Chapter 1239: Blowing Up the Neighboring Cave Mansion

"Found her?"

Xu Que immediately rejoiced, instantly withdrew from the System Interface, and lost all interest in that dilapidated Ancient Zither.

For him, nothing right now was more important than going to see Jiang Hongyan!

"Wait a moment, kid, don't disturb her yet!"

Suddenly, Er Gouzi raised his paw and shouted at Xu Que.

Xu Que paused in surprise, stopped, and frowned. "What do you mean?"

Er Gouzi pointed above the Cave Mansion, where several glowing characters floated, left there by Jiang Hongyan herself.

She was informing the people of the Heavenly Palace Academy that her breakthrough into a new realm had entered a critical phase, requiring three years before she could emerge from closed-door cultivation, and during this time, she hoped no one would disturb her.

Xu Que had previously assumed her closed-door cultivation was to avoid the Holy Sect's forced marriage, but now, seeing these words, he finally realized that Jiang Hongyan was truly cultivating, and in a life-or-death seclusion, needing three years to break through a realm!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Little Que Que, it seems you've wronged a good person; those stewards really didn't lie to you!" Liu Jingning immediately laughed, teasing Xu Que.

"Heh, a good person? Little Demoness, look clearly at what Restriction has been set up outside Hongyan's Cave Mansion!" Xu Que gave a Cold Smile, fury surging once again in his eyes.

Only then did Liu Jingning pause in surprise, looking toward the mountain cluster outside Jiang Hongyan's Cave Mansion, where dense layers of Restrictions were emitting Spiritual Light.

Logically, setting up Restrictions outside a Cave Mansion was quite normal; it could prevent accidental intrusions, and even if it couldn't stop unauthorized entry by outsiders, it would at least give the cultivator inside a chance to react, withdraw from their cultivation state, and avoid being startled into Qi Deviation due to being caught off guard.

But at this moment, the Restrictions outside Jiang Hongyan's Cave Mansion seemed very simple; strands of Runes emitting Spiritual Light were actually connected as one with the Restrictions of another Cave Mansion nearby, forming a complete, mutually responsive Restriction system.

"This is... the Fate Mandarin Duck Array?" Mo Junchen was the quickest to recognize these Restrictions and exclaimed in shock.

"Holy crap, it really is this kind of Formation!"

"Mai Pi, the people of the Heavenly Palace Academy and the Holy Sect are too shameless; they actually want to forcibly tie fate like this?" Duan Jiude and Er Gouzi also wore expressions of shock and horror before angrily cursing aloud.

The Fate Mandarin Duck Array was a type of formation that could create a karmic connection between the destinies of two Cultivators.

This was a very mysterious thing; fate was invisible and intangible, yet sometimes it would inexplicably create various opportunities that brought two unrelated people together, similar to the Fate Red Rope Xu Que had once obtained from the system.

Obviously, the Heavenly Palace Academy and the Holy Sect could see that Jiang Hongyan was unwilling to get together with the Dao Fetus Divine Body, yet they couldn't force her too overtly, so they took advantage of her closed-door cultivation to secretly set up this array, linking her destiny with that of the Dao Fetus Divine Body; once she emerged from seclusion, this effect would activate!

Xu Que had done something like this in the past, tying a Fate Red Rope onto Zixia Fairy, which indeed later created an opportunity.

However, he wasn't worried this would affect Jiang Hongyan; given their many shared experiences and his understanding of her, their relationship was not something a mere fate array could casually interfere with.

But regarding these Restrictions, he was still very furious.

It wasn't that he found such methods shameful, but rather that he considered this group too arrogant; knowing full well that Jiang Hongyan already had a Dao Companion, they still dared to act so brazenly—did they not have the slightest regard for this Awesome Saint?

This was clearly digging at the foundation of a wall, clearly an attempt to create an Old Wang Next Door; it was simply disgusting!

"Er Gouzi, Guardian Mo, blow up the neighboring Cave Mansion; if that Dao Fetus Divine Body is inside, drag him out for me as well!"

Immediately, Xu Que looked at Mo Junchen and Er Gouzi and spoke.

"Leave blowing up the Cave Mansion to this Divine Venerable; catching people is a trivial matter, so let Guardian Mo handle it!" Er Gouzi immediately darted out, directly raising his fist and beginning to smash at the gate of the neighboring Cave Mansion.

Xu Que also quickly took out the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine, refined it into liquid form, and used it to restore the Two Souls within the Wind Fire Wheels!

He needed to create a safeguard, in case some Great Ability existed within that Dao Fetus Divine Body's Cave Mansion.

After all, he was the Holy Son of the Holy Sect and possessed the powerful physique of the Dao Fetus Divine Body; if he was in closed-door cultivation inside, the Holy Sect would surely have arranged for a powerful Guardian to stay by his side!

Therefore, caution ensured long-term safety; if the Dao Fetus Divine Body was truly inside the Cave Mansion, Xu Que would without hesitation release the Two Souls again to eliminate him first!

"Boom!"

Er Gouzi rapidly smashed the Cave Mansion with his Flesh Body, creating a huge commotion.

However, those Cave Mansions were unexpectedly sturdy; with Er Gouzi's current strength, he couldn't easily smash them open in a short while. Seeing this, Mo Junchen could only join in to help open the Cave Mansion.

Xu Que continued refining the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine; although he had previously relied on the Two Souls to slay that group of stewards, the consumption of the Two Souls was enormous, bringing them almost to the Critical Point of Soul Dissipation. The main issue was that too much time had been wasted before acting; although Xu Que had thereby earned many more Acting Cool Points, compared to the dissipation of the Two Souls, he still felt it was a bit of a loss, after all, the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine was not easy to obtain.

This also taught Xu Que a lesson: if he didn't provoke an opponent into killing intent, or if the opponent immediately chickened out the moment the souls appeared, the Two Souls wouldn't act; by the time he managed to provoke the opponent's killing intent again, the Two Souls had already consumed a significant amount of soul power!

Therefore, in the future when encountering powerful opponents, he could only take a risk, attracting enough hatred, and only release these Two Souls at the exact moment the opponent struck.

After all, it was difficult for him to guarantee he could always obtain so much Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine; for instance, right now, he had already refined one hundred stalks of Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine, yet the Two Souls still hadn't fully recovered!

They had only acted once and were nearly reduced to Soul Dissipation; even after sending them back into the Wind Fire Wheels, it could only slow the rate of dissipation. He had to continue using Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine to restore them to perfection, and then continue nurturing them with medicinal liquid to maintain their condition!

Fortunately, Xu Que still had some living Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine on his person; after he refined one hundred and fifty stalks, the Two Souls finally recovered to their peak state, and Xu Que refined the remaining thirty stalks of Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine into liquid as well, enveloping the exterior of the Wind Fire Wheels to continue sustaining their existence!

This situation was like playing a game that required recharging a point card; the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine was the point card, which would slowly deplete over time, and once depleted, one could no longer log into the game.

"Damn it, it seems after this ends, I'll have to go collect a batch of Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine in advance, otherwise these Two Souls will hardly last a few days!" Xu Que gritted his teeth, feeling immense pressure.

However, no matter how great the pressure, he had now restored the Two Souls, possessing a second chance to act!

Now it all depended on whether this Dao Fetus Divine Body was actually inside the Cave Mansion; if he was, Xu Que would without hesitation strike to suppress and kill him, and even if a Guardian accompanied him, he would not let the other party go!

How dare you ants covet the woman of this Awesome Saint?

So what if you are a Dao Fetus Divine Body?

Your father is a Saint Body!