Chapter 999: Mysterious Youth (2/2)
“A second Lin Tiandi!” Someone emotionally commented after hearing Li Qiye’s tales.
“No, he’s even more heaven-defying than Lin Tiandi!” Someone else murmured: “Just climbing the Prime Peak alone is enough to make him matchless. No matter how great Lin Tiandi is, he couldn’t climb it.”
In a southern desolate area, a young man was traveling across the world in a transcendent and mysterious manner. Myriad dao accompanied his steps as if he was the ruler of the dao. He was referred to as the number one genius of the Barren Earth — Lin Tiandi.
“Amazing! Such accomplishments... even the most era-defying genius would have to chase him from behind.” Lin Tiandi was in awe after hearing the news and became absent-minded for a moment. He eventually regained his senses and smiled: “This generation will not be boring, it shall be a brilliant one. Otherwise, with just Jikong Wudi and the others, how could they compete against my senior brother?”
With that, he continued on with the same carefree and unrestrained att.i.tude as before. It seemed that nothing could prevent him from having peace of mind.
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The Mysterious Bamboo Mountain, one of the most powerful lineages in the Barren Earth, was on the same level as Heavenguard. It was a sect with three emperors. Among them, one was a demon, another was a golem, and the last was said to be either a demon or a dragon.
Many demon tribes considered Mysterious Bamboo to be their leader and followed its orders. However, after Immortal Emperor Yin Tian, Mysterious Bamboo maintained a very low profile and became strangely reclusive.
There was an ancient pavilion in Mysterious Bamboo with a young man lying there. Even his casual posture would leave others with the feeling that the heavens was being devoured. To describe him as being among the heavens was not an exaggeration at all.
This youth seemed to just be waking up. The door opened. An ancestor came in and reported the news of the Barren Earth to him.
“A silver arrow!” The youth immediately sat up after hearing this; the nine heavens shook with his movement. A glint emerged in his eyes like the radiance of three thousand worlds. This glint was extremely terrifying. Even G.o.dkings would quake with fear if they were standing before him. This youth was absolutely mighty beyond imagination!
The youth asked again: “Are you positive that it was a silver arrow?!” He had a hard time believing this.
“Honorable ancestor, I’m completely certain.” This Mysterious Bamboo ancestor held great reverence for this youth.
The youth’s expression s.h.i.+fted. He was lost in a daze as he murmured: “Is it... can it be…”
The moment this youth calmed down, he quickly disappeared. In the blink of an eye, he crossed time and s.p.a.ce. Each of his steps took him through countless locations. If one could see his method, they would be jolted. Just taking a few steps allowed him to cross an entire area — this was too heaven-defying!
When the curtain of night fell, the youth appeared right outside of the Holy City. No one knew that he had arrived. He stood in the sky, untraceable as if he was one with the heaven and earth. Not even G.o.dkings would be able to detect him, let alone G.o.d-Monarchs.
He opened his eyes, revealing a glare capable of crossing time itself. It eventually fell upon the Thunder Tower.
Inside the tower, Li Qiye was sitting down and meditating quietly. When the youth’s gaze reached the Thunder Tower, Li Qiye suddenly opened his eyes to look in the youth’s direction. Afterward, he closed his eyes again, reaching a state of zen once more.
“Thump, thump, thump!” The youth took several steps back in shock. He left without saying another word and returned to Mysterious Bamboo in an instant.
“d.a.m.n, how am I going to live now?!” The youth pulled on his own hair in great distress.
The ancestors here were dumbfounded to see the youth acting like this. They glanced at each other in confusion, not knowing what had happened.
One of them quietly asked: “Ancestor, what happened?”
“I want to commit suicide, suicide, do you understand?!” The youth jumped up. His handsome face became sour like a bitter melon: “Go, go now, to the town down the mountain. Buy me ten thousand pieces of tofu so that I can kill myself by ramming my head against them!” [1. Chinese joke to describe a helpless situation/feeling.]
The ancestors here didn’t know how to respond to this young man.
The youth sat down in his chair with a dejected expression and reluctantly spoke: “I finally climbed out of the ground and wanted to act cool for a bit, kill some monsters, claim the Heaven’s Will, but I have only completely wasted my time!”