Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Xu Que was really surprised. He thought that after his departure, the Waste Realm would gradually be restored to its former peace. Although there would still be robberies and killings over treasure, it would certainly be much better than when he was there.
That was also temporarily letting the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect off. But he didn’t expect that in just two days, a lot of things had happened. It wasn’t difficult to understand from the discussion of the crowd that there had been several conflicts and disputes happening near the edge of the Waste Realm.
Dean Lin from the Dingtian Academy had joined forces with the majority wanting to seal the exit of the Waste Realm. In fact, the purpose was obviously to force the people from the Exploding Heavens Faction out. If they weren’t caught coming out, they would simply seal the people from the Exploding Heavens Faction in the Waste Realm and wait for the Waste Realm to return to its dreary state. All the people who remained inside would die!
This plan had immediately sparked the objection of a small group of forces represented by the Litian Academy. Even some disciples of the major forces were objecting to the plan. Their friends or relatives had entered the depths of the Waste Realm. They probably didn’t even know that the Waste Realm was going to be sealed. How could they rush back in time?
On the second day, someone proposed delaying the sealing of the Waste Realm while continuing to inspect all those who came out. They should wait for more people to return, and it wasn’t too late to seal it then. But Dean Lin rejected the proposal directly. He didn’t even bother to explain himself.
In fact, he just wanted to let the people of the Exploding Heavens Faction stay inside and be swallowed up by the Waste Realm. It would provoke others from the Exploding Heavens Faction to seek revenge, and then he would annihilate the Exploding Heavens Faction in one go.
That was merely one of the reasons for his plan. In fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to eradicate those forces opposing the Dingtian Academy, which certainly included the Litian Academy.
In the past, it had been very difficult for the Dingtian Academy to unite other forces to eradicate the Litian Academy. After all, he had had no excuses to do that before. Now, he had formulated a plan with the Equipment Refining Sect secretly. When they were eradicating the Exploding Heavens Faction, they would eradicate the other forces too, killing two birds with one stone!
If the plan succeeded, the social status of the Dingtian Academy in the Zhen Yuan Celestial Realm would rise, and they would also provide a large quantity of natural treasures to the Equipment Refining Sect. Then the Equipment Refining Sect would benefit and soon catch up and surpass the Pill Refining Sect.
Of course, when the plan was implemented, the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect would suffer some losses. They lost the trust of some disciples, because some disciples of the Dingtian Academy, the Equipment Refining Sect, and other forces couldn’t rush back in time, and they chose to give up on them. The other disciples were disheartened.
There was a Chinese saying: a general builds his success over the dead bodies of 10,000 soldiers. If one wanted to be the strongest and the sole dictator of the world, that route to success would ultimately need to be covered by innumerable dead bodies!
Dean Lin and Elder Li, the deacon of the Equipment Refining Sect, were determined to go ahead. No one could stop them. Nevertheless, they would never let the public’s criticisms focus on them. They had sent a group of people to spread rumors and push all the blame onto the Exploding Heavens Faction.
“Humph, in fact, the Exploding Heavens Faction is to blame for all this!”
“If they hadn’t wreaked havoc, the Dingtian Academy, the Equipment Refining Sect, and other forces wouldn’t have made such a decision!”
“You’re right! It’s all the Exploding Heavens Faction’s fault!”
“They’re the root of all evil, and, in order to eradicate them, we must pay the price!”
The force of the public must not be underestimated. In just two days, many people who had complained and grumbled about the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect were also influenced to regard the Exploding Heavens Faction as their enemy.
The faulty reasoning had successfully brainwashed some of them and caused them to shift their grievances toward the Exploding Heavens Faction.
Hence, when Xu Que was sitting in the Resting Inn and listening to the other people swearing at the Exploding Heavens Faction, he was extremely offended and heated.
“Ha, well done, Dingtian Academy and Equipment Refining Sect! Nice play!”
Xu Que was so incensed that he smiled, but his eyes were glistening with hostility, and he had already taken out the Six Rens Earth Plate. “I had planned to let this slip, but I didn’t expect all of you to provoke me again, so…don’t blame me on this!”
With a bang, Xu Que stood up. The tables and chairs beside him had turned into ashes.
All the people in the Resting Inn were shocked, and they looked at Xu Que one after another.
Xu Que’s gaze swept through the crowd and he said, “This is clearly the doing of those from the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect. They have pushed all the blame onto the Exploding Heavens Faction. It’s all right if you’re dim-witted, but if you dare mouth malicious remarks about the Exploding Heavens Faction, I don’t mind killing any of you!”
Whoosh!
When everyone heard that, their expressions changed in an instant, and the atmosphere suddenly turned ice-cold.
Xu Que’s warning had revealed his identity. Everyone had guessed that the young man in front of them was from the Exploding Heavens Faction!
Nevertheless, someone had the guts to summon up all his courage and asked Xu Que, “Isn’t it your fault? If the Exploding Heavens Faction didn’t provoke the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect, there wouldn’t be so many troubles now!”
“Ha. That’s interesting!” Xu Que shook his head and sneered. His smile was full of misery.
“In this world, life is unpredictable, why are there so many ifs?”
Instead of killing the man, he said indifferently, “If the Steal Sect didn’t target us first, we wouldn’t have stolen from the Steal Sect. If we hadn’t stolen from the Steal Sect, Ling Feng of Baihui City wouldn’t have hunted us down. If the Young City Governor of Baihui City didn’t pursue us, we wouldn’t have gone to the City Governor’s Mansion and caused a mess. If the Equipment Refining Sect hadn’t hidden the Equipment Refining Tower in the Treasure Room of the City Governor’s Mansion, we wouldn’t have mistaken it for the Treasure Room of the City Governor’s Mansion, and robbed them…”
Speaking of that, Xu Que flashed a cold gaze and continued in a cold voice, “If, what’s the use of so many ifs? This world only listens to the strongest! Now, all I have to do is to let you see clearly that there’s only one if in the grand finale!”
“Since both the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect said that if it wasn’t because of the Exploding Heavens Faction, they wouldn’t have sealed the Waste Realm! Then…” Xu Que was exuding a murderous aura, and he continued, “…I just want to say that if I annihilate the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect, the Waste Realm will not need to be sealed!”
“Hence, I declare here that after today, there’ll be no more Dingtian Academy and Equipment Refining Sect in the Zhen Yuan Celestial Realm!”
“The Exploding Heavens Faction lives up to its words!”
Bam!
Xu Que’s voice was like Nine Heavens’ Celestial Thunder. It exploded in everyone’s ears and everyone was aghast at his declaration.
If the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect are destroyed, then the Waste Realm will not need to be sealed?
After today, there won’t be the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect in the Zhen Yuan Celestial Realm?
The Exploding Heavens Faction lives up to its words?
Hiss!
Everyone gasped in surprise, and their hearts were thumping rapidly.
The Exploding Heavens Faction is going to destroy the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect once and for all?
Is…is this possible?
Many shifted their focus to Xu Que. But there was no sign of Xu Que in the huge Resting Inn!
“Something bad is going to happen!”
“The Zhen Yuan Celestial Realm is going to have an earthshaking event!”
“I’m afraid that the major forces will undergo a thorough reform!”
“Coming events cast their shadows before them, Zhen Yuan Celestial Realm, from now on it’s an era of many troubles!”
In the Resting Inn, many were anxious.
In that imminent battle, it involved many aces from the Dingtian Academy, the Equipment Refining Sect, as well as manpower from other forces.
..…
On that day, what happened in the Resting Inn was recorded with a Recording Crystal Ball, and it was immediately duplicated and disseminated.
Xu Que’s cold and hostile silhouette, his fierce and forceful voice, alarmed countless people. At the edge of the Waste Realm, the major forces that had also seen that scene were spotted with complex and odd expressions.
Can this young man, who threatens and blusters, from the Exploding Heavens Faction really destroy the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect?
Many were skeptical. Even if the Exploding Heavens Faction was strong enough, they had never heard of anyone from the Heaven Celestial Stage. How could they destroy the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect?
Some people looked forward to it, while others shook their heads and dismissed it.
After watching the scene on the Recording Crystal Ball, Dean Lin laughed, “The Exploding Heavens Faction has an exaggerated opinion of their abilities. If they dare to come, I’ll surely guarantee that none of them will return!”
The deacon of the Equipment Refining Sect, Elder Li, responded in the simplest way, “Exploding Heavens Faction, they must die!”
The Zhan Family responded, “It’s ridiculous. A kid merely in the Medium Stage of the Human Celestial Stage spoke arrogantly. If anyone believed him, then he’s a fool!”
In the tent of the Litian Academy, Qin Sanli and Qin Xiangtian watched the Recording Crystal Ball, their expressions frozen. They glimpsed at each other, and there was silence.
After a few seconds, Qin Xiangtian spoke, “Third brother, we have to find him and cooperate with him!”
“What? Elder Brother, are you sure? If…” Qin Sanli was startled.
“There’s no if! I’ll contact several other forces to join us. Since the Dingtian Academy and the Equipment Refining Sect are determined to pick on us this time, I don’t mind going crazy once, this time…we win or we perish!” Qin Xiangtian responded with a cold and hostile tone as he revealed a fierce glare.
As the dean of the Litian Academy, how could he, Qin Xiangtian, be a simple man?
If the imminent battle succeeded, the Litian Academy would be the biggest beneficiary other than the Exploding Heavens Faction.
…..
However, while all the major forces were expressing their two cents’ worth or even undertaking other plans in the dark, no one noticed that there was an ordinary figure near the Waste Realm. He was flying up and down, laying down Spell Flags, arranging Spirit Crystal Stones, and carving Rune Marks on it!