I Am Loaded with Passive Skills

He had become Hua Yuan, which meant he had entered the Fate Temple and, by chance, encountered Hua Yuan. Only after witnessing Hua Yuan’s abilities and killing him was he able to imitate him so vividly.

Yue Gongli just couldn’t figure out one thing…

When did Xu Xiaoshou’s combat strength soar to this level?

Hua Yuan was by no means weak. From a young age, he was a Sword Servant to Sword Deity Hua Changdeng, one as the person, the other as the shadow.

Shadows leave no name.

But whatever the owner looks like, the shadow must look roughly the same.

Apart from Sword Deity Hua, who is now a semi-saint, there were no extra positions of the Holy Emperor for this shadowy Sword Servant. Hua Yuan could very well be described as the demi-saint version of Sword Deity Hua.

A demi-saint Sword Deity Hua…

Judging by results, that could already be an existence so powerful it could decapitate a Bazhun’an owl with only half a head and cripple two fingers!

“I am not Xu Xiaoshou.” Hua Yuan finally pinpointed what was odd with Yue Gongli and explained:

“I entered from the Fate Temple’s plaque, encountered countless illusions of you along the way, either injured by you or killed by me, so I had to be on my guard.”

“You’re saying Xu Xiaoshou is here?”

Hua Yuan looked around, his gaze becoming alert as well, and after sweeping up and down, observed Yue Gongli a few times. “Are you Yue Gongli?”

Xu Xiaoshou…

According to Ai Cangsheng, who was on the Invitation to Saint,

He possessed the ability “One Person Produces Thousands of Children, Hard to Discern Whether Their Art is Right or Wicked,” and his imitation skills were extremely strong, not to be underestimated.

Hearing this, Yue Gongli’s nose twitched and he took a couple of breaths. Only then did he realize that he had likely been too suspicious.

The Fate Temple was not small, but not large either. Yue Gongli’s saint’s will could cover more than half of the several dozen smaller palaces and this main palace below his feet.

With Hua Yuan’s abilities, how loud a commotion would Xu Xiaoshou have to stir up to slay him?

But he hadn’t noticed the slightest disturbance…

“It’s not Xu Xiaoshou!”

It was an indescribable judgment, perhaps a man’s intuition about another man.

Yue Gongli didn’t catch that swagger, similar to that of the people from Sky City, from Hua Yuan, which meant the person in front of him shouldn’t be Xu Xiaoshou.

He cracked a smile:

“Give the secret signal then!”

A secret signal?

Hua Yuan frowned, there’s a secret signal?

Yue Gongli produced a jade scroll and pressed it to his forehead, speaking with a tinge of expectation:

“Mad Emperor is no bottom…”

What on earth is going on here, what kind of secret signal is this? I’m here to help you, how would I not know this… Hua Yuan’s brows furrowed even tighter.

“Come on, say it. ‘Mad Emperor is no bottom,’ what comes next?” Yue Gongli urged.

“I don’t know the secret signal.” Hua Yuan stood upright and unafraid, sword in hand, ready for battle.

“Mad Emperor is no bottom, Level Three…” Yue Gongli hinted at a word, nudging his chin up twice, “Come on, that’s the one!”

Level Three and what, nine?

Yue Gongli, can we not play these games?

Before he could even speak, Yue Gongli even hinted at another word, “Level Three leaves of what, say it.”

“I don’t know, I just don’t know.” Hua Yuan grew agitated, “Don’t believe me? Fight then!”

“Congratulations, Hua Yuan, you’ve passed!”

Yue Gongli finally showed a relieved expression and let out a long sigh:

“The Communication from this jade scroll had stopped half a day ago, indicating that the higher void outside has met with some unpredicted event.”

“I waited half a day, and I didn’t see you or Xu Xiaoshou, naturally I thought the worst. Brother Hua Yuan, please don’t take offense.”

Hua Yuan then lowered his three-foot-long sword, “Then the secret signal is…”

“Oh? You really don’t know?” Yue Gongli looked surprised, “The secret signal can’t be revealed, didn’t the higher void outside tell you this?”

Hua Yuan’s expression shifted slightly, replying with a hint of oddity, “I never spoke with the higher void on my way here, and they didn’t dare to Meet a Saint, so how could there be a secret signal?”

“Congratulations, Brother Hua Yuan, you’ve passed all the tests!”

Yue Gongli felt secure enough to clap his chest, laughing heartily as he leaped over and slung an arm around Hua Yuan’s shoulder, grinning cheekily:

“Don’t agonize over it, I had already ordered the higher void outside that they couldn’t make eye contact or communicate with you.”

“Had you said they glanced at you or they spoke a few words with you, then you would be undoubtedly Xu Xiaoshou.”

“Brother, forgive my rudeness, I truly had no other choice.”

After listening, Hua Yuan fell silent.

Xu Xiaoshou again…

He couldn’t help but ask, “All this fuss over an insignificant Xu Xiaoshou, is it necessary?”

“That’s absolutely necessary!”

Yue Gongli led Hua Yuan to sit together upon a massive Sovereign Stage, setting up a small dining table with fine wine and meat.

Hua Yuan instinctively wanted to decline.

To outsiders, the man before him might just be the Red Coat Ruler of Dao, but in his heart, he was already deemed the next Holy Emperor of the Yue Clan.

There was a distinction between nobility and commonality.

Just like accompanying Sword Deity Hua, how was he, Hua Yuan, fit to sit at the table and drink with Yue Gongli?

Little did he expect that as Yue Gongli escorted him to the table, before he could utter a word, a piece of meat was stuffed into his mouth.

Caught off guard, Hua Yuan found his sword unbuckled, and at some point, he was holding a cup of wine.

“Clang!”

Yue Gongli clinked his cup and downed his drink, tearing into the meat. Then he started his endless tales:

“Brother Hua Yuan, you’ve no idea, Xu Xiaoshou is simply not human, no different from Elder Dao the Flamboyant…”

From the Dark Forest to the embryonic form of the Divine Relics represented by the Di Ying Holy Plant, from the Four Symbols Secret Realm to the divine palace ruins, from the Cold Palace Emperor Realm to the Sacred Mountain Gui Zhe…

Yue Gongli narrated in reverse order, covering one story after the next, until he recounted the tale of when he re-emerged to become the head of the red-clothed people.

Through his storytelling, Hua Yuan heard of the mesmerizing and elusive world outside the Holy Emperor’s secret realm, the one he longed for the most, yet found hardest to attain.

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