Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 465 - 357: Begin!

Chapter 465: Chapter 357: Begin!

An elder dressed in black gazed into the distance.

The ferocious aura had vanished.

His brows relaxed, and he turned to walk back into the newly constructed temporary council hall.

"Let’s begin the meeting now,"

he said.

The other elders sat upright and tense, their faces strained as if facing a matter of life or death.

Looking around at everyone, the elder in black sighed and said,

"Very few can escape our control, but evidently, Arian has become such an existence."

"Based on the analysis of the battle, he didn’t use his full strength at all; he was merely toying with us."

"—How strong is he, exactly?"

Everyone was silent.

After a while, someone suggested,

"Since he’s so powerful, can we make a proposal to the Book of the Dead to force him to eliminate the entire Ten Thousand Spirit Silence Association?"

"That won’t work," the elder in black said, "the Book of the Dead also weighs the pros and cons of matters; it has seen all our actions—"

"Remember, we have never entered the battle, whereas not only did Arian fight, but he also won!"

"In the eyes of the Book of the Dead, our value is far less than Arian’s."

"So what?" another elder asked.

The elder in black said coldly,

"If such a task is issued, the Book of the Dead would force us to undertake it."

Someone said reluctantly,

"We can’t let him continue to be arrogant like this..."

The elders nodded in agreement.

Just as they were racking their brains for a solution, a huge black book quietly appeared.

—The Book of the Dead!

The elders hurriedly all stood up.

"We did not request your descent," the elder in black said in surprise.

The pages turned, displaying rows of grayish flame-like small text:

"The decisive moment has come."

"The Destruction Council and the Ten Thousand Spirit Silence Association are about to engage in a battle of life and death."

"Our participating combatants: all members of the Thirteen Elders."

"Mission requirement: you must defeat the opponent."

"Failure means annihilation!"

The elders were stunned.

"Wait a moment," the elder in black struggled to maintain his composure, "Why do we have to fight a life and death battle against the Ten Thousand Spirit Silence Association now?"

New rows of grayish flame-like small text emerged:

"To vie for an extremely precious opportunity."

The elder in black asked again,

"But the strongest in the council is Arian. Why isn’t he joining us in the battle?"

The Book of the Dead paused for a moment, then displayed two new lines of text:

"This is the result after coordination."

"You have half a day to prepare. The war begins immediately after half a day!"

The elders hurriedly stood up.

The elder in black also waved his hand and said,

"Quickly, gather everything from the family treasury, come back here, and exchange them with the Book of the Dead for powerful combat support forces—"

Everyone vanished in an instant.

Shortly after,

a furious roar shook the heavens and the earth:

"Who dared to steal from our Dark Fall family’s treasury during the chaos! I’ll kill you!"

"It’s not just you; our family’s treasury has been stolen too!"

"Us too!"

"We as well!"

"Damn it, we must find him!"

...

The sea breeze blew gently.

Wu Xiaode stood by the seaside, letting the waves come and go, slapping against his toes.

Qiong stood by his side, holding a plate full of fruit, feeding him purple grapes.

"You’ve planned and built well; from now on, I’ll leave this to you,"

Wu Xiaode said, spitting out grape skins.

Qiong caught the grape skin with her other hand and whispered,

"I can handle all these, but to strengthen the family, you need to do something."

"What is it?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"The family needs to grow, to branch out and multiply—we should contribute to that," she said, her eyes shining brightly as she looked at Wu Xiaode.

This man was truly incredible.

With him, she had everything.

The women of the high families, who had once held themselves so high, kept sending various invitations, eager for her to attend their gatherings.

A bunch of bitches!

Now, she needed to unite with him quickly, have descendants, for a family had only just begun that way.

"...We’ll talk about that later because today I have something very important,"

Wu Xiaode said.

Qiong’s attention was caught by these words.

"Something very important?" she asked, puzzled.

"Yes, it concerns our fate..."

Wu Xiaode removed the gemstone ring with spatial storage capabilities from her hand.

"I actually still have quite a few things here; I’m giving them to you now. Manage this world well, and wait for my return."

After he spoke, he had already taken the items out of the Holy Treasure Ring and placed them into the gemstone ring.

Previously, he had donated a vast majority of the family’s treasury under the alias ’Hand of World Destruction.’

Fortunately, he later found the treasuries of the last three families.

Here he was giving Qiong the wealth of another family’s treasury, enough for her to use for many years.

The collections from the remaining two families’ treasuries would be kept for his own use later.

Wu Xiaode slipped the gemstone ring back onto Qiong’s finger.

Qiong immediately injected her Soul Power into it, quickly starting to examine its contents.

She suddenly held her breath.

"...this is too much."

She whispered breathlessly, clutching Wu Xiaode’s hand, gazing intently at him.

Just a hint, a message, a look—

even just his breath growing rough—

she would definitely keep him here!

Wu Xiaode’s gaze, however, remained calm throughout.

"It’s not too much. Manage this place well; it’s yours. Don’t let anyone else lay their hands on it,"

he instructed.

Qiong vigorously nodded, eagerly asking, "Do you still have time? Even just a little while!"

Wu Xiaode, slightly embarrassed, stopped looking into her eyes, that blazed like flames, turned his head, and gazed at the sea, saying,

"I have to do something, I will explain in detail when I return."

His figure gradually faded, completely disappearing from Qiong’s presence.

By the seaside.

Only Qiong was left alone.

The flames in her eyes, however, did not extinguish.

Wealth! Power! Status!

—The strongest man!

Now, all were hers.

To protect everything before her, how could she slacken?

"Now that I have sufficient wealth, watch how I craft this world, I will definitely...make him satisfied..."

She turned around, walking elegantly, her mind pondering thousands of matters, hardly noticing the sea waves wetting her skirt.

Elsewhere.

Wu Xiaode had arrived in a dark space.

A gigantic wall that touched the sky emerged in the midst of Dark Void.

The Wall of Wishes!

Indeed, this was exactly the world manifested by the Book of the Dead.

A figure appeared on the Wall of Wishes.

"You have arrived."

The figure spoke.

Wu Xiaode bowed with his fists and said,

"Your Highness Human Emperor, thank you for waiting. May I know why you have summoned me?"

The figure replied, "The secret realm is ready, spirits of the Past Epoch are about to descend, joining all beings to fight the boundless calamity."

"Are Heroic Spirits important for enhancing our combat strength?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Who defeated Siang?" the Human Emperor countered.

Wu Xiaode shrugged and did not continue to ask.

However, the Human Emperor continued, "Consider this—if during a future battle, an enemy suddenly receives a Heroic Spirit of my calibre, how would you respond?"

Wu Xiaode pondered that scenario.

—Actually, it was easy to imagine, by putting himself in Siang’s place, he could know just how frustrating that would be.

Wu Xiaode immediately changed his attitude.

"What do I need to do?" he asked.

"Everyone will face selection—hurry back to your world, lead your companions to defeat your enemies, only then will you qualify to join hands with the Heroic Spirits of the Past Epoch," the Human Emperor said.

"But..."

Wu Xiaode was about to say more when he suddenly remembered that the world of ’Heaven and Earth’ already belonged to him.

For now, it was temporarily safe.

Though Shen Feixue was pregnant with the Queen Mother of the West, she was still safe at the moment.

If there was a problem, he could rely on that watch to be aware and appear in time to protect her.

Then...

He would return.

"I understand, we are to defeat those Immortals," Wu Xiaode said.

"All people will face selection—your world’s challenge is to defeat those remnants of puppet soldiers from the Past Epoch, under the restriction of 50 Soul Power points,"

the Human Emperor continued. "If you win, spirits will take notice of your world, and you can then participate in the struggle of the great calamity!"

"Go and achieve this. You are my successor; do not drop the ball."

After speaking, the Human Emperor leaped from the Wall of Wishes and vanished.

All visions disappeared.

Wu Xiaode stood in front of the Wall of Wishes, thinking for a while.

The world of ’Heaven and Earth’ from the Past Epoch, temporarily no need to worry.

The family affairs of the Destruction Council, Qiong was managing them.

—Really, there was nothing else.

It was time to return.

It had been a long time since he had seen Sister Lan.