Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 781A – Lifting the Curse

The Moonkeep Tower Master was expressionless. She lowered her head, concealing the cold intent and ridicule in her eyes.

How naïve, how laughable!

Did they really think they had gotten rid of the curse with just this?

But after this matter passed, it was clear that Moonkeep Tower would be targeted. In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, they would have to change their appearance.

This was a bit troublesome.

As for the Hidden Fog Sect’s hostility…they were nothing but a crowd of doomed ants. There was no need to pay attention to them.

Hu Fu was excited and his face flushed red with blood. The shackles that imprisoned the Hidden Fog Sect had finally been broken. Even if he were to die now he would have no regrets!

“Teacher, the truth is that Sect Master Hu Fu isn’t a bad person. It’s so sad that he ended up like this.” After the dust settled, Yun Die walked over and commented in a soft voice, a sympathetic expression on her face.

Beneath his black robes, Qin Yu was calm. Hu Fu had fulfilled his life’s wish. This was already a good ending.

As for whether or not he was worth pitying…in this world, there were countless people far more pitiful than Hu Fu. How could Qin Yu care about them all?

It already wasn’t easy for the people of this world to take care of themselves and those close to them.

What Qin Yu was contemplating right now was how to deal with the Dark Parliament. It was best if he didn’t have further conflict with them, but the chances of this happening weren’t too high.

At this time, the Ancient spoke up in his mind. “The little girl isn’t wrong. This Hu Fu is indeed pitiful.”

There was a deeper meaning in his words.

Qin Yu silently furrowed his eyebrows. “My lord, what do you mean?”

“The curse is only half relieved. As long as those fellows want to, it will easily be restored. These people will die in the end.”

The Ancient clearly knew the origin of the curse.

With Moonkeep Tower’s background, they didn’t have the qualifications for the Ancient to even mention them. It seemed there was a far more formidable influence standing behind them.

Qin Yu frowned. He didn’t have much of a connection with the Hidden Fog Sect, and he also didn’t have much of a favorable impression of how they had acted so far.

Now that the Beast King War had come to an end, his bet with the Dark Parliament had also ended. Regardless of whether they would keep up their end of the bargain, Qin Yu didn’t have any reason to continue stirring up the waters.

He silently looked at Hu Fu. Hu Fu was smiling with joy and happiness and he exuded a relaxed atmosphere. But at this time, Hu Fu’s aura started to weaken and his young face quickly paled.

His time had arrived.

Qin Yu originally thought he could coldly stand to the side and do nothing, but the emotions tumbling in his chest were clearly protesting otherwise.

He suddenly asked, “Yun Die, do you think Hu Fu is pitiful?”

Yun Die was startled. She subconsciously nodded before she blushed, “Teacher, I…I didn’t mean anything else…you don’t have to care about me…”

The only reason she had managed to survive until today was because of teacher. She didn’t have the qualifications to influence his judgment.

And teacher had already helped the Hidden Fog Sect a great deal.

Seeing Yun Die’s flustered look, Qin Yu shook his head. “I normally don’t want to mind others' business, but some people have gone too far.”

Yun Die was puzzled. But when she looked at teacher, it seemed that he was talking to himself. She smartly closed her mouth and didn’t ask anything else.

“My lord, I hope you can help them.”

The Ancient said, “With your personality, should I say you have good intentions or are you just too soft-hearted? If this was a test right now, I would have failed you.”

Qin Yu said, “I understand. But in this world, there are some things that need to be done. I know this will be troublesome and that I’m the one who is wrong.”

The Ancient said, “I can help you. Consider it as another compensation for you. I hope that you can forget your previous unhappiness…after all, the only two Ancients left in this world are you and me.”

Qin Yu smiled. “I’ve already forgotten about it.”

Choosing to forget everything he had experienced in the shadow world? That was impossible.

Qin Yu had lied. But he also knew that the Ancient knew this.

However, none of this was important. What mattered was that their relationship had superficially relaxed on the surface. Only by doing this could they smoothly continue as they were before.

“I will temporarily lend you a portion of my strength. As for what you do with it, that is up to you.”

The Ancient’s voice fell silent. Then, a vast and boundless aura rushed right into Qin Yu’s body.

He could easily control this strength but it didn’t actually affect his body. As he thought, existences on the level of the Ancient really could do all sorts of unbelievable things.

But in the end this wasn’t Qin Yu’s strength so he couldn’t freely restrain and send it. The moment his thoughts stirred, a terrifying aura broke free from his body.

At this moment it was like a heaven-towering giant appeared. Their foot stepped upon the heavens and they looked down on the world, every single living being caught in their line of sight.

The entire arena fell deathly silent!

Every cultivator turned their head towards the source of the aura, astonishment in their eyes. They felt as if they were nothing but ants beneath a giant’s feet, about to be crushed at any moment. This was a level of strength that completely surpassed their understanding. It was even more terrifying than the blood red face that had crossed space to arrive here.

All they saw was constantly collapsing and regenerating space. It blurred their line of sight, making everything difficult to see.

A black-robed figure stood on a stone chair. He was like a god from heaven that had descended upon the mortal world. Endless dignity and grandeur came from him.

Yun Die’s eyes widened. She had no idea what had happened for her teacher’s aura to have such an earth-shaking change…or could it be said that this was the true strength that her teacher had been hiding all this time?

As she thought, teacher was always hiding something. He was always able to surprise others. Unless he was willing, no one could see his depths!

Yun Die’s face flushed red. Her powerful teacher really was the best person to rely on. Maybe she needed to figure out a way to change teacher’s mind, so that he would accept the Chaotic Sky Chronicle.

Hu Fu had a nervous expression. “Mister, this is your…”

Waves were already surging in his heart. Although he knew that mister was mysterious and strong, it was only at this time that he realized all his previous thoughts and guesses were laughable. Mister’s true strength was actually formidable to such a degree!

But everything had been solved already, so why did mister do this? Was it just to show off his strength? No, mister would never do something so boring.

In the crowd, the face of the Sage-controlled puppet turned blue and then red. There was bitterness and helplessness in his expression.

A moment ago, he had been thinking about how to make Qin Yu stay here. He had already designed several different plans.

But now, it appeared that everything he did was nothing but a joke.

Judging from the aura that Qin Yu erupted with, even if the Dark Parliament used up their strongest cards, they might not necessarily be able to kill him.

Things were truly troublesome now!

Qin Yu looked down. He paused for a moment and then slowly said, “Hu Fu, do you feel that your wish has been achieved?”

Hu Fu’s complexion changed. He truthfully answered, “Mister, I can feel that the power of the curse within my body has vanished.”

Qin Yu lifted one finger. “Then, Moonkeep Tower Master, I’ll have you answer this question. Can you give me a different answer?”

A deep voice rumbled through the air, carrying with it a powerful aura that allowed no resistance.

The Moonkeep Tower Master’s complexion changed. When Qin Yu’s powerful aura erupted, she had developed a foreboding premonition. Now her worries had come true.

How did he know?

Her thoughts raced. She took a deep breath and just as she was about to speak, Qin Yu interrupted her, saying, “I do not like it when others deceive me. So, I will only give you one chance. If your answer does not satisfy me, none of you will be leaving.”

None of them could leave…this definitely wasn’t an invitation to stay behind as a guest!

The Moonkeep Tower Master stiffened. When Qin Yu’s perception locked onto her, a cold sweat formed all across her body. She could feel the cold intent in the air. He really did dare to kill her, and the most important thing was that he was strong enough to do so.

She clenched her teeth and said, “There are still some traces of the Hidden Fog Sect’s curse left behind, but this is the limit of what I can do.”

Hu Fu’s eyes widened and the Hidden Fog Sect people cried out in alarm. They never thought that even now the curse still remained within their bodies. If it weren’t for Qin Yu exposing this, the consequences could be imagined. Just thinking about it left them all terrified!

“Mister Ning Qin, please save us!”

The Hidden Fog Sect fell to their knees.

With the authority of the leader, they had exchanged that for a favor from the arena. But, that was their only chance.

And the Moonkeep Tower Master had complied with the order and relieved the curse from the Hidden Fog Sect people’s bodies. She hadn’t gone against her word.

Thus, even if they knew that the curse hadn’t completely vanished, they didn’t have any way to ask the arena’s will to help them again.

In other words, Hu Fu’s sacrifice had been nothing but a waste. The only one that could save them right now was Qin Yu!

“Since you cannot take responsibility, then find someone who can.” Before the Moonkeep Tower Master could respond, Qin Yu continued to say, “Don’t tell me that you cannot. I will not repeat myself a second time. You should understand my meaning.”

The Moonkeep Tower Master nodded. “I will follow your will!”

Since she acknowledged the truth, she had already prepared for it. Today’s events had indeed gone beyond her control.

She knelt to the ground and started to chant. Low and deep syllables spread through the air.

No one could clearly hear what she was saying, but they could feel an inexplicable sense of oppression.

As if some formidable existence would soon arrive at Dragon City!