Chapter 399 - 368: Stealing the Treasure (Part 2)

Chapter 399: Chapter 368: Stealing the Treasure (Part 2)

"Give you a proper title? Of course. Once I win the Holy Spirit Disciple Competition, you can have whatever you want!" Mu Xiang chuckled deviously, thrusting his body forward a few more times before shuddering in satisfaction.

"If you become the champion, the position of Manor Master will definitely be yours. Then I’ll be the Manor Master’s wife, living in wealth and luxury..." The snake-waisted woman laughed as well, her eyes filled with seduction.

"But of course. Who else but my woman deserves it?" Hearing her voice, which was tantalizing enough to melt one’s bones, Mu Xiang laughed. He grabbed the round, soft flesh on the snake-waisted woman’s chest and kneaded it forcefully.

After being kneaded by Mu Xiang for a while, the snake-waisted woman grew heated again. Her eyes glazed over. "I want more..."

"Heh heh, I love how slutty you are. Here I come..." Seeing how bewitching the woman beneath him was, Mu Xiang gave a wicked laugh and climbed on top of her again.

"Manor Master? Manor Master’s wife? The two of you have no hope!"

Just as the two were lost in their passion, poised to begin another round, a cold voice sounded in the room. A masked man had appeared in the silent room at some unknown point.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? You’re courting death!"

Startled by the sudden appearance of another person in the room, Mu Xiang let out a loud cry and, with a flip of his hands, sent a palm strike toward the masked man.

"Insignificant tricks. Die!"

The masked man snorted coldly and thrust his palm forward abruptly.

His movement was silent, yet it carried an irresistible might and power.

"A Primordial Saint Stage expert? Who in the world are you?" Mu Xiang’s expression changed the moment he sensed this power. But before he could finish his words, his head separated from his body, and his corpse fell heavily to the ground.

"You... you actually killed Mu Xiang? Don’t kill me! As long as you don’t kill me, I can be your woman. I’ll do anything you want. I’m very skilled, I guarantee you’ll enjoy it..."

Seeing Mu Xiang killed in a single blow, the snake-waisted woman’s face went pale with fright. She quickly stood up, throwing off the blanket to reveal her naked, sensual body.

"Hmph!"

The masked man completely ignored her seduction and swiped his palm down again.

THUD!

The snake-waisted woman also fell to the ground, her breathing ceasing.

The masked man turned to leave. From entering the room to killing the pair, he had moved at incredible speed, without the slightest hesitation.

Even so, an aura shot straight into the sky from Muaixia Manor, and a furious roar echoed out. The masked man’s actions had been discovered.

"Who dares to kill my grandson?! You’re courting death!" The hoarse voice was filled with a tremendous fury that seemed capable of tearing heaven and earth asunder.

"Heh heh." The masked man was none other than Nie Yun’s clone, and this was precisely his goal. Seeing he had been discovered, he gave a faint smile. With a flicker of his body, he stopped concealing his figure and shot swiftly in the direction of Dieyi Manor.

"You villain! Don’t you run! If I don’t kill you today, then I’m not Mu Qi!"

Manor Master Mu Qi let out a long cry that shook the surroundings. Pushing his Primordial Saint Realm power to its limit, he gave chase at high speed.

’Success!’

Nie Yun, who was hidden inside Zihua Cave Mansion, shared a single soul with his clone. Seeing the plan succeed, he smiled faintly and slipped out of the Cave Mansion. With a flicker of his body, he swaggered into the Manor Master’s residence.

Although there were seals here as well, they were no problem at all for him and his Celestial Eye Talent. He soon arrived before the secret chamber.

An ordinary person would normally need half a day to find the mechanism for the secret chamber, but under the gaze of his Celestial Eye, every detail was laid bare. Nie Yun walked up to a vase and gave it a gentle twist.

CREAK! CREAK!

The secret chamber opened completely.

Darting inside, Nie Yun immediately felt an aura that made his muscles twitch rush toward his face. His spirits couldn’t help but lift.

’This... could this be the Spirit Rhinoceros Spring Water?’

Feeling the comfort in his body, Nie Yun focused his gaze and saw a palm-sized gourd lying before him. It continuously emitted an exhilarating aura, as if one had taken a stimulant.

He didn’t need to think twice; this had to be the Spirit Rhinoceros Spring Water.

’Come to me!’

Knowing this was a treasure, Nie Yun didn’t hold back. He swept his hand out to grab the gourd, but the moment he touched it, he felt it was as heavy as a mountain. He staggered and fell directly to the ground.

’What?’

He had not only failed to lift the gourd but had even fallen to the ground. Nie Yun couldn’t help but be flabbergasted.

His True Qi alone was equivalent to the strength of 9,999 mammoths. Adding his Great Strength Dantian and his soul power, his raw strength probably surpassed that of an ordinary Primordial Saint Realm expert. With such power, he could uproot a colossal mountain a thousand li across, yet now he couldn’t even lift a palm-sized gourd?

’How is this possible?’

’Why is this gourd so heavy?’

’I don’t believe this!’

Gritting his teeth, Nie Yun pushed his full-body strength to its limit and reached for it again.

THUD!

This time was even worse than the last. Because he had used too much force, he tumbled over again and even faintly sustained internal injuries.

However, under the nourishment of his Healing Qi, these internal injuries were completely healed in less than two breaths’ time.

"Why is it so heavy? What’s going on? Mu Xia, come out!"

With a thought, Nie Yun released Mu Xia from the Zihua Cave Mansion.

"What’s going on? Why can’t I lift it?" Nie Yun didn’t waste words, pointing straight at the gourd.

"Could this be... the Spirit Rhinoceros Spring Water?" This was also Mu Xia’s first time seeing it. A look of surprise flashed across her face before she seemed to recall something. "The Spirit Rhinoceros Spring Water is a treasure formed by heaven and earth. It operates on the principle of Telepathy, requiring a certain affinity. If you have an affinity with the spring water, it will be as light as a feather. If you don’t, it will be heavier than Mount Tai!"

"Telepathy? How am I supposed to achieve telepathy?"

Nie Yun extended his Spiritual Power to sense it, but he found that aside from making one’s muscles excited, the spring water was no different from any other.

’Achieving telepathy with inanimate water? This... how is this possible?’

"I don’t know either. This is just what I’ve heard; I don’t know the specifics!" Seeing the young man’s confusion, Mu Xia quickly explained.

"You can go back for now! I’ll study this a bit more!"

After returning Mu Xia to the Zihua Cave Mansion, Nie Yun’s brows furrowed in utter confusion.

’Telepathy? How can I achieve telepathy?’ His soul circled the gourd several times, but Nie Yun’s brows knitted into a knot. He just couldn’t figure out how to communicate with soulless water.

’Right! Since this spring water is here, the Manor Master of Muaixia Manor must have put it here. That means he can communicate with this thing. Heh heh, regardless of how he communicates with it, I’ll start by disguising myself as him!’

With a thought, Nie Yun’s Disguise Qi surged, and his entire appearance changed in an instant.

The change from the Disguise Qi altered even his soul aura. As a result, Nie Yun was now identical to Mu Qi, to the point that even a Mid-Stage Spirit Level powerhouse couldn’t tell the difference.

"Up!"

After taking on Mu Qi’s appearance, Nie Yun reached for the gourd again, but he staggered and fell once more.

There was no difference at all from when he had tried to grab it himself!

’This approach isn’t working. What should I do now? I can’t have come all this way just to leave empty-handed!’ Nie Yun felt a wave of frustration.

After a series of schemes, combined with his Disguise Master Talent, he had finally managed to trick Mu Qi. If he left with nothing, he would die of frustration.

BUZZ!

Just as Nie Yun was deep in thought, he suddenly felt the jade tablet given to him by the Manor Master of Dieyi Manor tremble slightly in his robes.

’Hmm? Could this be the key?’

Feeling the jade tablet stir, Nie Yun’s eyes lit up, and he took it out.

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

The moment the jade tablet appeared, it began to hum. Upon seeing the gourd, it was as if it had met a long-lost brother, and it began to radiate an identical aura.

The liquid inside the gourd also seemed to have found its soulmate, pulsing continuously and creating a beautiful melody.

"Now’s my chance!" With a low cry, Nie Yun reached out and grabbed viciously at the gourd before him.

The gourd was indeed much lighter than before. Though it was still as heavy as a mountain, it was now light enough for Nie Yun to lift.

WHOOSH!

The gourd was stored in the Zihua Cave Mansion.

’Is there anything else?’

After stowing the gourd away, Nie Yun breathed a sigh of relief. He scanned the secret chamber and, seeing nothing else besides the gourd, he withdrew with some reluctance.

This was merely a temporary stronghold for Muaixia Manor, not their main base. Naturally, they wouldn’t keep all their treasures here; at most, it would hold something like the Spirit Rhinoceros Spring Water.

’The clone is leading Mu Qi in circles right now. I’ll head back to Dieyi Manor and check things out!’

He checked his senses and confirmed that his clone was leading Mu Qi in circles around the Ancient City. The two of them, one chasing the other, had already covered an unknown distance. Nie Yun smiled faintly, shot out of Muaixia Manor, and stealthily flew back toward Dieyi Manor.

’The clone can come back now!’

As soon as he returned to Dieyi Manor, Nie Yun had the Demon Saint Ancient Corpse Clone fly back.

WHOOSH!

The moment they met, Nie Yun absorbed the clone into his body, and it vanished completely.

"You halt right there, Mu Ruo, you old scoundrel! You must have been afraid we’d keep winning, so you launched a sneak attack and killed my grandson! I can’t quell the hatred in my heart unless I kill you today!"

Seeing the figure he was chasing arrive at Dieyi Manor and disappear, Mu Qi instantly "figured everything out." Unable to remain calm any longer, he gnashed his teeth in hatred. With a long cry, he flipped his palms, and an overwhelmingly powerful force pressed down upon the residence of Dieyi Manor’s Master, Mu Ruo.

"What? Mu Qi, have you gone mad? What’s gotten into you?"

The Manor Master of Dieyi Manor, Mu Ruo, was cultivating in his room when he felt a monstrous aura bear down on him. He looked up to see Mu Qi and became so enraged that he started sputtering, his mouth twisting in fury.

’He’s the dignified master of a manor, yet he attacks without saying a word. I don’t recall having such a deep grudge with him!’

’Even during the discussion about the death trial today, you were the one who agreed to it! The City Lord made the final decision. There’s no need to be this furious!’

Frustrated, but knowing it wasn’t the time to dwell on such things, he raised his palms and soared into the air.

BOOM! BOOM!

The two Manor Masters, super-powerhouses at the Peak of Primordial Saint Realm, instantly clashed. Every blow was aimed to maim, and they were locked in an inseparable battle. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)