Chapter 388 (1/2)
Chapter 388: Scram!
Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations
“You spread the news that, as long as someone could save your wife, you’d be willing to pay the price, correct?” the majestic yet cold voice clarified.
“Yes.” Xue Ying nodded.
“Alright.”
The undulation then proceeded to envelop Jing Qiu for a moment before the voice resounded once again. “Your wife’s soul has almost dissipated, yet you’re asking me to save her?”
“I’ve heard that that there are miraculous treasures capable of reconstructing the soul; if you used one of those, you should be able to save my wife. The Temporal Temple probes through billions of worlds, the Deity World, and the Dark Abyss. I believe that it has definitely been able to procure some of these treasures, and quite a few at that.” Xue Ying continued, “Of course, I still ask the Temporal Temple for help in saving my wife. I promise that I’ll definitely follow your orders.”
Xue Ying felt truly anxious. His heart rapidly palpitated, for this would determine the fate of his wife.
“You brat, aren’t you overvaluing yourself?” The vast yet cold voice said, “A miraculous treasure that can reconstruct the soul? Such a thing is meant for reconstructing the True Deity Hearts of World Deities, and only stage three and stage four World Deities are able to get one! And yet you, a little brat, want me to use such a miraculous treasure to save a Transcendent?”
I’ve already grasped hold of three different grade two Deity Hearts and have created a full set of secret skills.” Xue Ying said, “My Mirage Deity Heart is also extremely helpful toward refining the World Heart. I believe that, with just a little more progression in my cultivation, I’ll be able to refine the entire mortal world. When that happens, I’ll be the territory Lord of a material world! My true body would then be able to stay at home, while my avatar could venture out! Considering all of this, I believe that I’ll be of much more worth than a miraculous treasure!l
“Little brat, you’re truly overvaluing yourself! Even most stage four World Deities aren’t able to take this sort of miraculous treasure out. Do you even realize what sort of level a stage four World Deity has achieved? They’re overlords; existences that can build huge empires in the Deity World, and who are just a single step away from become powerful existences! Yet, you think you’re worth such a miraculous treasure? They aren’t something you can get just by living a long time,” the vast yet cold voice proclaimed.
Once it had finished speaking, the undulation disappeared.
Xue Ying was startled. He simply stood there, stunned, for a moment.
His mind churned as countless thoughts clashed inside of it.
I’ve failed.
The Temporal Temple has rejected me.
That’s right. To the Temporal Temple, which rakes in a countless number of Transcendents, it doesn’t matter much if they include or exclude me. Even if I manage to become a material world territory lord, I’ll still only be considered an ant in the eyes of one of the three superpowers of the Deity World, the Temporal Island.
I’m not worth enough for them to invite a powerful existence to act on my behalf, nor am I worth enough for them to take out a miraculous treasure capable of reconstructing one’s soul…
The distant Palace Head Chen, Mountain Lord He, City Lady Bu, and the others who were accompanying him all felt the vast undulation descend and then felt its presence become even more pronounced when Xue Ying began to speak. They clearly recognized that the Temporal Temple had descended.
Yet, in the end?
Xue Ying remained standing there, unmoving. The look on his face caused Palace Head Chen and the others to all truly feel heartache for him.
“It seems like that he failed,” Mountain Lord He surmised.
“The injuries on Mage Jing Qiu’s soul truly are too heavy; her soul is already extremely close to completely dissipating.” Si Kong Yang shook his head. “Ai, saving her truly is no easy feat. Who would’ve thought that even the Temporal Temple wouldn’t be willing to do so.”
City Lady Bu nodded. “Although Xue Ying is an apex Transcendent, the likes of which are rarely seen even within the Deity World…this is the Temporal Temple, which belongs to one of the three superpowers of the Deity World. Transcendents with a huge amount of potential aren’t ones that the Temporal Temple will highly regard. Only when a Transcendent has grasped hold of a grade one True Meaning will the Temporal Temple, alongside other powerful existences, take the initiative to rush over.”
“What’s the use in saying so much?” Chao Qing wasn’t in a good mood as he replied.
Suddenly—
“I’m too arrogant. Indeed, I’m too arrogant and have regarded myself too highly.” Xue Ying turned toward his wife, who was lying on the recliner. Jing Qiu still appeared as beautiful as ever; she simply appeared to be in a deep sleep. Xue Ying slowly squatted down next to her and then gently caressed his wife’s face. “Jing Qiu, I’m sorry. I truly have no other ways to help you…and I can’t think of anything else to do.”
Xue Ying felt his heart be torn to shreds.
Guilt, self-blame, pain, unreconciliation…
As he gazed at his wife’s face, many memories of their time together began to play through his mind.
The first time that he went to receive a mission from the Dragon Mountain Manor.
When the courtyard door had opened, a green robed female mage had appeared; that was the first time they’d met.
That time when the explosion had gone off, when he had protected Jing Qiu from the countless falling rocks and debris, and when the two of them were together in that dark environment…he could still hear Jing Qiu’s nervous breathing from back then.
And afterward, when he’d grabbed onto Jing Qiu’s waist and rushed out of the pile of debris. …
Scarlet Cloud Mountain world, flying through the clouds.
Jing Qiu was practicing her spells off to the side, while he was training his spear techniques. Occasionally, they would cultivate throughout the night. The two of them would only speak a sentence or two to each other occasionally, yet when they exchanged glances, they were able to understand each other’s thoughts.
That period of cultivation had truly been both peaceful and carefree..