Chapter 448 - 389: Nothing Is Too Costly for Me!

True Monarch Ling Xiao: No! Who the hell are you?

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Within the third layer of the Origin Spirit Realm, a youth whose gender was indistinguishable carried a massive sword box on his back, his sharp gaze scanning the air as he flew.

After Xu Ziqing entered this place, he felt a sense of comfort throughout his body.

This feeling was identical to when Chu Huaixu first entered the Origin Spirit Realm.

The spiritual qi surrounding them was so concentrated that you didn’t need to deliberately absorb it.

With each breath, it would rush into your body, enhancing your cultivation.

Xu Ziqing only hated that he had the most ordinary lower grade spiritual embryo, and the conversion rate of spiritual qi into spiritual power was truly too low.

"If Senior Brother and Senior Sister Han were here, they would probably be absorbing frantically, wouldn’t they?" That was his first thought.

But Xiaoxu knew very well that he had important business to attend to this time.

Thus, he only took a moment to feel it, then immediately flew in search of cultivators.

Yes, he chose such an apparently reckless course of action.

Strictly speaking, he knew all his means appeared fancy in front of the might of the evil sword.

——I only need to take two steps.

Find the cultivator and unravel the evil sword’s restriction!

The rest, leave it to the sword spirit of the bronze sword.

The drip-trip service is indeed worry-free and effortless.

Provided you are willing to pay enough price!

Coincidentally, True Monarch Ling Xiao chose the same mode.

——I only need to take two steps.

Find Chu Huaixu, employ the secret technique and the ring!

So, he too flew directly, spreading his divine thought, looking for the target of this trip.

Precisely because of this, the two of them could collide face-to-face at the fastest speed in the air.

Xu Ziqing, seeing this man on the opposite side, didn’t think twice, immediately opened the giant sword box on his back!

He was about to raise his right hand to draw the bronze sword from the sword box when he heard the words from the opposite side and his brows couldn’t help but wrinkle.

True Monarch Ling Xiao couldn’t help but shout:

"Why is it you!"

"Why isn’t it Chu Huaixu!?"

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"Why isn’t it Chu Huaixu!?"

Hundreds of miles away from the Origin Spirit Realm, inside the Evil Cultivation Altar, the Black Moon Sect Leader stood at the center of the altar, letting out the same roar of anger!

He was so enraged that he waved his sleeve fiercely, causing the surrounding stone walls to collapse with a bang.

Violent power swept around, with stones continuously falling from high up.

This altar was nearly completely destroyed by him.

"Enough!" An ancient voice came from his mouth.

Snow Venerable’s Primordial Spirit saw his powerless rage and felt even more anger in his heart.

To him, you merely had your greedy expectations dashed.

Moreover, you were never going to obtain the Night Venerable Fruit Position!

That was only a scheme set by the Venerable for you, simply for the Venerable to use you.

In fact, if Chu Huaixu had really come, Snow Venerable would have initiated the secret technique buried on the Black Moon Sect Leader’s body first thing after possessing, using the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to make him explode!

You are lucky to have survived till now, which is thanks to Chu Huaixu not coming!

And what about the Venerable?

"Over a thousand years of planning, over a thousand years of arrangements!"

"The final all-out effort!"

"All has fallen through! All has fallen through!"

Such planning, in the end, was merely because... the right person didn’t come?

The Black Moon Sect Leader took several deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down.

"What should we do next?" he asked.

His current strength is only a pseudo-realm, unable to sustain for long.

Now there are far too many individuals protecting Chu Huaixu; once he falls back to the Eighth Realm, there would be no chance to kill him!

Snow Venerable, hearing this, fell into silence.

"Although the old man does not know why he didn’t go to the Origin Spirit Realm, I think he should be at the Daoist Sect at this moment." he spoke.

"The Daoist Sect’s Mountain Protection Array was set by the one you call Dao Ancestor."

"Do you think you have the strength to force your way in?" he asked.

The Black Moon Sect Leader heard this and fell into silence.

Me?

Am I going to break the Mountain Protection Array set by the Dao Ancestor?

Not even ten of me together would be enough!

"Is this heaven-sent opportunity going to be missed just like that?!" he couldn’t help but grit his teeth and voice.

Snow Venerable’s Primordial Spirit pondered for a moment and said: "With the current situation, you and I can only take one step at a time."

"It is still some time before your fallen realm, you and I will act when the opportunity arises."

"As for whether it will succeed, and whether we can find the opportunity, it is up to fate." There was a rare hint of dejection in Snow Venerable’s tone.

Just as the Black Moon Sect Leader said, originally, this was a heaven-sent opportunity.

This is not my fault, is heaven going to annihilate me?

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Daoist Sect, Junzi Temple.

Han Shuangjiang sat in Chu Huaixu’s room and did not leave.

The family’s servant, Wen Shiyu, stepped forward at this time and said: "Mistress, how about going back to the room to cultivate, the Master has a servant to take care of him."

Upon hearing this, Big Ice Cube glanced at her lightly and replied: "No problem."

All along, she had no trust in this old woman from the Kunlun Cave Heaven.

Now, with Chu Huaixu unconscious, although there is a master-slave contract and if she bites the master she will suffer backlash, she still cannot fully trust Wen Shiyu.

"You may step down, I will stay here alone." She ordered.

"Yes." Wen Shiyu answered respectfully, then backed away a few steps, leaving Chu Huaixu’s bedroom.

She came outside, stood in the courtyard, and looked up at the night sky.

With the master-servant contract in place, she can’t really do anything.

"I originally hoped for him to enter the Origin Spirit Realm and then get me a Golden Core stage corpse for possession."

Wen Shiyu let out a long sigh.

She sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard, her plump hips pressing against the fabric to fill out the skirt.

"Days like these are really becoming increasingly hopeless," she thought.

This former Nascent Soul True Monarch now holds only one hope—the grand arrival of Kunlun Cave Heaven.

"But I don’t know if the outcome awaiting me then will be good or bad." About this, she couldn’t be certain.

There are times when she can’t tell if she truly wishes for Chu Huaixu to awaken.

Inside the house, Han Shuangjiang stood up, walked to the bedside, and sat next to Chu Huaixu’s body.

She glanced down at her Dao companion, roughly estimating the time, and spoke:

"It’s about midnight now."

"Junior Brother Xu should have entered the Origin Spirit Realm by now, right?" Big Ice Cube said softly to Chu Huaixu.

She inexplicably felt a touch of "when the child travels far, the mother’s concern increases."

In her memory, this was the first time Junior Brother Xu had gone down the mountain without them to carry out a task.

And moreover, it was a world-saving mission right from the start.

This could well be a life-threatening endeavor.

With some anxiety in her heart, she couldn’t help but to reach out her slightly cold small hand and grasp Chu Huaixu’s large hand.

Even though he was still in slumber, his hand remained warm as ever.

Just holding him like this made her heart feel a bit more at ease.

Suddenly, something unexpected occurred.

The black sword scabbard placed beside the bed, with the black bead tied atop it, suddenly began to hover.

Watching this sudden scene, Han Shuangjiang’s pupils involuntarily shrank, and she immediately fixed her gaze, spreading her Divine Sense to investigate.

Even though she didn’t know much about this bead.

She only knew, after going through so much with Chu Huaixu, that this bead was definitely not ordinary.

It certainly wasn’t just a decorative piece on the Daoist Ancestor Sword Scabbard as it appeared.

Yet everything was just like usual.

Her Divine Sense, even when concentrated on the bead for investigation, resulted in nothing.

It was like an ordinary pendant.

Even though it floated into the air, the Divine Sense feedback remained the same.

After several breaths, the black bead started emitting a faint light.

Soon after, Han Shuangjiang wondered if she was hearing things.

She seemed to hear Chu Huaixu’s voice.

"Hmm~~~!"

This sound was like someone who had slept thoroughly, stretching upon awakening, with such a sound escaping their lips.

She was sure that it was Chu Huaixu’s voice!

Even though the two hadn’t stepped into the final stage together, they had experienced sleeping in an embrace.

The dead fox, after a blissful sleep, would wake up in this manner, with such sounds.

"What’s... happened?" The aloof maiden paused.

She lowered her gaze to her Dao companion, who remained deeply asleep.

Meanwhile, the light on the bead grew increasingly bright.

Han Shuangjiang dared not make rash moves.

She promptly sent a transmission to Xiang Yan and others, asking Daoist Sect leaders to quickly come, fearful of any incidents occurring with Chu Huaixu.

Unbeknownst to Big Ice Cube, as these phenomena unfolded, changes were also happening within Chu Huaixu’s Sea of Consciousness.

The small black sword at the center of his Sea of Consciousness, upon entering the Nightmare, appeared to fall into slumber as well.

It no longer vibrated, becoming like a lifeless object, lacking its previous spiritual quality.

However, now, it suddenly quivered slightly.

As if it suddenly came back to life!

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Third layer of the Origin Spirit Realm in East Continent.

True Monarch Ling Xiao’s face bore a ferocious expression.

"Why not Chu Huaixu!"

"Night Venerable Fruit Position! My Night Venerable Fruit Position, ahhhhh!" He gritted his teeth in hatred.

Such a grand gift, such a world-shaking transformative opportunity, slipped away simply because the wrong person came.

Xu Ziqing noted the opponent’s lack of immediate action and heard him calling out his senior brother’s name, frowning slightly.

Gazing at the opponent, he spoke: "Do you want my senior brother’s Fruit Position?"

"Damn thing, you ruined my great plan! You ruined my great plan ahhhh!" True Monarch Ling Xiao shouted, his voice booming like thunder, causing the trees below to sway back in retreat.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ziqing’s face broke into a smile.

He had obtained his answer.

Voice password correct, Xiaoxu’s killing intent activated....

Xu Ziqing was no fool.

He could tell that the person opposite him seemed to have made extensive preparations and devised numerous schemes to harm his senior brother.

"So, I have indeed come at the right time." The youth thought.

To him, his senior brother was his most revered person and had shown him great kindness.

"I, Xu Ziqing, have always had no way to repay."

He, ah, has been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time!!

The clear-eyed youth’s gaze was unprecedentedly sharp.

He emitted a rare, carefree long laugh.

"Those who intend to harm senior brother must die!"

Immediately, Xu Ziqing abruptly opened his right hand.

The Bronze Sword within the Sword Box instantly flew out and rested in his palm.

"No matter the cost."

"I, Xu Ziqing—will not hesitate!!"

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