The Supreme Lord Donghuang

by Stayrr

Zhou Donghuang, a man from the Earth, is able to destroy any planet in the universe without lifting a finger. His supreme will can sweep across the vast cosmos in the blink of an eye. And his immortal spirit can depart from his body and wander around the universe! In Kunlun Mountains lies a circular slate, which brought him back to one thousand years ago…

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Chapter 225: Da Zhuang's History

With that, Zhou Donghuang stayed in the Lightning Sword Sect's Autumn Valley. Whenever he trained, he produced a formation using a large number of spirit stones from his space ring. This formation aided him in his practice, allowing his speed to increase.

Before he went to the Tianxuan planet of Luohe Galaxy to look for Luo Qinghan, besides obtaining an ultimate Dharma Laws stage martial adept's space ring on the Honglong planet in the Tianma Galaxy, Zhou Donghuang also went to planets in other galaxies to obtain the treasures left behind by Dharma Laws adepts.

However, some of these adepts had created tests for those seeking their treasures, and only those who managed to pass were able to receive the wealth that they had left behind.

Such tests set by a Dharma Laws adept could not be that difficult. With Zhou Donghuang's current power and experience from his previous life, he could easily pass them and win the treasures.

The valuables that attracted Zhou Donghuang most were spirit stones. Even spirit weapons, elixir formulas, or inferior potions were worth nothing in his eyes.

Besides, items as valuable as the Soul Shaper or the Core King Fruit were nowhere to be found.

"Quickly, turn this silver essence into a golden essence. Based on the requirements of the 'Way of the Four Supremes,' I have to turn all four primal cores in my body into the golden essence stage before I can try to reach the Dharma Laws stage."

Behind tightly shut doors, Zhou Donghuang sat on his bed, his eyes shining. "For a typical golden essence adept, the golden essence crystallizing into Dharma Laws is the sign that one has reached the early Dharma Laws stage. As for me, who is using the 'Way of the Four Supremes' based on this technique's requirements, I will need all four of my golden essences to produce the Dharma laws before I can attain the early Dharma Laws stage. Of course, this is what is stated in the 'Way of the Four Supremes.' But even if just one of the golden essences in my body produces Dharma Laws, I will be as strong as any early Dharma Laws adept. In fact, because the 'Way of the Four Supremes' uses the Dharma Laws of the four great beasts, no one at the same Dharma Laws level will be able to defeat me."

What were the four great beasts? They were the ancient, godly beasts of legends with the power to crush galaxies beneath their feet and swallow them whole. They were at the top of the food chain. By producing the Dharma Laws of these four great beasts, even if they contained just a little bit of the real beasts' power, these Dharma Laws became incredibly powerful.

"If I enter the early Dharma Laws stage as part of the 'Way of the Four Supremes' and produce the Dharma of the four great beasts, even if only at the early stages, I will be able to defeat and even kill any typical late Dharma Laws stage adept!" Zhou Donghuang said to himself, his eyes gleaming.

Of course, this was just his conjecture. He would only really understand the limits of this power once he'd produced the Dharma of the four great beasts.

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The Lightning Sword Sect had gained a new inner disciple. The Autumn Valley had a new disciple. For a disciple of the Autumn Valley, this was hardly news, and within the Lightning Sword Sect, few people paid these kinds of matters any attention. However, for the Autumn Valley disciple, Da Zhuang, this was a big deal because his Senior Sister had instructed him to take good care of her little Junior Brother.

There were many female disciples in the Autumn Valley and many of the same rank as Da Zhuang. However, Da Zhuang always addressed them by their name and title. He only called He Mengxi simply by her title 'Sister,' without using her name.

"Little Brother, if you have any requests, you can look for me anytime. Even if I am training, you can interrupt me. As long as I can help you, I will. Sister told me to take care of you."

Zhou Donghuang had an excellent first impression of Da Zhuang simply because his Third Senior Sister, He Mengxi, had mentioned him during his past life. In the days that followed, Zhou Donghuang developed genuinely positive feelings toward this three-meter tall giant because of how he had behaved. Because of that one instruction from He Mengxi, Zhou Donghuang made his first friend in the Lightning Sword Sect.

After Da Zhuang had once again helped him to buy the herbs that he required, Zhou Donghuang did not rush to use them to produce his elixir. He smiled as he said, "Da Zhuang, how did you end up in Lightning Sword Sect and Autumn Valley?"

"The Sect Leader and Sister brought me into Autumn Valley," replied Da Zhuang with a smile.

"Where is your home? On this planet?" Zhou Donghuang asked curiously.

"Home?" Da Zhuang was taken aback then shook his head as he said, "I do not have a home. As far as I can remember, my family was a group of wild apes. Of course, I only found out later than I was a human, for the apes were beasts. Back then, I was living with that group of apes, and a human adept killed the whole group. Only I was left alive. That person was about to kill me, but Sister and Sect Leader happened to come by. Sect Leader knew that man and did not want to poke his nose into his business, but Sister took pity on me and insisted on saving me. In the end, Sect Leader saved me."

As he spoke, Da Zhuang's eyes turned red, and the golden yuan in his body seemed to rise. "Although they were apes, if they had not raised me, I would have died, so I must avenge them! I must take revenge!!"

Instantly, Da Zhuang deflated like a balloon. "But that man is too strong, and I cannot kill him. Sister said that he is a powerful Primordial Soul adept who is almost as powerful as Sect Leader. It is simply impossible for me to kill him."

As he said this, Da Zhuang stooped and buried his head in his hands, crying loudly. This three-meter tall giant seemed to turn into a small crybaby.

Zhou Donghuang looked at Da Zhuang, as he said with a smile, "I'll help you."

Da Zhuang stopped crying and looked at him with disbelief. "You'll help me? You? How can you help me? You are less powerful than me, so how will you help me?"

"You don't trust me?" Zhou Donghuang stared at Da Zhuang.

Faced with Zhou Donghuang's intense glare, Da Zhuang was shocked. He regained his senses as he said thoughtfully, "If you can help me take revenge, then my life will be yours! In my heart, Sister is the most important, but if you can help me, you can be second most important."

"This technique will be your payment for all the help you've given me so far." Zhou Donghuang raised his hand, and a scroll appeared in his hands. With his inner yuan, he sent the paper to Da Zhuang.

"Can you read?"

"Yes." Da Zhuang nodded. He did not stretch out his hand to take the scroll, which was floating in mid-air amidst Zhou Donghuang's yuan. "Little Brother, you do not have to help me take revenge. Sister told me to take care of you. If someone tries to kill you, and I cannot defeat him, I will protect you until my death."

If anyone else had said that, Zhou Donghuang would have doubted him, thinking that he had an ulterior motive. But after spending these few days with Da Zhuang, Zhou Donghuang knew that this giant was simple enough not to say something he did not mean. Furthermore, although he had spent some time here, he had not yet revealed his powers, so nobody knew about his strength.

In these circumstances, even a silly giant or someone with ulterior motives would not think of sucking up to him.

"If you want revenge, then take this," said Zhou Donghuang flatly. "There is a technique written on it that allows you to train until the Primordial Soul stage. After that, I will give you the technique once you reach the stage."

Da Zhuang's eyes filled with emotion, and his hand trembled as he lifted it. But his hand froze in midair. "Little Brother, Sister told me that nothing comes for free. I cannot accept this."

"Nothing comes for free?" Zhou Donghuang shook his head. "Didn't you say that I would become the second most important person in your heart if I helped you take revenge? To me, that is the best thing that I could ask for in return."

Seeing Da Zhuang hesitate, Zhou Donghuang continued, "If you do not accept this today, in the future, I will not ask you for help. In fact, I will tell Sister that you did not take good care of me."

"You! Little Brother, how can you say this?" Da Zhuang was flustered, and his face turned red. "You can't tell Sister that! No! You can't!!"

"Then accept it." Zhou Donghuang was speechless. He had just offered him the premier 'Fiery Thunder Training Regimen,' which was considered among the best in the whole universe. Other people fought to obtain it, but this silly giant was refusing to take it.

"Alright! Alright! I will take it. But you must not tell Sister that I did not take good care of you! You must not!" Da Zhuang said hurriedly.

"As long as you take this, follow this technique closely, train well, and do not tell the others about this, and I will not tell your Sister that you did not take good care of me."

It was then that Zhou Donghuang realized that, in this silly giant's heart, his Third Sister's opinion of him was more important than anything else. No wonder, in his past life, this silly giant sacrificed his life to save her.

"I will train well. But must I keep this technique hidden even from Sister?" Da Zhuang stared at Zhou Donghuang.

"As for Sister, I have something more suited for her. Something as powerful as…this technique is not suitable for her."

With that, Zhou Donghuang finally gave away the premier training technique. This moment was to be a turning point in the life of the mighty warrior Da Zhuang, who would one day come to be known all over the universe.

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Chapter 226: Fake Nine-Ringed Bamboo

"Da Zhuang, this 'nine-ringed bamboo,' who sold it to you?" Zhou Donghuang picked out an herb that looked like a bamboo shoot from the pile of medicines that Da Zhuang had helped him buy. Its stalk was almost as long as two fingers, and it had nine intricately carved rings on its side that made it look extremely special.

The nine-ringed bamboo was the most valuable of the herbs which Zhou Donghuang had asked Da Zhuang to help him purchase. It was the main ingredient for the elixir he was producing. It was also the most expensive.

Of course, its price could fluctuate by around one hundred mid-level spirit stones. One hundred mid-level spirit stones was equivalent to ten superior-level spirit stones. The Lightning Sword Sect's core disciples received ten superior-level spirit stones from the sect each month. As for inner disciples, they needed ten months to collect ten superior-level spirit stones, because the sect only issued them one superior-level spirit stone per month. As for outer disciples, the number was even lower, and they only received three mid-level spirit stones each month.

"It was the Summer Valley disciple, Pan Yilin." Da Zhuang immediately recognized the bamboo shoot that Zhou Donghuang had picked out from the pile. After thinking about it for a moment, he remembered where he had bought the herb.

"How many spirit stones did he sell it to you for?" asked Zhou Donghuang again.

"A hundred and ten mid-level spirit stones," answered Da Zhuang.

"He did not sell it cheap." Zhou Donghuang's eyes narrowed as a murderous glint flashed across his eyes.

"Why?" Although Da Zhuang looked slow, he still knew how to read facial expressions. Seeing Zhou Donghuang act this way, he sensed that something was not right. "This nine-ringed bamboo…is there something wrong with it?"

"This is not nine-ringed bamboo." Zhou Donghuang's eyes flashed open as he shook his head, saying, "It's six-ringed bamboo. The other three rings were added. Although the nine rings look identical, they are not aligned perfectly. A proper stalk of nine-ringed bamboo has the same equal distance between each ring. Look at this. Without these three rings, the other six are all arranged the same distance apart. But with these three added rings, the order of the rings' arrangement is broken, and now it looks almost disorderly." As Zhou Donghuang spoke, he raised the nine-ringed bamboo to Da Zhuang's eyes and pointed out the three rings that had been drawn on.

"Although six-ringed bamboo only has three fewer rings than nine-ringed bamboo, its value is very different. A stalk of nine-ringed bamboo is worth around a hundred mid-level spirit stones, so a hundred and ten mid-level spirit stones would not be expensive for a stalk of real nine-ringed bamboo. But this is fake. This is only six-ringed bamboo, which is worth a tenth of nine-ringed bamboo. At most, this six-ringed bamboo is worth ten mid-level spirit stones. You've been scammed." Zhou Donghuang shook his head.

The nine-ringed bamboo's unique characteristics were rarely well-understood, except by core-forging masters. In Zhou Donghuang's past life, he had seen many people tricked by six-ringed bamboo that had been made to look like nine-ringed bamboo. However, those who had been scammed were either unacquainted or core-forging masters of poor ability. Highly-skilled core-forging masters could distinguish nine-ringed bamboo by its minute characteristics, even if they did not know how to differentiate it based on the intervals between the rings. These minute characteristics were present in all herbs above a certain age, and nine-ringed bamboo was no exception.

"Trick…tricked?!" Hearing Zhou Donghuang's words, Da Zhuang's face ballooned. His eyes widened with anger as he muttered, "That Pan Yilin, he scammed me? He dared to trick me? No way! I'll find him now! I will find him right now!" Da Zhuang's eyes turned bloodshot, as if he had transformed into a beast from hell, eager for human flesh.

"Little Brother, I will definitely make this up to you!" Da Zhuang declared angrily as he snatched the nine-ringed bamboo from Zhou Donghuang's hands. With that, he turned and left.

"Summer Valley disciple, Pan Yilin?" Not long after Da Zhuang left, Zhou Donghuang stood up and followed him.

In the Lightning Sword Sect, a market was set up specially for the sect's members to trade. No matter if someone were from the top of the hierarchy or a lowly disciple, anyone could carry out any form of trade in the market. The only rule was this: once something was sold, and money and goods had exchanged hands, the goods could not be returned. Of course, if someone sold something and then realized that it had been sold for too cheap, they would not be able to get it back unless the buyer agreed.

The Lightning Sword Sect's market was governed by the sect and renowned for its fairness.

"Senior Lian, I sold that fake nine-ringed bamboo to Da Zhuang of Autumn Valley. This will definitely anger Senior He Mengxi. Senior He Mengxi is the only daughter of the leader of Autumn Valley. If she comes to take revenge, you must protect me, and not leave me to die, please." In one corner of the market, a young man in a green shirt was talking to another young man in a golden robe. The former had a medium build and ordinary features that would be inconspicuous in a crowd. On the other hand, the latter had a burly figure and handsome features. His beguiling smile revealed a mysterious air about him.

"Furthermore, you were the one who made me do this." The young man in green said nervously.

"Junior Pan, don't you trust me?" The young man in gold glanced at the other man as he asked seriously. "Are you afraid that I will sacrifice you to get into Sister Mengxi's good books?"

"No, no." Although he had indeed had such thoughts, he did not dare say so out loud. The man before him was none other than the son of Summer Valley's leader, the renowned favorite in that Valley. If he offended him, he would definitely face much hardship in the Summer Valley. Once he was kicked out of the Summer Valley, none of the other three Valleys would accept him. If he wanted to remain in the Lightning Sword Sect, he would have to join an outer sect, unless he managed to become a core disciple of the Lightning Sword sect. However, it was a widely known fact that to become a core disciple of the Lightning Sword sect, one had to pass extremely stringent criteria.

"Pan Yilin!!" Just as the young man in green was stammering in front of the man in the golden robe, a loud roar echoed in the skies above the market. The sound was filled with inner Yuan and was so strong that it could cause deafness.

In an instant, all eyes turned up to the skies and landed on a massive figure floating in the air above the market. This massive teenager was more than three meters tall. He was so huge that he did not seem human.

Many people recognized him. "It's Da Zhuang! The Autumn Valley disciple!"

"What is Da Zhuang trying to do?"

"I heard that this rascal was raised by a bunch of apes. Did he pick up their belligerence?"

"Who angered him?"

…

From the skies, Autumn Valley's massive disciple, Da Zhuang, attracted everybody in the market's attention.

The young man in green, who had been acting nervously in front of the man in gold, now appeared extremely confident and arrogant in front of Da Zhuang. He looked up at Da Zhuang in the sky and asked flippantly, "Da Zhuang, what are you trying to do?" This young man was obviously Pan Yilin, the Summer Valley disciple whom Da Zhuang was looking for.

Da Zhuang glided down in front of Pan Yilin. Because Pan Yilin stood at just 1.7 meters, Da Zhuang looked down at Pan Yilin as he declared seriously, "Pan Yilin, you sold me a fake nine-ringed bamboo!"

"Fake nine-ringed bamboo?" Pan Yilin raised his eyebrow. "Da Zhuang, you can eat whatever you want, but you cannot say anything you wish. The nine-ringed bamboo I sold you cannot be fake."

"Not fake?" Da Zhuang angrily pulled out the nine-ringed bamboo that he had bought from Pan Yilin and showed it to the crowd that had gathered to watch the commotion. "My Little Brother told me that this nine-ringed bamboo is fake. The intervals between the rings are not uniform, so it is clearly only a six-ringed bamboo. A six-ringed bamboo is only worth ten mid-level spirit stones, but you took a hundred and ten mid-level spirit stones from me! Do you really think you can bully me?"

Da Zhuang glared at Pan Yilin and lowered his voice. The golden inner Yuan the unknowingly seeping out of his body seemed to be able to attack Pan Yilin at any moment.

"That is nine-ringed bamboo?"

"It really seems like it is not nine-ringed bamboo. Nine-ringed bamboo's pattern should not be like this."

"This is a fake nine-ringed bamboo made from six-ringed bamboo. Pan Yilin sold fake nine-ringed bamboo to Da Zhuang for a hundred and ten mid-level spirit stones? That isn't ethical!"

"Most people do not know nine-ringed bamboo well and can easily be tricked by fake nine-ringed bamboo."

"This Pan Yilin is really daring. In the Lightning Sword Sect, we all know that Da Zhuang is backed by the only daughter of the Autumn Valley chief, He Mengxi. By doing this, although it does not go against the rules of the market since both buyer and seller were willing, isn't he afraid that He Mengxi will cause trouble for him?"

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Among the crowd that had gathered, many had realized that the nine-ringed bamboo in Da Zhuang's hands was fake, but even more were surprised that Pan Yilin was so daring. Here was a Summer Valley disciple who had not even attained the Dharma stage, so where did he get the bravery to try to scam Da Zhuang, someone who was protected by the only daughter of the Autumn Valley's leader? Was he not afraid of death?

"Da Zhuang!" Faced with the crowd's chatter, Pan Yilin's face darkened. "How can you prove that this is the nine-ringed bamboo I sold you? The nine-ringed bamboo I sold you was not this stalk. You took the real nine-ringed bamboo, which you bought from me, then found a fake one to slander me!"

Hearing Pan Yilin's accusation, Da Zhuang was so furious that his face turned red. He screamed in anger, "Pan Yilin, you are lying through your teeth. I'll kill you!" With that, the golden Yuan that surrounded his body exploded toward Pan Yilin.

However, just as the golden Yuan around Pan Yilin rose, someone else acted even faster. With a quick flick of his hand, a giant palm print Dharma ten meters tall appeared and pressed Da Zhuang to the ground, trapping him. This was the work of none other than the young man in gold beside Pan Yilin.

"Da Zhuang, the rules of the market forbid disciples from internal conflict," the young man said coldly.

"It's Lian Can of the Summer Valley!"

"Lian Can is the son of Summer Valley's chief who entered the Dharma stage at just 26. Among this new generation of Summer Valley disciples, he is the most likely to become a core disciple."

…

All eyes now landed on the young man in the golden robe.

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Chapter 227: Lightning Sword Core Elder

Lian Can, the son of the Lightning Sword Sect's Summer Valley's chief, had already attained the Dharma stage when he was 26 years old. In the few years since, he was rumored to be nearing the mid-Dharma stage.

"Lian Can!" Da Zhuang stared angrily at him from beneath the giant palm print Dharma of the young man in the golden robe. "Let me go! I will kill this lying bastard! Not only did he sell me fake goods, he even slandered me! I will kill him! I will kill him!!" Da Zhuang roared.

"Da Zhuang." Lian Can smiled casually at the giant, who seemed to be losing his mind. "Do you have any evidence to prove that Pan Yilin sold you fake goods? How can you show that you are not the one slandering Pan Yilin?"

Lian Can's expression turned even more sour as he yelled, "Lian Can, you…you are in this together with Pan Yilin!"

"Da Zhuang, you can't say such things." Lian Can's eyes flashed coldly. He pressed down further on Lian Can with the giant palm print Dharma, making Da Zhuang cough out a mouthful of fresh blood. The blood that spewed out of his mouth floated back down onto Da Zhuang's face. His twisted face looked even more demonic.

"Hm?" Zhou Donghuang's expression changed when he witnessed how Da Zhuang had been injured.

Whoosh! In a swift motion, Zhou Donghuang turned into a white bolt of lightning and rushed at Da Zhuang. As he neared Da Zhuang, Zhou Donghuang was already preparing to attack the giant palm print Dharma that was crushing Da Zhuang's body.

"Lian Can, put away your Dharma." Before Zhou Donghuang could strike, a wispy voice rang through the market. The volume was not loud, but it seemed to contain some magic that amplified it clearly to the ears of everyone at the market. In the next instant, an old figure strolled out from the crowd. He stared at Lian Can, who was crushing Da Zhuang. This old man wore a long, gray robe. His body was skinny but of medium build. He appeared to be kind and gentle, but his eyes shone with a fearsome light as he glared at Lian Can.

"Elder Han." When he saw the newcomer, Lian Can's eyes flashed with fear. He stowed his palm Dharma without another word. At the same moment, Da Zhuang rushed at Pan Yilin like a crazed man with bloodshot eyes.

Pan Yilin did not move. He knew there was no need.

"Da Zhuang." Just as he moved, his path was blocked by the old man, who mysteriously appeared right in front of him like a ghoul. "If you dare to act against another disciple, even that lass, Mengxi, will not be able to save you. If you are kicked out of the Lightning Sword Sect because of this, she will be so disappointed in you. By then, she will regret bringing you into this sect and even that she ever knew you." The old man blocking Da Zhuang was none other than Elder Han—Han Ku.

Han Ku was a core elder of the Lightning Sword Sect. Although the market was located within the outer sect, the people who took shifts managing it were all core elders. The market was crucial to the Lightning Sword Sect, and conflicts often arose between inner and core disciples with distinguished backgrounds. Outer and even inner elders often found it challenging to mediate these conflicts, so the sect had sent core elders to manage the market daily. The core elder was the highest-ranking elder within the Lightning Sword Sect, and he was in the same hierarchy as each of the four Valley chiefs. Each of the Valley chiefs had a core elder with them.

"Elder Han is right." As Han Ku stopped Da Zhuang, Lian Can smiled as he said, "Da Zhuang, I heard that Sister Mengxi has been out of town recently. You don't want her to find out that you have been kicked out of the Lightning Sword Sect when she comes back, do you?"

Da Zhuang had not given up trying to destroy Pan Yilin even after Han Ku had stopped him. But now, hearing his words, he froze for a moment, before he recovered and muttered in a daze, "Sister, Sister…No, I cannot let her down. But Sister told me to take good care of Little Brother, and I could not complete his task properly. If Sister knew about this, she would not be happy. I… I…." Da Zhuang stood on the spot, and his expression was unfathomable as thoughts raced through his mind.

"Da Zhuang," continued Han Ku, "the market has rules. As long as goods and money exchange hands, after a trade is made, one cannot reopen it. As for what happened here, only those who were present can know the truth. Even if Pan Yilin tricked you here, based on the market's rules and those of the Lightning Sword Sect, you can do nothing about it. During the sale, if you had discovered something wrong with the nine-ringed bamboo, you could have refused to buy it. You did not discover it and still bought it, so you can only count yourself unlucky. Even if I myself or that lass Mengxi had been the one tricked, the outcome would be the same. Just consider that you've bought yourself a lesson today."

Han Ku was on good terms with the Autumn Valley's leader, He Jin, and treated Mengxi as if she were his daughter. This courtesy also extended to Da Zhuang, whom he treated him exceptionally patiently. Otherwise, had any other of the core elders present stepped in, even if they respected He Mengxi and her father, He Jin, and tried to show him respect, they would not have treated Da Zhuang with as much patience as Han Ku.

"But…but Little Brother bought that nine-ringed bamboo, and the hundred and ten mid-level spirit stones are his." Although Da Zhuang calmed down, hearing Han Ku's words, but he was still anxious. "I…I do not have that many spirit stones to return to Little Brother."

Seeing Da Zhuang finally calm down, Han Ku breathed a heavy sigh of relief. He shook his head and smiled as he said, "Isn't it just a hundred and ten mid-level spirit stones? I'll return it for you." For Han Ku, a core elder of the Lightning Sword Sect, one hundred mid-level spirit stones were nothing. The sect paid him considerably more spirit stones every month.

"No, no. I cannot take it." Da Zhuang shook his head fervently. "I will go and tell Little Brother that when I save up eleven superior spirit stones, I will return all to him." Inner disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect only received one superior-level spirit stone per month. But Da Zhuang had used up his superior-level spirit stone almost immediately after receiving it. Since he had no other means of earning spirit stones, he was always short.

"Da Zhuang, I don't need you to return those spirit stones." Zhou Donghuang, who had long since landed nearby, now stepped forward.

"Little Brother? You…you're here?" Seeing Zhou Donghuang, Da Zhuang was first taken aback, then his face filled with guilt. "Little Brother, I'm so sorry. Those spirit stones—I will return them to you. I must."

Knowing Da Zhuang's persistence, Zhou Donghuang did not try to convince him otherwise. Zhou Donghuang instead turned to the core elder, Han Ku, and got straight to the point by asking, "Elder Han, based on what I just heard, do you mean to say that, even if the goods are fake, as long as the sale takes place in the market, after the item and money have exchanged hands, the person who bought the fake can do nothing about it? Is this a rule protected by the sect itself?"

"This must be the new disciple who recently joined Autumn Valley." Because he was close to He Jin, Han Ku was aware that Autumn Valley had recently gained a new disciple.

"Indeed." Han Ku nodded his head. "The sect laid down this rule in the hopes that the disciples would be able to learn hard lessons within the sect and avoid big losses on the outside. For disciples to suffer a greater number of small losses while they are still protected by the sect is not such a bad thing, after all. In fact, inside the sect, to be able to sell a fake good successfully is considered a talent, to some extent."

"I see," Zhou Donghuang replied with a nod. He then glanced at the Summer Valley disciples, Lian Can and Pan Yilin, before turning back to Da Zhuang and saying, "Da Zhuang, let's go back."

"Yes," agreed Da Zhuang, and they left together.

The marketplace once again regained its peace. To the members of the sect who were in the market, this was nothing more than a small commotion.

"That lad just now, was he the new disciple that joined Autumn Valley? I think his name was Zhou… Zhou something Huang?" Lian Can looked at Pan Yilin and raised his eyebrows.

"I think so." Pan Yilin nodded. "According to people from Autumn Valley, the new disciple, Zhou Donghuang, is extremely handsome. He's always dressed in flowing white and has an extraordinary aura. If I had not seen it for myself today, I would not have believed it."

"Why? Do you think he's special?" Lian Can's eyes were now unfriendly. "If I remember correctly, I think he was brought into the sect by Sister Mengxi?" With that, his expression changed, and a cold murderous glint flashed across his eyes.

He Mengxi was the apple of his eye. He would not allow any man besides her father to come near her. Da Zhuang was the first. Now, here was the second. He, Lian Can, would not let either of them off easily!

Lian Can's words made Pan Yilin's face change in fright. He hurriedly added, "Although some may consider him remarkable, compared to you, he is inferior!"

With this compliment from Pan Yilin, Lian Can's sour expression improved.

…

On the way back to Autumn Valley, Zhou Donghuang said to Da Zhuang, "Da Zhuang, these next days, I need you to make a fe morew trips to the market. Record down and report anything placed on the auction board by someone from Summer Valley."

The Lightning Sword Sect's market not only facilitated face-to-face transactions, but they also held auctions for rare items. Of course, prices at auction at least had to double the item's original price. Otherwise, the item would not be placed on the auction board.

"Yes." Although he was not quite sure what his Little Brother was up to, Da Zhuang was quick to agree to his request.

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Chapter 228: Coincidence?

A Summer Valley disciple, Pan Yilin, had passed off cheap six-ringed bamboo as nine-ringed bamboo and sold it to Da Zhuang. He'd even twisted the facts to claim that Da Zhuang had slandered him. This had angered Da Zhuang so much that he'd nearly tried to kill him.

As for Zhou Donghuang, was he furious?

Of course, he was fuming! If given the chance, he would have killed the two Summer Valley disciples right there and then! But his rationality helped him keep his cool. Killing them would have been easy, but refraining was almost impossible!

"The Lightning Sword Sect's core elder must be at least an advanced Primordial Soul adept. If I kill those two men, I will probably die by Han Ku's hand. Even if he does not kill me, he will arrest me, and I'll be charged in the Lightning Sword Sect's court and probably executed."

Because he was well aware of this, Zhou Donghuang had remained extremely calm in the marketplace and had not taken any drastic actions against the Summer Valley's two disciples.

Nonetheless, he was not one to be taken advantage of. So, he thought, the Summer Valley wants to play? Then I, Zhou Donghuang will play with you! Forgery? Where were you when I was making fake goods? Rather, where were you when I was making fake goods in my past life?

…

Two days later, Da Zhuang handed Zhou Donghuang a piece of paper covered with rows of squiggly words. Some were bigger than others, and the writing was practically illegible. These were the words of Da Zhuang.

"Da Zhuang, did you just learn to write?" Zhou Donghuang asked.

"Mm." Da Zhuang nodded and laughed sheepishly. "I started to learn how to write two years ago after Sister brought me here. I'm sorry for making you read my poor penmanship." Da Zhuang rubbed his head in embarrassment.

"I see." Zhou Donghuang's attention returned to the paper in his hands. Although Da Zhuang's writing was ugly, it was clear enough to read. Of course, he had asked Da Zhuang to copy them out word-for-word, so if he copied them incorrectly, there was nothing he could do about it except go to the market himself. Preparing for the worst-case scenario was a habit that Zhou Donghuang had cultivated in his previous life. It had served him well.

"Little Brother, if there is nothing else, then I'll make the first move." Seeing Zhou Donghuang so focused on the paper without making a sound, Da Zhuang then said, " I will return the eleven superior spirit stones I owe you as soon as possible."

Zhou Donghuang looked up at Da Zhuang and responded, "Let's not talk about that. Right now, I need you to help me buy some things."

"Little Brother, you… you still want me to help you to buy things? Aren't you afraid that I'll be scammed again?" Da Zhuang's eyes widened.

"Don't worry." Zhou Donghuang smiled calmly. "This time, I just need you to buy some cheap items that only total ten mid-level spirit stones. These things are so cheap that no one would bother faking them." With that, Zhou Donghuang took out twenty mid-level spirit stones and handed them to Da Zhuang.

It was not that he wasn't willing to give Da Zhuang more spirit stones. Da Zhuang was just so stubborn that he always refused to accept additional spirit stones from Zhou Donghuang. The first time that Da Zhuang had helped him buy something, he had wanted to give him some errand fees to thank him, but Da Zhuang had flatly refused. When Zhou Donghuang had insisted, Da Zhuang had almost lost his cool, and Zhou Donghuang could do nothing but give in. Da Zhuang was as stubborn as an ox.

"Why don't you go now?" suggested Zhou Donghuang after handing the spirit stones to Da Zhuang.

"Yes," answered Da Zhuang as he left. Seeing that Zhou Donghuang was in a hurry to procure the goods, Da Zhuang left the Autumn Valley right away for the market.

Meanwhile, all around the Autumn Valley, people were discussing how Da Zhuang had been tricked by the Summer Valley's disciples.

"Who in the Autumn Valley does not know Da Zhuang's personality? He does not lie. That Pan Yilin really went overboard."

"Too bad that we cannot do anything even if we know that Da Zhuang was cheated. The sect won't do anything about something like this."

"When Sister Mengxi returns and finds out about this, she will definitely have a lot to say."

…

Although there were not many Autumn Valley disciples and small disagreements always arose among them, these disciples nevertheless put aside their differences and stood up for each other when bullied by the inner disciples from the other Valleys. This time, Pan Yilin hadn't broken any of the sect's rules. In such circumstances, although they felt angry for Da Zhuang, there was nothing they could do about it.

Huang Long, the Autumn Valley disciple who had taken Zhou Donghuang to see He Mengxi when he had first arrived at the Autumn Valley, declared angrily to some other Autumn Valley disciples, "I curse those bastards of the Summer Valley! May they always buy fake goods in the future!"

If Zhou Donghuang had heard this, he would have definitely given him a thumbs-up—great prophecy!

Zhou Donghuang had just asked Da Zhuang to buy the materials he intended to use for making forgeries.

In his past life, when he'd left Earth before entering the same sect as He Mengxi, he had seriously lacked in spirit stones. Not only did practice require spirit stones, but they were also a form of currency to buy the things that he needed. In his previous circumstances, he had desperately needed to earn some spirit stones.

When he was most desperate for spirit stones and was about to enter the demon forest to hunt demons in exchange for stones, he'd happened to witness a battle between an ultimate Dharma adept and a Dharma demon in the forest.

The Dharma demon was killed. The ultimate Dharma adept was also about to take his last breath. Zhou Donghuang had tried to save the man but failed. However, the Dharma adept, seeing that Zhou Donghuang had not taken this opportunity to kill him and rob him of his space ring and had even tried to save him, had whispered the location of the hiding place of his treasures to Zhou Donghuang before he'd died. He'd even told Zhou Donghuang that the most valuable of all was an old book that recorded many methods for forging various treasures. These methods were so refined that the forged items could fool anyone. Even deities found it difficult to tell fake items from real ones. The replicas recorded in the book all looked identical to the real deal on the surface and during initial inspection. Of course, they were still fakes and could not be substituted for the genuine artifacts. Even so, using the forgery methods recorded in that book, Zhou Donghuang had managed to earn a large fortune of spirit stones in his last life.

Of course, he did not cheat just anyone. He only cheated evil, cruel, or heartless people and had never cheated a good person. Even though he'd never considered himself a 'good man,' he had some morals and was determined to stick to them. If one did not have any conscience, how did one live? Although he'd never thought of himself as a 'good man,' he'd never considered abandoning his principles.

"Summer Valley disciples like fake goods, don't they? You even pin Third Sister's saviors to the ground, pretending I don't exist! Since you want to play, I will grant you your wish!"

…

Ten days later…

Zhou Donghuang did not tell Da Zhuang when he left Autumn Valley and headed to the market. This time, Zhou Donghuang was discreet.

In a corner of the market, he opened a small mat and laid on it a few times. Then, he sat behind the mat, closed his eyes, and began practicing leisurely.

Half an hour later, a loud voice asked Zhou Donghuang, "Brother, how much are you selling this for?"

The excitement in the man's voice was barely masked. The other party was deliberately suppressing agitated emotions.

"Someone took the bait." In a flash, Zhou Donghuang opened his eyes and looked at the man standing in front of the mat.

The middle-aged man was clearly a disciple of the Winter Valley. This could be determined from the cherry blossom insignia hanging in front of his chest.

"Which one?" Zhou Donghuang blinked lazily as he asked.

"This one." The man pointed at a block of jade on the mat. Inside, there were traces of red blood. On closer inspection, the blood seemed to be flowing through the stone. This was the hallmark of Frozen-blood Jade.

"This is the Frozen-blood Jade, and it can be used to forge spirit weapons or make elixirs," answered Zhou Donghuang casually. "I will not ask for too much—a mere twenty superior spirit stones."

The man's eyes narrowed. This man knew Frozen-blood Jade? Since he knew what it was, did he not know that a Summer Valley disciple had just put up a bid one month ago to buy this jade for fifty superior spirit stones?

Most likely, he has not checked the auction board recently, the man thought to himself excitedly. Looks like I am in luck today!

"Done! I'll take it for twenty superior spirit stones." The man did not try to bargain, took out the spirit stones from his space ring, and handed them over to Zhou Donghuang.

Zhou Donghuang accepted the stones and reminded him, "Test it for yourself. Once you take it away, you can't bring it back and argue."

"No need." The man picked up the Frozen-blood Jade and shook his head as he said, "Only Frozen-blood Jade is as special as this. I've never heard of anyone being able to forge it." With that, he took the jade and looked again at the mat on the ground.

"Brother, how about this?" This time, there was an unmistakable glint of joy in the depths of the man's eyes. Was it a coincidence? Here was another item that a Summer Valley disciple had bid on!

"This is Thousand-year Red Wood," replied Zhou Donghuang. "I never intended to sell it. A specimen as large and well-preserved as this is rare. But since I am in need of spirit stones, I have no other choice."

Hearing Zhou Donghuang correctly identify the item that he had just pointed to, the man thought to himself that there was no chance of buying it cheaply.

"Brother, how much do you intend to sell it for?" asked the man.

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Chapter 229: No Badmouthing Him

"Thirty superior spirit stones," replied Zhou Donghuang.

The man's hopes of being able to buy the Thousand-Year Red Wood for a low price were immediately dashed.

"Brother, can't you sell it for less?" asked the Winter Valley disciple with a smile. "Look, I just spent twenty superior spirit stones on your Frozen-blood Jade."

"No bargaining," replied Zhou Donghuang flatly as he glanced calmly at the Winter Valley disciple.

"Alright." The man looked disappointed, but he was helpless. He still intended to purchase the Thousand-year Red Wood. "Brother, I do not have enough spirit stones at the moment. Can you wait for a while? I'll borrow them from someone and be back right."

"Half an hour." With that, Zhou Donghuang stowed the Thousand-year Red Wood.

"I'll be back within half an hour!" the Winter Valley disciple promised. Then, he anxiously took to the skies and headed in the direction of the Winter Valley. Clearly, he was going to borrow spirit stones.

En route, the Winter Valley disciple prayed quietly, "I hope that, during this half an hour, he does not look at the auction board. Otherwise, he will definitely sell the Thousand-year Red Wood to the person from the Summer Valley who bid on it! That Summer Valley disciple has bid eighty superior spirit stones for the Thousand-year Red Wood!"

Of course, he was worried about nothing. Zhou Donghuang had already known the amount that the Summer Valley disciple had bid. Otherwise, he would not have Frozen-blood Jade or Thousand-year Red Wood in his hands. These two items had been made using cheap materials. Unless they were really used, the fakes would be indistinguishable from the real thing. The old forgery manual that Zhou Donghuang had obtained in his previous life was considered a priceless treasure throughout the entire universe. Zhou Donghuang had already used many of the forgery techniques to trick many deities.

"What a pity that, out of the ten-plus items that the Summer Valley disciples have bid on, only nine can be forged. The remainders are either not suitable for forgery or require a fire stronger than the third-level of Samadhi fire to create." Although Zhou Donghuang had three Golden Essences, he was still some way away from attaining his fourth. He was a Primal Core adept, and the fire he produced could only be classified as a third-level Samadhi fire.

To produce a fire of the fourth level, one of his Golden Essences would have to attain the Dharma stage. Of course, for one of his Golden Essences to reach the Dharma stage, all four of his Essences had to be Golden Essences already. Only then would he be able to break through the Dharma frontier. This was the unique characteristic of the "Way of the Four Supremes," and it was a rule that he had no choice but to obey.

Now, I'll sell two first. Later, I'll try to sell the other seven, Zhou Donghuang thought to himself.

Zhou Donghuang had given the Winter Valley disciple half an hour, but he returned after twenty minutes and handed the spirit stones to Zhou Donghuang. "Brother, here are thirty superior spirit stones, count them for yourself."

"Correct." Zhou Donghuang accepted the spirit stones and took out the Thousand-year Red Wood and passed it to the Winter Valley disciple. "Test it for yourself."

The Winter Valley disciple picked up the piece of wood and scrutinized it, then nodded and said, "No problem. Thank you, brother." With that, the man left after bidding farewell to Zhou Donghuang. As he left, his face and eyes were filled with excitement he could barely conceal. The two items in his hands would earn him eighty superior spirit stones once he resold them! And it would take him less than half a day to make that amount! As the Winter Valley disciple hurried off to find the disciple from the Summer Valley who had placed the bid on the items, Zhou Donghuang took out another two items.

Not long after, someone else took the bait. This time, Zhou Donghuang had two customers. The two looked at each other knowingly, and each bought one item without saying a word. Both of them were well aware that both of these items were on the auction board.

If they sold to the disciple of the Summer Valley, one of the items could earn the first buyer twenty superior spirit stones, while the other would make the second buyer fifty superior spirit stones. After the two of them had bought the items and walked out of Zhou Donghuang's earshot, they whispered to each other, "That brother must be out of touch with the auction board. How could he put these two items up for sale? And for market price!" He shook his head and said quietly, and his eyes filled with excitement.

The other person took out fifteen superior spirit stones and handed them to the first man. "I did not call you out, and you didn't expose me either. Here, I'll give you fifteen superior spirit stones, so we'll each earn thirty-five spirit stones from this deal."

"Thank you, Brother Lan!" The first man took the spirit stones and thanked him profusely.

"Let's go! We'll find the two people from the Summer Valley and sell these items to them!" the second man exclaimed, his face radiating with glee. "I never thought that there would be such an easy way to earn spirit stones! With just one transaction, we can earn thirty-five superior spirit stones. Under normal circumstances, we could only earn thirty-six superior spirit stones in three years from the sect." Clearly, these two men were inner disciples.

"Brother Lan, will that brother cause trouble for us later?" The first man was worried.

"Don't worry about it." The other man was nonchalant. "The market has its own rules. Furthermore, we paid for the spirit stones in full. We do not have a duty to remind the merchant that the two items are on the Summer Valley's auction board. A while ago, the Autumn Valley disciple, Da Zhuang, bought a fake nine-ringed bamboo from the Summer Valley disciple, Pan Yilin, and lost a hundred mid-level spirit stones. But he did not get anything back at the end of the day. The market has its rules. We traded spirit stones for the item, so after the trade, nobody can reverse it."

Hearing this, the first man then calmed down. "Now that you mention it, Da Zhuang was unfortunate. A hundred mid-level spirit stones are equivalent to ten superior spirit stones."

The two men thought that Zhou Donghuang would not be able to hear them since they were some ways away, but Zhou Donghuang's hearing ability had been enhanced by the "Way of the Four Supremes" each time his level of attainment had improved, so he could hear every word.

He shook his head and smiled to himself. These two were simply pawns in the game of chess he was playing.

"Let's continue." Over the rest of the day, Zhou Donghuang successfully sold the remaining fake goods at his stall. He finally sold the ninth item at dusk. Then, he packed up and returned to the Autumn Valley.

"The Summer Valley is about to have some fun these next few days!" On his way back to the Autumn Valley, Zhou Donghuang smiled to himself as if he had accomplished something unremarkable today. To him, it was indeed not worth a mention. The nine fake items had taken him ten full days to create. But this was because he had spent much of that time on his practice and had only invested a little of his downtime in creating the items.

"The most important thing right now is to train the fourth Golden Essence. Only then can I break through the Dharma frontier. Otherwise, I can't even go anywhere near the Dharma stage's barrier." For Zhou Donghuang, who was practicing the "Way of the Four Supremes," he could only reach the Dharma stage after attaining his fourth Golden Essence.

After returning to the Autumn Valley, Zhou Donghuang prepared to return to his room in the courtyard to train. When he arrived, he noticed that Da Zhuang was chatting with some people in the adjacent yard. These people were comforting Da Zhuang. Zhou Donghuang had a vague impression of these men, who were all disciples of the Autumn Valley.

"Little Brother is back." Once Zhou Donghuang arrived in the air above his courtyard, Da Zhuang noticed him.

Zhou Donghuang nodded, then landed in his own courtyard. As for the other people, he paid no attention to them at all. Seeing this, the few men beside Da Zhuang were slightly offended.

"This Zhou Donghuang has no manners!"

"Doesn't he know how to greet his seniors?"

…

The few Autumn Valley disciples beside Da Zhuang were all energetic teenage boys. Since Zhou Donghuang's arrival in the Autumn Valley, they had noticed that, whenever the teenage girls from Autumn Valley gathered, they no longer talked about them. They were only concerned about the newcomer, Zhou Donghuang. This made them feel as if Zhou Donghuang had stolen their limelight, and they were secretly jealous of him.

"Seniors, please do not badmouth Little Brother." Da Zhuang frowned. "Little Brother is a very kind man, so you cannot badmouth him."

"Da Zhuang, we are not badmouthing him!" Because Da Zhuang was very close to the princess of Autumn Valley, He Mengxi, all the male disciples were very polite to Da Zhuang. "We only said that he was disrespectful. He did not even greet us when he saw us."

"Exactly! He is nowhere as polite as you, Da Zhuang."

"We are here discussing how to take revenge for you. What about him? Who knows what this newcomer has been doing all day out there. He comes back so late and rushes into his room as if he does not care that the Summer Valley disciples bullied Da Zhuang."

…

Hearing these disciples speaking so brazenly about Zhou Donghuang, Da Zhuang was furious, and his face turned red. He growled in a low voice, "Seniors, Little Brother is nothing like that! If you badmouth him one more time, I… I… I will have nothing more to do with you!" Da Zhuang was immensely angered by what they had said.

The Autumn Valley disciples did not expect Da Zhuang's reaction to be so extreme. They looked awkwardly at each other, then left quickly. As they turned to leave, their eyes were filled with disgust and arrogance. If not for their intention to use Da Zhuang as a steppingstone to get into the Autumn Valley princess' good books, none of them would have bothered talking to a big fool like Da Zhuang.

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Chapter 230: I'm Not That Easy to Bully!

As Zhou Donghuang returned to the Autumn Valley, a middle-aged man with an average build appeared in the Summer Valley, exuding confidence. As he flew into the Summer Valley, his spirits were high, and it was easy to sense his joy.

"Brother Zhong, you look thrilled today! Has something good happened?"

A young man preparing to leave the Summer Valley smiled at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man laughed. "Yes, something good has happened! I put some Thousand-year Red Wood on the market in the trade area about two years ago. Now, someone has finally bought it!"

"Thousand-year Red Wood?" The young man was shocked. "That item has an expensive price tag but little value. After you increased the price by two or three times, it's amazing that someone purchased it! Brother Zhong, you are fortunate!"

"Alright, let's talk later. I'm rushing to give these items to my master so he can help me convert themm into an ultimate spirit weapon."

As the middle-aged man spoke, he flew into the depths of the Summer Valley.

The Summer Valley was a vast mountain vale like others with similar names. However, it was different from the Autumn Valley, which had visible traces of autumn. Instead, in the Summer Valley, the surrounding nature showed no signs of summer. Coincidentally, this was how the Summer Valley got its name.

"It's fake! I can't believe that it's fake!"

Around the same time that the middle-aged man with last name Zhong returned to the Summer Valley, in a courtyard on the other side of the mountains, a figure burst through the doors with a furious expression, crying out with rage, "Bai Liqing from the Winter Valley dared to sell me fake Frozen-Blood Jade!"

"D*mn it! D*mn it!"

"I'm going to find him and exact my revenge! He has to pay for this!"

The speaker was a Summer Valley disciple and a mid-Dharma adept named Fang Baiwei.

People milling around the nearby courtyards heard Fang Baiwei's commotion and came closer to see what was going on. "Brother Fang, what's the matter?"

Those who lived near Fang Baiwei communicated with him often. Thus, the Summer Valley's disciples who lived nearby all had rather good relationships with Fang Baiwei.

After they heard Fang Baiwei's pitiful tale, they were instantly enraged. "I can't believe that Bai Liqing from the Winter Valley dared to do such a thing! He had the gall to sell fake Frozen-blood Jade to our Brother Fang?"

"Let's help him exact his revenge!"

"Yes! He must pay for this!"

Together with several of his fellow disciples, Fang Baiwei left the Summer Valley with murderous intentions and traveled directly to the Winter Valley.

After they were informed that the Winter Valley disciple in question, Bai Liqing, had not yet returned, the mob then turned to travel toward the trade area and happened to find him there.

Bai Liqing, coincidentally, was the first person to receive Zhou Donghuang's two gifts, which the people from the Summer Valley valued greatly. These two items were the Frozen-blood Jade and the Thousand-year Red Wood.

Now, whether it was the Frozen-blood Jade or the Thousand-year Red Wood, he had already transferred their ownership to the Summer Valley's disciples by selling them off. In the process, he had earned eighty high-quality spirit stones.

With such a large sum of high-quality spirit stones now in his possession, he had taken a stroll around the trade area before splurging on luxurious items, which he usually refrained from buying.

"Hm?" Suddenly, Bai Liqing realized that the Summer Valley disciple, Fang Baiwei, who had bought the Frozen-blood Jade from him, had brought a crowd of people over. They were all running at him with murderous intent.

"Bai Liqing!!!"

Even before the group came close to him, Fang Baiwei was already yelling out viciously. "I have never offended you in the past, and yet you dare to sell me fake Frozen-blood Jade?"

"Fake Frozen-Blood Jade?"

Glancing at Fang Baiwei, who had not arrived beforehand, Bai Liqing furrowed his brow before saying casually, "Fang Baiwei, what nonsense are you spouting!? The Frozen-blood Jade that I sold you was a proper financial transaction. We exchanged for your spirit stone veins, remember? You even conducted a thorough check of the item to ensure that it was satisfactory. Now that you've brought the Frozen-blood Jade back home, you're suddenly here accusing me of selling you a fake after all this time? What is this? Are you trying to cheat me out of a perfectly fine sale?" As he spoke, Bai Liqing's gaze gradually turned hostile.

Fang Baiwei's face darkened as he replied gravely, "Bai Liqing, it is you who are seeking trouble."

"No, you are the one creating a fuss out of nothing." Bai Liqing glanced coldly at the man before him then said, "If you are saying that the Frozen-Blood Jade I sold you was a fake, where's the proof?

"You should showcase the Frozen-blood Jade for everyone to see and verify publicly whether it is real or fake," Bai Liqing retorted.

Upon hearing Bai Liqing's words, Fang Baiwei's face twisted even more. "Fang Baiwei, I think you are creating a fuss out of nothing. Don't you know that the authenticity of typical Frozen-blood Jade cannot be ascertained simply using the usual tests? The only way to find out if Frozen-blood Jade is authentic is to allow it to come into contact with Simi fire. A true piece of Frozen-blood Jade will directly turn it into smoke and ashes."

Obviously, no one would ever use Simi fire to test the authenticity of the Frozen-Blood Jade because the jade would immediately be tainted after coming into contact with Simi fire. In the short term, if a core-forging master did not use it, or it was not made into a spirit weapon, it would become an ordinary piece of jade, which was worth very little.

"Simi fire?" Bai Liqing smiled.

"According to your words, I'm assuming that the Frozen-Blood Jade, this very piece you claim is fake, cannot be produced here and now?

"What a joke!

"Once, Pan Yilin, the disciple from your Summer Valley, passed off six-ringed bamboo as nine-ringed bamboo and sold it to one of the Autumn Valley's disciples, Da Zhuang. In the end, Da Zhuang managed to produce the fake to prove his point. Now, you Summer Valley people are accusing me of selling fakes but are unable to produce proof." As he said this, Bai Liqing's smile disappeared, and his eyes glazed with frost. "Fang Baiwei, if you have the guts, fight me on this! If you wish to ruin my reputation, you'll need to work for it!" Bai Liqing called out sharply.

Fang Baiwei's face changed immediately, and he wanted to take action. However, he was immediately blocked and restrained by several of the disciples from his valley.

A few of the Lightning Sword Sect's disciples were also nearby, and they could not help but comment on the situation.

"Senior Bai Liqing is right. If he is unable to produce proof, how can he claim that Senior Bai Liqing sold him fake goods? There is no evidence."

"People of Summer Valley, you are all so shameless. Today, you tried to smear Bai Liqing's reputation without any proof. Before, when Da Zhuang of Autumn Valley produced proof that your people had cheated him, the people of the Summer Valley stood by Pan Yilin. A disciple of the Summer Valley, Han Ku, even said that even if Pan Yilin had sold fake goods, the fault lay with Da Zhuang for not checking the quality of his purchases. The sects have a rule: once a financial transaction is concluded, it cannot be reversed."

"According to the sect's rules, other than the fact that Fang Baiwei has no proof, even if there were proof, and Bai Liqing had indeed sold fake goods, he has no right to do anything to Bai Liqing. According to the rules, it is Fang Baiwei's fault for not verifying his purchases. Bai Liqing is not to blame."

After hearing such comments from the Lightning Sword Sect's disciples, Fang Baiwei's face grew so stormy that it could have probably squeezed out water like a thundercloud. The glance he now gave Bai Liqing was so intense and angry—it was like he wanted to devour him.

"Bai Liqing, this time, I'll end this conversation here. Next time, I hope we have no future interactions, or I will not let you go so easily!"

Fang Baiwei glared at Bai Liqing with murderous rage and unsatisfactorily left with the Summer Valley disciples who had accompanied him.

"Anytime! Anytime!" Bai Liqing called out cheerily without hesitation.

By this point, everyone in the crowd had reached a consensus that Fang Baiwei was provoking Bai Liqing for personal reasons. Otherwise, he should be able to produce some evidence!

"There was already an incident of a Summer valley disciple, Pan Yilin, cheating an Autumn Valley disciple, Da Zhuang. After what happened today, it must be said that the Summer Valley people are too much!"

This was now the general idea shared by most of the Lightning Sword Sect's disciples.

After the commotion that Fang Baiwei had caused, Bai Liqing was not in the mood to continue casually browsing the trade area. He took the eighty high-quality spirit stones that he had earned that day and went on his way, returning to the Winter Valley in high spirits.

The Winter Valley was also a mountain, an icy patch of paradise. White snow blanketed the land, and all the rivers and bodies of water were frozen.

"Brother Bai, seeing your rosy cheeks, I'm guessing something good happened to you today."

Just as Bai Liqing had returned to the skies above his courtyard, a skinny figure suddenly flew at him from an adjacent courtyard. He looked like a normal person, except for his glance, which was incredibly intense. He smiled at Bai Liqing as he talked.

"Haha! Senior Zhang, let me treat you to some wine tomorrow! I can splurge on twelve flower stuffed pipes!"

Bai Liqing laughed as he looked at the Winter Valley disciple before him, whom he was closest to in the entire East Valley. Bai Liqing viewed him as a brother.

"Twelve flower stuffed pipes?" The skinny middle-aged man's eyes brightened. "That's not bad. It's rare for you to make such an offer! I still remember that I've treated you to several rounds of twelve flower stuffed pipes, but you have only treated me once or twice! Furthermore, on those occasions, it was I who asked you to reciprocate, as you were rather unwilling!" said the skinny middle-aged man in a slightly teasing tone.

Bai Liqing smiled awkwardly and explained, "That's because I was rather short on cash, so I did not have much choice. Senior Zhang, if you want, from tomorrow onward, I'll treat you to twelve flower stuffed pipes every day for half a month!"

Twelve flower stuffed pipes were a particular sort of spirit wine produced by the Lightning Sword Sect's Spring Valley. It was created with twelve different types of spirit flowers and was delicious. The wine was strong enough to enhance one's training.

The twelve flower stuffed pipes contained in regular wine barrels sold for one high-quality spirit stone per barrel. This was like drawing one spirit stone vein from every single disciple within a sect!

This special wine was not affordable for a typical sect disciple. However, as the intensity of the twelve flower stuffed pipes was extremely high, even Dharma adepts would not dare drink an entire barrel in a day. A Dharma adept who had once drunk an whole barrel of hundred flower wine had ended up passing out for seven days and seven nights!

For two Dharma adepts combined, in a day, the most they could drink would be one barrel of twelve flower stuffed pipes between them.

"Half a month's worth?"

The skinny middle-aged man's eyes lit up. "Brother, have you received a fortune recently?"

"A small fortune, yes." Bai Liqing smiled slightly and casually took out twenty high-quality spirit stones. He returned them to the middle-aged man, saying, "Senior Zhang, I borrowed these from you this morning. I'm returning them to you now."

The middle-aged man took the spirit stones and asked with confusion, "Brother, are you trying to tell me that you amassed this fortune using the twenty high-quality spirit stones that I lent you earlier today?"

Before Bai Liqing could reply, an angry and outraged voice burst out from nearby. "Bai Liqing, you bastard! How dare you sell me fake Thousand-year Red Wood!"

Bai Liqing turned around saw a middle-aged man with a stocky build charging toward him through the air. "Zhong Yin?"

Zhong Yin, a Summer Valley disciple, had also made purchases from him today. He was the new owner of a piece of Thousand-year Red Wood.

"Fake Thousand-year Red Wood?"

Bai Liqing's face darkened. What did all these Summer Valley people want from him?

"What happened?"

The skinny, middle-aged man standing beside Bai Liqing now looked suspicious.

"Senior Zhang, these disciples from the Summer Valley are shameless. First, Fang Baiwei claimed that I sold him fake Frozen-Blood Jade. Now, this Zhong Yin is also claiming that I sold him fake Thousand-year Red Wood."

Bai Liqing's expression was murderous. "Do they all think that I'm an easy target to bully?"

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Chapter 231: Let's Sell All Nine Items!

Zhong Yin, a disciple of the Summer Valley and a late Dharma adept, was also a personal disciple of an elder of the Summer Valley.

This elder of the Summer Valley was coincidentally an inner elder of the Lightning Sword Sect.

In the Lightning Sword Sect, if one wanted to become an inner elder, one had to be at the mid Primordial Soul stage at the very least. That was the threshold that the inner elders abided by.

As for those who wanted to enter the Lightning Peak and become an elder of the Lightning Sword Sect, the conditions were even stricter. One had to be at least a late Primordial Soul adept and above.

As for becoming an outer elder, one only had to be at the early Primordial Soul stage to qualify.

In other words, in the Lightning Sword Sect, even the most average and mediocre outer elder was also at the very least within one of the Primordial Soul stages.

"Bai Liqing!"

Zhong Yin floated to where Bai Liqing was in the sky, stabilized himself and stared beadily at Bai Liqing. In a low voice, he asked gravely, "I, Zhong Ya, have never offended you before, right?

However, you dared to sell fake Thousand-Year Red Wood to me?"

Zhong Ya had used 80 high-quality spirit stones in this exchange only to realize that the Thousand-Year Red Wood was fake; it was no wonder that he was greatly angered by it!

Originally, after he had arrived at the Winter Valley, over a period of time, his anger had already diminished slightly.

However, now that he was face to face with Bai Liqing, his anger was fueled yet again like a flame that was restarted. He raged, and now it was too late to calm him down.

"Zhong Ya, is everyone from the Summer Valley crazy!?" Bai Liqing asked solemnly.

"First, it was that Fang Baiwei who claimed that the Frozen-Blood Jade I sold him was fake… Now, you're here creating trouble and claiming that the Thousand-Year Red Wood I sold you is fake too?

"Are you going to act like Fang Baiwei and mention that you can't provide any evidence for your claims since the Thousand-Year Red Wood has already been in contact with fire and got destroyed?"

At this point, Bai Liqing was extremely frustrated and angered.

After all, Zhong Yin and Fang Baiwei were different.

Other than the fact that Zhong Yin had an inner elder backing him up, Zhong Yin's stage was also higher than his.

"You sold Frozen-Blood Jade to Brother Fang?"

Zhong Yin furrowed his brows.

"Furthermore, Brother Fang mentioned that the Frozen-Blood Jade was fake as well?"

"Hmph!"

Bai Liqing snorted coldly and replied mockingly, "All you people of the Summer Valley are clearly working together to malign me… You're still acting right now?"

"Bai Liqing."

Zhong Yin sighed deeply.

"No matter whether it is the Thousand-Year Red Wood that I wanted or the Frozen-Blood Jade that Brother Fang wanted, they are all items that we have been searching for from the shelves at the trade center for quite some time.

"Usually you wouldn't have these items, much less sell it to us… but today, you suddenly managed to present both items? Be it Thousand-Year Red Wood or Frozen-Blood Jade, both are not items that are commonly found!"

At this point, Zhong Yin glanced solemnly at Bai Liqing.

Now, another disciple of the Winter Valley, who was standing nearby, Zhang Weiyuan, overheard the entire conversation and gained a vague understanding of the matter at hand.

He glanced at Bai Liqing and asked, "Brother, the fortune that you mentioned you gained today was due to the fact that you had sold Thousand-Year Red Wood and Frozen-Blood Jade to Zhong Yin and Fang Baiwei?"

Earlier today, in the afternoon, Bai Liqing had randomly sought him out to borrow 20 high-quality spirit stones and had promised that he would return them by the end of the day.

At that point, Zhang Weiyuan had assumed that Bai Liqing had either borrowed the spirit stone veins to gamble or to sell some items and gain some profit.

Bai Liqing rarely gambled with others, and thus Zhang Weiyuan had assumed the latter to be more probable.

Now, he knew that his assumption was right, seeing as how a disciple of the Summer Valley, Zhong Yin, had appeared.

"Yes," Bai Liqing affirmed this statement.

"The Thousand-Year Red Wood and Frozen-Blood Jade were both bought from other people?"

Zhang Weiyuan asked again.

"Yes," Bai Liqing affirmed Zhang Weiyuan's words yet again.

"Who would be silly enough to trade through a dealer? The person who sold them to you could have sold those items to Fang Baiwei and Zhong Yin personally! If he did so directly, he could have earned much more than you did!"

Zhong Yin furrowed his brows in thought. "Furthermore, the items that they want are rare, and they have been searching for them for a long time. They had even left a possible reward on the bounty list of the trade center for them!"

"Brother Zhang, perhaps that disciple did not view the bounty list and were unaware that people were looking for these items!" Bai Liqing reasoned.

"However, the issue lies in the fact that both Zhong Yin and Fang Baiwei have claimed that the items are fake!" Zhang Weiyuan continued to speak.

"Brother Zhang."

Bai Liqing's face had changed.

"Do you not believe me either? For those two items, I carried out an authenticity check by myself.

Zhong Yin and Fang Baiwei both carried out authenticity checks personally as well and only passed me the spirit stone veins after ensuring they were satisfied with the products!"

"Brother, I believe you, of course. However, I feel like this is too much of a coincidence!"

Zhang Weiyuan shook his head as he glanced at Zhong Yin.

"Zhong Yin, you better not be fooling around. I hope that this isn't an instance of you teaming up with that Fang Baiwei to cheat Bai Liqing of his spirit stone veins!"

Just as he spoke, Zhong Yin's glance turned hostile.

Although they were both late Dharma adepts, he was not afraid of Zhong Yin. Furthermore, previously, in a showcase of skills by the four valleys, he had managed to defeat Zhong Yin within ten moves despite them being at the same stage.

"Zhang Weiyuan, it is not me who claims that the Thousand-Year Red Wood is fake."

Zhong Yin sighed.

"It is my senior who said that the Thousand-Year Red Wood is fake… I was looking for the Thousand-Year Red Wood as I wanted to ask my senior to help me create an ultimate Dharma spirit weapon that suits me. However, once his Wumei fire came into contact with the Thousand-Year Red Wood, the Thousand-Year Red Wood was immediately destroyed by the fire and turned to ashes and smoke.

"When the Thousand-Year Red Wood first reached me, my senior and I had both agreed that there were no issues with it at first."

As Zhong Yin spoke to this point, he looked at Bai Liqing with an unfriendly gaze.

"Did you witness the Thousand-Year Red Wood change into smoke and ashes with your own eyes?" Bai Liqing asked with a cold smile.

"When my senior creates weapons, he does not like bystanders disturbing him… What do you mean by that sentence? Are you trying to insinuate that my senior kept the Thousand-Year Red Wood for his own use and then lied to me?" Zhong Yin asked in return.

"Who knows?"

Bai Liqing gave a twisted smile.

"Bai Liqing, you best watch your mouth before you stir up some trouble."

Zhong Yin glanced at Bai Liqing coldly.

"If my senior wanted the Thousand-Year Red Wood, he could have just said so, and I would have automatically given it to him. He would not have needed to find such excuses to obtain it.

"If you do not believe this, I can bring him here to the Winter Valley, and you can argue with him yourself!"

The more Zhong Yin spoke, the colder his tone became.

"Brother, your words have crossed the line."

Zhang Weiyuan shook his head as he spoke. "Elder Ke Liang is at the Primordial Soul stage, he has no need to thirst over his disciple's Thousand-Year Red Wood!"

"Although Thousand-Year Red Wood is seen as precious in our eyes, to Elder Ke Liang, it definitely isn't worth much. Furthermore, at his current stage, the Thousand-Year Red Wood is mostly useless to him!"

Ke Liang was not only Zhong Yin's senior and the Lightning Sword Sect's inner elder but was also an elder of the Summer Valley.

"Senior Zhang, I was just making a joke."

Hearing as Zhong Yin was offering to invite his senior over physically, Bai Liqing's heart dropped slightly. Now, as Zhang Weiyuan was stepping up as well, he began to defend himself with an awkward smile for fear of further trouble.

"Zhong Yin, did you hear that? Bai Liqing was merely joking around."

Zhang Weiyuan glanced at Zhong Yin and said, "Furthermore… Be it you or Fang Baiwei, the transactions between the both of you and Bai Liqing were legitimate and paid for, pestering him further also leads to nothing.

"You can't just ignore sect rules like this.

"If you continue to chase this matter, it will also not lead to any positive outcome for you. Even your senior, Elder Ke Liang, cannot go against our sect rules," Zhang Weiyuan said.

"I am of course aware of this," Zhong Yin replied in a low tone.

"Since I paid for the items, even if they were fake, I know that there is nothing I can do… I merely came here to ask Bai Liqing for an explanation as to why he wanted to cheat me of my money.

"Of course, I also thought about the possibility that Bai Liqing himself also did not know that the Thousand-Year Red Wood he sold me was fake.

"Just now, I heard that the Thousand-Year Red Wood he sold me was bought from someone else? It seems like this possibility is becoming more likely, then."

As he spoke, Zhong Yin glanced directly at Bai Liqing.

"Bai Liqing, I am not asking for those 80 high-quality spirit stones back. However, I would like to know who sold you the Thousand-Year Red Wood," Zhong Yin asked gravely.

He intended to approach the original seller who had given the Thousand-Year Red Wood to Bai Liqing and question him.

If it were only Thousand-Year Red Wood he had bought that had an issue, Zhong Yin may have brushed the whole issue off as a coincidence. Perhaps the person that had sold the Thousand-Year Red Wood to Bai Liqing had also been unaware that it was fake?

However, Bai Liqing instead mentioned that the Frozen-Blood Jade that his fellow disciple from the Summer Valley, Fang Baiwei, had bought, was also fake as well!

Furthermore, be it the Thousand-Year Red Wood or the Frozen-Blood Jade, both were from the same original seller!

This made Zhong Yin doubt the credibility of this seller, and he came up with the theory that the original seller had planned to trick him and Fang Baiwei at the same time.

This led him to then wonder what he and Fang Baiwei had in common.

Well, they were both disciples of the Summer Valley.

Of course, even so, Zhong Yin was still inclined to believe that the entire series of incidents was a coincidence… If not, it was hard to imagine what exactly could compel one to create fake Thousand-Year Red Wood and Frozen-Blood Jade at the same time.

Could it be that coincidentally, the original seller had possessed both fake Thousand-Year Red Wood and Frozen-Blood Jade?

Of course, Zhong Yin wanted to investigate whether or not the entire incident was indeed a coincidence.

Just as Zhong Yin wanted to ask Bai Liqing for his source of the Thousand-Year Red Wood, from afar, a figure flew towards them in the air and landed somewhere near Zhang Weiyuan and Bai Liqing.

"Senior Zhang, Brother Bai Li, you are both here? Did you hear about what happened at the trade center?"

This person was a young-looking disciple of the Winter Valley.

"What happened?" Zhang Weiyuan asked curiously.

"On the bounty list of the trade center, out of the tens of items that the elders and disciples of the Summer Valley asked for… There are nine that have been cleared from the list today."

The young-looking disciple of the Winter Valley sighed and said, "Within a day, nine people from the Summer Valley managed to buy items that they have been searching for for a long time… The people of the Summer Valley are really lucky today. I'm so envious of them!"

Just as the words left the mouth of this Winter Valley disciple, Zhong Yin's face immediately changed, and he glanced meaningfully at Bai Liqing straightaway.

"Don't look at me!" Bai Liqing replied gravely. "I only sold two things off the bounty list to you and Fang Baiwei. The other items were not sold by me!"

At this point, even Bai Liqing could sense that something was amiss.

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Chapter 232: Liu Lang

This night was destined to be a chaotic night for the people of the Summer Valley!

This was because all nine of the Summer Valley disciples who had bought items they had desired off the bounty list had first felt excitement and happiness, but had all found out later on that the items they had purchased were fake!

None were spared, and all were inauthentic goods!

Out of the nine, if only one or two they had received were fake goods, one could possibly believe that it was merely an unfortunate coincidence.

However, all the items that they had bought turned out to be fake!

"When I first heard about the nine people of the Summer Valley from the trade center, I had thought that our people's luck had been good today! It's amazing that nine items managed to be found off the bounty list all in the same day… However, I had not anticipated that all these purchased items would turn out to be fake!

"My gut instinct tells me that something is amiss…

"This is abnormal, something is definitely wrong!"

…

With the news of the fake goods being bought by the nine people of the Summer Valley, the entire Summer Valley was shocked.

Out of the people who had bought fake goods, there were seven disciples and two elders of the Summer Valley.

Just as the Summer Valley flew into chaos, the nine who had unfortunately purchased fake goods also gathered together. Among them, there were five elderly folk and four middle-aged men.

Out of the five elderly folk, two were elders of the Summer Valley and both were mid Primordial Soul adepts.

As for the other seven, they were all disciples of the Summer Valley.

Zhong Yin was, of course, one of the nine present.

"To our two elders as well as fellow seniors and disciples… This matter can almost be certainly labeled as a trick played on us people of the Summer Valley!" Zhong Yin said to the remaining eight with a stony expression on his face.

One of the elders of the Summer Valley replied gravely, "As long as one is not a fool, that is definitely clear."

"That's right!"

Another elder of the Summer Valley added, "This is an urgent matter, and we have to find out who tricked us. If we manage to catch him, I'll definitely mete out a suitable punishment!"

"It's not about the money as a hundred high-quality spirit stones are a small matter. However, we have lost face in this incident! I, Li Dahu, am a widely respected inner elder of the Lightning Sword Sect, a mid Primordial Soul adept who was too careless today and actually bought fake goods… If news of this travels out, what will happen to my reputation?"

As the two elders of the Summer Valley spoke up, both were so angry that one could almost see them spit fire.

"Dear elders, the fake goods that Brother Fang and I purchased were both from a disciple of the Winter Valley, Bai Liqing… However, I have already confirmed that Bai Liqing had also purchased these goods from another seller and was not the original owner of them."

Towards the two raging elders of the Summer Valley, an uncomfortable look glazed over in Zhong Yin's eyes, but he nevertheless spoke with a forced smile on his face.

"Now, what we need to do is to examine the fake goods that you are holding on to and check whether they are from the same original seller!"

Just as Zhong Yin had spoken, Fang Baiwei immediately seconded his sentiments and spoke up, "Brother Zhong is correct! Tonight, we should carry out a proper investigation and examine whether the same troublemaker was the one who sold us the nine items. If it is, he's dead!"

For Zhong Yin and the remaining eight, tonight was to be a sleepless night.

Although the items of the remaining seven were only purchased from five people, however, out of the five people, one such seller was the Spring Valley's Head's only child, the famous rich playboy of the Lightning Sword Sect.

Unless he chose to leave his quarters, no one else would dare to disturb his slumber and training.

"Let's wait and see."

In the courtyard of the Spring Valley's Head, Zhong Yin and the others waited patiently for two days until they finally heard the sound of a door opening.

Creak…

As the door to the room in the yard was opened, a young man dressed in lavish silk walked out as he stretched lazily and yawned to himself at the same time.

This young man looked to be about twenty years old. He had well-shaped eyebrows and a sharp nose and lips, giving him a graceful look overall. If he was female instead of male, one would definitely think of her as charming and beautiful.

This man was the Spring Valley's Head's only child, Liu Lang.

"Brother Liu, you're finally up."

Seeing as Liu Lang had appeared, Fang Baiwei gave a sigh of relief and immediately greeted him.

Liu Lang raised his head and was suddenly made aware of the presence of the nine people floating in the skies of his yard.

"People of the Summer Valley? What do they want from me?"

Liu Lang immediately realized that out of the nine people from the Summer Valley, one of them was an elder of the Summer Valley who had purchased something from him previously.

It was that one item that had managed to earn him 130 high-quality spirit stones easily.

"What did you call me?"

Liu Lang ascended into the sky and glanced at Fang Baiwei, who had called out to him.

"Brother Liu," Fang Baiwei repeated with a charming smile.

Although the man before him was merely a Primal Core adept, he still had a powerful father backing him.

The Spring Valley Head was the strongest out of the four leaders of the four valleys.

As for this person before them, he was the only child of the Spring Valley Head. Be it anyone within the Lightning Sword Sect, much less the people of the four valleys, not many dared to disrespect or irritate him.

"Is the title 'Brother' one you can use to call me?"

Liu Lang's gaze was cold, and he replied in a stony way.

"Do you think you are fit to call me Brother?"

Fang Baiwei's facial expression changed dramatically, and cold sweat began to drip down his forehead. It was now that he remembered that this rich playboy did not like hearing disciples of the sect label him as "Brother."

To him, only the core disciples of the Lightning Peak were qualified to call him "Brother."

Furthermore, out of the core disciples of the Lightning Peak, he only called certain individuals.

"Senior."

"Master Liu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Fang Baiwei apologized profusely.

"Hmph!"

Liu Lang glanced at the bowing and stuttering Fang Baiwei scornfully before glancing at the rest of the people present.

"You Summer Valley people are all here at the crack of dawn, is there something I can help you with?

If there is nothing important, do not disturb me from my daily routine.

"If I'm lucky, maybe my fortune today will be as good as yesterday's. I was merely browsing around casually, but I still managed to meet a fool who was selling what others were looking for on the bounty list at a tiny stall."

As Liu Lang spoke, he started to become more and more impatient as he glanced at the several people of the Summer Valley.

Upon hearing Liu Lang's words, the people of the Summer Valley glanced at each other and a look of understanding appeared in their eyes.

"Master Liu."

One of the elders of the Summer Valley spoke up, and he displayed a sketch in his hands.

"Yesterday, was it this man who sold you the item that you sold me?"

If Zhou Donghuang were here, he would immediately recognize that the man in the picture was him.

However, the standard of the sketch was definitely subpar as compared to the version that Freezing Wind had drawn for his sister, Yun Lu.

Liu Lang paused and glanced meaningfully at the sketch before laughing.

"This sketch is indeed rather similar to how he looks in real life… However, this sketch has no soul.

When I looked at the seller, from his appearance alone, I had to admit that he was much more soulful and confident than me!

"What is this about? You are all here so early in the morning to investigate this person? Are you all trying to find him in hopes that he would possess other items on the bounty list?"

That was what Liu Lang assumed.

"No."

The elder of the Summer Valley's face darkened as he put the sketch away, and he thanked Liu Lang multiple times.

"Thank you, Master Liu… Now, we can confirm that this is indeed the man who had sold fake goods to you and to other sellers as well!"

As this elder of the Summer Valley spoke, several of the other disciples of the Summer Valley yelled out furiously as well.

"This disciple of the Autumn Valley is really cunning and deceitful! He wanted to step up to help that foolish big brute from the Autumn Valley and in doing so, dared to play tricks on us people of the Summer Valley? What nonsense!

"Let's find him and get our revenge!"

…

The bunch of people from the Summer Valley yelled out in an enraged manner and were about to turn and leave the Spring Valley for the Autumn Valley.

"What is this situation? That man in the sketch is a disciple of the Autumn Valley?

"Also… Make yourselves clear! What do you mean, I sold fake goods to you people?"

…

The words spoken aloud by the people of the Summer Valley aroused Liu Lang's curiosity, and he chased up to them and asked several questions.

Since Liu Lang had personally expressed interest, the people of the Summer Valley freely shared about the entire incident.

Once Liu Lang had heard the story, he immediately gained a clear understanding of the situation.

"The item he sold me yesterday… was fake? Furthermore, he passed on eight other fake items to other sellers like me and got people to sell them to you nine of the Summer Valley?

"I even thought he was a fool for not bothering to even glance at the bounty list in the trade center… Now, it seems like he was not a fool and even managed to trick me!

"Interesting, interesting…"

After he had regained his composure, Liu Lang's eyes glistened as he processed the matter.

"He has only entered the Lightning Sword Sect for such a short period of time and is a new disciple of the Autumn Valley. Yet, he actually dared to offend so many people of the Summer Valley?

"Interesting, truly interesting.

"His name is Zhou Donghuang?"

…

Very quickly, Liu Lang and the nine people of the Summer Valley arrived at the Autumn Valley.

The people of the Summer Valley asked a traveling disciple of the Autumn Valley for directions to Zhou Donghuang's living quarters. Once they had gotten the instructions, they headed for the mountains where Zhou Donghuang lived.

However, once they arrived near Zhou Donghuang's yard, all they saw was another disciple of the Autumn Valley sitting cross-legged in mid-air calmly.

Once they approached, this disciple of the Autumn Valley opened his eyes and glanced at them blearily.

"Are you all here to find Brother Zhou?"

"Ask Zhou Donghuang to come out!" Fang Baiwei replied stonily with a dark expression on his face.

"Brother Zhou wants me to tell you all that if you wish to urgently meet him, you should find him at the trade center."

This disciple of the Autumn Valley was not a normal person. He was Huang Long, the person who had first brought Zhou Donghuang to find He Mengxi when he had first arrived at the Autumn Valley.

This morning, Huang Long had also naturally heard of the news from the Summer Valley.

This was, of course, the news that nine people from the Summer Valley had bought fake goods yesterday.

His first thought was that someone had purposefully sold the fake items as revenge against the people of the Summer Valley.

Huang Long had thus found Da Zhuang to ask him whether he was aware of the mastermind behind the entire incident. As for Da Zhuang, who had been made aware of the events, had told Huang Long the whole truth.

"It was him!?"

At that point, Huang Long had been extremely shocked. He could not believe that such a ploy could have been thought up by a new disciple who was not even at the Dharma stage yet!

"Brother Zhou is really smart and ingenious! He had guessed that they would come… Now, it's time for me to watch the show and enjoy this drama as well…"

Just as the nine people of the Summer Valley turned away angrily and headed for the trade center, Huang Long caught up with them and followed them.

"I remember you… Your name is Huang Hu, right?"

Liu Lang slowed down his walking pace to match that of Huang Long and the two trailed behind the nine of the Summer Valley as he asked his questions.

Even though he was aware that Liu Lang was not someone to be messed with, Huang Long's face still darkened as he replied, "I am not Huang Hu, my name is Huang Long, Master Liu!"

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Chapter 233: If You Dare

The Lightning Sword Sect.

The trade center.

"Little brother, you sold fake goods to the people of the Summer Valley! They will not simply let the matter rest," Da Zhuang followed closely behind Zhou Donghuang and said with a worried expression on his face.

"Perhaps… we should return to the Autumn Valley. In the Autumn Valley, with our Valley Head present, they will not dare to kick up a fuss."

"Do you think they will dare to take rash actions in the trade center?"

Zhou Donghuang appeared extremely indifferently and continued to stroll leisurely past the several stalls present in the trade center. Finally, he arrived at the corner where the bounty list was present.

The person in charge of registration at the bounty list was an outer elder, and he recognized Da Zhuang but not Zhou Donghuang. "Da Zhuang, is this man also a disciple of the Autumn Valley?"

Previously, when Da Huang had bought the fake goods that the disciple of the Summer Valley, Pan Yilin, had sold and had returned to the trade center to find Pan Yilin for an explanation, this outer elder had not been present to witness it.

That was the reason why he had never met Zhou Donghuang before.

"Yes, Elder Liu." Da Zhuang nodded.

"Our little brother has just entered the Autumn Valley recently."

"Young man, are you here to sell items that are on the bounty list or here to post a reward and ask for an item you desire?" Elder Liu smiled as he asked Zhou Donghuang.

"I'm here to request an item," Zhou Donghuang replied.

Next, he began to list the names of several herbs, and these were all ingredients that he needed to curate the core drug needed for one to enter the Dharma stage.

These herbs were all rare herbs.

If Zhou Donghuang put in requests for these rare herbs, even the cheapest of the lot required 30 high-quality spirit stones. This was more expensive than the nine-ringed bamboo that Zhou Donghuang had purchased for Da Zhuang previously.

Of course, although Da Zhuang had spent 11 high-quality spirit stones, he had still only managed to gain a fake stalk of nine-ringed bamboo.

However, after taking a stroll around the trade center just now, he had managed to make a second purchase and got himself a real stalk of nine-ringed bamboo for only ten high-quality spirit stones.

"Young man, these herbs that you are requesting are not expensive by themselves… However, if you request for them on the bounty list, they may add up to about 200 high-quality spirit stones."

Elder Liu glanced meaningfully at Zhou Donghuang and gave him a reminder.

To him, the young man dressed in white standing before him had merely just entered the Autumn Valley of their Lightning Sword Sect and was possibly unable to afford so many spirit stone veins.

"Furthermore, when you ask for items on the bounty list, you need to pay an administrative fee as well as a guarantee fee. The sect will handle the administrative fee.

"As for the guarantee fee, that's for when someone manages to produce the item you were looking for, but you may not have enough spirit stone veins to pay them for it. In that case, the person who intends to sell you the item will then take the guarantee fee as payment."

Knowing that Zhou Donghuang was new, Elder Liu explained the rules of the bounty list in an extremely patient manner.

"Mm."

Zhou Donghuang nodded in acknowledgment and casually raised his hands. He took out several hundreds of mid-quality spirit stones, 380 to be exact.

Three hundred and eighty mid-quality spirit stone veins were equivalent to about 38 high-quality spirit stones.

The herbs that Zhou Donghuang were requesting for on the bounty list added up to about 190 high-quality spirit stones. Of course, one could also use 1900 mid-quality spirit stone veins to pay for them.

"This…"

Seeing as Zhou Donghuang managed to take out so many mid-quality spirit stones so casually, Elder Liu began to observe the young man before him closely.

This young man was dressed in pure white and was well-groomed as well. He gave off a confident and fresh aura and did not seem like he was of normal, average heritage… Furthermore, he had only recently joined the Autumn Valley of the Lightning Sword Sect and was yet able to produce multiple spirit stone veins, which meant that he was probably no ordinary character.

Although he was shocked, Elder Liu quickly regained his composure and took the spirit stone veins. After counting them, Elder Liu gave Zhou Donghuang a receipt for the transaction.

The inscription on the receipt told Zhou Donghuang that this sixth elder's full name was Liu Qing.

Of course, in the course of the inscription of the receipt, this Elder Liu Qing had also asked for Zhou Donghuang's name, and the receipt clearly mentioned that Zhou Donghuang, a disciple of the Autumn Valley, had paid 380 mid-quality spirit stones.

"This will do."

After Zhou Donghuang put the receipt away, Liu Qing then added the names of the herbs that Zhou Donghuang had requested to the bounty list.

The placement of items on the bounty list was in descending order from most expensive to least expensive.

At the top of the bounty list, the prices could reach up to 30,000 high-quality spirit stones… Furthermore, for this very item, if Zhou Donghuang wished, he could quickly obtain it with ease sometime in the near future, and he could even do so without spending a single spirit stone vein.

These were fourth-grade returning-heaven elixirs.

Returning-heaven elixirs were separated into nine different grades. First-grade returning-heaven elixirs were only useful to Qi-Gathering adepts. Second-grade returning-heaven elixirs were only useful to Connate adepts and those below the Connate stage. Third-grade returning-heaven elixirs were only useful to those at the Primal Core stage and below… This followed suit all the way to ninth-grade returning-heaven elixirs.

Ninth-grade returning-heaven elixirs were the highest grade amongst the returning-heaven elixirs and were known to be legendary.

Ninth-grade returning-heaven elixirs were useful even to Deity's Tribulation adepts. As long as one still had breath left in them, after drinking the ninth-grade returning-heaven elixir, one's injuries would be able to heal within a short period of time.

"Previously, Chen Dandan had already been removed of her meridians thanks to me… However, that elder adept Zhong Ya of the Xuanyin sect had managed to gain some returning-heaven grass and created a second-grade returning-heaven elixir with it for her to drink and regain her meridians.

"Afterwards, after I killed Zhong Ya, I found six second-grade returning-heaven elixirs in his space ring afterwards… Out of the six, all were made with extremely careless and subpar Internal Alchemy, resulting in the waste of those five-leaf returning-heaven grass."

Five-leaf returning-heaven grass, in Zhou Donghuang's hands, could be made through Internal Alchemy into fifth-grade returning-heaven elixirs… Fifth-grade returning-heaven elixirs were useful even to those at the Primordial Soul stage and were a treasure that could save a life!

"Six second-grade returning-heaven elixirs… After I enter the Dharma stage and return to training, I will be able to use Internal Alchemy and create at least two fourth-grade returning-heaven elixirs."

Of course, although he had the confidence to at least create fourth-grade returning-heaven elixirs, Zhou Donghuang did not have much interest in obtaining the thirty thousand high-quality spirit stones that were listed as rewards on the bounty list.

This was despite the fact that if one counted all the spirit stone veins he had on him and converted them to the currency of high-quality spirit stones, he only had about fifty thousand high-quality spirit stones.

Well, this amount was actually enough for him as of now.

The spirit stone veins that Zhou Donghuang possessed were all mostly obtained from several planets within several galaxies since he still had his past life's memories. They were all obtained before he had come to the Lightning Sword Sect.

Of course, those spirit stone veins that Zhou Donghuang had obtained were mostly mid-quality spirit stones and usually not high-quality spirit stones.

This was because the planets that he had visited were not like the Tielao planet, which the Lightning Sword Sect was located in. It was already hard enough to find or produce high-quality spirit stone veins in the spirit stone veins mine in the Tielao planet.

"There he is!"

Just as Da Zhuang had bid farewell to the outer elder Liu Qing and was preparing to leave with Zhou Donghuang, from the skies above, an enraged shout could suddenly be heard.

This shout of anger did not contain any essential core energy, but due to the sheer volume of it, it covered the cacophony of noises from the trade center in an instant.

Immediately, the entire trade center quietened down.

A few people even instinctively glanced up in the direction to where the sound had travelled from.

Under the watchful eye of the crowd, a group of nine gathered in the skies above the trade center. After they glanced around, they landed neatly as a group.

Behind these nine people, slowly and unhurriedly, two others followed; they were of course Liu Lang and Huang Long, who were here to be nosy bystanders.

"Little brother, it's the people from the Summer Valley!"

Da Zhuang's facial expression changed immediately.

Just as Zhou Donghuang lazily lifted his eyes to glance at the scene, the nine people of the Summer Valley had already landed and were coming towards them, surrounding Zhou Donghuang and Da Zhuang tightly.

"Brother Zhou."

At this point, Huang Long, who had followed on the heels of the people of the Summer Valley, landed beside Zhou Donghuang and said, "Of these nine people of the Summer Valley, two are elders of the Summer Valley…"

As he spoke to this point, Huang Long could not help but swallow some saliva in his panic. He had not dreamt that this Brother Zhou would actually dare to enrage the elders of the Summer Valley!

Furthermore, he had managed to enrage not one but two elders of the Summer Valley!

These were inner elders of their Lightning Sword Sect and were both mid Primordial Soul adepts.

"Elder Li? Elder Yu?"

Zhou Donghuang and Da Zhuang were still near the bounty list, and the outer elder in charge of registration at the bounty list, Liu Qing, immediately recognized that there were two elders among the nine people of the Summer Valley that had landed. Furthermore, he recognized that they were both also inner elders of the Lightning Sword Sect.

In the Lightning Sword Sect, the two elders were above him in terms of both status and skill level.

At the same time, several other elders and disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect had also gathered around out of curiosity, and they recognized the two elders of the Summer Valley immediately as well.

"What is going on?"

"What situation is this?"

…

Many of those crowded around were actually unaware of what had previously transpired.

"Zhou Donghuang, you actually dared to cheat nine people of the Summer Valley!"

Once Fang Baiwei of the crowd of people from the Summer Valley shouted out, those watching immediately gained an understanding of what was happening currently.

This was because in the morning, they had all heard the news that nine people from the Summer Valley had somehow purchased fake goods from the bounty list as of yesterday.

They had also heard that previously, those making the purchase had not identified that the goods were fake while carrying out their transactions.

Today, many immediately drew the link between that piece of news and this confrontation:

Someone probably wanted to target the people of the Summer Valley!

Now, the people from the Summer Valley who were cheated had now appeared neatly as a group and were surrounding Da Zhuang from the Autumn Valley as well as another new disciple; it was easy to guess what was happening here.

"Did Da Zhuang and the young man dressed in white beside him target the people of the Summer Valley?"

"It cannot be Da Zhuang. Da Zhuang does not have the brains to carry out such a scheme. I'm 80% to 90% sure that it was done by that new disciple of the Autumn Valley."

"His name seems to be Zhou Donghuang?"

The attention of the crowd quickly shifted to Zhou Donghuang, and he suddenly felt all their eyes on him, making him the prime focus.

"Zhou Donghuang, staying mute isn't going to help you now!"

Seeing as Zhou Donghuang was ignoring him, Fang Baiwei, a disciple of the Summer Valley, became further enraged, and he glared hard at Zhou Donghuang before gritting his teeth in frustration.

"Believe it or not, I'll kill you!"

"Ah?"

Zhou Donghuang then glanced lazily at Fang Baiwei in an unbothered fashion.

"Kill me? Do you really dare to do so?"

The Lightning Sword Sect had many strict sect rules. For those of the same sect, unless they had signed some contract with life and death conditions, they could not casually cause injury or death to someone else.

Those that went against such a rule would be dealt with a harsh punishment and be expelled.

Furthermore, if one struck out against an innocent, even if there were no injuries or death, they would receive the same degree of punishment.

If compared to the entire Infinite Universe, the Lightning Sword Sect may not be much. However, when placed within the Tielao planet's Hengliu galaxy, it was one of the top and highest ranking sects.

They were extremely particular about their sect rules, more so than the smaller and lesser-known sects.

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"You…"

Just now, Fang Baiwei had merely intended to scare Zhou Donghuang. He had not anticipated that not only would Zhou Donghuang be immune to his threats but even return the taunt and challenge him. Fang Baiwei was momentarily so enraged that his entire face swelled red, and his essential core was revealed, gathering around him in the form of a three-meter tall Dharma figure.

Although he had revealed his Dharma power, Fang Baiwei did not have the courage to take any concrete action.

The punishment that the Lightning Sword Sect meted out to those who took action against innocent fellow disciples was truly too severe to take a gamble on.

Furthermore, if he took action, it would seem like he was a bully and that he was using his powers to bully someone weaker. Under such circumstances, the potential consequences he would face would be even more severe.

In any case, he was already 40 years old while the young man dressed in white before him could only be about 20.

He was a mid Dharma adept while the young man had not even entered the Dharma stage yet.

"Zhou Donghuang."

As Fang Baiwei stood before Zhou Donghuang and displayed his Dharma power, Zhong Yin glanced at Zhou Donghuang with a gaze as piercing as lightning and asked in a low voice, "Did you carry out this elaborate scheme all for the sake of revenge on behalf of your fellow disciple of the Autumn Valle, Da Zhuang?"

The other disciples and elders of the Summer Valley now all cast their gaze and focus on Zhou Donghuang as well.

"You could say that."

Zhou Donghuang glanced casually at Zhong Yin. "There's something else that you may not be aware of… Previously, when Da Zhuang had purchased the fake nine-ringed bamboo from your Summer Valley people, it was me who had asked him to make the purchase on my behalf.

"The spirit stone veins that were lost, belonged to me."

As he spoke, the corners of Zhou Donghuang's mouth turned up slightly. It seemed as though he was amused at something, and not really affected by the loss of his spirit stone veins previously.

In reality, he truly did not care about the loss of his spirit stone veins at all.

Even if he did, he had already earned it all back from the people of the Summer Valley as of yesterday.

"You decided to throw caution to the wind and deign to offend so many people of the Summer Valley over such a trivial event?" Zhong Yin asked in a dark, grave tone.

"Offend?"

Zhou Donghuang glanced at Zhong Yin with a look of surprise. "Do make yourself clear."

"You purposely sold so many fake items to others, who then sold them to the nine of us… Did you not think we would be offended by this matter?" Zhong Yin's voice became even lower as he replied.

"This is considered an offense?"

Zhou Donghuang seemed to be rather speechless, and he glanced meaningfully at the far skies as he spoke. In the distance, here was someone heading towards him along with the outer elder Liu Qing, who was in charge of the registration for the bounty list.

This person was no ordinary man. He was a Lightning Peak elder, Han Ku.

"Although I've only entered the Lightning Sword Sect for a short period of time, don't think that I am not aware of the sect rules… In this trade center, I am aware that even if one, unfortunately, purchases fake goods, they can only blame themselves for their own foolishness.

"Within the sect, swallowing one's pride may be a wise thing to do, lest you ruin your own reputation and embarrass yourself.

"You could also say that… Even if those items were fake and even if I indirectly managed to sell them to you, as long as you finalized the purchase and transaction, you can only mourn your own misfortune.

"Furthermore, those items were not even sold by me to you.

"You all bought these items from various sellers, and yet you are here to find trouble. Isn't this going a little overboard?" Zhou Donghuang replied in a casual way.

"Are you trying to talk your way out of this mess?"

Out of the two elders of the Summer Valley, one glared murderously at Zhou Donghuang.

"Young man, you are well aware of how this whole matter came about. Don't even try to deny it!

"Do you really think that you can manipulate the sect rules to your favor and get away scot-free after playing tricks on nine people from the Summer Valley?

"Unless… you intend to stay within the sect for the rest of your life and never step out of it?"

As he spoke to this point, this elder of the Summer Valley suddenly smiled in a mocking fashion.

With his words, there was no denying the underlying threat that was implied.

"Ah?"

Zhou Donghuang glanced at the smug look on this elder's face and said, "Do you mean to say… whenever I choose to leave the sect, you people of the Summer Valley will then come forward to exact your revenge?"

"You could say that."

The elder of the Summer Valley smiled coldly.

In the next instant, this elder's facial expression changed dramatically as he glanced in the direction that Zhou Donghuang was gazing at and saw what was in the skies.

"Elder Han Ku, you've heard it all? Well, I am not going against any of the sect rules. However, these people of the Summer Valley are threatening me, and they mentioned that they will take their revenge on me after I leave the Lightning Sword Sect."

These were the original words spoken by Zhou Donghuang towards the Lightning Peak elder, Han Ku, who had arrived at the scene.

"Elder Li."

At this instant, Han Ku had on an extremely cold expression, and he spoke directly to the elder of the Summer Valley while staring at him. "Will, you willingly head down to the Law Enforcement Hall yourself to receive your punishment or shall I make a report to them and let the officers of the Law Enforcement Hall take you away?"

"Elder Han."

The elder of the Summer Valley, Li Dahu, glanced at Han Ku with a pained expression on his face. "I… I was merely joking around."

"Save your words for the officers of the Law Enforcement Hall."

Han Ku cast a cold, sweeping glance at Li Dahu and said, "You should be clear of the difference in punishments between you willingly turning yourself in to the Law Enforcement Hall and me reporting you to them before the officers come to bring you to the Law Enforcement Hall."

Li Dahu's facial expression changed again, and he turned to glare at Zhou Donghuang with an extremely cold and murderous expression before unwillingly forcing himself to leave the scene and head for the Law Enforcement Hall.

In an instant, the entire trade center had fallen silent, and it was deadly quiet.

An elder of the Summer Valley and an inner elder of the Lightning Sword Sect at that had been sent to the Law Enforcement Hall simply due to two or three sentences by a mere disciple of the Autumn Valley.

Even if the elder did not face death in the Law Enforcement Hall, he would still bear a heavy punishment.

"What are you all gathered here for?"

Han Ku glanced lightly at the remaining eight people of the Summer Valley who were surrounding Zhou Donghuang and asked.

"Elder Han."

The remaining elder of the Summer Valley glanced wearily at Han Ku. "We are here not because we intend to take any action towards Zhou Donghuang… Granted, what he did was indeed well within the rules of the sect."

"However, when the sect made the rule that one could sell fake goods without implications in the trade center, they did not consider that someone would be able to create several fakes of precious ingredients and manufacture goods that look almost authentic!

"Yesterday, nine of us from the Summer Valley spent a total of almost 2000 high-quality spirit stone veins just to buy the fake goods that came from Zhou Donghuang."

As the elder of the Summer Valley said these words, his tone reviewed much of his annoyance and frustration.

Of course, those 2000 high-quality spirit stone veins had all ended up in the hands of the resellers, who had originally bought the fake goods from Zhou Donghuang at the start.

In any case, Zhou Donghuang did not care much about those spirit stone veins.

If he had done all these for the spirit stone veins, he would not have wasted time to recreate fakes of the items that the people of the Summer Valley had requested for on the bounty list.

"We are here today just to demand an explanation from Zhou Donghuang for his deeds."

Due to Han Ku's presence as well as the fact that another fellow elder had already been "invited" to the Law Enforcement Hall by Han Ku, the remaining elder of the Summer Valley appeared to be more deferent and upright. "Of course, even if Zhou Donghuang doesn't offer an explanation, we will not take any action against him. After all, what he has done does not break any of our sect rules.

"We also guessed that he may not give us an explanation for his actions.

"Nevertheless, we are still here to try to ask for one.

"We aren't here for ourselves but for everyone else living within the Lightning Sword Sect… In any case, anyone here could possibly be cheated by Zhou Donghuang and his fake goods in the future as well.

"For sect disciples, under normal circumstances, they can only take one high-quality spirit stone from the sect. Even the core disciples can only obtain ten high-quality spirit stones per month from the sect. If they were cheated even once by the fake goods of Zhou Donghuang, they may lose a few months' or even a few years' worth of allowance by the sect."

This torrent of words was blurted forth by the elder of the Summer Valley. He said it all in a passionate rush and was full of energy, earning him the support and acknowledgment of the crowd of Lightning Sword Sect disciples.

Within an instant, many of the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect began to look at Zhou Donghuang in an unfriendly manner as they digested the words of the elder.

"You people of the Summer Valley need not worry."

Zhou Donghuang smiled casually and although his volume was average, his words managed to be clearly heard by all who were present. "As long as the buyers are people outside of the Summer Valley and they do not sell fake goods to those in the Autumn Valley… I can promise to those outside of the Summer Valley that I will never sell any fake goods to you in the trade center.

"Of course, other than those of the Summer Valley, if you accidentally sell fake goods to us people of the Autumn Valley, as long as you are sincerely apologetic afterward and settle the issue in an amicable manner, I can choose not to pursue it further as well."

After Zhou Donghuang spoke, it was clear that he was directly addressing the previous issue with the people of the Summer Valley and targeting them.

Zhou Donghuang's words caused the gazes of the surrounding crowd to change as they stared on uncomfortably. As for the people of the Summer Valley, their faces all changed as well.

As for Han Ku, who was the main Lightning Peak elder who maintained law and order in the trade center, when he next glanced at Zhou Donghuang, it was with a gaze of slight frustration and… admiration.

This one man dared to challenge the entire Summer Valley!

He did not even care for the potential consequences of such an action.

From the present, it was clear that this young man's level of bravery was definitely admirable.

"Zhou Donghuang, just to make it clear… You are waging war against all of the Summer Valley?"

Zhong Yin's face darkened, and he asked in a cold voice.

"I have no intention of becoming enemies with the Summer Valley," Zhou Donghuang said lightly.

"I'm doing all this just because I believe in tit for tat, an eye for an eye… If you want to trace the origins of this matter, it was a disciple of the Summer Valley who first sold fake goods to me.

"Well, regardless of whether that matter was legitimate or not… Even if it were true, after this exchange, you haven't sustained any losses."

The elder of the Summer Valley said, "Shall we end this matter now? How does that sound?"

"End things here?"

Zhou Donghuang smiled. "You wish to end this matter here? It can be done. However, I wish for that disciple of the Summer Valley who had sold fake goods to me and Da Zhuang as well as the other disciple who had used his Dharma power to suppress Da Zhuang to both come before us and kneel on the floor in apology.

"If you people of the Summer Valley are agreeable to that; I will not continue to target the Summer Valley."

Once Zhou Donghuang had said these words, the entire trade center fell silent again.

"I remember that the disciple of the Summer Valley who had sold the fake goods was Pan Yilin. As for the other disciple of the Summer Valley who had suppressed Da Zhuang with his Dharma power… He was Lian Can, the direct disciple of the Summer Valley's Head!"

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"Well, the people of the Summer Valley would probably object to having Pan Yilin kneel to the ground in apology, after all, that is a huge blow to his face and reputation… Let's not even talk about Lian Can doing the same thing!"

"The terms listed by Zhou Donghuang are really too severe!"

…

No one expected that the people of the Summer Valley would agree to these terms.

"That's impossible!"

Just as the crowd had predicted, once the elder of the Summer Valley had regained his senses, he did not hesitate to reject the terms listed out by Zhou Donghuang.

"In that case, I think we are done here," Zhou Donghuang shrugged indifferently and replied in a casual tone.

"In that case, you people of the Summer Valley should be more careful when making purchases at the trade center… You may end up buying fake goods again.

"Actually, in doing so, I am also testing your people's ability to differentiate between real and fake goods. I'm actually doing you all a favor. One day, if your people leave the sect and get cheated by outsiders, at that point, not only would you be cheated of your wealth, you would also throw away the face of the sect!

"I suddenly find myself to be extremely magnanimous… For you people of the Summer Valley, I really am putting in quite a lot of effort…"

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Chapter 235: The Fourth Golden Essence

"I'm afraid people like me, who requite evil with good, are quite rare in this world, right?" Zhou Donghuang asked with a faint smile.

From the time he had reincarnated and returned to this world a thousand years ago, Zhou Donghuang had always felt out of place in this world. In the eyes of others, he seemed completely unapproachable.

He appeared more human only when he was in front of his mother, Lin Lan and his younger sister, Yun Lu.

It was not that he did not want to fit in with this world, but that he could not.

He had tried but failed.

Although he had to start practicing from scratch after reincarnating, it still could not change his disposition, which was befitting of someone who stood at the pinnacle of the vast universe.

From a bird's-eye view, the numerous mountains were small.

He had seen what he should see. He had also been through what he ought to have gone through.

In this lifetime, it was only a matter of time before he returned to the peak.

It was only after coming to the Lightning Sword Sect this time and seeing one of the most important people in his previous life, his third senior sister, He Mengxi, that he finally felt a sense of belonging and identified with this world that he had reincarnated into.

It was precisely because of this that great changes unknowingly occurred in his mentality. Now, he could even crack a few jokes with the people of the Summer Valley.

The group of people in Ziyun who were familiar with Zhou Donghuang were not here either. Otherwise, their jaws would definitely drop open in shock if they witnessed this scene.

Because they had never seen this side of Zhou Donghuang before.

However, apart from Da Zhuang's slightly blank expression, the people present from the Lightning Sword Sect did not expect this taciturn junior brother to have such a side to him.

On the contrary, the others did not feel the same way. They felt strongly that Zhou Donghuang was shameless!

Clearly, he had deliberately sold counterfeit goods to the detriment of the people of the Summer Valley. But now, he was actually speaking of it as if he had done it for their good?

The eight people of the Summer Valley were all staring at Zhou Donghuang with predatory gazes.

If not for their worry that they would say something vicious and follow in the footsteps of the Summer Valley elder who was heading towards the Law Enforcement Hall, they would've started abusing him a long time ago and even threaten him.

"Elder Han, you've seen it too… this Zhou Donghuang is clearly going against the Summer Valley!" the remaining Summer Valley elder said to Han Ku with fury on his face.

Han Ku was in slight disbelief too.

Weren't the words spoken earlier by that brat from the Autumn Valley, the exact words he had said after Da Zhuang had bought the fake goods from an Autumn Valley disciple?

"Little brat. When it's possible to let people off, you should spare them," Han Ku looked at Zhou Donghuang and said with a bitter smile.

"Elder Han."

Zhou Donghuang looked at Han Ku with a face filled with surprise. "Earlier, I was merely repeating what you'd said that day… What's more, didn't you say that day that successfully selling counterfeit goods was a type of skill too?"

"Yesterday, I took out nine fake goods in total and I sold all of them… furthermore, all the Summer Valley people have done the same thing."

"You can't be telling me now that whatever you told me that day was false, right?" Zhou Donghuang asked mockingly.

"I…"

Han Ku went silent and was left speechless.

"Hmph!" the Summer Valley elder scoffed.

After glancing at Zhou Donghuang with a knife-like gaze, he called out to the rest of the Summer Valley people, "Let's go!"

Zhou Donghuang had already shown them that he wanted to fight to the death. They would only be humiliating themselves if they continued staying here, so they would rather leave.

"Elder Yu, are we going to just leave it at that?"

On the way back to the Summer Valley, Fang Baiwei's face was filled with indignation.

"If we don't just leave it at that, what else can you do? If not, why don't you go and kill him? Exchange your own life for his and protect our Summer Valley?"

The Summer Valley elder turned around and glared at Fang Baiwei impatiently, retorting with a question.

Fang Baiwei instantly shut his mouth.

No way he was that noble.

"After we return this time, let's go and meet the Valley Head together. As long as the Valley Head is willing to get involved in this matter, whether we seek out the sect leader or the Autumn Valley Head… that Zhou Donghuang definitely won't dare to mess around again!",

the Summer Valley elder continued.

Hearing his words, the eyes of several Summer Valley disciples all lit up.

After returning to the Summer Valley, the elder brought Fang Baiwei, Zhong Yin and the remaining seven disciples straight to visit the Summer Valley Head, Lian Kun.

Lian Kun was a middle-aged man with a short and strong figure and dark tan skin. He was at most about 1.5 meters in height. When he stood beside his direct disciple, Lian Can to give him pointers, he had to suspend himself in midair so as to maintain eye contact with Lian Can, who was around 1.8 meters in height.

Right now, Lian Kun was teaching Lian Can how to use his Dharma power more effectively in order to display stronger combat power.

As an ultimate Primordial Soul adept, Lian Kun had even come up with a few know-hows to exert force such that it unleashed the power of inner Yuan to a greater degree.

"Valley Head."

Lian Can only stopped what he was doing when the eight Summer Valley people came to visit. He stood behind Lian Kun, who was floating in midair with his feet a foot above the ground.

Even so, Lian Kun's shoulders were only at the same level as Lian Can's shoulders.

"Is something up?"

At the sudden appearance of so many people at once, even Valley Head Lian Kun could not help but frown and ask coolly.

"Valley Head."

The Summer Valley elder stepped forward and recounted the sequence of events in detail. He also related the words which Zhou Donghuang, the Autumn Valley disciple, had said earlier.

"That Autumn Valley disciple actually wanted me to kneel and kowtow to him and that Da Zhuang in apology?"

Standing behind Lian Kun, Lian Can's eyes suddenly turned steely. In the span of a moment, a layer of ice-cold frost also seemed to form on his face.

"Did all the fake goods you bought come from him alone?"

Unlike Lian Can's one-sidedness, Valley Head Lian Kun saw many more issues. "If so… his methods are indeed remarkable."

"Master," Lian Can said indignantly, "that Zhou Donghuang is but an insignificant Golden Essence adept. So what if he has some devious tricks up his sleeve? He can't cause any waves with them!"

"Are you looking down on his methods?" Lian Kun asked.

Lian Can tacitly agreed.

"In that case, how do you think we should resolve this matter?" Lian Kun asked again.

"I…"

Upon hearing Lian Kun's words, Lian Can did not know how to respond for a moment. This was because the Summer Valley elder in front of him had already said that whatever the other party had done complied with the rules of the sect. They could not punish him.

If he could not punish him, what other method did he have?

"Hmph!"

Lian Kun sneered. Without any consideration for Lian Can's feelings, he chided him, "So, don't look down on anyone. And don't look down on Zhou Donghuang's methods.

"If you had the same tricks, you would be more than capable of defrauding the Autumn Valley and ultimately force Zhou Donghuang to dispel any thoughts of continuing to harm the Summer Valley."

Lian Kun was slightly angry after hearing the Summer Valley elder speak. Now that Lian Can had himself sought trouble, he instantly vented all his anger on Lian Can.

As for Lian Can, he could only keep nodding sadly like a chick pecking at grains. "Master is right in reprimanding me. Master is right…"

However, in Lian Can's heart, he now hated Zhou Donghuang even more.

"Valley Head, if you don't get involved in this matter, I'm afraid this will arouse panic in our Summer Valley if it goes on," the Summer Valley elder said with a bitter smile.

"If I were to get involved now, wouldn't it be even more of a joke? In a contest between an Autumn Valley disciple who hasn't even entered the Dharma stage and I can't believe I, the Summer Valley Head, have to personally attend," Lian Kun sneered.

The Summer Valley elder immediately went silent.

"Master, in my opinion that Zhou Donghuang must have said that on purpose too… yesterday, he cheated Elder Yu and a few of my senior brothers. You can say that he has already helped Da Zhuang take revenge."

At the right moment, Lian Can said, "I bet that even if we increase his guts tenfold, he wouldn't dare to continue offending our Summer Valley."

The Summer Valley elder and the other people felt that Lian Can's words had some logic to them.

As for Lian Kun, from the outset he had never intended to get involved.

…

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

During this month, although the Summer Valley people were all cautious when dealing in the trade center, none of them bought any more counterfeit goods.

Any news of the Autumn Valley disciple, Zhou Donghuang, was like a pebble that had sank to the bottom of the sea.

"Looks like that Zhou Donghuang just spoke without thinking the matter through at the time. I actually thought that he really dared to challenge the entire Valley… I overestimated him."

"It's normal if you think about it. He's already had his revenge. And in comparison, he benefited considerably at their expense. Naturally, there's no need for him to continue being hostile towards the valley."

…

The Lightning Sword Sect disciples who had personally heard Zhou Donghuang say a month ago that he was going to continue cheating the Summer Valley with counterfeit goods, shook their heads collectively at this moment. They felt that Zhou Donghuang had merely said those words without any meaning behind them.

During the span of this month, the Summer Valley people gradually started to let down their guard too.

Even then, they still did not buy any false goods.

However, they did not know that the reason why everything had been quiet in the Summer Valley for the past month was all because Zhou Donghuang had shut himself off completely to practice ever since returning to the Autumn Valley.

"The last Silver Essence finally transformed into a Golden Essence."

After a month, the last Silver Essence remaining in Zhou Donghuang's diaphragm successfully transformed into a Golden Essence.

Henceforth, Zhou Donghuang cultivated all four Primal Cores in his diaphragm into Golden Essences.

"Now, I'm going to charge towards the Dharma stage… I wonder if anyone tried to sell me those medicinal herbs I offered a reward during my time in seclusion."

When the thought came to mind, Zhou Donghuang walked out of his room and went looking for Da Zhuang.

This time, he had left Da Zhuang with sufficient spirit stones before going into seclusion to practice. If anyone wanted to sell him the medicinal herbs in exchange for the reward, Da Zhuang could help him trade.

"Little Junior Brother, I managed to buy the last type of medicinal herb you wanted ten days ago," Da Zhuang said, smiling foolishly as he handed the medicinal herbs to Zhou Donghuang.

"Very good."

Zhou Donghuang had just returned to his room and finished refining the core drug when an excited voice traveled from outside.

"Zhou Donghuang, you chap. You're finally out of seclusion.

"A month ago, you agreed to let me join you in selling counterfeit goods. But in the end, you immediately shut yourself off to practice.

"Recently, everyone in the sect has been calling you a coward and saying that you dare not deceive the Summer Valley people with fake goods again… quick, bring some counterfeit goods here and I'll get someone to sell it to them."

The person standing outside Zhou Donghuang's door right now was none other than the Spring Valley disciple, Liu Lang.

Liu Lang was the only son of the Spring Valley Head and was famously known for being a profligate disciple in the Lightning Sword Sect.

A month ago, Liu Lang had pestered Zhou Donghuang relentlessly. He had told him that if he continued to make counterfeit goods, he had to hand them over to him so he could get someone to resell them to the Summer Valley people.

May the whole world be in chaos!

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Chapter 236: The Summer Valley Head Is At Our Door

"This fellow…"

Zhou Donghuang, who had just put away the core drug, could not help but shake his head when he heard the voice coming from outside.

As expected of a profligate.

How could he actually find something like this fun?

But he himself would be glad to have someone help him dispose of the counterfeit goods without having to do it himself.

After asking Liu Lang which goods were on the bounty list of the Summer Valley people, Zhou Donghuang then told him to prepare some low-cost materials.

"Zhou Donghuang, are you sure… that you can counterfeit those few items on the bounty list of the Summer Valley people, with just these cheap materials?"

When he delivered all the materials to Zhou Donghuang after helping him gather them, Liu Lang stared wide-eyed at him with an expression of complete disbelief.

However, when he witnessed firsthand Zhou Donghuang turning garbage into treasure, refining a bunch of cheap materials into the various kinds of items on the bounty list of the Sumer Valley people, he could not help but be dumbstruck.

"Good lord!"

Liu Lang browsed through the items in front of him. He realized that he was totally incapable of telling that they were counterfeit goods. If they were not damaged, it was completely impossible to identify them as counterfeit goods.

As for the people selling these goods, even if they were selling genuine goods, there was no way they would let anyone damage them.

This was the same logic underlying the nine types of counterfeit items Zhou Donghuang had sold a month ago.

"I'm even kind of looking forward to it now… The expressions on the faces of those few Summer Valley elders after buying these items and discovering that they're counterfeit goods."

Liu Lang, who wished for chaos to befall the world, complied with Zhou Donghuang's request for him to select the goods on the bounty list that could be counterfeited. He specifically chose a few of the most expensive types. What's more, the Summer Valley elder was offering a bounty for all of them.

Even the item with the smallest bounty was a much as 300 high-quality spirit stones.

As for the item with the largest bounty, that nearly hit 1000 high-quality spirit stones.

Because the few items had a high price tag, all the elders and disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect would leave the sect and take great pains to look for them.

Ordinarily, the sect members who had gone out would be able to find what they wanted in less than half a month.

However, this time, they were destined to come second to Liu Lang.

It was more accurate to say that the person instructed by Liu Lang would beat them to it.

"Zhou Donghuang, I've gotten someone to help. I won't be taking any commission… I'm planning to give the person I instructed 10% for his efforts. What do you think?" Liu Lang asked Zhou Donghuang.

"Hm."

Zhou Donghuang nodded. "Do as you see fit… Meanwhile, I'll continue to practice in seclusion. Before I come out of seclusion, don't disturb me."

Now, the core drug that would assist him in charging towards the Dharma stage had already been produced. He wanted to try out his own idea and see if he could directly enter into the Dharma stage!

Upon seeing Zhou Donghuang return to his room after passing him the items, Liu Lang could not help but curl his lip. "He's so crazy about practice."

After speaking, he looked at the few items in his hands. A brilliant smile immediately bloomed on his face. "I have these things to play with now.

"I'm really curious about what facial expressions those Summer Valley elders will show when they discover that these things are counterfeit goods."

…

Three days later in the Summer Valley.

"Valley Head, you must do something about this… this time, the Summer Valley has already suffered losses exceeding 2000 high-quality spirit stones!"

The Summer Valley elders came to the residence of Valley Head Lian Kun. One of the Summer Valley elders flew into a rage out of humiliation. "That Autumn Valley disciple has gone overboard!"

Upon hearing the words of this Summer Valley elder, Lian Kun's expression did not change. However, he could not help but look down upon them internally.

"It was clearly you old fellows who were blind and bought counterfeit goods. You yourselves lost the spirit stones, but now you're saying that these are losses suffered by the Summer Valley?

"When I usually refined batches of core drugs for the Summer Valley disciples and asked for some spirit stones from you people and make some contribution to the Summer Valley, weren't all of you stingy and pretending to be poor?"

Of course, Lian Kun only thought about these words in his mind. It was impossible for him to verbalize them.

"Valley Head, you really must deal with this matter. If we continue on like this, the Summer Valley people will definitely be alarmed," another Summer Valley elder said.

"Valley Head, even if you don't seek out the sect leader, you should at least visit the Autumn Valley Head. If the Autumn Valley Head says the word, I think the Autumn Valley disciple Zhou Donghuang will probably exercise restraint," yet another Summer Valley elder said.

"Fellow elders, are you sure that the counterfeit goods you bought came from that Zhou Donghuang?" Lian Kun asked.

Without waiting for their response, Lian Kun said again, "To my knowledge… ever since that Zhou Donghuang returned to the Autumn Valley a month ago, no one has seen him leave the Autumn Valley again.

"Perhaps the counterfeit goods you bought have nothing to do with him?"

"Valley Head, although the person who sold me the fake goods was an elder of the outer sect, the Gold Hall, and the other party was not willing to tell me the source of the counterfeit goods either… is there even a need to ask this? It must be the work of that Autumn Valley disciple."

"Yes, Valley Head. Apart from him, who has that capability? Before he came into our Lightning Sword Sect, counterfeit goods were never this ubiquitous. Ever since he came, counterfeit goods have been so prevalent. And he's even been targeting our Summer Valley."

"Valley Head, make a trip to Autumn Valley. Visit the Autumn Valley Head and let him know… with one word from the Autumn Valley Head, that Zhou Donghuang definitely won't dare to mess around!"

…

The Summer Valley elders bowed collectively to Lian Kun and requested of him in unison, "May our Valley Head please give us and the Summer Valley justice!"

Sensing the situation, Lian Kun instinctively frowned. He really disliked this feeling of being a duck driven onto a perch.

However, since the Summer Valley elders had already made their intentions clear, he would inevitably lose popular support if he continued to refuse. "I'll make a trip to Autumn Valley within the next two days."

The Summer Valley elders left satisfied after obtaining Lian Kun's response.

After the few of them left, Lian Kun's expression darkened considerably and turned incomparably unpleasant.

Not long after, the elders of the Summer Valley bought counterfeit goods again. Furthermore, after a total of more than 2000 high-quality spirit stones had been squandered, there was a commotion among more than half of the Lightning Sword Sect.

"That Autumn Valley disciple has such audacity?"

"I thought that he had learned his place… I didn't expect him to stir up such a major incident again in the short span of one month."

"This time, the losses suffered by the Summer Valley people are even more extreme than the last time."

"He's simply defrauding the Summer Valley of everything it has!"

…

Now, even the Lightning Sword Sect elders and disciples who had not known Zhou Donghuang before this also found out about his existence from those of the same sect.

Of course, apart from his identity as an Autumn Valley disciple, their knowledge of Zhou Donghuang was limited to him having top-notch counterfeiting techniques, to the extent where he could easily deceive Primordial Soul adepts.

"Senior Brother Lian, this matter is becoming more and more serious… If I had known that this would happen, we should not have sold fake nine-ringed bamboo to Da Zhuang of the Autumn Valley," in Lian Can's residence in the Summer Valley, Pan Yilin said with a bitter expression on his face.

There was no way he could have imagined that just because he and Lian Can had done so in the spur of the moment, they had actually caused so many people in the Summer Valley to suffer damage in the form of counterfeit goods.

During this time, he could tell that a few of the Summer Valley elders and disciples looked at him differently than in the past. Previously, they had ignored him. But now, they were hostile towards him.

He was absolutely sure that if not for the rule of the Lightning Sword Sect, which prohibited members of the same sect from harming each other, those Summer Valley elders and disciples might have laid a hand on him a long time ago.

After all, in the eyes of those Summer Valley elders and disciples, it was him, Pan Yilin, who had indirectly led them to buy counterfeit goods and lose a large number of spirit stones.

"Since we've already done the deed, there's no room for regret," Lian Can said coolly.

"My master has already gone to Autumn Valley to look for the Autumn Valley Head. He's going precisely because of this matter… From today onwards, you can say that this matter has come to an end."

"But…"

In a split second, a hint of a sneer appeared at the corner of Lian Can's mouth. Bloodthirsty killing intent also surfaced in his eyes.

"How dare this Zhou Donghuang raise the condition that I must kneel before him and kowtow to him. He has basically started this feud!

"As soon as I get a chance, he's dead meat for sure!

"The curtain has dropped on the counterfeiting incident, but the show between him and I have only just begun… As long as he remains in the Lightning Sword Sect, I will suppress him!"

The more Lian Can spoke, the more sinister the sneer at the corner of his mouth became.

Just then, Pan Yilin also flattered Lian Can at the opportune moment. "Since Zhou Donghuang has offended you, he'll get in trouble sooner or later!"

"There'll be ample time for that later. Let's toy with him slowly." Lian Can smiled contemptuously.

Meanwhile, Summer Valley Head Lian Kun was presently in the courtyard of Autumn Valley Head He Jin's residence, sitting opposite of He Jin.

"Senior Brother Lian Kun, you came specifically to visit me. Something's the matter, right?" He Jin smiled and asked.

Lian Kun nodded. "I didn't intend to come at first. But the group of elders in the Summer Valley came to my doorstep together and requested this of me… I had no choice but to come."

"Oh? What is it that's so serious?"

He Jin was completely astonished.

"Junior Brother He, the Autumn Valley took in a new disciple just two months ago. His name is Zhou Donghuang… you probably know this, right? He has not entered the Dharma stage yet but was taken in by the Autumn Valley. This required your personal approval," Lian Kun said.

"Zhou Donghuang? Of course I know him."

He Jin nodded. "Come to think of it, he was a new disciple brought into the Autumn Valley by that lass back home. Initially, I merely felt that his talent in martial arts was not too bad. It was only after Han Ku told me some time ago that I found out he was also good at counterfeiting. The level of his ability could even deceive Primordial Soul adepts.

"Senior Brother Lian Kun, you can't be visiting me now because of what he did to your Summer Valley a month ago, right?" He Jin asked.

"If it were just that incident a month ago, I could let it go."

Lian Kun shook his head. "Yesterday, a few of the Summer Valley elders bought another batch of counterfeit goods. In total, they suffered losses exceeding 2000 high-quality spirit stones.

"They suspect… that those counterfeit goods were also made by your Autumn Valley disciple, Zhou Donghuang.

"Unlike what happened a month ago, when the person who sold the counterfeit goods to us Summer Valley people personally confessed that it was Zhou Donghuang, the person who sold us the counterfeit goods to our Summer Valley elders this time were unwilling to tell us the source of the counterfeit goods.

"The main reason I came to look for you, Junior Brother He, is because I hope you can help me ask that Zhou Donghuang… If he wasn't the one who did it, so be it. If it was him, tell him not to overdo it. After all, being obsessed with such unorthodox methods will affect his practice. It could even tire him out such that he can't continue staying in the Autumn Valley when he reaches 30 years old.

Nearing the end of his words, Lian Kun seemed instead to have Zhou Donghuang's interests at heart.

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Chapter 237: An Ancient Core Drug

"Senior Brother Lian Kun, your good intentions are appreciated."

Although He Jin felt that Lian Kun was being shameless, he nevertheless hid it very well. "I will have a good chat with him regarding this matter."

"But whether or not he listens to me is not within my control… After all, whatever he did was not in contravention of the sect rules," He Jin said.

Lian Kun shook his head and smiled. "Junior Brother He must be joking. You're the Autumn Valley Head. If you personally tell him, how could Zhou Donghuang, as an Autumn Valley disciple, possibly dare to disobey your words?"

"Senior Brother Lian Kun, young people these days can't compare to what we were like in the past. Each and every one of them have their own opinions… if we were in the past, would you and I dare to do this if we had his ability?" He Jin retorted with a question.

Lian Kun turned silent.

If he were younger and had the counterfeiting capability of the Autumn Valley disciple, Zhou Donghuang, even if he knew that counterfeiting could make him rich, there was absolutely no way he would do what Zhou Donghuang did.

Although doing so was not against the sect rules, it would offend many people.

When he was young, his ambition lay in attaining the position of the Summer Valley Head. If he offended many people and they created obstacles in his way, forget about the position of the Summer Valley Head, he may not even be able to stay alive until now.

He thought to himself, "Within the sect, others dare not mess around with you. But once you leave the sect?

Is it possible for you to stay in the sect for the rest of your life?"

Lian Kun had just left when a floating, travel-worn and womanly figure landed in the courtyard of He Jin's residence. It was none other than He Mengxi, who had just returned from elsewhere. She was Zhou Donghuang's Third Senior Sister.

"You were away for so long this time. Where did you go?" He Jin smiled and asked with indulgence in his eyes.

"I went out and walked around."

He Mengxi casually skimped on the details. Naturally, she could not possibly tell her father that she had gone to investigate Junior Brother Zhou Donghuang's background. After all, his words about the dream world seemed way too vague and without substance.

"Father, why is Senior Uncle Lian Kun here? As far as I can remember, I've never seen him come to visit you in the Autumn Valley," He Mengxi asked curiously.

"He's here because of that Little Junior Brother of yours."

As the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin was well aware that He Mengxi addressed Zhou Donghuang as her "Little Junior Brother."

"He's here because of Little Junior Brother?"

He Mengxi was startled. Instinctively, she then asked, "Could he be here to steal away our talents? Is he trying to get Little Junior Brother to join the Summer Valley?"

After going to Ziyun in the Kaiyuan galaxy this time, you could say that she had investigated Zhou Donghuang's background thoroughly… upon investigating, she had been shocked!

On a planet that had such scarce resources for practice, she could not believe that this Little Junior Brother of hers had attained the skills he had today within such a short period.

Furthermore, that Little Junior Brother of hers had previously killed a newly-minted Dharma adept when he had been a Golden Essence adept!

As a Dharma adept herself, she knew of the gap between a Dharma adept and a Golden Essence adept, the closest beneath it. It was an impassable chasm…

No matter how weak a Dharma adept was, it was impossible for a Golden Essence adept to kill him or her.

At least, in the history of the Lightning Sword Sect, the Tielao planet, and the Hengliu galaxy, a Golden Essence adept killing a Dharma adept was unheard of.

This had already subverted what she knew.

It was precisely because of this that she felt she could not look upon her Little Junior Brother as a typical Golden Essence adept. Subconsciously, she found him incredibly outstanding.

This was why she had instinctively asked her father at this moment whether the Summer Valley Head was here to steal away their talents.

"Steal away our talents?"

He Jin went blank for a moment. Shortly thereafter, he shook his head and said, "No. He came to request that I visit that Little Junior Brother of yours and tell him not to counterfeit goods of the Summer Valley people in the future and get people to sell these counterfeits to them."

"Counterfeit goods?"

He Mengxi froze. She had just returned and was unaware of the incident that had happened a month ago and had caused a sensation in a large part of the Lightning Sword Sect.

However, following He Jin's explanation, she quickly understood the entire sequence of events.

At the same time, she also found out about the Summer Valley Head Lian Kun's objective in coming here this time.

"He… he even had such a talent as counterfeiting…?"

He Mengxi didn't know if she should laugh or cry. However, at the same time, her eyes flashed coldly at an apt moment. "But how dare that Summer Valley disciple, Pan Yilin sell counterfeit goods to Da Zhuang and bully him?

Where did he get that kind of courage?!"

When she found that Da Zhuang had been cheated, He Mengxi was obviously very angry.

"My dear daughter, that Little Junior Brother of yours has already helped Da Zhuang take revenge for this incident. You can say that everything has come to an end… just let it end like this."

He Jin was having a slight headache. Of course, he understood his own daughter better than anyone else did. Given her temper, she would definitely help Da Zhuang regain the respect he was due.

"There are certain things that you must do on your own for your anger to dissipate," He Mengxi said.

"As for what Little Junior Brother did this time, I think that it was very satisfying… Father, you can't actually be intending to look for Little Junior Brother to tell him not to make counterfeit goods and sell them to the Summer Valley people, right? You can't do such a thing! If you go looking for him, I'll fall out with you!"

He Mengxi said this to He Jin with seriousness written all over her face. As for the latter, he also agreed repeatedly. In his heart, he could only silently apologize to the Summer Valley Head, Lian Kun.

"I'm going to look for Little Junior Brother and Da Zhuang."

After greeting He Jin, He Mengxi left again in haste.

However, she only managed to find Da Zhuang.

Zhou Donghuang was practicing in his own room.

He Mengxi did not intrude on Zhou Donghuang's practice session. She immediately greeted Da Zhuang, shouting, "Da Zhuang, let's go! Come with me to the Summer Valley to look for that Pan Yilin!

How dare he cheat one of my people?! He's way too audacious!"

He Mengxi's eyes flashed coldly. She said this in a low voice while staring straight in the direction of the Summer Valley.

Although within the Lightning Sword Sect, disciples of the same sect were prohibited from fighting with each other without cause or reason… putting aside the fact that there was no evidence to prove that Pan Yilin had sold counterfeit goods to Da Zhuang, even if he had done so, it still complied with the rules of the sect. This incident could not be a reason for her to cause trouble for Pan Yilin.

But who was He Mengxi?

The daughter of the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin, and his only daughter at that!

Given her identity, even if she actually hurt someone, the Law Enforcement Hall could not possibly do anything to her for real even if they caught her, as long as what she had done did not reach a certain level of severity.

It was to the extent that the sons and daughters of the Valley Heads, such as He Mengxi and Liu Lang, caused the most trouble for the Law Enforcement Hall. On top of that, they were the only daughter and the only son of the Valley Heads.

Even if He Mengxi and Liu Lang went to the Law Enforcement Hall, the people there would still treat them with respect, as if they were their ancestors.

"Hehe… Senior Sister, no need for that."

Da Zhuang shook his head and smiled foolishly. "Little Junior Brother has already helped me vent my anger and take revenge. I no longer feel cheated now. I'm not angry either."

"You blockhead."

He Mengxi shook her head. "Since you're not going, I'll go alone!"

The moment she finished her sentence, she swiftly flew off and left again without waiting for Da Zhuang to speak. She left the Autumn Valley directly and headed towards the Summer Valley.

He Mengxi was a person who protected the weak.

A large part of the reason Zhou Donghuang respected her in his past life was precisely because of the manner in which He Mengxi protected the weak; it made him feel like he was home.

During that period of time, he felt a strong sense of security.

It was if Third Senior Sister would hold up the sky for him even if it caved in.

"Pan Yilin, get out here!"

After going to the Summer Valley, He Mengxi asked around and found out exactly where Pan Yilin lived. She headed straight there and shouted sternly. Her voice was so loud that it traveled across a large area.

"It's He Mengxi!"

"Pan Yilin, that guy… He was insensible and offended He Mengxi?"

…

Many people of the Summer Valley came out to take a look. All of them recognized He Mengxi.

However, even though some of the Summer Valley elders saw that He Mengxi had come in full fury, they did not intend to interfere at all. Each and every one of them pretended not to see anything.

"Senior… Senior Sister He?"

Pan Yilin had been in his room practicing when He Mengxi woke him with a start. When he awoke, his complexion was deathly pale as well. Initially, he did not intend to go out, but when he thought of the fact that He Mengxi may simply tear his residence apart if he did not go out, he had no choice but to rouse his courage and go out.

"I hope that Senior Brother Lian can come forward as soon as possible… otherwise, I definitely won't be able to escape a beating from Senior Sister He."

Pan Yilin walked out of his room grudgingly. He flew up into the air and looked afar at He Mengxi, who was floating in mid-air in the distance. He braced himself and greeted her, "Hello Senior Sister He."

"Pan Yilin, you're a real piece of work. You even dared to deceive Da Zhuang."

He Mengxi glanced meaningfully at Pan Yilin and said, "Looks like you have no respect at all for me, He Mengxi."

"Senior Sister He, you… you've misunderstood."

Pan Yilin smiled bitterly and said, "That incident was a misunderstanding. The nine-ringed bamboo I sold to Dazhuang was genuine. It was not counterfeited. I…"

He Mengxi interrupted Pan Yilin and asked coolly, "You mean to say that… that Da Zhuang is the one who maligned you?"

"I… I…"

Upon seeing He Mengxi's gaze harden, Pan Yilin only felt his scalp turn numb. At the same time, he felt that a beating would probably be inevitable. He only hoped that this Senior Sister He would be merciful and refrain from being too violent.

Of course, death or disability would definitely be out of the question.

On this point, he still trusted that He Mengxi would know her limits.

And at the precise moment that He Mengxi's Qi flew out of her body and condensed into a tremendous Tiger Dharma Power in preparation for her attack on Pan Yilin.

White Tiger Dharma Power.

A figure appeared while floating in the air and stood in front of Pan Yilin.

"Junior Sister Mengxi."

The person who had appeared was none other than the direct disciple of Summer Valley Head Lian Kun, Lian Can.

Lian Can was not only the direct disciple of Lian Kun, but he was also Lian Kun's adopted son. He was an orphan whom Lian Kun had picked up elsewhere, brought back and taken in. He was given the same surname as Lian Kun.

In reality, Lian Can was younger than He Mengxi by three years. However, he had slightly more martial talent than He Mengxi did. Although he was younger than He Mengxi, his level of practice did not pale in comparison to He Mengxi's.

"Lian Can, this matter has nothing to do with you."

He Mengxi frowned and shouted in a deep voice, "Move aside!"

…

Zhou Donghuang did not know that his Third Senior Sister had already returned. Right now, he was completely immersed in practice.

The core drug that he had refined was known as "Developing Essence." It was a kind of ancient core drug.

He had chanced upon the recipe for the core drug in his last life at an ancient ruin after he had entered the Heavenly Stage.

It was the product of the efforts of the ancient people. It had gone missing a long time ago in the boundless universe.

The Developing Essence could forcibly condense Dharma Power for a Golden Essence adept in a short period.

Of course, during this process, it was necessary to set up an energy-gathering position to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth without restraint. Coupled with the effect of the Developing Essence, the Golden Essence would develop into Dharma Power.

"Four Developing Essences, the effect of each to enter one Golden Essence each… I wonder if I'll be able to cause the Dharma Power of the Four Heavenly Beasts to appear!"

Zhou Donghuang felt a sense of anticipation.

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Chapter 238: Liquefied Spirit

Developing Essence was an ancient core drug. When Zhou Donghuang had obtained the recipe for it, he had already been a magnificent practitioner in the Heavenly Stage. Naturally, he had no use for this core drug, which was meant for Golden Essence adepts to take orally.

Furthermore, among the disciples he had taken in in his past life, during his time wandering the galaxy and the planets, the one with the lowest level of practice at the time was already an adept who had undergone Divine Transformation. So of course, they had no use for the Developing Essence either.

In his past life, Zhou Donghuang felt that he would rarely have use for the Developing Essence prescription, unless he suddenly had the impulse at some time or another, to take in another disciple.

However, before he could take in another disciple, he did not expect to reincarnate and go back 1000 years in time due to an accident and have to start all over again.

But in these circumstances, there was a use for the Developing Essence.

"Next… I'll set up an energy-gathering position, then swallow take the Developing Essence."

At present, Zhou Donghuang had plenty of spirit stones with him. After leaving Ziyun and before arriving at the Tielao Planet, he had traveled to a few planets in several galaxies. With the memories of his past life, he beat everyone to the draw and obtained the possessions left behind by the Dharma adepts after their passing.

Among these were numerous spirit stones.

Of course, most of them were mid-quality spirit stones. Only a minority of them were high-quality spirit stones.

The reason for this was also because the planets where the Dharma adepts were could not hold a candle to the Tielao Planet, which housed the Lightning Sword Sect, be it in terms of the practice environment or the practice resources they contained.

The Tielao Planet had high-quality spirit stone veins, but those few planets did not have them.

Zhou Donghuang had gone to those planets in his past life before he had entered the Dharma stage.

It was also during that time that he had noticed the possessions left behind by the Dharma adepts. But each time, he could only sigh in regret because someone else had beaten him to the chase and taken away the belongings of those Dharma adepts.

As for what had happened later, of course Zhou Donghuang had heard a lot about the possessions left behind by many Dharma adepts.

But at the time, his level of practice was already quite high, so his attitude towards the belongings left behind by the Dharma adepts had been a passive one. He did not deliberately seek after them… so, although he knew when the leftover possessions of the Dharma adepts had appeared and on which planet, he nevertheless paid no attention to their precise locations.

Back then, his attention had been concentrated on the resting places of the martial adepts who had surpassed the Primordial Soul Stage.

However, with his current level of power, he still did not have the ability to collect the various possessions left behind by those martial adepts above the Primordial Soul Stage.

"Some precious and uncommon spirit fruits also appeared…"

Apart from this, Zhou Donghuang also remembered the exact time and situation when many spirit fruits ripened. He was going to collect those spirit fruits in the future.

In his past life, he knew that it was difficult for him to get even one out of a hundred of those spirit fruits.

But in this life, using the memories of his past life, he was completely capable of beating everyone else to the chase. Before the various forces and powerful persons made a move, he could take action beforehand and collect those spirit fruits.

To Zhou Donghuang of this life, his past-life memories were no different from an extremely effective cheating device.

"More than 300,000 mid-quality spirit stones are equivalent to more than 30,000 high-quality spirit stones… that's enough for me to use for quite some time."

Thirty-thousand high-quality spirit stones. Even in the Lightning Sword Sect, not many people were likely to have such resources.

Zhou Donghuang had obtained these spirit stones from the different resting places of several non-affiliated Dharma adepts.

As for those non-affiliated practitioners, unlike the sect disciples who had plenty of readily-available resources, they spent all their efforts searching for spirit stones and earning spirit stones. They could only buy the various resources which they needed if they had spirit stones… unlike the disciples of the sects.

In the Lightning Sword Sect, they only needed to complete the different tasks allocated to them by the sect in order to get a fixed number of contribution points. And they could exchange the contribution points they accumulated for core drugs, for spirit weapons, and also for a few precious and uncommon materials.

Within the Lightning Sword Sect, there were some things that spirit stones could not buy. They had to use their contribution points.

Of course, after exchanging your contribution points for items, you could in turn exchange them for spirit stones in the trade center. This was also permissible.

Across the entire boundless universe, the situation in all the other sects which were considered proper was basically about the same as the Lightning Sword Sect.

In these circumstances, apart from the few people at the top level of each sect, the rest of the sect disciples usually did not have as many spirit stones as the non-affiliated practitioners outside who had the courage to venture out, unless they were lucky enough to enjoy a windfall elsewhere.

Because of this, with the wealth of spirit stones that Zhou Donghuang had right now, forget about the outer elders of the Lightning Sword Sect, even among the inner elders, it was likely that few of them could compare to him.

Of course, those in the upper echelons of the Lightning Sword Sect, such as the head of the sect, the four inner Valley Heads, the five outer Hall Heads, the Lightning Sword Sect elders—they definitely had an astonishing amount of spirit stones because many of the items that could be exchanged for spirit stones in the sect were all provided by them.

Correspondingly, the sect would give them a certain number of spirit stones as compensation.

"Ten-thousand mid-quality spirit stones are probably enough to set up an energy-gathering position, right?"

Usually, Zhou Donghuang did not even need 10,000 mid-quality spirit stones to set up an energy-gathering position for his practice. As his level of practice was too low at the moment, absorbing too much spiritual energy from heaven and earth would cause him to be overloaded, resulting in the opposite effect.

However, right now, Zhou Donghuang was not doing this purely to practice.

He was intending to leverage on the effect of four ancient core drugs, the Developing Essence, to condense Dharma Power in one go!

He had a rapacious design: He wanted to simultaneously cause four Golden Essences to develop into Dharma Power in one go!

He had the confidence to do so because of the ancient core drug, the Developing Essence.

However, although he was full of ambition and had a certain level of confidence, Zhou Donghuang was not entirely sure because he had never seen anyone consume the Developing Essence. This was actually his first time refining a core drug like the Developing Essence, which was recorded among the prescriptions passed down from ancient times.

"Now, I'll consume four pills of Developing Essence."

The chances of the Developing Essence becoming a pill were not high. Even with Zhou Donghuang's level of capability in refining core drugs, he could only produce a batch of two pills after using all his might… and this was already Zhou Donghuang's limit after using the Samadhi fire to refine the Developing Essence. Unless he used a more advanced fire, it would be difficult to refine more than this number of pills.

"As expected of an ancient core drug… It would be difficult for typical core-forging masters to refine the Developing Essence if their core-forging abilities were subpar, no matter how powerful the fire they created."

Zhou Donghuang had realized this in the core-forging process.

"Gulp…"

Zhou Donghuang opened his mouth. He put four Developing Essence pills into his mouth and swallowed them.

Immediately following this, he clearly sensed that the moment the four pills slid down his throat, they transformed into four forces that merged together. In the end, it was after his intervention that they separated into four forces once again, each entering the four Golden Essences in his essence point.

In the next moment, he started to work on the four Golden Essences in his essence points while absorbing spirit energy in the energy-gathering position to practice.

With the four Golden Essences spinning around together, they absorbed spirit energy at lightning speed. Coupled with the effect of the Developing Essences in the four Golden Essences right now, their speed was ridiculously fast.

They were more than a thousand times faster than they usually were!

"That fast?"

Zhou Donghuang was dumbstruck for a moment before he continued to concentrate fully on spinning the four Golden Essences. Following the circulatory movement as stated in "The Lord of the Four Supremes," he spun them around in the great circulatory cycle.

At this moment, Zhou Donghuang had his eyes closed and did not realize that the 10,000 mid-quality spirit stones placed around him on his bed were visibly losing their luster at a gradual pace.

If this speed continued, it would not take long to exhaust these spirit stones completely!

Meanwhile, above Zhou Donghuang's head, the spirit energy that had gathered from all around and had even condensed into liquid form, was rushing straight down onto Zhou Donghuang's head just like running water in a stream.

It was necessary to know that usually, it was even considered a complete exaggeration for Primordial Soul adepts to be able to see spirit energy in fog-form through the energy-gathering position.

But look at Zhou Donghuang now. Using the effect of the Developing Essences, the spirit energy absorbed through the energy-gathering position had condensed into liquid form.

It was usually very difficult to see the spirit energy that filled the world. It was very difficult to even condense it into fog form, much less its denser liquid form.

However, the reason why the spirit energy had presented itself in liquid form was entirely because of the effect of the Developing Essence.

Under normal circumstances, even if Zhou Donghuang spun the four Golden Essences around and used this energy-gathering position to practice, it was still difficult to condense spirit energy into fog form, much less liquid form.

Like a whale swallowing seawater, while Zhou Donghuang absorbed the liquefied spirit energy and practiced as if he had gone mad, outside his residence, minute changes occurred to the spirit energy of heaven and earth.

At least Da Zhuang, who had been practicing, sensed it. "What's happening?"

However, although he sensed the changes, Da Zhuang did not know what had happened. What's more, he no longer felt it after he stopped practicing.

Under the location where the Lightning Sword Sect was stationed, there was not only one high-quality spirit stone vein. There were also many more mid-quality spirit stone veins.

A place where many spirit stone veins could form was no doubt a place that had plenty of spirit energy.

Coupled with the spirit energy emanating from the spirit stone veins, this positive feedback loop caused the entire encampment of the Lightning Sword Sect to become a sacred place of practice.

When the non-affiliated practitioners practiced outside and used up a number of spirit stones to set up an energy-gathering position, the effect may not be as good as practicing in the Lightning Sword Sect without setting up an energy-gathering position.

Because the Lightning Sword Sect was situated in a place with an abundance of extremely-dense spirit energy, even if Zhou Donghuang absorbed spirit energy without restraint in a corner of the Autumn Valley and condensed it into liquid form, he would not cause alarm to anyone.

The reason Da Zhuang could sense it while practicing was because he was in close range.

The other people of the Autumn Valley did not notice the anomaly happening in Zhou Donghuang's residence. Not even those mid-Primordial Soul Summer Valley elders noticed it.

Right now, the only person in the Autumn Valley who had discovered the anomaly in Zhou Donghuang's residence was the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin.

It was also because Zhou Donghuang's residence was in the same direction as He Jin's residence. They were not far apart… if it were not so, even He Jin would not notice the anomaly in the spirit energy surrounding Zhou Donghuang's residence.

"All the spirit energy is gathering around him… The speed at which it's gathering is ridiculous. Forget about my practice, not even the Sect Leader can amass this amount of speed!"

He Jin floated in midair and gazed into the distance at Zhou Donghuang's residence. His face showed total surprise. "He… He's practicing?"

"Is he really nothing more than a Primal Core adept?"

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Chapter 239: Zhou Donghuang Entered the Dharma Stage

Primal Core adepts could create an even bigger ruckus during practice than Divine Transformation adepts?

Although He Jin was the noble Autumn Valley Head of the Lightning Sword Sect, one of the four chief elders, he could not help his confusion. He was completely at a loss as to what was happening.

He had never encountered such a situation.

But he also knew how difficult it was to gather spirit energy at such a speed… as far as he knew, even the Lightning Sword Sect Valley Head at the Divine Transformation Stage could not do it.

"This Zhou Donghuang is not to be underestimated… he must either be in possession of some strange treasure or have some special methods up his sleeve that allow him to absorb spirit energy so wantonly," He Jin said to himself.

"Where exactly did he pop up from? Looks like I must ask that lass Mengxi upon my return and get to the bottom of this."

At the thought of this, He Jin's expression became more grave as well.

By absorbing spirit energy at a speed as terrifying as this, even if he transformed only half of the spirit energy into inner Yuan, his speed of practice could be said to be extremely frightening.

At present, Zhou Donghuang did not know that the changes in spirit energy that had occurred during his practice had attracted the attention of the Autumn Valley Head He Jin.

His body and mind were completely immersed in executing the practice method in "The Lord of the Four Supremes" right now.

Time went on. He did not know how long it had been either. A century seemed to have passed, but it also seemed that only a moment had passed… And during this process, he glanced internally at his essence points only to discover that the four Golden Essences had all began to show Dharma Power at its fledgling stage.

He had witnessed such a scene in his previous life, so what was happening before his eyes was more than familiar to him too.

Time continued to pass.

Just then, Zhou Donghuang could vaguely make out the nascent forms of Dharma Power appearing in each of the four Golden Essences in his essence point. Their outlines were now clear.

"That's… Green Dragon Dharma Power?"

The newly-formed Dharma Power on one of the Golden Essences looked a little like a snake. However, the massive size of its body differed greatly from what he knew. Furthermore, there was an outline of five claws on its abdomen.

"The Five-Clawed Azure Dragon?"

"What's going on? Shouldn't it be the Four-Clawed Azure Dragon?"

In his past life, Zhou Donghuang had come across a Dharma adept who had created Divine Dragon Dharma Power. He knew that all Divine Dragon Dharma Powers were Four-Clawed Divine Dragons. No Dharma adept had Divine Dragon Dharma Power that was a Five-Clawed Divine Dragon.

But now, the nascent Dharma Power on the surface of one of his Golden Essences had the outline of a Five-Clawed Divine Dragon.

"Even the Dragon race, one of many races in the universe and its galaxies… the Divine Dragon Dharma Power gathered by people of this race in the Dharma Stage is only a Four-Clawed Divine Dragon. It's only after entering the Primordial Soul Stage that they can gather the Primordial Soul of the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon."

In his past life, Zhou Donghuang had interacted with the Dragon race and knew about this in detail.

The Five-Clawed Divine Dragon was of a higher level than the Four-Clawed Divine Dragon.

"Could it be due to "The Lord of the Four Supremes"?"

Zhou Donghuang's heart jumped.

The more he thought about it, the more sense it made to him. Other than this, he could not think of any other possibility.

"But this is a good thing too… gathering Dharma Power in the form of a Five-Clawed Divine Dragon at the Dharma stage, even a Dharma adept one stage above will be defeated by it eight or nine times out of ten!"

The Four-Clawed Divine Dragon Dharma Power alone was enough to wipe out more than ninety percent of Dharma adepts at the same level.

Less had to be said about the stronger Five-Clawed Divine Dragon Dharma Power.

"The Green Dragon Dharma Power is already beginning to take shape as a Five-Clawed Divine Dragon… the other three Dharma Powers would probably not be ordinary either."

At this thought, Zhou Donghuang was particularly excited. He then shifted his focus to another Golden Essence. To his surprise, the fledgling Dharma Power shown on its surface was a bird. "This is probably the Vermilion Bird Dharma Power.

"This is the White Tiger Dharma Power."

The outline of the Dharma Power on the third Golden Essence appeared to be a walking beast. Upon closer look, to his surprise, there were many signs that it was the king of all beasts, the tiger.

"Black Turtle Dharma Power."

The outline of the Dharma Power on the fourth Golden Essence closely resembled a turtle, a large turtle at that.

Just when Zhou Donghuang was focusing on the outline of the Dharma Power appearing on the four Golden Essences in his essence point, He Mengxi returned to the Autumn Valley in a rage.

"Just wait until I enter the intermediate Dharma Stage. I will definitely teach that Lian Can a lesson… how dare he side with Pan Yilin? He's clearly going against me, He Mengxi!"

This time, He Mengxi had gone to the Summer Valley to settle scores with Pan Yilin. Before she could take action, Lian Can stuck his foot in and declared that he was going to protect Pan Yilin.

In her moment of fury, she had a battle with Lian Can. They were evenly matched and each of them was helpless when it came to the other.

Under such circumstances, she could only return in low spirits, following her failure to achieve her objective.

Although she was the daughter of the Autumn Valley Head, Lian Can's background was no less remarkable. He was the adopted son and the direct disciple of the Summer Valley Lord. He did not fear her identity at all.

However, when He Mengxi came back in a fury, there was sadness written all over her brow. "That Lin Can is about to enter the intermediate Dharma Stage… what's more, his level of martial talent is slightly higher than mine."

By the time she entered the intermediate Dharma Stage, there was an 80 to 90 percent chance that Lian Can would have broken through to that stage as well.

When the time came, she would similarly be helpless against him.

It was precisely for this reason that she felt extremely indignant.

"Why? You didn't manage to help Da Zhuang regain the respect he's due?"

He Jin noticed He Mengxi the moment she returned and immediately welcomed her. When he saw the indignation written all over her face, it was not difficult for him to guess that things had not proceeded according to plan.

It seemed that someone had interfered to protect the Summer Valley disciple who had sold counterfeit goods to Da Zhuang.

"Lian Can intervened," He Mengxi said in a low voice.

"Lian Can?"

He Jin was astonished. Following that, his gaze turned slightly strange. "From what I know, that fellow Lian Can seems to be a bit interested in you… he actually got in your way?"

"He's interested in me?"

He Mengxi froze for a moment before quickly regaining her senses. She had an expression of complete disdain on her face. "Even if all the men in the world were dead and he was the only one left, there's still no way I would get together with him.

"Does he really think that I don't know about him toying with those outer female disciples who had just entered our sect, and discarding them after having made use of them?"

He Mengxi's eyes were filled with loathing.

"Alright, let's put that aside for the time being."

He Jin shook his head and changed the subject. "Where did you find that Zhou Donghuang?"

"What's the matter?"

He Mengxi was confused. She did not know why her father was suddenly asking about this.

He Jin recounted to her what he had discovered an hour ago. For a moment, even He Mengxi was dumbfounded. "Spirit energy was gathering like crazy during his practice? And the speed and force at which the spirit energy was gathering even surpassed when the Sect Leader went into seclusion to practice wholeheartedly?"

He Mengxi was shocked as well.

"He's not an ordinary person. I suspect that either his origin is unusual, or he has had extraordinary encounters," He Jin said with a grave expression.

"He isn't of remarkable origin."

When she thought of the planet called Ziyun that she had recently been to, He Mengxi shook her head. "He probably had some extraordinary encounters."

"Not of remarkable origin?"

He Jin looked at He Mengxi. "Where's he from?"

"Ziyun."

He Mengxi said, "That planet is a planet with only a few small spirit stone veins… Furthermore, there isn't even an interstellar teleporter in the galaxy where the planet is situated.

"I went on a trip not long ago for the purpose of visiting Ziyun. I helped him bring some items to his family members."

He Mengxi did not intend to tell her father He Jin, that Zhou Donghuang had come to her of his own accord. With just a few words, she merely said that Zhou Donghuang had been wandering about and ended up in Hengliu galaxy, in Ziyun. She had discovered him there and brought him back to the Lightning Sword Sect, bringing him back to the Autumn Valley.

In the Autumn Valley, Huang Long was the only person who knew that she had not been acquainted with Zhou Donghuang when he first came.

So, she had already made a special visit to Huang Long to tell him in advance.

"He came out of a galaxy that didn't even have an interstellar teleporter?"

He Jin narrowed his eyes slightly. He proceeded to say with a solemn expression, "It seems that he did indeed encounter some extraordinary happenings… Otherwise, given his background, it would have been impossible for him to get to where he is today."

"He's 23 years old and has just entered the Golden Essence Stage … forget about that kind of galaxy. Even for some galaxies which do have interstellar teleporters, it's difficult for such a person to come out of there," He Jin verbalized his speculations.

He Mengxi did not respond to him. She recalled what she had discovered of the situation in Ziyun after going there. She too felt that Zhou Donghuang had definitely encountered strange happenings.

It was to the point where she secretly guessed:

Perhaps Zhou Donghuang's strange encounter was none other than that dreamscape of his.

A dreamscape in which he could see the future would allow him to take full advantage of new opportunities… This, in itself, was an extraordinary encounter that could be said to contravene the laws of nature.

"Father, so be it if Little Junior Brother has had extraordinary encounters… You can't be having ideas about him, right?"

He Mengxi glanced at He Jin cautiously.

"What kind of person do you take your father for?"

He Jin glared at He Mengxi in a temper. "In your eyes, am I such a person?"

"Hehe… Father, what if he were just an outsider and not a disciple of the Autumn Valley or a disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, and on top of that not someone whom I had brought back? Are you sure that you wouldn't harbor such intentions?" He Mengxi asked with a mischievous smile.

"Enough. Quick, go back and practice. If you don't practice diligently, Lian Can of the Summer Valley may enter the mid Dharma Stage earlier than you do."

He Jin glared at He Mengxi again. "Also… When that Little Junior Brother of yours comes out of seclusion, remember to give him a warning – people are dangerous and a man's wealth is his own ruin when he causes others' greed. He should still keep a low profile when he can."

By the time He Mengxi had passed He Jin's message on to Zhou Donghuang, half a month had already passed.

"Third Senior Sister, that wasn't because of some extraordinary encounter. Instead, it was because of a type of core drug."

Zhou Donghuang looked at He Mengxi and smiled, saying, "I'm planning to give one pill of that core drug to Da Zhuang too… Once Da Zhuang takes the core drug and starts practicing, you can invite the Valley Head here to take a look.

"But… Before that, Third Senior Sister, follow me on a trip to the Summer Valley."

Earlier, Zhou Donghuang had noticed the gloominess that he could faintly discern from her brow. She had obviously been in a pretty bad mood. Upon asking her about it, he had also found out about the incident whereby the Summer Valley disciple Lian Can had caused trouble.

"Why are you going to the Summer Valley?"

He Mengxi was startled.

"Of course, it's to meet that Lian Can."

Zhou Donghuang flew into the air. The inner Yuan surrounding his body was subtle. Seeing this, He Mengxi was again startled. "Little Junior Brother, you… You've broken through?"

Clearly, He Mengxi could tell that Zhou Donghuang had already entered the Dharma Stage.

"I had a breakthrough just a few days ago."

Zhou Donghuang smiled faintly. "I've been strengthening my level of practice. Otherwise, I would've left seclusion long ago."

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Chapter 240: Don't Go Overboard

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"So quickly?" He Mengxi was shocked. A 24-year-old Dharma adept? Exactly what kind of treasure did her Little Brother receive…

"That's not fast at all," replied Zhou Donghuang, shaking his head. His progress was much slower than the esteemed disciples of the Supreme Sects and Star Clans. For them, it was typical to achieve the Dharma stage before the age of twenty.

"Furthermore, it's the work of the elixir that I told you about just now," continued Zhou Donghuang. "That elixir is an old formula. It is powerful beyond imagination. Sister, how long has Da Zhuang been at the ultimate Primal Core stage?" he asked.

Da Zhuang was only a few years older than him.

"About two years or so," replied He Mengxi after thinking about it carefully.

Zhou Donghuang nodded. "When I come back from the Summer Valley, I will give Da Zhuang one of the ancient elixirs. As long as there are sufficient spirit stones to set up an energy-gathering position, within a month, he will be able to attain the Dharma stage!" Zhou Donghuang finished in an immensely confident tone. It was a confidence that could not be questioned. The ancient elixir's power had already been tried and tested by Zhou Donghuang, so he understood its potency and had high confidence in it.

Zhou Donghuang's conviction was enough to convince He Mengxi. She asked, "That ancient elixir, what exactly is it? How can it enable Da Zhuang to attain the Dharma stage within a mere month?"

Zhou Donghuang smiled as he replied, "This elixir allows Golden Essence adepts to produce a Dharma within a short time and thus attain the Dharma stage. But this is only for Golden Essence adepts. As long as there are enough spirit stones to set up a Qi-gathering formation to aid one's practice, after using the elixir, even a Golden Essence adept who has just attained the Ultimate Primal Core stage will be able to enter the Dharma stage within a short time." Here, Zhou Donghuang paused slightly and looked at He Mengxi before continuing, "Now that I think of it, I produced this elixir using an old recipe that I learned in my dream."

Dream! Hearing Zhou Donghuang mention his dream again, He Mengxi drew in a short breath. Now, she believed every word that her little brother was saying. Hence, she felt fortunate; her little brother's appearance in advance would give her the chance to change her and her father's fates. Otherwise, her father would die, and she would leave the planet and the Hengliu Galaxy, and be stranded in the vast outside universe.

He Mengxi turned to Zhou Donghuang with a gentle gaze and said, "Little Brother, I know that you just attained the Dharma stage, and your confidence is brimming. Back when I'd just attained the Dharma stage, I was the same way. But, Lian Can of the Summer Valley already attained the Dharma stage a few years ago. Now, he may even be close to the middle Dharma stage. His Dharma is far stronger than yours after so many years of training." He Mengxi did not think that Zhou Donghuang was a match for Lian Can. "Although the two of us can defeat him, someone from the Summer Valley will certainly come to help him."

If He Mengxi squared off alone against Lian Can, nobody would step out to support Lian Can since the two of them were at the same level. But once He Mengxi joined forces with Zhou Donghuang against Lian Can, the people of Summer Valley would not stand by and do nothing.

"Together?" Zhou Donghuang was surprised. He could not help but shake his head and smile, "Third Sister, there is no need for that."

Seeing Zhou Donghuang's confident smile, He Mengxi was swayed. "Can it be that this little brother is so confident?"

Lian Can's father was the Summer Valley chief, Lian Kun, and they lived in the same residence. As the leader of the valley, although Lian Kun's home could not be considered lavish, it was spacious and contained many rooms, enough for many people to live in.

"Lian Can, my Little Brother would like to spar with you." He Mengxi brought Zhou Donghuang to the Summer Valley chief's residence. She announced their arrival in a loud voice that traveled far.

Soon, many Summer Valley disciples were attracted by the commotion.

"It's He Mengxi of the Autumn Valley!"

"He Mengxi caused trouble for Pan Yilin half a month ago, and it was Lian Can who stopped her. Then, Lian Can sparred with her, and they were both equally matched, so it was a draw in the end."

"After half a month, why is she back again? She even said that her Little Brother wants to spar with Lian Can?"

"The young man in white beside her—is that the younger disciple she's talking about?"

For most people in the Summer Valley, Zhou Donghuang was an unfamiliar face.

Pan Yilin had also come to watch the commotion, and he recognized Zhou Donghuang immediately. His recognition was followed by immense shock. "Isn't that Zhou Donghuang from the Autumn Valley? He…he broke through the frontier?" In Pan Yilin's memory, this Zhou Donghuang had only been a Golden Essence adept when they had met a month ago. Now, within a month, he had broken through to reach the Dharma stage?

"Zhou Donghuang?"

"Is he the one who indirectly sold all the fake goods to our Summer Valley disciples?"

"He is so young!"

"So young, but already a Dharma adept—how?"

Pan Yilin's words shocked many of the Summer Valley disciples around him.

"Zhou Donghuang!"

"How dare you come to our Summer Valley!"

Soon, Zhong Yin and Fang Baiwei, the two Summer Valley disciples who had bought fake goods from Zhou Donghuang, arrived on the scene and glared at Zhou Donghuang.

Many other Summer Valley disciples and elders who had been cheated by Zhou Donghuang also gathered.

"From what He Mengxi is saying, it sounds like Zhou Donghuang wants to challenge Lian Can."

"I heard from Pan Yilin that Zhou Donghuang was still a Golden Essence adept last year. That means that he only attained the Dharma stage within the last month."

"Less than a month as a Dharma adept, and he is challenging Lian Can? He is out to embarrass himself!"

Among the group that had gathered, none of them thought that Zhou Donghuang could match Lian Can. After all, Lian Can had already attained the Dharma stage a few years ago and was not far from the middle Dharma stage now. In a few years, Lian Can had already managed to train his Dharma so that it had almost no cracks in its armor, and he was skillful at handling it.

"It's that lass, Mengxi." Although the Summer Valley's leader, Lian Kun, had not opened the door, he could tell that it was her from the voice alone. "The Little Brother that she is talking about must be Zhou Donghuang. He dares to challenge you, which means he is quite confident."

Lian Kun looked at Lian Can and asked, "Are you confident? If you are not, you do not have to take on this fight. If you are sure of winning, it would be good for you to take him on. After all, he sold so many fake goods to the Summer Valley, and some of his victims were our elders. If you can defeat him, you will earn their praise, which will be good for you when you become chief one day," explained Lian Kun.

From what Lian Kun had said, it was clear that he planned to pass on his position as Summer Valley chief to his eldest son and disciple, Lian Can. According to the Lightning Sword Sect's rules, as a chief, he had the power to choose his successor. Once his chosen successor passed the Lightning Sword Sect's test, he would be eligible to rule over the Summer Valley.

"Master, from your tone, do you think that I may not be Zhou Donghuang's match?" asked Lian Can with a smile. "Don't you know that he was only a Golden Essence adept just a month ago?"

"I heard." Lian Kun nodded, then continued, "Even so, something here is rather strange. Someone who has just attained the Dharma stage dares to challenge you—what can that mean? Is he here to embarrass himself? Would someone who can produce such high-quality fakes and forgeries that can even trick some of our elders be the kind of person who embarrasses himself?" Lian Kun's eyes were alert and vigilant.

"Master, you are too cautious." Lian Can shook his head and said condescendingly, "If I am not able to defeat a small lad who just entered the Dharma stage, how can I possibly take over as Summer Valley chief? I must accept."

Lian Can bid farewell to Lian Kun and walked out of the house.

As Lian Can was leaving, Lian Kun called out a reminder to his son from behind, "Don't be too careless. Always be ready to use your ultimate Dharma spirit weapon."

"Sure," Lian Can replied carelessly. To him, a small lad who had just entered the Dharma stage less than a month ago did not merit the use of his Dharma spirit weapon—unless he started using one first.

"Forget it. If he fails, it will be a lesson for him to learn that there is always someone stronger." Although Lian Kun had never seen Zhou Donghuang, his understanding of Zhou Donghuang was based on his high level of skill in forgery. Based on that alone, he would not dare to look down on Zhou Donghuang. Now, Zhou Donghuang had come knocking on their door to challenge Lian Can. This move was enough to show that he was confident of winning this battle.

As Lian Can stepped out, Lian Kun called out to him loudly, like thunder clapping. "Lian Can! Since this is a spar between disciples of the same sect, there's no need to go all the way. A light tap is enough."

"It's the chief!"

"It looks like he is afraid that Lian Can will attack Zhou Donghuang too strongly and hurt him."

"Zhou Donghuang challenged him, so if it is not made clear that a light tap is enough, as long as Lian Can does not kill him, even if he is disabled, the sect will not take any action on Zhou Donghuang's behalf."

Outside, the group of Summer Valley elders and disciples that had gathered all thought that their chief was protecting Zhou Donghuang.

"Yes, Master." Although Lian Can was unwilling, he did not dare to go against his Master's orders.

"Lian Can," sensing Lian Can's unwillingness, Zhou Donghuang called out to him, "if you are not willing to stop there, remember that this is a sparring battle. Let's set no boundaries other than nobody can be killed. How about that?"

With that, Zhou Donghuang's eyes flashed murderously.

The crowd thought that Zhou Donghuang did not know his weight. Lian Can was about to agree with his father, and his expression was dark.

Chief Lian Kun's voice rang out again, "Zhou Donghuang, we are both part of the same sect, so let's not go overboard."

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Chapter 241: White Tiger Dharma

Hearing the Summer Valley chief's words, the crowd thought that Lian Kun had suggested that the fight end once an opponent was lightly attacked not only to protect Zhou Donghuang from death but also to remind Zhou Donghuang that, by saving him from an ugly situation now, Zhou Donghuang must no longer sell fake goods to the Summer Valley.

"Since you have made this clear, Valley Chief, in this sparring battle with your disciple, I shall stop once I have lightly defeated him." Zhou Donghuang's lips curled into a playful smile.

Zhou Donghuang understood the hidden meaning behind Lian Kun's warning. Lian Can also understood.

"Master has so little trust in me?" Lian Can's expression was unbelievably ugly.

The crowd of Summer Valley disciples and elders that had gathered now turned condescending and looked on with disdain after hearing what Zhou Donghuang had said. They thought that he was too arrogant.

"Make your move." Zhou Donghuang leaped into the skies and stood face to face with Lian Can. His tone was calm and measured as he said, "I still have many things to do. The faster I defeat you, the quicker I can get back."

"Ridiculous!" Lian Can's eyes gleamed coldly, and his expression was dark. "Zhou Donghuang, you only reached the Dharma stage less than a month ago, do you think you can defeat me? Ridiculous! Today, let me teach you some humility. There is always someone stronger than you!"

With that, Lian Can's inner Yuan poured out in waves. Instantly, his Dharma, which was that of an early Dharma adept, appeared floating above his head. It was the same giant palm print Dharma that had pinned Da Zhuang to the ground that time in the market. Its size was domineering.

"It's been less than a month, where would you find the time to train your Dharma? Today, let me allow you to understand the difference between my Dharma and yours!"

Lian Can looked at Zhou Donghuang and laughed coldly, "Now, why don't you show your Dharma."

"As you wish." Zhou Donghuang casually looked at Lian Can. The inner Yuan within his body trembled as one of the four animal Dharmas within him suddenly extended a strong wave of inner Yuan that flowed out through Zhou Donghuang's body. Since attaining the Dharma stage, the four Golden Essences within Zhou Donghuang had merged together with the Dharmas. Or more accurately, the Golden Essence had become a part of the Dharma, making the Dharma crystallize and solidify. If Zhou Donghuang's inner Yuan used to come from the Primal Core, now his inner Yuan was produced by the Dharma.

Of course, most ordinary adepts only had one Dharma within them, but he'd practiced this "Way of the Four Supremes" technique so that he would have four Dharmas within him that were completely different from each other: a dragon, a tiger, a bird, and a tortoise. These were the four supreme animal Dharmas. However, the four Dharmas within Zhou Donghuang's body were not fully grown yet. The dragon looked like a snake, the white tiger like a house cat, the peacock like a sparrow, and the tortoise like a terrapin.

"Roar!" Although the white tiger Dharma was still like a small cat internally, it produced a ten-meter tall Dharma that looked majestic and fearsome when it roared with the dominance worthy of the animal king.

"I'll defeat you within ten strokes!" Seeing Zhou Donghuang's Dharma appear, Lian Can, who was eager to begin, called out as he transformed into a lightning bolt that rushed at Zhou Donghuang. Streaking through the air with him was the giant palm print Dharma, which was ten meters tall.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

As the giant palm print Dharma streaked through the air, because it was so fast, the air around it produced a gushing sound accompanied by a sharp whistling. It was like ghouls wailing, a shriek so shrill it could shatter eardrums.

Lian Can's eyes locked on Zhou Donghuang coldly. He conservatively estimated ten strokes. He felt that he would certainly be able to defeat Zhou Donghuang with less than five.

As the considerable crowd looked on, Zhou Donghuang stood motionless, and his massive white tiger Dharma laid down. It closed its eyes and yawned lazily as if it could fall asleep at any time.

"Is Zhou Donghuang too scared to move?"

"This must be his first battle as a Dharma adept. It's normal to be frightened stiff."

Seeing Lian Can and his palm Dharma approach, Zhou Donghuang did not make any movement at all. The crowd chattered excitedly.

This time, He Mengxi, who was watching the fight from the sidelines, could not help but call out cautiously, "Little Brother!"

"Zhou Donghuang, looks like I overestimated you! With just one stroke, I'll easily defeat you!" As Lian Can neared Zhou Donghuang, he still had not made a move. Seeing this, Lian Can was filled with excitement, and his eyes flashed with anticipation. He quickly lifted his hand, and the giant palm print Dharma seemed to sense his movement as it slapped down on Zhou Donghuang and his white tiger Dharma, following the motion of Lian Can's hand.

"Little Brother!" He Mengxi cried out as her expression changed once again.

Boom! Boom!!

The crowd watched as Lian Can's palm Dharma fell upon Zhou Donghuang and his tiger Dharma like a little hill, in all its sheer might.

Just as everyone was sure that Zhou Donghuang would be defeated by Lian Can with only one stroke, at the critical moment, Zhou Donghuang's peaceful eyes suddenly flashed open.

In the next instant, the white tiger Dharma, which was lazily lying in mid-air, stood up furiously. Faced with the giant palm print Dharma that was rushing down less than ten meters away from it, the tiger flew straight up into the air.

"It's too late."

"Lian Can has the upper hand, and his Dharma has an absolute advantage."

The crowd could already imagine a scene in which the tiger Dharma would be destroyed by the palm Dharma with just a single strike.

Wham!!

As the white tiger Dharma took on the palm Dharma, which had the overarching advantage, a huge boom resounded as the inner Yuans clashed in mid-air, producing huge gusts of wind that swept in all directions and a loud sound.

In the next instant, the massive tiger Dharma caused the giant palm print Dharma to dissipate with just a light bump. The crystallized inner Yuan spread out in all directions, flowing endlessly.

Boom!!

"Ah!" After the giant palm print Dharma had been destroyed by the white tiger Dharma, the rebound of inner Yuan was so strong that Lian Can's body was flung backward. In that instant, Lian Can's expression turned terrible, and he spit out a mouthful of blood. His body went limp. It was clear that he had been gravely injured.

"Roar!" The white tiger Dharma stood proudly in the air and let out a formidable roar like the king of beasts displaying undeniable might that could not be challenged. Until the white tiger Dharma was stowed away by Zhou Donghuang, everyone was deathly silent.

"Little…Little Brother?" He Mengxi was the first person to regain her senses. She looked at Zhou Donghuang as if she had seen a ghost. "Did he really just reach the Dharma stage?" She was utterly shocked. How could he be so powerful even though he had only just reached the Dharma stage? Once he progressed even further, how frightening would his power be? There was no other early Dharma adept in the Lightning Sword Sect who could match her Little Brother!

"Impossible! It's impossible!!" In the sky, Pan Yilin held Lian Can steady. His eyes were filled with disbelief and helplessness as he looked at Zhou Donghuang. He had never imagined even in his wildest dreams that he would be defeated with just one blow by someone who had only reached the Dharma stage less than a month ago—especially not when he had the upper hand and full advantage!

In that instant, Lian Can remembered what his Master had told him. Now, it seemed that his Master indeed had reason to worry. His opponent must have been absolutely confident in his abilities before coming here to challenge him!

Before the Summer Valley's disciples could even regain their senses, Zhou Donghuang looked at He Mengxi and reminded her, "Third Sister, now it looks like Lian Can is no longer able to protect Pan Yilin. Don't you want to help Da Zhuang take revenge?"

He Mengxi flew toward the frightened Pan Yilin. Without any warning, she beat up Pan Yilin. His face turned white with fear as he whimpered. The whole time, he did not have the courage to fight back. He knew that it was useless and would likely anger He Mengxi even further.

"Third Sister, let's go back." As he glanced at the crowd, Zhou Donghuang and He Mengxi left the Summer Valley together. Nobody from the Summer Valley stepped forward to stop them.

Lian Can had been injured by Zhou Donghuang in a friendly sparring battle. It was rude of He Mengxi to injure Pan Yilin, but on account of the fact that even the court would not dare offend her, the people of the Summer Valley could do nothing about it. Furthermore, Pan Yilin had only been injured lightly, and not severely beaten up.

"Did that Autumn Valley disciple, Zhou Donghuang, really only attain the Dharma stage recently?" Many Summer Valley elders and disciples doubted this.

Lian Can and Pan Yilin were certain that, one month ago, Zhou Donghuang had indeed not yet attained the Dharma stage. He'd been a Golden Essence adept just like the Autumn Valley disciple, Da Zhuang.

"Master." Lian Can returned to Lian Kan with a sour face. "I was careless. I did not expect him to be so powerful that he could defeat me with just one strike."

"One strike?" Lian Kun was aware that Lian Can had lost to Zhou Donghuang, but he did not know that Lian Can had been defeated with just a single strike. His eyes narrowed as he asked, "How did he defeat you? Did he have the upper hand and take advantage of his position?"

To Lian Kun, a scenario in which an opponent had the upper hand and took the advantage of it to defeat his son when he was being careless, would be alarming but not impossible.

"No," replied Lian Can, his face dark and solemn. "I was the one who had the upper hand and the advantage. He only returned the blow at the last minute. It was only when my Dharma was ten meters away from his that his Dharma took any action."

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Chapter 242: Da Zhuang Breaks Through

"What?!" Lian Kun's expression took an ugly turn. He could no longer maintain his composure. "You had the upper hand and the advantage. Still, he managed to defeat you with just a single blow! Are you certain that he is only an early Dharma adept? Are you sure that he was a Golden Essence adept just a month ago?" Lian Kun demanded, glaring at Lian Can.

"Just one month ago, I saw him descend from the sky enveloped in a golden glow from his inner Yuan. Even today, his Dharma was only ten meters tall," replied Lian Can. A Dharma that was ten meters tall was the hallmark of an early Dharma adept.

"Then, how is it possible?" Lian Kun's face was filled with disbelief. "He is an early Dharma adept, just like you, and he just reached the Dharma stage not long ago. How could he possibly have defeated you with just a single blow under such circumstances?"

"Master," said Lian Can, with a bitter smile on his face, "I am not sure either. But it must have something to do with the Dharma he produced. His massive tiger Dharma pounced on my palm print Dharma at the last moment. Even though he could not have possibly utilized its full power, my palm print was like a piece of paper in front of his giant tiger—that's how easily it was shredded." With that, a hint of fear crossed Lian Can's eyes. "I once sparred with a senior who was in the middle Dharma stage, and even that senior's thirty-meter-tall Dharma was not as powerful as his ten-meter-tall Dharma." Middle Dharma adepts produced Dharmas that were thirty meters tall. The strength of their Dharmas was often far greater than that of the ten-meter Dharmas produced by early Dharma adepts.

Now Lian Can was claiming that even the thirty-meter-tall Dharma of a Summer Valley disciple in the middle Dharma stage could not compare with Zhou Donghuang's ten-meter-tall Dharma.

"His Dharma was trained to a frightening level of perfection. Even though its inner Yuan was not as strong as mine, there was no chance of breaking through it—it was so perfect. On the other hand, my own giant palm print Dharma suddenly had so many problems and imperfections, and his Dharma managed to attack them all. Although my Dharma itself had few imperfections before, during that short battle with the huge tiger Dharma, it became so weak, and defects kept appearing. It was as if it went crazy because of the attack. Even the Dharma of an ultimate Dharma adept may not be so perfectly trained." As he spoke, Lian Can's eyes were filled with a complicated expression. "Who knows how he trained his Dharma so well. Within one month of entering the Dharma stage, he's already produced such an unnatural Dharma!"

Unnatural. In Lian Can's eyes, Zhou Donghuang had produced a Dharma so powerful that it could be considered unnatural. A Dharma that was ten meters tall and so perfect that, even though its inner Yuan was less powerful than a similar ten-meter-tall Dharma, the power it demonstrated was stronger than most thirty-meter-tall Dharmas. The strength of the inner Yuan in a middle Dharma adept's Dharma was twice as strong than that of an early Dharma adept!

"A ten-meter-tall Dharma! Is it really untouchable?" Lian Kun's eyes narrowed sharply. "Even an ultimate Dharma adept cannot safely say that his Dharma is untouchable. Even though an ultimate adept's Dharma has gone through a whole series of training, there are still a few imperfections, however rare. Typically, once an ultimate Dharma adept strikes out with a blow, he is perfectly capable of concealing the imperfection."

Lian Kun did not believe Lian Can. He did not think that Zhou Donghuang's Dharma was untouchable. However, he did not question that the strength of Zhou Donghuang's Dharma and its training were on a par with that of an ultimate Dharma adept. Otherwise, Zhou Donghuang would definitely not have been able to defeat his son so quickly and effortlessly.

Lian Can was not just any bum. He was considered superior among the disciples under Lian Kun, and it was no accident that he would likely become a core disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect.

"That lass from the He family—where did they find a monster like that?" In Lian Kun's eyes, this monster should not have appeared in the Lightning Sword Sect. In fact, neither of those two forces should have appeared in the Hengliu galaxy at all.

…

After returning to the Autumn Valley with He Mengxi, Zhou Donghuang took her straight to Da Zhuang then gave him an elixir. "Da Zhuang, after you take this elixir, you will reach the Dharma stage within a month!"

Zhou Donghuang then helped Da Zhuang set up a huge Qi-gathering position. To save some trouble, he used twenty thousand mid-level spirit stones—enough to cover every corner of Da Zhuang's room. He had used them to set up the position in one go was so that he would not have to set up another one in the future.

"Twenty thousand spirit stones for the Qi-gathering position should be roughly enough for Da Zhuang to enter the Dharma stage," said Zhou Donghuang to himself.

Zhou Donghuang had used fifty thousand mid-level spirit stones to go from the ultimate Primal Core stage to the Dharma stage within two weeks, and all four of his inner cores had attained Dharma. In his opinion, considering that he was more talented than Da Zhuang, twenty thousand mid-level spirit stones should be enough for Da Zhuang to enter the early Dharma stage within a month. After all, Da Zhuang was currently training using the premier "Fiery Thunder Training Regime," not the old technique he'd used in the past!

"Little Brother, where did you get so many spirit stones?" As Da Zhuang shut the door and practiced faithfully, in the courtyard outside, He Mengxi revealed her surprise. She looked at Zhou Donghuang as she muttered, "Here are twenty thousand mid-level spirit stones. All five of the inferior-level spirit stone quarries on your home planet, Ziyun, can only produce ten thousand inferior spirit stones in a single year." Twenty thousand mid-level spirit stones were equivalent to two hundred thousand inferior spirit stones. All the spirit stone quarries on Ziyun would take twenty years to produce that many, assuming not one spirit stone was used during that time. Therefore, He Mengxi could not imagine how Zhou Donghuang had obtained so many spirit stones.

"Third Sister, in that dream where I was able to see the future, I saw the final resting place of many ultimate Dharma adepts. In the dream, many people had already taken advantage of these places, and I could only sigh in envy. But now, using my memory of the future from my dream, I can take all those precious things that were left behind before anyone else gets to them." Zhou Donghuang smiled. He understood his Third Sister better than anyone and knew that if he did not tell her how he had found the spirit stones, she would not rest easy. Now, his explanation was perfect.

"Is that possible?" He Mengxi was shocked, but when she regained composure, she felt that there was no other explanation. Otherwise, given how much power her Little Brother had, after leaving the poor galaxy where Ziyun was located, he would not have been able to produce so many spirit stones in such a short time.

"Hm?" Suddenly, He Mengxi seemed to notice something. Her eyes narrowed. The next instant, she looked at the door to Da Zhuang's room and saw threads of smoke entering through the cracks in the door. At the same time, she could sense immense concentrated spirit energy rolling in waves toward Da Zhuang's room.

This peculiarity in Da Zhuang's room was also noticed by the Autumn Valley's chief, He Jin. Instantly, He Jin appeared beside Zhou Donghuang and He Mengxi and looked at Da Zhuang's door. His expression changed as he asked, "Spirit energy turning into smoke? What is going on here?"

He Jin looked quizzically at Zhou Donghuang. In his opinion, this was not be his daughter's doing, for he was well aware of her capabilities.

"Little Brother gave Da Zhuang an ancient elixir then used twenty thousand mid-level spirit stones to set up a Qi-gathering formation for him." Seeing Zhou Donghuang glance over, He Mengxi quickly answered for him. "Originally, Little Brother said that Da Zhuang would be able to attain the Dharma stage within a month. I did not believe him, but now it looks like I will have no choice but to accept it."

"Elixir? Ancient recipe?" He Jin was not surprised about the energy-gathering formation. He also knew how to set one up. However, this was the first time that he had heard of the ancient elixir.

He also understood that what had been going on outside Zhou Donghuang's room for the past two weeks was now happening in Da Zhuang's room.

"Little Brother said that once a Golden Essence adept swallows this ancient elixir, he will be able to attain the Dharma stage within a short period," He Mengxi explained. "Just like Little Brother, who reached the Dharma stage a few days ago."

Hearing He Mengxi's words, He Jin's eyes narrowed, and his face revealed his shock. He Mengxi continued, saying, "He said that Da Zhuang will attain the Dharma stage within a month."

"How is that possible?!" He Jin could not help but scream. "Da Zhuang only reached the ultimate Primal Core stage not too long ago, so how can he attain Dharma within a month?" He Jin did not believe that it was possible.

But, twenty-six days later, Da Zhuang opened his door and gave He Jin an unprecedented shock. Da Zhuang had entered the Dharma stage!

"Little Brother, thank you." Da Zhuang bowed deeply to Zhou Donghuang. His face was sincere and genuine. Deep in his eyes, his resolve was clear. He had made a decision. It was at this moment that, in Da Zhuang's eyes, Zhou Donghuang had reached the same level of admiration as He Mengxi.

"Da Zhuang, you must take good care of Third Sister in the future. Your current strength is no weaker than hers, so you have enough power to protect her well." Zhou Donghuang smiled as he looked at Da Zhuang.

Before Da Zhuang could reply, He Mengxi responded unhappily, "Little Brother, I know that you just entered the Dharma stage and already have unnatural powers sufficient for defeating Lian Can of the Summer Valley with a single blow. But I am well aware of Da Zhuang's abilities. He's just attained Dharma, so there is no way that he is my match!"

He Jin had long since heard the story of how Zhou Donghuang had defeated Lian Can with a single blow. Hearing his daughter bring it up again now, He Jin studied Zhou Donghuang with a complicated gaze.

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Chapter 243: Da Zhuang's Power

"Third Sister, you underestimate Da Zhuang," said Zhou Donghuang while shaking his head.

"What? Are you saying that, although Da Zhuang has only just broken through to the Dharma stage, he is already more powerful than me? Little Brother, Da Zhuang is not like you!" He Mengxi did not believe him.

"Da Zhuang, why don't you spar with Third Sister," said Zhou Donghuang as he looked at Da Zhuang with a smile.

Da Zhuang quickly shook his head when he heard Zhou Donghuang's suggestion. "No way. How can I do anything bad to Sister?"

"Da Zhuang, it's just a friendly challenge." Zhou Donghuang's confidence made He Mengxi doubt herself. She looked at Da Zhuang and said, "Since Little Brother has so much faith in you, I also want to see how powerful you are. If you manage to defeat me, I will be happy for you." He Mengxi looked at Da Zhuang with motherly eyes.

He Mengxi's words made Da Zhuang light up. He smiled and shook his head, replying, "Sister, I am no match for you."

Whoosh! He Mengxi took to the skies and floated in mid-air, looking down at Da Zhuang. "Come on, Da Zhuang."

"Go ahead." Seeing Da Zhuang glance at him, Zhou Donghuang smiled calmly and said, "Don't hold back! Otherwise, Third Sister won't be happy."

"That's right! Da Zhuang, if you hold back while sparring with me, I will be very unhappy with you," He Mengxi added. She was also curious to know the source of Zhou Donghaung's confidence in Da Zhuang.

He Jin had not muttered a word since the beginning. He just watched quietly as Da Zhuang also took to the skies and came face-to-face with his daughter. In his opinion, Da Zhuang, who had only just attained the Dharma stage, was surely no match for her. On the other hand, Zhou Donghuang's confidence made him doubt himself. Although he had not had many interactions with Zhou Donghuang, the lad had sprung countless surprises on them in this short time. First, he had tricked the Summer Valley people with his fake goods. Then, not long after attaining Dharma, he'd managed to defeat the arrogant Summer Valley disciple, Lian Can, who was the son of the Summer Valley's chief, Lian Kun.

Now, Zhou Donghuang had produced an ancient elixir that had allowed Da Zhuang to attain Dharma within one short month. The two incidents, Zhou Donghuang easily defeating Lian Can within a short time of achieving Dharma and helping Da Zhuang reach Dharma, were extremely shocking for He Jin. These were feats he considered next to impossible!

"Da Zhuang has been practicing the 'Fiery Thunder Training Regimen.' If this wasn't an accident, he should have a lightning fire Dharma. As the thought crossed Zhou Donghuang's mind, Da Zhuang took to the skies. He came face to face with He Mengxi, who was waiting to begin. Inner Yuan radiated from his body.

The next moment, He Mengxi produced a ten-meter-tall Dharma that extended from her body: a ten-meter-long sword. After it took shape, it radiated fearsome power as the inner Yuan surrounding the sword swallowed it like a colossal python waiting to strike.

"Da Zhuang, go all out. Let me see how powerful you are now that you've attained Dharma." With that, He Mengxi's giant sword Dharma swooped beneath her feet and lifted her up into the air, carrying her toward Da Zhuang.

"Yes, Sister." Da Zhuang agreed as his Dharma also appeared. It was a blazing flame ten meters tall. In the middle of the flame flashed a streak of white lightning. As the fire burned, it made an extremely sharp crackling sound.

"What Dharma is this?" He Mengxi was taken aback. From her understanding of the technique that Da Zhuang was practicing, after Da Zhuang had attained Dharma, he should have produced a knife-shaped Dharma. However, the Dharma that Da Zhuang had just created took her by surprise.

It was not only He Mengxi who was surprised, but Chief He Jin was also shocked. He was knew what training technique Da Zhuang was using. Unless he'd changed techniques, he should have produced a knife Dharma. "Could Da Zhuang have changed his technique?" He Jin looked at the young man in white, who was not far from him, and saw that he did not seem surprised at all to see the Dharma that Da Zhuang had just produced. It was as if he had expected Da Zhuang to create a Dharma that looked like fiery thunder.

"Da Zhuang, I'll make my move." Although surprised at Da Zhuang's Dharma, He Mengxi did not overthink it. She called out to Da Zhuang, then drove the massive sword Dharma beneath her feet toward Da Zhuang, attacking him.

Whoosh!! The giant sword Dharma pierced the air. It made a shrill whooshing sound as it split the sky. Waves of icy cold wind were released from either side of the giant sword Dharma. Its cold wind washed over Zhou Donghuang and He Jin below, making their robes flap noisily.

Faced with the onslaught of the giant sword Dharma, Da Zhuang's eyes flashed with terror. After all, this was his first time challenging a Dharma adept in battle. Furthermore, he was going against an adept using a fierce offensive Dharma such as the giant sword. With just a single strike, the sword Dharma could easily pierce the wind and destroy anything in its path!

Zhou Donghuang could see the fear and anxiety in Da Zhuang's eyes, so he reminded him, "Da Zhuang, don't forget that you are a Dharma adept too." He could understand Da Zhuang's feelings. In the past, when he had just attained Dharma, he had also had the same reaction during his first battle against a Dharma adept.

Hearing Zhou Donghuang's reminder, Da Zhuang's expression changed, and his body wrapped around the flame like a python around its prey. In the next instant, the fire exploded. Da Zhuang and his fiery thunder Dharma faced the onslaught of He Mengxi and her sword Dharma head on.

"Hmm?" Just as Da Zhuang struck out, he stared straight at the sword coming directly toward him. He wanted to escape from it at first, but then, suddenly had a flash of insight. He felt as if he could easily take down this sword with just a flick of his hand. His muscles tightened, and he coiled like a spring, ready to pounce. This feeling seemed to control him, as if he'd been possessed. He reached out for the giant sword Dharma flying toward him.

When she saw this, He Mengxi's expression changed. She tried to reduce the force of her attack. But she soon realized that Da Zhuang's outstretched hands, with the flame surrounding the lightning and thunder, were gripping her giant sword Dharma and stopping it from moving even an inch. She tried to increase her strength, but the giant sword Dharma did not budge.

It was only when she utilized all of her strength that the giant sword Dharma trembled lightly in Da Zhuang's hands. Even then, Da Zhuang was still fully controlling his Dharma. No matter how much she struggled, the giant sword could not be removed from the iron clasp of Da Zhuang's hands.

"How is this possible?!" This situation seemed simply incredible for He Mengxi. Da Zhuang had just attained Dharma, so how could he possibly take control of her giant sword Dharma so easily? Furthermore, Da Zhuang was still holding on to her giant sword. His hands were like pincers, and her giant sword could not move an inch.

"Sister, use more strength." Da Zhuang looked at He Mengxi with confusion. He thought that He Mengxi had been holding back to protect him. He said with a smile, "Sister, you do not have to hold back your strength. I am still able to withstand this."

More strength? If she had not known Da Zhuang well enough to know that he would not say something like this for fun, He Mengxi would have thought that Da Zhuang was making fun of her.

"Da Zhuang, I am already using all my strength," He Mengxi replied with a bitter smile.

"Huh?" Da Zhuang was shocked. His eyes opened wide as he asked, "Sister, are you already using all of your strength?"

"Based on pure strength, I was never as strong as you. Now, let go," said He Mengxi gently. "I'll try to attack you secretly. Your weakness has always been your slow reaction time, so this is a good chance for me to test your reaction time now that you've attained Dharma."

"Alright." Da Zhuang nodded stiffly. He released his hands, freeing He Mengxi's giant sword Dharma. He Mengxi could have also ust given up her giant sword Dharma. But, if she had, her inner Yuan would have been greatly depleted, and the next time she formed a Dharma, it would have been far weaker. Then, she would be even less capable of matching Da Zhuang.

Da Zhuang's reaction time was always at least half a beat too slow. This was his weakness. In the past, when he had entered the Lightning Sword Sect, joined the Autumn Valley, and sparred with disciples of the same skill level, he'd lost every round. His strength was formidable, but if his opponent launched a sneak attack at him, his reaction was so slow that he would end up defeated. Today, He Mengxi had already tested his strength since attaining Dharma, and she now wanted to test if his reaction speed had improved or whether it remained his weakness.

Whoosh! As He Mengxi's giant sword rushed at Da Zhuang from behind, Da Zhuang could hardly respond. But his muscles instinctively tightened, and his fiery thunder Dharma rushed over to the back of his body and opened up into a colossal flame to receive He Mengxi's sword.

However, since the fiery thunder Dharma had only reaceted out of self-defense, its power was far less than what it would have been if Da Zhuang had taken the initiative to control it. Even so, when it stopped He Mengxi's sword, it was as if her sword had stabbed into a ball of cotton wool. It was very hard to remove.

"Huh?" Da Zhuang only realized what had happened when he saw the giant sword up close. He flicked his hand, and the fiery thunder rushed out and consumed the giant sword. He Mengxi was taken aback by his inner Yuan's rebound, which was so strong that she spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Sister!" Seeing that he had hurt He Mengxi, Da Zhuang's expression changed drastically and filled with anxiety. "Sister, I…I did not do that on purpose. I did not do it on purpose!"

However, although He Mengxi was hurt, she was only slightly injured and ignored Da Zhuang's angst. With a swift motion, her inner Yuan from was released from her body and filled up the giant sword Dharma, returning it to its full strength. At the same time, she made the giant sword Dharma beneath her rush around Da Zhuang.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

…

In an instant, He Mengxi produced almost a hundred swords that attacked Da Zhuang from all angles. Da Zhuang's reaction time had always been slow before, so how could he possibly react to this?

However, at that very moment, Da Zhuang's fiery thunder Dharma condensed. It turned into fiery armor, compacting the thunder and lightning to protect the man at its center. No matter how viciously the swords flew around, they were not enough to break through the strong armor. Da Zhuang was untouched.

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Chapter 244: He Jin's Confidence

"What a perfect Dharma!" He Mengxi could no longer fend off Da Zhuang. The Summer Valley's chief, He Jin, looked at the fiery thunder Dharma that now covered Da Zhuang like a suit of armor. His eyes shone.

He had never seen such a perfect Dharma even from an ultimate Dharma adept.

"What technique is Da Zhuang practicing?" He Jin was clearly aware that, based on Da Zhuang's foundation, to produce such a perfect Dharma, the new technique must be very high-level. The higher the level of the technique, the more perfect and fewer flaws in the Dharma produced. This was a universal rule that could not be changed.

He had already guessed that Da Zhuang had switched to a different technique. Now, seeing how perfect Da Zhuang's Dharma was, his hypothesis was confirmed. Da Zhuang's new technique was far superior to any within the Lightning Sword Sect.

The Lightning Sword Sect's technique could not produce such a perfect Dharma, even if it was the "Lightning Sword Technique." In the sect's history, nobody had ever managed to produce a Dharma as perfect as Da Zhuang's while practicing the "Lightning Sword Technique" in the ultimate Dharma stage. Even if there were such a person, he or she would have been a prodigy. At least, He Jin had never witnessed something like this before.

"Da Zhuang, what Dharma is this?" Seeing her multiple attacks easily parried by Da Zhuang's Dharma, He Mengxi was shocked. Despite her best efforts to catch Da Zhuang off guard, he was unaffected by her attacks. She was not surprised that the Dharma was protecting its owner. What shocked her was this: under most circumstances, the power a Dharma exhibited while protecting its owner was considerably less than if the adept were actively controlling the Dharma. But Da Zhuang's Dharma easily fended off all her attacks even if he did not make an active effort to do ao. This made her extremely confused and angry.

"I try so hard to attack you, but you only reacted after your Dharma had already managed to fend off all my attacks! How?"

"Hehe! Sister, I am not sure." Da Zhuang shook his head.

"You don't know?" He Mengxi glared at him, then asked in disbelief, "It's is your Dharma, so how can you not know?"

"I…" Da Zhuang could not answer. In his hesitation, he turned to Zhou Donghuang for help. Then, both He Mengxi and He Jin looked at Zhou Donghuang.

"I gave him a new technique to practice." Zhou Donghuang did not plan to hide this information, so he answered directly. To him, Third Sister He Mengxi was not an outsider. He Jin was her father, so he was not an outsider either.

"Indeed." He Jin was shocked. Although this was exactly as he had guessed, Zhou Donghuang's confirmation still surprised him.

"New technique?" He Mengxi lit up as she looked at Zhou Donghuang, and her eyes filled unknowingly with a thirsty look. She soon realized how she must look and turned away awkwardly.

Now, Da Zhuang laughed as he said, "Sister, Little Brother says that he has a more appropriate technique to give you."

His words made He Mengxi's dim eyes light up again.

"Third Sister, the technique that I will give you and the Valley Chief can be used to train until the Divine Transformation stage. But it is for the best that nobody else knows about this. Otherwise, you will cause trouble for yourselves!" As he spoke, Zhou Donghuang turned very serious. He would not be stingy with Third Sister He Mengxi and her father, He Jin. However, he had to warn them.

With that, Zhou Donghuang retrieved a piece of paper, which he had prepared a long time ago, from his space ring and handed it to He Mengxi. "This technique is known as the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique.' It is an extremely powerful sword technique. Once you train using this technique, in a short time, Da Zhuang will no longer be your match. His reaction time is his weakness. However, in the future, as Da Zhuang further improves skill, his technique will work on his weakness until it disappears entirely. By that time, even though the two of you will be at the same skill level, a confrontation will still end in a draw. Of course, if it were a real match to the death, your chances of winning would be higher. These two techniques belong to the same level. Your 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique' is mainly an offensive technique, while Da Zhuang's 'Fiery Thunder Training Regimen' is more for defense. However, the "Thousand-Star Sword Technique" that I just gave you is not complete. When you reach the Divine Transformation stage, I will provide you with the rest of it."

"Thousand-Star Sword Technique?"

"Same level as Da Zhuang's new technique?"

Hearing Zhou Donghuang's words, both He Mengxi and He Jin felt their breathing speed up.

"You must remember my words," warned Zhou Donghuang. "Both the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique' that I just gave you or the 'Fiery Thunder Training Regimen' that I gave Da Zhuang are extremely high-level techniques. Once revealed, there will be no place for you to hide in this whole galaxy!"

"I understand," said He Mengxi seriously. Although she had not known Zhou Donghuang for a long time, she had also never seen him so serious before, so it was easy for her to understand the gravity of the situation. As for He Jin, he had already quickly scanned their surroundings to check for anyone secretly hiding or listening. After confirming that nobody else was in the vicinity, he heaved a sigh of relief.

"Little Brother." He Mengxi seemed to remember something as she looked at Zhou Donghuang. "Why not tell my father about the other matter? I don't think he will doubt you anymore."

The "Thousand-Star Sword Technique" was the supreme technique in the whole Hengliu Galaxy. Since Zhou Donghuang had shared it with her father, He Mengxi was sure that he would believe the story that Zhou Donghuang had told her.

"Mm." Zhou Donghuang nodded then continued seriously with a darkened expression, "But nobody else can know about this."

"Of course." He Mengxi nodded gravely. This matter concerned her father's death, so, naturally, she would not mess around.

"What is it?" He Jin looked at Zhou Donghuang and his daughter with a mystified expression, and his eyes filled with a blank curiosity.

"Chief, why don't you go back with Third Sister and let her tell you herself," suggested Zhou Donghuang with a smile.

Zhou Donghuang had complete faith in Third Sister He Mengxi. Their interactions in his previous life were substantial enough for him to be sure of her character. Even disregarding those past life experiences, the fact that he had given her the "Thousand-Star Sword Technique" meant that she would not betray him. After all, she believed in returning a favor with gratitude. As for her father, He Jin, although he'd had no interaction with him in his past life, he had heard He Mengxi mention him more than once. He Mengxi's character came from her father.

Furthermore, in his past life, according to He Mengxi, not only had Da Zhuang died for her, but her father had sacrificed his life so that his daughter could live. After his millennia of experience, Zhou Donghuang was no fool. He would not put himself in a dangerous situation. Both He Mengxi and He Jin were worthy of his trust.

"Da Zhuang." At the same time, Zhou Donghuang turned to Da Zhuang and reminded him, "From today on, do not easily show off your power to others. If you want to show off, you must wait till you are at the ultimate Dharma stage. Until then, maintain a low profile."

"Ah, why?" Da Zhuang was confused. At the same time, his eyes filled with disappointment. He had just been thinking about sparring often in the future to let the others know that he, Da Zhuang, was easily able to defeat others of the same level of skill. He was not a piece of trash like they'd always said.

"If you do not want Third Sister or me to die, you'd better do as I say." Zhou Donghuang was too lazy to explain to Da Zhuang. Although he could have tried, Da Zhuang's slow brain would have only understood after a lengthy explanation.

Zhou Donghuang was well aware that the amount of power Da Zhuang had displayed using the Fiery Thunder technique just after attaining Dharma was enough to make He Mengxi and even He Jin guess that Da Zhuang was now practicing an extremely high-level technique. Otherwise, Da Zhuang would not have displayed unimaginable advancement in such a short time. After all, He Jin was well aware of Da Zhuang's talent, and so were many other people in the Lightning Sword Sect.

But Zhou Donghuang was different. Although he had displayed his power when he defeated the Summer Valley disciple, Lian Can, just after he had attained Dharma, not many people would associate that with his high-level training technique. Instead, most people assumed that he had spent a long time at the Ultimate Primal Core stage, training his Dharma when it was still a fetus.

After all, none of them knew about his past.

"I understand." Although Da Zhuang had an overwhelming urge to show off his newfound power, when he heard that this matter involved the two people whose lives he considered even more important than his own, he immediately suppressed his desire and made this promise sincerely.

Meanwhile, He Jin was in a state of shock after hearing what his daughter had to say back at their residence. No wonder Zhou Donghuang had called his daughter 'Third Sister.' No wonder his daughter had suddenly decided to leave the house for such a long time. Normally, she would have given him considerable advance notice before going on a long trip.

"No wonder! He's dreamed of the future, including my death." He Jin's expression was grave.

By now, he had already taken a look at the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique' that Zhou Donghuang had given him. The sheer magnificence of the technique far surpassed the 'Lightning Sword Technique,' the sect's trademark, which he had been practicing ever since he'd entered the Dharma stage! They were as different as night and day!

"After I convert to the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique,' I will be the most powerful person below the Divine Transformation stage in the whole Hengliu Galaxy!" He Jin's eyes shone with confidence. Now, at his skill level, there were many Primordial Soul adepts in the Lightning Sword Sect who were more powerful than him. And that was not even taking into consideration the rest of the Hengliu Galaxy or even this planet!

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Chapter 245: Deity Grade Technique

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In the Lightning Sword Sect, the Chief, who'd reached the Divine Transformation stage, was the most powerful adept.

The guardians and elders were beneath the Chief. There were just three guardians in the Lightning Sword Sect, all Ultimate Primordial Soul adepts.

Although there were many elders, just four had attained the Ultimate Primordial Soul stage. These were the four chiefs of the valleys of the inner sect.

The four chiefs of the valleys of the inner sect were also the four chief elders of the Lightning Sword Sect. Their power was equivalent to the sect's three guardians.

However, among the seven Ultimate Primordial Soul adepts in the Lightning Sword Sect, He Jin was considered moderate in terms of his power. He was not the weakest but far from the strongest.

Zhou Donghuang had learned about this hierarchy from He Mengxi.

Hence, he was sure that once He Jin converted to the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique,' he would become the strongest of the Lightning Sword Sect's seven Ultimate Primordial Soul adepts.

In fact, on the whole planet, or even in the entire Hengliu Galaxy, he would be the most powerful person below the Divine Transformation stage.

"With the help of my elixir, it's like he's taken a shortcut from the Ultimate Primal Core stage to the early Dharma stage. But, in his future practice, unless he receives a precious herb or spirit fruit to produce a potion to aid hm, there will be no more shortcuts for him." When Zhou Donghuang remembered this point a few days later, he went to inform He Mengxi so that she could tell He Jin to take be on the lookout for precious herbs and spirit fruits. If he had the means to obtain them, no matter the price, he should get his hands on them.

"As for the spirit stones, I will find a way to pay Chief. I have many recipes for potions and elixirs that are far superior to those that can be found here in Hengliu Galaxy," said Zhou Donghuang to He Mengxi.

"Little Brother, I will let Father note down the things you need," replied He Mengxi, looking at him gently. "As for the spirit stones, you don't have to worry. Nor do you have to return them to Father. Although I do not understand the full value of the technique that you gave him, Father has already told me. that it is worth far more than all the wealth in the Lightning Sword Sect!"

As she spoke, He Mengxi's face revealed her amazement. She looked around carefully. After confirming that they were alone, she asked Zhou Donghuang, "Little Brother, that technique, what grade is it?"

In the limitless universe, techniques had different grades and levels.

The best techniques in the universe allowed one to train until the Deity stage. These techniques included the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique' and the 'Fiery Thunder Training Regimen.'

The 'Technique of Everlasting Youth' only allowed one to train to the Immortal stage.

Nonetheless, those who trained in the 'Technique of Everlasting Youth' had a strong foundation and a much longer lifespan than those at the same level. Adepts in the Ultimate Immortal stage could easily attain the Deity stage if they wanted to.

"It's a Deity grade technique." When he had given the technique to He Mengxi and He Jin a few days ago, Zhou Donghuang had not told them its grade. But now that He Mengxi had asked, Zhou Donghuang casually revealed it.

These words stunned her. "Deity grade technique?"

A technique's grade was related to the level of skill.

The 'Lightning Sword Technique' used by the Lightning Sword Sect was a Divine Transformation technique—and a low-level one at that. This meant that disciple could only use it to train up to the Early Divine Transformation stage but would require further trial and error to break through this frontier. Furthermore, it was extremely difficult for a disciple to figure out a method of training beyond this stage.

As for the techniques of the Middle Divine Transformation grade and above, after completing the training which the technique required, a disciple could easily attain the Middle Divine Transformation stage.

In the Hengliu Galaxy, the best technique around was a Middle Divine Transformation technique. It was a secret technique that only the supernatural force ruling over the many sects, including the Lightning Sword Sect, was able to use.

The best technique in the Hengliu Galaxy was only a Middle Divine Transformation technique.

Now, her Little Brother was telling her that the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique' was a Deity grade technique?

"But the portion I gave to you only allows you to train to the Ultimate Divine Transformation stage. Once you attain this stage, I will give it to you, as I told you the other day."

Indeed, Zhou Donghuang had told He Mengxi and He Jin that he would give them the rest of the technique after they had attained the Ultimate Divine Transformation stage.

However, even then, He Jin had only guessed that the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique' was a Divinity Separation grade technique.

To He Jin, a Divinity Separation technique was unbelievably precious.

And now, Zhou Donghuang had just informed He Mengxi that the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique' was a Deity grade technique. Naturally, this shocked He Mengxi.

After a moment, He Mengxi regained her senses but still appeared to be in a daze.

"Little Brother…thank you."

He Mengxi did not know what else to say, so she thanked Zhou Donghuang in a quivering voice.

"Third Sister, ever since my dream about the future, I have regarded you as my sister. Which is precisely why I came to the Lightning Sword Sect to find you."

Zhou Donghuang stared at He Mengxi seriously as he continued, "You are my Third Sister, and I am your Little Brother. Between the two of us, we will never have to say a word of thanks."

"I understand, Little Brother." He Mengxi nodded and smiled. Her gaze was gentle as she looked at Zhou Donghuang.

Then, Zhou Donghuang explained the importance of the items that he had requested of her: "Third Sister, if Valley Chief is able to get the herbs and spirit fruit that I mentioned, I can use them to produce many elixirs. Then, not only me, but also you and Da Zhuang will be able to quickly increase the rate of your practices."

"Don't worry. I will ask my father to look for them." He Mengxi nodded thoughtfully.

"Mm." Zhou Donghuang bid farewell to He Mengxi and returned to his room.

In the days that followed, Zhou Donghuang stayed quietly in the Autumn Valley practicing without leaving his room. Soon, the Lightning Sword Sect disciples who had been amazed by how he'd managed to defeat the Summer Valley disciple, Lian Can, just after attaining Dharma also slowly forgot about him.

Of course, some people could never forget Zhou Donghuang.

For instance, Lian Can.

Also, the Summer Valley elders and disciples who had witnessed Zhou Donghuang defeat Lian Can with their own eyes.

…

Time passed quickly.

It had already been half a year since Zhou Donghuang first arrived at the Lightning Sword Sect. By now, he had successfully attained the Middle Dharma stage.

This was in large part due to He Jin's help.

He Jin had spared no effort in helping Zhou Donghuang find the herbs and spirit fruits that he required. He'd spent a large number of spirit stones.

But he did not feel the pinch.

He Jin had found out from his daughter that the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique' was not a Divinity Separation technique, but a Deity grade technique— supreme throughout the whole universe!

When he had first learned this, he had been stunned for a long time.

Since converting to the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique,' although he had not sparred with any other Ultimate Primordial Soul adepts, he was sure that his current power was vastly superior compared to what it had been.

In fact, he was confident that he could defeat his old self with just a single blow.

"Father, I have broken through."

The first thing that He Mengxi did when she left her room was find her father. Her face was filled with excitement. "The elixir that Little Brother produced is seriously amazing!"

"You broke through?" He Jin's eyes lit up. He chuckled and said, "That boy, Donghuang, is truly our benefactor. You just broke through to the Middle Dharma stage, and I have also been able to reach the frontier of the Divine Transformation stage after converting to the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique.'"

He Jin grinned widely.

"Congratulations, Father."

"Lass." Suddenly, He Jin's smile disappeared, and his expression turned serious as he suddenly remembered something. "Although you have converted to the 'Thousand-Star Sword Technique' and attained the Middle Dharma stage, before you reach the ultimate Dharma stage, you better maintain a low profile, just like Da Zhuang.

"Few people in the sect know about Zhou Donghuang's background. No matter how strong his Dharma is, nobody will think that it this is because of his superior technique. Most people just think that he spent a long time sharpening his Dharma while he was still in the Ultimate Primal Core stage.

"Furthermore, in recent months, I've been asking people to spread the news. Now, the whole Lightning Sword Sect believes that the reason Zhou Donghuang's Dharma is so strong is because he perfected it while still in the Ultimate Primal Core stage.

"But you and Da Zhuang are different. Everyone knows your backgrounds. Before attaining the Ultimate Dharma stage, you must not reveal your perfect Dharma."

As the Autumn Valley Chief, and one of the foremost elders of the Lightning Sword Sect, He Jin was cautious and meticulous in his thinking.

"Father, I know." He Mengxi nodded thoughtfully.

At that moment, a loud voice rang out from outside. "Elder He Jin, the sect leader has summoned you to the main hall right away to receive a group from the Thunder Knife Sect, including their leader."

"The Thunder Knife Sect is here?"

He Jin raised his eyebrows, and his lips curled into a smile. "A while ago, I heard that the Thunder Knife Sect had accepted a rare talent as disciple. I was just thinking that the sect would not waste a chance to show off to us. Now, they are finally here!

"Twenty-four years old and already at the Middle Dharma stage. This disciple of theirs is very talented. But now, our Lightning Sword Sect also has a Middle Dharma adept who is only twenty-four years old!"

He Jin was referring to Zhou Donghuang.

For the past few centuries, besides Zhou Donghuang, the youngest Middle Dharma adept in the Lightning Sword Sect had been twenty-five years old.

He Jin said to He Mengxi, "Daughter, you rarely leave your room. Why don't you follow me to Lightning Peak to watch the fun?"

The two of them left Autumn Valley and made their way together toward Lightning Peak.

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Chapter 246: Unfriendly Intentions

The Thunder Knife Sect originated from the Lightning Sword Sect.

Six thousand years ago, there was internal strife within the Lightning Sword Sect. One of the guardians of the Lightning Sword Sect, after attaining the Divine Transformation stage, took a group of elders and disciples with him and left the Lightning Sword Sect to form his own sect, becoming the founder of the Thunder Knife Sect.

The Thunder Knife Sect had its own technique, the "Thunder Knife Technique," which was practically the same as the "Lightning Sword Technique" of the Lightning Sword Sect, with the only difference being the weapon that was used.

The guardian, elders and disciples who left the Lightning Sword Sect changed to using the knife instead of the sword in order to distinguish themselves from the Lightning Sword Sect.

Since then, the planet gained a new strong sect, the Thunder Knife Sect.

The founders of the Thunder Knife Sect, after leaving the Lightning Sword Sect, somehow discovered the secret of a treacherous land found on the planet, where they found a quarry of superior spirit stones.

A superior spirit stone quarry was the foundation for a formidable force in the Hengliu galaxy!

After gaining control of the superior spirit stone quarry, the Thunder Knife Sect developed itself for thousands of years and became a sect that was powerful enough to challenge the Lightning Sword Sect.

The Thunder Knife Sect was considered among the superior sects in the Hengliu galaxy.

Because it originated from the Lightning Sword Sect, the Thunder Knife Sect was always determined to rid itself of the shadow of the Lightning Sword Sect, so they loved to compete with the Lightning Sword Sect at any opportunity.

This time, the Thunder Knife Sect had gained a new disciple who was a martial talent, and they had brought him to the Lightning Sword Sect to show off.

The party was led by the chief of the Thunder Knife Sect, Luo Yuanqiu.

"Luo Yuanqiu, what a rare guest." As the host to the party from the Thunder Knife Sect, the chief of the Lightning Sword Sect personally brought the four chief elders of the Lightning Peak to welcome them.

The chief of the Lightning Sword Sect was Yu Yucheng, a man who looked just barely over fifty years of age, but was actually more than a thousand years old. He was dressed in a long beige robe, his long white hair tied behind his back, his gray brows straight and fearsome.

"Haha… Chief Yu, we have not met for over a hundred years." The chief of the Thunder Knife Sect, Luo Yuanqiu, was just like Yu Yucheng in terms of age, from both his appearance and actual age.

However, as compared to the elegance of Yu Yucheng, he seemed plain and ordinary, like a plump businessman in the city market. With pearls and rubies all over his body and his oversized head, his face seemed to always be covered with a bright smile.

"Almost two hundred years," replied Yu Yucheng with a nod.

"Chief Luo."

"Chief Luo."

…

Just then, the chief elders of the Lightning Peak standing behind Yu Yucheng, who were the four leaders of the inner valleys, all stepped forward and greeted Luo Yuanqiu together.

"My four valley chiefs, we have not met for many years either. You all look as good as ever, while I have aged." Luo Yuanqiu looked at He Jin, Lian Kun and the rest, as he answered with a smile.

Next, the few old men and the young people behind Luo Yuanqiu also stepped forward and bowed in greeting to Yu Yucheng, the chief of the Lightning Sword Sect.

"These are the elders of our Thunder Knife Sect, while the young people behind them are the upcoming talents in our sect." Luo Yuanqiu introduced the people standing behind him, smiling as he said, "Chief Yu, this time, I had wanted to bring these kids out to relax and train… by sheer coincidence, we ended up near your Lightning Sword Sect."

Hearing this, He Jin smiled sarcastically. He could already guess what Luo Yuanqiu was about to say next.

"I had not intended to disturb you, but some of these kids said they wanted to come to the Lightning Sword Sect to see how powerful the talented disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect are… at first I told them: you kids can hardly compare to the talented disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect. Who knew that they could not accept that! In the end, I could not argue against them, so I had no choice but to bring them here to pay you a visit so that they understand that there is always someone stronger than they are. Chief Yu, are we disturbing you?"

As Luo Yuanqiu spoke, his smile widened as he looked at Yu Yucheng.

"Of course not." A slight hint of something flashed deep within Yu Yucheng's eyes, but the smile remained on his face. "I heard that Chief Luo recently accepted an outstanding disciple who is already a mid Dharma adept despite being just twenty-four years old. I wonder… is he here with you this time?" asked Yu Yucheng.

Luo Yuanqiu laughed. "Chief Yu really has ears everywhere, you even know about me accepting a new disciple recently. Yuzheng, step out and greet Chief Yu."

Luo Yuanqiu turned slightly and called out, and a young man in black, who looked the youngest in the group, walked out and bowed slightly to Yu Yucheng.

"Han Yuzheng pays his respects to Chief Yu. I heard from my senior that the Lightning Sword Sect is full of talents who are far more powerful than those of us from the Thunder Knife Sect… Today, Yuzheng and some of my seniors finally got the chance to pay a visit to the Lightning Sword Sect, and we hope to meet the seniors from your great sect."

Han Yuzheng was dressed in black with a bulky build. His cold face had a handsome expression that seemed to distance him from everybody else.

Right from the start, he directly challenged the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect.

"Would that be convenient?" Han Yuzheng asked.

"No problem, of course." At this point, as the chief of the Lightning Sword Sect, Yu Yucheng could not possibly reject this challenge. If he did so, that would be equivalent to admitting that the Lightning Sword Sect was unable to produce any talented disciples capable of defeating the Thunder Knife Sect.

Furthermore, this Han Yuzheng was naturally talented, at just twenty-five years of age, he was already a mid Dharma adept.

Regardless of age or the skill of a mid Dharma adept, the Lightning Sword Sect had many mid Dharma adepts who were probably not be weaker than him.

"In that case, can I trouble Chief Yu to arrange this meeting," continued Han Yuzheng. "These seniors and I are all mid Dharma adepts… we hope that you may arrange any disciples of equivalent skill level to spar with us.

I heard from my senior that the Lightning Sword Sect has a grand arena that can hold a huge crowd of spectators… we hope to spar with your disciples there."

Han Yuzheng boldly requested to spar with the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect in the largest arena in the sect.

In fact, he also declared that he wanted to challenge other mid Dharma adepts in the Lightning Sword Sect.

The Lightning Sword Sect had a total of six arenas, five of which were smaller and were in the Lightning Peak and each of the four valleys of the inner sect.

There was one last arena, which was the largest in the Lightning Sword Sect that was located outside of the sect grounds.

Unlike the other five arenas which were meant only for the use of the core and inner disciples, the largest arena was meant for all disciples of the sect to use, hence its grand size.

"Looks like that disciple of Luo Yuanqiu is not only naturally talented, but highly skilled as well," on the way back to the Autumn Valley, He Jin remarked to He Mengxi.

"I noticed that too." He Mengxi nodded. "He is very confident… he must be sure that in the Lightning Sword Sect, there is no mid Dharma adept who can be his match."

Yu Yucheng, the chief of the Lightning Sword Sect, had agreed to the request of the Thunder Knife Sect disciple, Han Yuzheng, and instructed the four valley chiefs to return to their respective valleys to bring the most outstanding mid Dharma disciples to the arena.

Yu Yucheng himself led the party from the Thunder Knife Sect to the arena, together with some elders of the Lightning Peak.

Once the Valley Chiefs returned to their valleys, the news was spread instantly, and everybody in the inner sect now knew that the Thunder Knife Sect had come to challenge their sect.

"The chief of the Thunder Knife Sect brought some mid Dharma adepts to challenge us? He really thinks he can bully us?"

"They have unfriendly intentions… I heard that the sect recently took in a twenty-four-year-old mid Dharma adept, and that man is here now. He is definitely formidable, otherwise he would not dare to challenge any disciple of the same level as him in our sect."

"Hmph! If I had seen this day coming, I would not have tried to rush to attain the late Dharma stage last month!"

"This time, the Thunder Knife Sect only brought a few mid Dharma adepts, if we do not have any disciples who can defeat them, that would be a huge embarrassment."

"That Thunder Knife Sect must have brought their strongest mid Dharma adepts here today… they must have ulterior intentions!"

"They came prepared. But our Lightning Sword Sect has no choice but to take up their challenge."

…

After the news spread in the inner sect, it also spread to the outer sect, and everybody from the elders to the disciples of the outer sect all rushed to the arena.

The Summer Valley.

"Lian Can, after being defeated by Zhou Donghuang the last time, you were able to enter the mid Dharma stage with the pressure of Zhou Donghuang, and further honed our Dharma power. Now, although you have just entered the mid Dharma stage, you are as strong as the most outstanding mid Dharma adepts in the Summer Valley. You can say it was a blessing in disguise."

Lian Kun returned to the Summer Valley and asked the elders to gather the strongest mid Dharma adepts of the Summer Valley. He also looked for Lian Can.

"Today, the Thunder Knife Sect has unfriendly intentions, if you are able to defeat any of the mid Dharma adepts from the Thunder Knife Sect… I can take the chance to request the chief to allow you to enter the Lightning Peak early to become a core disciple."

Core disciples of the Lightning Peak were not just Divine Transformation adepts. In the Lightning Sword Sect, a few outstanding adepts had also gotten the chance to enter the Lightning Peak early, becoming core disciples.

Of course, one had to gain the approval of the chief of the sect.

"Mentor, I will not let you down!"

Lian Can clasped his hands tightly together, his eyes shining brightly.

If he could enter the Lightning Peak early, that would be a huge blessing for him.

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Chapter 247: Punishment On Behalf of the Court

The Autumn Valley.

Upon returning to the Autumn Valley with He Mengxi, He Jin personally went to the strongest mid Dharma adepts in the Autumn Valley, while he asked He Mengxi to look for Zhou Donghuang.

Although Zhou Donghuang had not displayed his power since attaining the mid Dharma stage. He Jin was sure that Zhou Donghuang was definitely training in a supreme technique that had allowed him to be as powerful as a mid Dharma adept even when he was just in the early Dharma stage.

Now that he had attained the mid Dharma stage, he was definitely stronger than ever.

At the very least, in the Autumn Valley, or even in the Lightning Sword Sect, it would be difficult to find a mid Dharma adept that was his match.

He Jin did not know that Zhou Donghuang was currently training using the "Way of the Four Supremes," which could only be considered a Primordial Soul technique that only allowed him to train up till the Primordial Soul stage.

Beyond that, he would need to figure it out a way to train himself further.

Nonetheless, although the "Way of the Four Supremes" was only a Primordial Soul technique, it was definitely more powerful than the other Deity-grade techniques he had.

Be it the "Thousand-Star Sword Technique" or the "Fiery Thunder Training Regimen" or the "Manual of Unruffled Sage," none of them were as powerful as the "Way of the Four Supremes" before the Divine Transformation stage.

Now, Zhou Donghuang's Dharma power from the "Way of the Four Supremes" was so perfect that he could not make it any better. There was simply no room for improvement!

As for the Dharma power produced by the other Deity-grade techniques that he knew, they were almost perfect but would require some simple improvements to attain true perfection.

"Little Brother."

When He Mengxi finally found Zhou Donghuang, he was in his room producing an elixir. He Jin had recently helped him to find some precious herbs and ingredients, and he had not found the time to use them to produce the elixir yet.

After a short while that Zhou Donghuang did not respond, He Mengxi was not anxious but waited patiently outside.

After ten minutes, Zhou Donghuang finished producing his elixir, then pushed open the door and called, "Third Sister, are you looking for me?"

"Little Brother, Father asked me to look for you so that we can make a trip to the outer sect arena together," explained He Mengxi.

"Chief is looking for me? Outer sect arena? What is going on?" Zhou Donghuang was perplexed.

He Mengxi then explained everything that had happened, such that Zhou Donghuang immediately understood the situation.

"Little Brother, if you manage to save our sect from embarrassment this time, the sect chief will definitely make an exception to allow you to enter the Lightning Peak as a core disciple," continued He Mengxi.

Core disciples were treated extremely well in the Lightning Sword Sect, and Zhou Donghuang had heard about the benefits of being a core disciple a long time ago.

But now, with the unwavering support of the chief of the Autumn Valley, Zhou Donghuang did not need the benefits that came from being a core disciple.

As for whether he could become a core disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, he had no interest at all.

However, since He Jin had asked him to go along, and he was free at the moment, he did not mind taking part in the fun.

Recently, he had either been practicing or producing elixirs, and had not left the Autumn Valley in a long while, so it would be good for him to relax as well.

"Third Sister, you told Chief that I had attained the mid Dharma stage?"

Zhou Donghuang could easily guess this because He Mengxi was the only one who knew that he had attained the mid Dharma stage.

Of course, Zhou Donghuang had four beast Dharmas within him, and only the white tiger had managed to attain the mid Dharma stage, while the other three Dharmas were still in the early Dharma stage.

Based on the strict guidelines of the "Way of the Four Supremes," Zhou Donghuang was only really considered a mid Dharma adept if all four of his Dharma energies attained the mid Dharma stage.

He had chosen to let his white tiger attain it first because the white tiger had the function of blinding eyes and deafening ears. Otherwise, once the green dragon or peacock Dharmas appeared, anybody would be able to guess that the technique that he was training in was no simple one. While the turtle Dharma had the same function, it was more for defense and was not as helpful for his current purposes.

"Mm," nodded He Mengxi. "Little Brother, it isn't convenient for me to participate… otherwise, we would not need you to help, for I could easily defeat that Han Yuzheng of the Thunder Knife Sect!"

Although He Mengxi had yet to spar with anyone since attaining the mid Dharma stage, she could sense that she was powerful.

Once her almost-perfect Dharma sword appeared, even the strongest mid Dharma adepts in the Autumn Valley would not be able to take more than three blows from her.

Since converting to the "Thousand-Star Sword Technique," He Mengxi's Dharma sword looked the same, but it was close to perfect. With some time, she could definitely perfect her Dharma power.

"Third Sister, it is indeed not appropriate for you to participate." Zhou Donghuang nodded. Both He Mengxi or Da Zhuang were well known among the people of the Lightning Sword Sect, so if they suddenly showcased their perfect Dharma power, it would surely cause others to question if they had obtained a new formidable technique.

At that time, not even He Jin would be able to protect them.

Be it the "Thousand-Star Sword Technique" or the "Fiery Thunder Training Regimen," as long as they did not cooperate and hand the technique out, it would surely cause the whole Lightning Sword Sect to turn against them.

"Both you and Da Zhuang, before entering the ultimate Dharma stage, should not showcase your power in front of others… even if you do, you must try to conserve your power," said Zhou Donghuang.

"My father said the same thing," He Mengxi agreed. Although she was indignant, she knew that both her father and her little brother were thinking for her own good.

Soon, Zhou Donghuang and He Mengxi met with He Jin.

Now, behind He Jin, there were three young men who were the top martial artists in the mid Dharma stage in the Autumn Valley.

A young man dressed in blue with a moderate build and ordinary features frowned at Zhou Donghuang, then his eyes landed on He Mengxi and immediately turned gentle.

"Sister Mengxi, you must be almost attaining the mid Dharma stage?"

"Mm." He Mengxi nodded slightly at the young man in blue and did not tell him that she had already attained the mid Dharma stage.

"Sister Mengxi, I heard from the Valley Chief that the few mid Dharma adepts from the Thunder Knife Sect had unfriendly intentions… Now, I, Wang Cheng, will let them know what it feels like to lose!" continued the young man in blue.

"Wang Cheng, there is no use talking big now… wait till you have defeated them." As Wang Cheng kept talking, He Mengxi interrupted him impatiently.

"Sister Mengxi… If I defeat them, will you give me a chance to pursue you?" Wang Cheng did not pay any attention to her impatience, as if he had already gotten used to it, and he continued smiling at He Mengxi.

"Sure," He Mengxi responded curtly. "But if you do not defeat them… from today on, you had better not cross my path!"

Wang Cheng was first taken aback, then laughed as he agreed, "Sure!"

As compared to Wang Cheng's reaction to He Mengxi, the other two young men appeared more mature, as they did not speak a word.

"Hebin, Liuji, later at the outer sect arena, please give me a chance and let me spar first… I'll deal with those punks from the Thunder Knife Sect!" Wang Cheng told the other two young men.

"Wang Cheng, since the chief of the Thunder Knife Sect dared to bring them here to challenge any mid Dharma adepts of our Lightning Sword Sect, that means that they are not weak at all, so do not look down on them," reminded one of the young men as he glanced at Wang Cheng.

"Haha… Liuji, you are too careful. They may not be weak, but are we weak? You think too highly of them…" Wang Cheng remarked loosely.

"Shut up!" Wang Cheng's incessant chatter finally made Zhou Donghuang lose his cool, as he let out a low growl and interrupted Wang Cheng.

Instantly, Wang Cheng's expression darkened as he glared at Zhou Donghuang. He had wanted to retort angrily, but heard He Jin suddenly call out, "Wang Cheng, keep quiet."

Since the chief of the Autumn Valley had spoken, Wang Cheng did not dare to speak any further, but his gaze was vengeful and angry as he glared at Zhou Donghuang.

He had always been jealous that He Mengxi was so close to Zhou Donghuang, and now that Zhou Donghuang had offended him, he was so furious that he could not contain his anger!

"Zhou Donghuang, you'd better not let me find the chance… otherwise, I will definitely kill you!" Wang Cheng cursed silently as he stared at Zhou Donghuang murderously.

In this moment, Zhou Donghuang felt like there were a pair of eyes fixed on him. He turned his head slightly and met Wang Cheng's eyes, then laughed coldly as he said, "Why? You… want to kill me?"

"Hmph!" Wang Cheng snorted coldly, his icy cold voice made one's hair rise. Clearly, he was agreeing with Zhou Donghuang's words.

"What?" This time, He Jin turned around and happened to see the murderous glint in Wang Cheng's eyes as he stared at Zhou Donghuang. His face darkened immediately.

Instantly, He Jin glared at him as he raised his hand, and an invisible force was built up in the air which transformed into thousands of visible sparks of light, like the countless stars in the midnight sky.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

…

As the sparks of light surrounded Wang Cheng from all directions, like the countless stars in the galaxy, Wang Cheng's expression suddenly changed. Before he could react, the sparks of light drowned Wang Cheng.

As the sparks of light disappeared, a storm of blood dissipated in the air, leaving a single space ring that floated to the ground.

Instantly, a man had disappeared into thin air.

Died without a trace!

"Wang Cheng, disciple of the Autumn Valley, had intended to kill someone of his own sect. As the chief of the Autumn Valley, I helped the court to punish him, to get rid of this piece of trash!" declared He Jin after he had killed Wang Cheng.

Present there, besides Zhou Donghuang and He Mengxi, were just Liuji and Hebin, and He Jin's words were clearly directed towards them.

Liuji and Hebin only recovered from their shock of Wang Cheng's death after hearing He Jin's words. They felt their body turn stone cold as a gush of cold wind rose from their feet towards their head, turning the skin of the scalp numb.

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Chapter 248: Lian Can's Outcome

Just because of one word from the new disciple who had entered the Autumn Valley just half a year ago, Zhou Donghuang, and the cold response of Wang Cheng made their Valley Head execute him on the spot?

In fact, he had even declared that he was acting on behalf of the court!

As the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin had the power and authority to do so, but he had never made use of this authority and had always presented himself as a kind and approachable Valley Head.

Even when Wang Cheng implied something about his daughter, He Mengxi, He Jin had not reacted at all.

But now, he had killed Wang Cheng without a second thought because of Zhou Donghuang!

Be it Liuji or Hebin, all looked at Zhou Donghuang with a fearful gaze.

Although they did not know why their Valley Head had acted in this manner because of Zhou Donghuang, it was clear that Zhou Donghuang was not someone they could offend.

"Donghuang, are you pleased with how I handled it?" He Jin asked Zhou Donghuang with a smile, his expression kind and affable. If they had not witnessed the man kill Wang Cheng with their own eyes, Liuji and Hebin would have thought that this was a totally different person.

"Thank you, Valley Head." Zhou Donghuang nodded with a smile.

"Let's go to the outer sect arena," He Jin called as he led Zhou Donghuang, He Mengxi and the other two disciples towards the outer sect area. Throughout the journey, the party was silent as Liuji and Hebin were even afraid to breathe too loudly.

He Jin's courtesy towards Zhou Donghuang had far exceeded their expectations.

They could hardly imagine why their Valley Head had treated Zhou Donghuang in such a manner.

Even if he were the illegitimate son of the Valley Head, there was no need for the Valley Head to treat him like that.

"The Autumn Valley Head is here!"

Once Zhou Donghuang and the party arrived outside the outer sect area, many outer sect disciples had already recognized He Jin at the head of the party and called out excitedly.

"Now, all four Valley Heads have brought their disciples here… looks like the battle between the mid Dharma adepts of our Lightning Sword Sect and the Thunder Knife Sect is about to begin."

"Hmph! Those people from the Thunder Knife Sect are too arrogant, how dare they challenge our Lightning Sword Sect! We have many talents of our own!"

"The Thunder Knife Sect have unfriendly intentions; we should not underestimate them."

…

Now, among the group of Lightning Sword Sect elders and disciples who had gathered in the outer sect arena, some were filled with confidence while others were somewhat fearful of the challengers from the Thunder Knife Sect.

"Zhou Donghuang, what a rare sight, I did not expect to see you here… I looked for you many times, but you were always training behind closed doors."

When He Jin brought Zhou Donghuang and the rest to meet with the group led by the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, Yu Yucheng, a young man who looked young and brash came to Zhou Donghuang's side, a smile plastered on his face.

This young man was none other than the only son of the Spring Valley Head, Liu Lang, and a renowned rich playboy in the Lightning Sword Sect.

Liu Lang floated in mid-air, a faint golden glow enveloping his body. Clearly, he was still in the ultimate Primal Core stage and had yet to reach the Dharma stage.

"You were looking for me? What's the matter?" Zhou Donghuang glanced at Liu Lang. He was not familiar with Liu Lang. Previously, Liu Lang had bugged him to produce some fake goods for him to sell, and because he happened to be free, he had passed the fake goods to Liu Lang for him to sell.

Then, Liu Lang had successfully sold all the fake goods to elders of the Summer Valley with surprising efficiency.

Of course, Zhou Donghuang did not think that he owed Liu Lang a favor because of that because Liu Lang had done that for his own pleasure.

They were simply making use of each other.

"Do I need a reason to look for you?" Liu Lang looked at Zhou Donghuang as he bemoaned. He smiled and said, "Wouldn't you consider me a friend, at least?"

Liu Lang himself did not know why he had such a fondness towards Zhou Donghuang, who treated him so coldly, when he did not even pay any attention to others who crowded around him and tried to get into his good books.

He not only thought that it was interesting that Zhou Donghuang knew how to forge fake goods, but also respected Zhou Donghuang deeply for defeating the Summer Valley disciple Lian Can just after reaching the Dharma stage.

"Friend?" Zhou Donghuang shook his head and said, "Master Liu, a friend like you, I am not worthy of calling you a friend. If there is nothing else between us, let us part ways."

Zhou Donghuang had heard all about the playboy stories of Liu Lang. He did not think highly of him at all and did not wish to associate himself with such a person.

"Zhou Donghuang, you are really even crazier than me, even more arrogant…" Liu Lang's eyes flashed as he declared seriously. "But, I believe, sooner or later, you will take me as your friend!"

Liu Lang stared at Zhou Donghuang for a moment, then turned and left.

However, Zhou Donghuang pretended not to have heard Liu Lang's words.

"Little Brother, that Liu Lang is always very proud and looks down on everyone… who would've thought that he would come up and try to befriend you, only to be rejected." He Mengxi laughed.

"Without his father, he is nothing," Zhou Donghuang replied flatly.

"Actually, you can't say that… if not for you, he would be the youngest to reach the ultimate Primal Core stage in the Lightning Sword Sect in the last hundred years," He Mengxi shook her head and said. "He is a year younger than you, but has already reached the ultimate Primal Core stage and has been a Golden Essence adept for two years. Although he is a playboy, he still has remarkable martial art talent."

Seeing Zhou Donghuang's eyes flash, but not respond, He Mengxi did not continue talking about Liu Lang and changed the topic.

"That man there is the Valley Head of our Lightning Sword Sect, Yu Yucheng." He Mengxi looked at the Valley Head of the Lightning Sword Sect and introduced Yu Yucheng to Zhou Donghuang.

"The man in front of Liu Lang is his father, the Spring Valley Head, Liu Fengao." After introducing Yu Yucheng, He Mengxi introduced the other three Valley Heads of the inner sect valleys to Zhou Donghuang. The other three Valley Heads had already arrived at the outer sect arena before them.

"That is the Summer Valley Head, Lian Kun. That day, when you went to the Summer Valley, although you had heard his voice, you didn't see him… eh? I can't believe Lian Can is here."

"That is the Winter Valley Head, Leng Qianqiu."

Liu Fengao, the Spring Valley Head, stood in front of Liu Lang, his body of a moderate build and his features gentle. He was in a grey robe, dressed just like a middle-aged scholar.

Lian Kun, the Summer Valley Head, had a short stature, but his eyes were bright and shining, and it was easy to tell with a glance that he was not one to offend.

Leng Qianqiu, the Winter Valley Head, had a large build, his face straight and serious. He was dressed in a pure-white robe like Zhou Donghuang, exuding an air of coldness as he stood there.

The men all looked middle-aged.

"That is the Head of the Thunder Knife Sect, Luo Yuanqiu." After introducing all the other four Valley Heads of the inner sect, He Mengxi continued to introduce the man who was in mid-air, right in the center of the group of people.

Luo Yuanqiu, Head of the Thunder Knife Sect, was floating in mid-air with a few other elders of the Thunder Knife Sect, as well as some young men and women.

"Valley Head Yu, that should be all?"

Luo Yuanqiu smiled brightly as he looked towards Yu Yucheng, the Head of the Lightning Sword Sect, as he asked, "Now, can we begin?"

"Of course." Yu Yucheng nodded. "You are the guest, so please allow your disciples of the Thunder Knife Sect to take the stage first."

"Haha… great! Valley Head Yu is indeed decisive!"

Luo Yuanqiu laughed, then turned his head slightly and called, "Xie Yun."

With that, a tall young man dressed in a grey robe stepped forward out of the group of young men and women.

Instantly, he glided to the center of the huge arena.

"Xie Yun, inner sect disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, mid Dharma adept, challenges any disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect of the same skill level."

Xie Yun stood on the stage, his voice filled with inner Yuan as it was broadcast around the vast arena.

Almost immediately, a huge bloke with a mustache flew into the arena and stood opposite him.

"I am Zhang Kun, outer sect disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, mid Dharma adept, here to learn from the talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect."

"Zhang Kun, destroy him!"

"Come on, Zhang Kun!"

…

A group of outer sect disciples excitedly called out to Zhang Kun. Each of them looked crazed, as if the one who had just entered the arena was themselves, and not Zhang Kun.

"That Zhang Kun is unrivaled among mid Dharma adepts in the outer sect… but within the inner sect, there are many who are much stronger than him." He Mengxi's voice rang beside Zhou Donghuang's ear.

"Even that Wang Cheng, who my father just executed, is equally powerful as Zhang Kun."

"Liuji and Hebin are slightly stronger than both of them."

Just as she spoke, Zhang Kun of the outer sect had already made the first move. A thirty-meter-tall massive palm of Dharma power appeared, rushing downwards towards Xie Yun, the inner sect disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, like a huge mountain falling on him.

Faced with the huge palm of Dharma power rushing down towards him, Xie Yun's eyes turned serious, but he did not hide just as many of the onlookers had guessed.

Whoosh!!

A thirty-meter tall knife of Dharma power appeared and rushed towards the massive palm in the skies above Xie Yun.

After a long struggle, the palm was sliced in half by the huge knife, and the thick inner Yuan that had formed the massive palm dissipated with the wind.

"Oh…" After his Dharma power had been destroyed, faced with the rebound of his inner Yuan, Zhang Kun spit out a mouthful of blood as his body crumbled.

Although he could still produce another attack, the chances of victory were slim with his current state.

"The talented disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect are only this powerful?" Xie Yun laughed sarcastically.

"You…" Zhang Kun was enraged, his face turning red. The massive palm of Dharma power appeared once again above him, but it was much fainter than before.

"You are not his match, back down."

Just then, a loud voice rang out, as a figure descended from mid-air to stand in front of Zhang Kun.

Shockingly, it was a young man.

"Lian Can?"

He Mengxi looked in shock at the young man who had just entered the arena. "He has already reached the mid Dharma stage? However, although his Dharma power was polished well, he only just reached the mid Dharma stage, so he should only be as powerful as Zhang Kun… if he has the guts to enter the stage, his Dharma power must be more powerful than it used to be."

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Chapter 249: Core Disciple

"Lian Can?"

"It's the disciple of Summer Valley Head Lian Can!"

"This Lian Can, wasn't he just an early Dharma adept? Did he have a breakthrough?"

…

The arrival of Lian Can surprised many people. This was a familiar face for everybody from the inner sect and the outer sect.

The rumor a few months ago that Lian Can had been defeated by a disciple of the Autumn Valley who had just entered the Dharma stage had done nothing to change their impression of Lian Can's ability.

If Lian Can had reached the mid Dharma stage, he was definitely no weaker than Zhang Kun.

Furthermore, having just witnessed Zhang Kun being defeated with a single blow of the knife, and still daring to enter the arena, this meant that Lian Can was confident in his abilities.

"Brother Lian, your son, Lian Can, should have only recently reached the mid Dharma stage? Can he win?" Liu Fengao, the Spring Valley Head, turned to Lian Kun, the Summer Valley Head, and asked.

"Just wait and see," Lian Kun smiled as he answered.

"Looks like Brother Lian is confident in your son, Lian Can."

Liu Fengao looked at Lian Kun, then turned his attention back to the stage. By this time, Lian Can had already begun sparring with Xie Yu, the disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect.

Boom!

Boom!

…

Lian Can's thirty-meter-tall palm of Dharma power dropped down on Xie Yu like a gigantic mountain compressing him, dominant and oppressive.

Wham! Wham! Wham!

…

Xie Yu's huge knife of Dharma power appeared like a ghost figure, as it stitched itself into a web of knives. In that moment, it was difficult to differentiate between the abilities of the two.

"Lian Can's strength has increased this much?"

The scene before her left He Mengxi in serious shock. She was certain that if she had not converted to the "Thousand-Star Sword Technique," even if she had reached the mid-Dharma stage, she would be no match for Lian Can.

Lian Can's Dharma power had not only reached the mid-Dharma stage, but he had also polished many of the slight imperfections within it.

"Lian Can's progress is simply incredible." He Mengxi was in disbelief.

At this point, Zhou Donghuang also could not help but reveal the surprise in his eyes. He had not expected Lian Can to improve so much in such a short time.

Not only had he improved in terms of his level of skill, but his Dharma power had improved as well.

"Lian Kun, your son is good. He just reached the mid-Dharma stage but is already so strong; he has great prospects ahead."

Yu Yucheng, the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, looked at Lian Kun. He did not hold back on his words of praise, as he promised, "If he wins this round, I will grant him special permission to enter the Lightning Peak early to become a core disciple."

"Thank you." Lian Kun's eyes lit up and thanked Yu Yucheng profusely. He did not even have to bring it up, and the sect leader had promised it on his own accord.

At the same time, Lian Kun's eyes were hopeful as he watched Lian Can on stage. "Lian Can, come on."

At this moment, the Thunder Knife Sect disciple, Han Yuzheng, seemed to mutter impatiently, "Xie Yu, stop playing around."

"Haha… alright, Brother Yuzheng!"

Hearing Han Yuzheng, Xie Yu laughed as his giant knife suddenly radiated with light as it overpowered Lian Can's massive palm.

Then, he seemed to turn into a flash and appeared behind Lian Can before he could even react. With a slight push of his hand, he pushed Lian Can out.

"Ugh…" A mouthful of fresh blood gushed out of Lian Can's mouth.

Lian Can had been defeated.

"You are not bad, just a little weaker than me."

Xie Yu looked at Lian Can who had crumpled to the ground, glaring at Xie Yu. He shook his head and laughed. "If you can further perfect your Dharma power, perhaps you can tie with me. Now, you are just too weak."

Xie Yu's words made Lian Can's face turn dark. He had not only lost the battle, but had lost his chance of entering the Lightning Peak early.

"Lian Can lost?"

Lian Can's defeat made the group of elders and disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect turn quiet momentarily. Lian Can's strength was clear to all of them, and he was surely among the top of the mid Dharma adepts of the Lightning Sword Sect.

But now, he had been defeated by an inner sect disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect.

Although they knew that the Thunder Knife Sect had come prepared, those from the Lightning Sword Sect were still unhappy that even someone as strong as Lian Can had been defeated by one of them.

"I did not expect him to conceal his true strength."

He Mengxi looked at Xie Yu with surprise. Despite the fact the Xie Yu had been holding back initially, she was still certain that she could easily defeat him based on her current strength.

The Thousand-Star Sword Technique was a Deity-grade technique, and one of the supreme techniques in the whole universe. The strength that it gave her Dharma power was unbelievable.

"Liuji, go ahead." He Jin turned around to his Autumn Valley disciple Liuji.

"Yes," Liuji responded, then flew to the center of the stage.

"Excluding us… Liuji's strength is the most powerful among the mid Dharma adepts in the Autumn Valley." He Mengxi pointed out Zhou Donghuang.

Liuji called out to Xie Yu, "You take a rest, we'll fight in a little while."

"No need for that." Xie Yu shook his head. Clearly, he did not think highly of Liuji.

This enraged Liuji. He struck out right away, displaying his power that was much stronger than Lian Can, and eventually defeated the careless Xie Yu.

Everybody in the arena could see that if Xie Yu had rested before he had sparred again, even if he could not defeat Liuji, he would at least tie with him.

At the most crucial moment, Xie Yu hurriedly pulled out an ultimate Dharma spirit weapon, but Liuji had the same spirit weapon and defeated him.

"Xie Yu, you were too careless, and now you've lost."

Among the group of four teenagers from the Thunder Knife Sect, there were three young men and one young woman. Now, the lady, who had a pretty face and an elegant figure, mocked Xie Yu after he returned.

"I did not expect this lad to be so much stronger than Lian Can and turn the tables on us." Xie Yu was frustrated. If he had not wasted so much inner Yuan in his battle with Lian Can, he would definitely be able to at least match Liuji's power.

"Well done, Liuji!"

"Liuji is undoubtedly a talent among our Autumn Valley disciples, and he is as powerful as his reputation!"

…

After Liuji defeated Xie Yu, the group of Lightning Sword disciples who had turned silent after Lian Can's defeat now cheered excitedly.

"Inner sect disciple of Thunder Knife Sect, Wang Ping."

Out of the three disciples of the Thunder Knife Sect who had not made their entrance, another young man flew down, a similar huge knife of Dharma power appearing alongside him. He began to spar with Liuji, who was using a massive sword of Dharma power.

Both of them had not used any Dharma spirit weapons because they had the same weapon, and that would not give them any advantages.

Just like how Xie Yu had brought out the Dharma spirit weapon just before he had been defeated, it would not change the outcome.

After many blows, Liuji was finally defeated.

Wang Ping was slightly stronger than Xie Yu.

"That Xie Yu, could he be the weakest among the four mid Dharma adepts from the Thunder Knife Sect who are here today?"

Many Lightning Sword Sect disciples gasped in shock as they speculated.

In time, it was proven that their guess was correct.

Wang Ping was calmer than Xie Yu and rested for a short while before he took on his next battle. His next opponent was an inner sect disciple of the Winter Valley of the Lightning Sword Sect, who was stronger than Liuji.

In the end, the two ended in a draw.

Wang Ping continued to rest before he took on the next opponent. This was Hu Jian, the disciple of the Spring Valley Head, Liu Fengao. He defeated Wang Pin within ten blows.

Hu Jian was one of the rare disciples who had been allowed to enter the Lightning Peak even before he reached the Primordial Soul stage.

"The core disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect is indeed powerful," Wang Ping exclaimed as he backed down.

At that point, there were only two challengers remaining from the Thunder Knife Sect.

Even then, the hearts of those of the Lightning Sword Sect were heavy… now, even their core disciple had been defeated.

If the remaining young man and woman of the Thunder Knife Sect were stronger than the other two who had fought before them, their Lightning Sword Sect would be in a precarious situation.

Who knew if the next challenger would be able to defeat Hu Jian?

Hu Jian was widely recognized as the strongest mid Dharma adept in the entire Lightning Sword Sect.

In fact, before he had become a mid Dharma adept, he had been known as the strongest early Dharma adept in the sect!

When he was still a Golden Essence adept, he had already begun training his Dharma power, so he was extremely powerful when he just reached the Dharma stage.

This was the reason why he was allowed to enter the Lightning Peak and become a core disciple while he was still at the Dharma stage.

"Head Yu, your core disciple is indeed very powerful… is there anyone stronger than him among the mid Dharma adepts of your Lightning Sword Sect?"

Although two of his fighters from the Thunder Knife Sect had been defeated, Luo Yuanqiu, the Thunder Knife Sect still looked happy and relaxed as he asked Yu Yucheng this, the Lightning Sword Sect leader, with a smile.

"Head Luo, looks like you are very confident in your remaining two disciples," Yu Yucheng turned to Luo Yuanqiu as he replied.

He sighed quietly to himself as he realized that he had underestimated the Thunder Knife Sect, and he had not expected them to have so many strong mid Dharma adepts.

Hu Jian was indeed the last hope of the Lightning Sword Sect.

"Brother Hu Jian, if you defeat the two from the Thunder Knife Sect, I'll introduce you to some beautiful ladies later!" Liu Lang shook his fist as he shouted at Hu Jian.

"Haven't you always admired me and wanted to find a beautiful partner for yourself? As long as you defeat those two from the Thunder Knife Sect, I'll find one for you!"

Liu Lang's words broke the serious atmosphere in the arena, making many elders and disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect break into laughter.

"You little brat, get lost!"

Liu Fengao, the Spring Valley Head, glared at Liu Lang, but his voice was gentle with no hint of anger. It was clear to all how forgiving he was of his only son, Liu Lang.

"Little Brother, look how calm the Thunder Knife Sect leader is… Brother Hu Jian might be in danger."

He Mengxi frowned. "What a pity that I cannot take part… otherwise, no matter how strong those two from the Thunder Knife Sect are, as long as they are mid Dharma adepts, I could definitely defeat them easily!"

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Chapter 250: No More Than Three Moves

"Would the Thunder Knife Sect suggest something like this if they were not extremely confident?"

Zhou Donghuang shook his head with a smile after he heard what He Mengxi said.

Before he arrived, He Mengxi had told him the details of what had happened. He knew that what was unfolding before him was the suggestion of somebody from the Thunder Knife Sect.

If they were not confident, why would they suggest something like this?

If things were going as planned, then the four from the Thunder Knife Sect who had come down this time were undeniably the sect's four strongest adepts who were at the mid Dharma stage.

"Cheng Yanyang, core disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect."

There were still two people from the Thunder Knife Sect who had not yet stepped forward. Of the pair, the young lady stepped forward as the crowd watched. She descended, her robes billowing softly in the wind like butterflies. There was something curiously enchanting about her every move.

The moment she opened her mouth to speak, the crowd was instantly frightened.

The Thunder Knife Sect originated from the Lightning Sword Sect, so whatever was going on in that sect was essentially just a replication of what the Lightning Sword Sect had going on.

For example, the Lightning Sword Sect had five external halls and four internal valleys. The Thunder Knife Sect did, too.

The Lightning Sword Sect had the Lightning Peak. The Thunder Knife Sect had the Thunder Palace.

The assessment criteria for the core disciples of the Thunder Knife Sect were also aligned to those of the Lightning Sword Sect.

The Cheng Yanyang lady standing right in front of them now was a core disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, but she was also an adept at the mid Dharma stage. This was testament to the fact that she was not necessarily any less competent than core disciple Hu Jian of the Lightning Sword Sect.

"A female disciple? A core disciple who's at the mid Dharma stage?"

The higher-ups of the Lightning Sword Sect, who were under the leadership of Sect Leader Yu Yucheng, looked towards Thunder Knife Sect Leader Luo Yuanqiu, only to find that the smile on Luo Yuanqiu's face seemed to be growing more and more radiant, as if in appraisal of the female disciple.

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"Sect Leader Luo."

At this time, Autumn Valley Lord Lian Kun looked at Luo Yuanqiu and asked curiously, "Of Thunder Knife Sect adepts who are at the mid Dharma stage, who is stronger, this female core disciple or the one you've recently accepted?"

As Lian Kun spoke, his gaze subconsciously shifted to Han Yuzheng who had been standing behind Luo Yuanqiu.

Han Yuzheng was the genius disciple the Thunder Knife Sect had most recently accepted. He was also known as a rare talent, the kind the Tielao planet had not seen in a century. The moment he joined the Thunder Knife Sect, Sect Leader Luo Yuanqiu took him under his wing.

"Haha…"

Luo Yuanqiu chuckled as he said, "That girl Cheng Yanyang, she will lose within three moves when she goes up against Yuzheng."

Lian Kun's eyes constricted when he heard what Luo Yuanqiu said. Lian Can, who had since returned to his side, was also so frightened that his face paled.

In the next second, the crowd's gaze turned once again towards the Thunder Knife Sect core disciple, Cheng Yanyang, and everyone become a little more somber.

"Please."

After Cheng Yanyang's feet touched the ground, Hu Jian nodded at her.

He did not let his guard down just because the opponent standing right in front of him now was a woman. He knew that it was equally difficult for one to become a core disciple in the Thunder Knife Sect before one reached the Primordial Soul stage just as it was in the Lightning Sword Sect.

The lower your training level, the more difficult a feat it was.

It was more difficult at the late Dharma stage than it was at the ultimate Dharma stage, and it was even more difficult at the mid Dharma stage than it was at the late Dharma stage!

He was, to date, the only disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect who was at the mid Dharma stage. This was proof enough of how difficult for a Lightning Sword Sect disciple to become a core disciple while they were at the mid Dharma stage.

The only exception was if one were extremely lucky and landed themselves in a unique situation, like the situation that had unfolded earlier.

The Lightning Sword Sect Leader had promised that the Summer Valley disciple, Lian Can could move to the Lightning Peak ahead of time to become a core disciple as long as he could defeat the Thunder Knife Sect inner disciple.

If Lian Can won, he could become the Lightning Sword Sect's second core disciple who was at the mid Dharma stage.

The thing was, he had failed.

Of course, the fact that he even had this opportunity at all after landing in such a situation was due to luck, but it was also mostly due to the fact that he was the foster son of the Summer Valley Lord, Lian Kun.

If he were any regular Summer Valley disciple, there was no way the Lightning Sword Sect leader would have made such a promise.

"I'm not one to strike while my opponent's still down, so you can take some time to heal," Cheng Yanyang said.

"I didn't expend a lot so it's not going to affect much." Hu Jian shook his head.

"Just heal. I don't want to be condemned," Cheng Yanyang said again.

Hu Jian, hearing what she said, could do little but to sit with his legs crossed. He took out a high-quality spirit stone, absorbing its inner Yuan to recover the Dharma power in his body that he had expended.

After a few breaths, he was done healing. He stood up immediately. "All done."

"Please."

Cheng Yanyang had obviously wanted for Hu Jian to make the first move.

Hu Jian, on the other hand, did not want to be careless. Since she was offering to have him make the first move, he made no move to decline the offer. After all, this was on the home court of the Lightning Sword Sect.

If he handed the right over to her only to lose, he would have killed the Lightning Sword Sect's last hope.

Of course, he was only having such thoughts because he did not hear what the Thunder Knife Sect leader, Luo Yuanqiu, had said to the Lightning Sword Sect's Summer Valley Lord, Lian Kun.

Within the Thunder Knife Sect, the strongest mid Dharma adept was not Cheng Yanyang… It was the mid Dharma adept who was only 24 years old, Han Yuzheng!

Whew!

Hu Jian's Dharma power manifested in the form of a huge blade ten-meters long. It followed behind him as he flew at full speed, charging towards Cheng Yanyang.

Buzz!!

In the face of Hu Jian who had taken the initiative to strike first, Cheng Yanyang's Dharma power manifested in response. Similarly, she summoned a giant sword that was ten-meters tall. The giant blade cut through the air and faced Hu Jian head on.

The two of them were both core disciples, one from the Lightning Sword Sect and the other from the Thunder Knife Sect.

They were the very embodiment of the standard of a mid Dharma core disciple within their respective sects.

Under the gaze of the crowd that was looking on, Hu Jian and Cheng Yanyang exchanged blows. In the blink of an eye, they had already exchanged more than 10 blows, then 20, and then 30…

After 100 moves, there was still no victor.

Two hundred moves later, they were still evenly matched.

The two of them separated silently.

"Seems like it's another draw," He Mengxi turned to Zhou Donghuang and said.

"Mm."

Zhou Donghuang nodded as he squinted lazily. He thought that the two people who were crossing blows in front of him were absolutely boring. If it were not for the fact that He Jin had intentionally asked for him to be here to watch the match, he would have left a long time ago.

He would have gone back to sleep, which was much better than staying here.

"What do you say to calling this match a draw?" Cheng Yanyang looked to Hu Jian to ask, admiration obvious in her gaze.

The core disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect were not too shabby after all.

"Mm." Hu Jian nodded, somewhat helplessly. He had already put his best foot forward in this match but was still not able to best the other.

Though his opponent was a woman, she was undeniably strong, not the least bit weaker than him.

"I never would have expected that the core disciples of your sect would be this outstanding, Sect Leader Yu."

Luo Yuanqiu looked at Yu Yucheng and exclaimed with a sigh, "I had initially thought that Cheng Yanyang would be able to beat Hu Jian. To think that he had been hiding his true abilities."

Indeed, what Hu Jian had displayed just now was much, much stronger than what he had shown in the match before.

Clearly, that inner disciple from the Thunder Knife Sect had never forced him to put his all into a fight before.

"You really came prepared this time, Sect Leader Luo," Yu Yucheng said bitterly with a laugh.

Even Hu Jian had lost—he felt that the Lightning Sword Sect had lost today.

The showdown today was just as much as one between the Lightning Sword Sect and the Thunder Knife Sect as it was one between mid Dharma adepts. There was no way the Lightning Sword Sect could send a disciple who was at least at the late Dharma stage to take part in this.

"Maybe there are other mid Dharma adepts who are stronger than you in your sect?"

After the two of them had tied, Cheng Yanyang looked to Hu Jian to say, "For example, there might be other mid Dharma core disciples in your sect?"

Cheng Yanyang was sitting cross-legged as she spoke, absorbing the energy from the spirit stones to recover her inner Yuan. Her eyes were gleaming in challenge.

"I am the only mid Dharma core disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect," Hu Jian said with a shake of his head.

He followed up hurriedly, "Since we've tied in this fight, we can conclude this round as a draw."

"No." Cheng Yanyang shook her head.

"No?" Hu Jian frowned. "You don't wish to continue, do you?"

On a subconscious level, Hu Jian felt that the lady before him was probably the strongest mid Dharma adept the Thunder Knife Sect had, because it was difficult for him to imagine they would have a mid Dharma adept stronger than her.

Now, there was only one mid Dharma adept from the Thunder Knife Sect that had not appeared, and that was Han Yuzheng.

The thing was, Han Yuzheng was only 24 years old this year. Even if he was at the mid Dharma stage, the tempering of his Dharma power was definitely not going to be crude.

Focus was imperative. It was natural that Dharma adepts temporarily cease the tempering of their Dharma power when they chose to focus on advancement instead.

"You think I'm the strongest mid Dharma adept in the Thunder Knife Sect?" Cheng Yanyang countered with her own question, her tone especially playful.

"Are you not?" Hu Jian's eyes constricted. His chest filled with an ominous feeling.

"The strongest mid Dharma adept in the Thunder Knife Sect is not me but Junior Brother Yuzheng… I'd go as far as to say that I can't last more than three moves when I spar with him," Cheng Yanyang said.

The spacious outdoor martial arts arena was quiet now, save for the sounds of Cheng Yanyang and Hu Jian speaking. As soon as she spoke, the space fell deadly silent.

The silence passed and the crowd was, unsurprisingly, in an uproar.

"This core disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect is not the strongest mid Dharma adept of her sect?"

"She said that she could not last more than three moves when she went up against the strongest mid Dharma adept of the Thunder Knife Sect? Is she for real? Isn't she stretching it too far?"

"If what she says turns out to be true, then the Thunder Knife Sect really did come prepared this time. They came with the intention to ruin us!"

…

The league of elders and disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect who were present looked disconcerted, whether they were from outside or inside the sect, or whether they were from the Lightning Peak.

"Are you serious?" Hu Jian asked, face pale.

"If you don't believe me, you can test it for yourself after you regain a bit of your inner Yuan," Cheng Yanyang said with a shake of her head.

Almost at the same time as she spoke, the young man who was standing behind Thunder Knife Sect Leader Luo Yuanqiu morphed into a bolt of thunder as black as the robes on his body, cutting through the air and reappearing.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared right beside Cheng Yanyang. He looked towards Hu Jian, eyes coloring with scorn and disdain, then spoke in a chilly tone, "I'll wait until you're done healing."

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Chapter 251: Is There No One Else From the Lightning Sword Sect?

"Han Yuzheng!"

Hu Jian cast a fearful glance at Han Yuzheng, then sat down with his legs crossed and fished out some spirit stones to continue replenishing the inner Yuan he had expended.

He had used up more inner Yuan this time, so the recovery period was longer.

It took him a full thirty minutes before he finally recovered.

During the time he was healing, the people from the Lighting Sword Sect who were present all knew that the Thunder Knife Sect disciple who was there was Han Yuzheng. He was the genius that the Tielao planet had not seen in a century and was only 24 years old this year, but he was already a mid Dharma adept.

"A mid Dharma adept who's only 24 probably spent all his time on training, right? How powerful can his Dharma power possibly be?"

Quite a number of the Lightning Sword Sect people were suspicious of this.

Of course, there were more people who were calm. "For this Han Yuzheng to appear now only means that there's at least an 80% chance that his abilities are not inferior to Cheng Yanyang's!"

"Cheng Yanyang had said earlier that she could only go as far as landing three hits when she fought against him!"

"My God! If what she said is true, which mid Dharma adept from our sect could possibly be a match for Han Yuzheng?"

…

Hu Jian had finished healing, and he moved to stand face-to-face with Han Yuzheng. The people from the Lightning Sword Sect who were there could not help but feel apprehensive.

As for the Lightning Sword Sect leader, Yu Yucheng and several of the higher-ups in the sect, they all sighed quietly. They knew full well that Hu Jian could not possibly be Han Yuzheng's match.

Thereafter, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Hu Jian moved to strike first. He struck pre-emptively, and it was a flawless move…

But be that as it may, he still failed.

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Han Yuzheng made a move to block his attack, then made another one in retaliation. Hu Jian was pushed into a disadvantageous position and immediately fell into a dangerous situation.

His third move sent Hu Jian flying.

"Oof—"

Hu Jian flew and fell, spitting blood out his mouth. When he fell to the ground, he was half-kneeling due to the severity of his injuries.

Hu Jian was looking bad.

Han Yuzheng, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. He levitated, hovering slightly above the ground. He summoned forth a ten-meter tall umbrella with his Dharma power and opened it, leaving it to spin nonstop.

The tips of the umbrella ribs at the fringes of the umbrella seemed unnaturally sharp, even for an umbrella conjured up using Dharma power.

The large umbrella continued spinning. Its form was perfect, and it seemed almost flawless.

Han Yuzheng stood in the air, looking very much like an emperor who was above everybody else. He was indifferent as he looked down at Hu Jian, who was half-kneeling on the ground, as if he were looking at a lowly cricket.

The crowd fell silent.

After a moment, everyone seemed to come back to their senses. Unsurprisingly, the crowd collectively inhaled sharply.

"My God! Is he really only 24 years old?"

"It's already quite a feat to reach the mid Dharma stage at 24 years old… But the real issue is the fact that his Dharma power is actually so powerful!"

"Hu Jian is a core disciple with us at the Lightning Sword Sect. He's 37 this year, and he's the one we acknowledge to be the top mid Dharma adept in the Lightning Sword Sect… And yet, he could not last longer than three moves against Han Yuzheng."

"That core disciple from the Thunder Knife Sect Cheng Yanyang, she wasn't lying."

"He's just too strong!"

"Let's not even talk about the top sects… Even the two sects in the Hengliu galaxy that have been around the longest are unlikely to have mid Dharma adepts that are his match. His very powers defy the laws of nature."

…

At this moment, the people from the Lightning Sword Sect who were present were not in complete despair. Though they were a little dejected, they believed this was expected.

It was a given for the Lightning Sword Sect to lose in such an exchange of blows, so this was not something that was terribly humiliating for them.

The Thunder Knife Sect accepting a once-in-a-century martial arts genius from the Tielao planet was something out of the ordinary, and so it was natural that there would be no one in the Lightning Sword Sect who could be a match for him.

"Sect Leader Luo, the Dharma power of this disciple of yours is already more or less on par with that of the adepts at the ultimate Dharma stage," Yu Yucheng said, looking at Luo Yuanqiu.

He accepted his defeat in this match.

He could blame no one but himself for underestimating his opponent's determination in crushing the Lightning Sword Sect.

"Haha…"

Luo Yuanqiu laughed heartily. "You flatter us, Sect Leader Yu. It's really nothing much, nothing much at all.

"Sect Leader Yu, the Lightning Sword Sect has an extensive and profound history, and it's not something the Thunder Sword Sect can hope to contend… One can make the presumption that your sect is probably still hiding a mid Dharma adept far more outstanding than what we've seen so far."

Luo Yuanqiu seemed very earnest. "Sect Leader Yu, you don't have to hold back out of consideration for my reputation, or for that of my sect.

"Though we are your guests, we can still accept defeat.

"Call forth the most outstanding mid Dharma adept you have in your ranks to exchange blows with this disciple of mine. You don't have to worry about knocking him down.

"What is youth without setbacks, no?"

Luo Yuanqiu said to him, his lips curling into a derisive smirk. It was obvious that he was mocking Yu Yucheng and the entirety of the Lightning Sword Sect for lacking a mid Dharma adept who could fight against his disciple, Han Yuzheng.

Yu Yucheng was smiling, but the smile never reached his eyes. "Sect Leader Yu, Hu Jian's the only core disciple we have at the Lightning Sword Sect who's at the mid Dharma stage."

However, Yu Yucheng's response did little to deter Luo Yuanqiu. He had no intentions of letting the former go so easily. "Don't try to play dumb with me, Sect Leader Yu, we both know better than this.

"Don't think I'm not aware… the mid Dharma adept you're hiding is not necessarily a core disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect.

"Just like how this disciple of mine, Han Yuzheng, is not a core disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect."

It had not been long since Han Yuzheng joined the Thunder Knife Sect, but he became a disciple under Sect Leader Luo Yuanqiu the moment he joined, so the title "core disciple" was really nothing more than just a title.

In the eyes of the Thunder Knife Sect members, Han Yuzheng was every bit of a core disciple!

Even though he never went for the core disciple assessment, much less pass the assessment…

"That's enough, Sect Leader Luo."

Luo Yuanqiu's continued snarky remarks were aggravating Yu Yucheng. If he took this lying down, there was no telling how much further Luo Yuanqiu would push his luck.

"Haha… I barely did anything, Sect Leader Yu. Why do you look so angry?"

Luo Yuanqiu's smile grew even more radiant.

At the same time, Han Yuzheng, the core disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect who had struck down Hu Jian, tore his gaze away from his opponent and looked around himself, then said coolly, "Does the Lightning Sword Sect have any mid Dharma adepts willing to come down to spar with me?"

With this one question of his, the crowd from the Lightning Sword Sect fell yet again into stifling silence.

Even Hu Jian had lost so badly.

If anyone else were to go, they would only be in a worse state.

After all, this was a match solely for mid Dharma adepts.

Han Yuzheng continued, "I am Han Yuzheng, 24 years old this year… Now you're no longer restricted to only sending adepts at the same stage.

"The Lightning Sword Sect can send any disciples down to challenge me, regardless of their stage, as long as they are younger than 30.

"As long as you can defeat me, we will consider your sect to have won this fight between the Thunder Knife Sect and the Lightning Sword Sect.

"This is a really good opportunity to take a little revenge for your sect, so don't let it slip by," Han Yuzheng said, lips curled slightly into a mocking smirk.

There was not a single person in the Lightning Sword Sect who was younger than thirty but at the late Dharma stage or higher… This was a point he had heard his master mention earlier.

When they heard his proposition, the people from the Lightning Sword Sect were cursing him.

This Han Yuzheng, he made it sound so nice.

Within the Lightning Sword Sect, there were only a few mid Dharma adepts who were less than thirty years old that they could send out to fight. And even then, they were absolutely no match for Hu Jian, not even remotely so.

If even Hu Jian had lost to Han Yuzheng, the few mid Dharma adepts from the sect would only end up in a worse plight if they were to challenge the latter.

Han Yuzheng squinted at the Lightning Sword Sect members who were standing still, and the mocking smirk he had on his face seemed all the more prominent. "What, is there no one else from the Lightning Sword Sect?"

Han Yuzheng's words were angering and humiliating, not just to the Lightning Sword Sect disciples, but to Sect Leader Yu Yucheng as well. The man's face seemed to harden at his words.

Provocation!

A bold-faced, brazen provocation!

But no one could refute it.

It was not like they could tell Han Yuzheng: You're just a 24-year-old disciple from the Thunder Knife Sect. If you're really all that, why don't you challenge someone from our sect who's over thirty?

You're just a mid Dharma adept from the Thunder Knife Sect. If you're really all that, why don't you challenge someone from our sect who's at least at the late Dharma stage?

These were words they could only keep to themselves no matter how badly they wanted to say them.

These were words that were as good as a verbal admission of defeat should they ever leave their mouths.

"Sect Leader Yu, if you really insist on hiding… Well, then, it would be disrespectful of the Thunder Knife Sect to not accept victory for this match," Luo Yuanqiu said to Yu Yucheng with a smile.

This time, the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin was a step quicker. He spoke before Yu Yucheng could even open his mouth.

"Sect Leader, since Sect Leader Luo has already mentioned it… There's no reason why the Lightning Sword Sect should be hiding this any longer."

"Hm?"

Yu Yucheng, who had been so angry his blood vessels would burst, was taken aback by He Jin's words. He looked towards He Jin immediately, confusion as plain as day in his eyes.

He Jin was undeniably the steadiest of the four valley heads, even if he was not the one with the highest level of practice.

Just why would the steady Autumn Valley Head say something like this?

"Donghuang."

Very soon, Yu Yucheng had his answer when He Jin spoke again.

Zhou Donghuang, who had been resting with his eyes closed initially, snapped his eyes open and immediately flew through the air with He Jin's call. He appeared at the scene like a bolt of white thunder, staring apathetically at the haughty young man dressed in black who had a wry smile on his face.

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Chapter 252: Ignorant

A young man dressed in white stood in the air, standing face to face with the man who was dressed entirely in black. From a distance, the pair made quite a distinct contrast.

"You're also a mid Dharma adept from the Lightning Sword Sect?"

Han Yuzheng, the young man who was dressed in black, looked at the young man in front of him who was dressed in white. He raised his brows and squinted slightly, the smirk on his lips looking slightly more strained than it did before.

"Zhou Donghuang, a disciple of the Autumn Valley," Zhou Donghuang said unhurriedly as his eyelids raised sluggishly, and he glanced over at Han Yuzheng casually.

"An Autumn Valley disciple?"

Han Yuzheng was shocked at first. The smirk on his lips seemed less forced this time. "Did you not see that a core disciple from your sect had lost to me?

"You don't think that you, an inner disciple of the Lighting Sword Sect, could possibly be my match, do you?" Han Yuzheng said with contempt in his eyes and a smirk on his face that seemed to become crueler.

At the same time, quite a number of Lightning Sect members grew dull after they heard Zhou Donghuang's self-introduction, but then they reacted.

"It's Zhou Donghuang, a disciple of the Autumn Valley! He's the one who managed to defeat the Summer Valley disciple, Lian Can mere moments after being at the early Dharma stage!"

"This Zhou Donghuang, he's only been at the early Dharma stage for a few months. He can't mean to say that he's already at the mid Dharma stage?"

"That's impossible! How can he possibly make such a leap from the ultimate Primal Core stage to the mid Dharma stage within just a few months?"

"He can't possibly be trying to go up against Han Yuzheng with his mid Dharma training, right? Now that I think about it, Zhou Donghuang's actually younger than Han Yuzheng."

…

Naturally, Han Yuzheng heard what the Lightning Sect Members were discussing. "He moved up to the mid Dharma stage a few months ago?"

"He defeated the Summer Valley disciple Lian Can? That Lightning Sword Sect disciple who lost to Xie Yun?"

Han Yuzheng remembered that the first inner disciple the Thunder Knife Sect sent down today had once sparred with and subsequently defeated a Lightning Sword Sect disciple by the name of "Lian Can."

This time, the smirk on his lips was so contemptuous it could not possible become any more so.

"Valley Head He."

From up above in the sky, Luo Yuanqiu stared deeply into He Jin's eyes. "Is it possible that this disciple from your Autumn Valley is stronger than Hu Jian?

"He doesn't seem to be any older than my disciple Han Yuzheng."

He Jin smiled indifferently at Luo Yuanqiu's words. "He's only 24 years old this year as well… He's more or less the same age as this disciple of yours."

"The same age? Interesting, interesting."

Luo Yuanqiu was shocked. But then he smiled, and his eyes gleamed with contempt.

A 24-year-old inner disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect has the guts to go up against his favored disciple, Han Yuzheng?

This was basically setting himself up for failure!

Luo Yuanqiu firmly believed that there was not a single person of Han Yuzheng's age in the entire Hengliu galaxy, let alone the Tielao planet, who was a match for him.

"Junior Brother He."

Lian Can stared suspiciously at Zhou Donghuang who made his way forward. Lian Kun leaned towards He Jin and asked surreptitiously, "This Zhou Donghuang from the Autumn Valley, he hasn't broken through to the mid Dharma stage yet, has he?"

Lian Kun knew full well the extent of Zhou Donghuang's abilities.

He had barely broken through to the early Dharma stage before he defeated his foster son and disciple Lian Can… The fact of the matter was that, when Lian Can was at the early Dharma stage, there was basically no one in the whole Summer Valley at the same stage who was a match for him.

However, he still lost pathetically to Zhou Donghuang despite giving the first strike.

Since that moment, Lian Kun had thought Zhou Donghuang was not merely a simple person.

He Jin went ahead and had Zhou Donghuang step forward despite the fact that a mid Dharma core disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect had lost to Han Yuzheng, so what did that say about him?

He Jin was confident about Zhou Donghuang!

And it was precisely because of this that he asked He Jin if Zhou Donghuang had already moved on to the mid Dharma stage. Although he did not think it was possible, he could not help but ask anyway.

This was because he felt that Zhou Donghuang had already been strong when he was still at the early Dharma stage, but even then he would only be stronger than the average mid Dharma adept.

With a mid Dharma adept as outstanding as Han Yuzheng, it was more likely than not that Zhou Donghuang was not his peer.

Judging solely by the capabilities Han Yuzheng had displayed, not even a late Dharma adept could beat him in battle.

"Senior Brother Lian, you'll have your answer if you keep watching, no?"

He Jin had no direct answer for Lian Kun's query, save for a mysterious smile that made Lian Kun uneasy as he turned back to look towards the stage.

…

"Zhou Donghuang, was it?"

Han Yuzheng looked at Zhou Donghuang, smiling derisively. "You have to manifest your Dharma power if you want a match with me… Otherwise, I fear you might not even have the chance to manifest it at all."

It was needless to say, but Han Yuzheng was arrogant.

Arrogant as he was, even the Lightning Sword Sect members present now could not deny that he had every right to be this arrogant.

After all, the only mid Dharma adept they had in the Lightning Sword Sect could not last more than three moves with him.

Zhou Donghuang was unfazed and undisturbed in the face of Han Yuzheng's arrogance.

On the other hand, the same could not be said of Han Yuzheng when he heard what the man said.

"If it were not because my Valley Head had instructed otherwise, I, Zhou Donghuang, have no interest in coming out here to teach someone as ignorant as you a lesson."

This was what Zhou Donghuang said.

"You… you're saying I'm ignorant?"

The contempt in Han Yuzheng's eyes was replaced by a cold gleam. When he looked at Zhou Donghuang again, it seemed like his entire face was covered with a layer of frost.

The mocking smirk he had on his face was replaced with a grim smile.

"Just that little bit of skill you have from being a mid Dharma disciple, and you think you're peerless? What are you if not ignorant?" Zhou Donghuang asked with a shake of his head. Right from the beginning up until this moment, his tone had been calm. It was impossible to detect a trace of emotion or inflection from his tone.

Unlike how calm Zhou Donghuang was, Han Yuzheng was boiling with rage.

Whoosh!!

Han Yuzheng's giant umbrella made another appearance. The ten-meter-tall giant umbrella conjured out of Dharma power was spinning nonstop above his head. From every angle, the umbrella looked perfect and harmonious, as if it had no flaws.

Of course, this was from the perspective of the audience.

In the eyes of Zhou Donghuang, there were still two fatal areas in his umbrella, even though there were not many flaws overall. One of the areas was not too bad since it was hidden on the inside, but there was still one flaw that was visible from the outside. No matter how hard Han Yuzheng tried to conceal it, it could not be concealed.

"Alright! I'm convinced! This Autumn Valley disciple Zhou Donghuang is at least more arrogant if not more competent than Han Yuzheng!"

"I'd thought that Han Yuzheng was arrogant enough… to think that this guy is even more arrogant. He even kept a straight face through all of that!"

"In terms of ignorance, Han Yuzheng truly is more ignorant compared to Zhou Donghuang."

…

Out of all the Lightning Sword Sect members gathered here today, there was not a single person who thought that Zhou Donghuang was a match for Han Yuzheng. However, now that they had seen Zhou Donghuang completely intimidating Han Yuzheng, they felt a sense of relief wash over them.

"Zhou Donghuang, you're saying I'm ignorant…"

Han Yuzheng glared coldly at Zhou Donghuang, and his umbrella spun at a speed even faster than before. "You, an inner disciple from the Lightning Sword Sect calling me ignorant. I really do want to see for myself just what you're made of."

Han Yuzheng lunged forward as soon as he said that, his entire being propelled forward by the giant umbrella. Not only was his attacking stance a violent one, even his defensive stance left no gaps for attack.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

…

The umbrella was humming as it continued spinning in the air, much like a spiral blade.

Han Yuzheng moved to strike first, charging towards Zhou Donghuang under the watchful gaze of the crowd.

Han Yuzheng was lashing out aggressively this time, his actions fueled by rage. Obviously, there was no way he was holding back this time.

"I called you ignorant, and you can't handle it?"

Zhou Donghuang's face remained unchanging in the face of Han Yuzheng's aggressive attack. As he refuted mildly, he conjured a giant tiger with his Dharma power. The king of all beasts took in its surroundings.

"I'll consider it your win if you can accept just one of my blows," Zhou Donghuang spoke again. It was not just his bold claim that shocked the crowd, but also the following transformation of his Dharma power.

The crowd watched as Zhou Donghuang's Dharma power suddenly fell to cling onto his body, making it seem like his body was alight with a raging flame of inner Yuan.

The giant tiger was vaguely distinguishable in this inner Yuan fire: like a tiger's head, a tiger's body, and a tiger's tail.

The Dharma power was, in this instant, perfectly in sync with Zhou Donghuang's body.

"Dharmic possession?!"

The crowd took in the scene that had momentarily stunned them.

Dharmic possession was something a lot of ultimate Dharma adepts failed to do before they moved to the Primordial Soul stage.

It was something that required a complete mastery of Dharma power on top of the ability to temper Dharma power well enough that it was essentially perfect. The adept had to also be able to command the power of Dharma as if it were their own limb… Not a single requirement could go unfulfilled.

Whoosh!!

Under the gaze of the crowd and in the face of Han Yuzheng charging forth with his giant umbrella, Zhou Donghuang shifted and pounced like a ferocious tiger bounding down a hill. He swung down and, in an instant, a Dharmic phantom in the shape of a tiger's paw gleamed around his palm, visible but almost not.

Bang!!

With a loud boom, Zhou Donghuang's blow landed on the surface of Han Yuzheng's umbrella. He had precisely hit one of the fatal flaws in the umbrella.

This was a flaw that Han Yuzheng had been trying to conceal. To an extent, he had the umbrella spin nonstop in order to conceal this fatal flaw.

Zhou Donghuang had struck it precisely. The umbrella was not able to withstand the strength of his Dharma power and was smashed to pieces immediately.

At the same time, a jolt ran through Han Yuzheng's body. He felt the inner Yuan blow back on him. His face turned red, and he fought against the instinct to spit out blood.

Crash!!

Try as he might, the pressure built up suddenly when Zhou Donghuang landed the blow and brushed up against his shoulder. The pressure was so immense that he could hold it in no longer, and he coughed up blood.

When Zhou Donghuang's blow brushed Han Yuzheng's shoulder, his robes tore and split to reveal his arms. There were burn marks visible on the exposed skin, and blood poured from the wound in streams, making for a nasty sight.

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Chapter 253: Are You Convinced Now?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

This was Zhou Donghuang going easy on the man.

Otherwise, he could have landed that blow on Han Yuzheng's head instead and ended his life!

Even without killing the man, he could beat him completely with just a blow to his shoulder.

Whoosh!!

Han Yuzheng was completely terrified after the blow Zhou Donghuang landed on his shoulder. He hurried to convert what inner Yuan he had left, scurrying back to avoid the other man.

Zhou Donghuang made no move to chase him. He stood rooted to the spot, looking at the other man with a calm face. "There. You satisfied now?"

Han Yuzheng was back to his senses now. Just the mere thought of what had transpired earlier was enough to scare him so much he broke into a cold sweat.

He knew full well that the other party had gone easy on him.

Otherwise, he would have been crippled even if he made it out alive!

He sucked in a cold breath discreetly, then turned a baleful glare onto Zhou Donghuang. He spoke with a serious look on his face, "One day, I will defeat you!"

Han Yuzheng thought about it; he was only 24 this year.

The young man standing in front of him seemed to be even younger than him. Although, there was a possibility that he was older than Han Yuzheng, but he just had a baby face.

"Is that so?"

In the face of Han Yuzheng's vengeful declaration, Zhou Donghuang offered nothing but a mild simple. "Well, then, I'll be waiting!"

At this time, the audience finally recovered from their shocked stupor.

"He won?"

"Did Zhou Donghuang really take out the Thunder Knife Sect disciple Han Yuzheng with a single blow?"

"My God! This sort of power is too much, isn't it?"

"That technique he used earlier was Dharmic possession, no? From what I know, the current Tielao planet barely has any adepts who are capable of mastering Dharmic possession, even amongst the adepts at the ultimate Dharma stage."

"And to think we're harboring such a beast in the Lightning Sword Sect!"

…

The people of the Lightning Sword Sect had initially thought that today's showdown would end in their loss against the Thunder Knife Sect, since the latter was much more prepared than they had been. After all, the only core disciple they had that was at the Dharma stage had already lost.

They never expected for Autumn Valley disciple, Zhou Donghuang, to make his entrance at the eleventh hour. They also did not expect for him to take down the strongest mid Dharma adept in the Thunder Knife Sect, Han Yuzheng, with a single blow!

Anyone with good sense could tell from that scene earlier on that that one blow Zhou Donghuang dealt was already him going easy on his opponent. Otherwise, Han Yuzheng would be crippled if not dead!

"Sect Leader Luo, I didn't think you'd know that we had a mid Dharma adept stronger than Hu Jian… How did you find out about this?"

He Jin was not surprised when he saw Zhou Donghuang take Han Yuzheng down with a single blow. Now, he was even teasing the Thunder Knife Sect leader, Luo Yuanqiu.

Luo Yuanqiu was smiling, but it did not reach his eyes. It was obvious that he was being put on the spot.

After some hesitation, he stared firmly at He Jin before directing his gaze at the Lightning Sword Sect leader Yu Yucheng. "Sect Leader Yu, the Thunder Knife Sect has lost in this showdown.

"To think the Lightning Sword Sect had been harboring such a talent!

"I take my leave!" Luo Yuanqiu said, not even bothering with niceties. He announced that he was taking his leave and left with the Thunder Knife Sect members.

As the people of the Lightning Sword Sect watched Luo Yuanqiu and the bunch take their leave, a sense of fulfillment filled them.

They watched as the silhouettes of Luo Yuanqiu and the bunch disappeared from their sight. The atmosphere seemed to be charged with excitement yet again. "Haha… That Thunder Knife Sect leader probably never imagined, not even in his wildest dreams, that this would be the outcome of a showdown initiated by the Thunder Knife Sect."

"I thought we'd lost just now, what with Hu Jian losing and all."

"Me too."

"I really didn't expect for the Autumn Valley to have been hiding a trump card like Zhou Donghuang… Zhou Donghuang's made his appearance, then demonstrated Dharma power more perfect than Han Yuzheng's was. He even went as far as demonstrating Dharmic possession and taking Han Yuzheng out with a single blow!"

"Even the Lightning Sword Sect's only mid Dharma core disciple, Hu Jian, could not take more than three blows from Han Yuzheng. Han Yuzheng, on the other hand, was wiped out with just one blow from Zhou Donghuang."

"From today on, the number one mid Dharma adept in the Lightning Sword Sect is no longer Hu Jian—it's Zhou Donghuang!"

…

Let's say the tale of Zhou Donghuang heading towards the Summer Valley a few months prior and his defeating of the Summer Valley disciple, Lian Can, had been but a small tale.

The Zhou Donghuang of today, though, had earned a bona fide reputation after helping the Lightning Sword Sect score a victory against the Thunder Knife Sect in that showdown. His name had spread through the whole of the Lightning Sword Sect!

Today, he had exacted revenge on behalf of the Lightning Sword Sect.

This incident was reason enough for a majority of the sect to owe Zhou Donghuang a debt of gratitude.

"Haha…"

After the people from the Thunder Knife Sect took their leave, Yu Yucheng, as the Sect Leader, could not help but burst into raucous laughter. "Delightful, absolutely delightful!

"That Luo Yuanqiu, he put in all that effort to come all the way here to the Lightning Sword Sect just so he could flaunt that genius of a disciple Han Yuzheng, no? And what became of that? One of our inner disciples of the same age struck him down with a single blow!

"Poor guy, he's probably drowning in his own regrets."

Yu Yucheng looked at He Jin as he laughed. "He Jin, your disciple, Zhou Donghuang, should take all the credit for what happened today! As of today, he'll be a core disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect."

Lian Can, who had been standing behind Summer Valley Head Lian Kun, was green with envy as he heard Yu Yucheng's words. His bitterness was written clearly all over his face.

He had initially thought that breaking through to the Dharma stage with his own efforts alone and quickly raising his Dharma power would have been enough to redeem himself in front of Zhou Donghuang.

He did not expect for Zhou Donghuang to have also broken through to the Dharma stage, but it was not just that. Zhou Donghuang had displayed capabilities so advanced that late Dharma adepts, let alone mid Dharma adepts, would be no match for him.

That Thunder Knife Sect disciple, Han Yuzheng, had abilities that were universally recognized. Not even an adept at the late Dharma stage would claim to be able to strike him down with a single blow.

But Zhou Donghuang had managed that feat.

In that instant, Lian Can had felt that the distance between him and Zhou Donghuang was much like a chasm. Just the sheer thought of this gap was enough to make him despair.

"Junior Brother He, you people from the Autumn Valley bury your secrets well."

Spring Valley Head Liu Fengao looked at He Jin, praise and admiration written all over his visage. "To think that we had a mid Dharma adept who had such abilities in the Lightning Sword Sect… On top of all of that, you mentioned earlier that he was only 24 years old his year?"

The surrounding crowd, save for He Mengxi, turned to look at He Jin the moment after Liu Fengao spoke.

"Mm." He Jin nodded with a smile.

The crowd could not help but suck in a cold breath. Summer Valley Head Lian Kun exclaimed, "Junior Brother He, you people of the Autumn Valley truly found a gem in him."

"Senior Brother He, do you mind telling me where you found this Zhou Donghuang? I want to try my luck, too!"

Winter Valley Head Leng Qianqiu looked austere. It did not seem like he was joking.

They were treating He Jin as if he had hung the stars in the sky and he basked in it, a radiant smile plastered on his face. This sort of pride and elation was a foreign feeling to have when he was in front of this crowd.

At the same time, Zhou Donghuang took to the skies again under the watchful gaze of the crowd, flying to He Mengxi's side. "Third Senior Sister, now that things here are settled… Shall we return?"

"Little Junior Brother, the Sect Leader said earlier that you'd be a core disciple of the sect from this day forth. You can head to the Lightning Peak to train now," He Mengxi said with a smile.

Although she knew that Zhou Donghuang had little care for being a core disciple or being able to train at the Lightning Peak, she was still excited for him.

After all, this little junior brother of hers was no ordinary talent. His true abilities were something only she, Da Zhuang, and her father were privy to.

This time, he had gained the recognition of the Sect Leader, which was as good as gaining the recognition of the entire sect.

"Zhou Donghuang!"

At this moment, Yu Yucheng looked towards Zhou Donghuang with a warm smile. "It's all thanks to you that the Lightning Sword Sect's reputation is still intact today.

"With this God-given talent of yours, becoming a core disciple of the Lighting Sword Sect is no tall order for you, so making you a core disciple should not be a reward for you.

"Tell me… What would you like as a reward?" Yu Yucheng asked.

Zhou Donghuang's eyes gleamed as he took in Yu Yucheng's words. As compared to Autumn Valley Head He Jin, there was a higher chance that Yu Yucheng, as the Lightning Sword Sect leader, would have collected the rare herbs he wanted.

How could he pass up such a good opportunity when it was presented to him now?

At this point, Zhou Donghuang responded with no hesitation, "Sect Leader, I would like some rare herbs…"

To Zhou Donghuang, the most pressing issue at this moment was elevating his level of training.

His abilities as of now could not even rank within the top band in the Lightning Sword Sect, let alone the Tielao planet, and even less so in the entirety of the Hengliu galaxy.

It was true that his current abilities placed him well and above every adept in the entire Hengliu galaxy who was below the Dharma stage,

However, if he were to cross path with an adept above the Dharma stage, it would be difficult for him to hold his own against them.

…

The bunch of Thunder Knife Sect members followed their sect leader, Luo Yuanqiu, and took their leave from the base of the Lightning Sword Sect. The mood was gloomy and suffocating.

"Yuzheng."

Ultimately, it was still their sect leader who had made the first move to break the oppressive mood. "This failure of today, is temporary. They determine nothing."

"I understand, Master."

Han Yuzheng nodded, his eyes gleaming. "Just as I said to Zhou Donghuang earlier, there will come a day where I strike him down!

"I am only 24 years old this year. When he was 24, he probably was not as strong as I am now," Han Yuzheng said.

Luo Yuanqiu was stunned when he heard Han Yuzheng's words. He replied with a bitter smile, "I forgot to mention earlier, Yuzheng… That Zhou Donghuang, he's as old as you are. He's only 24 years old this year."

Han Yuzheng's face fell upon hearing Luo Yuanqiu's words. The other members of the Thunder Knife Sect had looks of horror and astonishment on their faces.

There was someone a step up from Han Yuzheng here on the Tielao planet?

"Be that as it may, this does not mean you will not be better than him in the future… I am telling you all of this in hopes that it will pressure you. The greater the pressure, the greater the drive," Luo Yuanqiu said to Han Yuzheng as he patted the latter's shoulder.

"Master's got faith in you."

Some said that the glimmer that had vanished from Han Yuzheng's eyes not long ago had returned even stronger than before. There was now a magnificent gleam in his eyes that greatly complemented his dark eyes, looking every bit like stars twinkling in the night sky.

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Chapter 254: Looking Towards the Future

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After he had taken out the famed once-in-a-century genius disciple of the Tielao planet, Han Yuzheng, Zhou Donghuang's reputation within the Lightning Sword Sect soared!

And when the people of the Lightning Sword Sect found out that Zhou Donghuang was no older than 24—that is, he was as old as Han Yuzheng—they could not help but be surprised.

"Han Yuzheng, the once-in-a-century martial arts genius of the Tielao planet? He's nothing much in the face of Junior Brother Zhou Donghuang!"

"Exactly! They're both only 24 years old, but if you look at our core disciple, Zhou Donghuang and then at him… it's truly embarrassing!"

…

Zhou Donghuang had little to no regard for his sudden popularity within the sect.

In his previous life, he had dealt with a similar situation on a larger scale.

This bit was really not much at all. To him, it was nothing worth mentioning.

His life was just as it had been before, revolving around inner core and training… The only point worth bringing up was that he had managed to gather a batch of rare herbs that even He Jin would struggle with collecting, all because of the promise that the sect leader, Yu Yucheng, had made to him that day.

The core drug that he could craft with these herbs would help not only him but also his third senior sister, He Mengxi to raise their level of training at an astonishing rate.

Although the Lightning Sword Sect leader Yu Yucheng had specially permitted for Zhou Donghuang to become a core disciple and for him to train at the Lightning Peak, Zhou Donghuang had never once stepped foot into that area.

To him, there was little to no difference between training in the Autumn Valley and training at the Lightning Peak. Both spots were within the grounds of the Lightning Sword Sect, and he genuinely could not be bothered to make the move.

Also, there were a lot of things that were easier for him to deal with if he stayed in the Autumn Valley.

At the very least, he had the support and assistance of Autumn Valley Head He Jin. This was something no one else in the Lightning Sword Sect could provide with him.

He Jin had taken to keeping a close eye on Zhou Donghuang these days. As soon as he stepped out of his house, the Valley Head would immediately go to him for a quick chat.

This was all because of a chat they had once, where He Jin had unintentionally brought up a question related to training.

And he regretted asking the question as soon as it left his lips.

How was a question about a Primordial Soul adept's training one that a Dharma adept like Zhou Donghuang could answer?

Despite that, Zhou Donghuang had a perfect solution for the man that left him enlightened, so much so that He Jin was now one step closer to the Divine Transformation stage.

"Maybe I'll be the first out of the four internal Valley Heads to move on to the Divine Transformation stage."

This was a thought that had crossed He Jin's head more than one.

Ever since that encounter, He Jin had taken to looking for Zhou Donghuang frequently to consult him on issues about training, like a student modestly and humbly sitting in a lecture.

He Jin had never once left empty-handed.

He Jin could not help but look at Zhou Donghuang in respect every time he saw the younger man, as if he were looking at his own teacher.

"Valley Head, is there only one Divine Transformation adept in the entire Lightning Sword Sect?" Zhou Donghuang asked He Jin.

"Officially, it's just the sect leader," He Jin said with a smile.

"However, there's still someone else who's also at that stage… Here's the thing: that person's existence is something few are aware of. To quite a few people, he's someone who's already left the Lightning Sword Sect many years ago, someone who left the Hengliu galaxy to roam another one."

Zhou Donghuang had an epiphany.

He knew, instinctively, that there were many sects as traditional as the Lightning Sword Sect in this vast universe.

If this sort of tradition was something great enough to be respected in one galaxy, it went without saying that the opposite was true somewhere in another galaxy. That is, that there was a galaxy somewhere out there that had training resources and environments which were extremely substandard.

In such situations, a lot of people looked towards greater heights. There were also adepts who would even go one step further and try to break the longevity limit, and these were the people who would choose to leave their planet their sect was based in and move to a greater and more abundant galaxy.

Those people either wound up dying in a foreign galaxy or return to their home planet to escort the people closest to them over to the new planet after they found their footing.

With the passage of time, they would slowly lose touch with the sect they had originally hailed from.

There were actually quite a few adepts at the Divine Transformation stage who walked out of the Lightning Sword Sect and left the planet, but not many of them returned. After all, the world outside was filled mystery, so there was no way for anyone to know what they would face if they stepped into the unknown.

Some people would perish not long after leaving the Hengliu galaxy.

All of them knew of the risks that came with their departure.

Despite all of that, they still chose to leave because they knew that there was a limit to what they could do if they decided to stay in the Hengliu galaxy. They had to leave if they wanted to move forward with their lives!

But never mind the tales of strangers—let's talk about Zhou Donghuang.

Why did Zhou Donghuang leave the Ziyun planet, and why did he leave the Kaiyuan galaxy where the Ziyun planet was?

This was all because the Ziyun planet and the Kaiyuan galaxy, even was too small a playing field for him. The training resources were limited and exhaustible; they were simply inadequate for his growth.

Zhou Donghuang's continued stay in the Ziyun planet would restrict him to the Primordial Soul stage, and a thousand years' worth of memories from his previous life be damned.

"That person is probably stronger than the sect leader, right?" Zhou Donghuang probed.

"Mm."

He Jin nodded, and his eyes filled with a fire. "The old sect leader exists at the mid Divine Transformation stage."

Martial arts training was increasingly difficult the further one progressed.

Before he obtained the Thousand-Star Sword Technique from Zhou Donghuang, a practice method at the level of Deity's Tribulation, the latter had claimed to be top-notch in the entire universe, this doubt had crossed He Jin's mind more than once:

Could he move up to the Divine Transformation stage in this life?

Until he could fully adapt to training with the Thousand-Star Sword Technique, he wouldn't be able to believe that the Divine Transformation stage was not too far away.

The mid Divine Transformation stage he had once been afraid to dream of—even the late and ultimate Divine Transformation stage—would no longer be a dream if he just had enough time.

"The mid Divine Transformation stage?"

Zhou Donghuang nodded.

In a conversation with his third senior sister, He Mengxi in his previous life, they had once discussed which stage the strongest adept in the Hengliu galaxy was at. As such, he had quite a good understanding on the situation in the Hengliu galaxy.

The peak of offensive power in the Hengliu galaxy was basically at the mid Divine Transformation stage.

Given the existing structure of the Hengliu galaxy, it was difficult for a stronger power to appear.

Even if there was an adept at the late Divine Transformation stage in the Hengliu galaxy now, those were probably few and far between. Of course, all of this was merely conjecture on Zhou Donghuang's part.

However, his third senior sister had told him in his past life that she had never heard of any adept in the Hengliu galaxy that was at a stage higher than the late Divine Transformation stage.

"Valley Head, I'm not entirely sure about the specifics regarding when the crisis will hit the Lightning Sword Sect."

Zhou Donghuang looked at He Jin as he took the initiative to bring up this matter. "In my dreams, Third Senior Sister told me that it hit not long after she moved to the late Dharma stage.

"However, I'm not too sure when exactly it was that she moved to that stage.

"She's switched to training using the Thousand-Star Sword Technique now. With that, and the help of the core drug I've created, she's obviously training at a much quicker rate.

"It might be possible that the crisis might not actually happen even when she's at the Primordial Soul stage," Zhou Donghuang said.

"There's probably still some time left… I only hope that I have the power to keep the sect intact when the time comes."

He Jin's face seemed to fall. After all, he was one of the people who perished in the destruction of that sect that Zhou Donghuang had dreamt of.

Zhou Donghuang chuckled bitterly.

Initially, the best solution to this problem was to let the father-daughter pair leave the Lightning Sword Sect. This way, they would naturally escape the crisis.

They were, after all, not the source of the crisis.

The only problem with this was that after spending some time with them, Zhou Donghuang had realized that there was no way He Jin would leave the Lightning Sword Sect and escape… Especially not after he had switched to training using the Thousand-Star Sword Technique. He Jin was sure to try and protect the sect using his own abilities.

"Alright, let's not think about it anymore… We'll just roll with the punches."

Zhou Donghuang had already steeled himself to prepare for the worst. If worse came to worst, he would think of another solution himself to force the father-daughter pair to leave with him when the time comes.

And then he would stage a comeback at a later time.

"Even without my help, my third senior sister would definitely be able to move on to the mid Dharma stage within this year… With her innate martial arts talent, the training resources you're providing her with, and the consistency of her training, the longest she would take to move on to the late Dharma stage would be around ten years.

"This is a prediction I'm making on the assumption that there are no unforeseen incidents.

"If something were to happen, such as her receiving certain core drugs or spirit fruits that could elevate her rate of training, you can be certain she wouldn't even need the full ten years."

Zhou Donghuang had planned on meticulously keeping track of the happenings within the Lightning Sword Sect, but he realized that there were too many variables in this period of time that made impossible for him to do so.

There was no way he could do so.

"Had I known, I would have gone back to a thousand years ago and properly ask my third senior sister right from the get go who the Lightning Sword Sect was destroyed by… At that time, my third senior sister had only told me that the Lightning Sword Sect was destroyed by the greatest power, and the source of it was the Summer Valley Head!" Zhou Donghuang thought and felt a little remorseful.

Of course, the sheer idea of remorse made him shake the feeling off in the blink of an eye because he knew there was no point wallowing in his regrets. In his previous life, there was no way he would have known that he would someday be returning to a point in time a thousand years back and restarting everything.

"Or we could have the Summer Valley Head leave the Lightning Sword Sect?"

The thought left Zhou Donghuang's head as soon as it appeared, because it was simply unrealistic. Not everyone was like He Jin and his daughter, willing to play along with him like this.

Of course, He Mengxi was willing to go along with his nonsense because he knew things about her that only she knew.

As for He Jin, the man was only playing along since Zhou Donghuang had handed over the Thousand-Star Sword Technique.

There was no way he could hand the Thousand-Star Sword Technique over to the Lightning Sword Sect leader and have him kick the Summer Valley Head out of the sect, right?

No, that would never happen.

Besides, he did not trust the Lightning Sword Sect leader either; he was not too sure what kind of a person the man was. There was no way he would risk putting the fate of his family in the hands of that man.

He would rather force his third senior sister, He Mengxi to leave with him and seek shelter elsewhere should He Jin insist on trusting the sect leader.

This was, of course, just hypothetical.

Knowing He Jin, the man would likely not go ahead with a plan that Zhou Donghuang did not agree to.

"I didn't even realize it, but it's already been more than a year since I've left the Ziyun planet…"

Zhou Donghuang sat at the stone table after He Jin took his leave, staring out at the grass and flowers in the yard. He heaved a sigh as a figure appeared in his head.

His mother, Lin Lan, his younger sister, Yun Lu, as well as Yang Zixi, Ren Jiapei, Fu, and the rest of them…

He took some time to count. It was already November, Year 1235, and he had left the Ziyun planet in September, Year 1234.

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Chapter 255: Qinghan Returns Home

"Third Sister, how's the progress on the matter that I asked you for help on?"

Previously, after He Mengxi had returned from the Ziyun planet, Zhou Donghuang had asked her for help to find out about the whereabouts of Luo Qinghan. He wanted to know which sect she had entered in the Hengliu galaxy.

Luo Qinghan was not like him.

He had thousands of years of experience from his previous life, which allowed him to be at ease wherever he went.

Luo Qinghan could only be considered someone from a little faraway place among the Hengliu galaxy… in the Hengliu galaxy, even if Luo Qinghan was especially talented, it would be difficult for her to have a smooth sailing journey throughout her life.

Now, Zhou Donghuang already considered Luo Qinghan as his own woman and naturally could not watch her be in danger all alone out there. If she stayed by his side, he could then do his best to ensure her safety.

Of course, by staying by his side, he could not only guarantee Luo Qinghan's safety, but also allow her skills to attain new levels!

Besides asking He Mengxi for help to find out the whereabouts of Luo Qinghan, Zhou Donghuang had also made use of the galaxy teleporter to make a trip to the Tianxuan planet of the Luohe galaxy, to send some elixirs to the chief of the Luo family, Luo Wuchen.

When Luo Wuchen saw Zhou Donghuang once again, he had already called him his son-in-law, seeming as eager to meet him as if he were his real father.

Of course, as he delivered the elixirs to Luo Wuchen, Zhou Donghuang had also found out from Luo Wuchen that Luo Qinghan had not returned to the Luo family since leaving two years ago.

After informing Luo Wuchen that he was in the Lightning Sword Sect of the Tielao planet of the Hengliu galaxy, Zhou Donghuang had then left, while requesting Luo Wuchen to update him at the Lightning Sword Sect if Luo Qinghan ever returned home.

It did not take very long to teleport between the Luo family and the Lightning Sword Sect using the galaxy teleporter.

Luo Wuchen agreed profusely with Zhou Donghuang's request and added that he would inform Zhou Donghuang once Luo Qinghan returned home so that they could plan their wedding together at once!

For some reason unbeknownst to even himself, Zhou Donghuang found himself looking forward to this.

"The Tielao planet has three premier sects… but, be it our Lightning Sword Sect, or the Thunder Knife Sect, or even the Xuanyuan Sect, I have asked people to find out, but there has been no Luo Qinghan among the new group of disciples," said He Mengqi.

"I've also sent people to search in the neighboring countries around the Tielao planet, and I should be receiving news soon… as for the other faraway planets, I asked my father to send people to find out as well, but that will take some time before there is any news."

"Mm." Zhou Donghuang nodded.

"Little Brother… that Luo Qinghan, from her name, should be a lady?" asked He Mengxi.

"Mm."

"Who is she?" He Mengxi looked again at Zhou Donghuang, her gaze filled with suspicion.

She had expected Zhou Donghuang to be too shy to reply, but Zhou Donghuang was not only not shy about the matter, but even replied without a second thought, "My woman."

Zhou Donghuang's firm answer puzzled He Mengxi, such that she no longer knew how to continue. Finally, she changed the topic and assured him, "Don't worry, my father has already sent people to check, so we should have news on her soon enough."

As she spoke, He Mengxi seemed to remember something and asked, "Da Zhuang, is he still training?"

"Mm." Hearing He Mengxi mention Da Zhuang, Zhou Donghuang's lips curled into a slight smile. Da Zhuang was most definitely the most hardworking person he had seen in both his previous and present life.

After realizing that he would have the chance of avenging the deaths of the apes which had taken care of him previously, Da Zhuang had begun to train like a crazed man, working harder than anyone else.

Even Zhou Donghuang could see Da Zhuang's determination to avenge the deaths of those apes.

"Hasn't he already reached the mid Dharma stage? Shouldn't he take a break?" He Mengxi was also shocked because on every occasion that she had visited him recently, Da Zhuang had always been practicing, regardless of whether he had reached the mid Dharma stage or not.

"Is this really alright?" He Mengxi was worried about Da Zhuang.

How could she not understand Da Zhuang's intentions? Da Zhuang had always wanted to take revenge for the group of apes that had taken care of him as a child, but his chances had always been slim, so Da Zhuang had looked down on himself in the past.

Now that the opportunity lay before him, Da Zhuang was afraid that he would miss this chance, and so had been practicing as if his life depended on it.

"Third Sister, don't worry," Zhou Donghuang shook his head and replied. "For most people, practicing like this will surely lead to a poor outcome… but for Da Zhuang, he has the help of the elixirs that I produced to aid his practice, so there will be no problem for him."

Zhou Donghuang was absolutely clear about the elixirs that he had produced and their effect on Da Zhuang, such that regardless of how much he practiced, it would not take a toll on his body.

"Mm." He Mengxi fully believed Zhou Donghuang's words. Since getting to know this little brother, he had brought her countless surprises time and again.

"Little Brother, I'll go and practice too." As if she had been inspired by Da Zhuang's determination, He Mengxi left after chatting for a short while with Zhou Donghuang.

After she left, Zhou Donghuang also prepared to return to his room to practice.

"Zhou Donghuang! Zhou Donghuang!"

Before he could return to his room, Zhou Donghuang heard an excited voice from behind him.

"My little girl is here… together with her are some of the other female disciples from her sect, they all look stunning. Based on your handsome looks and your martial arts talent, you can definitely take their fancy… what a brother I am. I came to find you immediately with this good news."

This was none other than the only son of the Head of the Spring Valley, Liu Lang, the notorious playboy of the Lightning Sword Sect.

As for the little girl that he mentioned, it was simply a lady disciple from a small neighboring sect. This playboy changed partners many times a year.

However, Zhou Donghuang paid no attention to Liu Lang and returned straight to his room and shut the door without a word.

Liu Lang was not surprised by this, muttering to himself, "What a bother… this lad seems to have no interest in anything. What must I do to become his friend?"

Liu Lang struggled to find an answer.

Since Zhou Donghuang defeated the Thunder Knife Sect disciple, Han Yuzheng with a single blow two months ago in the outer sect arena, Liu Lang had been heading to the Autumn Valley more often.

Every time he came, he pulled a new trick to get closer to Zhou Donghuang and become his friend.

However, Zhou Donghuang paid no attention to him at all.

If it were anybody else, even if they were uninterested, they would also show Liu Lang some face on account of his position as the sole son of the Head of the Spring Valley, Liu Fenggu.

But Zhou Donghuang paid him no respect at all!

"It's still a little too slow… the second Dharma power has only just reached the mid Dharma stage."

Sitting cross-legged on the mattress, Zhou Donghuang took a look at the green dragon of Dharma power that had just reached the mid Dharma stage following the white tiger and sighed heavily.

Of course, he also knew that this was the fastest speed possible.

All things had a limit.

Now, Zhou Donghuang's progress was already nearing the limit, and if he continued to progress further, both his inner core and his body would not be able to take it.

…

The Ziji planet was a planet in the Hengliu galaxy and had a similar level of resources as the Tielao planet where the Lightning Sword Sect was.

The Tielao planet had three supreme sects, while the Ziji planet had just two main sects.

"Qinghan, you are so talented… we entered the sect together, but you are now an inner disciple, while I am still an outer disciple," in the market of the Ultimate Frost Sect, one of the two supreme sects of the Ziji planet, a tall pretty lady exclaimed to another lady beside her.

The other lady was even more beautiful than the one who had spoken, her body long and elegant as if there were no imperfections at all.

This was none other than Luo Qinghan, who had entered the Ultimate Frost Sect a year ago.

A year ago, Luo Qinghan and some other talented adepts from the Tianxuan planet of the Luohe galaxy had been brought to the Hengliu galaxy after being scouted by an alliance formed by the great sects of the Hengliu galaxy.

As a female, Luo Qinghan had been accepted by the Ultimate Frost Sect.

The Ultimate Frost Sect had a proportion of nine female disciples to each male disciple.

However, even then, Luo Qinghan's extreme beauty caused her to become the subject of interest of many male disciples in the sect.

Luo Qinghan had been widely acknowledged to be the most beautiful lady in the sect.

"I'm just lucky." Luo Qinghan smiled slightly.

Normally, one had to reach the Dharma stage before the age of thirty to be able to enter the inner sect of the Ultimate Frost Sect.

However, the Ultimate Frost Sect had also set up a test for the Golden Essence disciples within the sect who were younger than thirty years of age, and whoever passed the test would be able to enter the inner sect earlier and become an inner sect disciple and enjoy its privileges.

Of course, after these people became inner sect disciples, if they did not reach the Dharma stage by the time they reached thirty years of age, they would also be kicked out of the inner sect.

The inner sect of the Ultimate Frost Sect was not a place for worthless disciples.

This was similar to the Lightning Sword Sect in this aspect.

In fact, most of the supreme sects of the Hengliu galaxy all used the same methods.

"Qinghan, since you've entered the sect, you haven't gone home once… when do you plan to go back?"

The girl beside Luo Qinghan smiled and said, "Actually, I haven't been home in a long time too… when you want to go back, let's go to the nearest teleporter nearby."

"I don't plan to go back for now," replied Luo Qinghan with a shake of her head.

However, after the other lady had left, on her way back to the inner sect, Luo Qinghan's lips curled into a sarcastic smile.

"You think I don't know your ulterior motives for getting closer to me?"

After being tricked once, Luo Qinghan had been extremely cautious.

Although that outer sect disciple had entered the Ultimate Frost Sect at the same time as her, they two of them had not been close initially, and she had only begun to try to get closer to Luo Qinghan recently.

After confirming that the other lady had not discovered her tracks, Luo Qinghan then left the Ultimate Frost Sect, her eyes filled with longing and excitement. "I haven't been home in so long… who knows if Father and Granny are well."

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Chapter 256: Luo Qinghan's Shock

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The Tianxuan planet of the Luohe galaxy.

Whoosh!

In the galaxy teleporter near the Luo family, a figure appeared out of thin air. This was none other than Luo Qinghan, who had been teleported back home from the Ziji planet of the Hengliu galaxy.

To date, Luo Qinghan had left home for a whole two years.

"Two years ago, when I just left home, I had just reached the ultimate Primal Core stage… and now, my Golden Essence has already begun to have the first signs of Dharma power, and I am almost at the doorstep of reaching the Dharma stage."

On the way home to the Luo family, Luo Qinghan's beautiful face broke into a slight smile. "If Father and Granny knew this, they would have the shock of their lives.

"Just based on my current progress… it should be easy to reach the Dharma stage before the age of thirty."

Soon, Luo Qinghan had returned to her familiar home. The disciples on patrol surrounding the Luo family saw her, and their eyes lit up immediately. "First Lady is back!"

"Congratulations, First Lady!"

When the disciples on patrol saw Luo Qinghan, their faces broke into a radiant smile, and they could not stop congratulating Luo Qinghan.

"Congratulations?"

Luo Qinghan was shocked. What was going on? After two years away, did these disciples already know that she was about to reach the Dharma stage?

Impossible!

How could they possibly know about this?

"First Lady, you don't have to be shy… Uncle has already been here a couple of times, and Chief has been awaiting your return so that the two of you can plan your wedding," said a Luo disciple who was slightly older than Luo Qinghan.

"Exactly! First Lady, there's no need to hide it at all, we've already seen him."

"He really looks like talented and handsome, suited for First Lady, the two of you are simply made for each other!"

…

Hearing the words of the Luo disciples, Luo Qinghan was shocked. Uncle? Her father was waiting for her to return to plan the wedding? Made for each other?

What was going on?

"What… what are you talking about? What Uncle? What wedding?"

Immediately, she regained her senses as she asked with a frown.

"First Lady, we really know all about it already. You… you cannot deny it!"

"Exactly! The man that you found for our Luo family, not only does Chief love him, even Old Lady Li loves him."

…

Luo Qinghan was speechless. How did she not know that the Luo family had found a new uncle?

Luo Qinghan was sure that even if she continued to ask these Luo disciples, she would not learn anything at all, so she decided to directly ask her father and Granny.

"Granny!" Luo Qinghan first went to find her granny, Old Lady Li Yu.

Li Yu had originally been practicing in her room, but upon hearing Luo Qinghan's voice, she stopped immediately, her face filled with surprise.

"Is that girl back?"

As she pushed the door open, before the smiling Luo Qinghan could utter a word, Li Yu had already grabbed her hand and dragged her out.

"Granny, where are you bringing me?"

Luo Qinghan was shocked. Was this really her granny? Why did she seem more like a kidnapper, grabbing her without a word!

"To your father," answered Li Yu.

"To Father?"

Before Luo Qinghan could properly understand the situation, Li Yu had already brought her outside of the room of the Luo family chief, Luo Wuchen. Without a thought of whether Luo Wuchen was practicing inside quietly, Li Yu called out, "Luo Wuchen, Qinghan is back!"

Bang!!

A huge crash resounded, which was none other than the chief of the Luo family, Luo Wuchen, pushing the door open. His face was filled with joy.

"Qinghan is back?"

After seeing Luo Qinghan, his face broke into a wide smile. "Qinghan, you are really awesome, truly awesome… who would have thought that the person who would bring our Luo family to prominence would be you!

"Qinghan, since you are here, then I should go to the Tielao planet of the Hengliu galaxy to find Zhou Donghuang at the Lightning Sword Sect so that he can come and take you as his lawful wife," Luo Wuchen said as he walked out.

"Hold up!!" Just as Luo Wuchen was about to leave, Luo Qinghan finally regained her senses as she asked quizzically, "Father, Granny… what are the two of you up to? Why are the both of you acting so strangely? Get married? Who am I getting married to? Who is Zhou Donghuang?"

Now, Luo Qinghan finally understood why the Luo family disciples outside had been congratulating her. The source of the matter was none other than her father.

"Girl."

Just as Luo Wuchen's body froze, before he could respond, Li Yu had already said with a smile, "Who else could it be but that young man you met when you were sent to the Ziyun planet randomly by the galaxy teleporter… a year ago, he came to find you. He said he wanted to marry you, and even left the dowry. Your father has also accepted the dowry."

Li Yu smiled, "So, you are now someone's wife… do you understand?"

"Granny, you are saying… Zhou Donghuang of the Ziyun planet?"

Luo Qinghan's eyes widened in shock, her face filled with disbelief. When she had met that young man on the Ziyun planet, she had been an early Primal Core adept, but the man had been three years younger than her and was only an adept of the Qi-Gathering.

Now, her Granny was telling her that that man had come to find her a year ago? And had paid the dowry? And her father had even accepted it?

"That's right." Li Yu nodded.

"How is that possible?!" Luo Qinghan shook her head furiously in disbelief. "Seven years ago, he was just an adept of the Qi-Gathering… how could he come to the Tianxuan planet in the Luohe galaxy? The planet that he is in, and even his entire galaxy, does not have a single galaxy teleporter… to leave that planet, one has to be at least at the early Primal Core stage!"

"Did someone bring him here?"

Luo Qinghan looked at Li Yu and Luo Wuchen suspiciously.

"Qinghan, nobody brought Donghuang here, he came here himself… you really shouldn't look down on him. When he came here a year ago, he was already a Golden Essence adept. A few months ago, when he came again, he was already at the Dharma stage!"

As he spoke, Luo Wuchen seemed to think of something, as an awkward look crossed his face.

When Zhou Donghuang last came to the Luo family, after finding out that Zhou Donghuang was already a Dharma adept, Luo Wuchen, who had just reached the late Dharma stage, had offered to give Zhou Donghuang some tips.

But at the end of the day, it ended up being Zhou Donghuang giving Luo Wuchen advice.

Zhou Donghuang used his mid Dharma stage white tiger against Luo Wuchen's Dharma power and had defeated him within ten blows!

And this was only because Luo Wuchen had converted to the "Technique of Everlasting Youth" and his Dharma power had been polished.

However, as Luo Wuchen had not yet mastered the technique of integrating the Dharma power, he had been defeated by Zhou Donghuang.

Otherwise, even if he could not defeat Zhou Donghuang, who was incredibly experienced, in battle, he could have ended it in a draw.

"A Golden Essence adept a year ago? A Dharma adept a few months ago? Father… you… are you sure you know what you are saying?"

Luo Qinghan was stunned momentarily, then glared at Luo Wuchen. Clearly, she did not believe her father's words.

"Me? I don't know what I am saying?"

Now, Luo Wuchen then realized that his daughter did not believe a word that he had said. "Qinghan, Father is not lying to you! Everything I said was the truth!"

Luo Wuchen turned to Li Yu helplessly and cried, "Mother, you tell Qinghan… did I lie to her?"

Li Yu smiled and said, "Qinghan, although your father may not be too trustworthy sometimes, but he is really telling the truth this time. That Donghuang has not only reached the Dharma stage… in fact, when he last came back, when your father offered to spar with him, your father got schooled instead. That boy used just ten blows to defeat your father."

Li Yu's words were even more ridiculous than Luo Wuchen. Luo Qinghan was shocked, her mind in a mess.

As Luo Wuchen smiled sadly, Li Yu continued, "Mm, when your father was defeated by that boy Donghuang, your father was already at the late Dharma stage."

If Li Yu's words earlier had been shocking to Luo Qinghan, then what she had just said frightened Luo Qinghan so much that her eyes narrowed, and the color drained from her face.

"That boy is simply unnatural!"

Luo Wuchen cried out, "Although he is only at the mid Dharma stage, he could still defeat me, a late Dharma adept! Although I had only just reached the late Dharma stage, my strength is even more than your uncle! But I was still defeated by him. That boy is… I am his father-in-law, but he did not give me any chances at all! Qinghan, you had better teach your man to be filial and respect his elders!"

As he spoke, Luo Wuchen seemed to get agitated.

Luo Wuchen's uncle was one of the two late Dharma adepts in the Luo family, the only one besides Li Yu. He was also one of the two pillars of the Luo family.

And now, after both Luo Wuchen and Li Yu had converted to the superior "Technique of Everlasting Youth," their skill level had both increased significantly in a short time…

Luo Wuchen had already reached the late Dharma stage, while Li Yu was almost at the ultimate Dharma stage and would reach it within a few years!

"Father… you… don't say anything for now."

Luo Qinghan collapsed on the stone table in the yard. With one hand holding on to the table, she used her other hand to massage her eyes. "I… I need… I need some time to think."

Regardless of what her granny had said or what her father had just told her, this was a huge blow to her.

Seven years ago, the man had been a little Qi-Gathering adept.

And now, he had already grown to such a stage?

Was he even human?

Luo Qinghan was well aware that her father could possibly lie to her, but her granny would never lie to her, nor would she team up with her father to lie to her!

So, all that they had just said must have been the truth.

That was exactly why she had been so shocked.

"Qinghan, I know you are filled with many questions and disbelief right now… but this is the truth."

Li Yu was well aware what her granddaughter was thinking, and she said, "Remember when I told you that the reason for your incredible increase in talent was most likely because of what happened between you and Zhou Donghuang? That was the truth."

"When Zhou Donghuang first met you, his skill had been so low because he had only begun training when he turned seventeen… in just a short year, even if he was so talented, it would be simply impossible for him to reach the Connate stage or even the Primal Core stage."

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Chapter 257: Brother Donghuang's Fiancee?

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"Donghuang has royal blood, and his martial art talent far surpasses yours, that is why that accident with him could allow your talent to increase so quickly."

Li Yu told Luo Qinghan seriously, "Donghuang also said that he was abandoned by his biological father on the Ziyun planet. His biological mother must be somebody incredibly powerful to produce someone like him with such superior blood.

"Although you managed to attain your current level of talent through him, you can hardly be compared to him."

With that, Li Yu's gaze turned gentle as she continued, "Qinghan, Granny wants to know… what are your thoughts? Donghuang has already said that he will be responsible for you, and hence offered the dowry for your hand, and your father has already accepted the dowry that he brought."

Li Yu's words left Luo Qinghan speechless as her expression flickered.

Finally, she looked at Luo Wuchen and asked, "Father, you did not even ask me for my opinion on whether I wanted to marry him, how could you have accepted his dowry? Return it to him immediately!"

"I don't want to get married to somebody just like that, without even knowing anything," declared Luo Qinghan.

Her words made Luo Wuchen and Li Yu turn to stare at each other.

After a short while, Luo Wuchen then said with a sad smile, "My daughter, we cannot return the dowry.

"Donghuang is really outstanding, responsible and has incredible talent. There is surely nobody as outstanding as him in the entire Luohe galaxy or even the Hengliu galaxy."

"It is your fortune to be able to marry him," said Luo Wuchen.

"Father, what kind of drug did he give you to make you stand up for him like this?" Luo Qinghan frowned and asked.

With that, before Luo Wuchen could reply, Luo Qinghan turned to Li Yu again and said, "Granny, please get Father to return the dowry to him."

"Girl." Li Yu smiled bitterly. "That dowry, really cannot be returned."

"Although I do not agree with most of what your father says most of the time, I totally and fully agree with what he said today!

"Donghuang is a good man, for you to marry him, it is his fortune. Girl, you have to know that I would never harm you."

Li Yu's words made Luo Qinghan tremble. What exactly did Zhou Donghuang do to make the two people who were closest to her and who cared the most about her say such things?

"Granny, I know that you will never do anything to harm me," said Luo Qinghan seriously.

"But marriage is such an important matter, how can we settle it in such a manner? Although… although I had that little accident with that Zhou Donghuang, I cannot marry him just because of that.

"I am not such an easy person! The dowry that he gave must be returned immediately!"

As she spoke, her voice rose in volume, her attitude firm and determined. "That dowry was meant for me, so I have the right to return it!"

"Qinghan, there is really no way to return it," said Luo Qinghan with a sad smile.

"Donghuang's gift was a technique… now, both your Granny and I have already been practicing that technique, so how can we return it?"

"A technique?" Luo Qinghan frowned. A technique that would make her father and her granny convert would most definitely be superior to the technique that they had been practicing previously.

Taking in a deep breath, Luo Qinghan said seriously, "I am now the inner sect disciple of the Ultimate Frost Sect of the Hengliu galaxy, and in the future, I will be able to get a technique from the sect."

"I can promise to repay him with a different technique in the future," suggested Luo Qinghan.

"Qinghan, do you think the technique that he gave us was just something slightly better than our Luo family technique?"

Although he had never heard of the Ultimate Frost Sect, Luo Wuchen still had a general idea of the supreme sects of Hengliu galaxy. For those sects, even their ultimate techniques would be far inferior to the "Technique of Everlasting Youth" that his son-in-law had given them.

"Technique of Everlasting Youth" was a superior Deity-level technique, which allowed one to train all the way till the ultimate Deity stage!

Deities were beings who were supreme in the entire universe, and a single deity had the power to destroy entire galaxies with just a wave of their hand.

"Is it?" Luo Qinghan had a terrible sense of foreboding.

"The technique that he gave us was a Deity-level technique, and an ultimate Deity-level technique at that. We can use it to train up to the ultimate Deity stage!"

Luo Wuchen asked seriously, "A Deity-level technique, do you realize what that is?"

"As far as I know, among the top sects in Hengliu galaxy, they all have Divine Transformation techniques at best and only inferior Divine Transformation techniques at worst, so you can only use them to train up to the early Divine Transformation stage.

"Only the two big powers of the Hengliu galaxy have techniques beyond the mid Divine Transformation stage."

Although he had never been to the Hengliu galaxy, Luo Wuchen had done his research about it. Since his daughter had left for the galaxy, he knew some information about the sects of the Hengliu galaxy.

With that, Luo Qinghan was shocked once again.

A Deity-level technique?

In fact, an ultimate Deity-level technique?

She was well aware that as one's skill progressed, each grade would become even more precious… in the Hengliu galaxy, even mid Divine Transformation techniques were rare and precious.

The supreme technique of the Ultimate Frost Sect was just an early Divine Transformation level technique, like her father had said.

"After the Divine Transformation stage is the Separating Divinity stage, then followed by the Deity stage… a Deity-level technique is only found in the supreme sects and star clans of the galaxies," contributed Li Yu.

Now, even if Li Yu had not added that, Luo Qinghan was clear what the words "Deity-level technique" represented a superior technique in the entire universe.

It may not be the most superior technique, but it was definitely among the best in the universe.

"He… he offered a Deity-level technique as dowry, to marry me?"

Luo Qinghan was in a state of shock.

Now, even she could sense the man's sincerity.

But she could not understand why he was willing to do that for her. Just because of that accident?

After a while, Luo Qinghan sucked in a deep breath, then looked at Luo Wuchen and said, "Father, I need to see him."

The man's dowry was simply too much for her, and there was no way to return it to him. This put her under tremendous pressure, so much that she was on the verge of crumbling.

However, she had to settle this matter eventually.

She wanted to meet him to find out how to solve this issue.

"Sure! I'll bring him here!" Luo Wuchen exclaimed.

"Father, I'll go with you. Just now, you said that he was in the Hengliu galaxy? And in the Lightning Sword Sect of the Tielao planet? I know the Lightning Sword Sect, it is also one of the premier sects in the Hengliu galaxy," said Luo Qinghan.

Soon, Luo Wuchen brought Luo Qinghan to a galaxy teleporter, and the two of them were sent to the Tielao planet of the Hengliu galaxy, arriving at a location not far from the base camp of the Lightning Sword Sect.

Then, the two made their way to the Lightning Sword Sect to find Zhou Donghuang.

…

"Who are you? What business do you have here at the Lightning Sword Sect?"

As the two neared the base camp of the Lightning Sword Sect, they were stopped by some disciples who were patrolling the borders. Two of the young disciples saw Luo Qinghan, and their eyes lit up immediately.

In the Lightning Sword Sect, there was no lady disciple as beautiful as her.

"I am the father-in-law of your inner sect disciple, Zhou Donghuang, and I brought his fiancée here to see him… he told me before that he was a part of the Summer Valley of the inner sect," Luo Wuchen said.

Despite the fact that he was a late Dharma adept, Luo Wuchen was certain that his level of skill was considered nothing in the Lightning Sword Sect.

In fact, it was nothing compared to even an ordinary outer sect elder in the sect.

Precisely because of that, even though the power of these patrolling disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect were far inferior to his, he did not dare to look down on them.

These disciples had the backing of the immense power of the Lightning Sword Sect.

Luo Qinghan did not expect to be introduced as Zhou Donghuang's fiancée, but before she could correct him, she already heard some chatter nearby.

"Zhou Donghuang?"

"Brother Donghuang's future father-in-law?"

"This… is Brother Donghuang's fiancée?"

The disciples who were on patrol were all outer sect disciples and had personally witnessed Zhou Donghuang protect the reputation of the Lightning Sword Sect by defeating the talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect.

After that battle, many outer sect disciples were amazed by Zhou Donghuang, including these disciples on patrol.

After discovering the identity of Luo Qinghan, the two young disciples who had been staring at her because of her beauty now turned away, fearing to take another look at Luo Qinghan.

"So you are Brother Donghuang's father-in-law and fiancée… please head inside, I will lead you to the Autumn Valley to find Brother Donghuang!"

Among the group of outer sect disciples, the middle-aged man in charge now came forward eagerly and spoke to Luo Wuchen and Luo Qinghan excitedly.

His eagerness was incredible for Luo Qinghan to witness, and surprised even Luo Wuchen.

Luo Qinghan's eyes were filled with suspicion.

She could hardly imagine that Zhou Donghuang had only just entered the Lightning Sword Sect. How could he already reach a stage where even outer sect disciples were so respectful towards him?

It was only when the outer sect disciple leading the way excitedly told them about the recent battle between Zhou Donghuang and Han Yuzheng, the talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, did the two of them understand the reason why these disciples on patrol held Zhou Donghuang in such high regard.

"That Thunder Knife Sect disciple, Han Yuzheng, was said to be a talent that appeared only once in a hundred years on the Tielao planet, so he had to be an outstanding person," said Luo Wuchen.

"Is he not?" The outer sect disciple smiled and said, "At just twenty-four years of age, he is already at the mid Dharma stage, and his talent is simply incredible… most importantly, he's the only core disciple of our Lightning Sword Sect who is at the mid Dharma stage was also defeated within three blows by him."

"At that point, everybody was certain that this match between the mid Dharma adepts of the two sects would end in the defeat of our Lightning Sword Sect by the Thunder Knife Sect. It was only then that Brother Donghuang came out and defeated that rascal with just one blow!"

"In fact, before he did anything, Brother Donghuang had even declared that if he did not defeat Han Yuzheng in one blow, that would be considered as a loss for him… now that I think of it, Brother Donghuang is really quite arrogant!"

As he spoke, the outer sect disciple appeared especially excited.

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Chapter 258: Unhappy Ending

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Hearing the words of the outer sect disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, Luo Wuchen turned to his daughter, his face filled with glee, as if he was saying: look how outstanding the husband I found for you is!

However, Luo Qinghan had lapsed into a state of shock again.

She had long heard about that talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect even when she was in the Ultimate Frost Sect in Purple Polaris planet.

Although he was just twenty-four years old, Han Yuzheng was a mid Dharma adept and was the most powerful man in the Thunder Knife Sect beneath the late Dharma stage. Even most ordinary late Dharma adepts could only end up being evenly matched with him.

Needless to say, such a fearsome man was always a topic of conversation in the Ultimate Frost Sect, where there was a large proportion of females as compared to men.

Although Luo Qinghan was not as obsessed as the other female disciples, she was still very impressed by the skill that was displayed by the talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect.

"He… is just twenty-four years old this year? Defeated Han Yuzheng with a single blow?"

Luo Qinghan was stunned. She would never have imagined that the young man back then would now grow to such a stage.

However, when she thought of what had happened back then, her eyes flickered as her beautiful cheeks blushed a light pink.

"The Autumn Valley is right ahead."

The outer sect disciple led Luo Wuchen and Luo Qinghan to the Autumn Valley, and after finding out the address of Zhou Donghuang, he brought the two of them to his residence.

"Tang Hai of the outer sect wishes to see Brother Donghuang."

The outer sect disciple stood outside Zhou Donghuang's house and called out respectfully.

Although Tang Hai was also a mid Dharma adept, he was well aware that he was nowhere near Zhou Donghuang's skill. In fact, even if he reached the late Dharma stage, he may still be no match for Zhou Donghuang.

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Hence, despite the fact that Zhou Donghuang was younger than him and had entered the sect later than him, Tang Hai was still very respectful towards Zhou Donghuang.

"Outer sect disciple?"

Zhou Donghuang, who was practicing quietly in his room, heard Tang Hai's voice and was taken aback as he asked himself, "Why is he looking for me?"

Zhou Donghuang stepped out of his room doubtfully.

Immediately, he could see two familiar figures standing behind the middle-aged man, who was a stranger to him… one of the two figures was none other than his future father-in-law, Luo Wuchen.

As for the other figure, it was Luo Qinghan whom he could not help but think of whenever his mind wandered, looking exactly as she did seven years ago, as beautiful as if she had been frozen in time.

"Brother Donghuang, they said they were here to see you."

Seeing Zhou Donghuang step out, Tang Hai's eyes lit up as his face broke into a wide smile.

"Thank you for your hard work."

With a nod from Zhou Donghuang, Tang Hai knew that the two people whom he had brought were indeed as they had claimed and left after bidding farewell.

Of course, before leaving, he repeated that he was the outer sect disciple, Tang Hai, as if he was afraid that Zhou Donghuang would not know who he was.

"Haha… Donghuang, when you looked me up at the Luo family the last time, I did not hear about how you defeated that so-called talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, whom they claim to be a rare talent that appears only once in a hundred years on the Tielao planet. You really hide it well."

Luo Wuchen laughed, stepped forward and patted Zhou Donghuang's shoulder as he spoke, as if the two of them were very familiar with each other. If one did not know better, one would even think that the two were really father and son.

Of course, Luo Wuchen added quietly in his heart… if I had known that you were so powerful that you could defeat the strongest mid Dharma adept of the Thunder Knife Sect with a single blow, I would have known better than to try to teach you something last time.

"Father-in-law."

Zhou Donghuang smiled as he greeted him, then shook his head and said, "That was such a small thing that I would have totally forgotten about it if you had not mentioned it."

"Haha… that is a small thing, but this must be a huge affair?"

Luo Wuchen laughed again, then slid to the side. As he smiled, he looked at Luo Qinghan, who was still floating in the air not far away. He waved at her and said, "Qinghan, aren't you going to come and see your fiancé?"

"Father! I have not acknowledged this marriage."

Luo Qinghan frowned slightly and retorted. She floated down and landed in front of Zhou Donghuang, looking at him with a complicated gaze.

She had originally thought that that was just an accident that would be brushed aside. She never expected the man to come and find her.

And he had even offered such an incredible dowry for her hand that she could not return it even if she wished to.

"How… how are you?"

Zhou Donghuang had lived for more than a thousand years, but he was still clueless about anything regarding girls. Upon seeing the lady who had left him thinking of her ever since that accident, he squeezed out a smile and asked somewhat awkwardly.

"Mm… fine."

Seeing how awkward Zhou Donghuang was, Luo Qinghan became awkward as well.

"If you have no opinion, let's settle the marriage between the two of us… after we settle this marriage, I'll bring you to the Ziyun planet to see my mother and sister."

Zhou Donghuang took in a deep breath quietly and tried to suppress his anxiety. Out of nervousness, Zhou Donghuang said right away, "As for the wedding ceremony… you can choose to do it on Tianxuan, or we can hold it on Ziyun."

He felt that even if there was a martial art master standing before him right then, he would not be as nervous as he was standing in front of Luo Qinghan.

"It'll be better to have one each on the Tianxuan planet and the Ziyun planet." Before Luo Qinghan could reply, Luo Wuchen had already cut in as he stood smiling at the side. Clearly, he was extremely fond of his son-in-law.

Luo Qinghan glared at him, then turned to look at Zhou Donghuang and said, "I can sense your sincerity towards me, and I am very moved indeed."

"I must admit, I have good feelings towards you… but it is definitely not at the stage where we can talk about getting married.

"What happened seven years ago was just an accident, so you do not have to feel as if you let me down. If you are worried that I will still get together with another man besides you, then you can rest assured… I can make a promise to you right now that I, Luo Qinghan, will never be with another man besides you, even if I die.

"To me, marriage is such a huge affair, not child's play… I only want to marry the man that I want.

"Of course, the dowry that my father has accepted is too much, and I doubt I will ever be able to repay you for that… If you insist on getting married with me, I can make a compromise out of the pressure from my father and my granny, as well as all you have done for me.

"However, if you do that, I will feel uncomfortable… even if you are able to have me, you will only gain my body, but lose my heart.

"Furthermore, the two of us only met for such a short time back then and have hardly spent any time with each other… do you really like me? Or do you just want to be responsible for me?

"If you are doing this out of responsibility, there is no need for that. After all, neither of us wanted that to happen, and you do not have to feel sorry about it… Mm… that's all I wanted to say."

Luo Qinghan had been dead serious when she said this. However, Luo Wuchen, who had been standing by the side, was now flustered. He turned to look at Zhou Donghuang and said, "My good son-in-law, feelings can always be cultivated after marriage, don't you change your mind because of what this girl just said!"

Luo Wuchen was afraid, very afraid.

If such an outstanding son-in-law now left, where would he find another like him?

"Father, can't you just be quiet?"

Luo Qinghan could not believe that this was her father. Even if he was not on her side, couldn't he be neutral? Why did he have to be on the other side against her?

At the same time, as Luo Wuchen and Luo Qinghan watched on, Zhou Donghuang smiled suddenly.

This smile confused the two of them.

"I'm sorry."

Zhou Donghuang turned to Luo Qinghan and sighed heavily. "I did not think that what I did would put so much pressure on you and cause you so much distress.

"After hearing what you just said, I thought about it… It was indeed rude of me to ask for your hand like that. And the reason why I wanted to marry you was indeed out of a sense of responsibility and to ensure that no other man touches you.

"As for that dowry and this elixir here, please take it as compensation for the mess that I just caused.

"Whatever happened between the two of us, you can take it as it ends here. From now on, the two of us… let's leave it up to fate."

As Zhou Donghuang spoke, he retrieved a small elixir bottle from his space ring. The bottle contained a single elixir.

"There is no need for any compensation."

Luo Qinghan did not expect Zhou Donghuang to say that. For some reason, she felt a sense of disappointment inside her, but she was shaking her head as she said, "That technique, I promise that my father and granny will not pass it to a third person… even I will not practice that technique that you gave us."

"Since my father and granny have both begun training in your technique, and I have no way of returning you a technique that is equally good… all I can do is to abstain from any other men for you."

"I will maintain my chastity for the rest of my life, for you."

With that, Luo Qinghan took in a deep breath, then managed to calm her emotions. She looked at Luo Wuchen and said, "Father, let's go back… I have something to say to you and Granny."

"Wait."

At this moment, Zhou Donghuang called out to Luo Wuchen, "Father– Chief Luo, I have something to tell you, may I borrow you for a moment?"

"Sure."

Hearing Zhou Donghuang address him differently, Luo Wuchen smiled sadly. Was he really going to miss his chance of getting such an outstanding son-in-law?

He could not understand what his daughter was thinking. How could she give up such a good man?

And she even declared that she would never marry anyone else besides this man?

"Father, I'll wait for you outside in the Autumn Valley."

Luo Qinghan told Luo Wuchen, then immediately lifted to the skies. Before she left, she reminded Luo Wuchen again, "Don't you dare take anything else from him!"

After Luo Qinghan left, Luo Wuchen looked awkwardly at Zhou Donghuang.

"Donghuang, this… I'm sorry."

"The technique that you gave me, after Qinghan's granny and I memorized it, we destroyed it… we guarantee that it will not leak out to anyone else."

Luo Wuchen had always been a straightforward person. If Zhou Donghuang were to become his son-in-law, that would make them family, and a family did not lie to each other.

But now, after what his daughter had done, he felt greatly regretful that he had accepted the dowry.

However, he could do nothing about his daughter's insistence.

He could not break her legs to force her to do anything, could he?

Furthermore, even if he really broke her legs, based on his daughter's temper, she would definitely not take it lying down.

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Chapter 259: Luo Qinghan's Determination

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"Donghuang… our Luo family will do everything in our means to repay you for all that you have given us."

Luo Wuchen was extremely apologetic towards Zhou Donghuang. He had really hoped that his daughter would get married to the young man in front of him, not just because his daughter had lost her virginity to him, but because it was clear that Zhou Donghuang was a responsible man. Just look at how the man had asked so sincerely for her hand in marriage.

Someone like that was surely worth his daughter spending the rest of her life together with.

Furthermore, besides being such a responsible person, the young man was very outstanding. In the Luohe galaxy where the Luo family was, or even in the Hengliu galaxy which was superior to the Luohe galaxy, Zhou Donghuang was definitely a supreme presence.

If he missed out on such a son-in-law, where else would he find someone else like that?

"No need."

Zhou Donghuang shook his head and said, "I asked Chief Luo to stay behind not to get anything back from you… I just want to hand this elixir to you."

With that, Zhou Donghuang handed the elixir bottle that he had taken out previously to Luo Wuchen and continued, "I made this elixir specifically for her. No matter what happens between the two of us in the future, please accept this elixir… as for how to ensure that the elixir is taken by her, please do whatever you have to."

"Donghuang."

Luo Wuchen was even more sorry now. "There is no need for this… you have given us more than enough. You gave us the Deity-level technique and the elixirs to help Dharma adepts, we cannot accept anything else from you."

"Chief Luo, although there is only one pill in here, this pill alone will allow her to reach the Dharma stage within half a year."

Zhou Donghuang's words made Luo Wuchen's eyes widen in shock, his face filled with an expression of utter disbelief.

One elixir that would allow his daughter to reach the Dharma stage within just half a year?

"Keep it."

Zhou Donghuang smiled faintly and said, "Between us, what has happened may not end up as nothing… this elixir will help her greatly, but without it, she will need to waste another few years just to reach the Dharma stage."

Luo Wuchen had originally wanted to reject it again, but upon hearing Zhou Donghuang's words, he hesitated once again.

After all, if what Zhou Donghuang said was true, this elixir would be able to greatly influence his daughter's future, speeding up her progress… as a parent, who would not wish to see their children achieve great things?

Finally, Luo Wuchen accepted the elixir from Zhou Donghuang.

The reason why both Zhou Donghuang and Da Zhuang had been able to reach the Dharma stage from the ultimate Primal Core stage so quickly was because they had used the same elixir.

"Mm, after swallowing this elixir, you must use the Qi-Gathering formation that I taught you earlier, using at least ten thousand mid-level spirit stones to aid her training," continued Zhou Donghuang.

Although Luo Wuchen had known how to set up Qi-Gathering formations, the ones that he produced were considered inferior formations that could only use a thousand mid-level spirit stones or ten thousand inferior spirit stones, which limited its effectiveness.

Later, Zhou Donghuang had taught him a different technique that allowed him to set up Qi-Gathering formations using more spirit stones, allowing him to produce Qi-Gathering formations using ten thousand mid-level spirit stones.

"Donghuang."

Luo Wuchen looked extremely seriously at Zhou Donghuang and said, "No matter what that Qinghan thinks or does, I, Luo Wuchen, have already accepted you as my son-in-law… in the future, whenever you need anything from me, or even the Luo family, with just one word from you, the Luo family and I will do anything we can to help you as much as we can!"

Now that he had accepted even more benefits from Zhou Donghuang, Luo Wuchen felt even more sorry.

"In the future, you are welcome to join us at the Luo family household anytime if you wish to come… you can even stay with us for a long time if you want to," added Luo Wuchen.

"Thank you, Chief Luo."

Zhou Donghuang smiled slightly and said, "Now, if there's nothing else… Chief Luo, why don't you bring your daughter back home."

"Alright."

Luo Wuchen nodded. Before he left, he revealed, "Donghuang, Qinghan has now entered the premier sect in The Ziji planet in the Hengliu galaxy, Jihan Sect.

"Didn't that girl say that she has no feelings for you now?"

"In the future, if you can continue spending more time with each other, she will naturally realize how good you are… if the two of you really get together, I will surely plan a glamorous wedding for you!" declared Luo Wuchen seriously.

After Luo Wuchen left, Zhou Donghuang shook his head as his lips curled into a bright smile. "What a determined girl she is… but after this, it is not hard to tell that she is not the kind of girl who does anything for fame and money and clamors after power."

Although Luo Qinghan had rejected his marriage request now, he was not angry at all.

Not only was he not angry, he was even a little happy, because he could now understand Luo Qinghan's character better from what she had said.

Based on all that he had done for Luo Qinghan up till now, if it were any of the two supreme powers of the Hengliu galaxy, those two powers would surely be so won over that they would send all their top ladies to him to please him or gain his favor.

However, all of his actions had been rejected by Luo Qinghan.

"The Jihan Sect of the Ziji planet?"

Zhou Donghuang's eyes glinted. "We… will meet again."

In his past life, Zhou Donghuang had had no idea about women. His only impression of them was from the ladies whom the star clans and supreme sects had sent to him to bring him closer to them, to make him an elder or distinguished member of their sect.

To him, these ladies had all been sent with ulterior motives in exchange for his support or favor.

This time, if Luo Qinghan had simply accepted his marriage request at the Luo family and tried to get closer to him because of his status and power, he would have looked down on her to some degree, thinking that Luo Qinghan had simply just been eyeing the benefits that he could offer her and the Luo family.

Now, it was clear that Luo Qinghan was not somebody who would betray herself for any benefits.

Meanwhile…

Luo Wuchen left Zhou Donghuang's house to meet Luo Qinghan. They then left the Lightning Sword Sect together and headed to the nearby galaxy teleporter to send them back to the Tianxuan planet of the Luohe galaxy.

On the way back to the Luo household, Luo Qinghan finally could not help herself from asking, "Father, what did he tell you just now after I left?"

"Nothing much."

Luo Wuchen sighed deeply and said, "He told me not to feel apologetic for the dowry that I accepted… he is such a good man, even though you rejected him, he even wondered if I would feel sorry about what you did to him.

"Tell me… such a good son-in-law, once we miss this chance, how can you find someone else like him?"

As he spoke, Luo Wuchen's face was filled with disappointment.

Of course, he could not say the truth about what Zhou Donghuang had said to him or tell Luo Qinghan about the elixir.

If he did so, based on his daughter's personality, she would definitely not accept Zhou Donghuang's goodwill.

Luo Qinghan was silent for a moment, then said, "Father, I know that you are feeling disappointed… once we get home, Granny will also be very disappointed when she finds out about this.

"But I have no other choice."

"I know that he is very outstanding, and if I get closer to him, that will surely be good for my future… but, for me to get together with someone just because of that, I simply cannot do that."

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"I, Luo Qinghan, have my principles.

"Not just me, let's just say Mother… I heard from Granny that among the many young men who chased Mother last time, there were a few who had backgrounds and talents that far surpassed yours. But Mother did not marry the most talented or richest man and chose you in the end because she genuinely loved you.

"Of course, I don't have such good fortune like Mother… because, I will remember that even if I have no fate to be with Zhou Donghuang at the end of the day, because of the Deity-level technique that he gave to you and Granny, I will not do anything that makes him unhappy."

Luo Qinghan had already decided not to get together with another man in this life.

As for Zhou Donghuang, she may not have anything to do with him at all in the future.

Actually, Luo Qinghan was certain that she had some feelings for Zhou Donghuang. After all, he was the first man that she had gotten linked with and was the only man so far who had treated her well… if Zhou Donghuang was just an ordinary man with no talent, if they had the fate to meet again, she would be willing to give him a chance to see if they were suited for each other.

However, Zhou Donghuang was not an ordinary man with no talent, but someone who appeared to have an alarming background.

He could easily produce a Deity-level technique as a dowry to give to her father.

He was just twenty-four years old, and already a mid Dharma adept whose ability was stronger than her father, Luo Wuchen, a late Dharma stage.

Her father had already converted to the Deity-level technique, so even though he had just reached the late Dharma stage, in the Tianxuan planet, or even the whole Luo He galaxy, there were few late Dharma adepts who were his match… but, he had been defeated by a mid Dharma adept, Zhou Donghuang.

What did this mean?

This meant that although Zhou Donghuang was just a mid Dharma adept, his ability was stronger than most other late Dharma adepts!

Such a presence was rare in not just the Luohe galaxy, but even in the Hengliu galaxy, or even in other broader galaxies.

Although she did not wish to admit it, she knew that she was inferior to him.

The more outstanding Zhou Donghuang was, the more distant he seemed from her, and in this situation, she became even more sensitive.

She had already decided to avoid Zhou Donghuang at all costs in the future, to let time fade all feelings. "Based on his talent and background… he will definitely meet a better girl in the future, and by then, he will no longer think anything of me.

"Perhaps, I will just become a stray memory that appears in his mind once in a while when he is daydreaming."

"This time, I will spend some time with Father and Granny, then return to the Jihan sect to train hard… I owe him too much, and all I can repay him with is my loyalty."

…

Before Luo Qinghan returned to the Jihan sect, Luo Wuchen had not been able to think of any good ideas to trick her into taking the elixir that Zhou Donghuang had given her.

Finally, he ran out of ideas and mixed it within Luo Qinghan's food.

He had spent a lot of effort to mask the taste of the elixir so that Luo Qinghan would not notice it.

Just like that, Luo Qinghan left the Luo family, left the Tianxuan planet, left the Luohe galaxy, and returned to the Ziji Sect of the Ziji planet in the Hengliu galaxy, her body filled with the medicinal effect of the elixir from Zhou Donghuang.

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Chapter 260: Late Dharma stage

Spring passed and autumn came.

Unknowingly, time had flown by, and Zhou Donghuang had already been residing in the Lightning Sword Sect for two whole years.

Within these two years, there had been peace in the Lightning Sword Sect, and Zhou Donghuang peacefully became one of the "elders" within the Autumn Valley of the Lightning Sword Sect.

Zhou Donghuang had been part of the Autumn Valley of the Lightning Sword Sect for two years, and in those years, they had received yet another batch of new disciples. In general, they were all outer disciples who had all externally entered the Dharma stage before they had turned 30 years old.

On the other hand, although Zhou Donghuang had become one of the older members of the Autumn Valley, if one were to compare ages, he would still be seen as one of the youngest of the residents of the Autumn Valley.

He was only 26 years old.

Among the Autumn Valley, although there were other Golden Essence adepts who were not yet 30 years old, they were all older than Zhou Donghuang at the very least… In these two years, a few Primal Core adepts who were disciples of the Autumn Valley had also turned 30. Since they had not managed to cross over to the Dharma stage, they were eventually chased out of the Autumn Valley.

"It is still proving to be rather difficult."

To Zhou Donghuang, crossing to the next stage had not been hard previously due to his accumulated knowledge from his previous life. He had thus had a relatively smooth journey, till now.

However, now, Zhou Donghuang felt that it was difficult for him to progress as he was studying the late stage of the Lord of the Four Supremes.

Under the Lord of the Four Supremes, once he had started his training, Zhou Donghuang had already understood that he could only train to the Primordial Soul stage at the very most.

If he wanted to enter the Divine Transformation stage or stages that were higher than that, he would have to carry out his own research and carry out trials.

Within the past year, other than training, occasionally leaving the Autumn Valley to explore other parts of the Lightning Sword Sect, sleeping and resting up, Zhou Donghuang had simply been actively exploring further paths after the Lord of the Four Supremes in order to enter the Divine Transformation stage.

Up till now, he had not been successful in doing so.

"Let's just forget it… I should first focus on crossing over to the Primordial Soul stage before I continue to refine and explore the Lord of the Four Supremes and future training methods. Perhaps, I will have a better idea of what to do after that."

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As he thought to this point, Zhou Donghuang opened his eyes and walked out of his room. Casually, he turned his head in the direction of Da Zhuang's living quarters.

The place that Da Zhuang lived at now was in the skies, and it was not peaceful at all.

Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!

…

Whomp!

Whomp! Whomp!

…

Several howling noises as well as booming noises that filled the air were the first thing to catch Zhou Donghuang's attention. "He's dueling again?"

Within the past one year, as long as Da Zhuang's third senior sister, He Mengxi, had the time and was willing to do so, she would find Da Zhuang to duel in her free time.

Of course, this dueling only started after Da Zhuang had entered the mid Dharma stage.

Now, the number of times they had dueled, according to Zhou Donghuang's best knowledge, had surpassed 30, and almost every time, the duo had been evenly matched.

Da Zhuang was extremely satisfied with this result. He was surprised that he had been able to evenly match his senior sister. This meant that he would probably progress to become strong enough to protect his senior sister in the future.

However, He Mengxi was extremely dissatisfied with this.

She could not believe that Da Zhuang, a fool, was as strong as her now! She used to be much stronger than him, and yet if she put in little effort, he was actually able to defeat her. How could this be?

Whew!

Zhou Donghuang launched himself off the ground and quickly flew into the air to observe the fight between the two figures from afar.

He Mengxi's Dharma power was still the Great Sword Dharma Power. However, when she used the Great Sword Dharma Power to carry out her attacks, when the sword was thrust forward, it was as if tens of swords were thrown at the same time as they headed simultaneously towards the three-meter-tall young man.

As for this giant young man, his entire body was surrounded by blazing flames. Around these flames, there were streams of lightning strikes that could be visibly seen.

With one punch by the young man, explosive noises filled the air, and he managed to fend off the attack of the tens of swords that had flown towards him.

A split second later, the swords exploded forth once again and ambushed him from all directions.

At this point, the young man's Thunder Fire Dharma Power managed to absorb and collect all the swords just like a body of armor, protecting him from the attack. No matter where the swords managed to land on him, he could forcefully pick them up and prevent himself from getting hurt.

At the most, his body merely shook slightly under the pressure.

"Da Zhuang's reaction time has improved quite dramatically from before…. It looks like his training has paid off and his new adept stage is truly proving itself! He has now managed to shed off that shoddy, slow brain of his in the past and is now much brighter…"

Seeing this, Zhou Donghuang mused to himself.

"I'm not fighting anymore, let's stop here… Da Zhuang, your "protective shell" is too strong. Unless I choose to take on some damage and fight with my actual life here, I can't penetrate through your defense mechanisms at all."

He Mengxi withdrew her attacks, and the Great Sword Dharma Power put away its swords accordingly. As she spoke, she looked at that three-meter tall block of a man with some visible frustration.

"Hehe…"

Da Zhuang laughed to himself shyly and scratched his head in an awkward manner. He could not help but glance into the distance, and his eyes lit up as he spotted Zhou Donghuang.

"Little brother!"

"Little brother?"

As He Mengxi's back had been facing Zhou Donghuang, her reaction time was slightly slower, and she had not noticed him there until she turned around physically.

"Third Senior Sister."

Upon seeing He Mengxi, Zhou Donghuang's gaze softened considerably as well, and he displayed his respect through his lowered gaze.

As far as he could remember from his memories of his past life, this third senior sister was like a motherly figure to him.

"Little brother… How about you join our duel for today, with me and Da Zhuang joining forces against you?"

In the past, He Mengxi had also taken the initiative to invite Zhou Donghuang to duel with them. However, she had always been sorely defeated by Zhou Donghuang to the point where she was cast out of her own shadow. Afterwards, for half a year, she had stopped inviting Zhou Donghuang to duel with her.

However, at this point, she was suddenly inspired to try joining forces with Da Zhuang. If she alone was not sufficient to fight Zhou Donghuang, perhaps their combined forces would be potent enough.

Furthermore, Zhou Donghuang was at the same stage as them; they were all mid Dharma adepts.

Once He Mengxi had spoken, even before Zhou Donghuang could respond, Da Zhuang's eyes had already lit up. Previously, he had also experienced a similar situation where he had invited Zhou Donghuang to duel and ended up being defeated badly.

Upon hearing He Mengxi's words, it felt as if he had stumbled upon a great new opportunity, and his heart was filled with anticipation.

"Third Senior Sister, are you sure about this?" Zhou Donghuang looked deeply at He Mengxi and asked as he smiled.

"Yes, I am sure!"

He Mengxi nodded her head. "If you don't want to do so, you can just say so!"

"Since when have I been too scared to do such a thing?"

Zhou Donghuang shook his head with a smile and traveled through the air to the higher skies, in the direction of He Mengxi and Da Zhuang. "Third Senior Sister, Da Zhuang… Give me all you've got and let's duel!"

"Little brother, we are merely dueling, why did you fly so high in the sky?"

He Mengxi furrowed her brow slightly. "Are you challenging Da Zhuang and me?"

"I'm afraid that once I start attacking, if I'm not careful, I may destroy Da Zhuang's and my own living quarters!"

Zhou Donghuang smiled.

"You're afraid that you would destroy property? Little brother, don't tell me you have already crossed over to the late Dharma stage?"

He Mengxi showed an expression of disbelief.

To this, Zhou Donghuang did not respond and merely smiled as he glanced at her.

"Da Zhuang, let's go! Let's show Donghuang what we've got!"

He Mengxi shouted at Da Zhuang loudly and flew into the air with her swords just as the Thunder Fire Dharma Power's flames surrounded Da Zhuang, who had also flown into the air.

The three-foot-tall Thunder Fire Dharma Power as well as the three-foot-tall Great Sword Dharma Power both combined together to create a ferocious force that charged towards Zhou Donghuang with gusto.

Towards the combined force of Da Zhuang and He Mengxi, Zhou Donghuang did not react much and merely picked at his eyelids lazily.

In the next instant, he freely released his essential core, and a huge shadow of a giant tiger appeared visibly. Of course, this was his White Tiger Dharma Power.

Once the White Tiger Dharma Power appeared, it immediately stole the spotlight from the Thunder Fire Dharma Power as well as the Great Sword Dharma Power. This was because it was extremely huge. Even compared to the three-foot-tall Thunder Fire Dharma Power as well as the three-foot-tall Great Sword Dharma Power, it was at least a few meters bigger.

When the ten-foot-tall White Tiger Dharma Power had first appeared before He Mengxi and Da Zhuang, it had shocked the duo so greatly till their faces had turned pale.

Ten feet was about 30 meters.

Of course, when the White Tiger Dharma Power had first appeared, it had been standing upright. However, even so, the great height of 30 meters was still a sight to behold.

"Little brother… You've really crossed over to the late Dharma stage?"

He Mengxi's eyes were full of shock and disbelief.

The next move that Zhou Donghuang made had little suspense as well.

Even before Zhou Donghuang had crossed over to the next stage, be it He Mengxi or Da Zhuang, neither of them were on his level.

At that time, even if He Mengxi and Da Zhuang had joined forces, they would still possibly be defeated by Zhou Donghuang.

Now that Zhou Donghuang's White Tiger Dharma Power had crossed over to the late Dharma stage, this battle was of course skewed in his favor and the outcome was already decided clearly. There was no point left in this battle as Zhou Donghuang's White Tiger Dharma Power immediately reached out to destroy the combined Dharma Powers of He Mengxi and Da Zhuang.

Luckily, Zhou Donghuang put away his Dharma Power in time and only caused He Mengxi and Da Zhuang's essential core to be slightly damaged.

"Little brother, you… you really entered the late Dharma stage?"

He Mengxi glanced wide-eyed at Zhou Donghuang, still in disbelief. She had assumed that her speed of training and improvement had already been rather fast. However, she was still significantly far from crossing over to the late Dharma stage. She had definitely not anticipated that this little brother of hers would enter the late Dharma stage before she did.

As for Da Zhuang, he also had on a face of shock as he glanced at Zhou Donghuang. "Little brother… your training speed is really incredible!"

Zhou Donghuang smiled lightly.

In reality, his White Tiger Dharma Power had crossed over to the late Dharma stage six months ago.

The training environment that he was in and the training resources he had did not differ greatly from that of He Mengxi and Da Zhuang. In fact, he had even shared the core drugs he had made with the duo.

However, he had his own natural, inborn talents.

His natural talent for martial arts were superior even if he compared to anyone in the infinite universe as he had inherited it all from his biological father.

Previously, in the powerful supreme sect of Ziyun, due to the limited training environment and training resources, his progress in training had been extremely slow.

Now that he was here on the Tielao planet of the Hengliu galaxy, he had access to the unlimited help of the Autumn Valley Head in finding several rare drugs. Furthermore, he had followed his past life's memories to obtain a sustainable supply of spirit stone veins, and everything was going smoothly for him. Naturally, his training speed had improved dramatically.

In reality, the Zhou Donghuang of the present had not only advanced his White Tiger Dharma Power into the late Dharma stage. He had also advanced his Green Dragon Dharma Power into the late Dharma stage two months ago.

As for his Vermilion Bird Dharma Power and Black Turtle Dharma Power, they had already crossed to the mid Dharma stage over the course of the last six months as well.

The four godly beast Dharma Powers within him were now split between two in the mid Dharma stage and two in the late Dharma stage.

"You both better work hard… Otherwise, I will be far ahead."

Zhou Donghuang smiled lightly.

With these words, He Mengxi and Da Zhuang both immediately felt the pressure. Instantly, both their facial expressions became much more stern and serious.

"Little brother."

He Mengxi suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and her stern facial expression was quickly replaced by a teasing look. "Didn't you hear about that girl, Luo Qinghan, from me a while back, that she is now in the Ultimate Frost Sect of the Ziji planet?"

"Under such circumstances… why have you not visited her and instead are choosing to stay isolated and train?"

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Chapter 261: Sky Sun Fruit

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He Mengxi didn't know why Luo Qinghan had visited the Lightning Sword Sect, so that was why she asked.

Zhou Donghuang smiled casually at her question. "If we are fated to meet, we will eventually… Why should I rush it?"

"Could it be that you are unaware of the fact that the Alliance Hunt, which happens once every ten years, is happening soon?"

He Mengxi looked hard at Zhou Donghuang, as if she was trying to see through his neutral expression.

"Alliance Hunt?"

Zhou Donghuang was momentarily stunned. "What is that?"

"You don't know?" He Mengxi replied in a somewhat shocked manner.

"I previously assumed that you did not go looking for Luo Qinghan as the Alliance Hunt was taking place soon. I didn't know that you weren't aware of the Alliance Hunt!"

The Alliance Hunt was a hunt that was organized once every ten years by the top few elite sects of the Hengliu galaxy. The main stars were, of course, the Dharma adepts of the sects.

Several of the Dharma adepts of the top few elite sects would all enter, and they could use the hunt to kill beasts and earn points for their sect.

Once the Alliance Hunt ended, they would calculate the rankings of the sects and award prizes according to the rankings. Furthermore, the awards would all be contributed generously by the sects that were a part of the Alliance.

"I see."

After hearing the explanation offered by He Mengxi on the Alliance Hunt, Zhou Donghuang finally understood what she had been insinuating. The Alliance Hunt was basically a chance for all the Dharma disciples of the various top elite sects of the Hengliu galaxy's Alliance to test their skills.

"As long as one is a Dharma adept, one can participate? Is there an age restriction?" Zhou Donghuang asked curiously.

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In his opinion, since the various big sects of the Hengliu galaxy had already prepared awards for this Alliance Hunt and had made the event so hyped up, they probably would not want to waste their awards on those old Dharma adepts who were limited in skills.

"There are restrictions, of course."

He Mengxi nodded her head. "For the Alliance Hunt, they only allow Dharma disciples of the various elite sects who are below the age of 50 to join… Furthermore, there can only be 40 representatives per sect.

"Among which, the ten early Dharma adepts have to be below the age of 30, the ten mid Dharma adepts have to be below the age of 35, the ten late Dharma adepts have to be below the age of 40, and the ten ultimate Dharma adepts have to be below 50."

As she spoke to this point, He Mengxi glanced meaningfully at Zhou Donghuang. "In this case, as long as Luo Qinghan fulfills this criteria, she will very possibly be one of the disciples of the Jihan Sect taking part in the Alliance Hunt this year."

"What's the prize if we win?" Zhou Donghuang asked directly to the point.

This had been his main concern from the start. The quota had not really bothered him.

It was not that he was afraid of letting the Autumn Valley Head down. In any case, with his current abilities, if he wanted to earn the Lightning Sword Sect a good reputation, it would be easy for him to do so.

"Actually, the prizes are pretty good… Among the prizes, the most valuable would be the Sky Sun fruit!"

He Mengxi spoke as she glanced into the distance wistfully. "However, if one wishes to obtain the Sky Sun fruit, they not only have to be the top scorer in the entire Alliance Hunt… Their points also have to exceed a certain amount."

"Sky Sun fruit?"

Zhou Donghuang was shocked. He had not imagined that the Alliance of the top sects in the Hengliu galaxy could actually produce the Sky Sun fruit.

The Sky Sun fruit was able to allow someone who had recently entered the early Dharma stage to quickly advance themselves and enter the Primordial Soul stage within a short period of time.

Of course, whether one was able to borrow the power of the fruit to cross over to the Primordial Soul stage was dependent on the perceptions of the consumer.

For the majority of Dharma adepts, after consuming the Sky Sun fruit, their essential core would be able to reach the peak of the ultimate Dharma stage. However, they would still need an opportune moment to cross over into the Primordial Soul stage.

The Sky Sun fruit was not limited in power to the usage of just Dharma adepts but was usable for any martial arts adept of any stage.

It was just that for adepts of the Primordial Soul stage and above to consume this fruit, although one's essential core would still be raised, it would still not be of much help.

Throughout the entire infinite universe, the Sky Sun fruit was one of the top three spirit fruits that all the Dharma adepts hoped to be able to consume.

"Third Senior Sister, is the Sky Sun fruit really available as a prize?"

Zhou Donghuang took a deep breath as he confirmed this fact.

In the past two years, it was undeniable that in the Lightning Sword Sect, the Autumn Valley Head had been extremely accommodating in helping him find various rare herbs to create core drugs.

However, even if one combined the power of those core drugs, it could not be compared to that of the Sky Sun fruit.

"If I can obtain the Sky Sun fruit and use it as my main drug, I'll be able to create an even better Sky Sun elixir… Then, it can become essence!"

The Sky Sun elixir was made primarily from the Sky Sun fruit, and when paired with other rare herbs to form a core drug, it worked like the Sky Sun fruit but with further accelerated effects.

"Little brother, it isn't that easy to obtain the Sky Sun fruit."

He Mengxi could easily guess that Zhou Donghuang was rather interested in the Sky Sun fruit and so gave him a little reminder. "The Sky Sun fruit prize of the Alliance has been advertised by the Alliance for hundreds of years.

"As for the Alliance Hunt, they only organize it once every ten years… This means that in the past hundreds of years, out of the top disciples of the various elite sects who were nominated to participate in the hunt, even their points gathered in the hunt had not been high enough to obtain the Sky Sun fruit.

"Being the top scorer in the entire Alliance Hunt is only one of the conditions to obtain the Sky Sun fruit… The other condition would be that one has to reach the minimum score standard set by the sects," He Mengxi reminded Zhou Donghuang carefully.

"Has anyone ever reached that set score?" Zhou Donghuang asked.

"Of course."

He Mengxi nodded her head. "About 400 years ago, the Great Star Fireism had a late Dharma adept. He was the top scorer of the Alliance Hunt, and his points met the standard set for the Sky Sun fruit. He thus managed to obtain the Sky Sun fruit."

The Great Star… Fireism?

Zhou Donghuang's eyes flickered as he heard those words that were extremely familiar to him. Within the Great Star Fireism, he had killed someone called Gong Sunling in the past due to a debt he owed to the person who left him an inheritance. This inheritance was left by an ultimate Dharma adept named Mo Gan. He had left behind the Divine Soul Shaper to Zhou Donghuang.

At this point, He Mengxi continued to speak. "In that matter, the Great Star Fireism had originally been prideful… However, it was an extremely unusual situation. After obtaining the Sky Sun fruit, that talented Fireism disciple actually betrayed Fireism and joined one of the two Transcendental Forces of the Hengliu galaxy instead, the Qi Dynasty.

"Afterwards, this individual's identity was exposed, and everyone realized that he was the youngest son of King Qi of the Qi Dynasty, who many knew little about!

"He had entered Fireism in hopes of obtaining the Sky Sun fruit.

"In the Hengliu galaxy, there is only one tree that bears the Sky Sun fruit. According to the agreement between the two Transcendental Forces and the Alliance… For every 3,000 years, the Sky Sun fruit tree bears four fruits. The two Transcendental Forces receive one Sky Sun fruit each, and the Alliance receives two.

"The rarity and value of the Sky Sun fruit is, of course, very high… After all, for every 3,000 years, the Alliance only receives two such fruits in total!"

"That time, the young master of the Qi Dynasty used his trip to obtain one of the Sky Sun fruits and thus caused the entire Alliance to become enraged… Many of the top sects all sent forth representatives to demand an explanation from the Qi Dynasty.

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"However, as there had been no explicit clause stating that this behavior was illegal, the Alliance could only swallow their pride and accept this loss of the Sky Sun fruit.

"After that incident, the Alliance sought out the Qi Dynasty and the other Transcendental Forces to set the clause and agreement that the two Transcendental Forces were banned from sending representatives to join the top elite sects and fight with the general Dharma disciples for the Sky Sun fruit. Otherwise, the Alliance would not hesitate to kill the Transcendental Force disciples!"

As He Mengxi spoke to this point, she paused for a while before continuing with her speech with a slightly pained smile, "If not for the young master of the Qi Dynasty who had obtained one of the two Sky Sun fruits belonging to the Alliance, the Alliance would still have two such fruits in its possession.

"The remaining Sky Sun fruit belonging to the Alliance as well as well as the Sky Sun fruit that the Qi Dynasty's young master had obtained were both picked recently a thousand years ago from the Sky Sun fruit tree."

…

After saying her piece, He Mengxi successfully conveyed the meaning of the Alliance Hunt to Zhou Donghuang. That was why every top sect would encourage their disciples to participate in this competition. It was a one-of-a-kind hunt.

For such a huge competition, the Alliance was even willing to take out the Sky Sun fruit as a prize, which was only picked once every 3,000 years and of which they only had two of.

"Third Senior Sister."

Zhou Donghuang asked, "If in the upcoming Alliance Hunt, someone manages to obtain the last Sky Sun fruit from the Alliance, the Alliance will no longer have any more Sky Sun fruits to place as a prize for the next 2,000 years. In that case, for a disciple who manages to not only become the top scorer but who also meets the standard points required to receive the Sky Sun fruit, would he be unable to do so then?"

After all, the Sky Sun fruit in the hands of the Alliance was only picked 1,000 years ago.

The Sky Sun fruit tree only bore fruit once every 3,000 years.

This meant that the next time the Alliance and the Transcendental Forces could receive the Sky Sun fruits was in 2,000 years.

"Yes, that is how it is."

He Mengxi nodded her head. "In the history of the Alliance, many talented disciples have been forced to endure such a consequence. Well, it is just too bad that they were unlucky enough to be born in a fruitless decade.

"When is the Alliance Hunt taking place?" Zhou Donghuang's eyes twinkled as he asked.

"In seven months," He Mengxi smiled and said.

"In a month, the sect will start to use the remaining six months to decide the 40 nominees who will get to represent the sect in the hunt… As for those who are selected as the 40 nominees, for the remaining six months, they will not be allowed to leave the Lightning Sword Sect till it is time for them to enter the venue of the Alliance Hunt."

"Third Senior Sister, the Valley Head should probably have some say over the nominees, am I right?" Zhou Donghuang asked.

"Regarding the nominations, you need not worry… Your nomination cannot be snatched away by anyone. According to gossip that I've overheard from my dad, our Sect Leader is extremely excited to see your performance in the Alliance Hunt. If you don't join the nominations, Sect Leader may even visit you personally to invite you to sign up as a representative."

He Mengxi sighed and shook her head. "The Alliance Hunt is, in a way, a competition of status among the top few sects… For the Lightning Sword Sect Leader, he would definitely hope that the disciples we send as representatives can obtain good results and earn a good reputation for our sect.

"As for Da Zhuang and I, we will have to pass some test before we can be nominated."

As she spoke to this point, the corners of He Mengxi's mouth turned up into a teasing smile. No matter whether it was for her or for Da Zhuang, the nomination test for the Alliance Hunt was an easy feat for either of them.

Well, this did prove to be true in reality.

A month later, even though she and Da Zhuang had held back at some points, they still easily and comfortably earned themselves a nomination to compete in the Alliance Hunt as part of the ten Mid Dharma adepts.

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Chapter 262: Nominations for the Alliance Hunt

While the Lightning Sword Sect was going through the process of deciding the 40 nominees for the Alliance Hunt, which was to take place in half a year's time, there was a rather significant blunder that happened.

The Lightning Sword Sect elder in charge of finalizing the nomination list had somehow included Zhou Donghuang's name as part of the ten nominees under the category for the mid Dharma stage disciples.

Till the end, this remained unchanged until He Mengxi proffered a reminder on the issue. She had mentioned that Zhou Donghuang had already crossed over to the late Dharma stage and this was where the amendments had to be made.

However, at this point, all 40 names had already been confirmed.

Because of the mistake, the weakest disciple out of the ten disciples of the late Dharma stage was kicked out of the nominations in order to make space for Zhou Donghuang.

This late Dharma stage disciple had originally been unwilling to give up his position. However, towards his displeasure, the Lightning Sword Sect elder had said, "You can challenge Zhou Donghuang for this position. If you win against him in a fight, the nomination will remain yours." The disciple had thus then shut his mouth immediately.

Out of the late Dharma stage disciples, he had originally been the weakest in terms of skills. Although Zhou Donghuang had only entered the late Dharma stage for a short period of time, he was definitely more skilled and could easily win against this disciple.

Zhou Donghuang's superior capabilities had already once been demonstrated when he had first defeated an elite disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, Han Yuzheng and showed his Dharma power. With the methods that he had utilized as a Dharma adept, it was enough to show that he had trained himself well even just as he had entered the late Dharma stage.

Other than this particular disciple, for the remaining nine nominees from the late Dharma stage, none of them could possibly fight Zhou Donghuang either.

Zhou Donghuang's Dharma power was just trained too well as compared to them.

As Zhou Donghuang's name was removed from the list of mid Dharma stage nominees and moved to the list for late Dharma adepts, a disciple who had previously been disqualified was now added back to the mid Dharma stage list of nominees as his skills were rather decent.

Once the list was confirmed, within the Lightning Sword Sect, other than topics regarding and related to the Alliance Hunt, most only talked about Zhou Donghuang and his rapid progress in crossing over to the late Dharma stage.

"Just as I expected! He managed to cross over to the late Dharma stage… Isn't that crazily fast?"

"I've never heard of a 26-year-old late Dharma adept before… I think he is the first in the history of the Tielao planet!"

"Yes, I've never heard of such a late Dharma adept in the Tielao planet, at least not in the planet's recorded history."

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"Doesn't that mean that Zhou Donghuang is somewhat a legend of the Tielao planet? He has made history!"

"You are correct!"

"That elite disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, Han Yuzheng… Has he entered the late Dharma stage? If so, Zhou Donghuang not only made history but also could even be considered as being on par with Han Yuzheng!"

"Han Yuzheng? He was defeated by Zhou Donghuang; can he even be compared to Zhou Donghuang at this point?"

The Summer Valley Head's surrogate son, Lian Can, a direct disciple, had also been added to the nomination list for the Alliance Hunt under the category of mid Dharma stage adepts.

It was just that he had never expected that Zhou Donghuang, who had been added to the nominations without any testing, had managed to cross over to the late Dharma stage!

Needless to say, he was also shocked that Autumn Valley Head He Jin's daughter, He Mengxi, who he had captured his heart and was a woman he wanted to be with, had managed to lose to Zhou Donghuang!

That woman had previously managed to defeat him within ten moves!

Not only had that woman defeated him, even the brute of the Autumn Valley, Da Zhuang, who was clumsy and had been easily defeated, had managed to defeat him as well!

After Zhou Donghuang had appeared, the duo's powers had accelerated in power just like a rocket, and this was extremely shocking to all.

At this very moment, as Lian Can made his way back to the Summer Valley, he had on an awful expression on his face.

"Why do you have on such a troubled expression… Did you somehow get robbed of a spot on the nominee list?"

Seeing as Lian Can had on an unreadable expression, the Summer Valley Head, Lian Kun, could not help but furrow his brows. It was unlikely that Lian Can had not been nominated for the Alliance Hunt as his current capabilities would make it extremely easy for him to be one of the top mid Dharma adepts.

"I've been nominated."

Lian Can smiled bitterly.

Upon hearing those words, Lian Kun relaxed slightly. "Since you've been nominated, why the long face?"

"Father."

Lian Can sighed deeply. "As you had predicted previously, that Zhou Donghuang was personally appointed by the Sect Leader to enter the Alliance Hunt without any need for a test of his abilities."

"Well, that is to be expected."

Lian Kun smiled lightly. "With his abilities, entering the Alliance Hunt means that he has a shot to be part of the top ten participants… For our Lightning Sword Sect, we already have not had any disciple enter the top ten scorers for the last 100 years…

"This time, I'm sure the Sect Leader is looking to Zhou Donghuang to earn some glory for our sect."

Towards this, Lian Kun was not surprised at all. If he were the Sect Leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, he would have made such a choice as well.

"He has entered the late Dharma stage."

Lian Can continued to sigh.

"Who!?"

Lian Kun was a little stunned and confused.

"Zhou Donghuang!" Lian Can replied.

"What!?"

Lian Can's words immediately shocked Lian Kun. Hadn't Zhou Donghuang entered the mid Dharma stage only one and a half years ago?

Within such a short period of time, he had managed to cross over to the late Dharma stage?

What kind of miracle was this?

In the entire Tielao planet and even within the entire Hengliu galaxy's history, there had been no one who had spent any less than two years training before they were able to cross over from the mid Dharma stage to the late Dharma stage, much less in the Lightning Sword Sect!

This was extremely frightening news to hear!

"Are you speaking the truth?" Lian Kun asked doubtfully.

"He Mengxi said so. I think she's right. After all, the sect has now accorded him a nomination under the list of late Dharma stage adepts."

Upon hearing Lian Can's words, Lian Kun's face suddenly had on a serious expression, and his eyes clouded over as he thought to himself. "That Zhou Donghuang is really a beast!

"It's already shocking that he has trained his Dharma power so well. I can't believe he managed to level up so quickly as well!"

Lian Kun had met many talented individuals in his life. However, he was now beginning to think that none of these individuals could even hold a candle to Zhou Donghuang!

"There's more…"

As Lian Kun remained in a state of shock, Lian Can spoke up once again with a bitter look on his face. "In the test today, I dueled with He Mengxi of the Autumn Valley. Within ten moves, she was able to defeat me."

Just as Lian Kun was further dumbfounded, Lian Can continued to speak. "That disciple of the Autumn Valley, Da Zhuang, managed to defeat me within 20 moves as well!"

With these words, Lian Kun was shocked till he felt numb.

How had Autumn Valley upgraded themselves so well?

"It seems like Zhou Donghuang is the lucky charm of the Autumn Valley… After he entered the Autumn Valley, the other disciples have seemed to upgrade themselves as well…" Lian Kun muttered under his breath.

Of course, it was not hard for Lian Kun to deduce that for He Mengxi and Da Zhuang to be able to upgrade themselves within such a short period of time, Zhou Donghuang must have provided aid in one way or another.

If not He Mengxi, Da Zhuang for sure at the very least.

Two years ago, he was only an ultimate Primal Core adept.

Now, not only was he a Dharma adept, he was even at the mid Dharma stage!

The Spring Valley Head, Liu Fenggu's only son, Liu Lang, had also secured a place in the nominee list under the category of early Dharma stage adepts.

Although he had only entered the early Dharma stage for a short period of time, when he was at the ultimate Primal Core stage, under his father's coaching, he had managed to train his Dharma power. When he had finally entered the early Dharma stage, his skills were thus much stronger than that of most other early Dharma adepts.

Today, he had personally witnessed He Mengxi defeat Lian Can, a disciple of the Summer Valley.

Before he had watched that scene, he had already heard that Lian Can was one of the strongest amongst the mid Dharma stage adepts of the Summer Valley and was hard to beat.

His father had also told him that even if he entered the mid Dharma stage now, he would lag far behind as compared to Lian Can.

However, He Mengxi, who had previously been on par with Lian Can, now had somehow managed to defeat Lian Can and had even done so within ten moves!

What shocked him the most, however, was still the Autumn valley disciple, Da Zhuang.

With a short time frame of two years, Da Zhuang had managed to go from the ultimate Primal Core stage to the mid Dharma stage. Furthermore, he was capable of defeating Lian Can within 20 moves!

"The change they underwent is too huge… Behind all of this, Zhou Donghuang must have helped out in one way or another."

Another thing that had shocked Liu Lang greatly was that Zhou Donghuang had already entered the late Dharma stage.

My goodness!

How long had it only been?

He remembered clearly. Two years ago, Zhou Donghuang was only a Golden Essence adept just like Da Zhuang. However, within a short two years, he had entered the late Dharma stage!

Furthermore, he had trained his Dharma power to perfection.

His father had told him before that with Zhou Donghuang's current Dharma power, once he entered the ultimate Dharma stage, he would be one of the strongest of the Lightning Sword Sect.

"With Zhou Donghuang's Dharma power and the fact that he is now a late Dharma adept… Within the Lightning Sword Sect, for the Dharma adepts, no one can defeat him as of now."

After guessing that He Mengxi and Da Zhuang's powers had probably improved due to Zhou Donghuang, Liu Lang could not help but feel enraged and yet also resigned to his fate at the same time.

He had always wanted to forge a good relationship with Zhou Donghuang.

However, Zhou Donghuang had been rather adamant in ignoring his attempts at a friendship.

"If he had not entered the Autumn Valley but had come to the Spring Valley and forged good relations with me… Well, I could also be at the mid Dharma stage by now!"

Liu Lang knew that his innate talent and skills were not worse than that of Da Zhuang of the Autumn Valley, after all.

In reality, Da Zhuang's ability to greatly improve himself was mostly because his body was suited for the Fiery Thunder Training Regimen style.

Since his body was suited for the Fiery Thunder Training Regimen style, his early training would be boosted to create the form he had now.

Da Zhuang had thus managed to use merely one year to go from the early Dharma stage directly to the mid Dharma stage!

…

The Ziji planet

The Jihan Sect.

Similar to the Lightning Sword Sect, the Jihan Sect had also confirmed their 40 nominees for the Alliance Hunt half a year ago.

"That was close."

Towards the testing that had occurred recently, after it had ended, Luo Qinghan had breathed a deep sigh of relief.

She had nearly missed out on being nominated for the Alliance Hunt.

Her skills had been the weakest among the ten early Dharma adepts chosen by the Jihan Sect.

Of course, this was also because Luo Qinghan had not changed her training style to the Immortal training style, the Technique of Everlasting Youth that Zhou Donghuang had left behind for Luo Wuchen. If not, her skills would definitely be of a higher level than they were at now.

"If I had not entered the early Dharma stage a year ago or had grandmother's careful guidance, well, I definitely would not have managed to become one of the ten early Dharma stage nominees!"

Luo Qinghan felt relief deep in her heart.

Within the past years' time, after she had entered the Dharma stage, Luo Qinghan had returned home once again and stayed for a long time before traveling out again.

While she was dwelling at home, she had been under the careful guidance of her patient maternal grandmother, Li Yu, who had taught her how to train her Dharma power with more effectiveness and better results.

After all, Li Yu had been training under the Immortal training style, the Technique of Everlasting Youth, and she had improved her skills greatly at her stage. Many of the other ultimate Dharma adepts were now unable to compete with her at this point.

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