Most Arrogant Stone Accepts A Master
[collapse]"Don't do it, don't do it, he absolutely can't do it. Please don't succeed." The ghost cultivators were secretly cursing Li Qiye since, at this moment, everyone was hoping for a miracle to occur.
Before, it would be a miracle if the stone accepted a master, but now was a different story; it would be a miracle for the stone to not accept Li Qiye!
This was a stone that didn't care for an Immortal Emperor and had been tested by countless people in future generations. It would be a miracle of an entire generation if this stone accepted a master. However, Li Qiye had reversed this today. It seemed very natural for the stone to accept him as its master.
Li Qiye went next to the stone and slowly sat down. Everyone had bated breaths as their emotions danced at each of Li Qiye's actions.
He simply sat down without any flowing blood energy and doing any impressive actions, he only gently stroked the stone.
"Old friend, it has been a while." Li Qiye smiled and said. His stroke caused the stone to slightly shake, along with the hearts of everyone else.
"Please don't accept him!" Someone murmured. No one knew who said this out loud, but this was the general consensus in everyone's minds.
Luckily, the stone only slightly shook once, then it didn't move again. People heaved a sigh of relief after seeing this; it felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off their backs. However, they still didn't dare to make a sound while intensely watching the peak because they knew that it was not over.
Li Qiye smiled and said after seeing the stationary stone: "Such an arrogant stone, I wonder how long you intend to stay here?"
To everyone's pleasure, the stone remained quiet. One of the spectators excitedly uttered: "This is a miracle, the heavens have eyes!"
Many people nodded in agreement. The stone not accepting Li Qiye caused everyone to become relaxed and excited.
However, Li Qiye was still very calm. He had a smile on his face with his hands against the ground while gazing at the sky. His demeanor was as if he was speaking with an old friend: "Do you remember when Immortal Emperor Qian Li came? You didn't accept him. I had always thought that maybe it wasn't the right time back then, not to mention Immortal Emperor Ming Du before him. But today, I have personally come so the past doesn't matter anymore, right?"
The stone was still immobile like before. The people on the mountain were still nervously waiting; they didn't know what Li Qiye was saying to the stone, but they were waiting for a miracle to happen — for the stone to not accept Li Qiye as its master.
"I know you are very arrogant." Li Qiye said with a grin: "But I've seen even grander displays of arrogance, you know? For me, nothing is impossible as long as I truly set my mind on it."
The stone was still silent, but Li Qiye was not in a rush. He continued on with a cheerful demeanor: "There are too many unbelievable things in this world, such as slaying gods and ending immortals. How do you feel about these matters? Or maybe you feel like massacring gods is nothing? Then how about killing an Immortal Emperor?"
Standing by the side, Lan Yunzhu was very puzzled as to why he was telling this stone these things. Killing gods was already a terrifying thing, but killing an Immortal Emperor? Frankly, this was impossible.
"Or maybe you think that killing immortals and gods is nothing?" Li Qiye smiled and added: "If I want to crush a rock, no matter what kind of rock it is, as long as I am determined… then I think I can find a few methods. Just as you think killing immortals and gods is nothing, with a determined will, crushing a rock is nothing to me as well. If I can't have it, then even the most precious and priceless item would not be worth a coin in my eyes. Since I can't have it, why hesitate in crushing it? What do you think about this?"
This time, the stone finally reacted by slightly fluttering.
The distant cultivators from the ghost race felt their hearts beat faster after they saw the rock shake. Many prayed for a miracle: "Please don't accept a master!"
At this time, Li Qiye cheerfully continued: "Although I am fierce, I am not vicious." He then proceeded in a calm manner: "I adore talents and treasures, so I won't crush you today. The heaven and earth took countless generations just to give birth to a stone like you — this indeed was not easy. If I crushed you, it would be quite wasteful."
Li Qiye then patted his hands after standing up and said: "If you want to continue staying at this damned place for this generation, then I trust that you will be missing out on the most brilliant and colorful era since the start of time. There has never been such an era before, and you would also miss out on the most supreme master across the eons.
"But if you're content and would rather stay here, then I don't mind. There are a myriad of weapons in this world, and if I so desire, then even the best weapons will eventually come into my hands. I don't need you." With that, Li Qiye turned around to leave.
All the ghost cultivators could finally breathe again. They were all jubilated, and the same applied to the human cultivators. At this minute, they felt as if this was the happiest moment of their lives.
"Hahaha, Li Qiye is only so-so—" A ghost cultivator happily sneered. However, before he could finish, his mouth was opened wide again; it was big enough to fit a goose egg!
"Thump!" Right when Li Qiye turned around, the stone suddenly jumped up into his palm.
"No!!!" Someone miserably bellowed. This howl was sadder than the cry of someone who had just been cut by a knife.
"F*ck, is there no justice in this world?" An emotional genius pointed up towards the sky and cursed: "Heavens, do you not have eyes? Are you just bullying weak people like us? It would still be fine if you gave him all the destiny stones in this world, but just not this most arrogant one! How will we little cultivators live from now on?"
"A miracle didn't happen. Damn! This world is not fair!" A ghost cultivator exclaimed.
The ghost cultivators were the ones who suffered the biggest blow right now. Li Qiye had upstaged Di Zuo and Tian Lunhui, the two biggest pride of the ghost race. In just an instant, Li Qiye's brilliance had contributed to the momentum of the human race.
On the other hand, the humans had mixed feelings; they didn't know whether to be happy or sad. In summary, a myriad of emotions ran rampant in their minds. A human sect master wryly said: "The appearance of a heaven's proud son like him is indeed a source of pride for us humans. However, such a devilish monster like him will sweep through this generation and rend the path of all the other geniuses. From now on, anyone who wants to reach the peak must surpass this devil first."
In this short period of time, everyone had different feelings. The human cultivators couldn't help themselves from becoming jealous of Li Qiye. He was the favored son of the heavens — so unfair.
"This is the right choice." Li Qiye rubbed the rock and said with a smile. He then put it away while others gazed at him with crazed and reddened eyes.
However, it was meaningless to be jealous of Li Qiye since one couldn't steal away a destiny stone. Even if it was successfully robbed, the stone would not accept them as its master and would just escape.
"Thump, thump, thump!" All of the destiny stones right below the peak also jumped as if it was the happiest moment of their lives.
The cultivators became quite lost when they saw such a scene: "What is going on?"
"One at a time, no rush, no rush." Li Qiye smiled and said, then he spread his palm. He took in the majority of the eight and nine accumulations stones as well a portion of five, six, and seven accumulations stones.
He threw back a few eight and nine accumulations stones. Some of the five, six, and seven accumulations stones were unwilling and looked as if they were staring at him in anticipation.
"Go back and grow with time. All of you will have a chance, and your future will not just end here." Li Qiye said as he waved his hand. Finally, these unwilling stones bounced back to their original places.
In just a moment, the Divine Dragon Mountain became vacant. The eight and nine accumulations stones had almost all been taken by Li Qiye so not too many remained.
This scene broke everyone's common sense as their eyes almost fell to the ground.
Even Lan Yunzhu couldn't help herself from becoming astonished. Li Qiye causing all the stones to compete for him was already shocking enough, but she became speechless after he obtained that other stone as well. A devilish genius was indeed different, they were way beyond one's imagination. And it wasn't just this, he even took away many stones — this also broke the common convention.
Everyone knew that cultivators could only pick one destiny stone. Even if they were accepted by many, after picking one, the other stones would not follow them.
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However, Li Qiye now took a bunch of destiny stones at once — this miracle completely broke the common sense of the cultivation world. Such a thing simply couldn't happen!
"How… could this be!" At this point, someone let out a shrill scream since they were unable to cope with such a ridiculous scene.
Only destiny stones chose their masters, cultivators didn't choose destiny stones! But now, Li Qiye picked them as if he was selecting cabbages in front of a street vendor. In the end, the majority of the destiny stones had been purchased by him like cabbages.
A cultivator's heart couldn't handle such a stimulating scene, so he screamed in the face of this impossible scene where someone was taking a group of high level destiny stones away: "Oh mother, what is happening? Has the heavens gone crazy? How could the heavens allow someone to take away so many stones? Oh heavens, do you not have eyes?!"
At this moment, this cultivator was not the only one who suffered from an irregular heartbeat. This was definitely not a dream, it was real.
Even Lan Yunzhu, who knew Li Qiye well, found it hard to believe: "How is this possible?" Breaking common sense was not enough to describe this event — it was too bizarre. If it wasn't daytime right now, she would have thought that a ghost was playing with everyone.
"It is because I am too handsome." Li Qiye replied with a smirk. He didn't tell her the truth that was only known by him.
"Handsome my butt!" Lan Yunzhu angrily glared at him and retorted. From now on, she would no longer become shocked no matter what other strange events happened around Li Qiye. After all, what could be stranger than what happened today?
Li Qiye selected a stone from a batch of stones and threw it at Lan Yunzhu as he smiled: "You are quite lucky, the stone I talked about earlier is still here. You can have it."
She became speechless when she caught the destiny stone that shone with a divine light. This was such a good stone, yet Li Qiye was giving it away as if it was just a cabbage.
What silenced her even further was that this destiny stone didn't like her and ran back towards Li Qiye instead.
"Little guy! In the end, this lady still has dual saint talents. I'm a heaven's proud daughter, yet you dare to look down on me like this? Watch it or I'll skin you!" At this point, Lan Yunzhu no longer cared about her lady-like image since she was quite hurt. These destiny stones all grabbed onto Li Qiye as if he was a handsome man adored by flowers!
Li Qiye cheerfully smiled while he patted this stone and said: "This little girl isn't bad. She has dual saint talents and a Heaven's Will Secret Law for her foundation. Don't worry, I'll protect this girl later on so you won't lose out."
In the end, the unwilling destiny stone fell into Lan Yunzhu's hand. She didn't know what to say; this brat was too mysterious and downright scary.
"Why are you welcomed by so many destiny stones like this?" Lan Yunzhu curiously asked because she was lost. This matter was completely irrational.
Li Qiye answered with a smirk: "Because I am handsome and loved by all. The phrase 'flowers bloom on sight' was created to describe me."
"Bleh!" Lan Yunzhu seemed as if she wanted to vomit and snappily retorted: "If you are handsome, then every single man in this world is extremely dashing!"
"Do you really want to hear the real reason? It's very simple, it is because I am the ruler of this world and the only one to sweep through the endless eras!" Li Qiye laughed before responding.
"Uncle, your face is thicker than a temple block." Lan Yunzhu gave him a look and continued: "I can believe you becoming the ruler in the future, but to say you are the only one who has swept through all eras? Come on now, this is clearly boasting. How old are you? You're still just a brat!"
Li Qiye couldn't help but smile before speaking: "Fine, the real reason is that I will build a stone sect. In the future, these destiny stones will be my generals. Under my protection, they will rampage in this world and bask in the worldly essence to become eternally supreme!"
"Bah, who would believe you." She glared at him again and fiercely said while swinging her fist: "Uncle, if you want me to believe you, then at least try to say something more serious, or else I'll really take care of you!"
Her appearance made him grin. He then gestured with his hand and slowly said: "Be more serious? Very well, we will talk more seriously. Girl, don't forget about our bet. Remember that you have to undress completely for my viewing pleasure tonight, to let me see if your figure is top notch or not."
"Damned pervert!" Lan Yunzhu was both embarrassed and angry as she let out a cry: "In your dreams!" With that, she turned away and ran.
Meanwhile, Li Qiye leisurely caught up to her and quipped: "Girl, one must keep their words. A gentleman's words are as heavy as mountains."
The flustered Lan Yunzhu kept on running and exclaimed: "Bah, I'm not a gentleman, I'm just a little girl!"
Li Qiye followed after her with a smile.
At the Divine Dragon Mountain, everyone quietly watched Li Qiye leave as if he was a super freak.
A long time after he left, someone tragically screamed: "Damn, my destiny stones! I still want a nine accumulations destiny stone!"
Looking at the bare hills left many older cultivators lamenting for the younger people who came here to test their luck. Being in the same generation as that devilish Li Qiye was really saddening.
The news of Li Qiye picking destiny stones spread like a storm across the Prime Ominous Grave. All five Grave Realms heard of this, and countless cultivators and lineages were shocked!
Even great characters were startled. An ancestor of a great power couldn't believe it: "Impossible!"
A disciple reported to his ancestor and swore: "Ancestor, this disciple saw with my own eyes, and my master was there too."
"This kid is too… scary. How could this be possible? It… breaks all common sense." After the news was confirmed, countless great powers were stuck in a daze.
Then, this heaven-defying news entered the ears of the other geniuses. Both the Titanic Crescent Saint Child and the Ghost Insect Evil Child were dejected. They secretly screamed in their minds and thought that, unless they eliminated Li Qiye, there would be no day when they could rise.
Inside the Wood Realm, Di Zuo immediately stood up after hearing this. His blood energy erupted and rose to a terrorizing level, causing the sky to darken and the moon to shake.
"Very good, I need a supreme and untouchable genius like this to be the stone to pave my path towards becoming an Immortal Emperor!" He declared as his tiger-like eyes swept through the plains in an overly domineering manner.
He continued on with a deep tone: "I initially wanted to slay Tian Lunhui as my paving stone, but now, I have an even better prey."
As one of the top geniuses of the ghost race, Tian Lunhui revealed a dark smile while being shrouded in his mysterious aura. With an ominous glare, he smiled and said: "When the sandpiper and clam fight, the fisherman will catch both."
He then closed his eyes with a detached attitude as if nothing mattered to him. Maybe it wasn't that it didn't matter, maybe it was because everything was within his grasp.
Another top existence among the young geniuses, Xian Fan of the human race, was very shaken after hearing this news: "That guy was successful? The Five Elements Immortal Armor accepted me, but that stone didn't. And yet, that guy actually did it. Too scary." After a long daze, he then reflected: "Amazing, there is always a higher mountain. It seems that this path towards becoming an Immortal Emperor won't be so boring after all."
This shocking news stunned countless races while the glory of numerous geniuses dimmed. As the news spread even further, many people beat their chests and stomped the ground in anger. How could people not go insane when Li Qiye alone carried out a whole bunch of eight and nine accumulations stones? Many young cultivators still hadn't refined a true fate weapon for themselves, and other cultivators wanted a better destiny stone.
Cultivators must take the opportunity when they were still young to change destiny stones since they wouldn't be able to do so at an older age. This was because, once they become old, it would take too much life essence to refine a new true fate treasure.
Many young cultivators dreamed about going to the Divine Dragon Mountain to find a nine accumulations destiny stone, but now, Li Qiye shattered their dreams by taking away a whole bunch.
Ultimately, the ones who were the most depressed were the ghost race. Recently, they had been severely suppressed. The three heroes of the Sacred Nether World were their pride and future aspirations. And now, Li Qiye crawling out of nowhere alone was not enough, even Xian Fan showed up. Li Qiye was even more dazzling than Di Zuo and Tian Lunhui, so the entire younger generation of the ghosts had been put to shame. If this continued, then the younger ghost generation would be oppressed by humans, so it was understandable that the ghost race became exasperated.