Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 11
A short moment after, the tens of skill books which originated from the Celestial Sects treasure room were all recycled by Xu Que. His deposit storage grids were also mostly cleared up.
Furthermore, this round of recycling also caused some changes to his character information.
Host: Xu Que
Cultivation Stage: Foundation Building Stage Level 1 (Small progress)
Experience Points: 600/2000
Acting Tough Points: 15 points
Skill Path: , Beginners Level
Ability: (Progress 0.1%, Control up to First form)
Essence: Skill (530 points)
Job class : None
Position: Consort Prince of the East Wilderness, Fire Country
An additional description message "Essence" was added.
A number of skill books have all been converted into 530 points of Skill Essence but Xu Que didnt know if this number was considered large or small.
After muttering to himself for a moment, he operated the system and used 10 points worth of Skill Essence on "Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations". At the same time, a system message popped up in his head.
"Ding! Consumed 10 Skill Essence points. Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations rank up successful. Current progress: 10%."
"Ding! Congratulations to host on successfully reaching Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations second form."
Wow! Dang 10 Skill Essence Points is able to improve the progress to 10%?
That immediately improved Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations to the second form. Damn! Ive earned it big this time.
Xu Ques heart was overfilled with joy.
At this moment, he used another 90 Skill Essence points on "Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations".
"Ding! Consumed 90 Skill Essence points. Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations rank up successful. Current progress: 100%."
"Ding! Congratulations to host on successfully mastering Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations. All nine forms can now be controlled."
Hong!
Xu Que momentarily felt his insides erupting and welling up as if something was trying to escape from his body.
Following that, he could vaguely hear a hiss of a dragon, seemingly from the inside of his body.
Xu Que opened his eyes wide and quickly focused his attention listening to the sound.
However, everything seemed to return to normal. He didnt feel any difference and the sound of the dragons hiss also ceased.
"An illusion?" Xu Que frowned in suspicion.
"Dong! Dong!"
The small wooden door was being knocked, following a "creak" and a slow push on the door.
Xiao Rou had returned.
"Young mas... Immortal elder" Xiao Rou looked at Xu Que while she turned wary and fearful as if she didnt know how to address Xu Que as anymore.
Xu Que smiled, "Xiao Rou, you don't have to be so formal. I am the same as everyone. The only difference is that I have trained a little. Also, since I am older, you can call me Brother Xu Que?"
Xiao Rou pursed up her lips and contemplated for a moment. Her face then started to blush and she nodded, "Eh, Brother Xu Que, I I spoke with the villagers a while ago, but..."
But they were not able to accept the fact?
Without the need for Xiao Rous explanation, Xu Que already guessed what she was saying next.
He anticipated this to happen and wasnt surprised at all.
"Ah, no big deal!" He shrugged his shoulders and spoke nonchalantly.
Xiao Rou walked to his front and earnestly explained, "I believe that you are good person."
Xu Que felt guilty.
Good guy? He didnt think that he was good at all!
He felt that he could merely differentiate between the right and wrong things to do.
For example, bullying these kind-hearted and well-natured villagers was something he would never do.
Though in the case of those Water Back village tyrants and even for those Celestial Sect scums, he would be more than happy to kick their asses.
After two days...
Xu Que was still residing in the village and Xiao Rou had given her room up for him. As a result, she would be temporarily staying in one of the widows house located opposite of her home.
During these few days, whenever the villagers saw him, although they did not kneel to him like previously, their actions revealed that they were respectful to him in a reverent manner.
They will bow to him every time and ask, "Good day immortal elder, do you have any orders?"
This made Xu Que uneasy which ultimately made him choose to stay at home, learning and honing the usage of the system.
However, on this day, Xiao Rou ran in the house all of a sudden. Neglecting her rest, she said in a panic, "Brother Xu Que, you must go quickly."
Xu Que was taken aback, "What happened?"
Xiao Rou anxiously warned, "Big brother Da Zhuang just returned from town and said that many immortals were holding drawings of you. It seems like you are wanted by them. On his way, he witnessed the Water Back villagers revealing your secret to them. The chief has ordered me to tell you to leave the town before its too late."
"Im wanted?"
God damn it! It must be those people from Celestial Sect.
Xue Que became furious immediately.
Coming to this world, he had inevitably offended the people of Celestial Sect.
On top of that, he emptied their treasure safe. They definitely wont leave it at that.
"Brother Xu Que, you have to leave quickly. Those immortals have the ability to fly and they will get here in no time." Xiao Rou urged anxiously while helping him prepare his belongings.
Xu Que quickly held her tiny hands and shook his head, "Xiao Rou, I cannot go. If I go, what will happen when those immortals start interrogating all of you?
"Its alright. The chief said that those immortals will not do that. Besides, everyone had already gone into the underground cellar to hide. Follow me."
Xiao Rou finished and immediately grabbed Xu Ques hand as they dashed out.
Xu Que frowned a little and followed her towards a small cottage near the end of the village.
The cottage was old and broken down. Upon entering, Xu Que could smell a tinge of moldy air as if it had been vacant for many years.
Xiao Rou then walked towards a cabinet. As if she was very familiar with it, she opened it and a path leading to an underground passage was revealed.
Xu Que froze and couldnt believe that there were such things in this small village.
"This underground cellar was dug out by everyone to avoid the immortals from taking any of us away. This path leads to the foot of a mountain. Big brother Da Zhuang and the guys are all inside. Follow me."
Xiao Rou was holding Xu Ques hand while explaining as both of them are heading in.
Upon hearing her say that the fellow villagers were all inside, he had no objections and followed her lead.
Although shabbily dug, the underground passage seems solid and spacious. After some walking, they appeared in front of a crowd.
More than 10 villagers were hiding inside.
Upon seeing Xu Que, everybody harmoniously greeted with respect, "Greetings, immortal."
"Eh?"
Xu Que suddenly realized that there was something amiss. The number of people werent right!
"Where are the others? Why arent they here inside?" He anxiously asked.
Xiao Rou then explained, "The village chief and other men are guarding the outside. The immortal cultivators will be suspicious if there is nobody at all. Brother Xu Que, please go quickly. Dont Dont come back ever again."
"No way! I absolutely wont leave." Xu Que exclaimed on the spot.
He knew that if he were to leave, the innocent villagers will definitely become targets of interrogation.
Xiao Rou panicked, "Listen to me. If you dont leave, they will kill you."
"Yes! Immortal. When we went to town, we saw those wanted posters of you. It wrote that if anyone sees you, they are allowed to kill you on the spot. They only require your corpse to be brought to the Celestial Sect." Da Zhuang warned.
The other villagers also continuously warned Xu Que to leave at once.
Unfazed, Xu Que felt that with his knowledge of the system and his successful honing of the Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations to its pinnacle, if he were to activate his ninth form, even Core Bearing Stage cultivators would have no chance and will be slaughtered by him. There was nothing to fear.
The only worry was that if the old woman from the Celestial Sect appears. If that was the case, he would have no choice but to use the last "Beginners Divine Escape Emblem" and bring everybody away from the battlefield.
"Bang!"
This time, a loud noise came from the outside and Xu Que could feel a wave of large tremor under his feet. It seems as if there was a forest landslide outside.
Following this, what seemed like an angry scolding could be heard from the outside, "What impudence! Where the hell is he? You better quickly hand him over!"
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The faces of the villagers within the underground cellar turned.
"Not good! The immortals are all coming."
Even Xiao Rou looked flustered as she turned towards Xu Que.
"Brother Xu Que, hurry and flee. If you dont leave now, there might not be another chance."
"Thats right! Xiao Rou is correct. You have to leave quickly and stop delaying it."
"Immortal Elder, please leave. We can hold onto them."
"Thats right! Theyre no big deal. We can all fight and resist them"
Everyone started urging him anxiously.
Xu Ques heart skipped a beat!
These simple-minded villagers didnt think of selling him out and betraying him when crisis struck. Instead, they were willing to risk their lives for him to flee.
At such a crucial point, if he were to greedily and selfishly run away, would he still be considered a man?
"Boom!"
Another loud sound rang out, causing the entire cellar to tremble. It felt as though the entire cellar could crumble down any moment as pieces of debris loosened and fell to the ground.
Sounds could be heard coming from outside as well.
"All of you insects, you have the audacity!"
"All of you are mere mortals and yet you dare to protect and hide the person were searching for?!"
Following those shouts, the pleas of the villagers outside could be heard from within the cellar.
"Immortal Elders, please spare us! We really dont know where hes gone to."
"Yes, Immortal Elders. As soon as we woke up, weve not seen him. He already departed from here."
"Hm then you only have to blame your poor luck. Kill them all!"
"Immortal Elders, please spare us!"
"Ah!!!"
"No!!!"
"Ah! Village chief!"
Soon after, the anguished cries of agony wafted into the underground cellar.
Fuck!
Cultivators, cultivate your sisters!
How could you bear to kill these innocent and simple villagers!
I shall fight it out with you guys and kill you to repay for the lives youve taken!
Xu Que clenched his fists, his entire body was trembling in fury. He was thoroughly pissed.
He turned around immediately before dashing upstairs.
"Brother Xu Que, you cant go!"
Xiao Rou and the rest of the villagers couldnt react in time to restrain him and were too late.
Since she couldnt do anything about it, Xiao Rou bit her lips before chasing after him as well.
"Xiao Rou, what are you doing?!"
Da Zhuang and the rest of the villagers couldnt react in time to hold her back as well. They let out a shout of surprise at her reaction before deciding to chase after her as well.
Xu Que was almost crazed, his eyes were bloodshot as he ran in hot pursuit of the immortals above.
"Boom!" A loud sound rang out.
The cupboard which was used as the entrance broke into fragments as Xu Que charged right through like a crazed beast as he sped towards the entrance of the village.
The scene which greeted his eyes was that of a cruel slaughter.
Several villagers had fallen and were lying motionless in a puddle of their own blood. Even in death, they maintained a look of utter fear. Many other villagers were on their knees, all kowtowing and begging for their lives.
The dozen cultivators were floating atop their flying swords. Their hands were behind their backs as they stood upright and watched the scene down below coldly.
At this point, several bursts of fire elemental Qi combined together to form a large sword and was about to descend onto the kneeling villagers who were begging for their lives.
"Stop it right now!"
Xu Que burst out in anger as he rushed towards the villagers. In the split deciding seconds between life and death, he stood in front of them.
"Bam!"
He arrived in the nick of time to take the blow of the fiery sword as he sustained severe injuries but he had saved the lives of the villagers. Blood spurted out from his mouth and stained the ground.
"Brother Xu Que"
"Immortal Elder Xu"
The villagers were all taken aback. Even the people who had ran after Xiao Rou Da Zhuang and the rest of them. Just seeing the bravery and selflessness of Xu Que caused their eyes to glisten with tears.
All these while, these villagers had always felt like mere ants before immortals. Everyone knew that just a flick of their finger was enough to see them squashed to death.
Yet Xu Que was willing to sacrifice his life in order to ensure their safety. He rushed straight out to stop their immortal magic arts and saved their own village people.
This selfless act deeply moved the hearts of the villagers. Being touched and the sorrow of seeing their fallen villagers welled together and formed tears which rolled down their faces.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 acting tough points."
The system beeped out in his head.
Xu Que didnt seem to care about the points as he raised his head and glared at the group of floating immortals.
The cultivating immortals blinked several times before recognizing Xu Que. All of them simultaneously laughed out coldly.
"Haha!" Looks like the turtle had decided to come out of its shell?"
"If you had came out earlier, all these mortals wouldnt have to die."
"Although we dont know much about your history, weve heard that you plundered the treasures belonging to the Celestial Sect. We just received the order to kill you. Looks like you shouldnt think of escaping alive today."
"All the treasures and items which you stole now belongs to us!
"Keke... but we would never have imagined that you would be selfless enough to give your life up for these stupid commoners. I really dont know if youre stupid or silly or stupid and silly. Hahaha!!!"
The cultivating immortals whose hands were stained with the blood of the innocent villagers, started laughing out manically.
They were perched high above as they laughed out mockingly at Xu Que. They took Xu Que for an ants under their feet. All that was needed was to gently step on him to crush and kill him.
At this point, Xu Que straightened himself as he raised his head to give a death glare at the immortals above.
"In the past, I always enjoyed acting tough."
Xu Que spoke out suddenly, interrupting their laughters.
Although his tone was plain, it bore some sort of power and strength to it as his voice reverberated all across the land.
The immortals in the air all paused as they looked at each other, confused. None of them could understand what he meant.
The villagers all looked at Xu Que curiously as well, their hearts were clenched in fear.
With his palms on the floor, Xu Que stood up gradually. The wounds he had sustained earlier had started to recover from the systems healing option.
A smile emerged from the corner of his mouth as if he was laughing to himself. He then continued to speak, "It felt good to act tough. However, I know that its nothing to be proud of."
"Today, I could have ran away and saved my own life."
"But I didnt! I chose to stay and stand up for them."
"Because I know..."
"Sometimes, toughness doesn't have to be feigned."
"Even if I had to force myself to appear tough, I knew that I had to devote all my energy and strengths to protect and defend them!"
"I know that Im not a good person but Ive never harmed the innocent!"
"But you people"
Xue Que raised his head as his black pupils dilated before he screamed out, "You people are considered dog shit immortal cultivators! You recklessly assault and kill innocent people with your rubbish cultivation techniques! Fine. Today none of you should dream of walking out of here alive!"
Boom!
Immediately after his last word was spoken, Xu Que exploded in a blue ray of light as he shot towards the skies.
"Roar!"
The sound of a roaring dragon emerged from within his body, shaking the four corners of the land as the sky turned its color.
The ray of blue light charged towards the skies before transforming into nine dragons as they swirled and danced around each other.
All the immortals around were taken aback.
"Whats happening?"
"What skill is this?"
"It actually was able to create such a wave. Could it be an ancient immortal spell that he casted?"
"It must be. Only an ancient immortal spell would have such an earth shattering effects."
"The message sent out by the Celestial Sect said that this persons cultivation level was only at the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage. Who wouldve thought that he would progress so quickly to the first level of the Foundation Building Stage. He must have some other treasured items on him."
"Kill him and acquire his techniques and treasures!"
"Die!"
Immediately after, all the immortal cultivators had a glow in their eyes as they coveted his possessions greedily. Stepping on their flying swords, they turned into prismatic beams of lights and charged towards Xu Que.
Ancient immortal spells? The temptation was too great.
"Youre looking for death!"
Xu Que stood at the same spot as he let out a huge roar.
He curled his fingers into a fist and rushed towards the first immortal.
"Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation, first form!"
Boom!
Instantly, a single dragon emerged from among the nine dragons and dashed towards Xu Que. It then coiled itself around his head before resting on his shoulders.
Bam!
Xu Ques fist connected with the flying sword of the first immortal, causing it to vibrate violently. At the same time, he was sent back several paces and the immortal riding the sword seemed to remain unaffected.
"Hehe... you seem to overestimate yourself. Just a mere Foundation Building first level immortal would dare to fight a Core Bearing Stage immortal?" The cultivator let out a snort as he proceeded onwards to kill Xu Que.
"Core Bearing Stage, huh? Sure."
Xu Que let out a cold laugh as his gaze turned icy. He summoned all the elements from his five spiritual roots and directed it to his Soaring Dragons Nine Transformations skill. Clenching his fist once more, he charged towards the cultivator.
"Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations, second form, go!"
"Third form!"
"Fourth form!"
"Fifth form!
"Ninth form, go!"
In that instant, the nine dragons swirled around Xu Ques head but didnt rest upon his shoulders. The nine dragons fused together to form a colossal dragon and wrapped around Xu Que.
He then dashed towards that particular cultivator and it looked as if a huge dragon descended down upon the heavens to aid him.
An aura of might and prestige seemed to be emitted from the heavens as it cloaked the entire area with its presence.
"This How could it be?"
That immortal cultivators face turned pale as he could feel the tremors erupting from the might of his skill. An intense sense of fear overwhelmed and crippled him.
He wanted to flee but it was far too late for that!
Xu Que seemed to have transformed into the huge dragon and his fists resembled the head of the gargantuan dragon as it connected with his body squarely on his chest.
Boom!
That cultivator which was hit didnt even have time to cry out in pain as he disintegrated into ash and dust instantly and not a single bone remained.
Everything turned quiet and still. The silence was pin drop as everyone was scared out of their wits and remained still.
"Ding! Congratulations host Xu Que for subduing and killing a cultivator in the Core Bearing Stage. The reward is ten thousand experience points."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is ten acting tough points."
The system rang out within his head.
Xu Ques gaze swept across his surroundings with sinister. His gaze was fixed upon the nearest few cultivators who were charging right at him before he killed the first cultivator.
But the entire group of them were scared stiff and stopped midway.
An awe-inspiring Core Bearing Stage cultivator was was actually defeated by a single punch and was vanquished to dust?
Fuck! This guy Is he really a mere Foundation Building cultivator of the first level?
The bastards from the Celestial Sect even said that he was still in the Qi Refining Stage but hes almost at the Golden Core Stages full foundation already. How could we hope to defeat him?
"Hurry and run away!"
"Lets return and inform our sect members. We shall let the sect elders come and take his head off."
Instantly, the remaining cultivators acted like babies still sucking milk from their mother as they kicked off their flying swords to flee in different directions.
Xu Que revealed a cold smile, "Ive already said! Today None of you shall escape alive."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for purchasing . 10 act tough points have been deducted.
Three Thousand Volts Lightning Strike: takes on the casters strengths for maximum effectiveness, low tier skill of Earth class. Total of 3 executions : Thunder Dash, Thunder Dodge, and Lightning Haste!
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Xu Que didnt hesitate and learnt the skill immediately. He then used 100 essence points to upgrade the skill.
"Ding! Used up 100 skill essence points. Lightning Haste activation success. Current movement speed is at 100%."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for achieving the maximum upgrade on Lightning Haste. Would you like to purchase the advanced technique for this capability ?"
Lightning Illusion? Keke, theres no need for that. Dealing with such lame enemies, 100% movement speed with Lightning Haste is more than enough!
Xue Que laughed coldly as he activated his regeneration function from the system, recuperating the Qi which he had exerted and lost. He was sure to keep his current physical shape at its peak and not allow the rush to die down.
At the same time, a pair of lightning bolts erupted from beneath his feet, causing a loud crash of thunder to course through the sky. A pair of electric currents arcked beneath his feet and linked up together as thunder claps could be heard with. Before long, his shadow disappeared as he chased after the cultivators.
Whoosh!
In the next moment, he appeared in front of a single cultivator who was trying to escape. A cool look appeared on his face as he asked, "Where do you think youre going?"
"Ah No..." The immortal cultivators eyes gaped wide open as if he had just seen a ghost and was in a state of panic.
Instantaneously, Xu Que brought down the wrath of the Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation, ninth form down upon him, reducing him to nothing but dust and ashes.
Soon after, the lightning arcs beneath his feet seemed to jolt and dance about like streaks of lightning in the sky.
He then turned to the next fleeing cultivator.
"Ah!!!"
"No, stop it!"
"We are disciples from the Setting Sun Sect, a branch belonging to the Celestial Sect. How dare you- Ah!"
After sometime, the area over Pan Shan Village was full of anguished cries of agonies and pleas for mercy.
Die die die die die die!!!
With a pair of bloodshot eyes, Xu Ques heart was filled with rage and killing intent. He completely ignored their pleas for mercy and threats.
He knew that these cultivators all deserved to die. He knew that he had to hack them into a million pieces and prevent them from reincarnating!
At the same time, Xu Ques mind was filled with incessant sounds and alerts made by the system.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing a Core Bearing Stage cultivator, Li Huan. The reward is 10,000 experience points."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing a Foundation Building Stage cultivator, Wang Shan. The reward is 8,000 experience points."
"Ding!..."
Xiao Rou and the rest of the villagers craned their heads up to look in astonishment.
They were unable to actually see Xu Ques body, but they could clearly see a pair of lightning arcs moving rapidly across the skies together with a large blue dragon. They would occasionally see ashes and mists of blood spurting out and descending down upon the lands as the cultivators were vanquished, not leaving a single trace to their existence.
Before long, the dozens of cultivators were all subdued and killed.
It then started raining at the entrance of Pan Shan Village blood rain!
Those were the blood belonging to the cultivators who had been slain by Xu Que.
Among them was a prominent cultivator who was in the Core Bearing Stage!
Xu Que used the blood to pay his respects to the fallen villagers who had died under the hands of these ruthless cultivators.
The villagers standing below were all stunned.
They had never seen so many cultivating immortals in their entire life. In fact, the group of cultivators just now were much stronger than those who frequently came to demand grains and food from the village as tribute.
However, all these strong immortals were defeated by Xu Que in the span of several breaths. Not just that, he killed all of them till not the slightest trace of them remained.
Is Is this a dream?
Whoosh!
After several more breaths, Xu Que returned to the ground.
Under the glances of awe and gratitude, he remained speechless as he clenched his fists tightly. He then walked over to the corpses of the fallen villagers.
He remained silent for a long time.
Xu Que then bowed deeply before their bodies.
"Im so sorry!"
"I came too late."
"Old village chief. Rest in peace!"
"I shall swear a vow to you, that I will protect Pan Shan Village well. I will never let those losers bully them." Xu Que made the vow silently.
The setting sun was crimson red like fresh blood. Similar to Pan Shan Village, which was covered in the blood of the vanquished immortals. Thankfully, most of the villagers were safe and sound, and thus none of them uttered a word of complain about the blood around.
They followed after Xu Que and bowed deeply before the deceased villager chief with clenched fists. In the next instant, everyone present fell to their knees with a thud and looked at Xu Que in reverence.
"Please, everyone, dont kneel to me. I feel extremely guilty for I was the one who brought it upon the village chief and the others. But everyone, please dont worry. I will protect this village to the best of my abilities."
Seeing these innocent and loyal villagers, this was the first time he felt a sense of purpose in his life.
After everything had settled down, Xu Que, Da Zhuang and several others took their dead and brought them to the back of the mountain where they buried them and erected several tombstones, demarcating their place of burial.
The next day, Xu Que was alone in Xiao Rous house, lying on the small wooden mattress when he called out the information interface.
Since he took it upon himself to protect and ensure the safety of the village, then he would have to start making preparations in order to uphold his promise.
Host: Xu Que
Realm: Foundation Building Level 1
Experience Points: 125000/2000
Acting Tough Points: 185 Points
Skills: Beginners Level
Abilities: Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations; Lightning Haste (Maximum)
Essence: Skills ( 330 points)
Occupation: None
Status: Prince Consort of Eastern Fire Country
There seemed to be a certain apparent changes to his personal statistics.
What made Xu Que feel most strangely about was that he had obtained more than 100,000 experience points after killing the immortal cultivators. However, because he hasnt upgraded his to the intermediate levels, his points were being accumulated and saved up.
His acting tough points also reached 185 points and was enough for him to make the upgrade to the intermediate level. This made Xu Que feel like he struck it rich overnight.
However, he was in no rush to purchase the intermediate level of the . He rested on the bed and pondered hard over the decisions to make.
Although he had killed all the cultivators which came, he knew that sooner or later, more people would find out that he was dwelling within Pan Shan Village and return to kill him.
This was because the Celestial Sect issued a death warrant to kill him and many other sects were hunting him down. Eventually, more cultivators would come in pursuit of him. There might be cultivators in the Golden Core Stage or even the in the Original Infant Stage who would return to kill him. When that time comes, he might not have the capabilities to ensure the safety of the villagers.
Hence, the best option would be to allow Pan Shan Village to increase in strength.
How do I increase their strength?
It was impossible for these villagers to begin their cultivation journeys. Besides, time was of the essence. Even up to this point, Xu Que was extremely unsure about many things in the cultivation world. He relied almost entirely on the system for guidance and improvements. He thus had no way of teaching the villagers the way to cultivate.
However, that doesnt mean there were no other alternatives to help them!
Xu Que laughed plainly before opening up the shopping screen on his system interface. His eyes fell upon the "spells" sections.
Before all of these, Xu Que was barely interested in anything under the spells sections and thus didnt pay much attention to it.
However, due to the urgent and pressing nature of the current situation, in addition to the circumstances surrounding Pan Shan Village, the best way to solve this crisis was to go on a killing spree. Kill any hostilities who show up for as long as we can.
The spells sections were divided into many broad categories, namely:
"Basic Spells, Beginner Spells, Intermediate Spells, Expert Spells, Spiritual Spells, Ancient Ominous Spells"
After the Ancient Ominous Spells, there were still many other levels behind but Xu Que didnt have the relevant qualifications or prerequisites to discover them.
Hence, due to his curiosity, Xu Que decided to open up the highest level of spells which he had access to the Ancient Ominous Spells, and was shocked at the spells that he saw.
"Immortals Execution Spell, Deities Immolation Spells, Hell Devouring Spell, Comet Obliterating Spell..."
He couldnt help but to salivate.
All these spells Those spells are really bloody ominous according to the category that they belong to!
Look at those names. Immortals Execution, Deities Immolation If I were to use those spells to act tough, I would be seen as being able to wipe out the heavens just by talking!
Its just that the prices
Cha! Theyre too expensive. The Immortals Execution Spell would need several thousand acting tough points. I wonder how many months do I have to act tough in front of people to actually afford such skill.
However, to deal with Celestial Sect completely, it wouldnt even need such high-end skills.
"Looks like I shall take a look at spells from the earlier categories first."
Xu Que shook his head and mumbled to himself as he looked at the intermediate level spells.
However, the cheapest spells in the intermediate sections required at least 200 act tough points. Seeing this, his mouth twisted in grimace as he quietly resigned to settling for the beginners spells.
Thankfully, the prices in the beginners spells werent so scary. The spells costed an average of around 80 act tough points. This caused Xu Que to heave a sigh of relief.
He turned over to the next page and glanced at a pair of random spells.
[The Great Heavenly Divergence]
This spell has its origins from Ancient Spells. It causes a great divergence and changes to a persons intended actions, using gentleness to overcome strength. This spell will cause the intended target to fall into a love-like trance and cause extreme confusion. It will allow the user to defend himself or successfully strike out without much resistance. (Note: This spell will not have any effects on cultivators who are in the Original Infant Stages or higher.)
Cost: 65 act tough points.
[Four Directions Desolation ]
This spell originates from the Ancient Wild Beasts Spells and has a large area of effect. It summons the powers of the eastern green dragon, the western white tiger, the southern vermillion bird and the northern black tortoise to surround the area and attack the enemies who crossed the protective boundaries. (Note: This spell will not have any effect on opponents who are of the Original Infant Stages or higher.)
Cost: 80 act tough points.
Both these spells were considerably strong and has its own uses. Their prices were also different and caused Xu Que to ponder his choices.
A spell like The Great Heavenly Divergence was more gentle and soft, and could allow the villagers the advantage of either attacking or defending based on the situation. For example, when the cultivators were thrown into confusion and were lost, the big men could stand outside of the spells domain to strike when they are vulnerable. They can use their hoes and sticks to attack.
On the other hand, the Four Directions Desolation would allow the people to be much more relaxed. All that was needed was to set up the boundaries of the spell and four great beasts would appear to defend the area. Should a hostile cultivator step forward, he dies. A group of them shows up, they die too. It was extremely effective and cruel.
Xu Que fell into thought for some time before selecting the "Four Directions Desolation Spell".
The main reason was simply because no mercy should be shown to those hostile cultivators who wished to only bully the weak and innocent.
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"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for acquiring the Four Directions Desolation Spell. 80 act tough points had been spent."
Whoosh!
A white ray of light floated past his eyes.
Xu Que blinked several times as he noticed that an additional spell was added to his inventory. It was indeed the "Four Directions Desolation Spell".
Using the spell was also extremely easy although certain preparations has to be conducted. Four different markers had to be placed around the village. After that was done, the blood of beasts had to be irrigated along the markers as a sacrifice. Only then would the beasts would be summoned.
Actually, it wasnt the blood of any other random beasts. For example, to summon the green dragon to the eastern location, the blood of any beasts which had relations to a dragon could be substituted instead. In a place such as Pan Shan Village, it was impossible to actually locate the blood of dragon. Hence, using the blood of related beasts such as snakes would have to do.
However, Xu Que wasnt in a rush to place the markers. Instead, he opened up the skill path option in the information interface and entered the sky-ranked skill paths page and purchased the intermediate level of the .
Since Ive already settled the preparations for the safety and defense of the village, it was time to increase my own personal capabilities.
In addition, this intermediate stage would last up to the Original Infant Level of my cultivation. Any increase after that, I would have to exchange for an expert stage.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for purchasing the intermediate level of the . 100 act tough points had been spent.
Boom!
In a split second after he purchased it, a loud sound rang through his mind. He could suddenly feel his body being overwhelmed by a great deal of energy as a vortex formed just under the skin of his lower abdomen, the dantian region. A frenzy of activity happened as his Qi increased in volume.
The Qi started to compress against each other as it turned into liquid state and was stored in his dantian. This was what the legends meant when they referred to true core strength.
In the next second, the system sounded out within his head.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for increasing in ten levels. Your new cultivation stage is Core Bearing Stage, Level 1."
"Fuck me!"
Xu Que jumped up in surprise. After purchasing the intermediate level, the several 100,000+ experience which were stored up channeled directly into the intermediate level skill path, causing him to rise several levels and straight into the Core Bearing Stage.
Is this bullshit still called cultivation? I didnt even face a single bottleneck, is this some sort of a joke!
He hurriedly called out the information interface and looked at his personal stats only to realize that there was a huge change.
Host: Xu Que
Cultivation Level: Core Bearing Stage Level 1 (Clear Understanding)
Experience Points: 0/30000
Acting Tough Points: 5 Points
Skill Path: Intermediate Level
Abilities: Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation (Maximum), Lightning Haste (Maximum)
Essence: Skill Path Essence (330 Points)
Occupation: None
Status : Prince Consort of Fire Nation
It seemed like there was also a change from "Small Improvement" to "Clear Understanding". Xu Que laughed out loud, "Haha! I finally feel like Im an expert at this."
He then looked at the status of his physical health. Afterwards, he noticed that the five elements Qi had completely disappeared and was replaced by Five Elements of True Strength, which was circulating within his meridians.
Within his dantian, he had five different grain-like pellets. Each one of them sparkled different colours as it radiated different elements of powers.
Xu Que knew that these were the dan cores. Before a cultivator enters the Golden Core stage, he would have to form these cores within his dantian. The stage in which these cores are formed was the Core Bearing Stage.
"The Core Bearing Stage is indeed very strong!"
Xu Que clenched his fists and felt a wave of energy coalescing within his body. He felt as if he could explode out with such amount of force. He knew that the current Core Bearing Stage was much stronger than the previous Foundation Building Stage.
Besides, with the amount of power he had now, should he demonstrate the Soaring Dragon Nine Transformation, the effects would be devastating.
"Dong! Dong!"
Someone was gently knocking on the wooden door.
Xu Que replied, "Please enter." and saw Xiao Rou push open the door and entered the room.
Her complexion was fair and smooth. At this point, she had a worried look written across her face.
Seeing her act this way, Xu Que hurriedly asked, "Xiao Rou, whats the matter?"
Xiao Rou looked down and replied softly, "Brother Xu Que, the people in the village discussed our current situation. Since weve offended the immortals, they would definitely be back for revenge. Hence, they decided to shift the entire village elsewhere safer. Its just that I cant bear to leave this place."
She had grown up in Pan Shan Village. Although she had no parents to look after her, the villagers treated her very well.
To her, this very place was her home. A perfectly beautiful home. If she had to move out today, she would miss this place very much.
Xue Que could understand Xiao Rous feelings. He thus got off the bed and walked over to her, patting her small little head as he smiled, "Dont worry. Do you remember what Ive said yesterday? I would protect this village and I wouldnt go back on my words. Go and tell the villagers not to move."
"I can't."
Xiao Rou immediately shook her head. She then looked up at Xu Que who had a grave expression across his face, "Big brother Da Zhuang said that there were many more powerful and strong immortal elders. With just a flick of their wrists, they were able to move mountains. If they actually came, not only will the villagers not be able to flee, you could even be killed."
I will be killed?
Xu Que broke into a smile, "That wont happen. Ive already become much stronger. Do you believe me?"
"I" Xiao Rou stammered as she looked down.
She very much wanted to reply that she believed him. However, when she thought about how Da Zhuang had spoken of the mighty and omnipotent immortal elders, she became increasingly worried once again.
Its just that Xu Que wasnt exaggerating. He had crossed over to the Core Bearing stage today. Combined with the new Four Directions Desolation Spell he had acquired, even if an Original Infant Stage cultivator appeared, he was confident that they would perish here.
"Oh no, immortal elder Xu, things are bad!"
At this point, an alarmed voice rang out from beyond the house.
Xu Que and Xiao Rou paused as they craned their heads outside to get a better look.
All they could see was Da Zhuang having a crazed look across his face as he ran from the village entrance towards them. He was panting and looked terrified. "Immortal elder Xu, we saw many other immortals atop the mountain. Theyre flying over towards the village as we speak."
"What?" Xiao Rou lost all colour in her cheeks.
Xu Que raised an eyebrow as his mouth contorted into a smile.
They came so quickly?
Its good that theyre here. I need all the experience points I can get in order to progress with my cultivation.
At this point Im just a mere Core Bearing Stage cultivator, how can this ever satisfy me?
But The most important now was to establish the Four Directions Desolation and secure the perimeters of the village. I would then be able to relax and kill monsters to rise up in level."
"Da Zhuang, immediately activate and alert all the villagers. Tell them to collect the blood of snakes, tiger, birds and tortoises. Remember, the blood have to be separated and distinguished by animals. Do not mix them all up. I shall be back soon." Xu Que finished his sentence as he turned around to leave.
Da Zhuang and Xiao Rou were stumped, "Tigers blood?"
Xu Que smacked his own head before realizing what he had asked for. The beasts in this world could be much more powerful than those back in his own world. Asking the villagers to find tigers blood was far too dangerous.
"Leave the tigers blood to me. Get me the blood of those 3 other animals. Remember, safety is the top priority. Besides, these beasts also threaten the safety of the village. Dont be careless."
"But..." Xiao Rou wanted to speak out.
Xu Que raised a hand up as he conjured a tray out of thin air. He then smiled, "Xiao Rou, dont wander around. Wait here for me. I shall place the necessary markers and be right back. Trust me."
"Alright." Xiao Rou bit down hard on her lips as she nodded her head.
In the next moment, Xu Que activated the Lightning Haste spell as a pair of arc lightning appeared, taking him off into the distance.
He headed straight for the outer perimeters of the village. When he raised his head, he could see many beams of light heading towards the village. It was exactly what Da Zhuang had mentioned, that all the immortals were riding swords and were fast approaching.
"Ah, so what if you have numbers? Do you really think thats going to work?"
Xu Que laughed coldly. Unless the sect leader or someone special of at least the Infant Transformation Stage comes, they have no reason to be afraid."
Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 15
"Whoosh!"
A flash of lightning zoomed across the skies as Xu Que demonstrated his Lightning Haste Skill and circled within ten kilometers around the village. He differentiated between north, south, east and west as he placed down the markers.
"Everything is ready. All thats left is for nature to take its own course."
Xu Que then raised his head to look around as his smile froze. The immortal cultivators were fast approaching.
If they were to keep moving at this constant speed, there wouldnt be enough time to acquire the blood of the different beasts and sacrifice the blood to activate the spell.
I have to think of a way to stall them to buy some time for the rest of the villagers to get the necessary blood sacrifices.
He thought for some time before turning around as his shadow flickered, making his way towards the top of the mountains.
At this time, the immortal cultivators were arriving in swarms at the top of the mountains.
They stood atop their flying swords and their hands were behind their backs in a dignified posture. Their robes were flapping about the wind and their killing intents radiated out from them.
The leaders of the group were the sect elders from different sects and their powers were anything but ordinary. They were extremely skillful cultivators of the Golden Core Stage.
Among them were several who hailed from Sunset Faction which was a branch of the Celestial Sect.
After discovering that several disciples were unaccounted for, they conducted an investigation and realized that they had disappeared while trying to hunt down the culprit who stole the treasures from Celestial Sect. Since that was the case, they alerted the sect elders who in turn, activated many people and headed towards Pan Shan Village.
Several other sects had heard about this news too and decided to respond with the promise of rewards should they tag along to Pan Shan Village.
However, this group of more than 50 cultivators had come all the way down to capture a mere "Qi Refining Stage" unknown cultivator. It was quite a ridiculous joke.
Several sect leaders who were leading the entourage furrowed their brows and were about to call on the disorganized rogue cultivators to their group.
All of a sudden, several rays of lightning bolts appeared on one of the mountains behind Pan Shan Village. Soon after the emergence of the lightning bolts, a shadow could be seen. It was Xu Que.
The sect elders and their disciples could match the description with his features and shouted out in shock, "You are the insolent tiny thing? Why arent you surrendering yet?"
Xu Que stood atop the peak of the mountains, raised his head and laughed at the group of immortal cultivators ahead. He then cursed at them, "Surrender your mother. If you have the guts, come and get me."
Several sect elders were all stunned by his rough demeanor.
The disciples standing behind them were even more shocked.
What kind of situation is this?
Is this man crazy? Its supposed to be us whove come to seek our revenge. Why is he acting indignant?
"Asshole, youre looking for death!"
At the same time, a sect elder recovered from his shock and expressed his rage by gathering his strength and charging towards Xu Que.
However, he was immediately held back by another sect elder.
"Hold it. Be careful of his devious schemes."
The minute this words were spoken, the few elders all became alert and raised their suspicions.
One of the cultivators scanned his vision across and rested upon Xu Que. Soon after, his face turned pale in shock.
"How could it be? This person has cultivatedTill the Core Bearing Stage."
"What?"
Immediately, all the other cultivators were alarmed by this revelation.
According to the reports that were written, this person was a mere Pill Refining cultivator. Only several days had passed and hes already cultivated up to the Core Bearing Stage? Hows that possible?
"Not good. He mustve found a way to conceal and deceive his actual cultivation level which managed to fool Celestial Sect."
"Thats right. No wonder so many disciple from my sect went missing after searching for him. They mustve fallen right into his trap and fell to this persons venomous schemes."
"Besides, if he could conceal his cultivation level, he might not necessarily be of the Core Bearing Stage and might even be higher than that. He is probably trying to trick us."
"Everyone stop. Lets rest at the mountain peak opposite and dont get too near Pan Shan Village for now."
Several sect leaders around ordered their disciples.
Hence, this large group of cultivators decided to turn around and head for the opposite mountain.
Xu Que played along with them and clenched his fists. He then pretended that it was a pity that they werent approaching any longer.
This expression was noticed by the cultivators. One of them then spoke out, "Elder Liu is very sharp and observant. I can tell from his face that he looks extremely unhappy that were not confronting him head on. It must be because Elder Liu could see through his schemes and managed to avoid it."
All the other sect elders started to clasp their hands in salute, "Elder Liu is wise and prudent. If it werent for your observation, we might even have been tricked to enter his lair and fall into his traps."
"Everyones overpraising me. Really flattering me." Elder Liu stroked his white beard and laughed out loud as he nodded his head.
Xu Que could hear the alert from the system going off, informing him of his successful acting tough and rewarded him with plenty of act tough points. This caused him no small amount of happiness.
Whats most important was that he succeeded in stalling for time.
Xu Ques heart laughed quietly. On the surface, he seemed to be extremely unhappy, as he cleared his throat coldly. He then turned to the cultivators congregating around the mountain across, "Consider yourself lucky. My master told me, anyone who dares to step an inch into Pan Shan Village would die a horrible death. Those people yesterday were the best examples I can give."
When everyone heard this, they sucked in cold air in fear.
Master?
Damn it. Hes so crafty!
So it seems like this persons master had arrived as well and was hiding somewhere, trying to lure us in.
No wonder so many Core Bearing Stage disciples ended up missing. They were probably killed by this persons master.
Several sect elders puckered their brows in suspicion as they eyed each other nervously. Following Xu Ques words, they replied, "Whos your master?"
Xu Que reared his head back and laughed. With his hands behind his back, he replied coldly, "Haha! You worthless bunch of people. What right do you have to know my masters magnanimous name? If youre wise, all of you will hurriedly fall on your knees and kowtow in the direction of Pan Shan Village. After that, get lost. If you decide to incur the wrath of my master, he will definitely empty out all of your treasure rooms, before wiping out all your family members."
"You really have a death wish!" An old cultivator with a fiery temper blew air against his beard as he shouted out in anger. He clutched his flying sword and rushed towards Xu Que.
However, he was once again held back by elder Liu.
"Hold it. This person is really full of ploys and schemes. Cant you see it? Hes purposely trying to agitate us and trick us into going over."
"Besides, his master is definitely not a simple person and definitely stronger than all of us. If not, he wouldnt exhibit this fearless attitude. My friends, please remain calm."
After elder Liu finished speaking, everyone around felt like theyve been splashed awake with cold water and trembled slightly. They then thought to themselves about how theyve nearly fallen for his trap once again.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 20 act tough points."
Xu Que stood atop the mountain behind Pan Shan Village as he listened to elder Lius words and all their agreement. Soon after he heard the system go off in his head, signalling his successful acting tough once again, he almost revealed his happiness.
Its not easy. Its not easy to bump into a bunch of pig headed people for enemies.
Hence, he placed his hands on his hips and faced the group of immortal cultivators across the mountains and started rousing and agitating them once again.
"Come on here all of you. Come and catch me!"
"Its no big deal for me to fight you with just one hand!"
"Maybe Ill throw in an additional leg as well?"
"Are you coming or not? If youre not coming, I shall leave."
"Damn it. Youre really not coming?"
"Ai, in my entire life, all I prayed for was to meet a good opponent but I could never find one!
"Unless Im unparalleled and unrivaled in this world? If thats the case, I should change my name to begging for failure."
Xu Que then pretended to be an expert who was extremely bored and raised his head in disappointment as he sighed.
"..."
The cultivators opposite to him were already prepared for this and couldnt be coerced into fighting.
Unrivaled your sister!
Begging for failure your sister!
Youre just a Core Bearing Stage cultivator. What are you pretending?
If you have the guts, come here!