Chapter 357: Chapter 317: Chu Huaixu Officially Enters the Competition

The Female State Preceptor listened to the Ancestor Emperor’s words, her face nearly showing a sneer.

“My Primordial Yin,” he says, as if my Primordial Yin belongs to him?

He’s really considered me his private property, or perhaps his forbidden pleasure.

Though she knew this in her heart, the Ancestor Emperor of the past at least wouldn’t express it so bluntly.

Clearly, Chu Huaixu had thrown him into disarray, plunging him into endless fury.

“How heroic he once was.”

“Relying on his charisma, he attracted countless followers, ultimately founding a grand dynasty.”

“But now?” Lin Qingci found it laughable.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. The Profound Yellow Realm is unlike Kunlun Cave Heaven; life is but a fleeting century.

He lived less than a century as a human but spent a full six hundred years as a ghost.

After six hundred years of torment, the Ancestor Emperor was no longer the Ancestor Emperor of old.

His humanity, rationality, emotion… all were eroding.

Having long distanced himself from social order, his inner order was also gradually collapsing.

At this moment, in his quest for possession, he was more like an Evil Cultivator in the secular sense.

Or rather, having reached this point, the Ancestor Emperor couldn’t even be bothered to put on a façade in front of the Female State Preceptor.

Lin Qingci’s face bore a hint of a smile, speaking calmly: “I gave it to him.”

The Emperor’s Divine Thought regained some calm from the boundless rage.

“Your cultivation is still intact, as is the Power of Origin, so don’t say such teasing words.”

The Female State Preceptor’s tone remained calm:

“I did give it to him, but at the last moment, he didn’t take it.”

She was still so adept at using the most serene and unemotional tone to infuriate someone.

In a brief sentence, there was a wealth of information.

Especially those four words, “at the last moment.”

This implied that everything preceding had already occurred.

For those words to reach the Ancestor Emperor’s ears was as if the most precious thing of his woman remained yet everything else had been tainted.

Moreover, the one involved in all of this was none other than the young man he loathed to the core!

This whole scenario unfolded while he was unconscious!

Is this not a kind of… hmm hmm hmm?

For many years, the Ancestor Emperor had been nurturing Lin Qingci.

She grew from a young girl into a mature and powerful woman.

Like a patient chef, he had been preparing a feast all along, only thinking of savoring it after his possession.

But now?

Chu Huaixu, he had secretly tasted the dishes!

The first course, all thoroughly devoured by him.

This caused turbulence within Lin Qingci’s Sea of Consciousness. Clearly, in his rage, the Ancestor Emperor’s Power of Divine Thought had become somewhat chaotic, thus hurting the Female State Preceptor’s Sea of Consciousness.

But she felt no pain.

She only felt satisfaction.

An unusual sense of emotion and sentiment arose from it.

She was actually somewhat indulging in it, unable to extricate herself.

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A gentle breeze wafted through the window, lifting the Female State Preceptor’s hair.

The Emperor’s Divine Thought fell into a brief silence.

Then, he asked, “According to Xuanxiao, when Chu Huaixu emerged from the Emperor’s Pool, his physical body was intact, unharmed.”

“Do you know why that is?”

This made Lin Qingci pause.

“Are you saying that before your four strands of divine thought were destroyed by him, he was gravely injured?” she asked.

From her perspective, the possession was about to succeed, and she had consumed the elixir carried with her and began the practice of “Wedding Garment.”

She was unaware of everything that transpired afterward.

While she was observing beyond the swirling mist, Chu Huaixu bore no injuries whatsoever.

“What if I told you that he wasn’t just gravely injured, but his Spiritual Embryo foundation was destroyed, nearly causing his Sea of Consciousness to collapse entirely?” the Ancestor Emperor said in a deep voice.

The Female State Preceptor frowned slightly, unable to fathom how such injuries could be healed, especially within such a short period.

Even the Profound Celestial Fetal Breath Pill could only heal the Spiritual Embryo and could not restore so quickly.

This stirred a bit of curiosity within Lin Qingci’s heart.

This young man seemed to be hiding many secrets?

The Ancestor Emperor continued to instruct: “He possesses an Elixir Pearl, seemingly refined using Evil Qi. My four strands of divine thought reside within it; you must find a way to retrieve it in the future.”

“Yes, Your Majesty,” the Female State Preceptor responded blandly.

But within, she knew it wouldn’t be easy now.

The Ancestor Emperor had missed his best opportunity.

The Great Cultivators of East Continent would now be closely guarding Chu Huaixu.

If not for the East and West Continent Competition, there wouldn’t have been so many East Continent experts in the Imperial Capital.

To openly seize forcefully would indeed create an upheaval of colossal proportions.

This would be a war of national scale.

And it would occur directly within the Imperial Capital of a country!

No one could bear the ultimate consequences of such a situation.

She speculated, from the Ancestor Emperor’s perspective, he could only wait and see for now, as there was still at least Qin Xuexiao as a backup “vessel.”

Settling for second best was not impossible.

After all, the original plan was merely to possess Qin Xuexiao.

Moreover, if it was initially just about possessing Qin Xuexiao, everything could have been done secretly, and East Continent wouldn’t have known.

The fact that the Ancestor Emperor is still alive, alone, is the Moon Country’s top secret.

Now, the development of the situation has indeed become increasingly mysterious and confusing.

“Could it be that this Chu Huaixu is truly, as Ming Xuanji said, the biggest variable in the world?”

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The east brightened, and the sun rose.

Thus passed an unsettling night.

The grand-scale East and West Continent Competition proceeded in an orderly manner.

Today, the entire Martial Arts Arena was so packed with people that not even a drop of water could trickle through.

Everyone qualified to watch was present.

Even on the high stage, many influential and powerful Great Cultivators were already seated.

Moreover, even the Old State Preceptor had arrived early.

At this moment, the competition had reached the top sixteen.

Those who had not yet been eliminated were the top-tier talents of the Profound Yellow Realm.

Among these people, picking any one of them at random, their future achievements would be boundless.

In the Sect, they were all the most prominent disciples.

But this was not the main reason why today’s audience was so large and why so many powerful figures had come.

Everything was because the Profound Yellow Leader, who directly advanced to the top sixteen, was finally going to show up in the Martial Arts Arena!

Before long, waves of exclamations arose from the crowd.

“Look! The Daoist Junior Martial Uncle has arrived!”

Immediately afterward, another burst of exclamations rang out.

“Tianluo from the Luotian Valley has also arrived! He didn’t even attend the opening ceremony before!”

“Could that be the legendary Sword Venerable?”

“Are they all here for Chu Huaixu?”

On the high stage, all the great figures of cultivation from the East Continent were present!

On the Moon Country’s side, there was only an Eighth Realm Old State Preceptor holding the fort.

From the momentum, it seemed that they were overshadowed by the East Continent Mirror Country.

After a while, the crowd began to make way.

Those standing in the inner circle soon heard the commotion coming from the outer circle, along with the rising voices calling out.

“Chu Leader!”

“Chu Leader!”

“Chu Leader, you finally came out!”

Chu Huaixu, dressed in a black and gold robe, holding a black Sword Scabbard in his right hand, stepped forward.

The young man standing to his left carried a giant Sword Box on his back.

The young woman standing to his right held a Super Grade Spirit Sword.

All eyes were almost entirely focused on him.

Qin Xuexiao, standing at the drawing lots area, couldn’t help but frown.

Clearly, this was his own territory, yet due to previous disturbances, the other side’s prestige was unmatched!

Chu Huaixu walked to the drawing lots area, where he saw many familiar faces, but some were unfamiliar.

A Sixth Realm Great Cultivator from the Moon Country was overseeing the drawing process.

The number Chu Huaixu drew was one.

This meant that he was the first to compete today.

As soon as his number was announced, cheers erupted from the crowd.

This meant that everyone didn’t have to wait long and could immediately witness today’s main event.

Then, everyone craned their necks, eager to know who the other person who drew number one was.

A disciple from the Cultivation Hall slowly raised the lot in his hand, his expression somewhat grim.

“I am number one.” He tried to maintain the stability of his voice.

This person was named Lou Mingdong, a disciple of the Moon Country’s Cultivation Hall.

After Chu Huaixu appeared today, everyone felt that he seemed a bit cold.

In the past, although the Chu Leader carried a bit of youthful exuberance, he was generally affable in dealing with people.

“Take my advice, I suggest you surrender directly now,” he said immediately today.

Lou Mingdong’s face instantly turned livid, feeling humiliated in front of thousands.

He actually knew in his heart that he probably wasn’t a match for the other party.

He had just grasped Sword Intent, which already made him a Sword Dao genius, but such accomplishments were easily achieved by the other when he was in the First Realm.

But this was the Moon Country, and he was a Cultivation Hall disciple, equivalent to competing on home ground.

Lose in battle but not in spirit!

“Chu Leader, I know of your formidable strength, but I’m not someone who would back down before a fight! Why humiliate someone like this!” he exclaimed loudly, with a hint of accusation in his tone, seizing the moral high ground first.

You’re strong, but humiliating people like this isn’t justifiable!

Chu Huaixu looked at him and pointed to Qin Xuexiao standing by the side.

Qin Xuexiao, suddenly pointed out like that, felt a bit uncomfortable, his noble lineage making him instantly displeased.

In front of everyone, he pointed at the Heir of Prince Rui, speaking in a calm yet profound manner:

“There’s no choice; your Moon Country’s Young Master insists that I’m someone from the Moon Country and a spy that infiltrated the Daoist Sect.”

“I’m afraid the cultivators from the Mirror Country, as well as my fellow disciples from the Daoist Sect, might harbor doubts against me.”

“So, I fear I can only prove it well on the Martial Arts Arena stage when facing people from the Moon Country.”

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