Chapter 745: The Ultimate King of Acting
Chapter 745: The Ultimate King of Acting
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The system notification alert sounded:
Ding! âThe Host possesses a Taoist body. Before you merge with your Taoist Body, your lifespan remains a total of 250 years. The system is therefore unable to deduct 500 years off his life!â
Xu Que was stunned! What did this mean? As a mighty Void Training Stage powerhouse, having just 250 years of life is ridiculous, even if he split the lifespan between his current body and his Taoist body!
âScrew you, system! Quit playing me, scum! Iâm in the Void Training Stage, so I should have at least a few thousand years of life! How could it have shrunk by that much?â Xu Que demanded angrily.
The system replied in a flat tone, âAs per cultivation progression, a normal cultivator is granted 1,000 years of life when they reach the Void Training Stage. However, you are a being who crossed over with just your soul. You donât belong to this world, so your lifespan didnât increase accordingly.â
What the hell! So itâs because Iâm not a local?
âWait up, so what if Iâm not a local? I cultivated with my ability, so who are you guys to deny the prolongment of my lifespan? What youâre doing is blatant discrimination against foreigners! Discrimination against people who crossed over!â Xu Que said indignantly.
What lifespan others had from cultivation, he only had half as much. It was too unfair!
Ding! âThe Host possesses a Taoist Body. So far, your Taoist body has absorbed most of your lifespan. When you merge with it in the future, you will be able to complete yourself. Your lifespan will then return to normal, and itâll even surpass other cultivators!â The system answered smoothly.
Upon hearing its words, Xu Que heaved a sigh of relief. It turned out that his life years were all transferred to his Taoist Body. According to the system, he is still flawed and will only be perfect when he merges with his Taoist Body in the future.
âIâm so glad!â Xu Que sighed, while expressing his relief. He then tried to exit the System interface. Suddenly, the systemâs voice rang in his ears: Ding! âWhy does the Host sigh while saying that heâs happy?â
Eh? Xu Que jumped in shock! Whatâs the situation? Has the system learned to show concern?
That canât be it, why would it care about such words? Why is it acting so strangely today? Has it become more humane?
However, he realized what was happening the next moment. Such a situation had happened before. With each system upgrade, it would become more and more humanlike. Currently, itâs only Version 5.0. It could already show care toward the Host from time to time. If it managed to upgrade to Version 10.0 in the future, would it come out and chat him up idly even when nothing was happening?
Xu Que couldnât help but smile; heâs already looking forward to how the system would be like when it upgraded.
âIâm sighing because Iâm relieved. I felt glad, from the bottom of my heart!â Xu Que answered.
âWhy?â pressed the system, its voice still cold like a machine.
Xu Que immediately glanced toward the sky in a 45-degree angle and sighed heavily, âBecause no human is perfect! You will have flaws, as long as youâre human!â
âWhatâs that got to do with being happy?â
âOf course it does! Before this, I have always been perfect and godlike. Iâm so perfect to the point that Iâm lonely! However, I didnât want to be a perfect man. Itâs too tiring to be a god. I want to be a normal man, and now youâre finally telling me that I have flaws, which means that I am a human! How can I not be happy about that?â Xu Que replied agitatedly.
The system fell silent and finally ceased all response.
After a while, Xu Que punched his chest a few times. Blood flowed out of his mouth, and he turned pale. Then, he emerged from the waters with great difficulty. He didnât use the ancient Wheel of Life and Death, only because he was worried about it getting too out of hand. Itâd be a little horrifying if he suddenly turned old, then turned young the next instant! So, a change of battle plans. He would use the hero tactic, where he would play a hero who survived with all his might despite suffering grave injuries!
The waters of the lake sloshed and splashed, and Xu Queâs body emerged from it!
âJoker!â Zixia Fairy cried out in joy. Xu Queâs appearance surprised her so much. She was already taken aback when he broke the spell! However, she also thought that the courageous and kind young man would never survive it. She canât believe that even after the spellâs broken, he has managed to come out alive.
To her, this is an ending that has far surpassed the best-case scenario. However, soon, the smile on Zixia Fairyâs face froze, and it was as if something squeezed her heart. The teen who had been handsome and elegant, who always had a sunny smile, had now become drained and pale, with blood trailing down the corners of his mouth. He agonizingly dragged his body over with trembling legs and with all his strength as he tried to hold up his faltering body.
He had suffered injuries so severe that no one would ever be able to imagine them! However, that was not enough to defeat him. He still held his chest up, strong-willed and courageous, and on that pale face, he tried to squeeze out a sunshiny smile.
âJoker!â Zixia Fairy called out softly, all joy and surprise giving way to complicated and stirring feelings of worry and tenderness.
âMâŚMiss Azi, IâŚIâm back!â Xu Que struggled to smile. He continued to walk, step by step; he never stopped; every step taken was so heavy that it was as if he would fall any instant, never to rise again. Every sound made when his feet touched the ground seemed to tug at her heart for some reason.
Although heâs only at the Golden Core Stage, you wouldnât find a man like him even if you combed the whole world. He would throw his life away without hesitation to save an ugly girl he had met by chance. He didnât give up in the face of danger; he plunged into the sea, destroyed a horrifying spell, and came back alive, courageous, and heroic. At this moment, he is not a person who has suffered grave injuries, but a man with the air of a King returning victoriously from war!
Countless conflicting emotions tore into Zixia Fairyâs heart. In her life, she has never met someone this excellent, someone who would give his life for her. She even felt that, if she were still young, maybe she would fall for such an outstanding young man.
âSigh!â Zixia Fairy sighed crestfallenly to herself.
You were not born when I was born. When you came into the world, I was already old. I am to you, as far as the edge of the skies; you are to me, as distant as the corners of the ocean. Joker, in the end, we still belong to two different worlds.
âMiss Azi, IâŚpuu!â With great effort, Xu Que had managed to walk back. However, right when he was about to speak, blood gushed out of his mouth!
âJoker!â Zixia Fairy had collected herself, but her expression changed right away once she saw Xu Que vomiting blood. She came forward, and, in an instant, a green pill appeared between her fingers. She pushed the pill into Xu Queâs lips and said hurriedly, âHurry up, take the pill!â
âOkay. Thank you, Miss Azi, youâre such a kind person!â Xu Que took the pill and smiled politely. At the same time, he silently wiped the cold sweat in his heart. He had punched himself too hard just now and now he had honestly hurt himself! That mouthful of blood was real, as real as it could get.
He was the ultimate king of acting! Xu Que gave himself an imaginary pat on the shoulder and felt that he was awesome. However, upon swallowing the pill, the wounds in his body entered a state of recovery even before he could use the systemâs automatic recovery function. Xu Que was shocked. With a blank expression, he turned to Zixia Fairy, âMiss Azi, what kind of magical pill did you feed me? My injuries are healing so fast!â
âNothing, just a normal healing pill!â said Zixia Fairy casually.
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Though she said that, Xu Que was confident that the pill she gave was not as simple as it looked. At the very least, it must have been a precious pill of Eight-Star quality. Otherwise, it was impossible for it to have such strong healing powers.
âJoker, how did you manage to break that spell?â asked Zixia Fairy curiously.
Xu Que laughed, a weight off his shoulder, âIâm just lucky! Other than the way of spells, Iâve also known a little about Chinese chess. Just now, I used myself as a chess piece and entered the chessboard to fight against it. I didnât realize that this game of chess would be so dangerous, that many a time, I almost lost my life! At the point, I even thought that I was battling it out with Heaven itself.â
âBut you still won in the end!â Zixia Fairy commended Xu Que from her heart, with stunning eyes fixed on him. Even without suppressing her strength, it would not be possible for her to destroy this vast, horrifying spell.
Xu Que sighed softly at her words instead and looked up toward the sky. He murmured under his breath, âI had simplyâŚwon the Heavens by half a move!â