The Legend of Futian - Chapter 90: Public Displays of Affection

In the Guqin Gardens, a group walked down slowly. It was Tang Lan, Yi Xiang, and the others.

"Master, this is where Fengliu used to live. It'll be our home in the future," Tang Lan said to Yi Xiang.

"Yes." Yi Xiang nodded. He looked back at Ye Futian who was carrying Hua Fengliu and said coolly, "Don't know where you got the luck."

Hua Fengliu smiled wryly. It had been so many years but the grudge was still there.

"Master, did Senior Yi used to treat you as a son-in-law?" Ye Futian mumbled. Hua Fengliu and Tang Lan had feelings for each other before. Yi Xiang clearly really liked Tang Lan and treated her as a daughter. Ye Futian could imagine his attitude toward Hua Fengliu before.

"I'm not clear. I just know that if you don't shut up, you won't be my son-in-law," Hua Fengliu said with a smile. Blanching, Ye Futian shut his mouth.

Beside them, Tang Wan smiled and looked at Ye Futian, amused at his words.

Entering the Guqin Gardens, a breeze welcomed them. The garden had a nice environment. The sun was setting, basking the fallen leaves in a golden glow. It was beautiful. A white-haired old man was sweeping the leaves with a broom. Ye Futian looked at him. The head of white hair and stooped body made him halt his steps.

"What's wrong?" Hua Fengliu asked, confused by the scene. Tang Wan stopped as well.

"Tang Wan, who is he?" Ye Futian asked. The people ahead of them stopped too.

Tang Lan followed his eyes and saw the old man. She said, "He has ailing health but wanted a job so I arranged for him to clean up the garden. Is something wrong?"

"Aunt Tang, when was this? Why didn't I know about it?" Ye Futian asked.

"You're always out. How would you know? It should've been after you and your teacher came," Tang Lan answered casually.

"Oh." Ye Futian nodded and smiled. "I was just wondering." With that, he continued forward. The others glanced at him in confusion but let it go quickly.

Tang Lan helped Yi Xiang and Yi Qingxuan settle in. Yi Xiang's wife had left him long ago, either because of different viewpoints or Yi Xiang's temper. Yi Xiang had raised Yi Qingxuan alone in the School of the Finance Star. That was why Tang Lan invited them to treat the Guqin Gardens as their own home. She knew that her teacher lacked the feeling of a family.

Afterward, Tang Lan ordered the servants to prepare dinner. Ye Futian helped his teacher into a chair. Seeing Yu Sheng and Yi Qingxuan stuck together, he was forced to say, "Qingxuan, can I borrow Yu Sheng for a moment?"

Yi Qingxuan glared at Ye Futian. Yu Sheng asked uncertainly, "What's wrong?"

"Come with me," Ye Futian said. Yu Sheng followed him in confusion and was brought to the entrance of the garden to look at the old man sweeping.

"Don't you think he looks familiar?" Ye Futian asked.

"You probably miss him." Yu Sheng naturally understood what Ye Futian meant by familiar.

"Maybe." Ye Futian nodded. "I always feel like Godfather is watching us."

"Would he?" Yu Sheng seemed to mutter to himself.

"Probably." Ye Futian chuckled and walked over.

Seeing them, the old man lowered his head and greeted them, "Young masters."

"What is your name?" Ye Futian asked.

"My surname is Yu. My name is too lowly to mention," the old man said.

"Yu?" Ye Futian's eyes flashed. He ordered, "Raise your head."

The old man slowly looked up. His cloudy eyes had no spirit in them. He seemed extremely old with white hair and a white beard. Like lightning, Ye Futian tugged his beard. The man cried out in pain. "Young master, have mercy. What did I do wrong?"

"It's real?" Ye Futian muttered. Then he said, "Grandpa Yu, I'm sorry. I thought you were someone I know."

"It's alright." The man waved.

"Grandpa Yu, can I come chat with you often in the future?" Ye Futian asked.

"I am honored." He nodded with a smile.

"Then it's a deal." Ye Futian smiled as well and said, "Then I won't disturb you anymore."

He and Yu Sheng left afterward.

"Were my senses wrong?" Ye Futian muttered. He was usually very sensitive and sharp.

"Are you overthinking?" Yu Sheng asked. They had similar body shape and stature but their appearances were completely different. How could they be the same man? Ye Futian had even tugged the old man's beard. He clearly suspected something.

Ye Futian's eyes flashed. Had he really been overthinking?

The two returned to the garden. The dishes were gradually being brought to the table. The people all sat down.

"Senior Yi, when is Yu Sheng and Qingxuan's wedding?" Ye Futian asked at the table.

Yu Sheng gaped at him. Yi Qingxuan's eyes flashed too, wondering what that guy was worried about.

"Stop thinking about them and think about yourself." Yi Xiang gave him a look.

"It's just a matter of time for me," Ye Futian said confidently. Then he looked at Hua Fengliu and said, "Master, Father-in-law, don't you agree?"

"I'll consider it," Hua Fengliu answered indifferently.

"Uh…" Ye Futian looked at Hua Fengliu. "Master, where do you get an in-law as good as me? You still need to consider?"

"Where's your shame?" Tang Lan asked coldly. Everyone stared at this guy, speechless.

"Huh, my masteress is better," Ye Futian said.

"Then go to your masteress." Tang Lan glared at him.

"Ah, Aunt Tang, I'm just kidding. You're just like my masteress," Ye Futian said weakly.

The others were still speechless. He was honestly so shameless. However, with his shamelessness, the group started enjoying the meal like a family. No one discussed what happened at the Donghai Academy. The past was like smoke. Once passed, there was no need to bring up again.

In the cheery atmosphere, the banquet gradually ended. Everyone went back to their rooms. Ye Futian went to the garden to play his guqin. There were some impurities in his timbre. He was clearly distracted.

"It's almost the end of the year again." Ye Futian looked up at the full moon. He remembered how the Fox had gone to the Ye mansion to find him after the New Year dinner, shocking the entire family. Then they held hands awkwardly by the lake. Without realizing, another year had almost passed. So much had happened in this year.

As he reminisced, a smile appeared on his face and there was more emotion in his music. He had pushed the frustrations aside.

Under the moon, he hid his longing in his music.

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The second day, a beautiful figure came to the Guqin Gardens. When Ye Futian saw her, he made a face. Did this fox know that he was missing her? He thought of her last night and now she was here. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Hua Jieyu raised an eyebrow at Ye Futian's weird expression and stared.

Ye Futian smiled. "Because my fox is so pretty."

"I'm not yours." Hua Jieyu turned away arrogantly.

"Masteress already betrothed you to me. You can't run now. All we're missing is a wedding," Ye Futian said with a smile.

"Don't even think about it." Hua Jieyu smiled and then ran to the Qin Devil behind him, calling, "Dad!"

"Jieyu, why are you here?" the Qin Devil asked.

"Uncle told me about what happened at Donghai Academy. I knew you'd be back here so I came to look," Hua Jieyu said.

"That guy's become agreeable?" Ye Futian asked, walking forward.

"I came to tell you all good news." Hua Jieyu smiled sweetly.

Ye Futian looked at her with suspicion. "The old Nandou guy knows that I'm super talented and unmatchable so he agreed to our wedding?"

Hua Jieyu pinched Ye Futian's waist hard because he was so shameless. She said, "My mom and I wanted you two to come for New Years and he agreed."

A strange glint flashed past the Qin Devil's eyes but seeing the two before him, he understood. Nandou Tai knew that his disciple and daughter would be more accomplished than him so now they were trying to resolve grudges. Back in the day, it would be hard to step into Donghai City, let alone the Nandou mansion.

Ye Futian understood this too. The Nandou clan had high expectations and wishes for Jieyu. If they didn't want Jieyu to hold grudges after she grew up, they couldn't be too cruel for some things. As for him, they couldn't offend him even if they didn't agree on the wedding.

"Happy?" Hua Jieyu looked at Ye Futian with a smile.

"I thought they would agree to our marriage," Ye Futian said, pouting.

"Say you're happy," Hua Jieyu said with a grin.

"Uh…" Ye Futian looked at her smile and nodded. "Of course I'm happy I can spend the New Year with Fox."

Hua Jieyu's eyes were pleased.

"Then can I not leave at night?" Ye Futian fluttered his lashes.

Hua Jieyu's smile froze. Looking at him, she raised a slender leg and kicked him for his unhealthy thoughts.

"I'm thinking of my master. He hasn't seen Masteress in years. You should go discuss this with that old guy," Ye Futian said seriously.

"That makes sense." Hua Jieyu smiled and nodded. "Dad can stay but you can't."

"My wife doesn't listen to me," Ye Futian muttered.

"What did you say?" Hua Jieyu glared again.

"Nothing. I was thinking if we should go to the Imperial City together afterward," Ye Futian said.

"I'll consider it," Hua Jieyu said.

"Master's health is bad. I'm worried I can't care for him," Ye Futian threatened.

Hua Jieyu glared. At the side, Hua Fengliu complained, "If you want to act lovey-dovey in public, then do it but stop dragging me in!"

"Dad, what are you saying?" Hua Jieyu blushed.

"Master, you are so wise," Ye Futian praised. At least his master understood them!

The Legend of Futian - Chapter 89: Go with the Flow, Go Against the Flow

Luo Junlin was the Crown Prince. What did that mean? It meant that he was going to become the emperor in the future.

The words of an emperor were to be taken seriously. Since Luo Junlin had spoken, it meant that he was serious. So, at the nod of Ye Futian's head, he would be bestowed a title of nobility and become a prime minister. Then, as soon as the throne was passed down to the Crown Prince, Ye Futian will be a prime minister of the nation. It was an utmost honor for a mere sixteen-year-old student to be bestowed such a title. This unbelievable ordeal was something you had to see for yourself to believe.

Some people were in utter disbelief. This couldn't be real. Had the Crown Prince gone mad? No matter how gifted Ye Futian was, he was still very young. The future was filled with uncertainty. How could the Crown Prince promise him the title of prime minister so easily?

Minister Hua was frozen in his seat. His eyes sharpened but he remained silent, not stopping Luo Junlin. Who was he to stop the Crown Prince?

Xia Feng was feeling helpless and miserable at this point. He had just begged Minister Hua and the Crown Prince to save his son earlier today but now, the Crown Prince was recruiting Ye Futian to be the future prime minister. By the looks of this, if Ye Futian was smart, there was no way he would reject this offer. If things proceeded, then his son, Xia Fan was good as gone.

Mu Hong, Lin Xiyue, powerful cultivators of the Emperor Star school, and officials of Donghai academy, all failed to comprehend the situation as well. It was true that Ye Futian possessed outstanding gifts but weren't the Crown Prince's words too rash?

Obviously, Luo Junlin hadn't gone mad, nor was he dumb. He felt a familiar aura from Ye Futian. This young man was a person favored by Minister Zuo and even held the Decree of the Minister in his hands. Putting the pieces together, Luo Junlin was able to think of a lot of things. Plus, he understood Minister Zuo a little too well and was well aware of his way of style of doing things.

Ye Futian was also very shocked. He did not understand why one piece would cause such a strong reaction from the Crown Prince. Did he want to bestow him the title of prime minister?

"Your Highness, I have too many ties here and is not able to drop everything to leave with you. Can we reconsider this in the future?" Ye Futian asked Luo Junlin. Even though he had no intentions of taking the offer, he could not offend royalty in front of everyone.

Luo Junlin shook his head. Seeing his expression, Ye Futian bowed. "Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"He rejected..." Countless pairs of eyes looked at Ye Futian in immense shock. Ye Futian actually turned down the chance to become minister.

The Nandou Nation controlled 36 prefectures and every prefecture contained many cities. Just prefecture chiefs held a lot of power and were big-shots in their respective prefectures already, so just imagine the power a minister would have. The Nandou Nation had two ministers. Minister Zuo, the left minister, controlled the inner workings of the nation while Minister Hua, the right minister, controlled the army. The power of a prime minister was second only to the emperor himself.

Such a great opportunity had been placed in front of Ye Futian's eyes but he chose to reject.

Luo Junlin stared at Ye Futian. He said, "Do you know the consequences of going against an imperial order? Even though I am not the emperor yet, I will be in the future."

At his domineering words, everybody's expressions changed. As the Crown Prince, Luo Junlin already exuded the intimidating emperor of an emperor.

"If it was an imperial order, I would have no way to reject, Your Highness," answered Ye Futian.

Luo Junlin was quiet as he looked into Ye Futian's eyes. A wave of pressure washed over Ye Futian.

Suddenly, Luo Junlin smiled. He said, "If so, then I won't force it on you. You may be excused."

"Thank you, Your Highness," Ye Futian said as he bowed, ready to retreat back to his seat.

As Ye Futian walked back to his place beside Hua Fengliu, Luo Junlin stood still, watching his retreating figure. He gave off a murderous vibe as he walked to his seat as well. When their backs turned to each other, Ye Futian and Luo Junlin walked off the battle platform to return to their own seats.

Everyone's eyes followed the two figures. One was the powerful young Crown Prince, who already possessed the attitude of an emperor, and one was a young man, gifted by the heavens. He possessed extraordinary gifts and his future was unpredictable.

Luo Junlin sat down in his seat and then with a stern look around, he said, "I am very disappointed. Today is Donghai Academy's Assembly of the Seven Schools, but from what I have seen, not too many of its students possess extraordinary gifts. Amongst the seven schools, only the schools of the Emperor Star and the Treasury Star can be considered competent. If so, why do you need seven schools? From this day on Donghai Academy shall fall under the jurisdiction of the School of the Emperor Star, and the School of the Treasury Star will assist."

Silence. These words did not come from the headmaster of the Emperor Star school. Neither did it come from Minister Hua. These words came from the Crown Prince, Luo Junlin. He had already been rejected by Ye Futian today. By the stern look on his face, everyone knew that if any single person dared to object against Luo Junlin's decision, they would meet with a frightening ending.

The inevitable changes in Donghai Academy had finally come.

"Yes, Your Highness." The headmasters of the Emperor Star and the Treasure Star school stood and bowed to receive the order of the Crown Prince. The other five headmasters did not say a single word as they too, stood up. Looking at the powerful crowned price, they bowed and said, "As you wish, Your Highness."

When the Crown Prince and Minister Hua arrived at Donghai Academy, many people had already predicted something like this would happen. The School of the Emperor Star had gotten too powerful. There was no way to stop them. And now, the inevitable had come.

"You may all be dismissed," Luo Junlin said with a wave of his hand. He then turned to leave. His every word was absolute.

Minister Hua got up from his seat to look at everyone once more before following behind Luo Junlin. A whole group of people followed not too closely behind Luo Junlin and Minister Hua as they walked towards the School of the Emperor Star.

"What do you think of what happened just now?" Luo Junlin asked Minister Hua. Naturally, Minister Hua understood that Luo Junlin was not speaking of the ordeal with the Emperor Star school but about Ye Futian.

"Your Highness must have had a reason for doing so," answered Minister Hua.

"When he was playing the guqin, he exuded the aura of an emperor," said Luo Junlin. Minister Hua looked shocked but said nothing. These words could only be said by the Crown Prince. He could not repeat them as a minister.

"When I said that I would give him the title of prime minister, he was not moved. He had no greed. It seemed like he had no interest in the position of minister," Luo Junlin laughed with a cold demeanor. "He is indeed a person worthy of being favored by Minister Zuo."

"Minister Zuo does have a very good eye," said Minister Hua.

"Many of our nation's officials were discovered by Minister Zuo," said Luo Junlin. Minister Hua's gaze sharpened. He knew what Luo Junlin said was true. Astrologers were a scary bunch.

"But Minister Zuo had never given out the Decree of the Minister to anyone. This is my reason for coming to the City of Donghai. Ye Futian might be different from the others that Minister Zuo had previously discovered," said Luo Junlin. His gaze sharpened as well.

"What do you mean by this, Your Highness?" asked Minister Hua.

"Even though I am the future emperor, the person with the most influence in the Imperial City, beside my father, is Minister Zuo," Luo Junlin said.

"Your Highness, you will step up to the throne one day. Plus, with your gifts, you will definitely not be any inferior to His Majesty. Power is always in your reach," replied Minister Zuo.

Luo Junlin snickered and said, "That's a given. The throne is not my final goal, but if Minister Zuo does anything to get in the way, I will not let him off so easily."

Minister Hua was shocked by the Crown Prince.

"Your Highness, I don't think Minister Zuo will try anything," said Minister Hua.

"On his trip to the City of Qingzhou, besides bestowing the Decree of the Minister upon Ye Futian, Minister Zuo also accepted a request from the Nandou clan. Why else would they invite Minister Zuo to the Nando Palace? Of course, it was to get a fortune told. Minister Zuo would not have told the fortune of the elders in the clan. The most outstanding person in the Nandou clan right now is a young lady named Hua Jieyu. The day Ye Futian crashed the School of the Emperor Star, he went there looking for her. They're a couple," explained Luo Junlin.

After a while, he spoke again, "After returning to the Imperial City, Minister Zuo began to plan for next year's Tingfeng Banquet. He also tried to convince Father to put the people of Nandou clan in important positions. Who do you think he's paving a road for?"

"Ye Futian and Hua Jieyu?" Minister Hua made a realization. He felt a shiver run down his back. The Crown Prince was way scarier than he had anticipated.

"That's right. Minister Zuo is making the bold move of paving the way for this young couple. Plus, Ye Futian exuded the aura of an emperor today. Do you still think that Minister Zuo isn't trying anything?" asked Luo Junlin. Minister Hua was dumbfounded. He knew that everything the Crown Prince said was true. Minister Zuo was an astrologer. He must have told Ye Futian and Hua Jieyu's fortune. Furthermore, Ye Futian exuded the aura of an emperor. What were they fated to be?

It was a scary thought.

"Send people to keep an eye on Ye Futian and the Nandou clan. Then, we'll head back to the Imperial City to see Father," said Luo Junlin. There were still some things that he did not tell Minister Hua. In the City of Qingzhou, Minister Zuo yelled at Luo Junlin's younger sister for Ye Futian. He made his sister, the princess, apologize to Ye Futian. Did princesses need to apologize to commoners? What was Ye Futian's true identity? What kind of person was worthy enough for Minister Zuo to do all this?

There was also another thing he held a grudge on. As the Crown Prince, Luo Junlin had requested for Minister Zuo to become his master multiple times but was always rejected. Minister Zuo said he didn't dare to be the master of the future emperor. This also meant that Minister Zuo was unwilling to be his aid. Not only that, Minister Zuo has also refused to tell Luo Junlin's fortune. His reason was an emperor's fortune must not be told. Luo Junlin wasn't going to believe his b*llshit reasons.

There was only one reason for Minister Zuo, an astrologer, to refuse to aid the Crown Prince. And that was, the Crown Prince was not fated to an emperor. It's just that Minister Zuo didn't dare to say these words.

Minister Zuo had once said the fortunes told by astrologers were the general flow of events. To go against the flow would only bring harm. But Luo Junlin refused to believe this. He was going to change his own fate. He was born to become emperor. Luo Junlin was going to take life into his own hands.

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At Donghai Academy, the crowd had yet to depart from the central square. What were they supposed to do now that the seven schools were to be united?

In the direction of the School of the Finance Star, a large group formed around Yi Xiang. He was explaining something to the crowd and they looked at him, not willing to part.

Headmaster Yi Xiang of the School of the Finance Star was stepping down and turning over his position to someone else. He was planning to leave the academy.

"I'm so tired after all these years. From now on, all of you should continue to work hard. I'm only in charge of my daughter and my disciple now," joked Yi Xiang.

"Headmaster, don't you mean daughter and son-in-law?" teased Ye Futian. Yi Qingxuan glared at him but Yi Xiang laughed and looked at Yu Sheng. "That's right! 'Son-in-law' works too."

"Ugh...." Yu Sheng blinked then looked at Ye Futian, only to see Ye Futian slip him a sly smile. He seemed to be waiting for words of gratitude from Ye Sheng.

"Master, it's almost the end of the year. The Guqin Garden is so big, Hua Fengliu and I feel so lonely there. Why don't you move there to live with us?" Tang Wan asked Yi Xiang.

Yi Xiang looked at her. He couldn't help but smile when he saw how nervous she looked. "Alright!" he replied.

Tang Wan's face lit up with a bright smile. "Okay, let's be on our way now."

"Let's go." Yi Xiang took large steps and walked forward. Yu Sheng and Yi Qingxuan followed after him. Ye Futian, carrying Hua Fengliu, and Tang Wan followed at the back of the group. Ye Futian smiled while watching the group of people ahead of him. This felt like a huge family reunion. It was such a pleasant feeling. If only Fox and Masteress were here too, then it would be perfect. He was going to work hard to make it happen.

As the sun set, the group walked out of Donghai Academy. There was no looking back now.

The Legend of Futian - Chapter 88: The World

Ye Futian slowly walked out to the center of the square. Countless gazes fell upon him. The younger generation went without saying. Ye Futian had already proved how powerful he was. The older generation was also paying attention. The Qin Devil had returned to Donghai City as a disabled man. How talented could his disciple be?

Ye Futian put the guqin before him and sat down slowly. Clad in a white robe, he looked extremely handsome and regal.

Seeing him, Lin Xiyue gasped and was shocked. She had once thought that he was just an average musician who went to the Luo Palace to learn more about the world. Then, Ye Futian displayed his talent during the battle. Today, she heard that he had defeated Zhou Mu at Donghai Academy. Just how outstanding was this handsome boy?

Her father glanced at her. To be honest, he knew about Ye Futian defeating Zhou Mu but he didn't tell Lin Xiyue. This girl was interested in the boy but Ye Futian was the Qin Devil's disciple. He had conflicts with the Art Saint and the School of the Emperor Star. His future would have many obstacles. Plus, he already had a girlfriend—that one from the Nandou clan. He didn't want his daughter to get involved and have her heart broken.

Mu Hong studied Ye Futian but his eyes darkened.

Ye Futian looked up at the setting sun. There was a smile in his clear eyes. She said slowly, "This song was composed by myself. It is called 'Hero'." With that, he began playing. His fingers slid over the strings and a graceful melody came out.

"He did not challenge anyone. He's just playing music," someone said. The spectators were impressed. Today's motive was to see the accomplished students display their talents. They did not necessarily have to challenge others. For the Qin Devil's disciple, music playing was naturally a way to do that.

People quickly stopped mulling. The moment the music sounded, they fell into a pleasantly strange artistic conception.

At first, the melody was cheerful and fresh. As the music entered their ears, a picture appeared in the audiences' minds. They seemed to see a handsome youth earnestly bow to his teacher for the first time. The youth had extraordinary talent. He was well-liked by his teacher and was taught true skills, growing even more powerful.

The melody gradually became graceful and moving. It made one feel as if they were falling in love. They involuntarily entered this mindset. The student grew up, met a girl, and fell in love. His heartbeat seemed to be audible in the music.

The moving melody changed again. It became heavy and dark. The relationship was judged and opposed. A few big figures furrowed their brows. Was the meaning behind this song his own story or Hua Fengliu's?

The music changed again. The youth had matured and become successful but he still wanted to be with his loved one—even if everyone opposed it, even if it was beyond redemption.

The music intensified. The main character of the melody seemed to be fighting against fate. He faced everything alone but in the end, he failed. The music grew dreary like a hero past his prime.

Just as everyone thought the song was over, the dreary melody suddenly recovered its vitality. Rather than being spirited again, it was as calm as water like a change in mindset. Everyone could see that the main character had gone through many hardships and cultivated. But he still could not forget his home and lover. He decided to return and face the changes in the world. Even if he was defeated, he was still a hero.

The melody stopped. The music faded slowly. Everyone seemed to be unwilling to return to reality. The young people were especially affected by the attractive force of the music.

In the School of the Finance Star crowd, Tang Lan's eyes welled with tears. She gazed at Hua Fengliu, who was now disabled. There was a faint smile on his handsome face. His disciple was able to compose now and had performed his entire life.

Many big figures glanced at Ye Futian. They naturally understood the meaning behind the song. This was a composition for the Qin Devil. Ye Futian used his music to express his teacher's life. Though he didn't fight anyone, this melody was better than the Qin Devil in the past. No one dared to look down on him.

Mu Hong narrowed his eyes at Ye Futian. No wonder Hua Fengliu had begged him for this student. He was a second Hua Fengliu.

"Who did you play this for?" Luo Junlin, the crown prince, asked from the direction of the School of the Emperor Star.

"Your Highness, I played for my master." Ye Futian set his hands down and looked up at Luo Junlin.

"You have enough artistic conception but not enough élan. You did not reveal a true musical spell. Since you are such a good musician, why don't you perform something for me today as well?" Luo Junlin said.

Ye Futian gazed at the crown prince. Since he requested it, Ye Futian could not deny him. He nodded and said, "Okay. I am still unable to compose my own musical spell so I can only perform someone else's."

"Sure." Luo Junlin nodded.

Ye Futian lowered his head and began playing again. His fingers strummed and the instrument strings vibrated. A note broke through the air like powerful running thunder. "This piece is 'The World'."

As he spoke, the music notes danced. The audience instantly felt an extreme power. Many people's eyes flashed. Ye Futian truly was a prodigy. They instantly understood that this melody was created for the crown prince. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

A terrifying music storm gathered around Ye Futian. It was as powerful as crashing tidal waves. Now, different images flashed past the audience's mind as the music played. Signal smoke rose and the emperor rode onto the battlefield to conquer the lands. Some also saw the king ride a dragon and survey the world. Everyone he passed bowed down.

In this melody, the world was like a painting.

"Send some men up," Luo Junlin said indifferently.

Minister Hua glanced at the School of the Emperor Star headmaster and uttered a command. Several disciples then walked toward Ye Futian. However, their steps were very difficult. The music constantly entered their ears, making them scared to fight back.

Spiritual Qi gathered around them and they stepped forward. However, the music was still rising. It seemed to want to break through the clouds.

Now, Ye Futian was shrouded in a halo of light. He was like a young king. He represented the world.

Everyone saw a shocking image. There was a blurry figure up above. He had an emperor's long robe and a crown. He walked toward them, commanding the world, making them voluntarily want to bow down to him.

The weaker Emperor Star students going toward Ye Futian had prostrated themselves to the ground, not daring to raise their heads. They seemed to be revering Ye Futian. More and more people knelt down under the music's influence. As if controlled by the musical spell, they worshipped the emperor.

BOOM! A terrible sharpness flashed past the eyes of the big figures. They felt the youth's talent and shuddered. Something felt wrong.

This song was called 'The World'. It was performed for the crown prince but Ye Futian was the performer. At this moment, he had become the high and mighty emperor and Luo Junlin was before him, face to face. The elegance and grace of the white-clothed youth truly was like an emperor now. Did the musical spell give it to him or was he born with it?

Lin Xiyue gaped. The present Ye Futian was even more brilliant than that day at the Luo Palace. He was unmatchable. He could even be compared to someone like the crown prince, let alone Zhou Mu.

Mu Hong shuddered as well. Hua Fengliu had such a student and had once come to him but he rejected the man.

"Can't this guy keep a low profile?" Yi Xiang cursed. He didn't want Ye Futian to attend this event. Being too bright was not a good thing. Nowadays, Minister Hua and the crown prince were very close. He hoped Ye Futian would stay low and attend the Tingfeng Banquet with Minister Zuo.

"Some people are born like this," Hua Fengliu said calmly. Not many knew about Ye Futian's secret but he and Yu Sheng knew. The inheritor of Emperor Ye Qing was definitely not an average man. His aura would appear when playing music, which he probably didn't even know himself.

When Luo Junlin told Ye Futian to perform something, The World should be the most suitable piece. However, this piece caused Ye Futian to reveal his emperor-like aura. This was neither on purpose nor brought about by the musical spell. It was something he was born with.

Hua Fengliu could guess that Ye Futian had a shocking background.

At this moment, at the highest seat in the School of the Emperor Star, Luo Junlin slowly stood up. Then, to the surprise of all, he walked down toward the center of the square, toward Ye Futian.

People could feel those who were the same. Luo Junlin was destined to be king. Everyone in Nandou knew that he ruled over the world. He could feel something similar coming from Ye Futian. It was the aura of an emperor.

The music reached the climax. Then it descended and stopped. Luo Junlin also stopped before Ye Futian. Countless eyes were on them. Yi Xiang and Hua Fengliu were even a bit nervous as they watched. As the crown prince, Luo Junlin shouldn't kill Ye Futian just for a song. He had told the youth to play it, after all.

"Follow me. When I become king, you will be minister," Luo Junlin said, staring at Ye Futian.

With that, the world fell into silence.

When I become king, you will be minister!

The Legend of Futian - Chapter 87: Called Out

The events at the School of the Emperor Star shocked all of Donghai Academy. There wasn't a single person who did not know about it.

Zhou Mu was defeated by Ye Futian in such a humiliating way. His defeat was an equivalent to a slap in the face for the Art Saint and became a taboo topic amongst the Art Saint's acquaintances. They were all extremely cautious of their words around him.

But now, this Mu Hong character dared to bring up the subject in front of all these people. It was obvious how the people of Donghai Academy felt about this. Especially when he said: 'Let's see if Brother Fengliu's disciple is a fraction as gifted as the Art Saint's disciple.' How was the Art Saint supposed to feel about this?

Many people were afraid to look at him. They were all afraid that they might catch the Art Saint's eyes.

"This idiot!" The officials of the Emperor Star school all glared at Mu Hong.

The officials of the School of the Flirting Star were also looking at him. This sucker's son and daughter had been beaten up by Ye Futian. Did he not know of this?

Mu Hong noticed all the attention he was getting. He thought to himself, who would have thought that the battle between the Art Saint and the Guqin Devil still had this much influence on people? There should be a lot of people who look forward to a battle between their disciples.

It was a pity that Hua Fengliu was so inferior now, going around begging others like a stray dog. It was only natural that his disciple would not amount to the brilliant Zhou Mu.

"Father," his children called to him. Standing behind Mu Hong, Mu Yunqing, and Mu Yunni were going to be sick. They never expected Ye Futian to show up out of the blue and never in a million years did they think their father would say such things. There was no way that the Art Saint and the School of the Emperor Star were not offended by Mu Hong's words.

Even Ye Futian was stunned by Mu Hong. Ye Futian remembered this man vividly. After all, he was the first person that Hua Fengliu introduced him to upon their arrival in the City of Donghai. He could not believe that Mu Hong would say these things in this setting.

Looking to the Mu siblings who stood behind their father, he gave them a meaningful smile. Just as he thought, the siblings did not have the guts to complain to Mu Hong. It was probably because they were too embarrassed.

"Greetings, Senior," Ye Futian suddenly greeted Mu Hong with a smile. He continued, "When I met you I thought that you were a brilliant man and that your children were destined to become the best of the best. I only found out that they were students of the Flirting Star school when I entered the academy. Under your guidance, your children must be very talented."

Hua Fengliu blinked a couple of times. He looked at his disciple, speechless. Could Ye Futian be more brazen? But why did he anticipate what would happen next?

Hua Fengliu was not the only one who was shocked by Ye Futian. The students of Donghai Academy all looked dumbfoundedly at Ye Futian. Weren't the Mu siblings the very first people that Ye Futian beat up on his first day at the academy? How deep was this rivalry that Ye Futian had to play with Mu Hong in this way?

"Although Yunqing and Yunni can't claim to be geniuses, they are still pretty gifted. 'Very talented' would be right," Mu Hong said confidently. Mu Yunni pulled at her father's clothes from behind and whispered, "Father, stop talking already."

"Hmm?" Mu Hong furrowed his eyebrows. His head tilted in confusion.

"Very talented indeed. I have witnessed this first-hand on my first day at the academy. The two of them have inherited your Life Spirit and possess extraordinary gifts. A chip off the old block if you will," laughed Ye Futian. Everyone's expression darkened. This rascal...

The Mu siblings looked extremely awkward. They were so embarrassed. Mu Yunni glared at Ye Futian. This jerk was doing this on purpose!

Observing the looks on his children's faces, Mu Hong began to realize that something wasn't right. He asked, "How did the battle go that day?"

Mu Yunqing and Mu Yunni lowered their heads. Their hatred for Ye Futian strengthened.

There was no chance Mu Hong could stay oblivious at this point. His expression fell immediately when he finally realized that he had fallen into Ye Futian's trap.

Turning his attention away from his children, Mu Hong looked at Ye Futian once again. He forced a smile on his face and said, "You are indeed the Guqin Devil's disciple. It seems that you are extremely gifted. It is fortunate that these two incompetent rascals know to be embarrassed. They didn't dare to mention the battle to me. Since I've already witnessed the abilities of the Art Saint's disciple, I am now more interested to know just how outstanding the Guqin Devil's disciple is."

Ye Futian snickered at the sight of Mu Hong. This guy couldn't seem to get enough of offending others.

"Father!" Mu Yunqing called out to Mu Hong again. Simultaneously, a voice rang out from the direction of the group from the Emperor Star school, "Have you had enough?"

Mu Hong froze. His gaze shifted in the direction of the voice and saw the icy gazes on himself. Zhou Mu has also been glaring at him coldly from his spot on the battle platform. Even as he returned to his seat with the others from the School of the Emperor Star, Zhou Mu continued to glare at Mu Hong. His battle with Ye Futian was also the most humiliating for him. What was Mu Hong trying to do, bringing it up again?

Mu Hong suddenly felt like the public enemy. He thought to himself, what on earth happened?

"I admit that my disciple is not on par with Hua Fengliu's disciple. After his defeat last time, I already told Zhou Mu to focus all his energy on cultivation. I don't think that it is necessary for Brother Mu to bring up this topic again, right?" someone said softly. Everyone shivered.

It was the Art Saint who spoke.

Mu Hong froze with his eyes on the Art Saint. His heart pounded rapidly. He finally understood why everyone was looking at him, and why Ye Futian looked at him funny.

So, the Art Saint's disciple, Zhou Mu, already had an exchange with the Guqin Devil's disciple. What's more was that he was defeated.

His eyes twitched. He turned to glare at his own children. Oh, how he wanted to give them each a slap across the face. These two brats didn't bring him any intel on Ye Futian.

Upon having another look at the Art Saint and the officials of the School of the Emperor Star, Mu Hong knew exactly what kind of effects his words had.

"Please forgive me, Brother Hua. I had no idea of any of this. I had no intentions of offending anyone," Mu Hong apologized.

The Art Saint turned his gaze away, not looking at Mu Hong. At this Mu Hong's lips twitched. His piercing eyes turned to Ye Futian.

Ye Futian felt wronged. He was completely clueless when he first arrived at the assembly. Mu Hong was the one who offended everyone with a single sentence. All he could do was to go along with him.

At this time, many clueless outsiders observed Ye Futian. The Guqin Devil's disciple actually defeated the Art Saint's disciple?

Lin Xiyue, who had her eyes trained on Ye Futian the whole time, smiled and said, "I didn't expect that he would become so powerful after getting into Donghai Academy."

"He was still slightly inferior back at the Luo Palace, but then he actually defeated Zhou Mu." Xiao He was also shocked.

"Let's continue," said Han Mo. He did not want to dwell on this topic any longer. Today was the Emperor Star school's day to shine but Ye Futian has stolen the spotlight. His mere existence was an annoyance. And then, that idiot Mu Hong just had to start a fight with him. Mu Hong's actions just now inadvertently humiliated the School of the Emperor Star.

More disciples from the school stepped out and the Assembly of the Seven Schools continued.

Ye Futian and the Guqin Devil sat with the School of the Finance Star. They quietly watched the assembly progress. They deduced that the Emperor Star school was targeting the Finance Star school. Ye Futian was fuming inwardly. At the same time, he could only sigh because he knew how sly the School of the Emperor Star was. Even if he stepped up, he could only fight. It would not help the situation at all.

As a whole, the School of the Finance Star could not compare to the School of the Emperor Star. They were completely overpowered.

Watching the students of the Emperor Star school fight, Hua Fengliu reminisced about his days of cultivation there. It was a pity that things were so different now. Everybody has changed. Sitting amongst the group from the Emperor Star school were many familiar faces, but none of them would even look him in the eye anymore. Their attitude towards him and their attitude towards the person who used to be equally as famous as himself, the Art Saint, were completely different.

"Thinking about the past?" Tang Wan observed Hua Fengliu's expression from beside him and asked.

"Don't make fun of me." He smiled bitterly at her.

"You used to be so famous at the academy. It's normal to think about the past," Tang Wan replied. She turned to look ahead. She also thought of her cultivation days. Hua Fengliu wasn't the only one who was famous at Donghai Academy back then. So was the Art Saint, Nandou Wenyin, and herself. They were all extremely gifted.

"I've always had a regret. Master is a person of such high-caliber, but as his disciple, I didn't even get the chance to demonstrate my powers as a Musical Sorcerer before getting kicked out of the academy," sighed Hua Fengliu. Tang Wan nodded. "Elder Qin is indeed very respectable, but Ye Futian was able to prove himself in front of the School of the Emperor Star with one musical piece, the 'Decree of the General'. That should make up for at least a part of your regrets, right?" she asked.

"Yeah," Hua Fengliu nodded.

Time passed little by little. It was dusk. The sky turned a beautiful red. People from Donghai Academy looked up at the beautiful night sky from time to time. It was almost like the end of an era.

"Is he really not going to fight?" asked Lin Xiyue. Her beautiful eyes never left Ye Futian. How could he not fight on a day like this? It was the Assembly of the Seven Schools for crying aloud. Since he was able to defeat Zhou Mu, it was obvious that he was really capable.

Slowly, people stopped stepping on to the battle platform. Everyone began to whisper left and right. Someone laughed as they said, "Today is Donghai Academy's Assembly of the even Schools. The School of the Emperor Star put on such an impressive performance. They have overshadowed the other six schools."

"The School of the Treasury Star wasn't bad either. They only lacked a little in comparison to the Emperor Star school. They can be considered the second-best school of Donghai Academy," someone else commented.

From these comments, everyone knew that the agenda of the assembly was just getting started.

Amongst the group from the Emperor Star school, Han Mo smiled lightly. He turned to look at the Crown Prince and heard Luo Junlin say to Minister Hua, "The person that Minister Zuo favors has not made his move yet."

Minister Hua nodded. He then whispered in the ear of the headmaster of the Emperor Star school. The headmaster wore a strange look on his face but nodded anyway. The headmaster stood up and called out, "Hua Fengliu."

Hua Fengliu lifted his head in confusion. He looked at the headmaster and smiled. "Greetings, Uncle-Master."

The headmaster nodded in response and said, "You used to be a student of our school, so why are you sitting with the School of the Finance Star today?"

"I am here with my disciple today. He is a student of the Finance Star school, so I sat here with him," Hua Fengliu answered calmly.

"Then I have nothing better to say regarding that. The Crown Prince and Minister Hua have graced us with their presence today and would like to witness the powers of the best students of Donghai Academy. Your disciple is extremely gifted but has not stepped up. What is the meaning of that?" the headmaster reprimanded. This was peculiar to everyone watching. Why was the headmaster asking for Ye Futian? However, there were a lot of people who looked forward to witnessing the "outstanding" gifts of the person who defeated the Art Saint's disciple.

Hua Fengliu and Ye Futian felt something was amiss. Was there no other choice but to fight?

At this moment, Ye Futian saw Tang Wan walk to the front with a guqin in her hands.

"Duyou. I purposely carry it with me. The Guqin Devil's disciple can't do without a guqin," she said. Ye Futian gave her a smile. She came prepared in hopes that they could take advantage of this event to make sure the Guqin Devil's name wouldn't be forgotten by the citizens of the City of Donghai.

Ye Futian nodded with a smile and took over the guqin, named Duyou. Let's play a piece for Master today!

Limitless - Chapter 235: A hut at the end of the Star Road

That manic energy was still expanding in all directions and was now covering area tens of thousands of miles away.

This wave of energy destroyed all in its way, it’s destructive power many times greater than a tornado.　

This aged piece of land had been quiet for aeons.

But the four strange occurrences really did live up to their name.

It was no worse than the other three.

Chu Yu could only imagine how many people were affected by the wave just now.

However, the immediate area around the statue was calm.

Chu Yu could keenly feel that the blood aura from his vertical eye, and it was like an incredibly powerful being!

That blood aura was terrifying!

Even though the ancient statue had calmed down, his heart was not settled.

He stood there, dumbfounded. After a long pause he heaved a sigh of relief.

"F*ck me... that was scary!"

Chu Yu patted his chest and shook his head, laughing bitterly.

His vertical eye was also quite the willful thing. No matter what it did, it never discussed it beforehand with Chu Yu.

Could it be that the origins of this vertical eye are more complex than he imagined?

Greater origins?

More ancient?

How else could it suppress such a terrifying ancient divine stone statue?

It was not willing to be at the base, opting instead to be on top of its head.

Furthermore, from start to finish, it was unaffected by the rage of the divine statue...

"But the question is, why haven’t you been so powerful before this? Your defences are also useless in the face of superior cultivators?"

Chu Yu murmured.

But as he thought about it, he realized that the strength of the defences were likely linked to the energy he absorbed.　

The more energy he absorbed, the stronger the shield.

It was too mysterious.

Chu Yu shook his head, not wanting to think about it.　

From a cause and effect perspective, he had quite the connection with this metal ball.

Since he was already on the head of the stone statue, he might as well try his luck.

He did not know if his audacity would piss off the stone statue so much that it did not want to give him anything.

But he was wrong.

He knelt on top of the head of the ancient divine stone statue and placed his hands on the stone. In that instant, his consciousness was drawn into a mystical space!

He felt like he was being controlled and dragged into the space.

Chu Yu did not even have an opportunity to resist.

Then, he was shocked.

He was in a completely foreign universe!

The path beneath his legs was grey.

Huge rotating stars surrounded him. Some stars in the distance shone brightly, lighting up the entire galaxy.

There were millions of stars!

"Where is this?"

Chu Yu was shocked, this was not a question of courage.

In the face of the unknown, no one could remain calm.

He did not know if it was just his consciousness that was brought here, or if his physical body was here too.

It all felt very real when he touched his limbs and face.

He pinched himself, Ow, how painful!　　
F*ck!
Chu Yu’s strength was too great, his pinch could destroy the head of a Supreme Realm cultivator!

Even though his physical body was tough, this pinch was enough to make him grit his teeth.

"God damn it."

Chu Yu continued following this grey path.

Time did not seem to carry any meaning here.

As he walked, he retrieved the pocket watch from his storage ring.　

This was a superior mechanical watch. However, because he had not worn it for some time, the hands had stopped moving.

The date that it was stopped at was the day Hou Yi sent him into the Mirror World.

The moment the watch felt his pulse, it began moving energetically again.

According to his watch, Chu Yu had been walking for over 20 days!

This road was paved with a foreign material and it felt like cold stone to his touch. God knew how many years it had existed in this world.

No aura radiated from this road. He could use the energy in his body to run at great speeds, but he had no way of flying.

He could not even use the Racing Sacred Art.

Over the past few days, Chu Yu kept running. He had lost count of how far he had ran.

The road ahead seemed endless and the path stretched to the horizon.

There was nothing at his back and Chu Yu did not even know if he was going in the right direction.　

But he realized that there wasn’t much that could go wrong, he was facing this direction when he entered.

Another 20 days past. In the blink of an eye, Chu Yu had spent more than a month and a half here. The road ahead still looked bleak.

He finally stopped running and wondered if he had gotten the place wrong.

He looked around his surroundings and observed that the stars had significant differences from those he saw initially.

This was sufficient to prove that the road was real and he was not running on the spot.

But when will he reach the end?

Chu Yu stopped for three days but still could not find a worthy clue.

He even used his vertical eye to observe his surroundings. However, this place had nothing to hide!

What he saw with his vertical eye was exactly the same as what he saw with his naked eye.

"This feeling sucks."

Chu Yu murmured to himself in exasperation.

It had already been two months since he entered this place.

Chu Yu was still not at the end, and he had not seen anything different from the beginning.

Other than the fact that the stars around him kept changing, everything else was the same.

He tried to break away from this road and go into the sky. He wanted to get up on a star and see if it’ll give him a better view of the road ahead. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

But he could not stray away from the path for extended periods of time.

Supreme Realm cultivators were too weak.

Even though he was much more powerful than other Supreme Realm cultivators, he could not traverse the universe.

In the blink of an eye, six months had passed!

Chu Yu’s body underwent much changes.

He slowed down and began to cultivate.

There was no spiritual energy here, but he had various pills and spiritual stones.

On this lonely star route, the most common sight was Chu Yu holding a spiritual stone and sucking the spiritual energy from it whilst sprinting manically.

His cultivation level kept rising. After about half a year, he had virtually used up all of his pills and spiritual stones.

He was also at the advanced stages of the Supreme Realm.

The Nascent Soul in his Dantian was becoming stronger and tougher.

The surface of the Nascent Soul was filled with blood vessel like purple gas!

But he still could not see the end of the road.

The road was too long!

Chu Yu felt like he could not continue any longer.

However, at this moment, his brain suddenly remembered what Yi said when he sent the four people into the Mirror World.

"There are three tests, testing your wisdom, strength and courage."

What was this road?

Wisdom?　

Probably not?

What would wisdom do here?　　

Estimating how long this road was? Or understanding something through this lonely road?

Chu Yu was not gaining much.

Strength was of no meaning here.

No matter how strong he was, he could not detract from this star route for too long and he could not break the route either.

Furthermore, what good would breaking it do?

Courage?　

That seems... a little more likely.

Without courage, he could not finish walking down this route.

Chu Yu was quite the stubborn individual.

He could stand loneliness and had courage, but anyone who walked along this endless and lonely road would feel lost too.

He did not even expect it, but he walked for three full years!

If not for the calendar on his watch, he would not believe it himself.

He had run out of spiritual stones and medicine.

Anything that he could use to cultivate had been used by him.

Even the Spirit Stunning Bow was rendered useless by his Gluttonous Sacred Art.

Even though the energy in it was lost, he was reluctant to throw it away.

Even though he hesitated about eating the replica Divine Punisher Blade, he ended up ‘eating’ it anyways.

He ‘ate’ this blade for over two years.

As a Supreme Realm cultivator, he could go hundreds of years without eating or drinking, but he could not stop cultivating.

All he had left was the Immortal Crane Furnace.

All his magical equipment were reduced to a pile of metal.

On the last day of the third year, Chu Yu suddenly saw a fuzzy aura on the horizon.

It was almost as if chaotic energy enveloped it.

This was the first change in the starry road that Chu Yu had seen for the past three years, bar the changes in the stars.

He felt a wave of fire rise in his heart, there was hope!　　

He hastened his steps!　

It looked extremely close, but Chu Yu took half a month to get there.

Three years and 15 days later, Chu Yu finally saw the end of this starry road.

It was an ancient hut. It was enveloped by a mixed aura and sat at the end of the star road.

He was quite excited, but Chu Yu was still slightly apprehensive.


Where is this?

Why is there an ancient hut at the end of the starry road?

When he neared, Chu Yu stood within the chaotic energy and bowed towards the hut, "May I ask if someone is inside?"

"Come on in, the door is unlocked."

An ancient voice rang out.

F*ck me!

Chu Yu got the fright of his life!

He jumped out of his skin!

What the f*ck was going on?　

I was just trying my luck, I had no hope that there was someone here!

How could there be people in such a place?

"Why? Little fella, you must have been walking for years? Now that you’re here, you don’t dare to enter?"

The ancient voice mocked.　

Chu Yu felt his head go numb, this scene was too quirky!

Since he was here, even if the people inside wanted to harm him, he may not be able to escape.

As such, he steeled himself and pushed open the broken wooden door of the hut and walked in.

With a creak, the wooden door opened and Chu Yu walked in.

The interior was dark, no light entered the room.

A blurry figure sat in the middle of the room.

Chu Yu could not even make out the appearance of the man. After entering this house, he seemed to become a normal human.

He did not try to open his vertical eye. Instead, he bowed respectfully.

"Junior’s name is Chu Yu, greetings senior!"

"No, don’t call me senior, just call me brother." The ancient voice said.

Limitless - Chapter 234: Angering the God

Xu Xiaoxian’s magical formation drew energy from the ground!

No wonder she’s not like other magical formation specialists who use various magical equipment and spiritual stones to set up.

Her magical formation skills are already so powerful!

Regardless of environment and location, she could accurately determine the meridians in the ground, even in the Devastated World!

Chu Yu had his vertical eye, so he could clearly see that Xu Xiaoxian could accurately find the energy meridians deep in the Earth and change its direction.

This formed a very special type of field!

After she rearranged the area, it looked like there was no change on the surface, but, in actual fact, the magnetic field, layout and energy... had all changed immensely.

This type of ability was too stunning!

Xu Xiaoxian sauntered around this area, she had already completely changed this place into a defensive five layered formation.

Then, she took out the Heavenly Demon Instrument, a table and a chair.

She even took out a teapot and rubbed her fingers, igniting a fire underneath.

The water in the teapot was from a spiritual spring. It boiled all of a sudden, a low rumbling noise filling the surrounding.

At this point, the black dot in the sky became bigger and bigger and appeared in front of the two of them.

Dong Xiaoyan’s expression was dangerous, her eyes burning with fire.

Her body radiated with the aura of a True Lord!

A wave of suppressive power crashed towards Chu Yu and Xu Xiaoxian.

"How do you two want to die?"

Dong Xiaoyan asked icily.

Xu Xiaoxian smiled, "Little b*tch, since you’re here and so confident, why not you take a break and let’s chat before we fight. Let’s not destroy the scenery here."

"B*tch!"

Dong Xiaoyan bellowed, "Seeing your face makes me lose my appetite, how ugly! What could I possibly have to say to you? Go to hell!"

Then, she attacked with a sacred art.

This was a bolt of lightning!

The speed of light was too quick.

But this lightning bolt was stopped in its tracks.

It disappeared into thin air before it could even reach Xu Xiaoxian.

It could not penetrate the defences!

Dong Xiaoyan was stunned.

"I’m ugly?"

Xu Xiaoxian smiled and revealed her true appearance. "Anyone who judges a book by its cover is scum. B*tch, open your eyes and see if I’m really ugly!"

Hiss!　　

Dong Xiaoyan gasped and looked at Xu Xiaoxian hesitantly.

On one hand, her True Lord level attack had not hit home.

On the other hand, Xu Xiaoxian’s appearance had left an indelible mark on her!

"You... you are... you are Xu Xiaoxian? The demon girl from the Demon Sect?"

Indeed!

Chu Yu thought to himself, Xu Xiaoxian is someone quite famous.

"Aren’t you dead?"

Dong Xiaoyan gasped in horror.

"I am a saint from a saint sect!" Xu Xiaoxian laughed icily, then began to strum the instrument, "Little b*tch, you think you’re qualified to call me ugly?"

Hum!

A melodious tune rang out.

But Dong Xiaoyan’s expression changed, almost as if she saw the most terrifying thing on Earth. She turned and ran!

"Do you think that you’re very powerful just because you got some benefits? How naive!"

Xu Xiaoxian said faintly as she continued strumming.

In the air, the True Lord Realm Dong Xiaoyan shuddered, then, began to dance!

Her movements were rather graceful!

Her movements were fluid as she twisted around, her long, slender thighs showing through her dress.

However, her expression was pained as she screamed, "Kill me... but don’t... humiliate me!"

Xu Xiaoxian ignored her, turned her head and smiled at Chu Yu, "Letting you watch risque dancing."

Chu Yu was speechless.

At this point, Dong Xiaoyan began to take off all her clothes.

She had no control over her own body as she removed her clothes, piece by piece.

But she was keenly aware of what she was doing!

The scene in the sky became more and more risque. Chu Yu coughed lightly, "I think that’s enough..."

Xu Xiaoxian chuckled, "Why, don’t you like risque dancing? How about a different kind? How about we get her here to find a steel pole?"

"..." Chu Yu was speechless, "Enough, don’t play around."

Not fun!

Faking seriousness!

Fake morality!

Xu Xiaoxian repeated this to herself before her gaze turned icy and her hands flew over the instrument.

A whole string of notes were played.

All of a sudden, Dong Xiaoyan’s body exploded into a cloud of blood!

A Heaven’s Pride Talent was dead in the Devastated World even before she had the opportunity to kill her way into the Solar System.

Chu Yu frowned, he had no objection to killing this lady.

But doing so in such a gory manner left a bitter taste in his mouth.

Xu Xiaoxian smiled, "Okay, now the world is a better place!"

Chu Yu shook his head, "Let’s go."

Xu Xiaoxian stiffened slightly, "Where to?"

"The ancient stone statue!"

　　...…

Chu Yu and Xu Xiaoxian came to the base of the statue once again. This time, there was no one else.　

The huge stone statue towered over them.

This time, Chu Yu did not hesitate and walked straight up to the stone statue.

Xu Xiaoxian bit her lip and hesitated. Then, she shouted, "Hey, don’t be brash. This statue is still quite quirky, do you want to reconsider?"

Chu Yu turned and glanced at her, "Is there a difference between dying at the hands of this statue and dying at the hands of powerful cultivators on the battlefield?"　　

"Of course!" Xu Xiaoxian blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at Chu Yu, "At least your death will be delayed."

"How do you know that I will definitely die when I touch this statue?" Chu Yu smiled and came to the base of the statue. He somersaulted... then flew into the air.

This leap was not his intention!

It was something his vertical eye made him do!

He was like Dong Xiaoyan when she was controlled by Xu Xiaoxian, he could not control his actions!

The vertical eye had no intention of letting Chu Yu stand at the base of the statue!　　

"Don’t!"

Xu Xiaoxian paled and reminded.

As one of the four strange occurrences, the ancient stone statue was not only dangerous upon contact.

Anyone who dares to disrespect it was also in danger.

But her reminder came too late!

As Chu Yu flew into the sky and past the base of the statue, a ray of white light shot towards Chu Yu!

If Chu Yu opened his vertical eye, he could see that this ray of light originated from a finger of the ancient stone statue!

What a despicable being!　

Where would Chu Yu find the time to open his vertical eye?　　

All he felt was frustration.

Even though he was brash and wanted to gain some legacy from the ancient stone statue, he had never thought of jumping to the top of the statue!

He had never thought about such a blasphemous act.

He was set up!

Chu Yu felt a wave of helplessness when the white light shot towards him.

But in the next moment, Chu Yu was stunned.

That white light... disappeared!

Xu Xiaoxian did not even see what happened!

However, Chu Yu knew. In that moment, a wave of energy exploded from his vertical eye and hit the ray of white light.

Then, that ray of white light disappeared!

At this point, Chu Yu was already at the stone statue’s chest.

The eyes of the statue shot out two more rays of light!

This time, even Xu Xiaoxian could not help but retreat.　

The two rays of light had such terrifying suppressive energies. It could decimate anything in its way!

Xu Xiaoxian had no doubt that if the two rays of light were directed at her... she would be dead even if she had Saint level magical equipment. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

She would be turned into a pool of blood!

Perhaps... even vaporized.

Chu Yu’s forehead once again shot out a wave of energy to destroy the two rays of light!

At this point, the statue seemed to be enraged by what was happening.

Its body radiated with terrifying energy.

This energy was like a tsunami, unstoppable and destructive!

Even though it was invisible and formless, the entire area around the statue was heaved into the air!

It was like a terrifying explosion!

Apocalyptic!

Xu Xiaoxian immediately activated the defensive magical formation that she formed using the meridians in the ground. An incredibly powerful defensive shield enveloped her.

However, the shield actually cracked and looked like it was about to shatter in the face of the energy!

Xu Xiaoxian immediately took out a jade bottle and tunneled into it.

Boom!

The energy broke through and threw the jade bottle into the air. In an instant, it disappeared.

This entire statue looked like it was a god which came back to life, and it was furious!

The statue still stood there whilst the ground was thrown into the air in a thousand mile radius, almost as if an apocalyptic tornado had hit.

Black clouds rolled in the sky and it was accompanied by booming thunder.

No one would dare enter this area!

The manic energy could be felt even tens of thousands of miles away.

This was a raging god!

Many of the Heaven’s Pride Talents saw the scene and stared in awe, mouth agape.

"What happened over there?"

"Why does it feel like... a powerful energy fluctuation?"

"Not good... retreat!"


All of them saw the huge rocks and land... tens of thousands of miles away, sail towards them.

All of their expressions changed!

They turned and ran!

F*ck, which b*stard did this? Was it necessary to break the sky like that?　

Almost everyone was cursing.

Chu Yu, who had caused this, looked on as Xu Xiaoxian tunneled into a jade bottle and was blown away. Then, he saw himself... guided by his vertical eye, land on the head of the statue.

The huge head was almost like an arena. Chu Yu landed on top, lost.

He saw the divine statue raging, destroying everything around it.

At the same time, rays of light, much sharper than blades, shot towards him.

It was almost as if this raging god wanted to kill this audacious kid.

His vertical eye also seemed to rage and suddenly exploded with a wave of blood aura!　

Yes, blood aura!

Then, the divine statue calmed down.

Limitless - Chapter 233: The Four Strange Occurrences

Dong Xiaoyan looked on in aghast and stuttered, "I, I’m not going!"

"Then I’ll kill you now!" Xu Xiaoxian said coldly.

"Then kill me!" Dong Xiaoyan was so afraid that she would rather die than step forward.

Even though the plump youth seemed to have gotten something good with his arm regenerating an him escaping, the way the youth with the mole exploded was too terrifying.

Up till now, Dong Xiaoyan still could not forget the scene.

A wave of fury flashed past Xu Xiaoxian’s forehead, "Do you really think I won’t kill you?"

A ball of light appeared in her palm and slapped towards Dong Xiaoyan’s head.

"Stop!"

That icy youth suddenly exclaimed, "I’ll go!"

Dong Xiaoyan looked at this young man with teary eyes as she bit her lip. She wanted to say something, but words failed her.

She was utterly devastated.

This icy gaze youth looked at Xu Xiaoxian and said, "If I die in your hands, my School will never let you off! If I manage to escape, I’ll never let you off!"

One of his arms was broken and he was pale. He had tried apologizing before. But now, he suspected that these two demonic sect disciples had never planned on letting them go!

If admitting his mistake and being humiliated could ensure his survival, he would gladly do it.

A gentleman could adapt and do what it takes to survive!

However, if that was not going to help, why humiliate yourself?　

He might as well die like a man!

Even though he was nervous and scared for his life, he continued walking towards the ancient stone statue.

His footsteps were heavy, almost as if he was walking to his death.

This place was clearly ancient and the times had taken their toll on the statue.

He finally reached the base of the statue. He grit his teeth and placed his hand on the foot of the ancient stone statue.

Xu Xiaoxian and Chu Yu tended up, even Dong Xiaoyan looked on nervously.

However, nothing abnormal happened.　　

His limb did not regenerate. There was no reaction at all.

It was almost as if... what he touched was just a normal stone statue.

Even the youth was in disbelief, Did I change location midway?

No matter how hard he tried, he could not get any response.

Chu Yu learnt from his lesson and did not use his vertical eye to look at the entire statue, choosing instead to focus on the spot the youth was touching.　

The wave of suppressive energy still existed and suffocated him, but it was not as terrifying as when he looked at the entire stone statue.

He realized that the light on the statue will disappear wherever the youth touched.

This meant that, what he touched... was actually pure rock.

What’s going on?

Chu Yu could not understand it.

After some time, although feeling a little disappointed, the youth heaved a sigh of relief.

Before him, even though the plump youth did not get much, he had managed to get a new hand and his freedom after touching the statue.

In their present state, freedom was the most precious.

He wanted to escape, but his body was sealed, rendering it impossible for him to run.

At this point, Xu Xiaoxian said, "You come back, you go!"

She looked at Dong Xiaoyan.

Then she murmured, "How useless, he couldn’t get the legacy, and he didn’t die, what a waste!"

The youth was furious and he walked back, his expression dark.

Dong Xiaoyan was calmer. She still did not know why the youth with the mole had died such a horrible death, but after seeing the plump one get his freedom and the other alright, she had a little more confidence.　

She walked towards the statue.

Then, when she brushed past the icy youth, she whispered, "Thank you."

That youth replied, "Take care."

Xu Xiaoxian was expressionless and Chu Yu was calmed.

Dong Xiaoyan walked to the base of the statue, hesitated, then stretched out her hand.

When she contacted the stone, her heart was in her throat.

Hum!

The huge statue suddenly shuddered and hummed.

Then, a ray of light entered Dong Xiaoyan’s body from the statue.

Dong Xiaoyan’s aura exploded!　

Xu Xiaoxian did not hesitate to offer up a sword and fire it at Dong Xiaoyan!

Zoom!

The flying sword took to the air!　

It looked like it was going to pierce Dong Xiaoyan’s forehead.

Suddenly, the ancient statue shone with a bright screen of light and enveloped Dong Xiaoyan inside.

Xu Xiaoxian’s sword impacted the light screen and exploded with a bang!　
That was a superior sword that Xu Xiaoxian had been refining for many years.

With it shattered, she was hit too and a small trail of blood trickled from her mouth. Then, she looked over in aghast.

Chu Yu was also awed, he never expected Dong Xiaoyan to be rewarded so handsomely.

The icy young man stood there, dumbfounded and envious.

However, he hoped that Dong Xiaoyan could gain more, then kill these two immediately!

The seals on Dong Xiaoyan’s body were instantly gushed open.

The energy in her body kept increasing.

Chu Yu opened his vertical eye and looked over. All he saw was a red ray of light connecting to Dong Xiaoyan from the stone statue.

Almost as if it was imparting something to her.

"Not good!"

Xu Xiaoxian looked at Chu Yu, "Let’s go!"

As she spoke, a glow appeared in her hand. It was a sword!

The icy youth’s head flew into the sky!

Bloody shot meters into the sky!

One of the most powerful talents of the Mirror World was dead.

A Supreme Realm cultivator has a Nascent Soul in his Dantian, which supposedly provides him an extra life.

But it was still weak. Before his Nascent Soul could run away, Xu Xiaoxian stabbed it through the Dantian.

She looked at the stone statue and said reluctantly, "This is quite the legacy, after she breaks through, we are unlikely to be her match, run!"

Then, she led Chu Yu away into the distance.

In the moment Chu Yu left, he saw Dong Xiaoyan, enveloped by the light of the stone statue, stare in their direction.

Her eyes were filled with hatred!

At this point, Xu Xiaoxian had already brought Chu Yu far far away.

This aged and barren land had no life or death. It was completely silent.

The two of them flew for two days before stopping.

Xu Xiaoxian was clearly depressed as she said, "I didn’t expect that that b*tch would get such a powerful legacy."

Chu Yu asked, You know what she gained?"

Xu Xiaoxian nodded, "Back in the day, my demon ancestors had entered and explored most of this place. This ancient stone statue is one of the four biggest strange occurrences in the Devastated World."　

"Four biggest strange occurrences?" Chu Yu looked at Xu Xiaoxian and thought to himself, This girl seems to know a lot.

Xu Xiaoxian also thought about it and laughed dryly, "The first strange occurrence is known as the Immortal Refining Land. Whoever goes there will die!　

Chu Yu’s mouth twitched and he looked at Xu Xiaoxian out of the corner of his eye, "How can this place ever be strange, it is just barren land."

"No no no, there are life forms there." Xu Xiaoxian looked at Chu Yu and said, "In fact, if you could get there, you would understand. There are all sorts of medicine and mystical life forms there. However, those life forms would not leave the Immortal Refining Land. Else, do you think saints are so stupid and would go there to court death?"

　　
"..." Chu Yu was speechless, Yea, that’s true.

"The second strange occurrence is this ancient stone statue."

Xu Xiaoxian looked at Chu Yu, "It is said that this statue is modelled after a real Immortal and contains his consciousness. As such, anyone who comes here will receive a different legacy. However, every now and then, something strange or bad would happen, just like what happened to that unlucky one."

"Immortal, someone more powerful than saints should not actually be killing youths of cultivation levels equivalent to ants right?" Chu Yu asked skeptically.

Xu Xiaoxian said worriedly, "Who can tell for sure? Furthermore, anything that happens in the Devastated World cannot be measured and understood with our logic."

Then, Xu Xiaoxian looked out into the distance and said, "The third strange occurrence is the Dead Sea... it is completely unrelated to the Dead Sea on Earth. It is said that there are many remains of Immortals there and various Immortal magical equipment."

"There’s such a place?" Chu Yu was shocked.

"Mm, and many people have gotten great benefits from there, becoming Saint in just over a decade." Xu Xiaoxian explained, "However, many people who go there are shredded to pulp even before they reach the water of the Dead Sea! Even saints cannot resist the killing power!"

Chu Yu felt a chill down his spine. All of a sudden, he felt that whilst the Devastated World could promise much returns, it was also filled with danger.

"The fourth strange occurrence is known as the Heavenly Mountains. It is deep inside the Devastated World and is filled with danger. Many of those who came on expeditions were really powerful people."

Xu Xiaoxian looked at Chu Yu, "They were all saints and Legendary Emperors."

Those were truly powerful cultivators!

Xu Xiaoxian chuckled, "Many of those powerful cultivators died here. As such... there is the story of the four strange occurrences."

Chu Yu asked, "That means that the ancient stone statue that we saw is already the mildest one of the four?"

Xu Xiaoxian nodded, "Indeed."

At this point, a small black dot appeared in the sky some distance away.

Xu Xiaoxian’s eyebrows raised and she exclaimed, "Damn it, that b*tch has a tracking device, I should have killed her then!"

Chu Yu did not expect that the girl would chase them all the way here. Clearly, her feud with Xu Xiaoxian ran deep.

In the face of powerful opposition, Xu Xiaoxian remained calm and began setting up her magical arrays.

This was the first time Chu Yu saw her setting up her magical formations and he opened his vertical eye!

What he saw awed him.