Bull Demon King: Huh? A dish? God Chen! You must be kidding with us!
Lu Bu: Chen Xiaobei, are you crazy? You are supposed to prepare something special for the Queen Mother! A dish is not special at all! This is really rude!
Zhao Yun: God Chen! You have balls of steel! I, Zhao Zilong can be considered as one of the bravest man ever alive! Not even I dare to do this to the Queen Mother! You are the man!
Xiao Tianquan: Brother, are you sure that you didn't send the wrong thing to the Queen Mother?
Diao Chan: Little Bei Bei, it's not too late to take back the item that you just sent out! You will be in deep trouble if you make our Queen Mother angry!
Chen Xiaobei: I did not send the wrong thing to her! The dish that I prepare for her is really delicious!
Lu Bu: You can continue to boast about it! A dish is a dish! I don't think it can impress the Queen Mother! Not only the Queen Mother gets to eat the Saturn Peach, but the God of Cookery is also there to cook Earth and Heaven Imperial Feast for her!
Chen Xiaobei: Between the Earth and Heaven Imperial Feast and the Manhan Chu Imperial Feast, which one is better?
Bull Demon King: What kind of question is that? The Manhan Chu Imperial Feast is nothing! The Earth and Heaven Imperial Feast use the rarest Spiritual Vegetable, Fruits, and Meat! Besides, the God of Cookery can cook all the dishes flawlessly! Trust me! The Queen Mother has tried all kind delicacy in this world!
Xiao Tianquan: I can prove that Bull Demon King is right about it! After having the Heaven and Earth Imperial Feast, other delicacies are nothing to me!
Chen Xiaobei: Hehe… I think the Heaven and Earth Imperial Feast is nothing out of ordinary. The dish that I presented to the Queen Mother is the most delicious food in this world!
Lu Bu: You are really good at acting tough! Are you trying to say that your dish is better than the Heaven and Earth Imperial Feast? Do you really think we are all idiots here?
Zhao Yun: You have gone overboard!
Diao Chan: Perhaps God Chen is not interested in the Saturn Peach. That's why he simply chose something to give to the Queen Mother.
Chen Xiaobei: I'm not interested in the Saturn Peach? I want to get my hand on the 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach!
Bull Demon King: God Chen, I think you are crazy! Do you really think that you can exchange a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach with your dish? Dream on!
Lu Bu: As compared to your gift, the thing that you just sent to the Queen Mother is nothing! I think the seven goddesses will not even present it to the Queen Mother!
Chen Xiaobei: Hehe. Let's make a bet!
Lu Bu: What do you want to bet?
Chen Xiaobei: If my dish manages to bring joy to the Queen Mother, you have to become my little brother! What do you think?
Lu Bu: Let's do this! I will not lose no matter what! What If you lose in the bet?
Chen Xiaobei: Do whatever you want to me!
Lu Bu: If you lose, you have to give me…
Hou Yi: Latest update! Latest update! The Queen Mother just announced that there are way too many jewelleries over there! Those who gifted her with jewelry will be eliminated automatically.
Lu Bu: Ugh…? How did that happen… The necklace that I gave her is completely wasted! I think I just threw 999,88 merit points down the drain!
Lu Bu was not the only one that felt sad in the group. There were hundreds and thousands of group members wailing as well. Clearly, most of them had given pieces of jewelry to the Queen Mother. In other words, it was not possible for them to receive the Saturn Peaches!
"Hahaha! Little Lu Bu! You are so dead this time…"
Chen Xiaobei looked at his cell phone and laughed at the same time.
He then said, "It's really really important to have a good Sifu by my side!"
Earlier, the Prime of Tongtian did remind Chen Xiaobei not to give anything valuable to the Queen Mother because she had seen it all.
Chen Xiaobei: Little Lu Bu, from today onwards, you are my little brother!
Lu Bu: Psst! My necklace is eliminated but that doesn't mean that your stupid dish will not be eliminated! It's a tie for now!
Bull Demon King: That's right! It's not possible that the Queen Mother will like the thing that you just gave her! I think the Flaming King Lizard Armor will be chosen by the Queen Mother! It's after all an extremely valuable item! Most importantly, Queen Mother has not received this kind of present before! I'm confident that I will be awarded with one Saturn Peach!
Hou Yi: Another latest news! Bull Demon King was reprimanded by the Queen Mother! She said that Bull Demon King had caused the area around the volcano experiencing earthquake after he fought with the monster! Thousands of lives perished! It's a big sin!
Bull Demon King: This… This… This…
Hou Yi: The Queen Mother also mentioned that those that disrupt nature to acquire the things that they need will be eliminated automatically as well! The Queen Mother will not tolerate this kind of vile behavior!
Upon hearing that, there were around 10,000 members were eliminated this time.
"Hahahahaha! This is hilarious!"
Chen Xiaobei was laughing nonstop after he read the message. The Prime of Tongtian mentioned that the reason why Queen Mother wanted to gift the Saturn Peach to the members in Red Envelope Group was to have fun with everyone and showed that she actually cared about all the other living beings within the three realms!
If the Queen Mother gave Bull Demon King a Saturn Peach, that would mean she supported his vile behavior. By that time, a lot of people would lose faith in her. And others would do what Bull Demon King just did. More and more people would cause damage to nature. That was why Bull Demon King was eliminated!
Zhao Yun: Hahaha! Many members have just been eliminated! I think I can finally claim the 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach! The Spiritual Moonsaber is extremely valuable! The most important thing is Queen Mother doesn't have this item! She has no one to choose but me!
Chen Xiaobei: Bro! Can you stop lying to yourself! I will obtain the grand prize!
Zhao Yun: You are really good at acting tough! Do you really think you can defeat me with a simple dish?!
Chen Xiaobei: Let's make a bet then! If I win I want your photo with a signature on it!
Like most of the teenagers in China, Chen Xiaobei idolized Zhao Yun. During the Battle of Changban, Zhan Yun managed to eliminate around 10,000 Cao and Wei soldiers. The way he killed them was like how a reaper took someone's life—swift! Chen Xiaobei would feel excited whenever he thought about it.
Zhao Yun! Let's do it! I will give you my picture with signature on it if I lose the bet!
Hou Yi: It's me again! The Queen Mother just said that she won't accept any kind of weapons because they carry a bad omen!
Zhao Yun: Damn! No way! I've been eliminated!
Chen Xiaobei: Bro. To be honest, the present that you prepare for the Queen Mother is really decent! She would accept it gladly if today is not the Saturn Peach Feast!
Soon, tens of thousands of people started wailing again.
Hou Yi: Not many people left now. The ten winners will be announced soon!
At the heavenly realm.
The place called Heavenly Lake was where the Queen Mother stayed. It was surrounded by layers of cloud. Besides, there were stalactites on all eight directions as well. The color on them was definitely something out of this world. Over the years, the stalactites would absorb the essence of nature and form a drop of holy water after 100 years. After that, the holy water would go through 100 years of filtration. Lastly, all the filtered holy water would gather together and formed the Heavenly Lake!
Every year, the Saturn Peach Feast would be held at the Heavenly Lake. Hundreds of high-ranked deities and other special guests would be invited by the Queen Mother to celebrate the festival with her together. Normal deities would not get the chance to join them. During the ancient times when Monkey King was assigned as a horse caretaker in the heavenly realm, he was not invited to the Saturn Peach Feast. That was why he caused a great stir to it!
Today, Monkey King was crowned the title, Battle God! Naturally, he had become the Queen Mother's special guest! At the Saturn Peach Feast, he was having a drink and talking with a few other deities on the cloud. The rest of the deities were doing the same thing as well. This year, their topic was closely related to the Red Envelope Group.
"I heard that hundreds of thousands of members from the Red Envelope Group has just sent their presents to the Queen Mother! And the Queen Mother will choose ten present from it! Those ten people will be rewarded with Saturn Peaches!"
"Yes! You are right! I shall give thanks to the Three Realm Intranet and the Red Envelope Group! Finally, my grandchildren will have the chance to have a taste of Saturn Peach!" said the Eastern Sea Dragon King.
"Old Pond Loach. It's too early to feel happy for them! The Queen Mother might not like the presents given by your grandchildren!" said the Monkey King.
Clearly, the Eastern Sea Dragon King was not happy to hear the thing that Monkey King just said. However, he did not dare to do anything about it because he was beaten badly by Monkey King years ago.
"Monkey King, who do you think will get the Saturn Peach?" asked Taibai Jinxing.
"I'm not too sure about others. But. I'm pretty confident that my brother, Chen Xiaobei will definitely be rewarded with one Saturn Peach!" said the Monkey King while scratching his ears.
"You might be right about it! God Chen has many good ideas. He might be able to please the Queen Mother!" said Taibai Jinxing while nodding.
"That's right! I think that God Chen can surprise us as well!" said God Chejiao.
Cough!
Cough!
Suddenly, one of the deities made some coughing sound. Immediately, God Chejiao and Taibai Jinxing shut their mouths. A nervous look could be seen on their faces. And this deity was none other than Shen Gongpao. Considering that Chen Xiaobei was his worst enemy, he was not pleased when others said that Chen Xiaobei would be rewarded with a Saturn Peach.
"Queen Mother, have you picked ten items from the pile of presents? My guess is the patience of the beings of the Red Envelope Group is wearing thin!" said Shen Gongpao.
He was donned in a black-and-white Daoist robe while his tone had a hint of arrogance. It was as if he saw himself more powerful than the deities and creature that could not attend the Saturn Peach Feast.
"Elite God, be patient. Goddess Chexia is on her way here!"
On the northern side of Heaven, Jade Emperor and Queen Mother were sitting on the clouds overseeing the Saturn Peach Feast. Both of them were wearing a set of golden robes. Their attire made them looked really sacred and powerful. However, the Queen Mother had just addressed Shen Gongpao as an elite god. Actually, this was nothing out of the ordinary.
Since Jiang Ziya was banished to the earthly realm, Shen Gongpao has taken his place to wield the Divine Deity Lash! In other words, he is the spokesperson of the Primordial Lord of Heaven. Other than the saints, everyone else in the heavenly realm had to show him respect. That was why Taibai Jingxin and God Chejiao were so afraid of him.
"Greeting Queen Mother!"
Suddenly, a goddess in red flew to the Heavenly Lake. She was none other than the Goddess Chexia. One could see that she was holding an intricate bronze mirror. She then handed it to the Queen Mother.
"We have successfully chosen thirty presents from the mountain of presents. Please have a look at it and choose ten from it."
"Okay."
The Queen Mother nodded her head and took the bronze mirror. After that, all 30 presents started showing up one by one in the bronze mirror.
"This item is not too good… I don't like this as well… This one not bad… Give this person a 3,000 years-old Saturn Peach!"
The Queen Mother had after all seen too many rare items; that was why she could be really picky when it came to choosing the thing that pleased her. Every other three gifts, she would at least eliminate two of them. Seemingly, the Queen Mother was forced to pick something that she liked. There was no joy could be sensed from her when she chose those gift.
"Should have let you do the picking instead!" said the Queen Mother.
"Queen Mother, be patient. Wait till you see the last gift!"
"Oh? Is that right?"
Upon hearing that, the Queen Mother started to look forward to checking the last gift. She was elated when she set her eyes upon it.
"What is this?! It looks like jade sculpture but it's not made from jade! It looks it's made of silk but it's not! Bird are flocking to the phoenix! It looks so surreal! Perfect!"
Upon hearing that, every single deity could not wait to take a look at it.
"What is that thing? I can't believe the Queen Mother is complimenting it!"
"I thought the Queen Mother has seen everything within three realms? It's hard to believe that the gift can impress her!"
"Queen Mother! What is that? Can we all take a look at it?"
...…
Feeling excited, the Queen Mother nodded her head immediately.
"I want all of you to take a look at it as well! I can't quite figure out what this thing is!"
Right after that, the Queen Mother summoned a cloud to her and placed the item on top of it. Then, the cloud started to circle around the deities. Everyone could have a look at it closely.
"It's so beautiful! I wonder what this is made from. Can I touch it?" asked God Erlang in a curious manner.
"Don't touch it! What if you damage it?" said Monkey King while glaring at God Erlang.
"Don't touch! Don't touch! It looked like it's made from something delicate and soft! I can't quite figure this thing out as well! You might destroy it if you touch it!" said Taibai Jingxin.
"This is so magical! I can't believe we all never seen this kind of thing before!" said the East Sea Dragon King.
"The material that used to craft it is absolutely breath-taking! And the crafting skill is masterful! Birds are flocking to the phoenix! It's just like hundreds of deities flocking to the Queen Mother! This piece of art is really well though! It's no wonder that our Queen Mother likes it so much!" said God Chejiao.
Even Shen Gongpao could not help but compliment the art piece.
"I have never expected that the beings in the Red Envelope Group can come up something this perfect!"
"Elite God, so, you think this gift is not bad as well, right?" asked the Queen Mother.
"It's really not bad! Goddess Chexia, who's the one that prepared this gift? I think he should get the first place!"
"God Chen is the one that prepared this gift!"
"Who?"
Shen Gongpao almost fell to the ground after hearing the person that prepare this gift.
"This gift is given by the disciple of the Prime of Tongtian, God Chen Xiaobei!"
Goddess Chexia thought that Shen Gongpao did not hear her words. That was why she repeated the statement twice.
"Since Elite God Shen Gongpao agrees that the person that presents this gift to me should be rewarded with the first prize, so be it…" said the Queen Mother.
"Hold on!"
Suddenly, Shen Gongpao's face darkened. The thing that he did not wish to see right now was Chen Xiaobei claiming any Saturn Peach, let alone the first prize!
"I think I want to change my mind! Actually, this gift is nothing out of the ordinary!"
Upon hearing that, all the other deities were disgusted by his shameless move. However, none of them dared to say a word about it. After all, the person behind Shen Gongpao was the almighty Primordial Lord of Heaven! Not a lot of deities were bold enough to offend a powerful deity like that.
All of a sudden, Monkey King stood up and started to chide Shen Gongpao.
"A few seconds ago, you just mentioned that the person that gifted this item to Queen Mother should be rewarded with the first prize! And now you change your mind once you heard my brother's name, Chen Xiaobei! This is highly unprofessional!"
Everyone was afraid of Shen Gongpao but not Monkey King. The deity that had Monkey King's back was none other than the Grand Holy Lady Nuwo! One should know that he was the one that was crowned the title, The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal. And Lady Nuwo was the seventh disciple of Ancestral Daoist, Hong Diao! Besides, Monkey King used to call Bodhi his Sifu during his young age. And Bodhi was the incarnation of Saint Zhunti which was also one of the seven saints! Lastly, Monkey King had a good relationship with Buddha from Temple Leiyin. That was when it came to backup, Monkey King was actually far better than Shen Gongpao.
"Did… Did you just say that I'm acting shamelessly? I suddenly found out that there's a huge flaw to this gift! Why can't I change my mind?" argued Shen Gongpao since he could not do anything to the Monkey King.
"When it comes to the material that used to craft this art piece, everyone has zero clues about it! This can actually be considered as an ultra-rare gift! When it comes to the crafting skill, the birds and the phoenix look so surreal! Everyone is praising it! You are the only one that claims that this piece of art is flawed!"
"This…"
Immediately, Shen Gongpao squinted his eyes and went and check on the gift repeatedly—hoping to find a flaw in it. Unfortunately, he could not find anything for him to criticize. This dish was after all prepared by the legendary cook, Uzuishi Akaihi! His reputation would be in vain if the dish that he prepared was deeply flawed!
"Nothing for you to criticize, right?! You shameless bastard! You are trying to use your power to cause harm to my brother! I will not let you do it! No way!"
"I suspect that there's something wrong with the material that used to craft this gift! We have to ask Chen Xiaobei to explain the gift to us! If he caused harm to nature to acquire the raw material to craft this gift, he should be disqualified like Bull Demon King!"
"Elite God, Shen Gongpao is right about it! Let's adjourn to the Red Envelop Group now and listen to Chen Xiaobei's explanation first! After that, we shall decide whether he should be rewarded with the first prize!" said the Queen Mother.
Clearly, the Queen Mother was with Shen Gongpao. Right after she made the decision, Monkey King could no longer attack Shen Gongpao anymore.
.....
Inside the Red Envelope Group.
Hou Yi: News flash! News flash! The Queen Mother and the rest of the deities are coming back to the Red Envelope Group!
"Good timing!" said Chen Xiaobei with a displeased manner.
He knew everything that happened at the Heavenly Lake just now from Hou Yi.
"Initially, the 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach was going to fall into my possession but that bitch, Shen Gongpao had to do something to sabotage me! I'm going to let him have a taste of his own medicine when the time is right!"
Chen Xiaobei would always make the bad guy paid back what they did to them. There was no way that he would let Shen Gongpao off the hook that easy.
Queen Mother: God Chen, I just took a look at your gift just now. From the look of it, it is truly perfect! It can be considered as one of those ultra-rare gifts! However, there's something I can't quite figure out! What kind of material did you use to craft this piece of art?
Chen Xiaobei: Heh… Someone is trying to make up something to try to disqualify me! Dream on! My gift is just a simple dish! All the material that used to craft this gift is made of fresh fish meat that can be bought from the seafood wet market!
Queen Mother: What? A dish? Fish meat?
Shen Gongpao: This…
Every deity: How's that even possible? The fish meat looks like real feathers! And I can't smell anything bad from the fish meat as well! How can fish meat makes the entire thing looks so 3D? This is not possible at all!
Chen Xiaobei: Have a taste of it if you don't believe in me! In order to prepare this gift, I have hired the best chef in town! Making the fish smell go away is just a simple task! With his masterful cooking skill, everything is possible!
Diao Chan: Wow! Little Bei Bei! You really are not lying to us! I can't believe that you gave our Queen Mother a dish!
Zhao Yun: God Chen! You are awesome! You are really cool! I'm willing to accept the loss! I will hand you my pictures with signature as soon as possible!
Lu Bu: I still have something to deal with back at home. I'm gonna make a move first!
Xiao Tianquan: Stand right there! You just lost the bet! Are you going to break your promise?
Shen Gongpao: Shut up! You guys have no right to talk here!
Upon hearing that, everyone shut their mouth immediately. The hatred that they had toward Shen Gongpao had just elevated to another level.
Shen Gongpao: Chen Xiaobei, I know that this is fish meat. However, it's raw! Are you treating the Queen Mother like a beast by asking her to consume raw meat?
Chen Xiaobei: You are such an uncultured moron! Eating raw fish is one of the most famous ways of eating on earth! Not only can you taste the original flavor of the fish, but the nutrients inside the fish would also be retained as well! It will melt in your mouth once you eat it with wasabi!
Shen Gongpao: You are lying! No one will believe what you say! Queen Mother, do you believe in him?
Queen Mother: I… I don't believe him…
Chen Xiaobei: Queen Mother, you can be considered as one of the veteran members in this group. Think about the spicy sticks, mooncakes, spicy mini lobsters, and WaHaHa High Cal Milk that I send in the group before. You will definitely feel regret if you miss this delicacy!
Queen Mother: Then, I should have a taste now. I have to try everything on earth!
"Hehe… The Queen Mother had seen almost everything within the three realms! However, she has not seen sashimi before! Her curiosity got better of her! I made the right choice! Everything will be smooth sailing once the Queen Mother has a taste of!" said Chen Xiaobei while looking at the cell phone with a smile on his face.
Monkey King: What does the orange fish meat taste like?
Shen Gongpao: Queen Mother! You must think carefully first before commenting!
Queen Mother: This… This… Is… Not delicious!
Chen Xiaobei: What? Not delicious? That you shouldn't eat it anymore! Pass it to my bro, Money King. Let him eat it.
Monkey King: Bring it over.
Queen Mother: Don't! Don't! Don't! It was a typo! I meant this is too damn delicious!
Chen Xiaobei: Shen Gongpao! Look at that! Your power is nothing when it comes to the dish that I presented to the Queen Mother!
Shen Gongpao: I…
Chen Xiaobei: There no I… Even the Queen Mother says that it's delicious! Or are you trying to say that there is something wrong with the Queen Mother's tongue?
Queen Mother: Elite God Shen Gongpao! It's not that I don't want to side with you! It's true that the dish that God Chen prepares for me is really too yummy!
Shen Gongpao: How delicious is it?
Queen Mother: I can feel the freshness the moment I put into my mouth! After that I used my tongues to taste the fish meat and it melted like an ice cream instantly! The flesh is full of fat but I don't feel disgusted by it after eating it! After I swallow it, I can still feel the fish's sweetness lingering in my mouth!
Jade Emperor: That sounds really delicious! Let me have a taste of it as well!
...….
Jade Emperor: Oh… My… God… So pungent! So spicy! My eyes! It's so spicy that my tears are coming out!
Shen Gongpao: Chen Xiaobei! What are you going to say this time? Your stupid dish just caused the Jade Emperor to shed tears! Clearly, it was really bad in terms of taste!
Chen Xiaobei: Hehe…
Jade Emperor: Damn! This is so good! The spiciness has made my mouth and nose feel so much better! Is this the wasabi that God Chen mentioned earlier? This is awesome! I want more!
Queen Mother: Relax! Don't try to take away this delicacy from me! You should act like a Heavenly Lord! Behave yourself! I'm the one that spotted the big piece of fish first!
God Erlang: Queen Mother! Can I have a taste of it as well?
Shennong: Queen Mother! I want to try too! You know I'm a foodie! Share some with me, please!
God Chejiao: My King! My Queen! Eat slowly, please! I want to have a piece of fish as well!
.....
Immediately, every single deity wanted to have a taste of the delicacy that Chen Xiaobei gave to the Queen Mother. Even those that deities that could not make it to the Heavenly Lake started to get excited as well.
Diao Chan: This is crazy! My Little Bei Bei! Judging from the way they act, I think there's a high chance that you can use a single dish to exchange for the 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach!
Zhao Yun: I'm so jealous right now! I should have cooked tomato with egg as well! I might be able to claim the second place with the dish that I prepare!
Bull Demon King: My bro, Chen Xiaobei is awesome! When are you going to let me have a try of that dish?
...
Shen Gongpao: This…
Chen Xiaobei: Shen Gongpao, what are you going to say this time?
Monkey King: It has been proven that the dish that Chen Xiaobei prepare for the Queen Mother has pleased her really well! You should be ashamed of yourself and stop the thing that you tried to pull!
Shen Gongpao: Fine! You win this time, Chen Xiaobei! I will see you again next time!
Chen Xiaobei: Fine! See you next time!
Queen Mother: Cough… I have finished eating… Now, let me announced the winner is Chen Xiaobei. He will be rewarded with the 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach! I don't think anyone will disagree with my decision!
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from the Queen Mother! You have received a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach! It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Haha! That was easy! 9,000 years have just added to my lifespan! 9,000 combat power! 9,000 health! Huge boost! Wahahaha…"
Chen Xiaobei got really excited after he saw the notification on his cell phone. After he consumed the Saturn Peach, he did not need to worry about his lifespan anymore. Longer lifespan and more combat power were things that Chen Xiaobei needed the most right now.
Queen Mother: Next, I would like to announce that the deities that are going to be rewarded with 6,000-year-old Saturn Peaches are Master Luban! Hou Yi! And Xiao Tianquan!
Queen Mother: The deities that are going to be rewarded with 9,000-year-old Saturn Peaches are…
"Damn! I can't believe that my Xiao Tianquan had just gotten second place!"
They were good friends. That was why Chen Xioabei was happy for it.
"Let me go into the brotherhood chat group and ask what's going on!"
Monkey King: Xiao Tianquan! Damn! You are good! How did you get a 6,000-year-old Saturn Peach? What did you give our Queen Mother?
Chang'e: Yea! What did you give her? And how did you please her?
Xiao Tianquan: Actually, I didn't give her anything special! All I give her is a Snow White Spiritual Cat as a pet!
Hong Hai'er: Damn! I can't believe that it actually worked! Unfortunately, I can't receive or send Red Envelope right now! If not, I will give her one of my pets! Then, I will be rewarded with a Saturn Peach as well!
Nezha: Xiao Tianquan is good! But God Chen is even better! He just received a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach!
Yanwang: God Chen! You should send us a Red Envelope since you got first place! I know you still have that fish dish with you! Just send it to us! We want to have a taste of it! I'm salivating right now!
Chen Xiaobei: I thought it's forbidden for us to send out any Red Envelope right now! And I don't have any extra dishes with me!
Old Wang: It's forbidden to send any Red Envelope now. Yanwang, please don't give Xiaobei a hard time!
Chen Xiaobei: My bad! I didn't know there will be so many group members show up today! I should have prepared more good stuff!
Monkey King: Brother! Are you lacking resources right now?
Chen Xiaobei: Yes… I'm not in a good situation! Currently, I'm surrounded by enemies! And there will be more battles coming soon as well! Being able to get more items will increase my winning chance!
Chang'e: If that's the case, we should try to encourage a Red Envelope Grabbing Session!
Monkey King: That's right! This is a really good time to do that since so many group members show up today! Xiaobei, you still have that Dragon Dick Hundred Fruits Moonshine with you, right? Send that! A lot of us are craving for that!
Chen Xiaobei: Okay! I will leave the rest of the work to you guys!
Inside the Red Envelope Group.
Chang'e: Everyone! I have an idea! The ten deities that received Saturn Peach today should send us Red Envelopes! What do you guys think?
Yanwang: Good idea! Since they have received something good today! They should share the happiness with us! @Master Luban! Come out and give us Red Envelopes!
Master Luban: I'm not the only one! @Hou Yi @Xiao Tianquan
Xiao Tianquan: I'm more than willing to send some Red Envelopes out! Everyone should share the joy!
Hou Yi: Hold on! Where is Chen Xiaobei?! He got first place just now! We will not send any Red Envelopes if he don't send anything to us!
Chen Xiaobei: Will you guys do it if I do it?
Xiao Tianquan: Yes! As long as you do it! Those that receive Saturn Peach today will do it as well!
Master Luban: Let's do it then! I'm so happy that I got myself a 6,000-year-old Saturn Peach today!
Hou Yi: Fine! I will do it too!
Suddenly, everyone got really excited. Those that received 3,000-year-old Saturn Peaches were willing to send out some Red Envelopes as well.
Monkey King: Hold on! I have an idea! There were no Red Envelope Grabbing Session since the eve of the Lunar New Year! Let's follow God Chen! Bring the joy to everyone!
Yanwang: Fine! Let's do it! I will join too!
Chang'e: Count me in!
Everyone: Fine! Fine! Fine! We all will join! Let's have fun!
Of course, Monkey King, Chang'e, Yanwang, and Xiao Tianquan were there to thank him for his Red Envelope Grabbing Session. Their acting skill was top-notch!
"Damn! My friends! Your acting skill is better than mine!"
Looking at his cell phone, Chen Xiaobei secretly gave them 32 likes.
Ding!
[You just sent a Red Envelope to the group!]
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei sent a Red Envelope that contained Dragon Dick Hundred Fruits Moonshine to the group.
The Red Envelope Grabbing Session had started officially!
Chen Xiaobei first sent his Red Envelope to the group. After that, everyone did the same thing as well. With tens of thousands of group members participating in the Red Envelopes Snatching Session, the entire chat group was flooded with Red Envelopes.
"Let me snatch this one! That one and this one too!"
Chen Xiaobei had already prepared earlier to snatch as many Red Envelopes as possible. Both of his hands were tapping on his cell phone screen at lightning speed—faster than a sewing machine.
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from Bull Demon King! You have received ten Bad Luck Talisman! It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Damn! That was fast! First blood! Bad Luck Talisman? What is that? Let me check it out now!"
Ding!
[Bad Luck Talisman: Crafted by Shaoba Xingjun. It can be considered as low-tier cursed talisman! One needs to call out the name of the person and the talisman will ignite. That would mean the curse is completed and the person's luck value will drop immensely! Do you wish to withdraw it?]
"Lower one's luck value? Damn! This is exactly the thing that I need right now! That son of a bitch, Shen Gongpao is messing with me all the time! I'm going to let him have a taste of his own medicine! I will not let him snatch any Red Envelope!" said Chen Xiaobei with an evil smile.
"Withdraw!"
In one go, Chen Xiaobei withdrew nine pieces of Bad Luck Talisman.
"Shen Gongpao! Shen Gongpao! Shen Gongpao!..."
Chen Xiaobei repeated the name, Shen Gongpao nine times inside his heart and the nine pieces of Bad Luck Talisman ignited automatically. The color of the flame was gray and it was not hot at all. That was why it did not burn his shirt and cell phone.
"It seems like I can't notice the effect just yet! I don't care anymore. Let me continue snatching more Red Envelopes! I want to see Shen Gongpao cry like a little girl later!"
Filled with anticipation, Chen Xiaobei did not know what was going to happen to Shen Gongpao but he was confident that there would be something bad happen to him later since he used all nine pieces of Bad Luck Talisman in one go.
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from Goddess Zixia! You have received a Sunlight Cache (Replica). It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Damn! What the hell is a Sunlight Cache? During the eve of Chinese New Year, I managed to snatch a Moonlight Cache from Goddess Zixia and it allows me to turn back time! Maybe this item will allow me to fast forward time!" said Chen Xiaobei in an excited manner.
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from Hou Yi! You have received Sunslaying Divine Bow (Replica)! It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
Before Chen Xiaobei could read the properties of the Sunlight Cache, he managed to snatch another Red Envelope.
"Damn! Damn! Damn! The Sunslaying Divine Bow is here! This is going to be so awesome!"
It was such a thrilling moment for Chen Xiaobei to snatch as many Red Envelopes he could from hundreds and thousands of Red Envelope.
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from Master Luban! You have received No.8 Luban! It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"No. 8 Luban? Damn! This is even more awesome! There's only a No.7 Luban in Mobile Legends! I can't believe that I manage to snatch the No. 8 Luban! F*ck yeah!"
Taken aback, Chen Xiaobei was thinking Old Wang would be really happy if he managed to snatch this robot since he was a hard-core fan of Mobile Legends!
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from Lu Bu! You have received a book called Yuanmen Archery! It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Hot damn! Archery! This is such a coincidence! Lu Bu was famous for his archery skill and he managed to fully utilize his skill to stop a war! Clearly, his archery skill is best in this world! His archery skill is a perfect match for the Sunslaying Divine Bow that I just received!"
While he was talking, he managed to snatch another item! This was his fifth Red Envelope!
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from Diao Chan! You have received a Million Knots Heart! It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Red Envelope from the pretty lady? I have no idea what this item is! Let me take a look at it later! This is my sixth Red Envelope! It would be awesome if I can snatch another one!"
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from Zhao Yun! You have received a Dragon Scale! It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Damn son! This is the Red Envelope from my idol! Wahahaha!"
Chen Xiaobei was so excited that he started to jump up and down. However, he did not expect that he managed to snatch one last Red Envelope before the whole thing ended!
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from Shen Gongpao! You have received a Black Tiger Dominating Hammer (Five-Stars Divine Item)! It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
One should know that the Tesseract Thunder Pool was merely a One-Star Divine Item and Lei Zhenzi treated it like his own baby. During that time, he was not willing to hand it over to Chen Xiaobei at all. It was truly unbelievable that Shen Gongpao would send out a Five-Stars Divine Item!
"I know now! This is the effect of the Bad Luck Talisman! The curse is working!"
Shen Gongpao had never liked the members in the Red Envelope Group. Logically speaking, he would never send out such a valuable Red Envelope. The only explanation was that he was affected by bad luck!
Shen Gongpao: Shit! Shit! Shit! I accidentally sent out my Black Tiger Dominating Hammer! Who got it? Please return it to me immediately!
Monkey King: That's such a shameless move! By right, one shouldn't retrieve the Red Envelope that is sent out to the group!
Shen Gongpao: It's none of your business! The group members respect me a lot! I'm pretty sure that they will return it to me!
If it were other ordinary members that got it, they would definitely return it to Shen Gengpao immediately since they were afraid of him. Unfortunately, the one that snatched his Red Envelope was Chen Xiaobei!
Chen Xiaobei: Hehe… Shen Gongpao, your precious is with me! Do you really think that I will return it to you?
Shen Gongpao: What? You are the one that snatched my Red Envelope?
Clearly, Chen Xiaobei was the one that hated Shen Gongpao the most within the three realms.
Chen Xiaobei: There is no way that I will return this item to you! Hahaha!
Shen Gongpao: Chen Xiaobei! No… God Chen, this item is one of the very first Divine Item that I own! It was with me since the first day I begin my training! It's not that powerful but it has a lot of sentimental value! I hope you can understand my feelings!
Chen Xiaobei: Save it! Have you thought about how I feel when you mess with me?
Shen Gongpao: I beg you! With your current Dao Path, there's no way that you can wield this Five-Stars Divine Item! This hammer is no different from an ordinary hammer to you!
Chen Xiaobei: Hmm! You are right! I will eat it since I can't use it!
Shen Gongpao: Eat it?!
Shen Gongpao: My Black Tiger Domination Hammer is crafted with Five-Stars Divine Iron! There's no way that you can eat it!
'Hold on! I was about to say something that I'm not supposed to say! Technically speaking, I'm using Black Magic to borrow Xiao'er special ability to consumer the hammer! And Black Magic is forbidden in the heavenly realm!'
Chen Xiaobei: Alright. I'm too lazy to talk to you! There's no way that I will return the item to you! Just give up! Bye!
Shen Gongpao: Chen Xiaobei! Come back here! Come back!
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei exited the Red Envelope Group.
"Eh? What is that?"
Suddenly, Chen Xiaobei could see light shooting out from the bottom of the sea. The light was coming from a giant cylindrical object! They were at least hundreds of meters long! Judging from the way they moved, it seemed like they were looking for something.
"Submarines? I have never expected that Chen Yasai and Nikkawa Uchu would send submarines to deal with me! What an honor!" said Chen Xiaobei while frowning.
After looking at the sea, Chen Xiaobei found out that there were at least ten submarines around him. Every single one of them could cover at least a few hundred meters. Ten of them could easily cover an area of several kilometers! Seemingly, they were determined to look for Chen Xiaobei.
"I figure out there might be warships around here! And there might be fighter jets looking for me too! Besides, the two elites, Chen Yasai and Nikkawa Uchu are with the search team as well! I don't think I should come into the light for now! There were a lot of reefs under the sea. There's no way that the submarines can come close here… I'm going to hide within it and let them take their time to search for me!"
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei kept away his cell phone and swam to the reef. After that, he took out the 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach from his Infinite Space Ring.
"Let me increase my lifespan and combat power first! Then, I will take my time to have fun with you guys!"
The peach that Chen Xiaobei was holding was at least twice the size of First Love Peach and there was faint light illuminating from it. Without a second thought, Chen Xiaobei took a huge bite.
"Damn! This is so damn delicious! Too good to be true! Hundred times tastier than First Love Peach!"
In order to not let the seawater destroy the taste of the Saturn Peach, Chen Xiaobei created a huge air bubble around him to separate himself from the seawater. The flesh of the Saturn Peach was extremely crunchy. Joy filled Chen Xiaobei's cell, bones, and muscle whenever Chen Xiaobei took a bite from it. It was as if the golden fluid from the peach was nourishing his body. Not only the Saturn Peach was really delicious but also provide a heavenly experience to Chen Xiaobei.
Ding!
[Cultivation: Middle phase of True Nirvana cultivation. Health: 48,000. Combat power: 39,000!]
All these while, Chen Xiaobei was constantly monitoring his combat power. Just like what he expected, his health and combat power were increased by 9,000 right after he finished eating the peach. With the help of Primordial Witch King Combat Enhancement Training Manual, Chen Xiaobei could at least boost his combat power to 52,000!
However, due to the restriction of his health value, he could only limit his combat power to 48,000. Clearly, it was a huge bump of combat power to him.
"This is so awesome! It's true that the improvement is really huge. All I need right now is another 11,000 combat power to reach pinnacle phase of True Nirvana cultivation! By that time, I just need to take one third of the Skybreaking Cultivation Pill and I will be able to achieve Celestial cultivation! All I need right now is another two ingredients for me to start concocting the Skybreaking Cultivation Pill! All my enemies will seem like cockroaches once I achieve Celestial cultivation except for Yasai!" said Chen Xiaobei with excitement and anticipation.
Buzz…
Buzz…
The sound of the submarines' engine could be hard. Seemingly, the enemies were slowly minimizing the search area.
"Let me check the items that I got just now! I will have to deal with this bunch of garbage first!"
Ding!
[Sunlight Cache. Crimson God's signature item (Replica). By spending 10 years of your lifespan, you can trigger its time speeding ability! The area covers by the Sunlight Cache will speed up by 24 hours. And the area outside it will only pass by a minute! Do you want to withdraw it?]
"So, Moonlight Cache allows me to turn back the time and Sunlight Cache's effect is the opposite! This is a godly item to speed up my training! That would mean one minute outside the covered area is equivalent to 24 hours of training! And one day is equivalent to 3,600 days! With enough Spiritual Qi, all I need to do is train for a few hours and I will be able to defeat Chen Yasai! But, it will require me to spend a lot of my lifespan!"
"Ten years of my lifespan can only be exchanged with one minute of speed up! 9,000 years of lifespan can only be exchanged with 900 minutes of speed up! That is only equivalent to 15 hours! Not even one day! I don't think I can afford to use it now!
"I'm going to just leave it aside first! It's not going to be a great help to my battle anyway! Let me take a look at the other Red Envelopes first!"
Ding!
[Million Knots Heart: Crafted by Diao Chan and it's a support type Spiritual Item. Each person holds one and the two person can communicate without using their mouths! Do you wish to withdraw it?]
"It seems pretty useless for me now! Let me just keep it back into my treasure chest first!"
Right now, Chen Xiaobei wanted to deal with those submarines. An item like this was not going to help to achieve anything.
Ding!
[No. 8 Luban: This is the latest version of Master Ruban's Warforged Titan! It will do what the master asks him to do and it has the ability to transmit the thing that he sees to the master's mind! Moreover, it can transform into the master's look after injecting a certain amount of Spiritual Qi in it! Do you wish to withdraw it?]
"My mirage! Sounds good! It can help me to take all the damage. But I don't think this is going to be great help for now!"
Ding!
[Sunslaying Divine Bow: Hou Yi's signature weapon. This is just a replica. Using it will boost the user's combat power by 3,000! By putting in one Spiritual Stone, it can increase another 10 combat power! Do you want to withdraw it?]
"Sounds good to me! Not my actual combat power is 39,000! With the help of Primordial Witch King Combat Enhancement Training Manual, I can boost it to 52,000! However, because of my limited health, my combat power is restricted to 48,000! By using the Sunslaying Divine Bow, I will be able to lift the restriction! With that being said, I can actually come up with 52,000 combat power! Plus another 3,000! That will be 55,000! My attack is now equivalent to 22,000 pounds of force! I think it's more than enough to destroy all those submarines!"
Feeling excited, Chen Xiaobei went and pick up his weapon.
"Next, I will need to master Yuanmen Archery!"
Ding!
[Yuanmen Archery: Compiled by Lu Bu after he accumulated years of experience in archery! Once you master this skill, you will be able to land your shot on everything that you aim without missing! It is especially good for shooting smaller objects! Do you wish to withdraw it?]
During the ancient time,s Yuan Shu had raised an army, wanting to wage a war against Liu Bei. Lu Bu had to step into stop the war from happening. In front of the enemies' base, Lu Bu stood there with his Divine Halberd! He then told the captain if he could use bow and arrow to shoot the tip of his own weapon, both Yuan and Liu Sides should call it a truce!
Right after the captain agreed to it, Lu Bu lifted up his bow and stepped 150 steps away from its target. With one single arrow, he managed to land an accurate shot on the tip of his weapon. In the end, the war was stopped successfully! From here one could see that Lu Bu's ranged attack was just as good as his melee attack!
The book, Yuan Men Archery was written by Lu Bu while he was living in the underworld realm! Every single word that he wrote was based on his own experience! There were not too many words in it. Whether one could master this skill all depended on the person's intelligence. With Scholar Heart, Chen Xiaobei could master anything that he wanted within a very short period!
After using three minutes to study the book, Chen Xiaobei managed to understand every single word inside it and mastered the skill. Now, he was as good as Lu Bu!
"There are two more Red Envelopes. Let me take a look at them as well!"
Ding!
[Wardragon Scale: It was an armor crafted by a famous blacksmith that was hired by Zhao Yun! Each time it suffers damage, it will gain one charge. Once nine charges are accumulated, it will allow the user to activate a skill called Naga Strike! Do you wish to withdraw it?]
"This is actually not bad! I have a lot of ways to strike at my enemies but I have too few ways to protect myself! Now that my Ultimate Protective Puppet has been activated once, I will have to wear this set of armor to protect myself from any upcoming damage!"
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei took it out a silver metal ball from his treasure chest! This particular silver metal ball was a Spiritual Item. Once Chen Xiaobei held it in his hand, it built a Spiritual Connect with him and taught him the way to use activate it.
"Dragon! Rise!"
Shouted only two words, the silver metal ball start to go through a magical transformation! It expanded to a certain size and turned into an extremely glorious set of silver armor! Chen Xiaobei then opened his arms and legs wide. Immediately, the armor flew to Chen Xiaobei like how Ironman put on his suit!
Dragon Head Helm!
Dragon Claw Greaves!
Dragon Scale Bracers!
Dragon Wings Shoulder!
Dragon Heart Heavy Armor!
Once Chen Xiaobei put them all on, he transformed into a completely different person. He now looked like one of those generals that served in the heavenly realm! The dominating aura emanating from him was now as powerful as Zhao Zilong's!
"Withdraw again!"
This time, Chen Xiaobei took out the Sunslaying Divine Bow from his treasure chest. Though it was just a replica, one could see that the blacksmith had actually put in a lot of effort to craft this weapon. It illuminated with golden faint light and both ends of the bow looked exactly like wing shards! The whole thing looked like a golden eagle that was about to soar in the sky!
"Oh right! There is one more item that I haven't checked!"
Ding!
[Black Tiger Dominating Hammer: It is one of the very first Divine Weapon of Shen Gongpao—crafted by Five-Stars Enigmatic Divine Steel! It can deliver a really powerful blow to enemies! It requires the person to have 500 Dao Path to wield this weapon! Do you wish to withdraw it?]
"500 years of Dao Path! Damn! Just like what I expected earlier, I can't use it just yet! I still remember that 1,000 Dao Path is required to wield the Monkey King's Jingu Bang during the war on the sea! Since I have zero Dao Path, in the end, I had to inject 10,000 Spiritual Stones for me to wield it for only a minute!"
"According to the ratio, I will have to pour all my 5,000 Spiritual Stones into it for me to use this weapon against my enemies! For a minute only! There's no way that I will spend of my Spiritual Stone on it! I think I will have to consume it in the end! Right now, I'm in need of something to have a quick boost in my health. I'm pretty sure that this Divine Weapon should be able to give me a huge boost to my health!"
Rumble!
Rumble!
The sounds of the submarines was getting louder and louder. One of them had already reached on top of Chen Xiaobei!
"All the Red Envelopes had been opened! It's time for me to attack them!"
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei went and check around him to look for something that could be used as an arrow. Unfortunately, there was none. However, it did not stop him from attack the enemies.
Shinng!
Seconds later, the whole place turned crimson red!
Within the area, a domineering presence was about to land here! Seemingly, it was powerful enough to crush everything around it! Right after that, a sword that was three feet long flew out from Chen Xiaobei's palm and hovered in front of him. There were nine streams of blood Qi flowing within it—as if there were nine dragons cruising in it. In the middle of the nine dragons, there was a platinum sword rune! And this was none other than Lu Dongbin's Ancestral Sword Divine Rune! Other than that, there were a crimson and black dragons being engraved on the sides of the Ancestral Sword Divine Rune. These two dragons looked like they were fighting for something. This weapon was the evolved version of Chaos Sword Essence, Chaos Blood Sword! Around the sword, there was a black jade ball circling it—like the black moon circling around blood sun! This item was the Soul Consuming Enigmatic Jade and it was given by Taiyin True Deity. The reason why Chen Xioabei did not fuse it with the sword was because he was considering whether he should turn it into an independent Spiritual Item or not.
Of course, that was a topic to discuss in the future!
Right now, Chen Xiaobei was going to use this sword as an arrow! He did a full draw on the bow and put his sword on it. He then aimed it at the submarine that was on top of him.
Swoosh!
He had successfully launch a 55,000 combat-power attack at his enemy. This attack had nothing to do with Chaos Blood Sword's 100,000 combat power. The force purely came from the Sunslaying Divine Bow itself!
Whoosh!
Rumble!
Seconds later, the flying Chaos Blood Sword formed a crimson underwater tornado!
Shinng!
It penetrated the submarine! The sharpness of the Chaos Blood Sword tore the submarine apart like it was made of paper. After that, it started to unleash its power on the submarine and broke it into half like a cucumber. The submarine then began to sink into the deeper part of the ocean. Chen Xiaobei commanded the Chaos Blood Sword to absorb the Blood Essence and souls of the deceased marines after the submarine was destroyed.
Human body can never withstand the immense pressure of the deep blue sea. Sooner or later they would drown or be crushed by the pressure!
Rumble…
Rumble…
After hearing the loud noise, all the other submarines turned around and headed for Chen Xiaobei. Upon seeing that, not only was Chen Xiaobei calm, but he even felt like laughing out loud!
"During the ancient times, Genghis Khan was famous for using his humungous bow to shoot down the big bird! Today, I, Chen Xiaobei is going to use a bow and sword to shoot down a couple of sumbarines! This is going to be so awesome!"
"Next, I'm going to do a double kill!" said Chen Xiaobei while pulling the string on the bow.
Swoosh!
Bang!
Bam!
Bam!…
Another shot was fired. It was a 55,000 combat-power strike!
The Chaos Blood Sword rotated like a streak, forming gargantuan Crimson Tornado Dragon. It looked very much like an actual beast and its force was frightening! Chen Xiaobei had used the Armor Penetration Shot from the Yuanmen Archery Skill, different from the brute force delivered by the previous shot. Instead of tearing through the submarine, it penetrated the body of the sub like slicing through tofu.
The Crimson Tornado Drago had drilled a large cavity about five meters wide from one end to another. The saltwater surged in, the submarine was doomed.
It was just a matter of time when the entire fleet would be completely wiped out.
Here in the deep ocean, human beings are incapacitated and weak!
Bang! Boom! Boom!
The Crimson Tornado Dragon was already drilling a large hole into the second submarine.
Chen Xiaobei was not kidding when he said destroy two submarines with one single shot!
If there was another submarine within his line of vision, it would definitely be one shot, three subs.
This was the power of Sunslaying Divine Bow!
"Return!"
The Chaos Blood Sword returned to Chen Xiaobei, after devouring the blood essences and spirits of the marines on those submarines!
Right after, Chen Xiaobei aimed at another target.
The same shooting skill! The same Crimson Tornado Dragon!
Chen Xiaobei did not even need to go up to the surface. He stayed where he was on the reef and continued to fire the stealth arrows. All the remaining submarines fell from their grace like broken toys.
...
On the surface, the alarm in the bridge of one of the destroyers was wailing away. Originally, there were twenty blinking dots on the large radar screen. Now, they were disappearing one after another!
"We've lost contact again! We've lost communications with a few of the submarines… It was at the exact same rate. We'll lose communications with the rest of the submarines in another thirty seconds!"
The captain looked like he had just seen a ghost, he was terrified.
Even if it were actual naval warfare, the entire fleet of submarined would not have been destroyed so quickly!
There was no logical explanation for this!
There were a few non-uniformed personnel in the bridge.
Nikkawa Uchu watched the radar screen and asked, "Master Phantom Rain, what do you think?"
Next to him, Phantom Rain had her brows furrowed and forehead wrinkled.
"I think its Chen Xiaobei!"
"That's not possible, right?" Green Dragon Enigmatic Ninja said, "Chen Xiaobei had gone into the water for so long! He's probably running out of oxygen already. Where would he find the energy to destroy submarines? In fact, it all happened so damn quickly! This is impossible!"
"Yeah!" Black Tortoise Enigmatic Ninja said, "Even though I wield the Water Celestial Event, it would be difficult for me to stay underwater for so long! No matter long a person can their breath, there is a limit! If he runs out of oxygen, he would probably drown, how could he even find the energy to destroy a submarine?"
Phoenix Enigmatic Ninja tapped his chin and said, "But, other than Chen Xiaobei, what other power could destroy so many submarines in such a short time?"
"I suggest we dive down to find out! We'll know once we see it with our own eyes!"
White Tiger Enigmatic Ninja said, "Yeah, after all, the kid does have some interesting tricks up his sleeves. If we don't see it ourselves, I think we'll find it hard to what's going on underneath the ocean!"
"Alright! Black Tortoise and I will go! All of you stay here and standby!" Phantom Rain made a prompt decision. She left the bridge with Black Tortoise and dove from the deck of the destroyer and straight into the ocean.
Phantom Rain and Black Tortoise Enigmatic Ninja were water attributed elites.
Once they hit the water, they were like fish in the water.
But, as they went deeper, about 300 meters below sea level, the water pressure grew so high that they had to use their True Kang to protect themselves before they could go any further down. When they were at 600 meters deep, they had to resolve using their Celestial Water Ability to continue downward.
Their visions darkened, and they could not see where they were going but they spotted flashes of red light coming from below.
"Master Phantom Rain, why don't we go back up? If we continue, we won't be able to withstand it any longer!"
Because they still had their True Kang to protect themselves which kept the water out so Black Tortoise Enigmatic Ninja was able to speak normally. However, there was no oxygen inside, the air inside was recycled and it was becoming more difficult to breathe.
On top of that, the pressure exerted by the surrounding seawater was increasing by the minute, wearing out their True Qi.
If the cycle was stopped, they would definitely suffocate.
When their True Qu was depleted, the water pressure would crush their heart and lungs. It would be lethal.
"You go up on your own! We're almost at the bottom! I will go down and take a quick look!"
Phantom Rain did not want to give up.
"But it's pitch black! You won't be able to see anything!" Black Tortoise Enigmatic Ninja said, "Let's go up together! It's more secure for us to go up and discuss it further!"
"Are you crazy? I have to go find out what those red lights are! You go up first! I will be right behind you!" Phantom Rain ordered.
She reckoned that the flashing red light was the mysterious force that destroyed the submarines! And it was more probably the work of Chen Xiaobei! The Tenshou had kept Chen Xiaobei's presence in Japan a secret from Nikkawa Uchu because they needed him alive to study the secrets on Chen Xiaobei's body.
Even though no one else believed it, Phantom Rain was certain that Chen Xiaobei was not just a regular commoner. There was nothing that Chen Xiaobei could not do.
"That's strange. What happened to the red lights? It disappeared. Am I too late?"
Phantom Rain could not see a single ray of red light nor hear the movements of the submarines.
It was pretty obvious that all twenty submarines were wiped out!
Without the light to guide her, Phantom Rain could not see anything and had to turn back.
But just as she was turning to leave, a familiar voice came from behind her.
"Chen Yasai! Were you looking for me?"
It was Chen Xiaobei.
"F*ck! It really is you!"
Phantom Rain spun around, teeth gritted, and ready to attack Chen Xiaobei with her True Kang!
"Oops! Chen Yasai, I'm here! You missed!" Chen Xiaobei mocked.
"Die!" Phantom Rain unleased a heavy strike at the direction of the voice.
"Chen Yasai, you really have a bad sense of direction! I'm here!" Chen Xiaobei sniggered.
"Die, you idiot!"
Again, Phantom Rain launched another attack but missed.
She was basically blind right now.
But Chen Xiaobei could see perfectly and his movement was sharp.
It was like playing of catch but blindfolded. Phantom Rain was being fooled around and she was bent out of shape.
Swoosh!
Without warning, a light shot out of Chen Xiaobei's palm and flew straight at Phantom Rain!
Swoosh…
The gold light came out of nowhere, at warp speed.
"Oh no!" Phantom Rain did not know what to do!
She was both pissed and panicky, focusing all of her attention on pinpointing the direction of Chen Xiaobie's voice, on how to attack Chen Xiaobei.
She was completely caught off-guard.
When the gold light flashed, she had no time to even use her ninjutsu.
Poof!
The gold light grew into a circle like an arc made of water above Phantom Rain's head.
Then it tapered until it was firmly bound onto her head.
Golden Circlet!
Chen Xiabei did not even bother to use the Deity Constricting Rope. He had simply used the seabed's trophological advantages. The reason why he failed to do it the last time was because of Phantom Rain had used Kawarimi no Jutsu. This time she was blind as a bat and had flown into a rage. That was why Chen Xiaobei managed to gain the upper hand this time.
"Chen Xiaobei! What did you do to me? You bastard! What did you do? What is this thing on my head…?"
The dim golden light glowed enough for Chen Xiaobei to see her about as far as 1 meter of her surroundings.
But Chen Xiaobei had already retreated about ten meters away, away from her sight.
"Have you seen 'Journey to the West'? The thing I put on your head is the same Monkey King wore! Bright and shiny, it's eye-catching and looks rather cool!"
Chen Xiaobei smiled and said, "The important thing is, once I chant the 'Circlet-tightening Spell', the Golden Circlet will make you feel so good!"
"Do you think I was just born yesterday? Of course, I've seen 'Journey to the West!" Phantom Rain spat, "Do you think you're Sanzang? You were going to cast the 'Circlet-tightening Spell'? You might as well say that you're Buddha! Isn't it easier for you to just slap me to death?" Phantom Rain shouted as she attempted to remove the circlet.
But no matter how hard she tried, even if she were to use her True Kang, she would never be able to take it off.
"Heh, don't say I'm not modest but you will not be able to escape from my fingers!" Chen Xiaobei laughed. "I will hit you, of course! I will hit your cute little butt!"
"What did you just say? You disgusting pervert! You will die!" Phantom Rain screamed at the top of her lung, exasperated.
With her position and status, even Nikkawa Uchu would have to call her Master Phantom Rain! Those with lower ranks would have to offer their respects to her like she was a god. Chen Xiaobei was the first person to make lewd remarks at her!
The last time in the hotel, there was a hidden reason as to why she was nearly attacked by Nikkawa Okazaka.
That was a topic for another day.
Right now, she could not stand being played by Chen Xiaobei!
"Argh… Argh…"
Phantom Rain's was followed by her body's True Qi to surge violently.
Water Celestial Event activated!
The water all around started to stir, roiling viciously as if there was a giant dragon splashing around!
"Chen Xiaobei, I want you dead!" Phantom Rain's vision was limited to a one-meter radius and she could not locate Chen Xiaobei's exact position but she was confident that she could use her power to crush Chen Xiaobei!
This was the deep sea.
Any normal human being would not even be able to survive even if there was no such Water Celestial Event around them. Even an elite or Celestial-cultivated elite would consume a lot of their True Qi. They would not be able to withstand being here for too long.
Just like the last time Chen Xiaobei suffered from the deep sea current in the seabed last time.
In the natural element, human being are tiny and pathetic, without any ability to resist.
Phantom Rain believed that if Black Tortoise Enigmatic Ninja was in her position, he would not be able to last for another 3 minutes.
She had never thought that she would be here risking her life to trigger the Water Celestial Event, stirring the waters like a Tsunami. But Chen Xiaobe stood on the reef, watching her quietly, completely unaffected.
"Chen Xiaobei! Say something! Why aren't you talking?"
After a while, when Phantom Rain felt that her True Qi were nearly exhausted, only did she stop.
She tried to get a feel of her environment to gauge whether Chen Xiaobei was dead or alive.
"Chen Xiaobei! I thought you're very powerful? Weren't you going to cast the 'Circlet-tightening Spell'? I thought you wanted mto e have fun with it? Go ahead and read out the spell! You loud-mouth!"
When she did not hear Chen Xiaobei move, Phantom Rain let out a sigh of relief and planned to swim back up to the surface, take in a deep breath and then come down again with a searchlight to find Chen Xiaobei's body!
But as she was about to leave, she heard the sound she dreaded.
"Chen Yasai! since you want me to read the spell so badly, let me fulfill your request! Try not to cry!" Chen Xiaobei's voice rang with a hint of mockery.
Chen Xiaobei then started to read the ancient Sanskrit scripture.
"How is that possible? You are perfectly fine… Huh? What… What is happening? My True Kang…"
Before Phantom Rain could finish her sentence, she felt an immense force squeeze at her clamp down on her True Kang!
Though this should not be pretty ineffectual to the 110,000 combat-power Phantom Rain. But now her Inner Qi and True Qi, especially her True Qi which was sustaining her True Kang, was nearly dried up. The water pressure was already draining her True Qi but the pressure from the Golden Circlet was the last straw.
Bam!
Finally, Phantom Rain could not hold it any longer.
Her True Kang shattered. Without that layer of protection, the saltwater gushed toward her body and forced its way into her mouth and nose. She started to suffocate and, in a few minutes, passed out.
She was lucky that her health was 110,000 or she would have died under the pressure!
"Sigh, why do people keep thinking that I'm bullshitting when I'm telling the truth?"
Chen Xiaobei swam towards her and held her in his arms. "I said that I will read the spell but you didn't believe me. Now you can't run away anymore, can you? Hehe…"
Chen Xiaobei looked around and took Phantom Rain to the nearest submarine wreckage where he found an oxygen tank and a diving helmet, both of which he put onto Phantom Rain.
After all, she could be the reincarnated Daji. Chen Xiaobei could not let her drown.
"Huh? What is that?"
Just as he was about to leave, something caught his eye!
Among the remnants of the submarine, Chen Xiaobei found a pile of torpedoes and guided missiles!
"It looks like that my enemy was getting ready to have a major showdown with me. They even armed their subs with so much ammunition! That's good! This is really convenient for me! Ahaha…"
Chen Xiaobei then put away about a dozen torpedoes and another dozen guided missiles into the Infinite Space Ring.
There were still nineteen other submarines around the area!
"I'll take them all!" Chen Xiaobei put Phantom Rain on the floor and swam from one wreck to another, collecting all the ammunition into the Infinite Space Ring.
Soon, they were all swept clean.
The Infinite Space Ring had turned into an arsenal. There was a total of 200 guided missiles and 300 torpedoes!
Using all of them at the same time could blow up an entire aircraft carrier!
"Shall I go up now and start a war?" Chen Xiaobei narrowed his eyed and raised his head up.
Is was dark down there but with Waterproof Nacre, Chen Xiaobei's vision was unaffected. He could roughly see that there were about thirty military naval ships on the surface: destroyers, battle cruisers, small battleships—these were all here to launch an attack on Chen Xiaobei, loaded and ready to fire. It was not something to be taken lightly.
Moreover, hovering above were about ten Supersonic Falcon, ten F-22 raptors and a Stealth Bomber on standby.
"Forget about it…" Chen Xiaobei shook his head and said, "There's nothing to gain or lose if I fight these machines! I'd rather not waste my resources!"
Other than snatching a couple of Red Envelopes, Chen Xiaobei had also secured a few hundred ammunition.
Furthermore, he also increased his combat power by 9,000!
After absorbing a few hundred blood essences and spirits of the marines into the Chaos Blood Sword. It could now unleash attacks that were as powerful as 100,000 combat power!
Right now, Chen Xiaobei was more than capable of disposing of his enemies both in the air and in the sea. But it would bea waste of resources and would be pretty much useless to him.
"Never mind then!"
Chen Xiaobei made a decision quietly then swiftly took out the spirit cage from the Infinite Space Ring.
Whoosh…
Qie Loulan flew out immediately. As a Spirit, it was not afraid of seawater.
"Bro Bei, do you need any help?"
"Didn't you recall the remains in the seabed? Do you remember anything else now?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"No…" Qie Loulan shook its head and said, "I would get a splitting headache whenever I think about the past…"
Wroom…
Before he could finish, there was a movement inside the Spirit Cage!
The Dark Purple Crystal Token he found inside the Xu Fu's brocade box, glowed purple and flew out of the Spirit Cage on its own.
It did not fly away, instead it hovered in front of Chen Xiaobei and pointed to the east!
Chen Xiaobei and Qie Loulan looked at each other and came to the same conclusion, "This token is pointing us in the right direction. We should be able find the remains!"
With that, Chen Xiaobei picked up Phantom Rain and together with Qie Loulan, headed east.
The Dark Purple Crystal Token flew ahead of them, not slowing down at all. It was truly magical.
Because of the Waterproof Nacre, the water pressure did not affect him, so he moved at the same speed as if he were on land.
It only took him a few minutes to travel about 100 km.
The Dark Purple Crystal Token came to a stop and, before Chen Xiaobei and Qie Loulan's eyes was a crumbling ruin!
"This… This is an ancient city!"
Chen Xiaobei was shocked.
Even though everything was in ruins, having eroded with time, you could roughly make out the walls, houses and streets.
This was a pretty large moat. From the extent of the ruins, one could tell that this ancient city was many times older than Japan!
"How did this ancient city sink so deep into the ocean?" Chen Xiaobei peered at it, examining it but he could not find any clues.
This ancient city was not recorded in the world's history.
In fact, the history that the regular citizens were taught might not be entirely true.
There were too many secrets kept hidden by men or had not been discovered.
The earth is vast! There was so much more that men have yet come to know!
"Bro Bei! Follow me! I can feel that I'm drawn in by a mysterious force!"
Qie Loulan's expression suddenly changed and he rushed toward the center of the wreckage. Dark Purple Crystal Token followed behind him. The closer they were to the center, the brighter the purple glow grew!
"It looks like the legendary treasury is right there!"
Chen Xiaobei quickly followed behind. But there was uncertain about something. "The Yin Qi exuded from the Dark Purple Crystal is really heavy. Why would anyone use it as a key to a treasury? Even my body wouldn't be able to stand carrying the Dark Purple Crystal around long-term!
Of course, he would not be able to get any answers right now.
He would need to take one step further to solve this puzzle.
The surroundings were in shambles but there in the center was a perfectly intact, as good as new, altar!
It was round in shape, about 30m in diameter and 10m tall.
The entire altar, from the very first step, was made of a clear black jade tile!
It was amazing how they were able to build an altar like that during those times.
"Bro Bei, come over here quickly!"
Qie Loulan and the Dark Purple Crystal Token had already reached the top of the altar. The purple glow was radiant, luminescing the entire altar!
"Such heavy Yin Qi!"
Chen Xiaobei rush to the top, carrying Phantom Rain and was immediately hit by the heavy Yin Qi all around him!
The extreme cold had caused Phantom Rain shivering non-stop and she hugged Chen Xiaobei tightly out of natural instinct. Her soft, perky breasts pressed against Chen Xiaobei's chest. Sadly, Chen Xiaobei was wearing the Wardragon Scale and could not experience that pleasantly shocking spring.
"Bor Bei, look!" Qie Loulan pointed to the ground and said, "If I'm not mistaken, that is a Teleportation Formation!"
"Teleportation Formation?"
Chen Xiaobei's eyes widened as he looked down at the ground.
On the black jade tile under his feet were carvings of symbols and each of them glowed purple.
"This Dark Purple Crystal Token is the core item of the Teleportation Formation! It had activated the symbols! Once the formation is activated, we will be sent to an entirely different space!" Qie Loulan exclaimed.
"How do you know all these?" Chen Xiaobei was curious.
"My memories are slowly coming back to me. I knew about this Teleportation Formation a long time ago!" Qie Loulan said.
"Where will it transport us to?" Chen Xiaobei asked urgently.
"The Abyss!" Qie Loulan answered.
"The Abyss? What place is that? Where is the treasury?"
Chen Xiaobei was taken aback. What kind of joke is this? He had come to find the treasury! He did not have to spare to go to this Abyss.
"I don't remember much about that place… But I do know that the Abyss is a place created by a demigod!" Qie Loulan recollected. "There is a treasury there left by the demigod! That time, in order to isolate to train himself, he hid in this private space, and brought all his resources into it with him!"
"What?! A demigod's treasury?! And he even brought all his resources with him?!" Chen Xiaobei's eyes glimmered. "Then, what are we waiting for? Let's go and check it out! I would be rich if I have hundreds and thousands of Spiritual Stones."
This time, on his trip to Japan, Chen Xiaobei still had a great war ahead. The more resources he possessed, the more rewards he would get. If what Qie Loulan said was true and they find the treasury the demigod left behind, he would instantly become very wealthy!
"But I vaguely remember that there is some kind of threat… I can't pinpoint it exactly, I can't remember anything else…" Qie Loulan frowned and said.
"Could it be that the demigod is still alive?" Chen Xiaobei gasped.
"No…" Qie Loulan shook its head and said, "I remember that the demigod died in a war…"
"Died?" Chen Xiaobei looked horrified. "Only someone as powerful as him could kill a demigod! Does the fall of this ancient city have anything to do with the war?"
"That, I don't remember. But what you say makes a lot of sense!" Qie Loulan said, "The demigod is powerful enough to destroy an entire island on his own! Luckily, he's already dead. If not, we will definitely not be able to enter!"
"Okay, let's go take a look. If anything happens, I can still reverse time!"
Chen Xiaobei was ready. If they come face to face with an unbeatable enemy, he will just use the Moonlight Cache to turn back the time. As long as they do not get killed instantly and was still able to mouth a line from the Maha Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra then they would be able to return to the safe period!
Ultimately, his lifespan was now 9,000. It would not do any major harm for him to use the Moonlight Cache a few times.
"Reverse time? This… Is that real?"
Qie Loulan looked flabbergasted. To him, that was just a folklore!
"Of course…"
Before Chen Xiaobei could continue, their surroundings suddenly erupted and transmuted.
Boom! Bam! Bam… Vroom…
The altar shook like there was an earthquake and a strapping force spun around vigorously on the ground.
Then a dark purple screen that looked like a person-tall mirror appeared in the center of the formation.
"That is the door to the Abyss!" Qie Loulan said.
Chen Xiaobei said, "Alright, let's go!"
Pop… Pop…
They all walked into the dark purple screen.
The other side was completely dry! There was not a drop of water inside, as if they had arrived at the shore! Their surrounding was also drastically different! It was dark and coal black all around, completely desolate!
Bald withered trees, weathered rocks, and bone-piercing howl of the wind!
The name Abyss could not be more fitting!
There seemed to be no end to this bleak scenery, like the Yellow Springs road that leads to hell – no one could tell what was ahead!
Voom…
The Dark Purple Crystal Token dimmed as it had completed its mission and fell into Chen Xiaobei's palm. Chen Xiaobei then put it aside. If he realized that he did not need it later, he would just eat it to increase his health.
Xiao'er longed to taste this Dark Purple Crystal which meant that this material must be some rare stuff!
"Bro Bei, who is that girl you're carrying?" Qie Loulan alerted, "There could danger ahead. We can't carry her around like that. Should we leave her here?"
"No, this woman is dangerous." Chen Xiaobei shook his head, placing Phantom Rain on the floor. He took off the oxygen mask so that she could breathe fresh air.
Qie Loulan was puzzled. "When I was making Nikkawa Okazaka's mask, I overheard Cang Jingu mention that you have Heavenly Dog Biscuits. Why don't you give her one?"
"That's because the Heavenly Dog Biscuit is too potent. It could kill a person's heart!"
Chen Xiaobei looked down at Phantom Rain's pale, beautiful face and said, "There's a chance we could become friends. That's why I can't feed her the biscuit! I will only choose to eliminate my absolute enemies' freedom of will!"
Obviously, Chen Xiaobei suspected that Phantom Rain was the reincarnated Daji.
He did not feed Six Ear Macaque or Jiang Ziya with any dog biscuit because they might become his allies. There was a possibility that she might do the same.
Chen Xiaobei would rather suffer a loss than kill a friend's heart!
"We can't leave her here and we can't feed her the dog biscuit. That means we'll have to wait for her to wake up. If we bring her in, then we'll be in big trouble when trouble arises!" Qie Loulan said impatiently.
"We won't have to wait. I have a drug that could wake her up immediately."
A bottle of Hundred Herbs Potion appeared in his hand.
Phantom Rain had merely passed out. She would be able to wake up once she drank from the bottle.
"Wait!" Chen Xiaobei suddenly remembered something very important. "I want to check if she's the reincarnated Daji. It won't be so easy when she's awake."
"What is the reincarnated Daji?" Qie Loulan asked, puzzled.
"You won't know even if I told you." Chen Xiaobei was too last to explain.
He placed the Hundred Herbs Potion on the floor, knelt beside Phantom Rain and then reached for her collar.
She was wearing an elegant kimono, and because her powerful health, she was not afraid of cold, ergo the very thin material. It was now soaked in seawater and clung to her body, outlining her devilish curves! She looked tantalizingly delicious!
"What the… Hormones! Don't act up on me now! We have not done our work yet…"
Chen Xiaobei swallowed as he pulled her kimono open, revealing a portion of her fair, swollen wet breasts… and that deep plunging cleavage…
"What the hell! Bro Bei! Are you really doing this? Exploiting her when she's unconscious?" Qie Loulan's eyeballs were practically hanging from their sockets.
Why did Chen Xiaobei undress her?
"Exploit my ass! Do I look like that kind of person to you?"
Chen Xiaobei rolled his eyes at Qie Loulan before reaching toward the fair, heavy breasts.
"Yes…" Qie Loulan nodded, full of certainty.
"Wow… It's so soft… So bouncy… So smooth…" Chen Xiaobei felt a deep longing inside him. He was on the verge of losing control. He was a man after all.
"Bro Bei, you enjoy yourself here… I will go check things out in front…" Qie Loulan said uneasily.
"The f*ck enjoy! Come back now! Ahem… I was not being a pervert… You must believe me…" Chen Xiaobei concentrated and said, "If she is the person I'm looking for, a Crimson Lotus will appear on her chest where her heart is once I inject True Qi in her chest!"
"Crimson Lotus?" Qie Loulan raised his brows.
"Right, take a look!" Chen Xiaobei nodded and then he started to channel True Qi into Phantom Rain's chest.
After a few minutes, Chen Xiaobei released his palm.
"Nothing…"
Qie Loulan's curiosity was replaced with disappointment.
There was nothing unusual on her left breast, much less a Crimson Lotus.
"Maybe I didn't channel enough True Qi to her? Let me try again!"
Chen Xiaobei covered her breasts with his hand again.
"Bro Bei, you go ahead and enjoy yourself. We are friends after all. There's no need to be coy."
Qie Loulan quickly turned to leave.
"Come back this instance! I am not doing anything perverted!"
Chen Xiaobei was a little agitated.
"Ah!"
Phantom Rain let out shrill cry suddenly.
She had just come to and when she opened her eyes, she saw a pervert groping her breast!
"You lowlife pervert! You took advantage of me when I was unconscious! I… I'll fight you!"
Phantom Rain was indignant. All her life, she had never let any man hold her hand, much less touch her breasts!
Smack!
Phantom Rain raised her hand to hit Chen Xiaobei in the face.
"$%#@^ap;ap;*~"
Chen Xiabei was sharp, he quickly mouthed a string of gibberish malediction—it was the Circlet-tightening spell.
"Ah, god it hurts… My head hurts… What the hell… This thing is still on my…. Argh…It hurts like hell…"
Phantom Rain trembled. She drew her hands back instinctively and grabbed her temple.
The pain had come from the Golden Circlet!
Earlier, the circlet had latched around her True Kang, which explained why Phantom Rain did not experience any pain. But now, with her True Kang gone, the circlet was tied directly onto her head.
Once the spell was read, the golden circlet shrank, giving her a head-breaking pain.
Chen Xiaobei did not intend to torture her, he took a step back and said, "I don't care if you believe it or not, I was not molesting you!"
"Pfft! Only a fool will believe you!"
Phantom Rain took a deep breath, stood up, raised her fist and charged toward Chen Xiaobei.
"$%#@^ap;ap;*~"
Chen Xiaobei had no choice but to continue the spell.
"Argh…"
Phantom Rain's face paled. She could not hold it any longer than three seconds, "Stop it… Please stop… I believe you, alright…"
"That's more like it!"
Chen Xiaobei stopped reading and said, "I really don't want to hurt you. If I do, I would've already destroyed your cultivation and I would have done anything I'd like to you! Why would I keep you from harm and risk getting bitten by a tigress?
"Who are you calling a tigress?!"
Phantom Rain glared at Chen Xiaobei, she wanted to rip this bastard apart!
But the Circlet-tightening spell was too agonizing an experience; she dared not make another attempt at attacking Chen Xiaobei.
And Phantom Rain was well-aware that she was unharmed.
If Chen Xiaobei had any ill-intentions at all, he would have f*cked her a hundred times already. He would not have just stopped at touching her breast! As she thought about it, her spite toward Chen Xiaobei lessened. But she must have her revenge for being touched! That was a must!
"Chen Yasai! What plans are you cooking up in that head of yours?" Chen Xiaobei narrowed his eyes at her, as if he knew what she was thinking and warned, "I strongly advise that you refrain from trying to retaliate! Or I'll make sure you have more fun later!"
"Hmph! What's so great about using a Spiritual Item?" Phantom Rain taunted. "If you're really so good, let's fight, one to one! If you can still make me suffer, then I'll do as you say!"
"Oh please, stop being so childish! I won't fall for this kind of boorish goading!" Then Chen Xiaobei recollected himself and said to her in a serious manner, "I'll be honest with you. I did not hurt you because I have a feeling that you are one of my friends. She has a birthmark on the left side of her chest. It will appear when someone channels True Qi into it!"
"Friend?" Phantom Rain eyed him suspiciously, "You got the wrong person. I don't have any birthmark on my body."
"You're only saying that because you've never done it before!"
Chen Xiaobei said, "How about this, you let me try again one more time. If it doesn't appear, then I'll consider letting you go!"
"Oh please!" Phantom Rain spat, "You f*cking pervert! You just want to touch me again eh? Why don't you just kill yourself?!"
"How many times do I have to repeat myself?" Chen Xiaobei said, exasperated, "If I'm really a pervert, you would have become a woman already! Why should I stand here and listen to all your bullshit?"
"You are a pervert! No many how many times you deny it, you are a pervert!"
Phantom Rain looked at him like he was a predator and covered her chest with both hands.
"I…"
Chen Xiaobei was at his wit's end. Obviously, trying to talk sense into her is useless. Though Chen Xiaobei could do whatever he wanted to her since he had the Golden Circlet on her. But if Phantom Rain really was the reincarnated Daji, they might never be able to become friends and might even become enemies!
Let's not forget that Chanism was also looking for the reincarnated Daji!
He would have to use a gentler approach!
Chen Xiaobei made up his mind and then said, "Alright. I won't look. Is that okay?"
"You won't look?" Phantom Rain still had a horrified look on her face, "If that's the case, you might as well just let me go… I will be grateful to you for that."
"Let you go? Do I look stupid to you?" Chen Xiaobei disagreed and said, "Before I am able to gauge whether you are a friend or foe, you will have to listen to my instructions! I may not hurt you, but I'm not so stupid that I would release a tigress!"
"You are the she-tiger! Your whole family is a tigress!"
Phantom Rain's eyes bored into Chen Xiaobei. Although she claimed that Chen Xiaobei was a pervert, somehow, deep inside, she believed him. If Chen Xiaobei did not treat her like a friend, he would have just read the Circlet-tightening curse and cause her to suffer so badly that she could not fight back.
He could actually do anything to her!
Chen Xiaobei had taken such a big step backward and Phantom Rain dared push him any further, and exasperate him. She would be on the losing end.
And just like that, their relationship hung on a delicate balance—they did not trust each other but they were also careful not to step on each other's toes.
They were basically provisional allies!
"What is this place?"
Phantom Rain was walking alongside Chen Xiaobei.
But she did not recognize her surroundings.
There was not a soul in sight, and the sky was bleak; it was dim and there was not a trace of a cloud.
It was all very unfamiliar to her, it did not look like they were on earth at all.
"You wouldn't know if I told you. Just follow me and don't even think of informing Nikkawa Uchu!"
Chen Xiaobei dismissed her question and focused his attention on the road ahead.
Qie Loulan had said that in there a certain danger lurking in this place. A danger so menacing that even he, an Eight-Stars Wight, was so afraid of. Chen Xiaobei did not dare to take it lightly!
"What you just said is not even logical I don't even have any communication tools on me. How am I supposed to inform Nikkawa Uchu?" Phantom Rain said frostily.
"It's good to be honest. If you try to pull anything, don't blame me for being rude!" Chen Xiaobei said.
"What could I do?" Phantom Rain mumbled. Slowing down her pace a little, hands behind her back, trying to activate her ninjustu!
But she had used up her True Qi. Her Dantian was emptied; she could not use unleash any ninjutsu at all.
She could only hope that Nikkawa Uchu could find this place…
Phantom Rain was reluctant but right now, she would have to follow Chen Xiabei obediently.
"Bro Bei! Bro Bei! There's danger ahead!" Qie Loulan suddenly screamed.
Because he was in Spiritual Form, people without Spiritual eyes would not be able to see him.
So, he flew about 10m ahead of Chen Xiaobei to make sure that the path was clear and warned Chen Xiaobei of any incoming threat.
"Danger? Who said that?"
Phantom Rain's eyes widened in alarm.
"You could hear his voice?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"Of course! It's so loud! Only a deaf person wouldn't be able to hear that." Phantom Rain barked.
"That voice belongs to a spirit that I rear! Ordinary people cannot hear him!"
Chen Xiaobei pointed ahead to Qie Loulan who was flying hurriedly towards them.
"That…"
Phantom Rain froze.
Chen Xiaobei was just as surprised. "Who knew that not only are you naturally born with X-ray Eyes, you also have Yin Yang Eyes. I think you are the only mutant born with these two abilities, right?"
Actually, Chen Xiaobei's Yin Yang Eyes were actually Netherspirit Battlescouter and his X-ray Eyes were actually Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes. And these were not inherent! Only people like Phantom Rain that born with special abilities would receive favor from Mother Nature!
"Chen Yasai, what are you daydreaming about?" Chen Xiaobei laughed, "Your cover's already blown. You can stop pretending now. Do you take me for a fool?"
"You… Are you really that stupid?" Phantom Rain's voice trembled a little and she gulped. "This is a Daitengu! But you keep calling it a spirit!"
"Daitengu?"
Both Chen Xiaobei and Qie Louland were dumbfounded at this revelation. Chen Xiaobei had felt that Qie Loulan looked like a Japanese monster called the Tengu. But he was unfamiliar with Japanese history and did not study too much about it. Who would have thought that Phantom Rain had given him a sure answer today! And from the look on Phantom Rain's face, the Daitengu must be pretty formidable.
"What is a Daitengu?" Both Chen Xiaobei and Qie Louland asked in unison.
Chen Xiaobei was purely curious whereas, Qie Loulan wanted to find out who he was prior to his memory loss. And why was he in hibernation?
"You uncultured fools!" Phantom Rain then set to explain in detail. "In Japan, as long as you reach Sky Ninja, or as you Chinese say demigod, you can use secret technique and sign a contract with the Demon God so that your spirit will not end up in hell or go through reincarnation! Their spirit will transform into Tengu so that they can stay amongst men to continue to train themselves! As long as they train till they become an Earth God, they would receive the chance to ascend to become a real deity in heaven! And Daitengu is a Tengu that has gone through an innumerable amount of years of evolution and is very close to becoming an Earth God!"
Both Chen Xiaobei and Qie Loulan could not believe what they were just told.
"The f*ck! There is such a thing?!" Qie Loulan exclaimed. "Then, does that mean that I was a Sky Ninja? And now I'm very close to becoming an Earth God?"
Chen Xiaobei, on the other hand, asked, "Is there a difference between a demigod and an Earth God?"
He had heard Lu Bu mention the word Earth God many times before. It was apparent that they were two different things altogether.
"Demigod means the person is half human half soon-to-be-god! And Earth God is a real god! How could they be the same?" Phantom Rain said, "To put it plainly, Demigods are still human and Earth God is an entity between an ordinary human being and the deity in heaven!"
"Oh…" Chen Xiaobei nodded and then asked again, "But Qie Loulan is not as strong as you said, he only had 40,000 combat power! Let alone an Earth God! He hasn't even achieved pinnacle phase of True Nirvana cultivation!"
"Maybe it's because he was hurt badly by a Pure Yang Item… Give it some time… He will recover in no time!"
Phantom Rain came up with a logical guess.
But her shock had not dissipated.
How could Chen Xiaobei possibly rear a Daitengu?! Luckily Qie Loulan's was badly hurt or he would be the scariest enemy.
"Could it be that," Chen Xiaobei tried to come up with a logical explanation. "The ruins was an island on the sea and Qie Loulan was the owner of that island! And many years ago, the island collapsed because of the war and Qie Loulan died! His spirit then became a Tengu and had been training here ever since. After that, another force invaded this place and used the Pure Yang Item to destroy Qie Loulan! And that was why Qie Loulan could not but fall into a long deep sleep and had awakened only recently."
Qie Loulan's face fell.
Chen Xiaobei's conjecture was like repeating history. It sparked something in his blotted memory and helped him remember most of what had happened.
"Bro Bei, your speculation is accurate! I suddenly recall so many things!" Qie Loulan looked nervous. "The danger ahead is the force that had invaded this place. I was injured by their kind!"
"They? Who are they?"
Both Chen Xiaobei and Phantom Rain's blood ran cold and they were on high alert.
The danger ahead was nothing ordinary!
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