Chapter 292: Imperial Martial Tournament – Part 11 (1/2)
Miaomiao flew back to the box seat and sat down, exhaling a long sigh, ”Boring.”
”That's a bit overkill. Did you use your killing intent domain thingy?”
Ma Moxi referred to the Killing Domain, which Miaomiao had just used. As he had experienced it firsthand, he was aware of the subtle spiritual attack within the dome.
When Ma Moxi fought Miaomiao, he also saw himself being killed. It was brief, but he managed to resist the spiritual attack and kept fighting.
As for Hua Bohai, his mind was too weak. He couldn't even handle the illusion distraction.
”I was planning to use the Killing Domain to ward off that guy, but I forgot that I couldn't use my hands or weapon to use the flow. So…”
”You pretended to be arrogant and dignified, but you panicked and resorted to a cheap shot?”
”Yeah.”
Ma Moxi and Miaomiao laughed. The blunder was embarrassing and stupid, but it was hilarious to them.
Meanwhile, Lu Fengxian noticed the subtle aura of Miaomiao's dao, which hadn't been solidified yet. His face grimaced.
Killing Domain was the byproduct of the slaughter dao, which could only be obtained by murdering at least countless cultivators and facing numerous life-and-death situations. Having this type of fake domain revealed that Miaomiao had slaughtered at least a million people.
'He's so humble, strong, and smart. Yet, why is he walking the path of that sinister dao? Is it a coincidence?'
Curious, Lu Fengxian approached Miaomiao again. He stood in front of Miaomiao.
”Tell me honestly, kid. How many people have you killed?”
”… Pardon?” Miaomiao stopped laughing and leaned forward, not understanding what this protagonist was trying to do by asking him that question.
”How many people have you killed?”
Miaomiao closed his eyes and took his time to think, ”A couple of dozens. No, about 30, I guess.”
Miaomiao only counted the number of cultivators that he had actually killed in the real world. This number didn't include the clones that he had slaughtered in the space.
After revealing his kill count, Miaomiao realized why Lu Fengxian asked him the question. He had just used the Killing Domain in front of this ex-god, so he might have suspected how he had obtained it.
”But I had been training to an unknown time chamber space and lived there for decades. I've killed a lot of creatures in there, so I kinda get used to killing.”
…
Ju Shoufen glanced at Miaomiao with the corner of her eyes. She was aware that he was trying not to reveal everything, but she wondered why Miaomiao was so cooperative with Ding Bu. The latter was a lot weaker and younger than Miaomiao and everybody here, so they had no reason to answer the random question or give him respect.
Still, Ju Shoufen kept her mouth shut. Since she had also seen how Ma Ping suddenly became meek in front of the young man, she suspected that Ding Bu might be a great senior in disguise.
'He asked me to be his disciple. I thought he was joking, but it seemed that he was serious. Who the hell is he?'
…
Lu Fengxian was interested in the time chamber space. He probed further, ”Where did you find that space or plane?”
Miaomiao grinned, ”Whenever I fall asleep, my soul is always transported into the space.”
It was a load of crap. Miaomiao used the same excuse that he used to give Ju Shoufen and Jia Wenhe in his early days.
Ju Shoufen giggled while the others looked at her, wondering what she was laughing at.
”Dream plane? Oh, you have a pocket-dimension dantian, I see. That explains it,” Lu Fengxian smirked and walked away.
”Huh?”
Miaomiao didn't expect that reaction. He thought that Lu Fengxian would have kept interrogating him for more detail.
It seemed that this protagonist knew something about his ITS.
'Come to think of it, Xu Chu seems to know something as well. Is this space common in the god realm?'
Ding
[Your sponsor said, ”It's uncommon, but it's not that rare either. Any dao god can establish a pocket-dimension dantian if they have enough resources and know the tricks. Any mortal or immortal that has mastered the space-and-time dao can also have it. Well, in your case, I made it for you for free!”]
[”Therefore, worship me, you heathen!”]
The revelation was uncanny and suspicious. Had everyone been able to acquire ITS, wouldn't all gods be absurdly powerful by now? Secondly, the time distortion chamber or plane should have been the ultimate secret that nobody wanted to share. Therefore, it shouldn't have been widely popular.
Miaomiao turned around and asked Lu Fengxian for confirmation, ”Senior, is pocket dimension dantian common in the higher realm?”
Lu Fengxian froze for a moment as he had never expected Miaomiao to know about higher realms. Yet, he grinned, admiring Miaomiao's intelligent, ”No, it's actually pretty rare. Among every million immortal, only one or two has it. Unless they comprehend the space-and-time law or born with it, they can't have it. You're lucky to have that from birth.”
”Oh, I see,” As expected, the system sponsor lied.
Secondly, Lu Fengxian misunderstood Miaomiao as someone who was born with the pocket dimension dantian. As for the latter, he didn't bother clarifying the misunderstanding since it helped him.
”That reminds me – Where did you learn to cultivate Life Essence? I thought this form of energy was lost through time.”
Now, Miaomiao's facial expression became stiff. He glanced at Ju Shoufen by reflex, but he came up with an excuse.
”I have a confession. I'm a dual-cultivator. I did it with her and other girls back home, then I combined yin and yang essence as one, and I got this essence.”
”A dual-cultivator?”
Lu Fengxian widened his eyes and turned to Ju Shoufen. His face distorted for a moment, imagining the young man and this petit old woman in disguise having sex.
”Do you have a thing for older women, especially elders?”
Miaomiao choked, ”Eh, what!?”
”This woman, Ju Shoufen, right? Aren't you over 200 years old?”
”…”
Lu Fengxian had already figured out Ju Shoufen's real age. At first, he didn't notice it. After they had chatted, Lu Fengxian could sense the solid bone age and her developed physique, which could only be found in elderly people.
Ma Moxi inserted, ”No, senior. My perverted boss can fornicate with anything as long as they have a pussy, sexy butt, and breasts. Right?”
Ku'er and Ju Shoufen laughed while Miaomiao's face turned dark.
”… I see. Well, everybody has one or two hobbies. I don't mind.”
Although Lu Fengxian said that, his expression didn't hide his thought. He was disappointed in Miaomiao's personality as he should have spent more time cultivating, not divulging in carnal desire.
Still, Lu Fengxian planned to correct Miaomiao's character. The boy needed help.
…
Ma Moxi was called to the arena later on.
His opponent was Jian Yi, another prominent young master of the Jian Clan. Yet, the betting odds were 10 to 1 in favor of Ma Moxi as nobody believed in Jian Yi's ability to defeat a stronger opponent.
Miaomiao tried to place his bet on Ma Moxi, but the bookmakers declined as they couldn't accept essence cores as currency. The house limited the currency to refined stones as they were not wealthy enough to handle such a large sum even though they would make a profit from the transaction fees.
In the end, Miaomiao bet 1,000 refined stones to make some pocket money.
As everyone had expected, Ma Moxi owned Jian Yi in five seconds, allowing Miaomiao to earn some refined stones for random shopping.
The matches after that were mundane and boring. Everyone moved at a snail pace in the eyes of Miaomiao's party members and Luo Cheng's group.