48 Equals (1/2)
In Strongest vs. Scheming Cosmos, After a long fight when both sides used all powers and skills, it ended up in a stalemate. Even systems of both parties have detected each other as their origin from the same generation (unlike Stonexia's which is ancestor of all systems), and now both Xu Que and Lin Fanknows about existence of system of each other. Lin Fan earlier didn't knew that disguised person is Xu Que but now he is sure that this person is Xu Que for sure, but still what can he do, other party is actually more powerful than him as he has skills like Buddha's Fiery Lotus which can cause severe wounds even on Void Training Realm experts let alone an Infant Transformation Stage expert like him. But still with the help of his unparalleled sword intent and superb skills like Doomsday Fist, he was able to put up a strong front too in front of Xu Que. But as fight was dragging he was on losing end as his system can't recover his stamina, however Xu Que can just spend Act Tough Points to replenish his energy and even cure his wounds. That's why Lin Fan decided to become strong first before messing with Xu Que as his system is much more advantageous as compared to strongest system which has only some legendary brick and heaven and earth smelt as aces. But Xu Que on other side was also surprised to see strength of this Lin Fan and his skills which are comparable to his own, and he has also noticed that if he can't heal through his system then both of the parties are equal. Both of them decided to ceasefire after praising each others strength and claiming that now none of them is no. 1 or no. 2 but they are both equals. Nearby cultivators sighed in relief too as mostly they were the suffering ones from the stray energy shots of this battle. And they themselves could neither hurt Lin Fan nor Xu Que. Lin Fan went away to train himself for a second round with Xu Que and dropped his mission for rescuing Jiang Hongyan as he knew that Xu Que surely is capable of doing that himself and moreover she is harem member of Xu Que too.
Dong Genji didn't wanted to stop others from destroying cultivation of Jiang Hongyan because once it is destroyed her cursed fate will be destroyed too and she will become ordinary woman. Now that everyone else was determined to take her life, if Dong Genji managed to save her life, there was a great chance he could finally win her heart. After this announcement everybody hesitated from killing Jiang Hongyan. Even three families don't want to make Carefree Building their enemy. Moreover if they manage to crush the cultivation of Jiang Hongyan then there motive will be accomplished too, and they can further gain powerful ally, Carefree Building.
Xu Que's party arrived near the entrance of Celestial Burial Valley. And they saw Jiang Hongyan meditating at the entrance itself. Hundreds of people were gathering in front of it. A young man was admiring her as if she is his own woman. Jiang Hongyan was unaware about this as she was meditating. Earlier Liu Jingning has witnessed Lin Fan's fight with Xu Que so she has started underestimating strength of Xu Que, because she is unaware that Lin Fan and Xu Que were both having systems. She warned that the man admiring Jiang Hongyan is Xu Que's equal and is named as Dong Genji. She claimed that even she herself can't beat Dong Genji. But Xu Que instead started making jokes of his name (it must be something funny in chinese i guess). Liu Jingning warned that even Old man of Heaven's Secret Pavilion claimed that Dong Genji was an Immortal Cultivator in his last life and that he's going to become the foundation of the Cultivation World! Xu Que as usual ignored this woman and went ahead to make some preparations for Jiang Hongyan's tribulations. Buttface suddenly got frightened while staring at the entrance; he was trying to recall something and failed to do so. Then he stopped thinking and hurried to catch up with Xu Que.
Dong Genji noticed arrival of this group, and greeted Liu Jingning with a lewd smile. Xu Que noticed that smile and cursed on his face, ”You hypocritical dirty man!” Dong Genji asked for identity of Xu Que and he replied ”My name is Wang Sicong, I come from the Exploding Heavens Faction.”
But the next moment he said ”Brother Dong, I see you standing here. Are you protecting my Hongyan? If you are, I really appreciate your doing so!” Xu Que said.
Hearing this, both Dong Genji and Liu Jingning were stunned. But Dong Genji calmly replied him in some Chinese abusive name. Hearing this all nearby cultivators started praising Dong Genji's domination over this new brat. Buttface tried to flame Xu Que that Dong Genji just abused him verbally so he should be angry. Not only this Buttface called Dong Genji by a verbal chinese name too after speaking with Xu Que hearing which Liu Jingning started laughing. But surprisingly Xu Que retorted Buttface and hearing this both Buttface and Liu Jingning were shocked. But soon he apologized to Dong Genji and addressed him with even more vulgar Chinese name. Liu Jingning tried her best not to laugh. But rest of the cultivators burst into laughter after this as they haven't excellent control over their emotions like Jingning. Soon Xu Que made another vulgar joke which intellectually crushed Dong Genji. Dong Genji was angry and his aura erupted to suppress Xu Que, but soon another aura washed away Dong Genji's aura and it was of Jiang Hongyan who has just opened her eyes. Dong Genji forgot his humiliation and went to greet Hongyan but Xu Que was faster than him and greeted her first. Jiang Hongyan replied politely and was not surprised as if she knew that he will come for her. Liu Jingning explained herself to Hongyan that she tried her best to stop this guy but he found her with a mysterious technique of throwing his shoes in air. Hongyan was surprised to hear this too. Dong Genji also believed it as bull crap not believing the story of shoe throwing to find a woman. Earlier he didn't mind Xu Que saying her ”my woman” but now attitude of Jiang Hongyan towards him is really gentle and nice, which was unbelievable as countless people including himself admired her but she never responded to anybody in past.
Dong Genji was about to strike conversation to show his care towards Jiang Hongyang but Xu Que interrupted with a grin. ”Eh, Brother Dong, we still have some family affairs to discuss. How about you go and I will chat with you over dinner some other day!”
Jiang Hongyan also didn't reacted to Xu Que's declaration of family affairs, which clearly shows that there is something between these two. After saying farewell Dong Genji left as he was currently no match for Jiang Hongyan but after her cultivation gets destroyed then he planned to attack and make her his toy forcibly. And also he will surely take his revenge from Xu Que for his humiliation of today. After Dong Genji left the scene, Hongyan warned Xu Que that he has offended a fearsome foe and should remain careful in future. She further suggested to leave her alone for tribulation and wait at south continent for her. But for Xu Que he was nothing so he didn't cared much. Liu Jingning also smiled wryly as she didn't have heart to tell that Xu Que has already offended whole East Continent which includes Jiang family too.
Xu Que purchased a Spirit Visage and a Banshee's Veil from the System, which were both pieces of equipment to enhance magic resistance for tribulations of Hongyan. Hongyan underestimated the equipment and was about to return them but Xu Que forced them upon Hongyan and he also started setting up spells for her protection during tribulations which will be coming tomorrow as per Hongyan's estimates. He'd developed a well-thought-out plan to kill all cultivators in surroundings. This time he will not only upgrade his cultivation stage, but also act tough by making those guys spit blood!
Hongyan obediently wore that armor and kept the accessory in her pocket. Liu Jingning was also surprised how obedient Hongyan was towards Xu Que. Earlier she never allowed anybody to approach towards her so closely. Is she in love with Xu Que too? Actually Hongyan has earlier seen Xu Que wearing this armor when he went through his heavenly tribulation and knew that this armor is really effective. Meanwhile Xu Que was inspecting topology of the Celestial Burial Valley to setup magic arrays to trap all cultivators here. He has bought advanced level incantations by spending lots of Act Tough Points which can aid him in battling Void Training Stage Cultivators. He is bankrupt now with only 6000 ATPs. However he wanted to buy one a magic array costing 4000 ATPs. But he still bought that. As upcoming massacre will give him chance to become stronger, he can act tough and earn more points easily he didn't mind spending all his fortune now. Once this array is setup with mysterious stone in his possession he can easily activate 'Myriad Flame incinerates Ghost' spell. With Mystical fire the energy of spell will be three times stronger. Buttface was shocked that there's is such powerful spell. Xu Que ignored Buttface and started setting up flags for array. Other cultivators were able to see that he is setting up some array but as powerful arrays can be setup generally by big families so nobody thought his array as something noteworthy. Many people mocked him too saying a young man at beginning Infant Transformation Stage helping an Infant Transformation Peak stage is a joke. Even Liu Jingning and Jiang Hongyan were chatting about the abilities of this young man. Liu Jingning was still underestimating Xu Que as his opponents will include over 100 powerhouses of Void Training Stage. Hongyan suggested Jingning to leave with Xu Que so that he doesn't offend entire continent by his rash actions. Liu Jingning revealed her now that he has already offended whole continent. Not only this he earned a title of 'Lightning Rogue' in this continent too. Earlier Jiang Hongyan was surprised but later realized that all these problems are due to her haunted misfortune. But Liu Jingning told her not to worry as this guy is loving his misfortune somehow. Suddenly a sound echoed - RUMBLE -------
Liu Jingning felt it to be spell from some Expert. They thought that families have already started attacking. All cultivators inside the spell were shocked to see expert spell which was only available with three big families, but now is setup by a young man. Now they started blaming him as insane for wasting resources. Some experts from Carefree building and even Dong Genji were regretting that if they had known earlier that this young man is having an expert spell then they would have robbed him earlier. Dong Genji asked from his other members about Heavens Exploding Faction or Wang Sicong (name that Xu Que is currently using), but they never heard about either. Others also were wondering about background of this boy. Suddenly one person among crowd reminded everybody that during Stone Convention someone by name of 'Chow Yun-fat' (another fake name of Xu Que) caused trouble there, and he was also from this Heavens Exploding Faction. He created a stinky black tofu which can raise 10 percent soul strength and also sold a device that can see through cutting stones.
(So boring not too many events for Stonexia here. He decided to switch cosmos....)
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