Chapter 177 : Let Him Kill

Chapter 177: Let Him Kill

After the meal, Chu Huaixu returned to his room and sat down on the meditation cushion.

He first sent his divine sense into the black bead to check the condition of the medicinal cauldron 【Dao Birth One】.

“Why the hell is it still refining?” cursed a certain capitalist.

Inside the medicinal cauldron, those few wisps of black energy were still being refined.

This process had already lasted several days.

It rendered him completely unable to use the cauldron for pill refinement, costing him a significant amount of income each day.

“No wonder the Sect Master said it was the most sinister energy between Heaven and Earth—this baleful aura can’t even be quickly refined by the medicinal cauldron?” he thought.

However, Chu Huaixu quickly reconsidered and felt that the problem might lie with himself.

“【Dao Birth One】 now requires me to inject spiritual energy into it at regular intervals.”

“Most likely, it’s because my realm is too low and I have too little spiritual energy, so I can’t yet bring out much of this life-bound treasure’s power.”

For once, he reflected on his own shortcomings...

Still, Chu Huaixu could tell that the baleful aura was indeed decreasing.

“It’s just that I don’t know how much longer it’ll take... and also... what exactly it will refine into.”

Judging from the current pace, it would take at least ten days to half a month.

Chu Huaixu felt like his heart was bleeding. With that much time, how many spiritual pills could he have refined?

“Good thing the medicinal pots at home are being tended to by that old fogey now,” he smiled faintly.

But constantly being away from home like this wasn’t sustainable either.

“And another thing, when Little Xu comes home next time, I have to tell him—don’t sit next to me at meals. From now on, Big Ice Block sits in my row, he has to sit across!” Chu Huaixu thought gleefully.

Just then, he heard Han Shuangjiang knocking at the door.

When he opened the door, she said to him, “Qin Xuanxiao and that girl have arrived.”

Big Ice Block still had a trace of inquiry in her eyes—after all, Chu Huaixu had just told her that this Heir of Prince Rui held leverage over him.

“It’s fine,” he replied softly.

The two walked out side by side and soon saw the Heir of Prince Rui standing in the courtyard.

But today, he had swapped out his usual black robe for a dark purple one, as if not wanting to wear the same outfit as Chu Huaixu again.

A clash of outfits between two Champions—just that gimmick alone would be enough for endless gossip.

It probably wouldn’t take long for this incident to spread across the Xuanhuang Realm.

Qin Xuanxiao was even planning to take this top-grade spiritual artifact robe back to Moon Country to have it reforged into a new style...

“Brother Chu!” the Heir of Prince Rui greeted enthusiastically.

“Your Highness,” Chu Huaixu also cupped his hands in return.

“I wonder what brings Your Highness here today?” he asked.

『Let me advise you—be smart and stop talking to me about Huo Dingyi.』

Qin Xuanxiao, upon hearing this, glanced at Han Shuangjiang, looking like he wanted to dismiss everyone else.

“She’s fine. We can speak freely,” Chu Huaixu stated directly.

But Han Shuangjiang, being considerate, was about to take her leave on her own.

Yet the Dead Fox lightly grabbed her wrist—not deliberately holding hands—and shook his head at her, saying, “It’s fine.”

Qin Xuanxiao saw this and had no choice but to relent.

Then the Heir of Prince Rui spoke: “Brother Chu, I assume you’ll be heading down the mountain sometime soon?”

This was actually a veiled reference to the 【Origin Spirit Realm】.

“Yes,” Chu Huaixu nodded.

“Perhaps, Zixuan can be of help to you,” Qin Xuanxiao said.

“What do you mean?” Chu Huaixu had already guessed somewhat.

The Heir of Prince Rui laughed heartily: “Didn’t Brother Chu already break our secret technique on the platform that day? Why pretend to ask now, hahaha.”

“You mean—you’re willing to let her share divine sense and spiritual energy with me?” he asked.

“Yes, that’s exactly what I mean.”

That earned Qin Xuanxiao a rare look of respect from Chu Huaixu.

“But that makes sense. After all, Qin Xuanxiao is one of the four 【World Protagonists】.”

“His stance must be the righteous one—that won’t change.”

“It’s just that he was born above others and has a bit of a conqueror’s air. His style differs clearly from Little Xu and Big Ice Block.”

“He’s the kind of person who can sacrifice the few to save the many!”

“Because for many who hold high positions, they’re already used to making such decisions—they have to make them. In many cases, there’s no perfect solution.”

Chu Huaixu looked at him and asked, “Are you sure it’ll work?”

Could he really bring Lin Zixuan’s spiritual power and divine sense into the 【Origin Spirit Realm】?

“Not sure. But there’s no harm in trying, is there?” Qin Xuanxiao said.

“All right. I understand.” Chu Huaixu nodded.

The Heir of Prince Rui looked at him and smiled: “Actually, before I met Brother Chu, I always thought this burden would fall on me.”

Chu Huaixu laughed inwardly: 『What are you talking about? Even if you hadn’t met me, Little Xu would’ve still beaten you to the ground.』

But since he was behaving decently today, Chu Huaixu didn’t mind sharing a bit of information.

And he figured the Sect Master would likely inform Moon Country as well—after all, this wasn’t just a matter of the Dao Gate.

So he looked at Qin Xuanxiao and said:

“Your Highness, I can tell you this much—the current outcome is actually pretty good.”

“What lies within is deep. You wouldn’t be able to handle it.”

If you really went in, you’d just be offering yourself up.

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Outside the house, Qin Xuanxiao and Lin Zixuan didn’t linger long.

After chatting a bit more with Chu Huaixu, they took their leave.

There was still plenty of time—no need to plant the 【Spiritual Seed】 today.

Even if it had to be done, Qin Xuanxiao didn’t want to be there for it...

On the way back, the Heir of Prince Rui was still mulling over what the other had said.

“In too deep for me to handle?”

“What do you mean?”

Given his understanding of the 【Origin Spirit Realm】, even without Zixuan’s help, he was confident he could grasp the 【Xuanhuang Origin】 and open the Nine Realms Grand Dao!

Could there really be some hidden twist?

『From the way he put it, if I went in, I’d be dead for sure?』 His expression flickered with uncertainty.

And yet, he didn’t leap to conclusions or self-Di Hua. He didn’t assume Huo Dingyi was bravely volunteering to take the risk in his place.

Because whether it was the beating on the platform or his attitude at the banquet table—none of it fit.

Even just now, the way he spoke didn’t carry the slightest trace of respect.

Moreover, the mindset of a true superior was often this:

—Even if you are going to do something like this, you don’t have the right to decide for yourself. You’re supposed to report to me first, get my approval first. Otherwise, it’s overstepping!

But Chu Huaixu?

He looked down from above, like the strong overlooking the weak.

This journey to the Dao Gate had already turned out far more unexpected than he had imagined.

“【The Organization】 actually managed to cultivate such a person?”

“【The Organization】 was even capable of cultivating such a person?”

These two thoughts reflected the complexity of his emotions.

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Elsewhere, inside the Dao Gate, at the Gentleman Temple.

Jiang Zhi was still lying on a vine chair beneath a tree, while Sect Master Xiang Yan sat beside him on a stone stool.

“Little Martial Uncle, you mean to send Chu Huaixu down the mountain soon to complete a sect mission and go suppress demons with the team?”

“Right.”

Jiang Zhi kept his eyes closed, the vine chair gently rocking. He said, “He needs to understand what he’ll be facing once he enters the Origin Spirit Realm.”

“Though it differs from fighting evil cultivators, there are similarities.”

“It’ll be better to tell him afterward—once he’s back from the demon-hunting trip.”

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yan agreed, saying, “That’s reasonable.”

Truthfully, he thought further ahead than Little Martial Uncle.

Little Martial Uncle often viewed things on the surface.

In Xiang Yan’s view, sending Chu Huaixu down the mountain to hunt demons held another critical significance.

—To kill!

He had fought many low-level cultivators during the various matches of the Eastern and Western Continents’ Grand Competition and gained plenty of combat experience.

But battle on a platform and life-and-death slaughter—how could they be the same?

“He probably hasn’t killed anyone yet, has he?” Xiang Yan thought.

Entering the Origin Spirit Realm in that state would lead to trouble.

Because going there... was also about “killing people”!

He believed it was necessary to have Chu Huaixu slay demons and monsters to get used to it early.

There was a vast difference between someone who had killed and someone who hadn’t.

Xiang Yan still vividly remembered the state he was in after killing his first evil cultivator—how his hands had trembled from the primal reaction of the body.

And the hesitation and fear before the killing!

“Little Martial Uncle has been out hunting demons too long—he’s killed too many. He’s probably forgotten what that’s like,” the Sect Master mused.

He looked at Jiang Zhi and said, “Then shall we have him pick a task himself from the Disciples’ Courtyard?”

“Mm. Just as well. More polishing,” Jiang Zhi replied indifferently.

“Good.”

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In the bamboo hut, Chu Huaixu was unaware that the Dao Gate leadership had just assigned him a new task.

At the moment, he was seated on his meditation cushion, gazing at his character panel.

“Five hundred and fifty thousand Experience Points... how should I allocate them next?”

He planned to continue strengthening himself—to play it safe.

But he didn’t feel the need to pinch every point or hoard them all for the Second Realm.

“Wouldn’t want to end up dying in there.”

“And who knows if these three 【Revival Coins】 on my character panel will even work.”

“After all, I transmigrated. What if the feature’s been locked?”

“Then I’m screwed!”

After closing the character panel, he turned his gaze to the mission system.

The main quest 【Eastern and Western Continents’ Grand Competition】 had already been fully completed when he claimed the title of Xuanhuang Champion.

The new main quest 【Origin Spirit Realm】 had now been unlocked as a matter of course.

Within the quest was a 【Location】 marker, indicating the entrance to the 【Origin Spirit Realm】.

“Pretty far from the Dao Gate—right near the border between the Eastern and Western Continents.”

“It’s not too far from Spring and Autumn Mountain. More precisely, it’s within that mountain’s sphere of influence.”

His previous main account had at least been an inner sect disciple of Spring and Autumn Mountain, so he was quite familiar with the region—it had been his stomping grounds.

“If I had to travel there on my own, just getting there would cost a good chunk of time.”

“But the quest reward is seriously generous.”

The Experience Points alone totaled a full five hundred thousand!