abnabooks Chapter 185 The Genius Goes Berserk: Who Did This? (6000 Words)
Chapter 185 The Genius Goes Berserk: Who Did This? (6000 Words)
Chapter 185: The Rampage of the Heavenly Proud: Who is Responsible for This? (6000 words)
Li Xuanqi entered the dense forest.
Dressed in white like snow, exuding an ethereal aura, her face was as fair as jade, and her loose long skirt couldn't hide her graceful figure.
Her body was covered in celestial light.
Pure and beautiful.
She didn't search blindly. The geniuses of the major forces were all familiar with the Ancient Saint Academy, including this ancient forest.
Before leaving, the elders had bestowed her with means as well.
Li Xuanqi was no exception.
She used her delicate hands to cast a spell, and the light of runes surrounded her, summoning a palm-sized koi fish talisman.
The talisman burned.
The small and exquisite koi fish jumped in the air, constantly spinning, as if searching for treasures around.
There were many treasures in this ancient forest.
It was expected that in a moment, this koi fish would lead the way.
However.
Ten breaths of time passed.
The koi fish was still spinning in mid-air.
Like a headless fly, it lost its direction and had been unable to lead the way.
Li Xuanqi was stunned. Could it be that her luck was so bad that she happened to fall into a place without any treasures in this ancient forest, which was full of treasures?
She was somewhat unwilling to accept this and increased her output of mana.
The koi fish swelled a bit.
It could sense a greater distance.
Ripples spread out in invisible circles.
Expanding to a radius of three hundred miles.
However, the koi fish still had no response, constantly spinning as if caught in a loop.
Li Xuanqi took a deep breath and changed her hand seal.
Buzz!
Radiance surged.
The koi fish swelled to the size of a head.
Its spinning speed increased.
Five hundred miles!
Still no response!
Li Xuanqi gritted her teeth and increased it to one thousand miles!
Snap!
The koi fish trembled all over, fell to the ground, bounced twice, and dissipated into light.
The energy of the treasure-seeking talisman was exhausted.
No trace of any treasure was found.
Li Xuanqi was stunned.
What was going on?
Did the treasure-seeking talisman break?
She no longer relied on spells, but stepped on the Sun and Moon Golden Wheel, flying low to personally search for opportunities.
She wanted to verify it.
Not long after, she stopped near a lake.
The spiritual energy was dense around the lake.
A mist of spiritual energy lingered in the center, indicating the presence of rare treasures.
Li Xuanqi smiled and confirmed that there was indeed a problem with the treasure-seeking talisman.
She had said it before, as the esteemed Shu Mountain Saintess, when had she ever had bad luck?
...
She didn't act rashly.
As a woman who had fought independently and killed a Nascent Soul Seventh Layer Celestial Beast dragon that was beyond her level, she had rich experience and understood that where there were extraordinary treasures, there would be extraordinary beasts.
She pointed her jade arm from a distance.
The Moon Gold Wheel spun and flew out, growing longer in the wind. The radiant moonlight transformed into invincible air blades, shattering all the giant trees within a hundred feet of the shore.
A small mountain-sized boulder in the center of the lake was lightly swept away by the air blades, turning into powder and flying like snow.
The Moon Gold Wheel circled around the lake.
The terrifying air blades spread from the surface of the water to the bottom of the lake, leaving no space untouched.
But they failed to kill any creatures.
The lake was calm and peaceful.
Except for the slightly murky water, there was nothing.
Not even a dead fish existed!
This lake seemed to have been born without any living creatures.
"How could this be?" Li Xuanqi was surprised. "With such an extraordinary treasure growing in the center of the lake, how is it possible that it doesn't attract any extraordinary beasts?"
A sense of unease surged in her heart.
She flew up on the Sun Gold Wheel.
Passing through the thick spiritual mist.
Arriving at the center of the lake.
She immediately saw a scene that made her grit her teeth in anger.
On the other side of the lake, lying on the shore, was a huge skeleton.
It could vaguely be seen.
That was originally a fierce ancient giant crocodile, as massive as a mountain, with a skeleton as sturdy as a small mountain.
It was unclear who had killed it here.
Even its flesh and blood had been completely refined.
Not only that.
The skin of this kind of giant crocodile had extremely high value, whether for making armor or for medicinal purposes, it was Supreme Grade. That person had even stripped the crocodile skin, leaving only the skeleton behind.
In the center of the lake, there should have been lotus leaves and lotus flowers.
Now, even the lotus seedpod was gone.
Only a lonely, green pole stood there, pitiful and indescribable.
Li Xuanqi was shocked and angry again.
She was surprised that someone could take action before her and seize the opportunity.
She was angry because if you take the opportunity, there's no need to go to such extremes!
Take the lotus flower, but leave the lotus leaves and other things!
But no.
That person, who knows who it was, not only stripped the skin of the ancient giant crocodile, but even... took away all the fish and shrimp that originally existed in this lake, not leaving a single one.
The fish in the lake, nourished by the lotus flower for many years, must have had delicious meat, and the soup made from it would be comparable to a powerful tonic!
"Who did this in the end?"
Li Xuanqi lightly bit her red lips, her full chest rising and falling continuously, the radiance of the sun and moon constantly changing, emitting waves of immense fluctuations, causing the lake water to explode with towering white waves.
She had never seen someone take an opportunity like this.
Not leaving anything for those behind!
She changed her form and quickly dove into the ancient forest again to search for other opportunities.
Soon.
She arrived at a cliffside.
The spiritual energy here is abundant, and the clouds in the mountains collide constantly, creating waves and occasionally causing huge storms that can easily tear apart many fierce beasts.
In such a dangerous place, there must be treasures.
This is an unwritten rule in the cultivation world.
Sure enough.
On the root of an old pine tree below the cliff, she found - a pit!
There should have been a precious medicine there.
Judging from the concentration of spiritual energy around, it could be close to Holy Medicine.
But it was unknown who had uprooted it!
Only the rich spiritual energy remained in the pit, constantly dissipating.
The person who took the medicine even took away the soil where the precious medicine survived!
She clenched her fist.
The sun and moon golden wheel emitted a harsh friction sound.
In an instant, it disappeared.
Soon.
She changed places one after another.
There were obvious remnants of anomalies, but the heavenly treasures and earthly treasures there had all disappeared.
Someone had beaten her to it!
Li Xuanqi, no matter how well-cultivated she was, couldn't help but curse, "Who the hell did this?"
...
On the other side.
Zhuge Changsheng lowered his head and glanced at the Eight Trigrams Disk in his hand.
Then he looked up and looked at the place pointed by the pointer of the Eight Trigrams Disk - a natural Spirit Field that had already been stripped bare.
His forehead was full of black lines.
This Spirit Field should have had a considerable number of precious medicines.
Now, the ground had sunk several feet.
There was nothing left!
This wasn't the first time he had encountered such a situation.
Along the way, all the places that were supposed to contain opportunities were all taken by someone else, and they were very thorough, leaving nothing behind, as long as it had a little use... even the soil was not spared!
As for who that person was, it was easy to guess!
There was only one person who came out earlier than him!
But the problem was.
The residence of the Shu Mountain Immortal Gate was not close to his location, although they were on the same line, there was still a considerable distance between them.
There were also other Immortal Gate residences in between.
Zhuge Changsheng couldn't help but start thinking about where he had offended Li Xuanqi, causing her to go out of her way to come and snatch things from him!
Regardless of the reason!
This kind of behavior was too unethical!
"Um..." Zhuge Changsheng let out a long breath and a fighting spirit appeared in his eyes, "It seems that Senior Sister Li wants to have a battle with me in this Ancient Saint Academy!"
...
Meanwhile.
In a secluded stone room.
Qingzhou looked expressionless at the empty cushion, his fists clenched tightly.
On his face, which resembled that of a six or seven-year-old child, there was a fierce anger: "Li Xuanqi, Zhuge Changsheng, you have gone too far in bullying others!"
He stomped his foot.
The entire mountain peak instantly crumbled, turning into dust and falling off the cliff.
Countless birds and fierce beasts were startled.
In the mountains and forests, roars echoed through the sky.
...
"Not bad, not bad, this wave is not a loss!"
On the way back to the Three Purities' residence.
Wang Xiu checked his spatial ring while saying with satisfaction.
He strung together more than ten spatial rings filled with precious materials and treasures, making them into a bracelet and hanging it on his hand. It was heavy and substantial.
These past few days.
As he passed by the vicinity of various Immortal Gates, he constantly provoked them.
While doing so, he harvested the precious materials and treasures near these Immortal Gates' forces.
He was busy and enjoying himself.
Of course, the gains were quite substantial.
Firstly, his cultivation.
With the joint efforts of a group of Saint Manifestation experts, he directly broke through from the original Gold Core Fourth Layer to the peak of Gold Core Sixth Layer.
There was only a thin barrier separating him from the Seventh Layer.
A gentle poke would be enough to break through!
It should be noted that the further one progresses in cultivation, the more terrifying the mana required for each realm.
That Wang Xiu could break through two realms in just three days.
This news would be shocking!
Next, there were the spatial rings filled with precious materials and treasures.
Wang Xiu fully demonstrated the virtues of the Three Purities Immortal Gate: diligence, frugality, and the elimination of waste.
Wherever he went.
Anything useful and transportable was packed without hesitation.
Feathers were plucked from passing geese, not a single blade of grass grew!
For example, the bear paws of the ferocious beast Black-eyed Bear, fish from the lake that could replenish spiritual energy when consumed, snake skin that was impervious to water and fire, and unaffected by cold and heat...
Even the beehive of the Golden-winged Xuanhuang Bee on the roadside was directly taken away by him.
The honey produced by these bees was incredibly fragrant!
The stingers could be used to forge treasures!
Alive, they were used to produce honey, and when dead, the stingers were taken for perfect utilization!
In this way, Wang Xiu's spatial ring contained everything, packed to the brim.
...
He returned to the Three Purities' residence.
He found that the majority of his senior brothers were still in the stage of meditative cultivation.
However, Xiang Tiange and Li Zuoyue were already able to stand up and practice a few sets of boxing.
What surprised Wang Xiu was that Jiang Linger, this little girl, had recovered the best.
She was already able to exert more than eighty percent of her strength.
But upon careful consideration.
It's actually not bad.
After all, this girl has received the inheritance of a Saint Manifestation stage expert.
There is a wealth of experience in her mind that can be used for reference.
And there is real-time guidance from Jiang Yourong.
Her own aptitude is not bad either, so she recovers faster than normal.
Seeing Wang Xiu return.
Jiang Ling'er exclaimed and hurriedly ran over, "Senior Brother, you're finally back!"
Wang Xiu saw her nervous expression and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Ling'er said, "Hurry and save Senior Sister Ji!"
Ji Zidian?
Wang Xiu restrained his smile, looked around, and indeed didn't see her.
He immediately asked seriously, "What happened to her?"
Jiang Ling'er said, "Senior Brother, you left without saying anything, and Senior Sister Ji didn't know where you went. She thought it was Luo Senior Sister who did something to you, so she went to confront her!"
Wang Xiu covered his forehead!
Before he left, Luo Hongyi had a fight with him.
Although the fight didn't happen.
But Ji Zidian and the others didn't know.
Later, Wang Xiu didn't bother the senior brothers with their cultivation and left directly.
Unexpectedly, Ji Zidian recovered the fastest, and when she saw that he was not there, she went directly to settle the score with Luo Hongyi.
He quickly set off for the place where Luo Hongyi often stayed.
Afraid that something happened to Ji Zidian.
After all, Wang Xiu always felt that Luo Hongyi's soul was not quite complete, her spirit was not quite normal, and she didn't hold back when she attacked.
Easily losing control.
However.
When Wang Xiu arrived, he saw a very unexpected scene.
The two girls were sitting side by side, talking and laughing.
The sound of their laughter was like silver bells.
"You guys?" Wang Xiu spoke and looked at the two women.
At this moment, it was obviously Luo Qingyi who was in control of the body.
Her smile was extremely pure.
Like an immaculate fairy in a painting.
"Wang Xiu Senior Brother, you're back?"
Ji Zidian was very surprised and flew over, hugging Wang Xiu directly.
A warm and fragrant embrace.
Wang Xiu felt a lot of pressure and gently patted the girl's back, "I thought you two were fighting!"
Ji Zidian, upon hearing this, stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, "I almost misunderstood Sister Hongyi, but luckily she didn't take it to heart and explained it to me gently!"
"Now we're good sisters!"
Hongyi?
Wang Xiu looked at Luo Qingyi and their eyes met.
Luo Qingyi smiled sweetly and mischievously winked at him.
Wang Xiu immediately understood.
Luo Qingyi obviously didn't tell everyone about those secrets.
Wang Xiu rubbed Ji Zidian's nose, "You, you're just too impulsive! Alright, go back quickly, Ling'er and the others are very worried about you!"
Ji Zidian obediently nodded and turned to leave.
Wang Xiu looked at Luo Qingyi and smiled, "Sorry, my junior sister has a straightforward personality. Did I scare you just now, senior sister?"
Luo Qingyi covered her mouth and chuckled, "I'm fine, it's just that she... has been wanting to fight with Purple Thunder for a long time. I almost couldn't stop her!"
After all, Ji Zidian is an Innate Thunder Sacred Body. After tempering in the pressure of the Holy Academy world, her strength has improved quite a bit.
If they were to fight at the same level, Wang Xiu still had confidence in her.
But it's always better to be safe than sorry. Luo Hongyi is inherently a crazy person. If she couldn't control herself and fully unleashed her cultivation, it would be a big problem.
So, it's best that they didn't fight.
Wang Xiu clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, senior sister!"
He looked into Luo Qingyi's eyes and said, "Senior sister, it seems like you've been coming out more frequently lately..."
Luo Qingyi nodded, her eyes filled with tenderness, "I have to thank you too. Because of your nourishment, my soul power has become much stronger... In the past, I would feel exhausted after saying a few words and had to rest in deep sleep... But now, I can come out and move around more, giving my sister a chance to rest!"
"That's a good thing!" Wang Xiu nodded. Suddenly, he remembered something, flipped his palm, and several fresh spirit fruits appeared, which he handed over.
"By the way, senior sister, I picked some fruits on this trip. Have a taste!"
Luo Qingyi looked at the spirit fruits and was momentarily stunned. Her clothes turned from green to red, and her expression gradually became cold and proud, "Fruits? Do you know how precious these things are?"
Luo Hongyi spoke up again.
Wang Xiu looked at her change and hesitated, "I guess I do!"
Luo Hongyi sneered, "I've eaten too many of these things since I was young, and I'm sick of them! Besides, they're no longer effective. You guys can keep them for yourselves!"
[Ding!]
[Detected someone bragging nearby. Congratulations to the host for gaining +288 mana!]
Wang Xiu smiled faintly, "It's no big deal. Just treat them as fruits. I have plenty here, senior sister, no need to be polite with me!"
Plenty? Luo Hongyi scoffed, "Stop bragging. Do you think I haven't picked these spirit fruits before? How many do you have?"
Although Wang Xiu, for some unknown reason, could ignore the pressure of this holy realm, even if he was the first to go out, two or three days earlier than other geniuses, how many treasures could he obtain?
Not to mention the vastness of the ancient forest. Just finding these treasures required enough luck.
And there would be exotic beasts guarding the treasures.
Killing exotic beasts wouldn't take time?
With Wang Xiu's cultivation at the Gold Core stage, it would be difficult for him to break into many forbidden areas in the ancient forest.
The treasures he could obtain were indeed limited.
In fact, many places in the ancient forest required practitioners to travel in groups in order to have the capital to explore.
And the treasures obtained in that way would definitely be shared among the team.
Therefore, for the geniuses who had just entered the Holy Academy, although treasures could be found everywhere in the ancient forest, they would not become less precious because of it.
On the contrary, every opportunity needed to be seized tightly.
...
Faced with Luo Hongyi's mocking question, Wang Xiu scratched his head and said, "Just a little bit!"
Luo Hongyi snorted and thought to himself, "Enough, I've said it, I don't need it. If you really have extras, give them to your fellow disciples so they can stand up faster!"
Wang Xiu felt that Luo Hongyi's words made sense.
So he turned around and left directly.
Returning to the crowd of Three Purities, he began distributing the spirit fruits.
"Come, Senior Xiang, this is for you!"
Wang Xiu reached out and threw out about ten spirit fruits, handing them to Xiang Tiange.
In an instant, a strong spiritual energy swept in from all directions.
Xiang Tiange, who was originally leaning against a tree and practicing his punches, felt his body lighten when he smelled this scent, and his face was full of joy. "This is..."
Wang Xiu smiled and said, "These are spirit fruits from the Holy Realm. I went out for a trip and brought back a lot. They can help you improve your strength quickly and adapt to the environment here!"
Xiang Tiange caught the spirit fruits and immediately ate one without hesitation.
Feeling a tremendous power erupting from within his body, he quickly sat down and circulated his qi and blood to refine the medicinal effects of the spirit fruit.
He suddenly felt a warm current flowing through his limbs.
His qi and blood surged, faintly resembling the sound of thunder.
Thunderous qi and blood gathered around his body, crackling and resounding endlessly, as if he were opening up heaven and earth.
With just this one fruit, Xiang Tiange, who could barely perform a set of punches, instantly felt that he could exert more than thirty percent of his true strength.
On the side, Li Zuoyue saw this scene and hurriedly said, "Junior Brother Wang Xiu, don't be biased, give me some too!"
Huang Yunchong leaned against a tree and gasped for breath, saying, "And me too!"
"Don't worry, there's enough for everyone!"
Wang Xiu smiled and waved his hand, sending more than ten fruits to each of them.
Immediately after, Wang Xiu was not stingy with the rest of the disciples of the Three Purities.
He grabbed handfuls of spirit fruits as if they were worthless.
For a while, the vast tide of spiritual energy engulfed the void in an instant.
It even caused small spirals of spiritual energy to sweep in all directions.
Li Zuoyue and the others quickly refined the medicinal effects.
Their strength improved rapidly.
"Hahaha..."
"I can stand up now!"
"I, Huang Hansan, am back!"
"..."
Guan Shan Yue and the others watched this scene from afar, shocked beyond belief.
Rubbing their eyes, they could hardly believe it.
"What did I just see?"
"They are... distributing spirit fruits?"
"..."
They swore that they couldn't even imagine such a scene in their dreams!
It was too unbelievable!
That's freaking Spirit Medicine, a precious treasure!
Incredibly rare and precious spiritual fruit!
How can you just scatter them like this?
Too extravagant!
Too luxurious!
A person doesn't need so many spiritual fruits at all.
At most, you can take a few of the same spiritual fruit.
The medicinal effect would be minimal.
So many...
It's a waste, it's shameful!
This is an insufficient use of rare resources!
Guanshan Yue felt it necessary to remind Wang Xiu, so he walked up and said sternly, "Junior Brother Wang Xiu, what you're doing is not good!"
Wang Xiu slapped his head and said, "Look at me, how could I forget a few senior brothers? Come, come, everyone is our own, no need to be polite, take it!"
As he spoke, he grabbed a handful from the spatial ring and stuffed it into Guanshan Yue's clothes.
Guanshan Yue was stunned and smiled shyly, "Junior Brother Wang Xiu, you're too polite. Since that's the case, we'll accept it!"
"Hahaha, it should be like this!"
"By the way, Junior Brother!" Guanshan Yue suddenly remembered something, "Did you... not give any to Senior Sister?"
Wang Xiu said, "I asked Senior Sister Luo, and she said she doesn't want it!"
Guanshan Yue was surprised, "She doesn't want it? Did she really say that?"
Wang Xiu nodded, "Yes, she said to let everyone eat these fruits!"
Guanshan Yue was moved to tears, "Senior Sister... she really cares about us!"
Wang Xiu also agreed, "Yes, Senior Sister Luo appears cold on the surface, but she actually cares about the same sect. It's admirable!"
Guanshan Yue deeply agreed, then suddenly slapped his thigh and stood up, "No, I must express my sincere gratitude to Senior Sister!"
After saying that, he got up and went to find Luo Hongyi.
...
The spiritual fruits have all been distributed.
The disciples of the Three Purities couldn't wait to sit down and refine them.
A strong aura kept emanating from their bodies.
Wang Xiu watched this and pondered silently.
These past two days.
Although he obtained a lot of heavenly treasures, it was only a small part of the ancient forest as a whole.
At most, he cleared out the area near several sects' residences.
There are still other directions that haven't been explored.
Calculating the time, the top geniuses of the major Immortal Gates should have already started searching for opportunities.
If he were still alone, it would be somewhat inconvenient.
But at the current pace.
In three days at most, over a hundred disciples of the Three Purities Immortal Gate will be able to walk through the Holy Realm in their prime.
This power, in the current stage of the ancient forest.
Should be able to sweep through, right?
Thinking of this, a smile couldn't help but appear on Wang Xiu's lips.
I wonder what the top geniuses of the major sects will think when they see the imposing force of over a hundred disciples from the Three Purities Immortal Gate?
(End of this chapter)