32: Chapter 32 The Unlucky Emperor

"Are you out of your mind? Is this thing something we can afford to provoke?"

Su Yi was riding on Xiao Tian's shoulders, staring at the white-forehead tiger with hanging eyes that was hot on their heels, and slapped him on the forehead while cursing.

Standing nearly three meters tall and seven or eight meters long, Su Yi felt that one look at its gaping maw was enough to suggest it could swallow him whole in a single gulp.

Su Yi couldn't understand why a simple mission to guard spiritual plants would spawn a Foundation Establishment Stage ferocious tiger!

What kind of dog-shit Luck is this!

"Senior Brother, it came over to steal the spiritual rice. If we don't fight it, what will happen to our guarding mission?" Xiao Tian, who was carrying Su Yi, moved like the wind and replied without even catching his breath.

Seeing that Xiao Tian beneath him still dared to talk back, Su Yi slapped his forehead again and cursed: "If it wants to eat, let it eat! How many Spirit Stones does this mission even pay? Now look at this mess—it's not eating the spiritual rice anymore, it's switched to eating us!"

Su Yi felt like his Luck had hit rock bottom. Yesterday, he had brought Ling Yao along and gained quite a harvest. He had originally planned to strike while the iron was hot and dig up... encounter a few more Opportunities to replenish the wealth they had cleared out yesterday.

But Ling Yao had refused Su Yi on the grounds that she had enough Spirit Stones for her Cultivation, even resisting the temptation of a large pork knuckle.

After Su Yi's carefully laid plans to bring the Koi Empress along to dig up a few more graves fell through, he didn't feel disappointed.

Perhaps the Koi Empress's skill had a cooldown period after being used once; it wasn't as if there were graves to dig every single day.

So, for the past few days, Su Yi thought he would just pick up a few small missions to pass the time and first learn that purple-quality skill, "Softness Around the Fingers."

But who could have known that Xiao Tian, who was squatting nearby, would impatiently volunteer to go on a mission with Su Yi.

Having reflected all night, Emperor Xiao Tian had decided to lower his moral standards a bit because of his missed Opportunity this time.

At worst, when digging up someone else's grave, he would just say sorry while he dug.

Su Yi had originally thought that since Emperor Xiao Tian would eventually become as famous as the Empress, his Luck shouldn't be too bad.

Furthermore, Xiao Tian's temperament was more hardworking and resilient; he didn't need to be coddled like that brat Ling Yao.

Facts proved that cheap things were truly no good.

Who could have imagined that a guarding mission worth two Low-Grade Spirit Stones could spawn a wild Foundation Establishment Stage BOSS!

Compared to the Koi Empress Ling Yao, who could find the grave of a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator with a casual punch, this Emperor Xiao Tian was simply a jinx incarnate!

A simple spiritual plant guarding mission encountering a wild BOSS—the fact that the two of them could run into such a low-probability event!

No wonder Emperor Xiao Tian, who always wanted to establish the Heavenly Court in the future, was always penniless; it turned out he was just incredibly unlucky!

And that top guild leader who had plotted against Su Yi and was bent on latching onto Emperor Xiao Tian had twice failed to break through to level 60, getting so angry he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was hospitalized.

Is it possible that it was because he had been following the jinxed Emperor Xiao Tian for too long and had been infected by his bad Luck?

Hiss, the Jinxed Emperor is truly terrifying!

Logically speaking, was a guarding mission worth two Low-Grade Spirit Stones worth risking one's life for?

If it wants to eat, let it eat its fill; at worst, they could just abandon the mission!

But Xiao Tian, whose sense of responsibility was overflowing, saw this Foundation Establishment Stage Tiger King come down the mountain to gnaw on the nearly ripe spiritual rice, and immediately, full of heroic spirit, made a move to drive it away.

With one punch, not only did he fail to cause any damage, but he also successfully drew the creature's aggro.

The Foundation Establishment Stage ferocious tiger turned its head and pounced toward Xiao Tian.

After taking a claw from the tiger head-on, Xiao Tian, seeing stars, subconsciously ran toward Su Yi, a great Cultivator at the 8th Level of Qi Refining.

Su Yi, who had been lying down leisurely, suddenly felt the earth shake and just straightened up to see what was happening.

He saw Xiao Tian running toward him with a look of terror, followed by a vicious, fierce white-forehead tiger!

If Su Yi hadn't been quick-witted and leaped onto the shoulders of the running Xiao Tian, he would likely have been trampled into meat paste by a single claw from the giant tiger!

This led to the scene at the beginning: Su Yi riding on Xiao Tian's neck, cursing while firing Water Arrow Techniques backward.

Su Yi thought back to that moment with lingering fear; if his brain had been a second slower, he would probably have already been dragged out by this Tiger King.

A Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast already contained a beast core within its body and could already simply utilize its internal demonic power.

Beneath the giant tiger's claws, carrying the wind, its massive body acted like a bulldozer, chasing the two from the spiritual rice field all the way into the dense forest.

If it weren't for Xiao Tian relying on being a Body Cultivator, along with Su Yi continuously firing Water Arrow Techniques to hinder the giant tiger's progress, the two would have long since become dessert for the giant tiger!

Once again, casually firing two Water Arrow Techniques to hinder the progress of the ferocious tiger behind them, Su Yi, riding on Xiao Tian's neck, quickly thought of a countermeasure.

The Foundation Establishment Stage is considered the starting point for officially entering the ranks of Cultivators, and it is simply not on the same level as the Qi Refinement Stage.

Even if someone at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining runs into the Foundation Establishment Stage, they can only kneel and sing for mercy; there is absolutely no possibility of winning.

Of course, excluding those Children of Destiny in the courtyard—those guys are all freaks who can instantly kill at the same level and cross levels as easily as drinking water!

Take Xiao Tian, who is only at the 4th Level of Qi Refining, for example; he took a hit from a Foundation Establishment Stage ferocious tiger head-on and can still run so fast. If it were any other ordinary Cultivator, they could already be holding a funeral feast!

For Su Yi, at the 8th Level of Qi Refining, to take down this Foundation Establishment Stage ferocious tiger, he would have to risk his life and fight to the death.

Such a losing deal, Su Yi wouldn't do it even if it killed him.

So, using brute force is definitely out of the question; he can only use his wits!

But this spiritual plant field is very far from the Outer Sect. To run to the Outer Sect for reinforcements—looking at the beast Xiao Tian beneath him, he probably doesn't have the stamina to run back in one go.

What to do?

Su Yi cast his gaze into the dense forest, a flash of inspiration hit him, and he took out the map issued when he accepted the mission from his Storage Pouch.

Su Yi's eyes quickly searched the area near the spiritual plant field. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he raised his hand to slap the forehead of Xiao Tian below!

"Turn left ahead! Go to the waterfall behind the spiritual plant mountain!" Su Yi said, voice-controlling the Emperor Xiao Tian-brand mecha beneath him.

The mecha beneath him didn't use its brain at all; upon hearing the command, it immediately obeyed, performing an emergency stop and drift, and carried Su Yi—who was almost thrown off—running toward the waterfall!

The ferocious tiger behind them smashed through the towering trees in front of it and pounced toward Xiao Tian with its gaping maw wide open!

"Water Wall Technique!"

A wall conjured from flowing water suddenly rose up, directly blocking the giant tiger.

But it only blocked it for a second; in the next second, the water wall was shattered into splashes by the giant tiger!

But it was precisely that one second that allowed the two to narrowly escape from the tiger's mouth, and Xiao Tian, carrying Su Yi, continued to sprint in the direction Su Yi pointed.

"Senior Brother, will we be saved once we run to the waterfall?"

"Just run faster! No one understands how to call for help better than me!"

Xiao Tian didn't doubt him; he gritted his teeth, continued to circulate his blood energy, and sprinted with all his might.

Until a huge sound of flowing water rang in his ears, and a waterfall, like a white ribbon hanging in the mountains, appeared before Xiao Tian.

"Could there be a reclusive Foundation Establishment Stage Senior Brother inside this waterfall?" Xiao Tian, who was feeling puzzled, only heard Su Yi, who was riding on his neck, suddenly fire Water Arrow Techniques crazily toward the waterfall.

"Ah? Does Senior Brother want to use the force of the water from the waterfall before us to contend with the ferocious tiger behind us?" Xiao Tian's eyes lit up, and he kicked his sprinting speed toward the waterfall up another notch.

When Xiao Tian carried Su Yi to the edge of the waterfall, Su Yi, riding on Xiao Tian's neck, gathered his Qi into his Dantian and shouted loudly toward the waterfall:

"Damn long worm, stop sleeping, I've come to collect you!"