Chapter 578 - 576: Something Unusual
Chapter 578: Chapter 576: Something Unusual
"It’s not much of a reception. Just some ordinary Spirit Tea."
"Do you know any Candle Dragon women?" Su Qing had originally wanted to ask about Yu Hu.
But Yu Hu didn’t have as many distinguishing features.
So he first asked about Zhu Yuan.
"Candle Dragon? No. Senior, is there something you know about me?" Emperor Bai asked, confused.
Su Qing smiled faintly. "If not, then not. It’s no matter."
"It’s just that seeing your face reminded me of a companion of mine."
"Unfortunately, you only look like him. You are not him."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Bai was startled. No wonder the senior’s gaze had been so strange just now.
’So that’s the reason.’
"Then I am truly honored."
"Your friends must be as powerful as you are, Senior?"
Su Qing thought for a moment, then couldn’t help but chuckle. "They were before. Not anymore."
"Alright, you may leave now."
"Take this pot of tea with you." Su Qing was dismissing him.
He wasn’t Bai Di, just a look-alike. Even their names sounded similar.
A pity he wasn’t the Bai Di that Su Qing knew.
The man seemed to possess a Void Nether Dao Body, but he wasn’t Bai Di.
Their personalities were dissimilar as well.
Bai Di’s personality wasn’t as unrestrained as this man’s.
"Many thanks, Senior." Emperor Bai grinned, took the pot of tea, and vanished.
’No better time to run than now!’
As the saying goes, accompanying a sovereign is like accompanying a tiger. The mere presence of an Advanced Cultivator was an immense threat to a Low Tier Cultivator.
It was like being near a bomb that could go off at any moment.
Staying away was the best choice.
Su Qing watched him vanish.
He couldn’t help but glance at his Array Plate.
’To think he could actually bypass the Array’s defenses and get in here.’
’It seems that Emperor Bai has a few tricks up his sleeve.’
’Emperor Bai? Twelfth Realm.’
’If Bai Di broke through to the Twelfth Realm, he’d probably be over the moon,’ Su Qing mused.
Su Qing’s impression of Bai Di had always been that of a man who was not only gifted with Talent but also cultivated diligently, even creating the Boundless Body.
This person before him hadn’t developed his Void Nether Dao Body as well as the original Bai Di had.
But his Cultivation was much higher.
Su Qing suddenly recited softly, "An old friend’s likeness in a strange new world... a lifetime apart, with no joy to be shared."
"..."
"A fine poem, Master." Only the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King offered praise.
Su Qing chuckled softly. "It’s just a throwaway line."
"A sudden thought... The more detached a person is, the better suited they are to live a long life."
"Unlike me, who’s a bit too sentimental."
"Master, will we leave this world?"
"I don’t think so. This is my final stop. This place is my beginning, and it is also my end."
Though the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King was puzzled, he only said, "If an ordinary person were to say that, I’d think they were seeking death. But since you’re the one saying it, Master, you must be about to step into a higher Realm."
"Hahaha~"
"Soon. It’s only a matter of a few more years," Su Qing chuckled.
"Tree King, come, play a game with me."
"Of course, Master." The Tree King’s avatar appeared—an ordinary-looking man—and sat down opposite Su Qing.
With a wave of his hand, a Go board appeared.
"After you, Master."
"A pleasant way to pass the time." Su Qing smiled, picked up a white stone, and made the first move.
...
「Six months later.」
Su Qing was still spending his days with the Tree King. To make things more enjoyable, they would usually suppress their Cultivation and play with the senses and perceptions of ordinary people. That was the most joyful way to do it.
The two were sparring with ordinary Swordsmanship in a virtual game.
But suddenly, Su Qing froze.
Across from him, the Tree King also stopped.
"What is it, Master?"
"Something unexpected came up. We’re done playing; we’ve been at it for half a year anyway." Su Qing exited the game.
He saw another tiny tear appear in the starry sky.
This time, eight Chaos Residual Spirits emerged.
More than last time.
Su Qing frowned.
’Impossible. The Space-Time Veins of the Star Sea wouldn’t allow such a tear to exist.’
’It should have repaired itself the moment it appeared.’
Su Qing considered this. There was no Fourteenth Realm Star Sea Tree here.
Only a Thirteenth Realm Star Sea Tree.
This meant he was likely on the fringes of the Star Sea’s Grand Thousand Veins.
Even so, the Star Sea Tree, while not at the Grand Thousand Realm, was still an existence that dominated the entire Cosmos.
Therefore...
Su Qing sensed it.
This was man-made. Such a tiny rift had been created deliberately.
Although he didn’t know the purpose.
Su Qing fell into deep thought.
The Tree King silently returned to his true body.
He could see that his master had business to attend to.
A flame suddenly appeared from Su Qing, turning the Chaos Residual Spirits above into fuel.
The Chaos Residual Spirits were all annihilated.
Su Qing arrived in the starry sky, gazing at the two tiny spatial rifts.
He fell silent for a moment.
From those two locations, a dense Spatial Power emerged, repairing the rifts.
In the process of repairing them, Su Qing sensed the thread of cause and effect connected to a certain individual.
A Thirteenth Realm existence. The sensation Su Qing got was hazy.
A powerful enemy.
Even with his current senses, Su Qing could only perceive a hazy image of the other party.
This meant that the other party’s research into cause and effect was extremely profound; Su Qing’s own Cause and Effect Dao was inferior to theirs.
But he could use his own fate line to stir them.
’Could this be the one who plotted against Qianyou? He plotted against her but didn’t get tainted by the Pure Evil Flame. Instead, he made someone else get tainted by it and chase after Su Qianyou.’
’...’ Countless possibilities ran through Su Qing’s mind.
More than half of these possibilities pointed to one thing: the other party wanted to break through to a higher Realm.
But they didn’t dare to suddenly tear open the Star Sea World and travel to the Chaos World.
Everyone thinks differently. Perhaps the other party didn’t even know of the Chaos World’s existence.
But he knew that this place was still hindering his breakthrough.
He wanted to pursue a breakthrough in his Realm, and he was fumbling in the dark.
He knew that great terrors lay in the world outside.
’This person is a genius.’
Su Qing came to a conclusion.
Su Qing pulled on the thread of cause and effect connecting them and sent a message: "If you want to understand the situation outside and the matter of your breakthrough, come find me after you’ve atoned for what you did before. I will tell you what you wish to know."
...
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「In the distant depths of the starry sky.」
There was a region, completely black, its exterior warped by distorted Space.
It didn’t look particularly special.
But inside the distorted Space...
...was a mighty expert with a powerful aura.
A peak Thirteenth Realm existence.
His Cause and Effect Dao was similar to Su Qing’s Main Cultivation Dao.
Just now, an anomaly had appeared within the threads of cause and effect he was connected to.
An anomaly even more threatening than the one he had plotted against before.
Upon receiving Su Qing’s message, his body froze.
’Atone for what I did before?’
’...’
’Should I trust him?’
The Thirteenth Realm existence hesitated.
But after a moment, he made his choice.
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On the Continent under the Star Sea Tree, a pure black figure appeared, materializing in an instant before Su Qianyou.
Su Qianyou’s Pure Evil Flame immediately blazed to life.
It made the Thirteenth Realm existence’s heart pound with fear.
This flame was simply too terrifying.
"My name is Esher. Your brother sent me to find you. I’m the one who plotted against you last time. What will it take for you to forgive me?"
"Brother?" Su Qianyou paused. "So you’re the guy who plotted against me last time?"
"How are you even uglier than me!"
Esher was a black silhouette from head to toe, without any features, like a dense shadow.
"I forgive you, hmph!" Su Qianyou had just finished speaking.
But the Pure Evil Flame suddenly erupted on Esher’s body, putting him under immense pressure. It was a flame that was simply impossible to extinguish.
This was also why he had only plotted against Su Qianyou indirectly.
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