"Ahh!!! Pervert! You, you stop it right now!"
The girl let out a shrill shout. She would never have expected to be humiliated and taken advantage of in broad daylight, under the foot of her sect's own mountain.
"You can scream all you like! I think you can even scream till your throat rips apart but nobody would come and save you…"
Xu Que squinted and smiled as he looked at her.
Of course, all this was done in an innocent bid to scare and embarrass her. This was repayment for chasing after him and trying to kill him.
"Sou! Sou!"
At this point, sounds could be heard from the sky as it tore through the clouds. Immediately after, three beams of light soared through the heaven and descended down upon this land like shooting stars.
"Scoundrel, you dare!"
"Stop it immediately."
A pair of stern and harsh voices rang out as Xu Que felt their voice reverberate in his head like the deafening roars of thunder. A wave of immense pressure was exerted over his body as if mountains had been placed over his shoulders. He panicked and Xu Que's face turned pale as he fell to his knees.
Immediately after, three old people appeared. Although their heads were full of white hair, their complexion looked extremely young, as if they upkept themselves very well.
One of the old women had a sinister and fierce glance etched across her face as she glared at Xu Que. Just this stare alone made Xu Que feel like he was being imprisoned within her eyes. It was almost as if his entire life was hinged at the tips of her fingers, as helpless as an insect.
Strong person!
Crap! These few old people are extremely formidable!"
He could feel the pressure emitted from their bodies, radiating out towards him. Xu Que knew at once that he wouldn't be able to overpower them.
"What boldness! You dare to commit evil acts right under the mountain of our Celestial Sect? Today I shall administer justice."
The old woman cleared her throat as she waved a palm in the air. A fiery snake was conjured as it slithered on her arm and flew towards at Xu Que, emanating a majestic, blazing aura around it.
"Screw this! Old woman, how could you be so evil? How could you attack without speaking a word or giving any warnings?"
Xu Que's face turned, as he hastily invoked earth Qi from the ground and fused it together with his feet as they seemed to become one with the earth. His reflexes and speed increased tremendously as he darted to the side to avoid the blow.
The fire snake missed him on the first strike as it turned its head deftly, mouth wide open to launch a second assault. All of a sudden, it split into two snakes, attempting to block his retreat as the pair of fire snakes charged towards him.
Xu Que inhaled a deep breath of cold air. This old woman was really trying to kill him!
Damn it, who did I offend this time?
Xu Que was extremely unhappy and yet he had no choice but to run. If not, he would have to pay with his dear life.
"Sou!" He had nearly expanded all the earth Qi as he turned back to look at the pair of fiery snakes hot on his heels. Just as they were about to close in on him, he darted once again, and felt the pair of them nearly brush past his skin as he dodged their strikes by squeezing in between the two of them. An intense feeling of life and death welled up within his heart. He realized that his sweat stained back turned dry after that ordeal.
By dodging a pair of snakes, the three elderly looked at him in utter shock.
"How… How's that possible?"
"He's only at the tenth level of Qi Refining Stage, and yet could avoid the strikes of the fiery snakes twice in such a short span of time. How did he achieve such speed and agility?" The pair of elder beside the old woman spoke out in shock.
The old woman gave a cold harrumph, "Just now, I could feel earth Qi envelop his body. The people from Earth Nation are all good at using using the landscape to their advantage and fleeing in such a manner. He must be a spy from Earth Nation."
"Master, wait a minute. That person claimed to be the Prince Consort of Fire Country. He even had a tile to prove it." The girl hurriedly spoke out.
She knew that if he's really the Fire Country's Prince Consort and her teacher were to kill him, the Palace would use this as an excuse to attack Celestial Sect.
"Prince Consort? Ah, according to what I know, the Prince Consort of Fire Country has such exquisite innate talents that it was seen only once in a thousand years. At the tender age of eighteen, he stepped past the Golden Core Stage. He should be in secluded meditation now within the palace, how can he be compared to this little brat? Xue Ru, you've never descended the mountains alone and thus have little experience in this world. You have to remember, never to be so gullible and trust what everyone says." The old woman looked at the girl adoringly.
"So he's a liar and a sham." The girl looked at him wide eyed as her anger built up.
The old woman swept a glance across Xu Que, who was standing a short distance away. She seemed to be deep in thought. In the next moment, she flipped her palms and conjured a rope out of thin air. This rope glowed in bright gold and was radiating brilliant looking lights.
This caused Xu Que to gaze at the rope, wide eyed in astonishment. He admired the luster and brilliance of the rope. A treasure. That is definitely a treasure spoken of in fables!
"Xue Rou, master shall lend you my Immortal Trapping Rope. Use this to capture him." The old woman instructed as the golden rope floated up into the air and dropped gently before Xue Rou.
Xue Rou was stunned. This was her master's most precious weapon! Once this rope was used, even people who were at the Golden Core stage would fall prey to it quickly. It's just that with master's skills and proficiency, taking this person down would be only too easy. Why didn't she do it herself then?
In a split second, she understood why.
With his master's status and powers, it was inappropriate for her to attack him. Should word leak out, people would mock her for bullying someone so much weaker than her. However, lending Xue Rou her secret weapon was acceptable and doing that would also ensure that they would take down the pervert. She mused at how wise her master was.
At this point, Tang Xue Rou held onto the rope with one hand as her gorgeous looking eyes glared at Xu Que. She then shouted out, "Pervert, raise your hands up and surrender."
Xu Que's mouth twitched.
Surrender your sister! Your damned mouth already condemned me as a pervert. If I were to surrender, wouldn't that mean death for me? You wish!
He rolled his eyes before laughing coldly, "I am the Prince Consort of Fire Country. Are you really using that stupid broken rope to take down the Prince Consort? You really think so little of me huh? If you have the guts, take another step towards me. I shall stand here and let you cast your stupid broken rope at me!"
Broken rope?
Not only Tang Xue Rou, but the old woman and the other two elderly people were shocked and their faces fell.
This Immortal Trapping Rope was crafted personally by their own sect leader and was a top quality weapon. Yet this scoundrel here called it a broken rope? It's such an insult to Celestial Sect!
"All this trouble and your death is brought on by yourself!"
Tang Xue Rou gave a cry before she leapt into the sky. The Immortal Trapping Rope came alive like a deft snake. It struck as quick as lightning as it shot towards Xu Que.
"Ding! Host 'Xu Que' acting tough failed. No rewards shall be granted."
"Your mother... Acting tough backfired on me! It's better if I flee now."
Xu Que scolded harshly before turning around to flee.
"Xue Rou, use your flying sword to close down on him." All of a sudden, the old woman spoke out, using Xu Que as an opportunity to guide her disciple with the arts of battle.
Tang Xue Rou understood immediately as she activated her flying sword and charged towards Xu Que while standing on it.
Xu Que was extremely disheartened at this point and turned around to shout, "You old foggy, why are you so stubborn to defy death and still be alive at this age? Are you afraid your disciple cannot win me? I've already said that if you manage to capture me today, my surname isn't Xue."
"Don't talk to my master that way!"
Tang Xue Rou retorted angrily as her flying sword gained ground.
The old woman's expression was boiling with rage as well.
Xue Que hurriedly whipped out an item from the inventory within the system. It was the Beginner's Divine Escape Emblem which was given to him at the start by the system. The moment he retrieved it, a fearless look appeared across his face. He then thought of an acting tough line and shouted out.
"The river flowed west for thirty years and flowed east for another thirty years. Just you wait. For bullying the weak and poor, I shall one day have you kneel before me as I vanquish you!"
As he spoke, the Immortal Trapping Rope was just mere inches away from his back. Just as it was about to close in on him and trap him, the emblem within his palms gave off a bright light. With a 'sou', Xu Que instantly vanished from sight.
The Immortal Trapping Rope lost its target and remained limp as it floated in the air.
Tang Xue Rou and the three elderly people stared as their mouth gaped in shock.
"What… What kind of treasure did he use?"
"Could it be the long lost Earth Shrinking Amulet? How… How could that be possible?"
"Hurry, dispatch men and search for him. He couldn't have gotten far. This person has a treasure on him and we cannot allow such a precious item to remain in his possession!" The old woman shouted before transforming into a beam of light, soaring into the skies.
...
At the same time, the skies opened up as another beam of light could be seen. A Daoist descended from the skies onto the ground. It was Xu Que.
"Shit! This amulet was pretty useful! Haha! Those death-defying old people failed in their plans. It was so damn exhilarating to act tough before fleeing!"
Seeing that he was temporarily safe, Xu Que burst out in laughter as he heard the system go off in his head.
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is one act tough point."
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully completing 'act tough and flee' with good results. The reward is ten act tough points."
Xu Que paused in amusement before breaking out into laughter. "Haha! It was extremely worth it to act tough that way!"
He was in extremely high spirits as he stood up and observed his surroundings.
He noticed many chests— large and small, scattered all around. It was giving off a certain fragrance and was an extremely strange sight to behold.
Xu Que was overjoyed. Just as he was about to take a step forward to examine it, he raised his head and looked up. He saw a signboard hung overhead with inscriptions of dragons and phoenixes flying. There seemed to be several words written as well— Celestial Sect's Treasure Room!
Holy shit. How did I accidentally end up in their treasure room?
This… What an embarrassing situation! I am not usually a thieving person as well!
Xue Que then looked at the chests greedily before shooting off for the nearest chest.
He then opened a squarish chest to reveal a crimson red sword which was glowing brightly. Red energy seemed to be circling around the sword. Just a look was enough for him to know that this wasn't any ordinary sword.
"I'll take it. I have to take it."
Xu Que was overjoyed. He then operated the system by controlling his mind and opened the inventory before placing the sword into it.
He then opened a second wooden chest. He saw several vials encased within. The vials were labelled as Energy Accumulation Pills.
"I've struck it rich!"
Xu Que once again kept several vials into the inventory within his system before scooting off to the next chest.
Only after more than half of the chests had been opened— its contents taken and stored within his inventory, that he realized there was a limited amount of space within. Every item that was different occupied a square block, signifying a single item slot. Hence he knew that it was impossible to store every item here within his inventory.
"That's damned embarrassing! There are still so many treasures left. If I don't take them, I would suffer the wrath of heaven!"
"No, I definitely won't waste all these treasures here. I have to think of a way…"
Xu Que sat down on the floor in contemplation.
Several moments later, a gleam came into his eyes as he stood up in excitement, "I've got it. I shall consume all the pills. Then I shall be able to keep all the remaining treasures."
Immediately after he finished speaking, Xu Que opened his inventory and took out every single pill from within it. He then noticed an entire section of unused item space. He then started to fill it up once again with the remaining treasures.
Before long, all the remaining space were occupied as well. There were slightly over ten chests left, which contained a variety of magical pills and potions.
Xu Que thought to himself and knew that such pills cannot be taken rashly. He decided to try a single pill of each before deciding.
Thus, he opened the 'Energy Accumulation Pills' and poured out a single black pill. He then shoved it into his mouth. He chewed on it like a candy but couldn't detect the faintest trace of flavour or taste.
"Gulp!" He swallowed down the remnants of chewed up pill and furrowed his eyebrows. "Strange. Not only does it not have any taste but I don't feel anything different as well. Could it be that it's past its expiration date?"
"Maybe I should eat another…"
In between his own mumblings, he opened the second vial of Energy Accumulation Pill…
The third vial...
The fourth vial...
All the way up to the tenth pill, the only feeling experienced by Xu Que was that he was slightly full and yet he still couldn't feel anything different about his body.
"I don't believe this. Maybe I should try these Origins Pills. Oh, there's still the Physical Tempering Pills…"
He then started going crazy and swallowed every single pill he laid his sight on. Pill by pill, vial by vial.
"Ka-da!"
All of a sudden, the doors to the treasure room was pushed open. A youth dressed in fresh robes and a sword hanging from his waist appeared at the door.
Xu Que paused in shock as the both of them stared at each other.
The youth : "..."
Xu Que : "..."
At this point in time, everything was still.
"Gulp…"
Xu Que's throat moved as he swallowed down the last few pills in his mouth. He looked up at the youth before giving a long and loud burp.
The youth with a sword by his side frowned as the corners of his lips twitched.
He swept a glance at the empty treasure room before turning his gaze to this unfamiliar face standing in front of him. In a short while, his expression started to change into one of intense rage. ‘Zheng!’ He drew out his sword and pointed it at Xu Que and asked ferociously, "Who are you? How dare you trespass into my sect’s treasure room!"
Xu Que turned to look at the system interface screen and noticed the last remaining Divine Escape Emblem left in the item slot. He then started laughing out loud.
"Brother, you don’t even know who I am and you dare to point your sword at me? Don’t you know? In this entire life, the one thing I hate the most is for someone to point a gun… Oh, for someone to point a sword at my face?"
"Ding! Congratulations host ‘Xu Que’ for successfully acting tough. The reward is one act tough point."
The sword wielding youth paused, a confused look could be seen on his face, "But, I didn’t point it at your head!"
He then realized what he’d just said and snapped back into anger, "Cut the crap! You dare to enter our sacred treasure room. You’re clearly looking for death."
The minute his last word was spoken, the youth swung his sword with a ‘whoosh’. The deadly flash of the sword could almost be heard as bright red light reflected across to the four corners of the room. A stream of ember flames spilled out and charged towards Xu Que, causing him to feel an intense heat.
His mother, this kid is really unkind! And much more powerful than that immortal girl from earlier. At the very least, he’s at the Foundation Building Stage! Why do all these cultivation people so fierce and violent. They always attack to kill without giving any warning or speaking and their opening attacks are always so powerful.
Xu Que cursed out aloud as he charged some energy from within his body to defend himself. However, he felt something wasn’t quite right.
He could feel a colossal amount of energy welling from within the deepest recesses of his body. It seemed to swirl around his vital organs and wreak havoc all over. It was almost as if the energy was trying to rip his entire body apart and felt like a million needles were pricking every inch of him. Xu Que trembled before falling to the ground helplessly.
"Ah!"
Xu Que clutched at his lower abdomen, just above the navel, where the dantian was. The dantian was the region where Qi was stored and it felt like the immense energy was about to force its way out. It was so intense that he knew the amount of energy trying to escape would surely kill him and shatter his body.
Why was this happening?
Xu Que then recalled the number of pills he gulped down recklessly as his face turned pale.
I’m finished. I’m really finished.
With so many pills in my stomach I’m done for. So it wasn’t that the pills weren’t taking effect but that I had to rotate all the Qi around for me to feel it.
After consuming all those pills, he didn’t think to rotate the Qi around his body and thus didn’t feel the effects of it. Only after he was forced to utilize some energy to defend himself from the youth did he rotate his Qi.
"How dare you thief! What tricks are you trying to pull off this time?"
Zhang Su Liang glared at Xu Que, trying to size him up. Seeing him clutch his belly and all the empty vials around him. He finally understood the situation. With a face full of shock and fear, he sputtered, "You... Did you consume all those pills?"
At this point, Xu Que had no energy to reply him. His entire face was contorted as he grimaced in agony, his cheeks becoming paler by the second.
Even with five different spiritual roots, he was completely unable to assimilate such copious amounts of Qi.
Zhang Su Liang was momentarily stunned as well. All these pills... They were used to give the outer disciples for their cultivation every month! A single normal Energy Accumulation pill could provide enough Qi to a disciple for an entire month.
And this guy standing before him just swallowed dozens of these pills? He even ate the Origins and Physical Tempering Pills meant for the Foundation Building Stages. Was he trying to commit suicide?
"Ding! System detected that host ‘Xu Que’ is overloaded with Qi and is taking damage to his body. Activate repair and recovery capabilities? Notice : Repair and recovery would require 1 act tough point."
The voice of the system rang out within his head. Even without thinking, he hurriedly shouted out in his head, "Activate! Hurry get rid of this excess Qi in my body!"
"Ding! Activation of recovery, success. Deducting 1 act tough point."
"Ding! It’s been detected that the host’s <Ancient Five Elements Arts> only has the beginner’s level and thus is unable to digest the Qi energy. It’s required to buy the intermediate level.
Shua!
Following the repair of his physical condition, Xu Que felt the pain subside considerably. At the same time, he saw a white page appeared before his eyes. This was the shop of the system.
This was his first time seeing the shopping facilities of the system. Within it, there were a multitude of purchasable items and many different types of manuals and treasures.
However, the minute he saw the price attached to the intermediate levels of the <Ancient Five Elements Arts> he spit out a mouthful of blood.
"The middle levels required me to spend a hundred acting tough points? Fuck, why don’t you just rob me instead?! I’ve acted tough so hard the entire day and I can’t even purchase an intermediate level manual!" Xu Que shouted out in his head.
Zhang Su Liang furrowed his eyebrows and was just about to speak. All of a sudden, Xu Que’s face contorted in agony once again as he let out a distressed shout.
"Ah!!!"
The sound of the shout sounded excruciating and he wasn’t feigning it. He felt another surge of pain in his body since the recovery speed was unable to catch up to the speed of his Qi wrecking his body. He had consumed far too many pills and his body which was festered with impurities couldn’t handle the pureness of the Qi.
"Since you’re in so much pain, why don’t I put you out of your misery!"
Zhang Su Liang couldn’t bear to hear his screams any longer as he clutched the hilt of his sword and decided to end his sufferings.
Seeing the present situation, he mustered the remnants of his energy and gritted his teeth, "Don’t bother about me. Everyone has to die sooner or later in spite of how severe or easy their deaths would be. If I don’t enter hell, who else shall? Ah!!!"
The minute his last word echoed out, there was a ‘whoosh’ as Xu Que disappeared from sight. It did seem like he had really died then and his soul vanished from the spot. Even his body had been utterly destroyed as well.
Zhang Su Liang’s mouth was gaping wide as he struggled to believe what he saw. It took him a long time before he regained his senses. It was as if he was taken aback by the sagely words spoken by Xue Que.
…
Indeed, Xu Que didn’t die. He was just afraid that he would be hacked to death by Zhang Su Liang if he remained and thus he broke the final Divine Escape Emblem and activated it. It was just that he acted tough once before leaving.
And the way which he acted tough was anything but ordinary. The system however only rewarded him with a single point each time he acted tough. Compared with the points needed to purchase the intermediate level of the <Ancient Five Element Arts>, it was a single hair out of nine cows.
At this point, Xu Que was still relying on the system’s recovery and he had to spend 1 acting tough points every now and then. However, the Qi within his body didn’t seem to dissipate. Instead, it seemed to grow stronger, like the aging of wine which grew stronger by tenfolds as time passed.
Assimilating such small amounts of Qi each time wasn’t going to solve the problem.
Xu Que was teleported to a side of a small creek and was backed up against a tree. He composed himself and conjured the system into view. A window interface appeared before his eyes.
Host: Xu Que
Cultivation Stage: Qi Refining Stage Level 10 (Beginner’s Access)
Experience Points: 0/1000
Acting Tough Points: 15 Points
Skill Path: <Ancient Five Elements Arts> Beginner’s Level
Occupation: None
Status: Prince Consort of Eastern Fire Country
Current Vitality Status: Imminent Danger
Seeing the last line of words, Xu Que’s mouth twitched.
Imminent danger couldn’t mean anything good. It was exactly like what people were told when they received news of terminal illness. It was somewhat like a death sentence!
"Damned system. You told me that you would guide me along this journey of acting tough and see that I soar. Hurry and think of a way to solve this problem!" Xu Que clutched his abdomen, his face grimaced in pain.
"Ding! Search complete. According to the host’s previous acting tough situation and present circumstance, the system has detected a solution to the problem..."
Hearing these words, Xu Que’s eyes lit up as if he had a renewed hope in life.
In the next moment however, his vision went black.
The system automatically ejected itself from the shops. It then displayed a manual which was titled, <Destruction of Meridians>.
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