Chapter 15: The son of destiny who castrated himself, the reward has arrived!
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Nine Heavens Supreme Legacy — Sacrificial Dao Pagoda!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, the Sacrificial Dao Pagoda has successfully recognized its master!]
[Ding! System Notification: When the Host's cultivation reaches the Legend Realm, the first floor of the Sacrificial Dao Pagoda can be opened.]
[Ding! System Notification: Xiao Tu's despair value has reached 80 points.]
Listening to the series of System notifications, Ning Ye couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Sure enough, only cultivators with Divine Rank Bloodlines could make the Sacrificial Dao Pagoda recognize them as master, and his own peerless bloodline naturally posed no problem.
His thoughts stopped there.
Ning Ye turned to look at Xiao Tu, who was lying on the ground like a wounded beast, panting heavily and staring at him with bloodthirsty eyes. He couldn't help but shake his head, muttering to himself, "Only eighty points of despair value?"
"Indeed, these ten thousand Heavenly Mandate Essence aren't so easy to obtain!"
And just then, he suddenly remembered something.
"It seems... completing the mission isn't impossible after all!"
A cruel smile formed on Ning Ye's lips, and he then recited, "System!"
"Sign in!"
[Ding! System Notification: Successfully signed in at the Dark Sacrificial Temple. Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the sign-in reward — Sunflower Manual {Nine Heavens Immortal Martial Version}!]
Listening to the pleasant System notification, a bold idea had already surged in Ning Ye's mind.
"How can one make a man completely despair?"
"Well... it seems there's only one way now!"
His thoughts stopped there.
Ning Ye raised his hand and closed the bronze gate of the Dark Sacrificial Temple, then scanned the temple, finally setting his gaze on a prayer mat.
"This spot... is good!"
Ning Ye mumbled, then retrieved the Sunflower Manual he had just signed in for from the System warehouse and placed it under the prayer mat.
"That guy is so smart, he should be able to find it!"
Ning Ye thought seriously for a moment, then turned and left.
As he passed Xiao Tu, Ning Ye didn't even glance at him, heading down the three thousand stone steps.
Just then, a weak voice sounded behind him, "You... who exactly are you?"
"Why didn't you kill me?"
Hearing this, Ning Ye turned slightly, looking at the despairing Xiao Tu, and calmly retorted, "Why should I kill you?"
"You!!!"
Xiao Tu was stunned by these words; he hadn't expected Ning Ye to retort like that. What he didn't know was that Ning Ye had already regarded him as a high-quality "leek," or rather, a huge gold mine.
Would one cut a leek before it was ripe? Would one discard a gold mine before its value was fully exploited? Obviously not!
"I'm leaving!"
Ning Ye waved his hand and walked down the three thousand stone steps without any further hesitation.
Now, he had done what he needed to do.
The final trump card had also been placed.
As for the outcome? Whether he could earn those ten thousand Heavenly Mandate Essence, that could only be left to fate.
"Bastard!"
"No matter who you are... your failure to kill me today will be the decision you regret most in your life!"
Xiao Tu gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.
With that, he used all his strength to crawl into the Dark Sacrificial Temple.
He had watched Ning Ye take the small pagoda from the stone statue's hand, but he was unwilling to accept it and wanted to see if there were other legacies hidden in the vast Dark Sacrificial Temple.
However, he searched around but found no other legacies or heavenly treasures in the Dark Sacrificial Temple.
Finally, he could only kneel weakly on the prayer mat, looking up at the goddess stone statue whose true face was obscured, and lamented sorrowfully, "Damn it!"
"What... what should I do... to avenge the annihilation of my clan?"
Xiao Tu's hands fell powerlessly, and his entire being seemed to be enveloped in a thick gloom, shrouded in despair.
Just then, he suddenly lowered his head, as if he felt something. He lifted his hand and pulled aside the prayer mat. There, he discovered the legacy stone that Ning Ye had deliberately placed beneath it.
"This is..."
Xiao Tu's eyes lit up, and he quickly picked up the legacy stone. After a careful scan, he instantly sensed the incredibly powerful and strange energy contained within the legacy stone!
"Heaven never seals off all exits!"
"Indeed... there is more than one legacy in this Dark Sacrificial Temple!"
Xiao Tu held the legacy stone in his palm as if it were a priceless treasure, his handsome and resolute face filled with excitement and joy.
However, happy times are always short-lived.
When he crushed the legacy stone and saw the most crucial cultivation technique tips of the Sunflower Manual, the smile abruptly froze on his face.
"To cultivate the Divine Palace, one must wield a blade and castrate oneself?!"
Xiao Tu muttered the cultivation technique tips of the Sunflower Manual, his face now completely rejecting the idea.
What kind of joke was this?
If he castrated himself, then he wouldn't be a man!
But here was the problem: the martial arts competition for marriage at Tianmen Pass was about to begin, but his current strength was far from a match for the prodigy saints of the Seven Great Cultivation Clans in the Eastern Barren State.
Therefore, the Sunflower Manual was his only hope for a comeback!
If he couldn't marry Wu Yao, the Eldest Princess of the Junlin Dynasty, then he would have no power to contend with the Jun Family.
At this moment, he remembered a saying — "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river."
But the problem was, he couldn't wait thirty years, nor did he have thirty years.
Because, perhaps, the moment he stepped out of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, the Jun Family would send people to kill him.
After all, his previous jump off the Soul Severing Cliff was also a desperate act of being cornered.
"Hahahahaha!"
"A dead end!"
Xiao Tu looked up and laughed, his laughter extremely desolate.
However, after a long silence, he finally made a decision.
He staggered to his feet and closed the bronze gate of the Dark Sacrificial Temple.
Then, he returned to the goddess stone statue, took out a pot of clear wine, a sharp short blade, and a large pile of precious medicinal pills for healing and stopping bleeding from his storage ring, placing them all in front of him.
Gulp, gulp!!!
He picked up the clear wine and drank it all in one go.
"Damn it!"
"Succeed or die trying!"
"If I don't die, I will become stronger!"
"In the future, I will eventually avenge my blood feud, and I will eventually stand at the peak of the Nine Heavens!"
Xiao Tu picked up the knife. With a face full of despair, he gritted his teeth and fiercely swung the blade at his lower body.
"Ah!!!!!!!"
A shrill scream echoed in the Dark Sacrificial Temple. Not only that... even Ning Ye, who had already descended the three thousand stone steps, heard this tragic cry, and he subconsciously clamped his legs together.
"What a ruthless man!"
"Truly a ruthless man!"
Ning Ye couldn't help but offer a sincere salute in the direction of the Dark Sacrificial Temple...
Pain!
Too much pain!
This was the only thought in Xiao Tu's mind at this moment.
He endured the heartbreaking pain that penetrated his soul, shoving all the medicinal pills into his mouth at once. Tears streamed uncontrollably from his eyes as he looked at the blood on the ground, crying and laughing as he said, "I... I can finally cultivate the Sunflower Manual!"
Hmm!
Being able to cultivate the Sunflower Manual was certainly a good thing.
However, after castrating himself, his heart had completely died.
Because, from this moment on, he was no longer considered a true man!
...
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing Side Quest Four — obtained mission reward 10,000 Heavenly Mandate Essence!]
Ning Ye let out a long sigh as he listened to the crisp System notification. He looked at his hard-earned balance of ten thousand Heavenly Mandate Essence and couldn't help but laugh, muttering to himself.
"Finally accumulated ten thousand Heavenly Mandate Essence!"
"It's truly... not easy!"
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