Chapter 799: This Divine Venerable Has Been Here Before

Wha... what's going on?

Hush money?

In an instant, everyone present froze, including those several Imperial Palace experts, all wearing looks of utter bewilderment!

Originally, seeing Xu Que shout about exposing the matter of killing the Young Master of Sage Palace to the entire Kingdom, and shouting with such forceful conviction and righteous indignation, the several Imperial Palace experts had almost felt deep despair!

Even the others present felt somewhat unable to bear it.

After all, everyone knew clearly that once this matter was exposed, the disadvantage awaiting those several Imperial Palace experts would be worse than death, and furthermore, a war might break out between the Imperial Palace and Sage Palace, inevitably plunging Xuanzhen Continent into chaos once again.

Who could have expected that this lad, one moment so righteous and solemn, would suddenly change tack the next and demand hush money!

So it turns out all this commotion was just laying the groundwork for his hush money?

Once everyone realized this, they nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

This sudden burst of shamelessness was simply enough to injure a man's prostate!

"Howl, kid, 666, well said! Even without hush money, I, the Divine Venerable, would expose today's events; you lot figure it out!" Er Gouzi immediately shouted excitedly, his face full of arrogance, almost strutting with his nose in the air!

Obviously, he only dared to pop his head out and put on airs for moments like this!

The several Imperial Palace experts instantly twitched the corners of their mouths, but inwardly they breathed a sigh of relief; as long as they could prevent the information from spreading by paying a price, it represented hope for them!

"Fellow Daoist, what is it that you desire? As long as we possess it, we will surely give it all to you!" The several Imperial Palace experts no longer hesitated, immediately looking at Xu Que and speaking.

They understood very well that at this moment, Xu Que was the key point, while everyone else mattered not, and they also believed that once Xu Que took the hush money, he would ensure the matter would not be exposed.

"Whatever you have, I want; except for a single needle or thread, hand over everything else, and additionally, you must continue to serve as cannon fodder, no problem?" Xu Que asked with a smile.

The several Imperial Palace experts instantly felt a wave of suffocation.

Whatever they had, he wanted, except for a needle or thread?

And they still had to continue serving as cannon fodder?

Damn it, this was too absolute; why not just give him your lives as well?

"Grab some grass, why aren't you speaking? Do you disagree? Fine, just wait, I, the Divine Venerable, will go out right now and shout it out; you lot are finished!" Er Gouzi immediately began blustering, his head darting outward as if to rush out, looking as though no one could stop him, yet paradoxically he hadn't moved a single step!

"Er Gouzi, charge!" Xu Que also shouted loudly.

Only then did the several Imperial Palace experts immediately open their mouths: "Wait, Fellow Daoist, we agree!"

Speaking thus, the few gritted their teeth, removed all the Storage Rings from their hands, and presented them before Xu Que.

"Very good!" Xu Que didn't even glance at them, directly accepting them and tossing them into his System Package with great casualness.

Everyone instantly wore expressions of embarrassment; such skilled movements showed at a glance that this wasn't his first time—he was completely a habitual offender!

Damn it, how could our Imperial Palace's generation of Empress take a liking to such a bandit?

The few couldn't help but look toward Jiang Hongyan, yet Jiang Hongyan's countenance remained peaceful, without the slightest emotional fluctuation, as if she had seen it all too many times to find it strange!

"Alright, let's move quickly; our journey is toward the stars and the sea!" At this, Xu Que raised his arm and shouted, forcibly boosting the group's morale.

Everyone instantly couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths again.

Stars and sea?

Star your sister!

Whether we can even survive to walk to the end is hard to say, yet you're still talking about what stars and what seas!

The several Imperial Palace experts felt utterly helpless, but in the end, they obediently walked to the front of the formation, assuming the role of cannon fodder!

However, precisely because of this, Xu Que felt much more relaxed for the remainder of the journey.

No matter how inferior these several Imperial Palace experts might be, they were still outstanding figures among the Tribulation Transcendence Stage; with them in front handling troubles and resolving difficulties, Xu Que felt completely at ease.

Because once danger arose, these few would definitely be the first to take the blade, so they could only muster several times their usual energy, vigilantly clearing obstacles along the road.

But unexpectedly, the road ahead proceeded very smoothly.

Although they encountered numerous Arrays and Restrictions along the way, basically all had already been destroyed by others, or even had perished on their own due to the passage of time and years.

Walking the entire route, for several consecutive days, no further dangers occurred.

Hope inadvertently ignited in everyone's hearts; continuing like this, they would soon locate Zhang Tiandao's position, and might even reach directly the end of that legendary Immortal Path.

"According to the map's guidance, within just a few hours, we can locate the place where Zhang Tiandao was trapped back then!" one Imperial Palace expert said excitedly.

"Now that so many years have passed, that Array might have already been broken!"

"Indeed, and furthermore, according to what Zhang Tiandao recorded on the beast hide, the place where one can use the Sky-Breaking Talisman happens to be the true end of the Ascension Road!"

"However, this is still hard to say, because during the generation of the Holy Emperor back then, they also claimed to have found the end, but upon going there again, the end of the road had vanished! I speculate that this Ascension Road might have more than one end, or perhaps many false ends exist, or otherwise... the end of this road is constantly changing!" someone guessed.

Although where the end of the Ascension Road lies and what exists at that end still have no definite answer to this day, this still could not stop everyone's determination to rush there and verify the truth, after all, that represented the hope of becoming an Immortal!

As for the Sky-Breaking Talisman, everyone had long abandoned such thoughts; with this fellow Xu Que around, everyone knew that thing was already beyond their reach!

Meanwhile, the many Female Disciples of Lingxiu Pavilion walking at the rear, including that group of Scattered Cultivators, and even the Demon Beast Clans, now felt complex emotions and sighs in their hearts!

In their wildest dreams, they never imagined that a young man whom they had looked down upon at first meeting would, within just a few short days, pit all the experts of Sage Palace to death, and not even spare the Imperial Palace; the only remaining few Imperial Palace experts were barely clinging to life, serving as cannon fodder!

This was a counterattack none of them had ever anticipated; watching with their own eyes as a young man at the Body Integration Stage, who should have been at the bottom of the food chain, suddenly shot to the top of the food chain, and moreover using extremely Evil methods, truly deserving the description of ruthless and ferocious, even vicious to the bone, making people dare not harbor even the slightest thought of resistance.

"This time, we truly misjudged!" the tall woman of Lingxiu Pavilion said with a bitter smile, watching from afar the backs of Xu Que and the Empress walking together, filled with myriad emotions.

The other women also nodded one after another, their expressions complex.

Initially, none of them could understand why the Empress would be together with such a young man, but now, looking at the two walking side by side, they could not find the slightest sense of incongruity; instead, they felt that pair was truly made in heaven!

Finally, they continued moving forward.

Several hours later, everyone finally approached the location marked on the map.

"We've arrived! We're finally about to arrive!" one Imperial Palace expert shouted excitedly.

As long as they found Zhang Tiandao, and then found the Sky-Breaking Talisman, it would prove that this path was correct, and they would likely find the end of the Ascension Road.

"Go around the passage ahead, and you'll see the Array that trapped Zhang Tiandao!" one expert nodded and said, his expression also quite excited.

Xu Que likewise slightly narrowed his eyes, feeling increasingly expectant in his heart.

The Sky-Breaking Talisman, this hope for his return to Earth, was right before his eyes!

"Let's go, up ahead to investigate!" Xu Que waved his hand and shouted loudly.

Everyone else immediately perked up and moved forward together.

At the same time, everyone heightened their vigilance; if the formation that had trapped Zhang Tiandao back then still existed, it meant a great danger still awaited them ahead to overcome!

"Rustle!"

However, just as the group rounded the corner of the passage ahead, a gust of wind sounded, immediately carrying strands of bone-chilling cold that blew straight into their faces!

"Wait, stop first!" Xu Que shouted immediately, his brows slightly furrowed.

He suddenly felt a sense of the Unlucky; an inexplicable danger was approaching!

"Something is wrong with this place!" Jiang Hongyan also slightly knitted her elegant brows and said in a deep voice.

Everyone was instantly stunned, looking ahead at the pitch-black mountain cave passage, unable to detect anything at all.

"Saint Venerable, Fellow Daoist, what is wrong with this place?" Several experts from the Imperial Palace also turned around and asked.

Xu Que shook his head; he did not know what was going on with this place either, just like Jiang Hongyan, he purely felt something was off.

"Howl!"

Suddenly, Er Gouzi cried out in shock, shouting: "Holy crap, holy crap, this place... This Divine Venerable seems to have been here before; it is absolutely not a Killing Array!"

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【Ugh, I feel the more I explain, the more everyone misunderstands! Let's put it simply: this book is only changing its title; nothing else will change. Acting Cool is still Acting Cool, and our Explosive Heaven Gang is still that ridiculously shameless Explosive Heaven Gang! Then, adding the bonus chapters for 6,500 Monthly Tickets, I still owe eight chapters. Damn Er Gouzi, why does the debt keep growing! Going back to write now!】