Chapter 510

Xu Que definitely wouldn't let Shang Wu stay!

Whether it was Situ Haitang or Shang Ling, Xu Que had already given them face and let Shang Wu go when he was in Snow City.

But after learning later that Shang Wu went to find overseas people for revenge, Xu Que had already made up his mind to kill him, but didn't show it, only disgusting the other party with pranks.

Now that he had reached the imperial city, Shang Wu had really brought people from the overseas Gong family, so Xu Que naturally took the opportunity to kill them all.

Of course, on the surface, he was still very magnanimous, killing the Gong family members in front of everyone but letting Shang Wu escape, which made many people believe it, and he could also explain it to Situ Haitang.

But in secret, Xu Que had sent out his Lightning Illusion Body early on to snipe Shang Wu and destroy the evidence!

Everything was done airtight and perfectly.

Furthermore, that night, Xu Que gathered all the imperial guards and generals present and held a small meeting for them.

Xu Que told them very seriously that the matter of killing the Gong family members must be kept secret. If anyone leaked even a little bit of information and the Gong family found out, it would bring disaster to the entire Water Yuan Kingdom.

Since everyone could become imperial guards or generals, they naturally cared about the Water Yuan Kingdom and were incomparably loyal to the Water Emperor; otherwise, they wouldn't have preferred death over submission when Liu Jingning seized power back then.

So after hearing Xu Que's words, everyone nodded one after another, swearing never to spread a single bit of information.

Overnight, everyone worked together, all the imperial guards participated, destroyed the evidence of Gong Feng and the others, and quickly repaired the palace.

Xu Que returned to his sleeping palace, quickly closed the door, and took out five storage rings from the system space!

These were the storage rings on Gong Feng and the others; after Xu Que killed them, the system automatically picked them up.

In the past, Xu Que couldn't be bothered to look at the storage rings obtained after killing people, but this time they were Gong family members from overseas, and one of them was the third young master of the Gong family, so Xu Que felt it was necessary to take a look; maybe there would be some good things.

"Kid, what are you doing? Sneaky." At this moment, Er Gou sneaked over, looking expectant, thinking Xu Que was going to tinker with something again.

Xu Que rolled his eyes, took out the five storage rings and said: "Since we are going overseas, we must first understand the background of these people!"

"Damn, when did you swipe them from them? Why didn't this God Venerable see it?" Er Gou was instantly shocked. It was observing the battle in the dark, but Xu Que was fast and decisive from beginning to end, crushing his opponents directly, and didn't seem to have any movements of swiping storage rings, but now he had actually taken out the other party's five storage rings.

"If I let you see it, how would I survive out there?" Xu Que sneered instantly. Would I tell you I have a system automatic pickup?

Afterwards, he opened his divine sense, wiped away the divine sense power on the five storage rings, and probed into them.

However, the situation still disappointed Xu Que; the storage rings of the four elders mostly contained spirit stones and some low-grade techniques.

Xu Que was most concerned about the Star-rank techniques displayed by the last two elders, but he didn't find them in the rings; obviously, those techniques were not something they were qualified to carry with them.

"What a pity, except for the dharma artifacts which are not bad, everything else is trash."

Xu Que shook his head and probed his divine sense into Gong Feng's storage ring.

Logically speaking, as the third young master of the Gong family, Gong Feng's storage ring must be different.

But the moment Xu Que probed his divine sense into it, a sudden sense of crisis made his back turn cold, and his pupils dilated sharply.

"Whoosh," Xu Que quickly withdrew his divine sense and threw the ring away.

But it was still a step too late; a red light shot out from the ring, piercing the air with a "whoosh" and attacking Xu Que.

This red light could actually automatically follow Xu Que's divine sense, locking directly onto the center of his eyebrows, as fast as lightning.

Xu Que's expression changed, secretly saying "bad," and was about to call the system for help.

But in this critical moment, a dog claw suddenly appeared.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the red light was blocked by the dog claw, instantly shattering into wisps of red dots, scattering with the wind and gradually fading away, but some parts still drifted onto Xu Que and disappeared.

Xu Que didn't notice anything wrong, but looked at Er Gou in astonishment: "What's the situation?"

"I don't know! This God Venerable saw the red dots and subconsciously pounced on them, I didn't expect to shatter them with one claw, it seems like nothing." Er Gou also said with a confused face.

Xu Que's mouth twitched, seeing red dots and subconsciously pouncing? Damn, this Er Gou is really a dog!

"Eh, no, this God Venerable seems to remember, this is a kind of mark!" Suddenly, Er Gou screamed again, looked at Xu Que and said: "Kid, look at your arm quickly."

When Xu Que heard this, he immediately pulled up his sleeve, but his arm was clean and white, with nothing at all.

"Hmm? That's not right, logically speaking, a red dot should appear! Well, maybe it's because it was shattered by this God Venerable's palm, so the effect of the mark was weakened!" Er Gou justified itself.

Xu Que rolled his eyes again: "What exactly is this?"

"This is just a kind of mark. You killed the third young master of the Gong family. When you go overseas later, the Gong family will sense the appearance of this mark and know that you killed their third young master. But it's nothing to worry about, the effect of this mark has been weakened. As long as you don't get close to the Gong family, they shouldn't be able to sense it, and the mark will disappear after a while!" Er Gou said calmly.

Xu Que couldn't help but be surprised; he didn't expect the Gong family to have such means.

However, since the red light had been removed, Xu Que didn't care anymore and continued to investigate Gong Feng's storage ring.

As a result, he was moved.

Inside, there were actually over a hundred top-grade spirit stones, and even a Star-rank technique, as well as several eight-star dharma artifacts. This background was simply comparable to any country in the Five Elements Mountain.

"Damn, truly worthy of being a young master. It seems that if I'm short of money in the future, I can specifically rob the children of these big families!" Xu Que smiled until his eyes narrowed.

He put the Star-rank technique into the system storage space, and after checking it, he found that this technique was the Star-rank technique displayed by the two elders, called "Void Annihilation Slash"!

As the name suggests, it borrows the power of the void to draw out void rifts and suppress opponents.

But there is a price to pay for displaying this technique. When driven by true essence, the power is not great, but if it is at the cost of lifespan, the power displayed is extremely terrifying.

"Too trashy!" Xu Que couldn't help but shake his head.

In his view, this technique is no different from a life-saving skill. If not forced into a desperate situation, who would be willing to consume lifespan in exchange for a desperate counterattack?

Others might need it, but Xu Que himself doesn't. He has the Divine Movement Escape Talisman in hand, so he is not afraid of being forced into a desperate situation at all.

"Forget it, let's not practice it for now!"

In the end, Xu Que temporarily dismissed the idea of practicing this technique, feeling it was too trashy and unnecessary, but he didn't recycle it to the system, because maybe it would come in handy sometime!

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The next morning, the imperial palace returned to its former appearance, as if nothing had ever happened.

Xu Que also felt that things were about the same, and it was time to hit the road.

He said goodbye to Zi Xuan, still leaving behind two arrays to protect the imperial palace and the imperial city, then packed up, and entered the Empress's sleeping palace with Er Gou.

Zi Xuan came to see him off alone and said calmly: "Xu Que, remember my sister's words, go overseas and don't cause trouble again!"

"Words like 'causing trouble' don't sound like something your sister would say. Are you worried about me?" Xu Que said with a smile.

Zi Xuan's face turned red instantly, and she hummed: "Who is worried about you? I'd be too happy to see you go, lest you stay here and continue to scourge our Water Yuan Kingdom!"

"Alright, alright, then I'm leaving! Er Gou, enter the array!" Xu Que waved his hand with a smile and stepped into the ancient teleportation array with Er Gou.

The ancient teleportation array was just a huge circular spirit stone platform with six grooves on the edge, connected by dense array patterns, looking like a complex electronic chip.

And if those six grooves were connected by lines, it would be a standard regular hexagon.

Everything was very exquisite, but Xu Que didn't study it too seriously; this kind of ancient teleportation array couldn't catch his eye!

"This fare is really expensive, six grooves, that means putting in six top-grade spirit stones!" Xu Que muttered and took out six purple top-grade spirit stones, putting them into the grooves one by one.

"Damn, kid, do you have the nerve to say such things?" Er Gou looked disdainful. It knew very well that Xu Que's family wealth had long been rich, and last night he had opened the five storage rings of the Gong family members and obtained hundreds of top-grade spirit stones.

Xu Que ignored it and quickly placed the spirit stones in.

"Boom—!"

Instantly, accompanied by a loud noise, the entire array finally began to operate...

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【There will be two more chapters later.】