Star Trace Gate

Chapter 831 The Headless Man's Journey, Long Yuqing's Plea

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Ren Ye, who was chatting with a group of close friends, suddenly noticed that a huge head suddenly flew out from the Phoenix Fire Furnace in his consciousness space. It was stained with the water of the Styx and looked a little floating.

"What the hell?!"

He couldn't help but swear.

Upon hearing this, the beloved concubine raised her eyebrows and said, "How many times have I told you that a ruler should be careful with his words and not utter filthy words!"

"No, shit...!" Ren also sensed the head flying up and gradually emitting a familiar spiritual aura. He was immediately startled and jumped up on the spot, saying excitedly: "Shit, no, really, if you see it, you will also be shocked...!"

"Ong!"

As the sound of the national quintessence began to sound, a surge of boundless vitality surged from between Ren Ye's brows. Immediately afterwards, a massive skull, radiating a faint Daoist power, enveloped in the vitality, slowly floated out and appeared before everyone's eyes.

Everyone was stunned. Xu Bangzi was so frightened that he squatted on a chair: "What the hell is this?!"

“Fuck…!” The beloved concubine’s pretty face was dull, and her red lips slightly opened. Just as she was about to utter the quintessence of Chinese culture, she stopped abruptly due to her high level of restraint.

You could hear a pin drop in the room, and all eyes were fixed on the head. Even Li Yan couldn't help rubbing his eyes.

The head exuded a trace of Taoist power, and when it floated in front of everyone's eyes, it seemed as if it was surrounded by a few wisps of fairy light, looking very strange and "powerful".

"Hello, my friends."

The head began to speak.

"It's his breath, that's right!" Li Yan suddenly stood up and asked in disbelief, "Old Liu...you're damn alive?!"

"What nonsense!" The head showed a disdainful and arrogant expression, pausing and saying, "I've never left, I'm just everywhere...!"

"Oh!"

Ren Ye heard this pretentious talk, and in his excitement, he slapped the floating man on the head: "You are indeed my good brother. No one else would act so pretentiously after losing their head. No, how did you suddenly wake up?! I was wondering, this Xingshan is obviously a small secret realm, but there is still no way to revive you... I thought... I thought you...!"

"This is about a child without a mother. It's a long story. It all started from that time when he had to poop urgently." Old Liu's head was wrapped in fairy light, appearing and disappearing, and there was a vague feeling that could not be seen.

"That's not necessary." Qing Ning immediately waved his hand upon hearing this and said, "We've heard the new idiom about 'losing your brain on the toilet' so many times that there's no need to elaborate on it here..."

"Ok."

Old Liu's voice was filled with an ethereal feeling. His crimson eyes swept over his friends and he sighed, "Although the struggle for the Great Dao of the Emperor's Tomb is over, my mission in Jiuli is not yet over... Damn it, I always feel like all this is a conspiracy between the Great Emperor and the Heavenly Dao."

"I'm leaving soon. My body can't return yet, so I can only use my awakened head to report. However, what I'm about to do must be kept strictly confidential and can only be shared with my family."

He glanced at everyone in a daze, and finally focused his gaze on Xiao Shuai: "Hey, this stranger looks very unfamiliar, why don't you go out for a walk first?"

Huh? There are so many people here, and you're just kicking me out?!

Xiao Shuai complained fiercely in his heart, glaring at him and saying, "I spent money, and you're being xenophobic? Well, I can't fit in, I can't fit in, I'm going home...!"

"No need, no need." Ren Ye immediately persuaded Lao Liu's head: "He has booked the best house in Shangyu. He is one of us!"

"Oh."

Old Liu looked at Xiao Shuai with a gratified expression: "Our team is getting stronger and stronger."

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me!" Li Yan was very annoyed.

"Buzz...!"

The immortal light emanating from the human head faintly shook the void, producing a disturbing sound like a fly flying by.

Old Liu's head flew around the room with a hint of mirth as he whispered, "Before the Emperor's Tomb was opened, I received the mission to be the gatekeeper. A trace of my soul and consciousness still remains, hidden within the Headless Man's star core. It's just that it's enveloped in the mysterious Dao rhyme of the Great Emperor, so you can't sense it."

"This Eye mission may seem simple, but it requires fairness and impartiality in treating every Blood Guide. Honestly, this test is very difficult. I personally feel it's even harder than when Silly King Huai reached the Emperor Realm... Because I'm conscious, it's really hard to be impartial."

"This requires careful consideration and self-examination... but thankfully, I'm naturally intelligent and perceptive, and I didn't let my self-serving brotherly relationship with the Little Bad King sway me astray. At most, I was a bit worried about him during the ominous realm, but I overcame it later. Why was I able to overcome it? Because I often imagined myself as Chu Jin, and him as Wu Chen. When I thought of this, I even wanted to kill his child, so naturally, I lost all my feelings."

When he said this, Ren Ye immediately raised an eyebrow and retorted, "You're bragging. The ill-fated relationship between Chu Jin and Wu Chen as master and disciple was only revealed during the Return to Dust Arena. How could you have known about their relationship in advance?"

"Oh, what's your perspective? What's mine? I'm the gatekeeper, the highest mountain in the Emperor's Tomb. How can you compare to what I see?!" Old Liu's voice was filled with disdain: "Wu Chen came to the Emperor's Tomb a long time ago and was determined to obtain the Emperor's Blood. I have seen the reflection of the past evolved from the Great Emperor's Dao Yun, and I have long known that this old bastard has ulterior motives. However, no matter how strong he is, he can't withstand my Grandpa Jiang's astonishing sword furnace!" Old Liu explained softly: "When Grandpa Jiang entered the city, he broke into the Emperor's Tomb with a wisp of divine consciousness, and I also sensed it. He is the only master in the entire Jiuli world who can enter the Emperor's Tomb with divine consciousness, and he has long been aware of the existence of the Emperor's Blood."

"I was wondering why Senior Jiang wasn't surprised at all when he saw you realize the true meaning of the Imperial Ultimate and unleash twenty times your combat power, overwhelming the young marquis. It turns out he witnessed every crucial battle you fought in the Emperor's Tomb." Li Yan was completely impressed: "This is what a protector is...!"

The Little Bad King also felt warm in his heart and nodded with a smile: "...You calling me Grandpa Jiang is almost giving me appendicitis."

"I don't have much time left, let's move on." Old Liu's words became somewhat urgent, and he said simply, "After the battle for the great road of the Emperor's Tomb ended, I began my second mission with the Jiuli people."

"What errand?!" Ren Ye asked.

"Enter the ominous realm and use the pure life force emanating from the precious Life Stone to purify the remaining heroic spirits of the eighty-one clans. To put it bluntly, use the Life Stone to cleanse the heroic spirits' hostility, resentment, and evil spirits, allowing them to transcend and attain liberation."

"Damn it! I don't have the predestined relationship to become a monk, yet I'm forced to do the work of a monk." Old Liu cursed. "I suspect that the moment I entered Jiuli, the Great Emperor and the Heavenly Dao were drooling over my Life Stone. So... don't misunderstand me. Whether I poop or not, I'm going to lose my head. It's just that whether I poop first or later will affect how quickly I enter the game, and the timing of the Emperor's Tomb opening."

"It's truly not easy for the Great Emperor. He retreated alone from the ominous realm, nearing death from exhaustion, yet he still worried about his descendants. His Dao Yun endured through eons, yet he dared not collapse. And only now has he arranged everything. After I purify the ominous realm, there will be no more evil spirits there. It will also become the Heavenly Gate of the Jiuli human world, and it will be guarded by the Great Emperor's descendants."

Old Liu said with some emotion.

After hearing this, Ren Ye was completely bewildered. "How vast is the ominous realm?! It's covered in dark clouds year-round, with no sun or moon visible... Everywhere is filled with the filthy, evil thoughts of heroic spirits. How long will you last in this job?"

"I don't know either. But when I finish this, I will get my own Jiuli opportunity!" Old Liu shook his head and replied.

"What opportunity?!" Ren Ye asked.

"When the ominous dark clouds dissipate, I will obtain the supreme Taoist magic passed down by the Great Emperor, called 'The Master of War - The Method of Deciphering Characters'!" Old Liu said proudly, "This is one of the only supreme Taoist secrets mastered by the Great Emperor. Hehe, pass it on to me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone showed expressions of envy, jealousy and hatred, and suddenly they understood.

Why did Lao Liu lose his head? Is this some kind of strange ritual?

Why did he become the gatekeeper as a beheaded man?

The emperor also suffered beheading in the past, but why did he survive?

All of this has its cause and effect...

Ren stared at him blankly, his teeth gnashing as if his brother had just driven a Land Rover. "No wonder they wanted to chop off your head. Is this a Taoist method of dissolving a weapon?! Everything fits together... Shit, why wasn't I the one who took the shit in the first place?"

"I can also save the dead, I can also love the Jiuli people, and my brilliant power can also cleanse the evil spirits in the world!"

"I can even use the backdoor! My dear master is the Lord of Fengdu. I perform the salvation and he recruits people. This is obviously a great one-stop service! How efficient! How can this idiot Liu Jishan drive a Land Rover?!"

"...!"

He was filled with hatred, his eyes red as he said, "Now that you've become a monk, you won't be able to find a wife in the future. When you come back, I'll reserve a position for you as a first-rank eunuch in Qingliang Prefecture, laying a solid foundation for your power in the court...!"

"Is it too late for me to apply for the position of a castrator now?" Xu Bangzi was so jealous that he was ready to draw his sword.

"My little bastard, I feel really relieved when I see the expressions on your faces."

The floating head showed a simple and honest expression and said cheerfully, "Alright, that's all. I should hurry to the Ominous Realm. Brothers and sisters, when I return after completing my mission, it will be the moment when Qingliang Prefecture will become the world's most powerful. Oh, and by the way, if you encounter an emergency, you can also go to the Ominous Realm to inform me, and I will rush back as soon as possible. The inheritance of the word-interpretation method can only be obtained after the salvation is completed."

"But the damn Heaven can't really treat me like a beast of burden, right? I should be fine if I take a few days off now and then."

Old Liu got furious. That person even dared to curse the Heavenly Dao.

Although everyone was jealous of Old Liu's luck, if you think about it carefully, it really wasn't easy for him. Not only had he endured the pain of beheading, but now he had to travel alone, sitting in that deserted, ominous place with dark clouds covering the sky, praying for his soul to pass away, and enduring a very lonely time alone.

Even for a person with great kindness, these years are no different from being in prison.

Sure enough, there is no free lunch in this world.

"Oh, I was thinking that now that you woke up, we could get together, but I didn't expect that we have to say goodbye again." Li Yan sighed.

"We are all forging ahead on this journey. This is the foundation for the future dominance of the empire." Old Liu replied like a political commissar: "Let's all do our best."

The beloved concubine looked at his head and reminded him, "While the method of deciphering characters is good, this state of mind is also a chasm that practitioners must overcome. I believe that the emperor had this intention in ordering you to cultivate in such a desolate place. Brother Liu, don't waste your time...!"

"Thank you, sister-in-law, for your suggestion. I'll take note of it." Old Liu nodded very seriously.

"Alas, my party for promotion to the Fourth Rank was ruined by this Jiuli group..." Ren Qingning walked forward, reached out and took out a book given by his master, and handed it to Lao Liu: "This is a book on the Heart Sutra of breathing. Reading a chapter every day will not only clear your mind, but also eliminate boredom and improve your state of mind!"