Chapter 541 - The Beigong Clan (1/2)

In the stone room of the Mystic Sky Pavilion, Xiao Chen sat with his legs crossed. “This Illusory Beast is so strange. It must come from a mysterious place. Last time I asked Elder Wu about it, he faltered and didn’t give me any details. It seemed that he was hiding some secrets that could not be revealed!” As Xiao Chen thought of this, a cunning smile flashed through his face.

Elder Wu once mentioned that he wanted Xiao Chen to draw the Illusory Beast out of the stone room. Of course, Xiao Chen had to do so when no one was around. At the moment, there were so many disciples outside. He wanted to see what would happen if he successfully drew the Illusory Beast out right now. Then, if Elder Wu asked Xiao Chen for an explanation, Xiao Chen could explain that it was only an accident.

A sinister smile emerged on Xiao Chen’s lips. He beckoned to the Gollum Beast and said, “Come on, Brother Gollum, come with me. I’ll take you to a fun place…”

“Woo… Gollum?” The Gollum Beast blinked its eyes and then burst into laughter. Finally, it stuck out its tongue, but it seemed to be unwilling to go with Xiao Chen.

“Well…” Xiao Chen kept smiling and walked closer to the Gollum Beast. He patted it on the shoulder and said with a more gentle smile, “Brother Gollum, you don’t want to go with me?”

“Woo…” The Gollum Beast threw itself on Xiao Chen. Its chubby body nearly threw Xiao Chen to the ground. It licked Xiao Chen’s face and then jumped back to the ground.

Xiao Chen smiled and said to the Gollum Beast, “Well, I’ll come back to see you next time I challenge the ranking list.” Then he touched its forehead, turned around, and went out of the stone room. He realized that although this Illusory Beast had intelligence, it would take more time to take it out.

Xiao Chen was surrounded by many disciples once he came out of the stone room. This time, no one would laugh at him by mentioning that he was once beaten by Bai Ling, and no one would taunt him anymore. Even the senior disciples with purple badges, who just gathered here in pursuit of watching the battles as pleasure-seekers, became serious at this moment.

As a newcomer, Xiao Chen entered the top three of the Earth Ranking. His achievements proved that he was stronger and more powerful than everyone here. After one or two years, he would enter the Heaven Ranking. It should be known that the senior brothers listed on the Heaven Ranking seemed like superhuman demi-gods living on a higher plane. Everyone admired and respected them.

“Junior Brother Xiao, congratulations!”

At this time, the senior disciples of the Wind-heeding Pavilion also came up and congratulated Xiao Chen one after another. In recent years, no disciple of the Wind-heeding Pavilion had been able to enter the Earth Ranking. This time, Xiao Chen was considered to be part of the Wind-heeding Pavilion. Meanwhile, Qin Tianyu and some disciples of the Wind-heeding Pavilion were also listed on the Human Ranking. “Is the rise of the Wind-heeding Pavilion coming soon?” Some people in the distance discussed.

It was bustling with noise and excitement in the Mystic Sky Pavilion, while in a valley in the floating island of the Purple Thunder Pavilion, only a constant sound of crashing could be heard. “Poom! Poom!” Under the sunset, the leaves were falling from the trees and the stones splintered. It turned out that a man with disheveled hair was launching attacks at the surrounding vegetation and flowers crazily.

That person was Beigong Qin. His clothes were ragged, his hair was disheveled, and his eyes were bloodshot. He looked like a madman as he launched attacks at random and crushed all the flowers, grass, and trees around him. “Why! Why! Why…”

His voice sounded particularly shrill, full of resentment and unwillingness. At this time, the grudge in his body was the most intense. If he died right now and then his corpse was well preserved, more of the grudge would be absorbed into his corpse and condense into the Heavy Grudge, and it would be possible for him to become a Walking Corpse who carried at least 1,000 years’ worth of Heavy Grudge.

Suddenly, the stern voice of an old man sounded behind Beigong Qin. “Bastard!”

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Beigong Qin was startled. He quickly turned around and said with his head lowered, “Senior Zhong… Zhongli.”

A white-bearded old man in a cyan robe appeared a foot above the ground. Like Evernight, the elder’s face and clothes were also stamped with runes, but his runes were red, which seemed to be weird.

He was Zhongli Zhen, the Zither Spirit inside the strange Jade Zither owned by Beigong Qin.

“Look! Look at yourself!” Zhongli Zhen’s voice was stern. With a flick of his sleeve, a mirror appeared in front of Beigong Qin.

Looking at his own messy hair and bloodshot eyes in the mirror, Beigong Qin lowered his head and said, “I…”

“Tell me, what your name is!” Zhongli Zhen asked seriously.

“Beigong… Beigong Qin…”

“Speak louder!”

With his body trembling slightly, Beigong Qin replied loudly, “Beigong Qin!”

“Very good!” Zhongli Zhen landed on the ground gracefully and walked toward Beigong Qin step by step. He stared at Beigong Qin and said, “You must remember that you are a member of the Beigong Clan! The Beigong Clan once was a clan comparable to the Heaven Realm!”

“Sir, I know I was wrong…”

“Hmph!” Zhongli Zhen flicked his sleeve again. “I’ve assisted the Beigong Clan for a thousand years. Back then, your Lord Ancestor also encountered innumerable setbacks just like you, but he never lost his fighting spirit! I didn’t expect that you would fail to overcome such a small challenge. You’ve really disappointed me so much!”

Beigong Qin still lowered his head and gritted his teeth. Zhongli Zhen snorted in anger and continued, “Your Lord Ancestor was once an ace genius, but it’s a pity that he was so unlucky back then. In order to escape punishment from the Heaven Realm, he had to lead his clansmen to flee to this desolate land. In the end, he died with regrets…”

At this point, Zhongli Zhen glanced at Beigong Qin and added, “At that time, some clans were punished by the Heaven Realm. Half of their clan members were exiled to the Human World while the other half were sealed in the mystic domains. In comparison, the Beigong Clan was very lucky!”

Next, Zhongli Zhen added a blunt warning to Beigong Qin. “So in the future, don’t let me see you looking the way you do today! That person!” Speaking of this, he pointed at Xiao Chen’s name carved onto the light pillar of the Mystic Sky Rankings. “I can defeat him only with 10 percent of my power! But…”