Chapter 0.26 Dice
Qin Yue?
The name was not unfamiliar to all the disciples of Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace. After all, this person’s ability to stir up trouble had made him infamous even to those who had never truly met him.
However, from beginning to end, no one had associated this name with the owner of the glowing spot on the nineteenth level of the Rebirth Tower.
After all, he was just an outsider, entering the tower for the first time, and a man of low status in the Mystic Maiden Palace.
Gu Caihe’s eyes were full of disbelief. Her delicate shoulders trembled, and her sacred, beautiful face turned even paler. She looked back at Chen Keshua and questioned him, “What evidence do you have that that light spot is Qin Yue? If you can’t give a satisfactory explanation, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
Chen Keshua glared angrily, “Then, before this, what evidence did Xi Hua Saintess have to repeatedly emphasize that the owner of the light spot was Senior Sister Jiang Qiu?”
“Presumptuous! How dare you speak so sharply and show off your eloquence in front of the Palace Lord! Today, I, on behalf of Qin Yue, will teach you a good lesson, you audacious little menial laborer!” Gu Caihe’s every move was accompanied by a gale that made Chen Keshua’s face ache.
The Little Fatty’s face was ashen, but he still gritted his teeth and stood firm, refusing to yield. This was not just about his own dignity; if he knelt and begged for mercy, Qin Gou would also be looked down upon.
“Stop.”
Ye Qishuang lightly parted her cherry lips, her interest piqued. “Isn’t this also quite good?”
Gu Caihe, who had been restrained, seemed somewhat at a loss.
Ye Qishuang’s bright eyes were deep. She smiled and said, “If it really is Qin Yue, wouldn’t that be even more interesting?”
Gu Caihe fell silent.
Yi Chengying’s pair of luminous eyes darted around, her heart screaming ten thousand times, ‘Palace Lord, hurry and use your brilliant mind to discover that Qin Yue is actually Celestial Master!’
Inside the tower.
“System, what is my aptitude now?” Qin Gou asked with a smile.
“Ink Bamboo, low grade.”
“Oh, I’ve actually moved beyond the lowest four-element grade? And entered Ink Bamboo, one of the three major grades of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo.” Qin Gou’s eyes lit up, and he smiled slightly, “What am I going to do? When I leave the Rebirth Tower, won’t my Little Box lose a point to attack me? How will the pitiful Little Box continue their war of words and lively banter with me?”
As he spoke, Qin Gou’s gaze turned to the challenge of this level.
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Floor twenty-three.
An astonishing record was broken again.
No one could be one hundred percent sure who that person standing out from the crowd was. And they couldn’t remember how many times they had been shaken by this person’s terrifying presence today.
The Rebirth Tower presented bizarre trials and extremely complex and profound questions. How could a cultivator in the Hidden Weapon Realm reach this stage? Why did he possess such profound and vast knowledge? It was as if he had kicked over Meng Po’s soup at the Bridge of Helplessness and been reborn as an old monster with countless past life memories.
Many tower climbers had already failed. No one at this time would consider entering the Rebirth Tower to play the foil to that peerless genius.
Above the towering Rebirth Tower, only two light spots remained. One was someone still lingering on the third floor, a hardworking individual. He had already wasted a lot of time on the second floor, but to his surprise, he had actually succeeded in the challenge and advanced. The other one was Qin Gou, who had already reached the twenty-third floor.
Whether Qin Yue was a dragon or a worm would only be known when one of these two was expelled from the Rebirth Tower.
“Hehehehe…”
A hoarse and grating laugh, like the friction of rust, sounded in everyone’s ears.
In the blink of an eye, dark clouds covered the sun, and the sky turned dim and dark.
In the sky, a huge mass of black cloud moved horizontally at a visible speed. Only by looking closely could one see that the evil fog and black cloud was actually teeming with human heads.
And those with higher cultivation, like Gu Caihe and the others, could see that the black cloud was actually not alive, but composed of tens of thousands of eerie and terrifying skeletons.
Those skeletons were brandishing weapons, some playing haunting music, appearing extremely terrifying and chilling.
“Damn it, precisely at this moment!”
Ye Qishuang issued a swift order, “Little Box, Little Chair, you will jointly control the Mountain Guarding Array to protect the disciples within the palace! I will personally go and meet that evil spawn.”
“Yes!”
Yi Chengying and Gu Caihe said in unison.
Ye Qishuang reached out and grabbed through the Rebirth Tower, and Qin Gou’s figure appeared in the plaza, looking bewildered. The light spot on the twenty-third floor had indeed vanished without a trace.
“It really is him.” Gu Caihe’s eyes trembled slightly. With a bitter smile, she began to communicate with Yi Chengying using their divine senses to control the Mountain Guarding Array.
In the nick of time, Ye Qishuang pulled another disciple out of the Rebirth Tower. With a slight wave of her hand, the towering Rebirth Tower rapidly shrank and flew into Ye Qishuang’s red sleeve.
“Old Ghost Jiuyu, how dare you be so audacious as to act so presumptuously in my Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace!”
Ye Qishuang snorted elegantly. Her entire being shot upwards like an arrow, rising into the sky to confront the skeletal black cloud.
“What exactly happened?” Qin Gou was completely confused. He looked up. He had been advancing bravely in the Rebirth Tower, constantly accelerating his pace. After all, there wasn’t much time left. He hadn’t expected to be directly expelled.
“Little Brother Qin, are you alright?” Chen Keshua laughed heartily. “Don’t worry, you didn’t fail the challenge. Something unexpected happened, and the Palace Lord forcibly expelled you.”
Upon hearing this, Qin Gou poured spiritual power into his eyes and stared intently at Ye Qishuang’s elegant figure in the sky.
“Wench, let your Master see how strong you are now.”
“Little Brother Qin, what did you say?”
“I said Palace Lord Ye flies so high wearing a skirt, isn’t she afraid of being exposed!”
“Really? My spiritual power isn’t enough, I can’t see clearly! Little Brother Qin, don’t let beauty muddle your mind. Looking at Palace Lord Ye’s charm beneath her skirt will cost you your life.”
“Disgraceful.”
“Old Ghost Jiuyu, are you trying to wage a full-scale war with my Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace?”
An unpleasant, piercing voice emanated from the black cloud. “If that’s the case, I’ll summon my Dharma Image directly. I merely wish to spar with Palace Lord Ye, stopping at a touch. Hehe. They say Palace Lord Ye’s Natal Spirit Tool is peerless in the world, and I’m very curious to see it.”
“Haven’t you already seen it?”
Ye Qishuang slowly opened her right palm. In it were two plain dice, exactly the same as the gambling tools used in民间 gambling houses.
Also known as the Fate-Seizing Dice.
