Chapter 198 - Zhu Jian Celestial Race (1/2)

Zhong Yue rested for awhile, then opened his eyes and stood up, he said, "Senior Martial Brother Zhu, shall we?"

Quickly, Zhu Jushan also stood up and said happily, "Senior Martial Brother Zhong, don't you want to rest a little bit more?"

Zhong Yue said in a serious tone, "Killing those celestial Qi Practitioners from before was nothing to me. The only reason I accepted your offer to rest was to ease Senior Martial Brother Zhu's heart. After this short period of rest, you wouldn't think that you are taking advantage of my fatigue, and this way, you can also die peacefully without any grievances."

The other two celestial Qi Practitioners gazed at one another and exited the cottage, the atmosphere was too suffocating for them to endure.

This was the battle between two young and talented cultivators. They were enemies and yet, they treated one another with respect. The celestial offered the human to rest and the human did so to ease the celestial's mind.

Their hearts longed to crush one another in their hands, but at the same time, they acted with extreme civility. It might seem absurdly odd to others but it was normal to them as they were both men of honor and pride. Having extreme trust in their own powers and abilities. This conviction all stemmed from their utmost confidence in the belief that they were the strongest in their level, the one and only invincible one!

Showing this level of consideration towards their opponent was because in their hearts, the other one was already a dead man. Showing some politeness to the dead was merely nothing to them.

This in turn, however, suffused the air with a mentally oppressing atmosphere that could infuse fear into weaker opponents.

However, Zhong Yue and Zhu Jushan remained placid, all while the other Qi Practitioners on the side hastily departed the cottage in terror.

"It's been a long time since I've met with a strong guy like you, all the other celestials avoided me because I'm too strong, no one dared to challenge me ... merely cowards that feared death."

Zhu Jushan moved his limbs around and stretched his muscles. He whined, "As for the other two celestials that are able to stand against me — one is a lady from the Zhu Yan celestial race, but it's no fun to fight a female. The other kept running away from me, avoiding a battle. It's hard to come by a strong and formidable opponent like you. Finally, I can go all out in a battle! Oh yes, is Senior Martial Brother Zhong a fan of soul weapons?"

Zhong Yue was empty-handed, even when he had fought with the Qi Practitioners from before, he did not use any soul weapons; hence, the reason as to Zhu Jushan's question.

When the cultivators advanced into the level of Awakening, they would usually store their soul weapons away in their secret realms. Although Zhong Yue had only opened the realms two months ago, Zhu Jushan believed that with Zhong Yue's prowess and cultivation base, he could definitely expand the realms to a size that could store his soul weapons.

However, unexpectedly, Zhong Yue nodded and replied, "It's a hasty trip to the West Barren, I didn't bring any soul weapons with me."

"In that case, I'll not use my soul weapons."

The other two Qi Practitioners stood with their mouths agape as they heard him. Not having any soul weapons was Zhong Yue's one disadvantage and yet, he had just forthrightly told his opponent.

Even more so, when Zhu Jushan was told that Zhong Yue did not have any soul weapons, rather than taking the chance to take advantage of his weak point, Zhu Jushan instead decided not to use soul weapons as well!

These two guys, their brains are somehow deformed! The two Qi Practitioners gazed at one another and thought to themselves.

Zhu Jushan walked out of the cottage with his hands on his back, he was nearly twice as tall as Zhong Yue. Raising his head up, he took a moment to appreciate the downy snow, "It's coming to the end of the year, the winter will once again paint the ground into a sea of snow. Every year this season, I'll always go back to the Zhu Jian celestial temple without fail. My tribal people will be busy preparing for the ceremony to worship our ancestors and listen to the voices and words of the Zhu Jian god."

Zhong Yue followed behind, and resonated with him, he said placidly, "In our Swords Gate, the Lawless Battles of the upper house should also be starting soon. The upper house disciples must be doing everything they can to try and increase their strength now. This year's Lawless Battles will be incredibly amazing as the atmosphere in Swords Gate has changed as compared to last year. There is a kind of … oppression lingering in the air, I suppose that there will be more experts emerging this year."

"Senior Martial Brother Zhong, you humans worship your ancestors?" Zhu Jushan asked curiously.

"We do."

Zhong Yue smiled in return, "Worshiping our ancestors is a form of ceremony to express our deference to the ancestors. We humans think that when our ancestors receive our worship, their spirits would become the gods that guards over us. The totem spirits of the big clans are usually the spirits of the ancestors or guardians of the clans. Even the smaller tribes worship the ancestors, just that they were not as strong as the bigger clans, most of them wouldn't have totem spirits guarding over them."

Zhu Jushan cast his gaze over to the West Barren and said, "It's been a long time since Senior Martial Brother Zhong returned to your home, hasn't it? Cultivators like you and me, as we grow in age and strength, we don't get to return back to our home as often anymore. Whenever there is a festival going on, my heart yearns to go back and reunite with my friends and families, is Senior Martial Brother Zhong the same as me?"

Far away from them, the two celestial Qi Practitioners gazed at one another; Zhong Yue and Zhu Jushan were chatting leisurely among themselves, pontificating on the cultural lives of the Zhu Jian celestial race and the human race, and by the looks of it, it seemed like the conversation would last for quite some time.

One of the Qi Practitioner mumbled softly, "So … are they going to have a battle, or are they trying to become sworn brothers…."

KRONG——

Just when he finished his sentence, a loud din came from the mountain top, striking right on their eardrums, temporarily deafening them with the buzzing sounds of the immense impact force!

An avalanche was created from the mountain top, the snow rumbled down all over the mountain to the mountain-foot! Revealing the true face of the snow mountain— a mountainous glacier!

Zhong Yue's palm and Zhu Jushan's palm clashed together, pushing the snow away from them, the impact was so strong that the cottage was instantly torn into pieces!