Chapter 576 - 574: Little Huo is Scared
Chapter 576: Chapter 574: Little Huo is Scared
"That’s not okay either!"
"Who hugs someone every single time they see them?"
"Hahaha, I don’t care. I’m gonna hug you," Su Qing laughed.
"Hmph~"
"You’re a grown man, and you still want a hug!"
Su Qianyou let go of his hands with a pouty expression, as if to say she wasn’t going to let him hug her anymore.
Although Su Qianyou still had dark purple marks on her face.
But who cared?
Su Qing was used to them. What was better, after all? An ugly person marked as the Master of Pure Goodness, or a peerlessly holy and aloof being who bore the mark of the Master of Pure Evil?
Without a doubt, any cultivator who reached a high enough level and had enough experience would choose Pure Goodness over Pure Evil.
Su Qing simply found Su Qianyou adorable. He swept her up in a hug, spun her around twice, and then set her back down.
"You big bully, you hugged me again." Su Qianyou resisted a little, but the curve of her lips betrayed her.
"How am I a bully?"
"No more hugs. Time to eat." Su Qing vigorously ruffled Su Qianyou’s thick hair until it was a mess, then walked into the house, satisfied, to cook a meal.
’I haven’t eaten in so long.’
His mouth felt bland; he hadn’t eaten anything in ages.
He had almost forgotten the taste of food.
"Brother, I want to eat too!" Su Qianyou skipped over to walk alongside Su Qing.
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「After dinner.」
Su Qing was taking a relaxing stroll with Su Qianyou through the Flower Sea.
But in the Star Sea, Chaos Residual Spirits appeared once again.
This time, there were five of them.
"Brother, the Star Sea," Su Qianyou pointed out.
Su Qing nodded. "I know."
"Want to try killing them?"
"Nope." Su Qianyou shook her head.
Su Qing gave a helpless laugh. "Alright, I’ll go take care of it."
Su Qing’s figure vanished on the spot.
He arrived in the Star Sea.
Su Qing watched as the Chaos Residual Spirits attacked his planet.
He wondered if it was because his planet had too much Spiritual Qi.
The Chaos Residual Spirits were ignoring the smaller celestial clusters nearby.
Su Qing didn’t know if these were the same Chaos Residual Spirits he had incinerated last time.
But the Chaos Residual Spirits couldn’t communicate; they were like wild beasts.
Having dealt with Chaos Residual Spirits many times, Su Qing knew that they were actually quite weak for someone at the Thirteenth Realm.
They were just a hassle to deal with. What puzzled Su Qing was why they had appeared in this location several times.
"Flame of Space-Time."
A translucent, azure flame immediately began to rage.
As soon as this flame appeared, it seemed as if it would corrode through the very fabric of the Star Sea’s space-time.
Perhaps it wasn’t just an illusion. It really could corrode through the Star Sea’s space-time, if not for Su Qing’s control over the Flame of Space-Time.
Otherwise, the fabric of the Star Sea would have been burned through and perforated.
The moment the Flame of Space-Time emerged, it incinerated the Chaos Residual Spirits.
Leaving not a single trace behind.
Under the refraction of the Flame of Space-Time, Su Qing saw a tiny fissure where the Chaos Residual Spirits had appeared.
It contained the aura of Chaos, but no Breath of Chaos could force its way through.
"I see. So the problem is here." Su Qing’s expression turned grave.
This was not a good thing for him.
It meant that Chaos Residual Spirits would now appear regularly.
If the Chaos Residual Spirits dropped some kind of materials, it would be a different story.
But they were just like beasts. And for the sake of convenience, he always used the Infinite Fire Realm or, now, the Flame of Space-Time to burn them to ashes.
"Something’s wrong with the ley lines of this Star Sea," was all Su Qing could conclude.
With that, Su Qing returned to the planet.
"Brother."
"Your flame is so powerful! It seems as strong as Little Huo," Su Qianyou piped up, hopping into view.
Su Qing chuckled. "Of course it’s powerful. My flame is about as strong as your Little Huo, wouldn’t you say?"
"Really? Brother, you have such a powerful flame?"
Su Qianyou asked, puzzled.
Su Qing nodded. "Of course. Last time, your Little Huo got scared just from seeing my flame."
The moment he finished speaking, a transparent flame erupted from Su Qianyou’s body, as if to say, *I’m not afraid.*
Su Qianyou’s eyes lit up. "Brother, Little Huo says it’s not afraid! It wants to challenge your flame."
"Oh?" Su Qing narrowed his eyes.
He brought out the Infinite Fire Realm, which also contained the Flame of Space-Time.
The transparent flame on Su Qianyou’s body immediately dispersed, vanishing back inside her.
Su Qianyou noticed the change too. "Little Huo got scared!" she exclaimed, letting out a laugh that sounded like a honking goose.
Su Qing’s lips curved upward. ’You Pure Evil Flame... you tricked me last time. I was hoping for a little payback.’
’You’re smart enough to know when to hide.’
"Brother, I want to go out and play."
"Go ahead." Su Qing didn’t mind; he didn’t want to interfere with Su Qianyou’s growth.
With her fate now tied to being the Master of Pure Goodness, Su Qing felt that trouble would find Su Qianyou no matter what she did.
Besides, she had the Pure Evil Flame to help her, and Su Qing had great faith in it.
She also had the Cloak of Goodness.
Su Qianyou would probably not run into any major problems.
"Okay. I want to go to that big tree over there. There’s a lot of knowledge to be gained there."
Hearing this, Su Qing raised an eyebrow. ’Knowledge?’
He was a little curious, but on second thought, he decided against it. There was no point in him learning certain kinds of knowledge right now.
For him, the ultimate goal was still breaking through to the Grand Thousand Realm.
Su Qianyou took out her Little Flying Car. "I want to change the decorations inside my Little Flying Car before I leave."
"Brother, do you have any materials? I want some wood, the kind that glows."
"..."
"You’re impossible. This is all part of Artifact Refining. Haven’t you studied it?"
Su Qianyou smiled and said, "Why should I do it myself when I can get it faster by asking my brother?"
"Er..." Su Qing was speechless.
’She has a point. I don’t know how to argue with that.’
"You’re really something else." Helpless, Su Qing took out a large number of material ores from his Micro Acupoint World and gave them to Su Qianyou.
Su Qianyou accepted them all and quickly climbed into her Little Flying Car to redecorate the interior.
Su Qing couldn’t help but smile and shake his head.
He casually planted the seed of the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King in the Flower Sea.
"Grow."
Su Qing chanted silently, and the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King sprouted almost instantly.
"Growth."
"Growth."
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Soon, the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King had grown to the size of an ordinary large tree.
Only then did Su Qing stop.
"Withered Wood Revives in Spring."
In another flash, the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King grew into a lush, hundred-meter-tall tree.
"Master."
"Mm. We are in another world now. This world will not be destroyed."
"And I will not allow this world to be destroyed."
"This is my final stop before my breakthrough, Tree King."
"I will repay the karma from before," Su Qing said lightly, leaning against the Tree King’s trunk as he sat down.
The surrounding flowers and plants swayed in the breeze.
"Master, Xiaoqing isn’t dead."
"Really? Then where is she?"
"That mass of black qi couldn’t corrode Xiaoqing. She is enveloped by it."
"Is that so?"
"When the time comes, I’ll go look for her."
Su Qing nodded. The Tree King and Xiaoqing had both been with him since he was weak, growing alongside him.
They were, one might say, incomparably loyal.
They would never entertain a single thought of betrayal.
Take the Tree King, for example. It held no resentment toward Su Qing.
"Master, just to be safe, I should leave a seed with you," the Tree King said. As it spoke, a seed emerged from its body and landed in Su Qing’s hand.
Su Qing put it away.
"No problem. I don’t know what the future holds, either."
"So, I’ll take this seed for now, just in case something bad happens again."
Su Qing chuckled lightly.
The Tree King was wise. It knew to leave the seed with Su Qing for safekeeping.
Even a Cultivator who specialized in severing karma would have to take Su Qing’s reputation and strength into account.
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