Chapter 1128: Chapter 753: The Human Race’s Dao Stone (Part 2)
Chu Jun immediately squatted down and tightly embraced Chu Xi, his heart trembling; his grandson was still alive, it felt like a dream. He carefully examined Chu Xi’s body, checking him from head to toe, that familiar child, unharmed!
"Still alive! Still alive!"
Chu Jun muttered to himself, hugging little Chu Xi again, afraid that his grandson might vanish.
"What on earth happened?"
Fu Yuzi and the other elders were also very surprised to see little Chu Xi suddenly appear.
They all knew about Chu Xi being captured by the Dao Palace, but they had all given up on rescuing him, because no one had the ability to save someone from the Dao Palace.
"Grandfather, it was the Human King who rescued me!" Chu Xi said softly.
"The Human King?"
"The Human King took Sister Li and Xiaohei to rescue me from Jingxi City! I’m sorry for worrying you." Chu Xi said.
Chu Jun looked up, incredulously at Xiang Beifei: "You went to Jingxi City!"
"Just went for a spin," Xiang Beifei said.
Chu Jun’s expression changed unpredictably, seemingly grateful, yet with a tinge of anger, after a while, he was also overcome with fear. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "Our Human Race has a rule, if caught by the Dao Palace, we must choose to give up, and are not allowed to rescue! You shouldn’t have rescued him!"
"But I rescued your grandson," Xiang Beifei calmly said.
"But... but that’s still not okay! Because your life, your life... your life is more important than his!" Chu Jun almost stammered the words out.
Xiang Beifei remained silent.
This guy, although usually always liked to sing a different tune from him, in matters of principle, he was never careless. Saying this sentence undoubtedly made Chu Jun extremely difficult, after all one was his grandson, the other was the son of the Xiang Tianxing he had hated for a long time.
"Every person’s life is very important, not just mine, but yours too. The rule of not rescuing is targeted at those without the ability to rescue, but if we can rescue, we naturally ought to try." Xiang Beifei said.
A dozen elders looked at one another, unable to speak for a moment.
"But you could die! Do you know what it means to put yourself in danger for a child!" Chu Jun tightly grabbed little Chu Xi’s hand.
"Only when I can rescue, do I go to rescue," Xiang Beifei said.
Chu Jun gritted his teeth.
"Grandfather, the Human King is very powerful, he took Sister Li and Uncle Master Xiaohei, just the three of them killed two experts, the two most powerful ascension realm experts!" Little Chu Xi said in awe nearby.
"What? Experts of the ascension realm?"
Fu Yuzi and the others were even more surprised, their gaze simultaneously turned to Xiang Beifei and Li Qianluo.
Li Qianluo waved her hand with a grin: "Ha, it was all done by Xiao Bei, I didn’t help much, just followed the plan as an assistant. Without my interference, he could have managed it as well."
"Wu Yumen and Wu Qiuhong were... were killed by you?" Fu Yuzi asked Xiang Beifei in shock.
The news that the two domain-level elders of Dao Palace, Wu Yumen and Wu Qiuhong, quarreled and reportedly perished together in Jingxi City was well known, and recently this incident had been spreading fervently among the various major races in the Edge Corner Airspace, and the Human Race had been closely monitoring developments in the Edge Corner Airspace.
"Xiao Xiang, is that true?" Luo Shanyou also asked in astonishment.
He and Fu Yuzi knew that Xiang Beifei was only in the Inquiry Dao Realm, and the previous defeat of ascension realm Fu Yuzi by Xiang Beifei had been a show to rally support, even Fu Yuzi didn’t really think he would lose to Xiang Beifei.
But who would have thought that the Dao Palace elders who had fallen, discussed for so many days, were actually slain by Xiang Beifei!
"Pretty much, using their own method against them, just got rid of two domain-level elders." Xiang Beifei said.
"...Just?"
Each elder looked at each other, faces full of shock.
Is that just?
To these elders, even encountering a single Wu Yumen might mean not leaving alive, let alone three ascension realm experts! That Xiang Beifei could rescue little Chu Xi from the guard of three domain-level ascension realm elders, and also deal with two of them, is truly terrifying!
Chu Jun hugged Chu Xi tightly, his expression extremely conflicted, if something had happened to Xiang Beifei because of rescuing little Chu Xi, then he would be the eternal sinner of the Human Race.
Xiang Beifei perceived Chu Jun’s internal struggle, and said: "As long as we are alive, don’t think too much."
"Thank you, Human King, for your immense kindness and virtue, Chu Jun will never forget for eternity! In future, if there is any call, I will go through water and tread on fire!"
Suddenly, Chu Jun knelt down and bowed to Xiang Beifei.
"Get up, don’t be so formal." Xiang Beifei said.
Only then did Chu Jun stand up, suppressing the gratitude in his heart.
Finally, he turned around and angrily scolded Chu Xi: "You little brat, this time you’ve made a grave mistake, do you know that? Why did you break the rules and sneak out? You worried me sick!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand to hit Chu Xi.
Chu Xi didn’t dodge or hide, just stood there with his head lowered, saying, "Grandfather, I realized my mistake, I will diligently follow the Human King in cultivating from now on, striving to strengthen the Human Race. Go ahead and hit me!"
As he spoke, he even turned around obediently, sticking his butt out towards Chu Jun, ready to receive a beating, his attitude very sincere.
Chu Jun was momentarily stunned; usually, his mischievous grandson would cry loudly and run away if he picked up a stick to reprimand him, but today he was unexpectedly willing to accept his punishment so obediently.
He sighed and eventually lowered his hand, after all, this was his grandson; being alive was a blessing, and knowing his mistakes was enough.
"There mustn’t be a next time."
Chu Jun held Chu Xi tightly, as if fearing this child might disappear again.
——
Chu Xi was rescued by Xiang Beifei and also learned that Xiang Beifei had killed two domain-level elders of the Dao Palace, which greatly thrilled all the elders!
Because this meant that their choice was correct, Xiang Beifei’s strength had completely convinced everyone, and he indeed had the ability to be the Human King!
Everyone looked at Xiang Beifei with eyes full of admiration and respect.
Xiang Beifei pondered for a moment and said, "For now, let’s leave the matter of Chu Xi as it is. Regarding the Dao Stone, I will first discuss with Elder Fu Yuzi, Elder Luo, and Elder Chu, and then inform you later."
"Yes."
The other elders retreated.
Chu Jun let go of Chu Xi’s hand, asking Duan Guyan to help take him out and watch over him, truly fearing Chu Xi might get into trouble again.
Li Qianluo stayed out of familiarity; she had thick skin and never considered herself an outsider. She loved to involve herself in the major affairs of the Human Race, and no one minded much.
"Human King, have you really not considered checking out that Dao Stone?"
Fu Yuzi and Luo Shanyou exchanged a glance, still feeling quite regretful.
They truly recognized the profound Dao embryos presented on that Dao Stone, hoping Xiang Beifei could gain enlightenment from it and quickly elevate his cultivation to better lead the Human Race.
"The Dao Stone doesn’t need to be concerned with," said Xiang Beifei.
"But the Dao embryos on that stone are truly remarkable..." said Luo Shanyou.
"Are you referring to these five words?"
Xiang Beifei extended his finger, a light gleaming at his fingertip, and then flicked it in the air!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
[Heavenly, Dao, Not, Benevolent, Rise]
The five large characters flowed smoothly, leaping lightly in the air, like gentle water waves, filling one’s being and embodying profound Dao embryos.
"These...these five words!"
Fu Yuzi and Luo Shanyou had seen the Dao Stone of the City of No Pretense with their own eyes and experienced the power of its Dao embryos, and now, Xiang Beifei had casually written five Dao embryos identical to it!
"How can they be exactly the same? How did you write these five words?"
Fu Yuzi and Luo Shanyou were deeply shocked!
Even Chu Jun, who hadn’t witnessed the five stones, was surprised, his gaze fixated on the five words. The profound Dao embryos contained within seemed to enthrall him, even loosening his long-standing bottleneck!
He finally understood why Fu Yuzi and Luo Shanyou insisted on bringing people to comprehend the Dao Stone.
Such powerful Dao embryos were highly effective for him!
"Oh, right, these five words are just incomplete; there’s also a complete version."
Xiang Beifei casually added three more words—
[Heavenly Dao Not Benevolent, Human Race Shall Rise]
Fu Yuzi and Luo Shanyou were completely stunned!