Chapter 0165

Chapter 165: The King’s Name Is Zhou Tong!

Xuan Shu Yu asked with hope: “Can you remove the baleful qi in my body?”

“For us, that’s simple.” The Mountain Ghost smiled brightly and said: “For you humans, these are scary weapons. To us, these two kinds of baleful qi are also a part of nature. To remove them, just let them return to nature and reach harmony.”

She gently touched Xuan Shu Yu’s forehead. At once, the black flames inside her went out, and relief washed over her.

“I’m better. I’m really better!” Xuan Shu Yu jumped up. Surviving a disaster was the sweetest feeling in the world.

“For my second wish, I want to become a true Saint Physique.”

“All right, I’ll grant it.” The Mountain Ghost’s smile grew even softer. She snapped her fingers, and a gentle light covered Xuan Shu Yu.

“So warm, so comfortable…” Xuan Shu Yu sighed, a look of pure ease on her face.

There was no earthshaking noise and no wild visions. It was a silent breakthrough.

In a moment, golden light wrapped her body, and even her blood turned gold. She punched out, and the air boomed with shockwaves. Her body turned clear like jade, still slim like a willow.

More important, this Saint Physique was untouched by all methods and unharmed by all poisons. It was a truly supreme body.

“You can even do this!” Xuan Shu Yu was even more amazed. The Mountain Ghost’s methods were unfathomable.

“It’s not that I’m so amazing.” The Mountain Ghost shook her head: “Heaven does not drop pies for free. Every gain comes with a price. All I did was make you pay in advance.”

“I already have nothing,” Xuan Shu Yu said, eyes dim.

“No. Everyone has value. It may not show now, but it will in time. Now, you can make your third wish.”

Xuan Shu Yu’s face reddened.

The Mountain Ghost chuckled like an old soul who had seen it all: “Let me guess. You want to stay with your lover forever, never to part.”

“Something like that. I want Zhou Tong to fall in love with me.”

“I knew it. If you have his portrait—”

Before she finished, Xuan Shu Yu waved her hand, and a figure appeared in the air. The Mountain Ghost’s pupils tightened when she saw it. She froze.

“Mountain Ghost sister, what’s wrong?”

“Sorry, little poor thing. Your value is not enough. Even if I used up everything, I still could not grant this wish.”

“Is that so?” Xuan Shu Yu lowered her head, then looked up with hate: “Then help me wipe out the Jade Purity Sect.”

“Little poor thing, that’s not right. I cannot grant wishes that harm others.”

“Then help me raise my cultivation. I will do it myself.”

“I can push you to the peak of the Heaven-Slashing Realm. The price is that you will have only one year of life left. If you cannot break through within that time, you will…” She let the end hang.

“Say no more. I accept.”

Light burst from Xuan Shu Yu again. Her cultivation rose step by step. She crossed the barrier into the extraordinary with ease. There was no Heavenly Tribulation. It was as natural as water flowing downhill.

“Thank you, Mountain Ghost sister.”

“No need to thank me. I got a benefit too,” the Mountain Ghost said with a wave. “Go now, little poor thing. You should not stay here long.”

Watching Xuan Shu Yu’s back as she left, the Mountain Ghost blinked and murmured: “The seeds of baleful qi are gone, but the seed of hatred has been planted. She will spend her life in revenge.”

Then she smiled happily: “Elder elders, I found our king!”

Ripples spread across the sky. Several clusters of light appeared, each filled with great spiritual power.

A kindly voice praised her: “Well done, little Mountain Ghost. When our king went missing, there was no time to bestow you a true name. You must get your name from the king as soon as possible. Only then can you release your power.”

“From this moment, your confinement ends. You may leave the bounds of Desolate Mountain whenever you wish.”

“Great!” The Mountain Ghost hopped with joy. It wasn’t only freedom. Gaining a true name was what truly filled her with delight.

Mountain Ghosts had no father or mother. They were spirits born of heaven and earth. At birth, they were all called Mountain Ghost. They were born with strong abilities, but without awakening, they could not use their full power. To unlock it, Mountain Ghosts usually sought a higher being to grant them a name. Only after receiving a true name did they become real, independent selves.

“Goodbye, Elder Grandfather. I’m going to find our king!” she called, then skipped away.

“The king’s name is Zhou Tong. Ten years ago the Jade Purity Sect picked him up. Now he has joined the Joyous Union Sect.” She recited Zhou Tong’s past without a single mistake.

In the end, the price for Xuan Shu Yu’s second wish was paid here. Moments ago, the Mountain Ghost had copied her memories and pulled out everything about Zhou Tong.

Red Dust Mountain, Joyous Union Sect.

The place was full of noise. People came to register one after another.

A rude voice cut in and drew angry looks: “Tch, it’s just a lewd, low sect. Why do so many people want to join?”

“Got a problem? You don’t like what I said?” The speaker was a huge young man, ten feet tall, like a black iron tower. Behind him stood more than a dozen burly men in the Heaven-Slashing Realm. Their pressure was heavy.

“It’s Iron Bear, the personal disciple of the Tempered Flesh Sect,” someone whispered, face going pale.

That sect used to be one of the six great sects and was now one of the five. In the Western World, its status was still high.

People said Iron Bear trained only his body. He was terrifying. He once punched a peer at the peak of the Unity Realm to death. He was also cruel and lustful, forcing women with weaker cultivation. After he played with them, he crippled their cultivation so they could never train again.

He had come to smash the place.

The five great sects that still remained had all suffered heavy losses at Zhou Tong’s hands, and none of them accepted it. They thought Zhou Tong was a cripple. If he had beaten them, it was only because he used the power of the Chief Enforcer. As for Mu Rong Ya, they called her a pitiful woman lost to inner demons and near death.

This time the Tempered Flesh Sect came as the five sects’ tester.

Two bodyguards leveled their spears and said coldly: “Since you aren’t here to sign up, please leave.”

Iron Bear’s eyes flashed with filthy light as he sneered: “We didn’t come to register, but we have a better use. I heard your sect lord is loose and shameless, always hungry with desire. My brothers and I are strong and full of energy. We can satisfy her, hahaha.”

At once the crowd went quiet. Besides the men from the Tempered Flesh Sect and a few others, no one could laugh.

“Laugh. Why aren’t you laughing? Isn’t that funny?” He stared cruelly at the people around him, trying to force them to laugh with him.

At that moment, the sky split open, and hundreds of figures dropped at once.

Someone saw Zhou Tong and shouted with joy: “The Grand Elder is back!”