Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 46
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points."
While he was scolding the old man ferociously, the system rang out continuously in his head informing him of the rewards he gained!
However, he wasnt arguing with the old man to act nonchalant or act tough while his enemies were approaching. It was just that the old man was extremely infuriating and Xu Que was really angry. Many vulgar expletives were uttered back and forth as the bystanders watching were all stumped by the flowery language used.
Especially since they were all ready to strike and defend themselves against the Blood River Sect. The Great Change Sect Leader was ready to help Xu Que and fight as well. However, she was extremely confused and astonished at this point.
The great and powerful enemies were about to descend. What are the both of you doing? Youre actually having an internal conflict? Quarrelling among yourselves?
All because of several words, the both of them quarrelled to this extent?
"..."
The few disciples from Great Change Sect were stumped as well and didnt know whether to laugh or to cry. But theyve already witnessed several strange scenarios with Xu Que prior to this.
In fact, the Blood River Sect members were all stumped by this display as well. The 8 Original Infant Stage cultivators had ashen faces as their killing intents were still palpable.
Song Yun Hai was the most enraged of the lot. The son which he dearly adored and loved had been brutally murdered. As a result, he brought the entire strength of his sect for revenge.
However, when they got here, their enemies weren't the least afraid. In fact, they were Quarreling in front of them.
"Both of you shut up! Repay the life of my son!"
Song Yun Hais hurt and grief was added to this spectacle and humiliation which caused him to explode with the rage of a thousand suns. His body transformed into a scarlet-red blood shadow as he let loose his anger and charged towards them.
At the same time, a single sword blade which was as thin as an insects wings and unrivalled in sharpness appeared in his outstretched hands as he continued flying towards Xu Que and the old man, pointing the sword at them threateningly!
"Careful!"
"Oh no! Hurry help them!" The faces of the Great Change Sect disciples fell as the female Sect Leader shouted out before moving quickly.
Xu Que and the old man were still quareling when they saw Song Yun Hai heading towards them. At the same time, they both shouted out in irritation that their quarrel was disturbed, "Move away!"
At the same time, their hands raised up!
A wisp of white flame and a red coloured flying dagger flew towards Song Yun Hai instantly.
The flame was Xu Ques Bone Freezing Flame and the flying dagger was just a random skill used by the old man.
Both of them acted out simultaneously, forming an extremely terrifying combination of powers.
Despite the blind rage that Song Yun Hai was in, he hasnt lost control of his faculties. He twisted the sword in his hands to block the incoming projectiles thrown out by the old man and the young kid.
The wisp of white flame was too small. Although it was strangely white and bore a certain coldness with it, Song Yun Hai felt that he was more than capable of defending himself against it.
The only thing which worried him was the old mans flying dagger which was darting towards him.
The entire dagger was a deep shade of red and looked extremely normal. However, it pierced the air and flew with astonishing speed and moved soundlessly through the air.
"Dang!
A vibration rang out with the collision of the projectiles against his sword.
The flying sword reached faster than the white flame as it lodged itself within Song Yun Hais sword blade which caused a series of sparks to burst forth from the sword.
As soon as the dagger touched his sword, under the amazed expressions of everyone watching, Song Yun Hai gave a low groan as his entire body was thrown into the air. It was akin to watching a kite which had its string severed as the kite soared out of control into the air. Song Yun Hai collided into a tree some distance away with so much impact that a large crater was formed on the bark of the tree.
Following that, the white flame then reached Song Yun Hai. It floated around him like bees before assaulting his robes.
Boom!
A huge wave of unnatural coldness radiated out and diffused across the forest.
"Ah!" Song Yun Hais eyes were gaping wide as he tried to compose himself to no avail before revealing out a sharp cry of agony.
In the next moment, he was completely frozen into a block of ice. His expression was still one of immense pain while he froze to death.
...
Everyone present was startled.
Nobody could clearly see everything that happened due to the speed of which it took place. All they knew was that Song Yun Hai had charged towards them and the both of them reacted as if they were swatting a fly away and flicked their hands effortlessly.
The next moment, everyone saw the old mans flying dagger move with such terrifying speed and powers towards the Song Yun Hai.
And that white wisp of flame was overlooked by everyone. With a blink of an eye, all that they saw was Song Yun Hai screaming out in pain before being frozen into a block of ice.
Everyone looked at the old man, their eyes filled with fear and respect.
At this point, they then realized they couldnt detect the old mans cultivation level.
Besides, he had killed Song Yun Hai with just a single dagger in a single move. In that instant, that old man became the focal point of attention.
"Thats so powerful! So this old senior is extremely strong, I didnt expect that at all!"
The few Great Change Sect disciples, including the Sect Leader were amazed.
To them, Song Yun Hai was killed by the old man. They then gave out a sigh of relief. As long as this old senior was around, the Blood River Sect members were doomed.
The group of Blood River Sect cultivators all had expressions of fear on their faces. The remaining 7 Original Infant Stage cultivators were all apprehensive and worried. They started to slowly retreat, careful not to make any sudden movements as if they wanted to take this opportunity to escape!
...
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully killing an Original Infant Stage cultivator. The reward is 200,000 experience points and a storage ring!"
Xu Que could hear the beep go off within his head. He was glad that this kill was awarded to him as he received the full rewards of it. He then revealed a toothy smile.
The old man beside him had an expression of shock as his eyes gleamed. He then turned to Xu Que and looked at him.
The both of them didnt start quarreling again. The old man then asked, "Little kid, what was the name of that technique?"
"Could it be that you wish to learn from me? If you plead with me, I might teach you!" Xu Que laughed out and replied.
The old mans face fell as he replied in a low voice, "Hm I dont even respect your unknown sect and strange techniques. But if you were to kneel down here and beg me, I can teach you a spell thats much stronger. What do you say?"
"Haha! Not a chance. Hurry and leave. Dont hinder my killing any more!" Xu Que waved a hand and spoke out irritably.
The old man sighed and looked at Xu Que, "Kid, do you really think I want to stay? If it werent for that chicken wing which I ate earlier, I wouldnt even be bothered to act in your defense. Since you have such skills with you, this old man is lazy to put up with you any longer. I need to find another asshole of a kid. Someone just like you. Farewell!"
"Hopefully farewell forever, I shant see you off then!" Xu Que smiled as with his eyes nearly closed.
Hence, the old man didnt do anything else as he turned around, his physical form started to diminish gradually before he completely disappeared.
Xu Que watched in amazement and thought to himself that it was such a good way to teleport. It was even much faster than his escape emblems!
And the Great Change Sect disciples were in utter astonishment.
That old senior He just left like that?
And he was chased away!
What are you doing? Is it that youre full and have nothing better to do?
Such a strong ally but you chased him away?
The female Sect Leader and the Elders watched Xu Que in a daze as they scolded him harshly. They almost wanted to cut his scalp open and check if his brains were already rotten or not!
However, only a few disciples understood what had happened. The man froze to death. That was too familiar a sight! Some moments ago, Xu Que had done the exact same thing in front of them, freezing the Original Infant Stage Blood Python to death the same way.
The Blood River Sect paused in disbelief which was soon followed by elation!
Now that the old man had gone, to them, it was as if the biggest threat to their lives were no longer around.
That was to say, they had nothing more to fear!
Someone tilted his head back and gave out a loud laugh, "Haha!!! Kid, now that nobodys here to protect you anymore, be good and give up your life!"
"If you wish to blame someone, just blame your mouth for being so dirty!
"You actually chased away such a supreme being with that dirty mouth of yours. Thats a first time Im actually seeing something like that."
"Ive never seen anyone as stupid as you!"
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The Blood River Sect disciples burst out in laughter. Even the fact that their leader had just died was casted to the back of their minds.
Xu Que looked at them plainly before smiling, "Come on then! The insignificant old man has gone. We can have a good fight. Tell me, do you want to fight as a group or one by one? I suggest all of you attack together as a group!"
Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 47
"To-Together as a group?"
"This This kid Is he insane? Hes still provoking the Blood River Sect at such a time."
The Great Chance Sect Elders were terrified by his actions and were extremely anxious.
Their lady Sect Leaders expression was downcast as well. She looked as if she had just boarded a pirate board and was in deep trouble.
She then calculated the strengths on both sides. There were a total of 3 Original Infant Stage cultivators on her side and the opposite side had 7 Original Infant Stage cultivators. They even had several dozens of Golden Core Stage disciples. No matter how she looked at it, the opposition was much stronger than they were.
Yet under such circumstances, Xu Que could still provoke the enemy. This lady Sect Leader felt her heart beat so hard that she probably thought it was damaged after this incident. She tried estimating the total number of disciples they had brought along but failed since the numbers were vast.
A few Great Change Sect disciples had a stoic expression on their faces while their eyes glimmered with hope and anticipation. Even their heartbeats were starting to increase in pace.
One by one or attack together as a group? I suggest attacking together as a group!?
Those words... Were too familiar!
They had heard him say the same phrase when he was up against Master Song and the rest of his disciples as well. All the Great Change Sect disciples were in deep despair when he came along and challenged them.
In the end, Master Song and many of his disciples were killed.
Xu Que then said this phrase one more time which made all the Great Change Sect disciples breathe harder and faster.
Exciting!
Its too damn exciting!
The black robed senior is too domineering!
The 3 female disciples looked at him with glowing spirits and happiness radiating from their eyes. They had unknowingly developed a sort of admiration and adoration for him as they stared at him dazedly.
The people from Blood River Sect laughed incredulously.
Xu Ques provocation was a big joke to them!
"It looks like you really cant wait to die, thats why youre saying all these words. I can grant you your wish."
One of the elite fighters from Blood River Sect who was of the Original Infant Stage spoke out. He then looked at his 6 other Original Infant Stage brothers and laughed, "Fellow friends, since our Sect Leader has died, lets make a bet. The first person to kill this kid would be the new Sect Leader. What do you think?"
"Lets do it!" The 6 of them replied with no hesitation as they nodded their heads in approval.
One of the Original Infant Stage cultivator kept casting dirty, lingering glances over at the Sect Leader before laughing out wretchedly. He then spoke out, "Lets make it more exciting. After weve disposed of this kid, lets join efforts to take down Great Chance Sect. How about that?"
"Hehe of course!"
"With Sect Leader Su Yun Lans beautiful and gorgeous disposition, we should start making our move against the sect!"
"In the past, Song Yun Hai didnt dare to touch Great Change Sect. Now that hes finally dead, we dont have to worry too much about him!"
"Looks like we can have a romantic time together this very night!"
"Sect Leader Su, we will satisfy you tonight and let you experience what its like to be torn in the middle of life and death!"
The few men of Blood River Sect were Original Infant Stages and started making bawdy jokes that only men would understand.
The few people of Great Change Sect were enraged.
The pair of Sect Elders shouted back in anger, "Blood River Sect members, wash your mouths clean and make sure nothing filthy comes out of that hole. Dont think were easy to bully!"
"You disrespectful idiots. Dare to be discourteous and rude to our Sect Leader?"
"Black robed senior, please strike and kill them all. We will consider that as the cleansing of Wind City of its vile population!"
The few disciples looked towards Xu Que, inviting him to make the first move.
The Sect Leader of Great Change Sect, Su Yun Lan had an entire face of anger as she glared coldly at the Blood River Sect men. Her killing intent was pouring out of her.
When she heard her own junior disciples inviting Xu Que to attack them, she was taken aback.
Xu Que was staring right at the Blood River Sect disciples. Hearing them speak out this impolitely to a beautiful lady, he nodded his head gently as a look of resentment and hatred was revealed on his face. He then lashed out at them angrily.
"You bunch of idiots deserves to be alone for the rest of your miserable lives. The minute you see a beautiful looking woman, all of you start thinking of forcing yourselves upon her. Wheres the chivalry and gentlemanliness? You dont know any of these qualities and you still dare to come out and show your ugly faces? All of you, die now!"
The minute his last words were spoken, Xu Ques shadow became a blur before transforming into a bolt of lightning as he gripped his Dark Buster Sword tightly. He then dashed towards the group of Blood River Sect disciples.
The disciples of Great Change Sect were all stunned.
The pair of Sect Elders exhaled hard onto their beards as they opened their eyes to watch. Even the Sect Leader Su Yun Lan opened her mouth wide making her look someone foolish.
What was this black robed man doing?
What utter rubbish was he speaking about? Killing them? And he even spoke so confidently and so passionately.
"Heheh the person who would die is you!"
The few Original Infant Stage cultivators were all japing and mocking him as they laughed.
They could see very clearly that this crazy immortal black robed cultivator who was charging straight at them was only of the Golden Core Stage, level 6. He wasnt even high level enough to inspire fear. In fact, they could exterminate him with a flick of their fingers.
As for the Sect Leader and Sect Elders who were standing not far away, they could actually feel a sense of danger around and hence kept their gazes fixed upon their 6 disciples across them.
Indeed, even before Su Yun Lan had time to react, the few Original Infant Stage cultivators were infuriated!
Xu Que inched nearer causing them to perspire down their backs. They could suddenly sense danger approaching as if death was lingering nearby waiting to collect them.
Before long, the huge, sky covering Dark Buster Sword appeared before their eyes. The shadow of it looked so much like an illusion,l with a crazy amount of force behind the buster sword as it slammed right into them.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
There were several consecutive crashes as the the Original Infant Stage cultivators desperately found ways to block the powerful strikes by conjuring their own spells. It was obvious that they were retreating several paces back due to the dominant buster sword which threatened them relentlessly. Even the Blood River Sect disciples who were standing behind the Original Infant Stage members were thrown off their feet due to the amount of strength involved.
Su Yun Lan and the rest of them were taken aback.
Xu Que gripped his dark greatsword tightly as his shadow stood by itself against numerous enemies.
He had the mentality of one man taking on a thousand men.
The 3 of them from Great Change Sect were completely overwhelmed by the immense power emanating from Xu Que and were appalled by it!
"How Hows that possible?"
"He is clearly just a Golden Core Stage cultivator level 6. With extraordinary skills learnt, he could be able to overcome the Original Infant Stage demonic beast. But it was impossible for him to handle so many Original Infant Stage senior cultivators at the same time!"
The pair of Sect Elders were stunned as they spoke out. What they were witnessing completely undermined their knowledge of the cultivation levels!
Su Yun Lan was staring dazedly at the battle, her eyes were fixed on the back of Xu Que as her teeth bit down hard on her lower lips. Her eyes had a distant gaze to them as if she was deep in thought over something important.
The few Great Change Sect disciples almost jumped up in shock from the powers he had exhibited. Even though they already knew that Xu Que was an immortal cultivator who had killed an Original Infant Stage demonic beast, he was taking on so many people at once. This was extremely eye opening for them.
Xu Ques might and powers sincerely impacted everyone around, including the Blood River Sect disciples.
All the Golden Core Stage disciples had an utter look of terror on their faces as if they had seen a ghost climb up from beneath the ground. They turned around and fled without any hesitation.
Several Original Infant Stage elite fighters widened their eyes in shock as blood seeped out the corners of their mouths. They held onto their heads as they struggled to stand back up on their feets and stared at Xu Que with intense terror.
"Thats not possible"
"Thats impossible! How can a Golden Core Stage cultivator have such strength!"
"Who on earth are you?!" The few of them shouted out in fear.
Xu Que kept his Dark Buster Sword as he winked at them with his dark black eyes and replied half laughing, "My humble name is Xu Que!"
The minute his name was spoken, several Original Infant Stage cultivators from Blood River Sect exhibited looks of utter panic as their hearts almost seemed to stop within their chests. Their lips started trembling in fear.
Naturally, the great name of Xu Que had been spread all the way to the strongholds of Blood River Sect.
However, never in a thousand years would they imagine that this black robed man in front of them was actually Xu Que!"
"Goodbye everyone. Hurry, meet your beloved Sect Leader in death and have a good reunion with him!"
Xue Que laughed out as he lifted up his hands where a faint white glowing ember could be seen dancing on his palm. It flickered and swayed like water but caused everyone around to feel an intense coldness take over their bodies.
The minute his words were spoken, Xu Que threw his palms forward, pushing the white freezing flames towards the group of Blood River Sect members.
"Boom!"
The clamorous sound of the fire coursing through the air could be heard as the majestic Bone Freezing Fire was unleashed like a flood. It instantly swept over the entire span of the forest.
"No!!!" Several Original Infant Stage cultivators and the Golden Core Stage members who had fled and were already several hundred meters away shouted out.
In a blink of an eye, the Bone Freezing Fire engulfed the entire area and froze over it. Everyone from the Blood River Sect and even some demonic beasts who were hiding around, along with many other trees were completely frozen to ice.
The entire world seemed to stop moving and everything was still.
Within Xu Ques mind, a long series of consecutive beeps could be heard.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 70 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing an Original Infant Stage cultivator. The reward is 200,000 experience points and a storage ring.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing an Original Infant Stage cultivator. The reward is 200,000 experience points and a storage ring.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing an Golden Core Stage cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a golden core.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing an Golden Core Stage cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a storage ring.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing an Golden Core Stage cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a golden core.
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Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 48
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for ascending a level. The current cultivation level is Golden Core Stage, level 9!"
After a long chain of consecutive beeps from the system, it finally concluded with that last message before Xu Ques mind was calm and quiet.
He had gained 3 successive levels and smoothly stepped into the 9th level of the Golden Core Stage. He was only a small step away from reaching the full foundation of the Golden Core Stage!
He hurriedly summoned the system and opened his own personal stats.
Host: Xu Que
Cultivation Level: Golden Core Stage ( Close to Perfection)
Experience Points: 0/1,200,000
Acting Tough Points: 1800 points
Skill Path: Intermediate
Abilities: Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation (Maximum); Lightning Haste (Maximum); Troop - Secret Character (10% progress); Flame - Devouring Wave (Maximum); Six Corporeal Forms (Maximum); Buddhas Fiery Lotus (30% progress)
Mystical Fires: Molten Green Lotus, Bone Freezing Fires
Essence: Skill Essences (30 points)
Occupation: None
Status: Prince Consort of the Eastern Fire Country
"Hahahahah!!!" Xu Que broke out into uncontrollable laughter.
He was extremely pleased. Never did he expect the entire group of Blood River Sect to cause him so much benefits and growth! He actually made it big from them. Additionally, his act tough points had increased by several folds as well. At this point, there were 1,800 points!
However he knew that he wouldn't be purchasing anything anytime soon. He planned to save up the points. Xu Que knew that it wouldn't be long before he could revive Xiao Rou again. He was worried that it might cost him a fortune of act tough points then and decided to be thrifty.
Right at that moment, the few Great Change Sect disciples jumped up in shock after hearing his sonorous laughter.
Seeing everything in front of them freezing over and turning into solid cubes of ice cause them to fall into a daze as their minds raced.
Su Yun Lan was staring blankly at Xu Que, her mouth was still gaping wide and yet not a word was uttered.
She was just pondering over how to help Xu Que to cross this big problem of the numerous Blood River Sect disciples. Who would've expected that a single movement of his hands would cause the complete obliteration of the entire Blood River Sect!
And the way they all died was exactly how Song Yun Hai had died!
"So actually
"Actually Song Yun Hai wasn't killed by the old senior and was instead killed by"
The pair of Sect Elders had just regained their senses as they inhaled a mouthful of cold air.
That Song Yun Hai was an Original Infant Stage cultivator, level 8! He was the strongest being in the entire Wind City. Nobody expected that he would actually fall to this level 6 Golden Core Stage cultivator.
Eh?
Whats happening?
How did he become level 9 of the Golden Core Stage?
All of a sudden, the pair of Sect Elders opened their eyes wide and looked at Xu Que in utter disbelief.
Su Yun Lan had realized it too and her eyes exuded an astonished look.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for subtly acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!"
Xu Que was long used to these strange and random acting tough moment's even without him doing anything and didn't bother too much about it.
He turned around and walked towards the Great Change Sect disciples.
"Senior Senior Xiao, you were amazing!" A female disciple was extremely impressed by him and shouted out.
With such a grand display of his incredible might and battle prowess, she was awestruck, having never witnessed anything like this before.
"Youre over complimenting me, over complimenting me." Xu Que laughed out as he replied.
Su Yun Lans pretty eyes revealed a curious look as she asked Xu Que, "Your surname is Xiao?"
Xu Que paused as he recalled how he had told Master Song and the rest of his company that his name was "Xiao Yan". He then realized that these Great Change Sect disciples had heard it as well and took him for real.
Furthermore, when he revealed his true identity to the Blood River Sect earlier, he spoke very softly. Hence, Su Yun Lan and the rest of her junior disciples didnt hear him.
After hearing her question, Xu Que laughed out before replying, "Actually my surname is Xu and my name is Que. I am currently single!"
"So your name is Xu... What did you say again? Xu Que?"
Su Yun Lan didnt think too much about his name at first as she gently nodded her head. All of a sudden, she jumped up and shouted out his name in shock!
Both the Elders and the 6 disciples were stumped as well!
Xu Que!
This person standing in front of them was the legendary Xu Que!
No wonder
No wonder he could destroy the entire Blood River Sect effortlessly. No wonder even after killing his foes he had the appetite for chicken wings.
Because hes Xu Que!
The next moment, all the Great Change Sect disciples realized that everything that happened made perfect sense.
"Thats right. My humble name is Xu Que." Xu Que let out a harmless, toothy grin.
The few of them from Great Change Sect couldnt help but tremble slightly. If it werent for the fact that they had already interacted with him prior to finding out his identity, they wouldve fled as fast as they could upon hearing his name.
Su Yun Lans face turned pale as her heart and mind raced.
The person standing in front of her was exactly how he was described in the rumours! He didnt even bat an eyelid and annihilated the entire sect without much effort!
However those people who had been killed were extremely evil and guilty and deserved to die. Its just that why. Why did she still feel a sense of fear even though his killings were justified?
"Ai, Sect Leader Su, why do you look so unwell? Did you get hurt just now? Come, let this humble subject take a closer look at you." Xu Que then walked up to her, his face was full of concern.
"Eh?"
Su Yun Lan regained her senses and snapped back from her thoughts, only to realize that Xu Ques face was almost touching hers. This gave her a fright as she jumped back, startled. Her face became more pale as she took another step back nervously and shook her head, "Alright... Alright Im alright!"
"How can you be alright? Look at the color of your cheeks. This is a clear sign that youve lost blood. Truth be told, this humble subject is a Medical Deity!"
"Ah? Didnt you say you were a Food Deity earlier?" A younger girl asked, clearly surprised.
Xu Que waved his hands to brush her off, "Food Deity was just a part time job for me. My primary occupation is still to rescue the sick and cure the ill and save the entire world. At the same time, to flirt whenever I can."
"Flirt? What do you mean by that?" Su Yun Lan asked in suspicion.
(T/N : The word for flirt in chinese is which accurately translates to tease women. However, this is a colloquial term, hence Su Yun Lan didnt understand it.)
"Flirt means to cure sick women. Come, Sect Leader Su, let this humble subject tease Cough cough. Let this humble subject take a closer look at your wounds!"
"Wait... Wait, wait. I really am not wounded. There arent any wounds! Many thanks for friend Xus concern." Su Yun Lan panicked as she took several more steps backwards, afraid that Xu Que would start getting touchy with her.
Xu Que then gave a fierce look as he shook his head, "Sect Leader Su, whatever you said isnt accurate at all. If this humble subject remembers correctly, you have a gash in between your legs. Its about 5 inches long! The wound runs deep as well. I suspect that when the deities made you, they left a wound there. If Sect Leader Su wishes to heal the wounds, she would need the suns pole and dew. Coincidentally, this humble subject has the mentioned items after a missed step during his cultivation. Since we met by rare fate and under such circumstances, I shall be willing to help with the healing of your wounds and to patch it up. I will only charge 3 spirit stones per session. It would take 5 sessions to become a single treatment period. We would need 10 treatment periods to ensure you recover fully!"
"Ah?" Su Yun Lan was extremely confused by Xu Ques stream of words.
"What? Sect Leader is really hurt?!" The young disciple shouted out in shock as she looked down at the Sect Leaders body.
The rest of them were taken aback as well.
After some time passed, the atmosphere froze.
The few female disciples, including Su Yun Lan realized what was happening and their faces all turned red.
"You You" Su Yun Lan was extremely shy but offended as she looked at Xu Que. After stuttering for almost half a day, she still had no retort for Xu Que.
With such beautiful and delicate features, she would have definitely been teased and hit on by many of those disciples from the dark and evil sects. However, she had never been spoken to so shamelessly by anyone else before. Besides, he spoke all these explicit and shameful words with such a confident and upright tone, that she almost fell for it as well!
"Perverted wastrel!"
Su Yun Lan frowned and sulked for half a day before managing to only speak these words. She then glared at Xu Que hatefully before stepping atop her flying sword and soaring into the sky.
The rest of them forced some laughs with Xu Que, without speaking.
Some moments ago, he was a heroic fighter who slaughtered all the evil sect members fearlessly and effortlessly. In the blink of an eye however, he transformed into a sweet talking scoundrel with perverted intentions. Everyone was caught off guard by his change in demeanor and neither knew whether to laugh or cry.
What on earth? What kind of person was this?
Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 49
After Su Yun Lan left, the pair of Great Change Sect Elders invited Xu Que to their sect as a guest as if they had intentions to establish a good relationship with him.
Since it was difficult to reject such a proposal, Xu Que followed the few of them to Wind City.
Along the way, Xu Que understood that Wind City was quite some distance away from Celestial Sect. Even if they rode atop their flying swords, it would take them at least 2 to 3 days.
However, since Celestial Sect was a big sect and was destroyed extensively over a single night, news had spread like wildfire. Xu Ques reputation soared as a result of the destruction of Celestial Sect and Fallen Spirits Sect.
From the few Great Change Sect disciples, Xu Que found out that the Celestial Sect had indeed been completely destroyed. They no longer own a prestigious and mighty reputation.
Sect Leader of Celestial Sect, Zhang Dan Shan went out in search for Xu Que but failed to locate him after half a month. Its been rumoured that he developed demons within his heart and thus forced himself into secluded meditation. Instead of attempting to restore the prestige of the Celestial Sect, they lost their powerful Infant Transformation Stage leader.
Added to the known fact that Elder Sun collaborated with Fallen Spirits Sect to attack an innocent village, the Celestial Sect came under verbal attacks from many other cultivation sects. This caused the remaining Original Infant Stage cultivators to wash their hands off the matter and leave the sect since they couldnt handle the pressure any longer. The sect thus fell to the hands of the junior elite members.
It was a pity that innate talents and gifts werent the only factors in ensuring a successful cultivation. The presence of treasures and precious pills were necessary to boost a persons cultivation as well. Without the Original Infant Stage cultivators to refine pills for the sect, the resources within Celestial Sect were depleting at an alarming rate. Since the sect was now unable to provide monthly pills to its disciples, many people couldnt take it anymore and started leaving. The disciples with better innate abilities were snatched up by other sects.
To many of these cultivators, time was extremely valuable. Should they continue wasting time at a bleak, futureless sect, even if they had extremely rare innate talents, they would end up being cultivation failures!
So within a short span of time, Celestial Sect lost most of their disciples. All it took was for Zhang Dan Shan to disappear and the entire sect sunk further into a desolate future.
However, for Infant Transformation Stage cultivators to go into secluded meditation, it would take at least several years and could take up to several hundreds years. The number was highly dependent on many variables.
Xu Que and several Great Change Sect disciples were talking along the way until they finally reached their destination.
Great Change Sect used to be an extremely prestigious and strong sect several hundred years ago. It could even match up to Celestial Sects might at its peak. However, since Su Yun Lans grandfather, the first Sect Leader, disappeared, the entire sects prestige fell drastically.
Su Yun Lan relied on her extraordinary innate talents and the vast amount of resources at her disposal to cultivate up to her current stage. In just a short span of 20 years, she reached the Original Infant Stage and thus took the helm of the Sect Leader position after.
Her father had died in a massive war several years back. The entire Great Change Sect thus relied heavily on her and the pair of Sect Elders to uphold the entire sect. Their days were difficult and rough.
This fact was evident to Xu Que at the very first minute after stepping through the doors of Great Change Sect.
Many of the houses within their stronghold were broken down and old. It was clear that it had been many years since their last renovation. Several backyards were full of dried leaves and the numerous cobwebs shows how long its been uncared for.
The total number of disciples within the sect amounted to around 20 or slightly more. The highest among them were the 6 cultivators Xu Que met within the Withered Bones Forests who were of the Golden Core Stage. Most of the other disciples were either in their Foundation Building Stage or Core Bearing Stage.
Xu Que came with the status of a guest and thus used the false name of "Xiao Yan" and was given a house with a yard to live in. The pair of Sect Elders and the 6 disciples didnt reveal his true identity to the rest of the disciples.
This idea was suggested by Xu Que. With his current reputation, Great Change Sect might be dragged into unnecessary trouble if word spread that Xu Que was a guest to them.
Besides, he was only going to stay here temporarily for 2 days. After which, he planned to return to Withered Bones Forest to kill more demonic beasts.
At this point, he was already in the 9th level of the Golden Core Stage. He was only missing 1,200,000 experience points before he could ascend to the next level. Hence, he had to kill 6 Original Infant Stage beasts and he would become a full foundation Golden Core Stage cultivator. When that happens, he will get the solution to reviving Xiao Rou!
On the first night in which he stayed at Great Change Sect, everything was quiet and still.
Xu Que laid down on the mattress as he stared out of the window, watching the beautiful moon and pondered the meaning of life.
Actually, he was just extremely bored and couldnt get to sleep. He was seriously deliberating with himself if he should go out and catch several chickens to roast for a good supper.
Just as he was pondering over his circumstances, a faint fragrant aroma wafted in the air as the wind carried the scent to his nostrils.
Xu Que sat up and focused, for he noticed a shadow standing right outside his window and was smiling at him!
If this was done by any other ordinary person, Xu Que wouldve scolded the person with all the expletives he knew. Was he trying to act as a ghost and scare him at this point?
The minute Xu Que laid his eyes on the shadow, he couldnt find the words to scold or say anything offensive because that person standing outside his window was the Sect Leader of Great Change Sect, Su Yun Lan!
Her poise and attractiveness was very apparent to Xu Que. She looked exactly like an extraordinarily gorgeous looking goddess. Even if she tried to dress as a ghost to scare him, it would have been impossible due to how beautiful she is!
"Ay, Sect Leader Su, why arent you asleep?" Xu Que sat upright immediately and started smiling at Su Yun Lan who was standing outside.
At the same time, he felt surprised and curiosity welled up within his heart. If this gorgeous looking Sect Leader isnt sleeping at this hour, what is she doing here?
Oh shit. Did she come here for me to cure her illness?
Just thinking about how he teased this beautiful Sect Leader earlier in the day caused Xu Que immense happiness and satisfaction.
Su Yun Lan just laughed plainly, her eyes glimmered and her teeth were pearly white. Her fair complexion didnt have a single blemish, neither did she look capable of anger. Instead, she looked extremely forgiving and magnanimous, as though she had completely forgotten about the incident earlier today.
"Fellow friend Xu is humorous. After cultivating to the level which you and I are in, why do we still need to sleep?" She asked softly.
Xu Que paused for sometime before reacting to her words.
It looks like in all the comics and novels which he had read in his previous life, the immortal cultivators seldom had to sleep. All they needed to do was sit down cross legged and meditate to feel rested.
Its just that the way he gained levels was different from everyone else. All he needed was experience points to increase his cultivation level!
"Is there a reason for Sect Leader Sus visit? Why dont you come in and take a seat and drink some tea!"
Xu Que looked at her standing outside as she hesitated with regards to his request, causing him to laugh out loud.
Su Yun Lan then waved a hand subtly, "Theres no need. I just wanted to talk briefly with my daoist friend Xu. I can do it from here."
Xu Ques lips quivered slightly. What do you mean you can do it from here? Didnt I invite you in to sit? Do you really think I would eat you up if you came in?
On second thought, he decided that she had a reason for not coming in and decided not to say that.
Clearly, this sect leader was a proper woman with noble birth and upbringing and was a maiden too. If she were to enter a random persons house in the middle of the night, that would dishonor her and it would be hard to hear the end of those rumours.
Ai, something didnt feel right too. For her to come looking for me in the middle of the night. Thats strange. Xu Que shook his head gently without speaking.
Su Yun Lan didnt see his expression as she turned around and admired the sky. She then asked softly, "Daoist friend Xu, what plans do you have for yourself after today?"
Xu Que paused once again as he answered her with several doubts, "After today? After today I would continue roaming everywhere under the heavens and saving the world and flirting around to the best of my abilities!"
Of course, the first thing he would do was to revive Xiao Rou!
"Have daoist friend Xu ever thought of settling down? For example, finding a good sect to settle down in and leading and training disciples everyday comfortably. You wouldnt need to kill everyday and live in hatred any longer!" Su Yun Lan spoke softly to him.
Xu Que raised an eyebrow before understanding what she meant.
So this beautiful girl came around to beat around the bush with the intention of recruiting me to her sect!
He couldnt help but feel elated as he laughed and asked her, "Sect Leader Su, are you inviting me to join your sect?"
Su Yun Lan trembled slightly as she turned around, her face was all smiles as she nodded her tiny head.
"Not bad. The reason I came here to impose on you, is indeed to ask my daoist friend Xu to join Great Change Sect and take on the responsibility of becoming a Sect Elder. I wonder if you willing?"
"I dont want to." Xu Que shook his head in response.
Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 50
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!"
The system rang out within Xu Ques mind.
Su Yun Lan stood outside his window and paused in shock. She didn't expect Xu Que to flat out reject her this way.
"I wonder if my Daoist friend Xu can tell me the reason for his answer?" She asked warily.
Reason?
Damn... Do you expect me to tell you that the reason was because I have to kill many more people and demonic beasts in order to increase my level? Or should I say that I need to continue acting tough in order to become rich? If I agree to stay here, won't that mean that I'm contented with falling behind?
What a joke. Do I, Xu Que, look like someone whos contented with falling behind and remaining stagnant?
Nobody can ever stand between me and acting tough!
With these thoughts in mind, Xu Ques face still emitted a radiant smile as he replied, "Talents and success are rewards of hard work and constant pursuit. A good and proper man knows this and would do as such. I've been to the four corners of the world and I enjoy my adventures tremendously. Sect Leader asked me to stay behind and be a Sect Elder. That would be equivalent to breaking my wings and crippling me."
Su Yun Lan was dumbfounded. She was clearly in shock.
Talents and success are rewards of hard work and constant pursuit. A good and proper man knows this and would do as such!
What an interesting thing to say!
"It surprised me that Daoist friend Xu is so elegant and refined in speech. Looks like I was presumptuous and blunt. Since my friend Xu objects, I shouldn't force him as well." Su Yun Lan gave a bitter smile, her eyes exhibited confusion.
She initially thought that Xu Que was just a glib tongued, lazy rogue cultivator but wasn't a bad person. Besides, she knew that he was quite powerful as well. If only he would agree to stay here in Great Change Sect, he would probably be able to lift the sect to new heights.
She didn't expect to hear such flowery and refined words from him as if he was a poetic scholar of sorts, full of confidence in his linguistic abilities. Especially that line about doing what was right as an upright man, which really took her by surprise.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"
After receiving the system beep which sounded out in his head, he gave a cheeky smile. He didn't expect that the common phrase used back in his modern world was so uncommon here and even managed to impress her. This was going to be good for acting tough.
He looked at Su Yun Lan and continued, "Sect Leader Su thinks too highly of me. Actually, someone like me who's so unlimitedly cool and outrageously stubborn is not suitable to stay here at a sect. Having me around would bring problems to the Sect. Hence I have to kindly refuse Sect Leaders good intention."
"Chi-chi!" Su Yun Lan couldn't help but let out a soft giggle as she covered her mouth.
Unlimitedly cool and outrageously stubborn?
She's never heard of anyone describing themselves that way. This Xu Que was such a strange person.
She then continued, "My Daoist friend Xu is indeed not like an average person. It's just that you seem like an outrageously stubborn person on the surface but is warm on the inside. You're not cool or cold at all!"
"Aren't I cool? Oooh Looks like I have to try walking down this cool path in the future when meeting people. Being proud and cool is the first requirement to acting tough!" Xu Que stroked his chin as he muttered to himself.
Su Yun Lan looked at Xu Que with her eyes wide open as if she envied Xu Ques life and gave a deep sigh.
"Actually, I'm very envious of my daoist friend Xus free spirited life without any worries or burdens. With the powerful skills he possesses, he can truly roam the four corners of the earth!"
Xu Que paused for a second before his eyes lit up. He then sat straight and replied her, "You can do that too. Being a Sect Leader doesn't mean you have to be cooped up here within the confines of the Sect. That would be so boring. Come, let's go on an touring adventure together. I shall bring you. And you can bring the silver."
"An impromptu adventure?" Su Yun Lan mumbled to herself. She was clearly shaken by his request and even looked tempted to agree.
She then regained her senses and forced a laugh before shaking her head, "How good would it be if I could just leave everything behind and go! But apart from myself, there are still the other 2 Elders who have been helping me hold the fort. Even with the 3 of us working tirelessly, things arent easy. If I do leave, Im afraid the Elders wont be able to handle the Sect by themselves."
"How can that be? I realized that your cough, cough. Dont mind my straightforwardness, but I realized that you dont have many disciples around as well. And your days are pretty simple." Xu Que replied her curiously.
"Thats just how it appears on the surface. But there will always be someone from the demonic sects coming around to cause some disturbances. Once we chase an entire horde away, another group will appear and cause problems."
"Oh?" Xu Que seemed to be extremely interested as his eyes gleamed, "Are there many people coming here to create trouble?"
As soon as he heard Su Yun Lan mention members of the demonic sects coming over to bully them, Xu Que immediately thought of all the experience points he would gain by destroying them and was extremely excited.
"Yes. There are many of them but they wont really attack us as well. Most of them would go away after we give them some spirit stones." Su Yun Lan replied casually.
Xu Que sneered at her response. Shit! Thats as good as collecting protection fee. Seems like the people of the demonic sects has it good?
"Around what cultivation level are those people who come around?" Xu Que pressed.
Su Yun Lan looked at Xu Que in slight hesitation and curiosity as if she couldnt understand why he was asking these questions. But she answered him anyway, "Most of the time, there will be one or two Original Infant Stage cultivators and several more Golden Core Stage disciples. Daoist friend Xu, why are you asking these questions for?"
"Haha! Its nothing!" Xu Que laughed and brushed her question away with the wave of his hand.
However, the eager expression and happiness written across his face gave him away and Su Yun Lan seemed to guess something was amiss. Her face changed before she hurriedly spoke, "My friend Xu, please dont be rash. These people belong to the demonic sects of Wind City and their whereabouts are always unknown. If you kill a horde of them, more will appear in their place. Even if you are able to kill all of them, Great Change Sect will be in danger."
"What are you afraid of? Every time a new wave comes, we shall kill the entire wave of them." Xu Que replied her fearlessly.
Su Yun Lan looked at him in the eye before continuing, "If daoist friend Xu agrees to stay behind and be an Elder, I wont be worried or afraid. But since you are leaving, how can we defend ourselves against wave after wave of evil sects attacks!"
"That's true!" Xu Que nodded his head in agreement. He knew that Su Yun Lan had a point as well. If he were to offend the demonic sects by killing the first wave of them and leave after that, Great Change Sect would surely be in trouble.
However, if he could find a way to make Great Change Sect stronger, then it would rid his worry.
Meanwhile, Xu Que called out for the system in his head and entered the system stores.
He then asked the system, "What can increase the fighting capabilities of a sect and can also be given to someone else?"
At first, he thought that giving them a protective spell would be the most appropriate. However, he realized that whatever item he bought from within the store could only be used by him. That was why he asked that question.
Before long, the system store let out a white flash of light before displaying several items.
Xu Que looked at the items and were taken aback. All those items were blueprints!
He then looked clearly and read the words and descriptions of the blueprints before bursting out in laughter.
This caused Su Yun Lan who was beside him to jump in shock.
She initially noticed that Xu Que was in a daze. She wanted to ask what he was thinking about when he started laughing out all of a sudden, giving her no time to react.
"Friend Friend Xu, whats wrong with you?"
Xu Ques entire face displays his happiness as he climbed over the window and hugged Su Yun Lan in elation. "Sect Elder Su, I have an idea to prevent the Demon Sect from harassing your sect and at the same time, make Great Change Sect the strongest sect within the whole Wind City."
Su Yun Lan couldnt react in time to prevent Xu Que from hugging her as she lost the color in her face and tried to break free from his embrace.
The minute she heard his words, her heart skipped a beat. With an astonished face, she looked at him and asked, "What What did you say?"
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Prevent Demon Sect from harassing your sect and at the same time, make Great Change Sect the strongest sect within the whole Wind City.
The minute she heard these words, Su Yun Lan had no way of maintaining her composure.
If anyone else aside from Xu Que had said it, Su Yun Lan wouldnt have paid much attention to the person. In fact, she will probably assume that he was crazy.
Yet, since these words were spoken by Xu Que, Su Yun Lan had no way of ignoring it.
From her point of view, Xu Que was almost half a lunatic.
Everything that shes heard about this young man from start to finish was all the crazy and unbelievable things he had done. Some even sounded like miracles.
When he was in the Core Bearing Stage, he single handedly obliterated the entire Fallen Spirits Sect. Soon after, he wiped out and destroyed Celestial Sect. Xu Que killed an Original Infant Stage cultivator right under the nose of the Infant Transformation Stage leader. He then proceeded to wreck all the infrastructure of the sect before escaping.
Half a month later, he appeared in Withered Bones Forest in the Golden Core Stage and single handedly killed the entire Blood River Sect as well.
And finally now, he spoke about raising Great Change Sect and making it the best sect in the whole Wind City. Su Yun Lans first thought was "Was this person going to kill all the sects in Wind City?"
After hearing this, Su Yun Lan broke free from Xu Ques embrace and took several steps back. She then exhaled deeply, a severe look was etched on her face, "This Friend Xu You Remain Calm!"
You want me to remain calm?
Xu Que then came back to his senses.
After hearing such a piece of good news, shouldnt she be overjoyed? Why would she ask me to calm down?
Damn it, I sustained some severe losses. Ive just spent more than a hundred act tough points to purchase the blueprints and I didnt even get a kiss from her? I only managed to get a few seconds worth of hugs. Just thinking of this is giving me low blood pressure!
"My friend Xu, I understand your good intentions. Its just that, if we are able to get rid of the worry that the demonic sects might harass us in the future, thats a good thing! Still, the other sects in Wind City are innocent and I humbly plead for you to show them mercy!" At this point, Su Yun Lan took a soft and tactful tone. What she meant was for Xu Que to not harm the rest of the proper and upright sects.
When Xu Que heard this, he was evidently confused, "Sect Leader Su, what are you talking about?"
"I"
"Forget it, forget it. Actually, this is whats happening. I have a blueprint here which can help create a legendary weapon to help you defend Great Change Sect. That way, when they come to create problems, you can be at ease. At the same time, if youre feeling adventurous, you can take the legendary weapon with you to go out and fight. I assure you that you shall be successful in every battle!" Xu Que then withdrew the blueprints and handed it over to Su Yun Lan.
Su Yun Lan froze as she heaved a sigh of relief. So she was mistaken. This Xu Que didnt want to go on another killing rampage. Instead, he just wanted to give her a weapon.
This was a good arrangement too. Its just that, how strong was this weapon? It could help to defend against the demonic sects and could still fight battles on other fronts?
Su Yun Lan started to feel curious as she received the blueprints and took it over slowly.
Xu Que gave a weak smile as he took the opportunity to touch the soft and white hands of Su Yun Lan.
In actual fact, the blueprint which he took out was called the God Powered Cannon. This particular weapon had one of the most advanced technologies within the cultivation realm and was a powerful weapon. It costed Xu Que an entire 120 act tough points to purchase.
As long as the instructions on the blueprints were followed, it would be able to construct the entire cannon which could be used by someone else apart from the host!
Of course, the might of this God Powered Cannon was frightening. Every single shot fired out would cost a small amount of spirit stones, but could emit the force dealt by an Original Infant Stage cultivator. If enough quantities were fired, it could even reach the amount of force dealt by an Infant Transformation Stage cultivator.
The most important thing was that Xu Que had to create the entire cannon by himself. Then, regardless of who was the one who fired the cannon, as long as people were killed by it, the experience points would all go to Xu Que. That was probably one of the main reason why he chose this weapon in the first place.
Then, no matter where he goes after this, as long as the Great Change Sect commands this God Powered Cannon to kill their enemies, he would always get experience points without having to do anything. This was an extremely good purchase!
The moment Su Yun Lan laid her eyes on the blueprints, all the curiosity within her eyes vanished. She then smiled and looked at Xu Que, "Daoist friend Xu, such Such a common cannon might not be of great use, right?"
Common cannon?
You must be kidding. How can a regular common cannon compare to this?
Xu Que was upset. He pointed at the blueprint and spoke, "Sect Leader Su, please look closely. This is the God Powered Cannon. A single low grade spirit stone would enable it to fire 10 artillery rounds. Every single round is as strong as as Original Infant Stage attack. If I were to make 10 of these wondrous cannons, your Great Change Sect would no longer have any enemies. Even the Infant Transformation Stage cultivators wont dare to antagonize you."
"Gulp" Su Yun Lans expression froze before she forced a smile. She clearly didnt believe Xu Ques words.
In this particular cultivation world, shes never heard of any weapon that could be so strong and even one that could be operated just by using a single low grade spirit stone. Besides, every single round was akin to the force wielded by an Original Infant Stage cultivator? How could that be possible? That was something only spoken about in myths and legends!
Furthermore, immortal weapons would require the use of core strength. In addition, only extraordinary immortals would be able to forge such a strong weapon. How could it be created just by any other junior cultivator!
However, she felt that it might not be polite to tell Xu Que that for fear that it might cause him to lose face. She decided against returning the blueprint back to Xu Que and spoke out, "Friend Xu, since thats the case, I would have to trouble you. Whatever materials you require, as long as it exists within my sect, please just help yourself!"
Her demeanor wasnt due to the fact that she was generous but because her Great Change Sect was in extremely poor position. There was nothing valuable left within their treasure rooms which was why she gave Xu Que the authority to take anything he required.
Fortunately, this God Powered Cannon didnt require any precious or expensive material. All it required was a large amount of black iron. The rest of the complicated charms required were given after buying the blueprints. At this point, he already had the necessary resources to create 4 or 5 full cannons!
At last, Xu Que received a tile from Su Yun Lan which showed her authority within the sect. He then hurriedly left for the treasure room.
Since he couldnt fall asleep and since he was rushing for time, he might as well start working on it now.
Black iron was the material that was required to create flying swords. Hence, there were copious amounts of black iron within the treasure room of Great Change Sect.
The moment Xu Que entered the room, he started shifting the black iron around without speaking a word. This caused the disciples who were guarding the room to be stumped at his actions.
At last, Xu Que returned to his small yard. He was too lazy to even search for the smelting furnace and just conjured his own core strength from within his body as all the black iron floated in front of him.
Soon after, a green tinged fire emitted out from his palms. That was the Molten Green Lotus spell which he used to wrap around all the floating black iron. Instantaneously, it started to burn.
Following the instructions of the blueprint, Xu Que used the mystical fire and turned the black iron into molten form and removed the impurities from it. This process took several hours.
He was busy at work all the way till daylight. Finally, he created a complete dark and pure black dark iron in liquid form.
Soon after, he started shaping the molten liquid as it began to solidify and take the form of the God Powered Cannon as how it was described in the blueprint.
The minute the cannon started solidifying, he hurriedly retrieved a pair of stone slabs which had inscriptions written all around it and placed it right at the center of the entire cannon. These slabs were given free with the purchase of the cannon.
Placing the wooden slab of inscriptions within the cannon was akin to installing a microchip within the computer. It was the heart of activity within the device. Xu Que handled it with ease.
Several hours later, it was almost in the evening where the entire sky was painted red with the setting sun.
The very first God Powered Cannon was successfully created!
The entire cannon was about a meter tall and was a deep shade of matte black. There were also many golden inscriptions scribbled across the body of the cannon, which gave it a mystical aura!
He realize that he didnt even have the time to try it out. Xu Que hurriedly called for a Great Change Sect disciple and asked him to call the Sect Leader and the 2 Sect Elders over to come and take a look.
The disciple ran over and saw the cannon sitting in the backyard of Xu Ques accommodation and gave a strange expression. He seemed to be half smiling and yet didnt dare to laugh out loud.
A normal looking cultivator had actually created a weapon which bore resemblance to that being used in military camps. He even decorated it until it looked like a treasure. If word were to spread, everyone would start laughing at the incredulity of it all.
However, Xu Que was given the lofty status as a distinguished guest. Hence, the disciple did all he could to suppress his laugh. He then spoke out, "Daoist friend, when we meet the Sect Leader and Sect Elders, we all have to write a note to them first indicating the reason for the meet."
"What play thing is that? We have to write a note before we meet them? What kind of silly idea is that!" Xu Que frowned. A small sect like this has such bureaucracies and formalities. Even the huge Celestial Sect didnt make things so complicated!
The disciple hurriedly saluted and explained, "Daoist friend is mistaken. Throughout history, our Sect Leader and Sect Elders always lived within the Secret Library of the Sect. This Secret Library had a ton of restrictive enchantments which prevented any unauthorized people from entering. The only way for them to gain entry was to be given an access tile. These tiles were only carried around by the Sect Leader and the Sect Elders. Therefore, whenever we request to meet them, we have to send a note in to inform them. Our Sect Leader hated this entire process as well and wanted to change the procedure but was unable to remove the restrictive enchantments. At this point, everyone cant do anything because the restrictive spells were placed by our patriarchs."
"So, thats why." Xu Que then nodded his head subtly and replied, "Fine then. Help me write a note and be quick."
"Sure. Can I trouble my daoist friend to read out what you wish for me to write and I shall write it down accordingly." The disciple retrieved a silver piece of paper and spoke to Xu Que.
Xu Que stroke his chin as he mumbled, "Write My dear cough, cough... Forget it. Write, Sect Leader Su, theres a handsome and cool young man who wishes to ask you out on a date tonight to see the God Powered Cannon!"
"Gulp..." The disciple froze as if he encountered some difficulties, "Daoist friend, look at how small the piece of paper is. The number of words I can write is limited. Can you make the message more concise?"
"Concise?" Xu Que thought for some time before replying, "Then write, Sect Leader Su, a handsome and cool young man wishes to ask you out on a date tonight to see a cannon!"
"Can you make it more concise?"
"You want it to be more concise?" Fine. Then just write, Sect Leader Su, date night to see cannon!"
"Thats good. My daoist friend is really elegant with his words. Oh, there is a requirement to write the name of the person who wishes to see the Sect Leader as well. How should I address you?"
"This humble subject is Cannon Deity!"
Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 52
The night sky was dark and was full of bright stars. The night breeze was gently blowing from the mountains behind the Great Change Sect.
Xu Que stood atop the mountain where a large black cannon stood beside him. Both his hands were placed behind his back as his robes flapped about in the wind. He looked far across at a tall tree on the mountain opposite him and gazed in that direction.
That would be the target he would use to test his God Powered Cannon.
The strength of an Original Infant Cultivator was clearly not one to trifle with. Xu Que intentionally brought the cannon up this mountain so that it would fire into an open space. Should it accidentally fire towards Great Change Sect, it might flatten the entire sect domain. Then, Su Yun Lan would definitely bite him to death!
At this time, Su Yun Lan, the pair of Sect Elders and several disciples in their Golden Core Stage were rushing up.
This beautiful looking Sect Leader begrudgingly went all the way to see this cannon. As for the God Powered Cannon which took a single day to build, she was extremely skeptical about it. She was somewhat sure that Xu Que was just pulling her leg and playing around with her.
The pair of Sect Elders gave strange expressions to each other upon finding out that Xu Que had built a cannon for them.
Along the way, one of the Elders asked, "Sect Leader Su, I heard reports from one of the disciples who was guarding the treasure room. He said that Xu Que had taken away all of our black iron. Could it be because of this cannon?"
"Right! I promised him that whatever materials he required, he should just help himself." Su Yun Lan maintained a stoic expression as she nodded her head gently.
The pair of Sect Elders froze as they were crying deep down without any tears showing.
"That... Thats all the black iron we own!"
"Although its not considered rare, the price of it was still expensive. Letting it go to waste like that is really Ai, forget it!"
The both of them sighed.
Most people felt that a common cannon used in military camps wouldnt be able to do much damage against cultivators in this world. No matter how it was modified, it would just be a common spell at best.
For this reason, when all of them scaled the mountain to view Xu Ques cannon, they all came with the idea of just watching fireworks. They took it as just a celebratory view for defeating the Blood River Sect.
The only person who was quiet was Su Yun Lan. Based on the way she saw it, wasting all the black iron wasnt a big deal. The thing that affected her the most was Xu Ques sincerity in wanting to help Great Change Sect. This touched her to a certain degree.
All these years of being a Sect Leader, she felt extremely exhausted. Today, Xu Que was willing to help her and share the burden of protecting the sect. Regardless of how effective the weapon was, knowing that someone shared her worry was a sort of consolation to her.
Before long, Su Yun Lan and the entire group of people reached the peak of the mountain.
Seeing Xu Que standing next to the pitch black cannon with golden inscriptions, everyone was left speechless.
Xu Que couldnt be bothered about their expressions as he leapt over to the side eagerly and asked them, "There wouldn't be any consequences if I fired this cannon over to the next mountain right?"
"Not a problem. Theres nobody living on that mountains, maybe just a couple of roaming beasts. Give it a shot, friend Xu." Su Yun Lan replied him plainly.
The pair of Elders nodded their heads gingerly as well. Although it was clear that they were distracted and uninterested in the normal looking cannon.
They were thinking about how everyone understood and knew the powers of a regular cannon. Once the round was being fired, it would cause a crater over at the other end. How much of a consequence could there be!
"Good. I shall give it a shot then. The first ever round shall be fired from this God Powered Cannon. Let us all witness it together!" Xu Que spoke out ceremoniously as he walked towards the cannon.
All eyes fell upon him as he took a deep breath. In his heart, he was excited knowing that this was the perfect time to act tough!
Immediately after reaching the cannon, he opened a small flap on the side of the cannon. He then retrieved a storage ring which he had acquired from one of the Original Infant Stage cultivators he had killed previously and took out a low grade spirit stone from within the storage ring.
The spirit stones were dazzling under the moonlight and were transparent. He inserted them into the opened flap on the cannon.
The pair of Sect Elders gave a surprised "ai" sound. Werent cannons supposed to be fitted with gunpowder and artillery rounds first before igniting the wick attached to the gunpowder? Theyve never seen anyone placing spirit stones within the cannon.
Su Yun Lan paused in surprise as well. She then thought about the words spoken out by Xu Que last night. This was a cannon which consumed spirit stones!
"Dont tell me Whatever he said was true?" Su Yun Lan thought all of a sudden but was immediately suppressed by her logical self. She felt that it was impossible and didnt dare to believe that it was true as well. Whatever he said was too outrageous and preposterous!
"Smack!" Xu Que clapped his palms together, his fingertips were touching each other as his fingers started dancing in a strange and complicated ritual.
At the same time, a golden ray of energy was being emitted as it wrapped around his hands. It was almost as if a golden burst of flames were burning his finger tips!
"Activate!"
Xu Que opened his eyes and shouted loudly. The golden embers were still dancing atop his palms as he slapped it down upon the rear end of the cannon.
"Weng!" The cannon gave off a sound which sounded like it was vibrating. The numerous golden inscriptions around the cannons lit up in bright gold light as it glimmered brightly on the dark mountain top. It seemed to be getting brighter with each passing second.
"Ai Whats happening?"
The pair of Sect Elders were clearly taken aback. This was nothing like the ordinary looking cannon they knew of!
Su Yun Lans tiny mouth was opened wide, her face was full of shock.
At the same time, the golden inscriptions had reached their maximum brightness. The entire cannon was shrouded in golden light as it illuminated the dark night sky around them.
"Boom!"
Soon after, the bright golden light transformed into a single beam of light as it exploded out from the cannon and shot towards the mountain.
The entire night sky turned into a flash of white which hurt all their eyes due to how blinding it was. Su Yun Lan and the rest of them couldnt help but shut their eyes.
"Boom-doom!"
At the next moment, an earth splitting sound rang out from the cannon beside them. It was so loud that it felt like their ears were going to explode after they heard the ringing sounds.
When they opened their eyes, the bright white light seemed to have become weaker and didnt hurt as much as before.
When the entire group of them regained their sight, they were astounded!
The tall and huge mountain across them seemed like it had been sliced off from the ground. The entire mountain disappeared from view, being completely destroyed by the cannon.
Such terrifying powers were exhibited from the cannon. Even Su Yun Lan and the rest of them wouldnt have been able to do anything like that. It was absolutely impossible!
That was a mountain. A huge mountain!
How could it be that with a single round, the entire mountain was annihilated and reduced to just dust and ashes?
"Sect Leader Su, I have an idea which will prevent the evil demonic sects from harassing your sect and at the same time, make Great Change Sect the strongest sect within the whole Wind City."
"Sect Leader Su, please look closely. This is the God Powered Cannon. A single low grade spirit stone would enable it to fire 10 artillery rounds. Every single round is as strong as as Original Infant Stage attack"
In that instant, Su Yun Lan could almost hear the words spoken by Xu Que previously. Every single sentence and word were punctuated clearly within her ears.
Su Yun Lan completely fell into a daze.
If the previous time, when Xu Que single handedly killed so many Original Infant Stage cultivator caused her so much worry and stress, she could still handle it. For in such a huge world, there would always be geniuses and people who were unnaturally strong.
But whatever she saw at this point, she couldnt believe!
He spent a single night!
And he relied on solely a piece of blueprint!
With a mound of black iron, he could create a cannon which could strike with the force of an Original Infant Stage cultivator!
How does one accept that!?
Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 53
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 80 act tough points!"
The system rang out within Xu Ques mind but he didnt pay it any mind.
After seeing the devastating effects of the God Powered Cannon, even he was taken aback and was clearly shocked.
Damn it! Such destructive capabilities. If I had known about this, I wouldve used this earlier on in the Withering Bones Forest and blown up all the Original Infant Stage cultivators. I wouldve gotten several hundred thousand experience points easily, and would still be able to act tough!
However, as much as the God Powered Cannon was very strong, it still couldnt compare to the might of the mystical fires.
Xu Que didnt feel too regretful about not using this earlier. He glanced around and faced the shocked Su Yun Lan and the rest of them. He couldnt help but grin.
Their reaction to the cannon blast was perfectly normal. After All, the God Powered cannon was out of this world. In fact, it didnt even belong to this world or this era.
The system introduced this weapon as an extremely advanced technology and came from an era where technical prowess were at its peak. In other words, Xu Que had brought advancements from the future into this olden day era.
The magnitude of shock and disbelief on their faces were understandable. It was as good as bringing a modern day person to the olden days and showing them how to build an aircraft. The uncertainty in their hearts mustve been extreme.
Thankfully, the shock didnt last for very long. Soon enough, Su Yun Lan and the rest of them began to regain their senses. Xu Que squatted down beside the God Powered Cannon and retrieved the remnants of spirit stones from within the latch before sneakily putting it back into his inventory space.
Everyone else : "..."
Didnt it cost a low grade spirit stone to operate it? Why would you use it once and still hope to keep the remaining fragments of the spirit stone?
Xu Que was already used to being looked at this way that he completely ignored their bewildered and strange expressions. His face didnt turn red from embarrassment, neither was his heart beating unusually fast. He wasnt ashamed of keeping the remaining powdered-up spirit stones and he looked as if nothing had happened. He smiled widely at the rest of them.
"My fellow friends, are you satisfied with this humble subjects God Powered Cannon?
"My friend Xu, this is this God Powered Cannon was really created by you?" Su Yun Lans eyes still had that look of sheer surprise.
"Thats right!" Xu Que blinked several times dazedly and nodded his head in a smile.
"You only used a single night to build it?"
"Yes, thats right!"
"And you only used those black iron?"
"Oh, thats a slightly more complicated question. To put it simply, the talisman within the cannon had the greatest use and is the most important part. However, I havent been able to inscribe more talismans and is thus limited on that. So, as of now, I can only build 2 more God Powered Cannons for you!" Xu Que raised two long fingers up as he spoke.
The minute these words were spoken, the Sect Leader and Sect Elders seemed to jump in fright again.
A single God Powered Cannon was already so powerful and horrifying. If they really possessed a pair of these cannons, who would dare to harass Great Change Sect in the future?
Even if Blood River Sect wasnt completely destroyed, the minute they witness the destruction this cannon can bring, they would just hang their heads and walk away.
This present was too valuable and expensive to the Great Change Sect people and too shocking as well!
Su Yun Lan didnt reject this huge gift.
Great Change Sect had been declining till it couldnt go any lower. It was like a terminally ill patient. Xu Ques God Powered Cannon was like the saving pill to their disease.
After a long time of silence, Su Yun Lan looked at Xu Que and spoke seriously, "My friend Xu, I will never forget your generosity. If you ever find a use for Great Change Sect, please just ask! Even if it requires the entire sect to be present, we wont spare any effort in helping you."
"Many thanks daoist friend Xu!" The pair of elders and the rest of the disciples hurriedly came around to give their thanks.
"You guys are making this to be a bigger deal than it is. Youre most welcome. Besides, if anyone comes around looking for trouble in the future, you can just use the cannons to kill them. Right, theres a manual here on how to conjure and use the cannon. Ive already simplified it, go and learn it!" Xu Que spoke generously.
He wanted the God Powered Cannon to be effective and kill many people as well for he would earn tons of experience points this way.
Soon after, Xu Que and everyone else made their way down the mountains, back to Great Change Sect.
Seeing that the sky was dark, Xu Que took this opportunity to quickly build the other 2 God Powered Cannons and shifted them to the secret library in Great Change Sect.
As for Great Change Sect, these 3 God Powered Cannons were considered their trump card and most precious treasure. Hence, they felt the need to guard it to the best of their abilities.
After the sky started turning bright signalling a new day, Xu Que walked out of his yard alone and prepared to leave.
He had stayed in Great Change Sect for two days now and noticed that nobody had come to cause problems. Apart from a little acting tough here and there, he didnt increase his experience points at all.
As a result, he decided to return to the Withered Bones Forest. He had to kill six more Original Infant Stage demonic beasts before he could attain the full foundation, level 10 of the Golden Core Stage. He would then be able to upgrade his system and revive Xiao Rou.
Indeed, Xu Ques luck was good. The moment he stepped out of his yard, he could hear several Great Change Sect disciples scurrying across in panic, their faces were nervous and afraid.
Xu Que raised his eyebrows and was about to ask what was happening. He then heard someone shouting loudly from outside the entrance of the sect.
"Sun Yun Lan, why havent you come out to welcome us?"
"Have you prepared the spirit stones for this month?"
"Why havent you come out? Youre slower than usual and making me wait. Are you forcing me to attack you?"
"Su Yun Lan, theres a limit to our patience. I shall give you the time it takes to breath three times. In three breaths, if I dont see the spirit stones, dont blame us for being cruel!"
"I should tell you that our leader has brought more people here this time. I advise you to be honest and hand over your spirit stones obediently. If not, you have to bear the consequences!"
These demonic sects people are really lawless!
Xu Que could hear the taunting tone in their voices. His face turned angry.
At first, when Su Yun Lan mentioned that there would occasionally be demonic sects coming to cause trouble, Xu Que didnt think too much of it because of how she downplayed it.
But now he heard first hand how aggressive and disrespectful they were. He then understood how difficult it must have been for Su Yun Lan being the Sect Leader all these years.
"Hm since they offered themselves up to me, I have to use them as a guinea pig for my cannons. Just as well that I need more experience points." Xu Que cleared his throat before walking out.
There were 10 cultivators standing outside the entrance of the sect. They were wearing black and red long robes. There were also a pair of Original Infant Stage cultivators and the rest of them were of the Golden Core stage.
The people who were responsible for being aggressive and arrogant sounding were these Golden Core Stage cultivators.
Xu Que walked out and looked at the scene before him, causing his pupils to dilate.
They were just a mere Golden Core Stage disciples and yet had the guts to act this way? They completely relied on the strengths of the two Original Infant Stage cultivator and could behave in such a disrespectful manner towards an Original Infant Stage Sect Leader. This infuriated Xu Que.
Xu Que hated people like these the most.
He walked out confidently, taking big strides as he furrowed his brows. He then shouted out, "What are you yelling about? Whos dog is this? Why havent you leashed him up? So early in the morning and hes barking out here non-stop. Infuriating!"
The disciples from the evil demonic sect outside paused and glared ferociously at Xu Que.
One of them laughed coldly, "Where did this little idiot came from? Shoo to the side now and get that bitch of a Su Yun Lan to come out."
Xu Que sighed and shook his head, "Your dog mouth is extremely foul. Maybe you shouldn't open it ever again!"
The minute the words were spoken, his shadow moved in a blur before a bolt of lightning could be seen. He appeared next to the person in the blink of an eye. Terrifying killing intent radiated out from him and enveloped the entire area!