Chapter 1551: The Gabby King Moon Fox, Kicking Brutal Xu One by One

"Moon Palace Li, what's his situation?"

Inside Xing Jie, at Shuijing Gong, the second true body did not let Li Fugui leave. Since he was already here, he might as well squeeze out all the information.

"This person, Master, you need to pay extra attention to him."

Li Fugui's attitude toward Moon Palace Li was completely different from how he treated Nian—utterly serious as he explained:

"First, Master should know that the Five Great Sheng Di families have 'travelers' who walk the five domains, like Rao Yaoyao and Dao Xuanji, among others."

"These people are also called 'Sheng Di successors,' but that's only half accurate, much like how people vaguely refer to both Ban Sheng and Sheng Di as 'sages' when they're not sure what to call them."

"The true Sheng Di successor in each of the Five Great Sheng Di families is always just one per generation!"

At that, the second true body glanced sideways. "So Dao Xuanji, Rao Yaoyao..."

"They're half, still in the assessment period, not yet confirmed as the 'only one,'" Li Fugui said.

"The only one?"

"Yes. Once confirmed as the 'only one,' it means this person is absolutely loyal, fully devoted, and capable of taking the reins—maybe even surpassing the predecessor, but at least maintaining the family's legacy. Then, all resources of the Sheng Di family will be poured into them to aid their growth, and even the previous generation's Sheng Di status can be handed over anytime, as long as the timing is right." Li Fugui's words were shocking.

The second true body's expression turned slightly stern, and he quickly made a connection. "Bei Huai? Hua Changdeng?"

Li Fugui nodded emphatically: "Bei Huai! Hua Changdeng!"

So, Bei Huai and Hua Changdeng had passed their assessment periods, been fully recognized by their respective Sheng Di families, and became the only ones, thus obtaining the Sheng Di status?

No!

The second true body sharply detected something off. "That Bei Huai guy, absolutely loyal?"

Are you kidding?

Though he didn't know Bei Huai well, that guy's personality suggested he'd ditch the Sheng Di family for his research in a heartbeat.

Loyal? That'd only happen if the sun rose from the west!

Li Fugui's face showed some hesitation. "The intelligence that follows, I can't guarantee its accuracy—maybe about seventy percent true..."

"Spill it."

"Hua Jianxian undoubtedly surpassed his predecessor to claim the Sheng Di status, but as for that Bei Huai..." Li Fugui paused. "It seems like he couldn't hold it down and got backlashed."

The second true body's mind buzzed.

What did that mean? The previous generation of the Bei clan's Sheng Di got taken out by Bei Huai?

The Sheng Di status was unique and passed down generationally... So, that could only mean the Ban Sheng Bei Huai had offed his own family's Sheng Di patriarch?

Like Feng Zhongzui digging into Feng Tingchen's brain and crowning himself king?

The second true body imagined a whole drama and found it terrifying, but thinking about it, compared to Hua Changdeng, Bei Huai was still one of the Ten Zun Seats...

It wasn't that the Seven Jianxian were weaker than the Ten Zun Seats.

In Xu Xiaoshou's understanding, nine out of ten in the Ten Zun Seats were monsters with something wrong in their heads, and that mindset had rubbed off on the second true body.

Hua Changdeng was perfectly fine!

The one who deserved a "?" was definitely Bei Huai—that guy had serious issues!

Whether with Hong Yi, Tan Shen, his family head, or even himself...

"So, that's why the Bei clan's Sheng Di is jointly opposed by the other four families?" The second true body now understood why Bei Huai could only send out a thought avatar back then.

"Yes."

Li Fugui nodded firmly, thinking along the same lines. "I still don't quite get it—how could he even come out? He shouldn't have been allowed to..."

I know that!

The second true body thought about it and nearly wanted to cry.

Back in the Four Symbols Secret Realm, the first thing Bei Huai did after appearing was to show him a scene of Dao Qiong Cang inviting him.

If not for their shady collusion...

If not for their inside-outside conspiracy...

With the other four Sheng Di families guarding the gate, how could Bei Huai have been released?

"That damn Dao Qiong Cang..."

The second true body muttered halfway, then suddenly realized and laughed. "So, Dao Qiong Cang isn't loyal, he's not the only one, and the Dao clan Sheng Di is trying to cultivate a new one?"

"Mm."

Li Fugui smiled.

The second true body smiled too.

They cultivated a total mess!

"Yue Bei Hua Rao Dao is basically the power ranking among the Sheng Di families," Li Fugui said. "For the Dao clan to produce a Dao Hall Master, they've already exhausted their luck, maybe even overdone it and harmed themselves. Trying to raise another sister with similar abilities... or even half... is next to impossible."

The second true body lowered his head, counting on his fingers: "So after Rao Yaoyao died, the Rao clan Sheng Di lost their 'only one' in the assessment period, and in the short term, they don't even have a 'Dao Xuanji,' leading to a gap between generations. That's why I can hear the true name of that Wang Ze Sheng Di?"

He thought back carefully—among the older generation of the Five Great Sheng Di families, he had no impression of any Sheng Di's honored names except for Rao Wangze. What a clever use of guidance and forgetting powers!

"Yes."

Li Fugui nodded with a smile.

Only Master could say these things.

Compared to him, and compared to the Ten Zun Seats, Rao Yaoyao and Dao Xuanji really did seem like a gap between generations.

As geniuses, they were already doing their best...

"So, after all that, what about Moon Palace Li?"

The second true body looked up, knowing Li Fugui was best at comparisons—he always used what he knew to outline the position and level of the unknown.

Li Fugui immediately grew serious, speaking with grave emphasis:

"Moon Palace Li, after the Moon Palace slaves were discarded, became the 'only one,' the true 'Sheng Di successor.'"

"The official announcement of the Sheng Di Jin Zhao was made twenty-three years ago, meaning that his peers and the next few generations in the Moon clan Sheng Di can completely give up any hope."

"He's just one sentence away from taking over the previous generation's 'Sheng Di status,' returning to the Han Gong Emperor Realm to control everything... Just 'I am willing.'"

Even from the first sentence, the second true body felt the weight, and the more he heard, the more shocked he became.

Good grief!

That blue-haired, fox-eyed guy...

The second true body recalled the other's carefree demeanor and couldn't help but feel surprised. "Wait, why him?"

Come on, anyone can ask that, but not you, Master!

Li Fugui said with a touch of exasperation: "Master, you can't judge by appearances..."

"Tell me."

Li Fugui organized the information in his mind. "First, Moon Palace Li is very wealthy—he's absolutely richer than Dao Hall Master, by more than a hundred times!"

"For example?"

"For example, Yin Ling Jiu and Jiu Sui Shi Wang!"

The second true body frowned slightly, with a vague memory, like he'd seen or heard of them somewhere.

Li Fugui continued: "I don't know their exact abilities, but just among the Ten Great Anomalous Weapons, Moon Palace Li openly has two, which speaks volumes."

The second true body suddenly realized.

Jiu Sui Shi Wang!

Sui Xi Heart!

His true self had once encountered a gold-level hunter assassin, code-named "Jin Zu," in the deep sea under Grotto Sound Cliff.

From her, he obtained a "Sui Xi Heart."

In Jin Zu's memories, that black heart that could absorb breath was part of the Ten Great Anomalous Weapons, Jiu Sui Shi Wang.

It seemed Jiu Sui Shi Wang had nine hearts?

The second true body wasn't entirely trusting of Jin Zu's memories and intelligence anymore. Back then, she was a formidable opponent to him.

Now, based on a weak person's limited understanding, it could lead to injury in future battles.

"What is Yin Ling Jiu?"

"I'm not sure, I just know it's the coffin that holds Jiu Sui Shi Wang. Anyway, Master, be careful."

So, it's a set?

The second true body was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Besides wealth, what else?"

"Strength!" Li Fugui quickly added:

"Master, don't let me mentioning wealth first make you flip the priorities."

"His Lian Ling realm is only Ban Sheng on the surface..."

What am I saying... Li Fugui paused briefly before continuing: "But that's just the surface. His true strength is rarely shown, yet for him to be recognized by the Sheng Di family and crush all the talents in the Moon clan, he must have something extraordinary."

"For example?" The second true body didn't want to hear fluff.

"For example..." Li Fugui racked his brain but couldn't scrape up more solid info—if he had it, he'd have said it already. So, he went with speculation: "He's researched evil god power with Ai Cangsheng!"

"He likes to travel everywhere, going to all sorts of places—the southern domain, northern domain, even Void Island..."

"He knows a lot of miscellaneous things..."

The second true body rarely saw Li Fugui being so vague, but he could barely grasp the meaning.

A jack-of-all-trades?

Possibly even evil god power, like me, compatible with two ancestral source powers?

"His Lian Ling insights are also not to be underestimated..."

"Principles?"

"I don't know, I've never seen him use a Principles array, but like Master, he's good at hiding, I think..."

"You don't need to think. What else about him is worth noting?"

"Uh, uh... Right, you can't believe a word he says. For him to be recognized by the Sheng Di family..."

"Absolutely loyal?"

"Yes!"

"Anything else?"

"Uh, let me think..."

"No time. Does he have any weaknesses?"

"Uh, weaknesses, weaknesses... He's got a big mouth and is very reckless!"

"Very?"

"Yes, like he loves to play and often gets into trouble... Uh, I didn't mean it that way, no 'very' implied..."

"Forget it. What other normal weaknesses?"

"Uh, yes, he's afraid of needles and whips, and he hates pain—Ba Zun An said so!"

"What nonsense is this? Did Old Eight deal with him?" The second true body was baffled; that wasn't the kind of weakness he meant. "Anything else?"

Li Fugui seemed to find his stride, excitedly raising his hand and declaring:

"He's afraid of his sister!"

In the Divine Relic, within Long Rong Realm.

As everyone lost control and flew up, Xu Xiaoshou shattered space with a step, his Sleeveless Red Jiao Hand reaching not for the still-unidentified Nian, but for the mastermind behind it all, Moon Palace Li!

Capture the leader first.

In the end, the rambling Li Fugui had provided a seemingly unreliable but somewhat usable weakness about Moon Palace Li...

Afraid of pain!

No one's flawless.

Afraid of pain... Whatever that meant, beat him first, and you'd find out!

"Don't mess around!"

Moon Palace Li clutched his red robe, barely twisting aside in the space ripples, just managing to turn his head away from the Sleeveless Red Jiao Hand.

Feeling that scorching burn, his face paled, and he widened his eyes in shock.

"I rely on my face for a living!"

"You know not to hit the face, right?"

"As the majestic Red Robe Executor and the noble Sheng Di Moon clan successor, give me some face..."

The Sleeveless Red Jiao Hand shifted from grabbing to slashing, sweeping across Moon Palace Li's neck, about to cut off his nonsense.

"Yin Xi Gate!"

Moon Palace Li gritted his teeth, hastily forming a seal and summoning a gate of chilling yin energy to shield himself.

The surrounding area, already cracked and heated by Long Rong Realm, suddenly plunged into bone-chilling cold, like falling into the nine underworlds.

Even Long Rong Realm's temperature dropped a bit.

"Crack..."

"Sizzle!"

The Yin Xi Gate didn't hold for half a breath.

Xu Xiaoshou's hand directly severed Moon Palace Li's neck, and the headless body crashed to the ground.

—It didn't turn into starlight!

"A gentleman uses words, not force!" From far behind, heavy panting came, laced with post-disaster fear: "Xu Xiaoshou, I admit you're strong, but can't we sit down and talk properly?"

"True, I was wrong first—trying to scheme for your friend's Divine Fate Star and ordering someone to wound you with the Huan Nian Dagger. But let's set facts aside, aren't you completely blameless?"

"You've been bullying our Sheng Shen Hall out there... Damn!"

This guy has such a big mouth?

Xu Xiaoshou drew his You Si Jian, using one sword to leap through space and close in directly.

He felt that wasn't a coincidence.

Dodging one attack was fine, but if he dodged twice, his combat awareness was top-notch.

Yet he seemed to struggle...

This person's so slippery!

You Si Jian doesn't play fair with space leaps.

Moon Palace Li hadn't finished speaking when You Si Jian pierced straight into his throat, stabbing right through!

This time, Xu Xiaoshou clearly saw the disbelief on his face and the faint horror rising in his eyes.

—He couldn't dodge!

"Sizzle!"

Moon Palace Li's afterimage shattered.

A zhang away, he pulled back with a trail of chilling ice, You Si Jian stopping just millimeters from his throat.

Moon Palace Li lowered his eyes, speaking in a tone of lingering fear: "Expert! That's a real expert move! Aiming for the back of my head—I always say, swords should be used like that to avoid being dodged..."

He predicted my prediction?

Coincidence?

No way!

Even if Xu Xiaoshou was dense, he realized this was a trickster, a sly one!

The old Daoist was sly in schemes and layouts, embodying that indescribable slyness.

Moon Palace Li was slyness incarnate—You Si Jian was already at his face, and his mouth hadn't stopped.

Not only could he react, he could act, even pretending to be fragile...

Wait!

So familiar!

Where had he seen someone like this?

Xu Xiaoshou originally thought, since Li Fugui said this guy had a big mouth and was reckless, he'd switch tactics—draw his sword without a word and catch him off guard...

Wait!

Why am I fighting him here?

Shouldn't I deal with Nian first?

Xu Xiaoshou felt something was off, like he'd forgotten something, but couldn't quite remember...

"Info bar!"

He wasn't the old Xu Xiaoshou anymore.

With a thought from the second true body, no extra words needed, he looked at the info bar:

"Under guidance, passive value, 1."

"Under forgetting, passive value, 1."

Once subtle, the Sheng Di guidance and Sheng Di forgetting powers were now plainly, specifically, and clearly displayed in real time!

Xu Xiaoshou gripped his sword, and when he looked at Moon Palace Li again, he somewhat understood Li Fugui's warning.

Sheng Di successor!

Just one sentence away from becoming one of the five supreme beings in this world: "I am willing"!

That meant he knew everything.

Treat him as a Sheng Di, except for the realm...

But...

"Let me tell you!"

"If not for Ba Zun An's sake, and since he's on good terms with my sister, I'd really fight back with this sword coming at me."

"You're called Xu Xiaoshou, and your way of doing things really suits my taste. Plus, I haven't liked Dao Xuanji for ages—you can stomp her out there all you want, I'll just mouth off for her, and that settles it."

"Though our positions differ, I stabbed you with the Huan Nian Dagger so I could report back. I say we turn big things into small ones, small ones into nothing, shake hands, make peace, and become close friends like Mei Yu Wen and Ba, sharing a drink..."

Moon Palace Li raised his wine gourd boldly: "I'll provide the wine, you provide the person and the chat. How about it?"

But!

Looking at that face and listening to those words, Xu Xiaoshou just couldn't muster the thought that this was an expert!

Suddenly, he was horrified, realizing something...

Right!

I finally get why Yi, Rao Yaoyao, Jiang Buyi, and even Dao Xuanji always underestimated me!

Is this the feeling?

Knowing it clearly, even seeing it face-to-face, but still not quite believing it?

"Not drinking?" Moon Palace Li saw the young man frozen in front of him, let out a "tsk," and said:

"You're not looking down on me, are you?"

"Ba Zun An drank with me!"

"I pull out this wine gourd, and even Dao Qiong Cang gives me some respect, let alone..."

"Shut up, Moon Fox!" Xu Xiaoshou couldn't take it anymore—who could be this noisy?

He felt like he'd just remembered something, only to forget it again.

"Nian!"

The second true body was really useful.

The Huan Nian Dagger hadn't reached him yet.

The guidance and forgetting powers might be blocked by the Divine Relic, or Moon Palace Li's skill wasn't strong enough, or Xu Xiaoshou had built up high resistance—they couldn't affect the second true body.

Xu Xiaoshou broke out in a cold sweat, realizing Moon Palace Li had led him astray again.

Don't underestimate his words...

Treat him like Dao Qiong Cang, or even like myself...

Xu Xiaoshou suddenly turned back, looking toward the distant edge of Long Rong Realm.

He never fought without reason!

Delaying like this was either for himself or for someone else!

Sure enough...

Even under Long Rong Realm and space exile, escaping from the Dao Principles or breaking free from space exile should leave white flames and stir the space principles.

But Xu Xiaoshou spotted a plain, unassuming male figure far outside Long Rong Realm. The white flame aura on him was completely gone, and he hadn't brought out a single trace from the exiled space...

Yet, there was a faint residual yin attribute on him!

No doubt...

Nian had escaped!

He'd gotten stained with white flames and stirred the space, but it had slipped his mind!

And this mark, Moon Palace Li was delaying time, diverting his attention, and erasing it for him!

"A bit impressive..."

Xu Xiaoshou chuckled softly.

"Uh."

Moon Palace Li's chatter paused, smacking his lips. "Boring, give me some face..."

Before he finished, his eyes turned chilling, piercing through Long Rong Realm's vision and spiritual sense to spot Nian's figure outside...

"Boom!"

Golden light erupted!

The berserk giant stamped down, crushing like an ant, directly stomping Nian into dust.

Only then did the black-clad youth's afterimage in Long Rong Realm faintly dissipate.

"So... bru... tal..."

Moon Palace Li's mouth hung open, his gaze not yet pulled back, when he suddenly sensed something and looked up sharply.

A massive golden foot, stained with blood and starlight, loomed large in his pupils.

"Ah... Oh..."

Moon Palace Li hadn't even moved.

A delayed voice echoed in his ears.

"Time, freeze!"