62: Raising Luo Li like a pig, only to become a pig myself

“I killed a protagonist?”

Gu Qing was stunned when he saw the system message.

There were too many people just now, and he didn’t know how many of them were hostile towards him, so Gu Qing had muted the system notifications.

He only wanted to crush a few ants to establish his authority, and he never expected one of them to be a protagonist.

Although this protagonist was a Son of Destiny, he only had 100,000 points of destiny.

But he was still a protagonist.

“System, aren’t protagonists too easy to kill?” Gu Qing asked, puzzled.

None of the protagonists he had killed had ever escaped due to an accident.

What about the promised ability to turn misfortune into blessings, to find good fortune in adversity, and to always have noble people to assist them?

【That’s for them. You are an anomaly, a Variable. Has the host not noticed that the protagonist’s halo has no effect on you at all?】

“It seems so.”

He had spent more than ten years with Lin Chen and Lin Chuqing, and indeed, he hadn't been affected in the slightest.

【That’s right.】

【Precisely because the protagonist’s halo is useless against you, and protagonists love to court death, constantly testing the boundaries of life and death, encountering you can only lead to their complete demise.】

“Makes sense.”

Gu Qing nodded, and happily opened Lin Fan’s storage ring.

There were quite a few treasures, the most valuable being two 50,000-year-old King Realm medicinal herbs and a damaged Saint Artifact.

Gu Qing kept shaking his head; protagonists just loved picking up junk.

“Sister Chuqing, do you want these things? If not, I’ll give them to Chu Yao to sell.”

“No, I don’t need them.”

Lin Chuqing also didn’t care for these broken items.

She wasn't lacking in magical artifacts, nor in cultivation resources.

Gu Qing had been sending her treasure fluids for years, so much that she couldn't possibly use it all.

“Alright!”

Gu Qing picked through the items, melting all the spirit herbs, treasure herbs, and King Realm herbs, and putting the rest away, intending to give them to Chu Yao once he returned, saving himself effort.

After all this, Gu Qing silently thought, “System, give me a lottery draw.”

【Congratulations to the host on obtaining a divine-grade cultivation technique, the Six Paths Reincarnation Art.】

Gu Qing’s eyes lit up, and he quickly checked the cultivation technique’s description.

What he lacked most right now was a cultivation technique for cultivating the divine soul.

And the Six Paths Reincarnation Art happened to be a cultivation technique that primarily focused on the divine soul.

By comprehending the Six Paths of Reincarnation, one could cultivate the Reincarnation Undying Heavenly Soul.

Furthermore, the Six Paths Reincarnation Art also contained numerous divine soul attack abilities, the most powerful of which was Soul Severance, which only harmed the divine soul and not the physical body.

The most mysterious was the Reincarnation Divine Pupil, which could see through others' divine souls and know all their secrets.

It could also enslave the opponent’s divine soul, starting from the soul’s origin, causing people to fall under its influence unknowingly.

“I just got a divine soul cultivation method; take a look.”

Gu Qing took out the Six Paths Reincarnation Art and studied it with her.

He wanted to cultivate the Reincarnation Divine Pupil.

However, the Reincarnation Divine Pupil possessed mysterious and unfathomable power, and there was no specific technique, only guidance on how to cultivate it.

Whether one could cultivate it successfully, and to what extent, depended entirely on one’s luck and strength.

Lin Chuqing was protected by the Mandate of Heaven and possessed the Eye of Delusion, so with her guidance, the success rate was very high.

Sure enough, Lin Chuqing quickly cultivated the Reincarnation Divine Pupil, and under her full guidance, Gu Qing also cultivated the Reincarnation Divine Pupil.

Then they continued to discuss Dao laws.

Both of them possessed heaven-defying comprehension abilities and profound insights into Dao laws, almost understanding everything with a single point, and even capable of drawing inferences.

“Both of them are Grandmasters of Dao laws…” He Ni secretly marveled, seeing them discussing Dao laws with such absorption.

To have such a deep understanding of Dao laws at the Void Dao Realm was truly rare in history, making them worthy of being called Grandmasters.

But then again, hadn't they agreed to travel the world together?

What was with discussing Dao laws here?

Was this how they dated?

The world of geniuses was indeed different.

“A Qing, your Dao laws and divine abilities are too powerful.”

After several days of discussion, Lin Chuqing felt she was inferior.

“You’re not bad either.”

Gu Qing put away the void flying boat and took her into the capital of the Divine Phoenix Empire.

The entire imperial capital was in a state of alarm, with war clouds looming; people on the streets were hurrying, and many were even moving with their families.

“A Qing, do you have business in the Divine Phoenix Empire?”

“Yes, my junior sister is the Ninth Princess of the Divine Phoenix Empire. She returned this time to suppress the rebellion.”

“Do you need my help?”

“No, she can handle it.”

Gu Qing shook his head and scanned the city with his divine sense.

He didn't see the people Luo Li brought, and Luo Li herself was very low-key, which was very strange.

Luo Li was not a soft-hearted person; she was also someone who disliked procrastination, acting domineeringly and ruthlessly.

Logically, Luo Li should have led her people directly to Beiliang.

But now there was no movement at all.

Gu Qing suddenly felt that Luo Li's return was not simply to suppress the rebellion, but had another purpose.

After all, Luo Li was a ruthless villain, and it wasn't impossible for her to disregard her family's safety, or even sacrifice her family.

And wherever there was a protagonist, a major event was bound to happen.

Perhaps there was a treasure in the Divine Phoenix Empire, and the protagonist would defeat the villain, obtain the treasure, and level up.

Thinking this, Gu Qing decided to observe for a while, and it would also be a good opportunity to take Lin Chuqing sightseeing… “Imperial Father!”

In the imperial palace, Luo Li greeted Emperor Luo Ling as usual.

“Li’er, there’s no need for formalities, sit down.”

Luo Ling lay on the dragon bed, his face dark, and spoke in a weak voice.

Clearly, he had been poisoned.

“Thank you, Imperial Father.”

Luo Li did not sit down, but instead came to the bedside with a worried expression, her eyes filled with tears.

“Imperial Father, your daughter has already sent for a Celestial Physician. You will definitely be fine.”

A glimmer of light appeared in Luo Ling’s eyes, but then quickly dimmed, and he forced a smile, saying, “How easy is it to invite a Celestial Physician?”

Celestial Physicians were different from alchemists.

Alchemists only refined pills.

However, Celestial Physicians not only refined pills but also refined the body, detoxified, and concocted poisons, among other things.

Every Celestial Physician possessed the ability to bring people back from the dead.

They could even use medicinal baths and special secret methods to transform the human body, improving aptitude and bone structure.

Precisely because of this, Celestial Physicians were extremely sought after; once they appeared, aristocratic families and sects would definitely try every means to abduct them and imprison them for their own use.

Thus, Celestial Physicians on the continent were almost extinct.

Even if there were any, Celestial Physicians would not expose their identity unless their strength was sufficiently formidable.

However, considering that Luo Li was a true disciple of the Star God Temple, perhaps she had a way to find a Celestial Physician.

Luo Li understood the insincere meaning in Luo Ling’s words, and she confidently said, “There is a Celestial Physician Sect in the Barren Ancient Realm. Your daughter has already sent someone to invite them. Imperial Father will definitely be fine.”

“Oh?” A strong desire to live erupted in Luo Ling’s eyes.

“How long will it take for them to arrive?” he urgently asked.

“At least three months.”

“What?”

Three months?

He could only last for half a month at most now.

“I’m sorry, Imperial Father, your daughter is useless. I can only send a Supreme Realm expert to invite them.”

Luo Li said, lowering her head.

Hearing this, Luo Ling knew his daughter had tried her best.

But how could he be content to lie here and wait for death?

His expression changed several times, as if he had made some kind of decision, and he said,

“Li’er, come with your father to a place.”

“Yes, Imperial Father.”

Luo Ling mustered a breath of strength and led Luo Li into the Divine Phoenix Mountain Cave Heaven World.

Inside, the spiritual energy was depleted, and there was a huge altar, shaped like a divine phoenix.

He took out a blood-dripping jade token and placed it into one of the three indentations, and just as he was about to speak, he was pierced through by a spear.

“You…”

Luo Ling turned around, looking at Luo Li in disbelief.

His most beloved daughter, who had won his heart the most, actually stabbed him with a spear?

“What’s wrong with me, Imperial Father?”

Luo Li’s eyes were cold, and a smile played on her lips.

“I treated you like a treasure, why would you do this?” Luo Ling roared.

“Treasure? Heh, I am indeed your treasure, but little do you know, I also treat Imperial Father as a treasure.”

Luo Li’s smile was mocking.

“You know this is an altar for sacrificing and transplanting bloodlines?”

“Not only do I know, I also know that by collecting three Divine Phoenix Jade Tokens, one can open the altar’s seal and refine the Divine Phoenix Essence within.”

This was not a sacrificial altar, but a sealing altar, within which a Divine Fire Realm phoenix was sealed.

With only one jade token, it could only be used for bloodline transplantation or purification.

Luo Ling knew he couldn’t last three months, so he set his sights on her, wanting to use her phoenix bloodline to detoxify himself.

However, this was exactly what she wanted.

“Hahaha, I never thought your usual obedience was all a disguise.”

“But how dare you commit patricide?”

Luo Ling said sharply, his expression frantic and twisted.

“Heh!”

Luo Li coldly shook her head, her eyes indifferent: “Imperial Father, you are wrong. The strong have no heaven, earth, ruler, parent, or teacher.”

“You taught me this. Did Imperial Father forget?”

“You…”

“You are a true disciple of the Star God Temple, what good does this do you?” Luo Ling mustered a breath of strength and asked unwillingly.

“I have the other two jade tokens; I only lack the one in Imperial Father’s hand, and the sacrifice of Imperial Father’s impure phoenix blood.”

“Therefore, your daughter implores Imperial Father to die.”

Saying this, Luo Li nailed him to the altar, placed the remaining two jade tokens, formed a hand seal, and activated the altar.

Seeing this, Luo Ling suddenly understood.

“So, everything was your doing. Was it you who poisoned me? I hate it so much.”

In fact, he had long been eyeing Luo Li’s phoenix bloodline.

Precisely because of this, he had given Luo Li all the heavenly materials and earthly treasures he could, even giving her a Supreme Bone.

He raised Luo Li like a pig, but ended up becoming the pig himself.

Truly, man proposes, God disposes.

Who would have thought that Luo Li would be taken in by a saint, disrupting all his plans?

Luo Ling had already given up on plundering Luo Li’s phoenix bloodline, as he couldn’t afford to offend a saint, much less the Star God Temple.

Who knew that while he let Luo Li go, Luo Li was unwilling to let him go.

She deliberately poisoned him, and to detoxify himself, he could only take a risk; nothing was more important than his own life.

“You and your imperial concubine deserve to die. I should have strangled you to death back then…”

“Shut up.”

“You are not worthy to mention my imperial concubine.”

Luo Li’s eyes were as sharp as knives, terrifying killing intent surged around her, and she said each word distinctly.

“Guess how many powerful experts I brought back this time? Three Supreme Realm experts and ten King Realm experts.”

“What you owe my imperial mother, I will reclaim a thousandfold, ten thousandfold. I want the entire Divine Phoenix Empire to be buried with my imperial concubine.”

“You, you, you… you lunatic.”

“It’s a pity you won’t live to see the day the Divine Phoenix Empire is destroyed. What a shame.”

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