserable state.
1569
1570Mu Yingxue's face darkened when she said, "I never expected Yu Family to be so ruthless, eliminating all of the Xiong Family… However, even if I had known that Yu Family would do so, I would have still helped them."
1571
1572Qin Mu looked at her with puzzlement.
1573
1574Mu Yingxue sighed. "The lives of everyone in my Mu Family and Thunder Mountain City rest on my shoulders, and if I hadn't listened, Yu Family would have laid their hands on my people. As Poison Master, I need to think of my Mu Family. Nai Kui hates me very much, right?"
1575
1576Shame showed up on her face, but she quickly concealed it. She returned back to her usual cold look and said, "There's nothing I can do even if she hates me. I couldn't gamble the lives of my family for her."
1577
1578"Sister should know my aim for coming, right?"
1579
1580Mu Yingxue was the chief of Mu Family, and her networks were fast and abundant. She nodded and said, "I know. From the moment you stepped into West Earth and True Heaven Palace ordered your arrest, I knew what you had come here for. Heavenly Devil Cult Master, you have great ambition and you won't risk your life to come here just for the love between a man and a woman. You aren't here for me, and not here for the visiting marriage. You are here to pull off a grand scheme."
1581
1582The air around her suddenly changed and became chilly. "You want to flip West Earth upside down and change it completely! Your ambition lies in annexing West Earth into Eternal Peace Empire's rule! And the fastest way to achieve this is by supporting Xiong Xiyu in becoming the palace master of True Heaven Palace! She has nothing left and is burdened with revenge, so she has no choice but to agree with you and the terms of Eternal Peace Emperor. Once she becomes the palace master again, True Heaven Palace will announce their merger with Eternal Peace."
1583
1584Qin Mu couldn't help sighing ruefully. After coming to West Earth, he had met numerous unusual women. There was He Yiyi who was natural yet wise and Liu Family's mother and daughter who were very cunning—all of them were extremely outstanding, and their vision was far-reaching
1585
1586Mu Yingxue who was in front of him was also outstanding.
1587
1588"I've owed Xiong Family too much, but I can't throw away the lives of my family just because I owe them! You have not met Ba Gou and don't know his prowess, but I do. I know how terrifying he is, and I also know that there's a god living in True Heaven Palace. No matter how strong your forces are and how many experts of West Earth you gather, you can't win. You will just send yourselves to your deaths!"
1589
1590"I shouldn't have come," Qin Mu said sadly, standing up.
1591
1592Mu Yingxue's heart trembled and she rose as well. "I want you to stay and not die. If you want to go, I won't stop you. The women of my West Earth won't hold back a man who's insistent on leaving!"
1593
1594Qin Mu bowed. "Sister Mu, farewell." After he said so, he turned around to walk out of the building.
1595
1596"You!" Mu Yingxue gritted her teeth and shouted after him, "You will die, do you know that?"
1597
1598Qin Mu turned back to smile at her. "Back when I rescued them, I knew I might die if I lent a helping hand, but I still did it. Sister, I won't force you to do anything for me."
1599
1600Mu Yingxue was anxious and stamped her feet. "Even if you die, I won't think of you!"
1601
1602Qin Mu laughed and came face to face with the dragon qilin and Xiong Qi'er who were coming up.
1603
1604"This town of warmth, I've seen it. Fatty Dragon, let's go!"
1605
1606The dragon qilin was puzzled, but he still sprinted down the building, carrying them out of the city.
1607
1608"Brother-in-law?" In one street, a girl raised her head and looked at Qin Mu's back that was rushing away.
1609
1610Qin Mu threw a fragrance pouch toward the girl and recited loudly, "Busy days have ways to get through them too, my nature is stupid and that's hard to change! Sister, treat it as I've never come!"
1611
1612Mu Yingxue looked at him who was leaving Thunder Mountain City until he completely vanished.
1613
1614She walked out of the building and saw Thunder Mountain City in a mess. Everywhere there were traces left behind by the celebration in the morning. Toad spirits were cleaning up slowly, dragging the drunk people away.
1615
1616At one corner of the street, a few girls looked at her, and one pushed herself to say, "Sister, brother-in-law, he…"
1617
1618"He's gone," Mu Yingxue heard herself say in a voice that was unfamiliar to her. "He probably won't come back anymore…"
1619
1620She touched her face and realized that it had become wet at some point.
1621
1622"Brother-in-law just passed this to me, it should be sister's." The girl Qin Mu had met walked over and in her hands was a fragrance pouch with embroidered golden mandarin ducks.
1623
1624Mu Yingxue opened the fragrance pouch and took out the red beans of yearning.
1625
1626Chapter 461: Yearn, Forget-Me-Not
1627
1628Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
1629
1630
1631
1632Mu Yingxue, dressed in a black dress, was stunned as she gripped the fragrance pouch in her hands tightly. She then suddenly burst into tears.
1633
1634She and Qin Mu were strangers who'd come together by chance so talking about any deep feeling was naturally random nonsense. At that time, she had merely had a good impression of him and felt that he didn't look bad. He also had elegance and personality that matched her taste in men.
1635
1636For a Poison Master, it was very difficult to find a man that had an affinity with her. Most were either scared to death or got poisoned to death by her.
1637
1638But Qin Mu was a person who could accept her.
1639
1640The people of West Earth respected poison masters, but no one dared to love them.
1641
1642There were quite a number of previous poison masters who had died alone. They were temperamental people, and their methods were ruthless, so it was only natural that no one dared to love them.
1643
1644Qin Mu had kept the fragrance pouch she had given him, that handful of red beans, and brought it along when coming to Thunder Mountain City in West Earth to find her. Mu Yingxue had said that she knew he had not come for her, but when she looked at the pouch of red beans, the weak side of her inner heart was touched.
1645
1646Strangers may come together by chance, having yearned for it unknowingly.
1647
1648Qin Mu hadn't come to West Earth just because of the emperor and Imperial Preceptor's stratagem, but also because he still had her in his heart.
1649
1650'Silly boy, is it worth it to travel ten thousand miles for a stranger?'
1651
1652However, Qin Mu seemed to be such a person. He and Xiong Xiyu were also strangers who'd met by chance, but he still pursued justice for her with no second thoughts. He saved the mother and daughter without hesitating to put himself in danger.
1653
1654The affairs of Xiong Xiyu and her daughter were not related to him, but he had still done it. He even brought Xiong Qi'er back to West Earth to take justice for them.
1655
1656Even though there was definitely the emperor and Imperial Preceptor's idea somewhere along with it, Mu Yingxue was certain that the aim of the silly boy was to take justice for the mother and daughter.
1657
1658The dim-witted decision in other people's eyes was the big boy's code of conduct and an irreversible principle.
1659
1660To study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge is to know and act as one.
1661
1662By studying something or some profession to the end was studying the underlying principle to acquire knowledge.
1663
1664However, it didn't necessarily have to come from one's heart.
1665
1666Heart and mind as one was not necessarily a different kind of knowing and acting as one.
1667
1668It was the sign of a great master.
1669
1670Mu Yingxue was stunned.
1671
1672The first time they met, they were enemies who appreciated each other's talents. She had lost then. Her poison techniques had lost to his, and she admired that big boy very much. Even though she had gifted him red beans and stolen a kiss, it still hadn't been love.
1673
1674But in the meeting just then, it wasn't his poison technique that she saw, but his personality.
1675
1676Qin Mu's personality had won her over.
1677
1678Xiong Family's matter had been caused by her. It was her poison which had felled numerous experts of True Heaven Palace and spoiled all of their cultivation. Only then was Yu Family able to successfully seize True Heaven Palace in one strike.
1679
1680Without the backbone of Xiong Family, they were defeated. The miserable deaths of many people at that time were all related to her.
1681
1682'Xiong Family's matter was caused by me, so I can't let my little man assume the responsibility for me!'
1683
1684Mu Yingxue raised her head, and confidence flooded into her back once again as she smiled. "In our West Earth, women are in charge so how can I let my little man face the disaster I caused? Sisters of Thunder Mountain City!" Her voice resonated with svelte and high spirits. "Pack your bags and prepare for war!"
1685
1686In Thunder Mountain City, countless divine arts practitioners skilled in poison techniques packed their luggage and soon gathered together. They looked at that chief of theirs and saw that she was glowing with vigor like never before. Her pretty face was shining with a luster like that of pearls and she looked very charming.
1687
1688"Sister, where are we going?" a young girl asked.
1689
1690Mu Yingxue jumped and green vines slithered over from midair, landing under her feet to lift her up. Her voice was filled with a charm and laughter when she spoke next. "Of course we are going to chase after your brother-in-law and stuff this pouch of yearning red beans back into his hands. We have to make sure he holds onto it properly and never forgets this yearning, or me, Mu Yingxue!"
1691
1692"Alright!" The other girls roared with laughter. "Let's quickly head out! Such a good brother-in-law, we can't let any hussy snatch him away! Let's seize brother-in-law back!"
1693
1694"Seize brother-in-law back!"
1695
1696Qin Mu returned to God Burial Valley of Liu Family. The pitch black coffins joined him, growing legs to run right after.
1697
1698In the sky, there were more black coffins, forming a dark cloud.
1699
1700Among them, there were chains holding a golden coffin that was really large and extremely eye-catching. Numerous black coffins escorted it in the sky, and Qin Mu was very bewildered why Liu Ruyin was insistent on bringing such a dangerous thing along. However, when he heard it was her daughter's idea, he didn't question it anymore.
1701
1702The little girl, Liu Zhenqing, was a clever and cunning person. Since she wanted to bring along the golden coffin, there was definitely some use for it.
1703
1704As Qin Mu brought the forces of Liu Family toward Sword River Valley, preparing to group up with He Yiyi and the rest, he suddenly heard a loud and clear voice coming from behind him. "Little man, wait for me!"
1705
1706Qin Mu turned his head back and couldn't help being stunned. The divine arts practitioners of Thunder Mountain City were sitting on all kinds of venomous beasts and venomous insects hurrying over while bustling with activity. There were spiders, centipedes, toads, snakes, venomous birds, beasts, wasps, and they were all over the sky.
1707
1708There were also numerous toxic plants that had been awakened by those divine arts practitioners and highly toxic tree men were striking forward. There were also slender vines with flower maidens from poisonous flowers flapping their petals. There were even some venomous fish that had grown legs to sprint quickly on land.
1709
1710In the lead was Mu Yingxue who looked to be in high spirits as she rushed toward him through the path opened up by the coffin army. Without any explanation, she jumped onto the dragon qilin's head and stuffed the fragrance pouch into his hand before hugging him to plant a heavy kiss on his cheek.
1711
1712Qin Mu was at a loss while the girl was very proud of herself as she said loudly, "I want you to keep this yearning pouch with you forever and never throw it away, never forget about me in your whole life. Can you do it?"
1713
1714With heroism filling up his chest, Qin Mu loudly stated, "Can!"
1715
1716Mu Yingxue turned her head back and waved at the sisters of Thunder Mountain City. "He said can! Sisters, aunts, let's take down True Heaven Palace and change the world!"
1717
1718Cheers erupted from behind them.
1719
1720Beside the dragon qilin, a small black coffin flipped over and Liu Zhenqing popped her head out. Her hands were crossed in front of her chest, and she was pouting unhappily.
1721
1722"Little hussy," she grumbled when she took a glance at Mu Yingxue.
1723
1724Liu Ruyin's coffin flew to her side and this chief of Liu Family whispered, "Don't mind this little hussy who is so proud now. When she dies, let's make her a Liu!"
1725
1726"Mmm!"
1727
1728Banners were fluttering In Sword River Valley, and Qin Mu was astonished by the number of influential families of West Earth that had gathered and set up their camps.
1729
1730It should be the first time that West Earth had become so bustling. The flags of He Family, Fang Family, Gong Family, Xi Family, and Fu Family were all raised up high, and there were, but there weren't the only ones. There were many others who'd come as well.
1731
1732All of the influential families specialized in different abilities. He Family was skilled in formations. Fang Family was skilled in controlling mountains, Gong Family was skilled in controlling the river flow, Xi Family was skilled in controlling grass and trees, while Fu Family was skilled in controlling meteorological phenomenon.
1733
1734The other influential families also had their own specialties.
1735
1736The gathered people were mostly women. The number of them was still simply astounding.
1737
1738The woman army of hundreds of thousands stunned Qin Mu.
1739
1740Even though Eternal Peace Empire was very open and women could also be officials and join the army, they took up only twenty percent of the whole. Men were still in the majority. Yet in West Earth, the women took up eighty percent while the men were only twenty percent. On top of that, what the men did was usually running errands.
1741
1742'This is a rare chance for the influential families of West Earth. If Yu Family could be overthrown, Xiong Family's decline would mean that they could receive greater freedom from True Heaven Palace. This is why they came here for an uprising.'
1743
1744Qin Mu sucked in a deep breath and formed a fist when he looked in the direction of True Heaven Palace.
1745
1746On the journey to West Earth, he had only brought the dragon qilin and Xiong Qi'er. It just him, a mount, and a weak girl, with no soldiers at all. Yet he had amassed a several hundred thousand women army that was prepared to attack West Earth's strongest True Heaven Palace!
1747
1748When he thought about it, he couldn't help growing so excited that his bones started trembling and his primordial spirit was about to fly out!
1749
1750Holding Xiong Qi'er's hand, he entered Bamboo City with Mu Yingxue, Liu Ruyin, and her daughter. The heads of all the influential families were gathered there and were anxiously awaiting his arrival!
1751
1752Qin Mu bowed low to the ground and said loudly, "Middle Earth's Heavenly Devil Cult Master Qin Mu pays his respects to all the sisters!"
1753
1754Numerous women hurriedly returned the greeting. "Cult Master Qin, no need for formalities."
1755
1756Qin Mu tugged on Xiong Qi'er, and she immediately bowed to pay her respects as well. "Qi'er pays her respect to all the aunts!"
1757
1758Everyone hurriedly returned her greeting to. "We dare not. Little princess, quickly get up!"
1759
1760Qin Mu straightened up and smiled wide at them. "Many women strengthen one's resolve, which dares to make sun and moon shine in new skies! Sisters, this little brother has come all the way from Middle Earth and hopes to see sisters' abilities in True Heaven Palace! Sister Yiyi, can we begin our journey?"
1761
1762He Yiyi called on Bamboo City, and it uprooted itself. At the same time, all the heads of the influential families sent out their commands, and the land trembled while the clouds rushed forward. The women army of several hundred thousand marched toward True Heavenly Palace.
1763
1764The dragon qilin turned his head back to take a look, and he couldn't help sighing ruefully. 'Patriarch wasn't this awe-inspiring back then. Cult Master is Cult Master after all. He came to West Earth for a bit and has already hooked up with hundreds of thousands of girls…'
1765
1766Far away in the sky, Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor and Xiong Xiyu stood on top of a cloud and looked at the majestic sight from afar.
1767
1768Xiong Xiyu was dumbfounded, unable to say anything.
1769
1770Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor was also speechless.
1771
1772"Imperial Preceptor, did you expect this result from the start?" Xiong Xiyu finally returned to her senses and curiously examined the middle-aged man beside her. "Even I, the previous Nai Kui, wouldn't have such ability and power like Cult Master Qin. He could actually gather hundreds of thousands of people with a single summon. Isn't Cult Master Qin a little too scary!"
1773
1774Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor let out a shaky breath and muttered, "I knew he would cause trouble and definitely attract the attention of True Heaven Palace, but I didn't know he would be this good at it. True Heaven Palace will certainly feel threatened by this, and what is even better is that Ba Gou will have no choice but to show himself. Once he suffers a setback, the god hidden in True Heaven Palace will have to show himself and let me have the chance to deal a fatal blow to him…"
1775
1776He looked at the majestic women army and couldn't help shivering while shaking his head. "Too terrifying, such cohesiveness is simply too terrifying. However, Cult Master Qin's talents lie in this, after all. Even I was tricked by him into joining Heavenly Saint Cult. If this little rascal ever decided to rebel…"
1777
1778Chapter 462: The Extremes of Sword Skills
1779
1780Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
1781
1782
1783
1784“We shall just follow from afar and hide properly.” Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor saw Qin Mu’s women army off and said leisurely, “Wait for Ba Gou and that god to make their move. Cult Master Qin will help us settle everything.”
1785
1786Xiong Xiyu was deeply moved. Back then when she had asked for Qin Mu’s help in Great Ruins, she hadn’t thought that the big boy that saved them actually had such terrifying capabilities. He was able to stir up such a huge storm in West Earth.
1787
1788She had thought that he was only a disciple of an influential family who had some abilities. However, the more she understood him, the more she was moved by his extraordinariness.
1789
1790The huge Bamboo City sprinted through the vast land while Qin Mu and the heads of West Earth’s influential families stood at the top of the city tower, managing their army to prevent the situation of the groups trampling over one another.
1791
1792The disciples of all the influential families in West Earth were not troops that were trained so they had to spend quite some effort in managing them.
1793
1794Luckily there was He Yiyi, the formation expert who used formation skills to manage the disciples of the influential families. With her assistance, everything gradually became smooth and simple.
1795
1796“West Earth’s Sword Master Luo Yinyu pays his respects to Middle Earth’s Cult Master Qin.”
1797
1798Qin Mu looked at the long-haired girl that was walking over to him, and astonishment appeared on his face. He returned the greeting in a hurry.
1799
1800West Earth had three masters: Poison Master Mu Yingxue, Formation Master He Yiyi, and Sword Master Luo Yinyu. Qin Mu was very familiar with Mu Yingxue and He Yiyi, so only the Sword Master Luo Yinyu was a new face to him.
1801
1802She was different from the other women of West Earth. They liked to wear gold and silver, like crowns, necklaces, and numerous bracelets on their hands and legs, but there was not an accessory to be found on Sword Master.
1803
1804Her clothes were also extremely simple. She wore only an ordinary robe that was simple yet elegant. It had no extra colors.
1805
1806Her hair was also unadorned. A simple string was used to tie it, ensuring that it wouldn’t become messed up.
1807
1808Her black hair was reached her waist, like that of other women, and created a great contrast to her white clothing.
1809
1810The reason why she dressed so simply was because she was like a sword that couldn’t contain any impurities. Any accessories would be impurities to her.
1811
1812She was a woman who had no other joys but for her sword, to which she was probably already married.
1813
1814When Qin Mu saw her, he felt as if there was a sword aimed at him. When she bowed, sword light shone intensely. It was incomparably sharp and stab straight at his Dao heart!
1815
1816Qin Mu bowed to return the greeting while easily blocking her sword will.
1817
1818Sword Master Luo Yinyu rose with a strange look in her eyes. “Cult Master Qin is also a sword skill expert?”
1819
1820Qin Mu inclined his head in a humble manner. “I dare not say so. How many sword skill experts are there in the world? In terms of ability, there are countless that surpass me. However, in terms of attainments in sword skills, I can most likely be ranked as well.”
1821
1822Sword Master Luo Yinyu grew even more curious and said, “I had long wanted to go to Middle Earth to see the degree of swords there. Since Cult Master Qin is a sword expert from Middle Earth, can you introduce me to who are the ones that surpass you in sword skill?”
1823
1824Qin Mu gave it some thought and shook his head. “There should be no more people that surpass me in sword skills, but there are some who have already entered the realm of sword path and I don’t dare say how many of them there are. However, Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor is definitely above me. There’s also my family’s Village Chief. He taught me three sword skills and his attainments on the sword path are extraordinary. As for the other experts on the sword path, I don’t know much about them so I dare not speak of them.”
1825
1826“Sword path of sword skills?” Luo Yinyu’s face fell in disappointment as she muttered, “Is there really someone who entered the sword path? I’ve concentrated on chasing after the end of sword skills for so many years yet I never reached the sword path. There are actually people able to enter that kind of marvelous realm?”
1827
1828Qin Mu could understand her disappointment. Luo Yinyu was at the stage of pursuing knowledge to the end, seeking the extreme comprehension of the sword skill. She most likely had already achieved the extremes in it, but she didn’t have any idea about the sword path, which made her unable to enter it.
1829
1830Qin Mu telling her that there were numerous experts on the sword path in Middle Earth was a huge setback to her.
1831
1832Sword skills and sword path might only differ by a single word, but the difference between them was that of heaven and earth.
1833
1834No matter how good one’s sword skill was, they would be insignificant in front of sword path experts.
1835
1836Qin Mu’s curiosity was stirred and he said, “I’ve not seen the sword skills of your West Earth before, so I wonder how they differ from those of my Middle Earth. We had fourteen forms before, but then Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor added three more forms, making the count reach seventeen forms. Not long ago, I also added another form, making pushing the number to eighteen forms of basic sword skills. How many forms does West Earth’s sword skills have?”
1837
1838Luo Yinyu’s eyes went wide in astonishment. “There are already eighteen forms in Middle Earth’s sword skills? My West Earth only has fourteen forms; however, our sword skills rely on the sword spirit and emphasize on power. What we use might be different from your sword skills.”
1839
1840Qin Mu instantly became excited. He had been researching about sword spirits the last few days, but he hadn’t advanced by much. He kept on feeling that there was a lot to learn and not enough time. It was rare for him to meet a sword skill expert like Luo Yinyu from West Earth, so he naturally had to ask her for advice.
1841
1842The two of them discussed his problems in detail, and both of them reaped great benefits.
1843
1844West Earth’s sword skills used spirits to wield their swords, which increased their power drastically, nearly doubling it. In Qin Mu’s eyes, the sword skills of West Earth were somewhat lacking in excitement and far less intricate compared to those of Eternal Peace Empire. Even Luo Yinyu, the sword skill expert, was inferior when compared to the attainments of sword skills of numerous sects in Middle Earth.
1845
1846Yet the sword spirit could raise the power of her sword moves to a level that the experts of Middle Earth could only yearn for. When she executed basic sword skills, every move and every form overflowed with awe-inspiring power which had been raised drastically. There was a heroic air that made others not dare to face it directly.
1847
1848Luo Yinyu saw the extraordinary points that the reform in Middle Earth had brought. The sword skills there were treacherous and had numerous variations. She was especially wary of them after seeing the four basic sword forms founded by Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor and the one by Qin Mu. They gave the sword skills even more changes and variation, providing them with countless possibilities!
1849
1850Luo Yinyu tried using Spiral Sword Form, Coil Sword Form, Drill Sword Form, and the eighteenth form Qin Mu had founded. She pondered over them, then said, “Something is strange. The first fourteen basic sword forms of Middle Earth are no different from my West Earth; however, what concerns these four moves, even though they are also basic sword skills, the further one cultivates them, the more magic power they would require. It’s especially obvious with the basic sword form founded by Cult Master Qin, since executing it one time will nearly exhaust half of my cultivation! If the nineteenth form is founded, won’t it completely exhaust the cultivation of sword skill divine arts practitioners? When you reach the twentieth sword form, will anyone even be able to execute it?”
1851
1852Qin Mu’s heart trembled violently, and he had the feeling of having found his soulmate. His gaze became fervent. “You can also feel the nineteenth sword form?”
1853
1854Luo Yinyu looked at him with delight. “You too feel it?”
1855
1856The two of them looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
1857
1858“After I founded the eighteenth form, I felt a wish to continue.” Qin Mu became perturbed, and he said everything on his mind, “At that time, I could still feel that there was a nineteenth form. At that time, I felt that there could very well be a nineteenth sword form. However, I was fighting with Sister Yiyi then so I didn’t dare to be distracted, so I didn’t perform an in-depth investigation to the source of this feeling. However, the nineteenth sword form definitely exists. You also felt a nineteenth sword form, so that means that my feeling wasn’t wrong.”
1859
1860Luo Yinyu nodded. “The nineteenth sword form could be the crux for us to enter the sword path directly!”
1861
1862The two of them grew excited.
1863
1864“That reminds me, Eternal Peace Empire is clearly close to the sea, so why do you refer to it as Middle Earth?” Qin Mu inquired.
1865
1866Luo Yinyu shook her head. “I don’t understand much about the stuff outside since most of the time I’m concentrating on comprehending the sword.”
1867
1868At the side, Chief Fang Caidie of Fang Family smiled and said, “Cult Master Qin, the name Middle Earth had always been around. It’s to address the land of Great Ruins and the east. The east sea near your Eternal Peace Empire is then called East Earth.”
1869
1870The two youths stayed together to research sword skills and exchange ideas, attracting quite a number of people to observe. Qin Mu and Luo Yinyu were great masters in sword skills and even though there were people whose cultivation realm surpassed them, they could only exclaim in admiration on the side.
1871
1872Qin Mu was quite puzzled by the words. “East Sea has no land so why is it addressed as East Earth?”
1873
1874Fang Caidie hadn’t looked deep into this marvel and thus could only shake her head. “This I do not know.”
1875
1876“East Sea was once land so it was addressed as East Earth,” Chief Fu Yunxi of Fu Family said. “In the Cloud Book of our Fu Family, we have recorded matters regarding East and Middle Earths. It was written there that Middle Earth and East Earth are not divided by the current geography, but accordingly to the geography of long long ago.”
1877
1878Qin Mu’s heart beat an extra time, and he suddenly thought of Bent Mountain Shrine. It had been erected on a majestic mountain which had sunk into the bottom of East Sea. The shrine was five thousand yards below the sea surface.
1879
1880The bottom of the mountain was even farther from the sea surface.
1881
1882This meant that the East Sea had originally been a land that was known as East Earth!
1883
1884However, Fu Yunxi said that East Earth and Middle Earth were divided by the geography from a long time ago. That should have been even before Founding Emperor Era, when it was High Emperor Era!
1885
1886‘High Emperor Era should have belonged to East Earth, right? It is the East Sea now. The third move of Sword Picture is Calamity of High Emperor. It should probably be related to High Emperor Era.’
1887
1888Qin Mu sunk into deep thoughts. Sword Picture had moves that Village Chief had founded and Calamity of High Emperor was the third move of Sword Picture. In that case, Village Chief should have understood a part of High Emperor Era’s history.
1889
1890‘Village Chief, I will definitely go to Fengdu to save you!’ The youth secretly made a firm resolution.
1891
1892Suddenly, He Yiyi’s loud voice reached him. “We are almost at True Heaven Palace! Everyone, on guard!”
1893
1894Sword Master Luo Yinyu immediately got up and walked toward Luo Family. Fu Yuxi, Fang Caidie, Mu Yingxue, and Liu Ruyin all returned to the armies of their family.
1895
1896Qin Mu stood at the city tower, looking ahead with a trembling heart. He saw magnificent mountains standing in great numbers like silent three thousand yards tall giants which existed between the heaven and earth.
1897
1898The mountains were similar to the giant Qin Mu had encountered near Fragrant Bloom City, just even larger and even more dangerous. Beside them were also sword peaks that were mountain peaks like swords!
1899
1900There were also bell peaks that resembled bells
1901
1902Cauldron peaks that were shaped like cauldrons.
1903
1904Pagoda peaks that were shaped like pagodas.
1905
1906Building peaks that were like multi-storied buildings.
1907
1908All those mountain peaks were spirit weapons of all kinds and forms!
1909
1910Besides them, there was a long river under the mountain that surged at a great speed through nine bends and eighteen curves. There was also a rainbow waterfall pouring down ten thousand yards. A sea of clouds could be faintly discernible in the sky, in which thunder and lightning flashed together.
1911
1912In the sea of clouds, a cluster of palaces seemed to be bathed in golden light.
1913
1914They were West Earth’s True Heaven Palace!
1915
1916The sacred ground of West Earth was much harder to deal with than Qin Mu had imagined.
1917
1918Chapter 463: Sword Skills and Sword Wounds
1919
1920Translator: Ninetales Editor: DarkGem
1921
1922
1923
1924Qin Mu raised his head to look at the palaces in the sky from which many women flying out. They landed on the mountain peaks. True Heaven Palace should have long ago received news that Qin Mu had gathered some of the big influential families and gotten ready for their approach.
1925
1926Bang!
1927
1928A huge mountain peak suddenly exploded and countless rocks flew in all directions while others rolled down its sides. The mountain peak had suddenly changed into a majestic giant.
1929
1930It squatted down and pulled out his huge legs from the ground, shaking it endlessly.
1931
1932He Yiyi raised her hand, and the huge Bamboo City came to a stop.
1933
1934The mountain giant before them gradually stood. Its huge palm was the size of a hundred fields, and as it streaked across the sky, violent wind howled. The palm then suddenly grabbed a sword-shaped mountain peak.
1935
1936Piercing sounds rang out when the sword-shaped mountain peak was actually pulled out from the ground by the mountain giant!
1937
1938Rocks rolled and fell in directions when he did that. By the time the mountain giant raised the sword, the earth and rocks over it had already completely fallen off, revealing a rusty item inside.
1939
1940It was a huge mountain peak sword!
1941
1942Qin Mu's face became solemn when he looked at the huge sword and mountain giant through the barely discernible fog.
1943
1944True Heaven Palace's background was too immense and even surpassed that of the sacred grounds of Middle Earth. No matter if it was Dao Sect or Great Thunderclap Monastery, or even Heavenly Devil Cult, they didn't have such terrifying backgrounds.
1945
1946Bang, bang.
1947
1948Huge explosions rang out, and mountains changed while forests became giants that were thousands of yards tall. They grabbed weapons of unimaginable size!
1949
1950They were the guardians of True Heaven Palace.
1951
1952Numerous disciples of True Heaven Palace stood on the shoulders or the heads of the mountain giants, raising up and down with the movement of their creatures while overflowing with murderous intent.
1953
1954Qin Mu took a look at Mu Yingxue. If she hadn't poisoned Xiong Family, Yu Family would have found it very difficult to seize True Heaven Palace and snatch the authority of Xiong Family.
1955
1956Just the mountain giants alone were an incomparably terrifying power that surpassed an army of a million!
1957
1958"Get into formation!" He Yiyi shouted loudly, and the women of He Family in the city walked out. Each of them took out a formation flag which swayed in the wind. Instantly, numerous spirit weapons for formation skills fell out from the formation flags.
1959
1960The women of He Family quickly assembled them, and Qin Mu saw an extremely shocking sight. The divine arts practitioners of He Family were actually using spirit weapons for formation skills to assemble catapults that were three hundred yards high. They were erected upright behind Bamboo City, and the winches whirled to tighten!
1961
1962The divine arts practitioners of Fang Family executed their divine arts, and rocks rolled down non-stop from the mountain giants behind them. They combined into huge rock lumps that automatically rolled into the huge frames of the catapults.
1963
1964Countless female divine arts practitioners of Xi Family scattered seeds which grew frantically throughout the mountain, forming a sea of green. It surged continuously as tree giants rose and strode forth
1965
1966Sword Master Luo Yinyu raised her swords, and swooshing sounds rang in the air as tens of thousands of women of Luo Family pulled out their swords as well. All of them were filled with heroism.
1967
1968"Fu Family's sister!" Mu Yingxue suddenly shouted.
1969
1970Fu Yunxi gave an order, and the divine arts practitioners of Fu Family summoned dark clouds. They formed a sea of clouds, covering an area of a thousand miles. As lightning flashed and thunder boomed, incomparably thick tornadoes formed up. However, they twisted their bodies but didn't advance as they were controlled by the divine arts practitioners of Fu Family.
1971
1972Mu Yingxue advanced with the divine arts practitioners of Mu Family and threw all the highly toxic poisons they had into the wind. The tornadoes sucked them into the dark clouds and changed in color, becoming a bewitching green.
1973
1974Even the flashing lightning had a touch of green to its light.
1975
1976The entire cloud layer was filled with Mu Family's deadliest poison.
1977
1978Violent wind surged from behind a youth at the city tower, fluttering his clothes.
1979
1980The wind was chilly, bringing away the excess heat from his body.
1981
1982His blood was running too hot.
1983
1984The female divine arts practitioners created a totally different atmosphere on the battlefield compared to the men of Eternal Peace, but it made his blood boil just the same!
1985
1986Women were a match for the men. Even though they were charming beauties, they were also strong warriors on the battlefield!
1987
1988The atmosphere was somber and desolate.
1989
1990The front of True Heaven Palace was overflowing with austere air. The black clouds that wanted to ravage the city were kept under control, with only the sound of the wind being audible. That kind of pressure could make one go mad.
1991
1992At that moment, a figure flew out from the palaces in the sea of clouds and passed the mountain giants who ignored it.
1993
1994"Ba Gou!"
1995
1996The faces of He Yiyi, Mu Yingxue, Fu Yunyi and the rest changed slightly. They didn't show any cowardness when facing the mountain giants of True Heaven Palace, but when they caught sight of the figure flying at them, their expressions changed
1997
1998He Yiyi gave a soft shout, and Bamboo City split apart. Countless rocks floated into the air and quickly formed a defensive formation to protect the disciples of He Family behind her.
1999
2000She herself was lifted up by one rock to float before her formation.
2001
2002Suddenly, there was one more person beside her; it was Qin Mu. Warmth flooding He Yiyi's heart.
2003
2004"Sword Spirits Celestial Soldiers!" Luo Yinyu shouted out, and the tens of thousands of female divine arts practitioners of Luo Family raised their weapons with qi. Countless flying swords clanked and floated into the sky, transforming into a huge sword formation. Although the blades were numerous in numbers and seemed to be flying here and there, they were not messy at all.
2005
2006"Eight Pillars Heaven!" Fang Caidie shouted out, and the mountain giants behind her suddenly formed huge circular pillars that were able to support both heaven and earth. Eight mountain giants went forward and pulled the pillars out to carry on their shoulders while overflowing with murderous intent.
2007
2008Other families also executed their moves while watching the figure coming closer with nervousness. Even Liu Ruyin and Liu Zhenqing were full of worry. They came to the front of the golden god coffin, ready to release the corpse within it anytime.
2009
2010Qin Mu's heart trembled. Just Ba Gou alone had pushed all of the influential families in West Earth to the brink of taking out all of their trump cards. At the sight of it, he couldn't help admitting that Ba Gou was indeed awe-inspiring!
2011
2012'How can this man with the surname Yu from High Heavens make all the families in West Earth worry so, as if they are about to face a great enemy?'
2013
2014Qin Mu couldn't help being bewildered. There weren't as many sects in West Earth as in Eternal Peace, and they were mainly ruled by influential families. The abilities of the ten at the top were no small matter, and all of them were extraordinary in some way. Not to mention if a guest of High Heavens, even if a god came down, the families shouldn't have to be so careful.
2015
2016Ba Gou was definitely not just simply a guest of High Heavens.
2017
2018Yet when the figure got close enough, Qin Mu realized that Ba Gou wasn't fiendish looking like he had imagined. Instead, he was a man with an unordinary appearance. His build was tall and sturdy while his features were very handsome.
2019
2020The clothes he wore were made from an unknown material that draped. Every strand seemed to have been weaved by runes, and from time to time, an indiscernible light would emerge from the strands.
2021
2022His clothes were very fitting and showed that he didn't have any excess flesh.
2023
2024His dressing was that of a man from West Earth, with a white cloth wrapped around his head and golden chains crisscrossing over it. However, unlike other men, he had few other accessories.
2025
2026His nose bridge was high, but his gaze was gentle, giving a pleasant feeling to people who saw him for the first time.
2027
2028When Qin Mu laid eyes on him, he felt that the man looked pretty similar to Jade Sovereign of High Heavens. Qin Mu had once taken a look at the corpse of that man who was said to be a perfect man. Even though he had been killed by Emperor Yanfeng, his appearance had remained extraordinary.
2029
2030'His temperament seems to be similar to that of Xu Shenghua.'
2031
2032Qin Mu examined him and was quite shocked. He actually felt that Ba Gou's bearing was also somewhat similar to that of Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor!
2033
2034Xu Shenghua's bearing was of everything in the world having nothing to do with him. He had entered the mortal realm from above and worldly affairs couldn't taint him. This was also related to the technique he cultivated. Even though Qin Mu had pulled Xu Shenghua down to the mortal realm, the worldly affairs still found it difficult to change that outstanding youth. He still looked like he could abandon them anytime and leave.
2035
2036Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor, on the other hand, looked cold and was serious in speech and manner. It was a kind of invincible attitude of looking at all the smaller mountains down below after having ascended the highest one.
2037
2038He was a great master who had extraordinary achievements and who only had change and reform in his heart. All other ways of the world had been thrown away and any hindrance to his reform was only stumbling blocks. He would execute lightning-fast methods to get rid of each one of them.
2039
2040Ba Gou from High Heavens actually had Xu Shenghua's temperament and Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor's bearing at the same time.
2041
2042"Chief He." The man with the embroidered headband flew over and greeted He Yiyi and the rest. "Chief Mu, Chief Liu, Chief Fang…"
2043
2044Even though they were enemies, everyone returned his greeting. "Ba Gou."
2045
2046The man in the embroidered headband looked at Qin Mu, revealing his teeth as he smiled before greeting him. "Human Emperor Qin."
2047
2048Qin Mu's heart shook as he returned the greeting. "Ba Gou. May I ask how does Ba Gou know about such a small and negligible existence as I?"
2049
2050"Human Emperor Qin, there's no need for you to be unduly humble," the man in the embroidered headband said. "I'm always paying attention to the human emperors of the successive generations. For the previous human emperor, I even personally came down to the lower bound. You should have seen how his four limbs look like, right?"
2051
2052He stretched out his hand in a grabbing motion, and a woman of Mu Family couldn't prevent herself from flying in front of him. She tried to struggle, but it was in vain.
2053
2054The man in the embroidered headband pulled out his sword, and a severed arm fell off. He gently waved his hand with a smile, and the severed arm flew toward Qin Mu. "Cult Master Qin, please take a look."
2055
2056The corners of Qin Mu's eyes twitched as his vital qi flooded out to examine the wound in detail. His brow wrinkled, and he croaked, "The exact same sword wound."
2057
2058"It was me." The man in the embroidered headband smiled warmly at him. "Looks like he didn't hide the sword wounds from you."
2059
2060Behind the killing formations of all the influential families, Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor and Xiong Xiyu were hiding, not getting close. However, when Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor saw the sword light of the man in the embroidered headband, his expression changed drastically and he lost his composure. "Crap! I know the origin of this Ba Gou! Quickly, all the influential families of West Earth should retreat!"
2061
2062Xiong Xiyu shook her head. "The arrow is already in the bowstring, and there's no choice but to release it. We couldn't retreat now even if we wanted. Why did Imperial Preceptor suddenly lose his composure?"
2063
2064Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor took in a long breath as his eyes flashed. "I recognize this sword skill, this sword path! It's the sword skill that cut off Old Human Emperor's four limbs. That man is not from High Heavens' Yu Family, but a true god from the upper bound!"
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2066In front of the formation, Qin Mu suddenly relaxed and smiled without any sign of hiding any kind of nervousness. "Your true body can't come down to the lower bound, can it? If it could, would you still be hiding like a fly in West Earth? Then since it isn't your true body…" He stretched his hand forward, and his expression grew savage. "Beating you to death isn't going to be any trouble!"