Chapter 330: Wool Gathering, Breakthrough!
"Of course I believe you!"
Qin Zi responded almost reflexively.
After saying this, he paused, then, like a deflated balloon, slowly lowered his head.
He bowed his head in thought for a moment.
Then he lifted his head, determination gleaming in his eyes, and with clenched fists, he said, "Father, don’t worry, I won’t disappoint you."
After speaking, he closed his eyes, and a trace of Spiritual Power seeped once more from the center of his brow, entering the Ancient Stele of Creation.
Seeing this, Qin Chuan smiled with satisfaction.
"A promising student indeed!"
Within the Ancient Stele of Creation.
A gray Hell Space.
Originally, a Wraith was sitting cross-legged on a small island within the gray sea, practicing with eyes closed.
"Splash!"
Suddenly, a thread of Spiritual Power dangled down from above, hooking him like a fishing hook.
"Hmm??"
The Wraith opened his eyes, glanced at the thread on his body, furrowed his brow slightly, then closed his eyes again.
He knew someone was extracting his inheritance.
But he had long been accustomed to such things. In this hell of ancient steles, how many Wraiths had not been extracted for inheritance?
Over countless years, he had been extracted many times, but fortunately, extracting the inheritance does not mean taking it away directly but rather copying a version to take. In other words, his original inherited memories would not be lost.
This was actually designed by the creator of Xuanhuang Heaven for the purpose of sustainable development, like harvesting crops again and again.
These Wraiths are aware and continue to practice in the hell of ancient steles, constantly creating new inheritances.
This way, people outside can endlessly extract inheritance, inexhaustible and ever-available!
In other words, they were being exploited.
So why didn’t they just lie flat?
Because they all wanted to escape this situation. The more they were exploited, the more they wanted to become stronger, because only by becoming stronger could they possibly escape, otherwise, they would forever be exploited, endlessly!
"Buzz!"
Soon, his body flickered, and a glowing script flew out from within him, drifting up along the line.
An inheritance was extracted.
Generally speaking, once an inheritance was extracted, the line would quickly retract, and he didn’t pay much attention.
But after a while, he suddenly noticed that the line was still connected to his body.
"Buzz!"
Another inheritance was extracted.
"Heh, quite greedy."
He shook his head with a cold laugh. Occasionally, there were indeed such greedy fellows who extracted twice in a row.
However, if it was only twice, the line would still be weak and unable to form a firm connection.
If he rashly climbed up, and the line broke halfway, influenced by the rules of the ancient stele, falling would severely injure him!
He closed his eyes and continued to practice.
"Buzz!"
But soon, yet another inheritance was extracted.
He opened his eyes again!
A grim expression appeared on his face, sneering, "Sun Thief, you’ve got some nerve... do it again, I dare you!"
He was already slowly standing up.
If this line didn’t disappear, then he would climb up along it, to let the other party know the price of greed!
"Buzz!"
Yet another inheritance was extracted.
Thus, the originally fragile thread of Spiritual Power suddenly became tenacious, as if some causal link had been completely established.
"Taking it too far! I’ve had enough!!"
The Wraith snorted coldly, then jumped up, gripping the line with both hands, and began to climb upward.
"Buzz!"
"Buzz!"
"Buzz!"
And as he climbed, inheritances kept emerging from above him, drifting up along the line.
This left his face quite dark.
Veins bulged on his forehead.
They were trying to bleed him dry! Did he have any dignity left? Did the people of Xuanhuang Heaven look down on them so much?
A gentleman would rather die than be humiliated!
"Sun Thief, wait till I come up, not only will I possess you, but I’ll also imprison your soul and torment it for a hundred thousand years, I will also..."
He plotted in his heart, seemingly feeling his hands gaining more strength, resisting the terrifying pull of hell, continually climbing upward.
Above, the light grew more intense.
He was about to escape hell and return to the mortal realm!
But soon, he saw two figures, and the consciousness of both individuals was staring at him.
The black-robed youth among them appeared slightly terrified, but he forced himself to remain calm, as if he had something to rely on.
Meanwhile, the more mature white-robed youth beside him looked at him meaningfully, with a gaze that seemed... somewhat kind.
It was as if he was looking at his son.
"Thud!"
At this moment, the wraith, clenching his teeth, felt as if his heart had been struck by lightning, causing it to suddenly stop.
His eyelids twitched a few times.
Then his right hand started calculating, and soon, his face began to twitch violently: "Causality, great causality!!"
Whoosh!
He took a deep breath, then fiercely glared at Qin Zi, releasing his grip on that line, and dropped down.
Time to run with the wind!
Although he lingered in Hell, day after day with seemingly no end, at least he wouldn’t die here.
But if he fell into this pit of causality filled with "fatherly love," even ten lives wouldn’t be enough to fill it!
"Oh, he left! He left!"
Qin Zi breathed a sigh of relief, then shouted joyfully.
"Hehe, no need to be surprised."
Qin Chuan stood with his hands behind his back, his voice calm yet commanding and authoritative: "In front of me, what wraith dares to cause trouble?"
Qin Zi took a deep breath.
Then he nodded heavily: "Mm!!"
It seemed that his father’s background was even greater than he had imagined! Maybe these wraiths sensed something, which is why they dared not be reckless.
Thus, he no longer had anything to worry about.
"Buzz!!"
His Spiritual Power surged out again, entering the Ancient Stele space, his actions gradually becoming bolder, starting to shamelessly reap benefits...
One!
Two!
Three!
...
As time passed, powerful wraiths were squeezed, then climbed up along that line.
But upon seeing Qin Chuan’s kind gaze, each one exclaimed "there is causality," then swiftly fled.
Qin Chuan, like a large face blocking the mouth of a well, caused the frogs climbing up the well walls to freeze in fear when they saw the garlic-scented smile on the face, all tumbling down...
In less than two hours, more than fifty powerful wraiths had fallen, their movements graceful, comparable to professional cliff divers.
And the inheritance Qin Zi received reached over three hundred types, among which were many powerful scriptures, even ones that made Qin Chuan envious.
But Qin Chuan did not feel jealous.
Nor envious.
Because what belonged to Qin Xiaozhu was his!!
"Buzz!"
Finally, another figure climbed up along the line, this person’s light dim, seemingly not very strong.
Moreover, he seemed like a reckless youth.
"Hahaha, I made it up! I made it up! I, Gou He, have finally escaped alive!"
He laughed arrogantly.
But soon, he frowned, asking coldly to the two above: "Hm? Aren’t you afraid of me?"
"Why should we be afraid of you? Are you very strong?"
Qin Zi snorted dismissively, after seeing so many strong wraiths flee in panic, he had become overconfident.
"Hmph! Mere ants at the Mortal realm dare to speak so arrogantly!"
The wraith snorted coldly, his expression dark.
Below, he was often bullied as a minor character, but now encountering someone weaker than himself, he was again scorned, deeply wounding his tiny and fragile ego.
"You are indeed weak."
Qin Zi waved lightly: "Alright, stop pretending you’re strong. If you’re scared, just go down and kneel in peace."
"You... seek death!!"
The wraith shouted angrily, his eyes fierce, his terrifying killing intent swept out uninhibitedly, like a crimson pillar of light rushing upwards.
"Ding! A wraith at the Celestial Sect level has developed killing intent towards your son. Following the principle of fatherly love as strong as a mountain, the father must win, your cultivation will ascend to the Celestial Sect level, and remain invincible in the same realm!"
The system’s voice rang out.
Instantly, in Qin Chuan’s mind space, the consciousness residing outside the Southern Celestial Sect finally stepped into the Southern Celestial Sect!
"Buzz!!"
Splendid Divine Power burst out from Qin Chuan, his aura rapidly increasing like a divine dragon emerging from the sea!
"How is this possible?!"
The wraith crawling to the top of the line, about to seize Qin Zi, suddenly changed his expression dramatically, aghast.
"Those who cross the line, die!"
Qin Chuan snorted coldly, a terrifying wave of Primordial Spirit Power swept over, the Divine Power like a vast sea, directly submerging the wraith.
"No—"
The wraith let out a heart-wrenching scream, his body cracked open like a stone statue, exploding into dust, utterly annihilated.