Celestial Refining Divine Scripture-Chapter 317 - 315: The Neighbor’s Proposal

"Xu Yang, although your strength is impressive, the Barbarian Race must have made plenty of preparations to win; to be safe, you’d better break through to the Myriad Phenomena Realm!"

Liou Yunfeng looked solemn!

Everyone nodded in agreement; Xu Yang’s strength was obvious to all, outrageously strong!

But his cultivation level just looked way too low!

Xu Yang wore a bitter smile—this was what he’d thought from the start as well, stay quiet at first and grow stronger!

Wait for whatever comes—soldiers block it, water stops it!

If gods come, slay gods; if demons come, slay demons!

But after finishing off the concoction within seven days, and being tempered by the Setting Sun Chess Seal, the amount of resources needed became monstrous.

Originally, probably just a few days of replenishing with the surging Purest Essence Qi would have been enough for him to breakthrough.

But now, the timing has to wait.

Unless some stroke of fortune appears!

"My foundation was already ridiculously solid, and after the Setting Sun Chess Seal’s tempering, my strength has grown by at least twenty percent... To break through in such a short time, it’s simply too hard!"

The others all made odd faces when they heard this.

They were long used to Xu Yang’s abnormality.

But even so, his words still gave everyone goosebumps!

He hadn’t even broken through to Myriad Phenomena, yet already has the strength of the late stage.

One tempering, and another twenty percent boost?

Just ten percent of that, for normal folks, would take a year or two of secluded bitter cultivation, maybe even longer!

And as for finally breaking through to the Myriad Phenomena Realm... It’s just unimaginable!

It’s basically like leaping straight to heaven in a single bound!

"Unless..."

"I could take a brutal triple-tempering from three Setting Sun Chess Seals and smash through my shackles!" Xu Yang couldn’t help licking his lips; reach the limits of tempering and he’d burst through like a spear!

This Realm of the Setting Sun has no treasures—its greatest stroke of fortune is the Setting Sun Chess Seal!

The only other option is slaying Barbarians to see if they’re carrying any valuables.

Relatively speaking, Xu Yang preferred the former.

Liou Yunfeng showed a bitter smile; what else could he even say?

The rest were speechless!

They hadn’t even started, and he was already thinking about snatching three Setting Sun Chess Seals.

Those were all Daqian and Barbarian top-tier talents—if outsiders heard, they’d think Xu Yang was joking.

But in their hearts, they couldn’t help but have overwhelming confidence in Xu Yang!

Swish!

Ripples emerged, and a figure flashed by in the distance.

"It’s Mr. Meng—he’s back this fast!" Everyone looked over.

Xu Yang perked up and gazed intently.

Meng Ziqiu was completely unharmed, smiling, "Got lucky, just cut down a Barbarian race fellow!"

"Young master, this is our opponent from the Barbarian side!"

With that, he tapped the air, conjuring a shimmering mist; inside projected the image of a Barbarian warrior.

"Ge Yang!"

Xu Yang recognized him at a glance.

One of the top ten Blood Generals, but ranked low—practically invisible!

Compared to Helan Xing and Wuo Chengfeng, he was much weaker!

"Young master, this guy’s cultivation is only at Early Stage of the Myriad Manifestation Realm—how strong is he?"

"He’s no threat at all!"

Xu Yang smiled casually.

Everyone blinked and then burst into laughter.

If Xu Yang called someone "no threat", then there’s no way that person could pose any threat!

It wasn’t arrogance; Ge Yang would need an earth-shattering fortune to catch up with the likes of Helan Xing and Wuo Chengfeng.

But the odds were just too tiny.

Right now, only two people made him wary—Tuoba Dajiang and Tuoba Hongyu!

"If he’s the match-up, there’s no rush."

Boom!

Suddenly, a commotion came from the left side.

Xu Yang looked to the side, raising an eyebrow slightly.

He saw, right on the boundaries between Daqian’s District Nine and Eight, a crowd of Martial Artists swarmed around a petite girl, standing at the border and staring this way.

"Xu Yang!"

The girl shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Seems her name is Men Xiaorou."

"Let’s go see what she wants."

Xu Yang gestured to the others, and strode toward the border.

Ten breaths later.

Arriving at the edge of District Nine, Xu Yang looked over the Heaven and Earth Boundary Line: "What’s the matter?"

Men Xiaorou darted a glance at Liou Yunfeng and the others in the distance, grinning in surprise, "Didn’t expect you to have so many people hidden—that’s why you didn’t want to recruit anyone else!"

Even though the Heaven and Earth Boundary Line kept her from sensing their cultivation, with less than ten people, and recalling Xu Yang’s actions before, she figured their strength definitely wasn’t weak.

"Hmpf, barely ten people."

"Let’s hope this guy’s lucky and draws a weakling—or we’re totally screwed."

...

"If there’s nothing else, I’m heading back," Xu Yang replied blandly.

Men Xiaorou’s eyes turned cold for just a moment before resuming their normal cheer, and she giggled sweetly: "Xu Yang, I have a proposal."

"You help me and my followers by refining some super-grade pills; we’ll provide the Spirit Elixirs. In return, if you’re ever in danger, I can step in to save you!"

"I’ve got seven at Myriad Manifestations Realm Perfection, twelve late-stage Myriad Manifestation experts."

"That lineup is way stronger than your side!"

"So you’re that sure I’ll lose?"

Xu Yang replied with a mocking grin.

Men Xiaorou’s eyes flickered with sarcasm, "It’s not that I’m sure—it’s that you don’t inspire confidence!"

"I’m only making this offer out of respect for the Prince; if you die, it wouldn’t be a good thing!"

"She’s right!"

"Xu Yang, the battle’s only just started, but everyone’s still waiting and watching—there’s time!"

"Refining some super-grade pills is good for everyone—boosts our power!"

"Maybe you’re strong, but don’t tell me you honestly think you and your handful of men can hold against the enemy?"

"The Barbarians will fight with everything they have!"

"Xu Yang, at this point, can’t you think about the bigger picture?"

They all started chiming in, glaring coldly at Xu Yang.

As if they were offering Xu Yang a golden ticket, and if he refused, it’d be a grave sin!

Xu Yang swept his gaze over the righteously indignant crowd, then couldn’t hold back a hearty laugh toward the sky.

"Guess I’m beaten."

"In terms of big-picture thinking, I’m no match for you all!"

"Such noble souls—once you’re dead, Xu Yang will pour a fine drink before your graves!"

His laughter was full of mockery, almost like a curse!

The babbling crowd instantly fell silent; some with thinner skin twitched, others boiled with rage: "Xu Yang, you psycho, you dare curse us?"

"If anyone dies first, it’ll be you!"

"I’ll tell you this—this is your last chance!"

"You have no idea how things work! If it weren’t for Daqian’s victory, you think we’d care if you lived or died?"

A moment of furious cursing erupted, everyone hiding their own motives!

All their talk of ’bigger picture’ was complete bullshit!

Who didn’t want to snag a couple of those legendary super-grade pills?

If they couldn’t use them themselves, taking them back as fortune for their juniors would be a windfall!

Anyone else might’ve caved under collective condemnation and gradually followed the crowd.

Too bad for them—they ran into Xu Yang!

He didn’t even care about being a useless son-in-law, let alone their shameless railings!

Xu Yang simply ignored them all, staring at Men Xiaorou with a sneer: "You have such an impressive big-picture mind—so when you’re about to die, I’ll give you a chance."

"Kneel down and beg me, hand over your Setting Sun Chess Seal, and I’ll spare your life!"