The Romantic Cultivator

Chapter 822 The Third Challenge (2)

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Xu Yifei looked away from the Great Oracle of Delphi and said to the Goddess Ai Tina, "I know the answer to your question. And I can tell you if you are willing to spare Master Ji Yuan's life."

The Goddess Ai Tina was stunned, "You do?"

The Great Oracle of Delphi had suddenly stomped her long black rod on the celestial floor and there was a thunderous profound shockwave in the entire hall that almost knocked down Ji Yuan, Xu Yifei and the Goddess Ai Tina. 

The subtle profound power that she had just displayed was at the 9th immortal positioning and if she used her full profound strength, it could possibly go even higher. 

"You are lying! How dare you mutter lies in my Sacred Temple!"

Xu Yifei displayed her profound animus to keep herself steady while stealing a meaningful glance at Ji Yuan, "Are you willing to gamble that I am lying?"

When the Great Oracle of Delphi saw that Xu Yifei had stolen a look at Ji Yuan while she posed a challenge for her, she withdrew her profound strength and smiled instead, "I am just testing you. Of course, I know everything. But whether the Goddess Ai Tina believes in you is another matter."

Ji Yuan could not resist commenting, "I think this Great Oracle looks like a high level charlatan. Maybe we shouldn't trust her too completely instead. If you think about this, she needs several hundreds of years or even thousands of years to answer one question. She doesn't sound like an expert to me…"

The Goddess Ai Tina and Xu Yifei were shocked that Ji Yuan was commenting so disrespectfully to the Great Oracle.

"Master Ji Yuan…" Xu Yifei was pleading for him to stop. 

The Great Oracle of Delphi had suddenly turned very cold and her piecing golden eyes were staring at Ji Yuan. 

But Ji Yuan continued nonchalantly, "… Also she has arranged for her challenges to come to us instead of the usual norm. Maybe she is spying on us in the dense iron forest instead. That is why she already knows the question that we will be asking. As for those with difficult or impossible questions, she conveniently refuses to give them the challenges or the opportunity to reach her Sacred Temple of Delphi…"

The Great Oracle of Delphi had suddenly lifted her long dark rod toward Ji Yuan and a powerful profound blast had exploded over Ji Yuan, who reacted just in time by blocking it with his divine sword Xiang Li and also with all his profound strength. 

Ji Yuan grinned as he blocked her ranged profound attack, "I guess that the Great Oracle really does not know that she will be in a furious rage this day. Therefore, she isn't as all-knowing in the first place."

Although he was grinning but his arms were trembling lightly; although ranged profound attacks were weaker than melee profound attack but this Great Oracle of Delphi possessed a powerful profound power that could easily overpower him. 

Luckily for him, it was just a single 9th immortal profound attack and he was already prepared for an attack since he was just baiting her to make his move. 

The Great Oracle of Delphi: …

He is only testing me?! 

She forcefully smiled, "Of course I know. I am just trying to put you in your place for being disrespectfully to me."

Then she turned to the Goddess Ai Tina to say, "What are you waiting for? Kill him."

The Goddess Ai Tina said coldly to Xu Yifei, "Child, make way for me. You can't trust the words of any man. They are all unworthy of your trust!"

Xu Yifei shook her head, "No, I trust Master Ji Yuan. He is worthy of my trust. And he is my benefactor. How can I not trust him? Do you want me to become an ungrateful and untrustworthy person?"

The Goddess Ai Tina said to her and her eyes were woeful, "This is his trap. First, he gains your trust and then he will betray your trust. Listen to me, child. I have experienced it before. I trust him so much and I even have a child with him. Yet, he pretended to help me again and again, even saving my life. You do not want to know how he has betrayed my trust and he has even hidden a most nefarious plan for me! Men are simply not worthy of your trust!"

Xu Yifei could see that the eyes of the Goddess Ai Tina were hurtful and even her heart was woefully hurtful.

She asked gently, "What is it? You… can confide with me?"

The Goddess Ai Tina replied coldly, "It is pointless now to talk about the past. Step aside now!"

The truth was, she could not tell anyone about the Greater Spirit Realm due to the restrictions that the 6 Supreme Divine Lords had placed in her soul core.

Xu Yifei shook her head, "Even Master Ji Yuan can see that the Great Oracle is baiting us. Can't you see? Also, I dare not lie to you. I really know where the True Devil God is. If you spare Ji Yuan now, I will tell you where the True Devil God is."

The Goddess Ai Tina asked Xu Yifei, "You really know where the True Devil God is?"

Xu Yifei said firmly, "By the Great Beyond Goddess, I swear that I know. However, I cannot tell you who the True Devil God is now. But I can promise you that I will let you know once the trials of the Spiritas Tower have ended."

The Goddess Ai Tina said woefully, "You don't understand, do you? Then you have to join the trials of the Spiritas Tower as well. This is not something that I want you to do…"

"But you are the one that forces me to join the trials of the Spiritas Tower, didn't you? I had refused you but you have insisted." Xu Yifei quietly said. 

The Goddess Ai Tina was silent; this was the truth. 

She could only weakly say, "This is because I didn't know that you are my child."

Xu Yifei was suddenly trembling and there were tears in her eyes.

This startled both Ji Yuan and the Goddess Ai Tina…

Xu Yifei's voice was trembling with her tears, "500 years ago, just before I should have ascended but failed, I've sensed profound darkness coming from the Spiritas Tower. This shouldn't be, right? If the Greater Divine Realm is firmly under your control. Why is that you are now forbidding me to join the trials of the Spiritas Tower now? Why is that it has become wrong for me to ascend to the Greater Spirit Realm to be with you? Why did my grandfather put a restriction on my mother consort to prevent her from cultivating? Who is this Achilles? Is he my grandfather? Why are you looking for the True Devil God? Can you explain to me?"

The Goddess Ai Tina was startled by the questions that were asked by Xu Yifei, "I'm sorry. I can't answer you."

Xu Yifei slowly said, "Is it because you don't want to answer me or you can't answer me…"

Then she slowly said, "You can't answer me because a higher power put a restriction on you, am I right?"

The Goddess Ai Tina: …

Xu Yifei said with a resigned voice and her wet tears were dripping down onto the floor, "I've almost forgotten that someone with a restriction on them will not be able to answer this question. Even if they can, the answer will always be a no."

She turned to look tenderly at the Goddess Ai Tina as she wept softly, "Please allow me to fight alongside with you when you've returned to the Greater Spirit Realm. You are not alone. Together, we can have at least a hope."

The Goddess Ai Tina had fallen to the floor and she was weeping woefully, "It is impossible to win…"

She could not even mention about her 6 masters because of the special restrictions that were placed in her soul core.

"Ji Yuan, you have won. I'm not going to kill you anymore. Are you going to kill me then?"

Ji Yuan looked a little awkward as he watched the weeping Xu Yifei and the Goddess Ai Tina, "Why should I want to kill you when you have given up on killing me?"

Then he turned to the Great Oracle of Delphi to ask, "Actually I don't care about your challenge at all. We don't have to kill anyone right?"

The Great Oracle of Delphi slowly nodded and she was smiling wryly, "No matter, you have already passed my challenge. Therefore, you are allowed to ask me a question of your choosing."

But she was also thinking: You have dared to call me a charlatan! When I am out of this place and freed of my shackles, you won't even know how you are going to die, even if you are the True Devil God. You must know that it is very bad to expose someone in the face of the others, especially to a vengeful goddess like the Dark Goddess of Destiny. 

And how does this Xu Yifei knows who is the True Devil God in the first place when she doesn't even have the answer herself?

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Author Note:

1. I'd really appreciate it if the readers can contribute power stones to this story as a show of support even if you are reading from other websites. Your spirit stones are crucial for motivations and releases. Also, it means alot me/ story, Many love and thanks! ?(????)