Realms In The Firmament

Ye Xiao laughed and laughed, but then sighed at the end.

”Fooled me, teased me, whatever you did to me, in this place, in this way, knowing what I would do, knowing what was in my mind… it proves you are stronger than me!

”I still want to punch you in the face. I would do anything it takes to punch you to death. I will take revenge for what you have done to me today. However, you are stronger than me. You are much more powerful than me!

”In my eyes, you are a superior cultivator who stands beyond the clouds! However, this won’t last forever. From now on, you are my example!

”If I can’t take revenge for this, I will never laugh in my life!

”I have to defeat you! I have to completely destroy you!”

He smiled and said, ”Wait and see! Nobody can stop me from laughing!”

He meant every word he just said.

…

Somewhere far away.

A lazy guy who was laughing so wildly suddenly trembled. He looked around in confusion and said, ”Who’s there? Who’s plotting?”

Another man who looked dishonest casually said while wagging his head, ”Arrogant! Look at your dumbass face. Who would plot against you? Don’t think much of yourself!”

”That’s not right… Something is wrong…” The lazy man rubbed his head and said, ”I felt the heavenly curse strike on me. It feels so real…”

”Come on!”

A few voices sounded together.

”What could be so wrong. Look at you. How could you possibly get stricken by something that advanced? You are having daydreams for sure. What a lunatic idea…”

The lazy man humphed and frowned. He thought for a while but didn’t think of anything. It had been such a long time. How did he remember when and where there was a man cursing him…

Besides, he never feared the heavenly curse. It was just a bit difficult to take care of!

Then he stood up excitedly and said, ”Who would like to play a game with me. The loser will take off all the clothes and block the spiritual power, walk around the Chief Xie’s place like the emperor in his new clothes. Go and say hello to the host. Just say hello, no endearment…”

…

After a while, he himself was wearing nothing but a short underwear as he strode around a huge palace like he was vigorous and energetic. Whenever he wanted to be a dragon, he was like a worm… wanted to be a tiger, he was like a cat…

A white figure dashed out from inside the palace. He saw the naked man and became furious. The next moment, he started to beat that man fiercely, ”Bastard! Bastard, bastard, bastard… I told you not to behave like a lunatic. Don’t go! I won’t kill you! I promise…”

”Mercy… Mercy…” The man’s exclamation was resounding in the world. ”Chief Xie, please… Mercy… Brothers, save me… Why are you standing there… Why are you just watching… Come to help me… Ahhhh… It hurts…”

”I said I wouldn’t kill you, then I definitely won’t kill you! Hahahaha…” The man in white didn’t care about that man’s exclamation at all. He just kept punching and punching. None of that man’s brothers showed up to help. Instead, they were all standing far away, watching and cheering, ”Get him down, Chief Xie! Bravo!”

”Harder! Chief Xie!”

”Nice one!”

”That was awesome!”

”One, two three… Clap!”

- Pah, pah, pah… Pah, pah, pah… Pah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah…-

”Nice punch! Great! One more!”

”Yes! Yes! One more!”

”Oh yeah!”

”Keep going!”

After a long time, that lazy guy had been punched over ten thousand times and kicked over one hundred thousand times. At least, he was slapped as far as a few planets away…

”Go suck yourself there!” It ended with an angry shout.

After a while, the world returned to peace…

…

Ye Xiao shook his head and stayed silent. What happened had happened. He decided not to waste more time here. When he was about to turn around, he saw…

Under the stele he just destroyed, there was a much smaller jade stele!

On the jade stele, there was a line of words glowing saintly lights.

’You were screwed real hard, weren’t you?’

Just a few words.

Ye Xiao twisted his mouth and answered, ”Why don’t you try it?”

That was weird.

When the glowing words showed up, Ye Xiao felt that it was Master Tianji coming back.

It was exactly how Master Tianji talked.

Although it was arrogant and high-sounding, it was also elegant and transmundane!

There was no actual evidence. It was just his instinct.

’Heh, heh. That was something you can’t skip. I was thinking about doing this all by myself, but a lazy guy insisted that he should play a role in this. We are brothers, which means I couldn’t just turn him down. That is why I let him leave something here… However, it doesn’t matter. After all, this is a game. It won’t do any harm to people. It brings delight.’

Ye Xiao made a big sigh.

[Game? Delight?]

[I think I am being so generous and nice. If somebody else plays this game of yours, he or she should have been driven crazy long ago! I think it is quite reasonable that even he or she would go to extremes and spit out a mouthful of blood and die.]

Then he thought deeper and got enlightened. [Why am I bothering about this? I am here to get huge benefits for myself. People are willing to do anything for only one percent, one of a thousand, one of ten thousand, or even just one piece of grass!]

[After all, if I wasn’t greedy for more, how would I fall into his trap?]

’However, if you want to truly own this layer, you have to refine this stele! It is the first test that you have to pass! In fact, to break that stele is the only way to get to this jade stele.’

Master Tianji’s words showed up on the jade stele. ’Now that you have broken the stele… here comes the true challenge!’

Ye Xiao was speechless.

[To refine a stele again?]

[To be fooled again…]

He was obsessed with what he might get in this place, so he fell into the trap. It was forgivable after all. However, if he jumped into the same sh*t hole for the second time, that would be utterly disgraceful.

’Relax. I am not that vile.’ One more line showed up on the jade stele.

It relieved Ye Xiao. He stopped hesitating.

It seemed the words of that man was totally convincing to him, that he would absolutely trust it with his heart.

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