The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife

Chapter 266: Chapter 145: Where’s That Promised Scumbag? (Part 3)

Chu Xuan buried his head and ventured deeper into the East Sea, passing by the Ruo Wood Secret Realm on the way. The phantom of the giant blue tree was still there, and many people were still keeping watch, without any clue when it would end.

It took nearly half a month for Chu Xuan to reach the depths of the East Sea, a barren land thousands of miles wide and utterly deserted.

As far as the eye could see, the sky was caving in, revealing a pitch-black background; the seabed showed gaps, with clusters of black flames rising, boiling the surrounding seawater, causing the currents to become turbulent and fierce, affecting regions further away.

Chu Xuan couldn’t help but frown and murmured:

"In ancient times, the four extremes were abandoned, the nine states divided, the sky could not cover, the earth could not support. The raging flames would not extinguish, the water surged relentlessly. Fierce beasts devoured the common people, predatory birds snatched the old and weak. Thus, Nuwa refined five-colored stones to repair the azure sky..."

The scene before him was remarkably similar to the ancient legend of "Nuwa repairing the heavens."

Moreover, the earliest legend of repairing the heavens had no connection with "Gong Gong angrily striking Buzhou Mountain," missing key terms like Gong Gong, Zhu Rong, or Buzhou Mountain, and there was no explicit record of the causes for the sky collapsing, the earth splitting, or the disasters occurring.

In fact, the account in "Liezi" suggests that Nuwa repaired the heavens before Gong Gong crashed into the mountain.

In ancient times, there still existed a Great Goddess Nuwa who saved the world, but in today’s era of absolute separation between heaven and earth, and between humans and deities, who else could assume this great responsibility?

Chu Xuan shook his head, choosing not to overthink it. If the sky was falling, taller people would hold it up; he just needed to focus on what he should do now.

Chu Xuan’s methods for "repairing nodes" naturally couldn’t involve employing Great Divine Techniques like "refining five-colored stones to repair the sky" or "breaking the Ao’s legs to set the four extremes."

Instead of calling it repairing, it would be better to say he borrowed the power of the Array to temporarily restrain these damaged areas, preventing them from expanding further outward, and more importantly, ensuring they don’t merge with other nodes, which would accelerate the speed and size of the disaster.

Chu Xuan first observed the celestial timing and geomantic auspices using [Knowing the Timing, Understanding the Land] before retrieving an array diagram and seventy-two bright yellow array flags from his Storage Bracelet, beginning to position them one by one according to specified locations. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

Once each array flag was inserted into the void, it vanished from sight, and once the Array was complete, it would automatically draw in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to operate, without requiring human supervision.

This was no small feat, Chu Xuan estimated it would take him at least seven days to complete, followed by a few days of observation to ensure everything was satisfactory before he could leave.

It’s worth mentioning that when Chu Xuan was previously in Wuyou Valley, he was determined to return the Storage Bracelet to Ji Mingyu, even going out of his way to spend considerable Spirit Stones to purchase an [Upper-Middle Xuan Tier] Storage Ring in advance.

The price of this spatial treasure was almost as high as a higher-tier Earth Tier treasure, nearly draining half of Chu Xuan’s assets, yet the usable space inside was surprisingly smaller than the bracelet, leaving him utterly baffled.

Ming Yu had clearly claimed that the Storage Bracelet she handed him was merely [Upper-Middle Yellow Tier].

Even later, when the little snow mink stuffed the bracelet back into Chu Xuan’s arms, he persistently refused to use it, opting for the inferior ring instead.

But last time, during the rescue of Qingqing, Chu Xuan got swallowed by the demon fetus, and the Storage Ring he had sustained severe damage.

If he hadn’t managed to escape in time, the ring might have exploded inside the demon fetus, destroying all his possessions; it was dreadfully thrilling.

The Storage Bracelet remained unexpectedly sturdy, as spatial treasures cannot be nested like matryoshka dolls, directly placed inside another storage treasure, Chu Xuan kept the bracelet close to his chest.

As a result, the Storage Ring was close to ruins, while the bracelet remained unharmed, therefore until a new storage treasure was purchased, Chu Xuan had to temporarily use the bracelet.

He was highly suspicious that Ming Yu had initially misrepresented the level of the treasure, presumably tampering with its potency to lower usage barriers, allowing a Qi Cultivation practitioner to use it—a true waste of heavenly treasure, and only a wealthy high-tier cultivator like her could be so unconcerned.

Recalling this, Chu Xuan shook his head, thinking, what good is this treasure? Someday, I must return it, unless the truth from your mouth can convince me...

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"Master, haven’t you made up your mind yet?" Xiao Xue said worriedly.

This was a discussion about Chu Xuan driving away Qin Mengyao, from his expressions and tone at that time, both Ji Mingyu and Xiao Xue had a terrifying suspicion:

Chu Xuan might genuinely intend to marry Gu Haitang; otherwise, he wouldn’t have expressed such heartless words to the senior sister.

"Master, didn’t you say Chu Xuan was a complete scumbag? And that he would never give up an entire forest for just one tree."

"But now, he seems intent on loving one person wholeheartedly; are you just going to watch it unfold?"

"Shut up!" Ji Mingyu, who originally saw Chu Xuan having a thoughtful look at the Storage Bracelet, had just started to show a slight hint of a smile on her lips, only to be immediately pulled back to reality by her pet.

Xiao Xue was somewhat aggrieved, "He can give up the long-legged senior sister, what else can’t he give up?"

Ji Mingyu was thoroughly irked, rising to pace back and forth, harboring some resentment toward Chu Xuan in her heart: Why couldn’t you be this devoted to me?

If you had been like this earlier, I wouldn’t have done what I did.

No, Ji Mingyu suddenly realized, it was because of her, Chu Xuan had turned into what he is now; she was the "culprit," at least one of the "perpetrators."

After all, for Chu Xuan, the person who had the most significant influence on his character post-resurrection was his master, her.

Eventually, Ji Mingyu gritted her teeth, "If Chu Xuan truly dares to marry that little vixen, I absolutely won’t stand by, his virgin self can only belong to me!"