Chapter 1013 - 963: That Damn Shura Venerable!

"Father King, I want to make a trip to the Fire Origin Country!"

Shuiyuan Country.

Inside the imperial palace.

A stunningly pretty young woman in luxurious silk walked into the council hall with natural poise, completely ignoring all the ministers seated there, and spoke bluntly.

Though it sounded like she was asking for permission, her tone was firm as steel.

Go to the Fire Origin Country?

Go to the Fire Origin Country at a time like this?

Could her intention be any more obvious?

The ministers all looked at one another.

The Princess and the Shura Venerable had some kind of history—this wasn’t exactly a secret in Shuiyuan Country.

They knew that much, but they didn’t know the details of that story as clearly as the King did.

It was his daughter who’d thrown away her dignity to pester him shamelessly, madly in love, dying for him, before she finally obtained the Shura Venerable’s favor.

Only for that bastard Shura Venerable to treat his daughter like a plaything to be tossed aside when he was done. Yet constrained by that Demon’s intimidation, even as a Monarch he’d had no choice but to swallow his broken teeth down into his own gut!

But only the two of them, father and daughter, knew this; they’d never dared say it out loud. Otherwise, what would people think of the Royal Family of Shuiyuan Country? What kind of label would the Princess of Shuiyuan Country get in the streets?

He had originally thought that with the Shura Venerable’s fall, the Princess would be able to forget that bastard and begin a new life. Who would’ve thought that during the time Shura Venerable was gone, she would spend her days in tears, never able to escape, making this King worry endlessly for her future.

He hadn’t expected that, after being away from the world for so long, the Shura Venerable would return once more, stirring the whole Cangqiong Continent into a frenzy and panic. In such a situation, with the Princess wanting to go to the Fire Origin Country, her intention was already self-evident!

"Not allowed!" The King of the Fire Origin Country said in a deep voice.

"Father King, my mind is made up. I only came to inform you because I was afraid you’d worry!" The Princess shook her head, her attitude unyielding.

"I do not permit it!" The King sprang to his feet, yet his expression was dim and bitter.

How could he not know what his own daughter’s temperament was like?

Actually trying to restrain her... that was hard!

"Your Majesty, this old minister dares to ask: may I ask if the Princess wishes to go seek out the Shura Venerable?"

At this moment, as father and daughter locked eyes in a standoff—

An elderly minister who had poured his whole life’s efforts into Shuiyuan Country stood up and spoke.

There was no verbal answer.

The Princess merely nodded.

She felt there was nothing worth hiding, and besides, it couldn’t be hidden.

"Your Majesty, if we can make the Shura Venerable the Prince Consort of our Shuiyuan Country, that would be a tremendous blessing! It might even allow our Shuiyuan Country to become the leader of the Five Kingdoms!" the old minister said.

At these words—

The King shot him a glare.

He couldn’t help cursing in his heart.

"What the hell do you know! Make him the Prince Consort of Shuiyuan Country? Is that even possible! That bastard only treats her as something to play with and throw away! How could that ever happen? And you call it a blessing? If it’s such a blessing, why don’t you send your daughter over to throw herself at him and get ruined? As for using this to become leader of the Five Kingdoms? Even more bullshit! Is there a single Kingdom among the Five Kingdoms whose Princess hasn’t been ruined by him? Even the Princess of the Fire Origin Country became his plaything in the bed. How come the Fire Origin Country isn’t the leader of the Five Kingdoms?"

Of course, these words were something the King obviously couldn’t say out loud.

He withdrew the glare he’d thrown at the old minister.

And stared straight at the Princess. "You insist on going?"

"Father King, you know I’ve never been one to change my mind," the Princess said, shaking her head.

"Child, what’s the point? You know better than anyone," the King sighed, shaking his head bitterly.

"Some things, some people, are always worth throwing yourself into, even if you know full well you’re a moth rushing into the flame," the Princess said calmly.

Hearing this, the King let out a weary breath, his expression desolate.

He stared at the Princess for several breaths before finally shaking his head and waving his hand.

Things had already come to this. With the Princess taking such a stance, what could he still change?

He couldn’t change anything!

As for having people keep her under strict watch? That wasn’t realistic!

Her Cultivation had already reached the Late Stage of Nascent Soul!

"Thank you, Father King! Your daughter takes her leave!"

With a graceful sweep of her long sleeves—

The Princess turned on her heel and strode away under the ministers’ stunned gazes.

....

"Old man, where the hell are you?"

Leaving Qingcheng Mountain—

Qin Fan arrived at the peak of the famed Flame Mountain of the Fire Origin Country.

This was the highest mountain in Flame City of the Fire Origin Country. Looking down from here, one could basically take the entire Flame City in at a glance.

But what made it truly famous wasn’t its height.

It was its temperature.

Calling this place a magma furnace wouldn’t be an exaggeration at all.

Precisely because of this, it had become a forbidden zone that many Low Rank cultivators avoided like the plague.

Standing on the summit of Flame Mountain, Qin Fan, with his Nihility, couldn’t feel any scorching heat.

Facing the fire wind, gazing at the once incomparably familiar Flame City, Qin Fan frowned and murmured to himself.

This place held far, far too many memories for him, and it was also where his new life began.

Back then, after the old man of the Heavenly Dao brought him from Earth, he’d thrown him straight into this Flame City. Ask yourself, how was an ordinary person who’d lived on Earth supposed to endure being tossed into Flame City, where the lowest temperature never dipped below fifty degrees?

In those early days, every single second made him feel like he was living through years!

Hundreds of years ago, standing just like this, talking to himself as he gazed out, he’d recalled scene after scene of what he’d gone through back then.

"Help, help—wah! Help! I—fuck—your—mother! Dog grandpa, spare this little one, will you? You’ve been chasing me for twenty-three damn days and nights already!"

Suddenly—

Right as Qin Fan was tracing back his memories—

A near-crying shout echoed out from within Flame Mountain.

Judging by that aura, it wasn’t hard to tell the rhythm was completely chaotic.

There was a hint of someone at the end of their rope.

But anyone who dared enter Flame Mountain was definitely no ordinary character. How could they be chased by a single fire hound for twenty or thirty days and nights?

Qin Fan just shook his head and chuckled at this.

He had no desire to bother with it. Saving a life might be better than building a seven-story Futu, but he found it troublesome.

Yes—too much trouble.

Just as he finished looking down at Flame City and was about to leave—

The voice from inside rang out again.

"You damn Shura Venerable! This is all your fault! If you hadn’t made me help you raise this damned dog, would I be in this mess? And you even lied to me, saying there was some great chance waiting for me on Flame Mountain—chance, my ass, I’ve chanced away my damn life! Help! Shura Venerable, you turtle bastard, I won’t let you off even if I die! No, that’s not right—you damn turtle bastard had it good, the old thief Heaven took you away clean and neat, but you left me here to die!"

Oh?

Qin Fan furrowed his brows.

In that instant, he suddenly felt that voice sounded a bit familiar.

Raise this damned dog?

Chance on Flame Mountain?

Qin Fan, who had halted mid-step, couldn’t help bursting into laughter in a daze!

He remembered!

He knew exactly who was yelling in there!

"Hahaha, hahahaha, hahahahaha!"

As the answer surfaced in his mind—

Qin Fan turned back around, walked to the center of the mountaintop, and roared with laughter!

True Qi surged, and in an instant that hearty laughter rolled out to envelop the entirety of Flame Mountain, inside and out.