Chapter 1295: This Saintly Badass Will Accompany You to the End

"Good heavens, after so many years apart, this old thing has turned into such a state; it's so filthy that this Divine Venerable doesn't want to carry it!" Er Gouzi sized up the lump on the ground and said with a face full of disgust.

"Now that you mention it, I'm quite curious; what kind of seafood is this exactly?" Xu Que paused in surprise and asked.

"This... you can't even tell?" Er Gouzi pointed at the lump, then looked at Xu Que: "This is the Overlord King of the Sea Race; we all call him the Sea Overlord King!"

Sea Overlord King?

Xu Que raised his eyebrows: "This damn thing is a sea cucumber?"

The Sea Overlord King, commonly known as the sea cucumber, is on Earth not only a precious ingredient but also a valuable medicinal herb; it is even recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica, Continued, where its flavor is described as sweet and salty, capable of tonifying the kidneys, benefiting the essence and marrow, controlling urination, and treating impotence to rival ginseng, hence the name sea cucumber.

"Oh right, right, right, this Divine Venerable remembers now; this thing is also called sea cucumber in your place!" Er Gouzi nodded.

"Damn, Er Gouzi, this is a great find; your illness can be cured!" Xu Que immediately patted Er Gouzi on the shoulders, saying with a face full of delight.

Such a huge sea cucumber, a genuine Ten-Thousand-Year Sea Cucumber; if used to make soup, it would definitely provide immense nourishment!

"Holy crap, when did this Divine Venerable get sick?" Er Gouzi was immediately startled.

"Aren't you a bit... oh no, not a bit, but very impotent! Er Gouzi, let me tell you, this sea cucumber strengthens that thing!" Xu Que winked at Er Gouzi with a smiling face.

Er Gouzi sensed that Xu Que's expression and tone were off, felt insulted, and immediately cursed: "Strengthen my ass!"

"Right, right, right!" Xu Que immediately smiled and nodded.

"Right... right about what?" Er Gouzi was somewhat bewildered.

"Clang!"

Suddenly, a loud crash of a heavy object hitting the ground came from below.

Er Gouzi immediately shouted: "Holy crap, I almost forgot the main business; kid, quickly move that Palace over to replace this Spirit Eye, otherwise the Spirit Eye will collapse!"

"Damn!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Que immediately waved his great hand, and the entire Palace was instantly shaken, soaring upward.

Er Gouzi no longer cared whether that sea cucumber was dirty or not; he hoisted it onto his shoulder, dragged it quickly, and swept away from the original spot together with Xu Que.

Boom!

The next moment, that Ice Snow Palace landed heavily, firmly locking into the original position of the Black Jade Stone House, and incidentally suppressing those few Black Iron Chains beneath it.

"Phew! Success!" Seeing this, Er Gouzi let out a long sigh of relief.

"Alright, no more nonsense; let's hurry and attend to the main business!" Xu Que also stopped joking with Er Gouzi; even though this sea cucumber was immensely nourishing, it was not the time to eat it.

The most urgent matter, the life-or-death business, took precedence!

Whoosh!

Very quickly, one man and one dog rushed straight out of the Mountain Range, with Xu Que taking the lead and Er Gouzi carrying that huge sea cucumber, following closely behind.

Their destination was very clear: the Mountain Range where Xuan Yuan Wanrong was located.

Calculating by time, they only had this one night left; the next day was the time predicted for Xu Que's death.

Success or failure hinged on this single move!

"Kid, what if we guessed wrong? If your death isn't because of that woman but due to everything you've done yourself, wouldn't we ultimately be seeking our own doom?" Along the way, Er Gouzi rarely asked Xu Que with seriousness.

His only worry was Cause and Effect.

If in the end, Xu Que died because he returned to the Four Continents and did these things, then everything would seem very ridiculous, and that prophecy would be the true cause of Xu Que's death.

Therefore, up to now, Xu Que was still gambling, betting on an outcome, betting that the end of the prophecy was death brought about by Xuan Yuan Wanrong and the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book.

And now, they were going to change Xuan Yuan Wanrong's situation, which equated to saving Xuan Yuan Wanrong, and simultaneously saving Xu Que himself.

"It doesn't matter; for some things, even if one knows the ending, it's impossible to do nothing!" Xu Que replied with solemnity.

For him, the prophesied ending was merely a direction.

If this direction was what he expected, then he still had to exert effort, do more, and move toward that direction.

If this direction was wrong, then he similarly had to pay a great deal to reverse that direction.

This is like a fortune teller telling you that you will become extremely wealthy and noble in the future, so you lie paralyzed at home every day doing nothing; the result will certainly differ from what the fortune teller said.

Only oneself can decide one's own future.

To hell with prophecies!

Take life and death lightly; if you disagree, just fight!

This phrase does not refer to a bad temper, but rather a belief and courage!

I acted, I made an effort, so ultimately, no matter what, I will have no regrets, because everything I gave was to let others know that the choice I made was correct!

"Whoosh!"

Accompanied by a sound of breaking the air, Xu Que descended from the sky, landing directly on a flat Altar.

This was the mountaintop Altar where Xuan Yuan Wanrong's True Body resided; below lay her coffin and that familiar Palace.

This must be a woman who likes living in Palaces!

"Heh, this woman really has guts; with death at her doorstep, she's still sleeping!" Xu Que swept his Divine Soul downward and couldn't help but shake his head with a cold smile.

Perhaps due to the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book, he detected Xuan Yuan Wanrong's aura, which was very steady, but this also indicated that she was completely unaware of everything in the outside world, still cultivating in Closed-door Cultivation while asleep.

"Kid, this Divine Venerable doesn't think so; she probably knows but is powerless to do anything!" Er Gouzi dragged that large sea cucumber over, saying with a teasing expression.

Xuan Yuan Wanrong definitely knew about the momentum of the Heaven and Earth Furnace in Buried Immortal Valley; otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen this place to survive the End of Dharma Era!

When they first entered, Buried Immortal Valley had not yet changed; Xuan Yuan Wanrong's location was the Center of the Heaven and Earth Furnace, a most beneficial treasure land!

But now, with the Mountain Range of Buried Immortal Valley shifting and the Spirit Eye position opening, everything would be treated as a sacrifice to fulfill that Spirit Eye.

Even though the Heaven and Earth Furnace had not yet fully operated, with such a massive Blood Sacrifice influence, Er Gouzi did not believe Xuan Yuan Wanrong remained completely unaware.

"Sigh, there's ultimately no help for it; if she hadn't forcibly dragged me into the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book, would I need to come here to save her?" Speaking of this, Xu Que remained somewhat angry; for no reason at all, his little life got tied to someone else's, and the key point was he hadn't gained a single Benefit, yet they were already bound to live and die together; this was simply a huge Pit.

"Forget it, whose fault is it that you're unlucky?" Er Gouzi winked, wearing a face full of schadenfreude!

But the next moment, seeing Xu Que glare at him, Er Gouzi immediately became cowardly, hastily putting on a hurried demeanor and saying seriously: "Kid, this Divine Venerable has calculated with his fingers; the sky is getting late, let's quickly activate the Altar!"

"Hey, you actually know fear; your perceptiveness has improved!" Xu Que laughed once and couldn't be bothered to deal with Er Gouzi.

He stepped toward the center of the Altar, his gaze piercing through it to sweep over the area below.

That Palace remained just as before; beneath it, an Ice Coffin stood intact, with Xuan Yuan Wanrong's True Body clearly visible.

On that exquisitely beautiful face lingered a cold allure that kept people at bay; her eyes tightly closed, she lay peacefully within the Ice Coffin, resembling a breathtaking painting so stunning one could hardly believe it was real!

"Tch, so what if you're good-looking? With that foul temper of yours, you deserve to stay single!" Xu Que had no mood whatsoever to admire her beauty and immediately voiced this complaint.

Yet the moment his words fell, with a sudden swish, Xuan Yuan Wanrong inside the Ice Coffin snapped her eyes open, staring straight at Xu Que.

Simultaneously, the Wind Fire Wheels within his Storage Space began trembling violently; those Two Souls seemed provoked, their rage soaring to the heavens as they frantically tried to burst out, and crucially, this time their killing intent locked directly onto Xu Que!

Holy grass!

Xu Que was instantly startled, then immediately flew into a rage!

He understood perfectly: it was because Xuan Yuan Wanrong had formed a murderous thought toward him that the Two Souls likewise developed killing intent against him.

This made Xu Que extremely displeased. "I struggled through hardships to rush back from Tianzhou, risking danger to enter and save you, and you damn well actually want to kill me? Do you really think I, this Saint, was raised on frights?"

The Sages have said, 'Better to be shattered jade than an intact tile'; today, I, this Saint, will see this through to the end!

Immediately, Xu Que steeled his heart, bolstered his courage, let anger rise from his heart, and allowed evil to spring from the edges of his gall!

Locking eyes with Xuan Yuan Wanrong in the Ice Coffin, his momentum majestic and unyielding, he shouted loudly, "Please forgive my earlier audacity!"

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