Chapter 13 - 80-89

Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 80

"You"

"Dont go overboard!"

The two male Original Infant staged disciples glared at Xu Que as if they had felt extraordinary shame and humiliation caused by him. They were ready to pounce on Xu Que anytime!

Xu Que gave a chilly gaze and stared at them mockingly without any trace of fear in his eyes. It was clear that he had never regarded them seriously. His imposing demeanor was always so tranquil and yet so intense at the same time.

This sudden change in his attitude wasnt anticipated by any of them.

When the white robed man appeared and instructed the two male disciples to apologize, the two female disciples werent the only ones who were taken aback and surprised. Even Zeng Fan Rong and the others couldnt believe it.

Why would a master from the Sky Incense Valley want his own members to apologize to an outsider?

Alright, it could be that this master was more on the reasonable side and was being fair?

However, what was most surprising was that Xu Que relentlessly persisted that the two male disciples kneel, kowtow and apologize to him.

No no one will oblige to that no matter who was it.

As if witnessing the acts of a lunatic, Zeng FanRong and the others stared at Xu Que. One by one, they thought, "This Brother Hua is definitely courting death and it seems like he wants to wage a war with the Sky Incense Valley till the end."

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

The system beep sounded in Xu Ques head again. He would not allow any chance to act tough slip away from his hands.

"Whatever. I dont have any more patience to wait for you people to kneel. I want to end the unfinished fight we had just now. I can give you all a one move handicap against me. Show me what youve got!"

Xu Que abruptly shook his head, took out and gripped his Buster Sword and pointed it right at the two Original Infant disciples.

The two of them felt intimidated on the spot and involuntarily retreated a step.

At the same time, the white robed mans figure suddenly moved. He cut in front of the two disciples in an instant and stared at Xu Que ever calmly with his enigmatic eyes.

"Friend, indeed we have no rule saying that no one must break the Spell. Since youve broken the Spell, we ought to regard you as having passed. And now, I, Ye Gu Ming, am standing here, apologizing to you on behalf of both of my disciples. Show me some respect in return and we shall call it a day. What do you think?" He asked with a refined tone and lightly chuckled.

Xu Que shook his head and grimly snorted, "Why should I give you any respect?"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

Ye Gu Ming was taken aback momentarily. The smile on his face became slightly rigid, not believing that Xu Ques character could be this headstrong. He didnt even budge after two polite offers to resolve the situation on a peaceful note.

Zeng Fan Rong and the others almost vomited blood while witnessing from the side. They thought that this Brother Hua was being too bold but they also felt that he wasnt here to join the Contest at all and it seemed like he was here to dig his own grave.

He had offended the Sky Incense Valley members on such a bad note. And now, the disciples master even came personally to resolve the situation but Xu Que didnt give him an inch of respect. If he was really accepted into the Sky Incense Valley, wouldnt he be taught a cruel lesson after?

"..." The two female disciples were astounded. Apparently, they had never seen their own master being stepped all over like this before. This black robed young mans character was really headstrong to the point that it gave everybody a suffocating feeling.

"Friend, there is no need to do this. With your strength, you have no problem in entering our Sky Incense Valley. In the future, we could possibly have a master-disciple relationship." Ye Gu Ming said with his tone as mild-manner as before.

Xu Que gave a grim laugh and ignored his words.

What dog shit Sky Incense Valley? He didnt have any intention to join the Sect at all. His reason for being here today was simply to act tough.

To act tough without any problems. Even if trouble was stirred, it would be a small one.

However, there were people who purposely provoked him. On top of that, they even wanted to kill him. This wasnt a small problem anymore. Xu Que would never let this matter slide.

He requested to continue the fight and even allowed a one move handicap for his opponent. Apparently, he wanted to test out the "Dark Willow Limbo", which was being imitated by the Phaseless Magic. And of course, this would also allow him to act tough at the same time!

With any amount of hatred and any amount of hardships, he would never give up on this secretive and grand occupation of acting tough!

Ye Gu Ming paused for a few moments and briefly laughed, "Why not we do it this way. Since you have already passed the first stage, I shall let you take the third stage in advance as a compensation. What do you think?"

Zeng Fan Rong and the others momentarily became green with envy upon hearing those words.

To be able to skip the second stage which was the hardest one and directly enter the third stage, isn't this offer too good for a compensation?

Also, once the third stage was cleared, one could immediately receive the Sky Incense Valley Entrance Order. Once the final fourth stage had been cleared, one could have the privilege of undergoing the Elite Disciple selection in the Imperial City. Anyone would be envious!

"No thanks. I, Hua Wu Que, dont have to resort to such means. If going through the process is a requirement, I will definitely do it. Theres no need to skip them! This time, I shall give you face and will let this matter rest for now!" Xu Que waved his hand in rejection of Ye Gu Mings suggestion but didnt persist in his tyranny.

If he didnt do that, he wouldnt be able to continue acting tough.

The way to act tough required one to slowly progress in stages. If he did everything in one shot, it wouldnt be satisfactory.

Ye Gu Ming clearly heard Xu Ques words and creased his brows. He only said "Let the matter rest for now". That means, he would continue to pursue the matter in the future.

However, he ultimately shook his head and ignored the fact. He clasped his hands in thanks and nodded, "I give you my thanks on behalf of both of my disciples! But, do you really not wish to skip over the second stage?"

"I'm sure!" Xu Que rejected without thinking at all.

After that, he turned his head and he saw Zeng Fan Rong and the others trying their utmost best to cue him not to reject the offer with their eyes.

Ye Gu Ming lightly laughed and said, "Ive already witnessed your strength when I arrived just now. However, this second stage tests ones luck. It has very little to do with ones strength. Therefore, I will ask you again. Are you sure that you dont want to skip it?"

Xu Que impatiently said, "Stop talking nonsense with me. I wont skip!"

Following, he looked towards Zeng Fan Rong and the others and called out, "Brother Zeng, lets go and register!"

"The Registration Point is on the mountain. You will be able to see it there." Ye Gu Ming smiled and pointed to one of the tall mountains behind far in the distance.

Xu Que nodded and walked off with Zeng FanRong and the rest.

The others looked extremely stiff and became panicky.

Brother, actually we dont know one another very well. Could you please act like you dont know us?

They didnt want the Sky Incense Valley disciples to have the impression that they were together with Xu Que, as they were afraid of being ostracized if they managed to join the Sect.

However, when Xu Que walked over with a warm expression, the few of them did not dare to say anything to him and could only laugh in response.

Other than Xu Que, all of the others clasped their hands in respect to Ye Gu Ming and said their byes. Following, they activated their skills and rushed towards the mountain top.

After sending them off, Ye Gu Mings smile gradually dissipated and became expressionless.

The two Original Infant Stage men pleaded apprehensively, "Master, although it was us who touched him first, but he went overboard. If we allow him to get the Entrance Order, in the future"

"Shut up!" Ye Gu Ming reprimanded and then coldly stated, "The Water Empress will arrive in the Fire Countrys Imperial City in a few days time and personally impart her skills to the to-be Elite Disciple. I dont wish to cause any troubles during this time. Do you two understand?"

"Yes!" The two men immediately nodded.

Ye Gu Mings face then slightly relaxed, and deeply said, "That man in the black robe is not simple. Even if I pitted myself against him, I cannot guarantee my victory."

"Wh-What?" The two male Original Infant Stage disciples and the two female Golden Core Staged disciples were taken aback on the spot.

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"Master, you are of the Original Infant Stage Level 5. How how are you not able to win him?" One of the male disciples asked with a shocked and trembling voice.

Ye Gu Ming glanced at them and deeply replied, "When I was coming up the mountains, I witnessed him executing his skills. He was definitely not using it at full strength. Hence, if he really wanted to kill the both of you just now, even I cannot stop him."

What?

That frightening way he wielded the Buster Sword, he he wasnt using all his strength?

The two male disciples were surprised. A rumbling sound passed through their head upon realization. Cold sweat started to drip from their foreheads and their scalps started to feel numb.

Ye Gu Ming continued, "He possesses innate talent and strength. If he joins our Sky Incense Valley, after three years of training in the seas, we will have another ferocious general. I wanted to take advantage of this situation and allow him to directly take on the third stage. Its a pity that he insisted on going with the second stage and now We can only depend on his destiny."

Following, Ye Gu Ming looked upon the Blazing Inferno Spell which was split in half. He slightly squinted, "The four of you guard this area. I will go back and ask for another Spell from the Elder and report the situation to him at the same time!"

"Our respects, master!" The disciples said with utmost respect in unison.

Following that, they witnessed Ye Gu Ming transform into pieces of green willow leaves and disappeared from his spot.

At this time, the four of heaved a sigh of relief. Their expressions were filled with mixed feelings.

One of the Original Infant Stage men held out his fist and said apathetically, "Master was thinking for the future of Sky Incense Valley. That was the reason he put up with that scoundrel. I still extremely loathe him. If he joins the Sky Incense Valley, I will not be able to take it!"

"Rest assured. The second stage has got nothing to do with ones strength. Also, we have been inspecting the valley area these past few days. That scoundrel will definitely not pass the second stage." Another male disciple replied in a deep voice.

"I hope so. Lets see if he can still stay arrogant when the time comes!"

At the same time, Xu Que, Zeng Fan Rong and the others had already reached the Contest Area on the mountain top.

A large spell had been casted over this vast area and a protective water screen could be seen in front of them.

As soon as they landed, everyone hurriedly stepped over into the Spell area as if they could not bear to stay with Xu Que for a second longer.

Zeng Fan Rong had an awkward look as he clasped his hands and dryly laughed, "The few of them Sigh, they are mere laughing stocks, Brother Hua."

"No worries, no worries!" Xu Que waved his hands without thinking too much about it.

Among the entire group of people, the only one worthy of being a friend was this chubby young man standing in front of him.

Although judging from appearances, he looked like he a spoilt brat and seemed rather naive, but his personality was not that bad.

"Oh yes, Brother Hua, why did you reject the offer by Ye Gu Ming? Although we dont know what the third stage of this Contest Area holds, but this second stages difficulty is definitely not low." Zeng FanRong asked with a regretful look.

"Oh? Is this second stage really that hard? He said that its related to luck. Could it be that this stage wants us to pick a lottery or something?" Xu Que asked curiously.

Zeng Fan Rong shook his head, "The second stage instructed us to enter the mountain valley to search for a certain medicinal herb named the Star Miscanthus. It is an extremely rare plant species. After burning the medicine, bright spots akin to countless stars will appear. However, this medicine by itself doesnt have much use. On the contrary, the Sky Incense Valley has an special prescription which can refine the Star Miscanthus into a pill which contains wood element spiritual Qi. Upon using it, one can train the wood element spiritual Qi to an extent, even if he doesnt possess the wood core spiritual roots. Therefore, this second stage requires us to find the medicine within six hours. We have to get into groups with a limit of six per group. If one person in the group finds the Star Miscanthus, the entire group will pass!"

Star Miscanthus? Xu Que was astounded.

He remembered chancing upon the Star Miscanthus under the Medicine category in the system store. It was cheap as hell!

"This Star Miscanthus is hard to find?" Xu Que asked with a weird look.

Zeng Fan Rong nodded, "It is extremely difficult to find. However, they can be found anywhere due to them being able to grow on any terrain or place. But this particular herb will never grow in a bunch. Rumor has it that there is only one within every thousand miles."

"Damn, such an emotionally solitary herb actually exists?" Xu Que became speechless all of a sudden.

But It turned out that this second stage wasnt a problem at all.

A while ago, he took the chance to check the system store. The Star Miscanthus herb was frighteningly cheap. It costed one act tough point for ten bunches!

"Brother Hua, how about this, well go find the others and discuss. If the six of us form a group, the chance of us finding the Star Miscanthus will be much higher." Zeng Fan Rong suggested.

Xu Que waved his hand in rejection, "No need to. The both of us will be enough."

"Huh?" Zeng Fan Rong stared blankly.

Xu Que slightly smiled, "If Brother Zeng trusts me, you definitely will not regret."

"This" Zeng Fan Rong hesitated.

If this stage was a group battle, he wouldnt think twice about grouping with Xu Que alone. But since the task was to search for the medicinal herb, the more people, the higher their chance of finding it.

"Brother Zeng, you need not feel troubled. After all, this test depends on ones fortune and luck. I personally am used to moving alone. I shall take my leave first. Oh yes, if you are interested, you can join my Heaven Explosion Faction." After finishing, Xu Que said his goodbyes and walked into the Spell area alone.

Left with a stumped expression, Zeng Fan Rong thought, "Heaven Explosion Faction? What a weird name and why havent I heard of it before?"

At that moment, Xu Que had already entered the protective screen and ended up behind the Spell.

One could describe what he saw as a sea of people.

The entire mountain top was filled with people ranging from Core Bearing Stage to Golden Core Stage cultivators. There was even a small fraction of Original Infant Stage Cultivators. All of them had rushed to partake in this Contest.

Xu Que was startled. Is the Sky Incense Valley really so popular? The number of people registering in this single Contest Area was almost as many as the total population of the entire Celestial Sect!

Amongst the crowd, several green robed cultivators could be seen issuing participating cultivators a wooden tablet each. Each tablet had a number carved on it, which was for theconvenience of recording participants progress.

Xu Que looked and realized that there was a Registration Point just in front and he walked towards it.

The Registration Point was also filled with many people. The queue was very long and there were many surrounding cultivators trying to look for a group.

Xu Que thought for awhile and decided not to cut the queue. After all, he felt that he was a civilized and well-mannered individual. And so, he willingly joined the back of the queue.

Although there were many people in the queue, most of them were already in groups of six. Upon getting their wooden tablets, they left the queue in a hurry.

Before long, Xu Que had reached the front of the queue.

At this point, a few tall and sturdy figures abruptly appeared right beside Xu Que.

Before Xu Que could say anything, he heard a low pitched voice , "Lad, if you are smart, you will move away. If not, when we enter the mountain valley to find the medicine, I will make you suffer."

"Idiot, get lost!" Xu Que replied.

He glanced at the few of them and was too lazy to reason with them any further.

The opposition were around level 8 or 9 of the Golden Core Stage. Although there were six of them, Xu Que could crush them with his finger if he wanted to.

After hearing Xu Ques reply, the six of them became furious. One of the burly men reprimanded, "I dare you to say it one more time!"

Oh yeah!

Xu Que was overjoyed. He actually managed to find someone who enjoyed being scolded? Alright, I shall oblige you.

"May your mum explode to death, your father is already dead. Get out of my way!" He rapidly let out a chain of insults.

"You shameful being, youre itching to die!" The burly man refuted furiously, raised his fist and was about to fight.

However, he was held back by his group.

Many surrounding cultivators started to crowd around. Some were curious, some were here to witness others misfortune and some were here to join in the fun.

At the same time, a green-robed Original Infant Stage disciple hurriedly walked over and frowned, "No one is allowed to make a racket in this area. This is a warning. If there is a next time, all of you shall be disqualified."

After that, he fiercely stared at the burly man and Xu Que before slowly turning to leave.

The burly man stared coldly at Xu Que and revealed an eerie smile, "Lad, you are done! When we enter the mountain valley, no one will be able to protect you." Finishing his words, he ended by tauntingly patting Xu Ques shoulder, and left.

"Argh!" Suddenly, Xu Que let out a piercing scream.

Under the eyes of everyone, like a kite with a broken string, Xu Que abruptly flew backwards and landed on an empty space. His palms were tightly gripped around his shoulders, which the burly man tapped. His face was pale and filled with various expressions of agony, grievance, anger, unwillingness, and most of it was just grievance!

"Whoosh!" In a flash, the Original Infant stage disciple in green robes returned and appeared between Xu Que and the burly man. His face was utterly displeased and he asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

Xu Que who was lying on the ground, raised his arm with "extreme difficulty", and shakingly pointed at the burly man with a dying expression. He angrily exclaimed, "This this man is vicious. I didnt let him cut the queue and and I didnt think that he would mount a surprise attack on me!"

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"Wow!" A sudden uproar could be heard from nearby onlookers.

Everybodys vision focused on the burly mans body and looked at him in amusement.

He actually dared to cause trouble at the Sky Incense Valley Contest Area. Is he tired of living?

However, the burly man was stumped. His entire mind went blank. No matter how he thought, he could never have imagined that Xu Que would make use of such means. Also, his actions came out of the blue.

Xu Que practically flew backwards immediately after he tapped his shoulder.

To the onlookers, it was really as if the burly man had placed his hands on Xu Que!

The several companions of the burly man were also in dismay. Even they were looking at him suspiciously as if they assumed his guilt in the matter.

"Argh Argh... I don't think I can hold on for much longer." Xu Que was lying on down on the ground as he let out a feeble groan.

One of the onlookers could not take the sight anymore and yelled out, "Were all kindred spirits! Is it necessary to resort to such evil means? Look at how badly youve hurt this young man!"

"What tyranny. Performing such an unscrupulous act and causing a racket. What do you treat the Sky Incense Valley Contest Area as?" Someone exclaimed from the crowd while frowning.

"Yeah, take a look at the pale face of this young man. He looks like he had been severely injured by your ruthless and violent act." With Xu Ques handsome looks, a lady who was not too far from him could not take it and spoke up for him.

"Hmph! That burly man even tried to cut my queue. Luckily, I have quite a few people on my side which made him turn and leave. Right after, I saw him going to that young man and threaten him. He should not be allowed into the Sky Incense Valley!" Another man shouted from the middle of the queue.

"What a nasty injury you gave him. This black robed young man looks so refined and gentle. He looks like an honest child. How could you do that to him!"

"Yeah being hurt to this extent at the Golden Core Stage Full Foundation meanthe mustve been off guard!"

"This is indeed a vicious act!"

...

In a blink of an eye, the surrounding crowd started to hurl abuses and criticized the burly man, blaming everything on him.

The burly man was angry to the point where he almost spat out blood. He felt extremely sullen.

He angrily stared at Xu Que who was still on the ground. Xu Que even found the time to wink at him and smile.

At that moment, the burly man felt as if his heart was smashed ferociously by a fist and nearly fainted out of shock.

The green robed man from Sky Incense Valley heard the crowds accusations and looked abruptly towards the burly man before reprimanding him, "How extremely daring of you to ignore my stern warning? How dare you hurt the others!"

The burly man panicked immediately and quickly shook his heads and waved his hands, "Its Its not me, friend, Senior, this has got nothing to do with me."

"Nothing got to do with you? Are you telling me that he has fallen down on his own?" Somebody from the crowd chided.

The burly man then sulked and said, "He really fell over on his own."

Hearing this, the entire crowd became completely furious.

"What a detestable guy. Do you really think we are three-year-olds? How can such absurd words come out from your mouth."

"What a shameless act. You really think nobody is above you."

"Senior of Sky Incense Valley, you must find justice for this young man. This dishonorable man must absolutely not be allowed into the Sect. If he is, he will cause dishonour for your Sect."

"This type of people should be taught a lesson. Throw him off the mountain."

"What a disgrace to our World of Cultivators!"

"Its Its really not me. He is trying to set me up" The burly man was worried and panicky. In the face of so many people accusing him, he was simply at a loss of words.

The green robed man coldly said, "Theres no need to explain further. There are witnesses to you putting your hands on the young man. Dont blame me for putting the Sky Valley Incense regulations into action!"

After finishing his words, the green robed man held out his palm abruptly in the air. Gathering a majestic bout of Qi, a thin willow branch formed and wrapped the burly man up in a locking motion immediately!

The burly mans expression changed and yelled, "Its really not me! You you people are bullies!"

He became appalled and also started to activate his skill and wanted to counter attack.

"Hmph! You still dare to retaliate?" The green robed man gave a cold Hmph, shot out his palm and the willow branch started to speed up.

He had cultivated to the Original Infant Stage level 2 a long time ago and the burly man who was at Golden Core Stage level 9, could not hold a candle against him.

In a flash of anger akin to a connecting thread, the thin willow branch started to run through the air in an unusually fast speed. In a flash, the entire body of the burly man was bound and constricted. Even the the Qi-releasing passageways inside his body were all being confined.

Following that, the green robed man waved his palm and the burly mans tall and sturdy body started to float upwards. The willow branch tightened which started to sink deep into his flesh.

"Ah!!!" The burly man immediately screamed in agony. After that, his entire being was thrown down the mountains.

"..." The crowd went silent and was stunned by the green robed mans method of expelling the burly man.

As for Xu Que, he had already quietly left the crowd and was standing at another side of the Registration Point on the top of the mountain, nonchalantly standing in the queue.

There were apparently even more people here and even livelier than before. However, there were quite a number of people who heard the commotion from the other side and they were tiptoeing and trying watch from the sidelines.

One of them saw Xu Que squeezing his way here from the other side and asked, "Friend, what happened on the other side?"

"Ah? I dont know too. Ive heard that someone was Porcelain Touching!" With a dazed face, Xu Que nodded and replied and continued to wait in the queue.

"Porcelain Touching? What does that mean?" The man was puzzled. But seeing that Xu Que was also not sure of what happened, he did not ask any further.

Not long after, Xu Que finally reached the front of the queue.

This time, finally, nobody came to look for trouble. After the six-man group in front of him collected their wooden tablets and left, it was Xu Ques turn.

The person in charge of registering names was a young female disciple. She had pretty facial features. However, it seemed as if she was not in a very good mood as she was frowning for quite awhile.

She lifted her head and briefly looked at Xu Que. She then coldly said, "Provide me the names of the five other members in your group."

"Hua Wu Que!" Xu Que replied.

The ladys brows momentarily creased even further. Impatiently, she repeated, "I asked for the names of all your group members."

"Im the only one in the group." Xu Que looked at the lady up and down and replied thoughtfully.

After hearing, she couldn't help but to lift her head and shockingly asked, "Only you?"

"Yep."

"Are you sure?"

"Yep."

"..."

"Miss."

"What?"

"Im actually a physician. Everyone calls me the God of Doctors. If I didnt guess wrongly, Miss, you are suffering from a gynecological disease! Have you been feeling distraught with anxiety and prickly pain from your lower abdomen? Have you also been finding it hard to concentrate? Has your period every month not been on time? I suggest you water boil dark brown sugar and"

"Shut your mouth!" Before Xu Que could finish, the female disciple abruptly slammed the table and rebuked with a blushing face.

At the same time, countless surrounding people gathered their vision towards Xu Que.

"..." Xu Que gave an innocent face as if he did not know what had happened.

One of the Sky Incense Valley disciples, who was in charge of rule-keeping, happened to pass by and asked, "Junior, anyone causing trouble?"

The female disciple glared at Xu Que, shook her head and replied, "Senior, its nothing. This young guy said he was going to go through the second stage himself and I was just trying to persuade him!"

After those words, everybody was astounded and stared at Xu Que in awe.

Following, the entire crowd started to roar with laughter!

"Haha! Is this guy an idiot?"

"How ridiculous! Trying to clear the second stage alone."

"Even with six people in a group, there is no guarantee of finding that Star Miscanthus in six man hours. With him going alone, he would have just one man hour. Is he dumb?"

"The newborn cow does not fear the tiger. Although he has quite a high Cultivation Stage but apparently, we cant say the same for his intelligence."

"Young man, you should quickly join a group. You cannot finish the second stage by yourself."

Xu Que lifted the corner of his lips. Sweeping his eyes past everyone, he laughed grimly, "I am the Heavenly son of Luck. Luck is attached to my body and Im omnipotent. Just a mere Star Miscanthus, I can find many of them without any effort. If you people dont believe, wait and see!"

Finishing, he flung his long robes, grabbed a wooden tablet from the table and strode away with his head high.

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough forcefully. The reward is 50 act tough points!"

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Chapter 83: Have You Seen A Fairy Before?

Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

Amidst all the mocking, taunting and ridiculing, Xu Que wore a smile and followed the directional signs on the mountain top towards the valley.

Along the way, there were many other Cultivators who were also on their way towards the valley who had heard of Xu Que wanting to finish the stage alone, and they could not help but laugh at him too.

Hence, Xu Que walked past tens and hundreds of them. More than half of them knew about his situation.

"Hey, I've heard of a young man who didn't know his limits and wanted to pass through the second stage alone!"

"Ha ha! I've heard about it already and had been excited about it for a while. How could somebody be so stupid?"

"Yeah. One would have only a one hour limit if he chooses to go through the stage alone. With two in a group, they would have two hours. With six of us, we would accumulate to having six hours. Also, no matter how many members, only one of us needs to find the Star Miscanthus for the entire group to pass. Why does this young man choose to go through such pains to do it alone?"

"This Sky Incense Valley developed the stage with the same mission to complete but with different time limits. Other than evaluating participants on their Luck, it also tests on the ability to match and build rapport with the others. Without being able to understand this truth, it's clear that this lad is definitely too young and have too little life experience."

"But, I've heard rumors of him. Other than being good-looking and being both refined and cultured, he dons a black robe and carries an ink-colored Buster Sword which makes him look especially imposing. Why would he make such a silly decision?"

"Eh, look! There's someone in front wearing a black robe and carrying an ink-colored Buster sword. Don't tell me that's him?"

"Where, where? Damn, it's really him…"

Xu Que had already been ignoring the weird looks and mockery the passer bys had been giving him. With a faint smile on his face, he was filled with a look of toughness!

After all, people from the past always had things to say about me and the commoners tried to defame, bully, insult, laugh at, disparage, look down on, slander and deceive me. How am I supposed to punish them all?

One ought to bear with, allow, reason with, avoid, tolerate, respect, and ignore them and wait for a few years to see him again.

Hence, Xu Que held an optimistic attitude with a face full of smiles, turned around and told the few groups of people beside him, "Damn your mum. What the hell are you looking at? Do you want me to thrash you to death?"

"Whoa!" Everyone went into an uproar.

"We've misjudged you. Who would imagine that a dignified, cultured and refined good-looking young man like yourself would spout such vulgarities."

"Let it go, let's ignore him. There are Sky Incense Valley disciples patrolling. Let's teach him a lesson after we've entered the valley."

"Hmph! I would like to see his face after he fails to find the Star Miscanthus and get driven out of the stage!"

After seeing the people leaving with angered faces, Xu Que let out a gratified smile. He then walked towards the entrance of the valley elegantly.

Three Sky Incense Valley disciples stood at the valley's entrance. There were two men and one woman and they were all at the Original Infant Stage. They were in charge of recording the time that Cultivators entered and left the valley. They also check if they brought the Star Miscanthus upon leaving.

Xu Que went up and asked courteously, "I am Hua Wu Que and I would like to enter the stage!"

The three disciples momentarily rolled their eyes and thought, "Brother, you were just scolding everybody a moment ago and now you are here acting so polite. Do you really think we are blind?"

"What's the number on your wooden tablet?" The female disciple asked after recording Xu Que's name in a book behind.

Xu Que lowered his head and looked at the wooden tablet. After staring blankly for a short moment, he read, "9527!"

"Okay!" The female disciple nodded lightly as she concentrated some Core Energy on her fingertip. She then tapped on the wooden tablet on Xu Que's hand and said, "This wooden tablet has already been fused with the scent of your body. Nobody else will be able to pretend to be you and neither will you be able to act as another participant. Therefore, you must remember to return within your time limit, or else, even if you find the Star Miscanthus, you will be deemed to have failed. Do you understand?"

"I understand. Oh yes, lady, have you met a fairy before?" Xu Que asked the female disciple after nodding and answering her.

"Ah? I… haven't." The female disciple was startled for a moment. Although as a cultivator, mortals usually address them as Fairies, but in the eyes of a Cultivator, only those who have soared heavenwards and enter the World of Immortals, were addressed as Fairies.

Xu Que slightly smiled and lovingly replied, "I haven't seen one before too. However, ever since I met you, I think I've finally seen one!"

After hearing Xu Que's words, she was initially shocked. When she reacted, her face blushed immediately. With a tinge of shyness, she lowered her head and didn't dare make eye contact with Xu Que.

The other two male disciples, along with another group of male Cultivators, widened their eyes in the moment and their faces were filled with astonishment.

Just two sentences by him could make an Original Infant Stage lady blush. Damn, he is definitely brilliant and have such a fresh and refined flirting skill. He is definitely… awesome!

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!"

He could gain act tough points just by hitting up a girl. Such a sleek and awesome method of hitting up a girl!

Xu Que let out a faint smile, kept his wooden tablet and turned around. He left the scene confidently amidst everyone's shocked looks.

Several moments later, a male voice from one of the Sky Incense Valley disciples came from behind, "Hua Wu Que, number 9527, time limit in valley is one hour!"

Xu Que almost stumbled. What the hell, why were those words so familiar? The way he said it was like escorting somebody into a prison cell!

…

Entering the mountain valley, Xu Que suddenly realized that this entire valley was confined within a huge Spell.

Lifting his head and looking around, he realized that apart from the entrance, the entire area was enveloped by a layer of water-like protective screen. It was to stop participants from escaping with the Star Miscanthus.

"Looks like when I leave, I presume that my item hoard will be inspected? Heh, too bad, it's useless. My system Deposit Storage cannot be checked by anyone else." Xu Que let out a smirk and strode forward.

There were quite a number of people in the mountain valley. Bit by bit, more Cultivators walked by. Some of them had just entered and some were about to leave the stage.

The ones entering had faces filled with deep anticipation and those leaving were either overjoyed or disappointed.

However, Xu Que felt rather at ease. His aim was to come in for a stroll and also to prank some people. When time was about to be up, he would exchange for several Star Miscanthus from the system store. He could finish the stage and act tough in one go.

After walking for several hundred meters, the amount of people around had gradually receded. After all, this mountain valley was huge. Groups which entered wouldn't waste any time and activate their skills to quickly search for the Star Miscanthus.

Xu Que was the only one strolling around leisurely.

Moments later, he strolled upon an area with very little people. He prepared to find a place to lie down and bask in the sunlight. However, not too far in the distance, a few figures emerged and it looked like they were in a dispute of some sort.

Xu Que stopped in his tracks. After looking at the faces of the few people, he was dumbfounded.

Those were familiar faces!

In fact, he even knew people on both sides of the confrontation!

There were six Golden Core Staged Cultivators surrounding another six Foundation Building Staged Cultivators. Among them, there was a Foundation Building Staged lady who had a distinct temperament. She spoke resentfully, "You are merely bullying the weak."

"We are not bullying. We clearly saw the Star Miscanthus first. We only wanted to look for more of them. When we came back, you people already took it. Quickly hand it over." Xu Que recognized the man who had just finished talking. He was the green robed young man who was previously with Zeng Fan Rong and the others.

However, he did not form a group with Zeng Fan Rong and the others. Rather, he had found other several high Staged Cultivators as groupmates.

As for the group of Foundation Staged Cultivators who were being bullied, Xu Que recognized two of them.

The one with the distinctive temperament was Tang Xue Rou. She was the "Fairy Sister" Xu Que first saw after his rebirth. Another man, whose behaviour and appearance was out of the ordinary, was another disciple of the Celestial Sect. He was the saber-wielding youngster Xu Que met when he mistakenly barged into the Treasure Chamber, Zhang Su Liang.

The other four were also disciples of the Celestial Set. Xu Que recognized them but did not remember their names.

Perhaps they were prepared to leave the Celestial Sect, since the six of them were here today to participate in the Contest of the Sky Incense Valley!

However, what surprised Xu Que was the fact that Tang Xue Rou's Cultivation speed was very fast. Only after a few months, she was already at the Foundation Building Stage and had achieved Stage 5 at that.

For Zhang Su Liang, he had already reached the Foundation Building Stage Full Foundation and was half a step from the Core Bearing Stage!

Under normal circumstances, Xu Que would leave after watching the commotion for some time. But at this point, the bully was the green robed young man. He was the one who mocked Xu Que earlier. With Xu Que's watchful eyes, he definitely wouldn't leave the scene with whatever he wanted.

"Don't move, robbery... Cough, my mistake, it's become my habit after using that phrase too often." After yelling those words, Xu Que suddenly realized that they were unfitting for the situation. He then coughed and said seriously, "Hey, what are you guys doing? I've no problem with you all arguing. But the problem is, can you people please not stand beside my Star Miscanthus and make a ruckus?"

YOUR Star Miscanthus???

The two sides of people heard his words and turned their heads in unison. They were appalled.

Chapter 84: How The Hell Can You Call This A Poem?

Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

What are you talking about?

You call this your Star Miscanthus? Who are you?

The both sides turned their heads and looked at Xu Que, faces filled with confusion.

After recognizing Xu Que, the green robed young man's face 'swished' and immediately became pale.

The images of Xu Que breaking the Spell and causing two Original Infant Staged disciples of the Sky Incense Valley to retreat after executing one skill resurfaced in the green robed man's head. The scenes were carved into his brain deeply and couldn't be erased.

"Lad, this has got nothing to do with you. If you are smart enough, you will scram!" At this point, one of the green robed young man's companion who was at the Golden Core Stage Full Foundation, glared at Xu Que and yelled at him.

The green robed man heard it and turned pale in an instant!

"Brother Lin, don't pursue it already!" He quietly hinted at the Cultivator.

Without any intention to heed the green robed youngster's advice, the Cultivator grimly said, "This lad has the audacity to boast shamelessly. How dare he try to snatch the Star Miscanthus from us. Is he not afraid that he cannot back his words?"

"Brother Lin, stop it!" The green robed man expressions fell as he yelled frightenedly.

His few companions became momentarily surprised. Even Tang Xue Rou, who was trapped in the middle of the two sides, blanked out for a moment. They did not understand what was happening with the green robed youngster.

Standing not far in the distance, Xu Que was smiling ear to ear. Hugging his Buster sword with his hands, he stared at the group of them with a profound gaze.

The green robed youngster felt a chill ran down his spine. From a distance, he panickedly clasped his hands and greeted, "Brother Hua, what a coincidence. I was just passing by, I shall take my leave first!"

When he finished speaking, he clutched onto his Flying Sword and fled without turning back.

The five Golden Core Staged Cultivators were at a loss. Staring at the green robed youngster fleeing, they looked blankly at Xu Que.

No matter how they looked, they could not find any trace of someone extraordinary. All they could see was that this Golden Core Full Foundation Staged young man was rather good-looking. Apart from that, there was nothing else special about him.

The few Golden Core Stagers became even more baffled.

Tang Xue Rou, Zhang Su Liang and the others were also looking at Xu Que and felt uneasy.

With the human-skinned mask on, nobody was able to recognize Xu Que. What made them uneasy was the Star Miscanthus planted on the ground!

This Star Miscanthus was originally discovered by them. However, before they could pick the plant, a group of Golden Core Stagers surrounded them. And now, before them appeared a rather odd black robed young man who was at the Golden Core Stage Full Foundation. The few of them could not help but to give up all hope!

"Looks like… we will not be able to get this Star Miscanthus!" Zhang Su Liang shook his head while laughing awkwardly.

A battle between Golden Core Stagers was definitely not a fight Foundation Building Stagers could join in.

Tang Xue Rou bit her teeth and was unwilling to give it up. However, it was not her first day in the World of Cultivators. She deeply understood that strong Cultivators commanded respect and that only the fittest survive. At last, she let out a sigh and did not say anything else.

The few other Celestial Sect disciples looked very gloomy.

At this moment, Xu Que marched in their direction.

The five Golden Core Stagers' eyelids twitched and were alarmed.

They finally understood the green robed youngster's weird actions. This black robed man wasn't simple.

"Hey, don't be so uptight. It's just a Star Miscanthus. I have many of them with me. If you don't believe, I will show you."

Calmly, Xu Que touched his chest area and took out ten Star Miscanthus. They had just been purchased in the system store. He had only spent one act tough point!

"What?!" It's really the Star Miscanthus!"

"How could this be? Where… where did you find that many?"

Everyone on the scene widened their eyes and asked in shock.

Xu Que shrugged his shoulders, "Actually, when I went to the toilet just now, I forgot to bring toilet paper. I sank deeply into a predicament and an apparent dilemma!"

"Huh?" The few people were clouded by confusion.

Xu Que continued, "Just as I was in despair, I saw some grass growing by the side. I quickly plucked some and wiped my butt clean. Boy, did I realize they were Star Miscanthus. I then proceeded to pick a few more of them!"

Everybody: "..."

"Friend, your joke isn't funny at all!"

"Everybody knows that there is only one Star Miscanthus every thousand meters. What you've said is impossible. They cannot be growing together."

"Also, please change the topic of your jokes. Don't be disgusting."

The few Golden Core Stagers frowned and said disgustedly, their faces did not look too happy.

Xu Que became a little annoyed and glared at them, "What's disgusting? What's so disgusting about going to the toilet to take a shit? Let me ask, is there anybody here who hasn't taken a dump before?"

"..." Everyone was at a loss for words.

One of the Cultivators shook his head, "Friend, stop talking about it already."

"I want to talk about it, what's up? I still have a poem for you all."

Xu Que widened his eyes for a bit and recited, "Since the ancient days, who does not shit? Then who among us does not use paper when they shit?"

Everybody: "..."

Xu Que continued, "A gentleman who doesn't clean his ass with paper, cleans it with his fingers!"

Pfff!

The few people almost felt like vomiting blood.

Damn! He dares to call this a poem?

One of the Golden Core Stagers said apathetically, "Friend, the joke ends here. Since you have so many Star Miscanthus, surely you won't fight over this one with us?"

"Who said I am trying to snatch it from you. This Star Miscanthus… belongs to me originally!" Xu Que squinted his eyes and smiled. Soon after, his figure became blurry in an instant.

Before the others could react, a surge of powerful Wood Element spiritual Qi emanated from Xu Que's body.

A light "rustle!" sounded and his entire body turned into rays of green-colored light, which was akin to plumes of fine willow leaves gently landing. Xu Que then disappeared in an instant!

"What?"

"This… This is one of the famous skills of the Sky Incense Valley, the Dark Willow Limbo!"

"How does he know this skill?"

The few Golden Core Stagers were rather knowledgeable. When Xu Que executed the 'Dark Willow Limbo' which he had imitated, they recognized it straight away. One by one, their faces turned pale as they let out cries of surprise!

"Not good! That Star Miscanthus!"

Suddenly one of them reacted and abruptly turned to looked at the feet of Tang Xue Rou and the others.

The Star Miscanthus, which was originally growing at that spot had really disappeared!

At the next moment, Xu Que appeared before them again and looked at them while grinning ear to ear. In his hand was the Star Miscanthus which he just picked up from the ground.

The entire process happened in the space of a single breath.

With the Dark Willow Limbo's explosive power, Xu Que was able to successfully pick the Star Miscanthus from under their eyes without them realizing.

Firstly, he intended to test out the skill's powers and effectiveness. Secondly, he could act tough with the skill.

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!"

Hearing the system beep in his head, Xu Que knew that this display of acting tough was indeed successful.

Tang Xue Rou and the others were stumped. Although they didn't know what the "Dark Willow Limbo" was, judging by the speed which Xu Que had exhibited, they were certain that this black robed young man was much stronger than any of their Golden Core Staged Seniors from their Celestial Sect.

At the same time, the five Golden Core Stagers' eyes were burning with rage. Their faces were also extremely gloomy.

"Sir, are you really forcing us to lay our hands on you?" One of them furiously exclaimed. He was really becoming angry.

Without giving a care, he plainly replied, "You bunch of weak-bullying ants, what rights do you have to talk about 'aying hands'"? Because you people will be crushed in just one slam from my Buster Sword!"

Chapter 85: Is There Really Starlight In The Star Miscanthus?

Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"

"Hmph! You talk really big!"

"That green robed young man was probably his companion and they were just putting on a show to make us fear them."

"I don't believe that a single mere Golden Core Full Foundation Stager can fight with us, who are also at the same stage as him!"

"Kill him!"

Just as the system beep sounded in Xu Que's head, the five Golden Core Stagers couldn't tolerate him any longer.

After shouting out in anger, the five men attacked swiftly!

In order to get the privilege to join Sky Incense Valley, they decided to fight each other for it. More importantly, they didn't believe that Xu Que, who was just at the Golden Core Full Foundation Stage, could be that strong.

"Grrr!" The five men attacked simultaneously. Countless rays of light emerged from their sword skills. Along with lines of flame being released, they formed a huge and formidable offensive net and charged towards Xu Que.

Tang Xue Rou, Zhang Su Liang and the others turned pale in an instant.

"What powerful skills. These five men are in perfect sync. It seems like they've known each other for a long time." Zhang Su Liang exclaimed in surprise.

"I'm afraid that even our Elite group of Seniors can't compare to them."

"The black robed man is in deep trouble this time."

"Unless he executes that high-speed 'Dark Willow Limbo', then maybe he would have a shot at running away."

The few Celestial Disciples spoke out gloomily. They had never seen such high level cultivators clash back in their Sect. Of course, this didn't include the time when Xu Que exploded his 'Buddha's Fiery Lotus' upon the Sect.

"Boom!"

At the same time, Xu Que had already lifted up his Dark Heavy Buster Sword. A dark hurricane of energy surged from his body and his black robe started fluttering by itself without any wind!

Immediately, a faint green light emerged from his body. It was completely filled with rich wood element Spiritual Qi. After countless plumes of Willow leaves landed, Xu Que's entire figure abruptly disappeared!

"He's trying to run away with the 'Dark Willow Limbo'!"

"Hmph! It's no use. Too late for him to run now!" The five Golden Core Stagers coldly jeered and attacked simultaneously.

But at the next moment, a frightening aura filled the air and started to move towards them.

The five Golden Core Stagers' expressions changed. An intense and suffocating feeling of uneasiness crept onto them.

"That's not right. This feeling…"

"Quick, dodge!" The few of them screamed in shock.

But it was all too late. The sky darkened as if nightfall had approached.

Soon after, the few men witnessed a pair of eyes which were as dark as night. Their faces were filled with fear and shock.

"No!!!"

The Xu Que they thought who had fled, suddenly appeared before them and was within an arm's length away.

It was too late for them to run. They let out a shout of disbelief and attempted to resist one last time.

However, the Dark Heavy Buster Sword had already transformed into an overwhelming, dense dark shadow. It enveloped the entire area as it crashed down upon them.

"Pff! Pff! Pff!" The men were crushed into mists of blood. Their bodies exploded in mid-air and resembled red fireworks.

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing a Golden Core Staged Cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a Golden Core!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing a Golden Core Staged Cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a Golden Core!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing a Golden Core Staged Cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a Golden Core!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing a Golden Core Staged Cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a Golden Core!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing a Golden Core Staged Cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a Golden Core!"

…

"Ding! Since host 'Xu Que' have currently yet to complete the 49 Heavenly Tribulation, the obtained experience points will be temporarily stored in the Experience Pool!"

A chain of system beep sounded in Xu Que's head.

He landed and kept his Dark Heavy Buster Sword. An expression of pleasant surprise filled his face.

The reason that he did not execute the Lighting Haste was because he didn't want to reveal his identity.

When he was at the Celestial Sect, he had used the Lightning Haste along with the Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations. He then finished off the old female Elder with the Buddha's Fiery Lotus. Back then, he did not use his Dark Heavy Buster Sword.

Hence, Xu Que chose to execute the "Dark Willow Limbo" which he had just learnt, combined with the "Six Corporeal Forms" to keep his identity concealed.

He didn't expect that the explosive speed of the Dark Willow Limbo would cause the Six Corporeal Form's powers to increase by many folds. Even without the amplification of power that came with the Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations, he was able to finish off the five Golden Core Staged Cultivators in one swift move.

It completely exceeded Xu Que's imaginations!

"Who knew that these skills could be used this way. Looks like this 'Dark Willow Limbo' is becoming more and more interesting!" He thought to himself as a magnificent display of blood fireworks flashed past his eyes.

Not too far away, Tang Xue Rou and Zhang Su Liang were stupefied.

When Xu Que activated "Dark Willow Limbo", they thought that he had fled.

They didn't expect Xu Que to advance instead of retreating. Furthermore, he destroyed the entire opposition in one move.

Just one move caused the five Golden Core Stagers' bodies to explode into blood mists. Not a single ounce of flesh remained. This bloody scene caused everyone a certain amount of distress.

In that moment, they felt the exact same way when Xu Que went to the Celestial Sect to seek revenge. Their bodies started to tremble in fear.

"Senior… senior Zhang, I'm afraid that this man's powers are on par with that Xu Que guy!" One of the Celestial Sect disciples stated while trembling.

Zhang Liang's face looking as dignified as ever, nodded gently, "Xu Que previously borrowed a strange flame skill which allowed him to generate insurmountable amounts of power. Today, this black robed man merely depended on his ink-colored Buster Sword which made him equally scary. These people are too powerful!"

"Don't you guys feel that, this black robed man's voice is familiar? Also, I have this feeling that I've met him somewhere before." Tang Xue Rou asked suspiciously.

Zhang Su Ling and the others paused for a moment before nodding, "After hearing you mention that, his voice definitely sounds like Xu Que's."

"But there are so many people in this world and people with similar voices are everywhere. Nothing strange about it."

"Yeah, you're right!" Tang Xue Rou nodded gently and didn't think about it any further.

"Oh dear. My fellow Juniors, let's go to other areas to search. Maybe we can find the Star Miscanthus elsewhere." Zhang Su Liang looked away as he let out a sigh before laughing awkwardly.

"Okay." The few others nodded and didn't have any more opinions on the matter.

They didn't dare to return to that Star Miscanthus which they first laid claims on after witnessing Xu Que's prowess.

…

Xu Que snapped out of his thoughts. Seeing that Tang Xue Rou and the others were leaving, he called out to them, "Hey, you guys, don't you want the Star Miscanthus?"

Tang Xue Rou and the others halted for a moment and turned their backs in surprise. Their faces were filled with disbelief.

"Take it. I have many of these." Xu Que waved his palm. The Star Miscanthus in his hands floated off and landed nicely on Zhang Su Liang's hand.

The few of them became even more astonished.

What's happening? This black robed man spent quite some effort to snatch the Star Miscanthus away. On top of that, he even killed five Golden Core Stagers without batting an eyelid. And now he was so ready to part with the Star Miscanthus. What is up with him?

"Why are you still standing there? Quickly keep it. If someone tries to snatch it, you won't be so fortunate to meet such a hero like me." Xu Que said with his hands behind his back, his face had a profound and mysterious look.

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

Zhang Su Liang and the others immediately reacted and were overjoyed. This black robed man had actually helped them out. They clasped their hands in gratitude, "Senior, thank you so much for helping out. We will definitely remember your act of kindness in our hearts!"

The rest followed suit and thanked Xu Que profusely.

With their Cultivation Stage, they felt that they had to address Xu Que as 'Senior' no matter how young he was. They had nothing to lose from that!

"Oh yes, let me take this chance to ask. Does the Star Miscanthus really contain starlight?" This time, Xu Que suddenly asked in curiosity.

Zhang Su Liang and the others were at a loss for words. They then nodded, "Senior, we… we haven't tried it before. But we've heard that after burning the plant, starlight will sprout from it. But since the Star Miscanthus is so valuable, I reckon that nobody has ever tried it before!"

"Oh!" Xu Que nodded as he stroked his chin and started to contemplate.

Zhang Su Liang and the rest looked at one another in dismay. They had not quite grasped the erratic temper of this "Senior" and did not know whether to stay or take their leave.

However, at the next moment, they were dumbfounded.

They witnessed Xu Que taking out a Star Miscanthus. He ignited a ray of Fire Element spiritual Qi on his fingertip, which transformed into a fiery flame as he proceeded to set the Star Miscanthus on fire.

Chapter 86: A Miracle-Witnessing Moment

Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

Is this guy… out of his mind? He actually burnt something as rare as the Star Miscanthus!

Tang Xue Rou and the others had a huge change in their expressions.

"Senior, don't!" Tang Xue Rou screamed out in shock. How could he bear to burn such a precious and rare plant. It was akin to wasting natural resources!

Not only was the Star Miscanthus a crucial medicinal grass used for the second stage of the Contest Area, it was also extremely scarce in all of the Five Nations. Although only the people of Sky Incense Valley knew how to refine it, its worth was infinitely undeniable everywhere.

It was rumored that a single Star Miscanthus could fetch at least 500,000 Spirit Stones in black market auctions!

Instead, Xu Que had set the Star Miscanthus ablaze with a bunch of flames in his hand.

"Chi!" In a flash, strands of sparks started to splash outwards. Akin to countless tiny and resplendent bits of starlight, the sparks emerged from his hand. Then, the sparks spilt upwards, similar to a fountain!

Tang Xue Rou and the others were dumbfounded. Firstly, at the fact that Xu Que had burnt the Star Miscanthus. Secondly, at the scene of the Star Miscanthus burning up and emitting starlight. It was indeed beautiful!

"Damn, isn't this similar to fireworks which the kids used to play with during the New Year?"

Xu Que looked upon the light emerging from his hands and became joyful. There are indeed so many types of magical medicine grasses in this World of Cultivators. Also, this light seemed more beautiful than the "fireworks" they have on Earth. Looked pretty fun…

He waved his hand and a golden colored "fireworks" formed a line in mid-air. It remained there for a good while before gradually dissipating and landing on the ground. It then left a faint lasting glow, which left Tang Xue Rou and the others in awe!

After a while, the golden light finally disappeared in its entirety.

And so, in the hands of Xu Que, the precious Star Miscanthus had dissolved into ashes and drifted away with the wind!

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!" The system beep sounded in Xu Que's head.

"Wait!" Xu Que suddenly came into realization and became excited shortly after, "I, the Act Tough King, seem to... have found out a better, new and refined way to act tough!"

"Ha ha ha! I've struck it rich this time!" Xu Que laughed out loudly. Without even saying his goodbyes to Tang Xue Rou and the rest, he quickly left into the distance.

Zhang Su Liang and the others were left with a curious expressions. When Xu Que's figure finally disappeared from their eyes, they looked at one another in dismay and immediately let out an awkward laugh.

That "Senior" is indeed an oddball!

Only Tang Xue Rou's eyes were filled with a tinge of suspicion. This black robed man looked very familiar to her but she could not recall where she had met him before.

...

Moments later, far at the other side of the mountain valley, several Cultivators were overwrought with finding the Star Miscanthus.

"After so long, we still can't find the Star Miscanthus. Could it be that we really have no fate with the Sky Incense Valley?"

"Blame it on our bad luck."

"No. It's mainly due to the fact that the Star Miscanthus was extremely rare. Although this valley is vast, it's impossible that many of them exist here. I reckon that most of them had been found by the others already."

"Sigh, let's rest for a bit. We'll split up and look for it again later."

The few people sighed and shook their heads in frustration.

At this time, a black robed figure appeared not too far in the distance.

The few people were overjoyed upon seeing him.

"Hey, look, isn't that the guy who wanted to take on the second stage alone?"

"Haha!!! Look at him rushing around. I bet he's dumbstruck about not finding the Star Miscanthus."

"We still have at least five more hours. I'm afraid that lad would only have around half an hour left."

"Haha! I'm gonna laugh to death. He still had the guts to scold us at the valley entrance. Let's go and stall him and waste his time."

"You're right. I want to see if he still can stay this arrogant with his current state!"

Finishing their conversation, the few people merged into the shadows and rushed towards Xu Que's direction.

"Lad, are you trying to find the Star Miscanthus? Beg us. Wait, even if you beg us, we won't give it to you. Hahaha!" The few people stood behind Xu Que and said mockingly.

Upon hearing that, Xu Que became overjoyed. He stopped, turned around, and asked, "Do you guys believe that the Star Miscanthus really contains starlight?"

"Huh?"

The few men became stunned and they were all stumped.

Starlight in the Star Miscanthus? What does it mean?

"Is this kid out of his mind?"

"Looks like he suffered a mental blow from not being able to find the Star Miscanthus and caused his mind to be in disorder. Hahaha!"

"Lad, you should get out of here. You don't suit this place.".

The few man laughed at the misfortune they found him in.

Xu Que smirked. Nodding his head, he started to laugh, "My apologies. I've already found the Star Miscanthus. Do you wanna see? Look, let me show you. One... Two... Wow... Three ... Four..."

Looking at Xu Que tossing out the Star Miscanthus one by one, the few Cultivators were dumbfounded. Their faces were filled with astonishment and their mouth almost dropped to the ground from surprise.

"How… how is this possible?"

"Ten of them. Oh my god!"

"What kind of luck does this lad have?"

"But he's only been inside here for around 30 minutes. How is it possible to obtain so many Star Miscanthus?" They were bewildered.

Xu Que waved his hand and laughed, "Stop guessing already. With your low intelligence, you wouldn't have guessed where I got the Star Miscanthus from even on your deathbed. It all started from when I was in the toilet. But nevermind about that. What's more important is that, I am going to prove to you one thing today!"

"Prove… Prove what?" Their faces were filled with confusion.

"That… There're starlight in the Star Miscanthus!"

"What's that? What the hell are you talking about?" The few of them grew impatient and glared at the few Star Miscanthus Xu Que was holding. Their eyes were filled with greed.

Xu Que's mouth looked like it was holding back a smile. He waved his black robe and took a posture similar to a magician. He then pointed out his finger.

"Ba-dum!" Flames started to appear on his finger tip.

"Next up, it's time to witness a miracle!"

Finishing his opener, the flame on Xu Que's finger started to erupt and shot towards the ten Star Miscanthus!

"No!"

"What the hell! You have a serious problem!"

"Stop it!"

The Cultivators were shocked out of their wits. They screamed and ran towards Xu Que.

However, the flames had already ignited the ten Star Miscanthus.

With a "rip" sound, a beautiful gold-coloured starlight started to blossom from Xu Que's palm!

"..." The Cultivators' legs turned into jelly as they sat on the ground in evident despair.

"Ten Star Miscanthus, a whole ten of them…"

"They're gone just like that. They were burnt right in front of our eyes!"

"Ah!"

The few people who were initially burning with hope, turned into hopeless individuals in a flash. They had taken a strong emotional blow. They stared at Xu Que with malicious looking eyes and were on the brink of turning crazy.

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"

...

After hearing the system beep in his head, Xu Que's nonchalant expression turned into one filled with joy. He waved the ignited Star Miscanthus in the air as if he was celebrating the New Year.

Facing the few Cultivators, he was thoroughly enjoying himself. The golden "fireworks" formed countless bright streams and started to make many different shapes.

He drew out the letter "S" before drawing out the letter "B" like a child.

The lines left a dazzling golden trail of what seemed like the letters "SB" in front of the few Cultivators. After the first "SB" letters faded and landed on the ground, another "SB" would start to light up.

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 20 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

In Xu Que's head, sounds of the system beeps continued to echo!

Chapter 87: Oh My God What Are You Doing

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"Screw this guy! I wanna kill him so bad!"

"If I don't kill him, the anger in my heart will never be quelled!"

The Golden Core Staged Cultivators glared at the overjoyed Xu Que. They gritted their teeth as boundless killing intent started to well up in their eyes.

"Swish!" The flames burning the ten Star Miscanthus on Xu Que's hand has faded. However, he was still feeling joyful and was too busy being happy that he did not bother about the Golden Core Staged Cultivators whose faces were filled with killing intent.

Just by spending 1 act tough point to get the ten medicine grasses, he was able to earn 100 over act tough points by burning them. With such a good return on investment, how could he not have done it? It is definitely a must. Also, doing it once was not enough. He must do it a few times more and take a chance in the Contest Area to earn thousands more of act tough points!

Will it anger somebody to death? Hehe... as for this question, Xu Que had not given a thought about it from the start.

"Hey, Brother Hua?" As this time, a few bodily figures could be seen not too far in the distance. It was Zeng Fan Rong and the few Cultivators from before and they were moving as a group.

When Xu Que looked over, he saw that their faces were filled with joy, meaning that something good had happened to them. He clasped his hands in greeting, "Brother Zeng, looks like you have completed the mission?"

"Yes. Our lucks were sufficient. We happened to chance upon a Star Miscanthus right behind a piece of a large boulder. We are just about to leave this area. How about you?" Zeng Fan Rong nodded while smiling.

"Me? It was okay, nothing out of the ordinary!" Xu Que shrugged his shoulders and replied indifferently.

Upon hearing that, the few Golden Core Staged Cultivators who were seated at the side almost gave him a thorough scolding. He had just burnt ten Star Miscanthus and here he was saying "It was okay, nothing out of the ordinary"?

Damn your "It was okay". Screw your "Nothing out of the ordinary"!

If not for the arrival of Xu Que's friends, they would have charged and fought to death with Xu Que!

However, apart from Zeng Fan Rong, the rest of the group weren't too fond of Xu Que as well.

Although they had witnessed Xu Que's strength, the current stage tests one's Luck. Since he did not look overjoyed, they guessed that he must have been unable to find the Star Miscanthus. They were gloating at his misfortune deep in their hearts.

So what if he was strong? His luck was not as good as theirs!

However, they only dared to laugh at him in their hearts. They were merely thinking that way to make themselves happy but dared not put such words across to him.

With Xue Que looking indifferent, Zeng Fan Rong too assumed that he couldn't find anything. However, he remained tactful and didn't ask anything about it. When he looked down, he saw that the ground was filled with faint gold coloured marks and was bewildered.

"Hey, Brother Hua, what's that on the ground?" He pointed at the several "SB" marks on the ground and asked.

Xu Que took a glance, and casually replied, "Oh, that's the emblem of our Heaven Explosion Faction. What about it, does it look dashing?"

Zeng Fan Rong was baffled. He didn't know which part of the emblem was dashing. He then changed the topic, "Brother Hua, how did you carve those things on the ground? It��s even able to retain its golden-coloured marks. Did you use some expensive material to do it?"

"Not at all. Do you wish to carve a few words to serve as memory?" Xu Que asked.

Zeng Fan Rong waved his hands and laughed, "No need, no need."

The few Golden Core Stagers were on the brink of vomiting blood, "Not expensive? Bullshit! Wait, this guy wants to carve more words? What the hell? Don't tell me he still has more Star Miscanthus on him?"

"Brother Hua, since you've already carved the Faction emblem, you should add the Faction's name. If not, when someone sees it, he may not be able to understand what the symbol itself means!" At this time, Zeng Fan Rong gave a thought and added.

"Oh yeah, your words have made me realize. I would have forgotten about it if you hadn't mentioned it." Xu Que's eyes lit up. He then moved his hand and reached out into his chest.

'Screw you, damn fatty! Go carve your sister! Do you know what this guy used to carve those words out? Please stop spouting crap!'

The few Golden Core Stagers leapt up from the ground and almost wanted to reprimand Zeng Fan Rong.

However, they did not scold him in the end since they still had hopes of getting a Star Miscanthus from Xu Que. With humbled faces, they asked politely, "Friend, we had offended you previously. But please forgive us. May we ask if… you have more Star Miscanthus?"

Xu Que nodded and replied, "I still have them! Why? Do you guys want it?"

"Yes, yes!" The lot of them were elated and nodded profusely.

"Oh, if you wanted them, you should've told me earlier. But in any case, I will not give it to you people." Xu Que threw their words back at them.

The few of them turned stiff.

Zeng Fan Rong immediately became astonished and looked towards Xu Que in shock.

Xu Que then took out a big bunch of Star Miscanthus from his robes causing everyone around to be stumped.

"Brother… Brother Hua, you… you have..." Zeng Fan Rong widened his eyes and became speechless, overwhelmed with shock.

The other Cultivators by the side were stunned as well. All prior hope they harboured previously vanished in an instant and they almost rolled their eyes up and fainted.

How could this be? How can he have so many Star Miscanthus?

Did this lad kill others and snatch their Star Miscanthus?

…

The few people looked at Xu Que in horror. One of them grabbed his own chest tightly as if he was afraid of others knowing where he had kept his Star Miscanthus.

Xu Que cast them a furtive glance as he ignored the shocked looks of the Golden Core Stagers. Lifting his finger, he concentrated and flames started to appear on his fingertip.

"Friend!"

"Please have mercy on the grass, my friend!"

"Let's talk things out! Don't do it!"

With their hearts in their mouths, the Golden Core Stagers quickly rushed forward.

"What are you guys doing?" Zeng Fan Rong and the others were surprised by their reactions. They thought that they wanted to snatch the Qi grass away from Xu Que. They stood out and yelled at them.

With so many people on Xu Que's side, the few Golden Core Stagers never intended to lay a finger on him. Faces filled with anxiety, they wanted to explain themselves and seek to be understood.

But when they saw the flames on Xu Que's hand starting to crawl onto the bunch of Star Miscanthus, their hearts broke into a million pieces. They were speechless once more.

"Brother Hua, you and the others… Argh!!! Oh my god, Brother Hua! What… What are you doing?" Zeng Fan Rong turned his head and wanted to ask Xu Que about the situation. Instead, he saw Xu Que setting the Star Miscanthus on fire. As a result, he was not able to keep his calm and almost fell to the floor in shock.

The rest turned too and were flabbergasted.

Such a big bunch of Star Miscanthus. This lad… burnt… everything? Why?

The next moment, they finally understood!

Holding onto the bunch of Star Miscanthus which looked like golden lighted "fireworks", Xu Que faced it downwards and started to flamboyantly sprinkle it.

Soon, before everybody's flabbergasted faces, bold and vigorous gold coloured looking characters appeared.

"Heaven Explosion Faction, awesome!"

"Heaven Explosion Faction, dominating!"

...

"Such good words!" Xu Que threw away the bunch of Star Miscanthus which had turned into ashes and started to admire his own masterpiece!

At the same time, a chain of system beeps sounded in his head.

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 20 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!"

Chapter 88: Travel With Brother Que Of The Heaven Explosion Faction

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"Rumble!"

After blanking out for quite awhile, Zeng Fan Rong and the other Cultivators snapped back to reality and barely managed to swallow their saliva.

Looking at Xu Que again, it seemed like as if they were watching a madman in action.

Burning the Star Miscanthus and using it as paint. Who in this world would have done that except for lunatics?

Zeng Fan Rong realized that his suggestion for Xu Que to carve the "Heaven Explosion Faction" was such a dire mistake!

With so many Star Miscanthus, if he took one and threw it on the ground, it will definitely attract countless Cultivators. They might even fight for it to the death!

And yet, this lad had just burnt a big bunch of them at once. Since the "SB" symbol was already on the ground earlier, it was apparent that he had already burnt the Star Miscanthus once or twice before.

…

"Brother Zeng, I still have something to do. I won't chat further. I shall take my leave first!"

At this time, Xu Que witnessed his own act tough points going up in a whoosh. He started to believe that he was on the right track when it came to acting tough. At this point, he didn't wish to waste more time and wanted to continue his streak elsewhere!

After saying his goodbyes to the still astonished Zeng Fan Rong and the others, he executed the Lightning Haste, stepped on it and rushed into the distance at a terrifying speed.

The other group of Golden Core Staged Cultivators couldn't contain themselves any longer and reacted. They hurriedly rode on their flying swords and gave chase and started wailing, "Friend, please spare us one! Don't burn it already! We beg you. Please?"

However, Xu Que did not stop and disappeared into the distance in a blink of an eye.

A few moments later, he appeared at the east side of the mountain valley. He went in front of several Cultivators and asked, "Let me tell you all a secret. There's starlight in the Star Miscanthus!"

He followed by taking out a bunch of them and burning it and left some big characters on the ground. It wrote, "Travel with Brother Que of the Heaven Explosion Faction", before taking off into the distance once more.

A few minutes later, he appeared in front of another group.

Before long, most people throughout this mountain valley had already seen Xu Que's figure and his graffiti of characters:

"Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you really want to live your life? Join the Heaven Explosion Faction!"

"Do you feel emptiness in your body? Join the Heaven Explosion Faction!"

"Why did the 90 year old lady die harshly on the streets? Why do female donkeys shriek in the middle of the night? Why do Sky Incense Valley women keep having their undergarments stolen? Who was the culprit of the pig raping case? Was it a ghost or was it human? Who has been knocking on the old nun's door every night? What was the secret behind the deaths of the hundred over female dogs? The reason behind all these happenings, is it due to the twisted nature of human nature or is it the vanishing of human virtue? Please keep up with the Heaven Explosion Faction for answers!"

"Heaven Explosion Faction: With both of my hands, I will fulfill your dreams!"

"575088701, join the Heaven Explosion Faction. It starts from our actions!"

…

Very quickly, the Cultivators in the mountain valley were all scared stiff.

Many people knew that Xu Que was taking on the second stage alone but nobody thought that he would pass it. Most of them even thought that he was a joke!

Therefore, when Xu Que went around and started to burn bunches and bunches of Star Miscanthus and put up a graffiti in front of them, they were all furious. It caused a ruckus, so much so that even different smaller groups started to come together and followed him, all with the aim of punishing him severely.

However, throughout the entire area, not a trace of Xu Que could be found apart from his graffiti.

The ruckus became bigger and louder until it finally alarmed the Sky Incense Valley.

Many of the disciples entered the mountain valley to investigate the matter. After witnessing the golden-colored graffiti all over the ground, they were almost scared to tears.

"Who could be so crazy and twisted?"

"This… this is such a waste of so many Star Miscanthus!"

"And it also mentioned our Sky Incense Valley?"

"Since when did anybody steal undergarments from our Sect? This is too much!"

"Quickly report the happenings to the Elder. Also, we need to chase that person down at all costs. We cannot let him burn any further!"

The Sky Incense Valley immediately mobilized countless of disciples to carry out a large-scale investigation.

At the same time, one of the disciples rushed towards a stone house on top of the mountain and reported what had happened to an elderly man, who was of Infant Transformation Stage level 3.

The elderly man slammed the stone table in fury and asked with a voice trembling out of anger, "How many of them did he burn?"

The disciple replied in a bitter tone, "We do not know how many exactly, but it should be at least a hundred of them!"

"Absolutely disgraceful!" The elderly man's roar sounded like echoing thunder, which shook and caused the stone house to start breaking apart.

"Elder, please calm down. We are already trying our best to chase down that Hua Wu Que."

The elderly man spoke in a trembling voice, "One hundred… probably more Star Miscanthus. That number was the entire year's harvest of the Sky Incense Valley! Why did he do something like this? Could it be that one of you people bullied him and caused him to be unhappy?"

The disciple revealed an odd expression, "No. We heard that he wanted to prove to others that when the Star Miscanthus burns, it would really produce starlight!"

Elderly man, "..."

"Yes, and he used the burning Star Miscanthus and started carving words everywhere. It was all advertising a Faction called the 'Heaven Explosion Faction'. He even left a few numbers. I suspect that there's some ploy at work!"

The elderly man asked bewilderedly, "What numbers?"

The Sky Incense Valley Disciple recalled and replied, "5750, 88701!"

"What does this mean?"

"I've not yet investigated enough. But I've heard that when somebody asked him previously, he said that it was a QQ Group Number, but no one understood it!" The Sky Incense Valley Disciple replied.

(TN : QQ refers to a Chinese instant messaging software called Tencent QQ)

The elderly man went silent for quite a while and finally spoke out, "Pass on my orders. Find that Hua Wu Que using every resource at our disposal. When you've found him, invite him politely to leave the valley. Remember, I said invite. If any of you provoke him and cause him to be unhappy, all of you will be punished according to Sect rules!"

"Elder, this…"

"Still not going?"

"At once!"

After the disciple had left the stone house, a trace of glowing energy emerged from both of the elderly man's muddy eyes. He mumbled to himself:

"This child managed to get ahold of so many Star Miscanthus. It proves that he is definitely someone with exuberant Luck. If he joins the Sky Incense Valley, it would be the Sect's blessing! Also, when the times comes, the Water Nation Empress will bring the Sect's disciples on a training expedition in the seas. Someone with such exuberant Luck will be very useful to her and the Sect. We absolutely must get him to join us!"

...

At the same time, Xu Que was lying down to rest under a big tree. He had been moving a lot in the past 30 minutes, having successfully burnt over 200 Star Miscanthus and spending over 20 act tough points!

However, the system beeps in his head had been sounding unceasingly.

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"

In his character interface, his act tough points had already broken the 1500 mark, and it was still continuing to soar along with the system beeps!

The smile on Xu Que's face was as brilliant as a sunflower!

"Look! Hua Wu Que is over there!"

"Surround him! Don't let him escape!"

"This man is twisted! How dare he make waste of so many Star Miscanthus. He has definitely infuriated everybody and must be punished!"

"That's right. Let's move together and strip off his remaining Star Miscanthus and rescue them from his grasp."

"This person had also written humiliating remarks about the Sky Incense Valley. He is dead for sure. If we are able to kill him, the Sect will most likely reward us!"

At this time, a din started to stir.

Xu Que snapped back to reality, sat back up and leaned on the tree truck. He spotted several hundreds of Cultivators not too far off and they were all flocking towards his direction while screaming their intentions to kill.

A faint smile appeared on his face. He immediately entered the System Store and asked, "System, do you sell any killer swords or killer skill books? That is, those which would increase my attack powers after each kill!"

Chapter 89: It Must Look Magnificent

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"Swish!" A white light flashed before his eyes and the System Store immediately displayed two matching items.

One of the weapons from the League of Legends, Three-Star ranked. Commonly referred to as: Killing Blade. Increases additional attribute for host. For every enemy killed, host will gain power!

Attack Power+10

The only Passive Skill: For every kill of an enemy from the same Cultivation Stage, one Glory will be acquired. For every kill of an enemy of a higher Cultivation Stage, two levels of Glory will be acquired. Every Glory doubles the host's Attack Power. Maximum Glory is 30. Every time the wielder is injured, Glory will fall by 1.

Selling Price: 260 act tough points.

One of the equipments from the League of Legends, Four-Star ranked. Commonly referred to as: Killer Book. Increases additional attribute for host. For every enemy killed, host will gain Core Energy!

Skill Power+20

The only Passive Skill: For every kill of an enemy from the same Cultivation Stage, one Glory will be acquired. For every kill of an enemy of a higher Cultivation Stage, two levels of Glory will be acquired. Every Glory doubles the host's Skill Power. Maximum Glory is 30. Every time the wielder is injured, Glory will fall by 1.

Selling Price: 1200 act tough points.

"Damn, why is the Killer Book so expensive?" Xu Que was stunned.

The equipments' functions both served to increase one's power through killing. However, the Killer Book was classified as a Four-Star ranked equipment by the system and the Killing Blade was just at Three-Star rank.

However, after looking closely, Xu Que understood that there was a difference.

The Killing Blade increased one's Attack Power while the Killer Book increased one's Skill Power. These two were very different!

In the game, it was designed such that there was a balance between Physical Attack Power and Magic Power. However, in this world of Immortals, Skill Power takes the top spot. No matter how strong your fists were, they would be incomparable to various powerful Skills.

Of course, unless one's flesh body is that of a Sage's, he could make use of the physical Attack Power to create miracles with his fists.

Up until now, Xu Que had basically no skills which affected his flesh body. However, the impact caused by his Dark Heavy Buster Sword was based on his Attack Power. Regardless of whether it was the "Flame-Devouring Wave" or the "Six Corporeal Forms", although they made use of his Core Energy, but the explosive aftereffects which served as the killing blow was attributed to his explosive Attack Power.

If he managed to increase the Killing Blade to full Glory, it would be equivalent to having 30 times the Attack Power.

Assuming that he had activated the Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations, if the system added up the total attribute increase, it would reach 39 times the Attack Power.

However, if the system calculated the values in succession, then the Attack Power increase would be frightening. 30 times 9. Hehehe... it would total up to 270 times the Attack Power. Even for the ones who had reached the pinnacle of the Infant Transformation Stage, Xu Que would be able to make mincemeat them with a hit of his Dark Heavy Buster sword.

However, regarding this question, when Xu Que asked the system, it merely answered, "Not able to calculate. Host is required to test it out himself!"

Xu Que's eyelids immediately jumped, "Damn… could I have found a System Bug? If it turns out to be 270 times, I will become invincible. I can walk down the path of breaking any Skills in one hit."

"The system will never have a Bug. Host, rest assured and continue to act tough!" The system answered.

Xu Que slanted his lips and focused his attention on the Killer Book.

Compared to the Killing Blade, he felt that the Killer Book was more suited for him. After all, in this world of Immortals, he was personally more inclined to train his Skills than other attributes.

If the Killer Book reached maximum Glory, his Skill Power would be increased by 30 times.

This 30 times was extremely terrifying. When he was at the Core Bearing Stage and released the Buddha's Fiery Lotus, it was enough to put Zhang Dan Shan of the Infant Transformation Stage in a difficult spot. If at that time, he had a Killer Book with maximum glory, he reckoned that Zhang Dan Shan would not be in just a difficult spot anymore. Maybe he would have been blown apart and would have become a half disabled being!

Of course, these two equipments looked awesome. However, the restriction was rather severe as well. For every time that Xu Que was injured by enemies, one level will be taken off immediately.

The word "injured", was actually a giant loophole.

Even a slight wound would be counted as being injured. During combat, even if it was just a light bump or getting scraped on his skin, it would be counted as being injured, the levels would drop substantially.

Therefore, Xu Que was uninterested in the Killer Book at this point. With his current capabilities, buying the Killer Book would be too much for him to handle, since he would have to avoid even being scratched. However, the most important factor was that he was too poor. 1200 act tough points was too expensive!

"System, let me exchange for the Killing Blade! Hehe, I shall see how many times it will increase my Attack Power."

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully exchanging for the 'Blade of the Occult', consumed 260 act tough points!"

"Woosh!" A white light flashed in front of his eyes. A short dagger then appeared within the system's inventory. Its blade was greenish in colour, as if it was coated in dripping venom!

…

"Hua Wu Que, you better obediently hand over the Star Miscanthus. If not, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

"Today, we will answer the call of justice. You'd better cooperate. If not, you'll have to bear the consequences and nobody will be able to save you."

"You'd better be clear of what situation you are in. You have nowhere to run. We will give you 3 breaths' time to consider and hand over the Star Miscanthus and then kneel down to apologize to us. We will spare your life after!"

At the same time, hundreds of Cultivators had already flocked over like gushing water. They completely surrounded the big tree where Xu Que was perched atop. He suddenly felt like he was surrounded by an entire city of troops!

However, none of the Cultivators from the group dared to initiate an attack. They weren't restraining themselves, neither were they are trying to act tough. They were afraid that when they started rushing towards Xu Que, he will burn the Star Miscanthus.

In their eyes, Xu Que's life was much less important than the Star Miscanthus.

"Oh, there are so many people here! I dare to bet that none of you in this crowd have found the Star Miscanthus yet? Not bad, not bad. You people have rather thick skins, wanting to rob me under the name of justice. Hahaha!!! I, Hua Wu Que have walked the seas and lakes but have never witnessed such situation. I admire the courage of you people!" Xu Que laughed carefreely. He seemed to not fear death and his calm and collected appearance meant that he was acting tough extremely well!

However, everybody had apathetic faces and stared at him coldly.

In the eyes of all the Cultivators, Xu Que, who was surrounded by the hundreds, was completely trapped and had no chance of escaping.

Whether Xu Que would live or die was entirely up to them!

One of them shook his head and said, "Hua Wu Que, you're already at this juncture. Why do you still speak this way?"

"You have only two choices now. Hand over the Star Miscanthus or allow us to personally find them from your corpse after we've killed you."

"We're now giving you time to consider on the account that you are not very well trained. You'd better treasure it and not blame us for being ruthless later on."

Everyone looked dignified and persuaded Xu Que sternly.

Xu Que shook his head, and laughed loudly, "Alright, you all want the Star Miscanthus? Let me count how many of you are there… forget it, I shan't count. No matter how many of you are there, I don't think that there are more than 300 of you? That's just nice, I have 300 stalks of Star Miscanthus with me!"

Finishing his sentence, Xu Que reacted immediately and spent several act tough points to purchase 300 Star Miscanthus from the system store. He then flipped over his wrist.

Woosh!

An entire bunch of 300 Star Miscanthus was immediately enveloped by his Core Energy and floated in mid-air.

The entire scene turned silent to the point where a needle drop could be heard!

Star Miscanthus… 300 stalks of Star Miscanthus!

Everyone felt like they were in a dream. Their eyeballs almost popped out from their sockets, throats started to feel rough and a single word couldn't leave their their mouths.

With these many people, even after searching for six hours, none of them could find the rare and coveted Star Miscanthus.

And Xue Que, who went into the mountain valley alone, had managed to find so many Star Miscanthus in less than an hour. It was hard for them to believe or accept!

"Hua Wu Que. You are tactful. Quick, drop the Star Miscanthus!"

"We promise not to hurt you a single bit and we would even keep you safe 'till you leave the valley. Other Cultivators will not be able to find you for trouble."

"That's right. As for the humiliating words you have written about the Sky Incense Valley, if you give us the Star Miscanthus, we can consider helping you to ask the Sect for forgiveness."

"Quickly, don't waste any more time. There are limits to our patience." Everybody urged him impatiently.

Xu Que smirked and squinted his eyes. He let out a brilliant smile, "Have you all seen how it looks like to have 300 stalks of Star Miscanthus burning together? Neither have I, but I believe… that it must look magnificent!"

After hearing, as if suddenly realizing what was going to happen, they all started to become frantic. The entire atmosphere was filled with shock and fear!

"Stop it!"

"Hua Wu Que, what are you doing?"

"I advise that you learn from your mistake. If not, we will make your life a living hell!"

Everybody was roaring in anger and astonishment. Some of them couldn't take it anymore and immediately rode on their flying swords and hovered into the air as they advanced towards Xu Que with extreme speed.

However, Xu Que only needed to lightly wave his hand.

"Boom!"

The Core Energy which was shrouding around the 300 stalks of Star Miscanthus immediately turned into Fire Element spiritual Qi. Before the eyes of hundreds of Cultivators, the Qi turned into a ball of raging blaze and ignited the entire sea of Star Miscanthus!

"No!!!" Countless roars of rage and anger filled the air and immediately echoed throughout the entire mountain valley!

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