Chapter 991

"That's right, it's the Holy Emperor you speak of, Ji Yuan!"

The woman nodded, looked at Xu Que, and said with a smile that wasn't a smile: "Speaking of which, he can be considered your father-in-law!"

"He's not worth a fart!" Xu Que immediately snorted coldly.

Even Jiang Hongyan didn't want to acknowledge this father, and there was even a grudge between them, so why should he acknowledge this father-in-law?

But what shocked him was that when he and Jiang Hongyan had clearly stolen that Tree of Attaining the Dao, logically speaking, it was impossible for Ji Yuan to have advanced to the Half-Immortal Realm, at least not in a short time. How did he ascend in just a few years?

"Before we came to the Four Continents, we had heard some things related to you in the Xuanzhen Continent, including the rest of your Exploding Heaven Gang. But what's strange is..."

At this moment, a trace of confusion flashed across the woman's face as she looked at Xu Que: "In the past few years, our three major academies have been constantly hunting down the Exploding Heaven Gang, but those elite prodigies in the rumors, such as Xiao Yan, Li Bai, Supreme Treasure, etc., have never appeared. You are the only one who appeared first!"

"Hmph, how could the true elite geniuses of our Exploding Heaven Gang appear so casually? We are usually very busy, you know! Managing ten thousand things a day. Even I have been busy for several years and only just returned to the Four Continents recently! But to deal with you guys, it doesn't take that many people; just me alone is enough!" Xu Que immediately snorted coldly, looking incomparably arrogant.

The woman was instantly shocked, her heart filled with terror.

At first, when they had just arrived in the Four Continents and heard the Xuanzhen Continent and the Four Continents blowing the trumpet for those geniuses of the Exploding Heaven Gang, they were all disdainful. So-called geniuses, no matter how powerful, were useless; once they were strangled in the cradle, they were destined to be forgotten.

But now that she saw Xu Que, one of those "geniuses," she was incomparably shocked in her heart.

A Level Five Qi Refining Stage cultivator possessing two Immortal Artifacts and being able to use them so skillfully, easily killing a Half-Immortal Realm expert—a monster like this appearing was enough to shock the world. If more appeared, the world would definitely be in chaos!

But what was truly terrifying was that these people all came from the same force—the Exploding Heaven Gang!

"Come, tell me, since you've been to the Xuanzhen Continent, you must know quite a bit. How did Ji Yuan ascend? As far as I know, under normal circumstances, it's impossible for him to ascend so quickly!" Xu Que looked at the woman and asked.

The woman nodded: "That's right. Originally, your world was sealed, and it was impossible to reach the Half-Immortal Realm through normal cultivation. But a few years ago, a person appeared who forcibly broke through the realm, triggering the Celestial Tribulation. The power of the tribulation completely destroyed the seal, helping him break through to the Half-Immortal Realm, and thus he ascended and left! Since then, whether it's the Xuanzhen Continent, your Four Continents, or the Xuanling Continent across the Eastern Wasteland, they are no longer affected by the seal and can cultivate and ascend normally!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the person who used the power of the tribulation to destroy the seal was the Great Buddha Master Zhang?" Xu Que asked.

The woman nodded and replied: "Yes, it was him! Although we were also very surprised at how he did it, he left a step earlier than Ji Yuan, so we have no way of knowing this secret. As for Ji Yuan, he settled for many years. Once the seal disappeared, he naturally had the strength to ascend to the Immortal Realm! It's just that once he reached the Immortal Realm, with that little cultivation of theirs, I'm afraid they'll only end up as small fry in the ocean!"

Hearing this, Xu Que also roughly understood how this group of "Immortals" had come.

The most direct cause was definitely because the timing of Holy Emperor Ji Yuan's ascension was too coincidental; he just happened to pass through the secret realm of the three major academies, and it just happened that the secret realm was opening, causing an accident and triggering the change!

But if you calculate one step further, the reason Ji Yuan was able to ascend was because the Great Buddha Master Zhang had broken the seal, benefiting the cultivation world!

And if you calculate even further, the reason the Great Buddha Master Zhang was able to break the seal and ascend was because Xu Que had made an Orleans burger for him, helping him forcibly break through the peak of the Great Vehicle Stage.

So, all in all, Xu Que still had to take some of the blame for this matter!

However, people of the Exploding Heaven Gang never take the blame!

So Xu Que very straightforwardly placed all the responsibility for this matter on Ji Yuan.

"Hmph, I'm not clear about what will happen to the Great Buddha Master Zhang, but that Ji Yuan, he couldn't even choose a good time to ascend. His luck is truly something else. Living only brings trouble to others; if he could die, it would be a contribution to society!" Xu Que said coldly.

If he ever went to the Immortal Realm in the future, he definitely wouldn't let that old geezer off!

The woman remained silent, clearly not interested in Ji Yuan, and looked at Xu Que calmly. If Xu Que had no other questions, then it was time to talk about letting her go.

However, Xu Que sneered and said: "Don't look at me like that, my questions aren't finished yet! Come, now for the second question, you said earlier that killing members of the Exploding Heaven Gang can earn points. What's going on with that? Who exactly dares to target my Exploding Heaven Gang like this?"

"I don't know!" The woman with the whip shook her head directly: "I knew you would ask this, but I really don't know. We are just disciples of the academy; we were originally here for the trial. Even if the place changed, the trial continued, and it was jointly hosted by the masters of the three major academies. Therefore, the rule of earning points by killing members of the Exploding Heaven Gang was also set by them together!"

"Heh, this answer can't satisfy me!" Xu Que shook his head and sneered.

The woman was instantly anxious and said: "I really don't know, there's no need to lie to you. This is our score token. As long as we kill a member of the Exploding Heaven Gang, the points will automatically accumulate on it. These means are not something that the masters of that realm could achieve. I suspect they are acting under the orders of some big shot!"

"Hm?" Xu Que directly took the score token. There were five small horizontal lines shining on it, just past the passing line.

In other words, each academy disciple needed to kill five members of the Exploding Heaven Gang to reach the passing standard!

The key was that this kind of score token could even distinguish who was a member of the Exploding Heaven Gang. This means was truly powerful; it really wasn't something that a Human Immortal Realm cultivator could come up with!

After all, if the members of the Exploding Heaven Gang weren't wearing the black robes of the Exploding Heaven Gang, even Xu Que himself couldn't distinguish whether they were his own people.

"Strange, what exactly is this rule based on?" Xu Que examined the score token, incomparably confused in his heart!

Er Gou and Duan Jiude also leaned forward with faces full of curiosity, feeling very puzzled about this kind of thing!

Because the members of the Exploding Heaven Gang were recruited by them at random in the beginning, with no rules to follow, and after joining the Exploding Heaven Gang, they were only issued a black robe, with nothing else.

But if it were defined by the black robes, that wouldn't make sense, because they had also seen with their own eyes some members who weren't wearing black robes, and after they were killed, those academy disciples still got the points.

"Holy shit, kid, it seems this thing is really not right!" Er Gou said with a look of vigilance.

Duan Jiude also nodded: "This matter is extraordinary. I'm afraid something big is about to happen!"

"That's right, I've also had some ominous premonitions recently. Could it be that we are too outstanding and have been targeted by someone?" Er Gou said.

Xu Que waved his hand; it was better to guess less about things that had no answer.

He looked at the woman with the whip, held up a finger, and said with a smile: "The last question, what are you looking for when you enter the Buried Immortal Valley and other forbidden lands?"

"We are not looking for things!" The woman with the whip suddenly shook her head, her expression solemn: "It is the owner of the Buried Immortal Valley who ordered us to enter!"

【The second update is delivered, continuing to write the third update!】