Chapter 229

Xu Que's thick-skinned nature was naturally beyond words; it had already reached the point of perfection.

His ability to tell barefaced lies was surely also masterful!

From beginning to end, Xu Que had been carrying out one truth: "If a person is shameless, they are invincible."

However, it was fortunate that he was only communicating via voice transmission with the Empress and was not overheard by Princess Yan Yang and Zi Xuan; otherwise, they would certainly have exposed that Li Bai was also him, and then he reckoned everyone would be so impressed by his shamelessness that they would be bowing down in admiration!

The Empress did not mind, merely regarding Xu Que as a mischievous junior, and she shook her head with a faint smile, yet her gaze remained fixed on Xu Que with such intensity.

Xu Que felt guilty under her gaze and shifted his eyes elsewhere.

Suddenly, he stared at the Fire God statue and, as if deliberately changing the subject, let out an exclamation, shouting as if he had just discovered it: "Eh? Everyone, look quickly! This statue has a broken hand!"

"..."

The Empress was taken aback.

Everyone present was also taken aback.

The statue has a broken hand?

That's right!

We know about this!

You just blew it off!

We aren't blind, why are you telling us?

Xu Que cupped his chin and said with a straight face, "This is too jarring, and it's not aesthetically pleasing! It really affects the beauty; there's no artistic sense at all! Sigh! It seems I'll have to take action after all!"

"You take action? What are you going to do again?"

The Empress was stunned once more, having a bad premonition.

"Nothing much, little girl! Look at how hard you traveled from so far away just to watch me act cool! I can't let you go back empty-handed, right? Come, come, come... I'll give you a souvenir!"

Xu Que blinked and smiled, then rolled up his sleeves and suddenly swept toward the divine statue on the sacrificial altar.

After the divine statue emerged, its massive body pierced through the restriction, and its upper body was completely unprotected.

Xu Que flew toward the divine statue so suddenly that everyone was stunned again.

What on earth is this guy trying to do again?

He is flying toward the Fire God statue; could it be that he wants to...

No!

Impossible!

Showing disrespect to the Fire God statue will bring down divine retribution!

However, almost everyone present felt an ominous premonition rising from the bottom of their hearts.

Sure enough...

Xu Que was seen pulling a sharp sword out of thin air, arriving instantly before the statue, and slashing directly at the intact arm!

"Bang!"

The entire stone arm was severed and crashed down heavily.

The entire scene fell into silence, not a sound to be heard!

That stone arm was cleanly severed just like that, and then fell down without mercy. Falling along with it was the suspended heart of everyone present...

It's over!

This time it's really over!

Everyone was dumbfounded.

This guy... actually dared to destroy the divine statue?

This is great disrespect to the Heavenly God, and it will invite retaliation.

The Empress's expression also tightened; she had just been worried that Xu Que would do something else unscrupulous, but she hadn't expected this little guy to actually go and destroy the divine statue!

Previously, Xu Que had only been disrespectful to the statue with his words, so perhaps nothing would really happen.

But now that he had laid hands on the statue, the Empress couldn't remain calm; this would truly invite retaliation, and when he undergoes his tribulation in the future, there's no guarantee that Heaven won't really strike him dead!

"Xu Que, stop at once!"

The Empress shouted via voice transmission.

"Presumptuous, you... you actually dare to treat the Heavenly God like this?"

The Fire Emperor was also driven mad with rage, pointing at Xu Que and roaring.

Xu Que didn't care in the slightest and said calmly, "Heavenly God my ass. I am leaving you a great work of art. Have you heard of the Venus de Milo statue? It's the statue without two arms... forget it, I can tell at a glance that you are ignorant. Today, I will show mercy and help you complete this great work of art!"

"First of all, this hairstyle is wrong; the hair is simply too long!"

As he spoke, Xu Que was already gripping his sharp sword, sweeping upward again until he was level with the top of the statue's head, and swung his sword at the stone statue's hair.

Swish, swish, swish!

The sword was as fast as light. Watching strands of stone dust fall from the air, and seeing the Fire God statue's hair grow shorter and shorter until it finally became a short-haired man, everyone in the audience was completely dumbfounded.

This guy... is actually giving the divine statue a haircut?

He is truly insane!

The Heavenly God will not let him off!

However, after Xu Que finished fixing the hair, he examined the statue with a composed look, then as if remembering something, he muttered to himself with a very serious and earnest expression, "Almost forgot, Venus is a goddess statue; the chest of this statue is too flat, it needs some work! But what should I use for the chest? Right... I've got it! Just recycle some waste..."

After speaking, he picked up the severed arm he had cut off, crushed it into ashes in the air, added some water, mixed it into a ball of white mud, and slapped it directly onto the statue's chest, piling it up bit by bit...

"Done. Later, I'll fix the clothes, and it will be the perfect 'Venus' statue. This is art!"

Xu Que clapped his hands and swept back to the Empress's side.

Everyone in the audience was stunned, watching a brand-new divine statue being born before their eyes, and they were all completely dumbfounded.

It had to be said that this new statue did indeed look somewhat different.

It looked like it had an indescribable flavor, and it seemed even better looking than before.

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool. Obtained 150 Acting Cool Points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool. Obtained 180 Acting Cool Points!"

"Ding! Host has obtained 'Fire God's Hatred'. Please take care of yourself during future tribulations!"

The system notification sound rang in Xu Que's mind.

Xu Que was instantly stunned!

What the hell?

I'm really being targeted by the Fire God?

This is truly evil!

But as for tribulation crossing, what is there to be afraid of? Even if it's harder, I can still crush it all the same; after all, I am the Lightning Dharma King!

Anyway, this time, this King of Acting Cool has sacrificed himself for art.

If you want to strike me, then come!

It's just a mere Fire God!

You can be as angry and hateful as you want!

Do you think this King of Acting Cool is afraid of you?

"How is it? Little girl... this incredibly precious limited-edition Venus goddess statue is a gift for you. Do you like it?"

After carefully examining his masterpiece, Xu Que turned back to wink at the Empress, smiling and asking for credit.

"This statue, it doesn't even have hands anymore..."

The Empress gave a bitter smile and said.

"What's wrong with having no hands? Let me tell you! This is where you don't understand the trade! This Venus goddess statue is especially precious precisely because its arms are broken. Come, come, come... set up the stools, you... all of you, come over and listen to the lecture!"

Pointing at the two broken arms of the statue, Xu Que said earnestly, "If these two arms were growing perfectly on it, could that be called beauty? That would be too normal and too ordinary. On the contrary... look! Now it's like this, missing two arms, this is the beauty of imperfection! Isn't life the same sometimes? It is beautiful because of its imperfections; being too complete and perfect instead falls into clichés..."

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