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Chapter 65 Growth
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant's silver and red light intensified and enveloped its body like a massive flame.
When the flame gradually died down and revealed the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's body, Zhou Wen's eyes lit up.
It was now twice its former size, about the same size as the Silver-Winged Flying Ant which Zhou Wen had killed. However, its exterior wasn't exactly the same.
On its body were some additional red-ringed stripes that alternated with the silver patterns. They made the lower half of its body appear like a hornet.
More strangely, the tip of the ant's bottom had grown a silver spike that resembled a hornet's tail.
Is this growth or mutation? Zhou Wen was astonished seeing this. He remembered that the person who delivered the Companion Egg mentioned that it was a Fire Hornet's Companion Egg. From how it looked, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant had apparently obtained some of the characteristics of the Fire Hornet.
He quickly checked the in-game stats and found that the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's stats had changed drastically.
Silver-Winged Flying Ant: Legendary (Adult)
Legendary Life Providence: King of Low Altitudes
Strength: 17
Speed: 20
Constitution: 16
Primordial Energy: 19
Talent Skill: Silver Wing Flash, Magical Needle
Companion Form: Wings
Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised and delighted seeing this. With such stats, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant could be said to be a pinnacle existence among Legendary Companion Beasts, especially its Speed. Typically, the stats of a Legendary maxed out at 18. 20 points was described as an Overdrive.
Although the Primordial Energy was lower than Speed, it was also an Overdrive value.
What surprised Zhou Wen, even more, was that the Silver-Winged Flying Ant had an additional Magical Needle Primordial Energy Skill. It had become a Companion Beast with two skills, making it an excellent Companion Beast.
Although compared to the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus which had many skills, two skills weren't many, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant was already considered rather rare when most Companion Beasts only had one Primordial Energy Skill.
Zhou Wen was even more delighted when he saw the information regarding Magical Needle. It was a long-range Primordial Energy Skill. The Silver-Winged Flying Ant could release a Magical Needle and attack a target from afar.
With this Silver-Winged Flying Ant, I don't have to worry about killing the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus. Without a second thought, Zhou Wen ended the summoning of the Silver-Winged Flying Ant and chose to enter the game dungeon.
Zhou Wen headed straight for the Underground Buddha City. With the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's present size, it was big enough for him to sit on it. Zhou Wen got the blood-colored avatar to ride on the Silver-Winged Flying Ant and quickly fly to the lotus pond.
A Speed of 20 was much faster than Zhou Wen could run himself. It was almost the difference between a horse carriage and a sports car. It didn't take long for him to fly to the bank of the lotus pond.
The blood-colored avatar jumped off the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's back and watched the ensuing battle from the sidelines. Without any hesitation, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant flew towards the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus in the middle of the pond.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
More than ten blood-colored lotus seeds shot at the Silver-Winged Flying Ant as it flapped its four wings, leaving behind afterimages in the sky, easily dodging the attack range of the blood-colored lotus seeds.
A Speed of 20 was just too fast. In a blink of an eye, it arrived in front of the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus, to which the latter's petals contracted in a bid to devour the former.
Just as the Silver-Winged Flying Ant was about to be devoured, silver light swirled from its back. Like a rocket, it blinked several meters away, dodging the petals. At the same time, it slashed at them with its blade-like claws.
The blood pattern on the petal shimmered, producing a halo that blocked the claws.
Although the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's Strength was already one of the best amongst Legendaries, it was unable to slice through the petal without the augmentation of any Primordial Energy Skills.
The petal wasn't slashed through, but it opened by itself, revealing the venomous toad which opened its mouth and spat venom at the Silver-Winged Flying Ant.
While the Silver-Winged Flying Ant easily dodged this, a silver light flashed at its tail, shooting a silver beam through the toad's forehead.
Bang!
The toad exploded, splattering its venom everywhere. However, the speed of the venom couldn't catch up with the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's Speed.
After the toad was killed, the lotus receptacle was completely exposed. The lotus seeds that resembled blood crystals exposed their tips as they suffused a sanguine luster.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant didn't stop as its silver tail flashed, shooting another Magical Needle at the lotus receptacle.
Magical Needle's attack range was less than twenty meters. Although its range was limited, it was potent. The blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus closed its petals, blocking with the blood-patterned Buddha Glow, but ended up being penetrated by Magical Needle.
At the instant the Magical Needle impaled the lotus receptacle, a blood-colored explosion erupted like a volcano. Twenty to thirty blood-columns spewed out, turning into bloody rain that covered twenty meters of the area. Whatever touched the bloody rain was liquefied. Even the other Buddha Heart Lotuses and lotus leaves living in the pond were no exception.
The blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus's petals were corroded by the bloody rain as they became riddled with holes.
Thankfully, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant was fast enough and dodged most of the splash; otherwise, it would have been reduced to a pool of blood.
After the bloody rain finished its attack, Zhou Wen ordered the Silver-Winged Flying Ant to fly forward. At this moment, the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus was no longer capable of putting up any resistance. It didn't take long for its lotus receptacle to be sliced open.
'Killed Legendary creature, Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus. Discovered Dimensional Crystal.'
A dimensional crystal from the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus dropped. It almost fell into the pond, but Zhou Wen was quick enough to command the Silver-Winged Flying Ant to grab it.
Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus Crystal! Zhou Wen studied the text on the dimensional crystal carefully and was immediately exhilarated. He was originally a little depressed that no Companion Egg dropped, but after reading the text, he instantaneously felt better.
Although a Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus wasn't as valuable as a Companion Egg, it was possible that this Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus's Primordial Energy Skill was able to help him enter Small Buddha Temple.
The Primordial Energy Skill of ordinary Buddha Heart Lotus is Heart Meditation. But a Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus has several Primordial Energy Skills. I wonder if Heart Meditation will be obtained by absorbing its Primordial Energy Skill? Zhou Wen wasn't sure either.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant brought the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus back to the blood-colored avatar's side. The moment the latter touched the crystal, the energy within surged into its body.
Almost simultaneously, Zhou Wen felt a burning strength surge out of the phone. It instantly filled his body, making his body feel like a furnace. His body perspired profusely as though he had been scooped out of the water and was now being baked.
After quite some time, the heat gradually subsided and he felt a refreshing coolness emerge in his body.
It was especially so for his heart. It felt an indescribable comfort. It had a miraculous feeling of tranquility and coolness. At the same time, plenty of magical information surged into Zhou Wen's brain.
'Absorbed Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus. Attained Blood Meditation (Rank 9).'
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Chapter 66 Charging into Small Buddha Temple
Zhou Wen took a look at the blood-colored avatar's stats and saw that the Heart Meditation in the Primordial Energy Skill slot had vanished. Replacing it was Blood Meditation.
Zhou Wen attempted activating Blood Meditation and immediately a cool aura emerged from his heart. That aura went to every part of his body by coursing through his veins, making Zhou Wen feel an indescribable comfort.
As for his skin, it suffused an abnormal ruddiness that made him look a little odd.
It felt a little different from Heart Meditation. Furthermore, the Primordial Energy expenditure was much slower. One point of Primordial Energy lasted almost three minutes. With 10 Primordial Energy, Zhou Wen could use Blood Meditation for almost half an hour.
If Blood Meditation is like Heart Meditation, half an hour should be enough to counter the Small Buddha Temple's mysterious force. It's enough for me to make a few trips to the stone staircase in front of the temple. Zhou Wen didn't waste any time and immediately got the blood-colored avatar to ride the Silver-Winged Flying Ant and fly for Small Buddha Temple.
As he expected, Blood Meditation and Heart Meditation had the same effect. After activating Heart Meditation, the blood-colored avatar ran all the way up the stone stairs until it arrived in front of Small Buddha Temple without any accidents.
Small Buddha Temple was dilapidated. The sign on the door had already faded and the walls surrounding the temple were crumbling in many places.
Pushing open the dust-covered door, Zhou Wen saw the interior laden with dust. However, he was slightly taken aback.
He was prepared to battle a powerful dimensional creature, but he didn't see any dimensional creature in the yard. There was only a stone monument in the middle of the yard.
Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra? Zhou Wen couldn't help but be somewhat perplexed when he identified the biggest words on the stone monument.
Large Perfection of Wisdom Sutra was well-known to many. It was a theoretical foundation of the Great Vehicle Buddhism. After the dimensional storms, a Buddhist figured out a Primordial Energy Art from it. Along with the Agama, it was ranked as the two greatest Primordial Energy Art in Buddhism. They were Primordial Energy Arts capable of the Epic stage, in no way inferior to the Li family's Invincible Connate Divine Art.
However, Zhou Wen had never heard of the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. This name sounded like a joke.
After getting the blood-colored avatar to approach it and carefully look at its contents, he immediately felt his mind groggy, with his head almost exploding.
This sutra is odd! Zhou Wen was alarmed. Just as he was about to cast his gaze away, he suddenly felt the Primordial Energy in his body slow down.
Ever since Zhou Wen cultivated the Lost Immortal Sutra, it would constantly flow without him needing to deliberately cultivate
it.
Now, the sudden slowdown of the Lost Immortal Sutra's automatic circulation speed was unprecedented. However, after it slowed down, Zhou Wen felt his splitting headache seem to alleviate.
When Zhou Wen looked at the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra again, he no longer felt the discomfort.
He was surprised as he continued reading the sutra. He realized that the more of it he read, the slower the Lost Immortal Sutra's circulation became.
There was just too much text on the monument, so before Zhou Wen could finish reading it, the screen went black—the blood-colored avatar had died.
Ah! Only then did Zhou Wen recall that he had Blood Meditation activated the entire time. By reading the sutra for an extended period of time, Blood Meditation had expended all his Primordial Energy and stopped circulating.
From the looks of it, Small Buddha Temple is just like the stairs. It has an odd force blanketing it. Without Blood Meditation to protect me, means death. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have read the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, Zhou Wen thought.
Dripping a drop of blood and entering the Underground Buddha City dungeon again, Zhou Wen first headed for the lotus pond, planning to kill the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus. It was best if a Companion Egg dropped and even if none dropped, a Primordial Energy Crystal was appreciated.
However, to his dismay, after spending plenty of effort, all that dropped was a 14-valued Strength Crystal when he finally killed the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus.
When the blood-colored avatar picked up the Strength Crystal and absorbed it, its Strength stat didn't grow. It remained at 10.
From the looks of it, even if I cultivate the Lost Immortal Sutra, the bottleneck of my realm remains. I'm unable to exceed the limitations of 10 points at the Mortal stage. Zhou Wen felt somewhat disappointed.
After killing all the Buddha Heart Lotuses and finally replenishing ten points of Primordial Energy, Zhou Wen headed for the Small Buddha Temple.
This time, Zhou Wen didn't waste time at the stone monument. After entering the temple, he headed straight for the grand hall's entrance.
The grand hall was already in a shambles. Its roof had mostly collapsed and its door was slanted, about to topple at any moment. There wasn't any sign above the door, so the name of the hall was unknown.
The blood-colored avatar pushed the door, causing it to creak and fall into the hall. With a thud, it sent dust flying into the air.
Looking at the dust-laden hall, his eyes first noticed a Buddha statue.
Although the game had a cartoon version of a Buddha statue, it still shocked Zhou Wen. Buddha statues typically had genial looks and stately bearing. Only a few guardians had furious glares.
However, those kinds of deities would never be consecrated in the middle of the main hall. Yet, this Buddha statue wore a devil's expression. Although it didn't have a furious expression, it made Zhou Wen shudder. It seemed to be staring at him coldly.
Boom! Zhou Wen only managed to take one look because the blood-colored avatar exploded the moment it took a step into the hall. It reduced to a pool of blood and the game screen went black.
Zhou Wen broke out into a cold sweat. Small Buddha Temple sure is odd. Just one look can kill. Thankfully, I didn't head there with my real body; otherwise, no amount of lives could keep me alive. I wonder how those predecessors explored dimensional zones. Perhaps plenty of lives were sacrificed to attain what we have today.
Although Zhou Wen knew of stories of the tragic sacrifices when soldiers explored dimensional zones while in school, it was nowhere as shocking as experiencing it himself.
Zhou Wen then had another thought. After entering the hall, even Blood Meditation is useless. However, the temple has a stone monument with the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Perhaps it might be of some use. However, there's clearly a Primordial Energy Art and I've already cultivated Lost Immortal Sutra. I can't change my Primordial Energy Art and this Small Buddha Temple is so odd. Who knows if that Primordial Energy Art has any problems.
After some hesitation, Zhou Wen decided to first memorize the sutra when entering the Small Buddha Temple.
As for taking pictures, that could be struck off. Ordinary phones couldn't take pictures of the screen of the mysterious phone, so all Zhou Wen could do was memorize it himself.
The sutra was very long, but thankfully, it wasn't like the Lost Immortal Sutra which made memorizing untenable. Zhou Wen memorized a few paragraphs each time and left Small Buddha Temple whenever the time was almost up. He would then head back in once he recovered his Primordial Energy.
After he had memorized the entire sutra, he realized that the sky had lit up. He had stayed up the entire night again.
Just as Zhou Wen remembered the last line of the sutra, Lost Immortal Sutra, which had nearly stopped circulating, suddenly circulated crazily.
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Chapter 67 Sudden Shackles
However, the circulatory path wasn't that of the Lost Immortal Sutra, but a brand new one. It seemed as though he had completely switched Primordial Energy Arts.
Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra? Zhou Wen immediately recalled that the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra he memorized followed such circulatory methods.
With the Primordial Energy's circulation, Zhou Wen felt the cells in his body seem to come to life. His body burned and itched as though countless worms were crawling under his skin.
He resisted the urge to scratch himself, but in fact, he didn't dare move. When the energy flowed into him according to the Lost Immortal Sutra, he could move freely, but the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra was different. The turbulent flowing of Primordial Energy made Zhou Wen afraid of moving, afraid that it would branch out wrongly.
After sitting on the sofa for quite some time, Zhou Wen felt his body jolt as though some shackle had been cleaved apart. His body relaxed indescribably as the hot and itchy feeling vanished.
Zhou Wen could sense that he had achieved initial mastery of the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra.
Opening his eyes and planning to look at his phone, Zhou Wen got a fright when he looked at his hands.
They were covered in lumps of peeled skin. He ripped off the skin without feeling any pain. In fact, it felt awesome.
Soon, Zhou Wen realized that it wasn't just his hands. His entire body had shed a layer of skin. Large amounts of dead skin could be easily peeled off by him.
He had no choice but to head for the bathroom and soak himself in hot water. The dead skin on his body peeled off, revealing supple new skin that had a milky luster to it.
He looked at himself in the mirror after taking a bath. There weren't any intrinsic differences other than he now looked more refreshed and cleaner.
Returning to the living room, he once again lost himself to gaming. After he saw the stats of the blood-colored avatar, he couldn't help but be alarmed.
After cultivating the Lost Immortal Sutra, his four stats were at 10. It didn't improve even if he absorbed dimensional crystals.
But now, his Constitution had raised to 11.
Zhou Wen subconsciously looked at the other stats which hadn't changed. Even the listing of Primordial Energy Art remained as Lost Immortal Sutra. It didn't have the addition of the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra.
What happened? Why didn't the game indicate my mastering of the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra? Could it be that the game is unable to identify this kind of Primordial Energy Art? Zhou Wen felt puzzled as he attempted to circulate it and found it circulating as he wished. Clearly, he had gained some initial mastery of it.
He attempted to circulate the Lost Immortal Sutra and his Primordial Energy immediately circulated according to its pathway just as it had before without any changes.
Odd, what's happening? Zhou Wen made a few more attempts and realized that he could freely switch between the Lost Immortal Sutra and Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra without any difficulty.
Zhou Wen seldom heard of people cultivating two Primordial Energy Arts at the same time. Many Primordial Energy Skills could be learned, but Primordial Energy Arts involved too many things. Typically, the higher the grade of the arts, the more conflict they had, making it difficult to cultivate two at the same time. It was especially so with arts capable of the Epic stage. If one were to cultivate both, it was possible to suffer a deviation and end up dying
To be able to switch freely between two Primordial Energy Arts was something Zhou Wen had never seen before.
He was just about to attempt using the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra to enter the temple when he heard his phone ring.
"Zhou Wen, it's about time. Let's meet at the lotus pond," Hui Haifeng's voice sounded over the phone.
"Got it." Zhou Wen looked at the time and realized that it was almost nine. Although he hadn't taken a wink of sleep the entire night, he was in no way tired.
He rushed to Underground Buddha City after packing up.
"Zhou Wen, you sure made us wait," Gao Yang said in displeasure.
"I don't think I was late, right?" Zhou Wen looked at the time. It was ten minutes to the agreed-upon time.
"Let's not talk about that. Here's the information on our Companion Beasts. Have a look." Hui Haifeng handed Zhou Wen a tablet computer.
The information included the details of the four people's four Companion Beast, including Hui Haifeng. There were even videos of the skills their Companion Beasts could release. It made it easy for Zhou Wen to understand what abilities they had.
After carefully taking in the information, Zhou Wen looked up and asked Hui Haifeng, "You plan to kill the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus with the four Legendary Companion Beasts without joining the battle, right?"
"We only have one life after all. It's best if we don't take risks." Hui Haifeng looked at Zhou Wen and said, "If four Companion Beasts aren't enough, I can still think of other solutions."
"As long as your control isn't too poor, these four Companion Beasts should be enough. However, I have to make it clear. All of you have to obey my instructions. If any problems arise due to the disobedience of my instructions, I will not be responsible for anything. I will not refund the Companion Egg either," Zhou Wen said.
"No problem. We'll leave it all up to you." Hui Haifeng was rather obliging.
"Alright then. Let me go through the detailed plan. However, a plan is ultimately a plan. When the actual battle happens, follow my orders." Zhou Wen informed them of his plan.
Hui Haifeng and company didn't raise any objections after hearing it. One of the girls named Nana looked at Zhou Wen with piqued interest and asked, "If we follow your instructions in battle, but end up failing to kill the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus or have any losses, what will you do?"
"I'll make compensation," Zhou Wen said casually.
"Alright." Nana was very pleased with his reply.
Zhou Wen pointed at the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus and said, "If there are no other problems, let's begin now,"
Hui Haifeng and company summoned their Legendary Companion Beasts—three of them were birds while Nana's was a vine. According to the detailed information, this was a Water Wisteria at the Legendary stage. It could resist the lotus pond's corrosive nature and could move in the water. It was a plant-based Companion Beast that was excellent at water combat.
Under Zhou Wen's command, the four Companion Beasts charged into the lotus pond.
Many students were watching this battle. Although the battle involving Zhou Wen and Li Xuan was interesting, they had failed to kill the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus. This time, with Hui Haifeng participating, many students believed that there was a high possibility of slaying it.
Not far away, two of the university's teachers were looking at the lotus pond.
"Miss Wang, do you think Hui Haifeng and the rest will succeed?" Liu Zhengyan looked at the four Companion Beasts rushing into the lotus pond and asked in passing.
"Zhou Wen and Li Xuan nearly succeeded the last time. This time, Li Xuan has been swapped with the stronger Hui Haifeng. The chance of victory is naturally higher," Wang Fei said.
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Chapter 68 Commanding
"I don't think so," Liu Zhengyan said with a smile.
"Why?" Wang Fei asked, looking perplexed.
Anyone who had seen the video of Zhou Wen and Li Xuan's fight with the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus knew that they had the means to kill the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus and were just short of the final strike.
Now, with four stronger people, it made no sense that they wouldn't succeed.
"Watch this now." Liu Zhengyan unlocked his phone and played a video.
"This is the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus? It doesn't seem to be the same one?" Wang Fei gave the video a look and immediately saw a few soldiers fighting the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus via their Companion Beasts.
Liu Zhengyan said, "This is a blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus found by the military elsewhere in Underground Buddha City. They used five Legendary Companion Beasts but ended up with tragic losses. They were almost wiped out."
"I didn't know that." Wang Fei was somewhat alarmed.
Liu Zhengyan skipped to the end of the video and let Wang Fei watch carefully. The final scene had twenty to thirty jets of blood spew out from the lotus receptacle.
Once they were hit by the blood, the flesh melted off the five Legendary Companion Beasts, plummeting them into the lotus pond amidst cries. None of them survived with an intact body.
"I never expected the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus to have such an ability. Should we stop Hui Haifeng and the rest?" Wang Fei frowned after finishing the video.
Liu Zhengyan shook his head and said, "If we were to warn them now, who can warn them when they head to some unknown dimensional zone in an expedition? Cruel reality is the best teacher. Today, they will pay for the experience using only a few Companion Beasts. In the future, it might save their lives."
Wang Fei nodded slightly. Liu Zhengyan was right-in school, the dimensional zones they encountered had all been explored by the military. The level of danger wasn't too high, causing some students to think little of dimensional zones. It was also good to let them suffer a little.
"Mr. Liu, what's your take on Zhou Wen?" Wang Fei's gaze landed on Zhou Wen who was overseeing the battle.
"To be honest, although his performance with Li Xuan was very exciting, I still think more highly of Li Xuan when it comes to potential. After all, to go far, relying on talent and hard work isn't enough. Besides, I've heard that Zhou Wen is engrossed in gaming. He might not amount to much." Liu Zhengyan paused and looked at Wang Fei. "You are the teacher in charge of Zhou Wen's class, right? I'm afraid it will be hard for you."
Wang Fei nodded as she looked at the distant Zhou Wen with a deep, meaningful look. She muttered to herself, "I don't think so. This Zhou Wen might be quite an interesting fellow."
Under Zhou Wen's commands, the four Companion Beasts besieged the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus. Hui Haifeng and the other three followed his instructions and were good at controlling their Companion Beasts. Soon, they tore open the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus's petals and defeated the venomous toad.
After the toad exploded, the four controlled their Companion Beasts to charge at the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus, hoping to slay it.
"Windchime Bird, Blood Raven, retreat ten meters. Water Wisteria, retreat fifteen meters. Crow Tengu, head left seven meters and shoot Crow Feathers," Zhou Wen instructed.
Seeing that victory was at hand and that the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus was about to die, the boy controlling the Blood Raven said in excitement, "Let me finish the final strike. Blood Raven, cast Blood Feather Storm!"
Hui Haifeng and Nana had followed Zhou Wen's instructions and retreated the Companion Beasts they controlled. As for the boy, he didn't make his Blood Raven retreat and instead launched the final strike.
Everything had gone too smoothly, so smoothly that he felt he could complete everything without the need for Zhou Wen.
As the blood feathers hit the lotus receptacle, it immediately riddled them with wounds. It seemingly cracked open as the boy felt a sense of smugness when he heard a boom.
The lotus receptacle suddenly exploded as blood splattered out, instantly raining down.
The Companion Beasts of Hui Haifeng and the other two had already retreated according to Zhou Wen's instructions. They reacted with great composure, retreating out of reach of the blood rain's range in a timely fashion.
As for the Blood Raven, it was too close to the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus since it hadn't retreated ahead of time. It had no time to escape and it was drenched by the blood rain.
Gu!
The Blood Raven cried out tragically as most of its feathers rotted. It fell straight into the lotus pond, leaving all the other students drawing a cold gasp. The boy's expression also turned nasty.
Zhou Wen didn't say a thing as he continued commanding, "Windchime Bird, cast Primordial Energy Skill attack to attack the flower stalk. Crow Tengu, use Crow Feathers as cover. Water Wisteria, prepare to catch the lotus flower."
Under Zhou Wen's command, the trio successfully slew the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus and dragged the damaged lotus flower out.
"Junior, not bad," Nana said with a smile.
"Blood Raven's death wasn't my responsibility. I'm not making compensation," Zhou Wen said.
The boy who controlled Blood Raven blushed as he said in embarrassment, "You don't have to. I'm sorry, I was just too anxious. Zhou Wen, you were impressive. How did you know that the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus still had such an internecine attack?"
"Faced with any dimensional creature, one has to view it with a sense of fear and reverence. Otherwise, you might end up paying with your life. I was only trying my best to prevent any accidents." Zhou Wen randomly gave an excuse.
"I have to thank you or we would have really suffered terribly," Hui Haifeng said with narrowed eyes. He didn't mind the losses, but Zhou Wen's performance had garnered his interest.
"I was paid so it was part and parcel of my job. If there's nothing else, I'll be heading back." After Zhou Wen said that, he turned and left. The only thing on his mind was to head to Small Buddha Temple's main temple and figure out what was inside. He really didn't have the mood to say anything else.
Gao Yang watched Zhou Wen leave with mixed expressions. He always felt that Hui Haifeng's hiring of Zhou Wen was superfluous, but now, he realized that without Zhou Wen, it was very likely that all four Companion Beasts would have died. It was better to lose a single Companion Egg
Liu Zhengyan also wore an odd look. "Strange, could it be that he has a relationship with the military and has seen that video?"
Wang Fei smiled and said, "Don't you know that Zhou Wen's staying at the Four Seasons Garden was arranged by the An family?"
"I see. No wonder." Only then was Liu Zhengyan enlightened.
However, Wang Fei narrowed her eyes as she watched Zhou Wen leave. She still had something she didn't say: Although Zhou Wen's ties with the An family aren't to be dismissed, this is definitely not obtained from the An family. How did this fellow do it? What an interesting chap. From the looks of it, I should delve deeper and treat it as helping Little Lan.
Zhou Wen returned to his dorm and eagerly launched the game on his phone, entering Underground Buddha City.
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Chapter 69 Strange Temple Hall
Zhou Wen was already very familiar with Underground Buddha City. He rode on the Silver-Winged Flying Ant to the lotus pond at full speed before killing the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus.
For others to kill the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus, they needed to wait for one to travel through the dimensional rift; however, Zhou Wen simply needed to revive his blood-colored avatar and refresh the dungeon, allowing the game to reproduce a new Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus. He could practically kill it an infinite number of times.
Killing the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus was extremely easy for Zhou Wen now. After following a standard set of steps, it was killed.
Ding! An item dropped out of the lotus accompanying the crisp, melodic chime.
A Companion Beast! Zhou Wen was overjoyed for he never expected it.
However, he was currently unable to incubate Legendary Companion Beasts. The thing he could do was use the blood-colored avatar's death to create an incomplete one just like the Silver-Winged Flying Ant.
There was little meaning to doing so. Zhou Wen already found it difficult enough to rear a single Silver-Winged Flying Ant, so another one would probably bankrupt him.
When the blood-colored avatar picked up the Buddha Heart Lotus, the system gave the fusion notification.
'Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus and Silver-Winged Flying Ant have a compatibility score of 3%. Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus and Mutated Skeleton Ant have a compatibility score of 5%. Proceed with fusion?'
Fusion my ass. Zhou Wen felt depressed. The compatibility score was so low that the chance of a successful fusion was no different from striking the lottery. There was no need for him to take the risk.
If only I could take the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus out of the game. Zhou Wen spent some time studying if it was possible, but there was no such function to be found.
However, Zhou Wen also realized that he couldn't sell it if he brought it into reality. It would be difficult to explain how he had obtained a Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus Companion Egg.
Using the mysterious phone's function, Zhou Wen directly checked the Companion Egg's stats.
Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus: Legendary
Legendary Life Providence: Turbid Waters Clear Lotus
Strength: 15
Speed: 13
Constitution: 12
Primordial Energy: 18
Talent Skill: Blood-Patterned Buddha Aspect
Zhou Wen felt somewhat disappointed after seeing that. The Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus wasn't too terrible in stats compared to the typical Legendary Companion Beast; however, compared to how potent a Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus was, this Companion Beast's stats were nothing laudable.
It was especially so for the talent skills. The Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus should have four Primordial Energy Skills, but this one only had one. Clearly, these weren't the stats an excellent Companion Beast should have.
Zhou Wen had been somewhat hesitant in the beginning, but he no longer had any doubts now. He chose not to proceed with the fusion and fed the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus to the Silver-Winged Flying Ant.
He originally imagined that the Silver-Winged Flying Ant wouldn't need to be fed after becoming an adult, but he soon realized that he was wrong. The Silver-Winged Flying Ant not only needed food, but it needed more than before.
After feeding the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus to the Silver-Winged Flying Ant, there weren't any obvious changes other than the slightly hungry notification disappearing.
I can always wait till I have an excellent-grade Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus drop before incubating it. Zhou Wen naturally wished to have a Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus Companion Beast with maximum stats.
After all, he had plenty of time to grind the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus in the future, so getting one was only a matter of time and luck.
After slaying all the Buddha Heart Lotuses in the pond, he didn't obtain any ordinary Buddha Heart Lotus Companion Eggs and headed straight for Small Buddha Temple.
After entering Small Buddha Temple, Zhou Wen switched his energy circulation from the Lost Immortal Sutra to the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Then, he controlled the blood-colored avatar to head into the temple hall.
The Buddha statue still wore a ferocious expression as it stared at the blood-colored avatar, but this time, the latter didn't immediately die.
I've succeeded. The Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra is really related to this temple hall. Zhou Wen was delighted as he continued proceeding forward with the blood-colored avatar. Finally, he saw what was inside the temple hall.
The temple hall had many Buddhist murals; however, they were different from the murals Zhou Wen had seen in the past. The murals here looked like scenes from hell.
There were ox-headed demons being thrown into boiling oil as well as bird-headed and human-bodied monsters having their tongues pulled out. There were also imps who were sawn into two. The entire temple appeared creepy and terrifying as though it was a punishment chamber in hell.
And the Buddha statue was very different from the typical one. Other than its ferocious face, it also had two other faces.
It had three faces on one head, with the one facing Zhou Wen looking ferocious. As for the faces on the sides, the left one looked similar to the ordinary Buddha statue with a benevolent look and smile.
However, the right face was even stranger than the front-facing face. It was a crying face with bloody tears at the corner of its eyes. There was a sliver of melancholy amidst the ferociousness.
What Buddha is that? Zhou Wen was alarmed and puzzled, he had never heard of any three-faced Buddha in the little he knew of Buddhism.
The temple didn't have a sign, nor were there any signs indicating the name of the Buddha statue. The entire hall was empty except for the Buddha. There weren't any dimensional creatures either.
Amidst Zhou Wen's puzzlement, he saw the Buddha statue's six eyes light up with a golden glow. Then, the statue which appeared to be carved from stone slowly suffused a golden halo, making it appear gilded.
Zhou Wen was alarmed as he tried to get the blood-colored avatar to retreat. There was definitely something sinister due to the anomaly. Although death in-game wasn't true death, Zhou Wen didn't wish to waste a drop of blood.
However, before Zhou Wen could retreat out of the hall, the six eyes shone out like a torchlight, illuminating his body. Then, he saw the Buddha statue speak.
However, the words said were soundless. Instead, they appeared onscreen in text form.
'My pious child, a Buddhist representative that walks the land, you shall earn the grace of Buddha. You can choose one of the three Buddhist-type creatures as your guardian.'
As the text appeared, the two arms of the Buddha statue's gilded body raised up slowly. In his palms, swirls of light condensed and gradually formed three Companion Eggs.
The three Companion Eggs were resplendent with golden light as though they were emitting a strange Buddhistic glow.
That nice? A Companion Egg is given directly? Is it the same for the Small Buddha Temple in reality? Zhou Wen was alarmed as he carefully sized up the three Companion Eggs.
They were glowing with golden light as though protected by the Buddhistic glow. The only difference was the size, making it obvious that they were not the same Companion Beast.
Zhou Wen tried to use the phone to check the three Companion Eggs' stats, but failed. All he could do was try his luck.
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Chapter 70 Three Choose One
With the naked eye, the three Companion Eggs were golden in color, but the three types of gold were different.
As this was in-game, Zhou Wen wasn't able to tell how big the three Companion Eggs were. Using the blood-colored avatar as a comparison, the biggest Companion Egg was about half a person's height. Not only did it have a golden Buddha glow swirling around it, but there was even a scarlet hue amidst the golden glow. Although its temperature couldn't be felt, the huge egg seemed to be scorching hot inside.
The leftmost Companion Egg was the smallest. It was about the size of the blood-colored avatar's fingertip. It was also golden, but the Companion Egg was crystalline like a golden opal.
The middle Companion Egg was about the size of a soccer ball. It looked like it was tempered with gold and its outer shell was filled with rugged patterns. They looked like Buddhist scriptures that Zhou Wen couldn't understand.
Which one should I choose? Zhou Wen sized up the three Companion Eggs, having been thrown into a dilemma.
Although he could sense the same sensory feelings as the blood-colored avatar, he wasn't able to tell which was better from its vision.
'My child, choose by following your heart. There's no need to hesitate.' The strange three-faced Buddha spoke again. And again, it appeared in text form.
Zhou Wen thought for a while and realized that there was nothing to be hesitant about. He had never heard of the three Companion Eggs before and had nothing to base his judgment on. He might as well choose one that caught his fancy and leave the rest to fate.
With this in mind, Zhou Wen didn't hesitate further. He got the blood-colored avatar to reach out to grab the smallest of the three Companion Eggs.
The small Companion Egg appeared like a golden crystal in the blood-colored avatar's hand. Immediately, the Buddhistic glow emitted.
'Obtained Mythical Companion Egg, Truth Listener. Automatically incubating...'
"F*k... You are going to kill me..." Zhou Wen immediately cried out as he threw the mysterious phone out of his hand.
A Mythical Companion Egg was very strong and impressive, but Zhou Wen knew himself. With his Primordial Energy, just incubating a Legendary Companion Egg was enough to suck him dry, much less a Mythical Companion Egg.
Unfortunately, Zhou Wen wasn't fast with the throwing. A terrifying force surged out from the phone and instantly sucked dry Zhou Wen's Primordial Energy.
11 points of Primordial Energy was pathetic. Zhou Wen instantly felt drained and that wasn't all. His blood seemed to be sucked by a water pump, gathering towards his ten fingers.
The tips of his fingers burst as ten spouts of blood spewed onto the phone, and instantly, the phone sucked it clean.
I'm doomed. Am I going to be the first college student in the new era to die gaming? This thought flashed across his mind, but the suction force from the phone vanished the next second.
Zhou Wen's fingers finally regained their freedom. They no longer had blood gushing out. At the same time, a strange golden pattern appeared on his left ear.
The golden pattern resembled a symbol that tattooed itself on the back of his left concha. It gave him a warm, fuzzy feeling in his left ear.
I actually incubated a Mythical Companion Egg? Zhou Wen couldn't believe the outcome for it was too unbelievable.
A Legendary Silver-Winged Flying Ant Companion Egg was enough to kill the blood-colored avatar, but the Mythical Companion Egg didn't blast it apart. It only sucked dry all of Zhou Wen's Primordial Energy and a portion of his blood. This didn't seem to match the status of a Mythical Companion Beast.
After Zhou Wen incubated Truth Listener, the two other Companion Eggs in the three-faced Buddha's hands disappeared. The resplendent Buddha statue that emitted a Buddhistic glow also slowly converged its glow and was restored to its original stone form. It no longer spoke or did anything.
Zhou Wen hurriedly checked Truth Listener's stats to confirm whether it was really a Mythical Companion Beast.
Truth Listener: Mortal (Evolvable)
Strength: 11
Speed: 11
Constitution: 11
Primordial Energy: 11
Talent Skill: Truth Listener, Indestructible Golden Body, Evil Warding, Nine Extremes
Companion Form: Earring
Zhou Wen's eyes nearly popped out. Truth Listener wasn't at the Mythical stage but at the Mortal stage. However, Zhou Wen had never really heard of a Mortal Companion Beast with 11 for all its stats.
Furthermore, it had four talent skills. This was already the maximum number of talent skills a Companion Beast could have.
The system's notification said that it was at the Mythical stage, but why is the incubated result at the Mortal stage? Could it be related to the evolvable trait? But how do I evolve it? Don't tell me it's like the Silver-Winged Flying Ant-evolving by eating Companion Eggs? Zhou Wen didn't dare to stay in the temple any longer, worried that something bad might happen.
After leaving, he circled Small Buddha Temple and realized that it lived up to its name-it was really small. Apart from the temple hall, there weren't any other temples, but it was possible that the collapsed rubble had covered the other areas of the compound.
Zhou Wen didn't find anything after circling Small Buddha Temple once. The three-faced Buddha didn't react when he entered the temple again.
All he could do was leave and quit the game. Only then did he dare summon Truth Listener.
Small Buddha Temple was just too odd. Even in the game, Zhou Wen didn't dare mess around in there.
Zhou Wen wasn't a stranger to the name Truth Listener'; in fact, he knew it well.
In Buddhist myths and legends, Truth Listener was the mount of Kșitigarbha Bodhisattva. Legend has it that it was manifested from a white dog and had the ability to know all that happened in the world. It was also extremely loyal.
In Journey to the West, the six-eared Macaque had impersonated Sun Wukong and no deity was able to distinguish between them. Although Truth Listener could tell them apart, it didn't dare speak it out loud.
Don't tell me this fellow is really the legendary Truth Listener? Zhou Wen felt somewhat expectant.
However, after Truth Listener was summoned, Zhou Wen was left somewhat depressed. It wasn't a white dog but a golden-silk monkey the size of a palm.
Its golden fur resembled golden silk and its eyes resembled two golden gems. It looked extremely adorable, but it was just too small.
This fellow is Truth Listener? Zhou Wen found it somewhat unbelievable.
This mini-figure stood at opposite ends with those terrifying stats. They didn't seem connected at all.
Zhou Wen tried Truth Listener's companion form and immediately, it turned into a golden earring behind Zhou Wen's left ear.
He felt his ear quiver suddenly as though whatever blockage in his ear had been pulled out. His hearing became clear, many times sharper than his normal hearing. What he couldn't hear before could now be heard very clearly.
"Uh!" A woman's moan suddenly sounded in Zhou Wen's ear, making him feel somewhat odd. When he glanced at the direction it came, he realized it was from his neighbor.
And his neighbor was that proud and cold, somewhat crazy, An Jing.
That's not right. The buildings here should have special soundproofing features. Even those with hearing Primordial Energy Skills can't hear things through the walls, so how am I hearing what's happening next door? Don't tell me that Truth Listener boosts my hearing ability this much? Zhou Wen thought.
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Chapter 71 Sick
Painful moaning kept sounding from next door. Zhou Wen frowned slightly as he hesitated whether to take a look.
But when he considered how An Jing was an unreasonable person, he decided it was best not to have anything to do with her. Besides, they were on campus with the most advanced hospital attached to it. If An Jing really was in trouble, she was a phone call away from having a doctor rush over to rescue her.
Zhou Wen was just about to take off the Truth Listener earring when he heard a thud as though something heavy had fallen to the ground.
When the sound reached Zhou Wen's left ear, a blurry scene of An Jing falling to the ground from a great height appeared in his mind. The scene vanished almost as quickly as it came when it was silent next door.
Don't tell me that something really happened to An Jing? Although Zhou Wen wasn't too concerned with An Jing, he didn't have a blood feud with her. On the account of her mother, Ouyang Lan, he couldn't just watch as she died.
After some hesitation, Zhou Wen decided to head next door to take a look.
Washing his face and walking out of the building, he jumped over the low wooden fence and stood in front of An Jing's door and pressed the bell that came equipped with a
camera.
Zhou Wen believed that if An Jing could reply, it meant that she was okay. He could then return to gaming.
However, if no one replied, it definitely meant that something had gone wrong. He couldn't just sit idle; after all, he had a basic sense of compassion. He would call emergency services even for a stranger.
After pressing the doorbell once, he didn't hear any response as the building was silent. Zhou Wen used the ring on his left ear to listen carefully, but still failed to hear any sounds inside. There weren't any footsteps either.
Don't tell me something really happened? Zhou Wen frowned slightly. To make sure, he repeatedly pressed the doorbell, but silence was the only response.
From the looks of it, something really happened. Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen began looking carefully at the building.
The door had a keypad door lock and it was made of special materials. It wasn't easy to smash through the door. If he couldn't enter, he planned on reporting it to the school.
Shifting his glance up, he realized that the special tempered glass sliding door on the second-floor balcony was closed but not locked. He leaped up to the balcony, opened the sliding door and entered the building.
The buildings in Four Seasons Garden were identical. Zhou Wen rushed straight for the bedroom with great familiarity.
Fortunately, the problem happened in the bedroom. If something untoward had happened in the cultivation room, I'll probably have to report it to the school authorities. I wonder if they will be in time to save her though. Zhou Wen opened the unlocked door and entered.
What welcomed him was An Jing in bed, her face shockingly pale. Her eyes were closed as she gritted her teeth tightly. She was profusely sweating and her body appeared stiff. She didn't look like she was in a good condition.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhou Wen walked forward and crouched down beside An Jing. He then pinched the bottom of her nose.
However, An Jing wished she were dead. Due to her physique, she had been diagnosed with a strange illness. She had periodic relapses that would leave her body in excruciating pain. In serious cases, her entire body would go numb and she would remain motionless.
Thankfully, this strange illness was like a woman's period. It came rather punctually and An Jing could expect when it would happen. During those periods of time, she would stay in her room to silently endure the pain until it
was over.
Today, she had planned to stay in bed to silently endure the pain just like she usually did. But this episode was worse than normal, so she couldn't help but let out a soft, painful moan. This was heard by Zhou Wen wearing Truth Listener as an earring.
Due to the pain, An Jing fell from the bed while rolling about. The fall made her body stiff and motionless, but she remained lucid.
She had also heard Zhou Wen pressing the doorbell. She believed that he would leave without any response, but to her surprise, he had barged in by jumping into her balcony.
An Jing felt deep regret for not locking the sliding door.
In fact, she wasn't to be blamed. They were in Sunset College after all. Only students were admitted inside and there were surveillance cameras everywhere. Since no one knew of her physical problem, they wouldn't dare barge into her room.
When Zhou Wen walked towards the bedroom, An Jing kept enduring the pain while praying that he wouldn't enter. This was because she was only wearing a nightgown.
A symptom of each episode was profuse sweating, so there was a need to change her clothes. To reduce the trouble, she changed into a nightgown.
Furthermore, An Jing's current position was rather unbecoming due to her fall. Having received etiquette lessons from a young age, she couldn't accept others seeing her in that pose, especially Zhou Wen who she treated as her enemy.
He clearly didn't think too much about it. He treated her as a patient and asked while pinching her nose. "Can you hear me? Can
you?"
An Jing opened her eyes and glared at Zhou Wen, but that was all she could do. At this moment, her pain had already reached its climax. Her body was stiff and her entire body was trembling. Even her teeth were chattering, so she had no strength to speak.
"Don't worry. I'll call the doctor for you." Zhou Wen felt relieved when he saw her open her eyes. Since she wasn't dead, there was likely a chance of treating her.
He didn't hesitate and took out his ordinary phone and called the school's emergency number to get the hospital to send a doctor over.
As a student of Four Seasons Garden, the perks they enjoyed were pretty good. They also had the best medical facilities.
An Jing fumed with anxiety when she saw him about to call the hospital. Her ailment wasn't something an ordinary doctor could treat, so visiting the hospital was pointless. Otherwise, with the An family's resources, she would have received the best treatment from the best doctors and hospitals in the League.
What made her feel most unacceptable was that she wore a nightgown that only covered half her thigh. Also, her hair was disheveled. She couldn't accept letting other students see her in this state if she were carried out by the medical team.
Although she knew that he was doing it out of goodwill, An Jing couldn't help but grit her teeth in anger.
With Zhou Wen about to make the phone call, An Jing tried hard to regain control of her body. With immense willpower, she shouted through chattering teeth, "D... Don't call... I'm fine..."
An Jing was drained of all her strength by the time she said those words. Her face was even paler and her voice was intensely trembling. She almost couldn't hear what was being said.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen was wearing the Truth Listener earring and could hear her clearly. However, he looked at her painful expression in a doubtful manner and said, "You don't seem fine. If you're sick, you need treatment. You shouldn't hide your ailment and not take medical advice. Relax and leave the rest to the doctors..."
An Jing was in despair. Thankfully, her pain had already climaxed and she was now feeling a lot better. Enduring the stabbing pain, she said harshly, "I'm really fine. Leave."
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Chapter 72 Blood Replenishment Tea
"You don't look fine." Zhou Wen thought and said in enlightenment, "Are you afraid that I'll take this opportunity to seek revenge? Don't worry. Although I don't think too highly of you, I wouldn't harm you on account of Sister Lan and my dad. I'm just calling for a doctor."
With that said, Zhou Wen continued calling the emergency hotline.
An Jing burned with anxiety and embarrassment as she shouted once more, "There's no need. Really, there's no need. I... I... I was having menstrual cramps... I'll be fine after some rest... Leave... Don't disturb my rest..."
An Jing had given that reason because she couldn't think of anything else. She just wanted him to leave.
"I see. I've heard that women can be in great pain a few days a month, but I never expected it to be this bad." Zhou Wen had lived alone from a young age and he didn't have a mother Thus, he had little contact with women. When he was a little older, he began cultivating and hadn't ever had a girlfriend. He knew almost nothing about such matters.
Although he remained suspicious, Zhou Wen believed that it was unlikely that she would play games with her life.
"I'm really sorry. I'll leave now," Zhou Wen said in embarrassment before he turned to leave An Jing's room.
An Jing heaved a sigh of relief when she saw him leave. The pain she was experiencing also seemed to lessen significantly.
"Women sure have it tough. Fortunately, I'm a man. I don't have to endure such pain every month," Zhou Wen mumbled to himself as he returned to his residence.
However, on second thought, he realized that he had it tough as well. He had endless noise blaring into his ears like an irritating chant when he slept. He also had to lose large amounts of blood daily. It was especially so this time. To incubate Truth Listener, he had lost at least 500-600 cc of blood. He didn't have it good either.
I bought some brown sugar and wolfberries last time, and I've no idea if it will work. I might as well cook some to give it a try. My anemia has been pretty terrible recently. Zhou Wen scratched his forehead and thought to himself.
Returning to his room, Zhou Wen forgot the matter of making the blood-replenishment drink as he continued grinding.
This time, Zhou Wen entered the Ancient Imperial City dungeon. After killing the Skeleton General, he had a Skeleton General Companion Egg drop.
However, the stats weren't comparable to the first one in every aspect. Zhou Wen directly fed it to the Silver-Winged Flying Ant. As for Truth Listener, as there weren't any hunger notifications, Zhou Wen didn't know if it needed to be fed.
Switching to the Underground Buddha City, he no longer had any need to explore the Small Buddha Temple again since he had finished covering the area. He had slain the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus in the lotus pond and it hadn't spawned again.
Zhou Wen skipped the lotus pond and ventured deep into Underground Buddha City.
In the midst of his travels, he saw a few lotus ponds, but not every one of them had a Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus. After spending an entire day, only one ordinary Buddha Heart Lotus Companion Egg dropped.
Although the stats were relatively ordinary, it was a heart-type Companion Beast. Zhou Wen incubated it, planning on using its companion form to temporarily allow his heart to continue functioning if it was ever damaged.
After so many sleepless nights, Zhou Wen finally couldn't take it. He switched off his phone and slept through to the next morning. Only then did Zhou Wen get up to cook the supplements, making a pot of brown-sugar, wolfberry tea.
"Zhou Wen, are you up? Today is matriculation day. Come on out and walk around." Just as Zhou Wen finished brewing his tea, Li Xuan called.
"What's there to see?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
"Today's the matriculation day for the freshmen. Many clubs in school are recruiting freshmen. We can also take a look," Li Xuan said with a chuckle.
"I have no interest in joining any clubs." Zhou Wen poured a cup of blood-replenishing tea and drank it.
"You don't have to join one. You can take a look at all those beautiful female juniors and seniors." Li Xuan revealed his true motives.
"Not interested." Zhou Wen still planned on exploring Underground Buddha City.
"Don't be so cold. There are benefits. The school will assign missions and most of them need to be completed by a team. The seniors already have their own teams. If we want to make a new team, we will have to recruit from the freshmen. To walk around now is also to prepare for the future..."
Li Xuan gave plenty of reasons that irritated Zhou Wen so much that he agreed to walk around campus.
After drinking a huge bowl of tea, Zhou Wen filled up a thermos and walked out of his place.
It just so happened that An Jing walked out at the same time. She couldn't help but grit her teeth when she saw him. However, she was slightly taken aback when she saw the glass thermos in his hand.
She recognized it. There were wolfberries and other supplements in it and it was obvious that it was brewed with brown sugar. Her servants had previously prepared it for her.
Do you think you can bribe me with a cup of brown-sugared water? Men almost never drank this and after what happened yesterday, An Jing imagined that he had brewed it for her, hoping to warm up his relationship with her.
Although she had this in mind, the look in her eyes softened. She found Zhou Wen rather thoughtful and sensitive.
When Zhou Wen walked out of his yard, An Jing came out as well. He needed to walk past her to leave the compound.
She watched as Zhou Wen walked over, wondering if she should accept it if he were to give it to her.
Amidst her thoughts, he arrived in front of her and saw An Jing looking at him. He nodded at her gently as a greeting.
An Jing imagined that Zhou Wen was about to give her the tea when he nodded at her. She turned her head away slightly, waiting for him to hand it over.
To her surprise, Zhou Wen just walked past her with the thermos in hand. He had no intention of walking towards her. Furthermore, he even drank a mouthful while walking off.
"It seems to be a little too sweet," Zhou Wen muttered to himself after taking one mouthful.
An Jing's face burned as her eyes nearly spewed flames.
Zhou Wen hadn't paid any attention to her and walked straight out of Four Seasons Garden.
Why don't you die from an overdose drinking something like that! An Jing clenched her teeth hatefully as she looked at his departing figure.
Today was matriculation day. However, Sunset College was unlike the typical school. There wasn't any welcome ceremony or many decorations. Apart from the crowds, it didn't seem any different from usual.
On the two sides of the road, there were two rows of tables neatly placed. There were banners and signs placed in front of themrecruitment notices of the school's clubs.
Sunset College encouraged them to set up clubs, hoping that it could increase cooperation between students, especially when they entered dimensional zones to complete missions.
"Zhou Wen, I'm here." Just as Zhou Wen was looking around, he heard Li Xuan's voice from a particular club's recruitment booth.
He looked over and found Li Weiyang and Li Xuan standing together, the former waving her hand at him.
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"Zhou Wen, are you interested in joining the Weiyang Club?" Li Weiyang winked at him. "Members of our Weiyang Club are basically all women. Many of them are beautiful female seniors."
Zhou Wen didn't reply as Li Xuan yelled, "Sis, that's not fair. How can you snatch him from me? However, it's useless even if you try. Zhou Wen and I are establishing a new club. He won't join your Weiyang Club."
Li Weiyang curled her lips and said, "That depends on whether Zhou Wen is willing to establish a new club with you. Sisters, let's show our Weiyang Club's strength to our junior."
The row of female students behind-all contending in beauty and fascination-began putting up all kinds of sexy, mesmerizing, and adorable poses. They were like flowers in full bloom.
"A honey trap!? Sis, that's against the rules!" Li Xuan protested as he salivated.
"It's called the reasonable usage of available resources." Li Weiyang ignored Li Xuan's protests as she smiled at Zhou Wen. "How about it? Consider joining the Weiyang Club. I won't treat you shabbily."
Zhou Wen shook his head. "I've already told Li Xuan I'd set up a new club with him."
Li Weiyang was somewhat helpless after he declined her invitation. "Alright then, but I hope that your new club can ally with our Weiyang Club. We can always complete missions together if an opportunity arises."
"No problem. Absolutely no problem," Li Xuan agreed immediately, his gaze wandering across the bodies of the female students of Weiyang Club.
"What are you looking at? Little Virgin?" Li Weiyang mocked Li Xuan. After saying bye to Zhou Wen, she led the girls to recruit other freshmen.
Li Xuan chuckled and said, "Zhou Wen, you missed an excellent opportunity. The Weiyang Club usually only recruits female students. You almost became their only male member. You missed a chance of being an emperor."
However, Zhou Wen thought nothing of it. He looked around and said, "When can we establish the club? Can we begin recruiting members now? If we don't do it now, the better freshmen might all be taken."
The other clubs were recruiting freshmen, but Li Xuan didn't seem prepared at all.
He said helplessly, "This is also beyond our control. Freshmen can only apply to set up a club one month after matriculation. Also, you will need to have at least five students before you can make the application. The typical student will choose to join existing clubs, so it will make it quite difficult for us to set up a new one. However, we wouldn't be under the mercy of others or care about other older members."
Zhou Wen nodded. That was one of the reasons he hadn't joined the Weiyang Club.
If possible, he'd rather not join any club. Gaming alone in peace was much better than joining any club.
Zhou Wen looked at the freshmen entering from the school's main gates when he was suddenly taken aback. He saw two familiar figures.
One of them was a tall girl and the other was a boy of medium stature. They were none other than Fang Ruoxi and Tian Xiangdong.
The duo also saw Zhou Wen. They walked over with backpacks. Tian Xiangdong even greeted him in a rather triumphant manner. "Zhou Wen, you never expected to see us here,
right?"
"I never expected the two of you to be admitted into Sunset College." Zhou Wen was really surprised. The League had plenty of universities and Sunset College wasn't the best choice. Yet, the duo had chosen to study here.
Fang Ruoxi looked at the clubs around and asked Zhou Wen, "Zhou Wen, have you chosen a club?"
"Babe, Zhou Wen and I plan on setting up our own club. Join us. I'll make you vice chairwoman." Li Xuan posed handsomely and hit on Fang Ruoxi.
"Alright," Fang Ruoxi replied with a smile.
Li Xuan never expected her to answer so quickly, leaving him stunned. Then, he said bashfully, "However, we are all freshmen. We will only be able to apply for the club in one month. Babe, if you are in a rush, you can always take a look at the established clubs."
Li Xuan might speak bombastically, but he was a genuine virgin. Furthermore, he was a virgin who didn't dare lose his virginity.
"There's no need. I'll wait till your new club is established," Fang Ruoxi said firmly as she stole a glance at Zhou Wen.
"Zhou Wen, you sure are fortunate," Li Xuan patted Zhou Wen on the shoulder and said with a smile.
He naturally could tell that Fang Ruoxi was only joining because of Zhou Wen.
"Zhou Wen, I'm really sorry about what happened. Please believe me that nothing like that will ever happen again." Fang Ruoxi was naturally referring to her sudden quitting of the team during the college entrance exams.
"No worries. It wasn't your fault." Zhou Wen didn't take it to heart.
He always believed that since Fang Ruoxi and Tian Xiangdong were unrelated to him, it was only normal for them to quit.
Tian Xiangdong hurriedly said with a smile, "That's right. We really had no choice. Now that we are at Sunset College, we have a promising future. We don't have to worry that much anymore. We guarantee you that nothing like that will happen again.'
Zhou Wen didn't speak further. Things were always unpredictable. No one knew the future, so any guarantee now was without meaning.
"Since we are all former schoolmates, I'll take you to the matriculation booth," Li Xuan introduced as he walked. "Sunset College is different from the other schools. There are very few protocols and ceremonies. There aren't any welcoming ceremonies or matriculation ceremonies for freshmen. Just register at the matriculation booth and be assigned to your dorm. Classes start tomorrow. By the way, I forgot to tell you, the first class of the first day at Sunset College is a combat test. Freshmen will be sent into dimensional zones to hunt dimensional creatures. Make sure you are mentally prepared."
"Where will be the test? Buddha City?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise.
"Of course not. Buddha City was only recently discovered. It isn't fully under control, so they won't send freshmen to take risks. Based on past experience, they will go to one of the four relatively safer dimensional zones on campus. Every freshman just needs to kill one dimensional creature to complete the mission. The more killed, the better the results," Li Xuan said.
"What's the point in that?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Count it as a way to benchmark. Although you can be admitted into Sunset College and everyone is a top student in their various high schools, everyone's abilities are varied. Such a test allows the teachers to understand their true strength. Secondly, it's also to create a ranking of the freshmen," Li Xuan explained.
"What's the freshmen ranking?" Tian Xiangdong asked out of curiosity.
"A results ranking. The higher the ranking, the more resources the school will provide. Consider it a reward system." Li Xuan looked at Zhou Wen and continued, "If this were in the past, Zhou Wen would have had the chance to enter the top three, but there are just too many strong freshmen this year. Just An Jing alone, who advanced to the Legendary stage two to three years ago, makes her a definite first in the rankings."
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After Fang Ruoxi and Tian Xiangdong had finished matriculation and were taken to their dorms, Zhou Wen returned to his. He wasn't too interested in such activities.
Just as he reached Four Seasons Garden, he saw a few students walking in with their luggage in tow. Clearly, the special admissions students had arrived and were beginning to move in.
Zhou Wen wasn't interested in them. He naturally didn't care what they looked like. He walked to the row of buildings at the back of Four Seasons Garden with his head bowed.
Just as he reached the last row, he saw a girl standing in front of the other building, opening the door with her dorm key.
"Hello there. My name is Wang Lu. You live next door, right? We will be neighbors in the future," the girl greeted Zhou Wen in a friendly manner.
"I'm Zhou Wen." Zhou Wen replied before entering his dorm.
This guy is odd. As expected of special admissions students. Do all of them have such a character? Wang Lu was curious.
Zhou Wen returned to his room and used his phone to enter Ant Nest.
Previously, he had encountered a bottleneck at Ant Nest. After entering, his strength hadn't allowed him to progress deeper. Now with the Silver-Winged Flying Ant evolving to an adult state, he planned on giving it another try.
Ant City was identical to before. It looked mysterious and bizarre. The ants were coming in and out of their nests and many of the black-winged flying ants were flying around.
He controlled the blood-colored avatar and stayed far away from the City, sending Silver-Winged Flying Ant to fly over alone.
The adult Silver-Winged Flying Ant's stats made it a pinnacle existence among Legendary Companion Beasts. With a flap of its four wings, it flew directly towards Ant City.
The black-winged flying ants immediately discovered it and rushed at it while flapping their black wings. The black swarm looked rather frightening.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant moved like lightning as it used its stinger to shoot Magical Needle, tearing through the head of the black-winged flying ant that charged headfirst. It then plummeted.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant didn't stop as it shot into the ant swarm like a silver bolt of lightning
'Killed Black-Winged Soldier Ant. Discovered dimensional crystal.'
Zhou Wen saw a dimensional crystal drop due to the black-winged flying ant's death, but he was unable to pick it up due to the distance.
If the blood-colored avatar were to rush into the Ant City's vicinity, it would suffer an attack. With his present strength, it would be difficult for him to survive the black-winged flying ant swarm.
He kept watching as chimes kept ringing. Many dimensional crystals dropped, but Zhou Wen didn't dare pick them up. He felt quite depressed as a result.
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The Silver-Winged Flying Ant could hardly move amidst the black-winged flying ant swarm. Although he slew a lot, there were just too many of them. The Silver-Winged Flying Ant was constantly in peril with the chances of it being overwhelmed by the ant swarm at any time.
Damn it. There are too many ants and they are Legendary creatures. The Silver-Winged Flying Ant can't rush in at all. Zhou Wen thought of getting the Silver-Winged Flying Ant to rush out, but it was already too late. Surrounded, it could only fight the black-winged flying ants that inundated it, the injuries it suffered increasing.
Ding!
Another black-winged flying ant was killed, dropping a black-winged flying ant dimensional crystal-a black-winged flying ant's Primordial Energy Skill Crystal.
I'll risk it! Zhou Wen looked at the copious numbers of dimensional crystals strewn across the ground. He could hold back, but upon seeing the Primordial Energy Skill Crystal, he couldn't hold back any longer.
He sent the blood-colored avatar to rush to the periphery of Ant City without any hesitation, summoning the Mutated Skeleton Ant and Truth Listener to distract the swarm.
The black-winged flying ants quickly noticed him. Before he could arrive near the dimensional crystal, massive numbers of them rushed over.
The Mutated Skeleton Ant tried to lead a number away, but it was only a Mortal Companion Beast. It died almost instantly under the Legendary creature horde.
Using this brief moment, he leaped up and rushed towards the spot where the dimensional crystal dropped. He had his eyes fixed on the black-winged flying ant crystal.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant also died at this moment from the barrage of attacks. Its bleeding carcass fell and large numbers of black-winged flying ants turned around and rushed for the blood-colored avatar.
Let me pick it up! Zhou Wen controlled the blood-colored avatar and used his greatest Speed and Strength to grab that black-winged flying ant crystal.
However, when its fingers were two feet away from the crystal, a large swarm of black-winged flying ants had rushed over, drowning it.
Thankfully this is in-game. If I had done that in real life, death would have been a certainty. Zhou Wen looked at the black screen and wore a bitter smile.
Dying without gaining anything in return was something Zhou Wen was already used to. Recently, he seldom died, unlike the period when he had first obtained the mysterious phone.
Dripping a drop of blood to revive himself, Zhou Wen entered the game once more. However, he knew that his strength was still lacking if he wanted to charge into Ant City. Therefore, he headed for Underground Buddha City.
Zhou Wen wished to visit Small Buddha Temple and see if he could make the selection again with the dungeon refreshed, hoping to get another Mythical Companion Egg.
However, he was disappointed when he entered. Even though Small Buddha Temple had been respawned, he wasn't able to trigger the scene with the three-faced Buddha.
From the looks of it, I can only obtain one Mythical Companion Egg in-game. I wonder if visiting it in real life will allow me to trigger the three-face Buddha's gift of a Companion Egg. Although Zhou Wen was somewhat tempted, he didn't wish to take the risk and finally eliminated the thought.
To obtain the three-faced Buddha's Companion Egg, I apparently need to first master the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra or death is certain. Those soldiers do not know this secret, so I'm afraid there will be many sacrifices. Zhou Wen had the intention of telling this secret to the scouts who explored Underground Buddha City; thus, reducing their losses. However, firstly, he didn't have the chance to interact with these soldiers and secondly, he had no way of explaining how he knew that.
Suddenly, Zhou Wen's eyes lit up as he muttered, "Since I can't tell them directly, I can post the strategy guide of Underground Buddha City on the League's Dimensional Forum. This way, I can receive the official's reward and also prevent those soldiers from making sacrifices in vain."
The League had always been encouraging its citizens to write out their thoughts and experiences regarding dimensional zones. For this, it had specially set up a server and an official Dimensional Forum.
Posting dimensional zone strategies on the forum could be set as paid articles. It was even possible for the officials to buy the rights and use it as teaching material in textbooks.
To ensure that the poster didn't have any hesitation in writing these, the Dimensional Forum used a completely independent server and high-security measures. Unless it was voted by Congress, no one could check the data of the Dimensional Forum.
For this, the League had clearly set up a guarantee by law. It was to prevent experts who didn't wish to expose themselves to freely write their strategies on the forum.
The League had many powerhouses who had the habit of browsing the Dimensional Forum. The typical citizen also treated it as a resource database.
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Chapter 75: Fire God Platform
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Zhou Wen didn't rush to post on the Dimensional Forum; instead, he first took a look at the other threads on it.
The threads mainly had three different kinds of monetization methods.
The first kind was a thread that provided a free strategy. Such threads didn't require payment when reading. According to the number of clicks, the officials would pay a certain number of Dimensional Points in a particular ratio.
Of course, if the reader count was very low, one wouldn't be able to earn many Dimensional Points. 10,000 clicks were probably only enough to earn 1 Dimensional Point.
Dimensional Points was the point system of the Dimensional Forum. It couldn't be spent like money or be withdrawn. However, it could be used to exchange items at the Dimensional Forum's official shop. Dimensional crystals and Companion Eggs were options for exchange and different items required a different number of points.
Exchanging for an item only required a mailing address. Receipt of the goods was done with a password without any need for identification.
The second kind of thread was monetized threads. Such threads could be read by paying. The price was determined by the poster and was also purchased with Dimensional Points.
Of course, threads posted by unknown people on the Dimensional Forum basically didn't have many people paying to read. One had to have a certain level of fame before people considered the purchase.
The third kind of thread was official threads. An official guide and strategy was provided and could typically be read at very cheap prices. Furthermore, the authenticity of the content could be guaranteed.
Zhou Wen registered a Dimensional Forum account which only required a bank account number, password, and alias without any other agreements.
The entry of a bank account number and password was relatively simple. As for aliases, there were many which were duplicated. It was difficult to find a unique name.
Zhou Wen couldn't be bothered to think of one. He randomly tapped on the keyboard and pressed space, immediately having a few words appear in the alias field.
Zhou Wen didn't know what he had written, but on careful inspection, he realized that autocomplete had filled it in as "Poison." Zhou Wen subconsciously pressed confirm and realized that it could be used. The registration succeeded immediately.
Zhou Wen didn't care about his alias and directly used this account to log in and post his first thread.
When posting, Zhou Wen chose monetization. Firstly, he was really poor and wished to earn something to buy Companion Eggs to feed the Silver-Winged Flying Ant.
Secondly, there were too many threads on the Dimensional Forum. Ordinary threads very easily sank to the bottom and in comparison, monetized threads were rarer. They stayed longer on the monetized boards.
After seeing the forum shop's prices for Legendary Companion Eggs, Zhou Wen set the price for his first thread to be 20,000 Dimensional Points. This was the price of two Legendary Companion Eggs.
Soon, a monetized thread named "Small Buddha Temple Stone Steps Strategy" appeared in the monetized board.
Ordinary monetized threads ranged from a few points to a dozen points, and the more expensive ones were about a hundred points. For a thread to cost more than a thousand Dimensional Points, meant they were usually professional strategies usually written by some bigwigs on the forum.
Yet, the Small Buddha Temple mentioned in the thread was almost unheard of. Even the alias which was used to post the thread was rather unfamiliar.
"This must be a nutcase. 20,000 points? Only an idiot will read it."
"This must be a scammer that's hoping someone gives him Dimensional Points."
"The rules on the forum need to be more comprehensive. Such scams need to be held legally responsible."
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Wang Fei was also browsing the Dimensional Forum when she suddenly saw the thread. She couldn't help but be astonished.
This was because Small Buddha Temple was in Sunset College's Underground Buddha City. This secret wasn't known even by ordinary teachers of Sunset College, but Wang Fei, who had an official position, knew very well what kind of place it was.
Since the person who wrote the thread knew of Small Buddha Temple and wrote the keywords "stone steps," it meant that they knew something.
Could it be just some nonsense?Wang Fei felt hesitant seeing the price of 20,000 points. However, if the thread really held the method of entering Small Buddha Temple, then 20,000 points was nothing.
With so many lives sacrificed on the stone steps, each one of them was worth far more than 20,000 Dimensional Points.
Gritting her teeth, Wang Fei paid and opened the thread. When she saw the content inside, she revealed a look of disbelief.The Heart Meditation Primordial Energy Skill at the Mortal stage can crack the oddness of the stone steps? Is this possible?
The soldiers responsible for exploring the stone steps were at least at the Legendary stage. Even if they had obtained the Buddha Heart Lotus dimensional crystal, none of them would be interested in a low-grade Primordial Energy Skill. To her surprise, such a puny Heart Meditation was able to resist the stone step's mysterious powers.
The thread had little content. That was all it said. Finally, it warned that one was not to enter the temple or death was a certainty.
Zhou Wen had posted the thread out of goodwill, but he also had some selfishness.
He only had one life, so he was worried about risking his life heading for the Small Buddha Temple in reality. If reality was different in-game, he could at least get the military to scout it out. If they could safely enter Small Buddha Temple, he wouldn't hesitate any further.
After all, the military didn't know the secret of the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Even if they did, cultivating it wasn't something that could be done in a short span of time. Zhou Wen could beat them in entering the temple hall in the real world and visit the three-faced Buddha.
Of course, he had to confirm that reality's Small Buddha Temple was identical to the game. Only with him being able to safely enter would he personally visit it.
After Wang Fei saw the thread, she immediately made a phone call and informed the military department she came under.
Before long, Wang Fei received feedback from the military. They had already sent a soldier who had cultivated Heart Meditation to attempt ascending the stone steps. He ended up entering the compound of Small Buddha Temple without dying like all the soldiers from before.
The thread is real! Who's that Poison? How does he know about Small Buddha Temple?Wang Fei was shocked.
Zhou Wen discovered that he had two clicks on his thread which also meant that two people had purchased his thread. Immediately, he had 40,000 Dimensional Points deposited into his account.
That's some easy money.Zhou Wen was delighted.
However, he soon discovered that no one else purchased his thread beyond the two clicks.
If I had known, I should have set the price even higher.Zhou Wen stopped paying attention to the thread and entered the Ancient Sovereign City dungeon.
After killing the Skeleton General, Zhou Wen continued exploring. With the Silver-Winged Flying Ant leading the way, the large horde of Skeleton Soldiers could do nothing against him. He stormed all the way in.
After several kilometers, a platform obstructed his path. From afar, he saw the words—"E Bo Platform."
Zhou Wen wasn't a stranger to this name. E Bo was one of the sons of the Five Emperors in Chinese mythology, which was also the founding ancestor of the Shang clan. He had the title of Fire God, so E Bo Platform was also known as Fire God Platform, a star observatory that E Bo used.
However, in the history books, Zhou Wen remembered, Fire God Platform wasn't inside the ancient city, but southwest of it.
Amidst his thoughts, he saw the fire on Fire God Platform burgeon. A scarlet flame soared into the sky, turning into a firebird that charged at the blood-colored avatar.
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Chapter 76 Wang's Man
The firebird was extremely fast. Silver-Winged Flying Ant dodged the firebird's charge with Silver Wing Flash, but the blood-colored avatar didn't have the same speed. It was already too late to summon the Silver-Winged Flying Ant to turn it into wings.
Since he couldn't dodge, Zhou Wen struck out with Ashen Palm.
However, when the palm made contact with the firebird, it felt like he had struck air. There was no corporeal entity to direct his force and by then, the firebird had already charged into the blood-colored avatar's body.
Bang!
The next second, the blood-colored avatar exploded like fireworks, turning the screen black.
Unwilling to accept this, Zhou Wen dripped his blood and revived the blood-colored avatar. He charged straight for Fire God Platform and before long arrived there. This time, he was prepared. He first turned Silver-Winged Flying Ant into its companion form. Four translucent silver wings appeared behind the blood-colored avatar.
Indeed, the firebird flew out from the top of the Fire God Platform once more. Zhou Wen used the flight obtained from silver wings to face off with the firebird and, although he couldn't shake it off, the firebird was unable to catch up to him.
Ignoring the firebird, Zhou Wen controlled the blood-colored avatar to fly towards the Fire God Platform. He wanted to see what was on top of it.
The Platform was squarish in shape like a gigantic chimney. It was a thousand feet tall and although he wanted to fly to its peak, his silver wings only allowed him to fly a dozen meters or so. He wasn't able to reach higher altitudes.
The Life Providence as King of Low Altitudes allows the Silver-Winged Flying Ant to be extremely agile at low altitudes, but it can't fly too high. This is a damning weakness. Zhou Wen landed on the stone steps of the Fire God Platform and seeing the firebird about to chase up to him, he summoned the Silver-Winged Flying Ant and shot Magical Needle at it.
The firebird didn't dodge and allowed it to rush straight at it.
Bang!
Magical Needle was useful as it exploded the firebird; however, the system didn't indicate that he had killed a dimensional creature.
Zhou Wen was delighted. Just as he was about to rush up to the Fire God Platform, he saw another flame soar into the sky from the top of the platform. This time, two firebirds swooped down.
Zhou Wen continued rushing up the staircase and before long, the two firebirds came to him. The blood-colored avatar gained the silver wings and faced off with the two firebirds again. After taking painstaking efforts, he finally slew the two firebirds. But this time, four firebirds flew out.
Zhou Wen didn't dare kill them. All he could do was try his best to escape the firebirds' pursuit and head to the top of the Fire God Platform as quickly as he could.
Unfortunately, Zhou Wen was wrong. Even if he didn't kill the firebirds, the top of the Fire God Platform sent out eight firebirds when he reached a certain height.
Zhou Wen was already doing the best he could, but he wasn't the firebird's match. Soon, the blood-colored avatar had a firebird charge into his body and exploded to its death.
However, from where it stood, he could already see some of the Fire God Platform's peak. There was a stone monument erected on it, but Zhou Wen was only able to see the tip and vaguely made out the word: 'Imperial.'
The game screen went black, but he didn't immediately revive again. Instead, he recalled his past experiences.
After killing the firebird, there wasn't any indication of me killing dimensional creatures. This means that they aren't dimensional creatures. If they aren't, it means they are a type of Primordial Energy Skill. But why didn't the dimensional creature at the top of Fire God Platform release large numbers of firebirds at the very beginning but instead slowly double them up?
Zhou Wen then thought of something. In real life, the ancient city is clearly Guide Ancient City, but the game dungeon's name is Ancient Imperial City. That Fire God Platform has a stone monument with the word "Imperial" on it. Could it be related?
Unable to figure things out immediately, Zhou Wen decided to take a rest and calm his mind.
Pouring himself a cup of blood-replenishing tea, he sipped at it as he checked if there was any new income from the thread he had posted on the Dimensional Forum.
He was left disappointed as the clicks remained at two. However, he had received a private message on the forum.
Zhou Wen saw that the message was posted by a user named "Wang's Man." He clicked it and gave it a look.
"Dear Sir, might I discuss Small Buddha Temple with you?"
"Discuss?" Zhou Wen replied.
Wang Fei always had the forum open on her phone. Although she hadn't received a reply after waiting for quite some time, she had continued waiting patiently.
The discovery of Small Buddha Temple was too astonishing. After using Poison's method, the military had finally rushed into the compound of Small Buddha Temple and discovered the stone monument with the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra.
This discovery astounded Wang Fei and the military top brass. Such a stone monument had been discovered in other mysterious dimensional zones in the past. People had mastered the Primordial Energy Art on the stone monument and earned a mysterious Companion Beast.
However, Wang Fei and the military top brass knew very well that although the Primordial Energy Art was potent, it wasn't something that anyone could cultivate. One needed the corresponding special physiques to cultivate the corresponding Primordial Energy Arts.
Although they saw the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, no one dared to cultivate it. A volunteer attempted to memorize the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra on the stone monument, but a few words were enough for him to clasp his head and cry out in pain. He then died with blood gushing out of his seven orifices.
A general had personally visited the stone monument before ordering all soldiers to leave Small Buddha Temple. Furthermore, all news regarding Small Buddha Temple was made top secret.
Wang Fei contacted Poison on the general's orders.
"Have you mastered Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra?" Wang Fei hurriedly asked.
"What has that got to do with you?"
"I'm willing to pay large sums of money to buy information from you." Sensing the other party's tone to be somewhat impatient, Wang Fei got straight to the point and indicated her motives.
"What information? Tell me."
"Do you know what special physiques are needed to cultivate in the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra?" Wang Fei hurriedly replied.
Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback. He had no idea what physiques were needed. However, on second thought, he immediately came to a realization.
I was wondering why the three-faced Buddha called me his child. I thought it had to do with my cultivating of the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, but from the looks of it, it's not that simple. But I don't seem to possess any special physique. If Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra requires one to cultivate, how did I succeed? With this in mind, Zhou Wen's eyes suddenly lit up. Could it be the Lost Immortal Sutra?
He recalled that his brain felt extreme discomfort when he began reading the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. After the Lost Immortal Sutra took effect, he was able to finish reading the former in its entirety and mastered it.
From the looks of it, it's most likely Lost Immortal Sutra.
Wang Fei waited for quite a while, but there was no reply. She couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, but it wasn't appropriate for her to send another message to rush the person. All she could do was continue waiting, with every second feeling like an eternity.
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Chapter 77 Matriculation Test
Wang Fei didn't receive a response after waiting all day. Her message was like a rock sinking into the ocean. Finally, she couldn't help but send another message, but once again, she didn't receive a reply.
Unbeknownst to her, Zhou Wen had already closed the forum and was gaming away.
He didn't know what physiques were needed to cultivate the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, so he naturally wasn't able to answer her. However, he didn't wish to let the other person know that he was clueless. He decided to not answer for there was a chance he could learn more from the other party in the future.
But this only served to torture Wang Fei. This was because the Dimensional Forum didn't have any indication of online status, nor was there any way of checking. Therefore, she didn't know if Zhou Wen was online or not. All she could do was continue waiting.
Wang Fei immediately picked up her phone when it suddenly sounded and she saw the number flash up.
"Little Fei, did you figure out Poison's identity?" A man's voice sounded over the phone.
"Sorry, General Shen. There was no response from him. I'm also temporarily unable to figure out his identity," Wang Fei said after a pause. "General Shen, can we figure out his geographical location through the forum?"
"The Dimensional Forum is under the Zhang family. You know what they are like. Unless Congress passes it through a vote, there's no way we can get the information from them. It's impossible. The Zhangs won't even entertain me," General Shen thought for a moment before continuing, "Since Poison knows about Buddha City and Small Buddha Temple, as well as the secret of the stone steps, it means he must have been there. This place is a recently discovered dimensional zone, so not many people have been there. Apart from our military personnel, there are only the students and teachers of Sunset College. Investigate it from this angle. You have to find Poison no matter what."
"Yes." Wang Fei hung up and thought about how she could begin.
Quite a number of students and teachers had entered Buddha City, so it wasn't an easy task to find out who they all were.
Early in the morning, Zhou Wen and Li Xuan reported for class.
Sunset College used an education system that followed half-restricted military practices. It was different from the typical university. Here, there was no distinction between electives and compulsory classes. They only needed to attend the lessons of one teacher. They could attend the classes of other teachers based on their own interests.
Li Xuan and Zhou Wen happened to be assigned to Wang Fei's class, and she was in a rather unhappy mood today. After entering the class, she saw all the freshmen looking languid. She pursed her lips before curling the ends of her mouth slightly.
"Students, from today, I'll be your counselor. Let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Fei." Wang Fei wrote her name on the board.
When the students realized that she was in her late twenties, exuding a mature lady's sexiness by wearing a gray professional blazer matched with stockings, something that the female students were unable to compare with, some of the bolder students cheered.
Li Xuan was clearly one of the bolder ones. He called out, "Miss Wang, are you taken? If you aren't, you can consider me."
Upon hearing Li Xuan's words, many students laughed out. Many students also made catcalls.
Wang Fei seemed used to such situations and thought nothing of it. She shot Li Xuan a look and said, "Of course. But you have to first be able to graduate while under me. Alright, this is Sunset College. The word 'Sunset' is a warning to us that time is precious. Our school's purpose is to cherish time. Now, I'll be assigning you your first matriculation homework. It will also be your first test. Kill a Demonized General within ten days. Each team is only allowed a maximum of four people. The kill has to be done within ninety seconds. If you fail to complete the test, you will be expelled from school. You can then seek out other opportunities for yourself. The school will also arrange for you to apply to other ordinary schools."
The noisy classroom instantly fell silent.
Students who were admitted into Sunset College weren't to be trifled with. Before arriving on campus, many of them had gained an understanding of Sunset College via various channels.
To have a test on the first day of classes was a tradition of Sunset College. It wasn't much of a surprise.
However, to slay a Demonized General within ninety seconds in a group of four, it was quite demanding
Sunset College had many dimensional zones, so the typical matriculation test was to kill a certain number of Mortal dimensional creatures, but a Demonized General was a Legendary dimensional creature.
Although the students here were all elites, most of them were at the Mortal stage. Killing a Legendary dimensional creature through the combined forces of four students at the Mortal stage wasn't simple. Furthermore, Demonized Generals didn't appear alone. They would have plenty of Mortal stage Demonized Soldiers around them, increasing the difficulty.
Most students probably were incapable of killing one in ninety seconds as a group of four.
"Miss Wang, we just matriculated and have learned nothing. Isn't it too demanding for us to kill a Demonized General?" a student raised his doubts.
"Didn't I give you ten days to learn? As long as you are willing to put in the effort, ten days is sufficient. If you don't have the will, a hundred days would be useless. This is Sunset College. It doesn't have that much time for you to waste. Kill a Demonized General in ten days or study at another university. Your fates are in your hands. Alright, this will be the end of the administration matters before class starts. You can officially begin attending lessons. As for the classes you would like to attend, it's up to you to decide. The timetable has the various counselors' lesson timings. You can choose the subjects you would like to learn more about." Wang Fei handed out passes before she left, leaving the room filled with dumbfounded students.
"College life seems to be a little more interesting than I expected. Killing a Demonized General in ninety seconds in a group of four probably isn't easily accomplished, much less ordinary students," Li Xuan whispered to Zhou Wen.
The other students either lamented or grumbled. Their test was the hardest among all the matriculation tests in previous years.
"What kind of dimensional creature is the Demonized General?" Zhou Wen held the pass he had received and studied it. On it were the words: Tiger Cage Pass.
Li Xuan said, "Tiger Cage Pass is a dimensional zone east of campus. In ancient times, it was called Sihui Pass. After it became a dimensional zone, large numbers of Demonized General and Demonized Soldiers appeared. Among dimensional creatures of the same level, Demonized Generals and Demonized Soldiers are middle to upper tier. Some Demonized Generals even reach the level of pinnacle Legendary. They are very difficult to deal with. Such a matriculation test is really difficult for newly matriculated students."
"Let's visit Tiger Cage Pass then," Zhou Wen said with piqued interest.
His other dungeons had reached a bottleneck. He was unable to reach the top of Fire God Platform and he couldn't break into Ant City There wasn't much to be discovered in Underground Buddha City, so it would be a good development to have a new dungeon.
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Chapter 78 Demonized General
"Ms. Wang, you shouldn't have used the test meant for the special admissions students of the previous two years on ordinary students, right?" Liu Zhengyan told Wang Fei inside the school office.
"These imps are filled with arrogance; if they aren't taught a lesson, it might not be easy teaching them in the future. Mr. Liu, rest assured. I know what I'm doing," Wang Fei said with great confidence.
Wang Fei naturally wouldn't expel her students. She had prepared a strategy for killing the Demonized General. As long as these students worked hard to look up information on it, they would discover the strategy she had specially written.
By studying the strategy completely, it wasn't difficult to slay the Demonized General within ten days.
The average student did research in school, but Zhou Wen was clearly an exception. Without doing any research, he and Li Xuan headed straight for the Tiger Cage Pass dimensional zone.
Tiger Cage Pass was similarly underground. After receiving a temporary pass from the school, Zhou Wen and Li Xuan were able to enter it.
The pass had to be returned in ten days, so it wouldn't be easy for them to enter Tiger Cage Pass again after that time.
It wasn't that the school wasn't willing to open Tiger Cage Pass to everyone, but it had too few resources available for all. Real life wasn't a game where dimensional creatures would keep respawning after being killed. One had to wait for new dimensional creatures to come out of the dimensional rift, and this process was much slower than in-game respawning.
Therefore, dimensional zones like Tiger Cage Pass that were specially prepared for students were typically opened up to them for fixed periods of time to ensure that there would be sufficient dimensional creatures in it.
Outside Tiger Cage Pass, Zhou Wen discovered the familiar palm symbol, but it was a symbol with a tiger-headed gate.
Before entering, he used his mysterious phone to snap a picture of the palm symbol and indeed, he successfully downloaded the Tiger Cage Pass game dungeon.
Since he was here, he entered with Li Xuan to take a look. Several students from the same class had come as well. They too were here to take a look at Tiger Cage Pass's situation.
In the underground ancient battlefield, Demonized Soldiers were wandering in groups. They wore ragged clothes and had blood-red eyes. Their dark skin suffused a metallic luster.
There were also different types of Demonized Soldiers. Most of them carried lances while others held knives and shields. A few of them had bows and arrows.
Most of the students were geniuses of their various high schools, so dealing with the typical Demonized Soldier wasn't difficult. However, there were no signs of Demonized Generals anywhere in the vicinity.
"Shall we head in and find a Demonized General so that we can complete the test today?" Li Xuan asked with a smile.
"Another day perhaps. It's best we head back and study the information regarding Tiger Cage Pass." Zhou Wen didn't wish to underestimate any dimensional zone. It was equivalent to dancing on the edge of a blade.
Although he now had the capability of killing Legendaries, Legendary creatures were varied in their abilities. No one could guarantee that nothing would go wrong.
"You're just too careful. Without strength, we can just be over and done with by storming in," Li Xuan said with a laugh.
Zhou Wen ignored him and headed out. After returning to his dorm, he first launched the school's official page and looked up the information regarding Tiger Cage Pass.
Wang Fei had deliberately stuck to the strategy, so Zhou Wen naturally found it at a glance. When he loaded it, there was a detailed introduction to the strategy and how it could be used. As long as one cooperated well with one another, killing a Legendary Demonized General wasn't difficult.
However, it had pointed out something—the Demonized Generals mentioned in the strategy were typical Demonized Generals. If one were to encounter a Demonized General with engraving on their helmets, one was to immediately stay away from them.
After studying the information available, Zhou Wen launched the game dungeon and entered Tiger Cage Pass.
The game's graphics were nearly identical to Tiger Cage Pass, other than the fact that it was cartoonish. It didn't look as bloody and terrifying
With Zhou Wen's strength, killing ordinary Demonized Soldiers was easy. Even small groups of them didn't pose any threat. He stormed his way and headed in the direction of Tiger Cage Pass's gate.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant slew the ordinary Demonized Soldiers as if it was dicing vegetables. This went on for kilometers until he suddenly saw a Demonized General rushing over on a Demon Horse.
The Demon Horse was entirely red in color. It looked like a cloud of flames and its speed was astonishing. It arrived in front of the Silver-Winged Flying Ant almost in the blink of an eye.
The Demonized General on the horse was abnormally stocky. It wore black armor and a helmet, and the weapon in its hand looked extremely odd. It looked like a spear, but the two sides of the spear tip had two crescent blades. It was more than three meters long and looked a little like the trident of the mythical Poseidon.
The raven-black spear suffused a red glow and although it was drawn in a cartoon style, it still gave one the feeling of ferocity and dominance.
Zhou Wen's gaze swept across its helmet and saw a circular groove. Engraved in it was the word "Paper."
Boom! The Demonized General raised its spear and thrust it at the Silver-Winged Flying Ant. Burning flames spewed out of the spear tip, making the strange spear appear like a flaming wyrm that swept towards the ant at blistering speed. Clearly, it was a Primordial Energy Skill.
Under Zhou Wen's control, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant used Silver Wing Flash to dodge the Demonized General's thrust. At the same time, it moved its stinger and shot out Magical Needle, aiming right at the Demonized General's eyes.
"Roar!" The Demonized General let out a roar as its body produced fiery ripples that resembled lotus flower petals. It had surprisingly withstood Magical Needle as it threw the strange burning spear right at the Silver-Winged Flying Ant in midair.
Zhou Wen hurriedly made the Silver-Winged Flying Ant fly higher, hoping to use the distance of height to prevent the attack from
hitting.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant flew to a height of more than ten meters, a height that Zhou Wen imagined the strange spear wouldn't be able to reach.
But to his surprise, the Demon Horse, the Demonized General was riding, leaped up and jumped more than ten meters into the sky, instantly closing the distance between it and the ant. The strange spear in the Demonized General's hand again swept at it like a fiery wyrm.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant lived up to its name as King of Low Altitudes. As it flapped its four wings, it dodged the attack like a silver bolt of lightning. However, a shocking scene happened the next second.
The Demonized General aimed one hand at the Silver-Winged Flying Ant in midair and sucked at it. As though space was collapsing towards its palm, the Ant which was at least two meters away was pulled towards the Demonized General. No matter how hard it flapped its four wings, it was unable to escape the suction.
Crack!
The strange spear cleaved down, immediately lopping off the motionless Silver-Winged Flying Ant's head. Zhou Wen turned around and retreated, but the blood-colored avatar did not have enough strength to fend off a pinnacle Legendary creature.
Zhou Wen had ultimately retreated too late. Without even pursuing him, the Demonized General sat on the Demon Horse's back and threw the strange spear over.
The flaming wyrm tore through the sky and without being able to dodge in time, the blood-colored avatar was pinned to the sandy ground in the battlefield. The screen went black.
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Chapter 79 Crazy Grinding
How terrifying! Zhou Wen didn't feel depressed. Instead, his eyes lit up as he felt pumped with excitement.
The stats of the Silver-Winged Flying Ant were already considered top-notch among Legendaries. Yet, it had been butchered by the Demonized General. Such a powerful existence made Zhou Wen eager to obtain it.
Be it the Demonized General Companion Beast or the Demonized General's Primordial Energy Skill, they were both of extreme value. It was especially so for the skill that could pull the Silver-Winged Flying Ant over. It was practically godlike.
Without any hesitation, he dripped his blood to revive the blood-colored avatar. He then chose to head for Tiger Cage Pass immediately.
The typical Demonized Soldiers held little meaning to him. He stormed all the way in, leaving a wake of destruction behind him. Soon, he encountered the Demonized General who came riding on a horse.
However, this Demonized General was somewhat different from the one he had previously encountered. Although it wore the same black armor and helmet, there wasn't any engraving on its helmet. Furthermore, it was riding a black horse and it was slightly shorter. The weapon it wielded was an ordinary spear.
Upon exchanging blows, Zhou Wen realized that this was the ordinary Demonized General as described in the school's strategy. It was completely different from the word-engraved Demonized General he had seen.
Although an ordinary Demonized General was rather strong, it wasn't the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's match. After about ten minutes of battle, it was slain and had dropped a Primordial Energy Crystal.
A 15-valued Primordial Energy Crystal didn't help Zhou Wen break through his limits. Apart from his Constitution at 11, his other stats peaked at 10. He was unable to exceed the limit.
Zhou Wen continued controlling the blood-colored avatar as he stormed towards Tiger Cage Pass. The nearer he was to it, the more Demonized Soldiers there were. He did encounter two Demonized Generals, but they dropped nothing of note.
When the city gates of Tiger Cage Pass were in sight, Zhou Wen wanted to continue charging forward when he heard the twang of a bowstring. An arrow shot out from Tiger Cage Pass like a bolt of lightning, instantly killing the blood-colored avatar.
What the hell? Zhou Wen was able to hear the bowstring's twang thanks to the Truth Listener earring, but he hadn't managed to see who had shot the arrow, nor was he able to dodge it in time.
Such an outcome clearly didn't satisfy him. He dripped his blood and entered the game again, but this time, he didn't enter Tiger Cage Pass but first entered Ant Nest, Ancient Imperial City, and Underground Buddha City. After killing the Silver-Winged Flying Ant, Skeleton General, and Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus once, he headed for Tiger Cage Pass.
He failed to encounter a word-engraved Demonized General again and only encountered two ordinary ones. After killing them, he was killed on the spot by the arrow as he tried to approach Tiger Cage Pass. He still failed to identify who had killed the blood-colored avatar.
Without immediately entering the game, Zhou Wen headed online to check the school's online database and studied in detail the information regarding Tiger Cage Pass.
There was plenty of information, but little regarding the word-engraved Demonized General. It was only mentioned that they were occasionally encountered outside Tiger Cage Pass and were very rare, with one not even appearing for a month or two.
Furthermore, there were many bigwigs who had their sights on word-engraved Demonized Generals. It was said that their Primordial Energy Skills were very valuable, but Zhou Wen didn't manage to find any information regarding that.
As for what was inside Tiger Cage Pass, an Epic stage expert had once rushed in but ended up escaping with grievous injuries. To date, humanity hadn't yet cleared the Tiger Cage Pass dimensional zone.
The area twenty-five hundred meters outside Tiger Cage Pass was considered a forbidden area. Typical students and teachers were forbidden from entry and they had only themselves to blame if an accident were to occur there.
Without finding the word-engraved Demonized Generals' detailed information, Zhou Wen tried again. He dripped his blood again to revive himself in the bid of encountering one outside Tiger Cage Pass.
However, before heading to Tiger Cage Pass each time, he would kill the Silver-Winged Flying Ant, Skeleton General, and Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus. A Legendary Companion Egg did drop and ordinary Companion Eggs dropped as well. They were all given as food to the Silver-Winged Flying Ant and Truth Listener.
Truth Listener also needed food, but it was picky. It only ate Companion Eggs and had no interest in incubated Companion Beasts. This made it different from the Silver-Winged Flying Ant.
Ding!
For the next few days, Zhou Wen continued grinding crazily. After he slew a Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus once more, a Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus Crystal dropped-a Primordial Energy Skill Crystal.
This was even rarer than a Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus Companion Egg. He had already had three of them drop, but the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus's Primordial Energy Skill Crystal only had one drop.
I already have Blood Meditation. I hope it isn't the same one this time. Zhou Wen carefully looked at the Primordial Energy Skill Crystal's
stats.
Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus: Lotus Flower Buddha Body (Rank 9)
Zhou Wen's eyes lit up as he didn't hesitate to let the blood-colored avatar fuse with it.
Lotus Flower Buddha Body was the blood-patterned Buddha Heart Lotus's protective Primordial Energy Skill and furthermore, it was Rank 9. Zhou Wen couldn't ask for more.
Thankfully, the Buddha-type Primordial Energy Skill was relatively mild. Although it was at the Legendary stage, it didn't excessively burden Zhou Wen's body. It allowed him to successfully obtain the Rank 9 Lotus Flower Buddha Body.
When Zhou Wen attempted to circulate it, faint blood patterns immediately suffused his skin. They covered his entire body with flower petals as though a Buddha's aspect was hidden within.
Lotus Flower Buddha Body expended one Primordial Energy point every second, therefore, only allowing him to use it for ten seconds. This was under the condition that he didn't use any other Primordial Energy Skills.
This Primordial Energy Skill is good in every way, but its expenditure is just too high, Zhou Wen thought with an insatiable desire.
He entered the game to try his newly mastered skill and realized that he had basically achieved invulnerability against the attacks of Demonized Soldiers at the same Mortal stage. His defensive strength was indeed pretty good.
It could also defend the attacks of ordinary Demonized Generals if they didn't use Primordial Energy Skills. If they were to use one, the Lotus Flower Buddha Body wasn't able to defend against it, but it still prevented him from being killed instantly.
Of course, this was under the condition that the ordinary Demonized Generals could hit the blood-colored avatar. In fact, with the silver wings formed by the Silver-Winged Flying Ant, ordinary Demonized Generals were incapable of touching the blood-colored avatar.
As for the arrow that shot out from Tiger Cage Pass, it was still able to penetrate his body. Lotus Flower Buddha Body's defensive powers were like paper mache that didn't show any obvious effects. Even Silver Wing Flash didn't help him in dodging it.
The one shooting the arrow from Tiger Cage Pass is likely an Epic dimensional creature. Zhou Wen no longer dared to approach Tiger Cage Pass and only sought Demonized Generals in the periphery.
He grinded Tiger Cage Pass countless times, and one time, he encountered a red horse dash towards him shortly after he arrived near Tiger Cage Pass. The Demonized General riding on it was stocky and tall. Its strange spear, resembling Poseidon's trident, was eye-catching. There was a word engraved on its helmet, making it the word-engraved Demonized General which Zhou Wen had been trying hard to find.
However, upon careful inspection, he was stunned. This was because the word engraved was different from the one he had previously seen.
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Chapter 80 Battling the Demonized General Again
The last time Zhou Wen saw the Demonized General, it had the word Paper engraved on the helmet. This time, it wasn't Paper but Blade.
It was Paper and now it's Blade. Don't tell me the next one is Rock? Although he didn't know why they differed, he still followed his plans. He fused the Mutated Skeleton Ant, Silver-Winged Flying Ant, and Truth Listener into the blood-colored avatar and prepared for a full-power skirmish.
Although the Demonized General was strong, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant wasn't weak, especially when it came to Speed. It was definitely not weaker than any Legendary dimensional creature.
The Demonized General's attack was identical to the one he previously encountered. The strange spear in its hand swept over with blazing flames, but Zhou Wen managed to dodge it by flying
He didn't rejoice when he dodged the strange spear's attack. He continued staring intently at the Demonized General's left hand.
Indeed, after the spear missed, the Demonized General raised its left hand just as Zhou Wen had expected.
However, to his surprise, the Demonized General didn't suck the blood-colored avatar over. Instead, it transformed its palm into a blade and waved it at it.
The faint red blade aura tore out like a thin thread, instantly cleaving the blood-colored avatar's waist, an attack that even the silver wings were unable to dodge.
The blade aura flashed past the blood-colored avatar's waist, slicing it into two. It then plummeted from the sky and the screen turned black
Zhou Wen was confused when he saw the black screen. The left-hand technique of Paper is suction, while Blade has a blade aura that's as fast as lightning. If there's Rock, would it be a powerful punch that strikes from afar?
He didn't immediately revive the blood-colored avatar to try again. He carefully considered the battle and quickly realized that he was unlikely to defeat the Paper Demonized General with only the Silver-Winged Flying Ant. However, he had a chance of defeating the Blade Demonized General.
The suction force of the Paper Demonized General's palm was something the Silver-Winged Flying Ant couldn't avoid. However, the extremely fast Blade aura of the Blade Demonized General could be avoided if Silver-Winged Flying Ant was used properly. This also meant that Zhou Wen had the chance of killing a Blade Demonized General.
This was if the Silver-Winged Flying Ant fought alone. If it fused with the blood-colored avatar as a companion form, there was zero chance.
This was because, in its companion form, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant was unable to use its talent skills. And since Zhou Wen hadn't had the Silver-Winged Flying Ant Primordial Energy Skill drop, he wasn't able to use such flight-capable skills. Therefore, he ended up losing his advantage after fusion.
Heavens, show your grace on me. Let me encounter a Blade Demonized General again. Zhou Wen entered the dungeon once more, but luck was clearly not on his side. After repeatedly grinding, he didn't encounter any word-engraved Demonized General outside Tiger Cage Pass.
He spent several days in his dorm grinding without attending class. Li Xuan visited him a few times, hoping to invite him to complete the test at Tiger Cage Pass, but Zhou Wen would decline with some excuse.
Wang Fei constantly monitored her students in secret and discovered that most students had diligently done their research and formed teams to attempt slaying the Demonized General at Tiger Cage Pass.
Li Xuan and Zhou Wen were the only ones in class who didn't do a thing. Excluding their first visit to Tiger Cage Pass, there had been no sight of them again.
n no
I can ignore Li Xuan, but what's Zhou Wen doing? Why didn't he head to Tiger Cage Pass to complete the mission? Wang Fei was rather curious about Zhou Wen.
She had a good relationship with Ouyang Lan and knew how proud and doting she was as a mother. Even a woman like Ouyang Lan had given Zhou Wen an extremely high appraisal and had even given the rights that should have been An Jing's to Zhou Wen. This had piqued Wang Fei's curiosity.
Zhou Wen had showcased impressive potential back in his participation in the slaying of the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus, so this deepened her curiosity.
She wouldn't have thought much about it if Zhou Wen had completed the mission at Tiger Cage Pass without any fuss, but there was nothing from him for several days. This just intrigued her even more.
Wang Fei clearly wasn't a patient person. Since she was curious, she decided to visit Zhou Wen at his dorm to see what he was doing.
And in a room in a particular part of Luoyang City, Liz excitedly came to Qiao Siyuan with an arrest warrant. "Minister Qiao, the arrest warrant has been granted. Shall we take immediate action?"
Qiao Siyuan nodded slightly. "Take some men to Sunset College. However, don't use the arrest warrant. Get the school to bring Zhou Wen over under the guise of getting him to aid in investigations. If he's cooperative, bring him back. If not, you'll have to use the warrant. Try not to garner the notice of too many people when you do it, especially the An family."
"Minister, rest assured. I know what needs to be done. I'll definitely bring Zhou Wen back," Liz said confidently.
"Go then. Come back quickly. We don't have much time. We have to get what we need to know before the An family sends someone, so it has to be fast," Qiao Siyuan exhorted once more.
Liz obeyed the order and took men to Sunset College. Then, in the name of needing Zhou Wen to aid in investigations, she met the school's managing vice-chancellor.
If they were ordinary police, they probably wouldn't be able to meet the managing vice-chancellor. However, being in the Special Inspector Bureau allowed Liz a meeting.
In the League, the Special Inspector Bureau was feared and hated by everyone. Although the vice-chancellor didn't wish to involve himself with Liz and company, he had no choice but to talk to them.
The entire League knew of many high-ranking officials that had their reputations ruined after entering the Special Inspector Bureau. If one was targeted by this bureau, severe loss or even death was certain.
"Chancellor, rest assured. We just wish to invite a few witnesses to provide us with some information. It won't take too much of these students' time," Liz said with a smile.
There was a name list on the managing vice-chancellor's desk, one with a total of six names. They were all Sunset College students, but five of them were just a ruse. Zhou Wen was the person she really wanted.
"Alright then." The managing vice-chancellor didn't wish to offend the Special Inspector Bureau because of such trivialities, so he got his secretary to summon the students on the list.
Zhou Wen was gaming in his dorm when he received the notice to head to the school's administrative building. He had no idea why the chancellor was summoning him.
Knocking on the door and entering the office, he instantly saw Liz who was sitting there drinking tea. He immediately knew that things weren't good, but he knew that escape was futile. All he could do was pretend to not recognize her and walk in calmly.
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Chapter 81 Stalling For Time
"This female officer wishes to ask you a few questions. Just answer truthfully," the vice-chancellor said to Zhou Wen and company.
Liz didn't look like she was targeting Zhou Wen. She asked all six students some questions and treated him the same as though she didn't know him.
"Officer, will that do?" the vice-chancellor asked after Liz was done with her questioning.
"The other students can head back now. However, I would like to invite Mr. Zhou Wen back to assist us in our investigations." Liz waved her hand, permitting the other students to leave the office as she scrutinized him as though speaking casually.
The vice-chancellor frowned slightly but soon smiled. "Officer, you naturally can get our students to assist in your investigations, but as you know, Sunset College is considered half a military school. These students can be considered part of the military reserve force. If you wish to take him away, you will need to go through the procedures. If you are in a rush for time, I can do the paperwork for you now."
"There's no need. This is an arrest warrant. Take a look at it. I'll only be taking him with me to assist in our investigations. We will bring him back unharmed, so you don't have to worry," Liz said with a sneer as she took out the arrest warrant, placing it on the desk in front of the vice-chancellor.
How could she not be aware that the vice-chancellor was a sly old fox? Despite speaking pleasantly, he was probably planning to head out to inform the An family. Sunset College has been set up by the An family to begin with, so if anything were to happen, they wouldn't sit idle even if they didn't like Zhou Wen.
The vice-chancellor looked at the arrest warrant carefully and immediately, his expression changed. He glared at Liz and asked, "What law did our student break? To actually use an arrest warrant of this level?"
He could already tell that Liz was here for Zhou Wen. Whatever excuses previously used had been solely to get Zhou Wen here.
"No comment," Liz said as she gestured for her man to apprehend Zhou Wen.
She knew that she couldn't waste any time. She needed to take Zhou Wen away before the Ans came.
Zhou Wen was the An family's only candidate, one that couldn't be changed. Ignoring his importance to the An family, to request they hand him over without any concrete evidence was something they would definitely disagree with.
Interrogation of Zhou Wen under the An family's supervision was nearly useless. It was basically telling Zhou Wen that they couldn't do a thing to him, so how could they get anything out of him?
Furthermore, Qiao Siyuan also suspected that the An family was involved in this matter. This was also one of the reasons he needed to take Zhou Wen back for interrogation.
As for killing Zhou Wen, not only was Liz fearful of doing so, but even Qiao Siyuan wouldn't do so. The An family had Zhou Wen as their only candidate, so killing him was equivalent to crossing them. Qiao Siyuan didn't wish to completely offend them; at least he wouldn't do so until he had concrete evidence.
Of course, if he could obtain actual evidence from Zhou Wen that the An family was involved with Jing Daoxian, that would be a whole different matter.
The possibility was very small to begin with; therefore, Liz didn't really have much hope of obtaining such evidence. She only wanted to take Zhou Wen back and question him about the things that Qiao Siyuan wanted to know before the An family arrived.
Zhou Wen immediately hid behind the vice-chancellor's back. He had heard Li Xuan describe the modus operandi of the Special Inspection Bureau-a place that was enough to figuratively skin a person no matter who they were. For them to have spent so much effort to come all the way to Sunset College to arrest him, he clearly wasn't going to be released after a simple interrogation.
Furthermore, Zhou Wen felt guilty. After all, he had cultivated Jing Daoxian's Lost Immortal Sutra. If the bureau were to believe that this Primordial Energy Art was related to Jing Daoxian, wouldn't that make him his accomplice?
Zhou Wen didn't know that Jing Daoxian hadn't cultivated in the Lost Immortal Sutra himself because it wasn't his. Even if others were to recognize the Lost Immortal Sutra, it was impossible to connect him to Jing Daoxian.
Furthermore, no one in the League had ever mastered the Lost Immortal Sutra, so it was almost impossible to recognize.
"Officer, you should know that Overseer An shows great concern about Sunset College. Shouldn't you inform him of this?" the vice-chancellor said with a frown.
Liz said in all seriousness, "The League's laws are supreme. I don't care where this is or who's here. I'm duty-bound to do what needs to be done. It doesn't matter who comes. Chancellor, are you implying that Overseer An is greater than the League's laws?"
"You are taking me out of context. On this matter, our Sunset College will definitely seek an explanation from Congress." The vice-chancellor's face was livid.
"Feel free to do so." Liz knew that she couldn't waste any more time. She had to leave immediately with Zhou Wen, so she gave her men the signal.
Two men moved like phantoms as they tried to take Zhou Wen away by force.
"Don't touch me. I can walk by myself." Zhou Wen knew that the school was powerless against them since the vice-chancellor didn't stop them.
"Alright, move along." Liz wasn't afraid that Zhou Wen could do much. She waved her hand, giving the silent order to her subordinates not to touch him and let Zhou Wen walk by himself.
She didn't wish to blow matters up if things could be done in a furtive manner.
Zhou Wen didn't resist as he obediently walked out. The two men walked behind him, prepared to immediately restrain him if he did anything abnormal.
"Chancellor Ya, goodbye for now," Liz said and directly walked off.
Zhou Wen didn't dawdle as he directly walked towards the school's entrance.
He was lacking in EQ, but it didn't mean he was dumb.
Liz had tricked him and was now eagerly taking him away. Although she spoke in an overbearing manner, he could tell that there were things holding them back. Their eagerness was apparently because they were afraid of something.
Every second I stall counts. Zhou Wen didn't have the opportunity to send an SOS message. From the moment he entered the room and saw Liz, he knew that he wasn't able to do so under Liz's nose. Therefore, he hadn't made any attempts to prevent himself from being taken into custody immediately. It might even cause his mysterious phone to be confiscated.
However, believing that the vice-chancellor would have already sent out the news, all he needed to do was stall for time to have a turnaround.
Under normal circumstances, it was clearly impossible for someone at the Mortal stage to escape from a few Legendary officers.
Zhou Wen kept walking towards the school's entrance without acting out of place. Nor did he take any detours. He made Liz and the officers believe that he had stopped resisting and was returning with them.
In fact, even high officials of the League wouldn't try anything funny if they were under the bureau's control, much less a student.
Zhou Wen walked normally as though he had resigned himself to fate. But when he arrived near a forest within the campus grounds, he suddenly exerted full force and dashed into the woods. As he ran, he said, "I need to pee. Wait a moment."
By passing through the forest, he was already close to the entrance of Underground Buddha City in the real world. As long as he could escape into it, he could use the Small Buddha Temple's mysterious forces to stall for time.
Although doing so was risky as he still didn't know if Small Buddha Temple in the real world was identical to the game, he no longer had the luxury of choice. He had things on him he absolutely couldn't expose.
If he were to be taken away for interrogation, all the items on him would be scrutinized—the mysterious phone would thus be exposed.
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Chapter 82 Escape
Upon seeing Zhou Wen escape, Liz watched with a teasing look without any intention to take action.
The bureau arrested and pursued people daily. If a student at the Mortal stage were to escape under their noses, they could forget about staying in the bureau.
Without needing Liz to give the word, the two officers behind Zhou Wen reached out their hands to grab him. Speed at the Legendary stage emerged as four hands seemed to lock onto Zhou Wen's arms like phantoms.
But in that split second, a silver glow flashed behind Zhou Wen. Four silver wings extended and with one flap, he flew seven to eight meters high. He was incredibly fast and unexpectedly dodged the officers' attacks, successfully rushing into the forest.
"A Legendary Companion Beast capable of flight... Chase after him..." Liz was slightly taken aback, but she immediately led the chase after snapping back to her senses.
They originally imagined that it would be impossible for Zhou Wen to escape from the Legendaries even with his Legendary Companion Beast, but to their surprise, Zhou Wen was like a nimble bat. He flapped his four wings and darted through the woods, using the trees to conceal his motion. He cut off their attempts to encircle him as he rushed out of the woods.
"I want to see how far you can go!" Liz was alarmed and infuriated. She chased Zhou Wen at an unimaginably fast speed.
Without the woods concealing his actions, Zhou Wen was unable to pull open the distance between them. All he could do was rush towards Ancient Inlet, that wasn't too far away, at full speed, rushing into Underground Buddha City before Liz and company could catch up to him.
Zhou Wen showed his pass and directly entered Underground Buddha City. However, Liz and company were stopped by the soldiers who were guarding it. After they revealed their identification as bureau officers, they were permitted into Underground Buddha City to continue the pursuit.
Zhou Wen didn't even turn his head as he ran towards Small Buddha Temple at full speed. Liz and company chased him relentlessly and were closing up to him despite the Speed he obtained with the wings obtained from the Silver-Winged Flying Ant.
"Zhou Wen, do you know what crime it is to resist arrest? We originally only required you to return to assist us with our investigations. Now that you're escaping, that will compound the crime. It's still not too late for you to stop now," Liz shouted as she chased.
Zhou Wen completely ignored her as he dashed forward at full speed.
Liz knew that she couldn't waste any more time when she saw Zhou Wen running in silence. Gritting her teeth, she summoned an azure sword and slashed it towards Zhou Wen.
An azure sword beam appeared immediately, traversing several meters as it headed straight for Zhou Wen's back.
Zhou Wen heard the sound of wind as he hurriedly dodged with a sidestep, barely dodging the sword beam's slash. Without another word, he continued running forward.
He originally only had the thought of finding an opportunity to hide the mysterious phone, but with Liz's tight pursuit, they weren't giving him a chance to do so. All he could do was desperately escape in the direction of Small Buddha Temple.
"My name isn't Liz if you escape me today!" Liz was infuriated and couldn't care less. She slashed out with her sword repeatedly.
Although the sword beams weren't aimed at Zhou Wen's vital spots, it was enough to grievously injure him.
Due to him dodging the sword beams, Zhou Wen's speed immediately dropped. This allowed the other officers to catch up to him. They didn't stand on ceremony as they cast several Primordial Energy Skills at him.
They were experienced veterans and attacked viciously in a non-lethal manner. It was solely to heavily injure him so that he could be taken back.
A huge burst of blood shot out of Zhou Wen's thigh as Liz's sword beam sliced across it. The blood continued gushing out of the laceration.
Zhou Wen continued dashing forward in silence, but the injuries he suffered kept increasing. Although they weren't lethal, his wounds were extremely horrifying.
Liz was also alarmed. Although Zhou Wen was augmented by a Legendary Companion Beast and he was flying very quickly, he was ultimately at the Mortal stage.
Under their relentless attacks, he only suffered injuries without succumbing. Although he looked seriously injured, he had avoided having his vital parts injured. He hadn't suffered any serious damage.
This definitely had to do with Liz and company having no intention of really killing Zhou Wen, but he had been able to avoid any injuries that were enough to put him out of combat.
Many times, Zhou Wen was able to dodge an attack at the final moment even without taking a look. It was as though he had eyes in the back of his head. This shocked Liz greatly.
This Zhou Wen is so calm in battle. Even when injured, he chooses to allow himself to be injured to minimize the overall damage. He's terrifyingly calm. It's unbelievable that he's only sixteen. Liz looked at the bloody Zhou Wen flying off with a resolute look in his eyes. Her heart stirred as she thought, It's no wonder the An family chose him. It's probably not just because of the relationship between Zhou Lingfeng and Ouyang Lan.
Zhou Wen fought as he retreated. After his body was injured, his Lost Immortal Sutra automatically switched to Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. What further surprised him was that his wound pulled together to exert compression and prevent blood from gushing out just like Li Xuan.
I never expected the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra to have such ingenious uses. Zhou Wen was quite surprised.
The Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra allowed Zhou Wen's Constitution to exceed 10—the only stat that reached 11. Therefore, it definitely boosted Constitution, but he had no idea what it did.
The Small Buddha Temple's stone staircase was already in sight. It had a metal fence barricading it with a forbidden zone sign to prevent students from accidentally venturing in.
Small Buddha Temple didn't have troops guarding it because it was unnecessary. If someone was really able to enter Small Buddha Temple and master the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, the military would be very happy.
There were all kinds of similar, mysterious places in the world, but less than 10% of them had been completely cleared.
Zhou Wen rushed to the fence as his left arm conjured the skeleton bracer. He tore a huge hole through the fence and immediately crawled through it.
Liz and company weren't from Luoyang, so they knew little about the recently discovered Buddha City. Although they saw the forbidden zone sign, they continued their pursuit.
Firstly, Liz needed to capture Zhou Wen as soon as possible. Secondly, with Zhou Wen in front of them, he would end up bearing all the dangers first. Therefore, she didn't hesitate to rush in with her men.
In the narrow rock passageway ahead, the space that allowed him to dodge decreased. Liz managed to slash a beam on Zhou Wen's back, causing him to trigger the Lotus Flower Buddha Body skill. However, a long bloody gash cleaved open on his back as he was thrown forward. He spat out blood when he slammed onto the stone steps high above.
Liz approached Zhou Wen with a sword in hand as she said coldly, "Zhou Wen, you're cornered. Stop having illusions that you can escape. Returning with us to assist in the case will only benefit you,"
Zhou Wen shot a look at Liz and company who had managed to catch up to him. Wiping away the blood that trickled from the corner of his mouth, he said indifferently, "Why would I be escaping? You are the ones who should be escaping."
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Chapter 83 Stalemate at the Stone Stairs
"Madman." Liz ignored what Zhou Wen had said. She gestured with her hand for the officers to head over and apprehend the heavily injured Zhou Wen.
She had already wasted too much time, far more than she had originally planned. It was already hard to tell if they could take Zhou Wen away before the An family came. She couldn't afford to waste any more time.
The few officers lunged forward. By heading higher, the stone stairs had broadened. They were no longer as narrow as before, allowing them to rush up together.
But this time, Zhou Wen didn't immediately run. He sat at the top of the stairs, striking forward at the officer that led the charge.
This strike seemed soft and powerless as though he hadn't exerted a sliver of strength. The officer was nearly two meters away, so not even his sleeves were touched.
Liz and the few officers naturally didn't believe that Zhou Wen had the ability to strike them from a distance. Skills that could project Primordial Energy was considered a minority even at the Legendary stage, so it was impossible for someone at the Mortal stage to master such a skill. Even if there was one, someone at the Mortal stage didn't have the Primordial Energy needed to support the expenditure.
However, with Zhou Wen's gentle strike, the officer silently collapsed to the ground. It instantly shocked the rest.
Zhou Wen remained unperturbed as he repeatedly struck the air. In response, the remaining officers collapsed in the zone as though their souls had been dissipated.
Liz was stunned and bewildered, nearly unable to believe her own eyes. The few Legendary officers had clearly stopped breathing; yet, she couldn't tell how they had been killed by Zhou Wen. Her eyes flickered with a glint of shock and puzzlement. Momentarily, she didn't dare approach him.
Yet Zhou Wen knew very well that they hadn't been killed by him. Instead, it was the mysterious force of the stone stairs and Small Buddha Temple that robbed them of their lives.
However, no one knew this mysterious force better than Zhou Wen. He had accurately estimated the moment of the officers' death and just posed with a strike. It was simply to scare them off.
What puzzled Zhou Wen was that Liz wasn't affected by the stone stairs' force; otherwise, she should have been lying dead.
Strange, don't tell me Liz possesses a Primordial Energy Skill similar to Heart Meditation? That's why she hasn't been killed by that mysterious force? But that's not right. Even if she has something like that, she doesn't know the secret of this place. She wouldn't be using it ahead of time... What's happening?
Zhou Wen was puzzled, but he didn't show it. He continued sitting on the stone stairs with a leisurely look, looking down at Liz with an air of superiority. "I didn't want to kill, but why did you have to force me?"
His words were half-truths. If Liz hadn't forced him, he definitely wouldn't wish them dead, much less make people from the bureau die.
He didn't know if he could explain their deaths clearly in the future, with the possibility of the League putting him on a wanted list.
But even so, Zhou Wen didn't wish to expose the secret of his mysterious phone.
At most I'll be a fugitive, escaping into dimensional zones that aren't within human control. As long as I have the mysterious phone, the dangers of the dimensional zones are nonexistent to me. Zhou Wen made up his mind that if he were truly cornered, he would have to become a wanted fugitive.
"Don't try to act all mysterious. Do you think you can fool me?" Liz didn't believe that a student like Zhou Wen at the Mortal stage could possess such terrifying power.
However, she was unable to instantly tell how the four officers had died. This hesitance made her lack the courage to directly rush forward.
"You can give it a try if you don't believe it. Let's see if my Formless Divine Palm is capable of killing you," Zhou Wen said with a deadpan expression as though he had everything in the
bag.
However, Zhou Wen was lamenting inwardly, I've already stalled for so long. Even without Heart Meditation's protection, no matter how strong Liz is, she should have died on the stone stairs. Why is she completely fine?
"What Formless Divine Palm? I've never heard of it." Liz kept staring at Zhou Wen and the four dead officers in an attempt to figure out the reason for their deaths.
"The Formless Divine Palm is colorless and shadowless. It kills people in an invisible manner, a Primordial Energy Skill Ouyang Lan gave me. It was meant to protect me, and I usually wouldn't readily use it. If you hadn't cornered me today, I wouldn't have used such a vile Primordial Energy Skill." Zhou Wen spoke nonsense, but he was considering how he could escape.
He didn't believe he could really scare Liz. She hadn't rushed up because she hadn't figured out how her four colleagues had died and was unwilling to take the risk.
Liz was doubtful of Zhou Wen's words. It was true she couldn't tell how the deaths occurred because they didn't seem to have any injuries at all.
Suddenly, an idea came to Liz. She recalled the forbidden zone sign she had seen and immediately came to a realization. She sized up her surroundings and sneered. "Then, let me try and see how your Formless Divine Palm can kill me!"
As she spoke, Liz summoned a Companion Beast.
It had pure-white wings and supple skin and was dressed in a white gown. It resembled the mythical angel but had one thing that was different. This angel Companion Beast didn't have a head. It was empty from the neck up.
"Headless Angel!" Zhou Wen immediately cried out when he saw the headless angel.
Headless Angel was very famous as a Companion Beast. Although it came from the League's West district, its name had already spread across Earth's League.
Headless Angel wasn't a true angel, but a figure in western legend.
Legend had it that a pious nun believed in God with the purest heart, hoping that she could one day ascend to heaven to serve God as an angel.
Every person who saw the nun believed that she was the purest and most flawless person in the world. Therefore, everyone who knew her believed that she was bound to ascend to the heavenly kingdom after her death, becoming an angel who would serve God.
Perhaps the nun's devotion moved God. One day, God descended before the nun and cast a divine light down on Earth, purifying the nun's body into that of an angel's.
Just as the nun's body was being transformed into an angel's body, she saw a prisoner on death row piously praying and confessing to God.
Hence, the nun asked God, "That prisoner is so pious. Can you absolve him of his sins?"
God answered, "I can, but his sins need to be burdened by someone. If you agree, you can replace the prisoner at the guillotine and bear his sins."
After hearing that, the nun resolutely chose to bear the sins for the prisoner. Hence, with a flash of divine light, the prisoner at the guillotine was switched to the nun who was quickly transforming into an angel. Before her body could completely turn into an angel's, her head was chopped off.
was
Although her head had been chopped off, the other parts of her body were already that of an angel. It was an unaging and immortal body that didn't die because of a beheading.
However, the head wasn't able to recover due to it not being angelized. Therefore, the nun became the legendary Headless Angel in western legend.
Although the name was terrifying, a Headless Angel was synonymous with purity in the West district.
After the dimensional storms, inside one dimensional zone in the West district, a Headless Angel dimensional creature appeared. It was later slain by humanity and its Companion Egg obtained.
As such, the Headless Angel at the Epic stage became famous across Earth's League. She wasn't the greatest at combat strength but she was great for protection.
With the protection of a Headless Angel, all kinds of evil forces like curses and hexes were unable to harm her master. It was to date, the strongest defensive Companion Beast in the West.
The master of Headless Angel relied on her defensive powers to explore dimensional zones amidst many mysterious dangers-ones that humanity believed were forbidden-returning safely every time.
Hence, the fame of Headless Angel intensified. But based on what Zhou Wen knew, there was only one Headless Angel Companion Beast, and its owner wasn't Liz.
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Chapter 84 Headless Angel
Headless Angel wasn't a Companion Beast with offensive traits. Its body appeared like a holy halo that floated in front of Liz.
Liz extended her hand and beckoned, causing the Headless Angel's body to quickly transform into a white crucifix that landed in Liz's palm.
The crucifix suffused a holy glow that made Liz appear like a goddess with it in hand.
Zhou Wen finally understood why Liz hadn't been killed by Small Buddha Temple's mysterious force. It was likely due to the Headless Angel's protection.
He didn't hesitate to turn around and flap his wings to fly towards Small Buddha Temple.
The wings the Silver-Winged Flying Ant manifested gave Zhou Wen Speed that was in no way inferior to a pinnacle Legendary. He instantly rushed to the entrance of Small Buddha Temple at the end of the stone stairs.
Zhou Wen originally didn't wish to risk entering Small Buddha Temple in real life, but now wasn't the time to consider that. All he could do was enter to seek refuge.
"Continue running and I'll cut off your legs." Liz's voice was cold as she held the Headless Angel's crucifix. Like a panther, she chased after Zhou Wen with a sword in her hand. She then slashed it at Zhou Wen's thigh like it was a whip.
Liz had previously held back due to her qualms with regards to the An family.
However, the death of the four officers had triggered Liz's rage. All she wanted to do was take Zhou Wen back alive. She had zero other scruples.
The strike was exceedingly fast as the sword beam instantly arrived behind Zhou Wen.
Summoning the Silver-Winged Flying Ant with clenched teeth, he made it watch his back as he rushed into Small Buddha Temple.
At the same moment Zhou Wen rushed into Small Buddha Temple, he heard a creaking sound behind him. When he looked back, he saw the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's two foreclaws cleaved apart by Liz. Even its forehead had a bloody gash that was seeping blood.
Reality wasn't a game, so the Silver-Winged Flying Ant couldn't be revived if it died. With a thought, Zhou Wen summoned it back as he continued running into the temple hall at full speed.
Without the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's wings to help him, his speed was much slower.
The environment inside the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra was identical to the game. The first thing he saw when he entered the Small Buddha Temple's compound was the stone monument with the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra inscribed on it.
In reality, the stone monument looked even more ancient and spartan as though it had suffered the ravages of time. The mottled exterior made it look even more rugged as if there was an indescribable charm to it.
Zhou Wen couldn't be bothered with it. He circulated the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra as fast as he could before rushing into the temple hall.
Liz followed closely behind as she slashed her sword at Zhou Wen's thigh again without any hesitation. It was as though she wanted to lop off both of his legs.
Even without turning his head, Zhou Wen was able to know that the sword beam was already behind him, due to Truth Listener.
He leaped without any hesitation towards the temple hall.
In midair, he felt the bottom of his feet become chilly. His sports shoes were made of high-tech cloth and had their soles sliced off. Even some of the flesh on the sole of his feet wasn't spared. The bleeding of his soles was rather harrowing.
However, Zhou Wen had finally rushed into the temple hall and landed on the stone panes.
Buddha, please watch after me. Let the forces in this temple be effective against that woman; otherwise, that mad woman will definitely lop off my legs. As Zhou Wen retreated inside the temple, he prayed silently.
Under the Headless Angel crucifix's protection, the forces of Small Buddha Temple seemed to lose all its original mystery, being completely useless against Liz.
Liz held the crucifix in one hand and sword in the other, dashing straight inside the temple hall.
However, at the instant one of her legs breached the temple hall's interior, the three-faced Buddha statue inside suddenly widened its eyes.
Bang!
The holy crucifix's glow instantly exploded like a red-hot metal piece being shattered by a sledgehammer. The glow of the crucifix seemed to splatter like liquid and instantly became dim. It even seemed incomplete.
As though she had suffered a tremendous blow, her body flew backward and slammed into the stone monument, her mouth spewing out blood.
Liz struggled on the ground and failed to get to her feet.
Zhou Wen was delighted and surprised by this, almost to the point of giving the statue a thumbs up and expressing his deepest feelings: 'You're awesome.'
Without thinking further, he summoned the injured Silver-Winged Flying Ant—its front claws had been sliced off and its head injury was serious. Thankfully, it hadn't died.
Zhou Wen instructed it to conjure Magical Needle and shot at Liz.
At this stage, if he could retain everyone, Zhou Wen would still have the time to escape from Luoyang and into the unknown dimensional zones.
However, if he allowed Liz to escape and gather more people for a second wave of attacks, he probably wouldn't have a chance of escaping
Liz could hardly move due to her serious injuries, but she was able to summon a Companion Beast that resembled both a tiger and a lion. It picked her up and dodged the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's Magical Needle before rushing out of the temple.
Zhou Wen immediately carried out his pursuit, but the Silver-Winged Flying Ant was too injured and unable to maintain its companion form. Hence, he wasn't able to catch up with her.
When he rushed to the stone staircase, the Legendary Companion Beast had already run far away with Liz.
Despite seeing that he couldn't catch up to her, he continued pursuing while giving Li Xuan a call, explaining the entire situation to him.
He didn't hope that Li Xuan could help him resist the bureau; he only hoped to get some suggestions from him.
Zhou Wen was still a student, so he had limited horizons. Furthermore, he knew little about the bureau and wasn't sure what was his best option.
Liz was enraged as she endured her injuries, rode the Companion Beast out of Underground Buddha City and headed for the school's entrance.
Zhou Wen resisting arrest was already a serious crime. She believed that she now had every right to mobilize the forces of the bureau to openly capture Zhou Wen without worrying about the An family.
"Immediately inform the Minister..." As Liz rushed out of the school gates, whilst trying to order the bureau officers outside the school to contact Qiao Siyuan, she suddenly stopped, stunned.
She saw the officers who often appeared high and mighty standing silently by the roadside with their heads bowed. Beside them were a row of soldiers aiming their rifles at them.
And on the road opposite them, there was a black sedan car. Beyond the rolled-down windows in the backseat, she saw a handsome man sitting there. He was looking straight at her.
"An Tianzuo!" Liz couldn't help but tremble when she saw the man.
Back when she was in the vice-chancellor's office, she had claimed that she didn't care if he came and would continue carrying out whatever she needed to do. However, when she actually saw An Tianzuo, everything was different.
This ridiculously young man had authority in the League that made even her uncles steal glances at him. Although she was about the same age as him, their level of accomplishment was on completely different levels.
"Overseer." Liz endured her pains and came off the back of her Companion Beast, bowed at An Tianzuo, and forced a smile.
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Chapter 85 The An Family Has A Mine
"Who gave you the guts to dare harm the students of Sunset College on its campus?" An Tianzuo asked Liz while sitting inside the car.
"Overseer, I'm Liz from the Special Investigation Bureau. I am under orders from Congress to arrest people related to Jing Daoxian..." Before Liz finished her sentence, she suddenly heard a bang.
She felt an intense pain and burning feeling coming from her left thigh. While crying out loud, she couldn't help but fall to the ground on one knee as a bloody, gaping hole appeared on the side of her thigh. There were burn marks on her wound.
Besides the sedan car, a man in military uniform and white gloves holstered his pistol and said, "Answer whatever the Overseer asks, and nothing that he doesn't ask."
"How dare you fire at me? You..." Before Liz could finish her sentence, she heard another bang. A bullet had shot through her other leg, causing her to collapse to the ground with blood pooling around her.
"As the adjutant to the Overseer, I am obligated to remind you once more that you only need to answer the Overseer's questions. If you say anything wrong or utter any unnecessary nonsense, the next thing to be crippled won't be your legs," the white-gloved man said gently with a smile.
If it wasn't because he had crippled Liz's two legs, anyone would have mistaken him for a kind man who couldn't bear to kill even a mosquito.
However, Liz's forehead was breaking out into a cold sweat. It wasn't just a result of the excruciating pain in her legs, but more a chill that came from deep down in her bones.
Upon seeing the white-gloved man raise his gun again and aim it at her head, Liz snapped to her senses and, ignoring the pain in her legs, shouted, "It was Minister Qiao Siyuan who sent me."
At this moment, she had forgotten the status that she had always been proud of and her family's standing in the League. She only knew that if she didn't immediately answer the question, the seemingly harmless man would immediately blow her brains out.
Liz didn't hesitate that the bullets within the gun had such might. Typical bullets could hardly injure her, but that didn't include bullets made of Primordial Gold.
Very few materials could damage dimensional creatures on Earth, but Primordial Gold was one of them. And the An family controlled the biggest Primordial Gold mine in the League. The reserves it had covered more than 70% of the entire Earth League's reserves. Wealthy tycoons who could extravagantly use Primordial Gold in bullets weren't unheard of, but the An family was probably the only one to actually issue them to one's troops.
"Call Qiao Siyuan," An Tianzuo said mildly again, but it was a tone that didn't permit any doubt.
The white-gloved adjutant handed a phone to Liz.
Liz didn't hesitate and reached out to call Qiao Siyuan.
Qiao Siyuan was feeling uneasy, having a nagging feeling that something was about to happen. Just as he was frowning in thought, he heard his phone ring.
It was an unknown number. Seemingly realizing something, he picked up the call and said, "I'm Qiao Siyuan. Who's this?"
"I'm giving you five minutes. If I do not see you, all those who dared cross Sunset College will be executed by firing squad." A male voice with a magnetic charm sounded from the phone.
"H... Hello..." Qiao Siyuan broke out into a cold sweat. He wanted to say something, but the phone emitted a loud beep, an indication that the call had already been disconnected.
What has Liz done? I clearly told her to be quick and bring Zhou Wen back before the An family arrived. Now, even An Tianzuo is there. Qiao Siyuan immediately felt his head ache, but he didn't hesitate. He didn't even put on the coat on his chair, he rushed straight out of the office, heading for Sunset College.
He was long aware of An Tianzuo's style of doing things, but he never expected him to be so domineering to even dare execute a Senator's daughter.
The League's Congress was split into the Senate and the House. They were all representatives of the various areas of the League and were voted in by the citizens of each jurisdiction.
The Senate was different. There were perpetually six Senators, with only people from six families qualified to have a seat. They were the families of the Six League Heroes.
The Senate had veto rights for any bills the House proposed. It could be said that the entire League's government was in fact controlled by these six families.
Every League President was also selected from one of the six families.
And the Special Investigation Bureau that Qiao Siyuan was from came directly under the Senate. Under the insistence of the Senate, agencies like the Special Investigation Bureau, which were hated by all, continued their existence in the League.
Liz wasn't considered a smart woman, and her work ethic had never left Qiao Siyuan assured. However, as she was a daughter of a Senator, he had no choice but to keep her by his side.
If Liz was really executed by An Tianzuo, Qiao Siyuan didn't dare imagine what the outcome would be. He didn't know if An Tianzuo would die as a result, but he knew that his death was a certainty. There was no question about it.
Outside Sunset College, the nearby road had been sealed off by the soldiers. The students and passersby didn't know what was happening and could only circle around it.
"How long has it been?" An Tianzuo looked at the sky outside and asked casually.
"4:43," the adjutant looked at his watch and politely replied.
An Tianzuo didn't say a word as he waved his hand. Immediately, a row of soldiers raised their rifles, aiming their black muzzles at the back of Liz's and other officers' heads.
Liz was trembling. She had never felt this afraid before because she could tell that An Tianzuo really had no scruples about killing her.
She really wished to say that she was a Senator's daughter and declare her identity, but she was afraid that the moment she spoke, the seemingly harmless and perpetually smiling adjutant would blow her brains out.
"Overseer, it's time," the adjutant turned and politely said to An Tianzuo after looking at his watch.
"Then, proceed with the execution," An Tianzuo said indifferently.
"Overseer Sir, please wait." A voice suddenly sounded from the sky as a figure flapped two wings and rushed down from the sky.
The person who landed on the ground with his clothes soaked in sweat was none other than Qiao Siyuan. He had rushed over at such speed that he nearly had a heart attack. Thankfully, he had arrived just in time.
Upon seeing Liz's crippled legs, Qiao Siyuan's heart was filled with agony.
"You're Qiao Siyuan?" Although An Tianzuo sat in the car, making his eye level much lower than Qiao Siyuan's, the way he looked at him was as though he was looking from high above.
Qiao Siyuan walked to the car and said politely, "I'm Qiao Siyuan from the Special Investigation Bureau, Overseer Sir. Can we have a private chat?"
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Chapter 86 Heaven is on the Right
"There's nothing that needs to be hidden. Just say it straight," An Tianzuo said indifferently, without looking at Qiao Siyuan.
Qiao Siyuan's heart skipped a bit, aware that there was likely no way of conciliating the matter today.
"Overseer, Liz and the rest were just acting under orders from our people higher-up. This matter has nothing to do with them. Can they be sent to the hospital?" Qiao Siyuan drew a deep breath and said.
"Who are the people higher-up," An Tianzuo continued asking with the same expression.
"Overseer, you should have heard of Jing Daoxian, right?"
"The League's vilest criminal."
Qiao Siyuan continued, "Jing Daoxian slaughtered many high-ranking members of the League at the League government office. It halved our League's strongest combat strength and set back our overall strength by ten years. The Senate has always placed the utmost importance on Jing Daoxian. Over the years, the League has been trying all means to pursue him. Our Special Investigation Bureau has also been putting in great efforts towards this cause. Just a few days ago, we discovered that Jing Daoxian had interacted with Zhou Wen."
"Oh, so are you implying that Zhou Wen is in cahoots with Jing Daoxian?" An Tianzuo shot Qiao Siyuan a look.
Qiao Siyuan shook his head and said, "We are still unable to confirm if they are in cahoots; therefore, we wanted to invite Zhou Wen back to assist in our investigations. Overseer, you are of noble birth, but the responsibilities you bear are unimaginable to the typical person. It's not easy for you nor the An family. Why should you burden yourself with nagging tongues because of a huge problem like Jing Daoxian? Besides, didn't you once criticize Zhou Wen and say that there was a problem with him?"
"So are you saying I should thank you?" An Tianzuo asked.
"Not at all. Overseer, I'll just be extremely grateful if you can understand where we are coming from." Qiao Siyuan felt more and more uneasy as he forced a smile.
An Tianzuo looked at Qiao Siyuan with a faint smile. "I did criticize Zhou Wen and I do find him a sore sight. But how I criticize or bully him is down to my whims, did I say that any Tom, Dick, and Harry could bully him?"
Qiao Siyuan's expression instantly changed. He forced a smile and said, "Overseer, you're absolutely right. We'll definitely change for the better. We will definitely inform you of any operations that involve the An family in the future."
"Not a bad attitude. Alright, I'm not an unreasonable person. Since you have said this much, I'll spare their lives," An Tianzuo said.
"Thank you, Overseer. I'm truly grateful. Feel free to issue me orders if there's anything you need of me," Qiao Siyuan quickly said.
"They can be spared from death, but not punishment. Otherwise, wouldn't any Tom, Dick, and Harry come to Luoyang to do as they please? Are the League's laws to be flouted?" An Tianzuo spoke another sentence, one that was completely different from the previous one.
Qiao Siyuan long knew that An Tianzuo wouldn't let this matter rest easily as he grumbled inwardly, You are the one who's best at flouting the League's laws.
"You can take them back with you, but cripple them of their cultivation to prevent them from using it to run amok," An Tianzuo said casually.
Liz was horrified when she heard that as she yelled crazily, "No... No... You can't cripple me of my cultivation..."
Qiao Siyuan's expression changed drastically as he said through gritted teeth, "They were just obeying orders and there's nothing wrong with that. Overseer, if you were to punish them, what does this make of the Senate? You should also know the League's present situation. The President and the Senators have spared no effort dealing with matters regarding Jing Daoxian. If you were to implicate yourself in this matter, wouldn't it give a great opportunity to those people who are watching you and eyeing the An family's Primordial Gold mine? Liz's father is Senator Cape. If you give Liz a chance, Senator Cape and the entire Cape family will be very grateful. In the future, he will definitely help the An family at congressional meetings. A thought separates heaven from hell. Overseer Sir, you must think about it carefully."
An Tianzuo looked at Qiao Siyuan in contempt and said, "Qiao Siyuan, do you know why my name is An Tianzuo?".
"I'm afraid not. Please tell me, I'm all ears."
"As the saying goes Heaven[1] is on the right, and Hell is on the left. And I incline towards the left[2," An Tianzuo said indifferently.
"Ah!"
Liz let out a painful cry as the adjutant drew an exquisite knife, stabbing into her Primordial Energy sea. Blood stained the hand holding the knife, turning the white gloves red.
"Remember, Luoyang belongs to the An family." An Tianzuo looked forward as his car windows wound up, slowly hiding his face.
At this moment, Zhou Wen was hurriedly sneaking out of Sunset College via the back door. Li Xuan had given him two suggestions. One was to head to the An family to seek their help in settling this matter. The second suggestion was to immediately hide in unknown dimensional zones, never to appear again.
Zhou Wen never wanted to have any relationship with the An family; therefore, he decided to flee into the dimensional zones. With the mysterious phone, unknown dimensional zones weren't too dangerous for him.
He planned on escaping to the nearest, Dragon Gate Grotto. There were many dimensional zones in its vicinity that humans had yet to explore to date.
However, just as he left Sunset College's back door, he saw a young, refined-looking military officer standing there in a military uniform and white gloves.
"Young Master Wen, Madam has gotten Overseer to take you home for dinner." As the young officer smiled, he revealed two rows of neat, white teeth, emitting a warm, comforting glow like the sun in spring.
When Zhou Wen sat inside the car, beside him was the person whose name he knew but had never met before-An Tianzuo.
They had never met and had no ties in the past. But now, there was a particular relationship between them, making the mood rather delicate.
"You must hate me, right?" An Tianzuo suddenly asked.
Zhou Wen never expected him to say this. However, he wasn't someone with a high EQ, so he replied, "I wouldn't call it hate, but I definitely ain't fond of you."
"Very good. This is what I want to say to you. I have never believed that you have the qualifications to replace Little Jing. It has been that way in the past, the present, and will be so in the future," An Tianzuo's gaze was peeled to the front as he spoke without expression.
"You are talking about An Jing? How did I replace her?" Zhou Wen asked with a frown.
An Tianzuo didn't reply but said indifferently, "I really don't understand why my mom believes you are better than Little Jing. A man who only knows how to escape reality when encountering something doesn't have the right to be called a man, much less be better than Little Jing."
"I think you should visit a doctor and check if you have a screw loose in the head." Zhou Wen felt that An Tianzuo was definitely crazy as he spoke in a completely baffling manner.
The adjutant, who was driving the car, couldn't help but twitch when he heard Zhou Wen.
(1) Tian in An Tianzuo's name can be interpreted as heaven.
[2] Zuo in An Tianzuo's name is a homophone to left.
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Chapter 87 Special Physical Condition
This was Zhou Wen's second time at the An family home. Although An Tianzuo didn't like him, what had that got to do with him?
Zhou Wen sat beside Ouyang Lan and focused on eating. He had a great time chatting with Ouyang Lan.
An Tianzuo and An Jing sat opposite him and focused on eating as well as though they couldn't see him.
After dinner, Zhou Wen planned on bidding them farewell and leaving when Ouyang Lan pulled Zhou Wen's hand and said, "Don't be in a rush to leave. Have a walk with me."
Zhou Lingfeng got up and was about to accompany them when Ouyang Lan said with a smile, "It's rare for Tianzuo to return. Help me nag him to get married and have children so that he can carry on the family line. Also, teach him how to coax women. You are the best at that."
Zhou Lingfeng said with a bitter smile, "Can you not sully my reputation when you're getting me to help?"
"This is me praising you," Ouyang Lan said with a giggle as she headed out while holding Zhou Wen's hand.
The An family home was really big and beautiful. As they walked on the stone trail inside the garden, Ouyang Lan said, "Little Wen, there's something troublesome that I took the liberty of pushing the matter on you. Can you help me?"
"What is it?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise.
Ouyang Lan sat on a bench by the side of the lawn and said in thought, "When you were in school, you must have heard of the story of the Six League Heroes, right?"
He nodded. "It's how humanity first slew a Mythical creature. It was also them who established the League government and ended the darkest and most chaotic period of humanity."
Ouyang Lan said with a smile, "Establishing the League government is real, but it's not necessarily true that darkness and chaos were ended."
Zhou Wen's knowledge of this was limited to his textbooks, so he waited silently for Ouyang Lan to continue.
"Currently, the League appears to be stable and flourishing, but there are dark undercurrents surging. Something can happen anytime that develops into a cataclysm for human society," Ouyang Lan said with a sigh.
"Is the cataclysm related to dimensional creatures?" Zhou Wen asked.
"The dimensional zones restrict the region of activity of dimensional creatures, but no one knows how long such restrictions can last. However, this isn't the most pressing cataclysm at the moment."
Ouyang Lan paused before continuing, "In fact, the greatest cataclysm now is humanity itself. The Six League Heroes established the League and on the surface, it promotes democracy and freedom, but in fact, the ones in true power are the Senate and President. And the selection of these people comes from the families of the Six League Heroes. Therefore, the League is in fact no different from an autocracy.
"And an autocracy needs absolute central power. But in this era, to have absolute rule clearly isn't an easy task. At the very least, the families of the Six League Heroes do not have the absolute strength to control all of the Earth League. Even though they have been working hard for a number of years, it's noticeable from the outcome, that their control over the League is constantly weakening. Currently, the League is more of a fragmented nation with rival factions."
Upon saying that, Ouyang Lan cast her gaze on Zhou Wen and asked with a smile, "Do you know why the League remains stable and doesn't completely collapse despite reaching such a state?"
"I don't," Zhou Wen said with a shake of his head.
"That's because, in the League, only the families of the Six League Heroes have experts at the Mythical stage."
Zhou Wen was surprised. "Isn't it said that no one in the League has broken through to the Mythical stage?"
"If one relied on themselves, it's true that no one has been able to break through to the Mythical stage, but there's a shortcut that allows humans to first obtain Mythical Companion Beasts and then by nurturing them, use their powers to advance to the Mythical stage. That's why Mythical experts are born amongst the families of the Six League Heroes," Ouyang Lan said.
"Then what's the shortcut?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
"You were chased into Small Buddha Temple by the Inspection Bureau. You should have seen the stone monument and temple hall. Engraved on the stone monument was a Primordial Energy Art. If you can master it, you can enter the temple hall and directly receive the mysterious powers from the dimension; thus, obtaining a Mythical Companion Beast."
"Really? Then as long as Small Buddha Temple is controlled, wouldn't we be able to obtain a Mythical Companion Beast just like the families of the Six League Heroes?" Zhou Wen said, feigning surprise.
Ouyang Lan shook her head. "It's not that simple. To master the Primordial Energy Art on the stone monument, one needs a special physique. And people with such bodies are one in a billion. In a place like Small Buddha Temple, there are far more than one or two that have been discovered in the League. However, the number of people who can truly master the mysterious Primordial Energy Art is a pathetic number.
"The six heroes all had special physiques. Furthermore, they found the mysterious lands that matched their bodies and mastered the mysterious Primordial Energy Arts, obtaining their Mythical Companion Beasts." After a pause, Ouyang Lan continued, "However, the special physiques of their bodies weren't innate, but obtained from a mysterious dimensional zone. There are still mysterious creatures inside it that can make other humans obtain special physiques like the six heroes; thus, obtaining a chance to acquire a Mythical Companion Beast."
"With such a place, the hero families probably do not wish to share it with others, right?" Zhou Wen asked.
Ouyang Lan curled her lips. "If they have the strength to suppress the entire League, they naturally won't share it with others. Unfortunately, even if they have Mythical experts, it's only limited to a few people. To suppress the massive Earth League is impossible. Besides, there are terrifying enemies overseas, beyond the League's jurisdiction. The hero families can't just put all their efforts on their own members."
"Enemies overseas?" Zhou Wen was puzzled.
"The Earth League only controls the land. Overseas, there are other human factions in existence. I'll tell you about them in detail in the future. To prevent the League from fracturing, the hero families have given the bigwigs of the various lands certain candidate spots, allowing the descendants of these bigwigs to have a chance of entering such mysterious lands. They will vie with the descendants of hero families for the chance to obtain special physiques. This temporarily stabilizes the League's peace on the surface. As for the An family, it possesses one such spot."
"Don't tell me you gave me the spot?" Zhou Wen suddenly realized something as he looked at Ouyang Lan in disbelief.
She nodded and said, "That spot was meant for Little Jing, and with her talent and capabilities, she had a very high chance of obtaining a special physique. Unfortunately, she was born with an ailment. As her mother, I don't wish for her to take further risks. Therefore, I wish for you to replace Little Jing in this competition and obtain the special physique, thereby obtaining a Mythical Companion Beast.
"I will need to ask for your forgiveness for changing our nominee to you without obtaining your permission. Furthermore, it can't be changed again." Ouyang Lan patted Zhou Wen on the head and said with a smile, "You don't have to feel too pressured. I never planned on sending An Jing to begin with, so this spot would have been a waste. That's why I changed it to you. So don't worry if you aren't willing to go."
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Chapter 88 Entering Tiger Cage Pass Again
"Why didn't you give the nomination to An Tianzuo?" Zhou Wen asked after some thought.
Ouyang Lan said with a smile, "Because he's too strong. It's useless sending him."
Zhou Wen didn't understand what Ouyang Lan meant. However, he had a general idea. Perhaps the obtaining of a special condition limited one's evolutionary level.
"Why did you give me the nomination?" Zhou Wen wasn't silly enough to believe that this nomination would be for nothing.
Even if An Tianzuo and An Jing couldn't do it, the An family could use this nomination to exchange for immense benefits. Many famous and noble families would be very interested in this nomination spot.
Taking ten thousand steps back, the An family could always give the spot to another collateral relative. It was a big family clan, so it would be easy for it to find someone suitable.
Ouyang Lan looked at Zhou Wen and said, "Little Wen, whether you believe it or not, since I've married Lingfeng, we should accept each other's children. I'll treat you as my own child. Of course, Tianzuo and Little Jing are my children, so my feelings for them go far deeper than yours. If all three of you were to encounter danger together, I'd definitely prioritize saving them. But other than that, I'll do my best as a mother."
"There's no need for you to do that." Zhou Wen was actually quite fond of Ouyang Lan's style.
She said, "You don't have to feel psychologically burdened. This is just a thought of mine that I won't force on you. If you wish, this family's door is forever open to you. If you aren't willing, I won't get others to disturb you. Everything is up to you to choose."
"Do you really believe that I can obtain the special physique?" Zhou Wen still found it inexplicable why Ouyang Lan was so confident in him.
Even someone as outstanding as An Jing wouldn't have absolute confidence, and with Zhou Wen not yet having advanced to the Legendary stage, he was far inferior to An Jing to others.
Ouyang Lan smiled as she raised her phone and opened the Photos app. She opened up a photo that had a refined, bespectacled old man on it.
"Do you know him?" Ouyang Lan pointed at the elderly man in the photo and asked.
"He's the former principal..." Zhou Wen said in surprise. Back in Guide High School, he had been very taken care of by the former principal.
As Zhou Wen spent most of his time living alone, he seldom returned home when he was in high school. He even spent the weekends arduously cultivating.
Whilst doing this, he would often encounter the former principal. Over time, they built up quite a relationship. The former principal had even invited him over to his place for meals.
Later, the former principal had to retire early due to his ailing physique. Back when he left, Zhou Wen had planned on sending him off, but the former principal refused. He claimed that he hated such scenes the most.
Ever since then, Zhou Wen never met him-it had almost been a year.
"It was he who told me that you're excellent, far better than Little Jing. Although I'm not fully in agreement with that, you must be excellent since he says so," Ouyang Lan said with a smile.
"What's your relationship with the former principal?" Zhou Wen looked at Ouyang Lan and asked politely.
"He..." Ouyang Lan blinked craftily before saying, "is my father."
"Ah!" Zhou Wen widened his eyes as he looked at the photo and back at Ouyang Lan. They did share some resemblances.
After Zhou Wen returned to the school's dormitory, he still found it incredible. The woman his father had married happened to be the former principal's daughter.
Ouyang Lan told him not to worry further. The Special Inspection Bureau wouldn't find fault with him in the future under the premise that he didn't leave Luoyang.
She also told Zhou Wen that he could attempt cultivating the Sun Strafe Art that An Jing gave him.
The Sun Strafe Art also came from a mysterious land; however, it had been modified to a simplified version that could be cultivated even without special physiques. In fact, the famous Primordial Energy Arts, like the Invincible Connate Divine Art, all had similar origins.
However, the simplified versions were inferior to the original versions. They lacked the capability of obtaining Mythical Companion Beasts.
Although the simplified versions were a lot weaker than the original versions, they were still far stronger than the typical Primordial Energy Art. Ouyang Lan hoped that Zhou Wen could master the Sun Strafe Art to increase his chances when he vied for the special physique and Mythical Companion Beasts.
Even if he wasn't concerned about these two factors, cultivating such a high-level Primordial Energy Art only brought benefits.
Zhou Wen didn't make his decision on whether he would be vying for the special physique, but he did plan on taking a look at the Sun Strafe Art.
It wasn't that he didn't wish to cultivate the Sun Strafe Art, but since the Primordial Energy Art came from lands of mystery like the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, Zhou Wen wished to know if the Lost Immortal Sutra had any effect on these Primordial Energy Arts.
Having had the USB drive in his possession for so long, this was the first time he was seriously reading the contents. The Sun Strafe Art was indeed a high-level Primordial Energy Art, far greater than Ascetic Meditation.
After reading the entire Sun Strafe Art, nothing happened to the Lost Immortal Sutra in him. It wasn't like when he had read the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in which the Lost Immortal Sutra would automatically switch to the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra's circulation method.
Could it be that I need to see the original scriptures for it to be of use? Zhou Wen guessed inwardly.
Zhou Wen put away the USB drive and was about to use his phone to grind the Tiger Cage Pass dungeon when Li Xuan came to him.
"The An family has settled the problem for you. The Special Inspection Bureau won't dare come again. You can rest easy now. Isn't it about time we complete the test mission Counselor Wang gave us?" Li Xuan said with a grin.
"Alright," after some thought, Zhou Wen agreed. After all, they didn't have much time left. It wasn't a bad idea to complete the test mission now.
Although Wang Fei had said that they could kill the Demonized General in a team of four, Li Xuan and Zhou Wen had no intention of recruiting others. Just the two of them were good enough.
Sunset College was so large that news of yesterday's ongoings on hadn't spread to the others. Those who knew Zhou Wen and what had happened were even fewer. Amongst those students, they didn't react differently when they saw Zhou Wen either.
Zhou Wen and Li Xuan were walking towards Tiger Cage Pass when they suddenly heard a commotion up ahead. Then, they saw many students running back.
A few of them were running and shouting, "Run! There's a word-engraved Demonized General ahead. It's rushing over here."
As the strategy had specially mentioned that even Legendary stage experts were not necessarily able to defeat word-engraved Demonized Generals, none of the freshmen dared to take risks. All of them fled for the Tiger Cage Pass dimensional zone's exit.
"We sure have bad luck. To think that a word-engraved Demonized General would appear. Let's head back now and wait until the school eliminates it before coming back." Although Li Xuan was arrogant, he knew where to draw the line.
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Chapter 89 Blade Demonized General
Zhou Wen naturally didn't mind. Word-engraved Demonized Generals were extremely powerful, pinnacle existences among Legendaries. He was only confident of killing Blade Demonized Generals among the word-engraved Demonized Generals. If he were to encounter a Paper Demonized General, death was certain, so there was no need for him to take the risk.
Just as the two were prepared to leave, they saw the stocky Demonized General riding over on a red horse with spear in hand. A few female students were too close to it and were about to be caught up by it.
"Sis!" Li Xuan took a careful look and immediately, the color in his face drained. He summoned the Jade-Eyed White Tiger and rushed over against the escaping crowd.
Zhou Wen also saw Li Weiyang among the students being pursued by the Demonized General. However, he did not rush over immediately. He was too far away and couldn't see clearly what the engraved word on the head was.
If it was Blade, he was confident that he could help Li Xuan rescue Li Weiyang. It was even possible to kill it in passing and he might obtain something good.
However, if they had encountered a Paper Demonized General, Zhou Wen would only be sending himself to his death if he rushed over. It would be meaningless.
Li Weiyang had the Legendary Companion Beasts, Black Knight and Jade-Eyed White Tiger. Even if they weren't a match for the Paper Demonized General, they were enough to rescue Li Weiyang by sacrificing them.
"Isn't Li Xuan your friend? Why aren't you going to help him?" Zhou Wen was trying to make out the word engraved on the Demonized General's helmet when he heard a familiar voice.
He turned around and saw An Jing standing beside him with a deadpan expression. She had walked over at some point in time.
Her tone had a clear hint of mockery. He glanced at her before ignoring her. He turned his head back to scrutinize the Demonized General's helmet, trying hard to figure out what the word was.
Although Zhou Wen was quite fond of Ouyang Lan, it did not mean that he had a favorable impression of everyone in the An family. At the very least, he didn't have a favorable impression of An Jing and An Tianzuo, so he didn't want to have any interaction with them.
Zhou Wen wouldn't vent his anger on Ouyang Lan because of the An siblings, but he wouldn't extend his fondness to them just because of her.
An Jing didn't say anything else. She also knew that it was unrealistic for a Mortal stage student to fight a word-engraved Demonized General. It wouldn't be a heroic act but a suicide.
However, for some reason, An Jing just found Zhou Wen a sore sight. Even if he did the right thing, she just couldn't help but poke fun at him.
Although she said that, An Jing's eyes were peeled at the Demonized General. She was prepared to summon her Companion Beast to engage it in combat.
Firstly, it was because An Jing wouldn't allow her fellow students to be killed by the Demonized General and secondly, the probability of a word-engraved Demonized General's appearance was very low. Once it appeared, it became the target of the best students in school.
The Companion Beast and Primordial Energy Skill that the word-engraved Demonized General dropped were extremely rare and very useful.
The Companion Beast needed no explanation. It was a Legendary Companion Beast with exceptional strength and could even be of certain use in battles with Epic creatures. It was a top-grade Legendary Companion Beast that was extremely rare.
The word-engraved Demonized General's Primordial Energy Skill was also very useful. The Paper Demonized General's Astral Suction Palm, the Blade Demonized General's Astral Slash Blade, and the Fist Demonized General's Astral Fist were all rare top-grade Primordial Energy Skills among Legendary ones.
Astral Suction Palm could suck things across space. Astral Slash Blade had a blade beam that was as fast as lightning. Astral Fist's explosive might was unparalleled. All of them were Primordial Energy Skills that Legendary experts yearned for.
Unfortunately, there were too few word-engraved Demonized Generals. The drop rate of Companion Beasts and Primordial Energy Skill crystals were just too low. It had been years since the discovery of the Tiger Cage Pass dimensional zone, but the number of people with word-engraved Demonized General Companion Beasts and Primordial Energy Skills was few in number.
Inside Sunset College, if one could possess a word-engraved Demonized General Companion Beast, or possess a word-engraved Demonized General's Primordial Energy Skill, they would be envied by everyone.
It was easy for An Jing to get Companion Beasts and Primordial Energy Skills, but to obtain a word-engraved Demonized General Companion Beast wasn't an easy endeavor. There were just too few of them and there was practically none on the market for sale.
Furthermore, a Companion Beast that dropped from one's kill gave one a better sense of achievement than buying one.
Just as An Jing was prepared to take action, she saw Zhou Wen suddenly dash forward like a released arrow as he headed straight for the word-engraved Demonized General.
An Jing was taken aback as she hurriedly rushed over.
Although she found Zhou Wen a sore sight, she didn't wish to see him die here.
She believed that she could easily catch up to him since she was already at the Legendary stage while he was only at the Mortal stage.
However, shortly after she chased him, she saw Zhou Wen with four translucent silver wings behind his back. Instantly, his speed was elevated significantly and was in no way inferior to a Legendary. He was even faster and prevented An Jing from catching up to him.
A Legendary Companion Beast? An Jing was puzzled. Zhou Wen was only at the Mortal stage which usually meant the impossibility of incubating a Legendary Companion Beast unless Zhou Wen cultivated in Primordial Energy Arts like the Invincible Connate Divine Art.
However, An Jing knew him pretty well. She knew that he only cultivated in Ascetic Meditation which made it impossible for him to incubate a Legendary Companion Beast at the Mortal stage.
Furthermore, she had never seen the Companion Beast he was using. This was quite astonishing to her, considering her background as a member of the illustrious An family.
Even if he has a pinnacle Legendary Companion Beast, it's impossible to fend against a word-engraved Demonized General. An Jing knew how powerful they were, so she didn't stop and continued rushing forward.
However, she didn't plan on overtaking him this time. She wanted to know how strong Zhou Wen currently was. She could take action when he was in danger.
Zhou Wen didn't think too much. The moment he saw that the Demonized General's helmet was a Blade, he had rushed forward.
Since he had the ability to help, there was no reason for him to idly stand by. Furthermore, word-engraved Demonized Generals had a low probability of spawning even in-game. Zhou Wen was already hoping to find a Blade Demonized General, so encountering one here was a boon.
Just as Li Xuan had said, he had summoned the Jade-Eyed White Tiger and Black Knight to stop the Demonized General, protecting Li Weiyang and the other girls as they retreated.
The Black Knight rushed right in front of the Demonized General and slammed forward by relying on its heavy armor.
Bang!
The Demonized General's strange spear thrust out powerfully with roaring flames, stabbing the Black Knight's helmet right into the breastplate. Half of the Black Knight's body was slammed into the ground like a wooden column.
Meanwhile, the Jade-Eyed White Tiger had leaped up, flashing its claws at the Demonized General's neck. However, before it arrived in front of the Demonized General, the left hand slashed out with a faint, thin blade beam, splitting the Jade-Eyed White Tiger into two.
Li Xuan felt his heart ache. Although Legendary Companion Beasts weren't much to him, the Jade-Eyed White Tiger was quite a rare Legendary Companion Beast, so finding a second one wasn't going to be easy.
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Chapter 90 Annihilating the General with One Palm
After killing the Jade-Eyed White Tiger, the Demonized General didn't cease at all. It raised the strange spear in its hand and the crescent-like side blades swept across the Black Knight's waist with terrifying flames.
Half of the Black Knight's body was buried in the ground and it was unable to move at all. If it was struck, it was likely to have its head separated from its body.
"Leave quickly." Li Xuan didn't have the luxury of time to moan over his Companion Beasts. The Blade Demonized General was just too fast and powerful. The speed at which it killed the Jade-Eyed White Tiger and Black Knight had far exceeded Li Xuan's expectations. If they didn't pull open a distance quickly, it would probably chase after them again.
Suddenly, a figure flew over Li Xuan, arriving above the Demonized General in a blink of an eye. Then, it was split into two.
Zhou Wen had summoned the Silver-Winged Flying Ant and was riding on its back, rushing straight for the Demonized General's head.
The Demonized General waved its left hand, shining out a lightning-like blade beam that moved at an inconceivable speed. The instant it smashed down, the beam had arrived in front of the Silver-Winged Flying Ant.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant spread its four wings and phased away with silver, dreamy light. Its speed was instantly raised to a terrifying level, allowing it to dodge the Demonized General's blade beam.
An Jing, who was prepared to take action, was stunned. The Blade Demonized General's Astral Slash Blade was famous for being fast, accurate, and mighty. Yet, that Companion Beast had managed to dodge it. It truly caught her by surprise.
To have a non-avian Companion Beast that has a flight Primordial Energy Skill is rather rare. An Jing stopped in her tracks as she watched the battle.
When the Demonized General missed the Silver-Winged Flying Ant with its blade, the strange spear in its hand swept flames up into the sky, hoping to sweep the Silver-Winged Flying Ant and Zhou Wen down.
However, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant agilely changed directions in midair, dodging the Demonized General's strike. At the same time, its stinger shot out Magical Needle at the Demonized General's head.
However, before it reached the Demonized General, it was cleaved apart by the Astral Slash Blade it sliced out with its left hand.
Zhou Wen controlled the Silver-Winged Flying Ant as he battled the Demonized General. Using its speed and flight capabilities, and Silver Wing Flash, he dodged all of the Demonized General's attacks.
"Old Zhou, that Companion Beast is awesome. Where did you get it from? Help me get one in the future." Li Xuan's eyes glimmered as he slipped effortlessly into address Zhou Wen affectionately.
To use speed to dodge the Demonized General's attacks made the Silver-Winged Flying Ant a pinnacle speed-type Companion Beast.
An Jing, Li Weiyang and company also noticed the value of the Silver-Winged Flying Ant, but An Jing was able to figure out more.
That strange flying ant is a top speed-type Companion Beast at the Legendary stage, but to be able to dodge the Blade Demonized General's attacks so perfectly isn't something that can be done with speed alone. Zhou Wen's control and predictions are all excellent. An Jing didn't let her hatred for him affect her own judgment. She could tell how formidable Zhou Wen really was.
With Zhou Wen fighting the Demonized General, Li Xuan finally seized the opportunity to get the Black Knight to escape from the ground. Just as he was about to order it to help, he saw Zhou Wen jump off from the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's back.
"Holy sh*t, Old Zhou, what are you trying to do?" Li Xuan jumped in fright. For the Mortal Zhou Wen to lunge at the Demonized General looked no different from courting death.
Li Weiyang and the other students had their hearts pounding nervously as though they were about to leap out of their chests. Even An Jing's breathing sped up.
From An Jing's point of view, Zhou Wen's actions were too rash. Furthermore, there weren't any substantial effects.
He was only at the Mortal stage. With Strength at the Mortal stage, even if it was boosted by Primordial Energy Skills, striking a Demonized General's helmet probably didn't deal it much damage.
Zhou Wen wore a stoic expression as his body rapidly plummeted. He swung his arm that had been enveloped by the skeleton bracer, striking straight at the top of the Demonized General's head.
This leap looked like a risky move, but in fact, Zhou Wen had already simulated it hundreds of times in his head. Ever since he had fought the word-engraved Demonized General, he had been thinking of a way to kill them.
The only possibility was to first kill the Blade Demonized General. As for the Paper Demonized General, he temporarily had no means of killing it.
This leap had been calculated by Zhou Wen countless times before he deduced the opportunity.
Back when the Silver-Winged Flying Ant kept flying, it had made the Demonized General run through all its moves. Its Primordial Energy Skills had all been used and it couldn't immediately use them again. All those powerful moves prevented it from instantly retaliating against Zhou Wen.
Bang!
Zhou Wen leaped down headfirst as his palm struck the Demonized General's helmet.
If it were only an ordinary Mortal Primordial Energy Skill, it wouldn't be able to tear through the helmet's defense with the skeleton bracer's augmentation.
However, Zhou Wen's Ashen Palm at Rank 10 was different. This was a palm with a cold, explosive might. It could generate a penetrative effect at short distances.
Although this palm looked like it had smacked the helmet, its force had already penetrated into the Demonized General's head, striking its brains.
With the success of the attack, Zhou Wen pressed down on the Demonized General's helmet and used the reactionary force to retreat several meters. The Silver-Winged Flying Ant was already waiting there for him as he somersaulted and landed on its back, his eyes staring intently at the Demonized General.
As he had never attempted it in-game, he wasn't sure of the effects of this palm strike.
An Jing, Li Xuan, and the other students were also staring at the Demonized General. They felt that the palm didn't seem to have much of an effect as there wasn't any mark on its helmet.
But the next second, the Demonized General looked up and spewed a mouthful of blood before collapsing from its horse. The red horse neighed as it exploded, scattering its flesh and blood everywhere.
He had managed to slay a word-engraved Demonized General! When An Jing saw the horse explode, she knew that the Demonized General was definitely dead.
Li Xuan yelled, "Did anyone do a recording? Did anyone record that battle? How long did he take?"
The school's test missions required video proof. Although he didn't know how long Zhou Wen had taken, it didn't feel like he took more than ninety seconds.
"I did," a girl beside Li Weiyang said meekly.
The few of them had come to complete a test mission, so they had a video recording the entire time. They had also recorded the battle that had just finished.
Li Weiyang got the girl to play the recording as they looked over. He had taken 79 seconds.
"Old Zhou, you took 79 seconds to kill a word-engraved Demonized General. You are really awesome!" Li Xuan yelled at Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen was in no mood to care about the numbers. He ran straight to the dead Demonized General, hoping to find a dimensional crystal or Companion Egg from its corpse.
Pulling apart the Demonized General's helmet, he saw red and white fluids flow out. Amidst that was a resplendent object.
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Chapter 91 Astral Slash Blade Beam
Li Xuan and company noticed the egg-sized crystal that Zhou Wen pulled out.
The crystal looked dreamy with a glow flickering within it. The glow had the appearance of the Demonized General, making it a Primordial Energy Skill Crystal.
"The Blade Demonized General's Primordial Energy Skill. I wonder which one is it. He's really struck it rich if it's Astral Slash Blade," Li Xuan said as he approached to take a look at the crystal.
As the Blade Demonized General had several Primordial Energy Skills, with Astral Slash Blade being one of them, the chances of it dropping were extremely low even if a Primordial Energy Skill Crystal were to drop.
By the side, An Jing suddenly said, "The Demonized General figure inside the crystal has a faint red glow on the word engraved on top of its head. This Primordial Energy Skill Crystal is Astral Slash Blade."
"It's really Astral Slash Blade! Old Zhou, your luck is really unparalleled!" Li Xuan said in excitement, "If you wish to sell this Astral Slash Blade skill, just sell it to me. I'll quickly advance to the Legendary stage, so I'll be able to use it."
Zhou Wen shook his head slightly and placed the Primordial Energy Skill Crystal in his pocket.
The average person couldn't withstand the surge of Primordial Energy Skills at the Mortal stage. Any forceful absorption would damage the body, and in serious cases, might even lead to death.
However, Zhou Wen was different. If he could take the Primordial Energy Skill into the game and let the blood-colored avatar attempt to absorb it, he himself wouldn't be in any danger.
Zhou Wen had already tried absorbing Legendary Primordial Energy Skills in-game and all of them had happened without a hitch.
Zhou Wen's news of killing the word-engraved Demonized General quickly spread across campus. To kill one in 79 seconds was unheard of even amongst special admissions students.
However, the topic of conversation was the Silver-Winged Flying Ant. Many people believed that it was due to it that Zhou Wen was able to slay the word-engraved Demonized General. Such Speed and ability of flight made it a top Speed-type, flight-capable Companion Beast among those at the Legendary stage.
After Wang Fei saw the recording of Zhou Wen slaying the word-engraved Demonized General, she gave Zhou Wen a very high evaluation, believing him to be a talent worth nurturing
Even An Jing, who always found him a sore sight, viewed him in a different light. She believed that Zhou Wen would once again get back on his feet, turning back into the genius he once was.
However, Wang Fei and An Jing quickly realized they were wrong. After killing the word-engraved Demonized General, Zone didn't come out of his dorm at all. He didn't enter the dimensional zones to train himself, nor did he attend any classes.
An Jing often saw Zhou Wen lying in the yard, holding his phone gaming while sunbathing. He gamed for several hours at a time without even changing his pose.
After he obtained the Astral Slash Blade Primordial Energy Skill, many students tried to buy it from him through different means, but they were all rejected by him.
Although Zhou Wen already had the ability to kill Blade Demonized Generals and could always slowly grind one in-game, that would take him too much time. He didn't wish to waste any time for just some pittance of money.
On the day he returned home with the Astral Slash Blade Crystal, he had tried using the mysterious phone to snap a picture of it. It instantly pulled it in-game and allowed him to successfully master the Astral Slash Blade Primordial Energy Skill.
What left Zhou Wen perplexed was that Astral Slash Blade was somewhat different from the typical Primordial Energy Skill. This was because it didn't have a rank and the amount of Primordial Energy it expended wasn't fixed.
Either 1 or 10 points of Primordial Energy was enough to release Astral Slash Blade, but the unleashed force was different. The more Primordial Energy used, the stronger the Astral Slash Blade's beam was.
Zhou Wen had tested the might of the Astral Slash Blade in-game. When using 10 points of Primordial Energy, it could instantly cull the Legendary Silver-Winged Flying Ant in midair. It was fast and ruthless, giving him the exhilaration of killing someone through empty space. It was something Ashen Palm and Vigor Divine Fist couldn't compete with.
Over the past few days, Zhou Wen had been grinding Tiger Cage Pass in a bid to encounter Paper Demonized Generals. He wanted to see if Astral Slash Blade could crack the Primordial Energy Skill of the Paper Demonized General.
Unfortunately, his luck was terrible. After repeatedly grinding Tiger Cage Pass, he only encountered one word-engraved Demonized General. It wasn't a Blade Demonized General, but a Fist Demonized General.
When Astral Slash Blade and Zhou Wen's other Primordial Energy Skills hit the Fist Demonized General, its body would flash a golden light as though it was layered in gold. Even the Astral Slash Blade's beam couldn't leave a scratch.
Finally, the blood-colored avatar was slain by the Fist Demonized General with one charge, leaving him rather disheartened.
However, he was used to such outcomes. Compared to others being capable of encountering one word-engraved Demonized General in a timespan of two to three months, his efficiency was considered a lot higher.
Just as he was preparing to continue grinding Tiger Cage Pass, he heard his phone ring. He still picked it up despite it being an unknown number.
"Is this Zhou Wen? You have a delivery." A man's voice sounded from the phone.
I don't think I bought anything on the Internet recently. Who would deliver something to me? Zhou Wen thought for a while to no avail. However, he went to the door to take receipt of the parcel.
The parcel wasn't very big. Zhou Wen looked at it carefully and saw that the sender had the word "principal" written on it.
The former principal mailed me something? Zhou Wen found that the most probably.
Previously, Ouyang Lan had mentioned to him that the former principal had been invited to a mysterious dimensional zone and hadn't returned to date. That was because the magnetic fields there were abnormal, preventing any communication devices to be used. Even Ouyang Lan didn't know his present situation.
After returning to his dorm, Zhou Wen opened the parcel and couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the thing inside.
The parcel wasn't big to begin with. Stuffed inside it were several old newspapers, but the only thing of note was a name card.
It was a real name card. The owner of the name card was the owner of a dimensional crystal shop. His name was Qin Xiyuan. On the back of the name card was the address and contact number of the shop.
Apart from that, there was a string of numbers that were handwritten at the bottom. It was just underneath the telephone number, so it looked like an additional number to call.
Is this name card really from the former principal? Zhou Wen felt puzzled, unsure why he would mail this to him.
He picked up the delivery notice and tried calling the sender's number, but he only received the notification: "The number you called is not in service."
What's going on? Zhou Wen couldn't help but frown. He took a look at the sender's address and saw that it was a place in the East District named Zhuolu County. There wasn't an exact street or unit number.
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Chapter 92 Excellent-Grade Companion Egg
Zhou Wen studied it for quite some time before figuring out what the name card meant. On it was a string of handwritten numbers that didn't seem like a telephone number.
Typical cell phone numbers were 11 digits with landlines being 7. However, this number had 10 digits, so it clearly wasn't right.
It didn't seem right either that certain digits of a cell phone number were missing. This was because the string of numbers started with a 5 while cell phone numbers typically started with 1. Most people usually wouldn't write the first digit wrongly.
What does this string of numbers represent? Zhou Wen had the urge to ask the former principal if it was from him, but he didn't have his contact details.
Although he could return to the An family to ask Ouyang Lan, he didn't wish to have too much interaction with them, nor did he wish to head to the An family home again.
Ouyang Lan was nice, but Zhou Wen wasn't fond of the An siblings, much less wish to have much to do with them.
After some thought, he put away the name card. If this item had really been mailed to him by the former principal, it was likely that he would contact him in the future.
After packing up, Zhou Wen continued gaming
Wang Fei's mood was terrible. Her opinion was that Zhou Wen was a genius. For him to slay the Blade Demonized General single-handedly, that level of combat skill was enough to shock Sunset College even if one didn't consider his cultivation talent.
Wang Fei believed that if he was properly nurtured, his future was limitless. Furthermore, Ouyang Lan had also requested her to take good care of him.
No matter how good his talent is, it will all go to waste if he keeps gaming. I have to place him back on the right track. Wang Fei believed that she was obligated and responsible for teaching Zhou Wen well.
Even without Ouyang Lan, she didn't wish a genius like Zhou Wen to let his talent go to waste.
How can I get Zhou Wen to quit gaming and reestablish his values towards life and the world? Wang Fei frowned in thought.
The harm games brought about was a serious societal issue before the dimensional storms. Countless parents and teachers did their best to stop students from being obsessed with gaming, but this problem wasn't solved at its roots.
After the dimensional storms, due to the change in society and the collective consciousness, the number of students who gamed had reduced significantly. However, there were still many who were obsessed with gaming.
Wang Fei felt that Zhou Wen mustn't have fallen too deep. After all, he had been a diligent student in the past. He was only using games to escape reality after suffering a heavy setback.
However, from the two battles Zhou Wen engaged in after coming to Sunset College, his foundation was excellent. He had to be a very diligent and assiduous student. As long as his confidence and values towards life were established again, he could quit his gaming addiction.
After some thought, Wang Fei's eyes suddenly lit up. He that hides can find. Since Zhou Wen lost his confidence and is escaping from reality after his defeat by An Jing, wouldn't defeating An Jing allow him to reestablish his confidence?
The more Wang Fei thought about it, the more viable she found it to be. To get Zhou Wen to defeat a genius like An Jing was also a challenge and accomplishment for a teacher. This would only make it more interesting.
Wang Fei steeled her resolve to complete this plan of hers. She wished that a student she mentored could defeat An Jing who the An family treated like a treasure. Even her body heated up in excitement.
Zhou Wen didn't know that he had become a gaming addict youth in Wang Fei's eyes. He had even become a target for receiving plenty of help. At this moment, he was still focusing on grinding
Having lost count of the number of times he grinded Tiger Cage Pass, Zhou Wen finally encountered a word-engraved Demonized General. From a distance, Zhou Wen was delighted because engraving on the Demonized General's helmet was "Paper."
He sent the blood-colored avatar charging at the Demonized General for he was already very familiar with its series of attacks. With the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's Speed, it wasn't difficult for him to deal with it.
When the blood-colored avatar dodged the strange spear's first strike, the Paper Demonized General used its Astral Suction Palm. It widened its left palm and aimed it at the blood-colored avatar.
The blood-colored avatar seemed to be bound by a potent, invisible force and was yanked towards the Paper Demonized General.
With a thought from Zhou Wen, the blood-colored avatar's left palm exploded a faint beam that resembled a blade. It instantly sliced through the invisible force beyond his body.
The Astral Suction Palm's strength was like a piece of paper that was sliced through by the sharp blade beam. The thin silk-like blade beam then cleaved into the gap between the Paper Demonized General's helmet and breastplate, beheading it with one strike.
Zhou Wen was delighted. Although he guessed that Astral Slash Blade could counter the Paper Demonized General's Primordial Energy Skill, he never expected it to be this strong. He had expended 10 points of Primordial Energy for the Astral Slash Blade, and it ended up beheading the Paper Demonized General.
'Killed Mutated Demonized General. Discovered Dimensional Crystal.'
However, what left Zhou Wen depressed was that the Paper Demonized General didn't drop a Primordial Energy Skill or Companion Egg. All it dropped was a Strength Crystal valued at 18.
If Zhou Wen had advanced to the Legendary stage, such a Strength Crystal was naturally the best. He would instantly have his Strength stat rise to 18. Unfortunately, he was still at the Mortal stage and his Strength's limit couldn't be broken. Having such a high-valued Strength Crystal was useless.
Rushing in the direction of Tiger Cage Pass, he was shot to death once again. It was equivalent to him committing suicide but he had no way of having the dungeon respawn its monsters without him dying.
When he entered the game again, Zhou Wen killed the Skeleton General, Silver-Winged Flying Ant, and Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus once more.
As the chances of a drop were too low, Zhou Wen's repeated grinding didn't reward him with anything good. However, with a massive number of grinding instances, anything with a low probability would eventually drop.
This time, after killing the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus, a Companion Egg dropped. When Zhou Wen saw its stats, his eyes lit up. He nearly kissed the Companion Egg.
Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus: Legendary
Legendary Life Providence: Turbid Waters Clear Lotus
Strength: 18
Speed: 15
Constitution: 17
Primordial Energy: 18
Talent Skill: Blood-Patterned Buddha Aspect, Lotus Bullets, Venom Toad, Buddha Lotus Rage.
A Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus with four talent skills. Its Strength and Primordial Energy are considered at max level. Even for a flower-type Companion Beast with weak Constitution, it's at 17. This Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus is an excellent one! Zhou Wen drooled as he looked at the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus Companion Egg.
But in an instant, Zhou Wen felt vexed. He couldn't bear to feed such an excellent-grade Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus to Truth Listener and the Silver-Winged Flying Ant.
However, if he were to incubate it, his lacking Primordial Energy might create new problems.
I can only risk it. Zhou Wen saw that the Mutated Skeleton Ant and Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus's fusion success rate and decided to fuse them together.
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Chapter 93 Lotus Ant
The game system gave a compatibility score of 34%. This also meant that the chance of a successful fusion was at about a third. It was quite a low probability.
However, the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus was so excellent that Zhou Wen couldn't bring himself to feed it to Truth Listener. He had no way of taking it out of the game after all.
As for the Mutated Skeleton Ant, although it was quite a good Mortal Companion Beast, it was limited by its Mortal stage. After having the Silver-Winged Flying Ant, there was a decreasing need for it. Even if he didn't fuse it now, it would gradually be eliminated in the future.
Therefore, after plenty of thought, he decided to risk it to fuse the two Companion Beasts together.
After Zhou Wen chose to proceed with the fusion of the Mutated Skeleton Ant and Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus, the game system immediately gave a notification: 'As the Mutated Skeleton Ant is an adult, the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus will be treated as a supplement for fusion. Proceed with fusion?'
It was identical to the previous time. Zhou Wen was already mentally prepared, so he instantly chose 'Yes.'
The Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus Companion Egg and Mutated Skeleton Ant bloomed with light as the former flew to the latter. As the two blobs of light merged into one, it caused the entire phone screen to light up. Instantly, nothing could be seen.
Zhou Wen waited for quite some time until the phone's screen dimmed. Then, he heard a chime.
'Fusion successful. Obtained Legendary Companion Beast, Mutated Lotus Flower Ant.'
Only then could Zhou Wen see a Companion Beast on his screen. It didn't look much different from the Mutated Skeleton Ant from before. It still had a white bone exterior and its body seemed to be bigger. On its head, there was a budding blood-colored lotus flower.
After opening the stats of the Mutated Lotus Flower Ant, Zhou Wen was overjoyed by what he saw.
Mutated Lotus Flower Ant: Legendary
Legendary Life Providence: Turbid Waters Clear Lotus
Strength: 19
Speed: 17
Constitution: 18
Primordial Energy: 18
Talent Skill: Skeleton Pierce (Rank 10), Blood-Patterned Buddha Aspect (Rank 9), Lotus Bullets (Rank 5), Venom Toad (rank 8), Buddha Lotus Rage (Rank 9).
Companion Form: Bracer.
The Lotus Ant had inherited the Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus's Life Providence-Turbid Waters Clear Lotus. It was a pretty good and pragmatic one that made it immune to venomous liquids and corrosion.
Amongst the four stats, only Speed was 1 point short of maxing out. As for Strength, it was an Overdrive at 19, having exceeded the limits of a typical Legendary maximum. It was considered the best among the best.
Even crazier was that the Lotus Ant had retained all the Mutated Skeleton Ant's and Mutated Buddha Heart Lotus's skills, becoming one with five Primordial Energy Skills. Furthermore, it was a terrifying existence with rather high Primordial Energy Skill ranks.
If such a Legendary Companion Beast was put on sale, just the fact that it had five Primordial Energy Skills was enough for it to be sold at an astronomical price. If there was an overall Legendary Companion Beast ranking, the Mutated Lotus Ant would definitely rank high.
In his joy, Zhou Wen summoned the Mutated Lotus Ant and saw a horrifying tank-sized ant appear in front of him. Its body was covered in terrifying bone spikes that made it look ferocious and terrifying.
But on its head was a red lotus flower. It was connected to the top of its head with a flower bud. It made its terrifying looks appear rather adorable.
As the Mutated Lotus Ant crawled, the lotus flower on its head would bob up and down, making it rather interesting.
Just as Zhou Wen was admiring the Mutated Lotus Ant, he suddenly heard the doorbell ring. After dispelling the summon, he opened the door and was astonished to see Wang Fei.
Sunset College's education methods were very simple. One counselor led a class and was responsible for giving class homework and missions. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn't be directly involved in the education of students.
Students could select which teacher's classes they attended based on the mission they had. They could then learn the knowledge and techniques they needed.
Therefore, although Wang Fei was Zhou Wen's counselor, there weren't many opportunities for him to meet her. She typically wouldn't request a meeting with her students before the ten-day deadline of the last mission.
Unless a student encountered problems and sought her help, a counselor typically didn't interfere with a student's usual studies.
"Zhou Wen, pack your things. Let's have a walk," Wang Fei said directly before he could even speak.
"Miss Wang, what do you want me to do?" Zhou Wen asked, feeling somewhat unhappily.
Wang Fei said with a smile, "Professor Chen has a project that requires a student to be his assistant. I think you are very suitable for it, so I recommended you to him."
"Is that a homework mission?" Zhou Wen frowned slightly. He had no intention of being an assistant.
He had long heard of the benefits that came from being a professor's assistant as it allowed one to interact with many high-level objects and broaden one's horizons while also gaining some pointers from a professor. It was an opportunity many students wanted.
However, Zhou Wen didn't like having such an opportunity. Although it was beneficial, it required him to sacrifice his time to work for the professor.
To other students, such work was a way of honing themselves, a type of improvement. But to Zhou Wen, it was a waste of time that would eat into his gaming time.
"It's not a homework mission. I just find you very suited for it, so I recommended you. Professor Chen has great achievements when it comes to nurturing Companion Beasts. In Sunset College, he's an authority in such matters. Furthermore, he has done a great amount of research on melee-fighting Primordial Energy Skills. I believe it will be very beneficial to you if you were to learn from him." Wang Fei was feeling rather pleased with herself.
Professor Chen was a famous old fogey. Getting anyone to convince him to take in another student as an assistant was practically impossible. In Sunset College, not more than three people could get Professor Chen to agree to such a request.
Zhou Wen wasn't able to see Wang Fei's face as he said directly, "Miss Wang, if it's not a homework mission, I hope to decline the offer."
Wang Fei's smile instantly froze. Imagining that Zhou Wen wasn't aware of what was happening, she explained, "Professor Chen Qishan isn't just an authoritative figure in Sunset College, but in the entire League. By being his assistant, you can come into contact with several high-level Companion Beasts and learn of their characteristics and powers. This will be of tremendous help to your future exploring of dimensional zones. Furthermore, Professor Chen is..."
Before Wang Fei could finish, Zhou Wen said firmly, "Miss Wang, thank you for your kind intentions. I still wish to decline. My usual homework missions give me enough stress. I need time for studying and revision. I really do not have enough time, so if it isn't a homework mission, I wish to decline."
Wang Fei felt as if she had been doused in cold water. All her excitement and glee instantly turned to nothing. It left her mood extremely nasty.
"Are you sure you are declining?" Wang Fei asked Zhou Wen with a glare.
"Yes, Miss Wang." Zhou Wen clearly wasn't good at reading people as he nodded.
"Alright." Wang Fei turned and left, her teeth grinding angrily.
As Zhou Wen's counselor, one who had paid special attention to him, Wang Fei knew that he hadn't attended any teacher classes for the past few days, so what did he mean by studying and revision? Apart from slaying the Blade Demonized General, he likely spent most of his days in his dorm gaming.
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Chapter 94 Unwinding Monument
Wang Fei clearly didn't plan on giving up just like that. Regardless of her being a counselor or Ouyang Lan's good friend, she believed that she had the obligation to rescue Zhou Wen who was a gaming addict who had excellent talent.
Since you have no intention of improving yourself, I'll make you realize the importance with the help of external forces. Wang Fei's eyes darted about as she came up with an idea.
However, her idea couldn't be carried out immediately. She needed to wait for the Demonized General slaying mission to end before she could use a new homework mission and force Zhou Wen to face the difficulty.
In the next homework mission, it appears I need to get that little fellow to make a trip to Jingshi Mountain. Wang Fei's eyes flickered with excitement.
Jingshi Mountain was also known as Mount Laojun. It was the main peak in the of the Funiu Mountain Range that spanned 400 kilometers. Legend had it that this was the place the founder of Daoism, Li Er, had hidden himself. Although the legend's veracity couldn't be confirmed, Mount Laojun also became a dimensional storms zone after the dimensional storms. Furthermore, it became rather strange.
The other dimensional zones were fraught with danger with dimensional creatures extremely ferocious. However, Mount Laojun's dimensional creatures wouldn't attack humans without reason. They almost never injured anyone.
Mount Laojun's Golden Peak had many Daoist temples, but to date, no one had been able to conquer the Golden Peak.
Beneath the Golden Peak was a Wordless Monument. Although there were no words engraved on it, whoever viewed it would feel inspired and refreshed. They wouldn't be frustrated by trivialities of the human world. Therefore, the Wordless Monument was named Unwinding Monument.
However, looking at Unwinding Monument for a while was good, but if one looked at it for too long, one's mind would be so stimulated that not only couldn't they sleep, they would even be in a hyperactive state, as though they had infinite energy and were eager to do something.
Some people who looked at Unwinding Monument for too long would begin boxing with all their might for three full days. Others would begin running until they were exhausted and unable to crawl.
In short, as long as one looked at the Unwinding Monument, they would become extremely inspired and diligent no matter how lazy they were.
The amount of time one looked at Unwinding Monument had to be controlled. If one were to stare at it for too long, they might die from overstimulation. It was something that had happened before.
Although Mount Laojun was in Luoyang, it wasn't inside Sunset College. Therefore, Wang Fei planned on leading the class to Mount Laojun after the Demonized General homework mission was over.
Zhou Wen continued grinding in his form, but he wasn't just mindlessly grinding.
He had planned on rushing into Ant City, Fire God Platform, and Tiger Cage Pass to see if there were any places similar to Small Buddha Temple. Unfortunately, he met with repeated failures.
Zhou Wen had a suspicion that the reason the Lost Immortal Sutra couldn't advance him to Legendary had to do with his mastery of the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in Small Buddha Temple.
Due to the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, Zhou Wen's stat had broken through to 11 points while the other stats remained at 10.
Therefore, Zhou Wen believed that the Lost Immortal Sutra allowed him to master other Primordial Energy Arts and they also could perhaps raise his other stats to 11.
He didn't know if the Lost Immortal Sutra had such a feature, nor did he know if he could advance to the Legendary stage when all his stats reached 11. However, it brought him some hope, far better than not having any clue at all.
It was a pity that Zhou Wen didn't find any places similar to Small Buddha Temple. There was a monument above the Fire God Platform, but there were firebirds protecting it, preventing him from rushing up and seeing what the monument with the word "Imperial" engraved on it was.
Truth Listener is said to be a Mythical Companion Beast, so all its beginning stats are at 11. Perhaps the value 11 has some specialness. Zhou Wen thought about rushing to the Fire God Platform again, but before he could rush to its peak, he died under the ever-increasing horde of firebirds.
From the looks of it, I need to obtain a Primordial Energy Art that imbues alacrity. It's impossible to reach the top of Fire God Platform by simply relying on the Silver-Winged Flying Ant. Zhou Wen switched off the phone and began researching on the school's website.
Currently, his phone had Ant Nest, Ancient Imperial City, Underground Buddha City, and Tiger Cage Pass. None of these dungeons produced Primordial Energy Skills that imbued alacrity. Therefore, Zhou Wen had to find new dungeons.
The school's data was very comprehensive. When he searched for Primordial Energy Skills that imbued alacrity, he quickly found an answer.
Sunset College had many dimensional zones that produced such skills. And the most famous one was at Dragon Gate Grotto.
There were two from Dragon Gate Grotto. One of them was the Mount Dragon Gate's Fish Dragon Transformation while the other was the Dragon Gate Grotto's Dragon Gate Fairy Skill.
Mount Dragon Gate's Fish Dragon Transformation stemmed from the legend of carps jumping through a dragon gate to transform into a dragon. It was a Primordial Energy Skill that allowed one to soar straight up to a height of hundreds of feet as though one was flying in the sky.
However, a single leap of Fish Dragon Transformation was enough to drain all of one's Primordial Energy. Such massive expenditure wasn't one that Zhou Wen needed. Furthermore, Mount Dragon Gate wasn't in Sunset College.
Dragon Gate Fairy Skill was the complete opposite of Fish Dragon Transformation. It was a long-lasting Primordial Energy Skill that imbued alacrity. It used one's changes in motion to fly and dance in the sky like a fairy. Although it needed a point to leverage upon, making it not true flight, it was good enough.
However, obtaining the Dragon Gate Fairy Skill wasn't simple. This was only produced by the Lotus Flower Cave in Dragon Gate Grotto. Furthermore, the drop rate was very low. People could spend more than a year inside without having it drop.
Firstly, Dragon Gate Fairy Skill's drop rate was very low and secondly, there were very few dimensional creatures in Lotus Flower Cave.
Zhou Wen naturally didn't have any qualms about that. All he needed to do was head to Dragon Gate Grotto and download the dungeon before being able to grind it infinitely. He didn't need to worry about not having dimensional creatures to clear.
Of course, that was on the premise that he had enough blood to support such an action.
Thinking of how great his recent blood loss was, he drank a mouthful of his self-brewed blood replenishing tea. Although it didn't seem to be of any use, it gave him a placebo effect.
He was about to head to Dragon Gate Grotto and see if he could download it, but to his surprise, just as he left his building, he saw the young white-gloved military officer standing at his yard's entrance, instructing two soldiers to carry a crate in.
Zhou Wen recognized the young military officer. He was An Tianzuo's adjutant and driver who he had met before.
Zhou Wen didn't know why he was here. Just as he was about to ask, the adjutant said, "Young Master Wen, Madam has requested me to bring this crate to you. Please acknowledge receipt."
Zhou Wen frowned slightly and walked over to the crate and opened it up a little. Immediately, he saw all kinds of dazzling dimensional crystals inside.
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Chapter 95 Dragon Gate Grotto
"What's the meaning of this?" Zhou Wen asked with a frown.
"Young Master Wen, this is your allowance for this month. If it's not enough, you can always request more from Madam. She had actually planned on preparing a few Companion Beasts that would be suitable for you, but after recognizing the fact that you would be advancing to the Legendary stage soon, they weren't made. There will be more choices and useful ones when the time comes," the adjutant said.
"Sis Lan really gave this to me?" Zhou Wen asked the adjutant.
"Yes," the adjutant answered with great certainty.
"Then help me thank Sis Lan. I appreciate the gesture, but I don't need it," Zhou Wen said as he lowered the lid.
The adjutant looked at Zhou Wen in surprise. "Young Master Wen, this is your allowance, just like Miss Jing. It's what you deserve."
"That's what An Jing deserves, not me. I have no need for it either. Please return and tell Sis Lan. I respect her, but my surname isn't An," Zhou Wen said.
The adjutant looked at Zhou Wen but stopped trying to persuade him. He just took out a pen and paper to write down a cell phone number and handed it to him with both hands. "Young Master Wen, I'll take the items back. This is my number where I'm contactable any time of the day. If you have any requests, feel free to give me a call."
"Alright. Thank you." Zhou Wen took the paper slip and saw the number. There were the words "Ah Sheng" written behind the number, perhaps the name of the adjutant.
However, the name looked more like a nickname or pet name. It didn't seem like a real name.
As though he noticed Zhou Wen's doubts, Ah Sheng said, "I was picked up by Overseer An in a dimensional zone. I had suffered serious injuries to my head and lost all my memories. Overseer An hopes that I can be reborn from the flames, which is why he gave me the name "sheng" representing life. I also took on his surname as An. Young Master Wen, you can just call me Ah Sheng."
"Alright, thank you Ah Sheng. Please help me take the things back." Zhou Wen put away the paper slip and after sending Adjutant Ah Sheng off, he headed straight for Dragon Gate Grotto.
Ah Sheng returned to the An family with the items; however, he didn't take them to Ouyang Lan but to An Tianzuo.
"Why did you bring the items back?" An Tianzuo looked at the crate with a frown.
"Young Master Wen wanted me to bring them back," Ah Sheng said.
"Did you tell him that they were from my mom?" An Tianzuo asked.
"Yes, Young Master Wen said to thank her. He appreciates her gesture, but he doesn't want the items," Ah Sheng replied truthfully.
"Then put them away," An Tianzuo said after some thought.
"Overseer, I think Young Master Wen must have guessed that these things weren't from Madam," Ah Sheng added.
"Why so?" An Tianzuo asked with piqued interest.
"Just a feeling without any basis."
"You aren't a woman, so what feeling is there to speak off." An Tianzuo paused and said, "This Zhou Wen has quite a backbone. However, one cannot be successful with backbone alone. If he wishes to cultivate the Sun Strafe Art, it's a mystery how long it will take for him to advance to the Legendary stage without enough Primordial Energy Crystals. We can't have Little Jing waiting for him all the time, right?"
"Overseer, I have something I'm not sure if I should say," Ah Sheng said with some hesitation.
"Cut it out. When have you held back?" An Tianzuo said with a grunt.
Ah Sheng said, "Miss Jing's body isn't good, so Madam preventing her vying for the special physique is for her own good, but why must she compete with Young Master Wen for supremacy?"
An Tianzuo said lightly, "I know Little Jing's personality all too well. She doesn't care about the nomination, but she wants to prove to Mom that Zhou Wen isn't as excellent as Grandfather claims him to be, and definitely not better than she is."
Zhou Wen followed the navigation and headed for Dragon Gate Grotto.
As Dragon Gate Grotto was just too huge, Sunset College actually covered a tiny area of it. Most of it was outside the campus.
After Zhou Wen arrived, he realized a serious problem.
Places like Ancient Imperial City, Underground Buddha City, and Tiger Cage Pass had a small palm symbol that allowed him to see it at a glance, thereby successfully scanning it and downloading the dungeon.
However, Dragon Gate Grotto was a kilometer-long stretch. There were countless stone monuments and stone sculptures here, but there was nothing that resembled an entrance like a city gate. There was no obvious spot to find the small palm symbol.
There were many caves that could be entered in Dragon Gate Grotto. The dimensional zones inside formed an infinitely extensive area. For instance, the Lotus Flower Cave which Zhou Wen wanted to go to was just one of many.
Without the palm symbol, Zhou Wen could only follow the river, carefully taking in everything around him—the Buddha statues and stone sculptures. He hoped to find the palm symbol and download the dungeon into his mysterious phone.
The Dragon Gate Grotto had about a hundred thousand Buddha statues. The tallest one reached nearly twenty meters and there were more than fifty caves. The masonry numbered thousands. After the dimensional storms, every cave had a huge number of dimensional creatures appearing in their interior.
Zhou Wen looked around as he walked, making extremely slow progress. However, he didn't find the palm symbol.
"Zhou Wen?" As he was searching for the symbol along the river, he suddenly heard someone call his name.
Zhou Wen turned and realized that the person who called out to him was the girl, Wang Lu, who lived next door to him.
"Zhou Wen, have you come to Dragon Gate Grotto for cultivation as well?" Wang Lu asked with a smile.
"I'm just here to take a look. I don't plan on entering," Zhou Wen said.
"Since you're here, it's a shame if you don't go in. I heard there have recently been dragon roars inside Old Dragon Cave. There's also a treasure-like glow that appears at night. It's very strange. Why don't you go in with me to take a look?" Wang Lu invited.
"The stranger it is, the more dangerous it is. It's better I do not enter," Zhou Wen said as he continued walking ahead.
Wang Lu stuck her tongue out and headed for Old Dragon Cave.
Dragon Gate Grotto was just too huge and there were too many carvings. To find a small palm symbol clearly wasn't an easy task. Zhou Wen was very patient, but despite scouring every inch, he ultimately failed to find the tiny symbol.
Could it be that not all dimensional zones can be downloaded? Zhou Wen began having doubts, but he continued searching.
Outside Dragon Gate Grotto was a rather popular place as many Sunset College students came here for cultivation and to kill dimensional creatures.
There were some people from Luoyang who weren't students who entered via the north entrance. He also saw many people setting up shop by the caves, some selling the dimensional crystals and Companion Eggs that came from the respective cave.
Upon seeing those stalls selling Companion Eggs, Zhou Wen suddenly had a thought. The mysterious phone can download a Companion Egg into the game via taking a picture. Then, can I take the Companion Eggs of others in-game by snapping a photo? The phone shouldn't be smart enough to tell who the Companion Egg belongs to, right?
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Chapter 96 Rock Qilin Companion Egg
Zhou Wen wasn't the kind of person who would rob for no good reason. Although he thought of doing so, he didn't actually do it.
However, he still used the phone's camera app to aim it at a Companion Egg placed on a stall but he didn't press the shutter button.
Although he didn't snap the photo, the phone's screen still showed the Companion Egg's stats.
Stone Warrior: Legendary
Life Providence: Stone Contract
Strength: 16
Speed: 13
Constitution: 16
Primordial Energy: 12
Talent Skill: Stone Blast Punch
It was a Legendary Companion Egg with very ordinary stats and nothing outstanding. However, the mysterious phone's feature delighted Zhou Wen.
Dimensional crystals did not have numbers in real life, but technological methods could be used to roughly measure their power. This allowed them to roughly tell the level of dimensional crystals.
However, Companion Eggs could not be measured at all because the same type of Companion Eggs gave almost the same figures even when measured using a device. To get a Companion Beast with excellent stats depended on luck.
With the mysterious phone's feature, he could directly see the Companion Egg's stats. That way, he didn't need to count on his luck and directly choose a Companion Egg with excellent stats for incubation.
The Companion Eggs sold at Dragon Gate Grotto were basically at the Legendary stage and were few in variety. Most stalls only sold two types.
One of them was a Stone Warrior and the other was Stone Qilin. Other than those, it was rare to see other types.
"Boss, are there any other Companion Eggs besides the Stone Warriors and Stone Qilin?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
The boss shook his head impatiently and said, "No, Dragon Gate Grotto produces plenty of these. The other Companion Eggs have an extremely low chance of dropping. They are almost unobtainable. Even if someone obtains one, they won't sell it cheaply."
Before Zhou Wen could ask further, he heard someone beside him say, "The Stone Warriors and Stone Qilins are the most common dimensional creatures in Dragon Gate Grotto. The probability of them dropping Companion Eggs is also very high. In Luoyang, those at the Legendary stage will have two Companion Beasts but don't think little of them just because they are common. In fact, excellent-grade Stone Warriors and Stone Qilins are rather powerful and useful Legendary Companion Beasts."
Zhou Wen turned his head and realized that the person who spoke was Wang Lu.
Wang Lu continued, "An excellent-grade Stone Warrior is top amongst its peers in terms of Strength and Constitution. They are just a tad slower. However, the might of its Stone Blast Punch is very powerful. It's a Companion Beast with extremely strong offensive ability. A Stone Qilin is even stronger. A typical Stone Qilin has a Primordial Energy Skill that can harden one's skin by turning it to stone, but if one can obtain a Stone Qilin that has Qilin Dominance Body, they will be a powerful existence among the top-ranking Legendary Companion Beasts.
After Wang Lu said that, the stall owner gave her a thumbs up and said, "This young lady is an expert. She even knows about Qilin Dominance Body. That's right, Stone Qilin with Qilin Dominance Body are indeed excellent among Legendaries, but despite the numerous Stone Qilin Companion Eggs, the number with Qilin Dominance Body are one in a thousand. They are just too rare."
With that said, the boss chuckled and pointed at a stone egg on his stall's counter. "I only have one Stone Qilin Companion Egg. Lady, do you want to try your luck?"
Wang Lu smiled and shook his head. "Although Stone Qilins are strong, they don't look very cute. It's not the type I'll like, so I think I should forget it."
Out of interest, Zhou Wen used his phone's camera to take a look at the Stone Qilin Companion Egg. Then, he was surprised to discover that the stats of the Stone Qilin egg had the talent skill of Qilin Dominance Body.
Is it that coincidental? Zhou Wen found it unbelievable. He carefully took a closer look and indeed, there was the Qilin Dominance Body Primordial Energy Skill. Furthermore, the other stats were pretty good. It was likely one of the most excellent Stone Qilins.
"How much is a Stone Qilin Companion Egg?" Zhou Wen asked.
"If you are paying in cash, 150,000 and you have yourself a deal." When the boss saw that Zhou Wen was a student of Sunset College, he expected him not to have any high-valued dimensional crystals, so he only reported the price in terms of the League's currency.
Zhou Wen shook his head with a wry smile. It was useless even if he knew that the Stone Qilin egg was an excellent-grade egg. He didn't have the money to buy it even if he added up all the money in his accounts since it didn't even reach 10,000.
Wang Lu suddenly said, "Zhou Wen, if you want this stone Qilin Companion Egg, why don't you make a deal with me? Do me a favor and I'll help you buy it."
"What deal?" Zhou Wen asked, puzzled.
"I saw the video of you killing the word-engraved Demonized General. You were really impressive, so I hope that you can help me complete my homework mission," said Wang Lu.
"Do you still need to spend money to hire someone to help with your homework mission?" Zhou Wen looked at Wang Lu in puzzlement.
Wang Lu was a special admissions student at Sunset College, so she was definitely not weak. She could even be said to be an extremely strong person amongst her peers. It was hard to believe that a special admissions student like her, needed help in a homework mission.
Wang Lu smiled and said, "If it's just a simple homework mission, I naturally don't need your help. However, I want to get first place in class and even break the records. This requires
you."
"What is your homework mission?" Zhou Wen asked after some thought.
"It's to kill a Fairy in Lotus Flower Cave with a party of fewer than four people. There is no time limit, but the previous record is 56 seconds," Wang Lu said.
"How much time do you have left?" Zhou Wen asked again.
"There are still six more days." Wang Lu counted with her fingers.
Zhou Wen nodded and said, "Alright, deal."
Wang Lu's goal was exactly the same as his. Zhou Wen had to go to the Lotus Flower Cave anyway. It was best if he could download Dragon Gate Grotto as a game dungeon; otherwise, he had to enter the Lotus Flower Cave and kill a Fairy himself. He wanted to see if he could get the Dragon Gate Fairy Skill's Primordial Energy Skill Crystal. Making a trade with Wang Lu in passing wouldn't affect his plans.
Wang Lu was very straightforward. Upon hearing Zhou Wen agree to the trade, she directly bought the Stone Qilin egg for 150,000. She didn't even blink her eyes or ask for a discount. It delighted the boss so much that he couldn't even contain his joy.
Zhou Wen didn't stand on ceremony either. After receiving the Stone Qilin egg, he placed it in his backpack.
"Do you want to head to the Lotus Flower Cave now?" Zhou Wen asked. He felt extremely responsible when it came to mercenary jobs.
"I'd like to make a trip to the Old Dragon Cave first. If you have nothing to do, why don't we go take a look together?" Wang Lu invited.
"I'll pass. This is my phone number. Call me before going to the Lotus Flower Cave." Zhou Wen gave Wang Lu his phone number.
Wang Lu was somewhat taken aback. It was her first time seeing such an insensitive man as Zhou Wen.
This person is really interesting. Wang Lu didn't mind and turned to head to the Old Dragon Cave.
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Chapter 97 Mobile Game
Zhou Wen circled the nearby stalls and used his mysterious phone's camera to take a look at all the Stone Qilin Companion Eggs. As Wang Lu and the boss said, there were very few Stone Qilins that possessed the Qilin Dominance Body, so he didn't discover a second one.
It was common for students to use their phones to take photos. Zhou Wen's actions were not out of the blue, nor did he attract the attention of others.
The mysterious phone's functions are impressive, but unfortunately, I'm too poor. Even if I can discover excellent-grade Companion Eggs, I wouldn't have the money to buy them. Zhou Wen felt vexed.
It was impossible to sell the Companion Egg to earn money because although he knew that the Companion Egg was an excellent-grade egg, others didn't know that. It was impossible for others to buy an unknown Companion Egg at the price of an excellent-grade Companion Beast.
The dimensional crystals in the game could not be used, so they could not be exchanged for money.
Zhou Wen realized that unless he sacrificed some gaming time, it would be difficult for him to obtain money.
"Hey there, hey there, you are a freshman this year, right?" As Zhou Wen walked, a stall owner held him back.
Zhou Wen realized that the stall owner was about the same age as him and was wearing Sunset College's uniform. He was also probably a student from Sunset College, so he asked, "I'm a freshman who recently matriculated. What's the matter?"
"Junior, you came to Dragon Gate Grotto right after you matriculated. It's obvious that you are a diligent student. However, dimensional zones are dangerous and you don't know much about the dimensional zones in Dragon Gate Grotto. Entering like that is extremely dangerous. I have something good here that can allow you to understand the dimensional zone before entering," the student-like stall owner said.
"I've already seen all the information available from the school." Zhou Wen prepared to continue walking forward.
Upon seeing Zhou Wen about to leave, the young stall owner hurriedly peddled his service. "Junior, don't leave. It's useless just reading that information. Those things are dead after all. No matter how much you read them, it doesn't imbue you with deeper memory from experiencing it yourself. I have something here that can make you faster than others. You will be able to understand the situation inside deeply before entering."
"What is it? Show it to me." Zhou Wen sized up the young stall owner curiously.
Seeing Zhou Wen's interest, the young stall owner hurriedly took out his cell phone and opened a game app on his phone. Then, an extremely simple game interface appeared.
"Junior, this is a mobile game app I created. Don't write it off just because of its graphics. The map and monsters here are designed according to Dragon Gate Grotto's actual terrain and dimensional creatures. After playing this mobile game, you will have a full understanding of the Dragon Gate Grotto dimensional zone..."
The graphics of the mobile game were very simple, but this student's creativity made Zhou Wen's eyes light up.
"Senior, did you make this game yourself?" Zhou Wen asked as he looked at the game interface.
"That's right. A person's time and capabilities are limited after all, so it's a little crude. However, I can guarantee that the content is absolutely real. They are places that I have personally been to. Those dimensional creatures were also seen with my own eyes." The young stall owner came close to Zhou Wen and said, "Junior, download it. It's absolutely beneficial for you. You can download it from the official app store. It's only a hundred bucks."
"Alright, I'll download it to take a look. What's your name, Senior?" Zhou Wen found the game app on the app store according to the name he was told.
"My name is Huang Ji. Junior, you have good taste. Work hard." Seeing Zhou Wen download his game, Huang Ji was overjoyed.
Zhou Wen launched on the game and played. He realized that the controls were smooth and the graphics were crude. The avatars' and dimensional creatures' actions were stiff like robots.
"Senior Huang, can you improve this game and make it more real?" Zhou Wen asked as he played.
"Of course I can. However, that requires a professional team and a large amount of money. I don't have that much time or money right now, so I can only make it like this for the time being." Huang Ji said regretfully.
"If given a professional team and funding, what level of development could you push it to?" Zhou Wen asked.
He was really interested in this game. If such mobile games became popular in the future, then no one would be suspicious of him if he kept gaming on his phone.
Huang Ji said, "The technology these days is actually very mature. However, gaming is gaming after all. It's different from real battles. The officials haven't invested too much in this area. If a person wants to do it, the amount of technical support and resources needed is too much. It's especially so when it comes to funding. The average person would find it difficult to obtain the huge sums needed. Furthermore, even if one really developed it, they wouldn't be able to provide precise information to the experts who could venture deep into the dimensional zones. That would make the game meaningless as it would be better to just watch videos."
Zhou Wen pondered for a moment before asking, "Senior, if I can obtain a large amount of funds, are you willing to make this game better?"
"Do you have money to invest? How much can you invest?" Huang Ji's eyes lit up as he asked Zhou Wen.
"I don't have money for the time being," Zhou Wen said as he shrugged.
"Then let's wait until you have money." Huang Jing was very disappointed.
Zhou Wen thought that it made sense. He didn't have any money, so there was no point in saying anything. All he could do was ask Huang Ji for a contact number before seeking him out when he had money.
After separating from Huang Ji, Zhou Wen continued walking forward in search of the tiny palm symbol that might exist. However, he failed to discover it despite nearly reaching Lotus Flower Cave.
"Zhou Wen, why haven't you reached Lotus Flower Cave?" Wang Lu called him and urged him to meet up at the entrance.
"Didn't you go to Old Dragon Cave?" Zhou Wen asked casually as he continued walking forward slowly.
"I waited inside Old Dragon Cave for quite some time, but I didn't see any treasure light, nor did I hear any dragon roars. I had no choice but to head to the Lotus Flower Cave now. Come quickly," Wang Lu said.
Zhou Wen wasn't far from Lotus Flower Cave, so as he walked he carried on searching. Soon, he arrived at the entrance of Lotus Flower Cave and saw Wang Lu waiting for him outside.
There were soldiers guarding outside Lotus Flower Cave, preventing ordinary people from entering. Wang Lu took out two passes before leading Zhou Wen inside.
"I don't have the same counselor as you. Is it really fine for me to participate in your homework mission?" Zhou Wen asked while examining the situation inside Lotus Flower Cave.
"No problem, as long as it's a student from our school," Wang Lu said nonchalantly before continuing. "The record for Lotus Flower Cave was maintained by a fourth-year named Huang Ji. We have to break his record this time, so I need to ensure that all the steps are done well. I'll leave the recording to you later. You must do a good job filming me...'
"What's the name of the senior that maintained the record?" Zhou Wen asked with a frown.
"Huang Ji," Wang Lu repeated.
It couldn't be the same person, right? Zhou Wen recalled Huang Ji who had used rather pushy sales tactics to promote his game app. He felt that it was probably just two people who shared the same name.
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Chapter 98 Fairy Monkey
There were no real lotus flowers inside the Lotus Flower Cave. Instead, there was a huge lotus stone sculpture carved on the ceiling. Around the stone statue were many graceful flying fairies.
According to the school database, the gigantic lotus flower sculpture was where a dimensional rift was located. Occasionally, a dimensional creature would burrow out of the dimensional rift, looking as though it had flown out of a lotus flower.
Dimensional creatures that appeared in the Lotus Flower Cave were currently limited to creatures known as Fairy Beasts. However, they were different from the fairies in the murals. Dimensional creatures called Flying Beasts didn't look beautiful. Instead, they were like monkeys, so Fairy Beasts were also known as Fairy Monkeys.
The Dragon Gate Fairy Skill that Zhou Wen needed was a Primordial Energy Skill Crystal that dropped from Fairy Monkeys. However, there were very few Fairy Monkeys. The chances of it dropping a Primordial Energy Skill Crystal were even lower.
Before the dimensional storms happened, the Lotus Flower Cave had been an individual cave, but now, there were many caves that connected to it. Each cave had a lotus flower ceiling and fairies. There were also many sculptures of Buddha, Bodhisattva, Malla, and monks.
Lotus Flower Cave had been sealed for a period of time, so it would have accumulated quite a lot of Fairy Beasts. However, the numbers were only enough for special admissions students. Therefore, every special admissions student only had two chances. If they couldn't obtain their ideal results after killing two Fairy Monkeys, they were not allowed to continue killing them.
Zhou Wen followed Wang Lu through the different lotus flower caves and finally found a Fairy Monkey.
The Fairy Monkey was somewhat different from what Zhou Wen had imagined. Zhou Wen's impression of a monkey was an animal with brown fur, but it was actually covered in white fur. Its eyes were bloodshot with a pair of white wings on its back.
When the Fairy Monkey noticed Zhou Wen and Wang Lu, it immediately bared its teeth and charged over.
"Do you know how to use this? Help me take a good shot. You have to keep up with my speed. Make sure that I look good in it." Wang Lu handed a special camera to Zhou Wen.
"Don't tell me you hired me just to film you?" Zhou Wen said as he took the camera.
"That's right. What other reason would there be?" Wang Lu said as she charged at Fairy Monkey.
Rich people are really willful! Spending 150,000 bucks for a videographer? Zhou Wen couldn't understand the thought process of rich people.
However, he quickly learned why Wang Lu was hiring.
The Fairy Monkey's Speed was extremely fast and it was good at flying. It moved like a ghost in the sky, making it impossible for an ordinary person to keep up with it.
Wang Lu changed her movement technique as a pair of butterfly-like wings spread open on her back, allowing her to actually keep up with Fairy Monkey's speed.
If it were any ordinary person to do the filming, they would only be able to shoot from afar. They wouldn't be able to follow Wang Lu's figure. Zhou Wen summoned the Silver-Winged Flying Ant and kept filming while riding on its back. He could barely keep up with Wang Lu.
Before long, Wang Lu's saber beam flashed as the Fairy Monkey was struck down. It fell to the ground and died.
"How long did it take?" Wang Lu asked Zhou Wen without looking at the Fairy Monkey's corpse.
"One minute and five seconds." Zhou Wen looked at the time of the camera and gave an accurate account of the time.
"Did I take that long? It's still quite a distance from Huang Ji's record." Wang Lu frowned slightly. Clearly, her results were not satisfactory.
However, Wang Lu only had two chances, so she wasn't in a rush to find another Fairy Monkey. She called out to Zhou Wen and they left Lotus Flower Cave together.
"If I want to break the record, it looks like I still need a more detailed plan. Let's end it here for today. Let's do it again next time." Wang Lu took back the camera and watched her battle with the Fairy Monkey.
"Call me when you need me," Zhou Wen said.
"Of course, you only have to help me do the filming." Wang Lu had no intention of letting Zhou Wen help her. She had to break Huang Ji's record alone, or it would be meaningless.
After separating from Wang Lu, Zhou Wen continued following the stone stairs and looking around Dragon Gate Grotto, hoping to find the tiny palm symbol.
There were many palm imprints within Dragon Gate Grotto. The Fairies, Buddhas, Malla, and Monks had different palm symbols, but they were different from the ones Zhou Wen remembered.
Zhou Wen was beginning to wonder if the Dragon Gate Grotto didn't have any tiny palm symbol when he suddenly felt his mysterious phone vibrate. He took it out and switched on the camera. Soon, he found a tiny hand symbol in some inconspicuous spot on the mountain wall. It then locked onto the symbol.
I've finally found it! Zhou Wen was overjoyed when he saw the tiny palm symbol.
The position of the tiny palm symbol was very inconspicuous. It wasn't as beautiful and eye-catching as the other Buddha palm imprints. It simply extended its five fingers and held a picture of a sitting Buddha.
If one took a closer look, one would realize that the Buddha pattern in the hand was very similar to the biggest Buddha statue at Dragon Gate Grotto. However, it was just several times smaller.
Zhou Wen used the camera function and aimed it at the tiny palm symbol. Indeed, a scene was locked onto it.
In that case, I can grind Lotus Flower Cave without any qualms. Zhou Wen only wished to obtain Dragon Gate Fairy Skill and then attempt to rush up Fire God Platform.
Very quickly, Dragon Gate Grotto was downloaded onto his phone, forming a Buddhist icon.
Zhou Wen tapped on the Dragon Gate Grotto's icon. This time, he didn't enter the game like before. Instead, many options appeared.
Ancient Yang Cave, Myriad Buddha Cave, Old Dragon Cave, Lotus Flower Cave, Inferno Cave. There were plenty of options.
After he chose the Lotus Flower Cave, the blood-colored avatar entered the game interface of Lotus Flower Cave. Inside the cave filled with mysterious colors, a gigantic lotus flower sculpture was situated in the middle of the dome, surrounded by symbols of Fairies, Monks, and Malla.
A Fairy Monkey burrowed its head out of the stone lotus flower and pounced at the blood-colored avatar while screaming with its teeth bared.
Zhou Wen controlled the Silver-Winged Flying Ant to face the Fairy Monkey. Instantly, the two dimensional creatures—which were equally outstanding at flight-began having an aerial battle in Lotus Flower Cave.
Finally, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant took nearly ten minutes to slay the Fairy Monkey, but nothing dropped.
Zhou Wen continued walking deeper into the Lotus Flower Cave with the Mutated Lotus Flower Ant summoned. He hoped to test it to know how strong it was after becoming a Legendary through the fusion.
Seeing a Fairy Monkey charge at him, the lotus flower on the Mutated Lotus Flower Ant's head suddenly bloomed, revealing a venomous toad. It spewed venom at the Fairy Monkey, instantly drenching it.
The Fairy Monkey yelled as it rolled on the ground, its fur and skin corroded as blood gushed out.
The Mutated Lotus Flower Ant charged forward without any hesitation and stabbed at the Fairy Monkey with its bone-spiked front claws, impaling its head and chest.
47 seconds! Zhou Wen looked at the time. From the beginning of the battle to the system's indication of the Fairy Beast's death, it took a total of 47 seconds. He had already broken Huang Ji's record.
The Mutated Lotus Flower Ant is really powerful! Zhou Wen was delighted. The more he looked at it, the more adorable it looked.
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Chapter 99 Ancient Imperial Sutra
Although the Mutated Lotus Flower Ant was very strong, its own Primordial Energy was limited. It wasn't able to keep using Primordial Energy Skills. However, even if it didn't use any Primordial Energy Skills, the Mutated Lotus Flower Ant and the Silver-Winged Flying Ant could easily kill a Fairy Monkey.
Fairy Monkeys often produced dimensional crystals, but they were mostly Speed Crystals. Occasionally, it would drop some Primordial Energy Crystals, allowing Zhou Wen to replenish the Mutated Lotus Flower Ant's Primordial Energy.
Now, Zhou Wen believed that the Primordial Energy Crystals were rather useful. He only had two Companion Beasts at the moment, but he already needed plenty of Primordial Energy Crystals to replenish his Primordial Energy. In the future, with more Companion Beasts, the Primordial Energy Crystals would be even more useful.
Unfortunately, there's nothing like a storage bag in the game. Otherwise, I could store up the Primordial Energy Crystals and use them when needed. Just as Zhou Wen was thinking about it, he heard a chime.
After a Fairy Monkey was killed, a dimensional crystal dropped. Zhou Wen took a closer look and saw that it was a crystal with the words Fairy Monkey on it. He was delighted.
Fairy Monkeys typically only had one Primordial Energy Skill, which was Dragon Gate Fairy Skill. He had never heard of there being a second Primordial Energy Skill. Now that a Primordial Energy Skill Crystal dropped, it was definitely Dragon Gate Fairy Skill.
Zhou Wen controlled the blood-colored avatar to pick it up.
Wisps of white light floated out of the crystal and drilled into the blood-colored avatar's body. Zhou Wen also felt a strange power surge from his phone into his body. It opened up a strange aura circulation path that allowed him to feel light as though he could fly at any moment.
As Zhou Wen had expected, this was the Dragon Gate Fairy Skill's Primordial Energy Skill Crystal. The information regarding it also surged into Zhou Wen's brain at the same time, giving him deep knowledge about the Dragon Gate Fairy Skill.
'Attained Dragon Gate Fairy Skill (Rank 6)'
With Dragon Gate Fairy Skill, I can attempt to storm Fire God Platform. Zhou Wen was delighted. As he was about to leave Dragon Gate Grotto, he suddenly saw a dimensional creature burrow out of the lotus flower situated at the Lotus Flower Cave's ceiling.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that a Fairy Monkey had appeared and planned on killing it before leaving, but upon careful inspection, he realized that it wasn't a Fairy Monkey, but a female fairy with fluttering clothes.
The fairy had a graceful figure, and her silk ribbons were dancing in the air. Although she did not have any wings, she was able to spiral and fly in midair, completely defying the laws of physics.
Is this a real Fairy? Zhou Wen looked enviously at the beautiful Fairy. There was some discomfort using wings to fly, so it was better to fly freely like a Fairy.
The Fairy spun a few times before flying towards the blood-colored avatar.
Zhou Wen hurriedly controlled the Mutated Lotus Flower Ant and the Silver-Winged Flying Ant to charge forward in battle. However, the beautiful Fairy waved her hand gently, sending a ribbon to sweep over like a white python. Even the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's Silver Wing Flash failed to dodge the ribbon that resembled a living creature. The blood-colored avatar and the two Companion Beasts were soon coiled together.
The Fairy in the air pulled and tightened the grip on the ribbon, rupturing their bodies and causing the game screen to instantly darken.
What a terrifying Fairy! Zhou Wen marveled inwardly.
He didn't continue gaming as he put away his phone. He planned on returning to his dorm before dripping blood and making a trip to the Fire God Platform. He wanted to see if he could rush up Fire God Platform with a Rank 6 Dragon Gate Fairy Skill and see what was engraved on the stone monument.
After returning to his dorm, Zhou Wen eagerly launched the Ancient Imperial City dungeon. He dripped his blood to be reborn and rode the Silver-Winged Flying Ant towards the Fire God Platform.
This time, Zhou Wen was fully prepared. He rushed up the stairs on the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's back, dodging all the firebirds without killing them. The higher he charged, the more firebirds appeared.
Previously, Zhou Wen could only rely on the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's flight, but now, the Dragon Gate Fairy Skill had also given him a pretty good ability that allowed him to hover in midair.
Just as a firebird was about to hit the blood-colored avatar, the blood-colored avatar leaped up in the air and spiraled in midair like a giant bird. It circled around the firebird and avoided its attack before landing on the Silver-Winged Flying Ant's back.
Although the Dragon Gate Fairy Skill didn't allow for true flight, it could allow one to hang in midair for a short period of time, making one look cool and elegant.
Boom!
With the blood-colored avatar rushing past the furthest he had reached last time, the Fire God Platform's flames surged into the sky as flocks of firebird-like clouds descended upon him, their numbers inestimable.
I'm dead! Zhou Wen knew that no matter how agile he was, it was impossible for him to charge through the dense flock of firebirds. All he could do was try his best.
The lotus flower on top of the Mutated Lotus Flower Ant's head exploded like a bomb, turning into a rain of blood that killed many nearby firebirds. Taking the moment when the pressure of the firebirds lessened, the Silver-Winged Flying Ant charged into the sky and broke through the firebirds' encirclement.
However, there were too many firebirds. They immediately gathered together and blocked their path.
The Silver-Winged Flying Ant spread its wings and charged towards the firebirds, colliding with the firebirds at the head of the flock. As for the blood-colored avatar, it leaped up under Zhou Wen's control and circled above the sky like an eagle.
One firebird after another was dodged by the blood-colored avatar as it reached an unprecedented height. Through the holes in between the firebird flock, he saw half of the stone monument.
Zhou Wen's sharp eyes immediately saw that the largest three ancient characters on the stone monument were "Ancient Imperial Sutra." And when he saw the three words clearly, a ball of fire seemed to rise within him.
However, the moment he saw those three words, the blood-colored avatar was inundated by the flock of firebirds. The game screen quickly turned black.
It's impossible for me to rush up with a technique that imbues me with alacrity. However, I can now see a part of the stone monument. If my movement skills are better, I can hold on for a longer period of time. I'll then be able to memorize parts of the monument's content. This way, I don't have to reach the peak. Zhou Wen held his phone as he thought.
He felt that this idea was feasible, but his movement skills were still lacking. He wanted to last longer and see more of the content, so he needed a higher ranked movement skill.
After some thought, Zhou Wen decided to continue grinding the Lotus Flower Cave. Peeking at the Ancient Imperial Sutra could wait until he first grinded a Rank 9 Dragon Gate Fairy Skill.
While Zhou Wen was trying his best to grind Fairy Monkeys, the first homework mission that Wang Fei assigned finally came to an end. Although some students were unable to complete their homework mission, they were not expelled. They only had some homework points deducted.
Wang Fei convened a meeting with all her students and announced her second homework mission. It was for them to visit Mount Laojun to look at the Wordless Monument.
When the mission was announced, Wang Fei gave Zhou Wen a meaningful glance—this mission had originally been prepared for him.
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Chapter 100 Wordless Monument
Mount Laojun wasn't in Sunset College. Zhou Wen originally didn't wish to go that far, but he had to complete the school's homework missions. Otherwise, he couldn't graduate so it was practically compulsory.
As for Li Xuan, he was very excited as he sat on the bus and continually explained Mount Laojun to Zhou Wen.
"A place like Mount Laojun can be said to be the safest dimensional zone. Although there are many dimensional creatures, they won't attack humans without reason. As long as you don't annoy them, there's no danger at Mount Laojun. The only thing to take note of is that our homework mission is to visit the Wordless Monument. It's also known as Unwinding Monument. No matter how strong a person's will is, they can't look at it for more than half an hour or things will turn fun..."
Zhou Wen sat by the window, grinding the Ant Nest dungeon while listening to Li Xuan's detailed explanation of Mount Laojun.
"What's so fun?" Zhou Wen asked.
"That thing is very sinister. Although it doesn't kill people, it will make people excited and make them constantly wish to do something," said Li Xuan with a chuckle.
Mount Laojun was in Luoyang, so it wasn't long before the bus arrived.
It was different from what Zhou Wen had imagined. Mount Laojun wasn't too tall, but it had many peaks with pine and cypress trees winding around them. There were ancient buildings erected above the mountain, making it a picturesque scene.
From afar, Mount Laojun looked like a classic ink painting of landscapes.
Wang Fei did a headcount before taking the students up the mountain.
There were rabbits, squirrels, and other small critters on the mountain, as well as groups of immortal cranes flying in the clouds. They showed no fear of humans and only curiously observed the students from Sunset College.
Zhou Wen kept searching for the palm symbol, but he hadn't discovered one. However, he wasn't worried as the mysterious phone could automatically lock onto the tiny palm symbol if it was close enough.
The most mysterious thing about Mount Laojun was the Golden Peak. There were many mysterious ancient buildings there, but no human could ascend to the Golden Peak.
Legend had it that people once saw countless animals crawling out of the mountain, such as snakes, worms, rats and insects. The black mass of creatures covered the entire Mount Laojun as they prostrated for three full days in front of the Golden Peak before dispersing.
It was almost taboo to spill blood on the land around Mount Laojun. There was once someone who attempted to carry out a massacre and kill those gentle dimensional creatures.
Just as that person had killed a dimensional creature that resembled a white rabbit, his expression changed drastically for some reason. He turned around and ran down the mountain like a madman.
When his friend went to look for him the next day, he wouldn't have been able to recognize him if not for his clothes and personal items.
That person was covered in rabbit fur, and his mouth had turned into three lines like a rabbit. His eyes were red and he was sprawled on the ground eating grass like a rabbit. He couldn't be stopped from doing so no matter how hard his friend tried. He became a lunatic for the rest of his life.
Since then, no one dared to kill on Mount Laojun. Even the spilling of blood was taboo.
Legend had it that an Epic expert didn't believe in the rumors and started a killing spree on Mount Laojun, but the outcome was equally tragic.
This was all the knowledge taught in school, and Zhou Wen didn't know how true it was. However, as he walked up Mount Laojun, he indeed felt very serene. There seemed to be a magical power here that calmed one's mind.
Wang Fei led the students to a platform on the mountainside and pointed to a stone monument at the end of the platform, saying, "That's the legendary Unwinding Monument. Although it doesn't have a word on it, it has magical powers. Your homework mission is to sit in front of the Unwinding Monument for half an hour and stare at it. Not one second less and not one second more."
The stone monument was only two to three meters tall. It looked old and dilapidated, and there was nothing out of the ordinary about it. It stood by the edge of the mountainside, looking like it accompanied the rosy clouds of dawn. Its solitude had an indescribable feeling to it as though just staring at it would placate any irascible feelings.
"Line up, ten people in a row. Sit down in front of Unwinding Monument. Wear the sunglasses I gave you. Listen to my instructions before taking them off. Zhou Wen, Li Xuan, don't just stand at the back. Come to the first row." Wang Fei arranged for a group of students to sit in front of Unwinding Monument, and, when she saw Zhou Wen and Li Xuan at the back, she immediately called them to the front.
The closer one was to the Unwinding Monument, the stronger the effects. Wang Fei had steeled her heart to help Zhou Wen regain his drive.
Zhou Wen didn't mind where he sat. Anyway, there wasn't any risk looking at the Unwinding Monument as long as one didn't exceed the time limit.
The only things that left Zhou Wen a little disappointed were his failure to find the tiny palm symbol, and that the mysterious phone hadn't vibrated.
Could it be that Mount Laojun's dimensional zone is at the Golden Peak? Zhou Wen looked at the mountaintop as he secretly made plans.
Seeing how Zhou Wen was still looking around, Wang Fei thought to herself, After you look at the Wordless Monument, you won't be as half-hearted as you are now.
"Alright, take note. Take off your sunglasses. Everyone is to begin looking at the Wordless Monument. The time limit is half an hour. If you get up before half an hour, it will be a failure and you will have to look at it for another half an hour." Wang Fei wore the sunglasses without any intention of taking them off. All she did was start the stopwatch in her hand.
These sunglasses were specially made. Wearing them to look at the Wordless Monument decreased its effects significantly. However, one still couldn't keep looking at it because with prolonged staring at it, even the sunglasses were useless.
Zhou Wen and the rest of the students took off their sunglasses as their gazes landed on the Wordless Monument.
It was strange. Initially, many students felt nervous. However, after looking at the Wordless Monument, their nervous feelings vanished instantly. They relaxed entirely and their spirits became extremely tranquil.
However, this feeling of tranquility became a little odd as time passed.
Although one's mind remained calm, energy seemed to surge in their bodies. It made the students feel like they were filled with Primordial Energy. They yearned to immediately get up and begin carrying out a series of boxing moves or fight someone. This irascible feeling that came from within stood in strong contrast with the tranquility their minds generated.
The students naturally didn't dare to stand up. They had only sat down for less than three minutes, so standing up now would mean the failure of their homework mission. All they could do was sit there and bear with it.
This feeling was like a person who was hyperactive but had to sit there and not move an inch. It was not something a person could usually understand.
Zhou Wen also felt the same stirring feelings, but he only felt them a little bit at the beginning. Just as his body began to stir, the Lost Immortal Sutra that was circulating at a normal speed gradually slowed down. It made Zhou Wen's body feel strange as the irascible feelings slowly vanished.
Why is this happening? Zhou Wen was alarmed. The last time the Lost Immortal Sutra did such a thing was when he was reading the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra.
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Chapter 101 New Primordial Energy Art
Just like the last time, the Lost Immortal Sutra's circulation increasingly slowed down. After some time, it was as if it was about to stop.
At the instant the Lost Immortal Sutra came to a complete halt, Zhou Wen felt his body suddenly come to a halt, as though there was a crisp sound of a lock being turned.
The last time, Zhou Wen had been rather slow to react and didn't have too strong a feeling. Now, after carefully sensing it, he realized that the ceasing of the aura circulation wasn't the only thing. His entire body had come to a halt and even his heart had skipped a beat.
This pause only lasted for an instant. In the next second, Zhou Wen felt his Primordial Energy rapidly circulate. However, this circulation pathway was completely different from the Lost Immortal Sutra's Energy. It also wasn't that of the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, but a different Primordial Energy Art that he had never cultivated before.
This Primordial Energy Art had a strange feeling of having his body fuse with the world itself. It was as though his entire being had become a part of the universe. His heart and the breathing of the universe was happening at the same frequency.
Zhou Wen did not see a single word on the Wordless Monument, but he could sense the Primordial Energy Art came from it. It was a very strange feeling that was indescribable.
Wang Fei constantly observed her students to prevent any accidents happening from staring at the Wordless Monument.
However, Wang Fei's attention was mostly focused on Zhou Wen. She wanted to see him change. She wanted to see him turn from a loser obsessed with gaming to a diligent genius.
But soon, Wang Fei felt something amiss.
The other students were all sweating profusely, trying their best to hold back their irascible emotions as they wore heavy or ferocious expressions. Even the extremely resolute students were frowning and looking as though they were struggling to cope.
However, Zhou Wen was completely different. He naturally looked relaxed as he sat there languidly, as though he was sunbathing. It was as if he didn't feel any pressure.
Could it be that Zhou Wen is so disheartened that even the Unwinding Monument's power can't help him? Wang Fei naturally didn't believe this. She only believed that Zhou Wen hadn't been exposed for long enough.
As time passed, the expressions of the other students worsened. The students who had weaker self-restraint started to move around as if their bodies were crawling with worms.
However, none of them stood up. They were the top students from every high school, so they naturally had their pride. None of them wanted to lose to their classmates, so they had to endure it.
Li Xuan's condition was slightly better. One could tell that his will was extremely firm. He sat there motionless without any changes in expression. However, the sweat on his forehead indicated that he was not having an easy time.
As for Zhou Wen, he was still languidly sitting beside Li Xuan. His expression hadn't changed from the beginning to the end. Furthermore, he appeared more and more relaxed. If not for Wang Fei's requirements for them to sit, he would likely be lying on the ground.
Strange, how did this happen? Wang Fei was alarmed.
She had also stared at the Wordless Monument before, so she naturally knew how powerful it was. Zhou Wen was only at the Mortal stage, even Epic experts would be influenced by the power of the Wordless Monument. It was absolutely impossible to be this relaxed.
It has already been ten minutes, but he hasn't reacted at all. Could it be... Wang Fei's heart skipped a beat when she thought of a possibility.
Someone had previously guessed that there was a mysterious Primordial Energy Art engraved on the Wordless Monument, but was invisible to everyone.
If a candidate with a suitable physique placed their eyes on the Wordless Monument, perhaps it would reveal the Primordial Energy Art on it.
Could it be that Zhou Wen has a special physique that has an affinity with the art on the Wordless Monument? Wang Fei believed that the chances of that happening were extremely low, but Zhou Wen's present performance was somewhat odd.
She planned on observing further. If Zhou Wen truly had a special physique that had an affinity with the Wordless Monument, she would have to reevaluate Zhou Wen's future achievements.
If that's the case, Sis Lan has really picked up a treasure. She got a free son from her marriage, one who has a one-in-a-billion special physique. That would be incredible. Wang Fei looked at Zhou Wen with mixed emotions as countless thoughts ran through her mind.
Zhou Wen was feeling extremely relaxed. After completing one circulation, it was already enough for him to use it, just like the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra.
At the same time, he felt that his body was filled with Primordial Energy. It was as though every breath he took could draw Primordial Energy from the world into his body.
Although he couldn't make attempts, Zhou Wen felt that his Primordial Energy recovery was much faster than before.
Now, he wished to switch on the game to see how his stats had changed. But in the present situation, it was inconvenient for him to take out his phone to game. All he could do was hold back his desire and continue staring at the Wordless Monument.
After waiting for quite a while and seeing Zhou Wen maintain his languid expression with no special changes to the monument, Wang Fei began thinking about her previous idea.
Could it be that Zhou Wen doesn't have a special physique, but that he's born with that expression? Wang Fei was puzzled as she looked at Zhou Wen's languid look.
Half an hour quickly passed, but that was only for Zhou Wen. To the other students, half an hour felt like a century.
When Wang Fei announced that the mission was over, all the classmates leaped up at the same time. Some were running at full speed, while others were exerting all their strength to strike out a set of moves. Some were constantly somersaulting.
There were also some students who were quieter. Although they did not engage in any intense activity, they also circulated the Primordial Energy Art they had cultivated and quickly circulated it again and again.
As for some irascible fellows, they even used their Primordial Energy Skills to deliver a barrage of fists on the mountain rocks. It was as if that was the only way they could vent their infinite energy.
Li Xuan was an especially energetic fellow, but he didn't strike the rocks. Instead, he was sprawled on the ground doing push-ups as though he had an electric motor installed in him.
Wang Fei was very satisfied with her students' performance. Although the power of the Wordless Monument was strange, as long as she used it well, it would be a great boon in educating them.
However, when her gaze landed on Zhou Wen, her good mood immediately vanished.
She saw Zhou Wen sitting on a rock beside the stone wall as he quickly took out his phone. He held the phone in his hands and was tapping away his fingers at a dazzling speed. Without looking at his phone screen, it was obvious that the fellow was playing a game.
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Chapter 102 Three-Eyed Antelope
Zhou Wen secretly dripped a drop of blood on the phone screen. Although the blood-colored avatar was still alive, he still did the same
thing.
This was because this blood could represent his present physical condition. The blood-colored avatar condensed from the previous blood drop had stats of his previous self.
Zhou Wen
Age: 16 years
Lifeform level: Mortal
Strength: 10
Speed: 10
Constitution: 11
Primordial Energy: 11
Primordial Energy Art: Lost Immortal Sutra
Primordial Energy Skill: Vigor Divine Fist, Ashen Palm, Blood Meditation, Penetrating Pierce, Dragon Gate Fairy Skill
Companion Beast: Truth Listener, Silver-Winged Flying Ant, Mutated Lotus Flower Ant
My Primordial Energy has risen to 11. My Primordial Energy Art is still Lost Immortal Sutra without any new Primordial Energy Art appearing. Zhou Wen looked at his stats as countless thoughts ran through his mind.
The game displayed Lost Immortal Sutra as his only Primordial Energy Art. It meant that he had not mastered any others, but he could freely switch modes to the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra or the Wordless Monument's Primordial Energy Art. It was truly fascinating.
Seeing the other students desperately venting their energies without paying attention to him, Zhou Wen put away his phone and planned on walking around Mount Laojun to see if he could find the tiny palm symbol.
Since he had mastered the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra the last time, he had obtained Truth Listener that was suspected to be a Mythical creature. Perhaps, the Wordless Monument's Primordial Energy Art had similar benefits too.
Legend had it that no one could ascend Mount Laojun's Golden Peak, so perhaps there was an existence akin to the three-faced Buddha inside.
Of course, Zhou Wen wasn't planning on walking straight to Golden Peak himself to verify his theory. All he wanted was to find the tiny palm symbol to download Mount Laojun's dungeon and try it out in-game.
He had only taken a few steps when Wang Fei appeared in front of him. She stared at him and asked, "Where are you going?"
No matter how she looked at it, Zhou Wen didn't look like he needed to vent his energy. He was still as languid as usual, but he looked much better than before.
"I have an inexhaustible amount of energy all over my body. I need to run to release it." Zhou Wen's insincere words were so obvious, that they nearly made Wang Fei laugh out in exasperation.
"You want to run? Very good. Run twenty times from the foot of the mountain to the stone bridge in front of Golden Peak. I'll be here watching you. Not one round less," Wang Fei said angrily.
"Yes, Miss Wang." Zhou Wen didn't even try to defend himself. Keeping his arms close to his torso, he jogged upwards.
The Wordless Monument was the boundary of Mount Laojun. Any further up allowed one to see true dimensional creatures. And from that point onwards, there would be animals from Earth that had mutated.
Zhou Wen ran up the stone stairs and saw a white antelope standing by the edge of the cliff. It was eating from a blade of grass that grew out of the cliff.
The antelope was snow-white in color with curved horns on its head that looked like carved white jade. It was obvious that it was not an antelope from Earth. On its forehead, there was a vertical eye that was half-open. One could vaguely see a holy white light shimmering within.
In between its four hooves, there was a faint stream of white light swirling about, making it look as though it was walking on the light.
Although Zhou Wen didn't know the level of the dimensional creature, he could tell that it was definitely extraordinary.
The antelope also saw Zhou Wen, but it ignored him. It continued eating the grass on the mountain cliff.
The grass grew among the rocks, its leaves withered and yellow. It did not look eye-catching but the antelope was enjoying its meal as though it was delicious.
Mount Laojun's dimensional creature didn't harm others, so Zhou Wen wasn't worried that the antelope would attack him. He approached it curiously and carefully observed the withered yellow grass growing from the cliff.
The grass was split into five leaves. A leaf was only the length of a middle finger. It was yellow and withered as if it was about to die.
But in the middle of the leaf, there was a white flower. It was about the size of a fingernail and looked as if it was carved from jade.
The antelope bit down on the withered grass and flower and chewed repeatedly before swallowing them down. Its face was filled with bliss as though it was extremely satisfied.
The antelope was only able to eat withered grass that was relatively close to the steep cliffs. Zhou Wen looked at the mountain cliff and saw that there wasn't much withered grass. An idea couldn't help but come to him.
He leaped up and stepped on the mountain cliff with his toes, swirling around like a huge bird. It was none other than the Dragon Gate Fairy Skill he had just learned.
He grabbed a withered yellow grass in midair and yanked at it forcefully; however, it remained motionless. With Zhou Wen's Strength, he was surprisingly unable to pull the grass out.
Zhou Wen held onto the grass with one hand while his body hung in midair. He turned his head and glanced at the antelope and saw that it had no intention of attacking him. As it chewed on the withered grass, it looked at Zhou Wen, with a rather odd expression as though it was mocking him.
Zhou Wen made two more attempts with all his strength, but the withered grass remained motionless. The leaf didn't show any signs of tearing. It was hard to imagine its tenacity.
This withered grass is actually so tenacious. I'm afraid there's something odd about it. Zhou Wen had learned from textbooks that many dimensional zones had strange plants with various magical powers.
Some plants could cause instant death from consuming them while others could increase a human's physical fitness greatly by eating them. They could even break through and evolve to a different level.
Since the three-eyed antelope was eating such withered grass, it meant that it wasn't poisonous. As for whether humans could eat it or not, Zhou Wen didn't know.
Seeing that he couldn't pluck out the grass, Zhou Wen changed his mind and summoned the Lotus Flower Ant's bracer. Pieces of bone that resembled lotus flower petals wrapped around Zhou Wen's left arm, forming the razor-like blades along his arm as his fingernails became as sharp as a blade,
raz
came
Zhou Wen thrust his fingers forward as though he was cutting tofu and stabbed into the stone cliff. He hurriedly dug a few times and snapped the rocks around the grass and dug it out.
Upon landing back on the stone stairs, Zhou Wen was unable to make head or tail. He had no choice but to put the grass back into his backpack. When he turned his head, he realized that the remaining withered grass had already been devoured by the three-eyed antelope.
He was only curious at first, so he didn't think much of it as he continued running up the mountain.
Mount Laojun was known as the safest dimensional zone and as long as he didn't cross Golden Peak's gates, there wouldn't be any danger. Even if a human wanted to kill Zhou Wen, they typically wouldn't choose a place like Mount Laojun.
Zhou Wen jogged as he surveyed his surroundings but failed to see any tiny palm symbol.
As he ran, Zhou Wen suddenly felt his back tighten as though someone was pulling him from behind. He couldn't help but be alarmed as he hurriedly turned his head and saw the three-eyed antelope biting his backpack.
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Chapter 103 Revenge
Zhou Wen could tell that the three-eyed antelope wasn't using much force. Since its bite could chew through the tenacious withered grass, his backpack would have been torn to pieces if it exerted a little strength. It wouldn't remain in one piece as it was now.
The antelope bit on the zipper in an attempt to unzip it. It most likely had its sights on the withered grass that Zhou Wen had dug up.
Zhou Wen took off his backpack and carried it as he continued walking up the mountain with his back facing the three-eyed antelope. After all, Mount Laojun's dimensional creatures weren't violent, so he wasn't afraid it would do something to him.
The antelope clearly wasn't giving up as it circled Zhou Wen and attempted to reach its head into his backpack.
Zhou Wen could only constantly move his backpack around to dodge the antelope's head. Without trying, its speed was surprisingly fast. The moment Zhou Wen failed to focus, it had pulled open the zipper of his backpack.
This three-eyed antelope is no ordinary mortal. If it wants to eat the withered grass so much, the grass must be extraordinary. With this in mind, Zhou Wen hurriedly hugged his backpack tightly and pressed down the hole.
The three-eyed antelope didn't give up either. It buried its head deep into Zhou Wen's embrace, steeling its heart to eat the grass in his backpack.
Although the three-eyed antelope didn't use brute force, its strength, speed, and reflexes were much better than Zhou Wen's. Unable to tussle against it, the three-eyed antelope was close to succeeding.
Zhou Wen felt indignant, but ignoring how violence was not allowed on Mount Laojun, wouldn't have dared fight the antelope even if he could
The withered grass had already been revealed. Just as the antelope was about to bite onto it, Zhou Wen suddenly thought of something as he spat at it.
Saliva sprayed onto the withered grass, covering its surface with spots of foamy saliva.
The antelope, who already had its mouth open, was taken aback. It looked at the withered grass covered in saliva before looking at Zhou Wen, its expression extremely odd.
"Do you still want it? I'm taking it away if you don't want to eat it." Zhou Wen spread open his backpack generously, but the antelope didn't react at all. All it did was look at the withered grass with a conflicted look.
Seeing no response from it, Zhou Wen zipped up his backpack, slung it on his back, and ran up the mountain.
The scenery of Mount Laojun was truly impressive; unfortunately, Zhou Wen didn't see the palm symbol.
Although the antelope didn't eat the withered grass, it didn't leave either. It slowly followed behind Zhou Wen without any intention of attacking him. He didn't know what it was up to.
Mount Laojun wasn't very high, but after the dimensional storms, the space on the mountaintop seemed to be dilated. Despite the mountain looking short, Zhou Wen ran for quite some time before he gradually approached the mountaintop.
From afar, he could see the scenery of the mountain peak. There were ancient buildings of various heights dotted on it. Although the buildings weren't majestic, they were built on the peak of the mountain with clouds clinging around them. They resembled the immortal residences as spoken of in myths.
At the end of the stone stairs, there was a wooden structure that resembled a gateway. On it were the words "Central Heaven Gateway."
In front of the gateway was a stone statue-an elderly man riding on the back of a stone cow. His gaze was trained towards the firmaments, but the stone cow had its head turned towards the horizon.
Zhou Wen had read the information on Mount Laojun before coming. He knew that the stone statue was likely the founder of Daoism, Li Er.
Before the dimensional storms, although Mount Laojun was a scenic spot, it wasn't developed too well. This resulted in few tourists. Instead, it was common for locals to scale the mountain to see the sunrise over the sea of clouds from Golden Peak.
From the information, the stone sculpture had been recently sculpted, so there was likely nothing odd about it. However, when Zhou Wen approached it, the mysterious phone vibrated.
Zhou Wen hurriedly took out his mysterious phone and activated the camera function. Soon, he locked onto the stone cow's forehead. There was the familiar palm symbol.
I've finally found it! Zhou Wen was overjoyed.
Before coming to Mount Laojun, Wang Fei had repeatedly exhorted everyone not to cross Central Heaven Gateway. If they did, they would have to bear the consequences themselves.
Zhou Wen wouldn't have dared venture deeper if he couldn't find the palm symbol.
The phone screen showed that he had finished downloading the Mount Laojun dungeon. Just as Zhou Wen was reeling in delight, he suddenly felt a force slam into his back. He involuntarily flew up.
The force was immense, making it impossible for Zhou Wen to control his strength. However, the force was extremely strange. Although it was heavy, it didn't injure Zhou Wen's muscles or bone. All he could do was fly involuntarily towards Central Heaven Gateway.
In midair, Zhou Wen turned his head to take a glance, only to see that the three-eyed antelope was standing watching. It was giving him a nefarious smile.
Holy sh*t. Wasn't it said that Mount Laojun's dimensional creatures are docile? To think that the three-eyed antelope holds such grudges, taking revenge in a blink of an eye. One really can't believe in rumors. Zhou Wen thought unhappily.
He had always been wary of the three-eyed antelope, but he hadn't heard any sound before he was sent flying.
Zhou Wen slammed through Central Heaven Gateway and when he landed on the ground, he immediately bounced to his feet and attempted to rush out.
However, he was taken aback when he looked back. He had clearly crossed the gateway with the words "Central Heaven Gateway," but when he looked back, he realized that the gateway, along with the stone sculpture and stairs were gone. He was by the side of a hanging cliff with clouds swirling around.
Is this an illusion? Zhou Wen carefully headed to the edge of the cliff and looked down. A gust of the mountain wind blew and nearly blew him off the edge.
"Meh!" A goat's cry sounded from nearby. Zhou Wen was alarmed as he hurriedly turned his head and saw the three-eyed antelope standing on a nearby boulder, looking at him mockingly.
In this day and age, you can't even offend an antelope. Zhou Wen licked his lips and ignored it before glancing at his phone.
He finally understood what was happening. The three-eyed antelope didn't dare harm him on the mountaintop, so it had struck him, throwing him onto Golden Peak, hoping to use its forces to finish him.
Zhou Wen made up his mind not to head forward. He stood there and waited. Then, he used his phone to scout the way to see what oddities lay ahead on Golden Peak.
There was no more downloading notice on the phone screen. On its home screen, there was an icon of a stone cow. On it were the words "Mount Laojun."
Zhou Wen was just about to click on the Mount Laojun icon when he felt something amiss.
The hair follicles in his pores began to grow thicker and longer. They even sprouted leaves, turning him into a humanoid grass field. It left him alarmed.
No good! Zhou Wen was alarmed as his mind raced. He instantly thought of the new Primordial Energy Art he had learned from the Wordless Monument and quickly switched from the Lost Immortal Sutra to it.
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Chapter 104 Three Talismans
The moment the Wordless Monument's Primordial Energy Art was activated, the grass sprouting on Zhou Wen immediately stopped growing. Furthermore, it gradually began to recede. Soon, Zhou Wen's body returned to normal.
The three-eyed antelope wore a look of surprise when it saw this. It stood nearby and sized up Zhou Wen.
Thankfully, the Primordial Energy Art of the Wordless Monument works. Zhou Wen heaved a long sigh of relief. He turned his head and saw that the area he came from remained a steep cliff and not the gateway he came from.
Forget it. I'll find a way out in-game. Since there's the Wordless Monument's Primordial Energy Art, there shouldn't be too much danger as long as that antelope doesn't find trouble with me. Zhou Wen's heart jumped for joy when he subconsciously looked at the antelope.
The antelope who had been standing nearby just moments ago was nowhere to be seen.
"Meh!" A bleat sounded from behind Zhou Wen, causing him to break out into a cold sweat. Turning his head, he indeed saw the antelope standing behind him, its eyes sizing him up.
That was not all. As it sized him up, it circled around him as though he wanted to take in every inch of his body clearly, unwilling to miss out any detail.
Zhou Wen didn't know what it was up to. He went on full alert for he wasn't going to just sit back and do nothing if the antelope really wanted to harm him even if he knew he was no match for it.
However, it had no intention of taking action. It circled Zhou Wen a few times as the puzzlement in its eyes intensified.
"Brother Antelope, let's negotiate. I'll wash that blade of grass and return it to you. Why don't you live and let live?" Zhou Wen carefully said to the three-eyed antelope.
If he knew that the antelope would be so vengeful, he wouldn't have dug up the grass.
The antelope ignored him as it moved closer and nudged him to walk inside with its head.
The antelope had great strength, so much so that Zhou Wen felt that his strength couldn't put up any resistance. Being pushed by that force, he couldn't help but walk in.
Countless thoughts flashed through Zhou Wen's mind, but he ultimately didn't risk his life by fighting with the antelope.
The ancient buildings on top of Golden Peak were extremely large. They were connected by stone bridges. Beneath the stone bridges was a swirling sea of clouds and walking over them made one feel like they were walking in the sky.
"Brother Antelope, where are you pushing me? Can't I walk on my own?" Zhou Wen asked.
The three-eyed antelope seemed to understand what he said and stopped nudging him with its head. It bleated at him before walking off.
Zhou Wen knew that his Speed and Strength were inferior to that of the antelope as it was likely an Epic creature, so it wasn't realistic for him to escape under its nose. All he could do was follow it.
The antelope led him through the ancient buildings, passing under many stone bridges before arriving at a Daoist temple. Zhou Wen focused his gaze and saw that the signboard had the words "Great Pure Temple."
Zhou Wen had a superficial knowledge of Daoism, but he didn't know that Great Pure One was one of the Three Pure Ones— Jade Pure One, Supreme Pure One, and Great Pure One. Among them, the Great Pure One was the most famous, also known as Taishang Laojun. It was probably a name everyone in East District was aware of.
This Daoist temple's name was Great Pure Temple, so it was definitely meant to consecrate Taishang Laojun.
Don't tell me that Taishang Laojun is still living here? When Zhou Wen recalled his encounter at the Small Buddha Temple, he couldn't help but increase his circulation speed of the Wordless Monument's Primordial Energy Art.
The antelope came to the entrance of the Great Pure Temple but didn't enter. With a flash of its figure, it was already behind Zhou Wen and, before he even realized what was happening, it had pushed him into the temple.
Zhou Wen was already mentally prepared so he wasn't surprised. The antelope definitely wasn't taking him to sightsee when it led him here.
Standing firm, Zhou Wen studied the situation within. Beyond the door was a compound that looked rather old. The ground was covered in dust and fallen leaves. It was as though no one had stepped foot into it for a thousand years.
In fact, what Zhou Wen knew was that before the dimensional storms, Great Pure Temple enjoyed plenty of incense offerings. And that was only decades ago.
"Since you are a disciple of my Daoist school. You can choose any of the Three Pure Talismans on the table." An ancient voice rang out from an unknown location, resounding inside Great Pure Temple as though it came from every direction. It was impossible to tell where the source came from.
"Yes, Master." Zhou Wen didn't dare hesitate. After bowing, his gaze landed on an offering table in the yard.
After he passed through the door, he saw three talismans on the offering table. They looked completely different in material. One was like flawless white jade, while the second was made of metal, and the last one was carved from wood.
The three talismans were the size of a palm with similar appearances. However, the runic patterns on them were different.
Zhou Wen couldn't read the runes since he had a limited understanding of Daoism. He could only make half-baked guesses. Small Buddha Temple's three-faced Buddha made me choose a Mythical Companion Egg, but I'm made to choose talismans here. I wonder which one is useful. This is Great Pure Temple, so logically speaking, the three talismans should be related to Taishang Laojun. However, that might not be the case. Daoism's Three Pure Ones were one embodiment to begin with, so the three talismans might represent the Three Pure Ones.
If my guess is correct, then the jade talisman represents the Jade Pure One, Lord of Primordial Beginning. The wooden talisman has something to do with nature, so it likely represents Taishang Laojun. As for the golden talisman, it should represent the Supreme Pure One. Which one should I choose? Zhou Wen was just making random guesses, so it wasn't as though he knew if he was correct.
However, from an aesthetic point of view, he would have taken the jade talisman. But upon realizing that he was at Great Pure Temple, he hesitated for a moment before taking the wooden talisman.
The instant Zhou Wen picked up the wooden talisman, he saw the projection in front of him, transform. Like a dream, Great Pure Temple dissipated. When Zhou Wen's vision returned to normal, he realized that he had already returned to the spot beside the stone sculpture of an elderly man riding on the back of a cow.
If it wasn't for the wooden charm in his hand, Zhou Wen would have wondered if he had been dreaming.
"Meh!" A bleat sounded. Upon seeing the three-eyed antelope, Zhou Wen confirmed everything that had happened was no illusion.
He didn't dare stay here any longer. Although Mount Laojun's Golden Peak wasn't as strange as Small Buddha Temple, it left Zhou Wen apprehensive as he ran down the mountain with the wooden talisman in hand.
When he reached the halfway point and saw Wang Fei and his classmates, Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief.
"Zhou Wen, I told you to run. Were you off merrymaking?? Why did you bring an antelope back?" Wang Fei frowned when she saw Zhou Wen.
He turned his head and saw that the three-eyed antelope had followed him down. However, the vertical eye on its forehead had vanished. Apart from its whiteness, it looked no different from an ordinary white antelope.
Wang Fei originally imagined that it was an Earth animal that had mutated on Mount Laojun, not expecting it to be a dimensional creature. After all, dimensional creatures weren't able to step past the Wordless Monument.
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Chapter 105 The Antelope That Just Won't Leave
At the Special Investigation Bureau's dedicated hospital.
"Liz, answer me honestly. Is there anything you exaggerated in the report you submitted?" Qiao Siyuan asked with a grave expression.
"Minister, I've been strictly trained in intelligence. I know the importance of correct intelligence. I can guarantee that the report I wrote has no exaggerations or falsehoods. I can be responsible for every word in it." Liz struggled to get up as she was pushed down by Qiao Siyuan.
"You have just received treatment. Only by recuperating and being able to move can you have what it takes to continue fighting." Qiao Siyuan placated Liz and flipped through her report. "I have already done thorough investigations and have confirmed that there's a mysterious stone tablet in Small Buddha Temple. It's like the other lands of mystery. No one can master the Primordial Energy Art on the stone monument unless that person possesses the special physique that matches
it."
"In that case, that Zhou Wen..." The mere thought of Zhou Wen made Liz immediately clench her teeth.
If it weren't for Zhou Wen, she wouldn't have been injured, much less have her sea of energy destroyed.
Qiao Siyuan nodded slightly. "According to your report, he was able to enter the temple hall without being harmed. As for you, you had Headless Angel to protect you; yet, you were nearly killed. This means there are only two possibilities. First, it's that he has a guardian Companion Beast that's stronger than Headless Angel, protecting him from harm. The other possibility is that he possesses a special physique that matches Small Buddha Temple, preventing him from being attacked. I'm inclined towards the latter."
Liz said hatefully, "The An family must have known that Zhou Wen had a special physique. That's why they view him in a different light and gave him An Jing's candidacy at all costs. If by a stroke of luck, he has obtained another special physique, having two talents on him, it won't be impossible for him to have a chance to break through to the Mythical realm. The An family has really made their plans. I think Ouyang Lan and Zhou Lingfeng's marriage was probably just a transaction."
At the thought of the An family, Liz also gritted her teeth in hatred. She was the daughter of a Senator after all; yet, An Tianzuo had her sea of energy crippled. She had to have her revenge.
Qiao Siyuan said plainly, "The impact dimensional zones have in various parts of the world is growing more obvious. It results in the barriers between territories growing, therefore impeding movement. The factions from these territories have always been trying to use this opportunity to extricate themselves from the League's control. The An family is filled with ambition and they have a Primordial Gold mine while they have been nurturing their army. They are also using all kinds of means to seek out a way to break through to the Mythical stage. Their ambition knows no bounds."
"Minister, we can't let the An family continue. We have to nip Zhou Wen in the bud. As long as the An family doesn't have a Mythical expert, they will have scruples and won't easily betray and abandon the League," Liz said excitedly.
"Calm down. You haven't recovered from your injuries." After placating Liz's emotions, Qiao Siyuan continued, "Let's not talk about whether Zhou Wen was intentionally nurtured by the An family, just the fact that he has a special physique implies he needs to come under the League's service. He cannot become a private tool of the An family. However, Luoyang is ultimately the An family's territory. After what happened the previous time, they will definitely enhance their protection of him. It's probably impossible to touch him in Luoyang."
"Are we just going to watch the An family do whatever they want?" Liz said angrily.
"Of course not. However, everything depends on the ways and methods employed. The League needs the An family's supply of Primordial Gold Ore so we can't touch them for now. However, since Zhou Wen obtained a nomination, he will definitely be sent to our League's holy grounds and lose the protection of the An family. From there, it will be a lot easier for us to bring him back," Qiao Siyuan said indifferently.
"We let him off. He can live for a few more days," Liz said hatefully.
Qiao Siyuan exhorted again. "For now, don't tell anyone about Zhou Wen's special physique. It's best if there aren't any external complications."
"Minister, don't worry. I understand what needs to be done." Liz nodded slightly.
Having a special physique had wide implications. Even in the Senate, there were different voices. The various factions also treated special physiques seriously. If other factions knew that Zhou Wen possessed a special physique, it would likely be impossible for them to control the situation's development, something Liz and Qiao Siyuan least wanted to happen.
Qiao Siyuan was thinking about work, but Liz only wanted to finish off Zhou Wen personally.
In the Four Seasons Garden dorms, Zhou Wen sat on a chair and stared at the white antelope.
This antelope had been following him ever since he returned from Mount Laojun. It even squeezed into the college bus and returned to the college with him.
Zhou Wen really wished to chase the creature away, but he knew how terrifying the antelope was. If he forcefully chased it away, it was possible that it would explode with rage and slaughter someone. When that happened, not only would it affect Zhou Wen, even his fellow classmates and teacher would be down on their luck.
Therefore, even though Zhou Wen wished to chase away the antelope, he didn't forcefully drive it away.
Thankfully, it was normal for students to use Companion Beasts at Sunset College, so it wasn't too shocking for Zhou Wen to bring one back. However, Li Xuan and the other students didn't cease mocking him on the way back.
"I say, Zhou Wen, your luck is pretty good. A pet automatically recognizes you as its owner. Unfortunately, this is only an antelope that mutated on Mount Laojun and not a high-level dimensional creature. If this fellow was an Epic dimensional creature, that would be awesome. It's really a pity." Back when Li Xuan said those words, it was naturally a jibe at Zhou Wen.
However, Zhou Wen knew very well that the fellow definitely had powers at the Epic stage.
"Brother Antelope, I've washed your grass. Eat it with ease. I've used green, natural, uncontaminated cleaning fluid to wash it more than ten times. It's clean. Quickly finish it and go on your merry way. A place like school has too much dust and the pollution is terrible. There are all kinds of people here and there's all kinds of noise pollution. It's nothing comparable to a place like Mount Laojun. It must be hard on you living here. It's best you return." Zhou Wen placed the withered grass on the table in front of the antelope as he persuaded it sincerely.
Glancing at the withered grass on the table, it didn't even sniff it but turned around and walked to the couch. It then lay on the couch and squinted its eyes comfortably.
"Brother Antelope, although you are indeed impressive, you should know that this is Sunset College. Many Epic experts are stationed here. If they discover that you are a feral dimensional creature, I'm afraid..." Zhou Wen had planned on reasoning with it when he realized that emotional appeal didn't work.
To his surprise, the antelope had fallen asleep on the couch as though it hadn't heard Zhou Wen at all.
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Chapter 106 Entering Mount Laojun Again
Zhou Wen felt a little troubled, but he couldn't think of a way to chase the antelope away. All he could do was let it occupy his couch.
I'll take my time to think of a solution. Zhou Wen returned to his room and closed the door before lying in bed. Only then did he take out his mysterious phone and open the Mount Laojun dungeon.
He wanted to see if he could enter Great Pure Temple in-game again and choose another talisman.
The last time he entered Small Buddha Temple in-game, he got Truth Listener from it. Later, he went to Small Buddha Temple in real life, but he didn't discover anything. He did not even awaken the three-faced Buddha.
Zhou Wen believed that it was likely that the three-faced Buddha had sensed Truth Listener on him, so the chance to choose wasn't given.
Therefore, Zhou Wen first placed the wooden talisman he had chosen to the side and locked it up in a box. Only then did he turn on his phone and enter the game dungeon of Mount Laojun.
The environment of the game's Mount Laojun dungeon was identical to the real Mount Laojun. But the dungeon started directly from the spot with the cow statue which had the elderly man riding on it.
The moment the blood-colored avatar entered the game, it stepped through the Central Heaven Gateway.
Zhou Wen didn't switch to the Wordless Monument's Primordial Energy Art in the beginning. Instead, he used the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, but once he entered, grass grew crazily on him with nothing capable of stopping it.
He hurriedly switched to the Wordless Monument's Primordial Energy Art, allowing the blood-colored avatar to gradually return to normal.
It indeed shares the same logic with Small Buddha Temple. One has to master the corresponding Primordial Energy Art to enter as they please or death awaits them. Zhou Wen had roughly understood the rules of the mysterious lands.
Unbeknownst to Zhou Wen, people with Buddhist and Daoist physiques could enter Small Buddha Temple and Mount Laojun unscathed without practicing the respective Primordial Energy Arts.
The reason Zhou Wen needed to master the Primordial Energy Art to come and go freely was that he didn't have a special physique. It was solely because the Lost Immortal Sutra's power confused those terrifying existences, allowing Zhou Wen to retrieve the benefits that only people with special physiques could obtain.
Furthermore, the real difference between Zhou Wen and those with special physiques was that those with special physiques, like a Buddhist body, could only enter a place like Small Buddha Temple. They were no different from ordinary people when entering Mount Laojun, so there were no benefits to be reaped.
The Lost Immortal Sutra's powers allowed Zhou Wen to mimic all kinds of physiques and obtain the benefits he couldn't otherwise obtain.
The Mount Laojun pavilions in-game were above the clouds, making them look like a heavenly palace.
Zhou Wen didn't just casually walk around. His memory was pretty good, so he still remembered the path that the antelope had taken while leading him. He followed the route according to his memories.
However, he had only walked a short distance when he saw an immortal crane with a red top. The immortal crane was standing on a rock railing by the side of the bridge, its snow-white feathers seemingly engraved from jade. It suffused a glittering divine glow, an obvious indication that it wasn't an ordinary creature of Earth.
The game seems a little different from reality. I didn't see any other dimensional creatures when I followed the antelope! Zhou Wen looked warily at the immortal crane, unsure if it would attack him.
While Zhou Wen was pondering over it, reality gave him the cruelest answer. The immortal crane opened its mouth and sucked at the blood-colored avatar.
Zhou Wen hurriedly controlled the blood-colored avatar to summon its Companion Beasts to engage in battle, but he had no chance. The blood-colored avatar and its Companion Beasts were sucked into the immortal crane's mouth before the game screen went black.
The immortal crane is probably a top Epic creature, right? Zhou Wen helplessly put down his phone. The immortal crane was simply too powerful and Zhou Wen's present Strength was insufficient for him to challenge it, or rather, he was unqualified to fight it. Making another trip was useless.
I'll do some research and see what uses that wooden talisman has. Zhou Wen had already given up on entering Mount Laojun. There was no way he could gain anything from that area before he advanced to the Epic stage.
Taking the wooden talisman out of the box, it felt warm to the touch. It was as if a refreshing energy was emitting from it, jolting his mind.
How do I use it? Zhou Wen attempted to circulate the Wordless Monument's Primordial Energy Art before injecting his Primordial Energy into the talisman.
When using the item forms of his Companion Beasts, this was typically how it was done. All Zhou Wen could do was give it a try.
However, the moment his Primordial Energy entered the wooden talisman, the runes on it lit up. Then, Zhou Wen felt like the wooden talisman had turned into a huge pump that was draining his Primordial Energy as it flowed to the wooden talisman.
Boom!
Zhou Wen felt pain all over his body as his mind nearly exploded. In an instant, his Primordial Energy was completely drained.
Zhou Wen was too familiar with this feeling. It was the feeling of incubating a Companion Egg.
Could it be that... The wooden talisman is actually a Companion Egg! Just as this thought surfaced in Zhou Wen's mind, the wooden talisman in his hand transformed into a sliver of refreshing energy that imprinted on his palm.
The excruciating pain vanished at that moment as Zhou Wen slumped to the ground, panting heavily.
Although it was only for a brief moment, Zhou Wen felt the fat in his cheeks disappear and his eyeballs were almost tearing out of his sockets.
Thankfully, he recovered a lot faster after cultivating the Wordless Monument's Primordial Energy Art. Even if he didn't use Primordial Energy Crystals, his Primordial Energy would recover quite significantly after some rest. It made Zhou Wen feel a lot better.
When he raised his palm, he saw a leaf tattoo. The leaf was green and looked like jadeite. There were some crystal-clear white veins in it that looked like they were formed from frost.
Zhou Wen already had information about the Companion Beast appear in his mind. This information was typically only obtained after contracting a Companion Beast. Based on the very vague information, he had no way of understanding the Companion Beast in detail.
Thus, he still took out his mysterious phone and dripped a drop of blood onto the screen before looking through the blood-colored avatar's stats.
Indeed, there was an additional Companion Beast on the blood-colored avatar's stats.
Banana Fairy: Mortal (Evolvable)
Strength: 11
Speed: 11
Constitution: 11
Primordial Energy: 11
Talent Skill: Grand Yin Wind
Companion Form: Fan
Its stats are the same as Truth Listener, but why is there only one talent skill? Truth Listener at least has four. For a Companion Beast of the same grade, there should be at least two or three, right? Zhou Wen was somewhat disappointed.
Although this Companion Beast could evolve to the Mythical stage in the future, who knew how long it would take to nurture it. Its present stats were still more important. A single skill was clearly inferior to having four skills in terms of usefulness.
With this in mind, Zhou Wen summoned the Banana Fairy to see what kind of Companion Beast it was.
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