vncnus Chapter 16 Requires Additional Payment
Chapter 16 Requires Additional Payment
The Gate of Ten Thousand Gates, composed of countless luminous runes, trembled gently deep within the mind space, expressing its longing for Yuan Qingsu.
Longing to touch the Moon Palace, longing to absorb the Daoist essence that settles within it.
But that's clearly not possible right now.
Yuan Qingsu silently broke away from the group of disciples. Under the many envious gazes, she left the Transmission Cliff alone with Yao Xi, walked towards a high platform-like teleportation array, stepped on it, crossed the domain gate, and appeared directly in the Northern Domain.
Unlike the environment of the Southern Region, the land here is desolate, with red soil and reddish-brown rocks as far as the eye can see, as if soaked in blood. It is a place rich in "sources" and also a place where bandits roam and it is filled with iron and blood.
The thirteen most notorious bandits of the Eastern Wilderness roamed this place, even daring to plunder the mining areas of the Holy Land.
The local people are incredibly fierce, and in the Northern Region, no one dares to say they are absolutely safe.
The blazing sun hangs high in the ancient blue sky.
Walking in this legendary land for the first time, Yuan Qingsu looked around and then her gaze fell on Yao Xi again.
He lagged half a step behind the saintess, watching her round buttocks wrapped in her dress, swaying gently with her long legs, her slender feet in crystal shoes, walking step by step on the red earth, a unique beauty.
"Qingsu, your eyes are so lewd."
A clear, melodious voice drifted on the wind. Yao Xi didn't turn around, but it was as if the back of her head had eyes, taking in every move Yuan Qingsu made: "In the past, you would avoid me like the plague, so why are you so bold today?"
Because of the Moon Palace, because of the immortal-level Daoist aura... Yuan Qingsu naturally wouldn't say this aloud, and silently smiled, saying, "Out of curiosity, Senior Sister Yao, with your celestial beauty, if you need help, none of the fellow disciples in the Yao Guang Holy Land, including the Holy Son, would refuse, and they are all stronger than me, so why did you choose me alone?"
Why belittle yourself?
Yao Xi's voice became somewhat ethereal as she continued, "The Holy Son, the top ten experts of the younger generation of Yao Guang, and the direct disciples of those Supreme Elders are all very strong, but you are not weak either. You were able to kill Wu Guang, so you are no less capable than Li Rui. Furthermore, if I were to travel with them this time, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to obtain what I want smoothly."
"What is it?"
"[The Flame]".
"Don't you already have one?"
"Those imitations are everywhere in the Eastern Wilderness. I'm talking about the real 'Lamp,' the one that both the Void Emperor of the Ji family and the Hengyu Emperor of the Jiang family once possessed."
As she spoke, Yao Xi stopped in her tracks, flicked her hand to release a jade platform from her sleeve, stepped onto it, and gestured for Yuan Qingsu to come up as well, saying, "In the face of such an opportunity that could lead to becoming a Great Emperor, one cannot rely on one's parents, wife, or children, let alone one's fellow disciples."
"So Senior Sister Yao chose me because I'm the easiest to control. She can use me when acquiring the Flame of Life, and once acquired, she can kill me if anything changes, right?" Yuan Qingsu said dangerously, but did not refuse. She walked straight up to the Xuan Yu Platform and stood side by side with her.
hum!
The Xuan Yu Platform glowed, and the array patterns engraved on it distorted the void, opening up a temporary passage that carried the two away, extinguishing all their auras, and they disappeared from here once again.
A violent wind swept over her, tousling Yao Xi's cascading hair. She glanced back at Yuan Qingsu, shook her head, and said in an increasingly ethereal voice, "So you don't trust me? Yet you dared to come with me?"
A delicate fragrance lingered around his nose. Yuan Qingsu brushed away Yao Xi's black hair that had drifted to his lips and said leisurely, "I really didn't plan to come at first. My senior sister threatened me."
"Alright, alright, you're making me sound like some kind of wicked villain. Whether you believe it or not, I have no ill intentions towards you."
Yao Xi snorted, crossed her arms, turned her head slightly and glared at him, saying, "If you work hard with me, you'll get your share of the benefits. Tell me, what do you want? If possible, I'll give it to you right now."
"Is it really possible?" Yuan Qingsu felt a glimmer of hope.
At this moment, the Xuan Yu Platform carried the two out of the void passage and arrived at a reddish-brown desolate ridge. Here, there were rocks and sand everywhere, the mountains were undulating, but the vegetation was pitifully scarce.
Yao Xi put away the Xuan Yu Platform, her beautiful eyes shimmering as she scanned the surroundings. After a moment, she nodded to Yuan Qingsu, confirming, "We've arrived. This is the place."
Then she asked, "Tell me, what do you want?"
"Anything is fine?"
"You tell me first, then I'll consider it."
Moon Palace...
Yuan Qingsu didn't voice the answer that would certainly be rejected. After a moment's thought, he decided to try to sense it first and see if he could secretly obtain the Daoist essence in another way. So he raised his right hand and said earnestly to Yao Xi, "If possible, I would like to hold your hand."
"What?"
I want to hold your hand.
"..."
The air was filled with scorching heat. Legend has it that this desolate mountain range was once the site of a great battle between two peerless masters, and a terrifying aura still lingers there. Yao Xi stared intently at Yuan Qingsu, at his increasingly handsome face, his eyes reflecting the crimson light of a thousand miles.
They stared at each other for a moment, then she suddenly smiled and said, "Hey... are you alright?"
"Is it not allowed?" Gen Kiyosu frowned.
"when......"
Yao Xi was speaking when she suddenly stopped and turned to look at a desolate hill not far away. On the low hill stood a man in purple robes, his clothes fluttering like a god descending to earth. He looked to be about twenty years old, with eyes as bright as stars, and stood with his hands behind his back.
It blends seamlessly with the mountains and merges with the heavens and earth, giving people a sense of following the natural way and the unity of man and nature.
"Ji Haoyue, the Divine Body of the Ji Family!" Yao Xi uttered these words calmly. "I didn't expect you to be here too. It seems the news has been leaked after all."
"How could such news possibly escape the notice of the elders in the Holy Land and aristocratic families?"
The impeccably noble man in purple, Ji Haoyue, remained calm and indifferent as he said, "They didn't come because they deliberately released the area for us to compete for and train. There are several other locations like this, all of which seem to contain the 'Torch.' I randomly chose one to take a look, and unexpectedly, I encountered you. Actually, I would have preferred to encounter the Holy Son of Yao Guang. I've heard that his Holy Light Technique is impervious to all magic, and I've long wanted to test it out."
You will have your chance.
After saying that, Yao Xi turned to look at Yuan Qingsu, placed her fair and delicate hand in his, and her smile turned dangerous: "Look, didn't you want to hold hands? I'll hold hands. You hold him off for a while, and I'll come to meet you as soon as I get what I need. Then you can hold hands for as long as you want."
"Senior Sister, this is Ji Haoyue, the Eastern Wilderness Divine Physique. It looks like he's almost at the minor completion stage." Yuan Qingsu shook her head slightly and said, "Under normal circumstances, an ordinary disciple like me going up there would just be suicide."
"So you're leaving?" Yao Xi narrowed her eyes, looking at the man in front of her, feeling somewhat disappointed.
Ji Haoyue also noticed the situation here. Her voice was soft but powerful as she said, "I am not bloodthirsty. If you retreat now, I will let you leave."
"Never mind..."
Yao Xi took a step back, pretending to pull her hand away from Yuan Qingsu's grasp, but he grabbed it and she couldn't pull it back for a moment.
She looked at him in surprise.
Yuan Qingsu's expression was solemn as she held the soft hand, slowly extracting the subtle Dao essence, and repeatedly emphasized, "Senior Sister, this is the Eastern Wilderness God King, the hope that the Ji family has been nurturing with all their might in this generation."
"so what?"
"You need to pay more!"
"......good."
"make a deal."
Yuan Qingsu released the girl's hand and looked at the hill. On the low hill, an extremely strange scene had appeared at some point: the blue sea was surging, and a bright moon was slowly rising under the blazing sun, casting down holy light.
Ji Haoyue stood with the bright moon overhead, hands behind his back, looking down at Yuan Qingsu as if on a summit, and said indifferently, "You're courting death."