Chapter 485: 485: Heavenly Quota
Yue Xuexia had brought the cubs back home while the others were allowed to stay over as well. However, because the Holy Witch and the Qin Ancestor were meditating, Elder Susan, Su Gin’er and Princess Qin Yaoyun decided to stay in the forest to protect them. This is actually the real reason why the Moon Goddess had allowed them to stay.
She can’t just throw out two who are on the verge of enlightenment. Domain is important for Huashen Realm cultivators. Only by having one will allow this cultivator to have a chance to reach the next realm Void Refining (Mahayana) Realm. She had already seen the path to the next realm. The only reason she is not breaking through is because it gave her a bad feeling. This feeling of something going out of her control. That’s why she is holding back with her breakthrough.
Inside the mansion, she and the toddlers happily ate their dinner. Afterwards, she sent the cubs to bring some food to the guests staying at the forest. Once the children returned, they were put to sleep. Yue Xuexia was drinking wine while looking at the moon in the evening sky.
During the silent evening an uninvited guest had come to her. A shadow figure jumped towards the balcony and only a pair of golden cat eyes was staring at her.
The moon goddess didn’t seem to be surprised and said, "You are here. I will say this first. I didn’t steal the Liger cub." A light roar as if answering Yue Xuexia was heard.
roar~
Yue Xuexia beckons the adult Liger to come over and share her food and drink with her. This is the remaining adult Liger who had survived from the cruelty of those human men before.
"The grandmother of that one human child is here in the forest. Tomorrow, I will help you get revenge. You can also take away the cub if you wish to. Though... I want to ask you if you want to become my mount temporarily of course. You are free to leave afterwards."
The adult Liger thought for a long time and only after she had thought things seriously did she nod her head. This Liger had actually witnessed everything, especially when Yue Xuexia had come out and killed that strange old human. She realized that this human with a nice scent of nature was a powerful goddess.
Roar~
After the adult Liger had eaten, it sat beside Yue Xuexia allowing her to pat her as she slept. A smile slipped through Yue Xuexia’s lip while patting the adult Liger. But when she looked at the moon and calculated something through divination, the smile on her face faded.
She mumbles, "Destiny. Was it thoroughly something that cannot be avoided? Or do I have to destroy everything to get what I desire?"
A bit of red flashed within her silver eyes but only lasted for a split second before everything returned to normal. All of the sudden, a golden butterfly descended from the heavens had landed on the table in front of her. This is an avatar of this world’s heavenly law.
{You cannot escape fate. Unless you destroy it yourself. I will give you that man’s soul wisp. With this thing with you, his original soul will not know what happened here unless he personally checks on our world.}
{This is your trial. The Immortal God of the Sun and his General aren’t allowed to get involved with it.}
A crystal ball fell in her hands as the butterfly flew towards her hand. In it was the soul wisp of that old man she had killed. The heaven had sent it to her as a gift.
{However, once you break through to the next realm, your soul will need to merge with your past life soul fragment. Only then can you take me away. I will wait for your answer, my future master.}
The golden butterfly slowly faded and merged with the world. It disappeared as if it never existed in the first place. Yue Xuexia with a face devoid of emotion stares coldly at the crystal orb in her hand. No one knows what she is truly thinking at this moment.
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Meanwhile at the forest just outside the mansion of the moon goddess. Qin Ancestor and the Holy Witch are still meditating.
As for Elder Susan, Su Gin’er and Qin Yaoyun, they are seated around a bonfire still thinking of what they had just witnessed before. The appearance of Yue Xuexia, her descendant as well as when she killed that old man none of them had noticed was there.
Su Gin’er asked her grandmother, "Granny, Senior Yue... No, Goddess Yue... Is she the Goddess that rules the Moon?"
"Hm. She must be the Moon Goddess. Her domain exists as the moon exists. However, that doesn’t seem all her abilities alone. Heavenly Calamity and also nature seems to be under her control as well. She... might be a Mahayana Realm Cultivator," Elder Susan said.
Princess Qin Yaoyun mumbles, "Mahayana Realm, the peak of this world’s strength. But how come she hasn’t disappeared like the other Mahayana Realm cultivators like in history."
"Maybe because the Heavenly quota hasn’t been filled up yet," said Elder Susan.
"Heavenly Quota?" Su Gin’er and Princess Yaoyun said.
"What is that, granny?" Su Gin’er asked.
Elder Susan looked at the two children and the two goddesses not too far from them. This is something the two goddesses already knew and it wasn’t truly a secret. It’s just that those other old things didn’t want the young ones to step over their heads and take their spots. That’s why this information was only shared to those who successfully reached Huashen Realm.
"The Heavenly Quota is something like a list. This is a list of cultivators at Huashen and Mahayana Realm cultivators all wanted to be included to. Being on this list meant that they will be brought over to the upper realm world. This world is called the Immortal World. A land where only gods live."
"There are only ten heavenly quotas. All those who were listed on it will have no other choice but to leave this world. Whether they like it or not, they will be taken away."
"This is also the reason why there aren’t any Mahayana Realm cultivators in this world. They were all taken away."
Su Gin’er asked, "Why couldn’t they reject leaving? What if one doesn’t want to leave their home planet?"
"Only those at Huashen Realm have the choice of staying or leaving. But once they reach Mahayana Realm, especially when they are young, they will be taken. Those who would descend into our world, the weakest of them was in Mahayana Realm and a high ranked one."
"As for why they are taking them, maybe there is a power struggle in their own world and they replenish their people to lower worlds like ours." Elder Susan said.
With a frown on her face, Princess Qin Yaoyun said, "Are they treating our world like some kind of farm? A farm where they can take Huashen and Mahayana Realm cultivators at will. Are immortals that bad?"
"In the world of cultivators, the weak have no say and the strong can do as they wish. If you don’t want to be treated as one, get stronger. Stronger than they are. So when the time comes they descend again, you have a chance to fight back."
"That old man the Moon Goddess had killed, he might be the caretaker of this world. Now that his clone was killed, the moon goddess had bought us enough time." Elder Susan said.
She looked at the two goddesses not far from them and mumbles, "I just wonder if this bought time was enough for us to achieve what we need to do."
Su Gin’er and Princess Yaoyun turned silent. The fate of this world was something beyond them and only their ancestors and seniors can do anything about it. After looking at the Qin Ancestor and the Holy Witch, they noticed the half dead man in the corner. The Holy Witch was merciless as she crippled the scumbag without hesitation.
After losing not only his cultivation but also his divinity, the formerly good looking Divine Farmer now looks like a beggar old man with a wilted body and wrinkles. He was gasping at every breath as if he would be dying anytime soon. But for some reason the bastard is still alive.
Su Gin’er looked angry and pointed at Pang Ju while saying, "Granny, let’s kill that one! He is a bad man that controls Grandaunt Suzi!"
"Let’s torture him a bit more before killing him," said Princess Qin as she pulled out a whip from her waist.
Seeing the rage in the young girl’s eyes, Elder Susan didn’t stop them. Just in case she had enclosed them into a barrier that isolated sound. So that no matter how much that scumbag screams, he won’t affect the two ladies in the middle of their enlightenment and he can scream as much as he wants.