Chapter 342: “Zixuan, go find Chu Huaixu” |
Inside the Dao Gate Grand Hall, a brief silence fell.
Li Chunsong stared at the object before him. His face flushed red in an instant, and even his breathing grew rapid.
Above Chu Huaixu’s palm, a single 【Accursed Pill】 hovered in midair.
Within this semi-transparent 【Accursed Pill】 were four strands of blood-colored substance, motionless, like lifeless things.
“Is this… Emperor-level Divine Sense?” Li Chunsong asked hoarsely.
“Indeed,” Chu Huaixu replied.
The moment his voice fell, what followed was Li Chunsong’s loud burst of laughter.
“HAHAHAHA!”
“I won?”
“How about that? This still counts as obtaining Divine Sense, doesn’t it!”
“Truly undefeated!”
“I miss those days when I lost every gamble… I miss that feeling! Hahaha! HAHAHAHAHA!”
Inside the Dao Gate Grand Hall, this Dead Gambler had completely lost any semblance of an elder, showing off shamelessly!
The others simply ignored him.
Because all their attention was focused on those four strands of Emperor-level Divine Sense.
“This is… you captured the Emperor-level Divine Sense!?”
Xiang Yan and the others were shocked!
In their eyes, the fact that Chu Huaixu had escaped possession and walked out of the Imperial Pool unharmed was already a blessing.
But who could have imagined that a mere Third Realm cultivator would have the means to capture Emperor-level Divine Sense?
“Is it… dead?” Zhao Shuqin pointed at the Divine Sense inside the 【Accursed Pill】.
At this moment, his eyes were already open—dark golden pupils staring at the pill, yet unable to see through it!
Even he, who cultivated eye techniques, could not discern the state of what lay within!
This pill bead was extremely strange—it was as if even one’s gaze would be swallowed into it, like a stone sinking into the sea.
Zhao Shuqin felt that this thing was truly sinister!
He had always been proud of his eye techniques, yet had never encountered such a situation.
Hearing his question, Chu Huaixu did not know how to respond.
“Well… I’m not sure either,” he answered honestly.
Although the four strands of Divine Sense were completely sealed inside the 【Accursed Pill】—
Who knew whether they still retained any activity?
Xiang Yan stared for a while, then asked, “Huaixu, this pill bead of yours… it should be refined from Baleful Aura, right?”
“Mm.” Chu Huaixu nodded.
“I know you carry many secrets, and I won’t ask how you refined it,” the Sect Master said.
“I only ask—did you request the Holy Water to extract the Emperor-level Divine Sense?”
Chu Huaixu immediately denied it.
“No.”
He pointed at the Divine Sense inside the pill and said, “If I use the Holy Water to dissolve the 【Accursed Pill】, the moment these four strands of Divine Sense come out, I will destroy them immediately!”
“In that case, there’s actually no need to personally destroy an 【Accursed Pill】. Leaving it sealed like this works just as well.”
Xiang Yan and the others exchanged glances, all feeling that this made sense.
At this moment, Chu Yinyin could not help but jump in.
“I know! I know!” The Old Girl nearly leapt out of her chair.
“You want to extract what’s inside the other 【Accursed Pill】!” she exclaimed loudly.
She had witnessed Chu Huaixu’s battle with the Ancestor Emperor and knew he possessed another 【Accursed Pill】 that had absorbed a vast amount of Moon Country Fate.
Moreover, that pill also contained a complete Spirit Root—
—the 【Four Symbols Spirit Root】!
“Second Master is indeed sharp!” Chu Huaixu immediately began flattering her.
Chu Yinyin grinned widely, her smile stretching almost to her ears.
The Dead Fox promptly took out the second 【Accursed Pill】.
Inside this semi-transparent pill, the contents were far more chaotic.
There was the 【Four Symbols Spirit Root】, a massive amount of Moon Country Fate, and other powers from the cultivator Ye Kongxuan.
Xiang Yan and the others immediately stood up and gathered around, examining it with amazement.
“So much Moon Country Fate… it should indeed be possible to extract it.”
“Even if we can’t absorb it, we can store it. Who knows when it might prove useful!”
“This 【Four Symbols Spirit Root】 also has research value, but normally, once removed from the body, it dissipates within three days… yet this 【Accursed Pill】 has preserved it for so long?”
Everyone discussed animatedly.
In the end, the Sect Master cleared his throat loudly.
“Everyone! Everyone!”
He raised his hand and pressed downward in the air, signaling silence.
“Let’s first hear what Huaixu has to say.”
Chu Huaixu, seeing all eyes on him, first asked:
“That… can Fate really be stored?”
Nangong Yue smiled and nodded.
“Certain special magical treasures can do it. Otherwise, why do you think the Nation-Suppressing Sword contains so much Fate? It was infused through special methods.”
“It’s just that within Mirror Country, it has no effect.”
“And…”
She glanced at Chu Huaixu but did not continue.
Everyone present understood without speaking.
How could people of Mirror Country use Moon Country’s Fate?
Chu Huaixu wielding the Nation-Suppressing Sword on the platform and borrowing its Fate Power was still barely acceptable.
But if he himself could use it…
No one pursued the matter.
They all tacitly chose to ignore it.
As long as he belonged to the Dao Gate—that was enough.
He was a True Disciple of the Gentleman Temple, Dao Ancestor Second, and the Savior they placed their hopes on!
That alone was sufficient.
Chu Huaixu understood this—and felt grateful.
He would live up to that trust.
Thus he said:
“If Fate can be stored, that’s good.”
“As for the 【Four Symbols Spirit Root】… Master, Masters, did you know that in Ye Kongxuan’s storage ring, there is a technique called—【Incarnation Outside the Body】?”
Everyone froze.
Then they recalled.
“And the materials required to refine it are mostly complete. Only a few are missing,” Chu Huaixu continued.
“Back in the Origin Spirit Realm, he also wanted my body—just like the Ancestor Emperor—and even said he would turn me into a puppet.”
Chu Huaixu suddenly realized that since transmigrating, every old monster he encountered wanted his body!
If they couldn’t possess him, they wanted to refine him into an Incarnation Outside the Body.
And every time they learned he had a Mid-grade Spirit Embryo, they all showed the same disdain.
Thinking about it made him furious.
“So I was thinking… is it possible… I mean, is there any chance we could also refine an Incarnation Outside the Body? A cultivator clone?”
Nangong Yue’s eyes lit up slightly.
“You mean using Ye Kongxuan’s corpse?”
“Exactly!” Chu Huaixu nodded.
“It can serve as a backup.”
“I’ll be entering the Origin Spirit Realm again soon. I’ll try to bring another body back.”
At this moment, Jiang Zhi spoke up immediately:
“Good! This confidence and ambition are excellent!”
His attitude had completely changed.
Before, it was always “Can you bear the responsibility?”
Now, he truly treated Chu Huaixu as a treasured disciple.
Xiang Yan pondered for a moment.
“Do you all think this is feasible? Refining an Incarnation Outside the Body?”
Nangong Yue answered instantly:
“I think it’s worth trying.”
“Though the materials are incomplete—and they only exist in Kunlun Grotto-Heaven.”
Chu Huaixu nodded.
“We’ll have to rely on luck. Maybe the second layer of the Origin Spirit Realm will bring us a surprise.”
Everyone felt his confidence was overwhelming.
Xiang Yan raised his hand.
“Still, we can’t rely on chance.”
“In the past centuries, we’ve also won many battles in the Origin Spirit Realm.”
“The Four Great Sects and the Moon Country Royal Family have seized many storage rings from cultivators.”
“What we lack—others may have.”
Chu Huaixu’s eyes lit up.
“How did I forget that!”
After further discussion, the conclusion was:
He should try to bring back another cultivator’s corpse.
After all, Ye Kongxuan’s body had already been ravaged beyond recognition.
“Of course, your safety comes first,” Xiang Yan said.
Chu Huaixu nodded.
The journey to Moon Country had been fraught with danger.
“Dao Gate really is the most comfortable place,” he thought.
Several days later.
Chu Huaixu received hero-level treatment wherever he went.
After all, he had won the title of Xuanhuang Champion.
And he had slain the Heir of Prince Rui—avenging Steward Niu.
To Dao Gate disciples, it was immensely satisfying!
Even his words—
“Victory and defeat shall be decided; life and death shall also be decided.”
—began spreading across the Xuanhuang Realm.
Likely to become a standard phrase for Death Duels.
Chu Huaixu himself was speechless.
“I actually became a quote thief?” he thought.
Meanwhile, in Moon Country…
The situation was entirely different.
At the Academy, Lin Zixuan had moved in.
She had been raised as the future consort of the Heir of Prince Rui.
In truth, she too had been chosen by the Ancestor Emperor.
Because of her special physique and talent.
She was not truly Qin Xuanxiao’s woman—
but the Ancestor Emperor’s possession.
After Qin Xuanxiao’s death, her life lost direction.
She felt sorrow.
But more than that—
confusion.
Even… a trace of excitement.
Her predetermined life path had been cut apart—
by that young man in a black-gold robe.
Chu Huaixu.
Suddenly—
Inside the room, laughter erupted.
“HAHAHAHA!”
“I understand! I understand!”
“Chu Huaixu! You actually accomplished such a thing in the second layer of the Origin Spirit Realm!”
Ming Xuanji looked like a madman.
“Is this the variable? IS THIS THE VARIABLE!?”
But soon, his expression twisted with regret.
“I can’t see the end…”
“Too short… my lifespan is too short…”
Then—
He suddenly rushed outside.
“Zixuan!”
He grabbed her wrist tightly.
“Go find Chu Huaixu!”
“Follow him from now on! Follow him!”
The apple fell from her hand.
“Ah?”
Several days later, at the Gentleman Temple.
Chu Huaixu had just sat down on his Meditation Cushion.
Then—
Nangong Yue’s voice came from outside.
“Huaixu, come out. Someone is looking for you.”
He opened the door.
Beside her stood a petite girl—
yet with striking, overwhelming curves.
