“What are you guys joking about?”
It was Tian Yuanyuan who spoke. Among the four sisters, she was always the most mature and steady. But at this moment, her delicate eyebrows were also furrowed, feeling that Ling Tian's words were too absurd. How could there be a race in this world that was born immortal?
Tian Xiaoxiao even said, “You guys concocted a story so quickly to avoid going back with us. I must say, your minds are quite agile, but also a bit foolish. If you're going to make up a story, at least make it believable. You claim to be born immortal… who would believe that?”
“Big Brother, they don't believe us. What should we do?” Ling Ren looked at Ling Tian.
Ling Tian was silent for a moment, then looked at the supreme-grade source crystal in his hand. A determined look flashed in his eyes as he said, “We just need to prove it.”
“Big Brother, are you thinking of…?” Ling Di was stunned, then said in astonishment.
Ling Tian nodded and said, “Second Brother, you'll do it in a moment. Be quick and clean, and don't be like before, leaving things half-done.”
“Big Brother, why don't I do it?” Ling Di said.
“Let me do it!” Ling Ren also chimed in.
“No, I'm the eldest brother. This matter can only be done by me.” Ling Tian's tone was firm, his attitude extremely assertive, completely different from how he readily knelt just now.
“Big Brother!”
Ling Di and Ling Ren looked at Ling Tian with emotional expressions.
The four Tian Snake sisters looked at the three brothers with confusion. They wanted to see what these three brothers were up to. In any case, they wouldn't be able to escape.
Tian Xiaoxiao said, “What do you want to do? If it's to escape, I advise you not to waste your energy. As you are now, even if you were given a pair of wings, you wouldn't even think of…”
Before she could say the word “escape,” Tian Xiaoxiao was stunned by the scene before her.
Not only Tian Xiaoxiao, but the other three sisters also looked at what was happening with astonishment.
The three brothers, who had been so affectionate, were now witnessing the second brother suddenly take out a large blade and, with lightning speed, turn towards the eldest brother. The eldest brother didn't even have time to react before his head fell to the ground, rolling several times. The wound on his neck was shocking, blood spurting three zhang high like a fountain.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
Tian Xiaoxiao's beautiful phoenix eyes were now filled with anger as she glared at Ling Di. Her figure swayed, and she was about to attack Ling Di, but Tian Fangfang stopped her.
“Second Sister, why are you stopping me? This person actually committed fratricide. It's simply unforgivable.” Tian Xiaoxiao looked at Tian Fangfang in confusion.
“Don't be impulsive. Things aren't that simple,” Tian Fangfang said softly.
“This fairy, I'm fine. Don't attack my brother.”
Just then, Ling Tian's head, which had fallen to the ground, actually spoke.
“You're not dead?” Tian Xiaoxiao said in surprise.
Although cultivators at the Nirvana Realm could regenerate limbs, the head and heart were the most important organs of the human body. Once damaged, it would be a fatal wound. Even if a Nirvana Realm cultivator's head was cut off, they would die.
But Ling Tian wasn't dead. Not only was he not dead, but from the looks of things, he was doing quite well.
“Hiss… Quick, it hurts so much. Hurry and put my head back on.”
Ling Tian didn't answer Tian Xiaoxiao's words. At this moment, he felt a chilling sensation below his neck. Intense pain was constantly surging into his brain, causing him to gasp for air.
“Oh, oh!”
Ling Di quickly picked up Ling Tian's head.
“Ouch, be gentle. Don't pull my ears.” Ling Tian cried out in pain. It turned out that Ling Di had grabbed his ear.
Ling Di nodded, then skillfully placed Ling Tian's head on his body's neck. A magical scene appeared. The blood, like countless thin threads, instantly pulled Ling Tian's head over, and with a flash of golden light, the wound healed.
“Whew… That's comfortable!”
Ling Tian breathed a sigh of relief, but found that everyone around him was looking at him with surprised eyes. He said triumphantly to the four Tian Snake sisters, “Now do you believe it? Our Spirit Race is born immortal. As long as our origin isn't destroyed, we won't die even if we're shattered to pieces.”
“Cough, cough, Big Brother…”
At this time, Ling Di's voice was a little strange.
“What's wrong?” Ling Tian looked at his second brother in confusion.
“Body…” Ling Di pointed and said.
“Body?”
Ling Tian looked down in confusion, but was horrified to find that he could actually see his own buttocks.
“???”
He looked up at Ling Di, asking what was going on.
Ling Di said with flickering eyes, “Didn't pay attention…”
“Pfft!”
Ling Tian almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Didn't pay attention? Was that a reason?
“Big Brother, don't worry. I'll definitely pay attention next time. Now, close your eyes first. My knife is very fast.” Ling Di said awkwardly.
“Crap…”
Ling Tian cursed. Did he know how painful it was to lose his head? But there was no way around it. In order to recover, he could only endure another cut.
Ling Tian closed his eyes resignedly and said, “Be quick!”
“Okay, Bro!” Ling Di nodded, then waved the knife in his hand.
But… this time…
It was half-done!
“Ah, are you trying to kill your brother with pain?” Ling Tian shouted.
“Big Brother, I'm sorry. This knife must have chipped a bit when I chopped you just now. I'll pull the knife out now.”
“Don't pull it out yet… Crap, it hurts…”
“Then should I pull the knife out and chop it back in?” Ling Di panicked a little.
“Chop your grandpa! Hurry up and change to a sharper knife. It hurts too much.” Ling Tian wailed.
Ling Ren turned his eyes to the other side, unable to bear to watch.
“Big Brother, you forgot. This is our last knife. You didn't give me a few middle-grade source crystals to buy one before…”
“……”
Tian Yuanyuan, watching this dramatic scene, really couldn't stand it anymore. She raised her knife and chopped off Ling Tian's half-attached head. Then, with a wave of her hand, she helped him correct the direction. Soon, Ling Tian recovered, but his body was covered in blood, which was quite frightening.
In the clouds, Yao Xian was also a little stunned watching this dramatic scene. She asked Gu Changsheng, “Did you arrange this too?”
Gu Changsheng shook his head and said, “I just asked them to find a way to make the sisters believe in the Spirit Race's immortality. I didn't expect them to come up with such a method. But this is the most direct and effective method.”
Gu Changsheng's assessment was correct. At this time, although it was still difficult for the four Tian Yuanyuan sisters to accept that there was such a naturally blessed race in the world, they really believed what Ling Tian said.
At least they believed that the Spirit Race was indeed immortal. As for their claim that the Peach Blossom City Lord had devoured their fourth brother's origin, they still maintained a skeptical attitude at this time.
Although the time spent with the Peach Blossom City Lord was very short, both cultivators and mortals in Fanghua City could live and work in peace, which was obviously all thanks to the Peach Blossom City Lord. Moreover, the Peach Blossom City Lord was very popular in Fanghua City. It was hard to imagine that such a person would be the heinous person Ling Tian described.
But it was hard to know a person's heart by their face. Perhaps the Peach Blossom City Lord was hiding too well.
“Now do you believe it?”
Ling Tian asked at this time.
The four sisters nodded together.
“That's good. As long as we give you our origin, you can gain the same abilities as us. Just help us get revenge.” Ling Tian said.
“You are so weak. We can directly devour your origin. Why should we agree to your request?” Tian Yuanyuan smiled.
“You won't.” Ling Tian said confidently.
“Are you so sure?” Tian Yuanyuan sneered.
“Then go ahead. Anyway, we plan to give you our origin. As for revenge, we won't see it when we die.” Ling Tian looked like he wouldn't resist even if they attacked.
“You can leave!” Tian Yuanyuan said suddenly.
“Okay, we'll give you the origin… Wait… What did you just say?”
Ling Tian seemed to be reciting lines, but suddenly realized that his words didn't make sense.
“My eldest sister said to let you go.” Tian Xiaoxiao said.
“You… aren't you tempted at all?” Ling Tian looked at them in surprise.
The four sisters just smiled faintly. It was impossible not to be tempted, but their talents were already among the top ranks. They were confident that they would become immortals in the future, and they would also be immortal. The Spirit Race's origin was still an external object to them. If they really relied on such external objects, how would they be qualified to climb to the peak of the Great Dao in the future?
“Leave quickly before we change our minds.”
Tian Xiaoxiao said.
“Uh…”
“Can we take away these ten thousand supreme-grade source crystals?” Ling Tian asked in a low voice.
“Take them away, take them away. Disappear quickly.” Tian Xiaoxiao waved her hand as if she were swatting flies.
“Okay, thank you, fairy!”
Ling Tian bowed to Tian Xiaoxiao, then called Ling Di and Ling Ren to leave together.
“Wait!”
Tian Yuanyuan suddenly spoke.
“Did you regret it?” Ling Tian turned his head and asked.
Tian Yuanyuan just said faintly, “You'd better not come out during this time… consider it a toll.”
“That won't work. I still have to earn source crystals.” Ling Tian refused decisively.
“Are you courting death? You know someone is looking for you, but you're still swaggering around. What's the use of having more source crystals if you lose your life?” Tian Xiaoxiao glared at them.
“Besides, we gave you ten thousand supreme-grade source crystals. With your cultivation, it's enough for you to live comfortably for thousands of years.”
Ling Tian said, “Although ten thousand supreme-grade source crystals are a lot, we still understand the principle of sitting and eating empty.”
“Xiaoxiao, give them some more source crystals.”
Tian Yuanyuan said.
Tian Xiaoxiao nodded, then directly took out a storage ring and said, “The source crystals inside are enough for you to spend a long time.”
“No, no, we can't take any more.” Ling Tian shook his head and refused.
“Really, there are millions of supreme-grade source crystals in here.” Tian Xiaoxiao said with a smile. She had already seen that these three brothers were just money-grubbers. When they saw the supreme-grade source crystals just now, their eyes lit up, and their eyeballs were about to turn into source crystals.
“Really?”
Sure enough, when they heard the terrifying number of millions, the three brothers immediately changed like people, their eyes shining.
“Don't talk nonsense. Take it and leave quickly. We'll pretend we didn't meet you three brothers.”
Tian Xiaoxiao threw the storage ring over, then left with her three sisters.
After the four sisters left, Ling Ren said, “Big Brother, the matter that His Majesty the Holy Emperor told us to do is considered complete, right?”
“It should be considered complete!”
Ling Tian wasn't very sure either.
“Big Brother, let me see quickly if there are really millions of supreme-grade source crystals.” At this time, Ling Di took the storage ring from Ling Tian's hand.
“Wow… there really are.” After checking, Ling Di instantly exclaimed.
“Second Brother, let me see too.” Ling Ren also said.
Ling Di handed the storage ring to Ling Ren, and Ling Ren soon exclaimed again.
The four Tian Snake sisters didn't leave the Broken Sky Forest, but came to a high peak.
“Sister, now that I think about it, I feel like the whole thing is full of weirdness.” Tian Xiaoxiao said.
“What kind of weirdness?” Tian Yuanyuan asked.
“It's just that everything is too coincidental. We need the Heavenly Heart Grass, and the City Lord's Mansion just used the Heavenly Fate Stone to issue a reward commission. It just so happens that the Second Sister's talent came in handy, and it also allowed us to meet the Spirit Race, such a magical race. It feels like… like…”
“Someone is deliberately tempting us?” Tian Yuanyuan added.
“Yes, that's what I mean. I always feel like there's a big hand controlling everything behind the scenes, but we were too eager because we needed the Heavenly Fate Stone, so we didn't think much about it. Now that I think about it quietly, everything is full of weirdness.”
Tian Xiaoxiao said.
“What do you think?” Tian Yuanyuan looked at her second and third sisters.
“We think what Little Sister said makes sense. Everything is too coincidental, and finding the Spirit Race was too smooth.” Tian Fangfang said.
Tian Yuanyuan nodded, then asked, “Then who do you think is manipulating all this?”
“Big Sister, do you know?”
The three younger sisters looked at Tian Yuanyuan. They knew that their eldest sister must have made some guesses when she said that.
Tian Yuanyuan nodded, then smiled bitterly, “Actually, this guess is also very bold, so bold that it's more heaven-defying than the Spirit Race's abilities.”
“What?”
The three younger sisters were stunned for a moment. Tian Xiaoxiao even muttered, “It can't be more heaven-defying than that coachman bragging about being His Majesty the Holy Emperor, right?”
“What if it's really His Majesty the Holy Emperor?” Tian Yuanyuan smiled.
“How is that possible? We don't even know His Majesty the Holy Emperor. Why would he go to so much trouble to make us do all this?” Tian Xiaoxiao shook her head repeatedly. She, who had always believed in her eldest sister, felt that her eldest sister's guess was too ridiculous at this moment.
“That's not right!”
Suddenly, the Second Sister, Tian Fangfang, exclaimed.
“Second Sister, do you also think it's wrong?” Tian Xiaoxiao said.
Tian Fangfang shook her head and said, “I don't think what Big Sister said is wrong, but I remembered something.”
“What is it?” Tian Xiaoxiao asked.
“The clan's records state that one of our Tian Snake Clan's ancestors, the Tian Snake Demon King, had a very deep friendship with the Yaochi Holy Land. The records also state that the Tian Snake Demon King once risked his life to enter a life-forbidden zone to rescue the Yaochi Holy Maiden who had trespassed into the forbidden zone at that time.” Tian Fangfang said. She had seen these things in the clan's records.
Tian Xiaoxiao frowned slightly and said, “What does this have to do with His Majesty the Holy Emperor?”
"If that Yaochi Holy Maiden was the future wife of His Majesty the Holy Emperor?" Tian Fangfang looked at Tian Xiaoxiao with a smile. It was well known that the Gu family was the Holy Emperor's family. The records stated that the Yaochi Holy Maiden at the time married the founder of the Gu family, and wasn't the founder of the Gu family His Majesty the Holy Emperor?
In that case, wouldn't their Celestial Snake Clan be related to His Majesty the Holy Emperor?
Tian Xiaoxiao was very clever and understood immediately, but she still found it hard to believe.
"This… it's hard to believe!" Tian Xiaoxiao said with a wry smile.
"I told you that your plan was full of loopholes. As long as they calmed down and thought about it, they could figure out a lot of things, but you didn't believe me."
"Haha, as long as the desired effect is achieved, there's no need to worry about so many details."
Just then, the sudden appearance of two voices attracted the attention of the four sisters.
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