Everyone was totally dumbfounded!
They didn't really expect that Xu Que would go there. After all, the requirements of those outlanders were outrageous!
Moreover, they didn't have the guts to force Xu Que to go there. Xu Que was too powerful for them, even the Patriarchs of the big families and sects didn't dare to provoke him!
While they were feeling despair and helpless, Xu Que stepped up and said he would certainly go with a smile!
This was so unexpected!
"Just go and tell everyone! Why are you still here? I remember you are quite good at delivering messages!" Xu Que shouted.
The onlookers came to themselves and started to shout excitedly as if they were celebrating a festival. They even planned to set off fireworks in celebration!
"Good news! Good news! Xu Que said he will go to face them!" someone shouted with pleasant surprise!
Xu Que's mouth twitched, "Damn! You are really efficient!"
"My Gosh! Xu Que has confirmed that he will go to face them personally!" the rest of the people continued to shout in ecstasy!
"Crap! You are really good at this!" Xu Que sighed.
However, the onlookers had forgotten all about him and just rushed around telling the good news!
"Come on, spread the message that Xu Que has agreed to face those outlanders outside the Celestial Burial Valley!"
"He also asked those outlanders to clean their necks and prepare chrysanthemums before his arrival!"
"Clean their necks? Does this mean he will kill those outlanders?"
"But why did he ask them to prepare chrysanthemums? Is he going to decorate his tomb with chrysanthemums?"
"Xu Que is a brave guy! He looks upon death as going home, which is really admirable!"
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All at once, Xu Que gained a lot of Acting Tough Points. Because there were so many onlookers here, he managed to earn around 20,000 Acting Tough Points just by saying a few words. Xu Que was so delighted because of this great gain!
"Hongyan, look, now you know how popular I am among the people!" Xu Que said as he looked at Jiang Hongyan proudly.
Jiang Hongyan reminded him with a smile, "When you face cultivators from the Xuanzhen Continent, don't underestimate them! Their magic artifacts are extraordinary!"
She still remembered the scene when Xu Que killed the powerhouses at the Form Synthesis Stage and the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage.
She reminded Xu Que now because those outlanders suffered heavy casualties when they were attacked by surprise. Now they came with full preparation. Xu Que should deal with them seriously.
"Don't worry. I have plenty of methods to defeat them!" Xu Que replied with a smile.
Jiang Hongyan nodded with a faint smile. Then, she looked at the cheering crowds like a mighty empress who was accepting cheers from her people!
Xu Que was quite proud about that. It was always a good thing to be a powerful cultivator! However, it was even better to have powerful female company, which could also do good to his acting tough business!
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Xu Que's words were delivered to many ancient cities that day. People who heard the news would always cheer after having gotten over being surprised.
Members and Patriarchs of many families and sects stayed in the Celestial Burial Valley secretly to observe the situation. After hearing Xu Que's words, many Patriarchs let out sighs of relief. After all, those outlanders would first slaughter the Utopia Faction. Then, it was their turn to face the slaughter.
At this time, some Patriarchs of the Gong Family, the Bai Family, and the Jiang Family were sitting in a back room. These three big families could almost be deemed as the overlords of the East Continent. Now they sat together to discuss the countermeasures.
"Guys, can we believe Xu Que's words?"
"If he eats his words, his trick will annoy those outlanders!"
"Alas! We provided a lot of assistance to help them arrive at the East Continent from the Xuanzhen Continent. I didn't realize that we invited a pack of wolves into the house! They turned against us and treat us as servants!"
"This is the way of this world. The strong always have the right to decide everything!"
"Forget it! Now the most urgent thing to do is to ensure that Xu Que will really go to confront them!"
"What should we do?"
"Let's use the method we used last time. We send people to all the ancient cities to guide the public concern, so that we could force that little bastard to go with the provocative approach!"
"That's the only way out now!"
"Exactly. Anyway, the death of either Xu Que or those outlanders will be always a good thing for us!"
"Let them fight as long as we are not implicated!"
After a simple discussion, the Patriarchs of several big families had reached an agreement.
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That day, people started to hear different voices in those ancient cities!
"Don't be too optimistic! Don't you know Xu Que is a man who always eats his words?"
"Right! Don't be too expectant. Xu Que will never sacrifice himself for us!"
"He will never have the guts to go!"
"If he dares to go, I will eat excrement!"
"Last time he fooled us like this. This time he will probably play tricks again!"
Rumors which targeted Xu Que started to appear in more and more ancient cities.
They tried to provoke Xu Que with words, so that he had to confront those outlanders to defend his dignity.
The next day, these provocative words became more and more rampant.
"Someone is plotting this secretly!" Jiang Hongyan, who sensed something was wrong first, reminded Xu Que.
Xu Que said with a smile, "I know! They try to force me to confront the outlanders with these rumors. This is really unnecessary. This time I will keep my word!"
"Right. Just ignore them!" Jiang Hongyan nodded.
"No, I won't ignore public opinion!" Xu Que said with a smile.
Jiang Hongyan was surprised and confused.
Xu Que explained with a smile, "They are spreading rumors that I am playing tricks, right? I will take this opportunity to have fun with them. I will teach them a good lesson, or I won't be Xu Que of the Exploding Heavens Faction!"
After saying that, he summoned his Taoist Body and asked it to go into the city wearing the Human-skinned Mask.
The Taoist Body managed to find out the three big families who were behind those rumors within half a day!
Then, Xu Que's real body showed up and declared, "Guys, please send this message to those outlanders for me!"
What? Another message?
His words surprised the onlookers for they thought Xu Que might plan to escape again!
Xu Que said with a smile immediately, "Please don't look at me like that! Am I a coward?"
"Just tell those outlanders that their Holy Senior, who is also my Hongyan, will call on her relatives and seniors of the Jiang Family. I will go with her! If those outlanders are not cowards, tell them to just have a fight with me at the Jiang Family compound! I will give them a good fight there until one party is killed!"
After saying that, Xu Que left for the central area of the East Continent with Jiang Hongyan!
All the onlookers were stunned. After coming to themselves, they couldn't help but gasp!
Is he really going to have a fight with the outlanders at the Jiang Family compound?
My God! This is too vicious!
If he has a fight with those powerhouses at the summit of the Form Synthesis Stage and at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage there, the Jiang Family compound might be razed to the ground instantly!
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Soon after, this took place in a back room of an ancient city in the Celestial Burial Valley area.
Flop!
After receiving the news, the Patriarchs of the three big families fell to the ground instantly! A Patriarch of the Jiang Family even spat blood and shouted hysterically, "Xu Que, you are a bastard! Screw you!"