Chapter 285: Little Autumn (1/2)
Chapter 285: Little Autumn
There was nothing inside when Li Qiye opened the yellow trunk, and this caused his expression to change.
Suddenly, a lazy voice rang out: “Are you looking for this?” The appearance of this person shocked Chi Xiaodie. The old daoist who was sleeping in the dao shrine was standing right next to them without any warning.
His eyes still contained a blurry drowsiness and were half opened. The old daoist carried a clay cannon in his hand. The cannon was not huge, but it seemed to be very heavy from his posture.
Li Qiye jumped out from the mud as his eyes gazed at the clay cannon in the old daoist’s hands.
The old daoist lazily said: “Coming to my dao shrine to steal stuff is not good.”
Li Qiye looked at him and nonchalantly replied: “Steal? You are the one who is stealing. My ancestor once buried the s.p.a.ce Crossing Earthworm at this place for generations just so that, one day, I could come and take it back in the future.”
With his tired eyes, the old daoist glanced at Li Qiye and asked: “Your ancestor? Who is it?”
His question was also something Chi Xiaodie wanted to ask, but she didn’t want to pry.
Li Qiye slowly placed the earthworm down and said: “You ask too many things. There are some matters that shouldn’t be asked. Otherwise, one will die an unsightly death.”
“Really now?” The old daoist beamingly smiled and said: “This old daoist has been wanting to die for a while now, but it is simply not possible. Since you dug out the earthworm, you should just give it to me, right? Hehe, last time, this thing escaped way too fast; otherwise, it would have been a side dish to accompany my wine.”
“Old Daoist, you shouldn’t touch such a thing.” Li Qiye slowly spoke: “Did the Patriarch of the Everlasting Courtyard not tell you?”
The sleepy old daoist didn’t care, so he grinned: “Hehe, Little Demon, don’t boast too much, this old man doesn’t believe your ruse.”
Li Qiye narrowed his eyes while staring at the old daoist and asked: “Where is Magu? Where did Magu go!?”
The old daoist suddenly stood up and the initial drowsiness was dispelled completely. His old eyes gazed at Li Qiye intensely; they became extremely frightening as if they were capable of swallowing all things.
Chi Xiaodie was quite startled. Although she hadn’t seen a real expert before, she knew that this old daoist was very scary. However, she didn’t understand why the old daoist was so alarmed after hearing the name, “Magu”.
The old daoist was aghast while he stared at Li Qiye. He then said with a grave voice: “You… Who are you?” The old daoist then unleashed a b.l.o.o.d.y light. Chi Xiaodie could feel the suppressive aura that was capable of destroying all things. The old daoist tried his best to hide his blood energy, but even the faint b.l.o.o.d.y light was enough to make Chi Xiaodie feel as if there was a dragon in front of her.
Li Qiye slowly said without a worry in the world: “Old Daoist, it is best not to make a move against me. Even if w.a.n.g Yuan of your Heavenly Dao Academy crawled out of his grave, he would not dare to take any actions against me! Otherwise, I will destroy your Heavenly Dao Academy!”
Chi Xiaodie cried out after hearing the name: “The Second Sage!”
w.a.n.g Yuan — this name was like thunder in one’s ear, especially within the Eastern Hundred Cities. w.a.n.g Yuan was not an Immortal Emperor, but he was no less prestigious than one. In an ancient era, he once revived the Heavenly Dao Academy, causing the fallen academy to rise once again. Because of this, his status in the academy was the same as its progenitor.
Millions of years had pa.s.sed and w.a.n.g Yuan had died a long time ago, but the academy still remembered his contributions so they called him the Second Sage. Only w.a.n.g Yuan alone carried this t.i.tle in the Heavenly Dao Academy.
The old daoist was stunned with his eyes wide open as they locked onto Li Qiye. He didn’t dare to take any reckless actions so he slowly converged his blood force.
Li Qiye ignored him and gently knocked on the yellow trunk of the earthworm with a rhythmic tapping pattern.
A noise suddenly appeared: “Phooo!” A moment later, the s.p.a.ce Crossing Earthworm woke up and scurried far away.
After creating some distance, it started cursing: “Ai ya! My mother ya! Which b.a.s.t.a.r.d sneak attacked your father?”
Chi Xiaodie was frozen; she had never seen a talking earthworm that knew how to curse at people. This was really going too far. Hundreds of different flowers bloomed in the Eastern Hundred Cities, and Chi Xiaodie had seen many great demons, but she had never seen an earthworm successfully cultivate the dao.