#2655 - Why do my thoughts jump so much?

Jie Xin stopped his group before the imperial palace, his gaze coldly sweeping over the architectural complex.

One couldn't detect a single emotional ripple in his eyes, only a peculiar coldness, the kind that resembled the chill of metal.

Looking at him, one would feel as if frigid metal was pressing against their skin and vital points, causing them to shudder uncontrollably, their hair standing on end, and a sense of dread to well up in their hearts.

After he finished speaking, Jun Wuxie slowly emerged from the imperial palace.

Accompanying him were Empress Hua Lian Yue, Guard Captain Zhu Yanlei, and the four daughters of the Chu family: Chu Lingxi, Chu Shiyu, Chu Yuluan, and Chu Bingling.

Jing Ya did not appear.

Jun Wuxie arrived outside the imperial palace and, with a wave of his hand, a long table materialized out of thin air.

He pulled Hua Lian Yue down to sit, pointed to the seats across the table, and said, "Let's talk."

Upon hearing this, a glint of metallic coldness flashed in Jie Xin's eyes, and the people around him wore expressions of anger.

How outrageous! Their young master had come here, yet he was being treated in such a manner.

Not even being allowed to enter the imperial palace was already extremely impolite.

And now, they were actually setting up a table in the open square outside the imperial palace!

This was extreme disrespect towards them and their young master!

"Jun Wuxie, you are too presumptuous!

What is our young master's status? Yet you are receiving him in such an open-air location!

Are you provoking our Myriad Tribulation Desolate Land?"

"What do you think you are? You have no right to speak here."

Jun Wuxie cast a cold glance at the middle-aged man who spoke, "Don't try to pressure me with the Myriad Tribulation Desolate Land at every turn. Before you bring out the Myriad Tribulation Desolate Land, you should first consider whether the Myriad Tribulation Desolate Land can suppress the Dragon Nest, the Divine Phoenix Mountain, and the Nether Ruins, these three great forbidden zones of life."

"Hmph! You bring out the Dragon Nest, the Divine Phoenix Mountain, and the Nether Ruins, but do you think these three great forbidden zones of life will spare no effort to help you?

That's simply a joke!

As far as those three great forbidden zones of life are concerned, you are ultimately just an outsider.

If it's a small matter, they will naturally help you along the way.

But if you want them to confront other forbidden zones of life, do you think they are willing to pay such a high price for you?"

The middle-aged man sneered.

"Enough."

Jie Xin spoke, his voice very calm, but the middle-aged man instantly closed his mouth.

"This young master has come here today not to engage in a war of words with you, nor do I care about your attitude towards this young master."

Jie Xin took the lead and sat down. As for whether he felt as indifferent as he claimed, no one could know.

The people who came with him were all filled with resentment, but they had no choice but to sit down as well.

That they, people from a forbidden zone of life, would actually receive such treatment in the Divine Firmament World.

If it were in the past, who would dare to do this?

Throughout the ages, perhaps only this Jun Wuxie has such courage!

It's simply audacious!

He's just relying on the support of a few forbidden zones of life behind him.

Those forbidden zones of life do have a good relationship with him, but apart from the Divine Phoenix Mountain, he is really just an outsider to the other forbidden zones of life.

If the conflict escalates to a confrontation between forbidden zones, will the Dragon Nest and the Nether Ruins really stand up for him?

They didn't believe he had such ability. The main reason was that, as far as the Dragon Nest and the Nether Ruins were concerned, Jun Wuxie didn't have that much value.

The Divine Phoenix Mountain was an exception, after all, the Lord of the Divine Phoenix Mountain was his ancestral master.

But the Divine Phoenix Mountain, coupled with the Lord of the Immortal Execution Sword, could at most be on par with their Myriad Tribulation Desolate Land, so how dare they act rashly?

However, in order to control the development of the situation, they couldn't go too far, so they decided to resolve the issue using the younger generation's method.

In this way, neither the Lord of the Immortal Execution Sword nor the Divine Phoenix Mountain would have any reason to forcibly intervene, and the Dragon Nest and the Nether Ruins would have even less reason to do so.

"Jun Wuxie, I heard you are not satisfied with the content of the bet. Do you think you can win?"

Jie Xin tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers, looking at Jun Wuxie across the table with a blank expression.

His posture was very confident, carrying an innate strength, giving people a heavy sense of oppression.

It was just that this kind of oppression had no effect on Jun Wuxie.

"Let's not talk about winning or losing for now. Since it is a bet, it must be between two parties, not just one side.

Do you want to get something for nothing?"

"Heh, what conditions do you want? Feel free to speak them out.

This young master's conditions remain unchanged. If your Junyue Dynasty loses, you, Jun Wuxie, will henceforth submit to this young master, willingly be driven by this young master, and loyally be a well-behaved servant by this young master's side.

Do you dare to agree to this young master's conditions?"

"As long as you can agree to my conditions, I will naturally not refuse your conditions."

"Alright, then tell me, what do you want?"

"My conditions are very simple. Your lineage belongs to one of the thirty-six lineages of the forbidden zone. It has a long heritage and a deep foundation, so it must have a lot of rare resources.

My condition is that if you lose, you need to take out a certain amount of special rare resources above the third grade of the Heavenly God Realm.

As for what kind of resources they are, you can choose them yourselves, as long as their effect on cultivation speed can reach half of the Breaking Realm Divine Pill."

As soon as these words came out, Jie Xin's expression changed slightly, "Secret Realm Breaking Realm Divine Pill? Half the effect?

Are you dreaming?

The Secret Realm Breaking Realm Divine Pill is a pill refined by Emperor Realm experts collecting various rare resources. What can achieve half of its effect?"

"Can't you produce it?

It seems that your Myriad Tribulation Desolate Land is not that great either. Its foundation is far less profound than imagined, not even as good as the Secret Realm.

Since you can't produce it, then there is no need to continue talking about this matter.

Walk slowly, I won't see you off."

"Wait!"

Jie Xin's inner anger was raging. This person was really asking for an exorbitant price, actually wanting to obtain cultivation resources of that level of effect from them.

Although the Junyue Dynasty would definitely not win, if they couldn't produce it now, the other party would definitely not agree to this duel.

If they wanted the duel to proceed smoothly, they had to temporarily appease this person.

"Not 50%, at most only 20% of its effect can be achieved!

This is the best special resource of the third grade of the Heavenly God Realm that we can produce in terms of cultivation speed!"

"20%? It's not impossible, but in terms of quantity, the grass fruits and liquid types need to reach more than two catties, and if they are crystal stones, they need more than ten catties."

"Jun Wuxie, you really know how to ask for an exorbitant price!"

The people around Jie Xin were full of anger, "How difficult is it to find such resources? Although their grade is not high, only the third grade of the Heavenly God Realm, it does not mean that we have a lot.

The scarcity of this type of resource has nothing to do with the grade!

You ask for two catties and ten catties as soon as you open your mouth, why don't you just go rob it!"

"Jun Wuxie, you've gone too far, asking for too much!"

Jie Xin also didn't expect him to ask for such an exorbitant price. Grass fruits, measured by the catty!

You must know that this type of resource is hard to come by. Every time you encounter it, it's good to have one or two plants or one or two pieces.

Moreover, the clan also uses it when cultivating geniuses, so the stock is not much to begin with.

"Are you unable to produce it or are you afraid of losing?

If you can't produce it, then don't talk about it anymore."

"Are we afraid of losing?

What a joke, we are from the forbidden zone of life, our power is beyond your imagination. With just your Junyue Dynasty, where do you get the courage to fantasize about winning against us?"

The people around Jie Xin mocked.

"Alright, this young master agrees to you. On the day of the duel, I will bring the things on the bet, I'm just afraid you don't have the ability to win those resources.

Now let's talk about the rules of the duel.

First of all, your side is only limited to people from your dynasty, and only people from the upper and lower realms and the Divine Firmament World are allowed to participate.

The duel is divided into two rounds. The first round is a duel between people one generation lower than us, with a total of four matches.

If, in the first round, one side loses all four matches first, then there is no need to compare in the second round, and it will be directly judged as a loss. The loser will fulfill the promise according to the bet.

If one side fails to achieve a complete victory in the first round, then the second round of duels will be held.

This second round of duels has a total of three matches, which will be duels between people of our generation. Each person can only play once!

There are a total of seven matches in the two rounds. Whichever side wins four matches first, that side is the winner.

A life and death contract must be signed on the duel field. After all, when the duel is fierce, it is inevitable that precise control cannot be achieved. Once you die on the duel field, you are responsible for yourself, and it has nothing to do with your opponent.

If you have any objections to this rule, you can raise them."

"No objection, just follow this rule."

"Very good."

Jie Xin immediately took out a special piece of paper flowing with Dao rhymes, and wrote down the rules and the content of the bet on it, leaving his soul imprint on it.

He put the two pages of paper in front of Jun Wuxie, "Sign it."

Jun Wuxie glanced at it, looked at the content above, and casually signed his name on both pages, leaving his imprint.

"We will each hold a copy, so that no one can deny it when the time comes."

Jie Xin satisfactorily put away the contract.

With this, it will be evidence when the time comes, and the Divine Phoenix Mountain and the Lord of the Immortal Execution Sword will have no reason or excuse to forcibly intervene.

"When the time comes, if you lose, I also hope that you will not deny it.

Tomorrow at noon, the duel will be held in the central square of the imperial city.

Everyone, walk slowly, I won't see you off."

Hearing this, Jie Xin's mouth raised slightly, and without saying anything, he got up and left with the people around him.

"Lord God, according to this rule, we are at a disadvantage.

In the first round of the duel, the only people who can play are Princess Xian'er, Prince Qi'an, Hua Qi, Xiao Yezi, and Xiao Mo.

However, no matter who among them it is, if they face the people sent out by the forbidden zone of life to duel, I'm afraid..."

Chu Lingxi's face was full of worry.

She was very worried that the younger generation would suffer.

The existence of the forbidden zone of life is like that, there are strong people like clouds inside, and their realm is so high that I don't know what level it is.

Tomorrow's duel, even if it's just the first round, the people selected by the Life Forbidden Zone will definitely not be ordinary disciples, but rather at the level of elite disciples or above.

These people have good natural talent and a very high realm, possessing absolute advantages and suppression in terms of realm. How can we win?

The second round is also the same.

Even if Lord Jun and the Moon Lord can deal with the strong in the Eternal Life Realm, then who will go in the third round?

This is still an analysis under normal circumstances.

The Forbidden Zone may also have other methods, which means that there may be unexpected variables in the duel.

"It's not as difficult as you think. I have my own arrangements, so don't worry about it.

I'm just worried about not having enough resources for rapid cultivation. Now someone is offering them to me, and I'm very pleased."

Jun Wuxie smiled brightly, pulling Hua Lian Yue towards the palace, with Zhu Yanlei and several guards closely following behind.

Leaving Chu Lingxi, Chu Shiyu, Chu Yuluan, and Chu Bingling staring blankly at their backs.

After returning to the palace, Jun Wuxie asked Jingya to summon Xiao Ruoqing and Xiaomo from the Secret Realm.

Not long after Jingya disappeared, she appeared in the palace with Xiaomo and Xiao Ruoqing.

"Big brother, what do you need Xiaomo for?"

As soon as Xiaomo saw him, the cold killing intent disappeared without a trace, and she became very well-behaved.

"Husband, did something happen?"

Xiao Ruoqing came to his side, took his arm, and gently leaned her body against him.

"Tomorrow, we will have several duels with people selected from a certain lineage of the Myriad Tribulation Wilderness in the Life Forbidden Zone.

Qing'er, you and Xiaomo are both among the people participating in the duel."

Jun Wuxie showed the gambling contract to Xiao Ruoqing and Xiaomo.

After they read it, there was a hint of a smile on their faces.

"Big brother is definitely going to trick someone.

Ah, isn't this cultivation resource delivered to our door?

Don't worry, big brother, Xiaomo will definitely defeat the opponent tomorrow, no, it's kill the opponent!"

Xiaomo was full of confidence, and blood-red killing swords condensed around her body, eerily red.

Although the killing intent was controlled by her and did not overflow, it still caused the temperature here to drop sharply, and the air solidified.

Suddenly, Xiaomo seemed to realize something, and hurriedly retracted the killing sword into her body, and said timidly to Jun Wuxie, "Big brother, is Xiaomo too fierce? Will you not like it?

But, I didn't do it on purpose in front of you. I'm only fierce to enemies…"

"Silly girl, looking at your timid appearance, is big brother that scary?

You have the Killing Bloodline, and you cultivate the Way of Killing. This is your instinct.

As long as Xiaomo doesn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, how could big brother not like you?

Don't think wildly."

Jun Wuxie rubbed her head, his face full of doting.

Xiaomo immediately smiled, hugged his arm and shook it, "Xiaomo knew that big brother is the best to me～"

Xiao Ruoqing looked at Xiaomo like this and felt really emotional.

In this world, I'm afraid only her husband can make Xiaomo show this innocent side of a girl.

Even in front of her grandfather, she was not so exaggerated.

Not to mention other people, it is impossible to see her smile at all. That killing temperament is daunting.

It's not generally scary.

Ordinary people simply cannot bear it, their bodies and spirits will be torn apart, as if thousands of blades are cutting them.

She naturally understood Xiaomo's past.

Back then, their grandfather and grandson were almost beaten to death in the street. It was her husband who saved them, and then brought them back to the dynasty, giving them a stable and happy life.

Xiaomo's Killing Bloodline awakened, and it was also her husband who asked Fan Yin and others to protect her, so she has today's achievements, otherwise she would have been swallowed by the Killing Will long ago.

In Xiaomo's heart, his position and importance are self-evident. He is the one who gave her several lives and has always cared for her.

…

Afterwards, Jun Wuxie called his son and daughter, as well as Xiao Yezi, to him.

He didn't call Hua Qi, but Hua Qi followed out of curiosity.

When Jun Wuxie talked about the duel tomorrow and selected Xian'er, Qi'an, Xiao Yezi, and Xiaomo to fight.

Hua Qi felt extremely lost in his heart.

"Qi'er, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling lost?"

"Reporting to Master, this disciple dares not. This disciple only feels that he is useless, his strength is not good enough, and he is not qualified to represent the dynasty in the duel with the Myriad Tribulation Wilderness…"

These words sounded a bit emotional.

Hua Lian Yue shook her head helplessly, "Qi'er, come here."

"Ancient Ancestor Master-Mother."

Hua Qi walked to Hua Lian Yue and Jun Wuxie, bowing his head slightly.

"Qi'er, kneel down."

Hua Lian Yue's tone was very light, but it carried majesty.

Without saying a word, Hua Qi knelt on the ground honestly.

"Do you know why I asked you to kneel?"

Hua Lian Yue asked him.

"I know, I shouldn't have emotions."

"It's good that you know. What's the big deal that you have emotions? How did you cultivate your Dao Heart?

Tomorrow's matter is no small matter, and the outcome is of great importance.

If you lose, your master will have to go and be a servant for others.

Furthermore, there is a risk to life in the duel, so naturally the strongest among you must be selected to participate in the battle.

You even have emotions about your master's decision. You clearly weren't summoned to the palace, but you insisted on coming."

"Qi'er respectfully remembers the teachings of the Ancient Ancestor Master-Mother!"

Hua Qi's face was full of shame, and he kowtowed to Jun Wuxie, "Master, this disciple was wrong. This disciple's mind is not strong enough. Please punish me, Master!"

Jun Wuxie looked at him and couldn't help but sigh.

This sigh made Hua Qi's heart tighten.

Is Master disappointed in me?

Hua Qi felt uneasy.

"You kneel properly.

Letting you kneel is not just because you are emotional.

Think carefully about why I asked you to kneel. When you understand, you can get up."

"Father, Hua Qi junior brother, he…"

"Daddy, Hua Qi junior brother has already admitted his mistake, why don't you forgive him this time?"

Qi'an and Xian'er both came to plead, while Xiao Yezi didn't dare to say a word beside them.

"What, do you two want to help him kneel?"

Jun Wuxie was expressionless and his attitude was very stern.

Qi'an immediately stopped talking, and Xian'er also shrank her neck, and then began to act coquettishly with him, "Ah, Daddy, don't be angry. I was just saying it casually."

"You girl, in the future, when Daddy educates your junior brothers, you just watch, don't interrupt."

"Oh, okay Daddy, Xian'er listens to Daddy the most. Xian'er is Daddy's little cotton-padded jacket～"

She said with a smile, with a flattering expression, which almost made Jun Wuxie unable to hold back his serious face.

"Daddy, Hua Qi junior brother is disobedient, do you want Xian'er to help you beat him?

Don't worry Daddy, your daughter can make him cry and beg for mercy in a few strokes."

"Nonsense."

Jun Wuxie pinched his daughter's cheek, "What are you thinking about in that head of yours? Why are you always thinking about these violent ideas?"

"Ah, no, I'm just saying it."

Hua Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, wanted to cry when he heard this.

This female devil senior sister, even if she doesn't help, she actually wants to take advantage of the fire and rob me and beat me up. It's just…

At this time, Jun Wuxie was also very speechless.

Just now, his daughter was still pleading for Qi'er, but in the blink of an eye, she wanted to beat him up. How did her thoughts jump so much?

His daughter, who is as obedient as a little lamb in front of him, is really a little witch behind his back.

No wonder his son and two disciples are so afraid of her.