Chapter 710: Weak! You Are Too Weak!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Really?"
Xu Que's casual answer didn't surprise the old man at all. So he waved his hand and threw out several black iron balls, saying seriously, "Gentlemen, come forth!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The black iron balls exploded in the sky and created several whirlpools in the void!
The next moment, several tall figures stepped out from the whirlpools with magnificent energy, turning the entire atmosphere quite oppressive!
"Cultivators at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage!"
Xu Que was stunned.
All of these five cultivators at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage were well-matched in strength with the old man!
"Young man, we attach great importance to the escort of the Holy Senior, so they've sent reinforcements! They were asked to break the shackle and open our way back, so they are late. Now do you think you could still confront us?" The old man at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage asked aggressively with a faint smile.
Xu Que couldn't help but frown.
He had earned around 20,000 Acting Tough Points when he killed Dong Genji just now. However, he was presently facing five more cultivators at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage. His Acting Tough Points were not enough to kill them all!
"Hongyan, your people are going to kill me. Why don't you stop them?" Xu Que looked up at Jiang Hongyan seriously.
Jiang Hongyan also stared at Xu Que. She had looked at him like this when he was about to kill Dong Genji. No change of expression could be found in her extremely beautiful face. Her eyes stayed calm as if she was just enjoying the mountains and the waters. She didn't speak but stared at Xu Que quietly.
Xu Que was quite disappointed and said, shaking his head sarcastically, "Fine, forget it! Let me kill them in front of you!"
Boom!
After saying that, Xu Que caused a huge bang, which was caused by the activation of the Genuine Secret of "All" of the Nine Secrets. His strength was enhanced ten times instantly. With a magnificent kill intent, his black hair waved in the wind!
At the same time, he summoned his Taoist Body and asked the Taoist Body to activate the Genuine Secret of "All", the People Killing Book, and the Sword of All Layers!
He had decided to attack them with all his strength!
A Taoist Body? How could a cultivator at the Void Training Stage have a Taoist Body?
The outlanders were shocked, including the cultivators at the Crossing Calamity Stage.
"It seems this young man has a lot of secrets! Fortunately, his Taoist Body is not very powerful! Let's kill him, and we will know the way to create a Taoist Body naturally," a powerhouse said calmly, coming to himself.
The rest of the people also nodded and fixed their eyes on Xu Que!
Xu Que smiled and shrugged calmly, "You talk a load of garbage! I gave you time to think how to fight me. Since you don't cherish your time, just go to hell!"
And saying that, Xu Que stomped very hard and the ground under his feet cracked open immediately. Then he dashed out like a stream of light! Ten times of strength enhancement and 30 times of power enhancement of the magic art made him extremely fast!
His enemies felt Xu Que appear in front of them in a blink of the eyes!
Boom!
A huge bang sounded from the void. Xu Que threw out two punches instantly! Two gigantic fists appeared directly, which were the King of Tough-Acting Fists!
However, this time one punch cost 10,000 Acting Tough Points! Even Xu Que couldn't estimate the power of the attack.
"Oh, no! Retreat!" The outlander powerhouses changed their expressions, seeking to dodge the attack.
Six powerhouses at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage were totally shocked because they expected Xu Que had used his full strength to kill Dong Genji!
They could sense great danger from the upcoming attack!
"This guy is too mysterious! He is able to kill cultivators at the Crossing Calamity Stage!" The old man at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage shouted in panic!
The rest of the people were shocked at the impressive display of Xu Que's strength!
"His attack is too fast! Help us! Help us!" Several powerhouses at the summit of the Form Synthesis Stage screamed in terror!
"Go!" The powerhouses who had escaped turned back and tried to help them with magic arts.
A powerhouse at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage also participated in the rescue!
However, they underestimated the power of the King of Tough-Acting Fists, which cost 10,000 Acting Tough Points!
Before being touched by the fists, they had been suppressed by the magnificent Taoist Connotation!
"No, this…this is the strength of Taoist Connotation!"
"How could this be? Our Taoist Connotation is being suppressed. We can't escape at full speed!"
"No…wait!" Several powerhouses shouted in panic!
"Stop!" The rest of the powerhouses at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage also shouted angrily almost at the same time, but it was too late!
Rumble!
The fists smashed down at last and created deafening noises! The ground all around them was totally cracked, and numerous crushed stones were flying in the sky!
Those powerhouses at the Form Synthesis Stage and the powerhouse at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage, who were covered by two King of Tough-Acting Fists, had been nailed into the ground for hundreds of meters!
The entire area fell into a dead silence!
People's eyes widened in terror and anger! They couldn't believe what they had seen!
"They are…all dead! He killed eight cultivators with one move!"
The old man at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage was completely shocked as he could sense that all those eight cultivators, including the powerhouse at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage, were dead!
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que' in killing a powerhouse at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage successfully. The reward is 40 Million Experience Points!"
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que' in killing a super powerhouse at the Form Synthesis Stage successfully. The reward is 20 Million Experience Points!"
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que' in killing a super powerhouse at the Form Synthesis Stage successfully. The reward is 20 Million Experience Points!"
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Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que"s upgrade, the current stage is Level Two of the Void Training Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que"s upgrade, the current stage is Level Three of the Void Training Stage!"
Xu Que was upgraded for two times consecutively. His strength was enhanced remarkably and his True Core Strength became more magnificent!
At the same time, he earned over 10,000 Acting Tough Points, which almost earned back the Acting Tough Points he spent for the two King of Tough-Acting Fists!
He didn't suffer any loss in the attack just now!
However, a problem had also arisen. The side effect of the King of Tough-Acting Fist appeared. Two King of Tough-Acting Fists that cost 10,000 Acting Tough Points respectively made Xu Que's Taoist Connotation quite fragile. It seemed his Taoist Connotation couldn't take such a big consumption and had become quite feeble!
This situation could be deemed as an unstable Taoist Mind, which meant he couldn't realize a perfect control of King of Tough-Acting Fists that cost a lot of Acting Tough Points!
It seems my Taoist Connotation has a limit. I'm afraid I need a break for several days to recover! Xu Que was surprised.
However, he had managed to earn a lot and stun those outlanders successfully in the battle just now!
Even though the outlanders were so angry now, they didn't dare to confront Xu Que.
"Weak! You are too weak!"
Xu Que sighed and said as he looked at the people disdainfully, "I just used 80 percent of my strength in my previous attack!"
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Chapter 711: My Heart Is Already Dead!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"What?!"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
He hasn't practiced his full strength yet?! How can this be possible?! If he was really practicing his full strength, I think he would be able to kill a cultivator of the middle level of the Crossing Calamity Stage!
Ding! "Congratulations to the host on successfully acting tough. The host is going to be rewarded with 3,000 Acting Tough Points!"
The sound of the notification rang out.
Xu Que's face was restless as he looked at the cultivators with hatred. "How boring! You are all so weak, and you are wasting my time. You know what, cultivators like you in my Faction would be just nobody!"
Then he changed into a shadow, and, in a minute, appeared in front of Jiang Hongyan.
"Be careful!"
" My Holy Senior!"
The cultivators exclaimed and dashed forward, trying to get Xu Que away.
"I am fine!" Jiang Hongyan said coldly.
Hearing this, everyone stopped. They did not dare to contradict Jiang Hongyan. At the same time, they were relieved, since they were really afraid of Xu Que's strength.
Jiang Hongyan began to size Xu Que up, and Xu Que also stared at her. Neither of them said anything.
"Hongyan!!!!!!" After a while, Xu Que broke the silence, saying gently and patting his cheek, "Look at my handsome face. You really don't remember me?"
"I have forgotten almost everything! I need time to recall. Tell me who you are!" Jiang Hongyan said calmly.
"I am your husband!" Xu Que said with great excitement. "We shouldered guns together, we went to brothels together. No, no, no, when we first met, since I am too handsome, people from your tribe forbade us being together. They send cultivators to kill me, but we still did not give up on our love, and finally were together. On a dark night, we had sex at last! Do you forget all this?!"
"…"
Jiang Hongyan frowned and kept silent. It seemed that she was thinking very hard and was also doubting what Xu Que had just said.
Xu Que sighed. "We met for the first time at the Soul Pagoda in the Five Elements Mountain!"
Suddenly, he became very serious, saying gently, "You called me little thing and I called you young lady. You smiled and accepted it. Your smile was so beautiful! When I was going through my Heavenly Tribulations, you came near me and tried to help me!"
"When you were going through your Heavenly Tribulations, many cultivators called you Heavenly Cursed Lone Star and ambushed you, trying to kill you! So I came to rescue you and promised to you that no one could hurt you! Then, you went into the Ancient Bronze Hall. I freaked out and thought I would never be able to see you again!"
…
Xu Que's eyes began to water. He was not giving a show; he really missed the time that they had spent together. Jiang Hongyan was still looking at him calmly. She was not moved at all. She had really forgotten what had happened in the past.
As they listened, the cultivators were moved by him, knowing that Xu Que was not lying. They could not even imagine such a scene. "Can it be possible that there was really a story between our Holy Senior and this young man?"
"Even if it is true, so what? Our Holy Senior is so noble, and a young man like him can never have her. To be honest, he did not have the right to even get close to her!"
The old cultivator who was almost in the Crossing Calamity Stage sneered, "You are right! In fact, before our Holy Senior reincarnated, she was already engaged to the young master of the Saint Palace. Now that she has successfully gone through her reincarnation, she should marry him as soon as she gets back home."
"According to what His Majesty said, in 10 days, the Holy Senior will be able to remember what happened in her last life and the life before her last life. I remember that she did not want to get married to our master. If we let her get back her memory, she might not want to go back with us!"
"So, we must hurry up and take her back. Anyway, the entrance is going to close soon!"
The cultivators were discussing what to do. They did not dare ask the Holy Senior to do anything, so they decided to find an opportunity to inform her.
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"After I destroyed my own cultivation, I started all over again by cultivating in seclusion. Luckily, I finally got my own Taoist Connotation, but I never thought that you would have already forgotten everything that ever happened between us," Xu Que said, a drop of tears running down his cheek.
Jiang Hongyan was a bit surprised and stared at the dropping tear. To her surprise, she had a sense of deja vu. She felt a bit anxious.
"I see!" Xu Que was a bit disappointed and laughed at himself, "I have said so much, and you still can't recall the things that happened between us! I am just not so important to you, am I?!"
Seeing his disappointed face, Jiang Hongyan was a bit heartbroken. She was surprised that she could even feel this emotional. "If what you said is all true, then give me some time, I promise I will recall it!" Jiang Hongyan said abruptly.
"Never mind! My heart is already dead!" Xu Que shook his head and sighed. His eyes looked hollow and it seemed that he had lost all his strength. He was so lonely.…
Hearing this, everyone was a bit relieved and glad that Xu Que had finally given up trying to make Jiang Hongyan recollect her past memories. Now everything became much easier, and the cultivators did not need to fight against Xu Que and could take Jiang Hongyan directly back.
"Wait!" Jiang Hongyan cried when she saw that Xu Que was about to leave.
Right at this moment, a figure appeared behind Jiang Hongyan. The figure had long silver hair and a face so stern. There was a long black stick in his hand.
Bang!
He hit Jiang Hongyan with the long black stick. Jiang Hongyan was stunned and immediately fell down right into Xu Que's arms.
Xu Que quickly turned around and, holding Jiang Hongyan in his arms, ran away.
Seeing this, the cultivators were completely shocked. Their minds all went blank. They never imagined that Xu Que would do such a thing.
How shameless he is!
"How dare you!"
"Stop!"
They were furious and began to go after Xu Que.
"Lol! You idiots! Go back and eat your own crap!" Xu Que laughed out loud, the melancholy in his face totally gone. He was holding Jiang Hongyan in one hand and throwing pieces of stinky tofu toward them with the other hand.
Then he summoned his Taoist Body and activated the Divine Tracking Emblem. In the blink of an eye, he vanished.
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Chapter 712: The East Continent Bubbled Up
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Bastard, how dare you!"
The entire area was filled with angry roars!
All the outlanders, with eyes full of flames and fury, were out of their minds with rage and even planned to eat Xu Que alive!
However, Xu Que had escaped together with Jiang Hongyan. He ignited dozens of Divine Escape Spells without any hesitation, which teleported them over 1,000 kilometers instantly. The outlanders couldn't sense their whereabouts at all!
None of them expected Xu Que could flee in this way!
One minute, he was a love-struck man whose heart had been broken; in the next minute, he became a villain who dared to use all kinds of wicked tricks to drag Jiang Hongyan away, after knocking her unconscious in front of them!
"Find him! Find that little bastard! Leave no stone unturned!" the old man at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage yelled angrily at the Patriarchs of several sects from the East Continent!
The Patriarchs could do nothing but agree bitterly.
They used to be the most revered cultivators in the four continents who were almost omnipotent. They believed Dong Genji's flattery and encouragement that they would be backed by a powerful foreign sect. They didn't expect they would be treated as humble servants, which made them quite angry!
However, they also felt very sorry for Xu Que!
Xu Que's actions had driven the outlanders mad completely. Sooner or later, those foreign cultivators would land in the four continents!
"Xu Que can't hide forever!"
"That guy is a horrible opponent! However, he has offended the big shots in the Xuanzhen Continent totally. Once he is spotted, he will die miserably!"
"Forget it, let's issue an arrest warrant! His death will be good news for us!"
"Right, that's exactly what I am thinking!"
After a simple discussion, the Patriarchs left to issue an arrest warrant for Xu Que!
The cooperation of several big sects would cause a great impact. Within two days, this issue became well-known in most areas of the East Continent!
The big sects revealed the identity of Jiang Hongyan and addressed her as the Holy Senior. Finally, they denounced Xu Que's despicable action of dragging Jiang Hongyan away. They would hunt down Xu Que!
All the cultivators in the East Continent who heard the news were shocked.
"Holy crap! How has Xu Que created such big trouble in so short a period?"
"My God! Is he really that shameless? I didn't expect he would knock Jiang Hongyan unconscious and drag her away!"
"You tell me! It is not a surprise for me at all! Don't you know the style of Xu Que?"
"Right! It's been no surprise to me for him to do such a thing!"
"However, how could Jiang Hongyan become a person of the Xuanzhen Continent? Even the Patriarchs have to address her as the Holy Senior!"
"It's more than that! I've heard that those outlanders also addressed her as the Holy Senior, including those cultivators at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage!"
"Hah-hah! I don't know what will happen to Xu Que. But now the Jiang Family must be quite anxious! They previously banished Jiang Hongyan, who has now become the Holy Senior of the Xuanzhen Continent! I really want to know what the Patriarch of the Jiang Family is thinking!"
"This is going to be an interesting story!"
The entire East Continent was talking about this issue. More and more people were waiting for the reaction of the Jiang Family!
To their surprise, when people arrived at the Jiang Family home, they found the Jiang Family had already activated their protective spell to seal the entire area around the mountain where they were living!
Apparently, they were worried about revenge from the outlanders!
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Liu Jingning knew Xu Que dragged Jiang Hongyan away on the first day. She planned to go back to the Utopia Faction and ask help from their Patriarch. She didn't expect what someone told her: Xu Que flew overhead, taking a woman with him, before she arrived at the Utopia Faction!
Someone even complained to Liu Jingning that Xu Que was a sex predator!
As a smart woman, Liu Jingning figured out that Xu Que, who had rescued Jiang Hongyan, was being hunted.
She went back to the Utopia Faction immediately. They had received the arrest warrants from the sects! Xu Que's actions knocking Jiang Hongyan unconscious and dragging her away made the entire Utopia Faction quite speechless!
"Hmph! I didn't expect Xu Que could be such a pervert! I was blind to marry our Holy Virgin to him!" the Faction Leader of the Utopia Faction announced angrily. "I hereby announce that our Holy Virgin will not marry Xu Que. She will also break off all relations with Xu Que!"
At last, they even grounded Liu Jingning!
Hearing the announcement, countless cultivators in the East Continent rolled their eyes!
All of them knew the Leader of the Utopia Faction was trying to cut ties with Xu Que to avoid the revenge of the outlanders!
Even Buttface and Duan Jiude, who had disappeared for a long time, expressed their opinions after being found in the East Continent!
"Xu Que has become history! I've cut all ties with him! I don't even want to mention his name. In future, I will only address him as someone whose family name is Xu! Everyone who hates him could seek revenge against him. Just leave me alone!"
"Exactly! I've known that guy is quite evil for a long time. I tried to kill him but he managed to escape. If you know where he is, please tell me and I will kill him immediately!"
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However, three days later, people received other news!
Before dragging Jiang Hongyan away, Xu Que killed Dong Genji with one punch and killed seven powerhouses at the summit of the Form Synthesis Stage and one powerhouse at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage with two punches!
The entire East Continent was in an uproar and bubbled up immediately!
"Holy crap! How could this be possible? I've heard he is just at Level One of the Void Training Stage! How could he kill so many powerhouses?"
"It is true! I've had the news from a Patriarch who divulged it unintentionally. Moreover, don't forget Xu Que has killed a powerhouse at the Form Synthesis Stage of the Heavenly Horn Ox Tribe outside the Mystery Land in the South Continent!"
"Right! Other sects also asked the Patriarch about this issue. The Patriarch gave his reply by nodding his head!"
"My God! That's horrible! What kind of opportunity did he get before?"
"When he was outside the Celestial Burial Valley in those years, he couldn't even kill those Holy Sons and Holy Virgins at the Void Training Stage! I didn't expect he could kill cultivators at the summit of the Form Synthesis Stage and the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage in such a short time!"
"Damn! That's really horrible!"
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In a corner of the East Continent, Buttface and Duan Jiude jumped up and declared, "My Brother Que is taciturn and ruthless! I am his best friend. Anyone who plans to attack him shall go through me first!"
"Xu Que is a tough good man! We are close friends regardless of age! I hereby declare that Duan Jiude will join the Exploding Heavens Faction today! Buddies of the Exploding Heavens Faction, when you have time, let's drink and chat together!"
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The Faction Leader of the Utopia Faction also announced, "I am done with the rumors that the Utopia Faction won't marry its Holy Virgin to Xu Que! I hereby clarify that our Holy Virgin will still marry Xu Que, which has never changed!"
All cultivators in the East Continent rolled their eyes speechlessly at this clarification!
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However, Xu Que didn't show up!
After dragging Jiang Hongyan away, he kept running for a long distance to evade everyone and circled back to the Celestial Burial Valley at last!
As a man who crossed over to this world, he knew very well that "the most dangerous place is always the safest".
Jiang Hongyan came to life on the same day. She was quite calm and wasn't angry at Xu Que's actions at all!
"So, this is the way you treat your beloved person, right?" she asked calmly as she opened her eyes.
Xu Que's eyes widened in surprise and he said, "Hongyan, don't you remember how you said between husband and wife, beating is affection, abusing is love, and kicking is the most intimate action! Moreover, I had to do that to save you. Otherwise, how could I bear to hit you?"
Chapter 713: What Are You Going To Do?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"I can't have said things like that!"
Jiang Hongyan looked at Xu Que and gently shook her head. She was always calm, always!
Xu Que was already used to her character and smiled at her. "Anyway, you have to know that I will never hurt you! I did hit you with a long black stick, but I didn't do it to hurt you!"
Previously, when he successfully killed a cultivator from the Heaven Horn Ox Tribe who was in the Form Synthesis Stage, he received a Big Mystery Bag from the System. Earlier, while he was speaking with Jiang Hongyan with an extremely melancholy tone, he activated his Lucky Aura and opened his Big Mystery Bag.
Inside, he only found two objects: a Red Rope of Marriage and a long black stick.
He had already used the Red Rope of Marriage once, and he was very excited about the long black stick. The long black stick would not hurt anyone, but, once someone was hit by it, they would faint.
Some cultivators would not want to lower themselves to use such an object, but, for Xu Que, it was quite a treasure.
"Yes, indeed, I don't feel any pain! How did you manage to do that?" Jiang Hongyan asked curiously. She knew clearly her own strength and was sure that Xu Que could not knock her out so easily. But she had fainted and, strangely, she did not feel any pain at all.
"When you recall everything that happened between us, I will tell you!" Xu Que smiled.
"It's a deal!" Jiang Hongyan said smiling.
Xu Que thought she would desperately want to know the answer, but, to his surprise, Jiang Hongyan was not that curious.
Xu Que then hurriedly said, "Or you can kiss me, hug me, and hold me high like you did in the past. I will tell you then!"
"No!" Jiang Hongyan refused, and looked at Xu Que seriously, "I think most of what you have said is false!"
"What?!" Xu Que was shocked. "You just said you forgot everything. How do you know I was lying earlier?!"
"I don't know!" Jiang Hongyan said. "When you said you are my husband, I know you lied. But when you talked about where we met for the first time and the things that happened after, it all seemed true!"
"You are…brilliant!" Xu Que was a bit embarrassed.
I thought I could cheat her for one time after she lost all her memory. Unlike those idiots on TV, who can easily be cheated, she proved me wrong. I guess she is the only person in the world who can't be cheated, even when she has lost all her memories.
"You are taking me somewhere to help me to recollect my memories, right?" Jiang Hongyan asked.
"Yes! Believe me, as soon as you manage to do so, you will never want to leave me again!" Xu Que said.
"Why?!"
"Because we love each other so much!"
"…"
Jiang Hongyan was speechless and kept silent.
During the next few days, Jiang Hongyan sat in the bare land Xu Que had taken her to and began to cultivate. Obviously, she was also trying everything she could to recollect all her memories.
But Xu Que was terribly upset. After a few years, he had finally found Jiang Hongyan again, and she went straight to cultivating before they had even talked much. He knew that she did so because she had lost all her memories, but, in front of such a beauty, he could not stop himself from flirting with her.
"Hongyan!"
"Little Hong Hong!"
"Little Yan Yan!"
"You are so beautiful! My god, there are no wrinkles around your eyes!"
"Please, talk with me. Sitting here all day long is such a bore. Maybe you would prefer to dance with me?! You know, I am very good at dancing! People all call me the king of the square dance: Nichols Xu Que!"
Xu Que kept nagging and nagging at her.
But Jiang Hongyan was not disturbed at all. She just sat there quietly and continued with her cultivation.
Back in the Soul Pagoda, at the first time they met, Jiang Hongyan thought Xu Que was a monster that she needed to get out of her mind. Until Xu Que took a piece of stinky tofu and stuffed it into her mouth, and then she realized that he really existed.
Xu Que thought of this and he came up with an idea. "If I stuff a piece of stinky tofu into her mouth, she won't be cross with me, right? Well, I hope not!"
But actually he did not do so. Because previously Jiang Hongyan had reached a critical moment of her cultivation where she could not move at all. That was the only reason why she did not manage to stop Xu Que from stuffing a piece of stinky tofu into her mouth.
Now she has not been restricted and she did not remember who I am. What if she runs away after I stuff a piece of stinky tofu into her mouth?
"How boring!" Xu Que sat down not far away from Jiang Hongyan and sighed. Then he summoned his System to see if he could find anything interesting there.
"Wow!" He stared at the Red Rope of Marriage.
He once used it when he was with the Zixia Fairy, but since she was still cultivating, he did not know the actual effect of it.
Although Hongyan said she would recollect her memory soon, what if she fails to do so? Even if she does, we are not that close in fact. If we can finally be together or not, I am not sure!
"Anyway, I should have a try!!" Xu Que hesitated for a while and made up his mind. "Tie her to me!" Xu Que carefully got up and gently walked toward Jiang Hongyan.
However, when he stood in front of Jiang Hongyan, she suddenly opened her eyes. "What are you going to do?" Jiang Hongyan looked straight at Xu Que.
Xu Que was stunned and hurriedly forced out a smile. "Nothing! Nothing! I want to dance in front of you to make you happy. Do you see the little red thread? It goes well with my dancing!"
Jiang Hongyan calmly looked at him and said, "Dance then!"
She really wants me to dance?!
Xu Que was amazed and stood still for a while.
Then he held the red thread high up in the sky and began to move from side to side, singing an Indian song.
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Chapter 714: Is There Only One Room Left?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Jiang Hongyan was surprised by Xu Que's funny accent and the way he danced.
"What…what is this dance music?" she asked, puzzled. Although she didn't understand the lyrics, she liked the music and thought it was quite unique!
Xu Que said guiltily, "This is Indian dance music. Actually, I am not at all good at it!"
"Your singing and dancing are…pretty good!" Jiang Hongyan nodded happily, commenting seriously.
"You flatter me!" Xu Que smiled humbly, but in his heart he was secretly sighing!
He had just tried to creep up on her, but she spotted him right away. Apparently, his previous sneak attack had made her alert!
No, that won't do!
As the King of Tough-Acting, I won't tolerate such a failure! Why do I feel so guilty? It was too humiliating that I had to sing that Indian song when she spotted my action!
I have to turn the tide!
Xu Que straightened his back and said with a faint smile as he played with the Red Rope of Marriage, "Hongyan, I remember I can perform a kind of magic trick. Do you want to have a look?"
"A magic trick? Are you a member of a Demonic Sect?" Jiang Hongyan asked calmly, as if she wouldn't be surprised if Xu Que was really a member of a Demonic Sect! Because Xu Que's actions were even meaner than those of Demonic Sects!
"No, how could I, a scholar, join a Demonic Sect? The magic trick is a term in the slang of my hometown. Here you call it conjuring," Xu Que explained, shaking his head.
"Oh!" Jiang Hongyan nodded slightly, her face still calm. She was not interested in his magic trick.
Finally, to get her attention, Xu Que said, "Hongyan, do you believe I could make this red rope disappear in front of you without using the storage ring?"
"Oh? How will you do that?" Jiang Hongyan opened her eyes slightly and looked at Xu Que curiously.
"Please reach out your hand first!" Xu Que smiled mysteriously, trying to create an interesting atmosphere.
Jiang Hongyan reached out her hand after a short hesitation. Her wrist exposed from her robe sleeve was so white and dainty!
"First, I will bind this red rope on your hand for two rounds to get some Heavenly Qi!"
Xu Que started to bind one end of the rope on Jiang Hongyan as he explained.
Jiang Hongyan didn't reject him and just let him bind the rope on her hand. Then she said, shaking her head, "I haven't reached the stage of a celestial, so I don't have the Heavenly Qi!"
"No problem, you will have it as long as I believe that!" Xu Que said shamelessly as he tied a knot. Then, he bound the other end of the rope on his own wrist and explained, "Now I will bind the rope on my hand to get some handsomeness!"
Jiang Hongyan was still quite calm and said nothing!
"Next, it's time to witness the miracle! Look!" Xu Que said as he also tied a knot on his wrist!
Whoosh!
A faint red halo appeared on the red rope. Then the red rope just disappeared.
This meant that the predestined marriage between them had been fixed!
"What?" Jiang Hongyan, who didn't know what had happened, was quite surprised and confused!
For she could sense that Xu Que had done nothing just now. He just bound the rope to their hands and the rope really disappeared!
"How did you do that?" She was curious at last.
Xu Que's actions were always so weird!
For example, the black stick that he used to knock her unconscious and the red rope that just disappeared weren't something ordinary cultivators would have!
Xu Que loved showing off. He said with a wicked smile, "This is a secret! I will tell you if you kiss me, hug me, and raise me up!"
"…" Jiang Hongyan fixed her eyes on him quietly for a while. Then, she closed her eyes and went back to cultivating.
Xu Que was dumbfounded!
Holy crap!
She is so cold! Since she lost her memory, she also forgot all my efforts before!
As expected, it is so difficult to flirt with the Empress!
However…we have been connected by the Red Rope of Marriage! How could this be?
Xu Que sat beside her suspiciously and decided to wait for all possible changes!
Nothing happened in the next half hour!
Damn! Could the red rope be a fake one? Xu Que was confused.
However, the Empress's mind was also in disorder! She took pleasure in tranquility. But she didn't know why she couldn't focus on cultivation for more than half an hour after talking with Xu Que. It was quite abnormal!
Inexplicably, she wanted to walk around and have a look at this "strange" world!
At first, this idea seemed insignificant. However, as time went by, she became more and more eager to go out and have a look!
"Xu Que!" Finally, she opened her beautiful eyes and called Xu Que.
Xu Que was shocked. "What?"
Jiang Hongyan stood up and said in a low voice, "I want to go for a walk. Could you follow…go with me?"
She originally planned to say just follow me. However, follow me seemed more abrupt than go with me. She had just changed her wording inexplicably because she felt she couldn't talk to Xu Que in that tone.
Go for a walk? Is this a date?
Xu Que was surprised. Then he agreed, "Fine! I'll go with you!"
Deep in his heart, he was quite delighted!
Before Jiang Hongyan lost her memory, she wouldn't say "go with me to have a walk". Now, when she had lost her memory, it happened suddenly. It must definitely have been caused by the Red Rope of Marriage, which could create opportunities for him to be with her!
"I want to take a walk in a place with lots of people," Jiang Hongyan added.
"Sure! No problem!" Xu Que replied.
"Aren't you afraid of being spotted? They will still be looking for me now!" Jiang Hongyan said.
She believed that Xu Que escaped with her because he was not able to kill all the powerhouses at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage.
The real reason was that Xu Que attacked with two punches that cost 10,000 Acting Tough Points each, which made his Taoist Connotation quite fragile, even with the assistance of the automatic recovery function of the System!
However, after several days' rest, he had already regained his power and was not afraid of anyone!
"I'm not afraid of it at all! Don't worry! The reason I left with you was not because they were too powerful, but because you used to tell me it is not wise to kill too many people! I've kept your words in my mind! Moreover, they would also be your underlings in the future, how could I kill them?" Xu Que said shamelessly.
Jiang Hongyan was slightly stunned and said after a while, "You remembered what I said before?"
"Of course!" Xu Que said with a shiny smile.
Jiang Hongyan nodded slightly and became silent. However, her heart couldn't calm down!
No wonder he was so upset and disappointed when he found I'd forgotten him! He remembers everything I said and did before. He really loves me! But I've forgotten him completely, which must hurt him greatly! Before regaining my memory, maybe I should treat him well!
As she thought of this, Jiang Hongyan said in a low voice, "Let's go." And they started walking side by side.
Xu Que didn't think too much. He started to pray that all the hostels in the nearby cities could have only one room left tonight!
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However, when they arrived at the Ancient City, they found only a few cultivators in the city. After all, this city was in the area of the Celestial Burial Valley, which was quite desolate. Basically, no cultivators would come to this city when there was no important business.
But Xu Que had become a renowned person in the East Continent!
When he and Jiang Hongyan appeared in the Ancient City, everyone was shocked and it caused an uproar.
"Holy crap! It's Xu Que!"
"Run! Xu Que is here!"
"Hell, why should we run away? We didn't offend him before!"
"You are not afraid of him, but I have a younger sister. I'm afraid she might be dragged away after being knocked unconscious by Xu Que!"
"Damn! Your younger sister is only four years old!"
"Right! She is four this year and no longer a three-year-old child! I should ensure her safety!"
…
Wherever Xu Que went, all the cultivators with female family members would run away immediately to avoid him!
Their actions made Xu Que quite speechless and embarrassed!
Luckily, Jiang Hongyan didn't care about that at all. Her eyes were fixed on everything in the Ancient City and she was completely immersed in her own world!
However, the news that Xu Que had shown up was soon spread everywhere.
Early the next morning, the outlanders with a powerful kill intent came to the Ancient City together with several Patriarchs of the East Continent.
But they found nothing for Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan had left a long time before!
A patriarch got astonishing news. He reported it to the old man at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage with a weird expression, "Several hostel keepers said Xu Que asked them whether they had only one room left in their hostels. Then, he left for other cities together with the Holy Senior when he knew there were a lot of empty rooms left!"
All the outlanders were stunned! Then, they started yelling angrily, "What a bastard! Why did he want one room? Come on, keep searching for him!"
…
For the next two days, they still failed to find Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan! When they arrived at a place, they would find out that Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan had left a long time before. And the reason was always the same – Xu Que couldn't find a hostel with only one room left. All the outlanders were totally annoyed by that!
"Just tell Xu Que, we will wait for him outside the Celestial Burial Valley! If he doesn't show up, we will slaughter the East Continent!" The outlanders couldn't take it anymore and decided to use this cruel threat to get Xu Que, because they had almost run out of time!
Their threat made the entire East Continent upset!
At the very beginning, people believed Xu Que was invincible. When the outlanders started to threaten him, people started to know something was wrong!
"Oh, no, our prediction is wrong! If Xu Que could kill cultivators at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage, how could he hide himself according to this style?"
"Crap! If he doesn't show up, we will be killed because of him, right?"
"Damn! As far as I know, there are still five cultivators at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage among those outlanders!"
All of a sudden, many cultivators were terrified. They started to prepare best-grade Spirit Stones and planned to escape by taking the teleportation devices.
However, some big families and sects, who couldn't abandon their big businesses, were just like cats on hot bricks!
Someone of the Gong Family said publicly, "Xu Que, can you hear me? Are you going to make all the people in the East Continent die for you?"
Someone of the Bai Family also said, "Xu Que, if you are a man, just stand up! Can you really bear to see innocent people killed because of you?"
Buttface said, "The one whose family name is Xu, I am no longer your buddy! One should answer for what he does himself. Just show up!"
Duan Jiude, "Friends of the Exploding Heavens Faction, don't come and drink with me. I am quite busy now!"
The Faction Leader of the Utopia Faction, "Screw it!"
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Chapter 715: Xu Que, Where Is Your Sense Of Integrity?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
While Xu Que was moving around different cities with Jiang Hongyan, he heard the warnings.
If I don't go to the Celestial Burial Valley to have a fight with them, they will kill everyone in the East Continent?
Xu Que sneered. He was now in his best state ever: more than 80,000 Acting Tough Points. Now he would easily be able to kill a few cultivators who were almost in the Crossing Calamity Stage. Even if he would run out of his Taoist Connotation, he could go away and rest for a few days and return.
However, before Jiang Hongyan recollected her memories, he did not want to show himself in public in case Jiang Hongyan was taken away. In the next few days, Xu Que tried everything he could to flirt with Jiang Hongyan, but she gave no response at all.
For example, when Xu Que wanted to take off his clothes to keep Hongyan out of the rain, Hongyan just waved her hand and she literally became waterproof.
Besides, where they were there were no carriages on the road or thugs, so Hongyan could not possibly be in danger. A few days later, the relationship between them had made no improvement at all.
In fact, Xu Que knew clearly what affect the Red Rope of Marriage would have. It would only increase the chances for two strangers to know each other and stay together. That's all.
If Xu Que could not win Jiang Hongyan's heart, even if he used 100 Red Ropes of Marriage, it would be futile. Obviously, even if Jiang Hongyan had not lost her memories, she was difficult to attain for any man.
In the olden days, she would be a woman that only an Immortal Cultivator could be with. Now she has become a woman like Zixia Fairy, who can't be with anyone.
I do have to give my gratitude to the Soul Pagoda in the Sky Incense Valley! If it were not for that, I could not possibly get the chance to make contact with Jiang Hongyan. The only thing I can do now is to wait. I have to wait until she recollects her memories. Then I am sure our relationship can be rebuilt.
Therefore, Xu Que had given up trying to entice Jiang Hongyan, but he could not ignore the threat from the cultivators.
One day, Xu Que sent a message to them: "Tell those intruders, I would never cause any disaster to anyone in the East Continent! What I am afraid is that after I go to see them, they would still kill everyone in the East Continent!"
The cultivators got the message and replied to him, "Then what do you want us to do?"
Xu Que sent another message: "Unless you swear on your Inner Demons that you would never ever kill anyone from the four Continents, I will not come!"
"Deal!" The cultivators agreed.
Outside of the Celestial Burial Valley where countless cultivators from the East Continent were standing close to the entrance, the cultivators from the other side swore on their Inner Demons that they would not kill anyone from the four Continents once Xu Que came to meet them.
In fact, they did not want to do so, since the only thing they wanted to do was to bring Jiang Hongyan back home.
"Xu Que, they have done what you have asked! When will you go to see them?"
"Xu Que, you must stick to your word!"
"As well as us cultivators, there are many innocent ordinaries. If you break your word, what would happen to them then?!"
"Xu Que, go! We will always remember you if you die!"
Many influential Factions sent messages to Xu Que.
When Xu Que arrived at a new city, everyone in that city would stare at him, and he could feel that they were all asking him to go to see the cultivators.
"Why you are all in such a hurry?! I always stick to my word. I will be there in two hours! If I am not there, I am a dog!" Xu Que said.
Hearing this, many cultivators were shocked by his words.
Is he going to set us up this time or he knows he is able to kill them, but he doesn't want to let us know how capable he is. Otherwise, he would not make such a decision, since there is a big chance that he might be killed.
Still, many cultivators were moved by him.
"I think I have misunderstood him. I thought he was like Duan Jiude. Now he is willing to risk his own life to save us!"
"By the way, he has never done anything to hurt us. Those he hurt are people who offended him in the first place."
"He is such a good young man!"
"If we realized this much earlier, he would definitely have become the strongest guardian of the four Continents!"
"I am so sad now. In the future, I will never judge a person by his appearance. Xu Que is a talent and treasure to us. Now, because of our shortsightedness, we are about to lose him!"
Many cultivators were sighing, and some sentimental ones even broke into tears.
Xu Que was deeply touched and said, "If I die, remember to take my ashes with you. If you are ever in danger, throw them at your enemy and you will be fine!"
…
Later, many cultivators from other ancient cities gathered together and saw Xu Que off. They were all in tears and wanted to remember Xu Que, a remarkable young man!
When Xu Que arrived at the Celestial Burial Valley, he found countless cultivators were already there. Seeing Xu Que coming alone, those cultivators from the other side were angry.
"You bastard, where is our Holy Senior?" The cultivator who was almost in the Crossing Calamity Stage was furious!
"You guys talk too much bull! Let's fight!" Xu Que said while dashing toward them.
The cultivators from the other side hurriedly practiced the most incantations that they knew.
Bang!
Xu Que was hit. The next minute his body exploded and vanished.
The battle was over.
Everyone present was stunned.
"He is gone…like this?!"
"Just one round, and he is dead already?!"
Many cultivators could not believe what they had seen. After all, this was totally not what they expected.
A few seconds later, the cultivators from the other side began to curse.
"How shameless he is!"
"He just sent one of his doppelgangers here!"
"I swear I will kill everyone in the East Continent!"
…
"Doppelganger?"
Everyone was shocked.
So he just sent his doppelganger here? He is such a jerk. All those wonderful words were just all garbage!
…
In an ancient city that was tens of thousands of miles away, Xu Que returned with Jiang Hongyan from a field trip to a beautiful mountain.
He heard what had transpired today and smiled. "They did not say I couldn't send a doppelganger! The doppelganger is my representative, so I haven't broken my word, and they also have to stick to their words."
Hearing this, everyone rolled their eyes and almost fainted.
Xu Que, where is your sense of integrity? You broke your promise first, how can you force them to stick to their words?
…
The next day, the cultivators from the other side sent a message: "Tell Xu Que himself, not his doppelganger, to come to see us together with our Holy Senior. We want him to kneel down in front of us before we kill him. He can never have our noble Holy Senior. If he does not do so, we will definitely kill everyone in the East Continent, even if we would be devoured by our Inner Demons! We are going to wipe out the Utopia Faction first, then kill Buttface and Duan Jiude!"
…
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Meanwhile, Xu Que was quietly sitting next to Jiang Hongyan, watching her cultivating. They had been together for almost half a month, but nothing had happened between them yet. They were still strangers to each other, but not entirely.
Xu Que was not upset by this, because he knew that once she recollected her memories, they could be as close as they were before.
"But when will the time come?" Xu Que sat aside and sighed.
This time of waiting was really hard to bear. For him, facing a woman who barely knew him, made him feel like a day was as long as a year.
Bang!
Suddenly, a magnificent energy erupted from her. Countless Spiritual Qi surrounded her and changed into dazzling light. She looked exactly like a noble queen. The next moment, she opened her beautiful eyes and saw Xu Que, who was rather surprised.
She smiled and said gently, "Little thing!"
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Chapter 716: Identity in the Past Life
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Little brat!"
The long-lost but familiar soft call was so gentle and melodious, like an orchid in a desert valley!
"Hongyan!" Xu Que woke up immediately and stood up in pleasant surprise.
Finally, this day has come!
Her memory is restored!
"I'm back!" Jiang Hongyan said with a faint smile on her face.
Xu Que also smiled. Jiang Hongyan stood in front of him, a beautiful and mighty empress!
Now Xu Que felt they were closer. The strangeness and sense of distance had disappeared from her smile. The tenderness and the way she spoiled him were back! If she hadn't gotten her memory back, what Xu Que would have seen would still be that cold face!
"It's good to have you back!" Xu Que let out a sigh of relief from his heart. The concern that he was going to lose Jiang Hongyan disappeared at last!
"Oh, little girl, how many times have I told you not to call me little brat! I am not little! You should call me big guy or big brother! Anyway, you can't call me little brat!" Xu Que started to tease Jiang Hongyan as usual!
Jiang Hongyan said with a smile, "As for the seniority, you are junior to me!"
"Age is not a problem!" Xu Que replied.
Jiang Hongyan kept looking at Xu Que with her beautiful eyes. She was so smart that she could figure out what "Age is not a problem!" meant. Therefore, she stared at Xu Que simply to imply that he shouldn't always joke about this.
Before, when Xu Que was stared at by her like this, he would always feel guilty first and end up feeling awkward! However, Xu Que didn't feel guilty anymore. He opened his eyes wide to make eye contact with Jiang Hongyan directly! He was bold, assured, and confident.
Before entering the Ancient Bronze Hall, Jiang Hongyan tried to cross a horrible Heavenly Tribulation. Xu Que risked his life to protect her and was almost killed when he was hit by the giant golden thunder sword for the first time.
At that time, Xu Que had sensed Jiang Hongyan change her attitude toward him and stop treating him as a junior anymore!
Jiang Hongyan saw something in Xu Que's fiery eyes. She was surprised a bit and looked away subconsciously. This was the only time she had felt diffident first.
"Little brat, do you know my identity?" she changed the topic.
Xu Que replied with a smile, "Identity is not a problem!"
"That's not what I want to say!" Jiang Hongyan smiled. "I mean, do you know my identity in my past life?"
"Identity in your past life is not a problem either!" Xu Que pressed hard, emphasizing his point to Jiang Hongyan that age and identity were not problems in the face of love!
"That's enough! Please be serious! I want to tell you my identity!" Jiang Hongyan rolled her eyes at Xu Que. Then she added, "I only tell this to you!"
Her meaning was quite evident!
Although she didn't answer Xu Que's comments directly, "please be serious" said she knew Xu Que's intention!
Moreover, "I only tell this to you" meant Xu Que was the unique person in her heart, who was most important! However, she needed time to adapt to this change!
After all, before her Heavenly Tribulation outside the Celestial Burial Valley, Xu Que was just a junior for her. She had slept in the Ancient Bronze Hall for several years. It was quite difficult for her to change her mind when she had just regained her memory!
But Xu Que was quite satisfied to get this hint.
The most important thing in flirting with a girl is patience! I should do it like boiling a frog…no! It should be like running water in a long rill. It is only a matter of time for us to get a solid love!
"Actually, I have had some information about you. You experienced a reincarnation. You were in the Xuanzhen Continent in your past life as a person with an extremely high position, and they address you as the Holy Senior!" Xu Que told everything he knew calmly.
No matter how prominent Jiang Hongyan could be, even if she became the Immortal Empress, he wouldn't feel any pressure at all!
It seemed Jiang Hongyan was also a little bit surprised by his calmness. Then, she smiled slightly. She knew this was the style of Xu Que, an extraordinary young man who could always create miracles!
"What you said is right! I experienced a reincarnation! And I was the Empress of the Xuanzhen Continent in my past life!" Jiang Hongyan said with a smile as she nodded her head.
Holy shit!
The Empress of the Xuanzhen Continent?
No matter how carefree Xu Que was, he was still surprised by those words! He had thought Jiang Hongyan was a cultivator at very high cultivation stage who enjoyed a high position in a sect in her past life. However, he never expected she was the Empress of an entire continent!
"You were the Empress of the Water Nation! I didn't expect you were also an Empress in your past life! It seems you were born to be an Empress!" Xu Que said with a smile.
Jiang Hongyan really had the temperament of an imperial family. Her innate aura as an Empress was quite incredible!
Jiang Hongyan shook her head slightly and said with a complicated expression, "In my past life, I got the throne from my father. However, my fate was too feeble to control the entire Xuanzhen Continent. Therefore, my father found an ancient Celestial Artifact for me. Then, he killed me personally, so that I could reincarnate with that Celestial Artifact. So, here I am as an ominous person who is called the Heavenly Cursed Lone Star!"
"What?" Xu Que's eyes widened instantly!
Is it really possible for there to be such a crazy person in this world? He could kill his own daughter personally to enhance her fate, just because his daughter's fate was too feeble to control the throne! Damn! This was too vicious!
"This was his style! After regaining my memory, I feel I have experienced another life! This puppet-like life is not what I want!" Jiang Hongyan shook her head and her beautiful eyes were full of resolute lights. She had made up her mind to defy this fate!
"Don't worry! As long as I am with you, nobody could give you something you don't want forcibly!" Xu Que said seriously, for he really wanted to protect her. Then he said, patting his chest, "Tell me, what is his cultivation stage? When I arrive in the Xuanzhen Continent, I will definitely punish him with my King of Tough-Acting Fist!"
Xu Que was quite confident he could defeat Jiang Hongyan's father, no matter how powerful he was!
As long as he used the King of Tough-Acting Fist, he could kill cultivators at the Crossing Calamity Stage or at the threshold of the Great Vehicle Stage, even cultivators who had just reached the Great Vehicle Stage!
Jiang Hongyan smiled and said, looking at Xu Que thoughtfully, "As far as I know, he had reached the summit of the Great Vehicle Stage in those years. I'm afraid…now he will be more powerful!"
"Just at the summit…wait! What did you say? The summit of the Great Vehicle Stage?" Xu Que said in surprise.
Damn! The summit of the Great Vehicle Stage?
This is outrageous! A cultivator at the summit of the Great Vehicle Stage is only a step away from becoming a celestial!
"Little brat, take your time, you are still young. I believe you will also reach that stage or even be more powerful than him sooner or later! However, before that, let me handle my own business!" Jiang Hongyan smiled and stood up slowly as she looked forward! She was looking at the Celestial Burial Valley!
"Do you want to solve it yourself? No way! I can't let you go to the Xuanzhen Continent alone! Moreover, even though my cultivation stage is too low, I could still defeat him with this extraordinary stick!"
As he said that, he took out the long black stick immediately!
It was the stick he used to knock people unconscious!
As long as his opponents were unprepared, he could always knock them unconscious by ignoring their cultivation stage!
This was the real value of that black stick!
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Chapter 717: Chapter 717
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"This is the stick you used to hit me with earlier?" Jiang Hongyan looked at the long black stick in Xu Que's hands with great surprise.
She had recollected all her memories and also remembered clearly what had happened after she got out of the Ancient Bronze Hall.
Xu Que smiled. "I am sorry. I had no other choices at that time, anyway. Anyone hit by this stick will faint."
"How wonderful it is!" Jiang Hongyan was amazed. She carefully examined the stick, and then she shook her head. "But you can't defeat the cultivator with it! Once a cultivator is in the Crossing Calamity Stage, he is able to make a direct connection with the world around him. As soon as you get close to him, he will know. Besides, he is already in the top level of the Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage."
"Even so, I have got plenty of ways to defeat him!"
Xu Que said this because he knew there were a variety of incantations in the System. He was confident that he could find one that could defeat a cultivator of the Great Vehicle Stage. If he could not find one, he had decided to kill a cultivator of the Crossing Calamity Stage to get a Big Mystery Bag,and then activate the Lucky Aura to open the bag. Anyway, he was sure that he could find a way to defeat him.
Hearing this, Jiang Hongyan shook her head. "If I don't leave here, I will put all the people in the four Continents in great danger. In five years, he will be able to come to this side if he realizes that I'm not going to see him. By that time, the restrictions here will be broken."
Five years?
Xu Que was relieved.
I thought I was going to have to fight against a cultivator in the top level of the Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage. He won't be here for at least five years! Lol. There's nothing to be afraid of. After I destroyed my own cultivation, it only took me two years to get to the Void Training Stage. I am sure in five years I will be able to get into the Form Synthesis Stage or even the Crossing Calamity Stage. By that time, I am sure I can kill him as easily as killing an ant.
"Young lady, don't worry. I can promise you that in five years I am going to be the most powerful man you have ever seen!" Xu Que smiled and reached out his hand to touch Jiang Hongyan's tiny but delicate nose.
Jiang Hongyan did not dodge and was stunned. This was not the first time that Xu Que had touched her nose.
A few years ago, when Jiang Hongyan was going through her Heavenly Tribulations, Xu Que also touched her nose like this and promised that he would keep her safe, and he really had done so. This time, he was very confident and promised her that he would defeat the cultivator who was in the top level of the Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage.
"You think I am very handsome and cool, right?" Xu Que smiled.
Jiang Hongyan rolled her eyes and smiled. "Behave yourself!"
She had already made a decision that she was going to trust him, a young man who had created many miracles and who had even saved her life.
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Right at this moment, all the ancient cities around the Celestial Burial Valley turned into chaos. Everyone knew that the cultivators from the other side had demanded Xu Que to come see them together with Jiang Hongyan. They even said they wanted Xu Que to kneel down before them while killing him.
Many cultivators were terrified. None of them would dare to go if this happened to them.
"My god! Someone like Xu Que would never agree to go to see them!"
"Yesterday, I did believe that he would sacrifice himself to save us. Then he sent his doppelganger to meet them and he himself disappeared."
"Obviously, he was afraid, otherwise he would show himself! He sent his doppelganger to meet them only to get enough time to run away."
"What should we do? Where should all those innocent ordinaries go?"
All of a sudden, everyone got extremely terrified. Among them, the cultivators from the Utopia Faction feared the most since the cultivators from the other side had said that they would destroy the Utopia Faction first, then Buttface and Duan Jiude.
The Utopia Faction immediately activated the Array of Spiritual Level given to them by Xu Que and sealed up the mountain where they were staying. Buttface and Duan Jiude vanished together, and no one saw them ever after.
But the Array of Spiritual Level was not helpful at all if all those cultivators worked together. They could destroy the Array of Spiritual Level within one day.
"The Utopia Faction is going to end!"
Many people were very sympathetic with the Utopia Faction. However, when Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan heard about the news, they just laughed.
Xu Que sneered, "They want to destroy the Utopia Faction?! It is impossible for them to do so!"
"They would be killed by me. I will make sure of that!"
"Do you mind if I kill them all?" Xu Que looked at Jiang Hongyan and asked.
Jiang Hongyan shook her head. "Not at all. If I don't go back with them, they would doublecross me and would still kill me! For them, the only King of the Xuanzhen Continent is my father. I am just a puppet for them to maintain their control."
"Maintain their control? You mean there is more than one cultivator who is in the top level of the Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage?"
"You are right! In fact, apart from the four Continents, there are two more, one is the Xuanzhen Continent close to the Infinite Sea, and the other is the Xuanling Continent. There are more than 100 cultivators who are in the top level of the Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage in total!" Jiang Hongyan said.
Hearing this, Xu Que was stunned. "How can this be? The gap between the four Continents and the other two you just mentioned is too big!"
Jiang Hongyan shook her head. "I don't know why this would happen. I believe this has something to do with the restrictions here. Many cultivators, once they reach the Form Synthesis Stage, find it very hard to get into a higher level."
"How interesting this is!" Xu Que said in a low voice.
Meanwhile, many people knew Xu Que had come back and gathered on the street to see if he really would go to see the cultivators, but no one dared to ask him directly.
They want Xu Que to kneel down in front of them while killing him. This is too humiliating!
"Wow, so many people, why are you all staring at me? I know I am handsome, but please don't look at me like this. I am going to charge you!" Xu Que smiled at them.
Hearing this, the people all were speechless. No one had the time or the energy to listen to his boring jokes anymore.
Xu Que looked afar and sneered. "Tell them to clean their necks, I'll be there in a minute!"
Chapter 718: Xu Que, You Are A Bastard!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"What?"
Everyone was totally dumbfounded!
They didn't really expect that Xu Que would go there. After all, the requirements of those outlanders were outrageous!
Moreover, they didn't have the guts to force Xu Que to go there. Xu Que was too powerful for them, even the Patriarchs of the big families and sects didn't dare to provoke him!
While they were feeling despair and helpless, Xu Que stepped up and said he would certainly go with a smile!
This was so unexpected!
"Just go and tell everyone! Why are you still here? I remember you are quite good at delivering messages!" Xu Que shouted.
The onlookers came to themselves and started to shout excitedly as if they were celebrating a festival. They even planned to set off fireworks in celebration!
"Good news! Good news! Xu Que said he will go to face them!" someone shouted with pleasant surprise!
Xu Que's mouth twitched, "Damn! You are really efficient!"
"My Gosh! Xu Que has confirmed that he will go to face them personally!" the rest of the people continued to shout in ecstasy!
"Crap! You are really good at this!" Xu Que sighed.
However, the onlookers had forgotten all about him and just rushed around telling the good news!
"Come on, spread the message that Xu Que has agreed to face those outlanders outside the Celestial Burial Valley!"
"He also asked those outlanders to clean their necks and prepare chrysanthemums before his arrival!"
"Clean their necks? Does this mean he will kill those outlanders?"
"But why did he ask them to prepare chrysanthemums? Is he going to decorate his tomb with chrysanthemums?"
"Xu Que is a brave guy! He looks upon death as going home, which is really admirable!"
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All at once, Xu Que gained a lot of Acting Tough Points. Because there were so many onlookers here, he managed to earn around 20,000 Acting Tough Points just by saying a few words. Xu Que was so delighted because of this great gain!
"Hongyan, look, now you know how popular I am among the people!" Xu Que said as he looked at Jiang Hongyan proudly.
Jiang Hongyan reminded him with a smile, "When you face cultivators from the Xuanzhen Continent, don't underestimate them! Their magic artifacts are extraordinary!"
She still remembered the scene when Xu Que killed the powerhouses at the Form Synthesis Stage and the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage.
She reminded Xu Que now because those outlanders suffered heavy casualties when they were attacked by surprise. Now they came with full preparation. Xu Que should deal with them seriously.
"Don't worry. I have plenty of methods to defeat them!" Xu Que replied with a smile.
Jiang Hongyan nodded with a faint smile. Then, she looked at the cheering crowds like a mighty empress who was accepting cheers from her people!
Xu Que was quite proud about that. It was always a good thing to be a powerful cultivator! However, it was even better to have powerful female company, which could also do good to his acting tough business!
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Xu Que's words were delivered to many ancient cities that day. People who heard the news would always cheer after having gotten over being surprised.
Members and Patriarchs of many families and sects stayed in the Celestial Burial Valley secretly to observe the situation. After hearing Xu Que's words, many Patriarchs let out sighs of relief. After all, those outlanders would first slaughter the Utopia Faction. Then, it was their turn to face the slaughter.
At this time, some Patriarchs of the Gong Family, the Bai Family, and the Jiang Family were sitting in a back room. These three big families could almost be deemed as the overlords of the East Continent. Now they sat together to discuss the countermeasures.
"Guys, can we believe Xu Que's words?"
"If he eats his words, his trick will annoy those outlanders!"
"Alas! We provided a lot of assistance to help them arrive at the East Continent from the Xuanzhen Continent. I didn't realize that we invited a pack of wolves into the house! They turned against us and treat us as servants!"
"This is the way of this world. The strong always have the right to decide everything!"
"Forget it! Now the most urgent thing to do is to ensure that Xu Que will really go to confront them!"
"What should we do?"
"Let's use the method we used last time. We send people to all the ancient cities to guide the public concern, so that we could force that little bastard to go with the provocative approach!"
"That's the only way out now!"
"Exactly. Anyway, the death of either Xu Que or those outlanders will be always a good thing for us!"
��Let them fight as long as we are not implicated!"
After a simple discussion, the Patriarchs of several big families had reached an agreement.
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That day, people started to hear different voices in those ancient cities!
"Don't be too optimistic! Don't you know Xu Que is a man who always eats his words?"
"Right! Don't be too expectant. Xu Que will never sacrifice himself for us!"
"He will never have the guts to go!"
"If he dares to go, I will eat excrement!"
"Last time he fooled us like this. This time he will probably play tricks again!"
Rumors which targeted Xu Que started to appear in more and more ancient cities.
They tried to provoke Xu Que with words, so that he had to confront those outlanders to defend his dignity.
The next day, these provocative words became more and more rampant.
"Someone is plotting this secretly!" Jiang Hongyan, who sensed something was wrong first, reminded Xu Que.
Xu Que said with a smile, "I know! They try to force me to confront the outlanders with these rumors. This is really unnecessary. This time I will keep my word!"
"Right. Just ignore them!" Jiang Hongyan nodded.
"No, I won't ignore public opinion!" Xu Que said with a smile.
Jiang Hongyan was surprised and confused.
Xu Que explained with a smile, "They are spreading rumors that I am playing tricks, right? I will take this opportunity to have fun with them. I will teach them a good lesson, or I won't be Xu Que of the Exploding Heavens Faction!"
After saying that, he summoned his Taoist Body and asked it to go into the city wearing the Human-skinned Mask.
The Taoist Body managed to find out the three big families who were behind those rumors within half a day!
Then, Xu Que's real body showed up and declared, "Guys, please send this message to those outlanders for me!"
What? Another message?
His words surprised the onlookers for they thought Xu Que might plan to escape again!
Xu Que said with a smile immediately, "Please don't look at me like that! Am I a coward?"
"Just tell those outlanders that their Holy Senior, who is also my Hongyan, will call on her relatives and seniors of the Jiang Family. I will go with her! If those outlanders are not cowards, tell them to just have a fight with me at the Jiang Family compound! I will give them a good fight there until one party is killed!"
After saying that, Xu Que left for the central area of the East Continent with Jiang Hongyan!
All the onlookers were stunned. After coming to themselves, they couldn't help but gasp!
Is he really going to have a fight with the outlanders at the Jiang Family compound?
My God! This is too vicious!
If he has a fight with those powerhouses at the summit of the Form Synthesis Stage and at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage there, the Jiang Family compound might be razed to the ground instantly!
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Soon after, this took place in a back room of an ancient city in the Celestial Burial Valley area.
Flop!
After receiving the news, the Patriarchs of the three big families fell to the ground instantly! A Patriarch of the Jiang Family even spat blood and shouted hysterically, "Xu Que, you are a bastard! Screw you!"
Chapter 719: My Friends Of The Jiang Family, I Am Coming!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The big three Families were terrified. All the three Patriarchs hurriedly went back to their Factions and set up many Arrays to protect themselves.
At the same time, many cultivators gathered in front of the Jiang Family compound, to see how Xu Que was going to fare with the Jiang Family.
"The three big Families have been trying to set Xu Que up, well, they deserve this," many people said.
"Yes! They should never have tried to set Xu Que up in the first place!"
"I never thought Xu Que would come up with this idea: to fight against the cultivators from the other side right at the Jiang Family compound."
People talked and laughed while walking toward the Jiang Family compound. The cultivators immediately headed there as soon as they received Xu Que's news.
After all, they had not had the time to tell if the news was true or not, since the entrance to the Xuanzhen Continent was soon to be closed.
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A few days later, Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan finally arrived at the Jiang Family compound. This was in a very open valley, inside which there was plenty of Spiritual Qi and many pavilions made of stone and wood. There were also lots of villages dotting the mountainsides. Everything just looked very grand.
The entire valley was shrouded by an extremely powerful Array, which was shining and full of magnificent Spiritual force.
Outside of the valley, many cultivators were gathering who could not wait to see what would happen later.
Soon, Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan appeared. They looked so great together and made many people feel jealous.
Jiang Hongyan looked so beautiful and demure, just like a goddess.
If it were not for the Jiang Family calling her the Heavenly Cursed Lone Star, she would have had countless suitors.
"I do envy him, and I believe only he is able to walk beside Jiang Hongyan without being cursed."
"Nonsense! Think carefully. Ever since Xu Que met Jiang Hongyan, he has been into countless troubles."
"Do you forget what happened back at the Celestial Burial Valley. Xu Que had a big fight with many Holy Sons and Holy Virgins. He even lost his life for protecting Jiang Hongyan from being hit by thunder."
"Then he went to the Mysterious Land and was in great trouble again and was ambushed by many Patriarchs."
"Now among his enemies, there is a cultivator who is almost in the Crossing Calamity Stage. This time he is asked to kneel down in front of them."
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Hearing this, many people suddenly got frightened.
"I don't know why I suddenly feel cold and terrified after hearing what you have said!"
"He must be a freak. He killed a Patriarch with only three shots, can you do that?!"
"Although he could walk beside Jiang Hongyan, he is already cursed!"
"My goodness! He is really a freak!"
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"What are you talking about? It's so noisy, are you talking about me?!" Xu Que suddenly appeared in front of the valley and smiled.
He was very happy since as soon as he landed, the System told him that he had already made a few thousand Acting Tough Points.
As soon as the crowd saw Xu Que, they instantly shut up and hurriedly shook their heads. They didn't want to offend Xu Que.
"There is no need to be afraid of me. I have just come here as a guest of the Jiang Family!"
Hearing this, Jiang Hongyan was greatly impressed.
I can't believe he has grown so much, it is really beyond my imagination. Back in the Five Elements Mountain, I knew he was a man with great potential who would probably become the most outstanding Holy Son among all the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins. Now in just three years, he is able to kill cultivators of the Form Synthesis Stage or even the Crossing Calamity Stage. How impressive!
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"Why do you all lower your heads? Am I really that handsome that you feel inferior to me? Well, raise up your heads! I know you are all ugly, but you have to continue to live with courage, don't lose your confidence!"
Xu Que stood in front of them, boasting and acting tough.
"Xiao Taixuan, I saw you already. Don't hide yourself. Raise up your head, yes, just like this! Now smile!"
"Qin Ji, you are also here! Raise up your head! Why you are afraid to see me? Are you also stunned by my handsomeness?"
"Han Ying, how is everyone in the Heaven Secret Pavilion? Can you ask the Old Man of Heaven Secret to predict whether I will look as handsome as I do now in the future?"
"Wow, Xiao Munan, how dare you stare straight at my face? Your eyes don't feel painful?"
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Xu Que's nonsense had made everyone want to spit blood. Among the group, all the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins were about to freak out.
How shameless he is. He keeps boasting that he is handsome. Whether we are looking at him or not, he could always humiliate us in such a narcissistic way.
They had also realized that as long as they did not respond to Xu Que, no matter what he said, they would be fine.
Those who answered would lose their Spiritual Stones or even their lives.
At this moment, there was complete silence, with only Xu Que's sound echoing in the air.
Seeing no one was really paying attention to his provocative words, he directly targeted the Jiang Family.
Although the entire Jiang Family, as well as the valley, were shrouded by an Array of Spiritual Level, Xu Que could still easily destroy it.
"How are you, my friends of the Jiang Family! Would you mind letting us in? I have brought Hongyan with me. I promise if you let me in, I will not take a needle or a thread away from you!" Xu Que shouted to the valley.
No one answered.
Currently, the entire Jiang Family was hiding in the basement. Hearing Xu Que's voice, everyone was afraid and began to shiver.
The head and the Patriarchs of the Jiang Family were all wearing gloomy faces. "So you mean we just allow him to shout like this?! This is really humiliating!" One of the Patriarchs said angrily.
"We have nothing to stop him!"
The rest of the cultivators sighed. "We should have killed him when we first saw him!"
Jiang Yushu shouted, "There is no use crying over spilled milk! What we should do is to protect the Array and wait until the cultivators from the other side come! By that time, they would kill Xu Que!"
"Jiang Hongyan is to be blamed. It is exactly because of her that we in the Jiang Family are in this sort of predicament!"
"If Jiang Hongyan was not the so-called Holy Senior, I swear that I would kill her!"
"Never mind! Let's all work together to maintain the Array of the Spiritual Level. With our help, the Array has been greatly enhanced. I am sure Xu Que can't destroy it!"
The Patriarchs began to enhance the Array.
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Meanwhile, many cultivators were staring at Xu Que.
Seeing the Array set up by the Jiang Family, they all shook their heads. "I think Xu Que could not easily destroy the Array this time!"
"The Jiang Family is one of the most influential families here in the East Continent. The Array has been greatly enhanced by the Patriarchs!"
"No matter how powerful Xu Que is, he can not possibly destroy it, since he does not have enough time. The cultivators from the other side should soon be here!"
"As long as the Array is not destroyed, even if the battle happens, the Jiang Family will not be affected!"
"After all, it is an Array of Spiritual Level, and it has been strengthened by a few cultivators of the Form Synthesis Stage."
However, Xu Que did not care about the Array at all. As no one answered him, he quickly lost his patience. "My friends of the Jiang Family, since you are all silent…no, I mean since you do not let me in, I will force myself in!"
Then, Xu Que took a great step forward and practiced the King of Tough-Acting Fist which cost him 1,000 Acting Tough Points.
Bang!
The surrounding Spiritual Qi gathered together and formed an enormous fist that hit heavily on the surface of the Array of Spiritual Level.
The next moment, the Array began to crack and fell into countless sparkling fragments.
With only a punch, the Array of Spiritual Level fell into pieces.
All of a sudden, there was complete silence.