Incarnation Of The Overlord

Chapter 09

Officially becoming a disciple, Song Que—who no longer had parents—immediately regarded Long Jitian as his adoptive father.

Within that short period of time, there was not much that Long Jitian was able to teach him. When the poison had spread too far and could no longer be controlled, the old body that was once mighty like a giant now lay weak, his breath beginning to rise and fall faintly. But it could be seen from his gaze that he no longer had any regrets.

“The responsibility I will hand over to you for the redemption of my sins! Before I die, there is a gift for you. Come closer!”

Song Que shed tears when he heard Long Jitian’s faint voice. Even though their meeting had been brief, it had left a deep impression in his heart. Song Que lowered his head and moved closer. Long Jitian raised his hand and grasped Song Que’s head, then pulled it toward his forehead. Their foreheads touched, and a current of electricity formed there, wrapped in bright energy. “This is all of my cultivation achievements!” he said before collapsing.

Song Que shuddered. His body trembled as he felt energy entering his body. In his energy center, a golden color immediately formed, wrapped with the black ring that was already there, and now another ring appeared with a blue color that crackled with electricity.

Boom! His body suddenly felt lighter. At that moment, he had broken through to the middle stage of the Energy Core. One major level had been gained from the cultivation given by Long Jitian. If Long Jitian’s spiritual strength had not weakened, it might have been possible to increase two major levels at once, because Long Jitian had once reached the Earth King level.

Song Que slowly exhaled as he felt power far greater than before. The Lightning Soul Root had grown, and he could now cultivate lightning energy. Now, with dual attributes, he could compete with stronger opponents.

Tears clearly fell at that moment when he looked at the body lying there without breath. But he did not wipe them away. Twice he had witnessed the death of someone close to him. It was as if the world had judged him, casting him aside cruelly without compassion.

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After burying Long Jitian’s body and paying his respects, Song Que continued practicing the scripture that Long Jitian had given him before his death. It was a scripture from the Buddha Temple, belonging to the holy monk who had died at Long Jitian’s hands. Long Jitian had gone there precisely to obtain that sacred scripture. But unfortunately, he could not learn it—perhaps because of the impurity of his heart. However, he did not show it to others or speak about the scripture. His friend also desired the scripture he possessed, which caused endless friction between them. In the end, he was poisoned and nearly killed. Fortunately, his cultivation had already reached the Earth King level. Otherwise, he would certainly have died there.

His cultivation gradually declined over time due to the erosion of the Jade Silk Parasite that slowly consumed the spiritual energy within his body. Because of that, his body continued to weaken, and eventually his cultivation dropped significantly.

Song Que forgot his sadness as he meditated using the Eternal Sutra from the Eternal Scripture. He became immersed in understanding power, and layers of energy continuously radiated from his body. They formed beautiful garments that were impenetrable and undefeatable. He seemed like a newly discovered nobility. The radiance of yellow light dazzled the eyes, and he entered enlightenment.

With his cultivation at the middle stage of the Energy Core, he had now transformed into a powerful battle machine. A young man no weaker than men who were already over thirty years old.

In addition to memorizing the Eternal Sutra from the Eternal Scripture, Song Que also trained his physical body using the training methods that Long Jitian had instructed before his death.

After three months of training with both methods, Song Que had developed a muscular body with eight-pack abs on his stomach. Without a shirt, the beads of sweat covering his body added a deep impression.

Perhaps, perhaps if a young woman had been there at that moment, she would have looked at his physique with admiring eyes.

Song Que plunged himself into a pool naturally formed by nature, the water extremely clear with several kinds of fish swimming within it. He realized that there was another way out besides destroying the cave entrance that had been sealed by Long Jitian—through the flowing river water. For the past three months, he had eaten the fish in the river. That was the only thing he could do. Fortunately, the cave was also very spacious inside, with a height of one hundred meters and a width of fifty. So he could train very well. Even though he had not been exposed to sunlight for a long time, it did not make him weak.

Now he was ready to explore the world. He looked and saw three rings on his fingers. He took a box and stored two rings inside—those belonging to his parents. Then he stored them within the ring left by Long Jitian, which remained on his ring finger.

After that, without wearing a shirt and only using long pants, Song Que jumped into the water and held his breath. He followed the current, swimming like a fish with both legs kicking. He felt very happy, as if the water was a playground. Even though he was already seventeen years old, in truth he had never played during his childhood. That time had been spent in futile training and helping his father search for medicine.

Seeing light ahead, Song Que accelerated his swimming speed. He quickly rose to the surface and came out of the water. From the height, he could see a beautiful view, and beneath his feet the water plunged downward in a waterfall. It felt very refreshing.

He then jumped along with the flow of the water.

Boom! The sound of an explosion was heard.

At that moment, a battle was taking place. There was a hut by the river that had been surrounded by dozens of people, and its roof had been blown away by a deliberately launched attack.

“Come out, Wang Lai! I have come to demand revenge!”

A forty-year-old man shouted. His name was She Cai. He was an expert who had fairly good qualifications, and at his current age he had reached the late stage of the Energy Core. With bold courage, he came to the hut where his enemy lived. He had also gathered much information and obtained a favorable one—that Wang Lai had suffered internal injuries after fighting a powerful figure whom he could not offend.

At that time, Wang Lai had come to provide treatment as an invited physician. But that day was truly his misfortune. He had become trapped in an incident where the moment he touched the person, that person died instantly—even before he could provide treatment. At that moment, a killing aura surrounded him. He was attacked by many people and suffered internal injuries, although he managed to escape thanks to the level of his strength.

An old man came out of the house. There were no wrinkles on his face. His skin looked like that of someone still in his thirties. His forehead furrowed after observing the situation, and his gaze fell upon She Cai.

“Revenge? We have no conflict. Why do you have a grudge against me?”

“You are very foolish and forgetful. Let me remind you. Ten years ago, you killed a woman—and she was my daughter. At a restaurant called Bungas. Do you remember now?”

“Hemm… that was karma for her after she had done wrong to others!” said Wang Lai after remembering the incident when he had to kill a young woman who had been so rude and arrogant.