Chapter 990

"Damn it, a huge loss, a massive loss!"

Er Gou cursed loudly, handing over the black staff with extreme reluctance, and even took out its hidden treasure—a piece of ancient round wood it had dug up from somewhere—and threw it to Xu Que, wanting to exchange it for the antidote!

Xu Que was instantly overjoyed. He loved Er Gou's straightforward personality; it didn't even think about whether it was really poisoned, and it was so easily tricked into giving up a treasure!

This piece of round wood looked ordinary and exuded an ancient aura, but when Xu Que probed it with his divine sense, he realized that it seemed to contain a vast space inside. It couldn't store items, but it contained majestic Wood Element spiritual energy.

"Holy shit, Er Gou, this thing is amazing. Where did you get it?" Xu Que immediately widened his eyes and asked.

The Wood Element spiritual energy here was simply too vast!

Back in the Five Elements Mountain, he had successively drained the dragon veins of the Fire Origin Kingdom and the Golden Origin Kingdom, finally refining the metal and fire attributes of the Pluto Prison Suppression Body to perfection. Later, he absorbed the power of the Heavenly Tribulation, perfecting the thunder attribute, and even transcending perfection!

With only three attributes, his physical body was already stronger than countless cultivators, and he hadn't encountered anyone with a harder physical body to this day!

So, with Xu Que's lazy personality, he hadn't gone to find other attributes to temper his physical body. But the round wood Er Gou brought now actually contained such thick Wood Element spiritual energy, which made Xu Que feel wonderful!

He didn't doubt at all that if he absorbed this Wood Element spiritual energy, the Pluto Prison Suppression Body would rise to a whole new level!

"I found this in the Buried Immortal Valley when I was there. Damn it, there are many treasures inside. If I hadn't accidentally entered a void crack, I wouldn't have had such a small harvest."

Er Gou said with a look of annoyance, then remembered something, widened its eyes, and shouted angrily: "Damn, kid, stop changing the subject. You took the treasure, hurry up and give me the antidote! Damn, I actually capsized in the gutter; I'm so pissed!"

Xu Que laughed loudly and casually pulled out a bottle of pills: "Come, here you go!"

"Eh, Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pills?" Er Gou took a look at the bottle, then directly opened the cap and poured the pills into its mouth.

Duan Jiude, who was beside them, watched this scene with a face full of astonishment.

Er Gou was stupid, but he wasn't. He had long seen that Xu Que was tricking Er Gou, not only getting the black staff back but also swindling Er Gou and cheating it out of a treasure.

"Er Gou, wait a minute, don't move!" Immediately, Duan Jiude shouted loudly.

"Fuck, what for?" Er Gou was startled and said angrily.

Duan Jiude sneered: "I poisoned the grass you were just lying on. Unless you hand over two treasures, I won't give you the antidote!"

"Damn, a teacher for a day is a father for life. You old beggar, you beast, how dare you ambush your daddy?" Er Gou was instantly furious.

Duan Jiude was so angry he jumped up: "Bullshit! If you don't take out the treasures, I'll poison you to death!"

"Damn, you two stop messing around. You're both so old, is it fun to play these dirty tricks all day? Er Gou, don't be afraid. The pill I gave you can help you be immune to all poisons. As long as you give me another treasure, I'll catch Duan Jiude and let you take your revenge!" Xu Que directly intervened.

Duan Jiude was immediately unhappy: "Damn, kid, you're playing this game, huh?"

"Yo, you have an opinion? I'm not the same person I was back then. Are you sure you can beat me?" Xu Que immediately picked up the broken sword and said with a look of arrogance.

"You..." Duan Jiude instantly lost his temper and couldn't say half a word.

After all, as far as the current situation was concerned, he knew he really couldn't beat Xu Que.

"Forget it, I don't have that kind of hobby!" Er Gou waved its hand, looking disdainful, feeling that it was a big loss to exchange a treasure to play with Duan Jiude!

Xu Que smiled, too lazy to pay attention to these two guys, and walked straight toward the unconscious woman with the whip, quickly performing several Dharma seals with his hands!

Swoosh!

Xu Que's hands instantly bloomed with a blazing glow, strands of Dao rhyme lingering, turning into shackles, and instantly swept toward the woman!

Although she was a mid-stage Half-Immortal Realm existence, in a state of complete dizziness, she couldn't stop Xu Que's Dao rhyme shackles at all. In just an instant, her entire body was bound by Xu Que's Dao rhyme, blocking all her meridians, closing her dantian, and preventing the flow of True Essence!

Such shackles couldn't last long; as soon as the woman woke up, she would be able to break through the seal in a day or two.

But for Xu Que, a day or two was more than enough to interrogate her for clues and information!

Although this woman looked like she would cooperate, she gave people a feeling that she couldn't be fully trusted. Xu Que had been in the cultivation world for so many years, so he naturally had to use reliable methods, and by the way, dispel some of the woman's thoughts to avoid her playing tricks and releasing some fake clues!

"Kid, do you want me to personally conduct a round of strict interrogation?" At this moment, Er Gou leaned forward, looking eager to try.

After all, for it, nothing could be more satisfying than teaching a Half-Immortal Realm expert who couldn't fight back a lesson!

"No need, there's nothing for you to do now, hurry up and go to the side!" Xu Que waved his hand, pushed Er Gou away, and pulled a Spirit-Awakening Pill from the system package and stuffed it into the woman's mouth!

Soon, the woman gradually regained her consciousness, suddenly opened her eyes, and subconsciously wanted to strike back!

But the moment she raised her hand, she was dumbfounded.

Her entire body was covered in Dao rhyme seals, and even her dantian was sealed, making it impossible for her to use even a trace of True Essence!

In other words, she was now equivalent to a tiger that had been tied up tightly. Although she still had divine sense that she could use, any Qi Refining Stage or Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator could easily kill her!

"Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by this?" Immediately, the woman's face turned livid, and she looked at Xu Que and asked coldly.

"It doesn't mean anything, I'm purely preventing you from playing tricks! In short, whatever I ask, you answer. As long as you cooperate honestly, I will naturally let you go!" Xu Que said with a faint smile.

After the woman heard this, her expression changed between cloudy and sunny.

This state was completely beyond her expectations. Originally, she had just intended to answer Xu Que's questions and then leave directly. Those who know the times are heroes; there was no need to lose her life for the sake of a little face!

But she never expected that this young man, who looked refined and gentle, would play a dirty trick, causing her to fall into his trap through carelessness and be knocked unconscious and bound.

The point was that this guy was only at the Qi Refining Stage. Being killed by a Qi Refining Stage cultivator might be embarrassing, but being ambushed and knocked unconscious by a Qi Refining Stage cultivator was even more embarrassing!

However... things had reached this point, and it could be considered that there was no retreat. Besides cooperating obediently, there was no other choice!

Thinking of this, the woman's expression turned slightly cold, and she said in a deep voice: "You don't need to be like this. I've already said I would truthfully answer what you want to know. Forget it, I don't want to waste time here. Ask whatever you want quickly, but I hope that after I answer you, you can keep your promise and let me leave!"

In fact, she no longer held any hope for Xu Que's character. He could even do something like ambushing people from behind, so how could she expect this guy to keep any promise!

But as long as there was still a chance of survival, she couldn't let it go!

Xu Que smiled and nodded: "Rest assured, as long as you truthfully confess everything, I will definitely let you leave. After all, I'm not someone who likes to kill!"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only did the woman look like she didn't believe it, but even Duan Jiude and Er Gou cast looks of disdain at Xu Que!

Including Zhang Suyue, who had been hiding behind the giant rock, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

Not someone who likes to kill? That doesn't exist! Gang Leader Xu, this thing really doesn't exist for you!

"Alright, first question, how did you guys get here?" At this moment, Xu Que also started to get serious and began to ask questions.

The woman didn't even think and replied directly: "We came from the Xuanhuang Province of the Immortal Realm. My Dongsheng Academy, the Green Vine Academy, and the Nine Rivers Academy are the three major academies in the eastern part of the Xuanhuang Province. Several years ago, we participated in a trial competition as usual, but an accident occurred in the secret realm!"

"What accident?" Xu Que frowned and asked.

The woman looked at Xu Que: "At that time, someone in your world must have passed the Celestial Tribulation and successfully stepped into the Half-Immortal Realm. On the way to the Immortal Realm, the void tunnel happened to pass through the secret realm of our three major academies. But at that time, the secret realm was opening, and the void was very unstable, causing him to fall out of it, and the void broke open a gap, sucking us in!"

"Oh? Who was that person?" Xu Que asked with feigned confusion, although he had already guessed the person's identity—it was most likely the Great Buddha Master Zhang!

After all, when he set off for the Path of Immortality, the Great Buddha Master Zhang had already started preparing to undergo the tribulation, intending to break through the peak of the Great Vehicle Stage and step into the Half-Immortal Realm!

The woman shook her head faintly: "At first, we didn't know who he was, because we had no chance to catch him at that time. Everyone from the three major academies participating in the trial was swept into the void tunnel, but after coming to this world, we learned that he was an emperor of the Xuanzhen Continent—Ji Yuan!"

"What?" Xu Que instantly widened his eyes, incomparably shocked.

Ji Yuan?

This was the name of Jiang Hongyan's father in her previous life, the Holy Emperor of the Xuanzhen Continent!

The person who ascended to the Immortal Realm was actually him?

【The first update of today is delivered! There are two more chapters, I'll continue writing. Big bosses, where are your monthly tickets? Don't tear them up!】