Chapter 90: Chapter 89: Twelve Palms of Slaughter
It has been a while when Gu XiNiang arrived at the Dark Realm and practice the method of cultivating the Nether Secret Record. Apparently, even though she had learned that Mei WuTang was safe and sound, she insisted Asuro on using the 'other' method on cultivating excluding flesh to flesh contact on a direct demon. Asuro squinted his eyes upon XiNiang's request but it was necessary since Shifting Flower Disciples are too strict on keeping their chastity in contact.
Now, it has been a week since XiNiang cultivated the Secret Record. However, it's echelon hasn't even moved from one even with Asuro's help but XiNiang wanted to push through it.
"This is useless, go on the first method."
"Shut your mouth, Asuro. Leave me be."
"As I told you… You can't even move it's echelon—"
"S—Shush. Let me concentrate."
Asuro rolled his eyes and stood up. He decided to make tea instead and leave XiNiang in figuring out how to raise the skill's echelon. XiNiang did not pay any attention to anyone and closed her eyes slowly sinking deep inside her seemingly void and endless consciousness.
'I feel like I'm underwater but it's strange… Why am I breathing fine?'
Diving down deep, she saw a glow of faint light as she sank. She moved closer and closer into the light until the light flashed upon her eyes making her grew blind. She closed her eyes and afterwards opened them and found herself in a body of her younger self.
'Wait… Why am I—'
She looked at her small and frail hands and found a glowing root herb inside her palms. Soon afterwards, she looked up at the blood red sky. Ashes are falling down and burned stench filled the air. She looked all around her and saw people run for their lives heading northbound. Befuddled, XiNiang stood up and ran towards the panicked men and women and managed to grab a cloth of a woman.
"Ayí, what is happening?"
"The Goddess… She killed everyone in the village! Run for your life child!"
"Goddess?"
"Here she comes! Run!"
The woman rudely let go of her letting go of the glowing root herb from her hand. The panicked woman ran fast leaving her behind. XiNiang cursed the woman inwardly and picked up the glowing root herb. In a short while, the ground began to shook.
BAM
BAM
BAM
Humongous footsteps shook the ground as the Goddess Ji Mei lays waste to Old Jianghu. XiNiang looked back and saw humans being attacked by the Goddess. Among the humans that were attacked, she saw two children being stuck up at their house not knowing the danger that they're in.
'No… I couldn't just stand by and watch.'
XiNiang acted fast and jumped towards the house's open window.
"Kids, you need to get out of the house. Follow me."
Her heart almost weakened seeing the children's faces in fright. Without another word, she took them hand by hand and ran quickly outside the house. Just as then, the Titan Goddess, Ji Mei angrily smashed the house into pieces.
Sharp wooden pieces hurled towards the children's direction luckily, XiNiang shielded them from the sharp pieces making her bleed. With this, XiNiang coughed up blood yet she had more strength to keep protecting the children. She could only let them run and keep their lives.
"Run! Don't look back… Save yourselves!"
Before the children ran, they bowed their heads in gratitude for XiNiang's actions. Time was already running out as the horrendous Ji Mei stood up in front of XiNiang with her face enveloped in flames and hair of ash.
But XiNiang did not flinch. Instead, she held on the glowing root herb on her hand as the enraged Goddess was about to strike her. She is powerless as a mortal and there's nothing she could do but to hold the root herb towards the Goddess.
Awaiting for her doom, she closed her eyes but afterwards opened them as the Goddess squealed in pain. She looked at the glowing root herb in her hand and realized something.
'This herb is that monster's weakness.'
Finally, she had found courage after finding out Ji Mei's weakness. She pulled herself up and ran towards the Goddess climbing up to her back and strike her nape with the glowing root herb. The root herb buried deep into her neck which caused her to fall down. The herb soon extinguished her flames which made her even lost her temper.
As entangling vines with colorful flowers were succumbing the titan to submission, the Goddess laughed hysterically and faced XiNiang.
"What makes you think humans are all good and benevolent? You even dare to put an end to my life with that root herb which came from my own flesh."
"I did not say that about us. The wrong thing that humans did are all in the past, let the troubles go in the wind."
"Hah! Go with the wind you say? Tell me, do humans change their ways after all these years?"
XiNiang paused. Clearly, the Goddess have been telling the truth. It is the inevitable truth that should be addressed. XiNiang cleared her throat and faced the Goddess with a serious look on her face.
"You immortals knew nothing of diversity. Humans are diverse. When one human betrays another, the other forgives, as mortals, we aren't perfect like you immortals, so don't judge us like we're like you because we are constantly going through changes."
The Goddess nodded and finally said to XiNiang…
"You earned my respect."
Those words echoed inside her until XiNiang woke up and found herself back at the Dark Realm with QiuShan Li staring at her with eyes wide open.
"What are you staring at?"
"XiNiang… You— You've…"
"What?"
"I'm calling master."
Li ran fast heading inside the corridor. XiNiang rolled her eyes and stood up. But… There's something wrong…
'WHY AM I HOVERING?!'
She looked down and saw that she was two feet off the floor.
Asuro came running inside the room and his jaw almost dropped looking at XiNiang.
"T—This… XiNiang… You're…"
"What's wrong with me? Why am I hovering?"
"You earned it… You cultivated the Secret Nether Record to full and also you have unlocked something which a Shura should only unlocked."
"W-What?"
"The Twelve Palms of Shura."
"I don't believe this… I…"
"Yes XiNiang… You're the 7th one."
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"My emperor…" Lu Jie bowed herself in front of Wei Yue. It has been three long months that they never have seen each other after Lu Jie went with XuanZheng on a journey to recover a lost artifact.
Wei Yue stepped down his throne and threw his arms around Lu Jie without paying any attention around the subjects that might see them.
"I've missed you."
"So have I, your majesty."
"Lu Jie…"
Wei Yue knelt down and touched Lu Jie's shoes. The maids gasped as they saw their cold-faced Emperor kneeling in front of a woman.
"Yue… They're looking at us."
"I don't mind."
"Yue…"
"Lu Jie… Will you marry me?"
"What kind of question is that?"
"It's something what my heart wants to say these few months."
"But these people, are they willing to take a demon as an Empress?"
"Demon, goddess, fat or ugly. They shouldn't care. I'm the Emperor. When I say yes, they say yes, when I say no, they say no."
Lu Jie's face turned red peppers and spoke afterwards...
"Y—Yes."
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