Chapter 440: Chapter 178: Could There Be Some Unspeakable Secret? _2
At that time, he had nearly ten billion merit points. Although he wouldn’t be undergoing Heavenly Tribulation anytime soon, he still chose that entry.
Now, thinking about the “Merit Land,” his heart still ached faintly. He hoped that he could randomly select this entry again in the future or find out if there was an entry jade slip produced for it, but judging by its effects, he guessed that there probably wouldn’t be one.
However, there was a milestone task he was close to completing.
“Being nominated in the Heavenly Dao Decree 20 times.”
He had already been nominated 15 times.
He only needed 5 more.
...
The nomination didn’t require any remarkable achievements nor a spot at the top of Heavenly Dao’s leaderboard. It was enough for his name to appear on the Heavenly Dao Decree, no matter what the content was.
Chen Qiu was deep in thought as he transformed into a Liu Guang and shot towards the outskirts of Qi City Suburb.
…
Meanwhile—
Within the Buddhist Sect in the central region.
An old man clad in a Kasaya looked at Kong Ming, who had returned severely injured, and after a long silence, he softly said, “Go back and heal your injuries first; I will handle the rest.”
“Master… father…”
Although Kong Ming was heavily injured at that time, he didn’t care about it at all. With a face pale as death and a glimmer of hope in his eyes, he looked up at the old man and said with a trembling voice, “The Nascent Soul of the tenth grade… has been taken.”
“The thousand-year-old relics… are also gone.”
The Nascent Soul of the tenth grade.
This was the culmination of the years of resources accumulated by the Buddhist Sect for him.
He hadn’t even properly enjoyed the effects of the tenth-grade Nascent Soul, and no sooner had he started to delight in it than it was taken away, along with the Buddhist Sect’s treasure, the thousand-year-old relics.
He had just descended the mountain, and now he was returning to it.
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He hadn’t expected to return so soon, primarily because Chen Qiu’s greeting was two full-strength strikes from someone at the Divinity Transformation Stage, leaving no room for retaliation, and he also ignored his Demon Driving Spell. The effect of the Self-Destruction Term on the arena was much greater than he had imagined.
Damn it!
Why would there even be an arena in a Nascent Soul Secret Realm!
If he weren’t confined to a too-restrictive arena, he wouldn’t have lost at all; even if he had, it wouldn’t have resulted in his Nascent Soul and relics being taken away. In an open small world, he could have used countless techniques.
The full-strength strike of a fifth-layer Divinity Transformation cultivation wouldn’t have hit him so easily!
“Hmm.”
The Kasaya-clad old man nodded, brought his palms together, turned his head toward the direction of Quzhou, and softly said, “I see. I’ll arrange this matter. You go to the rear mountain to heal first.”
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In the central region, Three Springs Building.
At that moment, several small family heads from the central region were gathering in the welcoming hall of the Three Springs Building, expressing their bitterness.
“Young Master, my son was following your sister to win over Chen Qiu, but he ended up being killed by Chen Qiu along with your sister. You must avenge this for us!”
“Yes, Young Master, our families have always fully supported you. You said you wanted to use the time when other top forces were hiding from the world to make Three Springs Building grow into the next top power in the central region during the chaotic times, and we followed you without a second word.”
“Now our people have died. We can’t swallow this grievance!”
“No matter what, Chen Qiu is still only a Nascent Soul of the fifth level. He relies on his Self-Destruction Term to luck out a sneak attack and kill a Divinity Transformation, but as long as we send out a mid-level Divinity Transformation expert, Chen Qiu is bound to be defeated!”
“And… and along the way, Chen Qiu must have gathered quite a few valuable items. If they can fall into our hands, they could really enhance our foundation.”
“Indeed, indeed.”
Although these small family heads sounded full of sorrow and pain, their expressions did not show much grief. After all, as heads of families, they had many things to worry about and did not often retreat frequently.
For those who spent a lot of time in seclusion, it was normal to forget they even had a child upon leaving seclusion.
“…”
The Young Master of Three Springs Building, sitting in the main seat, had his eyelids slightly drooping as he leaned back in his chair. His face appeared young yet sharply contoured. At this moment, his knuckles rhythmically tapped on the table.
After a long while,
the tapping stopped.
The Young Master of Three Springs Building, his eyes reddening slightly, looked up and scanned the crowd, “Chen Qiu killed my only sister. My hatred for Chen Qiu is greater than all of yours combined.”
“He must be killed!”
“Each of you summon your family’s Divinity Transformation ancestors from their seclusion. I will have the ‘Vice Young Master’ from my family, who is at the late-stage of Divinity Transformation, lead the team personally to execute Chen Qiu!”
“Ah?”
The remaining families were slightly taken aback, seeing hesitation in each other’s eyes. They clearly were reluctant to have their family’s Divinity Transformation ancestors take action, for fear that Chen Qiu might unleash a few more Self-Destruction Terms, injuring or even killing their ancestors.
With chaos on the horizon, not having a Divinity Transformation ancestor to stabilize the family’s fortunes meant no sense of security.
They did not want their family’s Divinity Transformation ancestors to be injured before chaos ensued.
But at that moment, the words had already been pushed to this point.
Seeing the reddened eyes of their Young Master, they knew he was nearly unable to suppress his emotions and