Chapter 25: The tit-for-tat geniuses of the Eastern Wasteland!
"Xiao Tu, the Third Young Master of the Xiao Family, once one of the four great military prefectures of the Junlin Imperial Dynasty!"
"I heard that during the Bloody Wedding three years ago, he was the only one of the entire Xiao Family who survived!"
"We all thought he had died out there these past three years, but who would have thought he'd actually return!"
"Not only has he returned, but he seems to have changed quite a bit from before!"
"Indeed! His cultivation has grown immensely, and his appearance and demeanor have also changed!"
...
Xiao Tu listened to the whispers around him, his face expressionless as he walked into Tianmen Pass.
Three years! No one knew what kind of three years he had endured!
Even more, no one knew what sacrifices he had made, what painful price he had paid to gain power!
Now, it was time for his suffering to end and for joy to begin!
He would seize the top position in the Prodigy sequence, then marry Wu Yao, and finally, using the power of the Junlin Imperial Family, overthrow the entire Jun Family in one fell swoop!
This was his plan!
"Brother Xiao Tu... you..."
Wu Yao looked at the familiar yet strange person before her and was somewhat speechless. Xiao Tu was a month older than her, so she had always called him "Brother."
She and Xiao Tu had grown up playing together, so their bond was very deep. When the Xiao Family was annihilated three years ago, she was heartbroken, but even though she used all her power, she couldn't find the mastermind behind the Bloody Wedding.
In the end, she could only give up, intending to find Xiao Tu and protect him, but Xiao Tu had vanished as if into thin air. Even with the power of Misty Peak, she couldn't find any trace of him.
But now, when she saw Xiao Tu again, she realized that her childhood sweetheart seemed like a different person. Although his face was still the same, she always felt that something had changed!
"Long time no see!"
Xiao Tu smiled at Wu Yao, but this smile was no longer bright; instead, it held a certain feminine charm.
"Sigh!"
Wu Yao sighed. Just as she was about to ask Xiao Tu about his disappearance over the past three years, she suddenly frowned. She felt a gaze brazenly scrutinizing her body.
Clang!!!
A brilliant and sharp Sword Qi lit up!
The Misty Sword was unsheathed!
Wu Yao suddenly turned, holding her sharp sword, its tip pointing directly at Luo Zhixie!
"Luo Zhixie!"
"Do you not want your eyes anymore?"
"Hahahahaha!"
Luo Zhixie heard this and couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh wildly.
"Your Highness!"
"After today, you will be mine!"
"What? Can't This Young Master look at his future wife?"
"Dream on!!!"
Wu Yao coldly rebuked, killing intent rising in her beautiful eyes. She detested Luo Zhixie from the bottom of her heart.
"Fierce!"
"Too fierce!"
"However, This Young Master likes it!"
"Hahahahaha!"
Luo Zhixie admired Wu Yao's picturesque beauty, finally letting his gaze rest on her high and full chest, and burst into laughter.
"Bastard!"
Wu Yao gritted her silver teeth, waved the sharp sword in her hand, and hundreds of sharp Sword Qi sliced through the air, heading straight for Luo Zhixie!
Seeing this, Luo Zhixie couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. He lifted his hand, unleashing endless black Qi in a palm strike, instantly crushing all the Sword Qi. Then, he provocatively uttered two words:
"Is that all?"
Just then, Ye Wuya, standing nearby, couldn't bear it anymore. He stepped forward and said coldly, "Luo Zhixie!"
"A few years have passed, and I didn't expect you to still be a dog that can't change its ways!"
"Hmph!"
Luo Zhixie cast a sinister glance at Ye Wuya, then sneered disdainfully.
"A defeated opponent, how dare he speak of courage?"
"Humph!"
Ye Wuya snorted coldly and said, "Three years ago, it's true I lost to you by one move!"
"But today, come and try me!"
Hearing this, Xuan Zang, the Chief of Great Thunder Sound Temple, who was nearby, looked at Ye Wuya with surprise and said, "This guy is so weak, and you actually lost to him by one move?"
"Benefactor, you're not so great either!"
"You!!!"
Ye Wuya and Luo Zhixie were both speechless at the same time.
At this moment, Xiao Tu looked at Xuan Zang, who had interjected, and a cold glint flickered in his effeminate eyes. He sneered mockingly.
"Hahahahaha!"
"What has this world come to?"
"Now even monks want to get married!"
"Huh?"
Xuan Zang scratched his bald head, then looked at Xiao Tu and muttered softly, "This Poor Monk is a monastic, so it's true I cannot marry!"
"But you, a little eunuch, certainly can't marry either, can you!"
The moment these words were heard...
Xiao Tu's face instantly darkened. It was as if his most sensitive nerve had been touched. His eyes turned sinister as he glared at Xuan Zang and roared, "Bastard!"
"Who are you calling a eunuch!"
Xuan Zang, looking bewildered, carefully scrutinized Xiao Tu again and then said, "A monastic does not lie!"
"You are a eunuch!"
"The eunuch is you!"
"You're courting death!!!"
Xiao Tu clenched his fists tightly. In the depths of his eyes, a terrifying purple killing light ignited.
"He's mad, he's mad!"
Xuan Zang spread his hands, his face full of helplessness, thinking, 'What has this world come to? Is it not even allowed to speak the truth anymore!'
"Hahahahaha!"
"Sister Wu Yao, I didn't expect your childhood sweetheart, Brother Xiao Tu, to be a hermaphrodite!"
Luo Zhixie furiously added fuel to the fire.
"You bastard!"
Wu Yao's pretty face was frighteningly cold at this moment.
"He's a hermaphrodite!"
"You have a rotten ass!"
Xuan Zang shook his head and continued to speak the truth. He recalled how he had once defeated the then-flourishing Luo Zhixie with a single Vajra Kick, kicking his backside until it was rotten. To this day, he still savored the pleasure of that kick!
Hearing this, Luo Zhixie's handsome face flushed alternately red and pale as he angrily rebuked Xuan Zang.
"Stinking monk!"
"Am I giving you too much face?!"
Suddenly, the atmosphere throughout Tianmen Pass became extremely tense.
The tens of thousands of cultivators from all over the Eastern Barrens who had come to Tianmen Pass were stunned.
They hadn't even started fighting yet!
But the tension was already so thick!
The various Prodigies were clashing, vying for supremacy!
No one would yield to anyone else!
However, this was what a battle of Prodigies should be like!
"A bunch of weaklings... what are they shouting about?"
"So noisy!"
The beautiful "young man" in black tight-fitting attire in the crowd shook his head, looking irritated.
"These little fellows from the Eastern Barrens... they're quite unique indeed!"
Heavenly Secret Master, an Elder of the Tianji Pavilion, looked at the tense Prodigies with a helpless expression, stroking his grizzled beard.
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