Chapter 54: Rejecting the Immortal Lord? You're Really Bold!
Great Wilderness, entrance of Stone Village.
As Jiang Chen's few words fell, it was as if something in the unseen depths had been stirred. The void filled with golden lotuses, and strange phenomena appeared one after another, as though invisible laws were resonating.
Countless Great Daos roared, and heaven and earth trembled.
"Sequence Zero…"
Upon hearing this title, not only were the countless beings of the Douluo Continent watching behind the sky screen stunned, but even the Daoist boy froze on the spot, nearly unable to react.
Yet, under the gaze of everyone present, Little One blinked his eyes. In those bright, pitch-black pupils, there had originally only been curiosity. But when he heard the word "unlimited beast milk," his eyes immediately lit up, and he was practically drooling.
"R… really unlimited?"
Little One swallowed hard. In his small mind, he had already begun imagining a wonderful scene where he lay in an ocean of beast milk, holding a roasted roc leg in his left hand and a steamed dragon claw in his right.
However, when he heard the latter sentence about becoming a disciple, a trace of vigilance flashed in his big eyes.
"Become a disciple?"
Little Shi Hao subconsciously took two steps back. Then his small feet suddenly kicked against the ground as he slipped away with a whoosh, agile like a frightened little squirrel, quickly hiding behind Liu Shen's charred yet sturdy tree trunk.
Afterward, he stuck out half of his little head, his big eyes rolling as he sized up Jiang Chen from head to toe. Puffing out his cheeks, he shouted with a serious expression:
"No!"
"I already have a master. Little One's master is Liu Shen!"
"Liu Shen is not only Little One's master, but she's also Little One's family!"
"And besides,"
After speaking, Little Shi Hao sniffed his nose and said somewhat pitifully:
"Village Chief Grandpa said that people outside the Great Wilderness love tricking children the most."
"What if you trick me away, don't give me beast milk, and then sell me off?"
"So I'm not falling for it!"
Behind Jiang Chen, the Daoist boy's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets upon hearing that his master's invitation had been rejected. His mouth hung open wide enough to fit an egg.
R… rejected?
A milk-drinking little brat from a shabby village in the lower realm's Eight Regions actually rejected the invitation to become a disciple of the Primordial Immortal Court's master?!
This was simply the greatest joke under heaven.
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At the same time,
Douluo Continent, Shrek Academy.
Outside Suo Tuo City, night had already fallen.
On the rundown training ground of Shrek Academy, the cold wind howled, rolling several withered yellow leaves across the ground.
Tang San sat alone on a cold, massive bluestone. In his hand, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, which he regarded as his very life, had already been squeezed so tightly that it was badly deformed, the pages emitting faint creaking sounds as if unable to withstand the pressure.
"Mad… this world must have gone mad."
Tang San swallowed unconsciously, staring motionlessly at the distant sky screen. Even his voice trembled as he spoke.
Under the pale moonlight, his normally somewhat handsome face had twisted into a distorted expression.
Tang San stared at the sky screen, his eyes bloodshot, disbelief written all over his face.
"Why? Why?!"
He suddenly sprang to his feet and kicked the gravel beside him into powder, roaring in confusion:
"That Immortal Lord is an invincible powerhouse!"
"He's someone before whom even Immortal Kings are no match. One Daoist boy under him could casually destroy a God King!"
"And yet he personally offered to take a little brat as a disciple who hasn't even been weaned and only knows how to drink beast milk?!"
"And it's even the Zero Sequence, above the Ten Sequences!"
At this point, Tang San was so envious that his fingernails dug deep into his palms. He wished with all his heart that the one chosen as the Zero Sequence disciple had been himself.
"That Ye Qingyu is merely the Tenth Sequence, yet he can cover the sky with one hand and slay True Immortals in reverse!"
"Then what kind of heaven-defying opportunity and boundless path must the Zero Sequence represent?"
"But that little brat… he actually refused?!"
"Is he stupid? Such a heaven-sent opportunity placed right before him, and he doesn't even know how to cherish it!"
At this moment, Tang San felt as if his chest was about to explode. The desire that he could replace him burned fiercely inside him, making him desperately wish he could be selected into that world so the Immortal Lord could see his potential.
"All for some so-called Liu Shen?"
"Utterly foolish!"
Taking a deep breath, Tang San raised his head again to look at the sky screen.
"If it were given to me…"
"If that Immortal Lord were willing to accept me, Tang San, as a disciple, then forget about the Zero Sequence. Even if I had to become a mere servant, I would kneel without hesitation and offer up every hidden weapon blueprint and secret technique of the Tang Sect!"
"Even if I had to kill my current teacher, Yu Xiaogang, as a pledge of loyalty, I wouldn't hesitate in the slightest!"
"This kind of chance to ascend to the heavens in one step and gain eternal life is a blessing people may never encounter in several lifetimes!"
"And he actually rejected it?!"
"What a waste of heaven's gifts. Truly worthless clay that can't be molded into a wall!"
Behind him, Xiao Wu had followed quietly after noticing that Tang San had left alone, worried about him.
Now she stood there, stunned.
She rubbed her pink eyes, hardly believing what she had just seen.
"Third Brother… that little one really refused?"
"Doesn't he know what kind of terrifying existence he's facing?"
"And he even said the Immortal Lord is a liar."
As she spoke, Xiao Wu gave a bitter smile, her body trembling uncontrollably.
"This is bad."
"The Immortal Lord's authority cannot be offended, just like the Heavenly Dao itself."
"That child actually rejected the Immortal Lord publicly and even spoke rudely…"
"I'm afraid in the next moment, the entire Stone Village will turn to ashes."
"That Liu Shen might be powerful, but judging from her condition, she's clearly not at her peak. She probably isn't a match for the Immortal Lord's true body either."
At this point, a trace of pity flashed through Xiao Wu's eyes, and she didn't dare continue watching.
However, Tang San seemed extremely expectant.
"Hmph! It'd be best if they all died!"
"Such ungrateful trash living is just a waste of resources!"
"Perfect. The Zero Sequence position he refused can be taken by me, Tang San!"
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Meanwhile, Spirit Hall
Inside the Pope Palace, the surroundings were magnificent, illuminated by brilliant candlelight.
Yet, the atmosphere in the hall felt suffocatingly oppressive.
"No! This child is really reckless!"
Even Bibi Dong, the Pope herself, could no longer maintain her lofty composure.
When she saw that Little One had rejected such overwhelming fortune, she anxiously leapt up from the gem-encrusted papal throne.
Her scepter trembled as she pointed toward the sky screen, her beautiful face filled with urgency.
"That is the Immortal Lord of the Primordial Immortal Court! A supreme giant who traversed the Immortal Domain and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!"
"And he rejected him?! How dare he do that?!"
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