1508 What Does He Want to Do?
AAAHHH!!
An ear-piercing, miserable shriek, heartrending and distressing, rang out loudly throughout the Taoist Sanctum.
Ming Yixuan stood, clamping his legs together tightly, his eyes bulging with so much pain that he didn't really want to live. He was soon to go insane.
Everyone present also looked completely horror-stricken. No one had expected that Xu Que could be so very vicious and brazen. He clearly had had plenty of opportunity to kill Ming Yixuan, but instead he'd insisted on striking his nether regions to torture and humiliate him.
"It's terrible."
"I almost wet my pants from watching it!"
"Ming Yixuan should never have used Jiang Hongyan to threaten him. I have long heard of this guy's temper. He is said to be a madman when it comes to being protective of his many women!"
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Many people started discussing this terrible incident in low voices. At such a time, no one cared about the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi. On the one hand, it was because the ancestors of the Heaven Palace Sect had announced the end of the ceremony. On the other hand, it was because no one dared to enter the Taoist Sanctum at this time. In case one really became the One Chosen by Heaven, wouldn't one be courting death at this time if he were to enter?
"You disgusting scumbag, let him go." Xuanyuan Hong reproved Xu Que in a stern voice on the outside of the restrictive barrier.
She shot the boundless mighty force of the Heaven Palace Sect again toward Xu Que, trying to save Ming Yixuan.
The rest of the Heaven Palace Sect's powerful Celestial Kings followed suit one by one, as did the other forces' Celestial Kings.
"Boy, how dare you show such impudence toward my Heaven Palace Sect?" A thunderous, murderous roar came from the sky, as if someone had torn apart the void. It was deafening.
Several figures were galloping over from the mountains in the far distance. There was not only strong Celestial Kings among them, but also three powerful Celestial Primes. Their murderous aura was overbearing and suffocating.
"Oh no, time to pull out," Zixia Fairy said as she suddenly frowned and looked at Xu Que.
With her current strength, she could only hinder one powerful Celestial Prime from the Heaven Palace Sect at the most. If the other three rushed in, then she and Xu Que would be in big trouble.
"Okay!"
Xu Que also noticed that the rest of the strongmen were rushing over. He got ready to retract the metal hook on the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella and kill Ming Yixuan.
However, a pair of bloody hands suddenly pulled the metal hook hard and firmly grasped it.
"What?" Xu Que stared blankly for a moment and was startled.
Ming Yixuan's face was full of malevolence and madness as he glared angrily at Xu Que while he gave a loud deranged laugh, "Ha, ha, ha, Xu Que, did you even check with me if you can run? I am the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus. My ability to recover from injuries is extraordinary, akin to taking the Elixir of Life. I…"
At this point, Ming Yixuan was suddenly stumped for words, his voice screeched to a halt, and his eyes slowly drifted down to look at his own male member. His eyes looked shocked.
"No, it's impossible, my…" His trembling, frightened voice drew everyone's attention.
All eyes swept toward his crotch area. The clothing had long been burned to ashes. The physical flesh of that area, which had been burnt to a crisp and blackened by the Fire Kylin, was visibly recovering at a rapid pace at this moment. However, it was completely smooth. There was no male member that could be seen.
"What…what was going on with Ming Yixuan?"
"A barren land?"
Many people stared in profound disbelief.
Xu Que also hadn't expected this. Ming Yixuan's d*ck had been blown up and now he couldn't recover?
However, he thought about Buttface, when he'd been affected by the Fiery Lotus that one time and the fur on his buttocks had been burned clean off. The fur had never grown back, it suddenly dawned on Xu Que.
This flame that he had used this time had been quite strange. It had been upgraded by a full level. It made sense that with Ming Yixuan's level of strength, even if he was the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus, he could not take it on.
BOOM!
All of a sudden, the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi ,which had been deathly quiet this whole time, shook again.
The Heavenly Book of Taiyi that had been floating in front of Ming Yixuan was pulled back by the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi and returned to its original position, rescinding Ming Yixuan's identity as the One Chosen by Heaven.
"Oh, no! He's lost the ability to perform in the bedroom, and now he's been disqualified to become the One Chosen by Heaven." Xuanyuan Hong's face changed immediately.
Losing Ming Yixuan as the One Chosen by Heaven was a huge loss for the Heaven Palace Sect.
"Bah, ha, ha, ha!" Xu Que laughed out loud, rejoicing in Ming Yixuan's misfortune. Fortunately, he had a Holy Physique, although he didn't know how much more powerful it was as compared to Ming Yixuan's Divine Being of Taoist Fetus body. He was happy that the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi had taken back the Heavenly Book of Taiyi in the end. And now Ming Yixuan's Heavenly Book of Taiyi had also been taken away, which brought more of a sense of balance to Xu Que's mentality.
"No, Seniors, save me!" Ming Yixuan panicked at this time. Never mind that he'd lost his male member. There would always be a way to remedy that. But once he'd lost the Heavenly Book of Taiyi, then it would mean losing an important patron like the Heaven Palace Sect.
Unfortunately, the people of the Heaven Palace Sect couldn't enter the center of the Taoist Sanctum. Furthermore, they weren't able to affect the Heavenly Book of Taiyi.
Ming Yixuan tried to snatch back his Heavenly Book of Taiyi, but his hands and the metal hook were entangled. Other than matching his strength with Xu Que, he simply couldn't seize the Heavenly Book of Taiyi.
BANG!
With a crisp sound, everyone could only watch helplessly as Ming Yixuan's Heavenly Book of Taiyi returned to its original owner and slowly fell back to the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi and merged into it. No traces of it having been cut out could be seen.
WHOOSH!
Almost at the same time, a cool breeze blew past and Ming Yixuan opened his mouth wide and shouted. But his voice couldn't be heard as his entire person was turned into dust as the breeze blew past and he was scattered along with the breeze.
It was as if he had never existed in this world. He vanished like smoke in thin air.
The entire scene fell into a dead silence.
Xu Que was also stupefied and felt palpitations in his heart.
"What kind of power was this? A gust of wind in the blink of an eye could so easily erase a Divine Being of Taoist Fetus at the Golden Celestial Stage?
"Moreover, if he had allowed the Heavenly Book of Taiyi to be taken back just now, then would he himself have been scattered with the wind at this time as well?
"Was this the power of the Way of Heaven?
"No, no, this must have been caused by the power of the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, which contained the power of a Deity. In other words, to be precise, that kind of power they'd just witnessed was from a Deity."
"Xu Que, you animal!" At this moment, an angry roar rang out.
The Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect were crazy with fury. They'd wanted to rely on Ming Yixuan to strike up a relationship with a powerful backer like the Heaven Palace Sect.
But now, everything was gone. With Ming Yixuan's death, the Sage Sect was thoroughly in trouble. After all, as compared with the other forces, the number of Ancestral Celestial Kings in the Sage Sect was small, and Xu Que had killed two of them. Their former supremacy in the Heaven Continent apparently no longer existed.
But even more furious than the people of the Sage Sect were the many strongmen of the Heaven Palace Sect.
Xuanyuan Hong and the others had stopped rebuking him at the moment. Their cold eyes were staring at Xu Que intently, like hungry wolves wanting to pounce on Xu Que to tear him into pieces at any time.
The One Chosen by Heaven was the key to their control of the Heaven Continent. Now seeing the destruction of their seedling Ming Yixuan meant that they were only left with two choices. They could either continue to search for another One Chosen by Heaven or capture Xu Que and Xuanyuan Wanrong alive.
But the time was already tight. Xuanyuan Wanrong's strength was way beyond their control, and it was impossible to seek Xuanyuan Wanrong in just ten short days.
Therefore, these strongmen of the Heaven Palace Sect didn't need any more discussion. They had already chosen what to do: kill Xu Que to assuage their anger and then continue to look for a new One Chosen by Heaven.
"Kill that woman and force that little animal to come out from there," Xuanyuan Hong said with a cold and gloomy face. She reached out her hands to Zixia Fairy.
Xu Que was still within the restrictive barrier so they couldn't do anything to Xu Que for the time being. But Zixia Fairy was outside the Taoist Sanctum's restrictive barrier. Her odds of victory were slim up against a dozen Celestial Kings and one Celestial Prime, not to mention the few Celestial Kings and three powerful Celestial Primes from the Heaven Palace Sect who were due to arrive soon.
"Xuan'er, you must withdraw." Xu Que looked calm and shouted with a smile.
Zixia Fairy didn't hesitate. She nodded and took out a talisman, which was a Celestial Grade Escape Emblem.
Although this section of the Heaven Palace Sect's Taoist Sanctum had been hidden in the Ziwei Celestial Realm for many years, the void had not been sealed. With a Celestial Grade Escape Emblem, coupled with her own strength, she could tear the void instantly and disappear right in front of the eyes of everyone present.
"A Celestial Grade Escape Emblem?" The faces of Xuanyuan Hong and many other of the strong Celestial Kings changed.
A Celestial Grade Escape Emblem was extremely rare and precious. This kind of talisman that could tear the void was a rare treasure indeed.
"Heh, heh, heh…"
Xu Que's roguish laughter rang out at this time. He also took out another Celestial Grade Escape Emblem, but was not worried about using it. Instead, he swept his glance toward that huge Heavenly Stone of Taiyi. His eyes glittered with mischief.
"What…what is this guy going to do?"
"F*ck, the expression in his eyes gives me a bad feeling!"
BANG!
Suddenly, a loud noise rang out.
Xu Que rushed toward the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi. He flung the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella across it. It divided in two and became two huge metal boxing gloves in the air. They automatically sheathed his hands and groped toward the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi.
"Stop!" Xuanyuan Hong and the others seemed to realize what was going on. Their faces turned pale from fear and they shouted loudly.
Xu Que didn't care at all. He spread open his arms. Two huge metal gloves, one on the left, one on the right, bore down on that huge Heavenly Stone of Taiyi. With an enormous POP, the whole huge Heavenly Stone of Taiyi was directly shaken up and carried off the ground.
"F*ck!"
"What the f*ck!"
The disciples of all the major forces in the whole arena shouted in fright, one by one. Every single person present was completely flabbergasted.
"This guy had actually picked up the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi?"
"What does he want to do?"
Xuanyuan Hong and many others were standing open-mouthed, with their eyes twitching. All the Celestial Kings and Celestial Primes had unleashed boundless mighty forces to try and stop Xu Que.
However, under the System's retaliatory mechanism, Xu Que was in full body metal armor that completely protected him. He was able to carry away the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi.
As he left, he turned and looked at all the shocked and incredulous looks of everyone present. With the talisman in his hand, he absolutely radiated from the glow of this moment!
A ripple instantly emerged in the void, and the figure of Xu Que, carrying the enormous Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, completely vanished in the blink of an eye.
1509 Reunion
"Wh…what?""Wh…what?"
"The Heavenly Stone of Taiyi has been stolen?"
"You couldn't really call it theft. He did it in broad daylight. Just grabbed it and took off."
"How else can they pick the One Chosen by Heaven?"
All of a sudden, the crowd who had been waiting for the One Chosen by Heaven ceremony erupted with questions.
The operation that Xu Que had carried out was extremely natural and smooth. It had merely taken a moment, and, by the time anyone had reacted, he'd already picked up the stone and was long gone.
The female disciples from the Jade Lake were also flabbergasted. Bai Cailing looked completely startled, and she laughed bitterly. She asked herself why she hadn't expected Xu Que would actually do this? Now that he had really offended the Heaven Palace Sect, would there ever be a place for him to seek shelter in the Heaven Continent again?
The many strongmen of the Heaven Palace Sect were walking around with thunderous expressions on their faces. Their fury had skyrocketed almost out of control.
"D*mn it. We actually let him slip away." A Celestial King's murderous aura suddenly suffused his whole body. The pressure in his body had built up to such an extent that when he released some of it, cracks appeared on the ground underneath his feet.
"The means that this fellow used are ever-changing. He actually had methods of changing his appearance and presence. He achieved his aim through underhanded means, which we haven't been able to detect." Everyone frowned, and people were walking around with depressed expressions on their faces.
"If we can't take back the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
"We must find him. Even if we have to dig deep underground to look for him, we can't let him get away with this." Xuanyuan Hong was grim-faced as she spoke.
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At the same time, in the Ziwei Celestial Realm, several thousands of miles away from the Heaven Palace Academy, a burst of ripples could be seen in the sky, which were followed by a brilliant glow. A figure flew out from within the ripples, carrying a boulder. It was Xu Que.
"Xu Que, what the h*ll have you done?" Zixia Fairy had been waiting here for what seemed like a very long time. They had previously devised an escape route and had agreed to meet up here.
But when she saw Xu Que arrive, carrying out the entire Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, she was suddenly struck dumb.
"Heh, heh, heh, if I didn't take this lousy boulder away, how could I prevent them from continuing to search for the One Chosen by Heaven? Better to be safe than sorry!" Xu Que sniggered and landed on the ground.
With a BANG, the ground immediately caved in from the weight of the boulder.
"Are you going to continue to carry it wherever we go like this?" Zixia Fairy frowned. For Xu Que to carry such a large boulder, even if he changed his appearance or presence, it was still sure to attract attention. Their whereabouts would certainly become exposed if he kept on carrying the stone.
"I want to get rid of it, but I can't figure out how to do this safely," Xu Que said with a wry smile.
The weight of this Heavenly Stone of Taiyi had completely surpassed his imagination. With his second-rate Holy Physique, coupled with the increased power of the System's retaliatory mechanism, it was still extremely hard to move.
Xu Que had also tried to put the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi into the System's storage space, but that idea was rejected by the System in the end. The System at its current level was unable to accept the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, which contained a lot of God's Strength.
However, in addition to the System's storage space, the World of the Green Lotus in Xu Que's own Dantian also had a place to accept it.
But for an item that even the System didn't dare to accept, Xu Que also didn't intend to rush to try it out. He himself had no way to control the small world derived from the chaos of the Green Lotus. How could he dare to toss in the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi so recklessly?
Therefore, left without any other choices, he had to carry the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi with him the entire way.
Fortunately, Xu Que had another Divine Item. The Divine Aperture's Shell could isolate them from the world and let them become invisible in order to move in the world. The Heavenly Stone of Taiyi wouldn't be detected by people as long as they were under the Divine Aperture's Shell.
The only problem with using the Divine Aperture's Shell was that they couldn't really use a teleportation device for traveling. They needed to travel all the way across the Ziwei Celestial Realm and then rush to the Tianxiang Celestial Realm.
For more than ten days, Xu Que and Zixia Fairy traveled until they finally arrived at a mountain outside the Tianxiang Celestial Realm.
Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning had been staying here to wait for Xu Que, and they'd even built a small, comfortable cave dwelling.
Before Xu Que had returned, Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning had lived here happily. The forests here in the mountain were as beautiful and quiet as ever, and signs of human habitation were rare.
Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning had been undisturbed for more than ten days and had been immersed in their states of cultivation.
Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning appeared very surprised to see Xu Que arrive with such an enormous boulder. They were even more astounded to learn that the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi was the boulder that assigned the Heavenly Book of Taiyi.
"This guy had actually snatched such a precious Heavenly Stone of Taiyi?"
"Wouldn't the Celestial Kings and Celestial Primes of the Heaven Palace Sect be furious?"
Even if they had not been at the scene, Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning could imagine those people's flustered and exasperated appearances. After all, it was not the first time that their fellow, Xu Que, had done this kind of wicked deed.
"Oh, yeah, you mustn't use your Mind Sense to communicate with the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi. Otherwise we could be in big trouble if you accidentally become the One Chosen by Heaven." Xu Que warned them all specifically.
The One Chosen by Heaven was simply a scam. If he had had a choice, he would never have wanted to be some lousy One Chosen by Heaven.
"Now I can only hope that Buttface and the others can really find Xuanyuan Wanrong and ask her if there's any way to take back the Heavenly Book of Taiyi. Even if it can't be taken back, I have to control the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi and not let the One Chosen by Heaven appear. Then we can stay safe for the time being." Xu Que shook his head and sighed. Since he'd become the One Chosen by Heaven, there'd only been a bunch of trouble. and, most important of all, he hadn't gotten any benefits yet.
"In this case, it'll be better for us to all stay here during this time. You can also take a look at Feifei's cultivation problems and other things. We will make another plan while we all wait for Buttface and the others to return." Jiang Hongyan smiled and suggested.
Xu Que also realized that they could no longer move freely during this time. He'd guessed that the group of people from the Heaven Palace Sect were already frantically looking for any traces of them everywhere. If they were to encounter any strongmen of the Celestial Prime cultivation stage while they were out, they might not have to worry about losing their lives, but they would inevitably suffer a hard time. There was no need for them to put themselves through this.
Therefore, Xu Que simply opened up the cave to make it more spacious and wide. He dug out two tunnel entrances, one headed through the north and one headed south, and ended up with a very nice temporary cave dwelling. He even crafted a wide variety of furniture.
Finally, he set out a high-level restrictive barrier covering the whole cave and used the Divine Aperture's Shell to envelop the outermost layer in order to hide the cave dwelling completely.
In this way, with a two-pronged attack on one problem at the same time and the two protective measures, even if there was someone of the Celestial King cultivation stage passing by, he would be unable to see any signs of life.
With the issue of staying hidden resolved, Jiang Hongyan sat cross-legged on the ground and brought out the Good Fortune Jade Disk to put her soul into it.
Xu Que stood aside and waited. Ever since their last farewell at the Celestial Burial Valley, it had been more than ten years that he hadn't seen Xu Feifei. But this period had been like running water, hurriedly passing by. It didn't feel all that long a time.
"I understand that no one in your hometown practices cultivation, but there are countless fun objects there. One can fly without the need to have spiritual energy. Is there really such a place like this in the world?" Zixia Fairy looked at Xu Que and asked.
Duan Jiude had heard a lot of things about Earth from Buttface and had more or less also informed Zixia Fairy about them.
She was very puzzled. Xu Que was such a strange genius, and it was bizarre that he would actually come from a place without any cultivators. The most important thing was that she heard that there were many strange things in that place, which made her really curious.
"Ha, ha, ha, of course it's true. After all, it was the crystalization of countless years and generations of human wisdom. But in the face of a cultivator's absolute power, everything there counts for nothing." Xu Que smiled and then shook his head.
He had been on Earth in person and deeply understood that no matter how strong science and technology were, they also couldn't stop the frightening power of a cultivator.
However, there were still many strange things that existed on Earth, and it could be determined that before ancient times, cultivators did exist there. But at the time that he had lived there, Xu Que had not been strong enough to explore these ideas any further.
If he had a chance in the future, he would like to go back and try it all again.
"Then…" At this point, Zixia Fairy opened her mouth again and wanted to say something.
However, Jiang Hongyan's Good Fortune Jade Disk suddenly vibrated and released a brilliant glow of stupendous lights and vibrant colors.
Immediately after, two figures stepped out from within: Jiang Hongyan came out along with Xu Feifei.
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