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“Then walk it again. This King wants to see what capabilities you possess to have crossed the bronze toaster. If you satisfy This King, This King shall bestow a reward.” Di Xin frivolously said.
“Great King, this boy merely has a special constitution. Although he was able to cross the bronze toaster, he still suffered injury and needs four or five more days of recuperation. Now is the critical moment for the banner. Why not wait until afterwards to show the Great King.” Wang Xu stepped forward and calmly made a suggestion.
“Great King, she is correct. To put a bronze toaster in the Lake of Wine Hall would be a great eyesore.” Bi Gan also softly agreed.
Di Xin seemingly grinned at Qi Lin.
Qi Lin was neither servile nor overbearing, an appearance of awaiting orders.
“No bronze toaster, then This King wants to see a carriage dismemberment.” Di Xin said.
King Zhou’s behavior caught everyone completely off guard. Even Guiguzi did not anticipate this. Bi Gan jumped in alarm in spite of revealing her erotic scenery completely, “Great King, did you not already agree to not execute him by dismemberment?”
“This King hears you have unusual talents. Guiguzi has recommended you to be a banner bearer. This King will have two carriage executioners pull you. If you are able to survive for as long as it takes to drink a cup of tea, This King will allow you to be that banner bearer, to control the Ten Thousand Beasts Unbounded Banner. Furthermore, This King will also confer unto you five thousand jade bei.”1
Jade bei was the mainstream currency of Primordial World, casted by using rare cowry shells, metals, spirit jades and other such materials. These materials had undergone the spiritual influence of Heaven and Earth and tens of thousands of years to take shape. Then, they were imbued with spiritual power during the casting process by casting masters. If a cultivator were to sit and meditate after exhausting their spiritual power, they needed only to place jade bei around themselves in a formation to be able to recover their magical energy even faster. It was originally issued by the Divine Kingdom. Later, it had somehow became the common currency of Primordial World’s Four Provinces.
Other than jade bei, there was also another type of currency known as “Divine Soul”2 that was even more valuable. Divine Soul was a type of remnant formed from the dispersed Divine Energy after the death of a Divine Name Star General. Contained within was the Divine Energy of the Star Name, making it extremely precious. Reportedly, Primordial World had no more than three complete Divine Souls, and one of them had become the kingdom-guarding treasure of the Central Earth Divine Kingdom.
Qi Lin was thoroughly shaken. All the assets on his person amounted to less than 100 jade.
He had seen the carriage executioners before; the two cultivators likely to be pulling him were the Qi Refinement Ninth Deva ones. If it was just brute force, he could stillness to stifle movement, softness to conquer strength, which actually could handle this. As he pondered, Guiguzi Wang Xu saw Qi Lin brainstorm. She stepped forth and said: “Great King, this child is only Qi Refinement Eighth Deva. He is unable to compare to the Qi Refinement Ninth Deva carriage executioners. Great King is a bright mirror.”
“Eighth Deva and Ninth Deva are nearly the same. Will you or won’t you?” Di Xin impatiently asked.
“Your Servant is willing to face death.” Qi Lin he could not escape this. In Zhaoge, there would be no good ending to those who had meteoric rises in fame.
“Good, good, good.” Di Xin’s eyes brightened. She was very excited, for it was already a very long time since she had seen such a courageous and insightful man. Two Qi Refinement Ninth Deva carriage executioners; if one was not a truly talented cultivator, even a Golden Core would find it very difficult to face them.
Soon, the carriage executioners, with their bare torsos, bulging muscles, and their signature executioner masks, appeared in the Lake Of Wine Hall. Their hands looped the python ropes around Chen Mo’s wrists. The executioners then each walked their own way like two emotionless machines, stiff, as they completed King Zhou’s order.
Bi Gan was a bit afraid to look.
Another guard entered, bearing a jade tray. On the tray were five beautiful jade bei.
When they secured the python ropes onto his wrists, Qi Lin felt them tighten, as if digging into his flesh. “Do not use the magic treasure’s abilities, only your brute strength.” Di Xin ordered. The python rope magic treasure was used to execute Golden Core cultivators. A Qi Refinement cultivator did not warrant such measures. Di Xin was fond of tormenting people for her own amusement, but an excessive difference in strength was boring.
“As you command.”
“Even if your arms break, do not hinder This King’s activation of the Ten Thousand Beasts Unbounded Banner.” Di Xin eerily smiled.
The executioners walked towards the left and right. All of a sudden, a terrible pulling force was about to firmly split his flesh apart. Qi Lin hissed in pain, and his expression hardened. He released the Five Elements Shackles, and profound True Qi immediately flooded his body.
“Dual Modes Seal!!”
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Twelve Tribes, training field.
The hundred disciples were in the middle of training. Ever since she became the Deer Banner’s guardian, Shang Yangjun had used the banner to cultivate. The “Deer Banner” was adapted for nimble arts, and the “deer phantom” inside was endlessly marvelous. It was surprisingly able to produce more variations when combined with the Black And White Mixed Origin Soul Technique, an endless harvest.
“Shang Xuan was summoned by the Great King?”
The field was very quickly filled with every kind of discussion.
“Incredible, he was actually able to receive the Great King’s summons!!”
“It seems that the Great King regards him very highly after he walked the bronze toaster.”
“Hmph, but he’s only a Sixth Deva cultivator. How could the Great King possibly value him.”
Shang Yangjun opened her eyes and rescinded the soul technique.
“This is bad, Yangjun. Shang Xuan was summoned into the Lake of Wine Hall by the Great King.” Shang Meng ran over in a panic, endlessly worried.
Shang Yangjun sighed. This was only to be expected. Ever since he crossed Elai’s bronze toaster, Qi Lin’s name spread throughout Zhaoge. Attracting King Zhou’s attention was only a matter of time, but to be famous in Zhaoge was absolutely a very terrible decision. In Zhaoge, maybe in Shang itself, King Zhou could not possibly permit such a character to outshine herself. Fortunately, Qi Lin’s fame was only as a brave among ordinary folk. She could only hope that King Zhou would not make things too difficult for Qi Lin.
“Little Sister Yangjun, you’d best not have any flukes.” Shang Shiwu disdainfully said.
“A reward most certainly accompanies the Great King’s summons, but this reward is also definitely not very easy to obtain. The bronze toaster…Ha, the Great King surely won’t want to see something so boring. I heard the Great King’s favorite is the carriage execution. She even had countless golden cultivators pulled apart at the Lake of Wine Hall. That wolf child had best pray for luck!” Shang Shiwu’s tribe visited Zhaoge all year round, so there were some matters they were much more aware of.
Shang Yangjun was unfazed: “All of us are disciples of the Twelve Tribes. Big Brother Shiwu, why must you delight in his suffering?”
“He only became the Pixiu Banner’s guardian through dumb luck. Your Pixiu Tribe is incompetent, and you have left me very disappointed, Little Sister Yangjun. A person like that could never be a disciple of our Shang Tribes.” Shang Shiwu was very irritated to see Shang Yangjun defend Shang Xuan.
“Yangjun, Big Brother Shiwu, enough chatter. Lord Elai will punish us with canings if she hears us. Heaven helps the worthy, so Shang Xuan will definitely receive the Great King’s respect. Let’s not worry.” Shang Meng mediated.
“He’d better not die. I, Shang Shiwu, haven’t competed against him yet. If he is to die, it should be by my hand.” Shang Shiwu arrogantly said.
“Big Brother Shiwu, why not let Yangjun trade a few pointers with you.” Shang Yangjun said: “It so happens the twelve banners are imminent.”
“Just what I wanted, I won’t hold back.” Shang Shiwu chuckled.
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Roar.
The carriage executioners bellowed, practically exhausting all of their strength. They pulled the python ropes in their hands, their footprints sinking deep into the floor. But in front of everyone’s stares, Qi Lin surprisingly did not budge one bit. His arms held the ropes, showing no effects at all.
Di Xin’s eyes slightly widened, and she was also flabbergasted.
She even forgot to drink the wine in her hands.
The two executioners used their Qi Refinement Ninth Deva power. Although their cultivation was one level higher, Qi Lin had the assistance of the Two Yins Two Yangs. The Dual Modes Seal converted their brute strength into softness. Let alone two, even if there were five executioners, Qi Lin was confident he would not budge.
“Enough, stop.” Di Xin waved her hand. The girl looked at Qi Lin with admiration. “What is your name.”
“This Lowly One is Shang Xuan.” Qi Lin exhaled.
“En…Shang Xuan.” Di Xin nodded. She put down her bronze goblet: “Very well, This King is quite satisfied. I will seek you out again. Give him his reward.”
The guard pushed the jade plate in front of Qi Lin. “All of you may retire. Wang Xu, stay behind. Long has it been since This King consulted you on the changes in the stars.”
“As you command.”
“Bi Gan, you may also withdraw.” Di Xin nipped the pink of the girl’s peaks. The girl moaned, but she did not dare resist. She collected her clothes and respectfully left the Lake of Wine Hall together with Qi Lin. Outside the hall, Bi Gan finally sighed in relief. She shot a red-faced glare at Qi Lin.
Up close, the girl’s figure was even more stunning, white and rosy, her skin limpid.
“Put on your clothes.” Qi Lin averted his gaze.
“Hmph.”
Bi Gan very quickly dressed herself. The girl wanted to say something, but Qi Lin shook his head, hinting at Di Xin’s guards. Thus, the two were silent as they left the palace.
Di Xin dismissed the other guards, leaving only two people in the Lake of Wine Hall.
“This King has noticed that man’s Yang Qi made Bi Gan’s little heart ripen. Is this the mutual engenderment of Yin and Yang? Wang Xu, did you sense it?” Di Xin faintly smiled.
Guiguzi was expressionless: “The Great King is brilliant, Tingchan is dull.”
“Ha, ha, how could you be dull, Guiguzi.” Di Xin ruminated: “Fine, speak with This King about the Qilin hunt in twenty days. Have you calculated it? If you make a mockery of This King, This King will have you punished.”
“Tingchan does not dare.”
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