Chapter 153 - 150: I Am Asura

Among those three, one was an old man who had lost almost all his hair. Another was a gorgeous woman in a blue dress. Many people present recognized her—it was none other than Zhongli Xuan. As for the third person, it was Mo Qianqian! To be precise, it was someone who looked exactly like Mo Qianqian, only wearing different clothing.

"What?!" The crowd was stunned. Two Mo Qianqians?

In the next moment, everyone watched as the "Mo Qianqian" standing next to Zhongli Xuan reached out and publicly peeled off a Human Skin Mask. A coarse-featured young man’s face was instantly revealed to the crowd. He appeared to be in his late twenties, a stark contrast to Mo Qianqian’s sixteen or seventeen years of age.

"Sorry, I’m not Mo Qianqian. My name is Cheng Zifeng," the coarse-featured youth chuckled, his face full of playful mockery. "I was the one pretending to be the Mo Qianqian at Black Demon Ridge."

He looked at Mo Qianqian and laughed. "Even I didn’t expect that Asura was actually Mo Qianqian. When I was impersonating him, the real deal was actually present at the scene. And coincidentally enough, he didn’t even expose me."

"What? Y-you’re not Mo Qianqian?" a group of Ling Family Elders gasped in shock.

Lie Yao, Yu Wenshuo, and the others were completely dumbfounded. The person who had appeared at Black Demon Ridge back then wasn’t Mo Qianqian? It was just someone wearing a mask identical to his face?

Shi Muyao stood frozen in shock. That person wasn’t Mo Qianqian? In other words, the man who had gotten Zhongli Xuan pregnant and caused her to divorce him wasn’t Mo Qianqian? If that man wasn’t Mo Qianqian, didn’t that mean Master Chu Yiming was telling the truth? Elder Asura was Mo Qianqian? Her body trembled as her eyes instantly darted toward Mo Qianqian.

With this revelation, the crowd’s gaze also shifted to Mo Qianqian. Without hearing it from his own mouth, they still found it hard to believe.

At this moment, Mo Qianqian’s right hand was wrapped around Ling Qingxue’s throat. She was facing him, severely injured, and no longer had any power to resist.

Mo Qianqian turned his head to glance at Cheng Zifeng, Zhongli Xuan, and the bald old man. That nearly bald old man was the exact same person who had given him his mask. At first, he had assumed the young man impersonating him had merely obtained a mask from the old man. Now, it seemed the old man was the mastermind behind the imposter. He didn’t know why they wanted to impersonate him to target the three great families, but all he needed to know was that their actions had benefited him.

Mo Qianqian didn’t pay much attention to the trio. He immediately turned back, his eyes fixed deathly on Ling Qingxue, and spoke in an icy voice, "That’s right. I am Asura!"

"WHAT?!"

As soon as Mo Qianqian spoke, everyone’s minds buzzed. Hearing him admit it himself completely erased any remaining doubts. Mo Qianqian was Asura, and Asura was Mo Qianqian!

"Master Kui of the Spirit Master Banquet... a Second-Grade Spirit Master who possesses a Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source and swept through all the Second-Grade Spirit Masters of the entire Great Xia Dynasty and even the Great Shang Dynasty... turned out to be Mo Qianqian?"

"Mo Qianqian is Asura, and Asura is Mo Qianqian. A Body Cultivator at the Seventh Level of the Second Realm with unparalleled combat prowess, who is also a Second-Grade Spirit Master with a Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source... Heavens, has the world gone mad?!"

"Not to mention his crippled Spirit Vein, he dual-cultivates as both a Spirit Master and a Body Cultivator! His strength is this horrifying. Just how much of a monstrous genius is he?"

"No wonder the various forces sent their men to the Southern Wilderness to hunt down Mo Qianqian but found absolutely no trace of him. It turns out he disguised himself as Asura, appeared openly in front of everyone, and even snatched the title of Master Kui! Who could possibly find him?"

"Didn’t Asura like Nangong Ling? And then he was going to marry Xian Ling’Er. Ling Qingxue even confessed to Asura and wanted to marry him. Yet now, Mo Qianqian is here to kill Ling Qingxue."

"The Ling Family actually abandoned and offended such a freakishly talented genius. How ironic!"

The crowd was so shocked they were almost incoherent. Mo Qianqian was Asura, and Asura was Mo Qianqian. Who could have seen this coming? But with the truth laid bare before them, they had no choice but to accept it!

"How could this be? How could this happen?" Shi Muyao’s heart violently lurched. At that moment, a single phrase echoed in her mind. "You will understand in the future!"

That was exactly what Elder Asura always told her. Before, she truly hadn’t understood why Elder Asura would repeatedly save her, why he would help her yet refuse to accept her. He had refused to sleep with her, refused to marry her, and refused to explain himself too much...

Now, she finally understood. Because Elder Asura was Mo Qianqian! Mo Qianqian had disguised himself as Asura to hide his identity and couldn’t tell her. Asura helped her because he was Mo Qianqian, her husband.

"I understand. I finally understand. SOB SOB..." Shi Muyao couldn’t help but burst into tears.

She fully understood now. Yet, she had demanded a divorce right to Mo Qianqian’s face. And right to his face, she had stripped off her clothes for "Asura," begging to marry him. What must Mo Qianqian have thought deep down? But who could have imagined that the two were the exact same person?

"Heavens, this guy..." The Third Princess opened her mouth, too stunned to speak. Her admiration for Mo Qianqian only deepened.

Beside her, Wanya also wore a look of utter astonishment. Back in the Southern Wilderness, she had offered Mo Qianqian a bit of help. When she later met Asura, he turned out to be that very same Mo Qianqian...

Lieqi was on the verge of tears. Asura was Mo Qianqian. Back when they went to the Southern Wilderness, he had even clamored about beating Mo Qianqian up. Ultimately, upon returning to the Imperial City, he had joined the Asura Conglomerate and revered Mo Qianqian as his Great Treasure Master. If Mo Qianqian wanted to deal with him, it would be as easy as flipping his hand...

Lie Yao, Yu Wenshuo, and the others were also in a daze. Ling Lang and Nangong Ling’s talents had already made them feel inadequate. Ling Qingxue had just built an insurmountable mountain before them. Yet now, Mo Qianqian had erected an even taller mountain... With a monstrous genius like him, how were they supposed to catch up?

The Yu Wen Family Head, Patriarch Lie, and the others were equally shocked. Even the Eldest Prince wore a look of sheer bewilderment. For Asura to be Mo Qianqian and to thoroughly defeat Ling Qingxue was simply an unexpected joy for the royal family.

Chu Yiming and Qiu Fengliang were somewhat dumbfounded. Xian Ling’Er was so shocked her small mouth hung open. Now, she finally understood why Asura had said he would kill Ling Qingxue even if he failed to advance to a Third-Grade Spirit Master, even if it cost him his life. It was obvious that there was a life-or-death grudge between the two! She had certainly found the right person when she asked Asura to kill Ling Qingxue. It would have been a miracle if he hadn’t agreed.

The members of the Asura Conglomerate were all stunned. Pei Hong was frozen to the spot.

The Yuling Sect Master was equally astonished. Truthfully, she had heard hints from Wansai, the Qingcheng Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion Master, but she still found it somewhat hard to believe until she saw it with her own eyes.

Ye Xiao, Li Shangyuan, Zhang Yongjun, Luo Wushuang, and even the old man at the Third Level of Tongyou Realm—who had initially wanted to join the Asura Conglomerate but turned to the Bai Xiu Conglomerate before eventually joining the Ye Xiao Conglomerate—were all in a state of utter bewilderment.