"What's wrong with you all!?"
Mu Xiu saw the delight on everyone's faces and felt an inexplicable sense of foreboding well up inside him.
But no one had time to pay Mu Xiu any mind. One after another, they let go of the young ladies in their arms and hurried back to their rooms to receive cultivation techniques from the Upper Realm.
"Master!"
The young ladies immediately grew anxious, reminding them that they hadn't taken them along yet.
"Have some fun on your own for a while!"
Master San Nong tossed out the words and hurried back to his room without looking back.
Lately, he'd been constantly overshadowed by that charlatan Mu Xiu. Now that he'd finally gotten the chance to hold his head high, how could he let two women ruin it?
"Master is so mean!"
The young ladies blushed and sensibly went back to their rooms hand in hand.
"Could it be that the First Emperor gave them cultivation techniques?!"
Mu Xiu's face immediately fell, and he felt awful all over.
He'd thought he was the First Emperor's closest confidant, and that from then on he'd keep the bald donkeys and the others beneath his heel. Who could've guessed that after just a few days of enjoying himself, everyone else would get stronger too? In the end, it was as good as him not getting stronger at all.
"First Emperor, how could you do this to me?!"
Mu Xiu threw himself into a young lady's arms, weeping as if his heart were breaking.
RUMBLE!!
Deafening thunder suddenly rang across the entire Ancient Wasteland.
Lightning bolts, like purple chicken claws, slashed through the dark, cloud-choked sky. Deafening thunder followed, making heaven and earth tremble.
"Is this an ascension tribulation?!"
Mu Xiu glanced up and murmured, "A tribulation this terrifying