Chapter 1296: I Won't Live

"Holy crap, kid, what are you shouting about blindly? Damn it, you scared this Divine Venerable out of my wits!" Er Gouzi stood in the rear, suddenly startled into jumping up from the spot, and shouted angrily at Xu Que.

"Shut up!" Xu Que immediately turned around and scolded, "In this solemn and sacred place, please maintain silence; do not disturb that Fairy!"

"Damn it! Kid, are you crazy or did you drink fake wine? This isn't what you said when we arrived!" Er Gouzi instantly widened his eyes in disbelief.

Xu Que actually addressed Xuan Yuan Wanrong as 'Fairy'; this attitude made Er Gouzi feel as though he had seen a ghost!

"What do you know? How noble and outstanding is a Fairy? We must be devout and must not offend!" Xu Que declared righteously, while his eyes slightly glanced toward the ice coffin below.

Er Gouzi instantly caught the meaning of this glance; a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he shouted in his raspy voice, "This Divine Venerable remembers now—this is the former residence of Immortal Lady Xuan! Kid, move aside quickly; this Divine Venerable must perform the ritual of three kneelings and nine prostrations!"

Xu Que's mouth twitched instantly; a stream of curses filled his heart as he finally realized where he fell short of Er Gouzi—for instance, in the art of flattery, he could only sigh in inferiority!

Whoosh!

At this moment, the Wind Fire Wheels inside the System Storage Space suddenly fell silent; the two souls gradually calmed their killing intent and ceased their agitation.

Clearly, this also meant that Xuan Yuan Wanrong's murderous intent had receded and was no longer directed at Xu Que.

Xu Que breathed a slight sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "That was close."

He had almost forgotten that the two souls within the Wind Fire Wheels were Xuan Yuan Wanrong's biological parents; although this was merely a guess, judging by the current trend, it was clearly nine times out of ten correct!

Just now, he had angered Xuan Yuan Wanrong, and immediately the two souls released killing intent toward him; this was clearly a classic example of a counterfeit being ruthlessly crushed before the genuine article!

"Your flesh body can actually withstand the furnace pressure of this place?" Suddenly, Xuan Yuan Wanrong's clear yet melodious voice resonated within Xu Que's mind.

She was using sound transmission, surprised as to why Xu Que could reach this place unharmed.

However, this statement also confirmed that Er Gouzi's previous guess was correct: Xuan Yuan Wanrong knew of the existence of the Heaven and Earth Furnace and knew that the Spirit Eye had been transferred, yet she had not emerged, obviously because she still could not break the sealing restrictions of this place.

"Ah, what furnace?" Xu Que began to play the fool, asking with a confused expression.

"The furnace pressure!" Xuan Yuan Wanrong replied indifferently.

Xu Que: "What kind of pressure?"

"The furnace pressure!" Xuan Yuan Wanrong's tone grew slightly heavier.

"So there's such a posture!" Xu Que nodded with an expression of sudden realization.

How could Xuan Yuan Wanrong not see that this fellow was pretending? Seeing he did not wish to speak, she bothered to ask no further.

In her view, this little creature harbored many secrets and possessed various strange items; back then, with merely Mahayana Stage cultivation, he had managed to escape from under her nose, and now, after only a few years, this lad had reached Earth Immortal Realm Peak and could withstand the furnace pressure of this place, so it was not strange at all!

However... this was only because the Heaven and Earth Furnace had not yet fully activated; once this place was opened, all living things would inevitably fall victim to the Blood Sacrifice!

"Pity you arrived too late; with your current strength, it is impossible to break the restrictions here within a few hours. Had you been willing to lend me your life span back then, I would not have dragged you into the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book; now, everything is too late!" Xuan Yuan Wanrong said lightly, as if utterly unconcerned about the impending death.

She believed Xu Que already knew everything: once the Heaven and Earth Furnace activated, she could not escape, and thus Xu Que would also be implicated and die alongside her!

"Let's negotiate; look, I'm still so young, so handsome, with a bright future ahead—must you really drag me down to be buried with you? Why don't you think of a way to cross my name out from the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book!" Xu Que said with a beaming smile.

Lying in the ice coffin, Xuan Yuan Wanrong's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly; she was somewhat surprised that Xu Que could remain so solemn, given that this concerned his very life and death.

As for crossing a name out from the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book...

She could only shake her head gently: "If I had the power to alter the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book, I would have crossed out my own name long ago!"

"Then let's change the terms: I can rescue you, but you must fulfill three requests of mine!" As Xu Que spoke, he raised three fingers!

Xuan Yuan Wanrong was instantly stunned: "You can break the seal of this place? Impossible; the Heaven and Earth Furnace will fully activate within a few hours—how can you break the seal in such a short time?"

"You need not worry about that; I have my own methods, but you must swear a Heart Demon Oath to unconditionally fulfill my three requests!" Xu Que became somewhat forceful.

Yet Xuan Yuan Wanrong remained perfectly calm; after gazing at Xu Que for a moment, she actually closed her eyes and said lightly, "I have no necessity to agree to you; if you wish to live, you can only break the seal of this place."

Xuan Yuan Wanrong's meaning was already very clear: I will just lie here; save me or don't—if you save, we both live; if not, we die together!

Any normal person encountering such a ruthless opponent could only compromise, after all, one's life is paramount.

However, Xu Que had never been a normal person; when it came to ruthlessness and madness, no one could surpass him!

"Fine, I won't live; I'll die alongside you!" Xu Que replied decisively, then condensed two fingers, swept them forward, and several streams of Immortal Yuan transformed into sword light that swept out, instantly covering a nearby huge rock.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Once the sword light passed, the huge rock became a neat rectangular stele, upon which were carved four crooked characters: Tomb of Xu Que!

Immediately afterward, he lay sideways on the ground, legs crossed, one hand propping up his head, gazing directly at Xuan Yuan Wanrong in the ice coffin below, and said with a beaming smile, "Anyway, even if I rescue you, I'll inevitably be implicated by you later; might as well be straightforward and let us all die together. Besides, my death isn't certain; in fact, I possess a treasure that can preserve my life once—I'll gamble with you to see whether that treasure can help me survive this calamity!"

This time, Xu Que was truly not boasting recklessly; he had always remembered that the system possessed a one-time consumable function that could unconditionally block a single fatal crisis for him, but it could only be used once in a lifetime, so Xu Que had never utilized it; after all, this was equivalent to a second life, so unless absolutely necessary, he would not use it.

But this time, he intended to be utterly stubborn against Xuan Yuan Wanrong.

"Nothing in this world can withstand this Heaven and Earth Furnace, nor can it resist the fate-linked connection of the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book; you are over-simplifying everything!" Xuan Yuan Wanrong replied calmly.

"Then let's gamble; it's not as if I've never lost before—even the German Team couldn't advance past the group stage, so what do I have to fear!" Xu Que said with an expression of having made peace with life and death, light as floating clouds and gentle breeze.

Xuan Yuan Wanrong fell silent; deep in her heart, she did not believe Xu Que would dare to gamble with her on this.

But she truly did not wish to die yet; she still had a lifelong wish, a goal that had sustained her survival until now, awaiting her completion.

"Speak, what are the three requests!" Finally, Xuan Yuan Wanrong spoke lightly, her voice resonating within Xu Que's mind.

Xu Que instantly shot up from the ground, brushed the dust off his clothes, and said with a grinning face, "The first request is—you must fulfill ten more requests for me!"

【Pfft, the support event suddenly dropped to ninth place; can't mess with this, better not fight for this ranking anymore. However, everyone can still participate, complete some tasks and such, because if we remain in the top ten, Q Reading will distribute ten million book coins equally among the students who participated in the event. I'm going to eat first; I'll continue writing later.】