Chapter 1686: There Actually Really Is One

The trial ground of the Fire God?

Ever since he killed the Fire Emperor back then, he had been cursed by the Fire God.

He originally thought that as time passed and his cultivation improved, this thing would naturally dissipate.

But he didn't expect that even though he was now only one step away from the Immortal Emperor Realm, that damn Fire God's curse was still lingering and following him.

It's truly hellish. A dignified god, why is he so petty?

Just at this moment, a majestic voice sounded in the air.

"Disciples participating in the Heavenly Gate Competition, your goal is to collect the Dao Pattern Stones here. Work hard and cheer up."

Xu Que asked curiously: "Who is this?"

Fairy Nishang looked at him deeply: "This is the void voice transmission of His Majesty the True Eternal Immortal Emperor."

Xu Que was stunned and put his hands together: "Amitabha, His Majesty the Immortal Emperor is truly invincible in divine might. This poor monk admires him."

He had a brand-new understanding of the Immortal Emperor's power.

This place was known as a god's trial ground, yet the Immortal Emperor could directly transmit his voice in.

You know, ever since he entered here, he had been completely unable to perceive the situation outside. That huge black vortex seemed to have isolated everything.

"The trial ground of the Fire God, does this place have any peculiarities?" Xu Que patted the Divine Stone and asked in a low voice.

"Hehe, humble ant, do you know fear now?" The Divine Stone was very proud. "As long as you kneel down, kowtow to this Divine Stone, and sincerely repent for your sins, this Divine Stone can tell you the mysteries of this place."

Seeing this, Xu Que looked at Fairy Nishang: "Fairy, do you know of any place here where beasts gather?"

"Hmm... judging by our current environment, there should be beasts gathering not far away," Fairy Nishang said suspiciously. "Does Master Tang have any discoveries?"

"Oh, this poor monk has a Divine Stone here. It is said that if it is put into beast feces, it will show peculiar changes, so I want to try it," Xu Que said with a smile.

The Divine Stone trembled even more violently.

"Damn! You ant, despicable and shameless!"

"Lowly! You will be punished by the gods!"

"You maggot-like fellow, if you dare to humiliate this Divine Stone like this, this Divine Stone will definitely smash you into ten thousand pieces!"

Xu Que didn't say a word, and directly came to a pile of beast feces, smiling and saying: "Amitabha, this poor monk will try it now to see what changes there are."

"Cough, this Divine Stone is kind-hearted and forgives you." The divine scripts on the Divine Stone changed immediately.

Xu Que curled his lips, his movements not stopping.

Damn you, a broken stone still acting like it's the king of the world.

Do you really think this Pretending Saint has no way to deal with you?

"Damn! This Divine Stone has already forgiven you, stop now!"

Seeing that Xu Que's movements didn't stop, the Divine Stone trembled wildly again.

"Amitabha, this poor monk just wants to know what peculiarities this place has," Xu Que said with a smile using his divine sense.

He had discovered earlier that communicating with the Divine Stone didn't actually require speaking; he could communicate directly with his divine sense.

In this way, even if he communicated with the Divine Stone in front of Fairy Nishang, it wouldn't be discovered.

"This is the trial ground of the Fire God. The Dao Pattern Stones you want to collect are not stones," the Divine Stone was afraid that if it spoke slowly, it would be put into the feces by Xu Que, so divine scripts surged wildly. "Dao Pattern Stones are things that grow naturally in this place, and the flow of time in this place is chaotic. The closer you are to the Dao Pattern Stone, the slower the time."

Hearing this, Xu Que fell into deep thought.

If that's the case, wouldn't time basically stop flowing in the position closest to the Dao Pattern Stone?

Then what's the point of collecting it!

"System, is there any way to handle it?" Xu Que didn't say a word and started seeking help from the system.

"Ding, to crack time and space, the system needs to be upgraded to version 15.0..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, shut up."

Xu Que sighed. The system really doesn't know how hard it is to make a living, always wanting to upgrade its version.

With those millions and tens of millions of Pretending Points, who can afford it?

"Hehe, ant, this Divine Stone has a way to crack it." The Divine Stone was very proud. "As long as you kowtow and plead guilty to me..."

Xu Que didn't say a word and directly pressed the Divine Stone into the feces.

"Wait! This Divine Stone suddenly feels that you are talented and very suitable for learning this divine art of this Divine Stone!"

Under Xu Que's coercion, the Divine Stone reluctantly revealed a divine art in the form of divine scripts.

Xu Que stared at the divine scripts, his brows tightly locked.

My god... this divine art is too complicated, he doesn't understand more than half of it.

After thinking it over, in order to master this divine book, Xu Que could only painfully use the system to translate it.

One divine script cost five hundred Pretending Points. Looking at the long string of divine scripts on the Divine Stone, Xu Que felt his heart dripping blood.

These are all Pretending Points... the Pretending Points he earned through hard work as this Pretending Saint...

Just like that, they were gone!

"Damn, it's all your fault!" Xu Que was ashamed and angry in his heart, and directly slapped the Divine Stone into the feces.

The Divine Stone was completely dumbfounded: "Ah! What are you doing! Didn't this Divine Stone already teach you the divine art?"

"I don't like the look of you!"

Estimating that it would take some time to see the progress of the system's analysis, Xu Que withdrew his divine sense and casually threw the Divine Stone back into the system with a piece of cloth.

At this time, Fairy Nishang had already found the location of most people according to the Holy Moon Hall's jade token.

A few cultivators who were close had already arrived at the place where the two gathered.

After communicating for a while, they also discovered the problem that the flow of time here was not right, but they hadn't summarized the rules yet.

"Don't worry about these. Our task is to find the Dao Pattern Stones. The competition time is only twenty-four hours in total, so we must be fast," Fairy Nishang pondered. "I suggest we split into a few groups, take this place as the center, search in all directions, and report back immediately once we find the Dao Pattern Stones."

Everyone agreed repeatedly, but Long Aotian saw Xu Que daydreaming on the side, and felt a bit unhappy in his heart.

"Monk, didn't you come in to find those two scoundrels?" he stepped forward and asked.

Xu Que glanced at this blockhead and said in a deep voice: "This poor monk hasn't found their tracks yet, so I want to help you find the Dao Pattern Stones first."

As he was talking, he suddenly felt the Divine Stone trembling wildly.

Taking it out to look, divine scripts were surging quickly: "Ant, there is a Dao Pattern Stone ahead!"

Xu Que looked up, his eyes lighting up: "Hey, look ahead, there is a Dao Pattern Stone there."

Hearing this, Long Aotian immediately looked disdainful: "Are you kidding? You think a Dao Pattern Stone is something you can find just by pointing at it..."

As he said this, he looked in the direction Xu Que was pointing, and was suddenly stunned.

Damn!

There actually really is one!

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