Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 6
The wild beast rushed towards Xiao Rou who seemed to have abandoned all hope.
Her delicate frame trembled as she accepted her fate, shutting her eyes.
Will I die just like this? Death by those set of claws do they hurt a lot?
...Oh?
I feel so light. Is this how death feels like? Doesnt feel right
Xiao Rou opened both of her eyes in doubt.
Between her eyes, a slim silhouette unknowingly appeared right in front of her. The figure donned a familiar torn blanket as a cape, unexpectedly holding back the enormous beast.
Xiao Rou was stunned!
H-How could this be possible?
He actually held the gigantic wild beast back with his obviously severe injuries
In this moment, Xiao Rous thoughts abruptly flashed back to yesterday where she first saw Xu Que. Images of the miserable scene of him drenched in blood appeared. But now, he is right in front of her, protecting her without a care for his life.
Xiao Rou sniffed with tears filling up her eyes.
At the same time, the surrounding villagers who were unreactive to Xu Ques lightning fast speed were stumped at whatever he was doing now.
However, just witnessing the slim figure stopping the huge wild beast caused the villagers to become deeply awestricken.
How is it possible that a person injured to such an extent, can hold back such a massive and ferocious beast?
"Roar!"
This time, the wild beast had let out a thunderous roar, snapping everyone back into reality.
It lifted its gigantic beastly claws into the air while panting in rage before abruptly bringing them down to the ground.
Everybody were startled and shocked as they screamed out,
"This is not good. Quickly retreat!"
"Little doll, escape!"
"Be careful"
Xiao Rou was frightened too as she turns pale. She reached out her tiny hands to try and pull Xu Que back but realized that she couldnt move an inch.
With Xu Ques frame of skin and bones standing in the face of the huge and immense beast, it looked like a clear match-up of the strong against the weak.
Despite resisting the first attack by the beast, no one believed that he was an even match for it.
Xu Que who had remained still the entire time, immediately lifted up his right leg and kicked the wild beast.
"Thump!"
A cry of agony followed, stunning the crowd again.
The colossal and ferocious beast was kicked flying into the air and it landed hard on the ground before sliding some distance from the impact of the kick.
The villagers were astonished.
One One kick and the beast flew? What kind of damned leg power does he have? What leg strength?
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully subtly acting tough. The reward is three act tough points."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully subtly acting tough. The reward is five act tough points."
The system beeped twice in a row but Xu Que couldnt care less on how he scored twice. His one and only reason for being here was to save Xiao Rou.
Because of that, he made use of his internal five-attributed spiritual Qi and coherently executed his kick in an explosive manner.
However, he immediately felt vaguely that his legs were going numb.
The beast lying in front of him was by no means weak and was equipped with a very thick hide. One kick would definitely not kill it under normal circumstances.
"Fellow villagers, rest assured, this animal is mine!"
Xu Que gave a shout and rushed towards the beast, pinning its head on the ground, giving it a thorough beating with a flurry of punches and kicks.
Every punch and kick subtly contained Qi, causing the beast to wail and howl in pain.
The villagers were dumbfounded, lifelessly witnessing this scene and some of them couldnt grasp the situation unfolding before their eyes.
The once seemingly gigantic and ferocious beast was beaten down to a level of helplessness.
This feeling was identical to witnessing a muscular, able-bodied man beaten into submission by a mumbling, small kid. Anybody would feel dumbfounded watching this.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for defeating Tiger-Ox beast and successfully acting tough. The reward is one act tough point."
"Ding! Congratulations to host "Xu Que" on defeating Tiger-Bull Beast. Acquired 1200 experience."
"Whoosh!"
As the system beeped, Xu Que heaved a sigh of relief.
He conveniently lied down on the beasts carcass as a rush of power came into him. This was because every skin pore on his body opened up and spiritual Qi flowed into him from all directions.
He felt stronger again.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on leveling up! Current stage is Foundation Building Stage Level 1."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on entering Foundation Building Stage. Rewarded with Big Growth Gift Bag x 1. Every increase in a stage entitles host to open gift bag once. Do you want to check its contents?"
"Ding! Reminder for host Xu Que: your skill path, , Beginners Level has already reached its peak, unable to train further. The leftover 200 experience points has already been deposited into the experience deposit pool. Please purchase the intermediate level manual as soon as possible."
Xu Que was stunned. One wild beast was already a thousand over experience?
Damn! This is so much more worth it than eating Experience Pills! Seems like I shall train on the mountains to level up in the future.
After consideration, Xu Que was ready to open the Big Growth Gift bag for a look. All of a sudden, his body felt like it was emptied up. No, its more like someone was lifting his body up.
He woke up into realization and found out that the villagers had lifted him up. Everyone were brimming with smiles, mixed with their expressions of surprise.
They started cheering and threw Xu Que into the air, caught him, and then threw him up again to celebrate his triumph over the beast.
An elderly shouted with a trembling voice, "Good , good, good, we have a young hero!"
"Little brother, you have natural God-like powers! Youll definitely make it in the future."
"Thats right. The Village chief was right in saying that you are a hero, a lucky star bestowed upon our village from the skies.!"
Amidst everyones cheers, Xu Ques nickname was changed from "Little Doll" to "Little Brother".
Xu Que started boasting shamelessly, "I am flattered. Everyone, I am flattered. Nobody but I would dare to say, but I eat such wild beasts for breakfast!"
Pow!
Xu Que was once again lifted into the air but this time, he felt cold. He realized that the blanket cape on his back was missing. When he turned his head to take a look, he realized that several brat kids took it off his back.
He frantically covered his stomach and exclaimed, "Fellow villagers, please close your eyes!"
Everybody was stunned as they witness the smooth and silky skin of Xu Que. A few village ladies blushed at the sight and looked away.
Xiao Rou was shocked too and was going to cover up her eyes. However, when she subconsciously saw the red cloth Xu Que tied between his legs to cover his privates, she was stunned.
That red cloth Why was it so familiar?
That embroidery on the read cloth Why does it look... Similar to mine?
Ah!
Xiao Rou realised something,as she covered her mouth and blushed. Even her ears were red. She then scurried away in embarrassment.
The villagers finally put Xu Que down after a long time.
One of the able-bodied men took the stolen blanket from the brats and donned it again on him. He urged him to be careful not to catch a cold.
The old village chief holding a walking stick, ordered for clothes to be fetched.
In the end, Xiao Rou ran back again, offering a set of light blue clothing. She lowered her tiny head while blushing and stuffed the clothes into Xu Ques hands. She then turned and ran away without saying a word.
Upon receiving the clothes, Xu Que wondered why Xiao Rou was so often bashful and shy around him.
Could it be that I appeared too manly and strong as I defeated the beast and caused the girls heart to be moved? Aiya! Thats Thats making me shy!
Looks like I have to continue acting tougher and tougher.
Amidst his hidden happiness, an aunt pointed at the piece of red cloth at his private area and shockingly claimed, "Isnt Isnt this the undergarment An Xiu gave to Xiao Rou? Little Brother, why are you wearing it?"
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The undergarment, as the name implied, was an old-style fabric worn by ladies in the ancient times and was used to cover their chest area. It was also called a tube top.
As he heard the aunt explaining, he became momentarily shocked.
Everybody thought that it was strange of him and under their judgeful and disgusted expressions, he kept his pride and walked straight.
He used the patched-up blanket as a cape, enhancing his gusto and bravery by draping it over his shoulders like a big general .
After a difficult walk to the entrance, he went back to the area of Xiao Rous house. Xu Ques face turned red as he stared down at himself. His mind was wandering to Xiao Rous beautiful appearance and petite figure.
Damn it! No, no, no. I cant continue thinking of that. You sit back down now and stop standing.
Xu Que scolded himself in his mind and pressed down his "little brother" which was about to have a raging erection.
He quickly walked to a small pond in the distance, placed his clothes on the shore and splashed into the water.
He was washing the medicinal ointment off his body and at the same time, he was concentrating his thoughts back on the system.
He concentrated and opened the system. His personal stats were being shown to him again.
Host: Xu Que
Cultivation Stage: Foundation Building Stage 1 (Small Progress)
Experience Points: 200/2000
Acting Tough Points: 25 Points
Skill path: , Beginners Level
Job class: None
Position: Consort Prince of the East Wilderness, Fire Country
"I only have 25 acting tough points. When can I achieve the intermediate level for my skill?" Xu Que sighed anxiously in his mind. At the same time, he opened the system store and viewed the cultivation techniques category.
He was stunned at what followed.
Previously, he didnt notice the exchange goods in the system store that much since he thought that they were too expensive and couldnt afford them yet.
But now, he realized that it wasnt that the Skill path intermediate manual was expensive, but was because of the high skill level requirement it needs. The high price was thus justifiable.
The system store categorized the skill paths into various classes, ranking from highest to lowest classes.
The Yellow-rank skills required 1-5 acting tough points.
The Black-rank skills required 5-10 acting tough points.
The Earth class skills required 10-20 acting tough points.
But for the Sky-rank skills, the required acting tough points were more than 20 points. All the way to as high as 200 points.
For the current Skill path he was training, the , for the pages at Sky-rank, were of very premium value. The beginner to intermediate pages of this skill each require 100 acting tough points but when he reach the advanced writings, it costed a whole 200 acting tough points.
On top of that, there were other ranks besides the Sky, Earth, Black, and Yellow-rank skills but they were locked up and the names cannot be seen.
Xu Que tried to check those but instead received a system message, "Hosts privilege level not sufficient. Skills are not available to you yet."
"Interesting!"
He didnt lose hope. Instead, he felt more excited and looked forward to seeing what this "Ultimate Acting Tough, Face-Slapping system" can do, knowing that there were even higher ranked skills than the Sky-rank.
He reopened the Yellow-rank skills and something came to his mind.
Although I am currently training this skill , I am still lacking battle magic skills which will benefit me in combat. I have to find a suitable skill to train.
"Lone-Nine Swords? Fuck! This kind of skills are only Yellow-rank?" Xu Que became increasingly astonished as he was browsing the skill books.
But then he came into realization that this Lone-Nine Sword skill was a battle skill from the
World of Heroes but he was right here in the World of Immortals! The skill was no match for the immortals in this world.
He skipped the Yellow-rank skills and opened the Black-rank skills.
What caught his eye was a skill book and was going for very cheap. It costed only 5 acting tough points, and its description stated that this skill required the use of internal forces but when combined with fire-element spiritual Qi, its potential can be fully utilized and its power was unmatched.
Xu Ques eyelids jumped and became tempted. However, he suppressed his impulsiveness and continued browsing other skills for now.
"Dark-Ice Sword Art? Uh, nah Name doesnt feel aggressive enough."
"Flame Magic?"
"Triple-Flamed Blade Art?"
"Wood-Element Skill? Golden-Quake Fist?"
"Damn it! All the names arent aggressive enough! How can I act tough with those lame skill names?"
After a duration of continued browsing, Xu Que continued to shake his head in disapproval.
Although all the skills costed as much as , he couldnt care less about the extent of its combat prowess. He determined since the start that the name was the most important factor. The tougher the name of the skill, the better it was for acting tough.
As he continued browsing, Xu Que was still unable to find a satisfactory skill name. He might as well check the Earth class skills out.
"<> , , the hell!"
Xu Que almost jumped out of the pool he was in.
My God! This system also sold skills from previously famous novels and each one costed only 10 acting tough points.
"Good. This is way too good!"
Xu Que was never this excited. He continued to browse the class and each name he saw excited him even further.
Most of the skills from the Earth class were from the main characters in novels. Damn, and even some skills of villains could be bought.
:
Originated from casters battle skill, low tier skill of Earth class. Once mastered, the waves from the skill can split mountains and can move along with the casters gestures!
Selling price: 10 acting tough points.
:
Originates from casters strength level, low tier skill of Earth class.
Total of 3 executions :
Thunder Dash, Thunder Dodge, Lightning Haste!
Selling price: 10 acting tough points.
:
Originated from casters battle skill, mid tier skill of Earth class. Seeks to unite attack and defense in one move Can be used for attack and retreating for defense.
Split into 3 modes:
Fire break, which engulfs caster in bodily flames. Six Unity Fire, when in training, the caster can conjure a lake of magma anytime to use as a source of power. If the caster has adequate physical power, he will be able to ride freely on magma waves and create magma waves as well. During training, if the casters discovers that magma no longer leaves a mark on him, that means he has already reached the next level. Once mastered, attack and defense will be one and once they are in balance, no one will be able to touch the caster.
Selling price: 15 acting tough points
:
Originated from a page of an Immortal Arts book, high-tier skill of Earth class.
Draws out the Heaven and Earth forces from the lightning energy present in the skies, entering into casters body and exponentially increases the speed of gathering of ones personal energy. This hard to control but powerful magic causes lightning to directly enter the casters body. Normal casters cannot tame this magic and therefore cannot train with it.
Selling price: 20 acting tough points
Book by book, Xu Que was dazzled and he opened his mouth at the sheer intensity of the descriptions.
There were so many kinds of skills from novels. Acting tough points must be gained. Any skills here would intimidate the opponent.
However, to Xu Que, choosing one or two of these skills amongst this lot was a chore.
Finally, he overcame his struggles and ultimately decided on a skill book. One which was a high-level tier from the Earth class. Its name was !
Why didnt he choose Flame-Devouring Wave or Six Corporeal Forms? Simple reason: not enough acting tough points!
After buying the skill, one must still buy the greatsword required. If not, the skill cannot be used in its entirety.
Previously, he saw these greatswords being sold in the premium bundle at the system store and the cheapest one went for 50 acting tough points. How could he afford it?
Lightning energy magic is even worse due to having the need to wait for Sky Lightning to descend to be able to train that skill. This was straight away rejected by Xu Que.
As a result, he had no choice but to buy the skill as a defense skill. He thought that he will be able to get the other skill books sooner or later.
Of course, this Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations wasnt just a casual pick. This skill was recognized by the system to be a high-level Earth class skill, costing at 20 acting tough points, explaining its possible potential to become powerful.
<>
The dragon soars over the four seas, erupting in nine main transformations.
First form, energy is released. Obliterates the weak.
Second form, uses twice the amount of explosive energy. Obliterates the weak.
Third form, uses thrice the amount of explosive energy. Obliterates the weak.
Fourth form, uses four times the amount of explosive energy
Ninth form, uses nine times the explosive energy, calls out the rain and the winds and summons the Nine Dragons. Destruction will be otherworldly.
Xu Que was clear that the nature of such power was unimaginable and a force to be reckoned with in any universe.
Hence, Xu Que chose this skill book as it is the best option for self-protection and repelling enemies, especially now that he wasnt fully trained up yet.
"Ding! Do you want to exchange for ?"
"Yes!" Xu Que responded.
"Swoosh!"
At the same time, a ray of golden light flashed past his eyes as he felt a chill down his spine.
When he reopened his eyes, he could feel the knowledge of a new skill. He felt reborn but it didnt felt strange to him at all.
Opening up his character page, there were some changes:
Host : Xu Que
Cultivation Level: Foundation Building Stage Level 1 (Small progress)
Experience Points: 200/2000
Acting Tough Points: 5 points
Cultivation Technique:
, Beginner Level
Ability: (Progress 0%, Controls up to First form)
Job Class: None
Position: Consort Prince of the East Wilderness, Fire Country
Contently nodding, Xu Que rubbed his chin and felt that this 20 acting tough points was worth it.
For the 5 acting tough points left, he decided to not touch it for the time being. In the event he became injured again, he could use those points to add into his regeneration rate.
Once these were done, Xu Que proceeded to open his system package again, his heart was filled with anticipation
That Big Growth Gift bag. What exactly is in it?
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The systems inventory worked the same as the ones in gaming interfaces. The contents of the packs were all stored in the inventory grids. On the other hand, the valuable skills he had previously stolen from the Celestial Sect safe were all transferred in another deposit storage.
Xu Que stared at the pack, labelled "Big Growth Gift Pack" and grinned from ear to ear.
According to the description on the "Big Growth Gift Pack", he roughly understood its usage.
Every increase with cultivation level, he will get a shot at opening a gift pack.
Which means that, after he opens it this time, the next time he could open another one was after the Foundation Building Stage, which was the Core Bearing Stage and another time would be at the Golden Core Stage.
In addition, every time he opened the gift pack, he could get many useful random item prizes.
Xu Que felt that his luck today wasnt that bad and decided to open the gift pack.
Do you want to open the "Big Growth Gift Pack"? The system asked.
"Yes." Xu Ques reply lacked confidence due to him feeling a little nervous.
What prize could it be? A pretty lady as my bodyguard? A divine equipment? Or even a strong old man as a combat companion were viable options!
With intense anticipation, the system flashed past several rays of light, followed by sounds of the system message beeps.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on unlocking a new privilege. Recycling Function activated."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on acquiring Disguise Puppet x 1."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on acquiring Beginners Divine Escape Emblem x 1."
Xu Que was shocked. What the hell? Where is my beautiful female bodyguard? My divine equipment? My old grandpa companion?
All these crap and they dare to call this a big gift pack?
All his three wishes went down the drain.
Xu Que was very disappointed but he continued to focus his attention on the "Disguise Puppet" in the inventory.
[Disguise Puppet]: Disguises as another party with 100% accuracy and copies any posture or habits. However, the strength is not copied. Duration: 2 hours. (Disguise targets are limited to Infant Transformation Stage Cultivation Stages and below.)"
"Damn! A typical device for acting tough!" Xu Que exclaimed.
From his memories of the Consort Prince, he was very clear on the happenings of this Cultivation stage.
It starts from Qi Refining Stage followed by these 9 different Cultivation Stages: Foundation Building Stage, Core Bearing Stage, Golden Core Stage, Original Infant Stage , Infant Transformation Stage, Void Training Stage, Body Unity Stage, Crossing Calamity Stage, and Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage.
There were a total of 10 Cultivation Stages and every Cultivation Stage is split into another 10 smaller sub-levels.
Therefore, the Infant Transformation Stage is considered very strong in this universe. An example is the current emperor of the Fire Country who is in the Infant Transformation Stage. The clan leader of Celestial Sect is also said to be of the Infant Transformation Stage.
With this[Disguise puppet], Xu Que thought that if he could disguise as an Infant Transformation Stage individual, he could act tougher and gain even more act tough points!
"Too bad this item only lasts for 2 hours. If only it can last for a year or longer." He shook his head in regret and focused again in his inventory.
In the inventory, other than the piece of "Beginners Divine Escape Emblem" and the "Big Growth Gift Pack", there was nothing else.
"Oh, I almost forgot. The first item from the Gift Pack wasnt an item. Was it a recycling function of some sort?" Xu Que slapped his head, suddenly realizing something and then commanded the system, "Quickly run me through the new function I just got."
"Ding! Recycling Function provides you with a recycling service. Any weapons, potions, skills, etc. can be recycled by the system, converts it to back to an Essence of the corresponding item category and refunds back to you. Valuable items can be directly converted into act tough points. Below shows the explanation in detail"
After repeated explanations from the system, Xu Que finally grasped the new function.
It said recycling but "swallowing items" seemed to be a more suitable word.
In summary, if we give a flying sword to the system, it will dismantle the item, recreates an Essence equivalent to the item rank and stores it in the equipment-refining Essence pool, which can be used to raise the rank of other equipments.
If a medicinal item was recycled by the system, it will be converted into a medicine-refining Essence and similarly be stored in the medicine-refining essence pool which can be used to raise the quality and purity of medicine and spirit potions.
However, if a skill path technique was being recycled, it will be converted to a skill-refining Essence which can speed up the mastery of skill levels. On the other hand, the essence cannot be used in human cultivation stages and above.
Simply put, Xu Ques training of "Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations" can be quickly leveled up by the use of these skill-refining essence. However, it cannot be used on the "Ancient Five Elemental Arts" as that counts as training a skill path and this can only be done in humanoid and above Cultivation Stages
Even after reading all the explanations, Xu Que wanted to shout "Bullshit".
Originally, he wanted get rid of the magic and skills he had previously stolen from the Celestial Sect safe due to him having too many and he absolutely cannot use them up all by himself.
Any how, thanks to this recycling function, his powers would level up easily.
Besides, he wasnt in a rush to get rid of the stuff he stole. He has to find some time to adequately filter out what he needed and whatnot before selling those he doesnt need to earn some silver and spirit stones.
Besides, in this cultivation stage, silver and spirit stones are used for daily transactions. It would be wise to hold on to some currency for emergency use.
"Huff! No matter what happened, this round of opening was quite fruitful after all."
Xu Que breathed out as his face brimmed with a smile for he was filled with joy.
His "Little Brother" had also calmed down. Xu Que proceeded to unwrap the red undergarment and gave it a thorough wash.
With nobody around, he quickly climbed upshore, shooked his body dry and changed into the light blue coarse hemp clothes given by Xiao Rou. He also bundled up his long and jet black hair with a towel.
He looked refreshed and neat, armed with a smile backed with a composed and gentle temperament.
His nature occurred from the fact that he was a Prince Consort in the palace, living the royal life for the past six years and also drinking many types of immortal elixirs. The mere coarse hemp clothes couldnt mask his royal persona.
Xu Que was pleased with his current and new appearance. He strongly felt that if he was on Earth, his style would be unique and would top even the world of the entertainment industry.
Holding on to Xiao Rous red undergarment, Xu Que headed off in the direction of her house.
On the road, he met several villagers who were all giving him a smile of respect for courageously defeating the wild beast.
Xu Que reacted by shyly smiling, waving his hand while humbly expressing that he will defeat any amount of wild beasts.
All the villagers gave him a thumbs up of approval.
However, when everyone directed their attention on the red undergarment, they gave him winks while revealing meaningful smiles. Xu Que lifted his head up high, stood upright akin to a nobleman and advanced in high spirits.
One of the bratty kids, while wiping his snot, shouted, "Big Brother, my mum said that the cloth in your hands are called undergarments and they are female-only!"
Villagers laughed in harmony and added, "Little Brother, dont take it seriously. He is only a kid and doesnt know much. We wholeheartedly understand your plight."
Understand your sister!
Xu Que slightly grinned from the corner of his mouth and fled.
Damn it! That embarrassment this time is overwhelming.
Luckily, the villagers here were all friendly and kind-hearted and didnt misunderstand him as an undergarment stealer. My reputation is at stake here!
Xu Que tearfully went back to Xiao Rous house.
"Creak!", the wooden door was pushed open.
Xiao Rou was holding onto the blanket that he had worn, preparing to wash it. The blanket had to be washed as it was still stuck with the smell of his pungent ointment.
Yet, the moment she saw Xu Que, her whole face flushed red again, especially since he was holding on to her undergarment. She almost wanted to run back into her house to hide.
Xu Que ran over, took the blanket from her hands, and mockingly said, "Let me do it. You should leave such manual labor to me."
After finishing his sentence, he sneaked the undergarment onto Xiao Rous hands.
She blushed even more and stuttered.
Xu Que wanted to reply but a loud noise came from the direction of the village entrance and in between the noises, there were sounds of bickering, similar to that of people arguing.
Xu Que momentarily frowned and thought: "Oh no. Could it be that the wild beast is back? Xiao Rou, wait here and I will check it out."
He finished and dashed off towards the entrance.
"Hold on"
Xiao Rou promptly called out but Xu Que was already gone.
She bit down on her lip and kept the undergarment. She then followed Xu Que since she was worried.
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At this moment...
Pan Shan Village entrance.
Several villagers were crowded near the wild beasts dead carcass. They were armed with hoes, their faces filled with hatred and reluctance as they stared at a group of men on the opposing side.
The dozen of men across them didnt look like local Pan Shan villagers and the head of the group was a tough and stocky built man his hand held a big wood chopper. He resembled a devilish fiend.
Facing the Pan Shan villagers, he shouted: "If you all dont get out of the way, dont blame me, the Big Panther, for being ruthless!"
Pan Shan villagers rebuked, "You Water Back villagers are too much. We, the villagers brought the Tiger-Ox beast down and you people dare to claim it as your kill?"
Big Panther sneered, "You are asking me why do I dare to claim this kill? Let me tell you people, this Tiger-Ox beast ran here from our village and was by all means our villages responsibility. Now that its been killed by you people, you all are lucky that I didnt ask for any compensation. Yet you still dare to claim it as yours?"
"What a load of shit! The mountains are full of the Tiger-Ox. What proof do you have that it came from your village? You people are open-snatching our kill."
"Hehe So what if I am snatching? I will definitely do it and those who dont agree can fight me!" Big Panther laugh sarcastically and waved the big chopper aggressively, creating sounds from slashing the air.
The Pan Shan villagers momentarily blanked out and inevitably retreated a few steps.
This Big Panther was from the neighbouring Water Back village. He was the son of the villages chief. He possessed godly latent talent, trained in a Martial arts school and learned the Kung Fu. His skills were top notch.
The Pan Shan villagers who were up against him were slightly terrified.
"Hehe are you all scared? Just obediently hand over the beast and save the beating." Big Panther mockingly laughed.
Still, the Pan Shan villagers were insistent on not giving way and stood their ground in front of the beast carcass.
One of them timidly spoke out, "The tribute day is only in a few days and if this time we dont meet up to the immortal elders expectations, we will be duly punished. We absolutely cannot afford to give way."
"Thats right. Well all die anyway. Might as well fight it out with Big Panther."
"Right! Men, lets hold the front and quickly go find others to help us."
"Yes." One of them immediately nodded, turned and dashed towards the inner village.
Big Panther couldn't care less and jeered at the fact that one of them dashed to ask for backup.
"Hehe... its no use even if you ask for help."
"You Pan Shan village have less than 20 men and you people are obviously no match for Panther boss. Why do you all resist?"
"Argh! You all are such ignorant fools!"
The Water Back villagers ridiculed them continuously.
Big Panther also followed with grim laughs. He waved his large knife, rested it on his shoulder and said:
"You people dare to call for help? Looks like you guys dont know my prowess unless I show you my blade skills."
Without another seconds delay, Big Panther dashed towards the defenseless villagers.
That big chopper looked at least 50 over kilograms but did not affect his speed in the slightest bit.
In a split second, he rushed in front of the villagers and swung his sword towards them.
The few villagers expression fell as they hurriedly lifted up their hoes and positioned it in front of them.
However, with Big Panthers natural god strength, he swung his blade, causing a loud "Bang" sound, breaking the villagers hoes and knocking all of them flying off their feet.
"Pom!"
Akin to being knocked back by a wild beast, the few villagers landed on the ground with a thud. Their faces became pale and coughed out fresh blood.
A mere blade was able to cause these few able-bodied men to sustain heavy damage.
The Water Back villagers momentarily cheered together.
"Nice! Boss Panther, nice shot!"
"What earth-shaking power!"
"Haha! Pan Shan villagers dont know whats good for them. With our boss godly powers, he can even take down God or Buddha."
"Yeah! We tried to be nice but you all didnt take the offer. We guess that all of you had incurred our boss wrath?"
Big Panther loved the ongoing flattery by his fellow villagers, growing complacent by the minute.
"Screw your dog shit of a mother! What kind of trash dare to make trouble at MY Pan Shan Village? Is he courting death?"
Angry yelling could be heard. The Water Back villagers boastful celebration was ended prematurely.
Big Panthers expression changed and directed his attention towards the village entrance.
What he saw was a figure with a coarse hemp clothing with a head wrapped with a white towel, resembling that of a handsome looking young man advancing towards them.
Xu Que has arrived!
While on his way, he had already seen Big Panther clashing with the few villagers and saw them fly. He was furious.
Damn you! How dare you bastards bully these humble villagers. And you are doing it infront of me, Xu Que.
"Little Doll, were you scolding me?"
After witnessing Xu Ques skinny frame, Big Panther moody expression momentarily revealed a sinister grin.
Xu Que laughed sarcastically, "Dont worry, it wasnt only you. I was referring to the whole lot of them too. Utter trash."
The scene was oddly familiar.
The injured villagers were stunned and while staring blankly at Xu Que, they felt thankful.
What a mouth on this little guy! He is able to scold someone with such sincerity.
Following was the group of Water Back villagers bursting out in anger, pointing at Xu Que while cursing.
"Bitch!"
"Son of a bitch! Where did this little doll come from, is he looking to die?"
"Boss, this chap is asking for it. Let us take care of it."
While scolding, they pulled up their sleeves, ready to brawl with Xu Que at any minute.
"Young Young master, dont be rash!"
A petite silhouette can be seen scurrying towards the entrance and worriedly shouting from afar.
Xu Que turned and looked. It was Xiao Rou.
The Water Back villagers saw Xiao Rou and were stunned.
"What a fresh-looking lady!"
"What the hell? Since when did Pan Shan village have such beautiful women?"
"The person who marries this lady is damned lucky."
The Water Back villagers were discussing amongst themselves.
Big Panthers eyes glittered and thirstily stared at Xiao Rou, "Heheh... turns out that Pan Shan village have such a fresh lady hidden. I must take her back to my village."
Xiao Rou was frightened pale and instinctively hid behind Xu Que. Pulling his sleeves, she whispered, "Young Young master, dont be rash. Someone had already called second brother Leng and others for help."
"Dont be scared!"
Xu Que warmly smiled. He reached out his hand and gently rubbed the top of her head. He replied softly, " These people were spouting bullshit. Let me teach them a lesson!"
"Ba-dum, ba-dum.", Xiao Rou froze and her tiny heart was beating quicker by the second.
When she regained her composure, she found out that Xu Que had already sped off, moving further and further.
"Dont!" Xiao Rou cried out.
Still, Xu Que was already waving his fists in front of Big Panther, bearing a cold, icy grin at the side of his lips.
Initially, I was wrecking my brains on where to test the prowess of my Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations and since you people have shown up looking for trouble, I might as well test it.
"Boom!"
Upon fully releasing the the Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation skill, Xu Ques body abruptly emitted a Bang sound, with Water-element spiritual Qi activating all over his body. A dragon was shaped and sent upwards from the dantian.
"Hmph! Ignorant little prick, Ill destroy you!"
Big Panther let out a war cry, lifted his big chopper and dashed in Xu Ques direction.
The next moment, he was scared stiff.
He could only see a faint, blue light aura rushing from Xu Ques body hovering into the air, forming a gigantic, blue dragon. The dragon was baring its fangs and branding its claws while circling above Xu Que in a spiral motion.
A tremendous feeling of dominance and arrogance emitted from the dragon, enveloping the whole area.
"Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations, first form!"
Xu Que deeply groaned, clenched his fist and sent it towards Big Panthers big chopper.
"Wail~"
Along with the power of the dragon, his fist landed heavily at the tip of the blade.
Next, a trembling "Dang" could be heard and the chopper broke on the spot.
Like a broken kite, Big Panther was sent flying. He spat out fresh blood, flew in a parabolic motion before finally landing heavily on the ground. He twitched twice and stopped moving.
Everybody was flabbergasted. The scene was in a gloomy state as everything went silent.
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Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 10
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on defeating Big Panther and successfully acting tough. The reward is 10 act tough points."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on defeating Big Panther. The reward is 400 experience points."
The system beep sounded in his head.
Xu Que froze.
What the, I killed someone?
Xu Que felt rather astonished as he only wanted to test the power of Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations. He was surprised at the fact that it took merely one punch in the first form to brutally kill Big Panther who had a natural God-like strength.
"Dragon This This is a dragon alright!"
Suddenly, a feeble, trembling voice filled with an expression of fear, could be heard.
Then, the group of Water Back villagers uniformly knelt on the ground with terrified looks as they tremble in fear. They faced Xu Que and pleaded:
"Ah! Immortal elder, immortal elder! Please have mercy!"
"We were ignorant, immortal elder, please forgive us and let us live!"
Eh? Whats this?
Xu Que froze for a moment.
"Puff!" "Puff!"
Before he even knew it, he could hear muffled sounds coming from behind him.
Xu Que turned around to look and was stunned.
Several Pan Shan villagers, without a care for their injuries, also knelt down along with frightened faces and begged for mercy.
Back at Xiao Rou who froze in her tracks, she had her eyes filled with utter fear.
How could this be?
Xu Que couldnt swallow the dramatic turn of events. It was understandable that the Water Back villagers were kneeling down to him but witnessing the Pan Shan villagers kneeling to him was intolerable.
Especially Xiao Rou whose eyes were filled with fear. Xu Que was crushed.
"Fellow villagers, what are you all doing, get up! I am only dealing with these bad guys. I have no intention to harm you people!"
He quickly dispersed his Qi, followed by the abrupt disappearance of the dragon figure around him. He faced the Pan Shan villagers and called out.
The villagers continued to kneel with the same petrified faces. All of them are too scared to speak.
Xu Que panicked, looked at Xiao Rou and said, " Wh-What is happening? Tell the villagers to rise! I dont mean any harm."
Xiao Rou regained her attention. After that, she looked at Xu Que with fright and replied, "You You are an immortal cultivator"
"What immortal cultivator!? I am the same as you people. We are all human!"
Xu Que was astonished. Was being a cultivator this scary? It seemed like they were worshipping an entity of deity of some sort."
"Xiao Rou, dont be afraid. I really mean them no harm. Tell me, what exactly is happening?"
"Really?" Xiao Rou spoke timidly.
"Of course!" Xu Que nodded.
Upon the reply, she became less pale from being frightened and regained her composure.
Following that, she explained to Xu Que regarding the immortals.
It turned out that to the east of the Pan Shan and Water Back village, there was a group of cultivators called the Celestial Sect.
It also turned out that in a hundred kilometer radius, all villages, including the Pan Shan and Water Back villages were under protection by the Celestial Sect.
However, the villages had to offer ration once a month. If a particular village had killed a wild beast, they can use the core of the beast to replace the ration tribute.
If under any circumstances, they have neither enough demon cores nor ration to tribute, the village will come under punishment.
Celestial Sects people will personally come to the village and capture several men and bring them up into the mountains. No one will know how and when they died, without any trace.
That was the reason the villagers were so afraid of cultivators.
After hearing the explanation, Xu Que was brimming with rage.
It was clear to him that the Celestial Sect were bullies. They took advantage of the fact that they were cultivators to extort from the villagers, causing them to live in fear.
"You people never thought of revolting before?"
Xu Que couldnt help but ask but when the words came out of his mouth, he felt that he just gave himself a slap in the face.
It was a stupid question. No matter how weak, the people of Celestial Sect would at least have trained and went through the Qi Refining Stage and would have honed their skills to a certain level. The villagers wouldnt have a chance to defeat them.
"We wouldnt dare" Xiao Rou nodded and replied. She did not in any way, thought that Xu Ques question was stupid.
Feeling disappointed with himself, Xu Que leaned towards Xiao Rou and said, "Xiao Rou, Ill go back home first. Please help to tell the villagers that I am unapproving of the Celestial Sect people. Tell them to get up and not be afraid of me. I really mean no harm to the village."
On his way, he met the several men along with the rest. They were late.
They saw him and panickedly asked, "Little brother, are you hurt? What happened to Big Panther and company?"
"Ah, I believe you!" Xiao Rou nodded profusely and not as afraid of him as before.
This made Xu Que heave a sigh of relief. He looked ahead at the Water Back villagers briefly and said, "Oh yes Xiao Tou, continue to let those Water Back people kneel. Tell them not to go until the Sun has set."
After telling her what to do, Xu Que left for the inner part of the village, where men were gathered ready to deal with the Water Back Villagers.
Xu Que blocked their path and shouted out, "Fellow villagers, there is no need to go anymore. I have already taught them a good lesson and ordered them to kneel and reflect on their actions."
"Ah, really?" the villagers shockingly asked.
Xu Que laughed and replied, "Of course, its true. I can even defeat the wild beast. Big Panther is nothing!"
The villagers became cheerful by the minute and exclaimed, "Thats Little brother for you!"
"Eh ya! Im flattered." Xu Que laughed widely. He loved these moments of subtly acting tough.
Back to Xiao Rous home, Xu Que immediately laid on the small, wooden bed and let out a perplexed sigh.
He supposed that he cannot talk on such relaxed terms with the men after they discover his identity. They would be too scared to speak with him casually.
"Hai, never mind, I suppose. I wont be here forever anyway. After I help them on this tribute issue, I will be out of here. I have to explore this vast realm."
"Xu Que regained his spirit and immediately sat up on the bed.
He rolled his eyes to signal the system.
Immediately, the character information interface popped up in front of him.
Host: Xu Que
Cultivation Stage: Foundation Building Stage Level 1 (Small progress)
Experience Points: 600/2000
Acting Tough Points: 15 points
Skill Path: <>, Beginners Level
Ability: <> (Progress 0.1%, Control up to First form)
Job class: None
Position: Consort Prince of the East Wilderness, Fire Country
"Eh, the progress of Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations became 0.1%? Is it because I just used it?"
Xu Que let out a shocked expression. Apparently, the skill could be progressed via usage. However, the speed of progression is rather slow. He was unpleased with it.
After feeling down for a bit, he immediately opened his deposit space and shifted his attention to the bunch of magic and skills he had stolen from the Celestial Sect safe.
"A good time to give the recycling function a try." Xu Que thought aloud and started scanning through the skill descriptions.
"Lightweight art, eh. I could use that. Shall keep it." The first skill book he saw was Celestial Sects foundational skill . Xu Que recalled that he had yet to train on a martial stance type of skill and became excited in the moment.
He continued browsing and saw many Celestial Sect related skills.
"Fire Cloud Fist, Flame Slash, Dark Fire Sword Art None of them looks useful!"
He browsed ten different skills and shook his head in disapproval one after another.
After all, I am in the Fire Country and cultivators here mostly have fire-nature spiritual root. People mostly train with fire-related skills.
However, Xu Que felt that all these skills were too common and werent Celestial Sects real deal. He decided to keep the Lightweight art skill book and the rest were recycled by the system.
"Ding! Recycling of successful. Acquired 3 points of Skill Essence."
"Ding! Recycling of successful. Acquired 5 points of Skill Essence."
"Ding! Recycling of successful. Acquired 8 points of Skill Essence."
"Ding! Recycling of"