Chapter 1177: There Must Be a Way

At this moment, streams of aura lingered over Xu Que's body, emanating a kind of peaceful, righteous force that enveloped his entire frame, dissolving the malevolent Qi that kept surging into him!

This was the aura of the Buddhist Sect—calm, masculine, and righteous!

The Buddha Beads and Buddhist amulets Xu Que had exchanged from the System Mall all carried the Buddhist Sect's peaceful aura. In plain terms, they had been blessed by eminent monks and could suppress malevolent Qi!

At first he hadn't worn any of these things on him, but before entering he already knew this place would be filled with malevolent Qi, so he had prepared several dozen strings of Buddha Beads and Buddhist amulets in advance and hung them around his neck. He just hadn't expected that before he even finished showing off, Bai Cailing had already noticed them.

Clearly, Bai Cailing had already seen the extraordinary nature of these Buddha Beads and Buddhist amulets. Her beautiful eyes gazed at Xu Que with deep meaning.

At this moment, she increasingly felt that this Elder Xu was far from as amiable as he usually appeared. Yet in her heart she didn't find it strange at all—after all, this was Xu Que's father; how could he possibly be an ordinary person?

"Heh heh, you have a good eye!"

At this point, Xu Que looked at Bai Cailing and laughed as well. While taking off the Buddha Beads, he said with Solemnity: "Earlier I hadn't finished speaking. To suppress malevolent Qi, besides pursuing inner peace, there's another method—borrowing the power of the Buddhist Sect!"

Speaking to this point, Xu Que had already handed over a dozen or so strings of Buddha Beads to Bai Cailing, continuing: "As the saying goes, 'Commit no evil, practice all good, purify one's mind—this is the teaching of Buddhism!' Sometimes, malevolent Qi is merely something we use to deceive ourselves. The true evil intent ultimately lies on that string within our hearts. Malevolent Qi only plucks it lightly, yet we use it to play a murderous Melody!"

"Elder Xu speaks rightly. Human nature is fundamentally Evil; we cultivators are still human after all!" Bai Cailing nodded, while distributing the Buddha Beads to the other Jade Pool Disciples.

When Xu Que took out so many Buddha Beads at once, he had actually already planned to share them with them. But before presenting the Benefit, the show still had to be put on—otherwise the Acting Cool Points would be wasted for nothing.

One must know that every single string of these Buddha Beads and Buddhist amulets was a high-grade Dharma Artifact. Although they couldn't compare to Immortal Artifacts, in the System Mall they were worth a considerable price!

After everyone put on the Buddha Beads, the wisps of malevolent Qi within their bodies were slowly dissolved. Combined with the deliberate rejection of that malevolent Qi by those present, their bodies quickly stopped being affected by it, and all returned to normal.

At this moment, the gazes of the Jade Pool crowd toward Xu Que changed once again.

They had originally thought that once this Elder Xu came in, he could barely protect himself. They hadn't expected him to pull out so many Buddhist Sect Dharma Artifacts in one breath and actually save them once.

"Thank you, Elder Xu!"

Bai Cailing also dissolved the malevolent Qi within her body. Her gaze turned to Xu Que as she expressed her gratitude with a word of thanks.

She knew that without Xu Que's Buddhist Sect Dharma Artifacts, the Jade Pool Disciples would soon have been completely controlled by the malevolent Qi, losing their rationality. By then they might well have started fighting amongst themselves first, forced to kill each other.

"It's nothing! We're all family, no need for pleasantries!" Xu Que waved his hand and said lightly, his gaze already turning toward the group of Heavenly Prides locked in battle at the center of the Altar.

Bai Cailing paused slightly, shaking her head with a helpless, bitter smile.

Xu Que's words—"family"—put tremendous pressure on her, yet she couldn't bring herself to refute them.

She could sense that this Elder Xu had, whether intentionally or not, already begun treating her as a daughter-in-law.

"Holy Maiden, what should we do now? This Altar only allows retreat, not advance. If we don't break those Restrictions, we have no way to reach the other shore!" At this moment, a Guardian asked in a low voice.

Bai Cailing shook her head: "These Restrictions aren't something we can break easily. At least with the combined strength of all of us, it's impossible—unless... we let that wisp of Divine Spirit's Remnant Soul reassemble and continue the Suppression of this place!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd fell silent.

Xu Que said nothing either, because Bai Cailing was right. If they wanted to break the Restrictions on this Altar, they had to let that Divine Spirit's Remnant Soul recongeal, then continue to suppress the Altar and weaken the restrictive power here. Only then might they be able to charge to the other shore.

Back then, Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude must have come here too. Given those two's personalities, would they possibly leave a Divine Spirit Inheritance here?

Impossible!

Unless there was no other choice, that Divine Spirit's Remnant Soul would have long since been taken away by those two. So to cross this Altar and reach the other shore, they still had to let that wisp of Divine Spirit's Remnant Soul return to its place and restore everything on the Altar to its original state.

"Elder Xu, is there a way to make them all dissolve their malevolent Qi?" At this moment, Bai Cailing suddenly turned to Xu Que and asked.

She wanted Xu Que to act, to dissolve the malevolent Qi of the group at the center of the Altar as well, and stop them from continuing to fight.

Because to let the Divine Spirit's Remnant Soul reassemble, they had to make that group of Heavenly Prides hand over the Residual Soul Fragments in their possession. But right now those people were killing madly—how could they possibly calm down and talk? Anyone who got close would likely be dragged into the battle, Forced to Fight to the Death.

"Eh? Dissolve their malevolent Qi?"

After hearing this, Xu Que was instantly stunned, nearly bursting out laughing, and almost asked: are you kidding me?

Something this saintly-hearted—you could actually think of it?

In this situation, wouldn't it be better to take advantage of that group's malevolent Qi erupting and them killing each other, using the chance to eliminate them?

"Elder Xu, I know this is a bit hard on you, but... the Status of these people is all extraordinary. If they all die here, I'm afraid once we get out, the other Factions will all target our Jade Pool." Bai Cailing seemed to have read Xu Que's thoughts as well, and explained with a bitter smile.

It really was helpless. If she were alone, not representing Jade Pool, then encountering this situation she would certainly take the chance to trap and kill these Heavenly Prides, then pocket their Storage Rings, gather the Divine Spirit's Remnant Soul, and leave safely and steadily.

Unfortunately, she was the Holy Maiden of Jade Pool. Many people had seen her come in with a group of Jade Pool Disciples. If so many Heavenly Prides died here, yet the people of Jade Pool emerged completely unscathed, the outside world would surely grow suspicious.

The most direct speculation would be that Jade Pool had colluded with Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude, trapping and killing the Heavenly Prides of several major Factions here. At that point Jade Pool would essentially be giving the other major Factions a chance to join forces against them—a truly poor trade.

"Sigh, Holy Maiden Bai, I understand what you mean!" At this point, Xu Que sighed and shook his head: "But unfortunately, I'm merely a Half-Immortal Realm cultivator. To dissolve so much malevolent Qi is truly beyond my ability!"

Obviously, Xu Que wouldn't bother with so much. In any case, he had already decided to kill that group from the Shennong Clan. As for the Heavenly Prides of the other Factions, he couldn't possibly save them for no reason. After all, these people were Greedy themselves, and some even participated in using Liu Jingning to coerce Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude into showing themselves. Now that they had fallen into the trap laid by Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude, how could Xu Que possibly break that trap?

"Elder Xu, you must have a way!" Bai Cailing looked at Xu Que seriously, her eyes incomparably clear, radiating a kind of wisdom, as if she saw through everything!

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