"What? The emperor, Wugui Wangba has become your loyal hound?! Zhufeng… Is that supposed to be a joke?" asked Ao Liancheng who seemed very shocked.
If others were to have told him about it, he would not have believed a single word. However, since Chen Xiaobei was the one that told him about it, he had to believe him. That was because Chen Xiaobei had done a lot of impossible tasks in front of him. No matter how difficult the task, Chen Xiaobei would always deliver his promise.
For example…
Saving Neptune Starfield!
Capturing the Giant Barbaric Tiger!
To Ao Liancheng, Chen Xiaobei was the kind of person that was born to perform miracles.
"I'm not kidding here! I will do it now! If everything goes right, I think I will be able to settle it by today!"
"Zhufeng… It's not that I don't believe you… I just can't figure out how you are going to settle the whole thing. Are there going to be unexpected dangers? Do you need Neptune Starfield to help you?"
"Are you doubting me? Have you heard about what happened in Royal Dome Starfield?"
"Of course!"
"What do you know about it? I heard that a man in a black robe and ghost mask singlehandedly killed the emperor, eight Wangye and thousands of soldiers! This is one of the biggest news I have ever heard in these few years!"
"So, you do know that man in the black robe is powerful?"
"Of course he is powerful! Super powerful! Too damn powerful! I will never become as powerful as him even if I was given 100 years to train myself!"
"So, do you think the Tenshou's emperor is more powerful or the man in the black robe?"
"Of course it's the man in the black robe! I can safely tell you that he is definitely from Apocalypse Starfield! He is also a super-elite on the Fate Leaderboard in Apocalypse Starfield!"
"Hehe… You know what? I'm actually that man in the black robe!"
"What?!!!!!"
"I know you will find it really hard to believe! Let me show you some proof!"
Chen Xiaobei then took out his Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd because he was too lazy to explain the whole thing to him. Luo Bin and Lin Xue were released from it.
"Who… Who are they?"
"They are Luo Bin and Lin Xue. Both of them are Princess Puti's stepparents! They have been locked up in the deepest part of Royal Dome's jail for a long time!"
After three days of mediation, Luo Bin and Lin Xue had almost recovered fully. Of course, they were eternally grateful for it.
"Oh god! Zhufeng! You really are that powerful man in the black robe!"
"Now, you don't need to worry about my safety anymore, right?"
"No! Of course not! With your amazing feat in Royal Dome, you can easily defeat the Tenshou's emperor!"
"It's good that you are not worried about me anymore. Just wait for me here. I'm going to prepare a secret weapon! After that, we will carry out my plan!"
"Zhufeng! Hold on! I think you shouldn't waste more time! Just send Luo Bin and Lin Xue back to Saint Duke first to prove that you are the main in the black robe! I can bet that Luo Qiongchang will beg you to marry Princess Puti!"
"I know that Puti will definitely choose me to be her husband! Why would I need to rush it? There are still 40 days left before the competition ends. I want to prepare a bigger present for her before I go back to Saint Duke!"
"A… A bigger present? Isn't killing Royal Dome's emperor and the Wangye not enough? You even saved Luo Bin and Lin Xue! I think this present is definitely big enough for them!"
Chen Xiaobei then shrugged his shoulders with a smile on his face. After that, he entered the gourd without saying another word.
"Childe Chen… What is he trying to do?" asked Luo Bin and Lin Xue.
"I don't know as well…" said Ao Liancheng while shaking his head.
"What did you bring to our master?" asked Wugui Kojiro.
"Seawater," answered Ao Liancheng.
After hearing the answer, Luo Bin, Lin Xue, and Wugui Kojiro were left in shock.
Seawater was definitely no secret weapon.
.....
Inside the gourd.
Chen Xiaobei took out the Green Jade Cauldron, pouring in all the seawater. Clearly, this was no ordinary seawater as there seemed to be some kind of ink-like liquid mixed within it.
Swoosh…
After that, he summoned his Transmogrifying Flame and heated the cauldron to evaporate all the seawater. Streams of Black Qi rose to the air as the seawater started to boil.
Siii…
Siii…
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei used his Storage Bracelet to absorb all the Black Qi. All these Black Qi were actually Chen Xiaobei's true secret weapon! Only those from Neptune would know its true capabilities. It was the exact same poisonous gas that almost killed everyone from Neptune Starfield! Though the Demonic Beast was sealed away by Chen Xiaobei, the toxin that it released was still lingering in the sea. Earlier, Chen Xiaobei had asked Ao Liancheng to use a submarine to collect a sample of toxic seawater.
To any elite that was not an Earth God, touching this toxic would mean death. Even a powerful elite like the holy emperor of Neptune was almost killed by it! The reason why Chen Xiaobei was not afraid of it was because of the Cleansing Bodhi he had with him. In order to make sure that no one would be killed by this toxin, he had to enter the gourd alone to extract it.
"With this secret weapon, Tenshou's emperor will never be able to defeat me!"
At Tenshou's palace.
With the royal study room in the center, there was not a single person within a 300-meter radius. Outside the 300-meter radius were tens of thousands of Tenshou warriors forming a giant circle, guarding the place. Usually, there were only 1,000 warriors standing guard around the 100-meter radius point. After hearing what the man in the black robe had done in Royal Dome Starfield, the emperor was so afraid that he reinforced his protection.
Nowadays, he even carried three Two-star Earth-God Divine Instruments with him all the time. Filled with Spiritual Qi, they were ready to launch full-blown attacks at his enemy. He had instructed the warriors to kill anyone that set foot inside his protection circle. Even the officers and generals had to wait and talk outside the protection circle.
"Our emperor is really scared to death by the man in the black robe… He has not left his study for two days… Grand chancellor, it's rare that you've agreed to initiate the war but, I think the emperor might not agree to it since he's in a very unstable state," said the grand general, Takao Sansen.
"General, I don't think you know our emperor well enough! What happened in Royal Dome had indeed scared him to death! That is also why the emperor will speed up the whole war thing!" said the grand chancellor, Ishizai Danto.
"Why do you say so? Our emperor is the kind of man that likes to get things done quickly! He swears that he will destroy Saint Duke within three years! Do you really think that he will cancel his plan just because of some man in a black robe?!"
"That's just your guess. I don't think that is how he thinks…"
"Hehe… You should know that officers like me will never agree to start the war as soon as possible! Why do you think that I'm here now to speed up the whole war thing?"
"About this… You are right! Usually, this is the general's responsibility! In fact, you have just brought a few of your officers to persuade the emperor with me… Could that mean the emperor has given you a direct order?"
"You are right! I received the emperor's order this morning. He asked me to bring the core officers with me to discuss some business with him! From what I know, we are not the only ones! Even the royal members have been asked here! It's obvious that the emperor wants war now!"
"This is great! The soldiers and I have ran out of patience! We are going to destroy Saint Duke, take away all their resources, rule their lands, toy with their women, and enslave their men! This is going to be awesome! Hahaha…"
"Grand general! Please refrain yourself from saying something so explicit. After all, you are still an important officer here!"
"What's wrong with saying something explicit? I'm a real man! Besides, these are the reasons why I love going to war!"
"Grand general is right! As long as we win the war, we can take possession of their resources, land, women, and even make them our slaves!"
Suddenly, a group of men in fancy clothing walked towards them. The few men walking at the front were Tanshou's Wangye and the group of young men walking behind them were princes.
"Speaking about women! That princess, Luo Puti is mine!" said Second Wangye, Wugui Taiyu with a perverted smile on him.
"Second brother! With your current age, you are qualified to become her father! I think you should let me take possession of her! Hahaha…" said Ninth Wangye.
"Fellow uncles! From what we know, the two of have married multiple wives! I think we should be the ones that take possession of Luo Puti!" said the princes.
"Fine! Fine! Fine! Go ahead and take all the women! I'm going to take possession of all their resources anyway! Spiritual Stones are what matters to me!"
"I'm going to enslave 100,000 men from Saint Duke and order them to build a city for me!"
Everyone was getting really excited and talking about how to utilize their plundered resources even though the war had not even started yet. What they did not expect was that the man in the black robe had already entered the protection circle and arrived at the entrance of the royal study room.
Buzz…
Buzz…
A flying bug smaller than a fly buzzed around the study room.
"Just like what I expected! There's no place for me to get into the study room!" said the fly.
This fly was, in fact, Chen Xiaobei. Earlier, he had used the High-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur to transform himself into a fly! Though his Nightstalker Outfit was upgraded recently, it still did not allow him to achieve full invisibility. In order to get into the protection circle without anyone realizing it, he had to turn himself into a common insect.
Another thing was that Chen Xiaobei would not be able to feed the emperor the Heavenly Dog Biscuit while he was still a fly. That was because all the windows and doors were all tightly shut and there was a small defensive formation that had been set up keeping any living beings from getting close to the study room.
To get into the study room, Chen Xiaobei had to destroy the formation first. Of course, he had already expected to encounter such a problem, which was why he brought his secret weapon with him.
Swoosh!
Chen Xiaobei deactivated the skill and returned to human form. He then put on the usual black suit.
"Man in the black robe!!! He is standing in front of the study room!!!"
The guards that kept an eye on the study room 24/7 had immediately noticed Chen Xiaobei.
"How did he enter the protection circle?! We have tens of thousands of warriors guarding here!"
"Is he a man or a ghost… No normal human being can pull such a stun!"
"I don't think he is a ghost… I think he is an Earth God!"
None of them could figure out how did Chen Xiaobei entered the protection circle.
"Stop standing there! Form up into formation and protect the emperor!" shouted Takao Sansen.
"Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!" Izhizai Danton shouted as well.
Rumble!
Suddenly, three rays of lights landed at the entrance of the study room. Chen Xiaobei, however, was not the one who launched the attack. It seemed like the emperor wanted take the initiative to attack Chen Xiaobei first. In total, the emperor had spent 30 million low-grade Spiritual Stones to power all three of his Two-star Earth-God Divine Instruments!
Standing at the entrance, Chen Xiaobei did not have enough time to dodge the attack because he did not expect the emperor to attack first.Rumble…
Three rays of Two-star Spiritual Lights were aimed squarely at Chen Xiaobei. This attack was equivalent to three Two-star Earth Gods working together to kill him. It was definitely a lethal hit. Even if Chen Xiaobei had 30 One-star Earth-God Divine Instruments with him, there was no way that he could defend himself, not with his current highest speed anyway. It was still not enough to dodge the attack.
BAM!
The attack had successfully landed on Chen Xiaobei. The ground cracked. It was as if a massive-scale earthquake had just shaken him. All the people that were standing 300 meters away were shocked to see such a powerful attack. Those with weak cultivation had lost their balance and fell to the ground. When the quake had finally stopped and dust cleared, everyone could see a hole that was hundreds of meters deep and as big as a basketball court in front of the study room.
"Oh god… What just happened? Has our emperor just killed that man in the black robe?"
"I think you are right! I saw three Spiritual Lights land on that man in the black robe. There's no way he can survive that attack even if he is a Two-star Earth God!"
"Our emperor is the most powerful man in this universe! I can't believe that he managed to kill that man in the black robe in such an easy manner!"
"All hail the emperor! All hail the emperor!"
Everyone was cheering for the emperor for he had just achieved something great. People were basically worshipping him right now.
"That man in the black robe was too damn arrogant! How dare he show up in front of the study room alone? Our emperor has fully charged his three Two-star Earth-God Divine Instruments! He can use them to attack his enemy anytime he wants!" said Takao Sansen.
"That's why I say, a well-prepared man will always win the battle! That is why our emperor can kill that black-robed man with a single strike!" said Ishizai Danto.
"The black-robed man is our sworn enemy! Once he is dead, no one will be able to stop us from going to war anymore! Hahaha…" laughed Takao Sansen.
"It's all set in stone now! All we need do to right now is to wait for the emperor to meet us and discuss the date to start the war!" said Ishizai Danto.
Suddenly, someone shouted, "The emperor is coming out from his study room!"
A man in black samurai attire and brown clogs walked out of the study room. His left hand held a saber and in his right a sword. On his ring finger, a ring with a huge gemstone could be seen. It was emanating powerful Spiritual Qi. Clearly, these three items were the only Two-star Earth-God Divine Instruments on Tenshou Starfield! The person that possessed these three items was none other than the emperor himself, Wugui Osama!
"The man in the black robe is dead? Piece of garbage!"
Wugui Osama then walked around to look for Chen Xiaobei's body. He did not manage to find it and so, he kept away his sword and saber. The glow on his ring slowly faded away as well.
"Eh? Isn't that… A Storage Bracelet? That is the storage bracelet of the black-robed man! I believe all Royal Dome's Earth God Divine Instruments are inside it! This is like a gift that fell from heaven!" shouted Wugui Osama.
Phissh…
Suddenly, a stream of black smoke shot out from the Storage Bracelet and hit the emperor right in his face.
"Ugh… Ugh…"
Immediately, his pupils contracted and his face turned black. Before he could call someone to help him, he fell to the ground and started to throw up foam, shuddering violently.
Buzz…
A ripple appeared on a rock at the corner of the giant hole. It was Chen Xiaobei deactivating the special ability of his Nightstalker Outfit.
"Ugh… Ugh…"
The emperor was so shocked by him it was as if he had just seen a ghost.
"You must be really surprised to see me, right? You must also be wondering how the hell I survived the blow from three of your Two-star Earth-God Divine Instruments.
"Ugh…"
The emperor tried to squeeze some words but failed to do so. The hole was at least hundreds of meters deep and there were 200 meters between the emperor and the crowd outside the protection circle. That was why none of them had a clue on what was going on here.
"My Netherspirit Battlescouter had been upgraded recently! The Ultimate Protective Puppet can help to block an attack that comes from anything below a Five-star Earth-God Divine Instrument! You can kill me easily if you have a weapon like that! Unfortunately, your Two-star Earth-God Divine Instrument has caused me no harm whatsoever!"
"Ugh… Ugh…"
"Don't you worry! I will not let you die! At least not now!"
Chen Xiaobei walked towards him and fed the emperor a Heavenly Dog Biscuit that was covered with his Ethereal Force. After that, he employed the same method of removing toxins out of the Neptune holy emperor on Wugui Osama. From this moment onwards, the number one elite on the Nine Zones Heavenly Leaderboard had now become Chen Xiaobei's loyal hound.
…..
Outside of protection circle.
Officers were discussing the incident amongst themselves.
"Why is the emperor not here yet? Could something have happened to him?" asked Wugui Nobita.
"Don't worry! The man in the black robe is dead, and I didn't sense any Spiritual Waves coming out from the hole! The emperor should be doing fine!" said Takao Sansen.
"The emperor is here!" shouted Ishizai Danto.
Immediately, everyone paid attention to the doors. They all saw the emperor jumping out of the hole and striding towards them.
"Greetings emperor! Greetings emperor!"
Every single person looked at the emperor with the utmost adoration.
"At ease! Today, I want to discuss how to deal with the man in the black robe! He is now dead! All of you can go back now!"
"Huh? My king, I thought we are supposed to discuss kickstarting the war at an earlier time?" asked Takao Sansen.
"Who told you that?" said the emperor while glaring at the general.
"Grand chancellor was the one who told me about it!"
"Ishizai Kun! Did I mention anything about that to you?!"
"About this… Yesterday, you asked me to come here to discuss an important matter, right?" said Ishizai Danto.
"I just said I want to discuss killing the man in the black robe! What made you think that I was about to discuss war?" asked the emperor in an angry manner.Sii…
Facing the emperor's wrath, everyone from the scene took in a deep breath. They could almost feel their hearts jumping out of their throats.
Reigning the starfield for a few decades, the emperor had built up a rather terrifying ruler's aura. Moreover, this emperor was the number one elite on Nine-Zones Heavenly Leaderboard. The Murderous Qi that exuded from him was powerful enough to put fear into everyone's hearts. Under immense pressure, no one dared to lie to the emperor. All of them nodded their heads unconsciously.
"It seems like all of you thought that I would say yes to kickstarting the war earlier! Soldiers! Capture all those who disrespected me!"
"What?!!"
Everyone was shocked to hear the order. All tens of thousands of warriors hesitated to execute the order.
"What now? No one wants to follow my orders?!" asked Wugui Osama in an icy voice.
He then activated the ring he wore on his finger. Immediately, everyone held their breath. He could easily kill everyone around him with ease if he wanted to do so.
"Yes, my king!"
Tens of thousands of warriors shouted at the same time. They then stabbed their katanas in all the officers' and royal members' necks! None of them could say or do anything about it.
"My king, we have captured all of them!" said one of the warriors while kneeling on the ground.
"Ishizai Danto is the head of all government officers and Takao Sansen is the army general! These two people have spread terrible rumors to the public! A lot of people are confused by them! They have seriously affected the foundation of our starfield which is why they are sentenced to death right here, right now!"
"What?!!!"
Everyone could not believe the emperor had just dropped such a severe order.
"Listen to my order! Decapitate them! I want both of their heads hung on the entrance to our capital city for three months! I want to see who has the guts to do what they have just done!"
"Mercy please… My king… Please spare our lives!"
The two of them almost peed their pants when they heard that the emperor was going to execute them. There was nothing they could do except to beg for their lives.
"My king! Ishizai-kun and Takao-kun are the pillars of Tenshou Starfield! I think it will most likely affect our starfield if you execute them!" said the Second Wangye, Wugui Nobita.
"This is my final decision! All those who speak for them will be executed as well! Execute them now!!!"
Swish!
Swish!
The two warriors lifted up their sabers and chopped the heads off. Everyone around them was drenched in cold sweat when they saw what happened to the two of them.
"My king… What should we do with the rest of them?"
"I can spare their lives, but they must be punished! Take them out and whip them 300 times!"
"My king… Have mercy please… All we did was listen to the rumor! We don't deserve such heavy punishment!"
Everyone started to beg the emperor to not punish them. Without the protection of Ethereal Force, all of them would be bedridden for a year and a half after being caned. "Bring them away and punish them now!" said the emperor in a determined manner.
None of them could figure out what was the emperor thinking. Every single decision that he made today was utterly ridiculous. No one would expect that their emperor had become Chen Xiaobei's loyal hound. Killing Takao Sansen and Ishizai Danto was just the beginning of Chen Xiaobei's plan. He would slowly carry out his exciting plan on Tenshou Starfield! When the 40 days were over, Chen Xiaobei would then be able to present his mysterious gift to Saint Duke.
....
After that Wugui Osama returned to his study room and Chen Xiaoebi was waiting inside it.
"Master! I have done what you asked me to do!"
Chen Xiaobei then nodded his head and tossed a Storage Bracelet to the emperor.
"There are 200 nuclear warheads inside this Storage Bracelet!"
"Nuclear warheads? What is that?"
"It's the most powerful weapon from the world where I come from! It can kill anyone that is not an Earth God!"
"That… That is really powerful… Why did you give this to me?"
"I want you to install all these nuclear warheads at Tenshou's army base, weapon factories, and other places that are related to fighting a war! I want to destroy all of them with a single button!"
"With all these nuclear warheads, you are going to destroy the entire Tenshou Starfield!"
"That is just the beginning! 40 days later, Tenshou Starfield will cease to exist!"
"How… How is that even possible… Your nuclear warheads are really powerful but I don't think they are enough to destroy the entire starfield!"
"Just do what I asked you to do! Other than that, hand me all your Earth-God Divine Instruments!"
"Yes master!"
Without any hesitation, Wugui Osama passed all three of his Two-star Earth-God Divine Instruments to Chen Xiaobei.
"Now, bring me to where the national treasury is!"
"Yes, master!"Tenshou's national vault was extremely huge. After years of invading Saint Duke, Tenshou had managed to amass all their resources. That was why Tenshou was a lot wealthier than Royal Dome. When Chen Xiaobei was in Royal Dome, he only took a small portion of resources from their vault because he wanted Eighth Wangye to make Royal Dome a better place to live in.
As for Tenshou Starfield, Chen Xiaobei had no intention to keep this place, wanting to grab everything in the vault and put them in his Infinite Space Ring.
In total, he took three trillion low-grade Spiritual Stones. This included hundreds of thousands of Spiritual Medicine, Spiritual Instruments, and Spiritual Pills. A giant vault was swept clean within a few minutes.
What was left were nine treasure boxes that were placed in the deepest part of the vault. Chen Xiaobei then walked closer, wanting to open all nine of them.
Just like Royal Dome, One-star Earth-God materials and herbs were stored in the first six boxes. Chen Xiaobei took all of them without any hesitation. The last three remaining treasure boxes were completely different from the rest. The treasure box on the left stored a crystal-like material. Chen Xiaobei could feel that its Spiritual Attribute was extremely strong.
"Is this a Two-star Earth-God material? It seems like your ring is made from the same material."
"Yes, it is indeed! My Frozen Heart Show Ring is made from the same piece of material you're looking at now!"
"This is some epic item!"
After keeping the material into his Infinite Space Ring, Chen Xiaobei moved on to the second box. Within it lay folded an old blueprint.
"Is this supposed to be a map? What's so special about it? Why is it inside the treasure box?"
"This is where the ancient Enigma Equipment Faction is located!"
"Enigma Equipment Faction?! What's so special about this faction?!"
"Enigma Equipment Faction was the top tier faction in the Earth God Realm tens of thousands of years ago! This particular faction was very different from all the other factions! It was established alone by an equipment crafting master! With his masterful skillset, he managed to craft a Celestial Item on his own at Earth God Realm! From that moment onwards, his faction got really famous! Countless people wanted to be his disciple! During the hottest moments of Enigma Equipment Faction, they had at least 10 million pupils and at least one trillion worshippers! Such a huge faction was worthy of comparison to the top ten factions in Earth God Realm! Unfortunately, something bad happened to them and the entire faction fell!"
"Due to a lot of Earth-God Divine Instruments being stored inside the faction, many people tried to steal them from him. In the end, the faction leader had to use a secret technique to tear open a space that enabled the transfer of all the Earth-God Divine Instruments to a private realm!"
Clearly, Wuguo Osama had done a lot of research on where to look for this private realm.
"Does that mean that with this map, I will be able to find where the private realm is?"
"It's not that easy! This map will direct us to the last known address of Enigma Equipment Faction! Their faction is extremely huge! Looking for space crack within the faction is harder than looking for a needle in the haystack!"
"After listening to what you said, that would mean the chances of locating the crack is close to zero!"
"That's right! If you just barge in like that to look for the crack, it's actually impossible! However! If you manage to locate the nine pieces of lost Enigma Equipment Tokens, the chances of you locating the crack might be higher!"
"Enigma Equipment Tokens?"
"Enigma Equipment Tokens belonged to eight core-elders of the faction and the faction leader himself! They were also crafted with Two-star Earth-God materials! As you can imagine, their Spiritual Attributes are extremely powerful! Legend has it that one will be able to activate the ancient formation once the person manages to gather all nine of sit!"
"Unfortunately, no one knows where the nine tokens went! The difficulty of looking for the token is as equally hard as looking for the crack in the faction!"
"Look at this!"
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei took out a token that he found on Royal Dome and showed it to Wugui Osama.
"Damn… Damn!!!"
"This… This… This… This is the token! I know I'm right! This is the Enigma Equipment Token!"
"There is only one left! But, at least there's hope now!"
"Master! Where did you find this token?"
"In the vault of Royal Dome!"
"Damn! Royal Dome is getting really sneaky! They didn't even say a single word after they found the token!"
"Of course! You of all people should know that this token is an extremely important item! Telling others about it might cause the entire Royal Dome Starfield to be destroyed!"
"You are right about that… I didn't let anyone else know about this map as well!"
After that, Chen Xiaobei turned his attention to the last treasure box.
There were ginseng-like herbs in the box and had a surface of bright silver.
"This is a Three-star Earth-God Herb! Silver Dragon Frosty Ginseng!" shouted Chen Xiaobei in an excited manner.
"Yes it is! This Silver Dragon Frosty Ginseng is one million years old; the one and only within the Nine Zones! Even in the entire Apocalypse Starfield, you can only find three of it!"
"Great! This is great! This ginseng is one of the ingredients for High-tier Heavenly God Biscuits! With the Invisible Spirit Herb that I acquired earlier, I just need one more Three-star Earth-God herb now!"
All these while, Chen Xiaobei had relied heavily on Heavenly Dog Biscuits to make sure that all his plans would be executed perfectly. If he managed to concoct High-tier Heavenly Dog Biscuits, he would be able to feed them to Earth Gods!
Ring…
Suddenly, Chen Xiaobei's cellphone rang.
"Qin Yitian is looking for me?""Hello? Ms. Qin! To what do I owe this call to?" Chen Xiaobei asked politely.
The person on the other line was the number one genius of Vermillion Phoenix's top-tier family and was in possession of a three-star Earth-God Instrument.
"Childe Chen, are you free these few days? I'd like to ask you for a favor." Qin Yitian said.
"I am! Ms. Qin helped me get the Black Water Stone and I haven't even had the chance to repay you! Just tell me what you need!"
"Yesterday, a war broke out in Vermillion Phoenix. My comrades sustained severe injuries and the doctors here can't do anything. Can you come and take a look?"
Chen Xiaobei hesitated. "I can but I've never been to Vermillion Phoenix before, and I don't have a high-grade spacecraft… I'm afraid it might take me a while to get there. Can the patient make it through…"
"He can't!" Qin Yitian almost shouted into the speaker. "Where are you? I'll come and get you!"
"I'm in Tenshou Starfield's capital planet. In the prince's official residence. I will ask the prince to meet you when you arrive!"
"You really are somebody, Childe Chen! You even have the authority to dispatch the Tenshou Prince!" Qin Yitian sounded surprised and impressed.
"You're too kind, Ms. Qin. Compared to you, I'm nothing."
"Alright, I need to go now! I will be in Tenshou Imperial City by tomorrow morning at the latest. Please get ready!"
"Alright! We'll contact each other on the phone then!" nodded Chen Xiaobei.
After they had both hung up, Chen Xiaobei turned to Wugui Wangba and said, "Alright. The exchequer is cleaned out. You can do as I've asked and deploy the missiles! I'll be going back to Wugui Kojiro's place. If you have questions, just give me a call!"
"Don't worry, master!" Wugui Wangba patted his chest confidently. "I know Tenshou inside out. I will make sure that everything goes according to plan!"
…
Chen Xiaobei returned to Wugui Kojiro's place afterward.
"Zhufeng! How was it? Something big happened in the palace!" Ao Liancheng asked as he walked in the door. "The Army General and the Grand Chancellor were executed and members of the royal family and their officers were whipped until they were bedridden! Are all these your doing?"
Luo Bin and Lin Xue, too, were eager for an answer. Unless they heard it from Chen Xiaobei's own lips, they found it difficult to believe.
It was all so outrageous that no logical person would have accepted that as the truth.
"It seems that you guys are pretty well-informed." Chen Xiaobei commented. "Yes, it was me. My plan is working smoothly. Next, we'll have to wait for the right opportunity before going further!"
"Good heavens!" Ao Liancheng shouted. "Zhufeng! Are you sure you're not a deity? Is there nothing in this world that you cannot do?"
Chen Xiabei shrugged. "I'm not a deity, but I do have a lot of deity friends!"
"Oh, you're too humble! Truly, you are the godliest person I have ever met!" Ao Liancheng praised.
Chen Xiaobei was actually telling the truth. All that he had achieved owed greatly to his deity friends in the Three Realms Red Envelope Group.
Considering Ao Liancheng had never met a deity before, he was unaware of their existence.
To him, Chen Xiaobei was merely kidding to downplay his achievements.
"Childe Zhufeng!" Luo Bin and Lin Xue, too, were impressed. "You really are remarkable! You are extremely capable! We are blessed to have you on Saint Duke's side!
"You're too kind!" Chen Xiaobei said. "I'm doing this all for Puti! It is my duty! If I fail, then I've neglected my duty!"
Luo Bin and Lin Xue nodded approvingly. "Childe Zhufeng, you are a hero in the making! This maturity, spirituality, and mentality are practically non-existent among the young!"
…
The group chatted for a while after that.
They shared dinner before Ao Liancheng left Tenshou Starfield returning for Neptune.
Wugui Kojiro arranged a separate living quarter for Luo Bin and Lin Xue. It was attended by his most trusted subordinates.
Chen Xiaobei, on the other hand, remained in Wugui Kojiro's study.
"Qin Yitian will be here tomorrow morning. Although there's not a lot of time left, I shouldn't waste it."
Chen Xiaobei took out his Green Jade Cauldron and set it on the floor.
"Master, what are you doing…?" Wugui Kojiro stared openly at the unfamiliar thing. "This cauldron possesses an extremely powerful Spiritual Attribute! I don't think this is an ordinary item…"
"You have a good eye! I'm going to forge!"
"What?! You know how to how to forge?!" Wugui Kojiro repeated, an octave higher. "Blacksmiths are very rare! Most of them are in the forties or fifties! I've never seen or heard of a blacksmith as young as you!"
"Well, here is your chance to broaden your knowledge and experience!" Chen Xiaobei then placed a ring and something that looked like crystal into the Green Jade Cauldron.
Wugui Kojiro gasped. "That…That is a Frozen Heart Spirit Ring! And the other one's a material used to craft Frozen Heart Spirit Ring! These two are Tenshou Starfield's most precious items!"
Chen Xiaobei made no reply and summoned the Transmogrifying Flame.
"Master… You also know pyrokinesis?! You really are a blacksmith!" Wugui Kojiro was feverish. "Childe Liancheng was right! Master, there really is nothing you cannot do! You really are incredible!"
Chen Xiaobei confessed, "Actually, I'm only an amateur blacksmith. Only if someone tells me the specific instructions, can I learn how to execute it! Without directions, I won't be able to forge independently!"
Wugui Kojiro looked bewildered. "Then… Then what are you doing now? Aren't you forging something?"
"Right now, I'm just going to embellish this ring!" Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "Back home, I used the Transmogrifying Flame to make many fine jade carvings! Embellishing jewelry and precious stones is just an old profession of mine!"
"Embellish jewelry and precious stones?" Wugui Kojiro repeated. "Master, are you planning to use this Two-star Earth-God Instrument to pick up women?""Yup! I am going to give this ring to a girl!" Chen Xiaobei grinned. There was a tenderness in his eyes.
"My god… Master, you're too generous…" Wugui Kojio gulped. "This is Tenshou's precious treasure!"
The densely populated Tenshou Starfield, home to billions of people, only had three Two-star Earth-God Instruments in their possession. If people found out that Chen Xiaobei was giving them away as a gift, all of the nine major starfields would have the shock of their lives.
Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "Is this called generosity? I don't think it's anything special. if I had something even better, I would have still given it away without hesitation!"
"Nothing special…?" Wugui Kojiro's little heart nearly exploded.
Two-star was the highest grade of Earth-God instruments in all of the Nine Zones! This was equivalent to at least upper-middle grade in Apocalypse Starfield. Many Earth Gods would be willing to risk their lives just to own one!
Yet, here was Chen Xiaobei calling it 'nothing special'!
He then spent about two hours to completely transform the Frozen Heart Spirit Ring. At first glance, it looked like a shiny diamond like the ones back on earth but upon closer inspection, an observer would be able to see that the Frozen Heart Spirit Ring was even clearer and had a natural luminous glow from it. Lustrous. Dazzling.
Most notably, this was a Two-star Earth-God Instrument! The energy it wielded was comparable to a Two-star Earth-God!
No amount of diamonds combined could compare to the Frozen Heart Spirit Ring!
By the time he was finished with the ring, it was already midnight.
Instead of resting, Chen Xiaobei spent time cultivating.
While he was already at God-Ascension cultivation, there was still a long road ahead. He could not let his hair down yet. He needed to take hold of every minute and every second he had, to continue this lengthy accumulation of strength. His goal was to get to the Earth-God realm, and then the Heavenly Realm.
Only by having sufficient strength would Chen Xiaobei to invincible in the coming future!
He cultivated for almost 5 hours.
The sun had only risen when Qin Yitian's call disrupted Chen Xiaobei.
Ding!
[Cultivation: Early phase of God-Ascension; Lifespan: 1,100 years; Health: 501,000; Combat power: 501,000]
"That was too short… Thank goodness for the Heavenly Path's reward! A 1,000 point increase in combat power and health used to cost me ten-hours' worth of cultivation!" Chen Xiaobei thought aloud to himself. "Breaking through to God-Ascension level added 1,000 years to my lifespan. I can use that to speed up the process if necessary!"
After this short reflection on his cultivation gains, Chen Xiaobei sent Wugui Kojiro to pick up Qin Yitian.
While waiting for their return, Chen Xiaobei cleaned himself up.
A few minutes later, a very beautiful flying vehicle flew past the courtyard gates towards the prince's study.
The door slid open and Wugui Kojiro and QinYitian alighted from the craft.
Qin Yitian was stunning as ever with her striking looks and sultry figure. She had put on a crisp, white dress that made her look like a goddess.
To say this woman embodied the image of perfection was not hyperbole!
Except for that intense Murderous Intent, however!
According to Su Xiaoman, when Qin Yitian was a newborn, the Three-star Earth-God Instrument called the Heavenly Sword came down from the heavens and made her it's master!
Until this day, the sword had never left her side. As the years passed, the murderous aura of the sword influenced her so intensely that her mere presence made people weak in the knees.
Throughout the journey to his place, Wugui Kojiro avoided any eye contact whatsoever with Qin Yitian.
"Lady Qin, is the patient in the vehicle?" asked Chen Xiaobei who had a strong mind and was not fearful of her.
"Yes!" Qin Yitian nodded. "He's getting worse! I don't think he's going to make it!"
"Mm, let me take a look fist!" Chen Xiaobei walked to the car.
Qin Yitian pressed a button on her car key and the door opened upwards to reveal a wounded patient lying in the passenger seat.
This was so that they did not have to move the wounded man, who looked like he was easily in his thirties. His torso was swathed in thick layers of bandage, and fresh blood was stubbornly seeping through his chest leaving an ever increasing large red stain.
His face was a sickly shade of green and whenever he coughed, which was rather persistent at this point, blood would sprout from his mouth and nose.
The spacious carriage reeked of blood and the floor was dyed in droplets of red.
"He is a shidi of mine. We're from the same faction. The enemy hit him right in the chest. We've consulted a lot of doctors. They all say that his heart meridian has been permanently damaged, and there's nothing they could do for him…" Qin Yitian sighed. "I was ready to bury him but he hung on to life and had not stopped breathing! So, I wanted to try my luck to see if you could save him!"
"Aren't you just making it difficult for Childe Chen?!" Wugui Kojiro was not happy. "How can Childe Chen save someone on the verge of death? Does Childe Chen look like a deity to you?"
Wugui Kojiro was extremely intimidated by Qin Yitian's frightening presence, but he pushed that fear aside as he felt that she was deliberately making things difficult for his master. As his loyal hound, it was his job was to defend Chen Xiaobei against any injustice whatsoever.
Qin Yitian nodded. "I know that asking him to heal my shidi is a little imposing! I dared not give myself too much hope either on our way here, seeing how his condition had been worsening! I won't grumble if Childe Chen can't do it!"
"Now, that's more like it!" Wugui Kojiro pursed his lips. "Childe Chen is not a god. How could he raise the dead to life?"
"Why not?" Chen Xiaobei raised his eyebrow at the prince. "You don't know anything! Step aside! Don't stay here and ruin my reputation!"
"I…" Wugui Kojiro looked confused. He was just protecting his master. How was that ruining Chen Xiaobei's reputation?
Qin Yitian was taken aback. "Childe Chen, you mean… You can save my shidi?"
"Of course!" Chen Xiaobei smiled confidently. "I even guarantee that he'll be able to walk in three days!"
"H…How…?" Both Qin Yitian and Wugui Kojiro asked in disbelief.
"It's already a miracle for a dying man to stay alive. How could he possibly walk in three days?" Wugui Kojiro was bewildered.
Qin Yitian looked just as doubtful. "Childe, Chen, it's okay if you can't do it… You can just tell me. I won't blame you! There's no need to crack jokes like that!"
Chen Xiaobei shrugged in response. "In terms of medical skills… if I claim second place, then there would be no one to claim the first!"
Arrogant! Outrageous! Vainglorious!
These were descriptions that came to Qin Yitian and Wugui Kojiro's mind upon hearing Chen Xiaobei's statement.
Of course, out of courtesy, Qin Yitian did not say those things aloud, and out of loyalty as Chen Xiaobei's loyal hound, Wugui Kojiro could not speak ill of his master.
It was obvious, though, that neither of them believed Chen Xiaobei.
In this wide wide world, there were the Nine Starfields, the Apocalypse Starfield, and the Earth-God Realm!
Chen Xiaobei had just said that if he claimed second place, no one else would claim first!
Any normal person with a brain would not believe Chen Xiaobei.
Of course, Chen Xiaobei was the real deal. He did not have to convince others to believe him. The results would speak for themselves.
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei injected three rays of Ethereal Force into the body of the wounded man.
The force took liquid form and traveled in the meridian and veins of the man. It was a gentle and mild Water Attribute Ethereal Force, unclogging any blockages that it came across.
"What powerful Water Attribute Ethereal Force! Stable! Pure! Robust!" Qin Yitian exclaimed. "Childe Chen! You must have reached God-Ascension cultivation?!"
"Keen eyes, Lady Qin! I have, as a matter of fact, reached God-Ascension cultivation!"
"What?!" Wugui Kojiro's mouth fell open involuntarily. "Chide Chen! You… When did that happen? That's… frightening…"
"Don't make a fuss!" Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "This small cultivation is not even worthy of mentioning in front of Lady Qin."
"You're too humble!" Qin Yitian's beautiful eyes were round and wide. "Childe Chen, you're only what, twenty-two? No one in Apocalypse Starfield has ever broken through to God-Ascension cultivation at your age! Your talent is truly amazing!"
"You overpraise me, Lady Qin. My head will grow big if you keep flattering me like this!" Chen Xiaobei grinned as he began an acupuncture procedure on the patient.
"Are you interested in joining Heaven Dominating Faction?" Qin Yitian asked. "I can be your referral! I'll make sure you are made a core disciple and we will pour in generous resources for you!"
"You could… Really?" Wugui Kojiro's eyeballs nearly fell out of their sockets.
Heaven Dominating Faction was the number one faction in all of Apocalypse Starfield.
People who were accepted into the faction were all fierce and formidable people capable of dominating everything and everyone in their respective Starfields!
The core disciples of Heaven Dominating Faction were a class above. They were either legendary elites or extremely talented people.
Wugui Kojiro was green with envy to hear Chen Xiaobei bring offered the chance to join Heaven Dominating Faction.
Chen Xiaobei surprisingly shrugged at the proposal. "I don't want to join Heaven Dominating Faction because I have already established my own faction!"
"What?!" Again, Wugui Kojiro found himself in a stupor.
Did Chen Xiaobei just turn down Qin Yitian's invite?
Qin Yitian had to take a minute to digest it as well. "Childe Chen really is an interesting person! I have never seen anyone refuse an offer to join Heaven Dominating Faction!"
"Yeah! Childe Chen! Would you like to think about it again?" Wugui Kojiro quickly spoke up. "Being part of a powerful faction means having powerful support! You just need to flash your Heaven Dominating Faction membership and everyone will give face to you!"
"If people don't give me face, I will fight for it then!" Chen Xiaobei replied. "You guys see Heaven Dominating Faction as a powerful backup, but compared to my personal backup, Heaven Dominating Faction is really not that significant!"
He was talking about the Three Realms Red Envelope Group of course! The Prime of Tongtian! His brothers from the Brotherhood Group!
Any one of them could crush Heaven Dominating Faction and turn it into dust.
Chen Xiaobei's refusal was within reason.
Of course, Qin Yitian and Wugui Kojiro knew nothing about that.
Wugui Kojiro stammered, "Childe… everyone knows… how powerful Heaven Dominating Faction is…! Below the Earth-God Realm, Heaven Dominating Faction is basically indestructible! How could you say… that they are… That's just too… Too…"
"Too cocky!" said Qin Yitian. "Childe Chen. You are indeed extraordinarily gifted, but don't you think you're overly conceited? Who are you to disrespect my faction like that?"
Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "I was able to cure the person your faction could not save. Is that enough of a qualification?"
"What?" Qin Yitian gave Chen Xiaobei an odd look.
"Argh… Hack Hack…" The wounded man in the car suddenly coughed. His eyes fluttered open. His voice hoarse and weak when he suddenly asked, "Where am I? Am I in the underworld? Could dead people… feel pain… hack… hack…"
Qin Yitian looked as if she had been struck by lightning. She was speechless.
Wugui Kojiro's reaction was the exact opposite. He screamed, "He's alive! He's alive! Childe Chen brought a dead man back to life! My God! This is incredible beyond belief!"
"I… I'm alive?" A slow smile spread across the man's lips. "My god… I'm alive! This is a miracle! I thought that I was going to die for sure… I even gave up on all hope of living. I was just waiting for death to come knocking… I didn't think that I'd be alive…"
"It's our Childe Chen who saved you!" exclaimed Wugui Kojiro who was dying to announce that. "Our Childe Chen's medical skills are godly!"
"Childe Chen… You are the Childe Chen who saved me?" The man looked at Chen Xiaobei. "Thank you so much! Thank you! I was so severely wounded, it must have taken you a lot of…"
"Actually, I didn't have to exert much at all." Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "All it took was the time we spent talking just now."
"How… How is that possible…" The man gasped.
Of course, Qin Yitian and Wugui Kojiro knew that Chen Xiaobei had done it all while he was talking to them.
Amidst a discussion, he had raised the dead to life!
Unless they had not seen it with their own two eyes, none of them would have believed it either.
"Childe Chen… Where did learn all these skills? I, Qin Yitian am truly impressed by you!" cooed Qin Yitian who had one hand over her mouth.
Chen Xiaobei smiled. "If you're willing to join the Bei Xuan Faction I established, I can teach you myself – one on one. You'll guaranteed to learn under my instruction."Qin Yitian shook her head. "Childe Chen, stop joking around… I can never leave Heaven Dominating Faction…"
She was their core disciple, one of the few who had been given prioritized nurture. She could not just switch factions as she pleased. The consequences of leaving Heaven Dominating Faction were unimaginable!
Chen Xiaobei shrugged and changed the subject. "Your shidi's condition is stable now. I will prescribe some medicine for him, both oral and topical. Tomorrow and the day after, I will perform two more sessions of acupuncture on him, and he should be able to leave the bed and walk. After that, he can go home and rest. He'll be fully recovered in a month's time!"
"Thank you very much, Childe Chen!" Qin Yitian said gratefully. "Your skills are really extraordinary… I hope you can forgive me for my many trespasses…"
"Why? You don't think I'm being conceited anymore?" Chen Xiaobei teased.
Qin Yitian pouted. "No, of course not… You are a truly rare prodigy! With the kind of skills and talents you possess, you have every right to be proud! You are not conceited, just unapologetically self-confident!"
"You really do know what to say!" Chen Xiaobei smiled. "Alright. I'll have Wugui prepare a place for you to rest. For the next two days, the both of you will stay in the prince's residence so it'll convenient for me to treat the patient!"
After Qin Yitian left with the injured man, Chen Xiaobei returned to cultivating again.
This time, he was uninterrupted for a good twenty-four hours – right until the next morning.
Ding!
[Cultivation: Early phase of God-Ascension cultivation; Lifespan: 1,100; Health: 505,900; Combat power: 505,900]
The result of 24 hours of cultivation was doubled, which meant both his health and combat power were each increased by 4,800. His progress was very much evident at this point.
After that, Chen Xiaobei proceeded to treat the patient with his needles.
The entire healing process went smoothly.
Once the treatment was over, Qin Yitian would not stop thanking Chen Xiaobei. She even came out to send him back to his quarters.
"Go watch over the patient. You don't have to walk me back!" Chen Xiaobei said.
"No, I should!" Qin Yitian said. "My shidi is getting better! It's all thanks to you! I don't know how to repay you. This is the least I can do!"
Chen Xiaobei nodded, and asked in the most casual manner, "Your relationship with that shidi of yours is special, right?"
Qin Yitian was a special woman with a ruthless aura about her. She would never take a second look at a common man.
But the fact that she brought her shidi all the way across the starfield to him, and even thanked Chen Xiaobei a million times for his help, could only mean that she shared a special relationship with this shidi of hers.
"Actually, no. There's nothing special about my relationship with shidi Lin." Qin Yitian answered. "An enemy was going to attack me but shidi Lin came to my rescue and took a hit! Strictly speaking, I owe him my life. It was only right for me to help him!"
"Oh, so that's it?!" Chen Xiaobei grinned. "I thought you were a couple!"
"Of course not!" Qin Yitian looked uncomfortable and quickly tried to change the subject. "I was thinking about how I was going to repay his family if he died, but now that you've healed him, I owe you my life!"
Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "Lady Qin, you're too polite. You've helped me too. If you see me as a friend, there's no need for us to be so calculative!"
"No! They are completely unrelated – this has to do with a person's life! I owe you a life! I will repay you when I get the chance!"
Chen Xiaobei did not answer. Instead, he asked, "Which fight was it in your starfield that nearly got you killed?"
Qin Yitian explained, "Some occultists showed up in my family's territory! They were going to attack a small city with one million people so I brought our people to stop them! The enemy is not very powerful but they sure are sly. They ambushed our ambush!"
Chen Xiaobei looked puzzled. "That's strange. Those occultists are not strong. Even if they attacked the city, they won't be able to seize it. What's the whole point of attacking?"
Qin Yitian answered. "Their target is not the city! They just wanted to create a massacre so that they could use the dead's blood essence and Yin spirit to practice their witchcraft!"
"How could there still be such sick evil people?" Chen Xiaobei clenched his fist angrily.
The Chaos Blood sword also absorbs blood essences and spirits, but the people who died by Chen Xiaobei's sword were all wicked and evil people.
These occultists were ready to kill innocent people for their own selfish gains. These people were wicked and filled with contempt!
"The bigger the world, the more varieties they come in! Apocalypse Starfield is huge. There are billions of people! There will always be people like this! I can only make sure that we eradicate those animals from our Qin Family's territory!"
"You were able to wipe out wicked men with one Heavenly Sword! That's impressive enough!" Chen Xiaobei said.
Although Qin Yitian was filled with murderous intent, the people she killed were all evil men. That actually made her a righteous person.
It was indeed very impressive for a heroine to be able to do that.
When they reached the door of the study, Chen Xiaobei asked, "We're here. Would you like to come in?"
"It's alright… Have a good rest, Childe Chen!" Qin Yitian paused for a moment, chewing on her lip before saying, "Oh, Happy Mid-Autumn festival!"
"Mm, a very happy Mid-Autumn festival to you too!" Chen Xiaobei smiled. "It'll only be the few of us having reunion dinner tonight!"
"See you tonight then…" Qin Yitian nodded and turned to leave.
Chen Xiaobei took out his phone immediately. "The Red Envelope Snatching Session is tonight! I better go tell the Brotherhood group what I need! Hehe!"
Ding!
[You have a message from the Prime of Tongtian.]
"Huh? Why would sifu send me a message at this hour? I wonder if he will join the Red Envelope Snatching session tonight…"
In his excitement, Chen Xiaobei decided to read his sifu's message first.
The Prime of Tongitan: Xiaobei! How many merit points have you earned recently? Will you be lucky enough? I will send you a big red envelope tonight! You must get it or it'll be your big loss!
Chen Xiaobei: Don't you worry, sifu! Just a few days ago, I earned another 400,000 merit points! I'll be the King of Luck for sure!
The Prime of Tongtian: That's good! Alright, I have to go! The lecture is not over yet. We'll talk more tonight!
Chen Xiaobei: Goodbye sifu!
"Sweet! Sifu will be there tonight! Lady Nuwo should be able to give me a reply by tonight too!"
Next, Chen Xiaobei clicked into the Brotherhood group.
"I can place orders for the things I want from my good old brothers! Tonight will be another bountiful harvest!"
Chen Xiaobei: Brothers! Have you prepared the Red Envelopes for tonight? I would like to request for some specific items!
Monkey King: What is that you need, little brother Xiaobei? Just tell us! I will send as many as I can so that you may get it!
Yan Wang: Yes! Our plan worked last time. We just need to do the same thing this time! We can send as many of what Xiaobei wants as possible so that whatever red envelope you get will be useful to you!
Goddess Chang'e: God Chen, better don't ask for things that are too high grade, or we won't be able to send them in large volumes. Then, other people might get it… The thing is… I'm just a small-time deity, I don't have a lot of expensive things! 😊
Chen Xiaobei: Don't worry! Don't worry! I just need things that can be used by mortals. I can't even use the things that you deities use!
Goddess Chang'e: That's good news! Tell us then, God Chen. What do you need?
Chen Xiaobei: Okay, first, I recently acquired two Divine Instrument fragments. Does anyone know how I can put them back together again?
Goddess Chang'e: Really? God Chen! Have you used up all the Living Soil that Lady Nuwo rewarded you?
Chen Xiaobei: Living Soil? Oh yeah! I still have that! Because I haven't used it for such a long time, I've completely forgotten about that item!
A long time ago, when he was still back on earth, Chen Xiaobei donated a large portion of his merit points to help 48 cursed children to get a chance in reincarnation.
When Lady Nuwo found out about it, she praised him openly in the chat group and rewarded Chen Xiaobei along with the three Saints that were previously also in the chat group.
It was the time when Lao Tzu gave him the recipe for Skybreaking Cultivation Pill! Next was the Primordial Lord of Heaven who replenished Chen Xiaobei with the merit points he used!
The most valuable reward of all came from Lady Nuwo – Living Soil !
Lady Nuwo had once used the Five-Colored Stones to fix heaven and Living Soil to fix the soil nearby the Divine Stones used to fix heaven.
Although the Living Soil did not have the ability to fix the problematic heavens, it could still be used to repair just about anything in the three realms!
This item was not even in the Celestial Court's treasury!
Chen Xiaobei: That means I just need to use a little bit of Living Soil to repair both Divine Instruments and return it to its original form.
Goddess Chang'e: Exactly! Living Soil is a Divine Item, it can easily fix your Divine Instruments!
Yan Wang: But there's still one problem! Living Soil can only put the pieces together, but it cannot restore the Divine Instruments' Special Abilities and Spirituality! That means they won't be able to wield a god's strength! They won't be very useful even when repaired!
Chen Xiaobei: Then how can I restore their Special Abilities and Spirituality?
Yan Wang: Restoring a broken Divine Instrument is basically like forging a Divine Instrument from scratch! There are plenty of ways to do that, but with your current cultivation and resources, it's impossible!
Monkey King: That's not an absolute! If you have a large amount of 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura', you can use them to baptize the Divine Instruments. Then slowly, their Spirituality will be activated, and then eventually give rise to a Special Ability!
Yanwang: But then again, with Xiaobei's capability, he won't be able to get enough Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura to do that!
Goddess Chang'e: 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura' is also a type of special energy like Spiritual Qi. They cannot be sent via red envelopes! God Chen will have to gather them himself!
Chen Xiaobei: Forget it… I can't use Divine Instruments now anyway. I can just set it aside first. When the opportunity arises, I'll revisit it.
Yanwang: Is there anything else you need?
Chen Xiaobei: I need Spiritual Medicine, or elixir, or anything that can help increase my health!
Yan Wang: That's easy! We don't have a lot of Divine grade things but we have plenty of Earth-God grade items! We can send a lot of them! You'll be able to get them, for sure!
Chen Xiaobei: That's great! I really really need to bump up my health! That's the fastest solution to allow me to boost my combat power!
Monkey King: How unfortunate that you're not in here in the Heavenly Realm right now. Otherwise, I could have placed you in Lord Laotzu's alchemy furnace. You'll have a deity's health in no time.
Chen Xiaobei: 😅 Monkey King, I don't have your Divine Stone Monkey Pulse. If you put me inside, I'll be burned into ashes!
Monkey King: Oh, you've got the wrong idea! Lord Laotzu's furnace has been refining countless Divine Pills for billions and billions of years! Although most Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura will be absorbed by the pills, whatever's leftover will be more than enough!
Monkey King: If I can control the strength of the flame well enough, not only will it not burn you to death, but the leftover Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura will also benefit you greatly!
Chen Xiaobei: The Invisible Body and the Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes you have… were they benefit from the furnace?
Monkey King: Yup! Lord Laotzu really wanted to burn me to death back then but I am a stone monkey born of the Divine Stone. I have a deity-level pulse! That's how I survived it!"
Chen Xiaobei: So, your health soared, and you've developed the Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes special ability. These were all from the 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura?
Monkey King: Yes! Unfortunately, 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura' are even scarcer than Spiritual Qi. It practically impossible to harvest them.
Chen Xiaobei: You mentioned just now that the 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura' would be left inside the furnace. Can refining elixir create it?
Monkey King: Not just refining elixir. Anything you refine that has Spirituality can produce Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura. However, spirituality of the things in the human realm are very weak. The yield of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura would also be very low.
Monkey King: On top of that, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura needs to be stored in a special Divine Item. Even I don't have this capability!
Chen Xiaobei: This is all a pipe-dream. Lord Laotzu will never help me. 🤷🏻♂️
Chen Xiaobei: Hey, by the way, where's Xiao Tianquan? He's normally very active. Why hasn't he said anything?
Monkey King: I'm not sure. He's probably on duty with God Erlang. He should be here tonight.
Chen Xiaobei: Alright! See you all tonight!
With his phone tucked away, Chen Xiaobei immediately took out the Green Dragon sword and the Red Dragon Sword, and a small piece of Living Soil.
"I should at least put the fragments back together… I'll have to ask sifu tonight about how to restore their Spiritual Abilities and Spirituality…"
Chen Xiaobei pieced the broken longswords back together and rubbed the Living Soil on all the cracks.
Bright light flashed in the places where the Living Soil was applied, and when the light dimmed, the cracks had been flawlessly sealed! It was as if they even never existed!
Because there were so many cracks, the whole process was very time-consuming.
He only finished when it was almost dinner time.
Ding!
[You have a message from Xiao Tianquan.]
"Huh? That's strange… Xiao Tianquan did not join the chat the whole day and now when the Red Envelope Snatching session is about to begin, he private messages me? I wonder if something's wrong?"
Chen Xiaobei checked the message immediately.
Xiao Tianquan: God Chen! Something big happened!
Chen Xiaobei: What is it? 😱
Xiao Tianquan: I was out on duty with God Erlang for the whole day and we just came back from the Great Hall. Shen Gongpao came right after.
Chen Xiaobei: Shen Gongpao? What scheme is that idiot planning next?
Xiao Tianquan: He came to take the Bad Luck Charm from God Erlang!
Chen Xiaobei: Bad Luck Charm? The Mid-Autumn Red Envelope Snatching session is about to start soon. Is he going to use that Bad Luck Charm on me?"
Xiao Tianquan: You guessed it right! Because Shaoba Xingjun is not in the Heavenly Realm, there are very few Bad Luck Charms going around. Lately, Shen Gongpao has been running here and there gathering all the charms to be used against you!
Chen Xiaobei: Searching for all Bad Luck Charms? Does that mean he'll be using more than one Bad Luck Charm?
Xiao Tianquan: Yes! I overheard Shen Gongpao telling God Erlang that he had found 30 pieces of Bad Luck Charms. He is going to use all of it on you so that you won't be getting any Red Envelopes at all.
Chen Xiaobei: Wow! What the hell, wow! That asshole is seriously throwing me into the deep end! Thirty pieces of Bad Luck Charms! All to be used on me! I won't be getting shit tonight!
Xiao Tianquan: Oh, it's not just the Red Envelopes! For a long time in the coming days, you'll suffer from terrible luck! You will have to endlessly collect merit points to recover your luck!
Chen Xiaobei: F*ck! This Shen Gongpao is one sly son of a bitch! I don't mind not getting other Red Envelopes but my sifu is going to send me one today. If I don't get it, it'll be a complete waste of my sifu's effort!
Xiao Tianquan: What? The Prime of Tongtian will be giving out Red Envelopes? He will be giving out items that are at least Divine Tier! If other people got their hands on your Red Envelope, it would be a great loss for you!
Chen Xiaobei: No! If I can't have it, then no one else can! I better tell sifu not to send me the Red Envelopes tonight!
Chen Xiaobei sent a few messages to his sifu consecutively but there was no reply.
"Shit!" Chen Xiaobei was growing more anxious by the minute. "If sifu doesn't see the messages and sends the Red Envelope out, it's over for me!"
As Xiao Tianquan had said, the Red Envelopes that the Prime of Tongtian sent were normally at least DIvine-Tier items.
If Chen Xiaobei failed to get it, the Red Envelope would then fall into someone else's hand. Worse yet, an enemy on Sheng Gongpao's side may get it.
But then again, that was still not the worse consequence!
"That lowlife Shen Gongpao is ruthless! How could he do this?!" Chen Xiaobei was gnashing his teeth. "The session is going to start anytime now, and sifu is not returning my messages. I don't even stand a chance at salvaging this situation!"
"Childe Chen!" Qin Yitian suddenly walked into the study. "The Mid-Autumn Festival dinner has already started. We're all waiting for you!"
"Oh, okay! You could've just asked one of the servants to call for me. You didn't have to come here yourself."
Qin Yitian nodded. "There's no need for Childe Chen to worry. I don't know how I can repay you for all you've done, so I'm doing these small things to give myself some peace of mind."
"I understand your intentions…" Chen Xiaobei frowned. "But I won't be able to join tonight's dinner…"
"Why? What is it? Did something happen?" Qin Yitian asked. "If there's anything you need at all, I am willing to help! Even if I have to risk my life – I won't think twice!"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head. "I'm afraid you can't help me with this!"
"Childe Chen! Don't you underestimate me! My combat power is at 1.5 million, and I have the Heavenly Sword. Even the occultists who invaded Vermillion Phoenix are no match for me! There's nothing in the Nine Zones that I cannot solve!"
"Occultists!" An idea popped into Chen Xiaobei's mind. "How many of them did you kill?"
"Huh? Why do you ask? I killed over a thousand occultists!"
"Over a thousand?" Chen Xiaobei's eyes lit up. "Great! This is great! Lady Qin, let's go! We'll go right after dinner!"
"Huh?" Qin Yitian looked confused. "Didn't you say that you're not joining?"
"I was not. But now I am!" Chen Xiaobei was smiling from ear to ear. His entire mood had changed. "You can help me solve my problem!"
Qin Yitian nodded. "No problem! Just give the word, and I will do it! As long as it is within the Nine Zones, I can wipe whoever it is out! I still owe you a life, and I have to repay you!"
"It has nothing to do with Nine Zones and it also doesn't require any sacrificing!" Chen Xiaobei said. "Let's go! We'll talk while we eat!"
…
A table had been set in the garden behind the prince's residence. A sumptuous dinner had been laid on the table where Luo Bin, Lin Xue and Qin Yitian's shidi were seated.
Wugui Kojiro was not qualified to join them, so he stood on the side, pouring tea.
Once when Chen Xiaobei and Qin Yitian had arrived did the dinner begin.
Everyone was in a pretty good mood, enjoying the moon and drinking wine. The conversations were light and the atmosphere was friendly.
Only Qin Yitian seemed distracted. She was ready to help Chen Xiaonbei with anything but Chen Xiaobei had not yet made any mention of it yet. What puzzled her even more was that, after all the wine was gone, Chen Xiaobei had his attention fixed on his phone. He looked at ease as if he did not need any help at all.
Of course, Chen Xiaobei was not merely fiddling with his phone and was not playing games either. He was getting ready to rag on Shen Gongpao in the Three Realms Red Envelope chat group!
Chen Xiaobei: Brother Shen! How big is the Red Envelope you've prepared for tonight? @Shengongpao
Shen Gongpao: Hehe! Don't say I didn't take care of you! I have prepared something that you really need – one hundred Spirit Serpent Bone-strengthening pills that can increase health! We'll just have to see if you get them! 😏
Chen Xiaobei: You really do care for me, Shixiong Shen! You even know that I need help with raising my health! It seems like I will have to do my best to get your Red Envelope! I wouldn't want to waste all that effort you put in!
Shen Gongpao: But I've been paying close attention to the horoscope lately, and the forecast is that your luck will keep dwindling! If I'm right, you won't be getting a single Red Envelope!
Chen Xiaobei: I'm afraid you got that wrong. If I'm right, I will be today's King of Luck!
Shen Gongpao: You? The king of luck? Hahaha! According to what I've predicted, I don't think you are going to get a single Red Envelope today! If you even manage to get a single item today, consider me losing the bet!
Chen Xiaobei: You losing the bet? What's the punishment going to be if you lose the bet?
Shen Gongpao: If I lose the bet, I will send you a 3,000-year-old Saturn Peach!
Chen Xiaobei: Damn son! Shixiong Shen! You are really very generous!
Shen Gongpao: It's too early for you to celebrate the victory! What if you can't snatch a single Red Envelope?
Chen Xiaobei: I will do whatever you ask me to do!
Shen Gongpao: Fine! I want your Dragon's Edge if you fail to snatch at least one Red Envelope!
Chen Xiaobei: No problem! I'm fine with that!
Shen Gongpao: Hehehe! You are going to lose the bet this time!
The reason why Shen Gongpao was so confident that Chen Xiaobei was going to lose was that he had used 30 Bad Luck Charms on Chen Xiaobei earlier. This Bad Luck Charm had been personally crafted by the God of Bad Luck, Shaoba Xingjun himself.
The last time Chen Xiaobei used it on Shen Gongpao, he had managed to make Shen Gongpao accidentally slip a Celestial Item into the Red Envelope. Other than a fast reaction, luck was a secondary factor that determined how many Red Envelopes one could get.
Knowing that Chen Xiaobei would eventually lose the bet, he had prepared himself to embarrass and humiliate Chen Xiaobei after receiving the Demonic Dragon Apocalypse from him. The time to redeem himself from the past shame had finally arrived!
Shen Gongpao: Let's cut the crap eh! Next, let's kickstart the Red Envelope Snatching Session!
Chen Xiaobei: Hold on!
Shen Gongpao: What do you want to do?
Chen Xiaobei: Let me go and wash my hands to boost my luck!
Shen Gongpao: Wash your hands? Hahaha! Sure! Go and pray to your gods! Shower! Surround yourself with incense! Nothing is going to boost your luck!
Chen Xiaobei did not reply to Shen Gongpao after that.
"Lady Qin! Can I ask a favor from you?" asked Chen Xiaobei.
"Childe Chen, just say it. I'm ready to do anything for you! I'm willing to sacrifice everything to settle anything you for you!"
"Err… It's actually not that serious. Relax! I just need you to snatch some Red Envelopes for me!"
"Snatch Red Envelopes? What do you mean by that?"
"Later the picture of a Red Envelope will appear on my cellphone's screen. I need you to use your fastest speed to tap on it!"
"Tap the screen… Does… Does that mean anything to you?"
"This is just a mobile game! I win if I snatch the most Red Envelopes! I'm playing this game with my friends, so losing will definitely bring shame to me!"
"Erm…"
Rendered speechless, Qin Yitian did not expect a godly doctor like Chen Xiaobei to be so childish.
"The game is about to begin! Please do your best! This is the best way to repay me!"
"Alright! I will do my best! But, why are you asking me to do it? I'm still a newbie…"
"This game is all about luck! I can feel that you are luckier than me today!"
Earlier, Qin Yitian had just killed thousands of wicked people. That would mean a huge amount of merit points have been granted to her. In other words, she would get really lucky within this period of time. That was also why Chen Xiaobei asked Qin Yitian to snatch the Red Envelopes on behalf of him.
Shen Gongpao: Where is he? I'm not going to wait for him anymore! Let me send my Red Envelope first! Then, everyone else can drop your Red Envelopes after me!
"It has begun! Snatch them! Snatch them!" shouted Chen Xiaobei.
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched Shen Gongpao's Red Envelope! You have received 11 Spirit Snake Bone Strengthening Pills. They had been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Damn! Lady Qin! You have a fast hand!"
Chen Xiaobei: Shen Gongpao has sent a total of 100 pills into the chat and I managed to snatch 11 of it! I'm getting really lucky here!
Shen Gongpao: What the f*ck?! How did Chen Xiaobei manage to snatch my Red Envelope?
On the other hand, Qin Yitian was still tapping the screen with lightning speed in a very calm manner.
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched Monkey King's Red Envelope! You have received 5 Leopard Muscle Strengthening Pills. They have been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Double kill!" shouted Chen Xiaobei.
Shen Gongpao: What the actual f*ck?! How did Chen Xiaobei manage to get a second Red Envelope?! This is not possible!
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched Chang'e's Red Envelope! You have received 3 Gyokuro Bone Healing Pills. They have been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Triple kill! Wahahaha!"
Shen Gongpao: What the actual f*ck is going on right now?! Did Chen Xiaobei just manage to snatch three Red Envelopes?! The Red Envelope Snatching Session had only just begun!
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched Yanwang's Red Envelope! You have received 5 Black Cloud Blood Cleansing Pills. They have been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Quadruple kills! Lady Qin! You are too good!"
Shen Gongpao: I think I must have used a fake Bad Luck Charm on him!
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched Xiao Tianquan's Red Envelope! You have received 3 Combat God Muscle Strengthening Pills. They have been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Quintuple kills! Lady Qin, you can do it! Two more and we are done! Hahaha…"
Shen Gongpao: .....
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched the Prime of Tongtian's Red Envelope! You have received a Heaven and Earth Cauldron. It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"Sextuple kills! It's my Sifu's Red Envelope! This is great! Lady Qin! You have done me a great favor today!"
Chen Xiaobei could not help but give Lady Qin a big hug.
"Childe Chen, if you don't let me go, I won't be able to snatch more Red Envelopes for you!" scolded Qin Yitian with a reddened face.
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei let her go. The Red Envelope Snatching Session had almost come to an end.
Shen Gongpao: I can't believe the Prime of Tongtian joined the snatching session as well! Why didn't I get to snatch his Red Envelope?! It's always Chen Xiaobei! Did I just put a Bad Luck Charm on him or a Good Luck Charm?!"
Chen Xiaobei: Shixiong Shen! Time to send me your Red Envelope!
After losing the bet, Shen Gongpao was left in great anger. The moment he saw Chen Xiaobei asking him to send him a Red Envelope, he completely lost it. He had spent a great deal of effort to collect 30 pieces of Bad Luck Charms. Unfortunately, Chen Xiaobei had still managed to find a way to outsmart him.
Monkey King: Shen Gongpao, a promise is a promise! You are the one who said so! You said that you will send Xiaobei a 3,000-year-old Saturn Peach if he manages to snatch at least one Red Envelope! We are all watching you right now! Don't try to go back on your promise!
Yanwang: Bro, don't rush him! I believe that God Shen will not break his promise! He is not that kind of person!
Xiao Tianquan: You are right! God Shen is the star of Chanism! Everything that he does is for Chanism! Breaking his own promise is going to destroy his reputation! God Shen will never do that!
The three of them worked together to prevent Shen Gongpao from breaking his promise. If he refused to give Chen Xiaobei the Saturn Peach, that would mean he had brought shame to Chanism. He could afford to do that to himself but not Chanism. Things could get really ugly if the Primordial Lord of Heaven held him responsible for bringing shame to Chanism.
Shen Gongpao: Who… Who told you that I'm going to break my promise! I will never do that! Here's the Red Envelope! Take it!
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have snatched a Red Envelope from Shen Gongpao! You have received a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach! It has been stored inside your treasure chest!]
"What the hell? What's going on? Is there something wrong with the system? How in the world did I get a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach? Lady Qin, can you please pass me my cellphone?"
Qin Yitian nodded her head and passed back the cellphone to Chen Xiaobei.
"There's nothing wrong with the system!!! There is indeed a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach in my treasure chest! Has Shen Gongpao gone insane?! He promised to give me a 3,000-year-old Saturn Peach, not one aged 9000 years! There's no way he could be so kind!"
Seeing that Chen Xiaobei was talking to himself, Qin Yitian was weirded out by him. On the other hand, Luo Bin and Lin Xue had no clue on what Chen Xiaobei was talking about as well. They just assumed that he was addicted to this mobile game and did not think much about it after that.
Shen Gongpao: Shit! Shit! Shit! I think I have just sent the wrong item to Chen Xiaobei! Shidi Xiaobei! Can you send me back the Red Envelope that I just sent you? I will send you a new one right now! @Chen Xiaobei.
Shen Gongpao: Shidi Xiaobei! Can you reply?! Please say something! @Chen Xiaobei
Chen Xiaobei: I'm right here! You didn't send me the wrong Red Envelope! I did receive a Saturn Peach!
Shen Gongpao: Please check again! It's really the wrong one! Just return it to me and I will send you a new one right away!
Chen Xiaobei: They are all Saturn Peaches. Why do you have to send me a new one?
Shen Gongpao: Stop acting innocent! I've just sent you a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach by accident! That's my one and only 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach! I need it back!
The entire group was shocked when they heard that Shen Gongpao had accidentally sent a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach to Chen Xiaobei.
Monkey King: Is there something wrong with your brain? How did you accidentally send away something so precious?!
Yanwang: 9,000 year-old Saturn Peach! Even an Elite Deity can't get it once a year! That's indeed a huge loss!
Shen Gongpao: I didn't lose anything! What I promised him is a 3,000-year-old Saturn Peach! Everyone heard that! I'm willing to give him a 3,000-year-old Saturn Peach but he must first return my 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach!
Chen Xiaobei: Shixiong Shen, I'm really sorry! I didn't check the notification just now! I ate it immediately once I received your Red Envelope! There is still half of it left. Do you want it back?
Shen Gongpao: What?! You started eating it?!!!
Chen Xiaobei: You should know better than anyone that I need more lifespan and power, right? A Saturn Peach can do all that, which is why ate it without any hesitation!
Shen Gongpao: You did that on purpose!
Chen Xiaobei: You are the one who sent the wrong item and you want to blame me now?
Shen Gongpao: You bastard! I promised to give you a 3,000-year-old Saturn Peach, not a 9,000-year-old one! You have to pay me back now! If not, I will punish you by striking lighting on you!
Chen Xiaobei: Hehehe! I'm not from Chanism! You have no right to punish me!
Shen Gongpao: Hmph! I have the Divine Whip! I have the right to punish anyone that breaks any rules within the three realms!
Chen Xiaobei: You wish to punish me? Have you asked my Sifu about this?
Shen Gongpao: Chanism is going to rule during the calamity! I'm just following the heavenly rules! Not even the Prime of Tongtian can question me!
Prime of Tongtian: Is that right?
Shen Gongpao: Si… Greeting Shishu…
Prime of Tongtian: What did you just say? I'm giving you a chance to say it again!
Shen Gongpao: I… I'm saying that even though you are one of the Sanqing! I have evidence that this bastard broke the rules! Even the Ancestral Lord will support me…
Prime of Tongtian: Shen Gongpao! Are you trying to use the Ancestral Lord to pressure me?
Shen Gongpao: I would not dare to do so! I'm merely speaking the truth here!
Prime of Tongtian! Fine! Let me tell you the truth as well! The reason why you sent the wrong Red Envelope is because I have just used 300 Bad Luck Charms on you!
Shen Gongpao: Huh?? 300?? Bad Luck Charms?!!!
Prime of Tongtian: Why are you so shocked? Didn't you use 30 Bad Luck Charms on Xiaobei? Using 300 of them on you is a fair move!
Shen Gongpao: You… You tricked me!
Prime of Tongtian: So, you can trick Xiaobei but I'm not allowed to trick you?
Shen Gongpao: I…
Prime of Tongtian: This is all your fault! Xiaobei has worked very hard to increase his luck in the human realm and you cleared all his luck with your Bad Luck Charm! You are an evil man! This is your karma! Losing a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach is your punishment! You brought this upon yourself! If you are not happy, let's go to the Ancestral Lord and talk about it!
Shen Gongpao: I… I… I…
Clearly, every single word that the Prime of Tongtian just said had rendered him speechless. Thus, the price that Shen Gongpao had to pay for messing with Chen Xiaobei. Even if the Ancestral Lord was here, he would have sided with Chen Xiaobei and the Prime of Tongtian as well.
Prime of Tongtian: Shen Gongpao? So, are you going to report this incident to the Ancestral Lord? He has just finished his sermon. He has all the time in the world to listen to your complaints!
Shen Gongpao: I… I don't think I will be going… Shishu, I surrender to you! I… I've lost this time…
Prime of Tongtian: Let me reward you with one more phrase: Get lost!
Shen Gongpao: ...
Chen Xiaobei. Sifu is the coolest man in the three realms!
Prime of Tongtian: You can stop licking my boots! You should defend yourself properly if you come across similar incidents again in the future! Remember! People like Shen Gongpao are just paper tigers! Sooner or later, karma will come back around and bite him! It's not necessary to be afraid of them!
Chen Xiaobei: Yes Sifu! I will remember what you said today!
Prime of Tongtian: Are there any more questions? If there are none, I suggest you should go back and study the items that you've received today!
Chen Xiaobei: Yes! Yes! Yes! I've been wanting to ask if Lady Nuwo is available right now?
Prime of Tongtian: Let's just wait for a little longer. I think she will reply real soon!
Chen Xiaobei: Okay! Understood!
After that, Chen Xiaobei left the group chat. With cellphone in hand, he waited patiently for Lady Nuwo's reply.
Ding!
[Lady Nuwo has just sent you a message!]
"Here it is! After such a long wait, I can finally know where my Little Fox is!"
Nuwo: Xiaobei! You are so unpredictable! You've completed the task that I gave you 40 days earlier!
Chen Xiaobei: Lady Nuwo, thank you for the compliments! I'm just lucky to have crossed paths with golden opportunities!
Nuwo: You don't have to be so humble in front of me! You totally deserve every single of the one billion disciples that you recruited! You reap what you sow! This is not about luck.
Chen Xiaobei: Let's stop talking about me! Lady Nuwo, I did all that for Little Fox… you know that right?
Nuwo: Of course, I know! I know where the reincarnated Daji is and I can tell you her exact location right now! She's at the southern part of Earth-God Realm, the Enigma Equipment Faction!
Chen Xiaobei: Enigma Equipment Faction?! What… What a coincidence! I have just obtained something important about the faction!
Nuwo: This is normal. You have to know every predetermined thing about yourself even before you were born! Of course, this has something to do with your luck as well!
Chen Xiaobei: That makes perfect sense to me right now! Recently, I have just earned 400,000 merit points! I think my luck has already been activated!
Nuwo: Luck is also known as Qi Yun! This is a very important thing for you! If you have the chance, you have to increase it as much as possible! It's going to benefit you a lot in the future!
Chen Xiaobei: Qi Yun? Is this some kind of Qi as well?
Nuwo: Yes it is! Every time your luck increases, it will be recorded in the system! It's just a number. Qi Yun is a very special kind of Qi! The moment your luck increases, your Qi Yun will become really strong, and it would thin down when your luck strikes you! As you can see, this is a cycle. In other words, no one will be lucky or unlucky forever!
Chen Xiaobei: I understand now!
Nuwo: It's up to you right now. The more good things you do, the more you might just get your Qi Yun strong enough within three days!
Chen Xiaobei: Lady Nuwo, thank you for the tips! I know what to do now!
Nuwo: I believe you can get this task done perfectly!
Chen Xiaobei: I will figure out a way to boost my Qi Yun. Regarding the Enigma Equipment Faction, I still have lots to know. Lady Nuwo, can you tell me more about it?
Nuwo: I'm afraid I can't reveal more! This is all I can tell you right now! You'll have to work it out yourself!
Chen Xiaobei: Alright! The southern part of Earth-God Realm! I will definitely get myself there step by step!
Nuwo: Daji is really blessed to have you as her partner! This is her reward for all the good deeds she had done for three generations! I hope the two of you can reunite as soon as possible! When the time is right, I will definitely show you more guidance!
Chen Xiaobei: Thank you Lady Nuwo!
After the conversation ended, the mooncake festival had come to an end as well. Right after everyone left the place, Chen Xiaobei retreated to Wugui Kojiro's room to check out the Red Envelopes that he snatched today.
"11 Spirit Snake Bone Strengthening Pills, 5 Leopard Muscle Strengthening Pills, 3 Gyokuro Bone Healing Pills, 5 Black Cloud Blood Cleansing Pills, and 3 Combat God Muscle Strengthening Pills! All of these pills are Two-star Earth-God supplements! Each of these pills can provide me with 10,000 health! If I consume all of them, my health will be boosted by 270,000! With the 100% boost from the Heavenly Path's Reward, in total, my health will be increased by 540,000! By that time, I will be allowed to use the Primordial Witch God Combat Enhancement technique and I will be able to come up with more combat power! Time to eat them all at once!"
With a smile on his face, Chen Xiaobei took out all those pills out from his ring. He then tossed all of them into his mouth and started to chew.
"It begins…"
Chen Xiaobei could feel the pill's effects starting to flow around every single part of his body. When that happened, the pills also proceeded to strengthen and fortify his body! Due to the large number of pills he consumed, he had to spend around 10 hours to completely digest all of them. It was already the second morning before his body returned to his normal state.
Ding!
[Cultivation: Early phase of God-Ascension Cultivation! Health: 1,100. Health, 1,045,900. Combat power: 505,900!]
"Everything worked the way I expected it to! Now, I can finally fully utilize my combat enhancement skills! I still have the million-year-old Ambergris and a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach with me! Which one should I eat first? Hehehe…"
"Let me eat the Saturn Peach first!"
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei took it out from his ring and started to munch on it. During the Queen Mother's Saturn Peach Feast, Chen Xiaobei was given a 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach as well! As compared to the 3,000 and 6,000-year-old Saturn Peach, the 9,000-year-old Saturn Peach had ripened enough for consumption. As it was considered a Divine Item, Chen Xiaobei would also get to enjoy an instant boost of lifespan right after he consumed it.
Ding!
[Cultivation: Early phase of God Ascension Cultivation. Lifespan: 19,100. Health: 1,063,900. Combat power: 523,900!]
"Damn son! This Heavenly Path's Reward is too damn awesome! My lifespan has increased by 18,000 years, and my health and combat power have increased by 18,000! Everything has doubled! This is f*cking awesome! What's important to me right now is the massive boost of my lifespan! If I burn 19,000 years of my lifespan, I will be able to activate the Sunlight Cache for 190 minutes! That would mean 190 days-worth of training! With an everyday increase of 48,000 combat power and health, I will be able to increase to a total of 912,000 of combat power and health in 190 minutes! This is almost godlike!"
If he did that, he would be able to defeat Helian Tulong with ease and take the first place on Nine-Zones Earth Leaderboard.
"Right now, I still have one big problem I need to deal with as soon as possible! All the Demonic Beast Essence that I've stored in my body will run out soon! I have to collect more if I want to continue enjoying an instant boost of health and combat power! Though I still have a lot of Spiritual Stones with me, they could only do half of what the Demonic Beast Essence did to my body! That is why it's not worth using Spiritual Stones on myself! The smartest way right now is to use Spiritual Stones to purchase more Demonic Beast Essence!"
To ordinary people, Spiritual Stones and Demonic Beast Essence contained Spiritual Qi that could be used to boost their cultivation.
For example, if a normal elite with God-Ascension Cultivation consumed high-grade Spiritual Stones, they would be able to boost their combat power or health by 100!
This boost applied to Chen Xiaobei as well. However, if he used Demonic Beast Essence instead of Spiritual Stones to train himself, he would receive a doubled effect! That is because Chen Xiaobei possessed the special ability of a Blood Descendant!
Once the Demonic Beast Essence entered Chen Xiaobei's body, its special ability would convert it into the right Spiritual Qi for him to boost his cultivation. With this ability, Chen Xiaobei would be able to boost his combat power and health at the same time. Maximizing his resources was a must for him if he wanted to thrive in the future!
"There are still 40 days left before the competition at Saint Duke ends! I think I will need to go to Apocalypse Starfield to boost my cultivation as soon as possible! I'm not going to consume the Ambergris first! Let me study the gift from my Sifu right now."
Though the Prime of Tongtian had not sent Chen Xiaobei Red Envelopes for a long time, he knew that the items given by the Prime of Tongtian were always the most powerful amongst all items that he received from others.
Ding!
[Heaven and Earth Cauldron: Born from chaos when heaven and earth were separated! It is a Nine-star Divine Item! It can be used to draw both Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura from anything in this universe! It can also store them as well! Do you want to withdraw it?]
"Damn! A Nine-star Divine Item! Extract and store Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura! This is exactly what I need right now!"
He had never thought that the Prime of Tongtian would send him such a powerful item which he also needed most right now.
"Let me give it a try right now!"
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei removed it from his ring. The cauldron looked like a giant ancient metal bowl. Its surface was rough and uneven. By taking a closer look at it, Chen Xiaobei could see that it was covered in a layer of black rust.
However!
The moment Chen Xiaobei held it in his hand, he could feel that the cauldron was exuding a powerful ancient aura!
"Such a terrifying Spiritual Attribute! This is comparable to the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd! I can't wait anymore!"
Chen Xiaobei then calmed himself down and tossed the metal bowl into the air.
Buzz…
Immediately, the giant metal bowl was covered in black rays and it became as big as millstone; hovering in the air.
Actually, this cauldron was like the Monkey King's Jingu Bang! If Chen Xiaobei had enough cultivation and energy, he could turn this cauldron into something as big as a palace! Due to his limited resources right now, this was the best that he could do.
To be honest, the physical size of the cauldron did not matter to Chen Xiaobei at all. Inside the cauldron was a special space that could store an unlimited amount of items – just like his Infinite Space Ring! Even if Chen Xiaobei shrunk it to the size of a coin, it would still function the same.
"Let me try… what in the world is this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura!"
Without wasting any more time, Chen Xiaobei took out a Five-star Spiritual Instrument and placed it into the cauldron. After clearing the Tenshou's vault, Chen Xiaobei had now more than 10,000 Spiritual Instruments! That was why he could afford to use it as an experiment.
Swoosh…
After that, Chen Xiaobei summoned the Transmogrifying Flame and applied it to the cauldron. The level of his Transmogrifying Flame was not high enough. This made it slightly difficult for him to stabilize the flames to melt the Five-star Spiritual Instrument.
With the help of the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, Chen Xiaobei somehow managed to complete the whole process in only three minutes! That was all it took before the Five-star Earth-God Instrument melted completely!
"So, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Aura is now stored in the cauldron?!"
Chen Xiaobei could not wait to check it out.