Chapter 1299: Your Life Story

Er Gouzi's face was filled with admiration as he looked at Xu Que with extreme reverence.

This kind of sweet talk that came right off the cuff was simply unparalleled and astonishing. Moreover, every time he finished a sentence, it made one's skin crawl; it was cheesy to the extreme!

That was why Er Gouzi was convinced. Xu Que dared to say such things to Xuan Yuan Wanrong; his guts were truly not ordinary. In any case, Er Gouzi himself would never dare!

However, Xuan Yuan Wanrong had a playful expression. She swept a faint glance at Xu Que, completely unmoved by his so-called cheesy pick-up lines.

Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she said with a half-smile, "Whether you want your heart to burn for me or want me to fill your heart, I don't mind fulfilling your wish!"

"No, no, no, I was just joking. How can you take a joke seriously!" Xu Que immediately waved his hands, cold sweat breaking out on his head.

He was very certain that Xuan Yuan Wanrong was absolutely capable of doing what she said. This woman simply didn't understand romance at all; she couldn't grasp the subtext of the sweet talk and only understood it literally. It was completely devoid of any romantic interest.

If Xu Que didn't explain that he was joking right now, he estimated that in the next second, Xuan Yuan Wanrong would really dig his heart out to burn it, or even charge directly into his heart.

After all, at Xu Que's level, it didn't matter if his heart was damaged; it could fully recover. But that sense of pain was hard to avoid, and he wasn't willing to be messed with by Xuan Yuan Wanrong for no reason!

Xuan Yuan Wanrong couldn't be bothered to argue with Xu Que about this, so her beautiful eyes swept toward the ground.

In a crystalline palace lay an ice coffin. This was the place where she had lain for tens of thousands of years. Now, looking down from the outside, it gave her a different feeling.

However, inside her ice coffin at this moment lay a pitch-black mass. There were some sharp spikes on its skin, and overall, it looked very dirty, shriveled, and ugly!

"You actually brought this thing out?" Xuan Yuan Wanrong was somewhat surprised, looking at Xu Que and Er Gouzi.

Xu Que immediately smiled, "So you knew of this thing's existence. In that case, you deliberately occupied someone else's territory!"

"Since this place has become dry land, it belongs to the territory of my Human Race and has nothing to do with the Sea Race anymore. How can you call it occupation?" Xuan Yuan Wanrong said with a calm face.

Xu Que was instantly speechless. With her kind of bandit logic, there was really no way to refute it!

"However, you were beyond my expectations. You actually inherited the Void Restriction and swapped the positions of this Sea Race and myself, allowing me to escape early without needing to break the seal." Xuan Yuan Wanrong spoke again, her tone appearing much gentler, which was enough to show that she was quite satisfied with what Xu Que and Er Gouzi had done.

"Immortal Xuan Yuan is too kind. Being able to serve you is this God Venerable's honor!" Er Gouzi immediately flattered her with a fawning face.

As for this Void Restriction, it was fortunate that it had recovered some of its memories from its sixth life while in the Buried Immortal Valley, which was how it recalled it.

But this was only the tip of the iceberg. A true Void Restriction was far more powerful than this, but back in its sixth life, Er Gouzi had only learned this tiny bit by sheer coincidence.

"Er Gouzi, can you be any more of a sycophant? Toadying to this extent, do you have any shame left?" Xu Que said with a look of disdain.

Er Gouzi opened its mouth to retort, but saw Xuan Yuan Wanrong's gaze had already fallen back onto Xu Que, looking him over with a strange expression.

Xu Que immediately retreated two steps in vigilance, "What are you looking at me for? This handsome face of mine isn't for just anyone to look at!"

"There is a strange aura on you that seems closely related to me. I thought it was an illusion before, but now this feeling just won't go away!" Xuan Yuan Wanrong responded very directly.

"Uh, this… it's very normal. You probably don't know yet, but it has to do with my face. Because I'm handsome, I have a special attraction to women!" Xu Que started spouting nonsense.

Of course he knew why Xuan Yuan Wanrong had this feeling; it was nothing more than the two souls inside the Wind Fire Wheels—they were her parents' souls!

But Xu Que didn't dare tell her the truth right now. Who knew if she was aware of what had happened to her parents, or if she found out he was using her parents' souls as bodyguards, he would probably suffer quite a bit!

So Xu Que decided to hide it for the time being. When he left the Buried Immortal Valley, he would return the two souls to Xuan Yuan Wanrong, then turn around and run; everything else would have nothing to do with him!

"I'm talking about a strange aura, it has nothing to do with your face!" Xuan Yuan Wanrong shook her head, still staring at Xu Que.

If not for the fact that Xu Que was already her nominal Dao companion, she might have already taken action to capture Xu Que and give him a thorough inspection!

"Ah, Brother Que, there are only a few hours left until dawn; we must hurry back to prepare!" At this moment, Er Gouzi pretended to notice the change in the sky and hurriedly shouted at Xu Que.

It wasn't out of the kindness of its heart that it was helping Xu Que out of a tight spot, but rather because it feared that if the truth were revealed, it would also be dealt with. After all, it had been part of the reason Xu Que was encouraged to take the two souls along to act cool in the first place!

"Oh, right, I almost forgot the main business. Let's set off quickly!"

Xu Que immediately picked up on Er Gouzi's cue and looked at Xuan Yuan Wanrong, saying, "What's so strange about a strange aura? You wrote my name in the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book, which means our fates are already linked; naturally, some strange things will occur!"

After saying this, he waved his hand at Er Gouzi, and the man and the dog, with great tacit understanding, streaked into the clouds and headed straight for the mountain range from before.

Xuan Yuan Wanrong stood where she was, looking suspiciously at Xu Que's departing back, and whispered to herself, "He has a trace of bloodline aura on him. Could he be a descendant of my Xuan Yuan Clan?"

Speaking of this, Xuan Yuan Wanrong suddenly trembled all over: "If he is a descendant of my clan, then by writing him into the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book and becoming Dao companions, wouldn't that be..."

This is trouble!

Xuan Yuan Wanrong's expression suddenly became solemn, even a bit flustered.

And at this moment, Xu Que and Er Gouzi had already flown back to the original mountain range, looking at each other with lingering fear.

"Damn, kid, she hasn't already discovered it, has she?" Er Gouzi was still shaken, scanning behind them from time to time to see if there was any sign of Xuan Yuan Wanrong chasing them.

"Rest assured, based on my understanding of her, she definitely hasn't discovered it yet. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the two of us to return so smoothly!" Xu Que said with a calm smile.

According to Xuan Yuan Wanrong's personality, if she discovered that her parents' souls were on him, she would definitely use force to snatch them away.

"That's good. Let's just not wait; let's go in ahead of time, lest she come over later and discover something unusual!" Er Gouzi breathed a sigh of relief and urged.

"Makes sense!" Xu Que nodded, reaching a consensus with Er Gouzi.

At the very least, before seizing this impending great fortune, he did not want any other complications to occur.

However, just as they were about to step into the palace, a gust of wind came from behind them.

Following that, with a "whoosh," a phantom shadow landed in front of them; it was none other than Xuan Yuan Wanrong.

"I have something to discuss with you, concerning your background!" She looked straight at Xu Que, her expression solemn, and said in a deep voice.

【Sorry, I spent the whole day driving to Guangdong to attend a Writers Association meeting. The meeting didn't end until past nine in the evening, so I hurried back to my room to finish writing a chapter and upload it. I will continue updating tomorrow after I get home!】