Ultimate Scheming System - Chapter 10

Chapter 10
"Ding! Congratulations to host ‘Xu Que’ on defeating Big Panther and successfully acting tough . The reward is 10 act tough points . "

"Ding! Congratulations to host ‘Xu Que’ on defeating Big Panther . The reward is 400 experience points . "

The system beep sounded in his head .

Xu Que froze .

What the, I… killed someone?

Xu Que felt rather astonished as he only wanted to test the power of Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations . He was surprised at the fact that it took merely one punch in the first form to brutally kill Big Panther who had a natural God-like strength .

"Dragon… This… This is a dragon alright!"

Suddenly, a feeble, trembling voice filled with an expression of fear, could be heard .

Then, the group of Water Back villagers uniformly knelt on the ground with terrified looks as they tremble in fear . They faced Xu Que and pleaded:

"Ah! Immortal elder, immortal elder! Please have mercy!"

"We were ignorant, immortal elder, please forgive us and let us live!"

Eh? What’s this?

Xu Que froze for a moment .

"Puff!" "Puff!"

Before he even knew it, he could hear muffled sounds coming from behind him .

Xu Que turned around to look and was stunned .

Several Pan Shan villagers, without a care for their injuries, also knelt down along with frightened faces and begged for mercy .

Back at Xiao Rou who froze in her tracks, she had her eyes filled with utter fear .

How could this be?

Xu Que couldn’t swallow the dramatic turn of events . It was understandable that the Water Back villagers were kneeling down to him but witnessing the Pan Shan villagers kneeling to him was intolerable .

Especially Xiao Rou whose eyes were filled with fear . Xu Que was crushed .

"Fellow villagers, what are you all doing, get up! I am only dealing with these bad guys . I have no intention to harm you people!"

He quickly dispersed his Qi, followed by the abrupt disappearance of the dragon figure around him . He faced the Pan Shan villagers and called out .

The villagers continued to kneel with the same petrified faces . All of them are too scared to speak .

Xu Que panicked, looked at Xiao Rou and said, " Wh-What is happening? Tell the villagers to rise! I don’t mean any harm . "

Xiao Rou regained her attention . After that, she looked at Xu Que with fright and replied, "You… You are an immortal cultivator…"

"What immortal cultivator!? I am the same as you people . We are all human!"

Xu Que was astonished . Was being a cultivator this scary? It seemed like they were worshipping an entity of deity of some sort . "

"Xiao Rou, don’t be afraid . I really mean them no harm . Tell me, what exactly is happening?"

"Really?" Xiao Rou spoke timidly .

"Of course!" Xu Que nodded .

Upon the reply, she became less pale from being frightened and regained her composure .

Following that, she explained to Xu Que regarding the immortals .

It turned out that to the east of the Pan Shan and Water Back village, there was a group of cultivators called the Celestial Sect .

It also turned out that in a hundred kilometer radius, all villages, including the Pan Shan and Water Back villages were under protection by the Celestial Sect .

However, the villages had to offer ration once a month . If a particular village had killed a wild beast, they can use the core of the beast to replace the ration tribute .

If under any circumstances, they have neither enough demon cores nor ration to tribute, the village will come under punishment .

Celestial Sect’s people will personally come to the village and capture several men and bring them up into the mountains . No one will know how and when they died, without any trace .

That was the reason the villagers were so afraid of cultivators .

After hearing the explanation, Xu Que was brimming with rage .

It was clear to him that the Celestial Sect were bullies . They took advantage of the fact that they were cultivators to extort from the villagers, causing them to live in fear .

"You people never thought of revolting before?"

Xu Que couldn’t help but ask but when the words came out of his mouth, he felt that he just gave himself a slap in the face .

It was a stupid question . No matter how weak, the people of Celestial Sect would at least have trained and went through the Qi Refining Stage and would have honed their skills to a certain level . The villagers wouldn’t have a chance to defeat them .

"We wouldn’t dare…" Xiao Rou nodded and replied . She did not— in any way, thought that Xu Que’s question was stupid .

Feeling disappointed with himself, Xu Que leaned towards Xiao Rou and said, "Xiao Rou, I’ll go back home first . Please help to tell the villagers that I am unapproving of the Celestial Sect people . Tell them to get up and not be afraid of me . I really mean no harm to the village . "

On his way, he met the several men along with the rest . They were late .

They saw him and panickedly asked, "Little brother, are you hurt? What happened to Big Panther and company?"

"Ah, I believe you!" Xiao Rou nodded profusely and not as afraid of him as before .

This made Xu Que heave a sigh of relief . He looked ahead at the Water Back villagers briefly and said, "Oh yes Xiao Tou, continue to let those Water Back people kneel . Tell them not to go until the Sun has set . "

After telling her what to do, Xu Que left for the inner part of the village, where men were gathered ready to deal with the Water Back Villagers .

Xu Que blocked their path and shouted out, "Fellow villagers, there is no need to go anymore . I have already taught them a good lesson and ordered them to kneel and reflect on their actions . "

"Ah, really?" the villagers shockingly asked .

Xu Que laughed and replied, "Of course, it’s true . I can even defeat the wild beast . Big Panther is nothing!"

The villagers became cheerful by the minute and exclaimed, "That’s Little brother for you!"

"Eh ya! I’m flattered . " Xu Que laughed widely . He loved these moments of subtly acting tough .

Back to Xiao Rou’s home, Xu Que immediately laid on the small, wooden bed and let out a perplexed sigh .

He supposed that he cannot talk on such relaxed terms with the men after they discover his identity . They would be too scared to speak with him casually .

"Hai, never mind, I suppose . I won’t be here forever anyway . After I help them on this tribute issue, I will be out of here . I have to explore this vast realm . "

"Xu Que regained his spirit and immediately sat up on the bed .

He rolled his eyes to signal the system .

Immediately, the character information interface popped up in front of him .

Host: Xu Que

Cultivation Stage: Foundation Building Stage Level 1 (Small progress)

Experience Points: 600/2000

Acting Tough Points: 15 points

Skill Path: Ability: Job class: None

Position: Consort Prince of the East Wilderness, Fire Country

"Eh, the progress of Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations became 0 . 1%? Is it because I just used it?"

Xu Que let out a shocked expression . Apparently, the skill could be progressed via usage . However, the speed of progression is rather slow . He was unpleased with it .

After feeling down for a bit, he immediately opened his deposit space and shifted his attention to the bunch of magic and skills he had stolen from the Celestial Sect safe .

"A good time to give the recycling function a try . " Xu Que thought aloud and started scanning through the skill descriptions .

"Lightweight art, eh . I could use that . Shall keep it . " The first skill book he saw was Celestial Sect’s foundational skill . Xu Que recalled that he had yet to train on a martial stance type of skill and became excited in the moment .

He continued browsing and saw many Celestial Sect related skills .

"Fire Cloud Fist, Flame Slash, Dark Fire Sword Art… None of them looks useful!"

He browsed ten different skills and shook his head in disapproval one after another .

After all, I am in the Fire Country and cultivators here mostly have fire-nature spiritual root . People mostly train with fire-related skills .

However, Xu Que felt that all these skills were too common and weren’t Celestial Sect’s real deal . He decided to keep the Lightweight art skill book and the rest were recycled by the system .

"Ding! Recycling of successful . Acquired 3 points of Skill Essence . "

"Ding! Recycling of successful . Acquired 5 points of Skill Essence . "

"Ding! Recycling of successful . Acquired 8 points of Skill Essence . "

"Ding! Recycling of…"

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