📖 Chapter 1124 - Overprotective!

24 Oct, 2023

“Great opportunities… great danger…” Wang Baole didn’t give his reply immediately, but rose to his feet and muttered under his breath. He instinctively placed his hands behind his back and raised his head with a serene expression. Surrounded by the air of an expert, he spoke in an indifferent tone.

“In this world, there are no gains without risk. Danger and opportunity exist alongside each other. It’s fine.”

The Flame Patriarch blinked and gave Wang Baole another glance. He felt that something was strange about this disciple of his.

‘Hey, your master is right here. What are you standing around like an expert for?’

Snorting internally, the Flame Patriarch straightened his back. The sea of raging flames behind him also shifted slightly, instantly raising the temperature of the entire Raging Flame Galaxy. At the same time, his demeanor completely transformed, as if an ancient behemoth was sitting there. His momentum immediately suppressed Wang Baole’s.

“Speak properly.”

Wang Baole reacted almost instantly, sweat appearing on his forehead. He had become too used to acting like a supreme expert in the past period of time. He quickly reined in his aura and pasted an ingratiating smile on his face before speaking in a low voice.

“Actually, Master… I think this is a signal to me from my senior brother.”

“A signal?” The Flame Patriarch’s eyes narrowed, and he wanted to instinctively lean forward. However, thinking of Wang Baole’s attitude just now, he forced himself to remain upright. His momentum surged again, and he seemed like a blazing sun as he sat there in the hall.

Wang Baole couldn’t help but feel a little dazzled. He quickly composed himself and whispered.

“Yes, it’s a signal. Although I’m not really sure, I think that if Senior Brother Chen Qingzi really wanted to kill the Split Moon Divine Emperor, he would do it without giving the outside world a chance to notice. Plus, once a Divine Emperor dies, everyone around will receive good fortune, so I was thinking… that Senior Brother is probably telling me to go over!

“Even if it isn’t a signal, there shouldn’t be too much risk for me. With Master’s backing, not many people will dare to provoke me, and there’ll by my senior brother there too, after all…

“So I feel like that battlefield is a land of good fortune prepared specifically for me.” Wang Baole quickly explained everything he’d been thinking about on the return trip.

Of course, there was also the fact that he had the Underworld Fire and the Underworld Artifact. As the Underworld Child, he wouldn’t be weakened under the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao. Instead, he would be like a fish in water. Thus, even if the Underworld Sect made an appearance, he probably still wouldn’t be in danger.

Wang Baole didn’t mention any of this, but the Flame Patriarch could obviously think of it as well. After thinking it through, the Flame Patriarch felt that Wang Baole’s analysis might really be correct.

‘That Chen Qingzi is too insidious! He’s trying to snatch my disciple away. I just bought my precious disciple an opportunity on Planet Heaven’s Mandate, and now he goes and does this? Damn it… I have to think of something. I can’t let the Underworld Sect poach my disciple!’ The Flame Patriarch’s mind spun rapidly. Once his train of thought reached this point, he narrowed his eyes and glanced surreptitiously at Wang Baole before speaking in a calm voice.

“Baole, all of this is just a guess. If it’s true, then everything’s fine. But if you’re wrong, it will be too dangerous.

“Your master suspects that the Never-Ending Clan will make an appearance at the battlefield. They might set up a sacrificial ritual, or secretly provide aid, or construct another sealing formation, or something else, but no matter what, they will definitely have something planned.

“It might seem like they have no choice but to let the various forces’ Chosen show up at the battlefield, but I suspect that that’s also part of their plan. If all those Chosen die at the hands of your senior brother, then your senior brother will become… the enemy of every force in the Dao Domain!

“It’s not a good idea for you to head over!” The Flame Patriarch spoke slowly, and his words did make sense. However, after thinking it over, Wang Baole wasn’t swayed. He opened his mouth, but the Flame Patriarch seemed to notice his thoughts and cleared his throat before continuing to speak.

“Of course, I also know that the higher your cultivation base, the slower cultivation becomes. But Baole, if you want to speed up your rate of cultivation, going to the site of a Divine Emperor’s death isn’t the only way. For example, you can try raising the civilization level of your Federation. When the level of civilization rises, your cultivation base will rise along with it.

“Back when you broke through from the early stage of the Planet Realm to the middle stage, wasn’t it thanks to your Federation’s level of civilization rising?” The Flame Patriarch smiled as he spoke. Seeing Wang Baole fall into thought, he quickly continued speaking.

“Master here has refined the Raging Flame Galaxy, so you can’t integrate into with your solar system. But the Never-Ending Dao Domain is incredibly vast. With your current cultivation base, there are many ways for you to obtain more Eternal Stars for the Federation and raise its civilization level.”

Wang Baole quickly analyzed his master’s words and found that this was indeed a possible solution. He immediately followed up with a question.

“Master, are there limits to this method? Or can my hometown’s civilization level be raised limitlessly?”

“It can be said to be limitless, but it can also be said to be limited… It takes time to integrate a foreign Eternal Star, and it also takes time to evolve into a large galaxy. But when it eventually becomes a star domain, your cultivation base will also break through past the Eternal Star Realm.” The Flame Patriarch hesitated for a moment before speaking slowly.

Wang Baole frowned.

“Master, isn’t there any way to speed it up?”

The Flame Patriarch fell silent. After a while, he sighed and spoke reluctantly.

“Go find your senior brother Chen Qingzi. Speeding up the integration of an Eternal Star and accelerating a galaxy’s transformation into a star domain isn’t impossible, but it requires the blessing of the Heavenly Dao. The Never-Ending Heavenly Dao will never give you such a blessing. Your only option is the Heavenly Dao of the Underworld Sect.” The Flame Patriarch had a helpless expression on his face. It felt like he was admitting his inferiority.

This feeling made him extremely uncomfortable, so he immediately grabbed at the void with his right hand. A ball of light appeared out of nowhere and floated straight toward Wang Baole.

Inside this ball of light was a leaf!

The leaf was green and its veins were black. It didn’t look particularly imposing, but when it fell into Wang Baole’s eyes, his mind immediately exploded with an incredibly powerful sense of crisis. It was as if this leaf could extinguish his divine soul in an instant.

This feeling caused Wang Baole’s expression to change drastically. Taking a closer look, he saw that the black veins were actually lines of endless black gas, and he could faintly hear wails and roars of madness coming from within. He instantly understood what this leaf really was.

It was… a curse!

The curse in this leaf came from the same source as his Flame Spirit Curse, but it was clearly of a much higher level. Obviously, it belonged to the Flame Patriarch. In other words, it was a portion of the curse that he’d held back for thousands of years, the one he could use to bring a Divine Emperor down with him.

“Master…” Wang Baole’s breathing hastened as he looked up at the Flame Patriarch.

“Since you’re going to such a dangerous place, aside from bringing you there and waiting just outside, I can only give you this little thing to defend yourself with.

“This leaf contains the power of your master’s curse, and it can kill all cultivators below the Star Domain Realm. Actually, I could have given you a hundred or a thousand of them, but I was afraid that you would grow arrogant and end up courting disaster, so I’m only giving you this one leaf. Remember… learn from your master. This thing is more useful if you don’t use it!” The Flame Patriarch’s expression was completely normal as he spoke. It was as if it really was just as he said, and he could indeed take out a hundred or a thousand more leaves if he wanted…

Wang Baole’s heart shook. He increasingly felt that his master’s cultivation base was deep and profound. After taking the leaf, he cupped his fists and bowed deeply.

“Many thanks, Master!”

“Go take a rest. In three days, I will personally bring you to the battlefield!” With that, the Flame Patriarch waved his hand. A gentle force wrapped Wang Baole up and sent him out of the hall. After Wang Baole left, the Flame Patriarch’s breathing turned unsteady. Wincing slightly, he examined his soul, looking at the black plant within that now had only nine leaves remaining of its original ten.

“A thousand-year curse… Sigh, I’ve really bled for this disciple of mine.” The Flame Patriarch muttered emotionally. But soon, a suspicious look floated onto his face.

“Something isn’t right.” He suddenly felt like everything seemed too coincidental. As soon as Wang Baole broke through, Chen Qingzi showed signs of killing Split Moon. At the same time, the blessing of a Heavenly Dao was the only thing that could accelerate the advancement of a civilization.

“No, even if Chen Qingzi can kill Divine Emperors, there’s no way he can deduce so far into the future… Plus, he’s been busy fighting Split Moon.” The Flame Patriarch scratched his head. He couldn’t help but feel like something was off.

“That guy… doesn’t have any ill intentions toward my disciple, does he?” After a while, the Flame Patriarch suddenly raised his head. His eyes flickered darkly, and the entire Raging Flame Galaxy trembled and quaked.

“I hope I’m overthinking things, but if not… So what if you’re from the Underworld Sect? Chen Qingzi, if you really dare to touch my disciple, I’ll bring out the curse that I’ve been holding back for thousands of years and curse you to death!!”