12 Sometimes, Toughness Doesnst Have To Be Feigned! (1/2)
Chapter 12: Sometimes, Toughness Doesn't Have To Be Feigned!
Translator: Translation NationEditor: Translation Nation
The faces of the villagers within the underground cellar turned.
”Not good! The immortals are all coming.”
Even Xiao Rou looked flustered as she turned towards Xu Que.
”Brother Xu Que, hurry and flee. If you don’t leave now, there might not be another chance.”
”That’s right! Xiao Rou is correct. You have to leave quickly and stop delaying it.”
”Immortal Elder, please leave. We can hold onto them.”
”That’s right! They’re no big deal. We can all fight and resist them…”
Everyone started urging him anxiously.
Xu Que’s heart skipped a beat!
These simple-minded villagers didn’t think of selling him out and betraying him when crisis struck. Instead, they were willing to risk their lives for him to flee.
At such a crucial point, if he were to greedily and selfishly run away, would he still be considered a man?
”Boom!”
Another loud sound rang out, causing the entire cellar to tremble. It felt as though the entire cellar could crumble down any moment as pieces of debris loosened and fell to the ground.
Sounds could be heard coming from outside as well.
”All of you insects, you have the audacity!”
”All of you are mere mortals and yet you dare to protect and hide the person we’re searching for?!”
Following those shouts, the pleas of the villagers outside could be heard from within the cellar.
”Immortal Elders, please spare us! We really don’t know where he’s gone to.”
”Yes, Immortal Elders. As soon as we woke up, we’ve not seen him. He already departed from here.”
”Hm… then you only have to blame your poor luck. Kill them all!”
”Immortal Elders, please spare us!”
”Ah!!!”
”No!!!”
”Ah! Village chief!”
Soon after, the anguished cries of agony wafted into the underground cellar.
Fuck!
Cultivators, cultivate your sisters!
How could you bear to kill these innocent and simple villagers!
I shall fight it out with you guys and kill you to repay for the lives you’ve taken!
Xu Que clenched his fists, his entire body was trembling in fury. He was thoroughly pissed.
He turned around immediately before dashing upstairs.
”Brother Xu Que, you can’t go!”
Xiao Rou and the rest of the villagers couldn’t react in time to restrain him and were too late.
Since she couldn’t do anything about it, Xiao Rou bit her lips before chasing after him as well.
”Xiao Rou, what are you doing?!”
Da Zhuang and the rest of the villagers couldn’t react in time to hold her back as well. They let out a shout of surprise at her reaction before deciding to chase after her as well.
Xu Que was almost crazed, his eyes were bloodshot as he ran in hot pursuit of the immortals above.
”Boom!” A loud sound rang out.
The cupboard which was used as the entrance broke into fragments as Xu Que charged right through like a crazed beast as he sped towards the entrance of the village.
The scene which greeted his eyes was that of a cruel slaughter.
Several villagers had fallen and were lying motionless in a puddle of their own blood. Even in death, they maintained a look of utter fear. Many other villagers were on their knees, all kowtowing and begging for their lives.
The dozen cultivators were floating atop their flying swords. Their hands were behind their backs as they stood upright and watched the scene down below coldly.
At this point, several bursts of fire elemental Qi combined together to form a large sword and was about to descend onto the kneeling villagers who were begging for their lives.
”Stop it right now!”
Xu Que burst out in anger as he rushed towards the villagers. In the split deciding seconds between life and death, he stood in front of them.
”Bam!”
He arrived in the nick of time to take the blow of the fiery sword as he sustained severe injuries but he had saved the lives of the villagers. Blood spurted out from his mouth and stained the ground.
”Brother Xu Que…”
”Immortal Elder Xu…”
The villagers were all taken aback. Even the people who had ran after Xiao Rou— Da Zhuang and the rest of them. Just seeing the bravery and selflessness of Xu Que caused their eyes to glisten with tears.
All these while, these villagers had always felt like mere ants before immortals. Everyone knew that just a flick of their finger was enough to see them squashed to death.
Yet Xu Que was willing to sacrifice his life in order to ensure their safety. He rushed straight out to stop their immortal magic arts and saved their own village people.
This selfless act deeply moved the hearts of the villagers. Being touched and the sorrow of seeing their fallen villagers welled together and formed tears which rolled down their faces.
”Ding! Congratulations to host ‘Xu Que’ for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 acting tough points.”
The system beeped out in his head.
Xu Que didn’t seem to care about the points as he raised his head and glared at the group of floating immortals.
The cultivating immortals blinked several times before recognizing Xu Que. All of them simultaneously laughed out coldly.
”Haha!” Looks like the turtle had decided to come out of its shell?”
”If you had came out earlier, all these mortals wouldn’t have to die.”
”Although we don’t know much about your history, we’ve heard that you plundered the treasures belonging to the Celestial Sect. We just received the order to kill you. Looks like you shouldn’t think of escaping alive today.”
”All the treasures and items which you stole now belongs to us!’
”Keke... but we would never have imagined that you would be selfless enough to give your life up for these stupid commoners. I really don’t know if you’re stupid or silly or stupid and silly. Hahaha!!!”
The cultivating immortals whose hands were stained with the blood of the innocent villagers, started laughing out manically.
They were perched high above as they laughed out mockingly at Xu Que. They took Xu Que for an ants under their feet. All that was needed was to gently step on him to crush and kill him.
At this point, Xu Que straightened himself as he raised his head to give a death glare at the immortals above.
”In the past, I always enjoyed acting tough.”
Xu Que spoke out suddenly, interrupting their laughters.