Chapter 0107: Prepare to Die
Last night, everyone gathered for a banquet, but Old Luo was absent. After exchanging communication tokens with Qin Gou during the day, he left the Abyss Palace alone.
The excuse was that he was worried about the treasure he had hidden years ago, but Qin Gou’s strong suspicion was that the old man was simply afraid of being further interrogated and had made a swift escape.
The Spirit Boat soared through the sky, gradually moving away from Demon Emperor City.
To be safe and to prevent Ying Wusheng and others from finding any leverage to implicate Mo Ning and the others, Qin Gou deliberately avoided using the teleportation array within the Abyss Palace.
Just then, Qin Gou took out a bird-shaped token from his Nas Ring, and lines of text appeared in his mind.
It was a Spirit Power Transmission from Lu Zhili.
‘Fellow Daoist Yin Yu, how have you been lately? When you visit the Abyss Palace in the future, I want to introduce you to a friend. He is an extremely powerful and reliable pillar of the Cultivation World, a righteous person, revered as a Saint of one of the Human Realm provinces within our Abyss. He is very important to me. You might have met him a few times before on Dragon God Island, but you must not have gotten to know him deeply.’
Lu Zhili actually wanted to introduce him to Yin Yu?
However, her description of him as a ‘pillar of the Cultivation World’ and ‘Saint of the Human Realm’ made Old Qin beam with joy, and he immediately wrote his reply using Spirit Power.
‘Does the Holy Queen speak of the one who is both witty and courageous, and has an elegant demeanor, Lord Qin Gou? He is indeed a rare chivalrous individual, someone I have always genuinely admired! It is truly enviable that the Holy Queen can be friends with such a wise and noble gentleman!’
Considering the distance between Dragon God Island and the Abyss Palace, Qin Gou waited for a while before sending the message, then eagerly awaited Lu Zhili’s reply.
However, unexpectedly, the response he had longed for and finally received was:
‘Qin Sheng! Why did you deliberately intercept my Spirit Power Transmission? Fellow Daoist Yin Yu would never play such pranks! You are truly… like a child, so childish!’ This transmission even depicted Lu Zhili at the time, blushing as if her diary had been read, her face flushed with embarrassment, and a hint of pride in seeing through Qin Gou’s teasing.
Qin Gou: …
He returned to the Human Realm through a hidden formation.
Qin Gou confirmed that the Demon Lord’s Robe had lost the ability to communicate with the Demon Lord’s Tower, and that other Demon Lords could no longer track his whereabouts through the Blood Mist Door, before saying in his mind, “System, the advancement and upgrade you mentioned earlier can begin.”
“Ding. During the advancement period, this system will enter hibernation and will not be able to accompany the host for several days. Please do not worry, and do not fall ill from missing me.”
“Don’t worry, I definitely won’t miss you,” Qin Gou said with a smile.
However, after waiting for a long time, he did not receive any further response from the system.
“Is it starting the advancement directly? Without even a reminder?” Qin Gou was bewildered and tried calling out a few more times, but still heard no familiar ‘ding’ sound.
“Fine, I admit it.”
Qin Gou chuckled and muttered to himself, “This is the first time in so many years that this guy has gone into hibernation, and I’m really not used to it.”
“Ding. This system is officially entering advancement hibernation!” The system’s usually extremely calm prompt tone surprisingly revealed a hint of smugness.
“Damn it!” Qin Gou immediately cursed with a laugh, this old pal had really grown some skills.
“A’Qin!”
Li Yuanzhen held two dice between her slender, fair fingers, her pretty face solemn, and her tone resolute, “Today, I must avenge my past humiliation.”
The Spirit Boat flew towards Mu Tangchun’s location, and during the journey, fighting three hundred rounds with the gambling saintess had become their fixed way of passing time.
Only today, besides Little White Dragon, A’Yuan was also present as an observer.
Several dice danced in Li Yuanzhen’s hands, performing various dazzling tricks. Her skill with all sorts of gambling tools was already godlike, but unfortunately, when it came to Old Qin, who had a single trick to defeat all, she lost more than she won.
Little White Dragon was already accustomed to this scene, but Qin Yuan found it incredibly novel.
She had been present when Li Yuanzhen was caught at the Thousand Autumns Gambling House, and she had personally heard that Li Yuanzhen, the True Lord Zhu Xie she admired, was still outstanding and had reached the peak in gambling and money-related schemes, always winning when she gambled, even when applying her intelligence to such crooked paths.
She never expected that when pitted against her own father, the difference was stark, like that between clouds and mud.
After a moment.
Li Yuanzhen had lost everything she had for the umpteenth time, rolling on the ground and crying loudly. Qin Yuan couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed…
Father, when will I be as outstanding as you?
…
Fengnan City, where Mu Tangchun was currently residing.
Qin Gou and his group did not arrogantly land their Spirit Boat in the city. Instead, like other cultivators, they landed nearby, put away their boats, and walked towards the city gates.
Qin Gou had proactively contacted Mu Tangchun in advance, but was informed that the Tang Nizi was currently attending a meeting at a friendly sect near Fengnan City and would return as soon as possible.
“Daddy, since Mu Tangchun is not in Fengnan City, why are we still going in?” Qin Yuan asked.
Qin Gou shrugged, “That girl said she has already set off and is on her way back. We can go to her Taiping Tower and wait.”
Qin Yuan nodded lightly, “But A’Yuan heard that the rules of that Taiping Tower seem a bit strange. Did Mu Tangchun give Daddy a token to enter?”
“She didn’t, but A’Yuan, you clearly don’t understand. Places like Taiping Tower, where any cultivator can enter as long as they are willing to spend Spirit Stones, why would we not be able to? Saying that, Qin Gou seemed to have thought of something, and pointed to Qin Yuan’s cheek, chuckling.
“Besides, with your face, you’re bound to receive an unexpectedly warm welcome the moment you step into Fengnan City.”
“Meaning they’ll mistake me for Mu Tangchun? Is her appearance really that similar to mine?” Qin Yuan asked with a smile, her curiosity piqued.
Qin Gou nodded and smiled, “When the two of you meet, don’t be too surprised, A’Yuan. And if the manager at Taiping Tower refuses to take our Spirit Stones because of your appearance, then it would truly be a case of living by your looks.”
Upon hearing this, Qin Yuan’s inexplicable nervousness lessened considerably. She smiled charmingly, “It seems that having a Taiping Tower Master who looks so much like me has its advantages!”
As soon as she finished speaking.
Forty-nine sharp sword energies slashed rapidly towards Qin Gou and his group from all directions, with the primary target being Qin Yuan.
“You lowly slut Mu Tangchun! Prepare to die!”
