Chapter 590: Are You Crazy?

Liu Jingning and Er Gouzi were stunned, looking at Xu Que as he rushed out with a face full of indignation and started shouting angrily. They couldn't help but be shocked.

"Kid, what's wrong with you? You look so miserable just from picking some medicine?" Er Gouzi asked suspiciously.

"I met a ruthless person... forget it, let's not talk about it. I got the Human-Shaped Fruit!" Xu Que said, while taking out a completely red spirit fruit that looked very much like a human shape from his System package!

Originally, he wanted to tell them about the woman in the Daoist robe, but upon careful thought, it seemed he was the one in the wrong first!

If he hadn't used his glib tongue to annoy that woman in the Daoist robe, he wouldn't have been forcefully driven away. It was because of his personality of refusing to suffer a loss, thinking he could escape with the Divine Movement Escape Talisman, that he had dug up more than half the medicine field and dropped harsh threats. As a result, his act of showing off failed, and he almost got "fucked" in return.

Telling this story was embarrassing and shameful, so he simply couldn't be bothered to mention it!

Liu Jingning took the Human-Shaped Fruit, her expression quite calm, and looked at Xu Que with concern: "Little guy, you aren't hurt, are you?"

"Hurt? Just kidding, I am immortal and indestructible!" Xu Que raised his eyebrows and said, though he felt a bit lacking in confidence inside. This time, it was thanks to his wit; otherwise, if it had been anyone else, they probably wouldn't have come back.

However, he was still shocked. Although the age of a cultivator couldn't be seen from the surface, that old bastard Duan Jiude was at least several hundred, if not over a thousand years old. As his master, wouldn't that woman in the Daoist robe be at least several thousand years old?

To be several thousand years old and still look so monstrously beautiful, with such a terrifying figure—it was simply unbelievable!

"How much do you know about this secret realm? What is its background? Why does it feel so eerie!" Xu Que looked at Er Gouzi and Liu Jingning, wanting to understand the background of this secret realm; it might be related to the origin of that woman in the Daoist robe.

After all, he could basically confirm now that the woman in the Daoist robe must have stayed in the medicine field for many years; otherwise, with her strength, she would have shocked the entire cultivation world long ago, not to mention her heaven-defying beauty and temperament.

"The origin of this secret realm is very mysterious, passed down from ancient times. It is said to have been discovered by a powerful expert named True Person Taiyuan, who personally wrote a notebook indicating that this secret realm has nine layers, and the top layer can lead to the Immortal World. It's just that no one has ever been able to go up, so later generations have called this secret realm the Taiyuan Secret Realm!" Liu Jingning said. This was all she knew.

Er Gouzi, however, looked very smug, with its two front paws crossed over its chest, and said arrogantly: "You are all wrong. According to what this God Venerable knows, this secret realm is a fragment of a small world. During the ancient war between gods and demons, a small piece of the battlefield was shattered and fell here!"

"A world fragment? How is that possible?" Liu Jingning was stunned.

Xu Que also frowned; what Er Gouzi said was a bit too mysterious.

"It's absolutely true, because this God Venerable once bought an ancient book on the street, and that's what it said inside!" Er Gouzi said with certainty.

Xu Que's mouth twitched: "An ancient book bought on the street, how do you know it's true?"

"Anyway, this God Venerable just feels it's true, is that not allowed?" Er Gouzi said with an arrogant face.

Bang!

Xu Que kicked it directly. This creature hadn't been beaten in a few days and was starting to get arrogant again.

However, he didn't pursue it further. Regardless of the origin of this secret realm, Er Gouzi and Liu Jingning knew limited things and couldn't explain the "why."

Moreover, no one knew the background of Duan Jiude, let alone his master!

They didn't seem to be people of this era! They weren't even people from these four continents!

"Alright, kid, since we have the item, let's hurry to the third layer, don't waste too much time!" At this moment, Er Gouzi started urging them again, full of excitement.

"You want to go to the third layer?" Liu Jingning was startled, looking very surprised.

Xu Que nodded: "That's right, want to come along?"

Liu Jingning was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and smiled bitterly: "We can't go to the third layer!"

"Why can't you go?"

"This area is too large. If we had five or six years, we might be able to reach the third layer, but now there are only two and a half years left. Even if we do our best, we can only reach the center of the second layer!" Liu Jingning shook her head and said.

Er Gouzi jumped out looking smug, smiling: "That's because you are too weak. This God Venerable knows a shortcut that can skip the second layer and lead directly to the third layer!"

"A shortcut?" Xu Que and Liu Jingning said at the same time.

Er Gouzi nodded: "That's right, it's a waterway where the river flows backward. We just need to get a boat, and we can reach the third layer!"

"Are you talking about the Reverse Current Sea in the center of the first layer?" Liu Jingning asked in surprise.

Er Gouzi was about to nod, but suddenly realized something was wrong, widened its eyes and said: "What Reverse Current Sea? It's a small river called the Reverse Current River!"

Liu Jingning's expression became strange, and she looked at Er Gouzi suspiciously: "According to records, that place was indeed called the Reverse Current River many years ago, but now it has turned into a vast sea, and the seawater no longer flows backward entirely. It has now become a place for major forces to compete in strength!"

"It turned into a sea? Holy crap, how is that possible?" Er Gouzi was shocked.

Xu Que was also stunned: "It has become a place for major forces to compete in strength, what does that mean?"

Liu Jingning thought for a moment, smiled slightly: "You'll know once you go with me to see it. We can talk on the way. The competition seems to be in these few days!"

"Fine!" Xu Que nodded immediately.

He was very curious about how a river evolved into a sea, and it was so magical that the seawater actually flowed backward. Perhaps there were some precious treasures inside!

Led by Liu Jingning, the group left the eerie mountain and headed straight toward the distance of the central area.

Xu Que was too lazy to look for Duan Jiude, fearing that after he broke the restriction, that woman in the Daoist robe would come out to settle scores with him.

Moreover, the five spirit herbs were already in hand, and only the Water of Living Beings was missing, so there was no need to associate with Duan Jiude anymore. That kind of despicable and shameless old man had to be kept at a distance to avoid being tainted and polluting his own pure soul.

However, when Xu Que and his group bypassed the mountain and flew toward the distance of the central area, they happened to pass over Duan Jiude and the others!

Many Saint Sons and Saintesses had already left, and only a few scattered people remained, wanting to see how Duan Jiude would break the restriction.

But Duan Jiude had just broken half of it when his hand suddenly trembled, and he froze on the spot.

The next moment, his entire old face was filled with terror, and he screamed: "Master!"

"Holy crap! Immortal Sister, hurry up and speed up, we can't stay here for long!" Xu Que's expression changed as soon as he heard this, and he immediately urged Liu Jingning to speed up, thinking that the woman in the Daoist robe was about to come out.

Bang!

But at this moment, a loud noise came from below.

Duan Jiude was inexplicably blasted away, fell heavily to the ground, and then climbed up with a face full of terror, holding his head and running around, shouting: "Master, it's a misunderstanding, this is absolutely a misunderstanding! I didn't know you were here, and why aren't you dead yet? Ah..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Jiude screamed again and was blasted away by an invisible force once more.

"This... what is going on?" Liu Jingning saw this scene from the air and was stunned, unable to believe it.

Duan Jiude has a master?

This old man's strength had already surpassed the Body Integration Stage. If he still had a master, what terrifying level would that strength reach?

Tribulation Transcendence Stage? Great Vehicle Stage? Or... an Immortal?

And at this moment, Duan Jiude was still being beaten while holding his head and running around. No matter how he fled, an invisible force in the air would slam onto him.

He screamed while shouting nonsense, like a madman.

"Master, don't be like this! I've already been expelled from the sect, why are you hitting me? Ouch..."

"Master, this has nothing to do with me! It was a young man named Xu Que who forced me to break the restriction on this mountain. If you want revenge, you have to find him!"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's Xu Que. What? You know that kid too? What, you want me to catch him for you?"

"That's not right, Master, haven't you always been uninterested in men? Why are you suddenly interested in a young man? Could it be that you've finally moved your mortal heart and want to have a passionate romance? No, no, I absolutely do not agree to this marriage! I will die before I call that kid Master's Husband! Ah..."

As soon as Duan Jiude said this, he was blasted away fiercely again on the spot. This time, he spat out blood directly, clearly having thoroughly annoyed his master and being hit with a ruthless move.

Xu Que in the air also felt his scalp go numb, urging Liu Jingning to speed up and leave.

But as soon as he heard Duan Jiude say he would call him "Master's Husband," he immediately became unhappy and shouted angrily: "Duan Jiude, I fuck your master! Are you crazy? I'm a man, what are you calling Master's Husband for?"

【There was a mistake in the previous chapter; the Daoist nun has three souls and seven spirits, not seven souls and six spirits. I made a typo in a rush, haha. She is not the Seven Absolute Woman you guessed!】 ===== CHAPTER 591 =====