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Chapter 491 The Luck of a Lifetime

As time passed, various dimensional zones were developed. More and more geniuses appeared among humans, and the age for reaching the Epic stage was declining.

However, even the geniuses of the six families would usually only have the chance to advance to the Epic stage when they were in their twenties or thirties. These were people with extraordinary talent.

The college student in front of him had already advanced to the Epic stage and condensed a Life Soul. Even though he was used to seeing geniuses at Imperial Capital College, he could not help but be surprised and happy.

This is a rare genius that only appears once in a hundred years. I have to think of a way to recruit him as my disciple. I definitely can't miss out on such a genius. Jun Tingyu only wanted to take Feng Qiuyan as his graduate student.

Under the power of the Wordless Monument, Feng Qiuyan constantly practiced his saber, finally gaining some insight. He felt like he had yet to fully vent something in him, so he couldn't help but unleash his true strength and slash out the saber that slashed at the heavens.

After slashing out, Feng Qiuyan calmed down significantly. He retracted his palm and converged his Essence Energy.

"Hello, I'm Imperial Capital College's tutor, Jun Tingyu. What's your name?" Jun Tingyu couldn't wait for Li Mingcan to introduce him. He walked over impatiently, took out his name card, and handed it to Feng Qiuyan.

Feng Qiuyan was puzzled and looked at Jun Tingyu, unsure why he was here for him.

"Feng Qiuyan, are you willing to be my graduate student at the Imperial Capital College? I can apply for the best scholarship for you. Furthermore, you can directly work in my laboratory and participate in the project I'm researching. During this period of time, you can enjoy the treatment of a researcher. I will also apply for passage to all the dimensional zones in Imperial Capital College for you..." Jun Tingyu couldn't wait to throw out all his chips. He really wanted Feng Qiuyan.

It was easy to obtain a thousand soldiers, but not a general. There were many humans who could cultivate, but very few had the chance to break through to the Mythical stage. It had been so many years, and the number of people who had the ability to break through to the Mythical stage could be counted on one hand.

From Jun Tingyu's point of view, Feng Qiuyan was the person who could very likely break through to the Mythical stage. If he could be carefully nurtured by him, he might become a legend of the Federation in the future.

"Sorry, I have no intention of leaving Sunset College," Feng Qiuyan said.

After experiencing Ming Xiu's previous experience, Jun Tingyu's mental fortitude was much greater. After being rejected, he didn't feel too agitated. He asked Feng Qiuyan, "Why are you refusing? Does Sunset College give you better treatment than me?"

"I'm only a first-year student at Sunset College. I don't receive any special treatment, nor do I need any special treatment," Feng Qiuyan said.

"Another first year..." Jun Tingyu looked at Feng Qiuyan with an even more fervent gaze. This was simply a gifted talent. A first-year student was only seventeen years old. A seventeen-year-old Epic was just too shocking. It was likely that not many of the six families could produce such a powerful genius.

No, I have to think of a way to poach him away from Sunset College. From his looks, he doesn't seem to lack money. His background must be extraordinary. If his surname is Feng, could he be a descendant of the Feng family? Jun Tingyu pondered for a moment before asking, "Although the Feng surname is the number one surname in ancient times, there aren't many people with the surname Feng in the present world. Now, there are two famous Feng family clans. They are situated at the capital and Sea Return. Which one are you?"

"Sea Return's Feng family," Feng Qiuyan replied.

Jun Tingyu was overjoyed when he heard that. "Old Master Feng Boren from the Feng family of Sea Return and I have a good relationship. I have some understanding of your Feng family's Essence Energy Art. If you are willing to study at the Imperial Capital College with me, I can provide you with a special Wind stat crystal. It's sufficient for your cultivation."

A special wind-elemental crystal wasn't something that could be bought with money. It could only be obtained by hunting wind-elemental dimensional creatures. However, wind-elemental dimensional creatures were relatively rare, and their drop rate was low.

The Sea Return Feng family's Essence Energy Art required a large amount of wind-elemental crystals to advance to a higher realm. As a result, the Feng family's wind-elemental crystals were never enough. They needed to spend large amounts of resources to purchase them. Even so, it was still not enough. He had made a generous offer that even Jun Tingyu felt his heart ache.

From his point of view, Feng Qiuyan didn't have any reason to reject him. A wind-elemental crystal was too important to the Feng family.

"Sorry, I don't plan on leaving Sunset College." Feng Qiuyan didn't hesitate as he rejected him once again.

Jun Tingyu was somewhat stunned. He looked at Feng Qiuyan and asked, "Can you tell me why you're unwilling to go to Imperial Capital College?"

Li Mingcan and company also looked at Feng Qiuyan. They really couldn't figure out why Feng Qiuyan would reject him. If Jun Tingyu gave any university student those conditions, they would usually follow Jun Tingyu to Imperial Capital College without any hesitation. Let alone poaching a first-year student, the offer was more than enough for poaching a famous researcher.

Furthermore, Jun Tingyu was willing to offer the wind-elemental crystals from his prized collection. This was simply a blessing from the heavens. They really couldn't understand why Feng Qiuyan would reject him. Was his brain damaged?

Feng Qiuyan said matter-of-factly, "Because there's Coach here, but there's no one like him in Imperial Capital College."

Hearing the word 'Coach', Jun Tingyu, Li Mingcan, and the others felt their hearts skip a beat. They thought, It can't be?

Jun Tingyu's expression was extremely odd. He glanced at Zhou Wen, who was gaming not far away. He then looked at Feng Qiuyan and asked, "Which coach are you referring to?"

"He's right there." Feng Qiuyan pointed at Zhou Wen, who was gaming.

Although they were mentally prepared, when Feng Qiuyan pointed at Zhou Wen, Jun Tingyu and company's expressions changed.

Jun Tingyu's emotions were extremely complicated as he looked at Zhou Wen with a strange gaze.

Li Mingcan could no longer hold back his anger. He could not help but ask, "Feng Qiuyan, you said that he's your mentor. Can you tell us who he is?"

"His name is Zhou Wen. Just like me, he's a first-year student at Sunset College," Feng Qiuyan answered.

Jun Tingyu's heart skipped a beat. "Another first-year student?"

Li Mingcan asked in confusion, "He's also in his first year. How can he be stronger than you?"

Li Mingcan actually wanted to say, what right does he have to be your coach? However, he was someone who still cared about his reputation, so he was too embarrassed to say such words.

However, in Li Mingcan's heart, Feng Qiuyan was already an unprecedented genius. It was understandable for him to have a tutor or a famous person as his coach, but he was also a first-year student. The fellow who was addicted to gaming was actually Feng Qiuyan and Ming Xiu's coach. Li Mingcan felt that it wasn't something to be believed at all. It was likely that Feng Qiuyan and Ming Xiu were just patronizing them, making excuses that they didn't want to go to the Imperial Capital College.

Upon hearing Li Mingcan's doubts, Feng Qiuyan immediately said seriously, "Coach is obviously stronger than me. Compared to Coach, I'm worlds apart from him. I'm less than ten-thousandth of Coach. It's the luck of my lifetime to be able to cultivate alongside Coach."

Jun Tingyu and Li Mingcan were dumbfounded when they heard that. They couldn't help but look at Zhou Wen. Looking at Zhou Wen, who was engrossed in the game, they really couldn't associate such a student with Feng Qiuyan's description of him.

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Chapter 492 Too Late

Could it be that I've misjudged him? Is that student really a genius, a genius who's stronger than Ming Xiu and Feng Qiuyan? Jun Tingyu began to doubt himself.

He could tell that Ming Xiu and Feng Qiuyan respected Zhou Wen greatly. The feelings that came from the bottom of their hearts couldn't be faked. It was impossible that they were just patronizing him.

However, Jun Tingyu couldn't believe that the fellow who was gaming was actually better than Ming Xiu and Feng Qiuyan.

Feng Qiuyan had advanced to the Epic stage at such a young age. It was a rare occurrence that happened only once in a hundred years, but to Zhou Wen of the same age, he was like a student idolizing his teacher. He couldn't imagine what kind of person Zhou Wen was.

Is there really such a genius in this world? Jun Tingyu looked at Zhou Wen with mixed feelings.

Li Mingcan and company looked at Zhou Wen as well. They couldn't help but gulp. Even Feng Qiuyan admitted that he was less than ten-thousandth of him. They found it even more difficult to imagine what kind of genius he was.

"Teacher, could there be a deeper meaning behind this act of gaming?" Li Mingcan was a little suspicious of the previous judgment. Although he knew that it was not good to doubt Jun Tingyu like this, he could not help but ask.

Jun Tingyu was beginning to grumble inwardly. After carefully observing Zhou Wen, who was gaming, he felt that he was indeed somewhat extraordinary.

He looked calm and had an outstanding temperament. Although he was gaming, he gave off an aura that he could not be shaken even if the sky collapsed. It seemed that he was indeed different from others.

In fact, this was just a psychological effect on Jun Tingyu's part. Although Zhou Wen really wasn't just gaming, from the looks of it, he was no different from an ordinary person when gaming. To see anything from it was nothing but a joke.

As Zhou Wen was gaming, his phone suddenly rang. It was his usual phone. Upon hearing the text message chime, Zhou Wen immediately jolted.

This was because he had specially set up the notification sound. Only when The Thearch sent a message would he get this sound.

Zhou Wen didn't dare delay as he hurriedly took out the other phone from his pocket. Indeed, it was a message from The Thearch.

"After such a long time, I still haven't seen any of the things that I want. I don't think you've taken my matters to heart. I really shall mete out some punishment. Otherwise, you might think that my threats are just for fun."

Zhou Wen immediately broke out into cold sweat when he saw the message. He was afraid of death, and he was even more afraid that The Thearch would sever his limbs. That would be terrible.

"I've been being pursued recently, so I haven't had the time to buy you that equipment. Don't worry, I'll think of a way to buy them for you immediately. Even if I have to sell everything, I'll definitely help you buy everything." Zhou Wen had been too busy recently, so he had really forgotten about it.

"Too late." The Thearch only replied with two words.

Zhou Wen hurriedly tried to explain. He was really afraid that The Thearch would make a wish to sever all his limbs. He was in the prime of his youth, so to have his limbs severed just because of a few darn instruments would be terrible.

However, no matter how he explained, the Thearch didn't reply. This made Zhou Wen feel extremely uneasy.

When Jun Tingyu saw Zhou Wen using his phone to communicate with The Thearch, his eyes lit up. He shouted excitedly, "Genius... This person is really a genius..."

Li Mingcan and the others were shocked. Li Mingcan quickly asked, "Elder Jun, what have you seen?"

Jun Tingyu said, "I'm getting old. Indeed, I was wrong just now. This young man is really an extraordinary genius. It's no wonder even geniuses like Ming Xiu and Feng Qiuyan admire him so much."

"Elder Jun, how did you tell? Tell us." Li Mingcan's heart was itching to know.

Jun Tingyu pointed at Zhou Wen, who was texting on his phone, and said, "The Wordless Monument is a power that targets the hearts of people. Even top Epic experts would surrender themselves to their inner desires after being affected by the power of the Wordless Monument. Before they are exhausted, they definitely wouldn't be distracted, nor can they be distracted. But look at him. When he was gaming, he was actually able to use another phone to constantly send messages. This means that his mind is completely unaffected by the power of the Wordless Monument. To be able to maintain his willpower in such a situation means that his willpower is completely unheard of. Even saints pale in comparison. With such powerful willpower, he definitely isn't an ordinary person... No wonder..."

The more Jun Tingyu looked at Zhou Wen, the more he felt that he stood out as though he had an outstanding bearing. This made it impossible for him to treat Zhou Wen as a junior any longer.

Zhou Wen didn't know all the things that Jun Tingyu had deciphered. As he had already cultivated the Wordless Monument's Essence Energy Art, he wasn't affected at all. He didn't need to use his willpower to ward off the Wordless Monument's power.

However, there was one thing Jun Tingyu did guess correctly by sheer chance. Zhou Wen's willpower was indeed extraordinary.

Zhou Wen sent several messages, but The Thearch didn't reply. He knew that this matter was likely going to blow up. He felt that it wasn't appropriate for him to stay any longer. He needed to quickly think of a way to protect himself and resist The Thearch's impending rage.

In front of so many people, he couldn't make a big fuss. He had to find a place with no one around.

Zhou Wen put away his phone and stood up. Seeing that Li Xuan and company were still immersed in their worlds, he walked out and said to the tutor who was watching over them, "Sir, there are some matters in the school that need my attention. I'll be returning now."

After receiving the tutor's approval, Zhou Wen was about to leave the mountain when Jun Tingyu stopped him.

"I'm Jun Tingyu from the Imperial Capital College. I would like to know if you have the time to chat with me?" Jun Tingyu didn't treat Zhou Wen as a student. He had the intention to talk to him as equals.

"I'm really sorry. I have something urgent to attend to and need to return to school. Let's talk again in the future," Zhou Wen said as he turned around and left.

"Why is this person so rude?" Li Mingcan said.

Jun Tingyu didn't mind it at all. Instead, he felt that Zhou Wen was even more extraordinary. He pondered and said, "Geniuses have their own personalities. Zhou Wen is indeed not an ordinary person. This is understandable. I'll go to Sunset College tomorrow to visit him."

Li Mingcan was just about to say something when he suddenly saw an antelope and a golden eagle-like bird come down from Mount Laojun. The antelope was following behind Zhou Wen, and the bird circled above his head as though it was protecting him.

Li Mingcan, Jun Tingyu, and company were dumbfounded. The animals on Mount Laojun weren't ordinary creatures. With Mount Laojun's protection, they could be described as pets in the backyard of a saint. They had actually taken the initiative to follow Zhou Wen down the mountain. They had never heard of such a thing, so they found it unbelievable.

Zhou Wen walked all the way down Mount Laojun before heading straight to campus. He felt uneasy the entire way, unsure how The Thearch would deal with him.

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Chapter 493 Punishmen

Zhou Wen returned to school on tenterhooks the entire way. But nothing happened even when he returned to his dorm.

Zhou Wen didn't dare be careless. He summoned all the Companion Beasts he could use and stopped sleeping in his bedroom. He stayed in the living room. With the antelope and chick by his side, he felt safer.

It was strange. Ever since they had come back from Mount Laojun, the chick that was as fat as a duck had actually slimmed down again. It looked like it was in high spirits like before.

Zhou Wen wasn't in the mood to study how the chick had lost weight in the blink of an eye. He sat on the sofa and placed a few notebooks to the side as he drew Substitute Talismans one by one.

These were life-saving treasures. If he could produce one, even if The Thearch wanted to deal with him, it might be able to save his life.

He drew one after another, but the success rate of a Substitute Talisman was really low. However, as the saying goes, 'practice makes perfect,' Zhou Wen gradually got the gist of it after repeatedly drawing.

Although this was a skill obtained from an Essence Energy Skill Crystal, Zhou Wen was the one who needed to draw the talisman. When he realized that if he only drew the symbols using Essence Energy, the success rate was pathetic.

The lines of the Substitute Talisman seemed to contain some kind of profoundness. Zhou Wen sensed the strangeness of the lines and gradually figured out something.

This Substitute Talisman needs to be drawn with my Essence Energy. The lines drawn are also imbued with some kind of mysterious power related to me. It looks like the drawing of a talisman, but it's actually a form of understanding of oneself. At the same time, it's also a way to communicate with external objects... Zhou Wen thought as he drew.

Zhou Wen spent the entire day and night drawing. He didn't know how many Substitute Talismans he had drawn by the next morning. He had almost used up several thick diary books by the time he finally completed one.

It was also thanks to Zhou Wen's infinite Essence Energy that he could do so. If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't be able to draw so many times in a couple of months.

Although the Substitute Talisman is useful, it's too difficult to draw one. It's really not easy to get one talisman. Zhou Wen held the Substitute Talisman that he had drawn and was somewhat excited. With this talisman, it was equivalent to having an additional life.

Unfortunately, the Substitute Talisman could only be used by himself. This was because the Substitute Talisman that Zhou Wen drew was closely related to him, so it could only help him block calamities.

As for what kind of calamity the Substitute Talisman could withstand, Zhou Wen didn't know.

Although talisman drawing wasn't easy, Zhou Wen was thrilled by what he had gained. Talisman drawing needed him to sense the connection between himself and external objects. In this period of time, Zhou Wen kept using the Dao Sutra, allowing him to gain some insight into it.

The Dao models itself after nature. To condense a Life Soul from the Dao Sutra, I'll probably have to work hard on Heaven Man Unity, Zhou Wen thought to himself.

Although there were some clues, as long as there was a direction, there was a possibility. It was better than being directionless as previously.

Now, Zhou Wen didn't have the time to take in nature. He stored away the Substitute Talisman that he had drawn and slept.

Drawing the Substitute Talisman consumed both his Essence Energy and energy. He was already exhausted from all the drawing. Furthermore, he hadn't recovered from his serious injuries. Now that he had the Substitute Talisman to protect him, he could finally sleep peacefully.

He slept soundly. Due to his exhaustion, Zhou Wen slept like a log. He only woke up when the doorbell rang.

Who is it? Zhou Wen stretched his back and wanted to ask.

"Meow!" However, Zhou Wen's voice shocked him. He hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.

However, when he reached out his hand, Zhou Wen was instantly stunned. How was that a hand? It was a furry paw. The fingernails on the claw were like hooks. What should have been the palm now looked like a pinkish meat lump that resembled a club suit from a pack of cards.

What... What's wrong with me... Zhou Wen was alarmed. He wanted to stand up and size himself up, but he soon realized that his body had become very strange. Furthermore, there was a problem with his vision. All the furniture and things around him had become very large.

The clothes he wore yesterday were at his feet. They looked huge as though they were for giants.

Zhou Wen immediately felt something amiss. He hurriedly ran to the mirror and looked at it.

"Meow!" Looking at the black and white cat in the mirror, Zhou Wen was dumbfounded. He covered his mouth in horror as the cat in the mirror did the same.

At the dormitory's entrance, a tutor rang the doorbell a few more times, but no one opened the door. Hence, he said apologetically to the old man beside him, "Elder Jun, I'm really sorry. It looks like he's out."

Jun Tingyu was very disappointed. In order to visit Zhou Wen at Sunset College, he didn't hesitate to use his connections with a friend at Sunset College, but Zhou Wen wasn't around.

"It's alright, I'll come again next time." Jun Tingyu could only return in disappointment.

In the dormitory, Zhou Wen was about to explode from anxiety. He twisted his body and made various poses. He even tried to raise his tail. All he wanted to do was prove that the cat in the mirror wasn't him.

Unfortunately, no matter what he did, the cat in the mirror did the same thing.

Even more terrifying was that when Zhou Wen attempted to use his Essence Energy Art or summon his Companion Beasts, there was no reaction.

The Thearch... It must be The Thearch's doing... Damn it... I have the Substitute Talisman on me. How can there be a problem? Zhou Wen ran to his pile of clothes and used his claws to tug at it a few times. He realized that the Substitute Talisman was inside his clothes, untouched. It hadn't done a thing.

Don't tell me I'm now permanently a cat? Zhou Wen hurriedly took out his phone. Thankfully, he didn't need to unlock using his fingerprints. A pattern worked too. Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to unlock his phone.

After unlocking his phone, he immediately sent a message to The Thearch. "The Thearch, how am I supposed to buy those instruments when you've made me like this?"

Zhou Wen knew that he could only move The Thearch with benefits. It was probably useless for him to beg for mercy.

"I have plenty of ways to get people to deliver things to me. Who said I have to let you buy them? As for you, you have to be punished." The Thearch finally replied.

Zhou Wen sent a few more messages, hoping to move The Thearch and quickly change back into human form. However, the news was like a rock sinking into the sea. The Thearch didn't reply to him at all, as though she was determined to have him remain a cat for the rest of his life.

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Chapter 494 You Can"t Be Like This, Okay~

What should I do? Is there a way to restore my human body? Zhou Wen tried all kinds of methods, but he remained a cat. His body structure was completely different from before. He couldn't use the Essence Energy Art or various Companion Beasts he had cultivated in the past. What else could he do?

The antelope and chick looked at him with interest. The antelope even used its hooves to rub his head as though it was comforting him, but Zhou Wen could see the smile in its eyes.

The chick bounced around him, sticking close to him as though it wanted to compete with him to see who was taller. However, when the chick stood, it was actually slightly taller than Zhou Wen when he was on all fours.

No, I have to think of a way to recover my human body. Zhou Wen used his paws to hide his phone and the bracelet which had the Chaos Bead embedded before walking towards the dormitory's door.

Looking at this world from the perspective of a cat, his view was obviously much lower. Even the dormitory door was very large in his eyes.

Zhou Wen leaped up and tried to grab the handle to unlock the door.

In the past, jumping to such a height was trivial. However, even when reaching his paws to the limit, he was still quite a distance away from the door handle. His body then fell to the ground.

Zhou Wen landed on the ground and used all his strength to leap up once again. Only then did he jump up and open the door handle.

Although he was used to walking with two legs, if other students and teachers in school saw a cat walking with two hind legs, it would probably spell trouble.

Therefore, Zhou Wen could only sprawl on the ground and walk like a cat. Although it wasn't a problem for a cat to walk like this, Zhou Wen felt extremely uncomfortable walking in such a manner.

After exiting, Zhou Wen planned on heading to the chancellor's office. Most people probably wouldn't be able to resolve his current situation. Therefore, he wanted to find the chancellor of Sunset College, Leng Zongzheng.

He had heard that Leng Zongzheng was good at dispelling illusions, Zhou Wen felt that it was impossible for him to turn into a cat, so he suspected that it was just an illusion.

Zhou Wen thought to himself, At the very least, I'm a student at the school. I don't think Leng Zongzheng will leave me in the lurch, right?

However, Zhou Wen had no confidence in Leng Zongzheng's ability to turn him back into a human. He only wanted to try his luck.

Just as he walked to the yard, Zhou Wen heard the door to the building next door ring. He hurriedly hid in the bushes and peeked at the yard next door.

Wang Lu walked out with two trash bags in her hands. It looked like she was going to throw the trash out.

Zhou Wen didn't want anyone who knew him to know that he had turned into a cat. Be it Li Xuan or Wang Lu, they would definitely mock him for a long time.

Furthermore, as a cat, he didn't have any clothes on him. Although he had fur, he still felt uncomfortable when people he knew saw him. Therefore, he didn't contact Li Xuan and company.

Although Zhou Wen knew that Wang Lu probably couldn't recognize him as a cat, it was better to be careful just in case.

After Wang Lu left, Zhou Wen prepared to leave in another direction. He planned on taking a detour to the chancellor's office using the old school district behind Four Seasons Garden to avoid encountering so many students and tutors.

Although he had become a cat, Zhou Wen couldn't tolerate having others looking at him with him being naked.

The yard's door was locked from the inside. Although Zhou Wen could jump up and open the door, it was too eye-catching. He looked at the wooden fence in the yard and then at his body. Zhou Wen felt that it wasn't difficult for his body to crawl out. Although he looked a little plump, most of it was fur.

Zhou Wen came in front of the wooden fence and chose a relatively large gap. He extended his head out, and there was a perfect outcome. Without any pressure, his head squeezed out.

As he continued squeezing his body, his stomach ended up stuck. Something seemed to have hooked his fur. If he tried to force his way through, he would feel a little pain.

"Poor kitty. Where did you come from? Why are you here?" Zhou Wen was about to squeeze back when he heard a familiar voice.

Not good! Zhou Wen immediately felt uncomfortable when he heard the voice. For some reason, Wang Lu had returned.

Zhou Wen struggled to retreat back into the yard, but he didn't know what caught the fur on his belly. He couldn't retreat even if he tried. His belly felt like it was about to be ripped apart.

"Poor little guy, why are you so stupid?" Wang Lu squatted down and pressed down on Zhou Wen. Then, she reached out her other hand to help him remove a wire he had been entangled with. This allowed Zhou Wen to escape before finally squeezing out.

Zhou Wen wanted to leave, but he was being carried by Wang Lu. "Although you look like a stray cat and aren't an expensive breed, you look quite pretty. Wanna come back with me?"

Zhou Wen struggled with all his might, trying to escape Wang Lu's demonic claws. After struggling to free himself, he landed on the ground and immediately ran away.

"Strange. That cat actually rejected me?" Wang Lu was slightly surprised. She never expected the cat to be so difficult to get along with. She had a much easier time with the stray cats she had encountered in the past.

Zhou Wen ran out of Four Seasons Garden as though he was fleeing for his life. Only after running for a long distance did he slow down. He felt exhausted. This was the first time in his long cultivation that he had felt this exhausted.

I have to recover my human body as soon as possible. Zhou Wen continued walking forward. Before long, he saw a few ferocious tigers blocking his way.

No, they should be described as fierce cats blocking the way.

At the corner of the building in front, four cats walked out and glared at Zhou Wen as though warning him not to enter their territory.

The four cats were a lot bigger than Zhou Wen. Furthermore, Zhou Wen found them familiar. On careful look, he recalled that they were the ones that Gu Dian secretly fed.

Zhou Wen still remembered that one of them was named Little Mei. Her body was pure white, with only an orange-red fur growing on her forehead. She looked very striking.

However, when Zhou Wen first saw her, she was still a tiny kitten. Now, she was already about the same size as her mother, a size bigger than the present Zhou Wen.

"I'm just passing by. I definitely have no intention of snatching your territory, nor do I have any intention of offending you." As Zhou Wen spoke, his voice turned into meowing. He slowly walked to the side, wanting to circle around them.

"Meow!" Little Mei and company didn't care much as they pounced forward, wanting to deal with the intruder, Zhou Wen.

Holy sh*t, are you really treating me, a sleeping tiger, as a cat!? Zhou Wen was depressed as he prepared to fight.

Although he was now a cat and had lost all his strength, his reaction and various techniques were still present. Under the combined attacks of the four of them, he was still as brave as ever. He used his sleek movements to restrain the four cats and then tore out of them one by one. His little paws gave them a beating, causing them to mew in pain.

"Haha, want to fight me? Now, do you know who's the real king here?" Zhou Wen beat the four cats up badly. He even used his paw to press down on Little Mei. Just as he was feeling smug, he suddenly felt the skin on his back being grabbed by someone. Then, he heard a familiar voice.

"You can't be like this, okay~"

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Chapter 495 Gu Dian"s Secre

Zhou Wen flailed his four paws, trying to break free from his grasp, but he failed.

The scene in front of him changed—a face. It was a ferocious and ghastly face, but the eyes on the face had an indescribable gentleness as they looked at him.

"Were you abandoned by your master? You must be hungry after coming here, right? Have something to eat first," Gu Dian said as he placed Zhou Wen on the ground beside him. There were two saucers right there. One was filled with milk while the other had cat food.

Zhou Wen had never seen Gu Dian so gentle to others, nor had he seen him speak to people in such a gentle manner. This was completely different from the Gu Dian he knew.

"Hurry up and eat." Gu Dian squatted beside Zhou Wen, who was placed beside a saucer containing milk.

The four cats looked at him covetously but didn't dare come over. They only meowed from afar.

"Little Mei, Little Yong, you can't be like that. It's the same as you—pitiful and homeless. You should all love one another," Gu Dian said to the four cats.

Zhou Wen had goosebumps all over his body when he heard that. He turned around to leave. In order to prevent Gu Dian from catching him again, he used all his strength to run.

However, after he ran some distance, he couldn't hear Gu Dian's footsteps behind him. Instead, he heard an unfamiliar man's voice coming from afar.

"Have you done what I asked you to do? It's been so long, yet you can't handle such a trivial matter. Are you afraid of Zhou Wen?"

Zhou Wen didn't plan on stopping, but after running a few steps, he heard his name. He couldn't help but stop and look over.

He saw a boy in a school uniform standing opposite Gu Dian. Zhou Wen didn't know the boy, but he looked like an upperclassman. He was slightly older than him.

"Why do you want to do something to Zhou Wen?" Gu Dian asked the boy.

"You don't need to know. You just need to do as I say." The boy pursed his lips and said, "I'll give you three more days. If you haven't carried out my instructions, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you keep that secret anymore. Think it through carefully."

After that, the boy turned around and left with a cold face.

Based on Zhou Wen's understanding, he didn't think Gu Dian was someone who was afraid of anything. If someone dared to threaten him like this, no matter who he was, he would probably throw a punch over, right?

But this time, Gu Dian watched helplessly as the arrogant boy left. He didn't show any intention of resorting to violence.

Zhou Wen was very curious. He didn't know who the boy was. What was he planning to get Gu Dian to do? What skeleton in Gu Dian's closet was he aware of?

After some thought, Zhou Wen decided to hang around. He wanted to figure out what was going on. After all, this matter involved him. If he didn't figure out who the mastermind was, something similar might happen in the future.

Zhou Wen walked to Gu Dian's side. When Gu Dian saw him, his ferocious expression turned gentle. He squatted down and placed the milk saucer in front of Zhou Wen. "Eat quickly."

Zhou Wen was a little anxious. Gu Dian clearly wasn't someone who liked to talk. It might be unrealistic to wait for him to mutter to himself about what had happened.

How can I get Gu Dian to tell me the entire story? Countless thoughts flashed through Zhou Wen's mind, but he failed to come up with a solution.

Ask Gu Dian after transforming back into a human? This clearly wasn't a good idea. His relationship with Gu Dian wasn't that close. Their relationship was only slightly better than that of an unfamiliar classmate. If he were to ask him directly, they might fall out on the spot. Even if he didn't fall out with Gu Dian, Gu Dian probably wouldn't tell him anything given his personality.

As Zhou Wen pondered, Gu Dian nudged the milk towards Zhou Wen's mouth. How could Zhou Wen drink milk meant for cats? He subconsciously turned his head to the side, indicating that he didn't want to drink it.

However, when Zhou Wen's action landed in Gu Dian's eyes, he sighed softly. "Do you also think that it's not right? Do you think I'm wrong?"

Zhou Wen subconsciously nodded, but just as he nodded, he regretted it. He was a cat, so how could he understand Gu Dian's words?

Gu Dian looked at Zhou Wen in surprise. However, his ability to accept the cat's actions was clearly stronger than Zhou Wen had imagined. He didn't suspect Zhou Wen at all, believing that he was a very intelligent cat.

"I also know that this isn't right, but if I don't do it, they will spread the news of me possessing the bloodline of a dimensional creature. When that happens, everyone will treat me like a monster and not a person," Gu Dian said.

Zhou Wen nearly cried out in surprise. He never expected Gu Dian to have the bloodline of a dimensional creature.

Could it be that Gu Dian's father or mother is a dimensional creature? Can humans and dimensional creatures mate to give birth to offspring? Countless strange thoughts flashed through Zhou Wen's mind.

"But for so long, Zhou Wen and company have treated me like an ordinary person. They aren't afraid of me because of my looks. They don't ostracize me, and they treat me as one of theirs. How can I do something like that? Tell me, what should I do?" Gu Dian said bitterly and looked at Zhou Wen.

Gu Dian had no chance of making friends with humans because of his own problems. Furthermore, he didn't know how to communicate with humans. Instead, he could pour out his heartfelt feelings in front of a cat. Wasn't this also a tragedy?

"Beat him up and beat that turtle's son to death. Who cares about you being human? Ignoring the fact that you have a dimensional creature bloodline, I wouldn't mind even if you were a beast." Zhou Wen wanted to say that, but the moment he opened his mouth, it turned into a meow.

Zhou Wen had no choice but to raise one paw and point in the direction the boy had left. He forcefully pointed a few times, indicating for Gu Dian to beat him up.

Gu Dian seemed to understand something when he saw Zhou Wen's reaction. His eyes turned determined.

"I know what to do," Gu Dian said to Zhou Wen before standing up and chasing after the boy.

Zhou Wen hesitated for a moment before chasing after him. He still wanted to know why the boy was targeting him. He might be able to hear the reason why later.

However, after becoming a cat, Zhou Wen's Essence Energy was completely gone. His fastest speed was only the speed of a normal cat, so how could he catch up to Gu Dian? By the time he caught up, he saw that Gu Dian was already standing in front of the boy, seemingly talking to him.

"I can't do that to Zhou Wen. Change the condition," Zhou Wen vaguely heard Gu Dian say.

"Change to another condition? What right do you have to bargain with me? Don't tell me you really think Zhou Wen and company think of you as a friend? They only want to make use of you because you are foolish and powerful. If they know that you have a dimensional creature bloodline, do you think they would still be willing to let you stay in the Xuanwen Club? When that happens, they will only treat you as a monster—a pig or dog. It's like you are a beast," the boy said as he pointed at Gu Dian's nose.

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Chapter 496 Why Not?

"This has nothing to do with you," Gu Dian said with his head lowered.

"Why doesn't it have anything to do with me? After all, we're good friends, aren't we?" The boy smiled and patted Gu Dian's shoulder. He continued, "Have you forgotten our friendship? I've always remembered it."

Gu Dian's pupils constricted, but he remained silent.

"Think about it carefully. The current Zhou Wen is the second me in the future." The boy narrowed his eyes and said, " Birds of a feather flock together. Your birth has already determined that you won't have any true human friends. Other than people like me, humans won't accept a monster like you. If you don't touch Zhou Wen now, when he learns your true identity in the future, he will no longer hesitate to draw a line with you or even kill you."

After a pause, the boy said, "Don't tell me you don't know what happened to his teacher? Do you think he'll still admit that he's Wang Mingyuan's student? If Wang Mingyuan appears again, he might even kill him..."

"That has nothing to do with me," Gu Dian said expressionlessly.

"It has nothing to do with you? In that case, even if everyone knows how your mother gave birth to you, will there not be a problem?" The boy narrowed his eyes and stared at Gu Dian.

Gu Dian's expression changed drastically as he suddenly looked up and glared at the boy. "Lu Kaide, if you dare say a word, I'll definitely kill you."

"I'm just saying. How can it be leaked? We're friends. I'll definitely keep your matter a secret for you. I won't let anyone know about it. However, you have to help me settle Zhou Wen's matter. Otherwise, I won't be able to live. Some things are hard to say... Ah..."

As Lu Kaide was speaking, he suddenly saw a cat leap up. Its claws scratched his face ruthlessly, leaving a few bloody marks on his face.

After listening for a long time, Zhou Wen nearly exploded in anger. Although he didn't hear the complete story, he could roughly guess what had happened.

Gu Dian wasn't a normal human, and it wasn't his fault. It stemmed from the previous generation.

He did not know what method Lu Kaide had used to become Gu Dian's friend. Furthermore, he knew of his secret, so he ended up using it to threaten Gu Dian.

Zhou Wen could understand why Gu Dian didn't counterattack. He was the same as Gu Dian. He didn't wish to bring anyone trouble, especially his family.

If it was only a matter of his identity, he believed that Gu Dian wouldn't be threatened by him. He would have beaten him to the point of his mother not even being capable of recognizing him.

However, this involved Gu Dian's mother's reputation. Therefore, even though Gu Dian was extremely furious, he didn't dare make a move on Lu Kaide.

Without a doubt, Lu Kaide wasn't a fool. He definitely had some evidence in hand. Furthermore, even if he died, the evidence would still be spread. Only then could he threaten Gu Dian.

The more he understood Gu Dian, the more upset Zhou Wen felt. When he saw Lu Kaide's wretched face, he couldn't help but swipe his claw at him.

Now, Zhou Wen only hated himself for losing his strength. If not, he would definitely have smacked Lu Kaide's face until it bled.

"Damn cat, Gu Dian, you bastard. Look at what you raise..." Lu Kaide was enraged as he attempted to grab Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen ran and jumped onto Gu Dian's back.

"Stop." Gu Dian blocked Lu Kaide.

"Get out of the way. I'm going to kill this bastard," Lu Kaide said as he attempted to grab Zhou Wen. Zhou Wen leaned on Gu Dian's shoulder and looked at him with a faint smile as though he was mocking him.

Gu Dian didn't make way. Instead, he reached out to stop Lu Kaide.

Lu Kaide was extremely furious, but he was stopped by Gu Dian and couldn't capture Zhou Wen. He didn't give up because of this. He took two steps back and suddenly summoned a Companion Beast.

The Companion Beast was a strange throwing dagger. After flying out, it circled around Gu Dian and stabbed at Zhou Wen's back. It was as fast as lightning.

Zhou Wen was alarmed as he cursed inwardly. He was only a cat, so it was probably difficult for him to dodge such a fast throwing dagger.

A huge hand suddenly grabbed the throwing dagger's blade. The throwing dagger trembled incessantly in Gu Dian's hand, but failed to escape his grip.

"Gu Dian, release it," Lu Kaide bellowed angrily.

"He's just a cat." Gu Dian held the throwing dagger without letting go. Blood dripped from between his fingers.

"I'll say it one last time. Let go. Otherwise, everything about you will spread throughout Luoyang tomorrow," Lu Kaide said angrily as he glared at Gu Dian.

Gu Dian held the throwing dagger and refused to let go. He didn't say a word and only looked at Lu Kaide.

Lu Kaide was even more infuriated as he summoned another saber and slashed at Gu Dian. He shouted, "Get out of the way, do you hear me?"

Gu Dian didn't move. He was struck on the shoulder by Lu Kaide, causing blood to spray out. However, Gu Dian's body was indeed resilient. The strike only lacerated him. It failed to reach his bones.

Lu Kaide refused to give up. He slashed at Gu Dian's body again and again, leaving bloody marks on Gu Dian's body. Even his face was lacerated.

It had to be said that Gu Dian's body was truly resilient. Despite such strikes, he only suffered superficial injuries. When the blade struck his bones, it produced the humming sounds of metal clashing.

The reason Lu Kaide was so furious wasn't entirely because Zhou Wen had scratched his face. Instead, it was because Gu Dian had repeatedly disobeyed his orders. He wanted to teach him a lesson, so Zhou Wen scratching his face was just an excuse.

Beat him up... Zhou Wen was anxious when he saw Gu Dian stand motionless, allowing Lu Kaide to slash him.

"Do you think of yourself as one of these beasts? Do you think they are more important than your life? Monsters are monsters..." Lu Kaide cursed as he slashed.

When Zhou Wen saw Gu Dian motionless, he couldn't stand it any longer. He took a chance and darted out from his shoulder. His claws flailed as he clawed at Lu Kaide's eyes.

"Ah!" Lu Kaide never expected a cat to pass through his series of blade attacks. At the close distance, Zhou Wen's claw had injured his left eye. With one hand covering his eyes, blood immediately seeped out from the gaps between his fingers.

"I'm going to kill you!" Lu Kaide covered his eye in rage as the saber in his hand transformed into a saber beam that slashed at Zhou Wen.

This fellow's strength wasn't bad. Zhou Wen had never heard his name, so it was obvious that he wasn't famous in school. However, he had top Legendary strength. Clearly, he had been hiding his strength. From this point, it was obvious that he wasn't an ordinary person. He definitely had ulterior motives.

Gu Dian's eyes widened when he saw that Zhou Wen was about to be hit by the saber beam. He suddenly unleashed his strength as his powerful body charged into the saber beams. He grabbed Zhou Wen with one hand and struck out with the other.

With an explosive sound, the sky was filled with saber beams. The long saber in Lu Kaide's hand shattered inch by inch. His body was also sent flying by the force and he fell seven to eight meters away. The hand which had held the saber was trembling and bleeding.

"Gu Dian, you dare attack me?" Lu Kaide widened his eyes as he stared at Gu Dian with gritted teeth as though he wanted to bite someone.

"Why wouldn't he dare?" A voice sounded from the corner of the building. Lu Kaide and Gu Dian trembled as they couldn't help but turn their heads. They saw a young officer in a military uniform and white gloves walking over. He looked gentle and mild.

He's finally here. Zhou Wen heaved a long sigh of relief.

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Chapter 497 A Little Cold

Zhou Wen knew that he was only a cat and had lost his strength. He definitely couldn't handle the present situation. Thankfully, he still had the ability to text. Previously, he had contacted An Sheng when he saw Gu Dian's phone left where he fed the cats. He told him to rush over as soon as possible.

This matter wasn't something that could be resolved by force. Even killing Lu Kaide was useless. Otherwise, Gu Dian would have settled it himself and wouldn't have been threatened by Lu Kaide.

When Lu Kaide saw An Sheng, he immediately turned around and wanted to run. He hadn't managed to take a few steps before An Sheng placed a dagger by his neck.

"What are you doing? I'm a student at the college," Lu Kaide calmed down and asked.

An Sheng said indifferently, "I don't need to know who you are, but you're dead."

"Gu Dian, why aren't you saving me?" Lu Kaide shouted in Gu Dian's direction.

An Sheng said to Gu Dian unhurriedly, "Zhou Wen asked me to come. He has already told me about your matter. He wants me to pass on the message to believe him. Leave everything to me."

"Gu Dian, you know what will happen if I die." Lu Kaide knew that Gu Dian was his straw to clutch at.

He had heard of An Sheng's name before. Having come to Luoyang to carry out a mission, how could he not know the famous An Sheng?

Gu Dian hugged Zhou Wen and pondered for a moment before nodding slightly at An Sheng.

The corners of An Sheng's mouth curled up as he revealed a smile. The dagger in his hand had already pressed into Lu Kaide's skin.

"Just answer whatever I ask. I don't want to hear any nonsense," An Sheng said.

Lu Kaide opened his mouth to say something, but An Sheng continued, "If you waste my time, I don't mind using the Memory Stripping Spell to directly obtain the information I want from your brain."

Lu Kaide's expression changed drastically, as if he was hesitating about something.

"Don't try to commit suicide. If I don't let you die, even the King of Hell can't take your life," An Sheng said indifferently.

"If I tell you everything, can you give me a way out?" Lu Kaide said through gritted teeth.

"Yes," An Sheng replied.

"Swear on it." Lu Kaide had no other choice. He was already a piece of meat on the chopping block. He could only take a gamble. He did not want to die.

An Sheng's expression didn't change. He swore that if he went against his word, he would die a horrible death. Then, he asked Lu Kaide about Gu Dian.

Due to Gu Dian's presence, Lu Kaide didn't seem to lie. He explained everything clearly.

He had a voice recording of Gu Dian. It was a conversation with Gu Dian. Back then, Gu Dian had treated him as his only good friend, so he had told him everything.

Lu Kaide had not given this recording to anyone. He had only registered a few accounts online and scheduled an automatic release. If no one changed the release time, the recording and the article he had written would be released.

An Sheng didn't listen to the recording. He just deleted everything.

"Where are the backups? Don't tell me there aren't any." After An Sheng deleted it, he looked at Lu Kaide and asked.

"In an ancient Greek book on my dorm mate's bookshelf. No one will read it," Lu Kaide answered.

Following that, An Sheng asked about Lu Kaide's origins. He admitted that he was a field agent nurtured by the Special Inspector Bureau. He had entered Sunset College to monitor the An family and Sunset College's chancellor and tutors. He had recently received a mission to think of a way to bring Zhou Wen back to the headquarters, which was why he had used Gu Dian.

After a long while, Lu Kaide said, "I've said everything. Can you let me go now?"

"You have said everything, but how do I know if what you said is the truth?" An Sheng looked at Lu Kaide calmly.

"I'm telling the truth. At this stage, there's no need for me to lie to you," Lu Kaide said.

"That might not be the case. It's a very important matter. I have to verify it myself," An Sheng said as a black flame arose from his body. The flames floated towards Lu Kaide like ghosts and drilled into his brain.

"Ah... You swore to let me live... Otherwise, you will die a horrible death..." Lu Kaide exclaimed in horror. He had roughly guessed that An Sheng was trying to strip his souls and memories from him. Despite struggling desperately, he was unable to move his body.

"Before you came to Luoyang, you should have known that I have the nickname of Devil's Adjutant, right? Is there a devil who abides by an agreement?" An Sheng said to Lu Kaide with a smile.

"You... You can't do this to me... You can't..." Lu Kaide was shocked and furious, his eyes filled with despair, anger, and indignation.

The pain that went straight into his soul seemed to slice his brain bit by bit. It made him want to scream in pain, but he could not make a sound despite his open mouth.

An Sheng only looked at him coldly as the black flames on his body seeped into his brain. Lu Kaide's eyes gradually lost focus.

When the demonic-like flames drilled out of Lu Kaide's brain and returned to An Sheng, Lu Kaide had already become a cold corpse. Even in death, his face was contorted with pain.

An Sheng opened the foldable cloth bag he had brought and stored Lu Kaide's corpse inside. After he slung it over his shoulder, he said to Gu Dian, "In the future, other than Zhou Wen and me, no one will know about your matters. Unfortunately, there's no way to silence me and Zhou Wen. You can leave it at that."

"Thank... Thanks..." Gu Dian said those two words somewhat awkwardly. He had never said it before.

"Don't say those words. You don't need to thank anyone because that person is your friend." After An Sheng said that, he left with Lu Kaide's corpse.

"Friend?" Gu Dian's expression turned odd.

In the past, he might have believed that there were friends. At that time, he was moved by Lu Kaide and treated him as a real friend. In the end, all he got was a betrayal. Ever since then, he preferred to be with cats than humans. He no longer believed in humans or friends.

Although he still did not believe it, there was a slight change in his heart.

At the very least, Gu Dian believed that once this matter was resolved, he no longer needed to be threatened and do things he didn't wish to do.

"I... am finally free..." Gu Dian snapped to his senses and raised the cat in his arms. He smiled.

In his opinion, this little cat had given him luck, allowing him to finally be himself.

Gu Dian held the cat up in the air as he revealed a smile that came from the bottom of his heart. Although he was still as ferocious as before, it made it difficult for people to not smile with him. The tabby cat also revealed a smile.

At that moment, Gu Dian suddenly felt the cat in his hand become heavier. Its body also changed. In a blink of an eye, the cat that Gu Dian was raising had transformed into a living man.

Their eyes met and the air seemed to freeze at that instant. The smile on Gu Dian and Zhou Wen's faces gradually vanished.

A gentle breeze blew past Zhou Wen, making him feel a little cold.

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Chapter 498 Torch Dragon

After returning to his dorm, Zhou Wen cursed inwardly. I have to crack Chess Mountain's dungeon!

"Prepare everything I need in a week. Otherwise, it won't be as simple as being a cat next time." The Thearch sent a message.

Clearly, The Thearch hadn't planned on permanently changing Zhou Wen into a cat. She just did it as a warning.

Now, Zhou Wen was filled with regret. If he had known, he would have stayed in his dorm obediently. Why did he go out?

Thinking back to the scene of his eyes meeting Gu Dian, he wished he could find a hole to hide in.

Zhou Wen had already made up his mind to think of a way to conquer Chess Mountain and pull The Thearch out. He would also transform her into a cat and raise her up high.

However, he had to feign civility now. He couldn't let her notice any problems. Once he cracked Chess Mountain and found her weaknesses, he would personally go to Chess Mountain and deal with her.

"I'll buy it as soon as possible." Zhou Wen replied.

After some thought, Zhou Wen sent another message: "Previously, I was chased by someone and fled into a dimensional zone. I discovered a huge snake there..."

Zhou Wen described the snake's physical characteristics and abilities. He wanted to ask if The Thearch knew what dimensional creature it was.

Since he could not do anything to The Thearch, he might as well make use of her.

"What snake? That's Torch Dragon, one of the dragon species. It has powerful abilities and a pair of eyes can affect the day and night. When it opens its eyes, it will be bright. When it closes its eyes, it will be dark. It's an extremely powerful ancient creature. Although it's far inferior to me, it's not something a mere human like you can match. It's your good fortune to be able to come back alive after meeting it." The Thearch replied.

"You sure are knowledgeable. That Torch Dragon's eyes are indeed very powerful. It can kill many human experts with just a glance. It's practically invincible. I wonder if you can crack its terrifying ability?" Zhou Wen sent another message.

"That's called the Bright Torch Vision World. It's not a bad ability, but what's so difficult about cracking it? I just need to use an invisibility spell to prevent it from seeing me. When that happens, I can kill it as I please." The Thearch replied.

"Could it be that even someone as strong as you can't fight Torch Dragon head-on?" Zhou Wen deliberately said.

The Thearch's solution was similar to Zhou Wen's idea. However, although he had the Invisibility Cloak, it was still impossible to hatch it. He couldn't be invisible.

The Thearch was a proud person, so she immediately replied, "It's not easy to defeat it head-on. I can kill it with a wave of my hand, making it unable to open its eyes. Or perhaps, I can use a treasure mirror to reflect its gaze and make it have a taste of its own medicine."

"You sure are resourceful. I wonder what kind of treasure mirror can reflect Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World?" Zhou Wen was delighted when he learned that.

If he could reflect the Bright Torch Vision World with just a mirror, then there was a chance of him killing Torch Dragon. There was no need to acquire an invisibility cloak.

"Don't tell me you want to kill Torch Dragon? Do you have a death wish?" The Thearch had clearly seen through him as she sent a message.

"I'm just asking. How would I dare kill Torch Dragon?" Zhou Wen denied.

"The mirrors that you humans create have very good reflective effects. It would be enough to reflect Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World. However, those mirrors are too brittle. They shatter when encountering external forces. Other than the Bright Torch Vision World, Torch Dragon's body is not something a mere human can deal with. If you wish to die, you can give it a try."

Upon hearing The Thearch's words, Zhou Wen was truly excited. He never expected an ordinary mirror to be able to deal with Torch Dragon. This boosted his chances of killing it.

"I'm just asking. Even if Torch Dragon invites me to kill it, I'm not free. I still have to help you buy things. By the way, I also encountered a terrifying dimensional creature. It looks like a wolf and tiger, but it's not one..." Zhou Wen continued to gather information from The Thearch.

The Thearch really knew everything. She told Zhou Wen that it was one of the four ancient ferocious beasts, Qiongqi. Not only did it possess the ability to devour everything, but it also possessed terrifying speed. It was even harder to deal with than Torch Dragon.

Furthermore, The Thearch also told Zhou Wen something quite strange. She said that if she wanted to deal with Qiongqi, she had to find an evil person to deal with it. The possibility of killing him would then be very high. If a good person were to fight Qiongqi, even if the good person's combat ability was the same as that evil person's, or even stronger, there was a high chance that he wouldn't be able to defeat Qiongqi and would end up being devoured.

Zhou Wen was doubtful. He didn't know if The Thearch was speaking the truth or just joking.

Zhou Wen admitted that he wasn't a good person, but he wasn't a person who committed heinous crimes. Therefore, he couldn't test it out.

"Remember, you only have a week. If I don't see those things again, prepare to suffer." The Thearch sent the last message and ignored Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen contacted Li Xuan and gave him the list, asking if he could help buy the items.

After a while, Li Xuan replied that it wasn't a problem. Zhou Wen transferred the money to him and made him use the Li family's resources to help him purchase the items. As for him, he considered how to kill Torch Dragon.

Although he knew that mirrors might be helpful in killing Torch Dragon, ordinary mirrors couldn't be taken in-game. Zhou Wen had no way of testing the feasibility of this theory.

Head straight to the Zhuolu ruins in person? Zhou Wen didn't dare take the risk. Ignoring the fact that The Thearch might be holding back the truth, even if it was the truth, the mirror could only reflect the Bright Torch Vision World. It wasn't of much use against Torch Dragon's other abilities. Furthermore, it was too easy to shatter. If an accident happened, Zhou Wen would have to pay with his life.

How can I take a mirror into the game? Zhou Wen thought for a moment before checking online to see if there were any Companion Beasts that could transform into mirrors.

He found quite a number of them. For example, there was a Clear Jade Immortal Mirror in the Kunlun Immortal Realm that could turn into an ancient mirror. However, that thing was relatively rare. Furthermore, the Kunlun Immortal Realm was too dangerous. It was almost impossible for an Epic to leave alive, and it was too far away from Zhou Wen.

The other places with mirror-type Companion Beasts were either too far or too dangerous. Just as Zhou Wen was fretting, he accidentally saw some introductions of Companion Beasts in the West District. His eyes lit up.

Among those Companion Beasts, there was an Epic Companion Beast named Sun Beast. Its companion form was a mirror, and it had excellent reflective ability.

Most importantly, the place where Sun Beasts spawned was in Zhou Wen's game. It was called Music Temple.

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Chapter 499 Musical Fountain Square

Zhou Wen picked up his phone and started the Music Temple dungeon.

He had come once before, but because the first part of the journey was only filled with Legendary-level Musical Note Sprites, Zhou Wen felt that it was meaningless to continue grinding.

He never expected there to be such a good item like a Sun Beast in the Music Temple. Now, he was in urgent need of a mirror-type Companion Beasts, so he rushed in without any hesitation to grind the Sun Beast.

According to the online information, Zhou Wen knew that a dimensional creature like a Sun Beast was actually very rare in Music Temple. Only one would occasionally appear. Basically, very few people saw two or more Sun Beasts appear in the Music Temple at the same time.

Moreover, the Sun Beast was not the real boss of Music Temple. It was said that in the deepest part of the music hall, there was a lyre. Anyone who had seen the lyre would die.

Zhou Wen found it very contradictory. Since the people who had seen lyre were all dead, how could anyone know that there was a lyre?

Therefore, sometimes, legends were just legends. They couldn't be taken at face value.

Zhou Wen didn't plan on finding the lyre. After entering Music Temple with his pets, he ran towards the area mentioned online. He wanted to see if there were any Sun Beasts in-game.

Legend had it that the Sun Beast's body was glowing like a small sun. One could see it from afar and it would usually appear at the musical fountain square in Music Temple.

Zhou Wen ran all the way to the musical fountain square. With the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon and Fire Furnace Queen leading the way, Zhou Wen killed many of the Musical Note Sprites and had many crystals and Companion Eggs drop.

Zhou Wen realized that there were a total of seven types of Musical Note Sprites. Furthermore, each of them only had one Essence Energy Skill which were all different.

Although they were different, the effects were similar. They were all sound blasts. They didn't seem too different to Zhou Wen.

In the beginning, Zhou Wen didn't mind, but as he killed them, he found it interesting.

These sound wave attacks formed a blast through the vibrations of the medium and superimposed waves. The seven different sound waves formed different shock waves. This intrigued Zhou Wen as he hatched some Musical Note Sprites. As he rode on Six Wing's back and constantly advanced, he was studying the sound wave attacks of the Musical Note Sprites.

After killing countless Musical Note Sprites, he finally arrived at the musical fountain square.

In the huge square, there were seven fountains. The fountains did not continuously spray water pillars, but seemed to follow the music. They were rhythmic jets that shot to varying heights, not even shooting upwards at times. It looked very interesting.

And in the musical fountain square, there were Musical Note Sprites floating everywhere. They were colorful and had wings as they danced in the air. They were similar to the colorful paper used at Chinese weddings, but there were more of them.

The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon roared as demonic flames erupted from its body. Instantly, a large number of Musical Note Sprites were killed. However, the musical fountain square was quite large and there were Musical Note Sprites everywhere. Very quickly, new ones rushed over.

As he got his Companion Beast to kill the Musical Note Sprites, Zhou Wen looked around to find the Sun Beast.

However, after scanning the entire square, he didn't see the legendary Sun Beast that resembled a miniature sun. Instead, a strange dimensional creature attracted Zhou Wen's attention.

Ever since he entered Music Temple, the dimensional creatures he saw were all kinds of Musical Note Sprites. There were probably seven types.

However, the dimensional creature he saw this time wasn't a Musical Note Sprite. It was a Golden Harp, but it didn't look like metal. Instead, it was carved out of wood. There were gorgeous, exquisite patterns on it.

The last time Zhou Wen went to the Peninsula of Gods, he had learned about the various musical instruments. He had seen huge harps.

However, the harp in front of him was very small. It was about the same size as a violin. Furthermore, it had a pair of wings like the other Musical Note Sprites. It also had a pair of resplendent golden wings.

Sensing Zhou Wen's Companion Beasts wreaking havoc on the musical fountain square, the strings on the harp moved automatically, producing melodious sounds.

Although its music was beautiful, it sounded a little monotonous. Zhou Wen didn't notice any offensive sound waves. In other words, it wasn't attacking him.

However, in the next second, Zhou Wen discovered a strange scene.

With the sound of the harp, countless Musical Note Sprites started to arrange themselves in a regular pattern on the square. They also produced sounds that seemed to respond to the playing harp.

Hum!

The countless Musical Note Sprites in the music square seemed to form a resonance as they emitted a massive sound wave. The power of the sound wave was able to instantly kill a powerful Epic creature like the Fire Furnace Queen and White Shadow of Poison. Their bodies were instantly obliterated by the sound wave.

Even the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon retreated a few steps back under the impact of the sound waves. The demonic flames on its body flickered continuously.

Roar! The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon flew into a rage and let out a furious roar. The demonic flames on its back rose and turned into four wings, making it enter the six-winged state. It spat out poisonous breath that transformed into a terrifying tidal wave in a bid to eliminate all the Musical Note Sprites.

The strings of the harp kept sounding, and the entire musical fountain square's Musical Note Sprites resonated with it, sending out terrifying sound waves to resist the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's Poison Breath.

The mighty Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was actually held back by the sound wave attack. Under the vibrations of the sound waves, Poison Breath was torn apart. The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's body seemed to be moving in the opposite direction, unable to move forward.

As for the blood-colored avatar, it had already retreated out of the musical fountain square under Zhou Wen's control and transformed into the Demon Dragon True Body. Only then could he withstand the sound wave's attack.

Zhou Wen wasn't alarmed but delighted because he saw a possibility.

There were the most Legendary dimensional creatures, so their Companion Eggs dropped the most. However, no matter how many Legendary Companion Eggs there were, even if they could form an army, their actual combat strength wasn't high.

This was because the suppression from absolute strength was redoubtable. Even if there were thousands of Skeleton Soldiers, they wouldn't be able to kill an Epic human.

Therefore, low-level Companion Beast legions were basically useless against powerful dimensional creatures.

However, the Golden Harp and the Musical Note Sprites were actually able to combine their powers to fight against the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. This was rather impressive.

There are so many Musical Note Sprites in Music Temple. The chances of Companion Eggs dropping aren't low either. If I have the ability of the Golden Harp, would I be able to form an army of Musical Note Sprites? Zhou Wen thought.

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Chapter 500 Golden Harp

The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was actually unable to gain the upper hand despite clashing with sound waves head-on. It was forced back by the sound waves again and again, unable to charge forward.

However, those sound waves were unable to harm the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. They could only temporarily hold it back.

Every time the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon launched an attack, a portion of the Musical Note Sprites would be quaked to death. As the number of Musical Note Sprites decreased, the sound wave also weakened.

It was only a matter of time before the harp and the Musical Note Sprites were defeated.

Zhou Wen didn't think the Golden Harp was useless because of this. After all, the Musical Note Sprites that it had gathered were only at the Legendary stage. If a large number of Epic-level Musical Note Sprites could enter its ranks, the sound waves produced wouldn't be that simple. As long as sufficiently strong ones were included, it might be possible to defeat a Mythical creature.

Zhou Wen wasn't in the mood to wait for the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon to defeat it. He secretly summoned Demonic Neonate and she found an opportunity to secretly release her flying sword.

The flying sword flew through the air during the gap in the sound waves, slicing the Golden Harp in half. After all, it was only at the Epic stage. Without the resonance power of the musical notes, it was unable to block Demonic Neonate's flying sword.

'Killed Epic creature, Golden Harp. Discovered Companion Egg.'

Zhou Wen was delighted. He never expected his luck to be so good today. A Companion Egg dropped in his first try.

After losing the conformity provided by the Golden Harp, the hundreds of thousands of Musical Note Sprites were reduced to a leaderless mob. They were no longer able to fight the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon charged forward and killed large numbers of Musical Note Sprites amid the raging demonic flames. Many crystals and Companion Eggs dropped.

Due to the massive numbers killed, even if the drop rate wasn't high, many Companion Eggs would drop.

Zhou Wen controlled the blood-colored avatar and picked up the Companion Eggs of the Golden Harp and the ordinary Musical Note Sprites, choosing to hatch them.

In a short while, Zhou Wen hatched more than a hundred Musical Note Sprites. Seven tiny musical symbols appeared on his left arm. Each of the music symbols had a saturated color.

The same Companion Beast would have a tattoo in the same spot. It would overlap, and the more there were, the more saturated the color of the tattoo.

The stats of the Musical Note Sprites were mostly the same. All of them only had sound wave techniques, so there wasn't much of a difference. Therefore, Zhou Wen didn't look at them carefully and focused on the stats of the Golden Harp.

Golden Harp: Epic

Life Providence: Symphony of Fate

Life Soul: Spirit of Music

Strength: 32

Speed: 39

Constitution: 31

Essence Energy: 40

Talent Skill: First Movement of the Symphony of Fate.

Companion Form: None

Zhou Wen couldn't help but be delighted when he read the various information regarding the Golden Harp. Its ability wasn't as simple as just coordinating the Musical Note Sprites. As long as it was a music-type power, it could add it to the fray.

If Zhou Wen could obtain a large number of high-level music-type creatures, Epic or even Mythical creatures, in the future, and then combine them with the power of the Golden Harp, the amount of power he could unleash was unimaginable.

From this point of view, although the Golden Harp was only at the Epic stage, its value was probably higher than some Mythical creatures.

Of course, the premise was that Zhou Wen had enough music-type Companion Beasts to work with the Golden Harp. Otherwise, its strength alone was considered at the bottom of the Epic creatures. After all, the Golden Harp's attack wasn't strong. It could even be said to be very weak.

After obtaining the Golden Harp, Zhou Wen was in a good mood. He got the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon to continue killing the Musical Note Sprites. Now, he wasn't in a hurry to find the Sun Beast. Hundreds of thousands of Musical Note Sprites on the square were wantonly killed by the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. Zhou Wen followed behind to pick up the spoils.

After the musical fountain square was cleared, Zhou Wen obtained a total of more than two hundred Musical Note Sprites. The pitiful baby tiger had been killed when the Golden Harp unleashed its might. Otherwise, there would have been more.

There's no hurry. There's plenty of time to grind in the future. Sooner or later, I'll be able to form an army. Without discovering the Sun Beast, Zhou Wen led the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon forward and entered the temple behind the square.

The moment he entered the temple, he saw a blob of light appear in the innermost hall. When the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon and the blood-colored avatar were seen, the blob of light that resembled a miniature sun immediately shot out a beam of light.

The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon didn't hesitate to spit out a mouthful of demonic flames. When the light met the demonic flames, it didn't shatter. Instead, it was reflected away by the demonic flames. Rays of light shone on the walls and pillars of the palace, causing green smoke to appear from the spot that was illuminated.

The demonic flames parted the beam and burned the Sun Beast's body. Zhou Wen didn't even see what the Sun Beast looked like before it was killed.

'Killed Epic creature, Sun Beast. Discovered Dimensional Crystal.'

Zhou Wen looked over and realized that it was only a 34-valued Strength Crystal. It was completely useless.

There were no other Sun Beasts or dimensional creatures in the temple. Zhou Wen circled around and left the temple before heading to the other buildings near musical fountain square.

On the other hand, he had found some other Musical Note Sprites and an Epic-ranked musical frog. It was able to emit sound waves and was extremely fast, but it was still easily dispatched by the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon.

After circling the buildings, apart from the Music Holy Temple which he hadn't dared enter, Zhou Wen had nearly cleared the entire Music Temple. He didn't find the Golden Harp or Sun Beast again.

Helpless, Zhou Wen had no choice but to leave the Music Temple dungeon and head to the Metalwork Temple to grind. He was rather lucky to obtain a Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior Companion Egg which he immediately hatched.

Now, Zhou Wen was still thinking of a way to obtain an armor-type Companion Beast.

The Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior and the Golden Warrior had a compatibility score of more than 70. The success rate was very high, so Zhou Wen wasn't that unlucky the second time he fused them.

With the Legendary Golden Warrior as the main pet and the Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior as supplementary, he combined it into an Epic Golden Warrior.

Golden Warrior: Epic

Life Providence: Golden Evasion

Life Soul: Blessed Combat Runes

Zhou Wen was overjoyed when he saw the Life Providence and Life Soul. It was perfect—exactly what he wanted.

However, after looking at his stats, Zhou Wen frowned again. The stats of the Epic Golden Warrior were too low—27, 32, 29, 34. Its skills weren't ideal either. It only had the Golden Bell and the Fist of War.

What should I use to fuse it again? Zhou Wen thought. The best fusion solution was naturally to obtain the Three-Eyed Golden Warrior's Invulnerable Golden Body skill. This way, it could increase his stats and also possess a good skill.

With the Golden Bell and Invulnerable Golden Body, its defense could be improved.

The only problem was that the drop rate of the Three-Eyed Golden Warrior Companion Egg was similarly low.

Zhou Wen had been grinding dungeons recently. Every time he entered Music Temple, he would only encounter one Sun Beast. He also grinded the Metalwork Temple for Three-Eyed Golden Warriors.

As for the Golden Harp, he had not seen it since the first time.

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Chapter 501 Peony Garden

In the huge Music Temple, only one Sun Beast would spawn every time. This made it much more difficult for Zhou Wen to obtain a Sun Beast Companion Egg. He had no choice but to sacrifice his blood to grind for one.

Thankfully, other than the Sun Beast, Zhou Wen could also farm rare dimensional creatures such as the baby tiger, the Elegant Emperor's Avatar Puppet, the Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior, the Three-Eyed Golden Warrior, Mutated Overlord Snake, and so on.

Some Companion Beasts' levels weren't high, but their skills or Life Providences were very useful. If he farmed a few more, he might be able to use them when they were fused in the future.

While grinding for pets, Zhou Wen found a good place.

The place Zhou Wen found wasn't in Sunset College, but a dimensional zone in Luoyang. It wasn't very famous, and ordinary people seldom went there because there weren't many dimensional creatures there. Furthermore, the drop rate was low, making it a chore.

Most people weren't willing to go, but Zhou Wen felt that it was a good place. The dimensional zone that he had specially applied to go to was Peony Garden.

There was a legend in the region that the first empress of the East District had once ordered a hundred flowers to bloom after she got drunk in Chang'an to cheer her up.

The blooming season was different for a hundred flowers. However, due to the empress's might, they had no choice but to bloom at the same time. The empress was elated to see this. However, she realized that amongst the hundred flowers, there was a flower that had yet to bloom. It was still standing amidst the hundred flowers with withered leaves. It was a peony.

The empress was furious and demoted the peony to Luoyang. However, who knew that the moment the peony reached Luoyang, it immediately bloomed with a beautiful rosy red color.

The empress got even more furious when she heard of this. She ordered for the peonies to be burnt. To everyone's surprise, the peonies became even more beautiful amidst the flames.

It was said that this peony garden was the place where the empress demoted the peony.

Of course, that was only a legend. No matter how powerful the empress of the human world was, she couldn't dictate the blooming of flowers. Therefore, it was still a mystery why Peony Garden could become a dimensional zone.

The peony flowers in the peony garden were dimensional creatures. In the past, there were people who wantonly reaped them. Unfortunately, peony flowers didn't drop dimensional crystals or Companion Eggs. Eventually, no one came here to cut peonies.

There were two types of dimensional creatures that could be killed in the Peony Garden. One of them was a bee-type dimensional creature, while the other was a butterfly-type. However, there weren't many of them, so it was rather troublesome to find them. They were all poisonous and didn't drop any good items. Therefore, Peony Garden gradually lost its importance.

The reason Zhou Wen came to peony garden wasn't to kill the bees and butterflies. It was because there were very few people here. Furthermore, it was said that there was an immortal root in Peony Garden that was the closest to nature.

Zhou Wen only wanted to come here to game. While gaming, he could also sense the flora and fauna. It could be considered a form of intimacy with nature. Perhaps he could gain a deeper understanding of the Dao Body and condense a Life Soul.

Condensing a Life Soul and advancing a Life Soul weren't simple tasks. Not only did he need a lot of practice, but having perception and opportunities was also very important. He was temporarily stuck at advancing Slaughterer, the Inverse Ancient Sovereign, and Lost Country. All Zhou Wen could do was study the Dao Art and Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra.

He arrived at the peony garden and indeed, he saw a bunch of flowers. At a glance, there was a stretch of colorful flowers that extended for hundreds of kilometers. They were like a breathtakingly beautiful sea of flowers.

The beauty of peony gave people a sense of oppression. Some people felt that it was too beautiful, while others felt that it was a glorious beauty. Some even said that peony was the queen of flowers.

Zhou Wen didn't know much about flowers. He only felt that the peony flowers were indeed beautiful. As they had transformed into dimensional creatures, the beauty of peony was even more shocking.

Zhou Wen walked into the garden and found a stone pavilion in the sea of flowers. As he sat in the stone pavilion, he gamed while taking in the flora and fauna.

The peony garden was indeed different from other dimensional zones. It was quiet and tranquil, and the fragrance of flowers was refreshing. Apart from the stunning beauty of the peony flowers, it was indeed a good quiet place.

However, Zhou Wen didn't have any special insights. As he circulated the Dao Art, he gamed. He didn't make any progress with the Dao Art, so he focused on gaming and didn't think too much about it.

After playing for a few hours, he heard footsteps.

Zhou Wen originally didn't plan on paying attention to them, but the footsteps approached his stone pavilion. He used Truth Listener's ability to listen.

Two people came. One was a middle-aged man and the other was a twelve-year-old youth. The two of them were dressed in odd plain clothes. A robe was worn outside, and they did not look like locals.

The middle-aged man walked in front. The young man held a sheathed saber in his hand and followed behind the middle-aged man.

The two of them walked all the way to the stone pavilion. They didn't walk very fast, as if they were taking a stroll and enjoying the scenery of Peony Garden.

To be honest, the peony was indeed beautiful, but there was a limit to being able to appreciate it. This was also why many people always found the grass greener on the other side.

It wasn't because the things weren't good, but because people were prone to change. They believed that what is rare is dear, and they didn't know how to cherish all that they had seen.

The middle-aged man kept observing the peony flowers, but he still seemed to be in high spirits. He studied the peony flowers closely.

The youth's temperament was clearly not as staid as the middle-aged man's. After watching for a while, he found it boring, but he still followed behind the middle-aged man obediently. He did not cross the line and looked like he had a good upbringing.

"Teacher, there's already someone inside this pavilion," the youth said in disappointment when they arrived in front of the stone pavilion.

However, the middle-aged man did not mind. He stood outside the pavilion and asked, "Young friend, can you let us rest for a while?"

"Of course. The stone pavilion is a common facility. You can use it as long as you want," Zhou Wen said.

After thanking him, the middle-aged man walked into the stone pavilion with the young man.

The youth carried a large box on his back. He put the box down and opened it before taking out a cloth and laying it on the ground. Then, he took out a small wooden table and some random items. It looked like a picnic, but the tools on the table looked like they were used for brewing tea.

The middle-aged man and the young man sat down at the small wooden table. The young man could make tea with those complicated tea sets.

"It's fate that we meet. Young friend, if you don't mind, why don't you try our hometown tea?" the middle-aged man said to Zhou Wen.

"Thank you for your kindness. I'm not thirsty." After saying that, Zhou Wen continued gaming.

The middle-aged man didn't mind either. As he drank his tea, he enjoyed the flowers. He looked rather pleased.

"Teacher, there are so many famous dimensional zones in Luoyang. Why do we have to come to peony garden? Even dimensional creatures are rare here. Is there anything special about this place?" The youth brewed a cup of tea and sat opposite him, asking the middle-aged man.

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Chapter 502 Not On The Same Level

"Flowers are like life. The plum blossoms are proud to the core and their chrysanthemums are lofty and pure. They bloom when other flowers wilt. Therefore, the first impression you have of them is that they are extraordinary. However, the peony is different. Its blooming time is not unique. Many flowers bloom in the same period of time, but in this season when the flowers bloom, it is still able to stand out. This is a kind of temperament, a kind of fearlessness. The plum blossoms and chrysanthemums are unique, but if they can stand out among the masses, they are extraordinary in different ways, first among extraordinariness," said the middle-aged man.

The young man did not seem to understand what he was saying. He looked up at the peony flower outside the stone pavilion. It was beautiful, but after looking at it for a long time, he got used to it.

After some thought, the youth said, "I still like the cherry blossoms from our hometown. They aren't that colorful, but they are still as beautiful. Furthermore, when they are at their most beautiful, they will wither. They won't slowly wither like the flowers here which serves to remind me of heroes dying at their prime."

"The momentary brilliance is naturally the most beautiful. However, life is not just an instance. Cherry blossoms do not only bloom for a year," the middle-aged man said after drinking a cup of tea.

The young man quickly brewed another cup for the middle-aged man. After the middle-aged man drank it, he said, "The temperature of the tea today is still a little lacking."

"Teacher, we have been out for so long, and you always want me to make tea. When will you teach me the way of the sword?" The youth could not help but ask.

The middle-aged man smiled. "You've been with me for seventeen days since we set off. For you to endure asking until now, it's clear that your father has brought you up rather differently."

"Please enlighten me." The youth bowed.

"My way of the sword is a little different from your family's. It focuses on comprehending. I've already taught you for seventeen days, but you haven't gained any insight yet. When you do figure something out, it will be time for me to teach you the moves involved," said the middle-aged man.

"You've taught me for seventeen days?" The youth was slightly taken aback. He looked at the middle-aged man with some doubt and said, "But in these seventeen days, we've been traveling. You either get me to do some chores or make tea. When did you teach me anything?"

"That's why you haven't figured it out yet." The middle-aged man smiled.

The young man was still a young man after all. The past seventeen days had seemingly ground away all his patience. He could not help but retort, "If I knew everything, Father wouldn't have made me acknowledge you as my master. Please teach me."

As he spoke, the young man knelt before the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man shook his head. "Your level of insight is still insufficient."

The youth was not convinced. He raised his head and said, "I'm twelve years old this year and have already advanced to Legendary. I once went to the East Heaven Academy to compete with the top ten geniuses in the way of the sword. No one in the entire East Heaven Academy was my match. If my level of insight isn't sufficient, then who can meet the mark?"

"Sparring is ultimately only sparring. It doesn't mean anything. Moreover, this world is very big. The East Heaven Academy is not equal to the entire world," said the middle-aged man indifferently.

The youth could not help but feel enraged when he realized that he was unable to move the middle-aged man no matter what he said. However, his teacher was too famous. He was disciplined from a young age to not go against his teacher excessively.

He had nowhere to vent his pent-up anger. Just as the youth was feeling upset, he suddenly thought of Zhou Wen on the other side of the stone pavilion. He stood up and walked in front of Zhou Wen. He bowed slightly and asked, "Are you a local here?"

"No, I study here," Zhou Wen answered.

The youth's eyes lit up when he heard that. He sized up Zhou Wen and asked, "Which school are you from?"

"Sunset College," Zhou Wen casually replied when he saw that he was rather polite.

"I've heard of Sunset College. It's a college that's in the Federation's top ten. It should be the best school here, right?" The youth's eyes lit up.

"Probably," Zhou Wen said.

When the youth heard that, he turned to the middle-aged man and asked, "Teacher, Sunset College is one of the top ten academies in the Federation. It's ranked higher than East Heaven Academy. They don't know who I am, so they naturally won't give in to me. If I can defeat the best student at Sunset College, will you be able to teach me the way of the sword?"

The middle-aged man merely smiled and did not speak. He picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Without any reply from his teacher, the youth bowed and said, "Then I'll take it that Teacher has agreed."

With that said, the youth stood up and walked in front of Zhou Wen. He asked, "May I ask who is the strongest student at Sunset College?"

"Strongest?" Zhou Wen thought carefully before replying, "I guess the publicly recognized number one person should be the president of the student council, right?"

"What's his name?" The youth asked.

"Wei Ge," Zhou Wen answered.

"Wei Ge?" The youth repeated it a few times before walking to the middle-aged man and bowing. "Teacher, I'll go to Sunset College to challenge its strongest student. After I return victorious, you should be able to teach me the way of the sword, right?"

"There's a student from Sunset College here. Why do you have to seek someone so far?" the middle-aged man glanced at Zhou Wen and said with a smile.

The youth said, "I want to defeat the strongest student of Sunset College, not an ordinary student."

"But in my opinion, he is stronger than you," the middle-aged man said.

The youth naturally refused to believe him. He looked at Zhou Wen and asked, "What's your standard in Sunset College?"

"Very weak. It's considered mediocre. You should go to Sunset College to find Wei Ge," Zhou Wen said. He wasn't interested in dealing with the child.

The youth looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Teacher, it seems that you have misjudged this time."

The middle-aged man ignored the youth and looked at Zhou Wen with a smile. "My young friend, may I ask what rank you were in the last comprehensive test at Sunset College?"

"I barely ranked tenth," Zhou Wen answered.

The youth sized up Zhou Wen again when he heard that. After a while, he nodded and said, "Tenth place is indeed lacking. However, since Teacher has spoken, I'll first defeat you before challenging the best, Wei Ge."

As he spoke, the youth made a strange hand gesture and said, "Please accept my challenge."

"Sorry, I don't have time," Zhou Wen said as he played games. He was completely uninterested in the youth and had no interest in bullying children.

The youth couldn't help but frown slightly. Zhou Wen's attitude made him feel belittled.

"I'm Honn Shinsakura. Please enlighten me." The young man stood as though he was about to draw his saber and held the handle of the saber as if he was about to strike at any moment.

Zhou Wen had already rejected him, so there was no need for him to repeat himself. He ignored him and continued gaming.

A sliver of anger flashed in Honn Shinsakura's eyes as he suddenly unsheathed his saber. The saber beam flashed and slashed at Zhou Wen like lightning.

Zhou Wen was still gaming. He didn't even raise his eyelids as the saber beams slashed past him. Although it looked dangerous, it didn't even hit his clothes.

The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly. He stood up and said, "Shin, step back. He is not on the same level as you."

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Chapter 503 Sei Gasakai

Honn Shinsakura was not convinced to begin with. After hearing his teacher's evaluation, he became even more indignant. However, his teacher had already stood up. As a disciple, he had to maintain his etiquette. He could only step aside and sulk.

"I'm Sei Gasakai. May I know your name?" the middle-aged man asked Zhou Wen.

"There's no need to be this polite with me. My name is Zhou Wen," Zhou Wen said as he put down his phone.

As Zhou Wen had never heard of the name Sei Gasakai, he didn't think much of it. However, this name was famous in another region and even the entire Federation.

Speaking of the Sword Hero Sei Gasakai, many people who practiced the way of the sword knew that he used to be a first-rate sword master who practiced Niten Ichi-ryū ten years ago, and he was also famous locally for his good looks.

However, Zhou Wen didn't know any of this.

Seeing his teacher, Sei Gasakai, solemnly mention his name, while Zhou Wen only sat there silently, Honn Shinsakura could not help but snort coldly. He felt that Zhou Wen didn't respect his teacher, Sei Gasakai.

Sei Gasakai didn't mind as he said with a smile, "Zhou Wen, are you familiar with Chancellor Leng Zongzheng in your studies at Sunset College?"

"It's very rare to see Chancellor Leng. He's no longer teaching," Zhou Wen answered truthfully.

"Isn't your mentor Leng Zongzheng? Then who is your mentor?" Sei Gasakai was slightly surprised.

Zhou Wen was so young, yet he had such a cultivation realm. He believed that Zhou Wen was Leng Zongzheng's student. His visit to Luoyang was to challenge Leng Zongzheng.

"Wang Fei," Zhou Wen answered subconsciously.

After Wang Fei left, many things happened to Zhou Wen. He seldom interacted with the new tutor, and he still thought of Wang Fei as his tutor. Furthermore, Wang Fei and Wang Mingyuan were both members of Luoyang's Wang family. Zhou Wen subconsciously wanted to acknowledge Wang Fei as his tutor.

Sei Gasakai thought for a moment. He had never heard of this name before. In fact, Sei Gasakai didn't like the other teachers of Sunset College. He believed that the only one worthy to fight him at Sunset College was the chancellor, Leng Zongzheng. Therefore, he didn't know much about the other teachers. He only knew a few of the more famous tutors.

Even though the mentors were rather famous in the Federation, Sei Gasakai did not think of them as opponents.

Although Zhou Wen wasn't a student taught by Leng Zongzheng, since he was a student of Sunset College and had such accomplishments at such a young age, Sei Gasakai wanted to know of Zhou Wen's accomplishments.

Sei Gasakai originally could only tell that Zhou Wen's cultivation level wasn't bad. He remained unperturbed despite being in front of them. This made him find the young student pretty good.

It was only later, when Honn Shinsakura probed Zhou Wen, hoping to force him to take action, did Sei Gasakai realize that Zhou Wen wasn't ordinary. His martial realm wasn't low, but it wasn't obvious how high it was.

"If there's nothing else, I wish to continue gaming." Zhou Wen lowered his head and continued gaming.

Sei Gasakai didn't make any remarks as he looked at the peony flower outside the stone pavilion. A gust of wind blew past, and a withered petal fell, blowing into the stone pavilion. He extended his slender fingers and clamped the petal between his fingers.

"Little friend, take a look at this petal. Do you see anything different about it?" With that said, Sei Gasakai extended his index finger and middle finger towards Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen immediately felt his body tremble as he couldn't help but look up at Sei Gasakai.

Sei Gasakai's finger wasn't fast, but when it landed in Zhou Wen's eyes, the scenery was completely different.

The life force in the peony garden seemed to have followed Sei Gasakai's finger. It was as if he was the lord of the peony garden, and the peony garden moved under his power.

Zhou Wen felt that he wasn't facing Sei Gasakai, but the billions of flowers in the peony garden. The power gathered on the petals was like a boundless sea. He immediately felt immense pressure.

Zhou Wen wore a solemn expression as he sat on the bench. His fingers were like swords as he extended them towards the petal delivered by Sei Gasakai, clamping the other side of the petal.

At that instant, Zhou Wen felt a strange force rush over.

Flowers bloomed and fell. The sun rose and set. From life to death, Zhou Wen felt his body rapidly aging as time flew by.

A strange glint flashed across Sei Gasakai's eyes. In the past, he had cultivated Niten Ichi-ryū. The so-called Niten Ichi-ryū meant that the sky had the sun and the moon, and humans were divided into Yin and Yang. The Niten Ichi-ryū was also about complementing Yin and Yang.

Niten Ichi-ryū warriors usually held a tachi in their right hand and a small tachi in their left hand. This Yin and Yang produced endless changes.

Sei Gasakai was extremely talented. After being repeatedly honed by dimensional zones and gaining insights, not only did he reach the pinnacle of Niten Ichi-ryū, but he had also basically created a lineage using the Niten Ichi-ryū as a foundation, allowing his strength to improve greatly.

This lineage not only focused on Yin and Yang, the incorporeal and corporeal, but it also had a great relationship with time and life. Sei Gasakai had yet to name this lineage. This time, he had come to Luoyang to challenge Leng Zongzheng. If he could defeat him, he planned to name the lineage he created.

As Zhou Wen was a student of Sunset College, Sei Gasakai had originally planned on using his newly created technique to test his cultivation level and realm. He didn't really want to fight him.

However, when he used the Will Renewal concept in his saber art, he realized that Zhou Wen wasn't affected at all. With that, he gradually strengthened his will in the sword.

Zhou Wen felt as though countless flowers had bloomed before waning as time seemed to pass rapidly. It was as though the entire peony garden had turned into a flower graveyard. He had also gone from young to old as though he was about to die.

When Sei Gasakai saw that Zhou Wen remained unmoved, he couldn't help but be astonished. He had already thought highly of Zhou Wen to begin with, but he never expected the youth in front of him to be even stronger than he had imagined. He couldn't help but strengthen his sword will as it changed from the Will Renewal to life and death.

Honn Shinsakura watched from the side, but he didn't sense anything. All he saw was Zhou Wen and Sei Gasakai each holding a petal. One of them was standing while the other was sitting, motionless.

Honn Shinsakura was somewhat puzzled. He did not know what his teacher Sei Gasakai was doing, but he did not dare disturb him. He could only wait patiently by the side.

But as he watched, Honn Shinsakura's eyes widened.

His teacher, Sei Gasakai, had his hair band snap and his long black hair flowed down. His long black hair was gradually turning white. In just moments, his long black hair had turned snow-white.

"Teacher, what's wrong?" Honn Shinsakura was alarmed as he hurriedly stood up. He wanted to rush over and push Zhou Wen away.

Boom!

However, just as he took a few steps towards Zhou Wen, he felt a terrifying force slam into him. His body involuntarily flew out and landed outside the stone pavilion. Blood oozed out of his mouth and a few of his bones were broken. He looked at Zhou Wen in the stone pavilion in horror and struggled several times but failed to get up.

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Chapter 504 Dao Body"s Soul Condensation

After Zhou Wen arrived at the Peony Garden, he had been constantly circulating the Dao Art. When Sei Gasakai's sword will crashed down on him, it made him feel both a Will Renewal and life and death. However, this pressure didn't cause Zhou Wen's will to waver. Instead, he suddenly seemed to gain enlightenment.

With Zhou Wen's enlightenment, the Dao Sutra in his body also underwent some strange changes. His Dao Body and essence, vitality, and spirit were trembling. His entire body and mind seemed to resonate with everything in the world, causing them to constantly transform and condense within his body.

At this moment, Zhou Wen had actually begun condensing a Dao Sutra Life Soul.

Sei Gasakai didn't know that his sword will was useless against Zhou Wen. Instead, it aided Zhou Wen by constantly giving him insights.

Seeing how Zhou Wen remained motionless, Sei Gasakai was alarmed. He pushed the sword will he had comprehended to its limits. His Essence Energy had already been infused into it. It wasn't as simple as probing anymore. It was a true sparring match. The sword's force surged towards Zhou Wen through the flower petal that the two were holding.

This nameless sword strike was still unable to shake Zhou Wen despite Sei Gasakai pushing his sword will to the extreme.

His sword force, which carried the Will Renewal as well as life and death, vanished without a trace after entering Zhou Wen's body.

Sei Gasakai was shocked. He had relied on his comprehension of this strike to push his Life Soul to Perfect stage. He had even planned on using this strike to challenge Leng Zongzheng.

However, who knew that this strike wouldn't even be able to do a thing to a mere student of Sunset College? Instantly, Sei Gasakai felt despair. He felt like he had lost all hope in life. His black hair turned white in a short period of time.

Sei Gasakai had no idea that even if his strike were to clash with Leng Zongzheng, it was impossible for it to be ineffective. However, Zhou Wen's Dao Body and the Life Soul he was condensing were the nemeses of his strike.

If he were to use his Life Soul to fight Zhou Wen, Zhou Wen was definitely not his match. However, just the Power of Life and Death alone was unable to do a thing to him.

Zhou Wen felt his essence, vitality, and spirit condense towards his brain. The power of Sei Gasakai's sword was also sucked in. A certain power in the world was flowing towards his brain, pouring into him like a river.

Zhou Wen felt that a crystal had condensed in his mind. The crystal was very strange, as though it was in his brain, but it wasn't anywhere in his brain. It was as though it was something that only existed in his consciousness, but Zhou Wen could clearly sense its existence.

Once the Life Soul was formed, Zhou Wen immediately felt refreshed as though he had been reborn. Boundless Essence Energy surged out of the crystal-like Life Soul, making him feel like he was bathing in a spring.

Sei Gasakai could not accept the fact that he was inferior to a student at Sunset College. He could not accept that the Sword Dao he had comprehended over the years was completely useless.

When Zhou Wen's Life Soul condensed, the fluctuations of the Life Soul's power caused Sei Gasakai's Life Soul to vibrate. A Sword Soul that resembled a devil or a god appeared over Sei Gasakai's body.

Honn Shinsakura was dumbfounded. He had never expected that his teacher, the renowned Sword Hero, Sei Gasakai, would use his Life Soul when he was competing with a student.

That was a Perfect Life Soul, Samsara Sword Sage. Countless Epic experts were defeated by the Reincarnation Sword Sage of Sei Gasakai. It was a supreme existence with the power to determine life and death.

In the next second, Honn Shinsakura saw Sei Gasakai's white hair fluttering in the wind. The Samsara Sword Sage had merged with Sei Gasakai, and a tachi condensed from light and darkness appeared in his hand. The petal had already melted from the terrifying power.

Sei Gasakai held the tachi in his hand. In his despair, he no longer had any other thoughts. All he wanted to do was prove himself and his Sword Dao as he slashed at Zhou Wen.

Wherever the blade beam passed, the surrounding flowers were affected by it. Half of the flowers were blooming, while the other half was wilting, as though heaven and hell were separated.

Teacher actually used this strike... Honn Shinsakura was extremely shocked.

Not only did Sei Gasakai use his Life Soul, but he also used his most powerful strike. This strike was something Honn Shinsakura had only heard from his father, but he had never seen it before.

His father had seen this move of Sei Gasakai's. He had originally been comparable to Sei Gasakai in strength, but in the end, he decided to hand over his beloved son, Honn Shinsakura, to Sei Gasakai for guidance. Furthermore, he held Sei Gasakai in high esteem, saying that he was the number one sword practitioner.

Honn Shinsakura followed Sei Gasakai and wanted to learn this move the most. However, Sei Gasakai had never used it before, so he had never seen it. Today was the first time he had truly witnessed this attack.

However, the strike that was described as an attack that could kill devils and gods alike was actually used by Sei Gasakai against a student. This made Honn Shinsakura feel incredulous.

However, he had finally witnessed the power of the strike. It was truly an attack that wielded the power of a devil or a god. However, due to the power of the attack, the peony garden was reduced to hell. All the flowers had withered. Such power was truly awe-inspiring.

It's no wonder even a person like Father holds such high regard for Teacher. With such a powerful strike, who in the world can match it? Honn Shinsakura praised in his heart.

But in the next second, Honn Shinsakura was rooted to the spot. His eyes widened to the extreme, but his pupils constricted like needles as he looked into the stone pavilion in disbelief.

Zhou Wen was still sitting on the bench in the stone pavilion. He wasn't moved by Sei Gasakai's mighty strike, nor did he have any intention of standing up. All he did was grab a jade bamboo in his hand.

There was a flash; a saber revealed itself in the bamboo.

Honn Shinsakura had never seen such a magnificent and domineering technique before. The gorgeous saber beam sliced through the void, leaving an inextinguishable mark on his mind.

When Honn Shinsakura looked at the saber beam clearly, he realized that the Bamboo Blade had already returned to its sheath, as though it had never moved.

However, when he looked at Sei Gasakai again, the attack condensed from light and darkness in his hand suddenly broke apart, turning into specks of starlight before dissipating. The terrifying intent also shattered.

"I... lost..." Sei Gasakai stood there and stared at Zhou Wen in a daze, his eyes had already lost focus.

Honn Shinsakura sat on the ground. He really could not accept this outcome. Sei Gasakai, the man known as the number one Sword Hero—his teacher—had actually been defeated by a student who was not much older than him.

Looking at Zhou Wen, who was still sitting in the stone pavilion, Honn Shinsakura suddenly felt that he wasn't a person but a devil. The earlier strike was a devil's power.

However, that gorgeous saber move had left an inextinguishable mark deep within his soul. He could not help but recall it repeatedly.

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Chapter 505 Niten Flying Immortal-ryū

"Teacher!" Honn Shinsakura suddenly saw a trickle of blood on Sei Gasakai's neck. He couldn't help but be shocked and went to rush over.

"If I were you, I wouldn't touch him," Zhou Wen said.

Upon hearing Zhou Wen's words, Honn Shinsakura's body trembled. He stood outside the stone pavilion and didn't rush in. He stared at Zhou Wen and gritted his teeth as he asked, "Your Excellency, since you have already won, why do you have to go so far as to kill him?"

Zhou Wen pointed at Sei Gasakai and said, "I'm not a murderer. Why would I kill him? Your teacher is probably envisaging a battle in his mind. I don't know what will happen if you disturb him."

Doubtful, Honn Shinsakura looked at Sei Gasakai. Seeing that his teacher was standing there in a daze, his eyes empty, and the wound on his neck only a superficial wound, he heaved a sigh of relief.

"What's the name of the strike your teacher used just now?" Zhou Wen asked as he looked at Honn Shinsakura.

He now had comprehended the meaning of Will Renewal and life and death thanks to Sei Gasakai's sword will. He had understood the relationship between humans and nature, which allowed the Dao Body to condense a Life Soul. From this, one could tell that Sei Gasakai's move was indeed powerful.

Honn Shinsakura didn't dare belittle Zhou Wen any further. Although there wasn't much of a difference in age between the two of them, he treated himself as a junior. He cautiously answered, "That move isn't named. My teacher used the Niten Ichi-ryū as a foundation before comprehending the Four Seasons' Will Renewal and Life-and-Death Samsara concepts. He then created this blade technique."

"I see." Zhou Wen nodded slightly and got up to leave.

He came to the Peony Garden because he wanted to see if he could condense a Dao Body Life Soul. Although the Peony Garden failed to help him, in a way, Sei Gasakai had helped him.

Zero Taboo (Primordial Body): Union of Heaven and Man, Invulnerable to all Spells

With the appearance of the Life Soul, the word "taboo" behind Essence Energy disappeared.

This was a Life Soul condensed from a Dao Body. It was somewhat odd with being a crystal in his consciousness that seemed to have a corporeal form, but it also seemed incorporeal. It was this Life Soul that had blocked Sei Gasakai's Will Renewal move. It nullified the powers for Zhou Wen, allowing him to defeat Sei Gasakai.

In terms of pure strength, Sei Gasakai's Perfect-stage Samsara Sword Sage was much stronger than Zhou Wen's Life Soul. If he hadn't used that move and had used ordinary Essence Energy to fight Zhou Wen, Zhou Wen's strike wouldn't have been able to win so easily.

Upon seeing Zhou Wen walk out of the stone pavilion, Honn Shinsakura anxiously asked, "How's my teacher?"

"I didn't hurt him. It's just that he doesn't understand something. He'll naturally recover once he figures it out," Zhou Wen said without turning his head.

Honn Shinsakura hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Zhou Wen was about to leave, he couldn't help but shout at Zhou Wen's back, "What's the name of that strike of yours?"

"Transcendent Flying Immortal," Zhou Wen answered as he walked. Soon, he entered the flower shrubs.

"Transcendent... Flying... Immortal..." The gorgeous saber flashed through Honn Shinsakura's mind again. That gesture sent shockwaves into his soul, one that he could not forget.

An old man and a young man stood in the stone pavilion in a daze while the other stood outside the stone pavilion in a daze. After a while, Honn Shinsakura suddenly heard a cry and hurriedly turned to look at Sei Gasakai.

Sei Gasakai spat out a mouthful of blood. Honn Shinsakura hurriedly rushed to Sei Gasakai. "Teacher, what's wrong?"

Sei Gasakai spat out a mouthful of blood, but his expression was much better. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and revealed a smile. "So that's how it is... I see... It's no wonder I didn't name the move. It turns out that deep in my heart, I knew that it wasn't right. Now I finally understand where I was wrong..."

With that said, Sei Gasakai looked around but didn't see Zhou Wen. He asked, "Where's Zhou Wen-kun?"

"He went back," Honn Shinsakura answered.

"Why didn't you stop him?" Sei Gasakai blurted out.

Honn Shinsakura thought to himself, How can I stop him when even you can't?

Of course, he did not say that out loud. Sei Gasakai probably realized that something was wrong with what he said, so he asked him, "Did you ask him what the name of that attack was?"

"He said it was Transcendent Flying Immortal," Honn Shinsakura replied.

Sei Gasakai nodded and said, "So that saber move is called Transcendent Flying Immortal. My blade technique has taken the wrong path. I've been blindly pursuing the path of Will Renewal and life and death, but I've lost the true essence of Niten Ichi-ryū. To think that I was so arrogant that I thought that my accomplishments had already reached the crest of perfection and even had the thoughts of challenging Leng Zongzheng. I never expected that even a student from Sunset College could nullify my sword technique. That's good. After this battle, I've finally seen the path ahead clearly. I'm going back to revise my blade technique. Are you still willing to cultivate with me?"

"You will forever be my teacher." Honn Shinsakura immediately bowed.

"Alright, we'll head back now. I'll revamp my blade technique. From now on, this lineage will be called the Niten Flying Immortal-ryū," Sei Gasakai said seriously.

"Niten Flying Immortal-ryū?" Honn Shinsakura looked at Sei Gasakai in confusion.

"My Sword Dao came from the Niten Ichi-ryū , and the strike that Zhou Wen-Kun used to give me a wake-up call is called Transcendent Flying Immortal. In order to show respect, my style shall be called the Niten Flying Immortal-ryū. I hope that after you inherit my Sword Dao in the future, you will be able to advance further and use the blade technique of my Niten Flying Immortal-ryū to defeat his Transcendent Flying Immortal," said Sei Gasakai.

"Niten Flying Immortal-ryū?" Honn Shinsakura muttered to himself as Zhou Wen's gorgeous saber appeared in his mind.

The master and disciple no longer went to find Leng Zongzheng and chose to leave Luoyang.

Zhou Wen didn't take this matter to heart, but he didn't know that in the future, the Niten Flying Immortal-ryū would become a mainstream sword sect overseas. But all of this was in the future.

After returning to his dorm, Zhou Wen began studying the Zero Taboo Life Soul. He wanted to know what use it had.

As of now, what he knew was that it could nullify the Power of Will Renewal and Power of Death, but this was clearly not the true effect of the Zero Taboo.

After launching the game dungeon, Zhou Wen entered the Metalwork Temple. He wanted to see if the Zero Taboo could block the power of the flames, but unfortunately, the blood-colored avatar was nearly burned to death.

It can't block the power of fire? Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and changed to another dungeon. He went to the Music Temple to try resisting the sound waves.

However, it was useless. After activating the Zero Taboo, the sound wave struck the blood-colored avatar, sending it flying several meters away. It was so painful that Zhou Wen nearly convulsed.

It can't be? Don't tell me that this thing can only block the Power of Will Renewal and Death? Just as Zhou Wen was feeling depressed, he saw a Sun Beast rush out of the palace.

Zhou Wen didn't experiment any further. He summoned the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon and made it kill the Sun Beast. After grinding so many times, he didn't even have a Companion Egg drop. He didn't hold any hopes this time, but the Sun Beast ended up dropping a Companion Egg.

It's finally here. Zhou Wen forgot about the Zero Taboo as his emotions became complicated.

With the Sun Beast, he could finally fight Torch Dragon.

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Chapter 506 Fusion Armor

Zhou Wen had killed plenty of Sun Beasts, but this was the first time he had seen one clearly.

As the Sun Beast's glare was so strong, it usually looked like a small sun. However, in reality, the Sun Beast was just a small crystal-like beast. It wasn't too big and emitted an intense light.

Sun Beast: Epic

Life Providence: Son of the Sun.

Life Soul: Solar Radiance

Strength: 39

Speed: 38

Constitution: 39

Essence Energy: 39

Talent Skill: Sun Arc.

Companion Form: Crystal Mirror.

Zhou Wen summoned the Sun Beast and transformed it into a companion form. An intrinsic, sundial-like mirror appeared in his hand. The mirror clearly reflected Zhou Wen's shadow. It wasn't inferior to the modern-day mirrors; it was even clearer.

Looking at the crystal mirror, Zhou Wen thought of a problem.

This mirror was more than enough to block his face, and it was just big enough to block his chest. However, he couldn't hide his entire body behind the mirror.

Zhou Wen didn't know if blocking a part of his body was of any use against Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World.

Taking the Sun Beast with him, Zhou Wen opened the game dungeon and planned on giving it a try.

Once again, he came to the shrine and summoned the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, allowing it to charge into the temple as a vanguard.

Under Zhou Wen's control, the blood-colored avatar cooperated with the six-winged Guardian Dragon and dealt with Torch Dragon. As Zhou Wen didn't know when Torch Dragon would use the Bright Torch Vision World, he kept paying attention to Torch Dragon's eyes.

Torch Dragon's eyes were usually dim. When it used Bright Torch Vision World, the eyes would first light up before turning into a mirror.

The process in the middle was a brief instant. Zhou Wen had to summon the Sun Beast when Torch Dragon used Bright Torch Vision World. There was some skill involved.

As the Sun Beast was only at the Epic stage, it was impossible to summon it too early or it would die under the intense combat strength. Therefore, Zhou Wen could only use this strategy.

He was extremely familiar with Torch Dragon. When it used Bright Torch Vision World, Zhou Wen summoned the crystal mirror in front of him and blocked the blood-colored avatar's face.

In the next second, Zhou Wen saw a strange scene. The crystal mirror and blood-colored avatar's faces were indeed fine, but its body vanished. Then, the game screen turned black.

The Thearch didn't lie to me. The mirror is indeed useful, but the crystal mirror is a little too small. Zhou Wen wasn't discouraged. He knew that the mirror could restrain Torch Dragon, so killing it was only a matter of time.

He went online to search for information again to see if there were any bigger mirror Companion Eggs. However, he was somewhat disappointed. All known mirror Companion Beasts were relatively small in size. It was basically impossible to hide behind a mirror.

The biggest known Companion Beast mirror was a magic mirror in the West District. However, the magic mirror was at the Mythical stage. Up to this day, the six families had yet to destroy it.

From the looks of it, getting a big mirror won't work. Is there any other way? Zhou Wen thought hard about how to use the smaller crystal mirror to perfectly crack Bright Torch Vision World.

Zhou Wen constantly came up with new strategies and kept experimenting. He spent a large amount of time grinding dungeons every day.

Zhou Wen had yet to finish Torch Dragon, but he had obtained a Three-Eyed Golden Warrior Companion Egg.

He combined it with the Epic Golden Warrior that he had previously combined. Although they were both Golden Warriors, their compatibility was only slightly more than sixty.

After hesitating for a moment, he chose to fuse them. Then, he watched as the Golden Warrior and the Three-Eyed Golden Warrior Companion Egg were gradually devoured by the light before they merged into one.

When the light dissipated and a Golden Warrior appeared on the game's screen, Zhou Wen finally relaxed.

The stats of the Golden Warrior increased significantly after being fused. All of them were above 30, and his luck was quite different. With the Three-Eyed Golden Warrior as a supplement, it retained its Invulnerable Golden Body. As such, the Golden Warrior had Golden Bell, Invulnerable Golden Body, and the Fist of War.

Fist of War wasn't of much use to Zhou Wen. He mainly focused on the Golden Bell and Invulnerable Golden Body, which greatly enhanced his defense.

When he went to the temple to attack Torch Dragon again, Zhou Wen summoned the Golden Warrior to see how strong its defense was.

However, what surprised Zhou Wen was that the Golden Bell and Invulnerable Golden Body, along with the augmentation of Blessed Combat Runes allowed it to withstand one blow of the Torch Dragon's tail. Its body crashed into the palace wall, but it wasn't seriously injured.

This seemingly ordinary Golden Warrior was finally killed after withstanding Torch Dragon's four attacks.

This was already out of Zhou Wen's expectations. Among Epic Companion Beasts, there weren't many who could withstand a single strike from Torch Dragon. For a Golden Warrior to withstand four strikes was already shocking.

Unfortunately, the Golden Warrior could not block Bright Torch Vision World.

This Golden Warrior looks like an ordinary Golden Warrior, but its strength far exceeds that of a Golden Warrior. If an ordinary person were to treat it as a Golden Warrior, they would probably suffer terribly. That's an advantage. Zhou Wen thought to himself if he were to find a publicly recognized weak Companion Beast in the future and combine all sorts of powerful skills with it. This way, he would be able to catch any enemy off guard.

Upon thinking of a weak Companion Beast, Zhou Wen thought of the Lucky Baby Tiger. This fellow was indeed the weakest among Epics. Apart from its Luck stat, it was completely useless.

I'll try to fuse a powerful baby tiger when I get another baby tiger. Zhou Wen summoned the Golden Warrior and wore it as a golden soft armor.

The moment he wore it, he realized something different. The soft armor that a typical Golden Warrior transformed into was made of gold threads. It was pure gold without any patterns.

Zhou Wen's soft armor had shimmering Blessed Combat Runes on it, making it look extremely dazzling.

Zhou Wen didn't like being dazzling because that would make him a striking target.

"The Golden Warrior transforms into soft armor. I can still wear armor outside. I can use the Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior as the main ingredient and a Golden Warrior Companion Egg as a supplementary ingredient to form a Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior with a Golden Body Life Providence. Zhou Wen did as the idea came to him. Runic Heavy-Armored Warriors and Golden Warrior weren't difficult to kill, but something went wrong when he fused them.

After the two were combined, the Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior did not obtain the Golden Warrior's Life Providence. It was still his original Life Providence, but he had an additional skill.

After a few tries, the results were all different. Sometimes, there were more skills, and sometimes there were fewer. Only on the third time, did he obtain a Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior with the Golden Body Life Providence and Blessed Combat Runes Life Soul. However, that Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior did not even have a single skill.

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Chapter 507 Black Cube

While Zhou Wen was grinding the dungeons, something strange happened in Luoyang City.

A crossroad in the city was blocked by a huge black cube. The black cube was about 50 meters long. It did not look like metal, but it did not look like stone or plastic either.

Strangely, no one knew when the black cube appeared. An Sheng, who was in charge of investigating the matter, looked at the nearby surveillance cameras and realized that the black cube had appeared out of thin air. It didn't exist on the video then it appeared in the next second.

Such a strange matter was likely related to dimensional creatures. In order to prevent any accidents, An Sheng mobilized many experts from the Sunset army to research how to take away or destroy the black cube.

However, they tried many methods to no avail. They were unable to move the black cube away, nor were they able to damage it. Even the strongest destructive weapon and Essence Energy Skill that they could muster failed to damage the black cube one bit.

Some people dug up the concrete surface underneath the black cube and used some tools to move it away. However, they soon discovered that the black cube was actually suspended in midair. After the ground was dug open, it did not affect it at all and it still remained in position.

Although the black cube didn't pose any threat, An Sheng still made preparations for the worst. He evacuated the nearby residents and temporarily isolated the area. He sent troops to guard it to prevent any accidents.

In less than two days, An Sheng received plenty of shocking updates. It wasn't just Luoyang; many cities in the Federation's four major districts had similar black cubes.

Now, everyone was studying the black cube. Up to now, no one had been able to determine what it was, nor could anyone destroy or move it.

Many people were worried like An Sheng. The black cube was like a ticking time bomb in the city. Who knew when it would cause a terrifying disaster.

"Strange phenomena are happening rather frequently. It looks like the days ahead will become more and more unpeaceful." An Sheng sighed.

An Tianzuo was reading the intelligence gathered from all over the world. Even the cities of the six major families had black cubes. Furthermore, the six families were helpless against them.

The six families had sent out Mythical Companion Beasts to destroy or figure out what the black cube was, but the outcome wasn't promising. The strength of Mythical Companion Beasts was still unable to harm the black cubes.

An Tianzuo frowned when he read the intelligence.

Black cubes had appeared all over the world; this was clearly unusual.

"Did you notice that these black cubes only appear in areas where humans gather? There are no black cubes in the wilderness or dimensional zones," An Tianzuo said.

"You suspect that this is a conspiracy against humans?" An Sheng immediately understood what An Tianzuo was getting at.

"Although I don't wish to see such a thing happen, the current phenomena's analysis suggests that the black cubes are targeted at humans," An Tianzuo said with a heavy expression.

"We shall handle it, come what may. Overseer, when have you ever been afraid of anything?" An Sheng deliberately said in a relaxed tone.

An Tianzuo smiled and stopped talking about the matter. He then asked An Sheng, "How's the progress at Zhuolu?"

"There's no progress. After a long analysis, the experts have roughly guessed that the snake is the legendary Torch Dragon. The other Mythical creature is Qiongqi, one of the four mythical ferocious beasts. Apart from that, there's no progress. Unless a Mythical power involves itself in this matter, it's impossible to make progress in the temple," An Sheng said.

"How's the mood of the person at home?" An Tianzuo paused before asking again.

"Same as usual. She eats whatever she likes and buys whatever she likes. However, I can tell that she can't let this matter rest," An Sheng said.

After a long silence, An Tianzuo suddenly said, "How long will it take for a return trip to Zhuolu?"

An Sheng's expression changed drastically when he heard that. "Overseer, you absolutely can't do that. You definitely can't go to Zhuolu. The strength of Torch Dragon and Qiongqi is still unknown. We haven't even figured out what abilities they have. It's too dangerous for you to go like this."

"If we don't figure out if Grandpa is in the temple, the person at home will probably not be at ease," said An Tianzuo.

"Overseer, if you were to perish in there, Madam wouldn't just be sad. Furthermore, there's the bizarre black cube. A huge problem might happen at any time. This place needs you," An Sheng said solemnly.

An Tianzuo's expression changed when he heard that. After a long while, he sighed and said, "Ah Sheng, in the past, we only wanted to have the An family and Luoyang completely in our control. At that time, we thought that we could no longer have any reservations and do whatever we wanted. Now that we have truly become the masters of this place, we realize that the matters to take into consideration have increased."

An Sheng looked at An Tianzuo and said seriously, "The lesser the burden, the fewer the matters to consider. Overseer, you're burdened by too many things."

"Perhaps." An Tianzuo stood up and walked to the window. He looked at the black cube on the city's streets as his expression turned more complicated.

...

Zhou Wen had fused multiple pets without obtaining a Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior that he was satisfied with. All he could do was use the unskilled Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior for the time being.

"Old Zhou, have you heard? A mysterious cube appeared on the streets in the city," Li Xuan said mysteriously when he came to Zhou Wen.

"What mysterious cube?" Zhou Wen had been focused on grinding dungeons recently. Apart from sending breakfast to Wang Lu, he hadn't gone out, nor had anyone told him.

"You don't know about it?" Li Xuan recounted the mysterious appearance of the black cube. "It's not just our Luoyang. I heard that the same black cube has appeared all over the world. However, no one knows what it is."

Zhou Wen couldn't help but frown when he heard that. He was also worried. If the black cubes contained a few Mythical creatures, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Li Xuan and Zhou Wen chatted for a while before he suddenly recalled something. He said to Zhou Wen with a smile, "Gu Dian looks like a ruthless character, but he's actually quite timid."

"Why do you say that?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.

"Didn't we organize an activity previously and got Gu Dian to come with us? Fang Ruoxi brought her pet cat over. That pet cat wasn't afraid of Gu Dian's ferocious appearance and even jumped onto him. When he saw the cat, the usually ferocious Gu Dian ended up sitting on the ground in fright. His legs were so weak that he couldn't even stand up. He just sat and crawled backward as though he was afraid that the cat would eat him... Don't you think it's funny... That kid usually looks quite manly. I never expected him to be so timid..." Li Xuan didn't notice Zhou Wen's odd expression when he spoke.

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Chapter 508 The Thearch"s Hin

After Li Xuan left, Zhou Wen went online to investigate the news regarding the black cube. As the matter was huge news, and the cubes had appeared in many places, it was impossible to completely conceal the matter. Therefore, many places did an exposé. There were also many clear pictures of it.

One could not tell anything from the pictures. It was just a black cube.

What exactly is this? I wonder if The Thearch knows what it is? Zhou Wen was considering how to ask The Thearch when he suddenly received a message from her.

"Did a black cube appear in the place where you are now?"

Zhou Wen hurriedly replied when he saw The Thearch mention this matter herself. "Yes, a lot of them suddenly appeared in the world. I wonder what it is?"

"If I were you, I would take my Mythical Companion Beasts to the cube," The Thearch replied.

"How can I have Mythical Companion Beasts?" Zhou Wen denied.

"What's on your ear? Don't tell me that's an earring you bought online," The Thearch said.

"What do I do with the Mythical Companion Beast there? What is that black cube?" Zhou Wen never expected The Thearch to recognize Truth Listener. However, he wasn't surprised. He was only curious. The Thearch clearly knew what the black cube was.

"I don't wish to tell you what it is, but as long as you take a Mythical Companion Beast over, there will definitely be benefits. Do you dare to go?" Before long, The Thearch sent a message.

Zhou Wen frowned when he saw that. He didn't know what The Thearch was up to. He didn't trust The Thearch at all, afraid that she would scheme against him.

"The six families have already taken their Mythical Companion Beasts over, but they didn't receive any benefits." Zhou Wen replied without saying if he wanted to go.

"How can those ordinary people know of its benefits? With my guidance, naturally, it'll be different."

The Thearch immediately sent another message. "After you find the black cube, take a Mythical Companion Beast to the top of it. In the middle of the cube, there's a circular dot. Get your Mythical Companion Beast to stand there and release all its Essence Energy and send it inside the dot. Remember, it can only be a Mythical Companion Beast. Essence Energy must be injected into the dot, or you will bear the consequences."

"What will happen after the cube is opened?" Zhou Wen asked.

"Why don't you give it a try yourself? If you don't have the guts, just wait for others to activate the cube. After all, if you don't take the huge benefits, there are plenty of people who will." The Thearch gave one final reply before she ignored Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen was immediately put in a difficult spot. The Thearch was clearly teasing him. She deliberately didn't mention what the black cube was to make him feel conflicted.

This really makes me doubt life. You underestimate me too much. Zhou Wen packed his things and planned on taking a look at the black cube.

Zhou Wen planned on using his phone to take a picture. The black cube was definitely something from a different dimension. Perhaps the mysterious phone would react to it. It wouldn't be too late to decide if he should try using The Thearch's method.

Zhou Wen didn't dare go out in the open. He took advantage of the night to sneak to the spot where he discovered the black cube. There was an army stationed there, but it was mainly to prevent any anomalies from happening to the black cube. They didn't forbid humans from approaching, so it wasn't difficult to get close.

Zhou Wen arrived at the roof of a nearby building which was already very close to the black cube. Standing at the edge of the building, he was only about ten meters away from the corner of the black cube.

Although it was night time, with Zhou Wen's eyesight, he could see it clearly, but he couldn't tell what material it was. It didn't look like metal or stone, nor did it look like a horn or bone. Instead, it looked like some man-made material.

What is this? I hope the mysterious phone can divulge something. Zhou Wen held the mysterious phone and aimed it at the black cube.

However, it left Zhou Wen somewhat disappointed. The mysterious phone didn't do a thing or lock-on to it. It clearly wasn't interested in the black cube.

Zhou Wen was put in a difficult spot. The Thearch had said that there were great benefits, but what if she was lying to him? If he really did as The Thearch said, it would be bad if he released a few demon monarch-level dimensional creatures.

However, after careful thought, Zhou Wen felt that The Thearch didn't seem to have any reason to do so.

If The Thearch really wanted to mess with him, she could just make a wish. There was no need to go through so much trouble to trick him into coming here.

Furthermore, he had not sent the things that the Thearch had asked him to buy. If he were to release a few terrifying creatures and ended up dying, who would deliver the items to her?

Although The Thearch said it so easily as though she could find someone to deliver things to her at any time, how many humans dared to go to Chess Mountain? There were even fewer who dared to enter Chess Mountain to take the Void Flower. Zhou Wen suspected that there was only one pot of Void Flower in Chess Mountain.

After some thought, he believed that The Thearch wouldn't let him die so easily so he decided to give it a try.

Zhou Wen was already prepared. He wore the most ordinary heavy armor of the Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior. The armor could envelop his entire body. Furthermore, it was rather common in the Peninsula of Gods. Even if he was discovered, it wouldn't be easy to find out who he was.

The garrison troops were all around the cube, and there wasn't anyone above. Taking advantage of the darkness, Zhou Wen pushed Ghost Steps to the extreme. He traversed more than ten meters like black smoke and landed on the black cube without anyone noticing.

After stepping onto the black cube, nothing abnormal happened. Only then did Zhou Wen heave a sigh of relief and silently walk towards the center.

At the center, Zhou Wen indeed discovered the circle The Thearch mentioned.

The black cube was about fifty meters in length, but the circle was only the size of a palm. Furthermore, it was only a shallow round mark. If Zhou Wen didn't know that it was useful, he wouldn't have noticed it.

Which Mythical Companion Beast should I use to give it a try? Zhou Wen thought to himself.

Excluding Tyrant Behemoth who was evolving, Zhou Wen still had four Mythical pets—Truth Listener, Banana Fairy, Demonic Neonate, and Six-Winged.

However, the first three hadn't reached the Mythical stage yet. The real Mythical stage was Six-Winged.

After sizing up his surroundings, and seeing that there wasn't anyone above him, he believed that even if he summoned Six-Winged, no one would see him. Zhou Wen decided to summon Six-Winged.

After all, if anything were to happen, Six-Winged was at the Mythical stage. It should be able to deal with the problem, but Truth Listener and Banana Fairy might be instantly killed.

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Chapter 509 Famous in the Federation

When Six-Winged was summoned by Zhou Wen. Its huge body stood on the cube, but it wasn't too obvious. However, its claws were a little too big. Its claws covered the tiny circle completely when pressed against it. As it was several times bigger than the circle, Zhou Wen didn't know if this would work.

"I'll give it a try." Zhou Wen was very careful. He didn't let the six-winged dragon immediately attempt it. He only made it stand there and left. He returned to the top of the building beside him before letting the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon inject its Essence Energy into the circle.

If anything were to happen, he could immediately retrieve the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon and escape.

Although he felt that it was unlikely that The Thearch would harm him, he still had to be careful.

The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon followed Zhou Wen's orders and pressed its paw on the circle, injecting its Essence Energy into it.

Although Zhou Wen was mentally prepared, he was still alarmed the moment the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon injected Essence Energy.

The entire black cube instantly lit up, illuminating the surroundings. Zhou Wen was alarmed. He wanted to retrieve the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, but he realized that the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon seemed to have been sucked into the black cube, preventing him from retrieving it.

Zhou Wen's expression changed drastically when he saw the black cube's situation.

It was no longer a black cube. It was like a huge six-sided screen. The four sides of the screen were glowing brightly, resembling liquid crystal displays. There were even images on it.

The images weren't anything else but the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon that was standing on the cube. Furthermore, it was the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon after it released its Life Soul.

One could imagine the scene. The four sides of the screen were all 50 meters long and were many times clearer than any 4K high-definition screen. Even the tiny dark lines on the scales of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon could be seen clearly.

The fifty-meter-tall screen could be seen more than ten kilometers away. Anyone who had not slept and was outside could see the image on the cube from all directions.

Furthermore, the top of the cube was also glowing brightly, illuminating the Six-Winged Dragon like a statue. It would be impossible not to see it.

Now, Zhou Wen was secretly glad that he wasn't standing on top. Otherwise, he would really be famous.

The military was alarmed, likewise for the reporters and gossip mongers. Phones rang everywhere. In just two to three minutes, the quiet night suddenly became lively.

People rushed to the streets, or ran to the high buildings and looked in the direction of the cube.

"Dear viewers... Dear viewers... This is News Today. I'm Reporter Xiaojing. I'm putting my life at risk going live here at the black cube which appeared a few days ago. Just a minute ago, it suddenly lit up. We can see that the side of the cube has become an ultra-high-definition big screen. And on the cube, there's a terrifying dimensional creature. It looks like it's a legendary dragon from the West District. Furthermore, it has six wings, and its body is burning with terrifying black flames. It's very likely to have escaped from the cube. Will such a terrifying creature bring great disaster to our city..."

The Thearch tricked me again! Zhou Wen was somewhat dumbfounded. He had been trying to retrieve the six-winged dragon, but he couldn't.

The army had already started advancing, and the sound of police sirens could be heard everywhere. Clearly, they were rushing over.

Now, Six-Winged Guardian Dragon is completely famous. I'm afraid that everyone in Luoyang knows about it! Zhou Wen attempted to retrieve the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon time and time again, but he failed.

Unfortunately, Zhou Wen thought about things too simply. It wasn't just known by everyone in Luoyang. In fact, the moment the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon activated the black cube, the black cubes around the world lit up and displayed the projection of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon.

The high-level officials and ordinary people in the various cities of the Federation all looked at the magnificent Six-Winged Guardian Dragon from every angle.

Even those who didn't see the cube's screen with their own eyes would have definitely seen all kinds of headlines. Without a doubt, the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon and the cube made the headlines at the same time. It just took a few minutes.

Everyone in the world now knew that there was such a Six-Winged Guardian Dragon.

Just as Zhou Wen was feeling anxious, he saw the cube's screen change again. The projection of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon vanished, turning into a ranking with a ranking of 1 to 100.

However, the other rankings were all empty. Only the name of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon appeared at first place. It gave off a feeling of invincibility.

Everyone in the Federation looked at the lone name on the cube. No one knew what was happening or what it represented.

What the hell is this? Zhou Wen was equally puzzled, but he saw that the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's body seemed to have undergone some minute changes amidst the light.

After three minutes, the military and media helicopters rushed over and the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's glow disappeared.

Zhou Wen, who had been trying to retrieve the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, finally managed to retrieve it. The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon vanished, and the radiant cube dimmed, turning pure black again.

Zhou Wen didn't hesitate any further as he escaped stealthily.

Now, Luoyang was in chaos. People were everywhere on the streets and upstairs. All sorts of vehicles and helicopters were everywhere, but no one noticed Zhou Wen.

When Zhou Wen left, he saw the car An Sheng usually drove. Clearly, he had rushed over as well, but he didn't know if An Tianzuo was sitting inside.

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

Zhou Wen was on his way back when he heard a message from his phone. He opened it and saw that it was from The Thearch.

"I never expected you to have a real Mythical Companion Beast. I've underestimated you. Not bad, not bad."

"That's not my Companion Beast." Zhou Wen held back his frustration and denied.

The Thearch did not seem to believe him at all. She sent another message. "I didn't lie to you. Take a closer look at your Six-Winged Guardian Dragon and see if it has changed. There will be a surprise."

"I already said that it's not my Companion Beast." Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback when he heard that. He sent a message to The Thearch before taking out his mysterious phone to check the information on the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon.

With a single glance, he discovered that the information on the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon had indeed undergone a huge change. He took a closer look at the data and was pleasantly surprised.

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Chapter 510 Life Protection

Six-Winged Guardian Dragon: Mythical

Life Providence: Life Guardian Dragon

Life Soul: Wings of Black Flame

Wheel of Destiny: The Last Life Guardian

Strength: 80

Speed: 80

Constitution: 80

Essence Energy: 80

Talent Skill: Sanctification, Poison Breath, Dragon's Rage, Hell Demonic Flame, Six Wing Slash.

Companion Form: Holy Flaming Dragon Wings

Zhou Wen remembered that the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's stats were around 60, but now, all of them had become 80. According to the advancement of his Companion Beasts, the top Mythical creatures likely had 81 stat points. Now that the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's stats had reached 80, it could be considered top-notch.

The Life Providence and Wheel of Destiny had slight changes. He had no idea what the word "life" meant, but he believed that it couldn't be a bad thing.

It gained an additional Sanctification skill, making it have five skills. It was an obvious upgrade. The Demonic Flaming Dragon Wings had been upgraded into Holy Flaming Dragon Wings as well.

"How is it? Are you surprised?" The Thearch sent another message.

Seeing that The Thearch had already determined that the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was his Companion Beast, he tacitly acknowledged the truth. He asked, "Can a beast be strengthened as long as it's recognized by the black cube?"

"Dream on. This is a reward for the first Companion Beast that enters the rankings. It happens only once. You lucked out big time."

Soon, The Thearch sent another message. "However, your Six-Winged Dragon's potential isn't good. You should have just used that earring to receive the enhancement. It should have been able to advance to the Mythical stage directly."

Zhou Wen didn't regret not listening to The Thearch. Truth Listener's advancement to the Mythical stage was indeed good, but Truth Listener was more inclined towards support abilities. What Zhou Wen needed now was actual combat strength.

After the enhancement of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, its strength would likely increase significantly. It could play a bigger role when fighting Torch Dragon, boosting Zhou Wen's chances of killing Torch Dragon.

Zhou Wen's phone rang again, but this time, it wasn't The Thearch, but a call from An Sheng.

An Sheng and Zhou Wen killed the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon together. He also knew that Zhou Wen had lured Medusa to fight the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon; therefore, he immediately guessed that the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was Zhou Wen's.

"Young Master Wen, what was the situation with the black cube?" An Sheng didn't beat about the bush with Zhou Wen and directly got straight to the point.

Zhou Wen recounted what he knew, but he skipped the matter regarding The Thearch.

"You mean to say that the cube is actually a ranking for Companion Beasts?" An Sheng thought and asked after hearing that.

"From the looks of it, it's true. However, we can't rule out the possibility that there's something else in the black cube. Otherwise, the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon wouldn't have been strengthened," Zhou Wen said.

However, An Sheng's tone became much more relaxed. "That's good then. The Overseer has been constantly worried about the cube. From the looks of it, it shouldn't pose a threat any time soon."

"By the way, congratulations Young Master Wen. You are now the third person in Luoyang to possess a Mythical creature." An Sheng sighed. "Back when you first came to Luoyang, you were only at the Mortal stage. In less than a year, you even have a Mythical Companion Beast. In terms of speed, even the geniuses of the six families aren't as fast as you."

"Who are the other two?" Zhou Wen asked.

"Naturally, it's Chancellor Leng and the Overseer. If they weren't here, how could the An family of Luoyang continue standing, to the point of the six families fearing them?" An Sheng said with a smile.

Zhou Wen didn't ask what their Companion Beasts were. They were the secrets and trump cards of everyone.

After returning to his dorm, Zhou Wen couldn't wait to summon the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon in its companion form. Six fiery dragon wings appeared behind him, but they weren't black anymore. Instead, they were pure white. They looked much prettier, but he didn't know if there were any changes to their effects.

After dispelling the dragon wings, Zhou Wen took out his phone and entered the Zhuolu instance dungeon. He wanted to try and see if the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon could fight Qiongqi.

Torch Dragon had Bright Torch Vision World which ignored strength and speed. However, Qiongqi was a dimensional creature that relied on strength and speed. Now that the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's prowess had greatly increased, it might perhaps put up a fight with Qiongqi.

Taking the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon to the temple where Qiongqi was, the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's originally black body and wings turned white once it saw Qiongqi. It became a white dragon, a likely manifestation of its additional Sanctification skill.

Even though the Six-Winged Dragon was in its Sanctification state, its speed and strength were still inferior to Qiongqi's. However, it could still barely put up a fight. It was unlike before when it was completely thrashed with no ability to resist at all.

The stronger the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was, the more Zhou Wen realized how terrifying Qiongqi was. Such a powerful Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was actually suppressed by Qiongqi.

The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was barely able to put up a fight and didn't die instantaneously. However, the blood-colored avatar wasn't that lucky. With Qiongqi suddenly attacking it, Zhou Wen controlled the blood-colored avatar to dodge twice before it was smacked to death by Qiongqi's claw.

Something strange happened. The blood-colored avatar was clearly hit, but it didn't die. Instead, the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's body suddenly exploded as it died for no reason.

With the death of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, the blood-colored avatar couldn't last much longer before being killed by Qiongqi.

Could it be that The Last Life Guardian is the miraculous ability to take the master's place in death? Zhou Wen guessed as he immediately restarted the dungeon and experimented a few more times.

Just as Zhou Wen had guessed, as long as the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was still alive, it could help him withstand a single death. Furthermore, this ability could also be used even while it was in its dragon wings form.

This enhancement is just too good! Zhou Wen increasingly felt that his choice of doing the enhancement was right. This way, he would have an additional life. Even if he were to die in the future, the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon could still protect him once. This was even more useful than any Mythical creature.

After all, he only had one life. No matter how many Mythical creatures he had, they would be useless once Zhou Wen died.

While Zhou Wen was studying the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, the six families and some wealthy families were also studying the matter. People from the East and West District even began arguing.

As the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon had appeared in Luoyang, the people of the East District naturally believed that it belonged to an expert in the East District. However, the West District people said that the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was clearly a Companion Beast of the West District, one that wasn't available in the East District, so the owner of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was definitely a West District citizen who happened to be passing by Luoyang.

The various large families were also guessing who the owner of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was. Their main suspects were naturally Leng Zongzheng and An Tianzuo.

However, after many probes and investigations, both of them denied it.

At the same time, the six families were not idle. They were all researching how the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon had appeared on the cube and what its purpose was.

"You mean that the Mythical Six-Winged Guardian Dragon is Zhou Wen's?" Inside the An family, An Tianzuo's expression changed when he heard An Sheng's report.

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Chapter 511 Fighting Torch Dragon Again

"Yes. Back then, Young Master Wen, Zhang Yuzhi, and I killed a Six-Winged Guardian Dragon together. However, it didn't drop a Companion Egg. Later on, Young Master Wen lured Medusa to fight with the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. The outcome resulted in a Companion Egg. Now that the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon has been strengthened, its combat strength should be considered high among Mythical creatures," An Sheng said.

"That's not necessarily the case. Wild Mythical Companion Beasts are ultimately inferior to those you nurture," said An Tianzuo.

An Sheng didn't refute him and only said with a smile, "Overseer, you are right. However, no matter what, that's a powerful Mythical creature. With it being Young Master Wen's, he can be considered a cornerstone of our Luoyang City."

"When did you degenerate to the point of relying on a student? When did our Luoyang City degenerate to the point of relying on a student as a cornerstone?" An Tianzuo glared at An Sheng.

"There's nothing I can do about that. I also want to be a cornerstone, but I don't have a Mythical pet," An Sheng said as he threw up his hands.

"What's the rush? Isn't our plan at White Cloud Mountain underway?" An Tianzuo said.

An Sheng replied, "We still don't know if we can kill that Mythical creature on White Cloud Mountain. Even if we can kill it, it might not drop a Companion Egg. You killed three or four Mythical creatures previously, but none of them dropped a Companion Egg."

"That's because we were unlucky. The chance of Mythical Creatures dropping Companion Eggs is about a third. It should drop one this time." An Tianzuo glared at him and continued, "In short, we used to rely on ourselves. We rely on ourselves now. It will be the same in the future. Don't place your hopes on others."

"Yes, Overseer." An Sheng paused before asking, "What if Young Master Wen wants to go to Zhuolu? Should I stop him?"

"Does he have the guts? The Mythical creatures at Zhuolu are not something ordinary Mythical Companion Beasts can match. I don't think he has the guts to go. To obtain a Six-Winged Guardian Dragon is only his luck. Do you really expect him to kill Mythical creatures?" said An Tianzuo.

Zhou Wen was reading the news in his dorm. Many of the media outlets he saw on his phone listed the appearance of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon and the cube's rankings as the headlines.

The entire Federation probably knew about the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon by now.

I wonder what use is a Companion Beast's ranking? Zhou Wen thought to himself.

The Thearch didn't mention what the ranking was for, and Zhou Wen didn't figure out what it could be used for. However, he believed that it wasn't that simple.

Black cubes had appeared all over the world. Was such a huge formation just to create a useless ranking? Zhou Wen felt that the terrifying existences in the dimensional zones weren't that bored. The ranking definitely had some use, but he didn't know what it was yet.

Zhou Wen didn't grind dungeons today. He was considering how he could kill Qiongqi or Torch Dragon. The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon could only just fight Qiongqi, but Zhou Wen wasn't strong enough. He couldn't dodge Qiongqi's attack and instead became a burden. Every time Qiongqi killed the blood-colored avatar, it was useless no matter how strong the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was.

If he wanted to kill Torch Dragon, he would have to get over the Bright Torch Vision World. The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon could already face Torch Dragon head-on, but it could not block the Bright Torch Vision World.

It's still harder to kill Qiongqi. I can only continue to think of something regarding Torch Dragon. Zhou Wen thought for a long time before he came up with a method to kill Torch Dragon.

Torch Dragon's speed was much slower than Qiongqi's. After the strengthening of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, its speed had already surpassed Torch Dragon's by a hair's breadth. It was only because of Bright Torch Vision World that it could not defeat Torch Dragon.

The crystal mirror Zhou Wen had obtained could restrain Torch Dragon, but it was too small. At most, it could only block his face.

Furthermore, Torch Dragon's eyes were too wide, as if they were growing on both sides. It was impossible to use the crystal mirror to block his vision. The size of the crystal mirror could only block one of its eyes at most.

After some thought, there was only one way to deal with Torch Dragon—that was to transform Six-Winged into dragon wings to boost Zhou Wen's flying speed. Then, he could use his movement techniques and speed to dodge the Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World gaze, preventing it from seeing him.

Of course, it was impossible to completely dodge it. After all, no matter how fast Zhou Wen was, it was impossible for Torch Dragon to completely miss him.

However, with the crystal mirror, it shouldn't be difficult to block one angle of its vision. In that case, it gave Zhou Wen enough space. However, it also required repeated experiments in combat. It wasn't something he could do just by theorizing it. Plans were one thing, but there were often many problems when executing them. He needed to repeatedly test them.

Now, the last problem is how to kill Torch Dragon. After so many battles with Torch Dragon, Zhou Wen realized that its body was even more powerful than the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's. The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's attack could only damage its scales. A small number of attacks would not be of much use. The effects of Overlord Sword's sword beam wasn't too obvious.

After some thought, Zhou Wen decided to rely on the Poison Dragon Palm or Demonic Neonate's ancient sword to sneak an attack on Torch Dragon.

After figuring out the steps to kill Torch Dragon, Zhou Wen entered the temple again. Before he went to Torch Dragon, he first put on the soft armor formed by the Epic Golden Warrior and the heavy armor formed by the Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior. The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon appeared behind him in the form of dragon wings.

He wore the Truth Listener earring on his ear, holding the Overlord Sword in one hand, and the banana fan in the other.

At the same time, he summoned Demonic Neonate and got her to lie on the blood-colored avatar's back. Her mission was to constantly search for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Now, the blood-colored avatar was wearing heavy armor with black magma patterns. It had three pairs of holy dragon wings on its back. It had a huge sword in one hand and a banana fan in the other. It looked odd, but it also gave off a powerful feeling.

However, Demonic Neonate, who was lying on its back, instantly reduced that domineering and powerful feeling to only about thirty percent. In general, it felt like a powerful male nanny.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Wen opened the temple and sent the blood-colored avatar charging in.

Torch Dragon immediately saw him and spat out a mouthful of black smoke. It churned towards the blood-colored avatar like a tidal wave.

After fanning the banana fan a few times, the Grand Yin Wind immediately sent the black smoke back. Without waiting for Torch Dragon to react, the six dragon wings on the blood-colored avatar's back flapped. Immediately, the blood-colored avatar's body flashed behind Torch Dragon like a phantom and slashed at Torch Dragon's neck domineeringly. The sword beam spun violently as it slashed at Torch Dragon like a wheel of light.

Torch Dragon's reaction wasn't slow either. It turned its head to look at the sword beam as a flame-like beam shot out from its eyes, shattering it. At the same time, a lash of its gigantic tail left behind afterimages as it struck the blood-colored avatar in midair. Its speed was unbelievable.

The dragon wings flapped as he moved in midair with Ghost Steps, dodging Torch Dragon's tail attack. At the same time, Overlord Sword slashed out once again, slashing at Torch Dragon's vital point.

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Chapter 512 The Thearch"s Treasure Trove

Zhou Wen's figure flashed like a phantom as he dodged left and right. He kept slashing out sword beams, but they were all stopped by Torch Dragon. He ultimately failed to injure it.

Zhou Wen wasn't in a rush. Instead, Torch Dragon was somewhat impatient. Its body emitted waves of energy that radiated through the entire palace, leaving Zhou Wen with no room to dodge.

Holding the Overlord Sword tightly, he unleashed Transcendent Flying Immortal in passing. Sword beams slashed violently and collided with the ripples as both sword beams and ripples shattered.

There were just too many ripples and Transcendent Flying Immortal couldn't dispatch all of them. When the ripples struck Zhou Wen's body, they immediately sent him flying as he slammed into a metal pillar in the palace.

Zhou Wen realized that there were many holes in his armor, but his body wasn't injured. After the first layer of his heavy armor was penetrated by the ripples, the soft armor inside suffered some damage, but it wasn't completely penetrated.

This armor and soft armor are indeed useful. Zhou Wen couldn't help but be overjoyed. The hard and soft double armor was actually able to withstand Torch Dragon's attack. It only caused him to receive some shock damage. This was much better than he had expected.

When Torch Dragon saw that the blood-colored avatar wasn't dead, its eyes immediately flashed. This was the precursor to using Bright Torch Vision World. Zhou Wen abruptly got to his feet and activated Ghost Steps once again. The six wings on his back flapped as he moved behind Torch Dragon.

Torch Dragon quickly turned its head and looked in Zhou Wen's direction. Its eyes had already turned mirror-like.

No matter how fast Zhou Wen's movement speed was, it wasn't as fast as its head turning. It was as though Zhou Wen's figure was about to be caught by the corner of its eye, when he threw the crystal mirror at Torch Dragon's eye whilst moving.

He originally imagined that the crystal mirror could block Torch Dragon's line of sight, but to his surprise, Torch Dragon's cognitive abilities suddenly sped up. The crystal mirror's trajectory immediately deviated from its eye. The blood-colored avatar was immediately reflected in its eye, and the game screen turned black.

Even the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's Life Guardian Protection was useless. The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon exploded first before the blood-colored avatar died.

Life Guardian Protection was only a transfer of damage. If Zhou Wen was injured, it would be transferred to it, but there was no way for him to leave the Bright Torch Vision World.

From the looks of it, I still need more practice to block Bright Torch Vision World. Zhou Wen wasn't discouraged as he continued grinding by dripping his blood and respawning.

He had long expected that it was impossible to succeed in one attempt. It was unknown how many tens of thousands of failures scientists had to undergo before they could produce results. What Zhou Wen was doing was equivalent to experimenting. What he wanted wasn't luck, but a hundred percent chance of killing Torch Dragon.

Without sufficient confidence, Zhou Wen wouldn't go to the temple in reality. That would be harming himself and others.

Before fighting Torch Dragon, Zhou Wen would first grind the rare dimensional creatures—Sun Beast, Baby Tiger, Elegant Emperor's Avatar Puppet, and so on. If a Companion Egg dropped, it would definitely be useful for future fusion.

Zhou Wen had a nagging feeling that if he could combine rare Life Providences, Life Souls, and skills together, he might be able to form a pet that was even crazier than a Mythical pet. However, the difficulty of fusion wasn't any easier than having a Mythical pet drop. He would need countless attempts.

On the Dead Man Tree, the flower that Ják bloomed after his death finally withered and produced a tiny fruit. It was unknown how long it would take to ripen.

Tyrant Behemoth remained in evolution. It looked like it needed more time to evolve to the Mythical stage than it did when advancing to the Epic stage.

This fellow won't really become as big as a mountain after advancing to the Mythical stage, right? Zhou Wen was secretly worried. If it was really that big, it wouldn't be able to enter many dimensional zones.

Zhou Wen was still grinding dungeons one day when Li Xuan sent the items that he had previously requested. Apart from one chemical, he had bought everything on the list.

There wasn't much time left until The Thearch's deadline. After Li Xuan left, Zhou Wen used the Void Flower to teleport the items over. Then, he sent The Thearch a message saying that the material she wanted wasn't easy to obtain and couldn't be bought in the nearby cities. If she really wanted it, she would have to wait for some time.

"A month should be enough, right? You must obtain that material." The Thearch replied.

"I spent a lot of money buying materials. I'm almost running out of money." Zhou Wen continued complaining. He wasn't trying to extort her, but he was afraid that The Thearch would think that it was easy for him to obtain these items. That would only serve to her asking him for items every now and then. He didn't have the time to buy things for her.

"Are you planning on turning into a cat again? The Skill Crystal I gave you is a Mythical Skill Crystal. There aren't many of those amongst you humans, right? You only bought those few items and you are telling me that you have no money? Do you think I don't know the price?" The Thearch's message quickly returned.

Oh no! Zhou Wen still imagined that The Thearch was as easy to fool as before. He had forgotten that she could surf the Internet. She probably had a better understanding of humans than Zhou Wen himself.

"Although a Mythical Skill Crystal is precious, you know the situation of humans now. No one can use it, and there's no way to price it. It's really not easy to sell. The crystal is still in my hands. The money to buy these things came from my savings. I really don't have much left." Zhou Wen was certain that he wasn't wrong to say that there was no way to find the price of the Mythical Crystal online.

"That's true. You humans are too weak and can't use good stuff. But the worst things I have here are those. There's no lower level trash."

The Thearch's reply nearly made Zhou Wen, who was drinking water, choke.

How many treasures are there in Chess Mountain? Mythic Essence Energy Skill Crystals are only trash? No, I have to think of a way to crack Chess Mountain in the future. Zhou Wen cursed inwardly.

After obtaining Six-Winged, Zhou Wen did indeed have the right to challenge Chess Mountain in the game. Now, he likely had the strength to deal with the fake fairy in Deer Terrace Pavilion, but there wasn't just one fake fairy inside. If the six of them were to attack together, Zhou Wen didn't know if he could handle them.

Now that he was focusing on Torch Dragon, he didn't plan on going just now.

"If it's not convenient for you to provide payment now, I'll just sell everything I have. I'll put it on the tab." Zhou Wen sent a message.

"There's no need. Aren't you in the city not far from Chess Mountain? I'll tell you a place. Go and look for it. You should be able to find something valuable." The Thearch was clearly not as petty as Zhou Wen.

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Chapter 513 White Cloud Mountain

"Where is it? It can't be inside Chess Mountain, right?" Zhou Wen asked warily.

If The Thearch wanted him to enter Chess Mountain in reality, Zhou Wen wouldn't go no matter what. That place was a huge trap. Zhou Wen guessed that even if the six families took all their Mythical Companion Beasts with them, they might not be able to conquer it.

According to legend, Chaoge was a place with numerous mythical creatures in ancient times. No one knew if those Mythical creatures that had helped Chaoge fight in the war remained inside.

The Seven Saints of Mount Mei, the Four Generals of the Mo family, and so on were extremely terrifying existences even among Mythical creatures. Killing a dragon was too easy.

Zhou Wen guessed that if he encountered them, even with the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, he would probably be killed instantly.

"Don't worry. It's not in Chess Mountain. I've seen your present map. That place is in Funiu Mountain. Now, it should be called White Cloud Mountain." The Thearch seemed to have seen through Zhou Wen's thoughts.

"White Cloud Mountain is also a dimensional zone, right?" Zhou Wen had heard of White Cloud Mountain before.

White Cloud Mountain and Mount Laojun were part of the Funiu Mountain range, but their positions were somewhat different. Also, the nature of the two was completely different.

Mount Laojun was safer. As long as one didn't kill or step on any plants, one's life wouldn't be in danger.

However, White Cloud Mountain was different. Ever since it transformed into a dimensional zone, the mountain range had been enveloped by clouds. It was faintly discernible like a divine mountain.

Zhou Wen heard that only a few people who entered White Cloud Mountain were able to survive. Occasionally, there would be people who could survive, but they would die for no reason a few days later.

According to the people who came out alive, it was very difficult to tell their bearings inside White Cloud Mountain's fog. Even companions that were inches away would disappear as they walked, never to be seen again alive. Not even their corpses were found.

According to them, they also saw an immortal palace on White Cloud Mountain. That immortal palace wasn't built on the mountain, but in the clouds. Jade stones were the foundation, and golden stones were on top. There were fairies dancing in the air.

Without exception, those who saw the immortal palace all died in the end. No one survived. Furthermore, when they died, their faces were filled with joy.

Therefore, White Cloud Mountain was also nicknamed the Immortal Ascension Mountain. Anyone who went there would have their lives taken away by an immortal, and they would ascend to the immortal palace to enjoy life.

Zhou Wen didn't know if they managed to enjoy life, but he didn't want to die.

"What valuable things can there be in a place that isn't a dimensional zone? On a peak on the southeast of White Cloud Mountain, there's a mysterious stone that looks like a rabbit. The good stuff is beneath that mysterious stone," said The Thearch.

"I heard that White Cloud Mountain is really terrifying. Everyone who goes there dies. I'm afraid that I won't be able to bring anything back alive," Zhou Wen said.

"Anyway, I've already told you where the item is. It's up to you whether you want to go or not. No matter whether you want to go or not, don't tell me that you lack money in the future," The Thearch said.

"Do you have a way to enter White Cloud Mountain?" Zhou Wen asked.

"Close your eyes and enter without looking at anything. That way, nothing will happen," The Thearch said.

"But how can I find that mysterious rock with my eyes closed?" Zhou Wen asked.

"Is that thing on your ear just for show? Whether you want to go or not, don't bother me. I'm busy," The Thearch replied disdainfully.

Zhou Wen was depressed. The Thearch even knew Truth Listener's ability. It looked like he couldn't fool her.

Zhou Wen checked White Cloud Mountain's information online and found the place The Thearch had mentioned. That place was rather famous on White Cloud Mountain. When there wasn't any dimensionalization in the past, it was a scenic spot named Jade Rabbit's Lunar Prayer.

Legend had it that Jade Rabbit had descended to the mortal world and gone to White Cloud Mountain to have fun. Due to the stunning scenery at White Cloud Mountain, Jade Rabbit forgot the time and missed its opportunity to return to the Moon Palace. It could only watch helplessly as the moon rose from the east, with it never returning. Thus, Jade Rabbit laid on the mountain peak and prayed to the east day after day, hoping that the Moon Palace Fairy would come to take it back to the Moon Palace.

It was only a legend. After the dimensionalization, no one knew what it had become, nor was it known if the Moon Rabbit stone was still there.

The Thearch said that I'll be fine as long as I don't open my eyes. This is very beneficial to me. Zhou Wen considered visiting White Cloud Mountain.

The Thearch had casually produced a Mythical Essence Energy Skill Crystal. Zhou Wen felt that it definitely wasn't an ordinary item if it managed to catch her eye and let her remember it.

In any case, as he had nothing to do on campus, Zhou Wen decided to pay White Cloud Mountain a visit. After all, he could still game and grind dungeons along the way. It wouldn't affect anything.

The chick and antelope had to be placed in Wang Lu's care once again. Although Zhou Wen wanted Li Xuan to raise them, the fellow was cultivating so seriously that he far exceeded Zhou Wen's intensity. He had no time to take care of the two creatures.

As for taking them to White Cloud Mountain, that was impossible. If the chick were to open its eyes and see the immortal palace, it would be dead.

Zhou Wen was counting on it to become a fighter when it grew up. He couldn't let it take the risk so easily.

"How did Little Feifei lose so much weight after you took care of it for two days? Did you torture it?" Wang Lu rolled her eyes at Zhou Wen when she saw the thin chick.

"How would I dare mistreat it? I serve delicious food and drinks all day long. It's better than what I eat." Zhou Wen actually found it odd.

The chick was magically thin. After making a trip to Mount Laojun, it lost weight the moment it returned. Zhou Wen suspected that the antelope was up to no good. Back when he was gaming in front of the Wordless Monument, the antelope had taken it to the top of Mount Laojun. It seemed to have lost weight after coming down. He had no idea what they did up there.

"You owe me a lot of lunches and dinners. If this continues, I'm afraid you won't be able to pay me back even after I graduate." Wang Lu seriously wrote down the foster care that Zhou Wen required from her in her diary so that she could settle scores with him.

"I'll pay you back slowly. I'll be able to pay it all back eventually." Zhou Wen had no choice. The two of them were dimensional creatures. He was worried that they might cause trouble if he let any ordinary person rear them.

After returning to his dorm, Zhou Wen called An Sheng, asking him to help him apply for a leave of absence for a few days. If he left the school for a longer period of time, the procedures would be more complicated.

Although White Cloud Mountain wasn't far away, he didn't know when he would come out once he entered the dimensional zone.

"No problem. I'll give you a pass. When you return, you can enter and leave the school freely. There's no need to go to the trouble of applying for a leave of absence every time," An Sheng said.

"There's such a pass?" Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised.

"Generally, it's for postgraduate students. According to the rules, ordinary university students aren't allowed to have a pass. However, you are naturally an exception. By the way, Young Master Wen, where are you planning to go this time?" An Sheng asked.

"I want to visit White Cloud Mountain." Zhou Wen and An Sheng had experienced life-and-death situations, so there was naturally no need to hide it.

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Chapter 514 Spatial Crystal

"Why are you going to White Cloud Mountain?" An Sheng was somewhat surprised.

"I heard that the dimensional zone there is quite interesting. I would like to pay a visit." Zhou Wen naturally couldn't say that he was going there to dig for treasure after hearing what The Thearch had to say.

"White Cloud Mountain is too dangerous. We've already been stationed there for a few years, but we still haven't been able to ascend the Jade Emperor Peak. If you really want to go to White Cloud Mountain, you have to remember that you mustn't open your eyes after entering. Otherwise, once you see a mirage like the immortal palace, even a Mythical Companion Beast might not be able to save you," An Sheng said solemnly.

"Why can't I open my eyes?" Zhou Wen already knew of this taboo, but he never expected An Sheng and company to know about it.

"I don't know. It's just like Small Buddha Temple. They have all kinds of unreasonable things. As long as you open your eyes and see it, you will definitely die. There's no reason at all."

An Sheng paused for a moment before saying, "You must not go to Jade Emperor Peak either. Even if you close your eyes, you will still be injured by the strange forbidden power there. There will be no way out."

"I understand. I'm just paying a visit. I might not even enter the mountain." Zhou Wen asked for more details before realizing that An Sheng and company had a deep understanding of White Cloud Mountain. Apart from Jade Emperor Peak, they had basically figured everything out.

Zhou Wen knew that sacrifices were inevitable to gain such a deep understanding of White Cloud Mountain. They weren't like Zhou Wen, who had the mysterious phone to explore without any scruples. Even if they were all Epic experts, the strangeness of the dimensional zones was impossible to guard against. Once an unforeseen accident happened, Epic experts would easily die as well.

Zhou Wen planned on taking a look first. If he could find the tiny palm symbol, he wouldn't go up the mountain first. He could download White Cloud Mountain with the tiny palm symbol and use his phone to figure it out before heading up.

With that said, Zhou Wen hesitated for a moment before asking, "How's the progress on Zhuolu?"

"I knew that you would definitely have your sights on it after you obtained the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. I can tell you with complete certainty that you can only die if you take the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon there." An Sheng told Zhou Wen some of the things they had recently discovered.

The experts were actually able to determine that the Mythical creatures in the temple were Torch Dragon and Qiongqi. This surprised Zhou Wen.

However, they could only determine their names. They had no means of conquering the temple. Their understanding of Torch Dragon and Qiongqi was far inferior to Zhou Wen's. They couldn't even figure out what abilities Torch Dragon and Qiongqi had.

From the looks of it, I can only rely on myself on this trip to the temple, Zhou Wen thought.

"Since you want to go to White Cloud Mountain, wait another two days. I'll be going to White Cloud Mountain then. I'll take you along," An Sheng said.

Zhou Wen wasn't in a hurry to go. He felt that going with An Sheng was a good idea. After all, they had already explored the Jade Rabbit's Lunar Prayer. If he couldn't find the tiny palm symbol, it would be better for An Sheng to take him up. It was much better than him going up alone and running around blindly.

After making the arrangements with An Sheng, the two ended the call. Zhou Wen picked up his phone and continued grinding the dungeons. They were leaving in two days, so he couldn't be bothered to collect the chick and antelope. After all, they were happy to be with Wang Lu. The food and drinks there were better than with Zhou Wen.

After repeatedly grinding dungeons, Zhou Wen killed a large number of Musical Note Sprites. Now, there were more than a thousand of the seven different Musical Note Sprites. When summoned together, and under the command of the Golden Harp, the sound waves produced from their combined attacks could break through the defenses of the Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior, but they were still far from being able to fight a Mythical creature.

Zhou Wen estimated that he needed at least tens of thousands of Musical Note Sprites. Only then could the sound wave attacks produced be comparable to the strengthened Six-Winged.

Zhou Wen wasn't in a hurry. After all, he was here to grind the Sun Beast, so he could also grind the Musical Note Sprites along the way. He obtained a few Musical Note Sprite Companion Eggs on each trip.

Unfortunately, in the Music Temple, the Goldfish didn't have the Luck attribute, so he could only have his Luck boosted by the baby tiger.

As usual, Zhou Wen came to the musical fountain square. To his surprise, he saw the Golden Harp again.

He had been to the musical fountain square many times, but apart from the first time, he hadn't discovered the Golden Harp. Zhou Wen imagined that the Golden Harp wouldn't appear again, so he was quite surprised to see it again.

Zhou Wen was overjoyed. He immediately ordered the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon to charge forward. The Golden Harp used its powers to make the hundred thousand Musical Note Sprites release a sonic wave, forming a huge sound blast.

However, the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was no longer the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon from before. It unleashed its full strength. Its six wings appeared at the same time and its body turned white. Its body forcefully broke through the sound blast and arrived in front of the Golden Harp. With a single slap, it shattered the Golden Harp.

Six-Winged has indeed become much stronger. Zhou Wen wasn't very happy. Even with more than a hundred thousand Musical Note Sprites joining forces, they couldn't stop the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. If he wanted to form the army of the Musical Note Sprites, he would probably have to obtain at least hundreds of thousands of them before they could play a decisive role in the battle with Mythical creatures.

The Golden Harp didn't drop a Companion Egg, but a rare spatial stat crystal appeared. It had a Space attribute 3.

This added another rare attribute to Zhou Wen. It was just that three points were not enough.

In the next two days, Zhou Wen spent two days grinding dungeons at home. He had obtained quite a lot of Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior and Golden Warriors, but the Companion Eggs of the baby tiger and the Elegant Emperor's Avatar Puppet never dropped.

Zhou Wen could understand that it was rare for the baby tiger's Companion Egg to drop, but he never expected the Elegant Emperor's Avatar Puppet Companion Egg to be that difficult as well. Furthermore, skill crystals seldom dropped as well.

Apart from Zhou Wen obtaining the Substitute Talisman Skill for the first time, no other skill crystal dropped.

Early in the morning, An Sheng called to inform Zhou Wen that they would be heading to White Cloud Mountain. Zhou Wen packed his things, including the Substitute Talisman he had drawn.

When he arrived outside the school and saw An Sheng's car, he walked to the window and realized that An Tianzuo was sitting in the back seat. He couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

Why didn't Ah Sheng tell me that An Tianzuo would be coming? Zhou Wen found it a little odd, but he couldn't say anything. All he could do was open the door to the front passenger seat and get in.

Zhou Wen had sat in this car many times in the past, but today, he found it odd. The atmosphere in the car just wasn't right.

An Tianzuo's eyes were somewhat odd as well. Clearly, he didn't know that Zhou Wen was going to White Cloud Mountain as well.

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Chapter 515 Birth of the Game

"Young Master Wen, we are going to White Cloud Mountain's Red Birch Forest to hunt a Mythical creature. Are you interested in joining us?" An Sheng asked as he drove.

"Hunt a Mythical creature?" Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised. This was the first time he had heard of anyone hunting Mythical creatures.

An Sheng said, "That's right. There's a strange Mythical creature in Red Birch Forest. We've been investigating it for several years. We've already done most of the groundwork. We are quite confident this time. Since you're going to White Cloud Mountain, why don't you join us? Take it as gaining some experience."

"I'm fine with that." Zhou Wen trusted An Sheng very much.

After all, they were hunting Mythical creatures in real life. It was more dangerous, so they would definitely have done more preparatory work. They definitely wouldn't risk their lives.

Furthermore, even An Tianzuo was taking action this time, so there shouldn't be much of a problem.

However, Zhou Wen didn't wish to have too much contact with An Tianzuo. He felt that he and An Tianzuo weren't the same types of people.

An Sheng continued, "I still don't know what that Mythical creature in Red Birch Forest is called. We named it Love Letter. It's rather interesting. Overseer said that if a Companion Egg drops this time, it will belong to me. Perhaps, I will have a Mythical Companion Beast in the future."

"Love letter? How can there be such a name?" Zhou Wen was somewhat astonished.

"There's a story behind it. Legend has it that the bark of the red birch tree is very thin and easily removed. Furthermore, it's very beautiful. Some people will use the bark of the red birch tree to write love letters to their lover. Although the dimensional creature in Red Birch Forest doesn't look like a book, the skills it uses are related to words. It's rather difficult to deal with. It's unknown how many Companion Beasts have died in Red Birch Forest in the past few years just to roughly understand its various skills..."

An Sheng explained quite a bit of the Mythical creature's abilities before saying, "However, even if we know its abilities, it's impossible to kill a Mythical creature without the same powers at the Mythical stage. Therefore, Overseer has to personally take action this time. Otherwise, I won't be able to handle it myself. If you go with me, I'll be even more at ease. It's a good thing that both experts from Luoyang will be helping me kill a dimensional creature."

Zhou Wen really didn't wish to have any nice stories of him and An Tianzuo, but he couldn't say anything uncultured. All he could do was remain silent.

"The mountain road is dangerous. Drive carefully," An Tianzuo, who was sitting behind with his eyes closed, said coldly.

"Yes," An Sheng replied. Indeed, he didn't dare say another word. He secretly winked at Zhou Wen before focusing on driving.

Zhou Wen had no interest in speaking. Just as he was about to close his eyes to rest, he suddenly heard his phone ring.

Seeing that it was Huang Ji who called, Zhou Wen answered the call.

"Zhou Wen, our game is done." Huang Ji's excited voice sounded. Even An Sheng and An Tianzuo heard it.

After the trial run the previous time, Zhou Wen didn't have much anticipation for Huang Ji's game. However, he still acted interested and said, "That's great. Can you send me a copy? I can't wait to try it."

"Of course. I've already posted it online to begin the closed beta test. Go download this website and give me some suggestions after you're done playing." Huang Ji quickly sent a website address to Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen opened the page and saw that it was a gaming website. It was filled with closed and open beta games. Their game was called "Dimension." Zhou Wen saw the game at the top.

It was not because Huang Ji spent money that pushed his ranking so high, but because Huang Ji had just uploaded it. That made it appear at the top.

Zhou Wen hurriedly downloaded the game. Thankfully, this wasn't a dimensional zone, or there might not be a signal. They had just arrived in the suburbs, so the signal was pretty good.

After a while, Zhou Wen finished downloading the game and launched it. He realized that although the login interface was very simple, it wasn't bad. It looked rather good.

After entering the game, Zhou Wen chose Tiger Cage Pass which was the only option. When he entered the game, he couldn't help but be surprised.

He had originally thought that the game Huang Ji had created was the standard 2D side-scrolling game. But now, it was completely different from when he trialed it.

Even though it was a 2D side-scrolling game, both the NPCs and the details of the scenery had greatly improved. However, there were only two choices for characters—man or woman. After choosing a man, there was no skill selection interface like before. Instead, he entered a game tutorial interface.

The tutorial introduced the game's operations and skill usage. Apart from the direction key, there were also five buttons in-game. Then, the direction key and the other five buttons could be used in different key combinations for different skills. There were ten skills available in-game. After remembering the method to deliver an attack, he could use the skills he needed.

It's done pretty well! Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised. He tried the maneuvering, and it was surprisingly fluid. It was similar to the popular fighting games in the past. The controls and feedback were a rather good experience.

After entering the game, Tiger Cage Pass became a black-and-white ink style. Demonic Soldiers were the same style as well. It looked surprisingly immersive. Zhou Wen controlled the game character to kill the Demonic Soldiers in Tiger Cage Pass and discovered that the various techniques and attacks of Demonic Soldiers were very similar to real ones. They were much more agile than when he tried the alpha. There was some difficulty.

This... It's really not bad... Zhou Wen played for a while before becoming more and more surprised. This was far from what he had imagined. It was surprisingly good.

Although playing games might not necessarily mean one could kill Demonized Soldiers, one could familiarize themselves with the various means of attack by the Demonized Soldiers in-game. They could learn how to deal with them when encountering them in real life. To rookies who had not entered Tiger Cage Pass, it was quite helpful. It was much better than learning from videos.

Zhou Wen stormed through the game and killed quite a number of Demonized Soldiers. The controls weren't a problem for him. He only took a brief look at them before he was able to cast all sorts of skills smoothly. Killing Demonized Soldiers was very easy.

Soon, Zhou Wen discovered the mini-boss, Demonized General. After engaging in an intense battle with the Demonized General, he found the game pretty good. The Demonized General's behavior and skills were replicated very well, similar to the real Demonized General.

Zhou Wen gamed the entire time. Behind him, An Tianzuo had been resting with his eyes closed. When he heard Zhou Wen gaming, he couldn't help but open his eyes and frown.

An Tianzuo clearly didn't like Zhou Wen playing games all day. From his point of view, this was a form of obsession.

An Sheng was an extremely clever person. When he saw An Tianzuo frown through the rearview mirror, he knew that things were bad. Hence, he said, "Young Master Wen, I heard that you and your classmates worked together to create a game that can be used to teach people about the various abilities of dimensional creatures. Is that it?"

"Yes, production was just completed. It's my first time playing the closed beta. Currently, there's only a Tiger Cage Pass dungeon. In-game, there are Demonized Soldiers and Demonized Generals as monsters and one can learn their behaviors and various skills through gaming. Through learning about how to deal with them in-game, it will be useful in real life, but games are games after all; one still needs to practice the combination of various skills in combat," Zhou Wen introduced.

"That's pretty good. Overseer, why don't you play the game that Zhou Wen and company created? If it's feasible, it'll be helpful in understanding dimensional creatures. Perhaps it can be promoted," An Sheng said.

"A game is just a game after all. If you have the time to play games, why don't you just spend time watching a video about it?" An Tianzuo closed his eyes again and continued resting.

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Chapter 516 Blood Text Scorpion

After arriving at White Cloud Mountain's encampment, the person-in-charge took An Tianzuo, An Sheng, and Zhou Wen to White Cloud Mountain. An Tianzuo didn't have much time, so he had to rush back regardless of whether they killed the Mythical creature today.

Zhou Wen looked at White Cloud Mountain from afar and saw clouds lingering over it. The mountain was partially visible. It was indeed like a legendary immortal mountain.

There were many red birch forests. The Mythical creature was at the foot of White Cloud Mountain, so there was no need to ascend the mountain.

However, it was also within the range of Baiyun Mountain. There was also a chance to see the unusual sight of the immortal palace in the clouds.

"If we continue moving forward, we might end up in an immortal palace illusion. Put this on." An Sheng handed Zhou Wen a balaclava.

The balaclava was made of chemical fibers mixed with metal wires. After wearing it, it wouldn't affect one's breathing, but one's vision was blocked and it was impossible to see anything outside.

"No matter what you hear or what happens, make sure not to take off the balaclava." An Sheng put his balaclava on after giving Zhou Wen the rules.

An Tianzuo and the officers from the other encampments also wore balaclavas. They had their own methods. Some relied on their special Companion Beasts for visual, while some relied on their hearing. Some rode their mounts directly, allowing them to replace their eyes.

An Sheng summoned a strange Companion Beast. The Companion Beast looked like a large eye with wings. It flew beside An Sheng and seemingly allowed him to see his surroundings. It was no different from normal.

As for An Tianzuo, he didn't summon a Companion Beast, nor was it clear what he had used. However, the balaclava didn't seem to affect his vision. He still moved as freely.

Zhou Wen had Truth Listener, so he wasn't affected.

The group followed an officer riding a Companion Beast into the depths of the red birch Forest.

White Cloud Mountain was mysterious, but there weren't many dimensional creatures here. However, every dimensional creature that appeared here was extremely terrifying. At the very least, they were Epic creatures.

Rumor had it that the red birch forest was very beautiful, but since Zhou Wen could only listen and not see color, he did not think it looked beautiful.

"Overseer, the Earth Listener Beast has reacted. Love Letter should be somewhere not far ahead," an officer riding on a Companion Beast suddenly said.

"Prepare for battle." An Tianzuo gave the order.

Apart from Zhou Wen, everyone began preparing for battle. After advancing for a short while, Zhou Wen heard a dimensional creature appear in front of him.

The dimensional creature looked very strange. It looked like a large scorpion, but it had transparent wings on its back. It was huge and longer than an adult's height.

Unfortunately, Zhou Wen could only hear and couldn't see its color. Otherwise, he would have discovered many strange things.

The large scorpion was snow-white, but there were many blood-colored patterns on its body. If one looked carefully, they would see that those blood-colored patterns formed strange characters.

When Zhou Wen and company discovered the strange scorpion, it had also discovered them. With a flick of its tail, a blood-colored glow immediately appeared on the stinger, forming a strange blood-colored incantation pattern. The incantation pattern was completely condensed from light and looked very magical.

Zhou Wen had heard from An Sheng that this fellow had the ability to produce many things that resembled words. This was likely one of them, but Zhou Wen didn't know which one it was.

While Zhou Wen was pondering, An Sheng and company had already begun preparing for battle. However, contrary to Zhou Wen's expectations, the blood text on the scorpion's tail didn't shoot at Zhou Wen and company. All he saw was its tail stabbing into the ground as the blood text fused into the ground before disappearing.

At that instant, Zhou Wen saw the ground around him suffuse a blood-colored glow. The soil seemed to have been penetrated by the sanguine light as it emitted a lustrous red glow.

The red beams varied in intensity, making Zhou Wen believe that he was in a huge light formation.

The officers were clearly prepared. A Companion Beast beneath an officer raised its legs and condensed a holy white light. Then, it stomped on the ground. The holy light immediately spread out and covered the red light below, preventing the area where Zhou Wen and company were standing from being affected.

A strange phenomenon happened in the area that was affected by the red light. It was as if everything had slowed down. When the wind blew past the red birch forest, the forest that should have been rustling seemed to be a recording that played slowly. As the leaves swayed, it became extremely slow.

"This is its Slow Text. If we don't have the corresponding counterforce, our speed will drop drastically. When the time comes, we won't be able to dodge its attack, much less kill it. We will be killed," An Sheng said.

As though he had discovered that the Slow Text was useless against them, a blood pattern flickered on the scorpion-like Mythical Creature's back as a blood-colored text rushed out. The blood-colored text wasn't directed at Zhou Wen and company but towards a red birch tree.

The blood-red text hit the red birch tree and disappeared in a flash. It was as though it had drilled into the tree. In the next second, the tree withered rapidly and died. The blood-red text flew out from the withered tree. However, the blood-red text had clearly changed. Its shape had changed, and the blood-colored light had also become more intense.

The blood-colored text floated above the scorpion and emitted a red light. Wherever the red light shone, all the red birch trees seemed to come alive. The roots broke out of the ground and the branches swayed as they swept towards Zhou Wen and company like tree demons.

A cold light flickered on the back of an officer, and an Ice Fox-like Life Soul appeared. An icy beam erupted from the Life Soul, freezing the nearby demonized red birch trees.

An Sheng no longer had the time to explain to Zhou Wen. The scorpion's body emitted a sanguine light as red words flew out from its body, transforming into streaks of blood that attacked Zhou Wen and company.

An Sheng and a few officers collectively resisted the blood beams. An Tianzuo watched from the side, having no intention of attacking from beginning to end.

Zhou Wen could roughly tell that the scorpion's strength was about the same as Six-Winged before it was strengthened, but its abilities were rather strange.

Its blood-red text had many functions. Other than the few that he had seen, it could also transform into the power of wind, fire, lightning, and so on.

If one were to encounter it the first time, or if they were not strong enough, they would easily be killed by it.

However, An Sheng and company had studied it for years. They had already thought of ways to counter its various powers. No matter how it changed its abilities, they could barely contain them.

However, they had just managed to resolve it. Up to now, Zhou Wen had yet to see how they could kill the scorpion.

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Chapter 517 Failure

An Sheng's personal abilities were definitely top-notch at the Epic stage. However, even he couldn't approach the scorpion. The scorpion's speed was too fast. With a flap of its wings, it could easily fly hundreds of meters away. Even Zhou Wen probably couldn't catch up to it easily with Ghost Steps.

After repeatedly resolving the blood-colored text of wind, fire, and lightning, An Sheng and company seemed to have found an opportunity to counterattack. With An Sheng's command, the officers unleashed their strongest attack as terrifying forces struck the scorpion.

There was a sanguine flash on the scorpion's back as a huge blood-red text appeared. It was like a shield that blocked their attacks.

With a series of crashing sounds, their forces were shattered, but the blood-colored barrier remained completely fine.

An Tianzuo, who had remained motionless all this while, finally made a move. Flames rose over his body, turning into a strange Life Soul.

The Life Soul's entire body was covered in white armor. The armor was neither gold nor jade. It looked more like it was carved from bones.

Behind him was a blood-red cape. In his left hand was a slender bone saber covered in blood patterns. In his other hand was a gun made of bones.

That thing... It can't be a Gatling, right... Zhou Wen looked at the weapon in the Life Soul's hand. The bone gun barrel was connected to the recoil mechanism. It looked like an ancient hot weapon that was often seen in movies.

Just as Zhou Wen was pondering over it, he heard a terrifying boom. He saw the bone gun barrel shoot out blood-colored bullets like a storm.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Bullets rained down on the scorpion's blood-red text barrier, causing it to flicker as though it could shatter at any moment.

Buzzing sounds could be heard as the bullets poured freely. The bloody text barrier of the scorpion shattered.

This was the first time Zhou Wen had seen someone's Life Soul produce a hot weapon. Furthermore, its attack was crazy powerful. It could actually break through a Mythical-stage barrier.

Although it was only a rather weak Mythical creature, Zhou Wen had relied on Ever-Victorious's characteristic to kill Medusa. His Life Soul alone wasn't that powerful.

The bullet hit the scorpion's body, instantly infuriating it. The wings on its back spread open, and there was a blood-red glow on its wings. Its entire body was covered in blood-red light, and the blood-red symbol at the tip of its tail appeared especially terrifying.

The blood text circled around the scorpion's body and kept spinning, blocking the rain of bullets.

When the bullets struck the blood text, they created a terrifying explosive shockwave that blasted the surrounding forest into pieces.

"Activate the halo," An Sheng instructed the officers.

Two of the officers' Companion Beasts shimmered with light as they enveloped An Tianzuo's body. It caused An Tianzuo and his Life Soul's bodies to emit two strange beams of light. The Gatling's attacks became more ferocious as it pumped bullets at a denser and more powerful rate.

"Activate the curse." An Sheng also used an Essence Energy Skill when he issued the order. He produced a strange gray smoke that enveloped the scorpion.

The other officers also used various powers. Those powers did not have any lethality, but they had a slight effect on the scorpion.

Boom!

The scorpion was furious after being bombarded by the Gatling's attacks. The blood-red text surrounding it exploded with a terrifying sanguine light. Almost instantly, it engulfed everything nearby.

"Retreat." An Sheng issued an order before the blood text exploded.

All the officers retreated with An Sheng in a great display of teamwork. Zhou Wen followed them and retreated, but he realized that An Tianzuo didn't retreat.

The expanding sanguine light resembled a blood-colored black hole, devouring everything nearby. An Tianzuo was already standing at the edge of the blood hole, about to be devoured.

Zhou Wen was frowning when he suddenly saw An Tianzuo's Life Soul vanish. As for An Tianzuo, he had a white bone armor and a blood cape. He held a bone saber in one hand and a bone Gatling in the other.

Just when the sanguine light was about to devour him, a black figure flew out from his body and landed on the bone blade. Instantly, a demonic black flame rose on the bone blade.

An Tianzuo raised his bone saber and slashed at the sanguine light in front of him. He managed to cleave open a rift as he charged in.

Gunfire roared and saber flames flashed. An Tianzuo fought the scorpion crazily. The madness was completely different from the usual An Tianzuo.

As for An Sheng and company, they constantly used various Essence Energy Skills from behind. They either aimed at An Tianzuo or at the scorpion. The only officer with the Ice Fox Life Soul and the ability to restrain the Slow Text was the busiest. They needed to constantly pump out damage to ensure that An Tianzuo's region wasn't affected by the power of the Slow Text.

Boom!

The scorpion's body was sent flying by a backslash from An Tianzuo's bone saber. An Tianzuo raised the Gatling with his hand. The black flames on the bone saber instantly shifted to the bone Gatling before enveloping it.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Bullets with black flames roared towards the scorpion in midair, causing its body to constantly distort and rise in the air. In the end, its carapace was cracked by the bullets, and more and more bullets shot into its flesh and blood. The black flames also burned its flesh and bones.

Boom!

The blood patterns on the scorpion shattered and fell like glass.

"Success!" An Sheng was overjoyed.

Without the protection of the blood patterns, the storm-like bullets bombarded the scorpion wantonly. The carapace of the scorpion was completely shattered and blood spurted out.

Just as the scorpion's body was about to explode, a blood-red light suddenly erupted from its abdomen. A strange blood text surfaced, and the blood quickly spread over the scorpion's body.

Boom!

The sanguine light exploded as its carapace and flesh transformed into a terrifying energy blast. An Tianzuo had no choice but to retreat.

At the same time the explosion occurred, a sanguine light from the scorpion's body flew toward White Cloud Mountain at an unbelievable speed.

An Tianzuo's body flashed as he chased in the direction of White Cloud Mountain.

"Damn it, that fellow actually has such a move!" An Sheng cursed under his breath as he chased with his men.

Zhou Wen chased after him as well. When they caught up to An Tianzuo, they realized that he was standing in front of the mountain entrance. The scorpion that had self-destructed was nowhere to be seen.

"Love Letter escaped into Jade Emperor Peak?" An Sheng had already guessed what was going on.

An Tianzuo nodded slightly. "We have failed. Let's head back."

They knew that the scorpion was no longer able to survive; it was definitely on its last legs. As long as they could find it, even without An Tianzuo's help, An Sheng could kill it himself.

However, no one dared to enter Jade Emperor Peak. No matter how strong a person was, entering would only lead to death. Even An Tianzuo could only return empty-handed.

Mythical creatures were precious, but they couldn't trade for one with their lives.

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Chapter 518 Companion Egg Inside

Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to listen to the area beyond the mountain entrance. He found it dead silent. Unable to hear a thing, it was as though the particles inside were motionless, having not generated any vibrations.

Jade Emperor Peak is indeed terrifying. It's such a pity. They prepared for so long, but all their efforts were in vain at the final moment. Zhou Wen felt sorry for An Sheng. If a Mythical Companion Egg dropped, An Sheng's strength would definitely improve greatly. It would be much safer for him to carry out missions in the future.

Along the way, Zhou Wen didn't find the tiny palm symbol. Although Truth Listener's ability couldn't hear the scene around him, he could hear the traces of carvings. If there was a tiny palm symbol, he should have heard it.

An Tianzuo was a decisive person. Since all hope was lost, he did not hesitate to order An Sheng and the officers to leave White Cloud Mountain with him.

Just as they were about to leave, they suddenly heard a miserable scream coming from Jade Emperor Peak. It sounded like a creature's death cry.

"It's Love Letter. It died less than twenty meters away from Jade Emperor Peak. It even dropped a Companion Egg," an officer suddenly shouted.

"How do you know?" An Tianzuo asked.

"I can't hear it, but I can see it with my eyes. It's inside. It's a Companion Egg the size of a football and it resembles white jade. It has blood-colored text on it." The officer had used his hearing, but he couldn't hear anything. As he was unwilling to give up, he thought that it would be fine if he stole a glance. He removed his balaclava and had looked inside—seeing the Companion Egg.

"An Sheng?" An Tianzuo had also used his hearing ability but he couldn't see the situation inside.

This was because An Sheng's large-eyed Companion Beast gave him the ability of sight. If anyone could see it, An Sheng would be the first, but An Sheng hadn't said anything.

"Even if it's twenty meters, it's within the confines of Jade Emperor Peak. It's no different from two hundred meters or two thousand meters," An Sheng answered.

He was obviously the first person to discover the blood scorpion, but he did not say anything. Even though it was right in front of him, he still chose to give up.

With that said, An Sheng said to the officer, "Old He, put on the balaclava. Are you tired of living?"

"Overseer, Adjutant, why don't we make an attempt? It's less than twenty meters inside. Perhaps there's a way to get the Companion Egg out. That's a Mythical Companion Egg." The officer put on the balaclava and said to An Tianzuo and An Sheng, unwilling to give up.

"Ah Sheng is right. It doesn't matter even if it's two centimeters within Jade Emperor Peak, much less twenty meters," said An Tianzuo.

"Overseer, let's try using Companion Beasts. At most, we will sacrifice a few Companion Beasts. We can still afford to lose them." The officers felt that it was a pity to leave.

"There's no need to try. Haven't we done enough experiments in the past? You can't enter the Jade Emperor Peak, regardless if they are humans or Companion Beasts. The outcome is the same," Ah Sheng objected firmly.

"Overseer, I have a Companion Beast that I obtained in a dimensional zone previously. It's called Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros. It has the ability to resist evil powers, so why not let it try? If Adjutant An can obtain a Mythical pet, it'll be a boon for our Sunset Army. In the future, fewer of our brothers will die when we carry out missions..." one of the officers said.

"Then give it a try," said An Tianzuo.

"Thank you, Overseer." The officer was instantly overjoyed.

"Overseer..." An Sheng wanted to stop him.

"If we don't let them try, they won't be willing to give up. Just remember this." An Tianzuo stopped An Sheng from continuing.

As they were speaking, Zhou Wen circled around the mountain entrance. He wanted to see if there was a tiny palm symbol nearby. He didn't have much hope because the tiny palm symbol was typically engraved on a more conspicuous spot. It wasn't on the mountain entrance, so the chances of there being one were rather low.

But he didn't expect to find the tiny palm symbol on a mountain rock to the east of the mountain entrance.

The tiny palm symbol was engraved on a mountain rock that was about the height of a person. It was unknown what color the mountain rock was, but its shape was nothing special. The tiny palm symbol engraved on it was a small hand holding a small mountain-shaped rock.

He took out his phone and took a picture of the small palm symbol.

The phone quickly locked onto the picture and entered the download interface.

Elsewhere, the officer had already summoned a moon-white rhinoceros. The rhinoceros looked very mighty, and it was much bigger than an ordinary rhinoceros. It was even bigger than an adult elephant. Its body was glowing with a jade glow, as though its body was enveloped by moonlight.

"Old He, don't bother. It's a pity to lose a precious Companion Beast like the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros," An Sheng said with a sigh.

"It's fine. It's less than twenty meters away. It's just one step of the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros." Old He was determined. When the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros stood in front of the stone entrance, Old He gave the order and the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros moved like a tank charging through the entrance. It headed straight for the spot where the Companion Egg had dropped.

After it entered, Zhou Wen couldn't hear the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros. He thought that since there wasn't any immortal palace phenomenon, he could take a look at the situation without looking up into the fog.

He lifted the balaclava a little so that he could see the situation at the mountain entrance. He saw the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros's body four to five meters away from the mountain entrance. Furthermore, it was still charging at high speed. With such a speed, it would only take a few seconds to traverse twenty meters.

Zhou Wen also saw the Companion Egg. Indeed, it was less than twenty meters away from the mountain entrance. Just as Old He had said, there were blood-colored patterns on the jade-white egg. There was a pile of blood-colored powder on the ground. It was likely formed after the Blood Scorpion died.

Just as Zhou Wen was sizing up the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros, he saw a terrifying scene. After the huge rhinoceros rushed past the mountain entrance, its body turned into a piece of jade. It didn't get far—perhaps ten meters—before the entire rhinoceros turned into a lifeless jade statue and fell to the ground.

Boom!

After a loud bang, the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros shattered into pieces of jade. Furthermore, the pieces of jade that landed on the ground kept disintegrating, becoming smaller and smaller. Like sand, they split apart and finally turned to dust.

Zhou Wen couldn't help but shiver. He finally knew what was going on with the pile of blood-colored powder beneath the Companion Egg. Even the Blood Scorpion couldn't withstand the terrifying power from Jade Emperor Peak. It had ended up in the same state as the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros.

However, the Companion Egg wasn't affected by the terrifying force.

Ding! Zhou Wen's phone notified the completion of the download. He looked down and saw a black mountain icon on the screen. However, it wasn't White Cloud Mountain but Demon Suppression Mountain.

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Chapter 519 Zero Taboo

After tapping open the Demon Suppression Mountain dungeon, he realized that the blood-colored avatar had appeared in front of the black stone. Beside it was White Cloud Mountain's entrance. Other than the cartoon image, the layout was identical to the real White Cloud Mountain.

Zhou Wen thought for a moment and attempted to let the blood-colored avatar enter the mountain entrance. He wanted to see if Truth Listener's ability could withstand the terrifying power of Jade Emperor Peak.

However, it was useless. The power on Jade Emperor Peak wasn't an evil force like a curse. After a few steps, the blood-colored avatar turned to dust.

Zhou Wen thought for a moment and dripped his blood to revive. He walked into Jade Emperor Peak once again, but this time, he switched his Essence Energy Art to a Dao Art.

His Life Providence had naturally transformed into a Dao Body and Zero Taboo.

The moment the blood-colored avatar took half a step in, the Zero Taboo crystal in his consciousness lit up like a light bulb.

It works! Zhou Wen was delighted as he controlled the blood-colored avatar to continue walking forward. After taking a few steps, his body was fine. Cracks began to appear on the Zero Taboo crystal, as though it was about to shatter.

...

It really can't be taken out. In front of the mountain entrance, Old He wore a look of disappointment. He wasn't sad for the death of his Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros, but because he couldn't retrieve the Companion Egg for An Sheng.

"Old He, with the Overseer around, we will have plenty of chances to kill Mythical creatures in the future. It's just a matter of time," An Sheng said. He found it a pity that the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros died. It was one of the few Epic Companion Beasts that could ward off evil. It was a pity to lose it.

"Let's go." An Tianzuo gave another order. This time, no one said a word. Although they were unwilling to give up on the Mythical Companion Egg in front of them, they had no choice but to leave.

"Ah Sheng, let me give it a try. Perhaps I can take it out," Zhou Wen said as he walked over.

If the Companion Egg was An Tianzuo's, Zhou Wen wouldn't have stepped forward. He might even have waited for them to leave before secretly returning to retrieve the Companion Egg.

However, the Companion Egg was for An Sheng, so Zhou Wen felt that he should help.

An Sheng had given him plenty of help and had risked his life with him. He had plenty of chances to obtain Mythical Companion Eggs in the future, but it was unlikely to have someone willing to risk his life for him at critical moments.

"Young Master Wen, if you wish to use a Mythical Companion Beast to take the Companion Egg, there's no need to bother. Love Letter is also at the Mythical stage. It also failed to withstand the power of Jade Emperor Peak," An Sheng said.

"If I just want to take out the Companion Egg, it's very simple. I don't need to use a Mythical Companion Beast." As Zhou Wen spoke, he walked to the mountain entrance and deliberately sounded relaxed. He didn't say that he was the one entering.

This was because he knew very well that if he said that he was the one entering, An Sheng would have definitely stopped him. It was impossible that he would let him take the risk.

"Young Master Wen, what solution do you have?" An Sheng asked.

An Tianzuo and the officers looked at Zhou Wen. They also wanted to know if he really had a way to bring out the Companion Egg.

Old He looked at Zhou Wen and said, "Young Master Wen, if you have a way to bring out the Companion Egg, just let me know if there's anything I can do in the future. I'll be at your beck and call."

An Sheng had saved the lives of Old He's family. Old He had always treated An Sheng's matters as his own.

"I'll remember that." As Zhou Wen spoke, he looked past the mountain entrance. An Tianzuo and company believed that he would summon a Companion Beast, but to their surprise, Zhou Wen suddenly took a step forward and walked through the mountain pass.

"No..." An Sheng turned pale with fright as he rushed towards the mountain entrance.

Someone was faster than him as he appeared in front of the mountain entrance in a flash. He extended his hand to grab Zhou Wen, but he was still a step slower. Zhou Wen had already rushed past the mountain entrance.

When An Sheng rushed to the mountain entrance, he was held back by An Tianzuo, who had arrived a step earlier. He didn't let him chase after Zhou Wen.

"Look carefully. His body isn't affected," An Tianzuo said to An Sheng in a deep voice as he took off his balaclava.

Old He and company were also alarmed. They originally imagined that Zhou Wen would use a special Companion Beast to make the attempt, they never expected him to walk in by himself.

An Sheng stood outside the stone door and looked at Zhou Wen inside. He quickly walked towards the Companion Egg. His speed was astonishing. More importantly, his body didn't disintegrate like the Evil Warding Spirit Rhinoceros.

Zhou Wen's body landed in front of the Companion Egg like a wisp of smoke. He reached out and scooped the Companion Egg into his hand before turning around and retreating.

This back-and-forth was swift and elegant, like a swift saber that had been unsheathed. With a flash, the saber had already returned into the sheath before one could see what the blade looked like.

When Zhou Wen returned to the mountain entrance with the Blood Scorpion Companion Egg in hand, Old He and company jolted to attention as though they had been in a dream. They speechlessly looked at Zhou Wen who was standing in front of them in perfect condition.

"Young Master Wen, you are really too rash." An Sheng sized up Zhou Wen's body and only heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that there wasn't anything wrong with his body.

"Don't worry. I won't do anything that I'm not confident of." Zhou Wen threw the Companion Egg to An Sheng.

"Young Master Wen, thank you," An Sheng received the Companion Egg and said with a smile.

"Not considering the consequences of your actions will one day make you pay the price. Put on your balaclavas and we will head down the mountain," An Tianzuo said coldly. He put his balaclava on and turned to head down the mountain.

Everyone hurriedly put on their balaclavas and followed An Tianzuo down the mountain.

When they reached a fork on the mountainside, Zhou Wen asked An Sheng, "Ah Sheng, is Jade Rabbit's Lunar Prayer on the mountain over there?"

"It's there alright. I'll take you there," An Sheng said.

Old He also said, "Young Master Wen, if you want to pay a visit, I'll take you there. However, it's just a stone. There's nothing to see."

"There's no need. There's no danger there anyway. I just want to take a look myself. You guys can go back now," Zhou Wen said as he walked up the mountain path.

An Sheng didn't insist on going with him. Since Zhou Wen could remain unharmed in Jade Emperor Peak, nothing outside posed a danger to him.

"Adjutant An, this Young Master Wen is amazing. He actually managed to enter and exit Jade Emperor Peak safely. He's really strong. Is he still in school?" Old He asked An Sheng as he watched Zhou Wen disappear on the mountain path.

"Don't you know whose family Young Master Wen is from? How can a person who can be doted on so much by Madam not be strong?" As An Sheng spoke, he used his large eyes to glance at An Tianzuo, but unfortunately, he couldn't see An Tianzuo's expression through the balaclava.

"You're right. Young Master Wen is Madam Lan's son. It's only right for him to be strong." Old He smiled.

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Chapter 520 One Takes on the Color of One"s Company

Zhou Wen walked all the way up to the mountain where Jade Rabbit's Lunar Prayer was. Although Zero Taboo seemed to have the ability to counter White Cloud Mountain's taboo powers, Zhou Wen still wore the balaclava and used Truth Listener's ability to scout the way.

If he were to see the immortal palace phenomenon, it would be quite an unjust death in the event Zero Taboo failed to work.

There were indeed very few dimensional creatures on White Cloud Mountain. Zhou Wen walked all the way to the peak, but he didn't even encounter a single one.

After reaching the top of the mountain, Zhou Wen finally saw the legendary jade rabbit's lunar prayer stone. Perhaps it was because Zhou Wen's imagination wasn't good, but no matter how he looked at it, it didn't resemble a rabbit.

The Thearch said that the item is beneath this stone, but this stone seems to be connected to the mountain? Should I dig it up? Zhou Wen circled the Moon Rabbit stone but didn't find the good stuff that The Thearch had mentioned.

Although it wasn't nice to destroy a natural landscape, Zhou Wen couldn't be bothered anymore. He summoned the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon and made it push the Moon Rabbit stone to see if there was anything below.

The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon had 80 Strength after all. With the augmentation of an Essence Energy Skill, it could snap the mountain, much less a mere rock.

However, it was unable to move the Moon Rabbit stone at all despite using all its might.

Zhou Wen couldn't help but be surprised. With the strength of Six-Winged, even a piece of titanium alloy should have snapped, much less a rock.

Indeed, there's something here! Zhou Wen made Six-Winged stop. He probably couldn't move the Moon Rabbit stone with brute force.

Zhou Wen studied how to deal with the Moon Rabbit stone, but he failed to budge it despite exhausting all the methods he could think of. All he could do was leave White Cloud Mountain and return to the encampment. He planned on contacting The Thearch and asking her how to take the item under the Moon Rabbit Stone.

After Zhou Wen returned to the encampment, Old He warmly welcomed him back. He also told him that An Sheng and An Tianzuo had already left because they were needed in Luoyang. They had left a message, saying that if Zhou Wen wanted to return, he could get Old He to drive him back.

On the rugged mountain road, An Sheng was fiddling with his phone while driving.

To him, multitasking was not a difficult task. There was no conflict between driving and playing games. Ordinary people were forbidden from doing this as it was very easy for accidents to happen, bringing harm to themselves and others.

The scene that appeared on An Sheng's phone screen was the game that Zhou Wen had invested in. He held the phone in one hand as his fingers moved rapidly. It was no different from how others played with two hands. He was even more agile.

The game character used all sorts of odd positioning and releasing of skills to beat the Demonized Soldiers and Generals.

"Why aren't you driving properly? What are you doing there?" An Tianzuo, who was sitting behind with his eyes closed, suddenly asked.

"I downloaded the game that Zhou Wen and company made. Now that I'm trying it, it's really not bad. The feedback from attacking and the usage of skills are very good. The parameters are also very similar to reality, especially those Demonized Soldiers and Generals. Their behavior and skills are identical to reality. After playing this game, if one were to encounter Demonized Soldiers and Generals, one would know how to deal with them. This game is really not bad. From the looks of it, Young Master Wen isn't just playing games," An Sheng said as he played.

"He's just trying to play to the gallery. Watching a video allows one to understand dimensional creatures better than gaming. It's not like I see him doing any research. All he does is game. The so-called understanding of dimensional creatures is just an excuse to game," said An Tianzuo.

An Sheng defended Zhou Wen. "It's still a little different. From watching the video, one can only know what kind of abilities a dimensional creature has. Ordinary people can't tell what skills they can use to deal with it just by watching a video. However, in-game, they can attempt to use various skills to attack dimensional creatures. They can then know which skills are effective against them. Furthermore, through in-game combat, it's easier to remember the timing of the various skills used by dimensional creatures. This game is a high-level strategy guide. It would be even better if we could turn it into a holographic game"

"I realize that ever since you and Zhou Wen went out a few times, you are getting better at clever, but false, arguments," An Tianzuo said with a cold expression.

"Overseer, you're right. It's my fault. Games only make people lose their aspirations. It's useless," An Sheng hurriedly said.

"You've even learned how to agree overtly despite your private opposition. Indeed, one takes on the color of one's company. Hand over the phone," An Tianzuo said coldly when he saw that An Sheng was still playing.

"I was wrong, alright?" An Sheng hurriedly put away his phone.

"I told you to hand me the phone," An Tianzuo said with a deadpan expression as he stared at An Sheng through the rearview mirror.

An Sheng helplessly handed his phone to An Tianzuo, who was sitting behind him. An Tianzuo reached out and took it. He glared at An Sheng and said, "Drive properly. If you continue with such nonsense, you'll be punished to guard Chess Mountain."

An Sheng tersely responded and continued driving. He didn't dare do anything else.

An Tianzuo closed his eyes to rest for a while, but he had a nagging feeling. After a while, An Tianzuo opened his eyes again and picked up the phone beside him. After unlocking it, his gaze landed on the app icon named Dimension.

The corners of An Tianzuo's eyes twitched slightly. He reached out and pulled the curtains to give himself privacy from An Sheng. Then, he said to him, "I'll rest for a while. Don't disturb me."

"Got it, Overseer," An Sheng said.

An Tianzuo held his phone and turned off the sound. Then, he tapped on the icon. Soon, an ink-styled interface appeared on his phone.

...

Zhou Wen rested in the encampment. As there was a signal in the encampment, he sent a message to The Thearch, but after waiting for several hours, he still didn't receive a reply.

Just as Zhou Wen thought that The Thearch wasn't replying to him on purpose, he finally received a message. He opened it and saw that it was from The Thearch.

"To learn the divine art, one must self-castrate."

Zhou Wen read the message clearly and countless question marks appeared in his mind. Then, he sent a row of question marks.

"It was sent wrongly. It was for someone else. If you want the treasure, you must wait for the moon to rise." The Thearch replied very quickly this time.

So I have to wait until the moon rises before I can obtain the treasure under the Moon Rabbit stone. Zhou Wen was enlightened, but he suddenly felt that something was amiss.

"The Thearch, you said that you sent the message wrongly. Then who were you planning on sending that sentence to?" Zhou Wen's expression turned odd.

Since The Thearch could use her phone to go online, it was not surprising that she could add friends on the Internet. The strange thing was, why did she send such a message to the other party?

"It's a guy who wants to learn divine arts. His name seems to be John Cape," The Thearch replied.

"John... Cape..." Zhou Wen naturally wouldn't forget this fellow. After all, it was because of Liz and John that he and the Cape family had become enemies.

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Chapter 521 Immortal Palace Phenomenon

Zhou Wen originally wanted to ask what The Thearch was doing, but The Thearch didn't reply to him. Zhou Wen had to temporarily put the matter aside.

In the afternoon, Zhou Wen arrived in front of the Jade Rabbit's Lunar Prayer stone again. There, he waited for the moon to rise from the east.

However, there was a problem. The Thearch said that he had to push the Moon Rabbit stone the moment the moon rose. Although Truth Listener was very powerful and could hear very minute sounds, it was still unknown if he could tell that the moon had risen.

If Truth Listener were to advance further in the future and advance to the Mythical stage, it might be able to hear something even deeper such as the rotations of electrons or the flowing sound of photons. When that happened, it was possible to use one's hearing to determine if the moon had risen.

However, he definitely couldn't do it now. After some hesitation, Zhou Wen switched his Essence Energy Art to a Dao Art before removing the balaclava.

Zhou Wen estimated the time. The moon was about to rise. If he were to use his eyes, he wouldn't be so unlucky to chance upon the immortal palace phenomenon, right?

However, even if he were to see the immortal palace phenomenon, he had the Zero Taboo Life Soul. It was unlikely he would die so easily.

While waiting for the sun to set at the garrison, Zhou Wen studied his Zero Taboo Life Soul. After entering White Cloud Mountain's Jade Emperor Peak and other dimensional zones, he discovered something.

Zero Taboo and Truth Listener's Evil Nullification were somewhat different. When Evil Nullification was in effect, it could deal with man-made curses. Zero Taboo did little against them. According to Zhou Wen's judgment, it worked against powers that came from the laws of nature.

For example, White Cloud Mountain's Jade Emperor Peak, Small Buddha Temple, or Sei Gasakai's Will Renewal. They were all unreasonable powers. That was just how the laws of nature worked.

Zero Taboo was very useful in this aspect. However, its effects were difficult to distinguish from Evil Nullification. There was some overlap between the two, and Zhou Wen was still studying them. His understanding of Zero Taboo wasn't thorough enough, so he was still in the guessing phase.

However, Zero Taboo was not truly without any restrictions. It could last for about ten seconds inside White Cloud Mountain's Jade Emperor Peak. Any longer, the Zero Taboo Life Soul would explode from the pressure.

In Small Buddha Temple, as long as he did not enter the temple hall, Zero Taboo was fine. However, once he entered the temple hall, it could only last for ten seconds.

Although the immortal palace phenomenon was terrifying, Zhou Wen guessed that it wouldn't have much of an effect on him. Zero Taboo and Evil Nullification were of some use.

After pulling up the balaclava, Zhou Wen looked east. Although the sun and moon weren't in the sky, it wasn't too dark since the sun had just set.

As he looked over, he saw a sea of white clouds. Occasionally, a few mountain peaks would appear out of the sea of clouds, like a few black islands in a white sea. The scene was indeed as beautiful as a fairyland.

It's a pity that no one has the chance to enjoy such beautiful scenery. If it was before the dimensional storms, I'm afraid this place would have been filled with tourists. Zhou Wen suddenly felt that the dimensional storms might not be a bad thing. If there were tourists crowding the place, no matter how beautiful it was, it would be greatly affected.

The immortal palace didn't appear. Zhou Wen kept track of time and knew that the moon would rise at any moment. He didn't wear the balaclava and sat there to watch the sea of clouds.

On the mountains above the sea of clouds, he could see some ancient buildings. However, they weren't places he could go carelessly. Zhou Wen only admired them for the time being.

After waiting for less than two minutes, a crescent moon slowly floated out from the sea of clouds' horizon. The moonlight was not strong and it was not bright. It was very mild.

Just as Zhou Wen was about to push the Moon Rabbit stone again, a white jade-like immortal palace appeared where the crescent moon rose.

There were pavilions and pagodas, as well as jade halls and shrines. Beautiful and elegant immortal palaces appeared in the clouds, and he could even see fairies flitting about. Faintly, he could even hear singing coming from those immortal palaces.

Immortal palace phenomenon! Zhou Wen was alarmed. The Zero Taboo Life Soul had already lit up his mind. Clearly, it had a reaction to the immortal palace phenomenon.

The intensity of the Zero Taboo's reaction wasn't inferior to the Jade Emperor Peak. Zhou Wen took a careful look before closing his eyes and pulling down the balaclava.

The brightened Zero Taboo Life Soul also dimmed.

Thankfully, my theory is correct. Zero Taboo seems to be useful against all taboo powers in a dimensional zone. Zhou Wen recalled the scene of the immortal palace in his mind.

The immortal palace was extremely magnificent, but it didn't have much value to Zhou Wen. Instead, it was the dancing fairies that gave him some insight.

The Fairy in Dragon Gate Grotto was only at the Epic stage after all. Transcendent Flying Immortal's attack was only an Epic Essence Energy Skill. Although through Zhou Wen's constant insight and creativity, it had reached an outstanding level at the Epic stage, it was still inferior to a true godlike skill.

Having seen the figures of the fairies in the immortal palace, Zhou Wen immediately gained new insights.

Without a doubt, if those fairies really existed, they would all be true Mythical creatures.

Ignoring the fairies' stances, Zhou Wen extended his hand to push the Moon Rabbit stone just as the moon rose. Although it was still very heavy, it moved slightly with his strength.

Overjoyed, Zhou Wen pushed harder and shoved the Moon Rabbit stone to the side bit by bit. Then, he realized that beneath it was a jade box embedded in the stone's indentation.

Zhou Wen reached out to take out the jade box, only to find it cold to the touch.

After touching the indentation and confirming that there was nothing else, Zhou Wen pushed the Moon Rabbit stone back.

With the jade box in his arms, Zhou Wen planned on looking at what was inside the box when he returned home. Since he had already obtained it, he wasn't in a hurry.

As he thought about leaving the mountain, he couldn't bear it. After some thought, Zhou Wen pulled up the balaclava slightly and looked at the rising moon in the east.

The phenomenon of the immortal palace was still there. Numerous immortal palaces floated above the sea of clouds, looking extremely realistic. It was not something ethereal like a mirage.

The fairies danced among the immortal palaces. All of them had elegant and graceful postures. They seemed much more profound than the Fairies in Dragon Gate Grotto.

Zero Taboo kept emitting light. It felt like it would shatter in a few more seconds.

Zhou Wen didn't dare take another look. Just as he was about to close his eyes, he suddenly saw a beautiful fairy fly out from a palace. The moment she appeared, the other fairies immediately paled in comparison. It was as though the halo around them had vanished as they became mere mortal beauties.

Only the fairy who had just appeared deserved being described as an "immortal fairy."

Zhou Wen only took a glance and saw numerous crisscrossing cracks appear on the Zero Taboo crystal. Just as it was about to explode, Zhou Wen hurriedly closed his eyes in fright.

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Chapter 522 Change in Ranking

This time, when he closed his eyes, the Zero Taboo crystal didn't immediately extinguish. It continued emitting light. The cracks on the crystal were still spreading, and it was about to shatter. It left Zhou Wen shuddering in fear.

Thankfully, the crystal didn't shatter and the light gradually dimmed.

Now, the Zero Taboo crystal was like a glass bead that had been doused in cold water after being heated over a flame. It was full of cracks, looking as if it would shatter at any moment.

Amazing. I only took a glance at her and she nearly blasted apart my Life Soul. If she really exists, I wonder what status she has among Mythical creatures? Zhou Wen could still recall the scene of the fairy dancing in the air. Her figure seemed to contain some profound charms. It was indescribably beautiful and shocking.

Zhou Wen closed his eyes and sat on the Moon Rabbit stone. He carefully recalled the details of the fairy's figure, hoping to figure out the true secret of Flying Immortal.

Zhou Wen could sense that the fairy's figure was extremely valuable to his Transcendent Flying Immortal, but after thinking for a long time, he felt that there was something in the way between the two. It made him feel like he was looking at a beauty through a layer of frosted glass. He could see her, but not clearly. He couldn't help but feel vexed.

He stood up and walked down the mountain. He wanted to have a change of environment and mood; perhaps that way, he might be able to understand what was happening. He would never dare to look at that immortal palace phenomenon again.

After returning to the encampment, Zhou Wen took out the jade box and placed it on the table. After studying it for a while, he opened the lid.

Inside the jade box were dozens of crystals the size of cat eyes. They were of different colors and shapes.

I wonder what attributes these dimensional crystals have? Zhou Wen took out his mysterious phone and snapped them.

It turned out that they were all Epic dimensional crystals. Most of them were crystals of the four basic stats. Only two were Essence Energy Skill Crystals. This left Zhou Wen somewhat disappointed.

He originally believed that The Thearch's mention of something would be no trifling matter. Although Epic crystals were not bad, they were far inferior to the Mythical crystal from before.

However, on second thought, it made sense. The Thearch told him about these so that he could exchange them for money, so why would she get him to retrieve Mythical crystals that weren't easily sold?

Epic crystals were the easiest to produce at present. Furthermore, there was a relatively high demand for them. There were at least ten crystals and they all had different attributes. Some were bad, while others were not bad. The best one was a Speed Crystal with 38 stats. It was likely worth quite a bit of money.

Of course, the most valuable ones were the two Essence Energy Skill Crystals. One was the Cloud Crane Crystal, while the other was the Cloud Deer Crystal. Zhou Wen had never seen these two dimensional creatures before, nor did he know what skills they had.

He placed the crystals back into the jade box and picked it up to put into the chaos space.

The dimensional crystals weren't very warm, but the jade box was as cold as ice. It didn't seem ordinary.

Is it possible that this jade box is something good? Zhou Wen held the jade box and began studying it.

The jade box was the color of the moon. It was translucent and he almost could see through it, but it also appeared opaque. It was as if there were clouds within the jade.

After Zhou Wen carefully studied the jade box, he found something amiss.

There were many cloud patterns engraved on the jade box. The patterns were of different shapes and sizes. If one were to look at them with the eyes of an ordinary person, they would be clouds of different shapes and sizes. One would write it off as nothing special.

Even though some people felt that the cloud patterns were special, it was difficult to see the true meaning behind them.

However, after Zhou Wen carefully observed them, he realized that the different types of clouds contained the beauty of a fairy's figure. Every cloud pattern looked like a fairy. If he hadn't seen the fairies flying, it would probably be difficult for him to tell the charms of these cloud patterns.

This is really something good. Zhou Wen picked up the jade box and continued studying the cloud patterns. As he looked at them, he compared them with the fairy poses he had seen. His understanding deepened.

While Zhou Wen was studying the cloud patterns, another shocking event happened. The black cube lit up again before another Companion Beast appeared on the ranking.

The second Companion Beast on the ranking was actually the publicly acknowledged number one Companion Beast, Verbis Diablo Holy Angel.

The Verbis Diablo Holy Angel's ranking had been ranked by a big organization in the Federation. It was known as the number one pet at the Epic stage. Now that it had taken its place on the cube's ranking, it actually failed to surpass the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. It was only ranked second.

No one could help but speculate how powerful the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was to be able to suppress the Verbis Diablo Holy Angel. This was truly quite a shock.

In the past few days, there had been no movement. Only Six-Winged had been placed on the list. When the Verbis Diablo Holy Angel entered the rankings, many Companion Beasts sprouted like mushrooms after a rain. They were listed one after another.

On the cube's screen, various pet creatures constantly appeared. Apart from the angel and dragon, there were also sprites, magical beasts, and other Companion Beasts.

The Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, which was originally in first place, dropped to third place in a day. Eight others ranked after it. A total of eleven Companion Beasts were listed.

Two Companion Beasts ranked ahead of the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. The first was Death of the Underworld, while the second was Frost Giant. They were Companion Beasts no one had heard of before.

As for the famous Verbis Diablo Holy Angel, it was ranked dead last among all the Companion Beasts on the list.

This caused a huge wave of discussion across the entire Federation. Only then did many ordinary people realize that the so-called strongest Verbis Diablo Holy Angel was just a bottom-tier existence in the world of truly powerful pets.

The powerful Companion Beasts were enough to make one gasp in excitement. However, at the same time, people were guessing who the extremely powerful Companion Beasts belonged to.

Including Zhou Wen's Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, there were a total of three dragons that entered the rankings. It could be said that among all the Mythical creatures, they were the most common species.

However, one tidbit was very surprising. All the Companion Beasts that entered the rankings—be they angels, dragons, elemental sprites, or Death—were Companion Beasts from the West and North Districts. They didn't see any special Companion Beasts from East District and South District on the list.

In fact, all the families that made a move this time came from the West and North Districts. Among them, the Cape family of the West District put in the most work and managed to occupy four ranks in one go.

The East District's Xia family and Zhang family, and the South District's Dugu family didn't have any Companion Beasts appear on the ranking. The four districts seemed to have a completely different attitude towards the rankings.

Zhou Wen didn't know anything about the change in ranking. Although Zhou Wen declined Old He's offer to take him back, Old He insisted.

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