Chapter 269

"I am not the original owner of this body, Nie Xu."

Since there was no point in hiding it anymore, Qi Xing decided to be straightforward and explain, "I am a transmigrator from another universe. I don't know why I entered your brother's shell. I have no idea where his original soul and consciousness went, and I didn't inherit his memories. In fact, I don't even know who you are. 'breaker of the inner world' is currently causing a reading frenzy in the UU Library. Haven't you read it yet?"

This immediately stunned the woman. Then, she revealed a look of considerable annoyance: "Brother, if you're going to have this kind of attitude, it would have been better if you just ignored me directly; it makes it seem like I'm here making a scene."

Damn, it seems she doesn't believe me.

She must rarely read web novels. Damn it, the education in the Nie Family must have problems. What should I do now?

Qi Xing remembered that when he first transmigrated ten years ago, although he had stayed with the Nie Family for less than a month, he hadn't gotten close to anyone, so he really didn't have any impression of the person in front of him.

"I'm telling the truth."

Since he couldn't just hit someone, Qi Xing could only rub his temple and explain patiently, "Someone else has taken over this body, Miss. Believe it or not, it's up to you. If you have other matters, feel free to speak."

Clearly, no matter what Qi Xing said, the woman who had traveled all the way to Rome didn't believe his words—which was normal. It's hard to imagine anyone seeing their brother after ten years, only for him to insist he had been soul-transmigrated into, and not think it was crazy talk. Even people in the supernatural society wouldn't believe it; they would just think this person was trying to play dumb to deceive them.

"Fine, fine!"

Seeing that Qi Xing refused to "admit" it no matter what, the woman had to speak coldly with obvious resentment: "Nice to meet you, Brother. I am Nie Yu, your half-sister."

Half-sister? That's a bit better. Qi Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I came to find you this time because I have a few things I want to ask."

Miss Nie Yu paused with a sullen face, but her expression remained unchanged when she asked, "Brother—why did you run away from home?"

Ouch, the very first question is a killer.

"Because that home has problems."

Qi Xing frowned, "Miss Nie…"

"Please don't call me that."

"Alright, then, Miss Yu." Qi Xing shook his head, "—That home has problems. You really don't feel it, do you?"

"I don't feel anything." Nie Yu replied coldly, "Brother, you are the peerless genius that our ancestors spent nine generations to conceive. Everything the family has done, every resource they have spent, was all to help you achieve immortality—and yet, you ran away from home without permission."

Qi Xing certainly knew this, and he had no way to refute it.

But he was finally a bit speechless: "…It's been ten years, and you are only sending someone to talk to me about this now?"

Is this complaint efficiency a bit too low?

"This is all because the ancestor kept saying in the family that since you ran away on your own, we shouldn't come after you."

Nie Yu gritted her teeth, "More than three years ago, even when you were wandering outside on your own, you achieved immortality. This precisely proves the excellence of your innate immortal bones."

"Perhaps you have made a name for yourself abroad that even the World Supernatural Alliance praises as 'Master Leipu', and even the world now calls you 'Venerable Leipu'—Brother, please don't forget, you have achieved immortality and become an ancestor, becoming one of the strongest in the world, but everything you have today is ultimately based on the immortal bones the Nie Family bestowed upon you."

"Otherwise, ask yourself, could you have achieved immortality just by wandering outside on your own for seven years?"

Well, technically speaking, Qi Xing of course knew it was indeed very difficult.

He achieved immortality by relying on constant fighting and killing, breaking free from life and death, without proper mental cultivation methods.

The fact that this reckless method could succeed was not just due to good luck and high martial arts comprehension; it was likely because, on one hand, Qi Xing's soul was a 'Descender', which had a huge genuine advantage in Sasa's pirated universe; on the other hand, the body he soul-transmigrated into in this life was indeed an immortal bone specifically cultivated by an immortal cultivation family.

Without all these reasons combined, it would have been absolutely impossible for Qi Xing to achieve immortality in just seven years.

If he hadn't achieved immortality, Qi Xing wouldn't have been able to defeat Professor Vanstra on the cruise ship last year, defeat Sasa, seize the 'silver coin', and become a Demon King.

Without the previous foundation, everything would just be empty talk.

Qi Xing didn't think his achievement of immortality was entirely due to the body's innate talent. But if he kept saying that his success was entirely due to his own efforts, that would be even more shameless than Sasa.

Therefore, even though this Nie Yu came to make threats, Qi Xing just frowned and didn't refute her.

He just listened quietly to Nie Yu's words before saying lightly: "What you said indeed makes sense."

"So what?"

"After ten years, you finally came to find me. What on earth do you want?"

"If you want me to return this body, of course I won't give it to you. But if it's just to discuss other conditions, at least I'm not unwilling to talk."

This was the attitude of 'Venerable Leipu'.

Qi Xing did admit—he had to admit—that at least one-third of the reason for who he was today came from the stolen body.

If he didn't acknowledge his roots, he couldn't settle past debts, and he couldn't continue moving forward.

If he hadn't met this messenger from the Nie Family today… Qi Xing never expected that these words, which he would have to say to Sasa, would also become a boomerang and fly back to hit his own head.

If the Nie Family wanted him to pay off the debt, Qi Xing was indeed willing to discuss it with them.

Sensing the change in aura from 'Venerable Leipu', this young lady from the Nie Family suddenly opened her eyes wide in astonishment, restrained herself quite a bit, and honestly continued: "…The ancestor hopes you can go back."

"You know that's impossible. I didn't want to go back ten years ago, let alone now."

Qi Xing raised his eyebrows, "What happened on your end? Why did you suddenly come to find me?"

If it was because Qi Xing had become stronger, they should have come three years ago; if it was because Qi Xing had become unimaginably strong, they should have come last year.

Coming to find him now probably meant that something had changed in the Nie Family.

After all, the whole world had started to change since the 'Battle of the Moon'.

Could it be that the Nie Family, which originally had an immortal ancestor, had fallen into danger since other immortals and patriarchs descended to fight for dojos?

This guess of Qi Xing's should have been quite reasonable.

However, his sister in this flesh hesitated for a while before asking in a low voice: "Brother, do you really not remember? Who is our ancestor?"

"I don't remember. I don't know—can you just say it directly? Did you used to act like this when talking to your brother? Was this body of mine a prickly, difficult person before?"

'Venerable Leipu' was already starting to get annoyed.

"Yes."

…As a result, one sentence from Nie Yu choked Qi Xing back, leaving him extremely speechless.

"Brother, our ancestor is not worried about other immortals descending and fighting her for the dojo."

Fortunately, this awkward younger sister finally brought the topic back and said seriously, "It's because our ancestor's master has returned."

Perhaps due to an immortal's intuition, these words did give Qi Xing an ominous premonition: "…And then?"

"And then our ancestor's master is the opponent you, 'Venerable Leipu', are now fighting for the world!"

Little sister Nie Yu was finally anxious, "Brother, if this continues, you will die! The ancestor hopes you will return quickly, apologize to the Grandmaster, show that you have no intention of fighting her for the world, and then return 'The Unborn Venerable Mother'… Only then might the Grandmaster spare your life!"

—Huh?

…What?

Wait, what? 'The Unborn Venerable Mother'?!

What on earth is this Nie Family doing?!

—Coincidentally, before Qi Xing could recover from his shock, at that very moment, he felt two extremely powerful forces flying towards Rome at high speed, having already passed through the magic array he had set up outside the city.

This was not scary. Qi Xing was a self-taught Martial Immortal, and his level of setting up arrays was extremely poor. Not to mention Demon Kings, he couldn't even stop someone at Xue Ning's level; it was just makeshift, used to guard against small monsters.

The moment the array was penetrated, Qi Xing felt it: there were two people, one in front and one behind. The latter was similar to Xue Ning, at the level of an 'Transcender' slightly weaker than an ordinary Demon King.

But—the one flying in the front, the intensity of her aura was even stronger than a Demon King using only one 'silver coin'!

In this universe, there were only four people who could have such an overwhelmingly strong aura.

'King of Hell' would not easily step out of 'Heaven', so there might only be two left.

"Ancestor!"

Nie Yu had already screamed, and in an instant, her voice changed, "Even the Grandmaster has come! Brother!"

"What are you afraid of? Stop shouting blindly."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the meeting room opened, and it was Xue Ning and Lin who rushed in. Although their personalities were opposite, their strength was not weak, and of course, they had already sensed something.

And Lin was calm, but Xue Ning was very panicked, even one could say terrified: "'Venerable Leipu', it's a Sage! A Sage is attacking!"

"I told you not to be afraid, don't shout blindly, sigh."

However, the person who surprised Qi Xing the most at this moment was Sasa.

She actually snuck in behind Xue Ning, the halo on her head spinning round and round: "Qi Xing! So many coins!"

An ancient Demon King flew over, of course it was many coins!

It's just a pity that Qi Xing didn't have time to continue complaining about Sasa. He had one thing that was too important to ask first.

"Miss Yu, don't panic yet—is the ancestor of this body of mine the leader of the 'Peacock Disciples'?!"

"What ancestor! Brother, are you really suffering from amnesia?!"

Nie Yu was anxious, "We are half-siblings; Brother, you were born by the ancestor herself!"

Damn it. I knew it would turn out like this!

—Some people might ask, why did Qi Xing refuse to go back to the Nie Family, and why wasn't he even willing to go back to say a few words and explain the facts clearly?

The answer lies right here.

Back then, when he had just transmigrated, without the memories of the body's original owner, and not understanding any of the situation, Qi Xing had vaguely sensed that the identities of his body's parents were likely quite extraordinary, and that the zombie ancestor with a large front armor in the family was always coming to covet him.

Feeling that the situation was not right, Qi Xing hurriedly ran away in advance.

A zombie with large front armor coveting your body was only part of the problem, and not even the main part of the problem.

What if this zombie was the who-knows-what of your physical body?

This was the real reason why Qi Xing felt terrified, to the point where he ran away very quickly.

And now, the facts clearly proved his terrible guess and feeling.

By comparison, the fact that the body he soul-transmigrated into in this life actually had a blood relationship with the leader of the 'Peacock Disciples' was simply not a big deal at all.

One after the other, the two absolute powerhouses had broken into the small palace of 'Venerable Leipu' in Rome.

Sure enough, the zombie immortal behind, with a talisman on her forehead, pale skin, blue hands, and an astonishing chest, was the Nie Family zombie ancestor Qi Xing had seen ten years ago.

Although she rushed into Qi Xing's small palace, she had a worried look, her brows were full of melancholy, and she looked more like she was forced to come, with no fighting intent at all.

On the contrary, the one walking in the front—not only was her aura extremely strong, but her appearance also indeed had a bit of immortal demeanor.

She wore a wide-sleeved long gown, the cyan and snow-white fabric seemed to carry its own radiance, and the ribbons were dotted with gilded dark patterns, floating naturally with her movements. Three thousand silver hairs were draped like a waterfall, like clouds and snow, icy and pure. A step-shake hairpin was slanted on her temple, trembling lightly with the flow of her aura, like stars following the moon.

Her skin was as white as congealed fat, her brows were like distant snowy ridges, her eyes were as clear as green springs, and her expression was calm and composed. Although she had a beautiful appearance, she had no worldly coquettishness, but rather a kind of transcendent holiness.

Looking at her right hand holding the scabbard, the crimson tassels swayed lightly with her steps. The unsheathed sword aura had already dissipated in the palace, making the air tremble faintly.

She was one of the strongest people in this universe.

When she walked to the center of the small palace, she retracted her sleeves, raised her head to look at Qi Xing, and when she opened her mouth, her voice was clear and echoing, like pine wind in the mountains, and like the light ringing of jade chimes, carrying a god-like majesty that could not be profaned.

"Nice to meet you, 'Venerable Leipu'."

"I am Duo Chenzi, here to pay a visit today."

Volume 7: Age of Dharma Ending Apocalypse: 247: I Am Duo Chenzi

The leader of the 'Peacock Disciples', and the ancient Demon King and Sage mentor behind them.