Chapter 480 (1/2)

Chapter 480: Presumptuos

Translator: Radiant Editor: Radiant

Looking at the formation array in front of him ripple, Xue Ying’s expression became somewhat solemn. “If I’m to kill this prisoner, I’ll have to pull out all the stops.”

He turned around and, with a sou, quickly departed.

Back in the Xia Clan World, in a still room within Crimson Rock Mountain.

A white-clothed Xue Ying was sitting cross-legged. He softly muttered to himself, “I’ve got to increase the time acceleration to a hundred times. At that speed, I might not be able to comprehend the Laws of the World, but I can still study secret techniques and secret skills without issue.” The time within that room immediately accelerated, and although the Laws of the World began to feel somewhat distorted, they remained within tolerable margins. Any environment with faster acceleration would not be suitable for cultivation.

“I’ve got to raise my strength as high as it can go!”

Under the hundredfold increase in time acceleration, the white-clothed Xue Ying began to calm his heart and focus all his effort on comprehension and pondering. He first turned to the “Time Immemorial Body” and the “Great Chaotic True Force”, since they were relatively easier to improve in a short time. He would then place his attention on the Sealed World Pagoda techniques to create secret skills, which was quite harder to accomplish. Even so, unless he improved significantly in every aspect, he would never reach the necessary confidence to kill the prisoner.

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The plain and unadorned Xue Ying flew back from the mountain range and walked into Crimson Stone Courtyard through the back door.

“Senior Disciple Dong Bo.”

“Greetings to Senior Disciple Dong Bo.”

There, he found a crowd of inner disciples and honorary disciples who had come to greet him. Most were stage one or two World Deities, and they were headed by three different stage three World Deities! Even those three group leaders, as stage three World Deities, would still refer to Xue Ying respectfully as ‘Senior Disciple.’ They were very clear that, seeing how he only cultivated for five thousand years to become a stage two World Deity, Xue Ying would soon catch up to them and even surpass them.

Furthermore, the personal disciples of His Majesty were known to have grasped absolute arts, so they could not be looked at as ordinary World Deities.

“Why is everyone over here?” Xue Ying spoke.

“Senior Disciple, upon hearing that you’ve become a personal disciple, we junior disciples naturally had to come over and congratulate you,” a slim man in golden robes smiled. “We’ve prepared a banquet, and Senior Disciple’s relatives and friends have already taken their seats.”

The other disciples were also cordially talking amongst themselves.

However, there were also a few people in this group who were feeling silently regretful. I didn’t think Dong Bo would so unexpectedly become this formidable, this fast. An exceptional Transcendent like him who is one of the top talents throughout the entire history of the Deity world will have boundless prospects for his future. We’ve been acting cold toward him in the past, so there’s always the chance he might hold a grudge.

Xue Ying nodded at once. “Lead the way.”

A while ago, he was forced to endure silently and not expose his strength as some of his fellow disciples were talking behind his back and acting coldly toward him. Xue Ying had taken note of who had been good to him, so he naturally chose to become close to them! He didn’t care much about the grudges, however, since of his fellow disciples, it was only Gong Feng who had berated and cursed him several times in the past. The rest of the disciples had been much more tame.

Within the Palace Hall.

Escorted by a crowd of fellow disciples, Xue Ying naturally sat at the seat of honor. To his side was his wife, Jing Qiu.

Once the two took their seats, the rest of the disciples also took their seats one by one.

“Senior Disciple.”

“Senior Disciple Dong Bo.”

A large group of disciples rushed in from outside the palace, each of them greeting him as they entered. This group was headed by Gong Feng. She was full of smiles as she said, “Senior Disciple Dong Bo, we’d been waiting at the front door all this time, but we didn’t even consider that you would come in through the back door, missing us in the process. We are all truly ashamed for having been unable to properly greet Senior Disciple.” A few of the at her side were muttering to themselves as they listened to her speak.

Such a scene of Gong Feng flattering and fawning over someone in this manner was truly a rare sight!

“You all can take your seats,” Xue Ying said.

“We thank Senior Disciple.” Each of these disciples found a seat for themselves.

“Senior Disciple Dong Bo is now a personal disciple, and you have high hopes to become a powerful existence in the future. This Junior Disciple of yours is less fortunate, so I can only give you a meager gift as a means of congratulation, Senior Disciple. Your Junior Disciple has incidentally received these two precious stones, and they have some wonderful uses in regards to the True Deity Heart.” A stage two World Deity, from the ranks of the honorary disciples sitting in the back, stood up, and a plate appeared on his palm with two peculiar yellow stones placed atop it. He handed this plate over to a maid behind him, who took it and briskly walked over to Xue Ying’s table.

Xue Ying raised an eyebrow.

These two lumps, known as Yellow Ocean Deity Stones, were worth five million Deity crystals! Such a gift was truly generous. He remembered that the honorary disciple he received them from was named World Deity Vast Benevolence.