Chapter 73 - 620-629

Chapter 620: Come and Punch Me!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"Let me help you!"

At this moment, a tender but determined voice could be heard.

When people came to themselves, they found it was Liu Jingning who had responded to Jiang Hongyan. Liu Jingning lowered her body and was about to rush to Xu Que for help.

The Elders of the Utopia Faction changed their expressions and tried to persuade Liu Jingning as they blocked her way immediately. "Holy Virgin, please don't act rashly! If you rescue that young man, the Utopia Faction will be treated as his allies."

"Back off!" Liu Jingning said coldly with a chilly expression.

The Elders lowered their heads but didn't step backwards, "Please forgive our disobedience! The young man is about to die. It's really unnecessary for you to put the Utopia Faction at risk for a dying man…"

"I won't say it a third time. Now back off!" Liu Jingning said in a freezing cold voice. Killing intent was gushing out from her eyes.

The renowned She-Devil was becoming more furious with a frightening momentum. Anyone, even those of the Utopia Faction, who stood in her way would be killed.

Many people in this area were shocked. Even Holy Sons and Holy Virgins like Xiao Munan became serious.

"That's why she's the She-Devil. Her strength is remarkable!" Xiao Taixuan said calmly with squinted eyes.

"I used to fight with her before I went to the Blood-devouring Abyss, and we held each other to a draw. I still don't think I could defeat her, even now!" Xiao Munan said seriously.

"That's quite normal. I heard that the fight against the Holy Virgin in the Utopia Faction was quite bloody. She became the ultimate winner after killing over 100 fellow apprentices!"

"Hehe, that's an understatement! The Utopia Faction's Holy Son planned to lay hands on her. However, she killed the Holy Son when he began to speak but still hadn't taken action. His head was hung outside the door of the Utopia Faction's main hall. Their Faction Leader turned a blind eye to the issue, which was settled by leaving it unsettled!"

"I didn't expect such a She-Devil to be able to maintain her friendship with Jiang Hongyan. When we were young, their relationship was quite good."

Many Holy Sons and Holy Virgins started to exclaim when they remembered their childhoods.

Only Bai Lingrui, the Holy Virgin of the Bai Family, had a dark expression on her face at this moment, for she felt like she was being slapped by the others.

In those years, Jiang Hongyan's best friend had definitely been Bai Lingrui. However, now she regarded Jiang Hongyan as her sworn enemy. Liu Jingning still maintained her friendship with Jiang Hongyan, which made Bai Lingrui furious!

At this moment, the Elders of the Utopia Faction had sensed the killing intent of their Holy Virgin, making their faces were quite gloomy.

As a matter of fact, they knew clearly that although they could match Liu Jingning in cultivation stage, they had been entirely suppressed by Liu Jingning's momentum at that moment.

"Holy Virgin, I hope you have a good explanation for our Faction Leader!" an Elder sighed and finally made way for her.

Liu Jingning didn't reply, just flew directly towards Xu Que like a phantom.

At just that moment, Buttface was standing beside Xu Que and said anxiously, "Little brat, run for your life using that spell! I won't escape and will guard the rear this time!"

"I… I'm okay!" Xu Que said feebly. The Automatic Recovery Function was running. However, his wounds were so serious that he couldn't heal them immediately.

After all, it was the automatic recovery provided by the System, which was a far cry from the arts of being immortal, let alone the Secret of People among the Nine Secrets, which could ensure a cultivator's rebirth even if they only had one drop of blood left.

"Holy sh*t! How can you say you're okay in such a miserable condition? This is the first time for me to see a guy being penetrated by his own bones. Howl! I can't watch this anymore. Just run for your life!" Buttface urged.

Rumble!

A loud sound came from the sky again. The sky and earth were depressed by the magnificent power of the Heavens!

The Heavenly Tribulation, which was even more powerful than before, was coming!

At this moment, Xu Que said feebly, "Buttface, come… and punch me!"

"What?" Buttface widened his eyes immediately and doubted whether he had heard Xu Que right.

The rest of the people in the area also paid close attention to Xu Que, including Liu Jingning, who had just arrived. Hearing Xu Que's words, all of them were stunned on the spot.

What the hell?

Why would he ask another to punch him in such a miserable condition?

Could it be that… he can't endure the pain and wants a quick death?

"Are you insane? I'll definitely punch you to death!" Buttface said in surprise.

With blood flowing from his mouth and shaking his head, Xu Que said, "Don't worry, just punch me! Punch me in the chest, and it'll be a first aid method to keep me alive!"

"Sh*t! What the hell kind of first aid method is this? No, I don't want to kill you!" Buttface rejected directly, for he thought Xu Que just wanted a quick death.

Liu Jingning came up and said in a low deadpan, "Don't speak, follow me!"

"Don't touch me! I'm warning you, don't touch me unless you're willing to punch me!" Xu Que said while struggling.

Liu Jingning frowned and said coldly, "Are you really going to act so mischievous now? Jiang Hongyan is about to die. Do you want to die with her?"

Rumble!

A dazzling golden lightning flashed over the sky and lit up the whole area, which was covered by black clouds.

Xu Que found Liu Jingning's eyes were red and wet!

He was stunned, but he knew clearly that the Heavenly Tribulation was coming, so he urged hurriedly, "I won't die, and Jiang Hongyan also won't die! Just punch the bones back into my body! Hurry!"

"Punch the bones back?" Buttface was totally shocked and widened his eyes.

Liu Jingning was also surprised. Apparently, she hadn't expected Xu Que to ask him to punch the broken bones back into his body!

Gasp!

Hearing Xu Que's words, everyone in the area couldn't help gasping.

He's being way too cruel to himself!

If that many broken bones are to be punched back into his body, he will suffer a torture that'll be more painful than death!

Many people felt their blood freeze, for they really couldn't imagine that pain.

Moreover, even if those broken bones were punched back into his body, nothing would change. All the bones were fractured and broken. After being punched back into his body, the bones could only smash his internal organs.

What is he going to do? Why is he choosing to die in such a painful way?

At this moment, people were quite clear that Xu Que hadn't acquired the legendary art of being immortal; otherwise, he would have been fully healed instead of being so miserable!

"What is his plan? Is he really trying to heal his wounds?" someone frowned and asked confusedly, as he didn't understand Xu Que's demand.

"That's impossible! Except for the arts of being immortal, no arts in this world could heal people that effectively! If he has the art of being immortal, he would have been completely healed now."

Dong Genji was a mess. His private parts were still hurting, so while clenching his teeth, he sneered, "Heh, he just wants to die decently."

Being stunned by his words, people couldn't help nodding.

It seemed that Dong Genji's words had been quite persuasive. At that moment, Xu Que had so many broken bones sticking out of his body, making him look quite horrible and ugly.

"Buttface, what are you waiting for? Just punch me!" Xu Que looked at Buttface and shouted, clenching his teeth.

He knew clearly that he would need ten days to half a month to heal himself through the Automatic Recovery Function of the System.

Unless the broken bones could be hit back into his body, even if the bones were totally broken, the System wouldn't be able to heal him.

Of course, he had to endure great pain and torment. However, a more powerful Heavenly Tribulation was pending! If he couldn't recover, Jiang Hongyan would definitely turn into tribulation ashes. He would never accept the fact that another woman he loved had died in front of him!

"Buttface, just do it!" Xu Que said indubitably and glanced at Buttface.

Chapter 621: Rival of the Thunder Tribulation

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"Fine! I will do it!"

Buttface stared at Xu Que and became very determined. Then, he punched his chest.

"Stop!" Liu Jingning screamed.

Bang!

Xu Que spit out blood . . .

Some of the protruded bones were broken, some were back in Xu Que's body, and all of his internal organs had ruptured.

He was almost dead.

The self-healing mechanism of the System began to work quickly; the bones back in his body began to grow again, and his organs also started to heal.

"This feels really good!" Xu Que suddenly shouted.

Soon, he managed to regain much of his strength.

"Buttface, hit my left arm this time!"

Hearing this, everyone present was surprised.

What's going on? Punched and the next minute, he recovers? Impossible! Could a dog's punch heal people's wound?

"This . . . " Liu Jingning's brain failed to comprehend what she saw.

Buttface got very excited and hit Xu Que's left arm. "Ouch!"

In just a few seconds, all the protruding bones were back in Xu Que's body.

Although this process was very painful, his inner wounds were luckily gone.

"This dog is f*cking great!"

"His punch can heal a person's wounds."

"So if I ask him to punch me, my wounds will also be gone?"

"Why don't I ask the dog to punch me . . . "

Some cultivators turned their heads to Buttface.

Bang!

Another lightning bolt struck.

This time, the golden lightning was even more outrageous. The sound was so loud that many cultivators' chests compressed in pain.

The entire sky was covered by bolts of intertwining golden lightning. All of a sudden, it changed into four golden swords.

The swords tore up the void and were about to hit Jiang Hongyan again.

Jiang Hongyan was dying, and her breathing was getting weaker and weaker.

"He is fine . . . "

Jiang Hongyan was relieved and smiled.

She could feel that the swords were about to come—suddenly she felt a bit sorry and nostalgic.

In the end, after all, I can never contradict the heavens . . . goodbye, Xu Que, it was nice to meet you back in the Five Elements Mountain.

She closed her eyes . . .

The swords didn't stop and hit Jiang Hongyan.

"Jiang Hongyan is dead!" Bai Linglui sneered.

Liu Jingning's body trembled.

"Hongyan . . . "

Right at this moment, everyone was looking at Jiang Hongyan.

Suddenly, Xu Que moved as quickly as the lightning toward Jiang Hongyan.

He hurriedly practiced many inscriptions: the Fantasy Killing Seal, the Heavenly Thunder Seal, and the Void Annihilation Seal.

A huge amount of Spiritual Qi gathered together from around, the three seals all appeared together and blocked the four golden swords.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The swords broke the seals, but their light dimmed a bit.

"Stop!"

Xu Que summoned his Dark Heavy Buster Sword and hit the swords.

Bang!

The four swords fell into pieces, and golden light brightened the whole world.

The earth began to shake heavily, creating many deep valleys; countless mountains and rivers disappeared . . .

Jiang Hongyan was protected by a light shield and was still intact.

Seeing this, everyone was stunned.

He destroyed another four swords! How did he do it?

"He is indeed the rival of the thunder tribulation!" Buttface shouted.

All the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins were stunned.

Just a few minutes ago, he was almost dead—he'd now recovered after being punched by Buttface. Besides, he still managed to exert his power.

Even so, I don't think he's still alive . . . he can't possibly be alive!

All the cultivators looked at the sky filled with golden light, trying to find out where Xu Que was.

However, they failed to do so.

"I knew it! Even if he managed to destroy the four swords, he must have been burned to ashes!"

"If he had lived, I think in just a few years he would have grown to be an outstanding Holy Son!"

Xiao Munan felt very sorry.

"He's really stupid, he died just to save a woman!" Xiao Taixuan said.

"I have to admit that Jiang Hongyan got herself a good disciple!" Qin Ji said.

"Even so, now that that young man is dead, Jiang Hongyan is also going to die soon!" Bai Linglui sneered and stared at the mountain where Jiang Hongyan was.

Bang!

Suddenly, Xu Que appeared from afar and started flying toward them.

Seeing this, everyone was completely stunned.

"No way!"

"He's still alive?!"

…

With everyone watching in surprise, Xu Que slowly landed in front of Jiang Hongyan. He took out a blue pill and put it in her mouth.

The Core Strength inside her body grew extremely powerful and her body began to recover.

She slowly opened her eyes and was surprised to see Xu Que standing in front of her as well as the pouring golden lightning behind him.

"I'm still alive?"

"Of course you are!" Xu Que smiled.

Seeing her beautiful face, Xu Que could not help but gently touch her nose with his hand.

"I told you I'll never ever let anyone or anything kill you—not even the heavens!" Xu Que spoke gently, and his voice was full of love.

Jiang Hongyan was stunned—so were the rest of cultivators.

"What did he say just now?!"

"He's not a disciple of Jiang Hongyan?!"

"Holy sh*t!"

When realizing the relationship between Jiang Hongyan and Xu Que was actually very close, Dong Genji became furious.

He was so angry that the veins in his face swelled and his eyes turned red.

The thundercloud started to disperse, and the sunlight shed to the ground through the clouds.

Jiang Hongyan had gone through her thunder tribulation!

Right at this moment, Xu Que flew up into the sky, while holding his Dark Heavy Buster Sword.

"F*cking thunder tribulation, come back!"

Chapter 622: Why Are They So Explosion-proof

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Boom!

The magnificent inky thunder clouds were dissipating. Xu Que dashed out like an arrow, stepping on the lightning to chase the thunder clouds.

A black halo was wrapping around the Dark Heavy Buster Sword in his hand, which was full of magnificent True Core Strength. He used the Flame Devouring Wave by abruptly slashing the sword down in the air.

Rumble!

The thunder clouds were split into two groups. The lightning in the clouds was also smashed by the sword, which created deafening booms, as if the lightning was growling angrily.

After that, a cloud of dazzling golden light lit up the sky like the sun. The entire sky was covered by the golden light with formidable momentum.

Everyone in the area was totally shocked.

They looked at the scene with widened eyes full of terror, and their jaws almost dropped.

What the hell is going on?

After much trouble, they finally crossed the Heavenly Tribulation, and the thunder clouds dissipated. Instead of being thankful for escaping death by a great catastrophe, this guy chose to chase the Heavenly Tribulation!

He's as stubborn as a dog!

How could such a stubborn man exist in this world? He kept provoking the Heavens! Is he really going to ask for death?

Rumble!

At this moment, the sky had become ruthless and tyrannical!

The intertwining golden lightning had been turned into a golden sea that covered the entire sky. The restless lightning was just like high waves in the sea, surging forward with a deafening roar.

The next moment, all the golden waves converged and formed great swords hanging in the sky.

For an instant, the quantity of the golden swords exceeded 100. Formidable pressure was gushing out from these swords in an instant.

Gasp!

Countless people in this area couldn't help gasping with colorless faces filled with terror.

Over 100 golden great swords! No one will survive that!

Just now, one golden great sword almost killed Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan. I'm afraid half of the East Continent will be destroyed if over 100 golden great swords descend!

Xiao Taixuan opened his mouth slightly and said seriously, "This time, this guy is doomed. The Heavens have been annoyed by his behavior!"

Xiao Munan also frowned. "The Heavenly Tribulation is finished. Did he lose his mind to provoke the thunderclouds? Is he really planning to die here?"

Qin Ji, the Holy Virgin of the Illusionary Flower & Moon Sect, was staring at Xu Que speechlessly. Her eyes were full of confusion.

"Heh! What an arrogant guy! He muddled through the Heavenly Tribulation just now, so he thought he was terrific! He'll definitely pay the price for his arrogance!" Bai Lingrui, the Holy Virgin of the Bai Family, sneered sarcastically.

Most people were shaking their heads and thought Xu Que had been too arrogant this time.

Why did he act so arrogantly after crossing the Heavenly Tribulation safely? Now, the Heavens are annoyed and throwing out lightning! This time, he's facing certain death!

"Howl! Little brat, nicely done! Come on, if you can pierce the Heavens, I'll admit you're invincible!" Buttface shouted loudly. As an onlooker, he was anxious to see the world in disorder.

Liu Jingning stared at Buttface and said, "You shut up! This guy has lost his mind due to fury. Hongyan, why don't you call him back?"

She looked at Jiang Hongyan, for she knew Xu Que would obey Jiang Hongyan's instructions.

However, Jiang Hongyan said nothing with a faint smile and shook her head calmly.

Buttface snorted proudly, "You know nothing! This isn't the first time for him to do this! Don't worry!"

"What?" Liu Jingning was stunned immediately.

Not the first time?

Could it be that… he's chased the Heavenly Tribulation before?

Liu Jingning turned around and looked at Xu Que in the sky in astonishment, as if she was looking at a monster!

…

At the same time, Xu Que was standing in the sky with the Dark Heavy Buster Sword in hand. With his robe flapping in the wind, his momentum was quite overbearing.

In front of the formidable pressure of the golden lightning, his momentum was even stronger. Like a lonely warrior who had held back ten thousand enemies, he was extremely magnificent at this moment.

"No one can flee after acting tough in front of me, even if you are the so-called Ancient Catastrophe! Because…"

Here Xu Que paused a bit and raised the Dark Heavy Buster Sword in his hand. Then he dashed towards the golden great swords directly by stepping on a cloud of lightning with void-shaking momentum!

Meanwhile, he shouted, "Because I will be the ultimate King of Tough-Acting! Die, b*stard!"

Rumble!

Amid his roar, the Dark Heavy Buster Sword hit the first golden great sword abruptly and created a deafening bang!

The first sword exploded instantly. The broken golden lightning and violent energy swept out in ripples and bombarded the rest of the golden great swords.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The golden great swords exploded one after another, like falling dominos. The sky in this area was twisted by the explosions. A fracture even appeared in the sky!

The explosions were earth-shaking, creating dazzling lights that overflowed everywhere. The entire sky was torn apart by the explosions, like it was the arrival of the Apocalypse.

Everyone in the area was dumbfounded.

None of them had expected that Xu Que could fight those great swords like this! He had focused his power on smashing one golden great sword, and the resulting explosion destroyed the rest of the swords!

However, even if he could destroy all those golden great swords, he still couldn't escape from his certain death.

No one could survive such formidable explosions, even the powerhouses in the Form Synthesis Stage!

Whoosh!

At this moment, a booming sound could be heard from afar.

A figure rushed over by stepping on lightning.

Before people watching had time to make out his appearance, some of the golden great swords that hadn't been damaged by the explosions charged at him directly by penetrating the void with the power of the Heavens.

"Sh*t! There's more here! Come on, let's fight until dawn!"

When he finished his words, the Dark Heavy Buster Sword appeared in his hand, then he rushed towards the golden great swords again!

Rumble!

Another golden great sword exploded. Its explosion set off a chain reaction for the rest of the golden great swords, which exploded one after another like fireworks!

Whoosh!

After several breaths, a familiar figure rushed over from another direction.

"Damn! Why are they so explosion-proof?"

After saying that, he took out the Dark Heavy Buster Sword and charged towards the rest golden great swords, "B*stards! Why are you so troublesome…"

Rumble!

The explosions kept sounding.

Everyone was already been totally confused and dumbfounded.

Finally, they made out that the one who kept coming in from different directions was Xu Que!

They didn't understand how he disappeared when the golden great swords exploded and then came back again to smash the golden great swords again!

The whole process was just like a kid running away after lighting the fuse of a firecracker.

His shameless method stunned everyone.

"Sh*t! I almost forgot he has a spell he could use to escape after hitting the golden great swords! The Heavenly Tribulation couldn't hurt him at all!" an Elder of the Gong Family shouted at this moment as he remembered something.

Xiao Taixuan and the others who had witnessed Xu Que's fight in the Bright Moon Hotel saw the light suddenly, for they remembered Xu Que had a kind of spell that could help him escape by tearing the void apart.

Suddenly, Bai Lingrui, the Holy Virgin of the Bai Family snorted, "Hmph! That's nothing to me! I'll give him a lesson today by showing him the untouchable power of the Heavens!" Then she raised her hand, and her fingertip started to glow!

The next moment, she created a lotus seal with one hand and pointed at Xu Que with the other hand.

Boom!

All of a sudden, a dull sound was heard from the sky.

The clouds were pushed aside, and an enormous azure lotus appeared. Then the lotus bloomed, and a giant finger poked down towards Xu Que's head like the finger of a celestial being.

Xu Que changed his expression abruptly and stepped back hurriedly. Then, he said in terror, "Damn! Are… are you Bai Baihe? Sh*t! Calm down, please don't jab me!"

Chapter 623: First One Punched

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The last batch of golden swords in the sky had been smashed by Xu Que. The deafening explosion echoed all around. Countless golden lightning bolts, which had been smashed, were dissipating in the sky.

However, the magic art used by Bai Lingrui had turned into an enormous finger, which was pressing down toward Xu Que as if it were about to smash an ant.

Xu Que screamed as if confronting a formidable enemy. "Don't jab me, Bai Baihe!" His movements were so fast that he easily evaded the startling finger.

After that, he ignited the Divine Escape Spell in this hand and disappeared immediately.

Everyone was shocked.

"How could this be?"

"That's the mysterious finger move of the Azure Lotus Treasure Appraisal Art, which could seal the void. Nobody could possibly escape it!"

Many people were startled, even a lot of Holy Sons and Holy Virgins were shocked.

They knew about this magic art of Bai Lingrui, which originated from the Azure Lotus Treasure Appraisal Art. And the name of this magic art was Azure Lotus Finger. Although it was not a powerful magic art, even they couldn't guarantee they could escape it!

But now, that guy who could remain calm in front of the horrible Heavenly Tribulations managed to evade that finger instantly, while screaming in terror.

Xu Que's action confused all the onlookers.

Since he could evade the attack easily, why did he react with such panic, as if he had been attacked by a horrible magic art? Is he insane?

Bai Lingrui's face also darkened. She thought she could capture Xu Que with her magic art so that he would be killed by the explosion of those golden swords. But it turned out that she'd failed again.

That guy evaded the Azure Lotus Finger easily with a panicked expression. He even called her by the wrong name.

For Bai Lingrui, Xu Que was mocking her deliberately!

Whoosh!

Soon, Xu Que, who had just left with the Divine Escape Spell, anxiously returned.

Along with the dissipating golden lightning in the sky, the Heavenly Tribulation had finished. Jiang Hongyan had also been saved. Now Xu Que could relax. He decided to punish the Holy Sons, Holy Virgins, and powerhouses from the big Families and Sects.

Rushing over from afar, Xu Que saw Bai Lingrui immediately, so he solemnly said, "Bai Baihe, you can speak your mind freely, but please don't jab me again! If you want to jab someone, Dong Genji is the best candidate!"

Dong Genji's lips twitched. He was quite furious but he had to maintain his gentle appearance in front of Jiang Hongyan, so he restrained his anger and said nothing.

Xu Que's words made Bai Lingrui tremble with rage. Her face darkened. "Mind your tongue!" she scolded angrily. "I am Bai Lingrui, the Holy Virgin of the Bai Family. I am not Bai Baihe! If you continue to talk rubbish, I will make you lose the will to live!"

Puff!

"Stop pretending to be innocent! In this world, only Bai Baihe could use such a powerful One Finger Zen! You said you are not Bai Baihe, can you prove that?" Xu Que asked dubiously.

"You…" Bai Lingrui was so angry that she started to tremble again as she stared at Xu Que furiously. However, she didn't know how to reply.

As the noble Holy Virgin, she didn't need to prove she was not Bai Baihe. Someone dared asked her to prove that! This was totally absurd!

The onlookers were also speechless.

Why should she prove that? Is it really necessary? You're really impudent!

"This little brat is really good at teasing others. However . . . who is Bai Baihe? It sounds like the name of a lady!" Liu Jingning smiled, also relaxing after Xu Que had narrowly beaten the Heavenly Tribulation.

When she said that, she glanced over at Jiang Hongyan. Whether Liu Jingning realized she was doing it or not, she wanted to tease the other woman by raising the question of whether or not Xu Que knew too many women.

Jiang Hongyan said nothing as she sat on the ground, crossing her legs as if she heard nothing. She was running her True Core Strength to heal her wounds!

This time Buttface stepped forward to speak for Xu Que. He patted his chest and said, "I can ensure with my experience and wolfality that this guy doesn't know Bai Baihe. He only knows a beautiful Sect Leader whose name is Su Yunlan. Oh, he also knows Madam Ya, who is a pretty lady. And he knows a valiant and heroic female general whose name is Situ Haitang. Oh, oh, he also knows Su Ling'er and Su Xiaoqi, who are two sisters of the Nine Tailed Demon Fox Tribe!"

His words shocked Liu Jingning immediately. She had meant to tease Jiang Hongyan, but she never expected Buttface to disclose so much precious information by mentioning the names of five different women.

"My God! This guy really has a lot of female companions!" Liu Jingning said with a faint smile on her face as she glanced at Jiang Hongyan again.

However, Jiang Hongyan was still healing her wounds with her eyes closed tightly. Her expression did not change at all. It seemed either she hadn't heard anything or she didn't care about what she had heard!

Xu Que was slowly landing from the sky and staring at Bai Lingrui vigilantly. His expression seemed to be warning Bai Lingrui something along the lines of "Don't jab me," which almost drove Bai Lingrui crazy!

The powerhouses of the families and sects frowned. They really wanted to take down Xu Que and kill Jiang Hongyan!

However, after witnessing Xu Que's measures to fight against the Heavenly Tribulations, many people hesitated.

They didn't worry about Xu Que killing them, but Xu Que's teleportation spell bothered them. Unless they could prevent Xu Que from escaping, they wouldn't attack him easily. After all, their attack would make Xu Que harbor more resentment in his heart, and he would seek revenge on them in the future.

"What should we do? Should we just let him go?" an Elder of the Jiang Family asked, furrowing his eyebrows as he looked at Jiang Yushu.

Jiang Yushu's face was quite gloomy, just like the powerhouses of the other big families and sects.

This time not only the Jiang Family, but also almost all the big families and sects, had suffered great losses.

Except for members of the Heaven Secret Pavilion and the Utopia Faction, only cultivators at the Void Training Stage of the families and sects had survived. All the other cultivators at the Infant Transformation Stage and lower stages had been killed by Xu Que.

They had to make Xu Que answer for that; otherwise, they would become the laughingstocks of the entire East Continent in a matter of days.

Also, they were eager to get Xu Que's precious items. Everyone knew Xu Que had the Celestial Emperor's Arts. Even if he didn't have that, his spells, which granted him the power of teleportation, were attractive enough for all of them!

"I have the feeling that he cares about Jiang Hongyan very much. Maybe we could take down Jiang Hongyan first. With Jiang Hongyan as a hostage, we could capture Xu Que without a fight!" a powerhouse murmured in a low voice.

Someone shook his head immediately. "It definitely would not be easy taking down Jiang Hongyan. Now she has crossed her Heavenly Tribulations successfully and reached the Void Training Stage. Her strength has been enhanced remarkably. Also, our wounds are still not healed. I'm afraid we can't capture her easily!"

"Right! As for healing our wounds, maybe we could . . . " A powerhouse's eyes lit up as he looked at Buttface eagerly.

Many people around him also remembered Xu Que's wounds had been healed rapidly after he'd been punched by Buttface.

After that, the powerhouses of the big families and sects sealed the area where they were with their Soul Strength and started to chat by sending messages.

Even some Holy Sons and Holy Virgins participated in the discussion, including Bai Lingrui of the Bai Family.

However, Xiao Munan—the Holy Son of the Heavenly Demon Sect—Xiao Taixuan—the Holy Son of the Eight Directions Green Dragon Sect—and Qin Ji—the Holy Virgin of the Illusionary Flower & Moon Sect—didn't participate in the discussion. It was not because they were softhearted. They were so proud and arrogant that they disdained the thought of healing their wounds by being punched by a dog.

"Alas! In front of such an opportunity, shame is not that big a deal!" Powerhouses of several families and sects were trying to persuade their Holy Sons and Holy Virgins to join them.

However, these Holy Sons and Holy Virgins remained cold faced and didn't respond. This method was too low for them.

At last, the powerhouses of the big families and sects agreed on capturing Buttface first. Then, they would force Buttface to punch them to heal their wounds, so that they could have the strength to capture Jiang Hongyan and use her as a hostage to intimidate Xu Que.

"Building Head Dong, what do you think? Do you want to join us?" Jiang Yushu asked, looking at Dong Genji at this time.

A lot of powerhouses of the Carefree Building were here. With their participation, the probability of success would be even higher.

Several geniuses of the Carefree Building also tossed their eyes at Dong Genji.

For them, Dong Genji was the backbone of the community. Everything was better when arranged by Dong Genji.

Dong Genji smiled and spoke in high, vigorous spirits: "The Carefree Building will definitely take part in the action. However, I have a condition, which is . . . I want to be the first one to get punched by that dog!"

Chapter 624: Do You Want to Buy Buttface?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

You want to be the first one beaten by the dog?

All the powerhouses from the big families and sects frowned, embarrassed by Dong Genji's requirement.

After all, everyone wanted to be the first.

The main reason was that they were seriously wounded, and their wounds wouldn't heal quickly. Also, they were in quite a messy situation. Their wounds had been inflicted by a young man in the Infant Transformation Stage, which humiliated them.

Now they had a chance to heal their wounds rapidly—they could heal all their wounds as long as they were beaten up by that dog!

The first one to be beaten would be the first one to heal. All of them were eager to regain strength!

However, this time a lot of geniuses from the Carefree Building were present. Most of them were as powerful as the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins of the big families and sects, some of them even more so.

Their plan was to threaten Xu Que by holding Jiang Hongyan hostage, so they needed people to defeat Jiang Hongyan first. After a short negotiation, the powerhouses of the big families and sects agreed to Dong Genji's requirement at last!

After that, they stepped out slowly and spread out to approach Buttface, some intentionally and others unintentionally.

They planned to capture Buttface without startling Jiang Hongyan and Xu Que. Of course, if possible, they would prefer to just capture Xu Que or Jiang Hongyan directly.

The Heaven Secret Pavilion and the Utopia Faction still wouldn't participate in their plan.

Han Ying, the Holy Virgin of the Heaven Secret Pavilion, thought it was unnecessary to take the risk and make an enemy out of Xu Que. She had decided to do her best to make up with Xu Que in the future. Therefore, she quit voluntarily.

The Utopia Faction had been excluded by the big families and sects. Everyone could see clearly that Liu Jingning had quite a good relationship with Jiang Hongyan and Xu Que. If the Utopia Faction participated in the others' plan, their own plan might be disclosed.

However, no matter how careful they were, they couldn't avoid attracting Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan's attention.

Even the foolish Buttface had sensed something was wrong, so he came to Xu Que and said vigilantly in a low voice, "Little brat, I have a bad feeling! They're about to attack! Hurry, give me hundreds of your escape spells and I'll ensure your safety!"

Xu Que was amused by Buttface immediately. If I take out hundreds of Divine Escape Spells, how could I need you to ensure my safety?

However, he didn't plan to escape. On the contrary, he decided to have a good time with these people. Even he couldn't kill them, he would give them a lesson.

The powerhouses of the big families and sects also knew their plan wasn't perfect. They would definitely startle Xu Que if they planned to attack.

Now, the arrow had been put on the string, and they had to launch the attack. They would rather launch an attack that was destined to fail than let Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan go.

"Hurry! They've stepped up their vigilance! Let's try to spread out to seal off the area 30 miles around here. I'm guessing the effective range of that guy's escape spells couldn't exceed 30 miles!" Jiang Yushu delivered a message to the rest of the cultivators.

Just at that moment, Xu Que stepped out suddenly and shouted, "My fellow cultivators, out of blows, friendship grows! We're friends now. Anything could be negotiated among us! I still have the Smelly Tofu and the Miraculous Item that can look through ancient stones. If you want, you can purchase them with Spirit Stones!"

Hearing his words, everyone was stunned.

What the hell?

We're going to surround you and take you down. Are you still trying to do business with us?

"Please note that our Exploding Heavens Faction has no lack of miraculous items, but we are short of Spirit Stones. Therefore, we'd like to trade our miraculous items with you. However, if you're going to rob me, I guarantee you will get nothing, and you will never have the chance to purchase miraculous items from me, whether I go to the South Continent, the West Desert, or the North Sea!" Xu Que spoke again.

Hearing that, the cultivators stopped.

Jiang Yushu also delivered a message hurriedly to the rest cultivators, "Everyone, stop! Let's hold off on the attack for a while!"

He believed Xu Que could actually escape and leave them empty-handed; otherwise, with so many powerhouses at the Void Training Stage, they wouldn't need to work out such a careful plan.

At the beginning, they had thought Xu Que would die fighting. They hadn't expected Xu Que to be so ambitious as to do business with them at this moment!

However, for them, this was the better option.

In the World of Cultivators, no one could purchase miraculous items with Spirit Stones! Those who had miraculous items would always keep them secret. Only a fool would trade miraculous items for Spirit Stones, but now a fool had appeared! Xu Que was seriously going to sell his miraculous items!

There could be only two possibilities—he was in extreme need of Spirit Stones, or he had a plan!

However, people were inclined to believe the first possibility. They thought Xu Que was from the Exploding Heavens Faction, a small unknown faction that was developing and needed a lot of Spirit Stones.

They didn't worry about any of Xu Que's possible conspiracies.

None of them were foolish, otherwise, they would never have gained their current statuses and strength.

They were confident enough to believe they wouldn't be cheated in this business transaction, although they had been cheated by Xu Que before.

Moreover, many powerhouses of the big families and sects had witnessed the power of Xu Que's miraculous items. For example, some who had purchased Smelly Tofu during the Stone-Cutting Convention had brought it back home with them. The members of their families or sects who were even stronger than them had verified the effects of the Smelly Tofu!

Therefore, the sale of the Smelly Tofu had been successful for them. Based on this successful case, people were inclined to believe Xu Que was merely in dire need of Spirit Stones.

"My young friend, this way, you can sell your Celestial Emperor's Arts and the rest of your magic arts! We'll offer you a satisfactory price!" Jiang Yushu said after pondering for a while.

He thought it was worthwhile to try. It would certainly be good news for them if they could conclude a business deal. If not, they could still find a way to take Xu Que down.

Xu Que shook his head with a smile. "I don't have the Celestial Emperor's Arts. Didn't you notice that although my magic arts were powerful, they didn't have any Taoist Connotation? The reason is that these magic arts are defective. If I use them, I can't merge any Taoist Connotation in them!"

Hearing that, Jiang Yushu and the other cultivators' faces darkened.

They didn't believe Xu Que's words, for the Taoist Connotation had nothing to do with magic arts!

The so-called Taoist Connotation was merged with True Core Strength and Soul Strength, as well as the body of a cultivator. Any movement a cultivator made had Taoist Connotation.

Therefore, when a cultivator used any magic art, True Core Strength and Soul Strength would be used, and the Taoist Connotation would also be merged in all moves of magic arts.

Xu Que knew nothing about the Taoist Connotation, so he had just described it with briefly.

However, his nonsense reassured many people.

Jiang Yushu had never expected Xu Que would sell the Celestial Emperor's Arts! If Xu Que had really wanted to sell them, Jiang Yushu would actually have been suspicious!

Now, Xu Que was refusing to sell the Celestial Emperor's Arts with such a lame excuse, which reassured Jiang Yushu. He had more faith that Xu Que was sincerely in need of Spirit Stones.

He thought over it a bit and said indifferently, "My young friend, if you're so insincere, it'll be very difficult for us to do business. How about this? Since you don't want to sell the Celestial Emperor's Arts, let's talk about the Demonic Beast beside you. How much is it? We want to buy it!"

"Buy the Demonic Beast?" Xu Que was shocked after hearing this.

Holy sh*t!

They even want to buy Buttface!

Chapter 625:

The Sudden Change of Desolation City

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Xu Que was a bit confused.

He knew Buttface was a dog with an extraordinary history. Maybe Buttface was really the descendant of the Ancient Magic Dragons.

However, this information was solely based on the boast of Buttface, of which the authenticity was difficult to verify. Moreover, Buttface hadn't revealed any unusual talents until now. His physique was extremely strong and he knew something about spells, but that was all!

So why did these people target Buttface and want to buy him? Could it be that they knew Buttface's background?

Xu Que looked at Jiang Yushu suspiciously. However, before Xu Que had time to say something, Buttface went crazy.

"Sh*t! You're just a bunch of scums to me—not even qualified to be my pet. How dare you say you want to buy me?" Buttface spat directly at Jiang Yushu after finishing.

Jiang Yushu face immediately fell and he snorted. Buttface's saliva was blocked midair and fell to the ground dozens of centimeters away from Jiang Yushu.

"My young friend, it seems your pet is quite edgy!" Jiang Yushu said, looking at Xu Que coldly.

If he didn't think highly of Buttface's miraculous healing skills, he would have already tried to kill him!

Xu Que replied with a faint smile. Now he was surrounded by powerhouses of most of the big families and sects, but he didn't mind. With the Divine Escape Spell in his hand, he could leave with Jiang Hongyan when things went south.

"Your eyes are really quite shrewd for noticing Buttface," Xu Que said, but he shook his head. "However, it is a pity that I can't sell him because he is too precious!"

He couldn't directly ask them why they wanted to buy Buttface, so he had to carefully probe the situation with his words.

Jiang Yushu was not puzzled by Xu Que's words. On the contrary, he thought it was quite normal for Xu Que to react this way. A dog who could heal wounds instantly was certainly precious! No one could sell a dog with this miraculous skill.

"My young friend, just now your wounds healed from being punched by this dog. I suppose you're also a clever guy, so you should know the reason we want to buy the dog. Therefore, I'll cut to the chase. We need this dog to heal our wounds. Just name your price!" Jiang Yushu coldly went straight to the point, for he didn't want to waste time with Xu Que.

At the same time, the other cultivators also spread out and tried to seal off all possible ways for Xu Que to escape by standing at key points. Someone even isolated Xu Que from Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning. If Xu Que decided to escape, these people were set on at least preventing him from taking Jiang Hongyan away!

However, Xu Que was crazy with delight. Originally, he thought these people wanted to buy Buttface forcefully because they had known Buttface's history.

He didn't expect these people could be stupid enough to attribute his healed wounds to the dog's punch!

On second thought, he could understand the misunderstanding of Jiang Yushu and the rest cultivators. It had looked like his wounds were being healed as Buttface punched him.

At the thought of this, Xu Que had had a pretty good idea of how things stood, so he smiled coldly internally and decided to meet their trick with another trick.

After all, they had extended their faces to him—he really had no reason to prevent himself from slapping them.

He sighed as he looked at Jiang Yushu. "I really want to help you, but you have so many people who need treatment. Buttface can't heal wounds for every one of you. Just now, he saved me at a high cost. We have stuck together and helped each other since our childhood. His suffering distressed me very much!"

Buttface was confused and didn't know what was happening. The next moment, a voice came into his ears.

"Don't talk!"

"What?" Buttface turned around immediately. He realized the one who sent the message to him was Jiang Hongyan!

Jiang Hongyan still sat on the ground with her legs crossed. Her eyes were closed tightly and her body was wrapped in light. It seemed she was still healing her wounds in a state like the secluded cultivation.

Buttface's eyes immediately lit up. He had sensed something was wrong even though he was pretty stupid.

A conspiracy!

A big conspiracy!

This is definitely a grand conspiracy!

Buttface couldn't help but get excited witnessing Xu Que's trick to cheat these wicked and annoying people!

With the reminder from Jiang Hongyan, Buttface had no time to think about how this conspiracy was being planned. He just shut his mouth and tried to cooperate with Xu Que by pretending to be sick. Then, he waited to enjoy the show!

Xu Que didn't expect Buttface could be so cooperative, so he shouted in surprise, "Buttface, are you ok? Have your previous wounds reopened? Alas! This is all my fault! If I had not been injured so seriously just now, I wouldn't have asked you to use the Ultimate Unmatched Give Me Back My Health Fist!"

The Ultimate Unmatched Give Me Back My Health Fist?

Many people were dumbfounded by the weird name. How could a miraculous magic art have such a vulgar name?

However, most of the cultivators were not interested in the name. They had seen many weird things taken out by Xu Que, such as the Smelly Tofu and the miraculous item which could look through the ancient stones, which had magical effects but hadn't been seen or heard of in the World of Cultivators.

It was quite normal for him to know of or have a miraculous magic art with a weird name. They didn't care about the name as long as the magic art could heal wounds.

Liu Jingning couldn't help but roll her eyes. From her experience with Xu Que, she had guessed he was about to cheat those guys again.

Jiang Hongyan still sat on the ground with her legs crossed. However, nobody noticed the faint smile appear and disappear on her face when Xu Que mentioned the Ultimate Unmatched Give Me Back My Health Fist.

Dong Genji of the Carefree Building stepped out and lightly said, "Brother Wang, you caused our wounds. It's quite fair for us to pay you so that you can ask your pet to heal our wounds! Are you really going to reject us?"

"What Brother Dong says is correct," Xu Que said. "However, I am also in a pickle. Buttface can only heal a dozen people at most, which could reopen his old wounds and even kill him! I really can't accept that!"

The more he explained, the more eager the cultivators wanted to get Buttface.

However, Xu Que continued to speak. "How about this? You pick fifteen people, and I will ask Buttface to heal their wounds. But each of them has to first pay 1,000,000 best-grade Spirit Stones as the expense for Buttface's future treatment!"

"What?" everyone in this area shouted, their eyes wide in surprise.

One million best-grade Spirit Stones for healing our wounds? Are you robbing us?

Many people were startled by this extravagant price.

Indeed, they were very wounded. If they performed secluded cultivation for one or two months at home, they could recover fully and didn't need to pay such a high price.

The reason they wanted to recover their full strength quickly was to capture Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan.

But the price offered by Xu Que was really too high. One million best-grade Spirit Stones for one person was an unacceptable price for them!

Rumble!

At this moment, a large sound reached them from afar. It seemed a tremendous explosion had just occurred!

The shocked crowd unconsciously turned around. The next moment, all of them were dumbfounded.

"Is . . . that Desolation City?" someone asked in a trembling voice.

Everyone was stunned. Even Xu Que's expression also changed with his surprise.

The explosion had occurred in Desolation City, where he and Liu Jingning had stayed several days ago.

Now, an inexplicable change had occurred there. The entire city was floating in the air.

The ancient city, where Spiritual Qi was sparse, was being wrapped in dense Spiritual Fog. Meanwhile, rosy clouds fell from the city like dazzling waterfalls.

The scene was startling, as it seemed the place had been turned into a celestial city!

Chapter 626: The Ancient Bronze Hall

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"How… could this be?" someone said in terror.

This sudden change had shocked everyone.

The Desolation City had been abandoned for many years, the Spiritual Qi in the city exhausted inexplicably. Since the Celestial Burial Valley was also in this area, almost no commoners or cultivators were willing to go there.

If Jiang Hongyan hadn't been there, maybe none of these cultivators would have appeared.

"What happened in the Desolation City? Why was it turned into a celestial city so suddenly? Could it be that a celestial artifact was found?" someone asked abruptly.

Many people were tempted by the thought.

An exhausted, ancient city that had been abandoned was floating in the sky like a celestial city. The scene was quite spooky. Maybe some celestial artifacts really had been found!

"The Desolation City is so close to the Celestial Burial City. Maybe the celestial who died in that valley left something in the Desolation City that was about to be found!" someone started to guess.

However, more people frowned and gravely stayed silent.

Even Xu Que was totally shocked, a little bit nervous.

The Desolation City looked like the legendary celestial city, which floated in the sky encircled by Spiritual Fog. However, he had unrest hidden in his heart.

According to the facial expression of some powerhouses in the area, they were also haunted by unrest.

"Little brat, something must… be wrong! I have a vague memory of this scene, but I can't recall it clearly!" Buttface came to Xu Que and said, confused, at this moment.

"Have you ever seen this celestial city before?" Xu Que asked in surprise.

Buttface shook his head strenuously and said doubtfully, "No, but I have a sense of familiarity from it!"

"Really? Don't joke around!" Xu Que was quite suspicious. However, it seemed Buttface wasn't kidding from his expression.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Suddenly, numerous streamers flew across the sky, all papers with messages on them.

People were stunned and looked up immediately, then their faces lit up.

These message delivering papers had come from the Desolation City. Apparently, the cultivators in the Desolation City had sent them messages.

All at once, many people were eager to find out who the recipients of the papers were so that later, they could inquire what had happened in the Desolation City.

However, to their surprise, these messages didn't have specific recipients. While they were flying over the cultivators' heads, these message delivering papers exploded, one after another. Then closely-packed and messy voices came from the sky.

"What's going on? Why did the Spiritual Qi in this area suddenly become intense?"

"Oh, no! It seems like the city is alive…"

"Run!"

"What? An Ancient Bronze Hall?"

"The door to the hall opened by itself! Should we go inside and have a look?"

"What? The Spiritual Qi is so intense… No! Is this… Heavenly Qi?"

"Ah! Spare my life, please… Hahaha… I'm going to become immortal!"

"Hahahaha…"

Finally, the voices in all the message delivering papers stopped abruptly amidst the manic laughing.

Everyone watching with widened eyes was greatly shocked!

The atmosphere immediately became creepy, because the laughing was not only manic, but also quite spooky, especially the one guy who had been screaming for help starting to laugh sharply and saying he would become immortal the next moment!

By the end, almost all of them had been laughing creepily, which was as unsettling as someone scratching a chalkboard with their fingernails!

"I heard someone mention the Ancient Bronze Hall just now! How could an Ancient Bronze Hall appear in the Desolation City?" said Xiao Munan, the Holy Son of the Heavenly Demon Sect, while furrowing his brows.

"It's more than that! It seems they also found the Heavenly Qi!" said Qin Ji, the Holy Virgin of the Illusionary Flower & Moon Sect.

"Could it be that these people had hallucinations?" Xiao Taixuan was also suspicious.

Only hallucinations could explain the manic laughing at the end.

Rumble!

Just at this moment, another deafening explosion sounded.

After that, the entire Desolation City, which was like a celestial city, suddenly exploded into a constant rain of crushed stones from the sky.

However, the Spiritual Fog didn't dissipate, instead becoming more intense. Moreover, the Desolation City wasn't ruined. It seemed it was molting.

The buildings at the outer layer had been totally ruined by the explosion. Countless crushed stones were falling from the city.

In a blink of an eye, the ancient city was turned into an Ancient Bronze Hall, which looked quite ethereal in the flickering Spiritual Fog.

Gasp!

All the people in the area couldn't help gasping and changing their expressions.

There really is an Ancient Bronze Hall!

Moreover, this Ancient Bronze Hall was hidden in the Desolation City! Now that the city is ruined, its real appearance is revealed.

"It isn't a hallucination! We're too far away to be influenced!" someone shouted to deny Xiao Taixuan's guess.

"Could it be that the entire area's Spiritual Qi was exhausted by this Ancient Bronze Hall?"

"Wait! I remembered something!" Buttface widened his eyes and shouted loudly, "This is an Immortal Mansion! A celestial was buried in the Celestial Burial Valley during those years. This Ancient Bronze Hall flew out from the body of that celestial!"

"What?"

All of a sudden, everyone was shocked by Buttface's words.

Xu Que was also stunned, then anxious to slap Buttface to death!

An Immortal Mansion? If you knew it was an Immortal Mansion, why did you shout it out loud?

"Little brat, let's go and have a look! There's a fortune in it!" Buttface shouted excitedly and grabbed Xu Que's arm.

Whoosh!

Everyone in the area fixed their eyes on Xu Que and Buttface instantly.

They weren't fools. Among the many people around, only Buttface had recognized the Ancient Bronze Hall and knew it had flown out of a celestial's body. No matter whether it was true or not, they had to get more information from Buttface.

The creepy laugh from the messages made them feel more certain that they would be in danger in the Ancient Bronze Hall. The only way for them to get the fortune was to go along with the dog!

"Buddy, the Carefree Building needs five places for healing!" At just this moment, Dong Genji spoke suddenly while throwing a storage ring at Xu Que. "There are five million of the best-grade Spirit Stones in this ring. Please ask your pet to heal our wounds immediately!"

His words reminded the others.

Right! We're still seriously wounded. If we can't heal our wounds in time, we won't have the strength to look for the fortune!

All at once, the powerhouses of the big families and sects stepped out to stop Dong Genji and his men, as well as to stop Xu Que and Buttface from leaving.

"Dong Genji, isn't your Carefree Building too greedy? There are fifteen places altogether. How could you ask for five places for yourself? This is outrageous!"

"My young friend, could your pet heal wounds for even more people?" someone asked while looking at Xu Que.

"Please heal my wounds first! You can ask for as many Spirit Stones as you want from me!" One was anxious to give his storage ring to Xu Que.

They had seen the Ancient Bronze Hall with their own eyes! No matter if it was from a celestial's body or not, this Ancient Bronze Hall would be extraordinary, and there would definitely be great treasure in it!

The situation became chaotic immediately.

Someone tried to approach Xu Que so that he could kill Xu Que and then rob Xu Que's storage rings.

Without any hesitation, Xu Que rushed out of the crowd with Buttface, simultaneously using the Three Thousand Volts Lightning. When they were beside Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning, Xu Que snorted, "Now you should give me a list of fifteen names! If you dare to come any closer, I will leave immediately!"

After saying that, Xu Que took out a Divine Escape Spell and stared at the cultivators in warning.

Hearing his words, the cultivators calmed down.

Meanwhile, they were more certain that Buttface had magic arts to heal wounds. In this case, Xu Que could have escaped, for he had no reason to cure them, but he had chosen to stay, because he needed Spirit Stones!

One million best-grade Spirit Stones for each person—this was a pretty high price. However, it was nothing compared to the fortune in the Ancient Bronze Hall. Moreover, these guys were quite confident that they could take back the Spirit Stones they gave to Xu Que.

However, the current problem is that there are over 200 seriously-wounded powerhouses in the Void Training Stage in this area.

That dog can heal only fifteen people. How can we decide?

Unless… some of us die first!

As they thought of it, the powerhouses of the big families and sects stepped back vigilantly and stared at each other maliciously.

Chapter 627: Infighting

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The atmosphere in the area outside the Celestial Burial Valley was quite solemn, even creepy, as if a great fight was about to break out!

"Liu, you killed my son twenty years ago," a voice full of hatred said. "Don't get the idea that nobody knows your crime! Today, I will avenge my son!"

After that, an old man hit the back of another white-haired old man who was in front of him with his palm abruptly.

Bang!

The white-haired old man was blown off immediately and started to spit blood.

He had already been seriously wounded. The sneak attack by another cultivator who was at his cultivation stage gave him no time to defend himself. More importantly, the two of them were from the same sect. The white-haired old man didn't expect to be attacked by his teammate.

The white-haired old man was blown away for dozens of meters before he fell heavily to the ground. Then, with a sad smile, he said, "I killed your son, but your son killed my son before that…" After saying that, he died.

Apparently, the old man had been prepared to attack for a long time. When he had found a chance, he just lashed out with his kill action.

This sudden incident made the situation tenser. A bloody fight seemed very close.

"Hmph! Wang Fufeng, step out and let's have a fight!" a powerhouse at the Void Training Stage shouted.

"Li Zhengyun, here I am! I've been repelling you for a long time!" A figure rushed out instantly.

The two of them started to fight each other immediately.

Their fight lit the fuse. The powerhouses harboring personal animosity started to attack their enemies.

Before this, their enemies were at peak states and similar cultivation stages with them. They were not sure they could defeat their enemies.

But now all of them had been wounded to different degrees. It was a good chance for them to seek revenge. Also, they could win places of treatment by defeating their opponents, and then they could search for fortune and opportunities in the Ancient Bronze Hall.

Even some Holy Sons and Holy Virgins couldn't hold back and participated in the fighting.

All at once, the situation fell into chaos.

However, some people didn't participate and stepped back immediately.

People like Xiao Taixuan and Qin Ji disdained to attack the wounded opponents, even when they themselves were also wounded.

Also, some people figured this was a trap set up by Xu Que to cause infighting among them through the places of treatment.

Some Holy Sons and Holy Virgins who were honorable didn't want to be used by Xu Que and chose to leave.

Xiao Taixuan glanced at Xu Que from afar and said in a low voice, "I hope we can fight in the future!"

After saying that, he turned around and left for the Ancient Bronze Hall!

Xiao Munan, the Holy Son of the Heavenly Demon Sect, glanced at Xu Que indifferently. "When you reach the Void Training Stage, I also want to fight with you! Don't let me down!"

Qin Ji of the Illusionary Flower & Moon Sect stopped paying attention to Xu Que. After talking with Han Ying of the Heaven Secret Pavilion outside the fighting area, she also left for the Ancient Bronze Hall with people from the Heaven Secret Pavilion.

Even though they were wounded, they still wanted to strive for fortune and opportunities in the Ancient Bronze Hall.

Xu Que was also quite anxious when he saw some people giving up on securing treatment places and started to dash toward the Ancient Bronze Hall. He felt he couldn't waste time here anymore.

After all, fortune and opportunity were related to luck and speed. If he was late, he would get nothing, no matter how lucky he was!

At the thought of this, Xu Que chose to ignore those who were fighting for the treatment places. He walked toward Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning and prepared to take them away.

Liu Jingning couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw Xu Que approaching them. "Little brat, you are really too mean! You drove them nuts!"

This was not the first time she'd witnessed Xu Que cheat others. However, Xu Que was the first person she'd seen repeatedly dare cheat the powerhouses at the Void Training Stage.

"I should keep a low profile, but I also want to let the world know that people who offend me will always pay a price!" Xu Que spoke with a smile, but his statement was not a joke. Being merciful in this jungle-like world was cruelty to oneself!

After that, he turned to Jiang Hongyan and prepared to ask her to leave with him for the Ancient Bronze Hall.

However, Xu Que was stunned into silence before he had time to say anything.

Jiang Hongyan opened her eyes and stared at the Ancient Bronze Hall in a daze as if she were deeply attracted by it!

This was the most attentive Jiang Hongyan had ever appeared in front of Xu Que, which caught his attention.

It was just an Ancient Bronze Hall. No matter how extraordinary it was, there was no way it could startle the Water Empress, who was always so calm!

Liu Jingning also noticed Jiang Hongyan had woken up, and her first reaction was to ask, "Hongyan, is your wound healed?"

After saying that, Liu Jingning also felt surprised—this was the first time she had seen Jiang Hongyan in such an inattentive state.

After coming to herself, Jiang Hongyan looked a bit puzzled. Then, she shook her head slightly and said, "It's quite strange how close I feel to the Ancient Bronze Hall. It seems to be calling me!"

"What? You feel close to that ancient hall?" Xu Que's eyes widened immediately.

When that Ancient Bronze Hall appeared, he'd felt a strong uneasiness immediately. The other cultivators, including Liu Jingning, had similar feelings.

Jiang Hongyan said she felt close to the hall, which was quite creepy.

"I want to go there and have a look!" Jiang Hongyan stood without saying anything else.

It seemed her wounds had almost been healed. Now she had reached the Void Training Stage, which made her even more powerful and elegant. Her calm and mighty aura was also more intense.

"Okay, I'll go with you!"

Xu Que didn't reject her proposal. After all, he'd planned to go there together with Jiang Hongyan and Liu Jingning. Therefore, he agreed by nodding his head instantly.

The fight among the big families and sects was heating up. All the cultivators participating in the fight had been seriously wounded before, so many of them died during this fight at a startling speed!

Before this fight, there were over 200 powerhouses at the Void Training Stage. Dozens of them had left because they didn't want to participate in the fight. Now over half of the remaining cultivators had been killed. Only a little over thirty cultivators survived the fight.

They were covered with blood. Their wounds were much more serious than before.

However, it was astonishing that none of the Carefree Building's geniuses, led by Dong Genji, were killed.

The survivors had almost reached their limits and couldn't stand further wounds.

But they tried their best to keep standing. Over thirty people left meant fifteen cultivators could win treatment places by killing one opponent respectively.

Once they healed their wounds, they could strive for the fortunes and opportunities in the Ancient Bronze Hall and became the ultimate winners.

Xu Que cleared his throat and spoke to the survivors with folded hands. "Guys, stop fighting. I can't watch this anymore. It's too cruel and ruthless. I decided to add five more places for treatment. So, there are altogether twenty places! One million best-grade Spirit Stones for one person—the one who pays first will get the treatment place first!"

His words stunned the survivors.

After that, Jiang Yushu threw out a storage ring with rapidly-waving hands. Then, he loudly said, "My young friend, this is 4,000,000 best-grade Spirit Stones. The Jiang Family needs four places."

Puff!

"Jiang Yushu, you're really shameless. Your quick reaction and greed impress me!" the Elder of the Gong Family spat immediately. After that, he turned to Xu Que and also threw a storage ring. Then, he smiled and folded his hands. "My young friend, the Gong Family needs five places. This is 6,000,000 best-grade Spirit Stones. Please accept the remaining 1,000,000 best-grade Spirit Stones as my compensation for your loss!"

Compensation for his loss?

Hearing his words, Jiang Yushu and the other cultivators couldn't stop their faces from twitching.

Damn! You're so good at kissing *ss. How could you possibly condemn others' shamelessness?

Dong Genji couldn't help but say, "Brother Wang, the rule of 'first come, first served' should be respected. Just now I gave you 5,000,000 best-grade Spirit Stones. The Carefree Building shall enjoy the treatment first. I want to be punched first!"

"Okay, okay! No problem!" Xu Que said and nodded generously. He threw the storage rings received from these families and sects directly into the System Package without even checking them.

After that, Xu Que smiled and folded his hands. "Guys, now all the places have been taken. Please stop stating prices. It is useless to mark up again. The Exploding Heavens Faction always cherishes its reputation in business."

Hearing that, Jiang Yushu and Dong Genji calmed down. What they needed urgently now was to heal their wounds, and they didn't want to waste time with bidding!

After hearing Xu Que's promise that he would proceed according to the rules of "first come, first served", they nodded in satisfaction. And their ill-feelings and hatred for Xu Que also lessened slightly.

After all, this young man respects the rules. He would be quite a good business partner if he hadn't offended us so seriously before!

However, just at this time, Xu Que ignited the Divine Escape Spell and solemnly said, "A great friend afar brings a distant land near. My fellow cultivators, I have received your Spirit Stones, so I will definitely heal your wounds. In one year, I'll see you in the Andrology Prostate Hospital of the Exploding Heavens Faction. I am sure your illnesses will be cured. Now I have something urgent to deal with. May our friendships remain forever like the green mountains and the ever-flowing rivers. Farewell!"

Whoosh! After saying that, Xu Que disappeared with Jiang Hongyan, Liu Jingning, and Buttface!

Chapter 628: Does It Look Like a Coffin?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The moment when everything suddenly quieted down was most frightening.

All of a sudden, the whole area fell silent. Over thirty powerhouses in the Void Training Stage were dumbfounded!

After receiving over 20,000,000 best-grade Spirit Stones from them, Xu Que had fled like that! The whole process had been smooth like floating clouds and flowing water. None of the powerhouses had time to stop Xu Que.

When Xu Que said, "A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near," all of them had been exclaiming about Xu Que's literary talent. They were also surprised and wondered whether Xu Que wanted to bury the hatchet and be friendly with them from then on.

However, the next moment, Xu Que told them they could come to him to heal their wounds a year later. Then he just fled after saying, "We will meet again someday!"

What the hell?

What the hell was that?

"Ah…" Jiang Yushu, the Grand Elder of the Jiang Family, suddenly gave an earth-shaking roar!

He was almost mad. Both of his eyes were red and bloodshot.

In order to receive those two places of healing, he had ruthlessly killed many people along with the rest of the Jiang family's powerhouses. He didn't even care about offending other families and sects. During the fight, the Jiang family had also lost two powerhouses in the Void Training Stage!

With such a high cost, they had managed to grab two places. Only after paying millions of best-grade Spirit Stones did they find out they had been cheated. It wasn't just the humiliation; all of them were annoyed, almost ready to spit blood. Their inner demons almost broke their shackles with the force of their anger.

"What a shameless young beast! The Gong Family will torture him to death! Ah…" roared the powerhouse of the Gong Family, clenching his teeth.

After they had won the healing place arduously, they were told they would only be able to heal their wounds in a year! Xu Que was definitely teasing them!

Based on their strength and accumulation, they could regain full power in at most two to three months, even if they were seriously wounded. They didn't need to wait another year!

"From now on, there will be no standing room for him in the East Continent!" said Bai Lingrui, the Holy Virgin of the Bai Family, coldly with magnificent killing intent. She was shaking with anger, for they had suffered a great loss this time!

"He's asking for death!" Dong Genji squinted his chilly eyes, then he waved his hand and started to head for the Ancient Bronze Hall along with several geniuses of the Carefree Building.

The next moment, the rest of the people came to themselves and also started to follow them.

They knew Xu Que would definitely go to the Ancient Bronze Hall.

All of these people broke out in uproar. At last, only powerhouses and apprentices of the Utopia Faction were still present, dumbfounded with slightly opened mouths.

"He… is awesome! What a shameless man he is!" an old man said in terror.

"He's too unscrupulous! How could he cheat those big families and sects like that? Fortunately, we weren't involved; otherwise, we would also be aggravated!" another powerhouse said fearfully.

"His unscrupulous means could be compared with the notorious Duan Jiude. Could he be the second Duan Jiude?"

"They aren't the same. Duan Jiude is powerful, but disrespectful! People can't do anything to him! This man is still young and inexperienced. Sooner or later, he'll be taken care of by someone!"

Several people were talking about this issue, still terrified by Xu Que. If they hadn't obeyed Liu Jingning's instructions, they would also have suffered a great loss like the other families and sects!

Xu Que's trick of killing with a borrowed knife had seemed very coarse, but he had achieved his goal.

It was quite clear that he planned this dog-eat-dog game. The powerhouses of the big families and sects also knew his plan. However, no one could resist the temptation of the Ancient Bronze Hall's significant profits. All of them had wanted to take the great fortune using their full strength.

Therefore, even though they knew Xu Que was planning to kill them with borrowed knives, they would rather have been injured and receive spots on the list to be healed.

However, none of them had expected that Xu Que had never planned to heal them at all, from the beginning to the end. He had even scammed over 20,000,000 best-grade Spirit Stones from them! This time, all the families and sects had paid a double penalty!

…

Two days later, outside the Desolation City

Many people had arrived at this place.

Normally, people needed three days to cover the trip from the Celestial Burial Valley to the Desolation City. These people had managed to arrive in two days to fight for the great fortune.

After their arrival, none of them acted recklessly. Although they knew a great change had occurred there, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them.

The entire Desolation City was floating in the sky, leaving a big pit on the ground. Now the Desolation City had fallen apart in the sky, and only the Ancient Bronze Hall was left.

The Ancient Bronze Hall was saturated with a creepy aura. Although it was surrounded by Spiritual Fog and strands of Spiritual Qi fell down from time to time, these people became more and more uneasy after their arrival.

The entire Ancient Bronze Hall was made of cast bronze. Therefore, it was wrapped in a green glow, which was quite eerie.

Countless runes that were thickly written, like tadpoles, were carved on the surface of the bronze. It seemed like each rune contained a Taoist Connotation, which was quite tempting. People could lose themselves easily looking at these runes.

"This ancient hall is very special. It seems those strange runes came from ancient times!" Xiao Taixuan said, furrowing his eyebrows while he looked at the Ancient Bronze Hall.

They didn't move recklessly, for the hall was quite scary.

Besides the creepy runes, the current situation of the Desolation City was also abnormal.

They all knew a lot of cultivators had once stayed in this city. Now, they found nobody there, not even a dead body. The entire area was like a deathtrap.

"Those aren't ancient runes, not even… writing of this world!" said Han Ying, the Holy Virgin of the Heaven Secret Pavilion, seriously at this moment. She was shocked by the runes.

"Not from this world? Could they… be from the Spiritual Realm?" The rest of people, who were surprised by her words, couldn't help their quickening heartbeats.

If this ancient hall was from the Spiritual Realm, it must have been extraordinary and would definitely cause great chaos in this World of Cultivators!

"It's highly possible that it was from the Spiritual Realm. The Spiritual Qi in this area is so intense that it could be compared with Heavenly Qi. The Spiritual Qi here must have come from the ancient hall!"

"Could it be that what the dog said was true? The owner of this ancient hall was the celestial who was buried in the Celestial Burial Valley!" someone said in surprise.

Whoosh!

At this moment, an air-rending sound came from afar.

Together with Jiang Hongyan, Liu Jingning, and Buttface, Xu Que had arrived by stepping on lightning.

After using the Divine Escape Spell, he had been teleported to a place dozens of miles away from the Celestial Burial Valley. He had also spent two days travelling to the Desolation City.

When they were close to the place, Xu Que felt his blood freeze, and an intense uneasiness possessed him.

Liu Jingning and Buttface also had the same feeling. Therefore, they were very serious.

Jiang Hongyan changed her expression again. If she hadn't been determined, she would also have rushed to the Ancient Bronze Hall.

"I feel like I've been here before!" Jiang Hongyan murmured in a low voice. Her eyes were full of confusion.

She couldn't remember this ancient hall. However, she had a feeling that she had been there before.

On the way, as she went nearer, this feeling became more and more intense.

She mentioned this feeling to Xu Que and Liu Jingning on the way, so they were no longer surprised, but confused.

"Don���t be nervous. Later, I'll go with you. Even if it is a celestial abode, I'll blast it if something goes wrong!" Xu Que boasted.

Now he was strong enough to say so, especially with the assistance of his Divine Escape Spells.

"Exactly, it's just a celestial abode. I could smash it with one punch!" Buttface also started to boast.

However, Jiang Hongyan shook her head and said, "Don't come with me. I have a feeling that this ancient hall will endanger anyone who comes close to it, except for me!"

She wasn't boasting, for she really had this intense feeling in her heart, even more real than the Sixth Sense.

"Only you're here! Why isn't everyone else?" Xiao Taixuan asked confusedly and turned around at this moment.

"They're still behind us. All of them wanted to show gratitude to me for helping them heal their wounds." Xu Que squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Why are you still here?"

Xiao Taixuan and the others paused immediately. Xu Que's smile made them vigilant, for Xu Que had also smiled like this when he had tricked them before.

"That ancient hall is quite weird. It doesn't have an entrance!" Xiao Munan replied calmly.

They had done an inspection around the ancient hall, but they hadn't found an entrance.

"Moreover, thousands of cultivators used to stay in the Desolation City. Now, all of them are gone. I'm afraid all of them have died!" Xiao Taixuan said seriously as he fixed his eyes on Buttface.

Buttface used to talk about the history of this ancient hall. Therefore, they thought Buttface would know more about it.

However, Buttface said nothing. Xu Que said in surprise, "Well, I don't know whether you've noticed it or not, but doesn't this ancient hall look like… an enormous coffin?"

A coffin?

People were stunned by his words. When they turned around to check the ancient hall, their expressions changed.

At Xu Que's observation, they realized this Ancient Bronze Hall actually was like a gigantic coffin!

If it really is a coffin, the entrance should be on the top, right?

Chapter 629: Are You Going to Make Trouble?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"It's not a f*cking coffin. This is an Immortal Mansion! There must be good stuff in it!" Buttface shouted loudly, fixing his shiny eyes on the Ancient Bronze Hall. He couldn't restrain his desire to rush into it.

"No, this is absolutely a coffin!" Xu Que felt very sure of this. Even if it was an Immortal Mansion, it really looked like a coffin.

Moreover, he had the specialized knowledge of several grave robbers. Therefore, his eyes were so sharp that he could tell it was a powerful coffin at a glance.

However, the problem was that since this Ancient Bronze Hall made everyone uncomfortable, why did Jiang Hongyan get a feeling she was quite close with it, and even that the ancient hall was calling her?

Could it be that this thing could choose its owner automatically just as it was calling Jiang Hongyan over?

Xu Que used to read a lot of web fictions, so he knew these tricks very well. He made all kinds of guesses in his heart.

"Let me come to the top of it and have a look first!" Xiao Munan said calmly at this moment. Then, he jumped into the sky.

After that, Qin Ji, Han Ying and the other Holy Sons and Holy Virgins also jumped into the sky to check the top of the Ancient Bronze Hall.

However, the next moment, all of them were puzzled.

"There is no entrance?" Xiao Munan frowned immediately.

Xiao Taixuan was also confused. "This is strange! The ancient hall is completely sealed. It looks like a coffin, but a coffin should have a lid. I can't find a gap on the surface of it, let alone an entrance!"

"It might be related to these runes, which should be decoded first before we can find the entrance!" Qin Ji said in a low voice.

Everyone tossed their eyes to Han Ying, for all of them knew the Holy Virgin of the Heaven Secret Pavilion was the most knowledgeable person among them.

Han Ying shook her head slightly and frowned. "Sorry, guys, I haven't seen these kind of runes before. Maybe my master could decode them!"

"By the time your master gets here, a lot of big shots will have decoded it, and all our efforts will be in vain," someone said reluctantly. "I really don't believe we can miss such a great fortune and let someone else carve it up!"

Xiao Munan squinted his eyes and coolly said, "There must be an entrance somewhere on this ancient hall. Don't forget the Message Delivering Spells, which prove that a lot of people have entered this hall!"

Right! According to the content of the Message Delivering Spells, someone already entered this ancient hall!

After realizing that, people seemed to find hope again.

"Come on, please make way!" a shout came in at this moment. "If we can't find an entrance, let me make one by blowing something up!"

Hearing that, people turned around and were almost scared senseless by what they saw.

Xu Que was coming over with a three-colored Fiery Lotus in his hand. He was poised to throw the fiery lotus at the Ancient Bronze Hall.

"Stop! You should never do that!" Han Ying shouted as her expression fell.

"My fellow cultivator, don't be reckless!"

"Right! Please calm down and don't do that!"

Everyone stepped out to stop him.

They had witnessed the power of this magic art before, which was extraordinary. It was not a good idea to attack the ancient hall directly, whether it was effective or not.

"Don't be nervous! Look at how scared you all are! I can easily tell that you haven't robbed a grave before. How can you call yourself Holy Sons or Holy Virgins?" Xu Que shook his head as if he were quite disappointed in them.

Those cultivators couldn't help their lips from twitching.

We can't be Holy Sons or Holy Virgins if we've never robbed graves before?

I'm afraid those who used to rob graves are not qualified to be Holy Sons or Holy Virgins!

"Come on, make way! If you don't know how to solve this problem, just get away from here!" Xu Que pushed the cultivators back and rushed toward the Ancient Bronze Hall with the three-colored Fiery Lotus in his hand.

After that, he pretended to look at the ancient hall carefully and said in a serious manner, "According to my experience accumulated through years of extensive reading, the name of this thing is the 'Ancient Bronze Coffin,' which has an extraordinary history!"

"Oh?"

His words stunned the cultivators immediately.

Han Ying, who was also shocked, hurriedly said, "My fellow cultivator, do you know this ancient hall? Could you tell us its history?"

Xu Que solemnly rubbed his chin. "Have you read Zhe Tian before? Have you heard of the Coffin towed by Nine Dragons? This must be the Ancient Bronze Coffin towed by the Nine Dragons! I guess Ye Fan and his classmates are still in it."

Zhe Tian?

Coffin towed by Nine Dragons?

Ye Fan and his classmates?

Xu Que's description totally confused the surrounding cultivators. They had heard of the Coffin towed by Nine Dragons, while the other information was totally new to them!

However, the term "Coffin towed by Nine Dragons" alone was attractive enough for them.

Whose coffin could be so powerful that it needed to be towed by nine dragons?

"Damn, little brat, you're humiliating our Dragon Race!" Buttface, who was annoyed, said angrily.

Xu Que ignored his comments. In fact, he was cheating these people.

It was impossible for the so-called "Coffin towed by Nine Dragons" to appear in this area; the history of this ancient hall couldn't be so extraordinary either!

The reason that he placed the three-colored Fiery Lotus in his hand was not to attack the Ancient Bronze Hall but to defend himself. He approached the ancient hall so that he could ask the System to investigate it.

System, can I enter this ancient hall? Xu Que silently asked the System.

After defeating one million celestial soldiers trying to collect debt for the System, he hadn't received any response from the System—not until now. It seemed it was just going to act as usual without mentioning his debt.

Ding! "After investigating, a powerful rune spell has been found in this thing. The Host can't enter it!" the System replied.

"I can't enter? Why? You could just name your price for breaking the spell for me!"

"The System is not able to break this spell for the Host. The Host should break it by enhancing the level of the Spell Master!"

Do I have to enhance the level of the Spell Master?

Xu Que frowned immediately. From the System's replies, he could tell that the System was able to break the spell. However, when the spell had reached a certain level, the System would ask the Host to break it himself by improving his strength instead of breaking it for the Host!

Boom!

A dull sound came in from inside the Ancient Bronze Hall as if something heavy had fallen on the ground.

After that, the runes on the bronze wall of the ancient hall suddenly became dazzling and gave off intense Heavenly Qi!

All the runes started to rotate and gather on one bronze wall. Just like an azure lake, these runes melted the bronze wall and created a gap.

It was pitch dark in the gap. Nothing could be seen from outside. However, a cloud of intense Spiritual Qi gushed out of it.

"Did . . . this ancient hall open by itself?" Xu Que was shocked and a little bit dumbfounded. How could this ancient hall open without any cause or reason?

"My fellow cultivator, you are really awesome! You opened the ancient hall!" the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins behind him were also shocked.

They thought the ancient hall had been opened by Xu Que when he approached it!

Xiao Taixuan folded his hands and admiringly said, "I thought you were lying and didn't expect you could really open it. My fellow cultivator, I hereby apologize to you!"

"Although your cultivation stage is not very high, you are quite powerful and knowledgeable! You shame me!" Han Ying also showed her admiration to Xu Que!

They knew Xu Que's strength before. Now, they were more or less convinced by Xu Que's ability to open the ancient hall. At least they thought Xu Que was qualified to race with them bridle to bridle.

"Eh…" Xu Que was a little bit dumbfounded.

It is quite embarrassing to act tough while so confused!

He knew clearly that he had nothing to do with the opening of this ancient hall.

However, since a lot of people were commending him, he should absolutely accept the compliments.

All at once, Xu Que proudly jutted his chin out and puffed up his chest. "Xu Que of the Exploding Heavens Faction will not be stopped by an Ancient Bronze Hall! I even entered and left the Celestial Burial Valley seven times— forget this Ancient Bronze Hall!"

"What? My fellow cultivator, have you ever been to the Celestial Burial Valley?" People were shocked hearing that.

As one of the Nine Deathtraps, the Celestial Burial Valley was extremely dangerous.

Even cultivators at the Form Synthesis Stage couldn't get out, so how could such a young man at the Infant Transformation Stage enter and leave the Celestial Burial Valley seven times?

"Sh*t, he's really shameless!" Buttface cursed immediately. He had bragged about entering and leaving the Celestial Burial Valley seven times first. Now his "achievement" had been stolen by Xu Que.

"This little brat is really good at acting!" Liu Jingning also smiled and glanced at Jiang Hongyan. "Are you really going to enter the hall?"

"Yes!" Jiang Hongyan nodded solemnly. Then, she jumped into the sky and flew toward the ancient hall.

At this moment, someone couldn't help but say, "Guys, the entrance has appeared, let's go into it and have a look!"

"Right! Let's retrieve the fortune and opportunities with our own abilities!" Xiao Taixuan said and also dashed toward the entrance.

Whoosh!

Xiao Taixuan disappeared in the black gap as if he were devoured by it.

Seeing that, the other cultivators also caught up with him and didn't want to be left behind.

After gathering Liu Jingning, Jiang Hongyan, and Buttface, Xu Que said, "Don't get separated inside the hall. Stay close to me. In case of danger, I will take you out immediately.���

The only thing he could rely on was the Divine Escape Spell.

"Okay!" Liu Jingning and Jiang Hongyan nodded at the same time.

After that, they also dashed toward the entrance by following the other cultivators.

The closer they got to the entrance, the more uneasiness Xu Que felt in this heart.

Originally, he'd planned to prevent Liu Jingning and Jiang Hongyan from getting involved in this issue. When he saw Jiang Hongyan's expression, he dismissed his idea.

Maybe he could persuade Liu Jingning, but he could never stop Jiang Hongyan.

This Empress was hard to control. "A woman who could only be controlled by a celestial," was a perfect description of her.

"Alas! I'm depressed!" Xu Que sighed as he flew forward.

He had failed to win her heart even after saving her by pretending to be a hero. This was extremely depressing!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

They got very close as cultivators in front of them entered the entrance.

"See you in the hall!" Xu Que said as he sped up to dash toward the pitch black entrance.

However, the next moment, he was confused.

His body passed through the entrance as if nothing was in front of him. It seemed this ancient hall was just an illusion. His body just passed through without touching anything. He didn't enter the ancient hall.

"What?" Xu Que was shocked as he emerged from the other side of the Ancient Bronze Hall.

"What happened? Why can't I enter?" Buttface howled from behind him.

Xu Que turned around and found Liu Jingning and Jiang Hongyan had disappeared. Apparently, they had entered the ancient hall successfully. Buttface also passed through the ancient hall and came out of the other side like him.

Xu Que raised his eyebrows immediately. Flames of fury burned in his heart when he looked at this enormous Ancient Bronze Hall.

Damn! What does this mean?

Does it mean dogs and I are not allowed to enter?

Is there going to be trouble?