The Romantic Cultivator



The Great Oracle of Delphi had suddenly announced with a smile, "Let the third challenge begins now."

Ji Yuan had unsheathed the emperor-step divine sword Xiang Li from his immortal scabbard and asked, "Erm, so where is the monster for this challenge?"

The Goddess Ai Tina and Great Divine Consort Xu Yifei were also curiously looking around their surroundings to look for an answer.

Their third challenge actually starts now? What does she mean by that? 

Eventually Ji Yuan, the Goddess Ai Tina and Xu Yifei were all looking at the Great Oracle of Delphi and they were all asking silently, "Where and what is the third challenge?"

The Great Oracle of Delphi smiled as she pointed at the Goddess Ai Tina, "I know what you are seeking for. But there are 3 of you and I don't want to answer just your question. Therefore, I like to pose a challenge for the 3 of you. Naturally, only if you are able to overcome my challenge then you can be the one that can ask me the question."

Ji Yuan frowned unhappily, "Can we just forfeit and just allow 1 of us to ask the question."

The Great Oracle of Delphi smiled, "I know that you will ask that. Unfortunately, no."

Ji Yuan protested weakly, "How do you know that I will ask you this? I have just only thought of this." 

The Great Oracle of Delphi smiled sardonically, "So this is your question? I can answer you later if this is your question."

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

The Goddess Ai Tina stepped in to ask, "So what is the challenge of the Great Oracle?"

The Great Oracle of Delphi smiled before she pointed her long black rod at the Goddess Ai Tina, "The question that you intend to ask can only be answered if you…"

Then she pointed at Ji Yuan with her long black rod, "…can kill this man here."

Ji Yuan was startled, "Kill me?! What the heck?!" 

He was suddenly displaying a defensive stance against the Goddess Ai Tina now; it was because he had somehow expected the Goddess Ai Tina to try to kill him.

Even Xu Yifei was startled as she thought: Master Ji Yuan really did not lie to me?

Ji Yuan asked the Goddess Ai Tina, "So you will kill me to seek an answer for your question?" 

The Goddess Ai Tina slowly nodded as she looked coldly at Ji Yuan, "That's right. I am actually here to kill you. Now I have all the more reason to see you dead. If you are killed by me then I shall have the question that I seek."

The question that she wanted to ask was the identity and location of the True Devil God.

Xu Yifei had immediately flashed in front of Ji Yuan and she had spread her hands protectively over him, "Master Ji Yuan is my benefactor. You can't kill him. Also, your question…"

She had wanted to mutter out that she had actually known the answer to her question but she could not; it was because she had promised to keep the identity of the True Devil God a secret.

The Goddess Ai Tina said to Xu Yifei, "My granddaughter, for the good for all the souls in the Spirit Divine Realm, he must die. Don't stand in my way!"

Ji Yuan said bitterly, "So the third challenge is to have us fight against each other. Brilliant, brilliant."

The Great Oracle of Delphi played with her long dark rod as she smiled in Ji Yuan's direction, "That's right. How smart you are. When you have won your battle, then I shall answer the question that you have posed to me."

Ji Yuan said weakly, "I've actually changed my mind about asking you about that lame question already."

The Goddess Ai Tina said to Ji Yuan with a soft sigh, "Although I didn't want to fight with you but this moment has finally come. Great Spiritas Hero Ji Yuan, are you going to hide behind a maiden and refuses my call for a duel with you?"

Ji Yuan was also sighing softly as he gently said to Xu Yifei, "This battle is between the two of us. It is none of your business. The Great Oracle has setup this challenge so that there will be only one of us that can survive through this battle to ask her a question."

Xu Yifei shook her head at Ji Yuan's reply and she looked at the Goddess Ai Tina instead, "I really don't understand. Why must you kill Master Ji Yuan. Is this question so important to you? Maybe the True Devil God isn't as bad as you said to be."

The Goddess Ai Tina said slowly, "It doesn't matter if the True Devil God is good or evil. The most important thing is that I will be able to find the True Devil God. Do you understand? My granddaughter Yifei, there are many things that I cannot tell you now but you will surely understand in the future. Come, step aside and let us have our duel."

Xu Yifei shook her head as she slowly looked at the Great Oracle of Delphi who was still smiling like the purest maiden in white in her throne. 

"Can't you all see? The Great Oracle is putting forward this challenge to us so that we will all fight with one another. She doesn't care for the outcome at all."

The smiles that were on the Great Oracle of Delphi had suddenly ceased and she had stopped swinging her long dark rod. 

Xu Yifei continued melancholy, "I don't know what her purpose is for wanting to make the Goddess Ai Tina to fight with Master Ji Yuan but this is wrong. All for the sake of one question?"

The Goddess Ai Tina said slowly and she was also melancholy when she saw the woeful look that was on Xu Yifei, "This question is very important to me. It concerns the fate of the Spirit Divine Realm and the Greater Spirit Ream. Therefore, Ji Yuan must die."

Ji Yuan said nonchalantly, "I think I must die even before this, am I right? For another reason?"

The Goddess Ai Tina slowly nodded, "That is right. You must die for another reason. However, this is something that I cannot disclose to you."

It was because Ji Yuan had killed the Immortal Divine Lord Kong Rong and the special restriction in her soul core requires for her to take action against Ji Yuan or dies. 

Xu Yifei was startled as she muttered, "Master Ji Yuan must die for another reason? What is it?"

Then she burst into tears, "Why must the two of you fight with each other? Have you forgotten how we have fought together in the past 3 days? Aren't we happy together as a party?"

The Goddess Ai Tina sighed softly, "It was just a temporary truce. I actually have the intention to get rid of him in this place."

Xu Yifei was stunned and then she had remembered what Ji Yuan had told her about his bad feelings, "And me as well too? Right?"

The Goddess Ai Tina was taken aback but she quickly composed herself to nod slowly, "It was true previously but not any longer. You are my granddaughter. I won't kill you."

Xu Yifei was shocked, "Why wrong did I do? Why must you kill me?"

The Goddess Ai Tina did not dare to regard her eyes on Xu Yifei, "I am afraid that I can't tell you the reason why too. If you want to know the reason why…"

Then she had turned to look at the Great Oracle of Delphi, "You have to ask the Great Oracle instead."

The Great Oracle of Delphi was smiling nonchalantly and she was playing with her long black rod again as she answered, "I can help the Great Divine Consort Xu Yifei to answer your question as well. But you must also fight to kill Ji Yuan. Whoever can kill Ji Yuan gets my answer."

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

Kill me and get the answer? Can I kill myself then?

But Xu Yifei answered firmly as she looked at the Great Oracle of Delphi, "I won't fight Master Ji Yuan. So, you can forget about this."

The Goddess Ai Tina said to Xu Yifei, "Child, step aside. This is none of your business. I don't want to put you in a difficult position. But this fight is inevitable between the two of us. If Ji Yuan kills me, then he shall get to ask the Great Oracle a question. But if I win, I get the answer to my question. This is a fair exchange."

Xu Yifei shook her head firmly and said, "I know of a solution for all 3 of us. And it is a solution that not even the Great Oracle of Delphi knows."

The Goddess Ai Tina: ???

JI Yuan: ???

The Great Oracle of Delphi appeared to be startled before she composed herself to smile coldly, "I am afraid that there are no questions with answers that I did not know."

Xu Yifei answered coldly, "Well, there is one now. Because you obviously don't know what is in my mind." 

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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! ლ(⌒▽⌒ლ)