548: Chapter 548 The Former Emperor

"Human Race Prodigy Qin Wushang, possessing exceptional talent, has killed the one who disrupted the order. You have obtained the rewards: Golden Destiny Token, Grandmist Heaven Palm, All-Heavens World-Suppressing Seal, immortal medicine Grandmist Dao-Nurturing Fruit, and one thousand Destiny Points."

This voice resonated from an unknown source, echoing within the Heavenly Tower. It was majestic, as if an ancient will were making an announcement.

The entire Heavenly Tower trembled.

"What? Rewards?"

"Hidden rewards? This counts too?"

"Just how many secrets does this Sky City... actually have? To think there are such hidden benefits!"

"This Qin Wushang, his luck is just too good!"

"Golden Destiny Token? What is that thing? How is it different from the ordinary tokens in our hands?"

The crowd discussed it fervently, their gazes fixed tightly on the streaks of golden light descending from the sky.

The light landed before Qin Wushang, transforming into a token made entirely of gold, two ancient Jade Slips, a cluster of Destiny light so concentrated it had almost solidified, and a brilliant fruit.

Someone beat their chest and stamped their feet in frustration.

"That beautiful woman... was actually a hidden benefit? Wuwuwu, why didn't I discover that!"

"Even if you had discovered it, would you dare to make a move? That was a Great Emperor's imprint!"

"That's true... that was a Great Emperor's imprint. If anyone else had gone up, they probably would have been slapped into a pulp."

"So, this isn't just luck; it's strength."

"Strength is strength, and luck is luck. He has both strength and luck; there's simply no comparison."

Envious gazes were cast from all directions, landing on that figure in white like invisible needles.

Qin Wushang's expression was calm as he raised his hand to collect the rewards. The golden token felt heavy in his hand; an ancient character for 'Heaven' was engraved on it, with Dragon Qi faintly flowing between the strokes.

As for the brilliant fruit... he glanced at it and casually tossed it to Lin Ziyao behind him.

"Take this."

Lin Ziyao was stunned for a moment, then caught the fruit, her lips curving into a smile, though she said nothing.

'What a good item! Brother Wushang gave it to me, not to the others. It seems that in Brother Wushang's heart, I am the most important.'

She thought this to herself! Little did she know, the gazes of the other women wished they could swallow her whole.

Xiao Zhanqiu leaned against the wall of the Heavenly Tower, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and watched the golden light land in front of Qin Wushang, letting out a long sigh.

"Comparing people to people only makes one angry."

He lowered his head to look at the dusty, ordinary token at his waist, then looked at his empty hands, suddenly feeling that the Destiny Points he owed weren't such a big deal after all. At least he was still alive.

"I don't know if you all can Cultivate these Cultivation Techniques." Qin Wushang looked at the women and said.

"That's definitely not possible!"

"Once you look at them, they are automatically branded into your mind; no one else can get them!"

Mu Bingyun, who was nearby, explained. Many rewarded Cultivation Techniques were like this, and she believed this one was the same.

"Indeed, otherwise they would be very easily stolen."

Ye Hongfu nodded.

Qin Wushang opened one of the Jade Slips directly, and then it burst into brilliant golden light as dense runes flew out from within.

"Do you see any runes?" Qin Wushang asked.

Those runes surged into his mind, constantly branding themselves into the deepest parts of his consciousness. It was the same as the System's rewards; he learned it just by looking at it once, with no need to Cultivate at all.

The women shook their heads.

"There are no runes... we only see brilliant golden light."

"That is all."

That was what they said, and the people around them were also watching, their expressions filled only with envy. The facts proved that they could not Cultivate; they didn't even have the qualifications to look at them.

"That's a pity."

"The Cultivation Technique is still very powerful!"

Qin Wushang whispered.

What he was looking at now was the Grandmist Heaven Palm.

It was condensed from the lingering rhythm of the world's creation; when the palm falls, it invokes the Laws of heaven and earth, and one palm divides into ten thousand dao patterns. At Major Achievement, a flip of the palm can shatter time and space, drawing in the surrounding Origin Qi of heaven and earth to transform into palm force. Cultivating it requires no special items, only sensing one's own resonance with heaven and earth.

There are three palms in total! The first palm, Open Ten Thousand Daos. The second palm, Bind Ten Thousand Laws. The third palm, Extinguish.

They seem like casual names, but looking at the description, the boost to oneself is extremely terrifying.

"I just don't know what rank it is." Qin Wushang whispered.

"Fellow Daoist, you truly have great fortune to have such luck and trigger such benefits." At this moment, a young man walked over to congratulate him.

It was Xiao Zhanqiu! He bowed with cupped hands, his expression calm, showing no signs of greed.

Qin Wushang looked at him and asked, "Is something the matter?"

"Uh... this..."

Such an indifferent attitude caught Xiao Zhanqiu off guard for a moment.

He thought for a moment and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for showing mercy earlier; otherwise, I would have perished here."

"You... and you call yourself a Prodigy of the Ethereal Immortal Realm, yet you still got tricked."

Lin Ziyao, who was nearby, started to complain while holding the Grandmist Dao-Nurturing Fruit. Owing that beautiful woman Destiny Points was truly a loss! After all, this was only the first stop, and the Emperors Path was still long.

"Sigh!"

"When I first came in, I didn't understand the situation, and only then did I learn that taking the initiative to talk to her requires paying Destiny Points." Xiao Zhanqiu revealed a bitter smile.

"I think it's more than that."

"Touching her chest or touching her butt, it must be one of them; you definitely took advantage of her."

Qin Wushang said a couple of things and scanned his surroundings. Based on his own feeling, only by taking advantage would one be scammed for so much! After all, according to information revealed by passersby, this guy's initial Destiny Points were quite substantial.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"

Xiao Zhanqiu's face turned red, and he hurriedly lowered his head. He had indeed fondled those beautiful buttocks.

"Hum!" At this moment, the Void Realm rippled.

"I don't know how long it has been... I am finally free... I can finally leave this place!"

"Little guy! Thank you!"

Suddenly, words were transmitted, and a figure appeared before Qin Wushang.

The Void Realm rippled. A figure slowly emerged.

It was the same beautiful woman from before... no, it wasn't her.

It was the same face, the same voluptuous and enchanting figure, but the temperament was completely different. The previous beautiful woman was seductive and charming, but this one had clear eyes, no trace of evil Qi around her body, and instead exuded a sense of having experienced the vicissitudes of life.

She looked at Qin Wushang and bowed deeply.

"I don't know how long it has been... I am finally free, I can finally leave this place." Her voice trembled slightly.

"Little guy, thank you." She thanked him again.

Qin Wushang's brows twitched slightly: "Who are you?"

"I am the imprint you just killed." The beautiful woman straightened up and gave a bitter smile: "Or rather, that was me, but it also wasn't me."

She paused, as if organizing her thoughts.

"My name is Ling Daoxi. I was fortunate enough to attain the Dao on the Emperors Path, saw the Destiny Stone, and fused with a portion of it, but I didn't fuse with it completely..."

"I considered myself a failure, and my remnant soul was detained in the Heavenly Tower, transformed into an order imprint to receive Human Race juniors for the Sky City."

"I don't know how many tens of thousands of years have passed, and I gradually derived other demonic thoughts... She was no longer me, but a tool..."

She looked at Qin Wushang, her eyes filled with gratitude.

"According to the rules, since you killed her, I can finally obtain my freedom."

"So you deliberately provoked me just now?" Qin Wushang asked after listening.

"You could say that." Ling Daoxi nodded, not denying it.

"Limited by the rules, I could not make a move against her, nor could I make a move against any Prodigy who stepped into the Heavenly Tower."

"I could only wait, wait for someone powerful enough to kill her for me."

She looked at Qin Wushang, the expression in her eyes complex.

"I waited for a very, very long time."

"So long that I almost couldn't remember who I was, and almost forgot what my name was."

The Heavenly Tower fell silent. Everyone was looking at her, and no one spoke.

Xiao Zhanqiu was shocked. He remembered the butt he had fondled earlier and suddenly felt that those one thousand Destiny Points were not spent in vain at all.

That was the closest he had ever been to a Great Emperor in his life. This existence! She had actually refined the Destiny Stone; even if she hadn't succeeded, she was still an extraordinary figure!

The beautiful woman's gaze returned to Qin Wushang, and she smiled slightly.

"My time is running out. Before I leave, I will give you some advice."

"Senior, please speak."

"On the Emperors Path, do not trust anyone. Even the Destiny Stone might not be a good thing."

As her voice faded, her figure began to fade, like sand scattered by the wind, disappearing bit by bit into the Void Realm.

The remnant soul of a generation's Great Emperor dissipated silently, just like that, as if she had never existed.

The Heavenly Tower returned to silence, and everyone was ruminating on one sentence.

Even the Destiny Stone might not be a good thing.

Qin Wushang stood where he was, silent for a long time.

'Could it really be the same as the Heaven Heart Mark that the System wanted to reward earlier?' He thought to himself.

Lin Ziyao gently held his hand, saying nothing.

Mu Bingyun lowered her eyes.

Ye Hongfu took a deep breath and shifted her gaze elsewhere.

Xiao Zhanqiu leaned against the wall, looking up at the ceiling, and muttered to himself: "Damn... so this is the Emperors Path."

"But these words... what do they really mean? Could it be that the Destiny Stone seen at the end of the road is problematic?"