NOVEL WEB Chapter 394: Joint Training
Chapter 394: Joint Training
The supreme experts who were not chosen by the Great Wheel of Calamity all breathed a sigh of relief.
Some felt joy.
Some felt happy.
Others reveled in schadenfreude.
And some basked in the smug satisfaction of having narrowly escaped disaster.
Soon after, they began to urge those thirty-six individuals selected by the Great Wheel of Calamity, their tone brimming with righteous impatience.
“Stop hiding! Get moving! The next time the monstrous foundation of the Qian Dynasty reaches out with its stone chopsticks to pluck someone is only half a month away. Hurry up and go to the Shui family for training together – practice the Thirty-Six Heavenly War God Battle Formation!”
“Hurry! Once you’ve dealt with the monstrous foundation of the Qian Dynasty, we’ll throw a grand celebration banquet for you all.”
Of course, the thirty-six people chosen by the Great Wheel of Calamity had no desire to face the terrifying foundation monster of the Qian Dynasty. However, there was no way they could shirk their duty now that they had been chosen.
In a sense, the deterrent power of the Great Wheel of Calamity surpassed even that of the Qian Dynasty’s foundation monster. If they refused to eliminate the threat, they might be directly suppressed and obliterated by the Great Wheel of Calamity itself.
After all, the Great Wheel of Calamity was an ancient rule passed down from eons ago, and no one throughout history had ever dared to defy it.
At the ancestral grounds of the Divine Race, Xu Lian gazed at Time Supreme, Bai Luohe, He Changfeng, and Meng Hao, his eyes filled with reluctance. “Do any of you have any advice for me? What should I be aware of when facing the foundation monster of the Qian Dynasty?”
Bai Luohe replied, “No one in the entire world knows anything about the foundation monster of the Qian Dynasty, not even us. I don’t have much good advice to give you. Just be careful.”
Meng Hao patted Xu Lian’s shoulder and sighed. “Fend for yourself.”
He Changfeng pointed at the divine medicine. “Little Xu, if you happen to fall in battle, let me take this divine medicine. As for your descendants, I’ll look after them for you. No one will dare to bully them.”
Bai Luohe became agitated. “Leave the divine medicine to me! I’ll choose a few talented individuals from your lineage and take them as my personal disciples. I’ll pass on everything I know to them. While I can’t guarantee that they’ll become supreme experts, reaching the Origin Tracing Realm or even the Sage Realm won’t be a problem!”
He Changfeng snorted angrily. “Taking a few talented ones isn’t much of an achievement. I’ll take them all as my personal disciples!”
Bai Luohe didn’t back down. “Not only will I take them all, but I’ll also ensure that every single one of them reaches above the Origin Tracing Realm!”
He Changfeng exploded in anger. “Keep dreaming! There are already thousands of descendants of the Nine Heavenly Divine Son. Even if their talent allows it, do you think that the Nine Heavenly Sacred Lands have enough Origin Tracing Light for all of them? Do you even believe the nonsense you’re saying?”
Bai Luohe retorted, “Whether I can achieve it or not, my sincerity is undeniable!”
He Changfeng shot back, “If you can’t achieve it, then what sincerity are you talking about? I guarantee that every descendant of the Nine Heavenly Divine Son will become a supreme expert!”
Bai Luohe replied, “I guarantee that every descendant of the Nine Heavenly Divine Son will ascend to immortality!”
Meng Hao, who had been silent until now, looked dazed. His two uncles were truly becoming more and more absurd with each passing moment – it was utterly ridiculous.
Xu Lian’s lips twitched. These two “old” supremes not pursuing careers in crosstalk was a great loss to the art form.
Ignoring their bickering, he turned to Time Supreme . “O, do you have anything to say to me?”
“No.”
Time Supreme’s voice was calm and indifferent. She knew that within the laws of his Divine Kingdom there was a rule of near immortality: as long as the Divine Kingdom existed, so would he. There was nothing to worry about and nothing to say.
Xu Lian used the divine bone in his left hand, channeling divine power to cast a protective barrier around the divine medicine.
Both Bai Luohe and He Changfeng were stunned. They had argued back and forth, but Xu Lian clearly had no intention of giving the divine medicine to either of them.
He Changfeng lamented bitterly, “Little Xu, why are you doing this?”
Bai Luohe jumped up in anger. “You’re practically dead already! Why waste the divine medicine by keeping it?”
“…” Xu Lian replied, “I’m not done living yet. I plan to return alive. This divine medicine is mine to keep, whether for my own use or for my family in the future. You two seniors should stop coveting it,”
Bai Luohe said, “Since ancient times, anyone chosen by the Great Wheel of Calamity has always been the most suitable candidate to quell the calamity. No one has ever failed, and there’s no precedent for failure.
However, there’s one thing you must know: those who participate in quelling calamities never seem to come to a good end.
For example, the powerful experts who banished the humanoid monster from the spatial tunnel all perished in that battle.
And then there were the thirteen ancestral clans who sealed the demon ancestor. Although they didn’t die immediately in the battle, they sustained severe injuries that forced them into their twilight years prematurely. Otherwise, the thirteen clans wouldn’t have declined so quickly.”
The Great Wheel of Calamity has now selected thirty-five supreme experts along with you to stop the calamity brought by the monstrous foundation of the Qian Dynasty. Even if this disaster can be contained, only three out of ten might survive to return, and that’s optimistic. It’s possible that none of them will make it back at all.”
Xu Lian was shocked. “Being chosen by the Great Wheel of Calamity to quell a disaster is really that dangerous?”
Supreme Expert Bai Luohe replied, “Do you think that the foundation monster of the Qian Dynasty is so easy to deal with? Even with thirty supreme experts and you working together, there’s no way we’ll succeed in subduing it without paying a heavy price.”
Xu Lian nodded. “In that case, I’m even more determined to keep the divine medicine. If I come back severely injured or enter my twilight years prematurely, I’ll need the divine medicine to extend my life span.”
Supreme Expert Bai Luohe fell silent, utterly speechless.
Supreme Expert He Changfeng sighed repeatedly, knowing full well that Xu Lian had made up his mind to keep the divine medicine. No amount of persuasion would change that.
Upon learning that “Ancestor Xu” had been chosen by the Great Wheel of Calamity to face this disaster, his descendants came one after another to see him off. His beautiful wives and concubines also arrived, their eyes red with tears, each giving him countless reminders to stay safe.
“Don’t worry, I’ll return alive,” Xu Lian reassured them.
He knew that compared to the other supreme experts, he had a better chance of surviving. After all, he was protected by the laws of his Divine Kingdom – as long as the Divine Kingdom endured, so would he. Unless the foundation of the Qian Dynasty could directly destroy the laws of Divine Kingdom, he firmly believed that nothing would happen to him.
Not wanting to worry his family any further, he said nothing more and crossed space to head toward the Shui family in Yunzhou Prefecture.
Crossing space was a far more advanced technique than simply traversing space-it was a divine ability that only supreme experts could perform. While traversing space was already swift, it could still be intercepted. Crossing space, on the other hand, was generally impossible to interrupt-that was the difference.
In any case, his strength as a supreme expert was already exposed. All the top tier powers were aware of his capabilities… so he decided to stop pretending.
In an instant, he arrived at Yunzhou Prefecture.
Besides him, the other thirty-five top experts had also gathered here. Their overwhelming supreme aura pressed down on the area, as if the heavens and the earth were about to collapse under the pressure.
The ordinary cultivators and common folk of Yunzhou Prefecture fled in droves, dragging their families along with them. They simply couldn’t endure it-even a single wisp of aura unintentionally leaked by a supreme expert could reduce ordinary cultivators and civilians to ashes. It was best to leave this dangerous place altogether.
A supreme expert from the Shui family hurriedly came out to greet them, smiling awkwardly. “Please, esteemed ones, try to suppress your supreme auras as much as possible. Our Shui family has spent many years cultivating Yunzhou Prefecture, and it hasn’t been easy. Please don’t destroy it.”
The thirty-five top experts immediately reined in their auras, willing to show the Shui family some face.
Generally speaking, most of the top powers had rival factions.
Some enmities arose from competition for cultivation resources.
Others were due to grudges passed down through generations.
Only a few top-tier powers had no enemies.
The Shui family was such a rarity. They were tactful and diplomatic, much like the Sword Pavilion, with no obvious rivals. As a result, their relations with the various major powers remained relatively friendly.