Free Web NovelChapter 1384: Chapter 444: Opportunity for Becoming a God
Are these the helpers Third Young Master Jin found?
Yue Mubai swept a glance over Xi Jiuye; at first there was a hint of disdain on his face.
Come to think of it, ever since Yue Mubai ran into Ye Lingyue, he had been dogged by misfortune.
He took part in the Underground Arena in Huangquan City and was unexpectedly defeated by Ye Lingyue; after his crucial Fire Spirit Ziyan was devoured by Ye Lingyue, he was gravely injured.
Fortunately, Chairman Jin had sent him to the Jin Family ahead of time, which was how Chairman Jin avoided the pursuit and slaughter from Ye Lingyue, Bo Qing, and the others afterward.
It was also thanks to the Jin Family’s power that Yue Mubai managed to escape.
On the way, Yue Mubai had tried to contact his elder sister Elder Yue, but he quickly learned that ever since he left the Lonely Moon Sea, Elder Yue’s influence had been further stripped away; nowadays she had no say at all in Lonely Moon Sea.
At that time, with no Sect backing and no Fire Spirit, Yue Mubai was no different from a cripple.
With no other choice, he made a deal with the Jin Family patriarch, Old Master Jin, and told him about the Taixu Tomb Realm.
Only then did the Jin Family patriarch lavishly spend manpower, resources and wealth to treat him, allowing Yue Mubai to survive.
After his injuries healed, he planned to head to Xuanwu City to rendezvous with Hong Mingyue; before he set out, Old Master Jin had warned him that Third Young Master Jin was young and ignorant, and that the people around him were all drinking-and-whoring, good-for-nothing cronies.
This time’s Jiu Provinces Hunting was of utmost importance, and the Jin Family had paid a considerable price; Old Master Jin said that if that group of friends around Third Young Master Jin proved too useless, Yue Mubai could quietly get rid of them so they wouldn’t drag him down.
Yet after Yue Mubai sized Xi Jiuye up a few times, he put away his contempt; this man before him absolutely could not be some ordinary character.
An intense aura of a Superior was permeating his body.
This kind of aura, Yue Mubai had never seen on anyone before, not even on Master Wuya.
"Third Young Master, this one is also your friend? He seems a bit different from what the rumors say. You should have heard that aside from taking part in the Jiu Provinces Hunting this time, we have an even more important matter to attend to, so the people we find must be very reliable."
As an Alchemist, Yue Mubai’s vigilance far surpassed that of ordinary people.
Xi Jiuye gave him a very profound feeling, hard to control; subconsciously, Yue Mubai was unwilling to walk alongside such a man.
But Third Young Master Jin was the master after all, and he didn’t dare order him around, so he could only hint, hoping Third Young Master Jin would understand and quickly send Xi Jiuye away.
Clearly Yue Mubai had overestimated Third Young Master Jin’s comprehension; Yue Mubai had just finished speaking when Third Young Master Jin waved his hand, his face full of nonchalance.
"You’re talking about the Taixu Tomb Realm matter? Yue Mubai, just rest easy. Anyone I, Third Young Master Jin, find is definitely trustworthy. Brother Xi, I forgot to tell you, aside from the Jiu Provinces Hunting—where our Jin Family must secure a good ranking—we have another important mission this time, which is to go to the Taixu Tomb Realm. It’s said that a secret treasure is hidden there that might help my old man in becoming a God. Oh right, this is a big secret, and can’t be made public for now. If it really works out, the benefits will absolutely not pass you by."
"A secret treasure for becoming a God?"
When Xi Jiuye heard this, his expression remained unchanged on the surface, but inwardly he was slightly stirred.
"What, Brother Xi, are you also interested in becoming a God?"
Yue Mubai watched Xi Jiuye’s expression closely.
In his heart he was already cursing Third Young Master Jin up and down.
This damned wastrel, how could he casually hang something like becoming a God on his lips?
If Xi Jiuye also had ambition and gave rise to greed, wouldn’t that add another competitor in the Taixu Tomb Realm?
What surprised Yue Mubai, however, was that Xi Jiuye’s expression remained normal; he said calmly,
"And what of becoming a God? Everyone thinks the Divine Race has it good, but how many actually know that the troubles the Human Clan has, the Divine Race will have no fewer."
"Brother Xi, that’s because you’ve never been a God. Ordinary members of the Divine Race are one thing, but if you reach the Divine Sovereign Level, then you can live forever and possess countless Divine Race Goddesses." The moment Third Young Master Jin mentioned this, he was suddenly brimming with energy, even forgetting that he had just been beaten up.
"And how would you know that eternal life might not also mean endless loneliness?"
As Xi Jiuye spoke, for the first time a hard-to-describe expression appeared on his cold, stern face. In those long, indifferent eyes of his, a wistful look surged up. In that instant, the loneliness emanating from him left both Third Young Master Jin and Yue Mubai stunned.
The man before them, who looked no more than twenty-odd years old, seemed to become, in the blink of an eye, an old man who had seen through all the dust of the mortal world, aged by countless years.
Even the Northern Territory Thirteen Riders fell completely silent. They had followed Xi Jiuye for many years, and aside from Lan Chuchu, they were the people closest to the Divine Master; yet of late, the Divine Master had grown ever more withdrawn, just like now, with this aura that enveloped him and kept everyone from daring to approach.
"Ha, Brother Xi, the way you put it, it’s like you’ve actually been a God. Come, come, come, let’s not talk about all that God this and Human that. Tonight is our first time meeting; I’ll be the host and take everyone into the city to drink and enjoy flower wine. The girls in the Red Sleeve Pavilion in the city are even more beautiful than Goddesses."
The thick-skulled Third Young Master Jin was completely unaware that Xi Jiuye had sunk into his memories of the past. Laughing loudly, he slung an arm over Yue Mubai’s shoulder and led the group toward the city.
"Master, are we really going to cooperate with that lot?"
The Northern Territory Thirteen Riders were quite puzzled that the Divine Master would go to such lengths to walk together with this kind of group.
"For now, they’re our companions. I’m very interested in that Taixu Tomb Realm."
"Master, do you really believe there’s a divine seal in that Tomb Realm?"
Xi Jiuye didn’t care who he cooperated with.
The Jin Family could get him into Xuanwu City and had dug up information about the Taixu Tomb Realm; to him, that gave the Jin Family value.
"Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And at the moment, I also need a divine seal."
Xi Jiuye mused.
To him, aside from the Jiu Provinces Cauldron, divine seals were also very important. Even though he himself didn’t need a divine seal, the pregnant Lan Chuchu needed one that could officially let her become a God.
For the Gods of this realm, there were only two ways to become a God.
One was to be born a God, a so-called descendant of the Gods, like Xi Jiuye and the former Ye Family twins had been.
The other was to become a God in the Postnatal stage, like Medicine Buddha Yun Sheng and even the Eight Desolate Divine Sovereign Ye Beiming.
Compared to the two, the latter was clearly more difficult.
For an Ordinary Martial Artist, aside from possessing profound cultivation, they also needed to accomplish feats like the Medicine Buddha couple, saving all the common folk under heaven, in order to be canonized and passed into godhood.
Yet Xi Jiuye’s Divine Consort Lan Chuchu happened to be neither of these, so all these years she had in fact only possessed a Demigod Body.
