The Strongest Mythical Emperor
Chapter 577 Xu Xian

Chapter 577: Chapter 577 Xu Xian

Soon, the Nine-headed Insect returned, dragging a person with him. This person was shrouded in demonic aura, wearing a black robe, and half of his face was rotten, making him look extremely ferocious.

Qin Jun frowned deeply, feeling that this person looked strangely familiar.

"How could it be you!"

The demon suddenly exclaimed, his words filled with incredulity and resentment.

Qin Jun looked closely, his expression growing more peculiar as long-buried memories were awakened. Wasn’t this guy Ye Xuan, the same Ye Xuan he had met during the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition organized by the Nanzhuo Dynasty, Zhu Yanqing’s senior brother? In the competition, Ye Xuan, in a fit of anger, abandoned all reason, let the demon within take over his body, and went on a killing spree. It was rather tragic, now that he thought about it.

Qin Jun later heard that he had connections with the Black Night Pavilion, the largest assassin organization in the Southern Domain. His foolish younger brother, Qin Yu, once hired assassins from the Black Night Pavilion, which led to a feud between Qin Jun and the organization.

Once formidable adversaries joining forces, but in the eyes of the current Qin Jun, they didn’t even bear mentioning.

"I didn’t expect you to have fallen to such depths," Qin Jun shook his head and sighed. When he first met Ye Xuan, Qin Jun had thought him quite a character, potentially a respected powerhouse in the future. But fate is fickle, and now he’s turned into something neither human nor ghost.

"It’s all because of you! All because of you!"

Ye Xuan shouted with red eyes, his ghastly face startling Liu Ruolai into shivering. The Nine-headed Insect, growing impatient, snorted coldly, and a terrifying pressure fell upon Ye Xuan, pinning him firmly to the ground.

Blaming me?

Maniac!

Arbitrarily pinning the blame!

Qin Jun immediately grew impatient and drew the Seven Star Sword from his waist, ready to end Ye Xuan.

"You can’t kill me, I’ve formed an alliance with the Black Night Pavilion. If you kill me, you’ll suffer the Pavilion’s backlash!" Ye Xuan hurriedly said, though at this moment, it was unclear whether to call him Ye Xuan or Yun Chengmo.

Yun Chengmo was the demon within Ye Xuan, originating from the Han River Dynasty. To deal with him, Qin Jun had even gone to the Netherworld to find Yun Chengmo’s daughter, but that was no longer necessary.

Without hesitation, Qin Jun decapitated Ye Xuan with one stroke of his sword. This man had wrought a heavy toll of killing, burdened with karmic debts, and even if he went down to the Netherworld, he would suffer endless torment until he cleared his karmic debt and could reincarnate.

In some sense, Qin Jun was helping Ye Xuan to find release. The Ye Xuan of today was no longer himself, but rather a demon with a dual personality formed with Yun Chengmo.

After beheading him, Qin Jun immediately exhaled Samadhi Real Fire, which enveloped Ye Xuan’s body and reduced it to ashes in the blink of an eye. The Nine-headed Insect watched from close by, internally shocked by the growing strength of Qin Jun’s Samadhi Real Fire.

"Ding! Side mission completed—Slay the Demon! Host gains one God and Demon summoning chance, one God and Demon pinnacle chance, and two random draws!"

The system’s notification sounded and Qin Jun raised an eyebrow, thinking indignantly, "I remember this mission reward included a five-level increase!"

Trying to fool me?

My memory is just fine!

"The five-level increase has been replaced with a God and Demon pinnacle chance," the system explained.

"Ridiculous! Change it back!" Qin Jun refused.

Joking aside, another five-level rise, and he would reach the True Immortal Realm. God and Demon pinnacle chances were not something he couldn’t encounter in the future.

And leveling up rewards were running out!

"How about we add another random draw?" the system offered a compromise.

"Are you kidding me? Damn, I’ve even helped the system collect leveling materials, surviving deaths by a hair so many times..." Qin Jun began to vent his internal grievances nonstop.

The rest thought Qin Jun was lost in thought and no one dared to disturb him.

"Stop! Add one more God and Demon summoning chance, making it a total of two God and Demon summoning chances, one God and Demon pinnacle chance, and two random draws!" the system interrupted.

"Exchange the extra God and Demon summoning chance for a God and Demon pinnacle chance!" Qin Jun decided in his heart.

A God and Demon summoning might not summon a Giant Bird again, but the odds for a God and Demon pinnacle chance were higher.

Likely candidates for God and Demon pinnacle like Li Yuanba, the Golden Winged Giant Bird, or the Nine Spirit Yuan Saint, might be the Giant Bird.

"Alright!" The system quickly agreed, though Qin Jun imagined it grinding its teeth.

Think you can fool me? No chance!

Qin Jun thought smugly, then his gaze turned to the city below shrouded in smoke, and the excitement in his heart receded like the tide.

He summoned all his magical power and shouted loudly, "I am the Holy Emperor of Qin, the Demon has been vanquished, you need worry no more, next I will distribute healing pills, pick them up on your own and heal thy wounds."

As he spoke, he leapt into the air above the city, waved his right hand, and countless pills flew out from his storage ring, scattering to every corner of the city.

Boom!

The whole city erupted, filled with sounds of astonishment, cheers, and cries:

"It’s the Holy Emperor! The Holy Emperor has come to save us!"

"Thank you, Holy Emperor, or else we might all have been killed by the Demon!"

"Holy Emperor, for your great kindness and virtue, we will never forget in this lifetime!"

"Oh Holy Emperor, if only you had appeared sooner, how wonderful that would have been."

"Mother, wake up, don’t leave me..."

Qin Jun took in all these voices, the myriad states of life making him feel uneasy, but he had done what he could and had no choice but to steel himself and turn away to leave.

The Southern Domain was so vast, and even as its ruler, he could not possibly control every corner; he could only do his best.

"Let’s go!"

Back up in the clouds, Qin Jun said somberly, Zhu Bajie nodded and immediately resumed piloting the clouds forward.

Soon, they disappeared into the horizon.

Liu Ruolai, seeing that Qin Jun’s face remained gloomy, couldn’t help but console, "You’ve already done very well. Emperors of our Eastern Flame Domain wouldn’t do as such, some even turn a blind eye."

Although Qin Jun was young, he was brave and resourceful, commanding yet compassionate.

The more Liu Ruolai understood Qin Jun, the deeper she felt herself falling.

"You call that comforting?" Qin Jun said with feigned annoyance, but a smile spread across his face.

Liu Ruolai stuck out her tongue, embarrassed, "Usually it’s others who comfort me. Be content that I’m comforting you!"

"Oh, this is a first? Am I really that lucky?" Qin Jun teased with a raised eyebrow, speaking in an exaggerated tone.

"Shameless..."

The two began to frolic again, drawing laughter from Zhu Bajie and the others, even Kua Fu couldn’t help but shake his head and smile wryly.

The team continued forward. The Heavenly World of the Southern Domain might sit atop the Southern Domain but wasn’t as vast. To forcefully break through the spatial barriers and enter, they still had some time before they could fly there.

During the flight, Qin Jun couldn’t help but say in his heart, "Begin the God and Demon summoning, to dispel this ill-omen!"

"Ding! Initiating random God and Demon summoning!"

The pleasant system notification slightly lifted Qin Jun’s suppressed mood.

Hope it’s not a weakling, no need for things like Junior Zuanfeng to show up!

"Ding! Congratulations host, you have summoned Xu Xian, would you like to summon again?"

Xu Xian?

Pfft—

Damn, even worse than Junior Zuanfeng!

Qin Jun nearly choked on his own spit, what use would Xu Xian have? Absolutely useless as a scholar, disdainful for not even being able to protect his own wife!

"Resummon! Don’t bring me any Dong Yong or Ning Caichen."