Chapter 564: The Little Tyrant of Netherworld
"There is another suspicious point in the incident with Qin Fengqing. Lord Tu Bo had clearly sealed him. Logically speaking, all his divine treasures should have been completely closed off. He couldn't even cultivate, let alone open his divine treasures, much less become a supernatural being."
The Underworld Emissary paced back and forth a few times, pondering deeply. He thought to himself, "His entire life could only be like that of an ordinary person, at most a hundred years. So how did he manage to open his divine treasures?"
When Lord Tu Bo sealed Qin Mu's demonic nature and sealed his memories, his divine nature was also sealed along with them. When sealing Qin Mu's demonic and divine natures, Lord Tu Bo's voice formed a seal over Qin Mu's divine treasures. This was merely an unintentional act, an overflow suppression caused by sealing the divine and demonic natures. The seal wasn't that terrifying, but for Qin Mu at that time, it cut off his path of cultivation.
In other words, there was neither divine nature nor demonic nature within Qin Mu's body. All the divine treasures within him, whether divine or demonic, were sealed. These divine treasures were impossible to open, leaving no possibility for cultivation or self-improvement. After Qin Mu arrived in the Yang Realm, his greatest likelihood was to live an ordinary, uneventful life like a mortal.
Yet Qin Mu's divine treasures had been opened. Not only had they been opened, but he had also cultivated very quickly. By the age of eighteen, he had already opened the Seven Star Divine Treasure and even merged the Seven Star and Six Harmony divine treasures into one. Not only did he cultivate quickly, but he had also opened the demonic path divine treasures, and his improvement in demonic cultivation was as if aided by the gods!
This was extremely strange.
"Opening the Embryonic Divine Treasure requires relying on one's own strength. No one else can help; one can only depend on oneself. And his divine treasure seal was a hundred times more difficult than that of an ordinary person, because when he tried to break through the Embryonic Wall, he would trigger Lord Tu Bo's seal, which would emit Lord Tu Bo's divine language. And when opening the demonic Embryonic Divine Treasure, he would also touch Lord Tu Bo's Netherworld demonic language."
The Underworld Emissary was utterly perplexed. He was not omniscient and could not return to the night when Qin Mu consumed the Four Spirits Blood.
He did not know that on that night, an old man who had been reduced to a human stump with his limbs severed sat by the bonfire of the Crippled Village, smiling at the vicious and evil villagers and saying, "I think Mu'er might have another kind of physique, a Tyrant Physique that combines the strengths of the four major physiques!"
With those words, a legend was born, turning the impossible into the possible.
The villagers of Crippled Village gathered more Four Spirits Blood and gave it to Qin Mu at all costs. Qin Mu also worked twice as hard, holding an invincible belief in his heart. He was the Tyrant Physique, the most powerful spiritual physique! If he couldn't open his divine treasures, it must be because he wasn't working hard enough, unworthy of the name of Tyrant Physique!
Thus, Lord Tu Bo's seal was worn thinner and thinner. Thus, Qin Mu learned the demonic and divine languages. Thus, Qin Mu seized the moment when the divine language, demonic language, and Buddhist sounds clashed to open the Embryonic Divine Treasure!
From then on, the path ahead was bright.
Lord Tu Bo's seal remained, and the demonic and divine natures were still sealed, but a stronger belief surged from that small body, something that Lord Tu Bo and the other Netherworld giants could never have anticipated.
The story of a legend began with a well-intentioned lie from the old man who was a human stump by the bonfire that night.
"Besides this, there is another strange matter. That is, after he was exiled from the Netherworld and fell into the Great Ruins, what happened during that time?"
The Underworld Emissary closed his eyes. After a moment, he opened them again and took out the Book of Life and Death of the Netherworld. "This involves a lot. I should still go find the woman who carried him away back then and ask her what happened at that time. I wonder if she is alive or dead. If she is still alive, I can find her using the Book of Life and Death. If she is dead, her soul should have returned to the Netherworld..."
He carefully flipped through the Netherworld's Book of Life and Death, and his expression gradually became grave.
That woman's name had been removed from the Book of Life and Death. This indicated two possibilities: first, she might have been annihilated, body and soul, like the Seven Kill Star Lord Wei Liao, whose soul no longer existed and automatically disappeared from the Book of Life and Death. Second, her soul might have fallen into Fengdu or some other place, a place similar to the Netherworld.
"What exactly did she experience?"
The Underworld Emissary sighed, closed the Book of Life and Death, and his body trembled slightly. He split into multiple copies of himself, each riding a small boat away.
"The current little tyrant of the Netherworld is much more adorable than before. I prefer this little brat named Qin Mu now, and I never want to see Qin Fengqing again. But the seal has loosened several times, and the Heavenly Court is also looking for him. If the seal is broken in the future and Qin Mu turns back into Qin Fengqing, I'm afraid even my Netherworld will be in trouble..."
Li City.
Qin Mu groggily opened his eyes. His face was wet. Qin Yu's little dragon was lying on his face, licking his cheek.
Qin Mu pinched the dragon's tail and lifted the little thing up. The little dragon raised its head, climbed onto his arm, and then crawled up to his ear to hang there.
Qin Mu fetched water to wash his face, and the little dragon took the opportunity to plunge its head into the water, sucking up a mouthful and spraying it out playfully.
He walked out of the cabin and stretched. He had slept on the boat that night. Fox Ling'er, Ling Yuxiu, Si Yunxiang, and Sang Hua had gotten up early and were cooking and stir-frying. When they saw him awake, they greeted him.
The box clattered over, rubbed against Qin Mu's thigh, and opened to show him its collection of bones.
The Dragon Qilin carried a large basin over, wagged its tail, and placed the basin at Qin Mu's feet.
"Fatty Dragon, didn't you hide a few furnaces of spirit pills in the box?"
Qin Mu took an apron and went to help the girls cook. He smiled and said, "Let me handle it."
"Does the Sect Leader know how to cook?" Sang Hua asked in surprise.
Si Yunxiang said excitedly, "The Sect Leader is a master at cooking and stir-frying. The dishes he makes are delicious! During those days when Blind Grandpa caught me and Princess Xiu and forced us to marry him, the Sect Leader did all the cooking. I got addicted to it and regretted not being able to marry him!"
Ling Yuxiu's eyes lit up. "I got addicted too. I wish Blind Grandpa would force a marriage again. Let's just sit back and wait for the cowherd to present us with a feast!"
Qin Mu took the ladle, moved his mind, and transformed his primal energy into fire. He smiled and said, "Actually, in our village, Mute Grandpa cooks the best, Medicine Master Grandpa's medicinal meals are the most delicious, and Horse Grandpa's vegetarian meals are the most skillful. Grandma Si also cooks well, but no one dares to eat her food because no one knows what ingredients she uses. The others aren't good at cooking."
The Dragon Qilin looked at the box. The box showed him its collection of bones, very happy, and then tossed him two bones. The Dragon Qilin shook its head, climbed into the box, rummaged around, and finally found some spirit pills.
The Black Tiger God walked over, his voice like thunder: "Fatty Dragon, stop eating. I'll take you to train! Morning is the best time for training! You've taught me a lot, and I'll teach you too, help you burn off that excess fat! Junior Brother, I'm borrowing your fatty!"
Qin Mu quickly said, "Senior Brother, feel free to borrow him."
The Dragon Qilin quickly ate the spirit pills in the basin, but before he could finish, the Black Tiger God grabbed his tail and dragged him away.
"My bowl!"
The Dragon Qilin's cries came from afar: "I haven't licked it clean yet—"
"Little fox, come over after you eat. Train with me, and I'll take you to charge the enemy camp!"
Fox Ling'er responded. The Black Tiger God grabbed the Dragon Qilin's tail and dragged him away.
Qin Mu finished cooking, took off his apron, and sat down at the table with the girls. Fox Ling'er ladled out the porridge and placed it in front of everyone before sitting down.
The little dragon on Qin Mu's ear quietly stretched its neck, quickly grabbed a piece of stir-fried clam meat, and then shrank back, holding the meat and eating it.
They ate and talked. Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang had both been to Fengdu before and had learned some techniques and divine abilities from the gods and demons there. However, the techniques and divine abilities they had learned were incomplete. The gods and demons of Fengdu only taught them; they had to comprehend the rest on their own.
"But the inheritance of the Supreme Heavenly Court is complete. In the few days we've been here, we've learned quite a few good things."
Si Yunxiang said, "The National Teacher has spread out the battle lines. With this victory, there won't be a major battle for a while. It's a good time to learn from the senior sisters and brothers of the Supreme Heavenly Court and exchange a thing or two with the senior brothers and sisters of the demon race. Many of our Heavenly Saint Cult disciples have also arrived. Sister Sang Hua just said she plans to study at the Heavenly Saint Academy for a while."
Qin Mu pondered and said, "Perhaps we could establish a branch of the Heavenly Saint Academy in the Supreme Heavenly Court, inviting the gods and demons of the Supreme Heavenly Court and renowned elders at the Divine Bridge realm to teach. Meanwhile, the supernatural beings of the Supreme Heavenly Court could go to the Heavenly Saint Academy to study for a while. This way, we can have regular exchanges without delaying the war."
They chatted while eating. After Fox Ling'er was full, she ran out to train with the Black Tiger God and the Dragon Qilin.
Qin Mu stayed behind with the girls to wash the dishes and chopsticks. Yu He boarded the boat and saw Qin Mu washing dishes. She was startled, her expression strange. She hesitated and said, "Sect Leader, some demon scouts are roaming the battlefield. I plan to take Sang Hua and the others on a guerrilla mission to confront them."
Qin Mu nodded and smiled, "Go ahead. I'll wash the dishes."
Si Yunxiang pulled Ling Yuxiu and Sang Hua and ran off with Yu He. Yu He's voice came from afar, whispering, "Having the Sect Leader wash dishes... isn't that inappropriate? As the Sect Leader, how can he do such trivial things..."
Si Yunxiang laughed and said, "Our Heavenly Saint Cult is like that, without so many rules."
Yu He relaxed and smiled, "The Sect Leader said that our Heavenly Saint Cult is the pinnacle of the righteous path in Yancheng. Seeing the Sect Leader act like this, leading by example, I now understand that our Heavenly Saint Cult becoming the pinnacle of the righteous path is no accident."
"Well..." Si Yunxiang widened her eyes, not knowing what to say.
Qin Mu finished cleaning up. The box clattered over, opened, and showed him its collection of bones.
Qin Mu was amused and exasperated. He took out some demon weapons and put them into the box, saying, "I killed many demon experts on this trip and confiscated their spirit weapons. You should collect these instead of always collecting bones."
The box threw the demon weapons out and still collected bones.
Qin Mu shook his head, took out the True Dragon Nest, and removed the little dragon from his ear. He smiled and said, "Little friend, what you've been pestering me to see is this."
The little dragon's eyes lit up, and it kept calling out "Maha Maha."
Qin Mu laughed heartily, and with the little dragon, he leaped into the True Dragon Nest.
One man and one dragon landed in the nest. Qin Mu released the little dragon, and it immediately flew around the nest, extremely excited.
Qin Mu took out the Emperor Disk from his bosom and tossed it into the air. The Emperor Disk transformed into the True Dragon Lord and merged with the nest. Instantly, a vast, boundless dragon aura spread, and countless dragon clan characters emerged.
The little dragon flew around, looking at the dragon clan characters. Its "Maha Maha" calls turned into deep, obscure dragon language. It was deciphering the characters on the True Dragon Nest!
This little dragon had a very high bloodline. It was the son of the Surge River Dragon King. Qin Mu called it "little friend," but in reality, its age had exceeded twenty thousand years. It had been frozen by the Surge River Dragon King's dragon pearl and had never grown.
Its dragon language became more and more obscure and complex. As the son of a dragon king, its bloodline was even higher than that of Bai Qingfu and Bai Qiu'er, whom Qin Mu had encountered when he traveled back forty thousand years to the era of the Upper Emperor. It deciphered more and more dragon language.
Qin Mu stood there, listening to its dragon roar, slowly channeling his primal energy to cross-reference with the True Dragon techniques he had learned before. His insights grew deeper and deeper.
The little dragon flew up and down. After an unknown amount of time, it finally deciphered all the dragon clan characters in the True Dragon Nest. Suddenly, it landed, shook its body, and transformed into a young man. He was handsome, with a dignified appearance, somewhat resembling Qin Yu. He bowed and said, "Thank you, Sect Leader Qin, for granting me the technique and helping me open my spiritual wisdom."
Qin Mu returned the bow and smiled, "I also needed your help to learn the techniques of the True Dragon Nest. No need to thank me. May I ask how to address you, little friend?"
"My family takes the river as our surname. My mother gave me three water characters, calling me Jiang Miao."
The young man Jiang Miao said, "Although I have deciphered the characters in this True Dragon Nest, I am only a second-generation dragon. My bloodline is not pure enough. A divine dragon is needed to fully decipher the general outline of the True Dragon Lord's techniques."
Qin Mu frowned and said, "There are no divine dragons in the Supreme Heavenly Court. Where can we find a divine dragon?"
Jiang Miao said, "There are divine dragons in the Great Ruins. When I was following Qin Yu, I could occasionally sense the call of that divine dragon."
Qin Mu's spirits lifted, and he smiled, "Then let's go to the Great Ruins!"
Great Ruins, the Ark of the Other Shore.
The broken ark, like massive floating lands, drifted silently within a grand-scale seal.
Suddenly, a long roar rang out. A Divine Bridge shot into the sky, and Star Madman's primordial spirit crossed the Divine Bridge, ascending to the Heavenly Palace of the Other Shore.
"Come out!"
Star Madman withdrew his primordial spirit and stood up abruptly, shouting, "That mute, come out! For the past few months, you have repeatedly ruined my plans. Now that I have leaped across the Divine Bridge, come out and die!"
"Die, die, die—" the echoes came back, but the mute had long since slipped away.
Star Madman's face was ashen. He strode out. At that moment, his body trembled slightly. In his Life and Death Divine Treasure, Lu Li's demon eye appeared again, and a sinister voice came: "The person you are looking for has a Book of Life and Death on him, the Book of Life and Death of Wei Wu God. Find that person!"
Lu Li's demon eye disappeared.
Star Madman stood there, stunned, motionless.
"Great Divine Doctor Qin, so it was you..."
Star Madman was utterly dejected, his mind in turmoil. "So it was you, kid. I can't believe I trusted you time and again. I never thought you were even worse than this mute... It's you! This time, let's see what tricks you can still pull!"
—It's Qing'er's birthday today! Happy birthday, Sister Qing'er!
PS: Recommending a book, Tomorrow's Dominator, author: Darkness Approaches.