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Chapter 811: Mythical Rank
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Translator: CKtalon
Zhou Wen decided to enter Xiyuan's shop to take a look at the silver-haired Companion Beast. No matter how strong the Companion Beast was, since he was locked up in a way that a Companion Beast shop could trap him, there was no reason for anything to happen to him. After all, Qin Xiyuan and company were fine.
As long as I don't touch the metal slab or enter the passcode, I should be fine. Zhou Wen made up his mind. After paying the bill, he left the cafe and found an empty spot. He put on the Invisibility Cloak and walked towards Xiyuan Store.
Zhou Wen had already figured out the situation in the shop. Since Qin Xiyuan wasn't there, he avoided the places that might expose him and slowly approached the elevator that led to the fourth level.
The building held no secrets for him. Zhou Wen passed through some ventilation ducts and quickly arrived at the top level.
It wasn't that he didn't want to go directly to B4, but B4 was completely sealed. No ventilation duct could reach there.
However, this wasn't difficult for Zhou Wen. There was only one entrance to the fourth level, and it was a special elevator. It was in Qin Xiyuan's office.
Zhou Wen remembered that the last time he came with Ouyang Lan, she could take him to B4. Now, the public elevator had been sealed. Only this place could reach B4.
Without Qin Xiyuan around, Zhou Wen found an opportunity to release Primordial Spore and allowed it to enter the lock. It opened the lock from the inside and easily allowed Zhou Wen to gain access to the office.
Following the steps from his experience, he activated the sealed elevator and successfully reached the empty B4.
The various seals naturally didn't pose a problem for Zhou Wen. Miniature Companion Beasts like Gu could enter the locks, making it easy to open them.
The invisible Zhou Wen could do whatever he wanted in the shop. Soon, he arrived at the room where the silver-haired Companion Beast was.
Zhou Wen didn't enter directly because there were many cameras in the room. Even the opposite side of the room had several cameras installed. If he opened the door in invisibility, people in the surveillance room would notice it.
Just as Zhou Wen was considering how to enter, he suddenly realized that the entire building's electricity had been cut. This was somewhat different from a blackout.
In the event of a blackout, it only meant that the power supply had been cut. There would still be stored electric power in some equipment, such as electronic watches, phones, and electrical appliances with batteries that allowed them to continue operating.
However, the electricity in the entire building seemed to have been sucked away. There was nothing left, and all the electronic devices had lost their effects.
Zhou Wen immediately knew that it was the handiwork of the silver-haired Companion Beast inside. Although there was a door between them, the silver-haired Companion Beast was smiling at him as though the door didn't exist.
"You're finally here," the silver-haired Companion Beast said. This time, not only did he open his mouth, but he also spoke. It was different from when he had only used lip-reading.
"You knew I would come?" Zhou Wen didn't push open the door and spoke to the silver-haired Companion Beast through the door. In fact, they could see each other without opening the door.
"When I first saw you, I knew that you were Ouyang Ting's chosen one, so I knew you would definitely come," the silver-haired Companion Beast said.
"Why was I chosen?" Zhou Wen didn't ask what he was chosen for. This was because the other party would know that he didn't know anything. When the time came, he would reconsider revealing some truths.
Now that Zhou Wen had asked why he was chosen, the other party would say something. Perhaps he could obtain some useful information from him before continuing the conversation.
"Because you aren't smart enough," said the silver-haired Companion Beast.
Zhou Wen looked at the silver-haired Companion Beast in a daze. He had imagined many possibilities, but he never expected such an answer.
The silver-haired Companion Beast continued with a smile, "There are some things that overly smart people can't do. The person we need is someone who isn't too smart but isn't stupid. At the same time, he has to be very talented, occasionally having bouts of inspiration. The person also has to be highly focused."
"And then?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Then, you were chosen by Ouyang Ting. I think he has good taste. You are indeed someone who's highly focused," the silver-haired Companion Beast said with a smile.
"Then what can I do?" Zhou Wen asked again.
"I don't know." The silver-haired Companion Beast's answer once again exceeded Zhou Wen's expectations.
"How can you not know?" Zhou Wen frowned.
"Because I don't know how far you can go, I don't know what you can do in the end. The differing ability levels dictate the different things you can do. When you are still a child, your parents won't let you work to earn money. When you are a man, no one will request to use you as a surrogate mother. Therefore, what you can do doesn't depend on anyone else. It only has to do with your abilities," the silver-haired Companion Beast said.
"I'm not here to listen to you talk about philosophy. If that's all you want to say to me, I think I should leave," Zhou Wen said.
"Alright, then I'll say something that you're interested in. Do you know the Mythical stage?" The silver-haired Companion Beast changed the topic, but Zhou Wen didn't understand why he would suddenly say that. Under the present circumstances, with people possibly coming to check on the fourth level at any time, shouldn't he say something related to himself?
"You mean the level above the Mythical stage?" Zhou Wen asked patiently.
"That description isn't right. In fact, Mythicals contain many different grades. The Mythical you are talking about now is just the threshold when stepping into the Mythical stage," the silver-haired Companion Beast said.
"Then what grades are there to the Mythical stage?" Zhou Wen asked.
"If you want to know what grades there are to a Mythical creature, you first need to know what a god is. Do you know what a god is?" the silver-haired Companion Beast said calmly.
"Can our communication be simpler and more effective? I don't think I'll have much time to listen to your stories here. The people in this shop won't give me that much time," Zhou Wen said.
However, the silver-haired Companion Beast continued without batting an eyelid. "In ancient times, humans in a primitive society became afraid of unknown things and dangers. And by manifesting this fear, gods were born. For example, humans were afraid of lightning, so they imagined lightning as a terrifying life form. Hence, there was the Thunder God. Humans were afraid of the heavy rain because it would make humans sick, so there was the Rain God. Other examples include powerful creatures like tigers, wolves, snakes, eagles, etc. Human strength was incomparable to them. They were worshiped because of fear as humans hoped to be as powerful as those ferocious beasts. Therefore, they created totem worship. That is also a form of god.
"Therefore, the first grade of the Mythical stage is the Terror grade. Any Mythical creature that can cause terror belongs to this level. This is also the weakest level among Mythical creatures. The Mythical Companion Beasts on the ranking all belong to this grade."
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Chapter 812: The Final Victor
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"Such a gradation isn't right, isn't it? Many Legendary and Epic creatures can also instill terror in people, can't they?" Zhou Wen said.
"Sorry, there's a problem with how I'm conveying it. This level is based on dimensional civilizations as reference. Legendaries and Epic on Earth aren't qualified to enter the ranks of dimensional civilizations," the silver-haired Companion Beast said.
"Alright, continue." Zhou Wen shrugged helplessly.
"Floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, etc. These are things that humans are unable to control, nor can they resist them. Once they happen, they can only wait for death. They are known as calamities, and they are also known as the Calamity grade. This is the second level of Mythical creatures. Mythical creatures that can reach this level are considered accomplished in dimensional civilizations," the silver-haired Companion Beast said.
Calamity grade? Zhou Wen silently repeated the name.
"Although natural disasters are terrifying, they will ultimately come to an end. Yet, some forces are enough to destroy everything. In ancient times, some people were worried that the sky would collapse, while others were worried that the land they lived in would be destroyed. Such a force that can destroy the world is known as the Apocalypse grade amongst dimensional civilizations."
The silver-haired Companion Beast smiled and said, "Of course, the so-called apocalypse is only relative to Earth. In fact, in dimensional civilizations, there aren't any existences that can truly destroy worlds. Furthermore, there aren't any so-called gods in dimensional civilizations. There are only indescribable things. The so-called Apocalyptic power doesn't cause much destruction in dimensional civilizations. This has something to do with the composition of the world. Compared to dimensional civilizations, Earth is just too weak."
"What's after the Apocalypse grade?" Zhou Wen asked.
"There hasn't been such a life form so far, so it's unknown," the silver-haired Companion Beast said.
"Then, what's your grade?" Zhou Wen stared at the silver-haired Companion Beast and asked.
"I'm only at the Terror grade. It's impossible for an existence above the Terror grade to appear in an ancient forbidden land like Earth."
"Why?"
"That's because this is an ancient forbidden land. There's no reason to speak of. That's the rule of an ancient forbidden land. Even if those terrifying Apocalypse-grade creatures enter an ancient forbidden land, they will be reduced to the Terror grade."
"What's an ancient forbidden land?" Zhou Wen wanted to know as much as possible. If he missed this opportunity, who could tell him this?
"I don't know. This is the name dimensional civilizations have given Earth since ancient times. Only a place like Earth has such weak lifeforms. Therefore, many dimensional civilizations want to explore Earth and find out the secrets here. In the past, there were several Mythical wars on Earth because of this. There were dimensional civilizations backing them."
The silver-haired Companion Beast paused for a moment before continuing, "This is because there have been too many divine wars on Earth. The dimensional creatures that had their strength reduced entered, only to end up dying here. The losses were heavy. Now, the various dimensional civilizations have already reached an agreement. They won't send a large number of manpower into Earth, nor will they trigger divine wars on Earth. Every species will only send a Guardian to Earth and sign a contract with the humans on Earth. They will fight each other. The final victor and the dimensional civilization that he represents will have the rights to Earth for a hundred years. A hundred years later, new Guardians will enter Earth and begin the battle of Guardians again, deciding the ownership of Earth for the next hundred years."
"Why must Guardians decide who Earth belongs to? We humans are the masters of Earth," Zhou Wen said.
The silver-haired Companion Beast curled its lips and said, "This is typical human thinking. In fact, humans are only one of the millions of lifeforms on Earth. Humans used their powerful strength to conquer other lives and became the rulers of Earth. Now, there are even stronger lifeforms entering Earth and becoming the new rulers. Isn't this something that's only right? If you want to blame someone, you can only blame yourself for being too weak. You can't even advance to the Terror stage. That is a sin by itself."
Zhou Wen felt that something was amiss with the silver-haired Companion Beast's words, but he couldn't think of any reason to refute him.
"Why do Guardians have to contract with humans? Can't they just fight each other?" Zhou Wen changed the topic.
"This is because Guardians have great growth potential, but the rules of Earth don't allow existences above the Terror grade to appear on Earth. However, there's one exception. If you humans are used as carriers, they can erupt with powers above the Terror grade level for a short period of time without being restricted by the rules of the ancient forbidden land. Therefore, Guardians can only continue growing by contracting with you humans and come one step closer to victory," explained the silver-haired Companion Beast.
"I see." Zhou Wen finally understood why the powerful Guardians chose to contract with humans. It was all for victory.
With this in mind, it wasn't unreasonable for a Guardian to choose to betray weaker contractors.
After all, with a weak contractor, there was almost no chance of them winning. They could only constantly seek out stronger contractors.
Of course, as a human, Zhou Wen didn't like the Guardians, much less them treating Earth as a gambling table, battlefield, and dimensional civilization.
"What if all the Guardians fail in the end?" Zhou Wen's heart stirred as he asked the silver-haired Companion Beast.
"Haha, well asked. Back then, Ouyang Ting asked the same question. However, there's still no answer because no one other than the Guardian has obtained the final victory," said the silver-haired Companion Beast.
Zhou Wen saw that someone was coming down on the elevator, so he quickly asked, "Someone's here. Speak quickly. What do you want me to do?"
"Ouyang Ting wants to know the answer to your question, so he has been searching for a way to win. However, his body can't take it anymore. He's too old, so it's impossible for him to participate in such a battle again. Therefore, he wants to find someone who can win the answer for him. From the looks of it, he chose you," the silver-haired Companion Beast said.
"Has he found a way to win?" Zhou Wen asked.
"The method is in this metal box. Open it and you will get the answer," said the silver-haired Companion Beast as he pointed at the metal slab connected to the chain.
Zhou Wen looked at the metal slab, but he wasn't sure if the silver-haired Companion Beast's words were trustworthy.
The elevator door opened and someone entered B4. He headed straight for the silver-haired Companion Beast's room. It was Qin Xiyuan, who had rushed back.
Upon realizing that the silver-haired Companion Beast was still around and that the metal slab was fine, Qin Xiyuan heaved a sigh of relief. However, he still ordered the people around him to search all of B4.
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Chapter 813: Continuously Looking for Trouble
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Zhou Wen used the Invisibility Cloak's three minutes of invisibility to leave the Xiyuan Shop. He didn't enter the password to open the metal slab.
Firstly, there wasn't enough time. Secondly, what the silver-haired Companion Beast had said was only one-sided. Before he got a clear understanding of the situation, Zhou Wen wasn't willing to casually open the metal slab.
At the very least, Zhou Wen still didn't know what the anchor and woman's picture meant. Since the symbol was engraved on the metal slab, there had to be a reason.
Zhou Wen planned on finding an opportunity to ask the silver-haired Companion Beast again in the future. It wouldn't be too late to open the metal slab after figuring things out.
Anyway, he was the only one who knew the passcode now. It was impossible for others to open it.
After returning to his dorm, Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the antelope, Ya'er, and chick were watching television.
The chick wasn't a problem, but Zhou Wen was afraid that something might happen if the antelope and Ya'er clashed.
Zhou Wen didn't wish to see the school being besieged by a sea of Gu. However, on careful thought, Gu-type Companion Beasts were typically in the South District. Not every place had Gu. Ya'er could only communicate with Gu. In such a place without Gu, it was impossible for her to summon a large number.
With this in mind, Zhou Wen became afraid that Ya'er would be at a disadvantage against the antelope.
In contrast, Zhou Wen felt that Ya'er was better. The antelope was quite an asshole. Zhou Wen didn't trust it.
However, as the antelope was somewhat unfathomable and too powerful, Zhou Wen was momentarily helpless against it. All he could do was silently acknowledge its existence.
If the silver-haired Companion Beast isn't lying, the strongest creature on Earth is only at the Terror stage. Only after those Guardians and humans combine will they have a chance of breaking past the Terror stage. I should think of a way to advance to the Mythical stage first. Otherwise, it's useless thinking about this. Zhou Wen launched the game and grinded monsters while getting injured so that he could use the Chaos Egg to treat him.
The heavier and more bizarre the injuries were, the faster the Chaos Egg grew. Zhou Wen even attempted to fight Mythical creatures to suffer serious injuries so that he could get the Chaos Egg to treat him.
Unfortunately, the same type of injury could only allow the Chaos Egg to grow once. It was useless if he suffered the same injuries again. Therefore, Zhou Wen had to find a way to torture himself. Finally, four days later, the Chaos Egg began to evolve while treating Zhou Wen.
At that moment, the blood-colored avatar was still inside the Chaos Egg. When the Chaos Egg evolved, it remained in this state. Zhou Wen could clearly sense that the Essence Energy inside the Chaos Egg was rapidly transforming. It became purer and more concentrated. The healing effects were clearly enhanced.
Not long after, the Essence Energy in the Chaos Egg condensed into mist. The mist then turned into droplets. With the increasing amount of droplets, they became a water body that filled the entire Chaos Egg.
At this moment, the Chaos Egg's evolution was finally completed.
Zhou Wen could clearly sense that the liquid inside the Chaos Egg was a type of high-level Essence Energy. It was much stronger than ordinary Essence Energy in all aspects.
After taking a look at the Chaos Egg's information, he realized that the Chaos Egg had indeed evolved to an Evolved Body. However, its name hadn't changed. It was still Chaos Egg and was somewhat different from other Life Souls.
Zhou Wen suffered injuries again and entered the Chaos Egg to recuperate. As expected, the healing speed was much faster this time.
Could it be that the Chaos Egg's ability is just healing? Zhou Wen wasn't too disappointed. After all, such crazy healing ability was almost comparable to Li Xuan's self-healing.
However, Li Xuan could heal himself while fighting. The moment he used the Chaos Egg, Zhou Wen couldn't do anything else. All he could do was hide inside to recuperate.
Zhou Wen didn't care too much. After all, he had to raise the Chaos Egg to a Perfect Body first. Zhou Wen crazily looked for trouble in-game and suffered almost all the injuries he could.
Although it still hadn't advanced to a Perfect Body, it gave Zhou Wen a deeper understanding of the abilities of various dimensional creatures.
After all, experiencing their various skills personally was different from seeing with his eyes.
Now, Zhou Wen knew the effects of various skills like the back of his hand. He knew very well what kind of skills were most powerful and the effects when they hit him.
Even so, the Chaos Egg failed to advance to a Perfect Body. Zhou Wen felt that it was becoming stronger, but it was too slow.
There's no place left for me to be injured. What should I do? Should I find a new dimensional zone? Zhou Wen thought for a moment. Finding a new dimensional zone wasn't that easy.
Finally, Zhou Wen gritted his teeth. From the looks of it, I can only go there.
Zhou Wen reluctantly launched the Netherworld City dungeon and entered. When the torture chambers opened, he entered the first one.
"Ah... Ah... Ah..." Not long after, Zhou Wen came out of the torture chamber and used the Chaos Egg to treat his injuries. Then, he went to the next torture chamber and tragic cries sounded. Soon, Zhou Wen came out again and continued treating his injuries.
Zhou Wen shuttled back and forth on the long streets of Netherworld City and suffered all sorts of punishments. Being whipped and burned was nothing to him. What was even more perverse was getting fried in a pot of oil, having nails impaling his body, etc. Such inhuman pain was something ordinary people couldn't tolerate.
However, Zhou Wen endured all of them and the effects were excellent. After every treatment, he could clearly sense that the Chaos Egg was rapidly growing.
Zhou Wen carried on in the midst of pain and happiness. The pain in his body couldn't hide the joy in his heart.
However, even Zhou Wen couldn't accept a few punishments. He skipped the torture chambers, such as the Wooden Horse Punishment that Zhou Wen had previously recommended to Liu Yun.
There were also some punishments that were even more terrifying than the Wooden Horse Punishment. Zhou Wen consciously didn't choose them.
Zhou Wen waited for the torture chamber to open every day before experiencing new punishments. These punishments needed at least half a month before he could finish them all.
City Lord Netherworld said that I have to try all the punishments before I can see the real Netherworld City. I wonder what it means. Zhou Wen was somewhat curious, but he couldn't accept some of the punishments. In the end, he gave up.
Days passed as Zhou Wen tried most of the punishments in Netherworld City. He vaguely felt that the Chaos Egg was about to advance, but it was just a little short.
No, I have to find another place to get beaten up. After some thought, Zhou Wen felt that it was too dangerous to go to unfamiliar dimensional zones. It was better to find someone to beat him up.
I wonder how Feng Qiuyan's saber techniques have been recently. I'll get him to spar with me. Zhou Wen contacted Feng Qiuyan by phone.
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Chapter 814: Wanting to Know the Feeling of Being Injured
Zhou Wen said that he wanted to spar with Feng Qiuyan, but he couldn't invite him to beat him up because he wanted to be beaten and injured.
When he arrived at the training grounds, Feng Qiuyan was already waiting for him.
To Zhou Wen's surprise, Gulli and Sadie were also there. Only after chatting did he realize that Feng Qiuyan had been practicing with Gulli and Sadie recently.
Feng Qiuyan sure is a martial arts fanatic. In the past, it used to be Ming Xiu, then Li Xuan. Now, he doesn't even let Gulli and Sadie off, Zhou Wen thought.
"My saber techniques have improved recently. Coach, please guide me," Feng Qiuyan said as he picked up a practice saber.
"Why don't you use the Life Soul Saber?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.
In the past, when Feng Qiuyan fought, be it in practice or in actual combat, he used the Life Soul Saber. Today, for some reason, he suddenly used the practice saber.
If it were any other time, Zhou Wen wouldn't have any problems with Feng Qiuyan using a practice saber, but Zhou Wen was here to get injured. How could Feng Qiuyan injure him with a practice saber?
"I've been practicing with Sadie recently. In order to crack her abilities, I can only make some attempts with my saber techniques. I can't always release without being able to withdraw in time, so..." Feng Qiuyan explained.
"I see. However, you should switch to the Life Soul Saber. I want to find the feeling of actual combat. It's best if I can suffer some injuries," Zhou Wen said.
Feng Qiuyan looked at Zhou Wen in puzzlement. "Coach, why do you want to be injured?"
Zhou Wen had no choice but to explain. "If a person doesn't make mistakes, he will never know what's right. If he has never been injured, he naturally wouldn't know how to deal with injuries when he suffers one. Therefore, I want to suffer some injuries and have a taste of being injured."
Feng Qiuyan was enlightened when he heard that. "You're right, Coach. I get it."
With that said, Feng Qiuyan placed the practice saber back and summoned his Life Soul Saber.
However, when Gulli and Sadie heard Zhou Wen's words, they had different thoughts.
Getting injured when entering a dimensional zone to hunt dimensional creatures was actually very normal. Otherwise, the school wouldn't have been equipped with specialized hospitals.
Even Sadie, who had the Eye of Odin, would sometimes be injured. After all, anything could be found in a dimensional zone. A person's strength didn't determine everything.
However, Zhou Wen's words made it seem as though he had never been injured. He actually wanted to find the feeling of being injured, making Gulli and Sadie wonder what he was up to.
"Although Zhou Wen is indeed very strong, Feng Qiuyan's saber techniques are so fast that even my Eye of Odin can only see them but not dodge them. If Zhou Wen isn't careful, he might really be injured," Sadie said.
Gulli had been practicing with Feng Qiuyan for the past few days. He had a deep understanding of how good Feng Qiuyan was and felt that Zhou Wen would definitely suffer if he underestimated him.
Zhou Wen didn't use a practice saber. Firstly, the practice saber couldn't block the Life Soul Saber. Secondly, Zhou Wen was here to get injured, so he didn't plan on blocking.
"Coach, be careful." With that said, Feng Qiuyan drew his saber and slashed.
Before he saw the saber beam, Zhou Wen felt a chill streak across his chest. He immediately moved his feet and saw Feng Qiuyan's saber slice past his shoulder.
What a fast saber! Feng Qiuyan's saber speed was comparable to his Mythical Transcendent Flying Immortal, surprising Zhou Wen.
Before Feng Qiuyan's strike landed, his saber's might slashed down like a raging river.
This was a saber technique that Sadie couldn't dodge even if she could see it. Zhou Wen needed to focus all his attention when using Transcendent Flying Immortal. If he made any mistakes, he might be struck by the saber.
Zhou Wen's original intention was to spar with him, get injured, and return to recuperate.
However, Feng Qiuyan's saber techniques surprised him. He couldn't help but have another look. The more he looked, the more interesting he found them. For a moment, he forgot about getting injured, eager to take another look at Feng Qiuyan's saber techniques.
Sadie was alarmed when she saw Zhou Wen dodge Feng Qiuyan's attack without retaliating.
Under normal circumstances, a person with the same physique definitely wasn't as fast as a saber. Yet, Zhou Wen was able to dodge Feng Qiuyan's saber. This meant that Zhou Wen was faster than Feng Qiuyan.
Feng Qiuyan's explosive saber techniques ultimately failed to injure Zhou Wen. However, his fighting spirit surged as he unleashed his full strength, accelerating his saber.
His Life Providence was Swift Saber Heavenly King, allowing his saber to become faster and faster. However, he had had to control his saber in the past to prevent it from escaping his control.
Now, he was doing the opposite, allowing his saber to become faster and faster. Without deliberately controlling it, the upper limit of his saber speed was much higher. However, under such circumstances, even Feng Qiuyan couldn't control his saber. He was completely going with the flow.
If he wasn't in a dire situation, Feng Qiuyan wouldn't have used such a saber technique. This was a saber technique meant for risking his life in a hopeless situation.
Even so, Feng Qiuyan's saber failed to touch Zhou Wen from beginning to end. In the end, the saber's speed was so fast that Feng Qiuyan couldn't control it. The saber in his hand flew out.
Just as Zhou Wen was feeling excited from the battle when he suddenly saw the saber fly out. Realizing that he hadn't been injured, he immediately felt depressed.
He had come here to get injured, so this meant that he had come for nothing.
Zhou Wen steeled his heart and flew towards the saber. He used his body to catch Feng Qiuyan's saber as the Life Soul Saber stabbed into his ribs.
Zhou Wen's actions stunned Sadie, Gulli, and Feng Qiuyan. Feng Qiuyan couldn't control his saber from slipping out of his hand. He couldn't injure Zhou Wen at all; yet, Zhou Wen had chosen to slam into the saber.
"Coach, are you alright?" Feng Qiuyan went forward to check Zhou Wen's injuries as he unsummoned his Life Soul Saber.
"I'm fine. Do you have any other techniques? I want to try them all out and see how the other types of injuries feel," Zhou Wen said to Feng Qiuyan.
"I only know how to use a saber." Feng Qiuyan felt relieved when he saw that Zhou Wen's wound wasn't bleeding profusely.
"Why don't the two of you give it a try?" Zhou Wen placed his sights on Sadie and Gulli. They came from the Ultimate Family Clan of the North District, so the techniques they knew were different from the people of the East District. The injuries they caused should have some effect.
"Coach, you must be joking. How are we your match?" Sadie shook her head and refused to fight Zhou Wen.
Helpless, Zhou Wen could only return to use the Chaos Egg to recuperate.
"Is that fellow really human? He actually slammed himself into the saber!" Gulli said with a strange expression.
Sadie sighed and said, "Just as he said, he wants to know how it feels to be injured, but he's just too strong. No one can injure him."
"Even the Dugu family, which is best at movement techniques, probably doesn't have many people who can reach that level, right?" Gulli exclaimed.
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Chapter 815: Perfect Chaos Egg
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Zhou Wen returned to his dorm and used the Chaos Egg to treat his injuries, but he realized that the improvement it had on the Chaos Egg wasn't good enough.
From the looks of it, human strength is still too weak. The injuries they cause are very limited in raising Chaos. I still have to go to those dimensional zones to find Mythical dimensional creatures. Zhou Wen gave up on the idea of finding humans to fight. Currently, there were only a handful of humans at the Mythical stage. Most of them had relied on Guardians to advance to the Mythical stage.
However, it wasn't easy to find a new dimensional zone. Zhou Wen thought for a moment and suddenly thought of something. I wonder if the injuries I suffered under taboo powers count? Those are the rules of a dimensional zone. It's different from the injuries of dimensional creatures, but it's an injury, right?
With this in mind, Zhou Wen entered the game and headed to Small Buddha Temple to give it a try. This time, Zhou Wen didn't use any Buddhist Essence Energy Art or any Essence Energy Skills to prevent himself from being injured. He directly stepped onto the stone steps.
Not long after he walked up the stone steps, Zhou Wen felt something amiss with his body. Just as he was about to vomit blood and collapse, he hurriedly summoned the Chaos Egg to envelope the blood-colored avatar.
The Chaos Egg was really useful. When Zhou Wen was inside, the taboo power outside couldn't injure him. When the Chaos Egg began to heal Zhou Wen's body, Zhou Wen could clearly sense that the Chaos Egg was rapidly becoming stronger while treating him.
It really works... Zhou Wen was overjoyed. After treating his injuries, he continued walking. However, when he was injured again, although the Chaos Egg could still treat him, it didn't become stronger again.
A taboo power can only raise it once. Let me see which dimensional zones have taboo powers... Zhou Wen thought about it and went to the dimensional zones to experience all the taboo powers.
The Chaos Egg's improvement was extremely fast. The effects of the taboo power were abnormally good. It was even more powerful than being injured by Mythical creatures. When Zhou Wen walked around Netherworld City without any regard for the rules, the taboo power activated and nearly killed him. Before he was killed, he entered the Chaos Egg and successfully healed his body.
During the restoration process, the Chaos Egg began to evolve again. The liquid in it that resembled spring water underwent a tremendous change.
The liquid seeped into Zhou Wen's body and he felt as though his body had melted into the liquid, becoming a part of it.
This feeling was very subtle. Furthermore, the liquid was gradually solidifying. As part of the liquid, Zhou Wen could still move freely.
This feeling was indescribable because it was impossible for a person to move in ice or jade. Now, Zhou Wen was experiencing this feeling, so he found it difficult to describe. In short, it was a magical experience.
In the beginning, the Chaos Egg only had a shell. When it evolved, its insides were filled with liquid. Now, the entire Chaos Egg was one, turning into jade. There were no gaps inside.
The Chaos Egg successfully advanced to a Perfect Body. At the same time, a notification appeared in-game.
'Chaos Egg Life Soul has advanced to Perfect Body. Essence Energy1.'
When Zhou Wen saw the word1, he immediately felt refreshed as though he had drunk honey. He hurriedly took a look at the blood-colored avatar's stats. Its Essence Energy stat had indeed increased to 41 points.
Although it was only a one-point difference, it was something Zhou Wen had been looking forward to for a long time.
This didn't just mean that his stats had increased. It also meant that Zhou Wen could absorb the Mythical Essence Energy Skill Crystals that required 41 Essence Energy points.
The Mythical Essence Energy Skill Crystals he had obtained in the past could not be used due to insufficient stats. He felt it such a waste.
Chaos Egg: Perfect Body
Zhou Wen looked at the Chaos Egg's stats and realized that there weren't any changes. However, after advancing to a Perfect Body, the self-healing effects were even stronger. There didn't seem to be anything special about it.
Could it be that Chaos Egg really only has healing abilities? Zhou Wen found it unbelievable.
This was a Life Soul condensed from the First Order of Chaos. Its functions shouldn't be so monotonous, but Zhou Wen had tried many experiments. Apart from self-healing, he didn't discover anything special.
Forget it. I'll think of a way to raise the other Life Souls to a Perfect Body as soon as possible. Two Essence Energy Arts with similar attributes can allow the corresponding stat to reach 41 points. Are there any other Essence Energy Arts that have similar attributes? Zhou Wen began considering his Essence Energy Arts.
The Dao Sutra and First Order of Chaos could be excluded. These two had already enhanced his Essence Energy stat.
The Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra was an Essence Energy Art with a Constitution attribute. The Ancient Sovereign Sutra was Strength, and the Godfiend Era was Speed. Apart from these three, Zhou Wen had also cultivated the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art. However, he had only just gained basic mastery of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art and hadn't even condensed a Life Providence.
However, Zhou Wen could roughly sense that the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art was somewhat similar to the Godfiend Era. It seemed to have some spatial attributes that were inclined towards Speed.
Next, I'll cultivate the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art and the Godfiend Era. Zhou Wen made up his mind to raise the Life Soul of the Godfiend Era before cultivating the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art.
The Life Soul condensed by Godfiend Era was Lost Country. Zhou Wen had actually studied it for a long time. He had read many books on space and fought spatial dimensional creatures. He had vaguely figured out how to advance.
However, there had been too many things happening recently, so he hadn't had the time to do the advancement.
The advancement method of Lost Country could hardly be described as difficult or easy. Zhou Wen usually used Lost Country's teleportation function. Every time he used teleportation, Lost Country would actually improve a little.
However, teleportation could only be used once every twenty-four hours, so its growth was extremely slow. According to Zhou Wen's estimates, he needed to use teleportation more than a thousand times to evolve Lost Country.
At this speed, it was impossible for him to advance to an Evolved Body for a few years. Then, the Evolved Body needed to be advanced to the Perfect Body. It definitely needed him to use teleportation more, something that Zhou Wen didn't have the time for.
It wasn't that there was no solution. After studying it for so long, Zhou Wen had come up with a solution. He had discovered a Mythical creature that could teleport. The Companion Egg that dropped was a mount type, and it could teleport with its owner.
As long as he could teleport, Lost Country should be able to advance.
Zhou Wen felt that if he could obtain such a Companion Beast, he could greatly reduce the time it took for Lost Country to advance to a Perfect Body.
However, the Companion Beast named Mystic Bird was the Hero King's Companion Beast. It was said that when the Hero King knew that he was about to die, he had forcefully transferred the Mystic Bird to his descendant. The Mystic Bird could be said to be the most precious Companion Beast in the Zhang family.
Zhou Wen didn't have much of a relationship with the Zhang family. He only knew Zhang Yuzhi and didn't have a particularly great relationship with her. Zhou Wen thought it would be unrealistic to borrow the Mystic Bird from the Zhang family.
It's probably unrealistic to farm the Mystic Bird Companion Beast myself. I'll ask Zhang Yuzhi first to see if she knows where the Mystic Bird can be found. If there's a chance, I'll give it a try. If there's no chance, I'll have to take an unorthodox path. Zhou Wen tried sending Zhang Yuzhi a message, but he wasn't sure if she would read it. He heard that Zhang Yuzhi didn't always use her phone.
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Chapter 816: Getting Accustomed to Death After Plenty of Deaths
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After a while, Zhang Yuzhi unexpectedly sent a message: "Don't you know the origins of the Mystic Bird?"
"I only know that it's your Hero King's Companion Beast," Zhou Wen replied.
"Isn't your hometown in Guide City? You don't even know about the Mystic Bird?" Zhang Yuzhi was somewhat surprised.
"What's so strange about that? Could it be that the Mystic Bird Companion Egg was obtained in Guide City?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise.
"The Mystic Bird was in Guide Ancient City," Zhang Yuzhi said.
"Impossible," Zhou Wen immediately replied. Guide Ancient City was called Ancient Sovereign City in-game. He had grinded it countless times in the past, but there were no Mythical creatures inside, much less the Mystic Bird.
"How is that impossible? Do you know that the Mystic Bird is a divine bird that represents merchants? And Guide City has a place called Three Merchants. If the Mystic Bird doesn't appear in Guide Ancient City, where else can it appear?" Zhang Yuzhi asked.
Zhou Wen was taken aback when he heard that. He had forgotten about it.
The Mystic Bird was indeed the divine patron of merchants. Legend had it that it was born into merchants. The merchants had always considered themselves to be the descendants of the Mystic Bird, but Zhou Wen didn't associate it with the Zhang family's Mystic Bird.
"But I've almost swept Guide Ancient City clean. There's no Mystic Bird at all. Forgetting the Mystic Bird, there's not even an ordinary Mythical creature," Zhou Wen replied.
Zhou Wen naturally knew what was inside Guide Ancient City. It was impossible for him to be mistaken.
"I heard it from my elders. Back then, my great-grandfather, who is also the Hero King you mentioned, passed by Guide Ancient City. On a whim, he brought his wife through Guide Ancient City. In the end, he saw a black divine bird in a place called Fire God Platform. My great-grandfather killed the divine bird with great difficulty and obtained the Mystic Bird Companion Beast. As a result, it has been passed down... However, I heard that after that, no one saw the Mystic Bird appear in Guide Ancient City again. Later on, the Zhang family went to look for it and they couldn't find it," Zhang Yuzhi explained.
"Isn't that equivalent to having none?" Zhou Wen was helpless.
"Why are you asking this? Don't tell me you have designs on our Mystic Bird?" Zhang Yuzhi joked.
"Companion Beasts can't be traded. It's useless even if I have designs on it," Zhou Wen replied.
"That means you really want the Mystic Bird. What do you want it for?" Zhang Yuzhi asked.
"The Mystic Bird's teleportation ability is amazing. I just want to use it as a mount. It can save my life at critical moments. As you know, there are quite a number of people who want my life, especially the people from the bureau. I have to be wary." Zhou Wen found an excuse.
"Then I can't help you. You can try your luck at Guide Ancient City. Perhaps if you are lucky, another Mystic Bird will appear? However, even if a Mystic Bird appears, how are you going to kill it? Its teleportation ability is too powerful. No matter how fast your saber is, you probably won't be able to touch it."
"There's no need to try my luck. It definitely doesn't exist. I'll think of another way." Zhou Wen changed the topic. "Do you have any plans to come out for a walk soon? You can come visit Luoyang."
"I can't come out." There was nothing from Zhang Yuzhi after her reply.
Zhou Wen sent a few more messages to her, but she didn't reply.
The Zhang family's Mystic Bird was actually produced from Guide Ancient City. Could it be that Guide Ancient City is really extraordinary? Zhou Wen thought of the stone saber on the Fire God Platform.
The Mystic Bird was also discovered on Fire God Platform. The stone saber was also on Fire God Platform. If he pulled out the stone saber and completely unsealed Ancient Sovereign City, it was unknown if a dimensional creature like the Mystic Bird would appear.
Zhou Wen was tempted and wanted to draw the saber.
However, after some thought, he realized that Guide City didn't have many experts to begin with. If something really happened after he pulled out the stone saber, there would be tens of thousands of deaths.
From the looks of it, it's impossible to obtain the Mystic Bird Companion Beast. I can only use Plan B. Zhou Wen still had another method, but it was even more unreliable. He did not know if it would work.
Teleportation was actually a type of spatial teleportation. In theory, the Bright Torch Vision World was also a type of spatial teleportation that transported what Torch Dragon saw into its vision world.
However, being teleported into the Vision World meant death, so no one was willing to be teleported in.
Zhou Wen's solution was to use the blood-colored avatar's death as a way to get the blood-colored avatar to experience teleportation with Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World.
After entering the game, Zhou Wen couldn't be bothered to run to the Torch Dragon temple. He summoned Torch Dragon Youngling and got it to use Bright Torch Vision World to look at the blood-colored avatar.
In one look, the game screen immediately turned black.
Zhou Wen dripped his blood to revive and got Torch Dragon Youngling to kill the blood-colored avatar wearing the Lost Country ring again and again. Zhou Wen didn't know how much blood he used.
He could sense that the Lost Country ring was growing, but its growth speed was much slower than teleportation. At this speed, it was probably impossible for it to evolve without at least a thousand tries. It might even require tens of thousands of deaths.
Thankfully, the Chaos Egg had the healing ability. Otherwise, Zhou Wen would be worried if he had enough blood.
Zhou Wen kept courting death in his dorm the entire time. He was already numb to death, but the effects were terrible. A single teleportation could raise Lost Country's stats equivalent to dozens of Bright Torch Vision World deaths.
How nice would it be if I had the Mystic Bird! Why isn't there a Mystic Bird in Ancient Sovereign City? Zhou Wen was rather depressed.
Now, Zhou Wen had a deep understanding of how difficult it was for humans to advance to the Mythical stage.
It was impossible for an ordinary person to cultivate eight Essence Energy Arts at the same time, and it was impossible for them to raise all four basic stats to 41. This also prevented them from advancing to the Mythical stage.
Even if one could cultivate eight Essence Energy Arts at the same time, the cultivation methods of the Essence Energy Arts were different. Without the help of the mysterious phone, it was equally difficult to master them.
For instance, Chaos Egg needed constant injuries. In the event an ordinary person died accidentally, there was no point in cultivating.
The advancement of Slaughterer was even better. Was killing a Guardian something an ordinary person could do? Even with a Mythical pet, killing a Guardian was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
Unless I'm like Xia Jiuhuang and forcefully plunder the talent bloodlines of others for my own use, it's too difficult for humans to advance to the Mythical stage. Zhou Wen felt a headache when he thought of the few Essence Energy Arts he needed to cultivate.
Furthermore, Zhou Wen didn't have a complete set of Essence Energy Arts. He had complete Essence Energy Arts for Speed and Essence Energy. There was the Demon God Catalog of an unknown attribute. As it was difficult to determine its corresponding attribute, Zhou Wen didn't plan on cultivating it for the time being.
If the Demon God Catalog added Strength and Constitution, he was still lacking at least one Essence Energy Art.
He got used to the deaths after repeatedly dying. Zhou Wen was somewhat numb to it anyway. All he wanted now was to quickly advance Lost Country.
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Chapter 817: Civilized Country
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In front of Chess Mountain's mountain wall, there was a strange flower with a flower bud hanging down, as though it was looking at a girl beneath.
"An Jing, you should already have gotten the answer, right?" A voice sounded from the flower. It was The Thearch's voice.
"Yes, I already have an answer. I promise you," An Jing said calmly.
"A wise decision. With my help, not only can you obtain powerful Mythical Companion Beasts, but you can also obtain the Guardian's favor. Soon, you will be stronger than the person you want to defeat," The Thearch said.
"I don't believe that I'll be stronger than him just because I have these," An Jing said.
The Thearch asked with piqued interest, "In that case, why did you agree?"
"Just because I want to become stronger," An Jing said.
"Alright, as you wish. You will become stronger than all humans." With The Thearch's voice, a passageway opened up on Chess Mountain's mountain wall. An Jing walked in.
...
Zhou Wen didn't know that An Jing had also encountered The Thearch. At that moment, he was still desperately being killed by the Bright Torch Vision World. The blood-colored avatar had died countless times. It had died repeatedly for days.
Finally, after Zhou Wen used Lost Country's teleportation ability, the Lost Country ring suddenly produced a powerful spatial fluctuation.
Half of the ghost face on the Lost Country ring looked very ugly, while the other half looked very beautiful, like an angel and devil coexisting.
At that moment, eyes on the ghost face emitted a strange spatial fluctuation as they shimmered with a strange light.
Click... Click... Click... Click...
A sound suddenly came from the eyes, like the sound produced when a mechanical needle spun. Zhou Wen took a careful look and saw that there was a wheel in each of the ghost face's eyes. There were markings on the wheel, but the markings were very strange. It wasn't the marking of time which Zhou Wen was familiar with, nor was it a unit of length. He didn't know what it meant.
The two wheels in the ghost face's eyes kept spinning. The clicking sounds came from the spinning wheels.
When both wheels finished one revolution, they stopped. A notification appeared in the game.
'Lost Country Life Soul has advanced to Civilized Country. It's currently an Evolved Body.'
Civilized Country (Evolved Body): A lost country, but the origins of civilization.
During his advancement, Zhou Wen had also gained some information about Civilized Country. He had a simple understanding of it. To truly understand it, he needed to figure it out himself.
Compared to Lost Country that could only allow him to teleport once every twenty-four hours, Civilized Country was much better. The markings in the ghost face's eyes represented coordinates.
After adjusting the coordinates, he could do a long-distance teleportation once every twenty-four hours.
There was also the short-distance teleportation he had used previously. He could use it ten times in twenty-four hours.
I'm one step closer to infinite teleportation. Zhou Wen was rather satisfied with Civilized Country's abilities, but he didn't know how to determine the coordinates.
The markings in the ghost face's eyes were different. They looked very strange.
Could it be longitude and latitude? Zhou Wen still didn't understand how to set the coordinates. It wouldn't be good if he made a mistake and was teleported into a pot of boiling oil or a female bathroom.
Forget it. I'll study it in the future. It wouldn't be too late when I raise Civilized Country to a Perfect Body. Zhou Wen continued letting Torch Dragon use Bright Torch Vision World to kill the blood-colored avatar.
However, Zhou Wen realized that the energy obtained from the blood-colored avatar's death was nearly indiscernible.
I can only obtain this much energy every time I die. When will Civilized Country advance to the Perfect stage? I'm afraid it won't be enough even if I drain all my blood. Zhou Wen knew that he couldn't continue down this path. He had to think of another solution.
"Young Master Wen, have you seen the news?" Just as he was thinking, An Sheng called.
"What news?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.
Recently, he had been grinding dungeons. At best, he would take some time out to buy some food and daily necessities for Ya'er. He didn't have the time to watch the news.
"Take a look at the headlines in Luoyang today," An Sheng said.
Zhou Wen didn't know what major event had happened. He looked online and immediately saw a striking picture. It was a seraphim with six wings. To be precise, it was a woman wearing angel armor. She was killing a break-out creature.
Eh, isn't this the six-winged seraphim John contracted in the past? He found a new contractor? Zhou Wen was delighted as he asked An Sheng, "Is this a picture of Luoyang?"
Zhou Wen thought that if the six-winged seraphim was still in Luoyang, there was hope for his Slaughterer advancement.
If he wanted to kill a Guardian, he had to do so as soon as possible. According to the silver-haired Companion Beast, Guardians could continue growing. After contracting with humans, they could even reach the Calamity grade with the help of humans.
Killing them would only become harder in the future.
"Yes, it's in a dimensional zone near Luoyang. I originally thought that the Guardian had already left, but I never expected it to still be nearby. Furthermore, there's a new contractor," An Sheng said.
"Can you still find him now?" Zhou Wen asked.
"I've already sent someone to investigate. I'll keep you informed," An Sheng said again. "Madam wants you to take Ya'er home for a meal."
"Alright." After spending so much time in his dorm, Zhou Wen had reached a bottleneck with Civilized Country. He planned on heading out to take a breather.
While he played games every day, Ya'er sat alone in his dormitory. He wondered if she would develop any psychological problems over time.
After getting An Sheng to make the appointment, Zhou Wen took Ya'er to visit Ouyang Lan.
It was rare for Zhou Lingfeng to be here today. As Zhou Wen seldom came to the An family home, he seldom saw him.
However, Zhou Wen was used to it. Before Zhou Lingfeng married Ouyang Lan, he was often away, so he didn't find it a problem.
During the meal, Ouyang Lan mentioned what Zhou Lingfeng had been doing. Only then did Zhou Wen know that he had been translating a book for a long time. He was almost done.
"What kind of book is it?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
With Ouyang Lan around, Zhou Lingfeng shouldn't need to do any ordinary translation work. The books he was translating weren't just for money.
Zhou Lingfeng said, "It's a book from a small country in the South District before the dimensional storms. As that language wasn't very developed and was mixed with many symbols, the translation work wasn't progressing smoothly..."
Zhou Wen listened for a while but failed to figure out anything. He wasn't too interested in language work.
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Chapter 818: Earth Elemental Beast
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On the way back, Zhou Wen walked along the streets of Luoyang with Ya'er. He could clearly sense that Luoyang was much more desolate than when he had first arrived.
Life was difficult to begin with, and there were often break-out creatures appearing. In such chaotic times, having a stable home was already difficult. Raising children was even harder. Many people chose not to have children.
Even though the Federation had been promoting childbirth, the birth rate of newborns continued to decrease.
Ya'er looked around curiously. Everything here was new to her. Although she wasn't a real child, her inner world wasn't much more mature than a child's.
After all, she had always been trapped near the Kuman Nee. Xiao Tianfang wouldn't take her out unless she was needed in a fight.
Zhou Wen thought that since he was out today, he should relax and take Ya'er shopping nearby. He bought some things for her and let her try out some normal entertainment.
Although Ya'er didn't say anything, it was obvious that she was happy.
Should I take her out more often in the future? Zhou Wen thought to himself.
Zhou Wen felt that he was taking care of Ya'er, but he didn't realize that without Ya'er, he might have become more and more accustomed to being alone.
While Ya'er was playing a VR game, Zhou Wen's phone rang. It was Zhang Yuzhi.
"You previously asked about the Mystic Bird. Do you only want a Mystic Bird, or do you want any Companion Beast that can help you escape?" Zhang Yuzhi asked.
"Actually, I want a mount that can teleport. Do you have a way?" Zhou Wen asked doubtfully.
Zhang Yuzhi said, "Not at all. If you only want to escape, our Zhang family will be selling an Earth Escape Companion Beast recently. Perhaps you can try to obtain it."
"Earth Escape Companion Beast? Is it a mount-type?" Zhou Wen hurriedly asked.
If it was a mount, it would be very attractive to Zhou Wen if it could use Earth Escape with its owner.
Apart from teleportation, Earth Escape was almost the best escape skill. Zhou Wen naturally wanted a mount that knew Earth Escape. However, if it wasn't a mount and it couldn't bring along others while using Earth Escape, its value would be much lower.
Take Tai Sui for example. Although it could also use Earth Escape, it wasn't of much use when it couldn't bring people along with it.
"It's a mount, and it's at the Mythical stage. However, there are many people competing this time. I reckon it will fetch a high price," Zhang Yuzhi said.
"Why would your Zhang family sell such a Companion Beast?" Zhou Wen was somewhat puzzled.
No one would find such a Companion Beast excessive. Zhou Wen found it unbelievable that the Zhang family wanted to sell it.
If Zhou Wen had such a Companion Beast, he definitely wouldn't sell it.
"The reason is very complicated. It's a long story, but the Companion Beast is definitely genuine. If you are interested, you can come over to take a look. When the time comes, I can do my best as a host," Zhang Yuzhi said.
"Alright, what Companion Beast is it?" Zhou Wen asked.
"It's an Earth Elemental Beast of the Five-Elemental Beasts." Zhang Yuzhi thought for a moment and said, "There are a total of five Five-Elemental Beasts. They are the five types of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. They each have different abilities. They are obtained from a dimensional zone. One needs a corresponding special physique to obtain Companion Eggs of different attributes. There's no problem with the origins of the Earth Elemental Beast, but there are many people who want it. The price might be very high."
Zhou Wen immediately understood that the Earth Elemental Beast was likely the same as Banana Fairy. They were Companion Eggs obtained from special dimensional zones and not dropped from killing dimensional creatures.
After chatting with Zhang Yuzhi for a while, he knew that the auction would be held next month, so there was no rush.
It's good to take a look when the time comes. With my present strength, I don't need to worry about the bureau. I'll use that batch of Essence Crystals I have. Zhou Wen thought for a moment and felt that he couldn't directly use the Essence Crystals directly at the auction. Therefore, he asked An Sheng if he had any channels to sell them.
"Sunset Army's weapons factory requires a large number of Essence Crystals. Just sell them to the weapon factory. We will definitely not fleece you," An Sheng said.
"Alright," Zhou Wen agreed.
After discussing the details of the deal with An Sheng, An Sheng suddenly said, "Are you interested in coming to the factory to take a look?"
"That's not appropriate, right?" Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback.
"There's nothing inappropriate about it. To others, the factory is a secret, but you are different. Furthermore, there's something I want you to see," An Sheng said.
Zhou Wen didn't wish to go, but since An Sheng had said so, he had no choice but to agree.
After setting a time, Zhou Wen took Ya'er to the factory.
The weapon factory itself was in a dimensional zone. It used the dimensional zone's rules to effectively ensure that outsiders couldn't enter. Furthermore, the weapon factory itself had tight security measures.
It was different from what Zhou Wen had imagined. The weapon factory was modern and the various instruments were very advanced. It looked like a high-tech laboratory from a movie.
It was rare to see such a laboratory in this era.
"Overseer searched for a long time before finding this dimensional zone. The taboo rules here are very special. They won't affect the operation of the apparatus," An Sheng introduced as he walked.
Zhou Wen saw many of the Sunset Army's equipment, such as Essence Gold bullets, Essence Gold shields, Essence Gold armor, etc.
There were also some that Zhou Wen had never seen before. They were likely still in development. The entire factory was built in an underground space, divided into several levels.
Zhou Wen was surprised to see an engine and accelerator made of Essence Gold.
"Overseer has put in a lot of effort in the weapon factory. Every year, he will invest a large amount of money. The expenses on materials are huge. Thankfully, scientists aren't valued by society these days. Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to hire so many high-end professionals," An Sheng said.
"How powerful are the Essence Gold weapons now? Can they resist Mythical creatures?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Pure Essence Gold weapons are still lacking, but just like the Bamboo Blade you use, some high-level Essence Gold weapons can fight Mythical creatures if the user is strong enough. However, this isn't absolute. The item we are researching might be a breakthrough." As An Sheng spoke, his eyes seemed to glow. It was obvious that he was very proud of that item.
"What's that?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
"You should see for yourself." An Sheng didn't answer Zhou Wen directly. Instead, he took him to the lowest level of the factory.
When the door to the independent experimental zone opened, Zhou Wen was immediately alarmed by what he saw.
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Chapter 819: Essence Energy Compression Accelerator
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In the huge warehouse-like laboratory, there was a strange device placed horizontally. It looked like a rocket launcher that could be held over the shoulder.
However, this thing was just too big. It was placed horizontally, and it almost spanned across the entire laboratory. Furthermore, it looked even more high-tech. There were circles of crystal rings on it.
In short, it was a rod-shaped object that combined metal and crystal.
"Are these all made of Essence Gold? The crystals on them should be Essence Crystals, right?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise.
If this thing was really made of Essence Gold and Essence Crystals, the amount of materials needed was unimaginable. Zhou Wen had a lot of Essence Crystals, but they would only take up a small portion of the huge machine.
"59% is Essence Gold. 28% Essence Crystals. The remaining consists of supplementary materials," An Sheng said.
"What's this? Don't tell me it's a large rocket launcher?" Zhou Wen asked.
"You can view it as a super-large rocket launcher. Its effects are similar, but it's not exactly the same. This is an Essence Energy compression accelerator," An Sheng explained. "Its main function is to compress Essence Energy, accelerate it, and shoot it out."
"How powerful can it be?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
An Sheng thought for a moment and said, "This is a very complicated problem. The power depends on the amount of Essence Energy and the enhanced speed. Based on the current technology, we can only compress the Essence Energy contained in 4.5 tonnes of Essence Crystals at a time. Then, we can accelerate it to supersonic speed."
"I don't know about that. Is there any obvious analogy?" Zhou Wen asked.
"This is because we haven't used that many Essence Crystals during our experiments. Therefore, the strength I'm talking about now is only in theory. According to the calculations, the might of a full-powered Essence Energy launch should be stronger than Tyrant Behemoth's full-strength strike. Of course, this is only in theory. In fact, a launch requires a large number of Essence Crystals. Furthermore, the extraction of Essence Crystals before the launcher compresses the Essence Crystals takes a long time. Even if all the materials are prepared beforehand, the launch will still take more than ten hours to reach its maximum power."
"It sounds troublesome," Zhou Wen said.
"It is. That's because we were building on very weak foundations in the beginning. Many of the technologies were figured out bit by bit. We don't have the optimal solution yet. However, from the looks of it, the idea is right. Essence Energy can be compressed and accelerated before being shot out. The energy explosion produced is indeed very strong. Furthermore, it will deal great damage to dimensional creatures. It's much stronger than ordinary Essence Gold bullets."
Upon saying this, An Sheng appeared somewhat excited. "The greatest difficulty now is how to more effectively compress Essence Energy. If we can compress Essence Energy ahead of time and create compressed Essence Energy Bullets similar to ordinary bullets, then miniaturize the acceleration mechanism, we might be able to produce Essence Energy compression accelerators that can be used by a single person. However, there are many technical problems that need to be resolved. The Essence Energy compression accelerator that can be produced now is just that big."
"It's good, but it won't be of any use at the moment, right?" Zhou Wen couldn't imagine how such a huge item could be used.
If they used it to deal with Mythical creatures, the Mythical creatures were very fast. Before the accelerator could have them in the line of fire, they would probably have fled.
Unless it was a Mythical creature with a problematic intelligence, one that would only stand there and let the Essence Energy compressor hit it.
The fatal flaw was it having more than ten hours of preparation time. A fight had to be scheduled before it could happen. The restrictions were too great.
"In fact, the original goal of such a large-scale Essence Energy compression accelerator wasn't to kill Mythical creatures in dimensional zones. It was mainly prepared for the scenario when dimensional creatures break out on a large scale in the future," An Sheng said.
Zhou Wen immediately understood. An Tianzuo had originally carried out this research to defend Luoyang in the future. It was very useful to deal with large numbers of dimensional creatures that were attacking the city.
"However, the development direction now is still mainly miniaturization. We hope that a single launcher can be developed in the next few years, but this is very difficult. Not only are there funding and raw material problems, but there are also many technical problems that require the experts to solve. Sometimes, a small problem might take years..."
Zhou Wen could tell that An Sheng had high hopes for the launcher.
Indeed, humans were unable to advance to the Mythical stage, so they could only rely on external forces. Companion Beasts were external forces; likewise for Guardians. As for An Tianzuo and An Sheng, they clearly wanted to try taking another path.
"We are still studying Essence Energy armor. It's still in RD and hasn't obtained any substantial results. In the future, if the studies on Essence Energy armor and Essence Energy launcher are successful, even a Mortal-stage human could use this equipment to fight high-level dimensional creatures or even kill Mythical creatures..."
"I hope that day comes sooner." Zhou Wen felt that it would be great if they could succeed. This might be the bedrock for the stability of human society.
Just like in primitive societies humans slowly learned how to use tools and create cold weapons to eventually become the owners of the land. Then, they created hot weapons, cars, ships, rockets, and so on, becoming the rulers of the entire Earth.
Perhaps Essence Energy armor and Essence Energy launchers were the weapons that would allow humans to regain their rule over Earth in the future. The premise was that the research was successful.
A launcher of this size was too useless in actual combat.
"Overseer has always been looking forward to that day. He said that even if humans can't advance to the Mythical stage and their physical strength can't match those powerful creatures, we will definitely become the rulers of the world again," An Sheng said.
Looking at the busy workers in the laboratory, Zhou Wen suddenly felt that there might be hope for humanity's future.
Many people were secretly working hard to prepare for the large-scale breakouts of dimensional zones. Even if a dimensional zone broke out, humans might not be crushed.
The only thing they lacked now was time. Be it humans who were cultivating hard to advance to the Mythical stage or people who were researching new weapons, they all needed time.
Zhou Wen left all the Essence Crystals with An Sheng. He originally planned on selling only a portion, but he was ultimately persuaded by An Sheng to sell all the Essence Crystals to him. Furthermore, a portion of them were exchanged for items.
When he left, Zhou Wen realized that An Sheng had brought him to see the Essence Energy compression accelerator because he wanted those Essence Energy Crystals.
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Chapter 820: Returning to Chess Mountain
"There's something else I want to show you." After leaving the laboratory, An Sheng took Zhou Wen to the Sunset Army's military camp.
An Sheng took Zhou Wen to a hall where there was a large amount of VR equipment.
"Try it," An Sheng said with a smile as he handed a VR helmet to Zhou Wen.
Puzzled, Zhou Wen put the helmet on before entering a game. Soon, he nearly cried out in surprise.
This game was actually very similar to what Huang Ji was doing. However, Huang Ji was making a mobile game, while this one was much more high-end. The VR game with a full field of vision looked very similar to the real Tiger Cage Pass. Even the Demonized Soldiers and Demonized Generals could almost pass off as real.
However, the settings and modes were very similar to the mobile version.
"This game looks a little familiar," Zhou Wen said to An Sheng after taking off his helmet.
"You have a part in this game as well. It's the game that you and Huang Ji worked together to create. Overseer got Huang Ji to work with him. This is the latest result. It's used to train new recruits," An Sheng said.
So the sponsor Senior Huang Ji mentioned is An Tianzuo! Zhou Wen really never expected An Tianzuo to invest in a game that Huang Ji had made.
Zhou Wen remembered that An Tianzuo disliked him gaming. He never expected An Tianzuo to invest in this game, so it was extremely surprising.
"Overseer isn't actually a bad person. He's just a little more stubborn than others," An Sheng said.
"What kind of person he is isn't important. After all, we aren't the same type of people. It's impossible for us to have too many interactions in the future," Zhou Wen said.
An Sheng shook his head and didn't continue the topic. Zhou Wen told An Sheng about the Earth Elemental Beast's auction.
"The Zhang family is actually auctioning the Earth Elemental Beast? Is this news accurate?" An Sheng was alarmed.
"Zhang Yuzhi told me. It shouldn't be fake, right?" Zhou Wen said.
"What Zhang Yuzhi says definitely won't be fake. I never expected the Zhang family to auction the Earth Elemental Beast. I reckon the other five families and some wealthy families will participate in this auction." An Sheng's expression changed as though he was thinking about something.
"Do you know the origins of the Earth Elemental Beast?" Zhou Wen could tell from An Sheng's expression that he knew something.
An Sheng said, "A little. In fact, Earth Elemental Beasts are only one of the Five-Elemental Beasts. These Companion Beasts were brought out from the Founding Emperor Tomb by the six heroes. There are a total of five—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. The Zhang family obtained the Earth Elemental Beast, but I don't know where the other four went."
"Weren't they brought out by the six heroes? Shouldn't the other four be in the hands of the other families?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.
"In theory, yes. But the other families claim to not have the Five-Elemental Beasts. Only the Zhang family has the Earth Elemental Beast. It's said that this matter made the six heroes very unhappy, but outsiders don't know the truth. Now that the Zhang family is suddenly offering the Earth Elemental Beast for sale in an auction, there must be some unknown reason. By the way, did Zhang Yuzhi say why they are auctioning the Earth Elemental Beast?" An Sheng pondered.
"No." Zhou Wen shook his head slightly.
"If you are interested, you can go take a look. However, it will probably be a little difficult to obtain the Earth Elemental Beast. The auction won't be that simple," An Sheng said.
Zhou Wen nodded. He was indeed very interested, but he was more interested in a dimensional zone like the Founding Emperor Tomb. If there was a chance, he wanted to see if there was a tiny palm symbol.
"Adjutant An, the six-winged seraphim has appeared again." As the two of them were speaking, a soldier came over to report.
"Where is it?" An Sheng asked.
"It's near Chess Mountain." The soldier handed the information he had just received to An Sheng.
"Near Chess Mountain? Why did she go there?" An Sheng frowned slightly.
Zhou Wen didn't find it strange. The six-winged seraphim had been released by The Thearch after fooling John. Now, it was very normal for people who had contracted the six-winged seraphim to go to Chess Mountain.
"Do you have a specific location? I want to take a look," Zhou Wen asked.
"According to the intelligence, the few times we discovered her recently were near the Qihe River. If you want to find her, there should be a chance if you head over there." An Sheng handed the information to Zhou Wen.
"Alright, I'll go take a look now." Zhou Wen read the intelligence and realized that it was indeed written in this manner. He decided to head over to take a look.
"I still have some matters to settle, so I won't take you there. After all, you know the place well. Deputy Governor Qin is still there. Just look for him when you get there," An Sheng said.
...
After leaving the military camp, Zhou Wen went to Chess Mountain.
Most of the Guardians didn't have an owner yet, so he didn't have many choices. He would kill every single one he found, and the six-winged seraphim was a Guardian that Zhou Wen had a higher chance of killing.
The only person he needed to worry about was The Thearch. If it wasn't necessary, Zhou Wen didn't wish to see her.
The Thearch was definitely not as simple as an ordinary Mythical stage. Zhou Wen suspected that she was very likely at the Calamity grade. However, after arriving on Earth, her strength was weakened by the laws of Earth, reducing her to the level of an ordinary Mythical.
Even so, The Thearch was much stronger than ordinary Mythical creatures.
Ya'er was also taken to Chess Mountain by Zhou Wen. There were many strange creatures in Chess Mountain, such as Blood Threadworms. Zhou Wen suspected that they were also considered Gu, so taking Ya'er along might be of some use.
"Doctor Zhou, you're finally here. We were just talking about you." Before Zhou Wen arrived at Chess Mountain's encampment, he encountered the patrolling soldiers who greeted him in surprise.
In the military camp, An Jing was training. She had been stationed inside Chess Mountain's encampment for quite some time. Every time she fought, she did her best.
However, no matter how well she did or how many contributions she made, others would only take her for granted. This was because she was from the An family; she was An Tianzuo's sister.
As for Zhou Wen, he had only spent a short period of time in the military camp, but he had already obtained the support of the soldiers and officers.
When others mentioned Zhou Wen, they wouldn't talk about his relationship with the An family. They would only talk about how good Doctor Zhou was and how much they idolized him.
An Jing didn't understand why everyone still treated her as An Tianzuo's sister despite her having done no less than Zhou Wen at Chess Mountain.
How am I inferior to him? An Jing trained very hard because she wanted to defeat that fellow. She couldn't lose.
Just as she was practicing, she suddenly heard a commotion coming from the military camp. An Jing thought that something had happened, but when she went out to take a look, she saw many soldiers and officers surrounding a person. It was the Zhou Wen she wanted to defeat even in her dreams.
An Jing's heart tightened, but she quickly relaxed as she thought to herself, Perfect timing. It's time to settle this.
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Chapter 821: Six-Winged Seraphim's New Master
Translator: CKtalon
Seeing the way the soldiers looked at Zhou Wen, An Jing felt mixed emotions. It was something she wanted but couldn't obtain.
Zhou Wen, I'll surprise you this time, An Jing thought.
Even Qin Wufu came out to take a look when he heard the commotion. When he realized that it was Zhou Wen, he got someone to call him over.
"Little Zhou, have you thought it through and decided to join us as a soldier?" Qin Wufu poured a cup of water for Zhou Wen.
"I heard that the six-winged seraphim appeared near the Qihe River, so I came to take a look. Will it be possible for you to get someone to take me there?" Zhou Wen asked.
"That's easy, but that six-winged seraphim's strength is extremely terrifying. I don't know if he's friend or foe. If we encounter him, you have to be careful." Qin Wufu exhorted before saying to his adjutant, "Call Little Jing over."
"Governor, are you looking for An Jing?" Zhou Wen hurriedly asked.
"That's right. You are family. She's currently in charge of monitoring that area. She's the perfect choice to take you there," Qin Wufu said.
"There's no need to trouble her. Just find a soldier to take me there." Zhou Wen didn't wish to get into trouble with An Jing.
"It's not trouble at all. It's her job," Qin Wufu said with a smile.
Seeing that the adjutant had already left, Zhou Wen didn't say anything else. After all, it wasn't a big deal to just lead the way.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that An Jing wouldn't be willing to take him, but to his surprise, after An Jing came and listened to Qin Wufu's orders. She didn't make any outlandish show of expression. She was like an ordinary soldier who chose to carry out orders.
From the looks of it, she hasn't come to the military for nothing. She has indeed matured and is no longer as childish as before. Zhou Wen felt that this trip wouldn't be troublesome when he saw An Jing treating him like an ordinary person.
The two of them left the encampment and An Jing led Zhou Wen all the way to the Qihe River.
An Jing didn't say much on the way, but Zhou Wen was happy with that as well. He had no intention of making small talk with her.
However, Zhou Wen soon discovered a problem. According to the intelligence, the location of the six-winged seraphim was near the Qihe River, but An Jing had already reached the nearby mountains and was a little far from the Qihe River.
"Didn't the six-winged seraphim appear near the Qihe River? Why are we in the mountains?" Zhou Wen had no choice but to ask.
"You are looking for the six-winged seraphim, right?" An Jing asked expressionlessly.
"Yes." Zhou Wen nodded.
"There's no mistake then. Just follow me." An Jing continued leading the way, but she thought to herself, You never expected me to be the current owner of the six-winged seraphim, right? Although you once defeated John, who possessed the six-winged seraphim, John was unable to use the true strength of a six-winged seraphim. And I can already use more than 90% of the six-winged seraphim's strength. It should be enough to fight you.
Seeing how confident An Jing was, Zhou Wen continued following her into the mountain.
After walking for quite some time, An Jing finally stopped at a cave. She guessed that even if a battle happened here, the camp wouldn't be able to hear anything.
"Have we arrived? Did the six-winged seraphim appear nearby?" Zhou Wen looked around and didn't find any traces.
Truth Listener was activated the entire time, but there was no sign of the six-winged seraphim nearby.
"Yes, the six-winged seraphim is here," An Jing said, pretending to be calm.
"What do you mean?" Zhou Wen had already noticed that An Jing's tone was odd.
Holy light rose from An Jing's body as white feathers condensed, forming a six-winged seraphim that floated behind her. It was the six-winged seraphim Zhou Wen had seen before.
"So you are the new contractor of the six-winged seraphim." Zhou Wen frowned slightly.
He had come to kill the six-winged seraphim, but now, the six-winged seraphim was An Jing's Guardian. It didn't seem right for Ouyang Lan to know that he had killed her Guardian.
"Ever since I joined the military, I've been working hard. I work when others are working, and I train hard to make myself stronger when others are resting. Now, I'm at the same starting point as you. I have an Epic Perfect Life Soul, a Mythical Companion Beast, and a Guardian. What you have, I already have. Now, we can have a fair battle," An Jing said to Zhou Wen.
"Did The Thearch help you contract the six-winged seraphim?" Zhou Wen asked An Jing.
"You know The Thearch?" An Jing was slightly taken aback.
Zhou Wen immediately smiled bitterly when he heard An Jing's reply. "I'd rather not know her. Does she have any conditions for helping you contract the six-winged seraphim?"
"This has nothing to do with you," An Jing said.
"It's true that your matter has nothing to do with me, but you are Sis Lan's daughter. I don't wish for Sis Lan to be sad, so I hope you understand that The Thearch is a very dangerous person. Think about John's outcome and you should know what kind of person she is," Zhou Wen said.
An Jing looked at Zhou Wen and said, "You don't have to worry about my mother. I'm already an adult. I know what needs to be done and what shouldn't be done. I didn't agree to do anything for The Thearch. She didn't ask me to do anything for her either. Her only request was for me to try my best to clinch first place in the next Companion Beast ranking battle and obtain a divine fruit for her."
"In that case, you obtained a Mythical Companion Beast in Chess Mountain, right?" Zhou Wen never expected The Thearch to place so much importance on the divine fruit. She didn't manage to obtain it from him and instead got An Jing to do it.
"How did you know?" An Jing was even more surprised.
"Because The Thearch came to me before, but I rejected her. She's too dangerous. It's best not to have anything to do with her," Zhou Wen said truthfully.
"If one wants to become stronger, one naturally has to take the risk. I know what choice to make. There's no need for you to teach me." An Jing looked at Zhou Wen and slowly said, "Regardless of victory or defeat today, the grudge between us ends here."
"Do you really have to fight me?" Zhou Wen asked An Jing.
"Of course. Otherwise, why would I train so hard? I have to beat you this time," An Jing said.
"Even if it means losing the Guardian?" Zhou Wen asked again.
This time, without waiting for An Jing to answer, the six-winged seraphim said, "The only one who can defeat a Guardian is a Guardian. Last time, John was too weak and couldn't even use a tenth of my strength. Now, with An Jing as my Guardian, my true strength can be exhibited. You have no chance of winning. An Jing's compatibility with me is virtually perfect, so I won't betray her."
The six-winged seraphim had clearly misunderstood, believing Zhou Wen meant that he would betray An Jing like he had betrayed John.
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Chapter 822: Ending Before Starting
Zhou Wen ignored the six-winged seraphim and looked at An Jing as though he wanted her to answer him personally.
"I contracted the Guardian to defeat you. If I can't defeat you, what's the point of having a Guardian?" An Jing's eyes were resolute as she stared at Zhou Wen and continued, "Over the past few days, I've been constantly seeking a breakthrough. Even in my dreams, I've been thinking about how to make myself stronger. No matter what problems I encounter, as long as I can defeat you, I can..."
An Jing was still speaking, but Zhou Wen had already drawn his saber when she said her first sentence.
Immortal Slaying!
Back when he fought John, Zhou Wen already had a good understanding of the six-winged seraphim's abilities. He knew what skills he had, so there was no need for him to hesitate.
The only thing he needed to consider was the effects on An Jing after killing the six-winged seraphim. Since An Jing said that contracting a Guardian was meaningless if she couldn't defeat him, Zhou Wen didn't have any qualms.
Immortal Slaying was unbelievably fast. It wasn't domineering because it was too fast. It was impossible to sense any domineering aura.
By the time An Jing sensed Zhou Wen's strike, his saber had already returned to its scabbard.
As for the six-winged seraphim in the air behind her, his pupils constricted. His mouth moved as though it wanted to say something, but this movement only served to misalign his mouth. His body split into two as it fell to the sides, turning into white feathers that dissipated.
An Jing stood there in a daze. There was no surprise on her face, only confusion and shock. She stopped her words midway.
She never expected Zhou Wen to strike without much warning. Zhou Wen was still hugging Ya'er in his arms. She originally wanted to say that they would only begin the battle after Zhou Wen placed the child to the side, but Zhou Wen held the child in one hand and drew his saber with the other. He killed the six-winged seraphim so casually that it felt like they hadn't even begun the battle.
I... haven't even started yet... This was the only thought that remained in An Jing's mind. She didn't know what to say next.
After slaying the six-winged seraphim with one strike, Zhou Wen felt a strange energy infuse into the Slaughterer Life Soul, causing it to grow again. He had a faint feeling that it was turning corporeal.
However, even after the energy was exhausted, Slaughterer still failed to advance to a Perfect Body.
Is it still not enough? How many do I have to kill? Zhou Wen was somewhat depressed.
It probably wouldn't be easy to find another Guardian that was as easy to kill as the six-winged seraphim.
Firstly, the six-winged seraphim couldn't be considered especially powerful among the Guardians. Secondly, Zhou Wen knew the various abilities of the six-winged seraphim like the back of his hand, allowing him to kill him so easily.
If it were an unfamiliar Guardian, even if its strength was about the same as the six-winged seraphim, it would be difficult for him to kill it so easily.
"Let's call it a day. If you really want to defeat me, use your own strength. The strength bestowed by others unto you won't be able to defeat me." Zhou Wen turned around and walked back with Ya'er in his arms.
An Jing stood there without moving for quite some time. Before this battle, she had thought about many things. She had thought about the possible winning and losing outcomes, but no matter how she imagined the possibilities, she never expected that she would lose before the battle even began.
She originally thought that this would be an evenly matched battle, but now, she suddenly realized that she didn't seem to have the qualifications to stand in the arena.
Just like an amateur challenging a professional boxer, she fell to the ground before the bell rang.
...
I hope she won't look for The Thearch again. Zhou Wen didn't wish for An Jing to have anything to do with The Thearch.
An Jing was Ouyang Lan's daughter after all. Although Zhou Wen didn't like her much, he didn't wish for anything to happen to her.
After returning to the encampment, Zhou Wen met a few acquaintances and gathered with them before setting off for Luoyang the next day.
Qin Wufu had been encouraging Zhou Wen to give up on his studies and come over to work with him. Zhou Wen politely declined.
It wasn't that Zhou Wen wasn't willing to contribute to protecting humans, but that he felt that making himself stronger was the most important. As long as he was the strongest, he could completely eliminate the uncertainties and not be forced into a passive position of defense.
Zhou Wen was willing to stay on campus because the college would give him plenty of free time and provide him with plenty of resources and information. It allowed him to walk the path he wanted and quickly become stronger.
However, if he entered the military, he needed to carry out missions. That could indeed help a portion of people, but Zhou Wen wanted to help more than just a portion.
After returning to school, Zhou Wen began studying the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art. This was because it was very difficult for Civilized Country to advance by relying on Bright Torch Vision World. He had to think of other solutions, and he couldn't think of one at the moment unless he could obtain a pet like the Mystic Bird. However, that wasn't easy, so Zhou Wen could only study other Essence Energy Arts.
The Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art was a rather interesting Essence Energy Art. Zhou Wen had only just gained basic mastery of it. Although he didn't sense any powerful strength from it, just the way the Essence Energy was circulated was very interesting.
Typical Essence Energy Arts mostly had a sea of energy, but Essence Energy Arts like the Lost Immortal Sutra didn't have an Essence Energy sea. However, the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art had countless Essence Energy seas.
When the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art circulated, his body was like a tiny universe with countless revolving stars. Every star was an Essence Energy sea, and the entire tiny universe was a huge Essence Energy sea.
As Zhou Wen felt his Essence Energy circulate, he pondered over the profundity of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art, hoping to condense a Life Providence.
Condensing a Life Soul required the blood essence of a Mythical or Guardian. Otherwise, the simulation of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art couldn't condense a Life Soul without a foundation. However, a Life Providence wasn't that particular. All one needed to do was gain insight into the Essence Energy Art.
Why does this Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art's pocket universe feel a little similar to the Endless Sea of Stars? Zhou Wen suddenly discovered something amiss.
The layout of the miniature universe's stars was very similar to the Endless Sea of Stars. If Zhou Wen hadn't spent a long time grinding Essence Energy Skills in the Endless Sea of Stars, he wouldn't have discovered this similarity.
Could it be... Zhou Wen's heart stirred as he stopped practicing and took out his phone to enter the Endless Sea of Stars dungeon.
Zhou Wen looked up at the stars in the Endless Sea of Stars. After watching for a while, he heaved a sigh of relief and revealed a look of delight. As expected, the circulation method of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art is a replica of the Endless Sea of Stars.
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Chapter 823: Devourer
The pocket universe formed by the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art wasn't as complicated as the Endless Sea of Stars. It lacked a portion of the details, but the general outline was the same.
Zhou Wen explored the Endless Sea of Stars as he grinded. Through his observations of the Endless Sea of Stars, he gained insight into the profundity of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art.
Since Zhou Wen wanted to search for Astral Combat Beasts in the Endless Sea of Stars, it wasn't considered a waste of time.
He had been too busy recently, so Zhou Wen didn't have the time to grind the Lunar Mansion skills and Astral Combat Beasts. The twenty-eight Lunar Mansion Skills were still lacking three key skills, so the Star Stealer's Essence Energy Skill Crystal hadn't dropped.
Now was the perfect opportunity to explore the Endless Sea of Stars and find Astral Combat Beasts.
Zhou Wen roamed the Endless Sea of Stars and watched the stellar transposition. Every time he gained some insight, the tiny universe in his body would become more similar to the Endless Sea of Stars.
Zhou Wen had a vague feeling that when his pocket universe became identical to the Endless Sea of Stars, it would be the time he condensed his Life Providence.
The Endless Sea of Stars wasn't just limited to the twenty-eight Lunar Mansions. Outside the twenty-eight Lunar Mansions covered a large area. Zhou Wen killed countless Astral Beasts along the way, but he didn't find any Astral Combat Beasts.
In fact, there were very few Mythical Astral Beasts. Most of them were between the Mortal and Epic stage.
Just as he was feeling puzzled, he suddenly saw something flash in the cosmos ahead.
When Zhou Wen focused, he didn't discover anything.
Were my eyes playing tricks on me? Zhou Wen took a closer look and still didn't discover anything. He couldn't help but find it odd.
Suddenly, something flashed in the cosmos. Zhou Wen only saw a flash, but he didn't see what it was.
However, when Zhou Wen looked carefully at the spot where the figure was flickering, he immediately felt his scalp tingle. This was because a planet that was originally there had vanished. When he confirmed that there was nothing there, he clearly saw a planet.
Devourer! Zhou Wen immediately thought of something.
Previously, when he had gone to the Endless Sea of Stars in real life, Zhou Wen had seen a Devourer. However, the Devourer back then looked like a jellyfish in a lake. It ate planets like eating candy, so it didn't feel too shocking.
However, now that he was in the Endless Sea of Stars, it was somewhat different. Although the planet was much smaller than the planets in real life, it was still as huge as a mountain. It was truly shocking to see it disappear.
What was even more terrifying was that Zhou Wen didn't see the Devourer in-game. He only saw something flash when it devoured the planet.
Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth and raised Truth Listener's ability to its limits to monitor the nearby area.
Soon, he realized that a nearby planet had been devoured, and he finally saw the Devourer.
With Truth Listener's ability, Zhou Wen outlined the appearance of the Devourer in his mind, but he still couldn't see it with his eyes.
It was similar to what Zhou Wen had seen in real life—a transparent jellyfish-like monster. However, its size was far more exaggerated in-game. It directly swallowed the entire planet; the smaller planets in the Endless Sea of Stars were about the size of a bean.
This body is much bigger than Tyrant Behemoth after its transformation! When Zhou Wen looked at it, the Devourer had already wandered over.
Zhou Wen ordered the gigantic Tyrant Behemoth to charge forward, hoping to see how powerful the Devourer was.
After receiving Zhou Wen's order, Tyrant Behemoth activated Absolute Strength and pounced over.
The Devourer was really like a jellyfish. The countless tentacles below shook as its body rose at an unbelievable speed, dodging Tyrant Behemoth's attacks.
After Tyrant Behemoth struck, it didn't continue pursuing. It stood there in a daze.
Zhou Wen immediately understood. He could see the Devourer with Truth Listener, but Tyrant Behemoth couldn't. It naturally couldn't attack enemies it couldn't see.
Zhou Wen commanded Tyrant Behemoth to fight, but Tyrant Behemoth relied on its instincts to fight. With Zhou Wen commanding it, there was a delay.
Before long, the Devourer swallowed Tyrant Behemoth's body.
It was unknown what the Devourer's body was made of. Tyrant Behemoth, which possessed Absolute Strength, failed to escape after being swallowed.
This is really troublesome. Tyrant Behemoth can't see it, so it's disadvantageous in battle. Furthermore, if it can't be seen, Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World will be useless. I'll probably have to rely on Truth Listener to kill the Devourer. Zhou Wen summoned the Golden Overlord Sword and relied on Truth Listener's ability to lock onto the Devourer's position. He gathered all his strength and used Immortal Slaying to slash at the Devourer without holding back.
However, in the next second, Zhou Wen felt the blood-colored avatar's body sink into a vortex before the phone screen went black.
GAME OVER!
Devourer is amazing. Tyrant Behemoth and Torch Dragon probably can't do anything about it. The only one who can fight it is probably Truth Listener. Zhou Wen thought for a moment and realized that he didn't have a good solution to deal with the Devourer.
However, the danger of Truth Listener removing multiple earrings was too high. If it only removed one or two, it probably wouldn't be enough to kill the Devourer.
He once again entered the Endless Sea of Stars. This time, Zhou Wen circled around the area. He couldn't think of a way to kill the Devourer for the moment, so he ignored it and strolled through the Endless Sea of Stars to condense the Life Providence of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art.
However, the Devourer's whereabouts was unpredictable. Zhou Wen had already circled around it, but to his surprise, it would appear in different star systems. Every time Zhou Wen wanted to escape, he was devoured by its black hole-like power.
The only time Zhou Wen ran away was when he used the long-distance teleportation skill of Civilized Country to reach a spot where the Devourer couldn't see him. However, he was eventually found and killed by the Devourer.
At first, Zhou Wen imagined that it was a problem with the respawning of the game. Every time he respawned the Devourer would be in a different star system, but with repeated dying, Zhou Wen began to suspect something.
Every time I enter the Endless Sea of Stars, as long as I leave the twenty-eight Lunar Mansions, I will encounter it at about the same time. This definitely isn't as simple as a random respawn. Could it be that the Devourer has the ability to teleport? Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised when he thought of this possibility.
He didn't have much hope of obtaining the Mystic Bird. If the Devourer also had spatial teleportation abilities, he could attempt to kill it. If a Companion Egg dropped, perhaps the problem of advancing Civilized Country would be resolved.
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Chapter 824: Pocket Universe
How can I kill the Devourer? Behemoth and Torch Dragon aren't suitable for such battles. Demonic Neonate is still evolving. Who is more suitable?
After some thought, Zhou Wen realized that there were only three Companion Beasts that stood a chance. He could use Truth Listener with many earrings released or Primordial Spore's Parasitizing.
The other Companion Beasts couldn't see the Devourer, so it was useless no matter how powerful they were.
As for the last method, Zhou Wen would have to wear the Invisibility Cloak so that the Devourer couldn't see him and attempt an assassination.
Zhou Wen began with the simplest method. He first used the Invisibility Cloak to attempt an assassination. While visibly invisible, the Devourer could still see him. He had to use the three minutes of complete invisibility to prevent the Devourer from seeing him.
However, the assassination failed. The Devourer's entire body was like a black hole. Zhou Wen went over while invisible and used Immortal Slaying on it only to be sucked in. The game instantly ended.
Therefore, Zhou Wen attempted the second method, hoping to let Primordial Spore parasitize the Devourer. However, after the Primordial Spore entered the Devourer's body, it was sucked inside and the connection was broken.
With the two methods failing, Zhou Wen could only risk sending Truth Listener. After undoing two earrings, Truth Listener became extremely violent as it tore through space and charged at the Devourer.
The Devourer's invisibility couldn't affect Truth Listener. Truth Listener moved like lightning and wasn't sucked in.
However, when Truth Listener's claws swiped across the Devourer's body, it was as though it had sliced through water. No traces of harm were left behind.
Truth Listener failed to gain an advantage in its battle with the Devourer, but it wasn't devoured either. The situation seemed to be in a stalemate.
However, Truth Listener needed to constantly move at high speeds to avoid being sucked in by the Devourer. Its stamina and Essence Energy expenditure were rather intense. It would definitely not be the Devourer's match if this dragged on.
Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and ordered Truth Listener to undo the third earring while its stamina was still at its peak.
Another earring on Truth Listener's ear shattered. As it shattered, Truth Listener's body underwent a strange change.
Before Zhou Wen could see Truth Listener's exact changes, he felt an extremely violent and painful thought. It made him feel as though Truth Listener was about to explode.
And on Truth Listener's body, black flames were rising like a bomb that could explode at any moment.
Zhou Wen directed Truth Listener to attack, but it didn't listen to his orders. It roared at the sky as though it was resisting Zhou Wen's orders.
Zhou Wen felt that the connection between him and Truth Listener was about to be severed. It was almost impossible to see, and Truth Listener could already resist his orders.
Return! Zhou Wen forcefully summoned Truth Listener back, but it was still useless.
Thankfully, while Truth Listener was resisting Zhou Wen's will, the Devourer took the opportunity to devour it and kill it.
Zhou Wen exited the game. The Truth Listener earrings in reality were still there, allowing him to heave a sigh of relief.
After summoning Truth Listener, the dark-gold Six-Eared Golden Silk Monkey appeared in Zhou Wen's hand. Thankfully, nothing happened.
Indeed, I can't undo the earrings again. He was still reeling in fear and didn't dare try again.
Zhou Wen had already tried all the methods he could think of, but there was nothing he could do about the Devourer. He had to think of a way to deal with it. Now, Zhou Wen could only use his invisibility to escape. If he was found again, he would let Truth Listener, who had shattered two earrings, hold it back while Zhou Wen continued exploring the Endless Sea of Stars to comprehend the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art.
Using Truth Listener to hold back the Devourer wasn't too much of a problem.
As Zhou Wen entangled himself with the Devourer, he traveled the Endless Sea of Stars. After some time, he got used to it.
What puzzled Zhou Wen was that apart from the Devourer, he didn't see a single Mythical Astral Beast in the Endless Sea of Stars.
Could it be that all the Mythical Astral Beasts have been devoured by the Devourer? Zhou Wen guessed.
The Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art's pocket universe became closer to perfection. Zhou Wen vaguely felt that he was about to condense a Life Providence.
Indeed, in less than two days, the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art began condensing a Life Providence. The pocket universe in his body emitted resplendent starlight.
After everything was over, the Life Providence of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art condensed successfully. Zhou Wen hurriedly looked at the Life Providence's information.
Life Providence: Pocket Universe
This Life Providence is really called Pocket Universe? Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback. He never expected the Life Providence to match the Essence Energy Art's situation.
I wonder what Life Providence Eldest Senior Brother Liu Yun condensed? Zhou Wen wanted to ask Liu Yun, but he couldn't find him.
Although the two of them had cultivated the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art, their bloodlines and minds were different, so the Life Providences they condensed would be different.
Pocket Universe: Producing the universe with one's body.
What does it mean by producing the universe with one's body? Zhou Wen was momentarily at a loss. What did this Life Providence mean?
However, when Zhou Wen switched to the Pocket Universe Life Providence and used the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art, he came to a slight realization.
Zhou Wen didn't know about the other functions for the time being, but he definitely wouldn't get lost again. The Pocket Universe Life Providence was like a GPS. No matter where he went, he would know his position in the universe.
Ignoring the fact that he wouldn't get lost on Earth, Zhou Wen guessed that he wouldn't even get lost in the universe.
It turns out that this Life Providence is just a locator? Zhou Wen was already suspicious of his previous guess, wondering if the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art was an Essence Energy Art that increased Speed.
The next step is to condense a Life Soul. I'll first try to see if the Guardian's blood in the underground sea can help the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art advance. Although Zhou Wen wasn't the Guardian's match, it wasn't difficult to obtain a drop of blood. He could also farm the nine dragons.
The Guardian had a spatial attribute, so Zhou Wen felt that its compatibility with the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art was very high. It was highly likely to work.
The nine dragons didn't drop anything useful as Zhou Wen forcefully extracted a drop of blood from the Guardian. To his surprise, the drop of blood couldn't be absorbed by the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art.
It doesn't work? Zhou Wen's heart skipped a beat as he had no choice but to head to Ant City to give it a try.
This time, Zhou Wen was still praying that he wouldn't be compatible with the guardian of Ant City. Otherwise, the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art might be an Essence Energy Art that enhanced his Essence Energy. Zhou Wen no longer needed such an Essence Energy Art, so cultivating it was a waste of time.
Zhou Wen tried it in fear, but thankfully, he was unable to absorb it. While Zhou Wen was delighted, he was also somewhat depressed.
Now that the blood from these two Guardians wasn't working, he didn't know where to find another drop of Guardian's blood.
This sure is troublesome. Zhou Wen only knew a few Guardians. Furthermore, once a Guardian contracted a human and truly broke out of the cocoon, their blood would be useless. He had to find a Guardian that had yet to leave its cocoon and then extract their blood essence.
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Chapter 825: Lady of the Stars
Is there any Guardian related to the stars or the universe? Zhou Wen sat on the sofa and muttered to himself. It was too difficult to find a suitable Guardian. The key problem was that Zhou Wen didn't know where the Guardians were.
Zhou Wen had the urge to take the chick back to the phoenix's nest to discuss with the phoenix. He wanted to see if he could obtain a drop of blood essence from the cocoon protected by the phoenix.
Just as he was considering it, the antelope walked over and stood opposite Zhou Wen, writing on the ground with its hooves.
Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised. The antelope usually ignored him, so he wasn't sure why it had suddenly come over. He hurriedly looked at the ground.
"You want to find a Guardian related to the stars?" The antelope wrote on the ground.
"So what if I do? Do you know where to find one?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Didn't you already see it before? Why are you asking where it is?" the antelope continued writing.
"When did I see it?" Zhou Wen frowned. He couldn't remember when he had seen such a Guardian.
"Not only have you seen it, but you have also carried it." The antelope looked at Zhou Wen in a teasing manner and continued writing.
"When did I carry... it..." Zhou Wen suddenly reacted as he widened his eyes and asked the antelope, "Are you saying that there's a Guardian inside the log?"
The antelope smiled at Zhou Wen and wrote: "That's a Guardian with the Life Providence of the Lady of the Stars. She's also a top existence among Guardians. You originally had the chance to contract her, but unfortunately, you screwed up. Not only did you fail to contract her, but you even became an enemy. Do you regret it now?"
"Why didn't you say so earlier? How would I know?" Zhou Wen said helplessly.
"How do I tell you? You had to keep carrying that log. Did you want me to tell you in front of her that you have to lie to her and think of a way to cheat her?" The antelope curled its lips.
"You could have told me in advance." Zhou Wen paused before continuing, "Let's not talk about this first. Do you have a way to help me obtain a drop of her blood essence?"
"Why do you want her blood essence?" The antelope looked at Zhou Wen in puzzlement.
"I'm cultivating an Essence Energy Art, but I don't have a special physique that matches it. I need a drop of Guardian's blood with the same stats as a foundation," Zhou Wen said.
"What Essence Energy Art is it?" the antelope asked.
"Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art." Zhou Wen had no intention of hiding it. Having followed him for so long, the antelope naturally knew that he knew many Essence Energy Arts. There was nothing to hide.
"So it's the Sky-Stealing technique. It's possible to use her blood essence as a foundation..." When the antelope said that, it pondered for a moment before continuing, "Now that she has returned to Forbidden City, Forbidden City has experienced a recovery in Essence Energy, so it will definitely be extremely terrifying. Furthermore, she probably doesn't have a good impression of you. Even if you have a Companion Beast like Tyrant Behemoth, you will probably die after entering. It's basically impossible to obtain her blood essence."
"Is there no other way?" Zhou Wen was somewhat disappointed.
Even the antelope said that there was no hope, so Zhou Wen felt that there was no need to take the risk.
To his surprise, the antelope changed the topic and continued writing. "However, your luck isn't bad. I happen to have some of her blood essence."
"You have her blood essence? When did you obtain it?" Zhou Wen didn't believe the antelope.
The Guardian had always been inside the log. The log had never been opened, and the antelope had never touched the log. How could it obtain the blood essence?
"Of course it wasn't obtained recently. The one in the log is one of the few Guardians that survived the last Guardian Battle. This blood essence was obtained in the past." After the antelope finished writing, it shook its body and a small jade bottle dropped from the fur around its neck.
This fellow is actually hiding something? Zhou Wen sized up the antelope's fur in surprise.
The antelope's fur was very short. Only the fur around its neck was slightly longer. However, it couldn't hide a bottle no matter what, so he had no idea how it had hidden the bottle.
Zhou Wen reached out to take the jade bottle, but he was stopped by the antelope's hooves.
"You can have the blood essence, but I have a condition," the antelope wrote.
"You live off me, and you still want to negotiate with me?" Zhou Wen frowned.
"Do you want it?" The antelope had no intention of reasoning with Zhou Wen.
"Alright, tell me. What are your conditions?" Zhou Wen had no choice but to ask patiently.
"In the future, if you have the ability, you have to make another trip to Forbidden City and get something from her. Originally, as long as you contracted with her, that thing would have been ours, but it ended up in this state. Now, there's no other way but to use force," the antelope wrote.
"What's that?" Zhou Wen asked.
"You'll know when the time comes. Don't worry, I'll help you. When the time comes, we'll split it according to our agreement—20-80."
"That won't do. In the past, we said 20-80 because you were the one who found the log. Now that we are cooperating, we naturally can't do 20-80 again. 40-60, I'll get 60% while you get 40%. After all, I know nothing about it. The risk is rather high." Although Zhou Wen didn't know what it was, he wasn't willing to suffer a loss.
He wanted the blood essence anyway, so he definitely had to agree to the antelope's conditions. It wasn't a bad idea to fight for some benefits.
"Impossible." The antelope rejected it directly.
Seeing its firm attitude, Zhou Wen said, "Then split it 50-50. It can't be any lower."
"You don't want the blood essence?" The antelope pointed at the small jade bottle.
"40-60. You get 60% while I get 40%. That's my bottom line. Besides, you have to put in some effort. You can't let me take it all alone," Zhou Wen said.
"Deal." The antelope handed the jade bottle to Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen took the jade bottle and opened it. He saw a tiny blob of blood inside. The blood was a strange purple color that suffused faint purple starlight. It was as though there was purple star sand inside. It looked beautiful and mysterious.
Zhou Wen had come into contact with the blood essence of many Guardians, so he knew at a glance that it was the blood essence of a real Guardian. However, its attribute was different from anything he had seen before. It was very similar to the aura in the log, so it was likely real.
After returning to the training room with the blood, Zhou Wen attempted to use the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art to absorb the blood in the jade bottle, and he successfully refined it.
Zhou Wen immediately felt the Pocket Universe in his body erupt. The purple blood essence provided the Pocket Universe with terrifying energy, causing it to emit terrifying starlight.
Zhou Wen felt his essence, vitality, and spirit condense inside the pocket universe. This was the precursor to condensing a Life Soul.
Perhaps it was because he had absorbed too much blood essence this time—possibly about eight drops—compared to a single drop in the past, the energy contained was much more than before, causing the Life Soul to condense at an abnormally fast speed.
A speck of starlight condensed in between Zhou Wen's brows as it shimmered with a purple glow.
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Chapter 826: Fine Dust
It was a purple star that resembled a particle. It emitted a resplendent divine light that floated between Zhou Wen's brows like a gem.
Life Soul: Fine Dust (Primordial Body)
Fine Dust: Millions of galaxies are just the dust of the boundless universe. A tiny speck of dust can also be a trichiliocosm.
Zhou Wen looked at the Fine Dust Life Soul and felt its body emit powerful stellar forces. A tiny bit of information surged into Zhou Wen's mind, allowing him to gain a rough understanding of Fine Dust.
Although it was called Fine Dust, it was actually a miniature star. With the Fine Dust Life Soul and the Pocket Universe Life Providence, Zhou Wen could travel through space.
This was somewhat similar to the ability of Civilized Country. The difference was that the Fine Dust Life Soul could only be used to travel between planets. As long as there were stars in the Pocket Universe, Zhou Wen could use Fine Dust's ability to travel to that planet.
For example, planets that were relatively close to Earth like the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, as well as the planets in the twenty-eight Lunar Mansions, or even planets that were even further away. As long as they were within the Pocket Universe, he could teleport over using Fine Dust.
However, Fine Dust had a longer cooldown period. It could only be used once a month.
Zhou Wen originally wanted to try heading to the moon to take a look, but on second thought, he immediately gave up on such plans. His current body didn't have the ability to survive in space. He could only teleport once a month. If he were to teleport out now, he wouldn't be able to return. If that happened, wouldn't he die of suffocation in space?
Fine Dust's ability looks impressive, but it doesn't seem to be of much use. This thing can only be used for interstellar travel and doesn't allow free teleportation within a planet. However, humans have yet to discover any habitable planets outside Earth. Wouldn't teleporting to them be courting death? Zhou Wen was somewhat depressed.
However, thankfully, apart from the interstellar teleportation ability, Fine Dust also had enhancement effects on Speed, Strength, and Essence Energy. On a bright night with stars, he could also enjoy the augmentation of the stellar forces.
It could also be done during the day, but because the sunlight during the day was too strong, the augmentation from the other stars weakened. The main augmentation came from the sun.
Thankfully, after advancing to the Mythical stage, typically speaking, one should have the ability to survive in space. This ability would definitely be of great use in the future.
This was the basic function of Fine Dust. Zhou Wen still needed to figure out the other methods and abilities himself.
How can I advance Fine Dust? Zhou Wen continued studying the method to advance his Fine Dust Life Soul.
After entering the game, Zhou Wen tried out Fine Dust's interstellar teleportation ability. It was really effective. The Fine Dust on his forehead flashed with a purple light as it took him across more than half the Pocket Universe to a tiny planet that he had never been to.
Then, he entered cooldown mode and had to wait a month until he could use it again.
This cooldown time is too long! Interstellar teleportation felt great, but it could only be used once a month. It was too much of a scam.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen didn't plan on using it in real life. If he had used it in a rush, it would have been too late when he realized he had to wait for a month.
After studying his Life Soul in-game for a long time, he didn't find any way to level up Fine Dust. The method of observing the Pocket Universe to condense a Life Soul clearly wasn't of any help to Fine Dust.
"Zhou Wen, are you coming to the auction?" Zhang Yuzhi sent Zhou Wen a message.
"Of course," Zhou Wen replied.
Although Civilization Country could also teleport, the restrictions were too great. An Earth Escape mount was more useful. Even if he failed to win the bid, he could still broaden his horizons.
It wasn't usually easy to see the six families together.
"Remember to inform me before you arrive. I'll arrange a place for you to stay. There are too many people participating in the auction this time, so it's not convenient for you to stay outside. You can stay in my family's courtyard," Zhang Yuzhi said.
"Alright." Zhou Wen didn't plan on standing on ceremony.
It was rare for Zhang Yuzhi to chat with him for a while, but it didn't last more than ten minutes before there was suddenly no message. It was as though she had gone offline.
Could she be using her phone behind her family's back? Zhou Wen thought of this possibility.
To the Zhang family, Zhang Yuzhi was too important. Her every action was closely protected by them. Many things were out of her control.
From the looks of it, it's not necessarily a good thing to be too special. People like Zhang Yuzhi and Wang Lu have abilities that others dream of, but they might not necessarily be happy, Zhou Wen thought.
In the morning, Zhou Wen took Ya'er out for a stroll. Zhou Wen took the time to take her out every morning to interact more with human society.
Sunset College also had students who had children, but they were basically graduate students. He was probably the first sophomore to have a child.
Thankfully, everyone in school knew of Zhou Wen's relationship with Ouyang Lan, so no one said anything.
Zhou Wen led her to the activity room of the Xuanwen Club. When Fang Ruoxi saw her, she pointed at Ya'er's clothes and said, "Zhou Wen, Ya'er's clothes seem to be small. It's time to buy her new clothes."
Only then did Zhou Wen realize that the clothes on Ya'er's body were indeed a little small. Children grew very quickly. In just a month, she had grown quite a lot.
"You're still a boy. How can you take good care of Ya'er? Why don't you hire a nanny to take care of her?" Fang Ruoxi suggested.
"There's no need. I'll slowly learn how to take care of her." Zhou Wen naturally wouldn't let others take care of Ya'er. Who knew what would happen?
"Old Zhou, could Ya'er really be your daughter?" Tian Xiangdong asked.
"It would be good if that was the case." Zhou Wen was somewhat helpless.
If Ya'er was really his daughter, Zhou Wen could still get Ouyang Lan to help him take care of her. Unfortunately, no matter how troublesome it was, Zhou Wen had no choice but to take care of her himself.
"How old is this girl? My relative's child is a little younger than her, but she can already call her parents. Why can't she say a word? Didn't you teach her?" Tian Xiangdong teased Ya'er as he spoke. "Ya'er, call Uncle... Uncle..."
Ya'er sat on the stool and looked at Tian Xiangdong without any change in expression. Tian Xiangdong felt like a fool. He laughed dryly and stopped teasing her.
"Ya'er, wait for me here for a while. Don't mess around, alright?" Zhou Wen wanted to go to the bathroom and couldn't take Ya'er with him. He believed that it would be fine to let her stay here.
Before leaving, Zhou Wen even exhorted Fang Ruoxi to help take care of Ya'er and not let anyone tease her.
Not long after Zhou Wen left, someone came to the activity room. He couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw Ya'er sitting on a stool.
"Why is there a child here?" the person asked.
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Chapter 827: Yun Niu
Translator: CKtalon
"This is Zhou Wen's adopted child," Tian Xiangdong said when he saw that it was Yun Niu.
Yun Niu was a freshman who had just joined the Xuanwen Club. Zhou Wen had never met him before.
"Ah, so it's the famous Senior Zhou's child. I didn't expect him to be extremely talented in cultivation and very caring. He's both morally and technically good." As Yun Niu spoke, he went forward to pinch Ya'er's face. "This child is really cute. What's her name?"
However, Ya'er took two steps back and dodged Yun Niu's hand.
"This child is afraid of strangers. Don't scare her," Fang Ruoxi pulled Ya'er back and said to Yun Niu.
"Children should be more lively. Once they start seeing more people, they naturally won't be afraid." As Yun Niu spoke, he searched his body and took out a handful of candies from his pocket. "Come, these candies are high quality stuff. They are delicious. Call me uncle and I'll give them all to you."
Ya'er only looked at Yun Niu silently.
Seeing that Ya'er wasn't moved, Yun Niu peeled a piece of candy and placed it in its mouth to chew. As he chewed, he said, "It's fragrant and sweet. This piece is for you. Try it first."
However, Ya'er didn't reach out to take it. She continued to look at him expressionlessly.
"What's wrong with this child?" Yun Niu frowned slightly. He had seen many children, but none of them were like Ya'er.
Some introverted and timid children would show some expression even if they didn't dare to take it or were frightened by him. They wouldn't be so expressionless.
However, Ya'er was clearly not afraid of him. She looked at him but ignored him.
"Don't you like candy? I still have many treasures here. Let's see if you like them." Yun Niu opened his backpack and took out a rattle drum, a small pistol, a doll, a bell, and other toys. He placed them on the table one by one.
"Look at how fun this is. Here you go." Yun Niu shook the rattle drum in front of Ya'er.
However, Ya'er still looked at him and had no intention of reaching out to take it.
"Is this child deaf and mute?" Yun Niu asked gloomily.
"What do you mean by deaf and mute? She's young and can't even speak. By the way, why do you have so many children's toys on you? Where did you get them?" Tian Xiangdong asked.
"I bought this. I'm planning on taking it back for my niece to play during the holidays. However, it looks like these things can't attract a little girl," Yun Niu said in frustration.
"I never expected you to be so meticulous. You actually have your niece on your mind," Tian Xiangdong said with a smile.
"I just didn't know what to buy, so I bought a little of everything. It looks like it won't work." As he spoke, Tian Xiangdong picked up the toys and handed them to Ya'er. "How about this? Do you like this?"
Yun Niu tried many things, but Ya'er didn't react.
Just as Yun Niu was giving up hope, Ya'er suddenly pointed at Yun Niu's backpack.
Yun Niu was delighted. "What do you want? Uncle will give it to you."
Ya'er still pointed at the backpack with her tiny hand. Yun Niu poured out all the things inside and said to Ya'er, "Which one do you like? Take it yourself."
Ya'er reached out and grabbed something. When Yun Niu saw what Ya'er was grabbing, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. "Strange, why is that thing in the backpack? Could it be that it was accidentally stuffed inside when I was putting things in?"
"This..." Yun Niu wanted to stop Ya'er, but after some thought, he allowed Ya'er to grab it.
It was a necklace with many rubies embedded in it. It looked very beautiful.
Although the value of gems wasn't as expensive as before, this necklace was clearly a high-quality item. Before the dimensional storms, it could probably have been sold for hundreds of millions.
Even now, it was probably worth some money. After all, such gemstones were still very rare.
"A girl is a girl. They know beauty from a young age. She chose such a beautiful necklace. Yun Niu, is this necklace real?" Tian Xiangdong asked.
"How can it be real? It's a replica. If she likes it, let her play with it," Yun Niu said.
"That's good." Fang Ruoxi pulled Ya'er to the side and said, "Ya'er, I'll put it on for you."
Ya'er released her hand. After Fang Ruoxi took the necklace, she put it on Ya'er's neck and said, "Ya'er, you're so beautiful."
However, Ya'er didn't react. She wore the necklace and remained expressionless, as if she was facially paralyzed.
Yun Niu took out a pearl necklace from the toys and said to Ya'er, "Is the necklace nice? Do you still want it? Uncle has something even more beautiful. Let Uncle hug you and I'll give you a lot of beautiful jewelry."
However, Ya'er remained unmoved. She turned her head to the side as if she was impatient with him.
The corners of Yun Niu's eyes twitched as he thought to himself, Alright, you ingrate. You're turning your back on me after taking my stuff.
However, no matter how Yun Niu coaxed her, she ignored him.
"Yun Niu, it looks like you aren't very popular with children. Stop teasing her," Tian Xiangdong said.
"It looks like that's the case." Yun Niu nodded, but he suddenly reached out and forcefully picked up Ya'er.
"Yun Niu, don't do that. You'll scare Ya'er." Fang Ruoxi frowned and was about to take Ya'er back.
Yun Niu took two steps back and with a poof, his body emitted white smoke. When the smoke dissipated, Yun Niu and Ya'er were gone.
"Tell Zhou Wen that if he wants this girl to live, he has to come to Mount Dragon Tiger alone." A voice sounded, but there was no sign of him.
Fang Ruoxi and Tian Xiangdong's expressions changed drastically as they quickly rushed out. However, there was no sign of Yun Niu or Ya'er.
Zhou Wen happened to walk over at this moment. Tian Xiangdong immediately said, "Zhou Wen, bad news. Ya'er has been abducted..."
Fang Ruoxi said anxiously, "Let's chase after him. He shouldn't have escaped the campus grounds yet."
"There's no need to chase. We won't be able to catch up. That person's name is Yun Niu?" Zhou Wen had already seen the development. He was afraid that something would happen to Ya'er, so he kept using Truth Listener to monitor her.
Zhou Wen had seen everything that had happened in the activity room. However, he never expected Yun Niu to suddenly pull off such a trick. Even he didn't have the time to stop him.
"Yes, his name is Yun Niu. He's a freshman. He just joined the club not long ago. I never expected... Zhou Wen, I'm sorry... I'll go with you to Mount Dragon Tiger. No matter what, I have to save Ya'er." Fang Ruoxi felt terrible. Zhou Wen had requested that she take care of Ya'er, but someone had abducted Ya'er under her nose.
"There's no need. I know who took away Ya'er. It's fine. Don't blame yourself. Even the six families couldn't stop him from stealing something, much less you," Zhou Wen said.
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Chapter 828: Cupid's Gift
Translator: CKtalon
Liu Yun led Ya'er out of Luoyang and rode an eagle into the forest. Even if An Tianzuo personally gave the order to capture him, it was probably too late.
"Hehe, little girl, with you in my hands, I'm not afraid that bastard Zhou Wen won't come to Mount Dragon Tiger." Liu Yun glanced at Ya'er who was sitting beside him.
Ordinary children would cry from fright if they encountered such a situation. Yet, to his surprise, there was no expression on Ya'er's face. It was as though nothing had happened. She was no different from before. She sat obediently on the eagle's back. She wasn't afraid of heights either.
Is she an idiot? Liu Yun felt that there was definitely something wrong with Ya'er's brain.
How can a normal child be so calm? Not to mention a one-year-old child, even an eleven or twelve-year-old child would probably cry from fright.
"Come, give me the necklace. I'll change it for you." Seeing that Ya'er was a little silly, Liu Yun wasn't in the mood to say anything to her. He reached out and wanted to take the necklace from her neck.
This necklace was extraordinary. It was a treasure of the Cape family. Although it wasn't a dimensional item, it was very famous before the dimensional storms.
This necklace was known as Cupid's Gift. Before the dimensional storms, the queens of several countries had worn it. It was a priceless treasure.
However, this necklace had another name. It was called "Widow Queen." In the beginning, this necklace was a gift from a king to his queen. The king expressed his love for the queen and searched for the best ruby back then. After the forging and setting was done by a master artisan, Cupid's Gift was created.
However, who knew that good times wouldn't last long. Not long after giving away the necklace, the king died from illness, and the queen became a regent queen.
Later, the necklace switched hands a few more times. Many of its owners were queens, and they all lost their husbands.
When Liu Yun went to the Cape family to steal something, he accidentally discovered Cupid's Gift and stole it.
Although this item wasn't a dimensional item, many women liked it, especially those who were rich, powerful, and married. Many were willing to buy it at a high price.
Liu Yun knew that there was a rich lady of a local family who had been looking for this necklace for a long time. If he took it to her, he could exchange it for many resources.
Liu Yun originally planned on auctioning this necklace in the future, so he naturally couldn't really give it to Ya'er.
When Liu Yun tried to take the necklace off, Ya'er naturally refused and retreated.
However, they were now sitting on the eagle's back. Once Ya'er retreated, her body would fall.
Liu Yun hurriedly pulled her back, preventing her from falling.
Forget it. You can wear it for now, Liu Yun thought to himself. After all, Ya'er was in his hands and she couldn't escape. It wouldn't be too late to take it back when she was sick of wearing it. There was no need to force her to take it off.
Zhou Wen, that bastard. You made me suffer so much the last time. I'll teach you a lesson this time. Liu Yun had been planning this for a long time.
He had disguised himself as a student and sneaked into Sunset College. He had even joined the Xuanwen Club to think of a way to get Zhou Wen to Mount Dragon Tiger.
The Earth Elemental Beast was being auctioned at the Zhang family's Mount Dragon Tiger. Liu Yun was also very interested in the Earth Elemental Beast, but he naturally wouldn't use money to bid for it. He wanted to steal it before the auction.
Liu Yun had already made an attempt before, but ever since he had stolen from the Zhang family, the Zhang family had implemented measures against him. They nearly captured him alive.
Liu Yun knew that it wouldn't be easy for him to steal the Earth Elemental Beast, so he planned on finding someone to help him. Therefore, he thought of Zhou Wen and planned on using Ya'er to force him to steal it.
That bastard caused me so much trouble the last time. I can't let him have it easy this time. I'll let him do all the dirty work. In the end, after I take the Earth Elemental Beast, I'll disavow him... Liu Yun couldn't help but laugh out loud when he thought of the smug look he would be wearing.
"Haha... Haha... Haha... Haha..." Liu Yun laughed heartily, but as he laughed, his expression turned ugly.
This was because he realized that he couldn't stop laughing.
"I... Haha... I... Haha... What's going on... Haha... What's going on... Haha..." Liu Yun couldn't stop laughing. His mouth was about to deform from laughing, but he couldn't stop.
He covered his mouth with his hand, but he couldn't stop himself from laughing. Instead, he looked even more wretched as though he was secretly laughing.
After a while, Liu Yun finally stopped laughing.
What's going on? Could it be that Zhou Wen has something up his sleeve? He knows that I stole Ya'er, so he's messing with me? Liu Yun checked his body but didn't discover any curse-like powers.
There's no curse. Could it be that I'm too happy? Liu Yun's ring didn't react so he couldn't help but be puzzled.
Ever since he had succumbed to Zhou Wen's move, Liu Yun had thought of many solutions to prevent himself from being cursed. He had obtained many Companion Beasts to resolve this problem, and this purification ring was one of them.
Although the purification ring couldn't remove all curses, it would react if he suffered from one. It was very convenient to use it to detect curses.
Now that the purification ring didn't react, it meant that Liu Yun wasn't cursed.
Liu Yun carefully checked his body again and didn't find any problems. He had stopped laughing.
From the looks of it, it might be because I was too happy just now. Liu Yun thought for a moment and felt that it was plausible. He had seen people who couldn't stop laughing.
"Hungry," Ya'er suddenly said some time into the flight.
"So you can speak?" Liu Yun looked at Ya'er in surprise.
However, Ya'er didn't say anything else. She only looked at Liu Yun.
"Alright, I'll take you to eat when we reach the city ahead." Liu Yun controlled the giant eagle and flew towards a nearby city.
After arriving in the city, Liu Yun took Ya'er window shopping.
Ya'er stopped in front of a dessert shop and pointed inside, indicating her desire to eat some desserts.
However, Liu Yun curled his lips and said, "What's so good about these non-nutritious things? Furthermore, as a godly thief, how can I pay for food? I'll let you have a free meal."
Ya'er followed Liu Yun expressionlessly. This was what Liu Yun was most satisfied with. Although Ya'er was a little strange, she didn't cry or make a fuss. It saved Liu Yun trouble.
After walking for a while, Liu Yun brought Ya'er to a hotel. The hotel looked rather high-end and was very lively.
However, there was one thing. At the entrance of the hotel, there were many flower wreaths and couplets. It was as if someone had died and they were having a funeral.
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Chapter 829: Don't Hit The Face
"Ya'er, here's a life lesson. Nothing else is important in life, but when it comes to eating, never compromise; otherwise, you will have come to this world for nothing. Although this small city isn't famous, its Eight Bowl Dish is very authentic. It's difficult to find it elsewhere. Let's head in to have some now." Liu Yun led Ya'er inside.
When he arrived at the reception area at the entrance, he waved his hand like he was doing a magic trick, producing a white bag. He then swaggered inside with Ya'er.
The receptionists didn't know him, but this place was huge. There were more than a hundred tables, so it was normal for there to be unfamiliar people. Soon, someone arranged for Liu Yun to sit down.
"There will be delicious food in a while. You will definitely suffer if you follow Zhou Wen. You haven't eaten anything delicious. It's different if you follow me. Be it the things on mountains, in the sea, or on land. you'll have the best to eat. Just follow me obediently. I guarantee you that you won't regret it," Liu Yun whispered to Ya'er.
When the people beside him heard Liu Yun, although they didn't know him, someone who was very friendly said, "Lad, from what you said, you've been to many places?"
"That's for sure. I'm not bragging. I've basically visited all the cities in the Federation's four districts, big and small." Liu Yun was even better at conversations than him. In a while, he was having a good chat with the people at his table. At the same time, he figured out who was the one having the funeral.
From the looks of it, it was obvious that the funeral wasn't held by an ordinary family, but one of the most powerful families in the area. Three of the four brothers were at the Epic stage and were known as the Three Heroes of the Chen family. In such a small city, they could be considered top wealthy families.
Not long ago, their father had passed away. They were having the funeral for the father, and all the famous people in the area had come to pay their respects.
The deceased had many friends when he was alive, and he had good social relations. Many people came, and those who sat far away were sitting at the extra tables that were set up. Those who had invitations were all sitting in front.
Not long after, an emcee went on stage to speak.
"Dear friends and guests: Today, we are gathered here today in memory of our dear Old Master Chen..."
While the emcee was reading from his script with a sorrowful expression, everyone had solemn and sorrowful expressions. As they waited silently, they suddenly heard someone laugh. "Haha..."
Instantly, everyone's eyes focused on the source of the laughter.
Liu Yun's face turned livid. He didn't know why he had suddenly laughed. He didn't want to laugh either. He covered his face with an innocent expression.
The eldest son of the Chen family gestured for the emcee to continue. At such a time, it was not suitable to cause trouble. Even if there was something, he had to wait until the funeral was over.
"Our dear Old Master Chen was generous and helpful. He was a good boss at the company, a good husband and father at home..."
"Haha..." Laughter sounded again. This time, everyone's eyes quickly looked at the spot where Liu Yun was sitting. The eyes of the Chen family members were murderous.
Liu Yun felt like crying. He really didn't want to laugh, but he couldn't help it. It worked when he covered his mouth just now, but he couldn't stop laughing despite doing so now. Instead, it made his expression look even more wretched, as though he was snickering while covering his mouth.
"Are you f* king here to cause trouble?" The three Chen brothers couldn't tolerate it any longer. Their friends and family were also indignant. Instantly, hundreds of people in the hall stood up and surrounded Liu Yun. All of them had ugly expressions.
"I... Haha... I really don't want to laugh... Haha... I... Haha..." Liu Yun laughed as he spoke. He really couldn't control himself.
"Beat him to death." The three Chen brothers were truly enraged. The others couldn't stand it any longer and rushed forward to beat him.
"Ah!" A tragic cry sounded in the hall.
When Liu Yun escaped with a swollen face, he saw that Ya'er had followed him without him realizing it. They were outside the hotel.
Liu Yun picked up Ya'er and fled. There was a group of people shouting to have him killed behind him.
"Haha... Gosh... Haha... Don't hit me in the face... These people don't even know the rules... Haha... They know nothing..." After escaping the pursuit, Liu Yun was still laughing despite his swollen face. When he laughed, it even pulled at the injuries on his face, causing him to grimace in pain.
"What the hell. Why can't I stop laughing?" As Liu Yun spoke, he realized that he wasn't laughing. He was even more alarmed.
"What's going on?" Liu Yun glanced at Ya'er and saw her pointing at a cake shop. "Hungry."
How old is this brat? It's impossible that it's because of her. Could it be that I didn't notice that I committed some taboo when I was in school? Liu Yun thought to himself.
Since he was already in this state, it was impossible for him to freeload. Liu Yun had no choice but to take Ya'er to the cake shop to buy some desserts for her.
As Ya'er ate, she looked at the injuries on Liu Yun's face. Liu Yun took a bite of the cake and it tugged at the wound at the corner of his mouth. The corners of his mouth twitched in pain as he said gloomily, "What are you looking at? Don't think that I'm not their match. I can kill them all with a flick of my finger, but I'm a professional and not a bandit. Do you understand?"
Ya'er lowered her head and continued eating the desserts. He did not know if she had understood him.
...
Zhou Wen knew that Liu Yun had taken away Ya'er and was forcing him to go to Mount Dragon Tiger. He wasn't worried that Liu Yun would harm Ya'er. Liu Yun wasn't someone who would harm a child.
Furthermore, he was going to Mount Dragon Tiger anyway, so it was fine for him to head there early.
Liu Yun wants me to find him at Mount Dragon Tiger. From the looks of it, he has his sights on the Earth Elemental Beast. Zhou Wen was still somewhat worried. It wasn't because he was worried about Ya'er, but because he was afraid that Liu Yun would be a dead person by the time he found him.
Liu Yun didn't know Ya'er's origins and only treated her as a child. He probably didn't have his guard up against her, but Ya'er wasn't a real child. Offending her would really kill him.
Zhou Wen wasn't wrong. If Zhou Wen hadn't set those rules for Ya'er, Liu Yun would have been in a terrible situation if Ya'er hadn't obeyed.
Even if Ya'er didn't want to kill anyone, Liu Yun's situation was equally bad.
Liu Yun originally thought that he could easily rush to Mount Dragon Tiger and wait for Zhou Wen to arrive, but to his dismay, the journey wasn't easy at all.
Failing to freeload the previous time, Liu Yun was indignant. After arriving in another city, Liu Yun planned on freeloading at another banquet.
Liu Yun thought to himself, My bad habit of suddenly laughing should be fine at a wedding banquet. Even if it flares up, people will just think that I'm happy.
Liu Yun's idea was pretty good, but at the wedding banquet, just as the bride and groom were about to exchange rings, Liu Yun suddenly couldn't help but cry out loud. He cried so sadly that those who didn't know would think that there was something between him and the bride and that he couldn't bear to let the bride get married.
Instantly, everyone's eyes focused on Liu Yun.
"Boohoo... I... I really don't want to cry... Boohoo... Don't hit my face..."
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Chapter 830: Dragon Tiger Town
Translator: CKtalon
Zhou Wen set off for Mount Dragon Tiger, wanting to know what Liu Yun was up to.
After walking for a while, Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised to discover that the Fine Dust Life Soul was growing.
What happened? Why would the Fine Dust Life Soul grow on its own? Zhou Wen didn't know what he had done to make it grow.
After some thought, he narrowed it down to one possibility. When he walked, he triggered Fine Dust's growth.
Zhou Wen hurriedly experimented again and realized that it was true. The further he went, the faster Fine Dust grew. When he didn't walk, Fine Dust would stop growing.
Furthermore, it was useless to take a repetitive path. He had to go to places he had never been before. Only then would Fine Dust obtain the energy needed to grow.
The advancement method of the Fine Dust Life Soul is quite interesting. I can actually grow it by walking. This is very easy. Zhou Wen couldn't help but be delighted. He could evolve it simply by walking. The Fine Dust Life Soul could be considered the easiest to advance.
"If this continues, I might be able to advance to an Evolved Body by the time I reach Mount Dragon Tiger."
As he had something on his mind, Zhou Wen wasn't in the mood to visit the dimensional zones on the way. He headed straight for Mount Dragon Tiger without stopping.
Before the dimensional storms, Mount Dragon Tiger was a Daoist sacred land. The founder of the orthodox path, Perfected Orthodox Unity, cultivated and did alchemy on Mount Dragon Tiger.
Legend had it that the Zhang family was the descendant of Perfected Orthodox Unity. After Mount Dragon Tiger became a dimensional zone, the Zhang family, who had always lived there, naturally became the owner of Mount Dragon Tiger.
It was said that after the mutation at Mount Dragon Tiger, there were dragon and tiger roars coming from within. It was a terrifying place. Apart from the Zhang family, no one usually dared to approach it.
The Zhang family was good at alchemy and Sword Seal Talismans. It was said that not only did they benefit from dimensional zones, but they also had the legacy of Orthodox Unity.
The Hero King's rise to prominence back then was definitely not due to luck. Orthodox Unity's legacy was indispensable.
Although the Hero King was very famous, the Zhang family was relatively low-key among the six families. They weren't as arrogant as the Cape family, nor did they seize power like the Xia family. They only guarded the area near Mount Dragon Tiger and rumors about the Zhang family were rare.
However, no one dared to underestimate the Zhang family because of this. In fact, there were many times when the other five families needed the Zhang family's help.
Furthermore, the Zhang family controlled the most important servers in the Federation. Much information and data had to go through the Zhang family before they could retrieve it.
With the Zhang family's way of doing things, it wasn't easy to get information from them. To get them to do something wasn't something that could be done with a small sum of money.
Zhou Wen rushed all the way to the vicinity of Mount Dragon Tiger and had no choice but to marvel at the wonderland. It was a perfect paradise. The scenery was picturesque and the fog filled the air like a paradise on earth.
Legend has it that back when Celestial Master Zhang was refining pills on Mount Dragon Tiger, a dragon and tiger appeared after the pill was formed. That's why it was named Mount Dragon Tiger. I wonder if the current Mount Dragon Tiger also has a Dragon Tiger Pill? Zhou Wen was very interested in the Mount Dragon Tiger dimensional zone.
The Zhang family had been guarding Mount Dragon Tiger all this time and had even built this place to be the headquarters of the Zhang family. Outsiders were not allowed to enter, so Mount Dragon Tiger was definitely no trifling matter. If he could download it as a game dungeon, there might be great benefits awaiting him.
However, the auction wasn't to be held in the Dragon Tiger dimensional zone. Instead, it was going to be held in a small town outside the mountain. The town's name was Dragon Tiger Town.
Although it was called a town, Dragon Tiger Town was comparable to a large city.
Due to the Zhang family's existence, many people moved their families to the vicinity of Mount Dragon Tiger, causing the nearby town to expand greatly. The Zhang family also protected the peace in the vicinity, preventing them from being ravaged by dimensional creatures.
After Zhou Wen arrived at Dragon Tiger Town, he originally imagined that Liu Yun would take the initiative to contact him, but to his surprise, Liu Yun was nowhere to be seen.
Little did he know that although Liu Yun had left early, he had encountered many things on the way. He had traveled very slowly, allowing Zhou Wen to arrive at Dragon Tiger Town first.
Could Liu Yun be dead? Zhou Wen was somewhat worried, but there was nothing he could do. All he could do was wait.
Zhou Wen didn't contact Zhang Yuzhi because he didn't know what Liu Yun was up to. If Liu Yun wanted to force him to go to the Zhang family to steal the Earth Elemental Beast, it wouldn't be appropriate for Zhou Wen to stay at the Zhang family's residence.
Just as he was about to find a hotel to stay in, he saw a group of people walking across the street. From their looks, they were likely from the West District.
People from the Family Clan of Gods? Zhou Wen carefully sized them up and recognized the logo on them.
Although the members of the Family Clan of Gods only had surnames and no names, they would usually use a symbol to let others know that they were members of the Family Clan of Gods. They would also be proud of being members of the Family Clan of Gods.
Zhou Wen saw that the middle-aged man in the lead was tall and handsome. His figure and facial lines were as angular as a marble statue. It was unforgettable.
As though sensing Zhou Wen's gaze, the person looked over as well. He clearly recognized Zhou Wen. After taking a glance, he walked over.
The middle-aged man came in front of Zhou Wen and said with a smile, "Hello, Zhou Wen. My name is Moses and I'm a member of the Family Clan of Gods. I've wanted to meet you for a long time, but I couldn't find time to go to Luoyang. To be able to meet you here, it looks like we are destined to meet."
The other members of the Family Clan of Gods also stared at Zhou Wen as they sized him up. Clearly, they were rather curious about him.
A young man who wasn't from the six families and didn't even have a decent family background was actually able to make such a name for himself in the Federation. This was very eye-catching.
Furthermore, Zhou Wen was Wang Mingyuan's disciple. Just this alone was enough to raise an eyebrow.
"How may I help you?" Zhou Wen asked Moses.
His relationship with the six families wasn't too good. After all, the six families were the actual rulers of the Federation, but he had challenged the authority of the Federation. It would be strange if their relationship was good.
"If possible, I hope to have a fair battle with you," said Moses.
"Moses, aren't you being a disgrace? You actually want to challenge a young man." As he spoke, Zhang Chunqiu walked over.
This was Mount Dragon Tiger. It would have been odd if the Zhang family did not know that figures like Zhou Wen and Moses had come to Dragon Tiger Town.
Moses smiled and said, "The rules of the Family Clan of Gods are different from your East District. The strong are respected. Zhou Wen is strong enough to be my opponent."
Zhang Chunqiu said with a smile, "Then you can challenge Zhou Wen when he goes to your Family Clan of Gods. He's our guest now."
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Chapter 831: Fiend Tomb
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"I'll naturally follow our host's arrangements," Moses said with a smile.
Zhang Chunqiu bowed slightly and said, "I've already prepared a place for you to stay. Zhang Xiao will take you there. I hope you don't mind."
"Thank you," Moses said.
Zhang Xiao took Moses and company to their residence. Before he left, he glared fiercely at Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen found it baffling. Although he had taken Zhang Yuzhi out on a trip the last time, he had ultimately sent her back safely. Was there a need to hold a grudge?
Zhou Wen didn't know that his Tyrant Behemoth had actually been lost by the Zhang family. Zhang Xiao already knew that Tyrant Behemoth was his and wasn't angry with him because of Zhang Yuzhi.
"Zhou Wen, come with me. Celestial Master Manor has already prepared a guest room. Yuzhi is waiting for you there," Zhang Chunqiu said with a smile.
Zhou Wen originally didn't wish to head to the Zhang family so early, but since Zhang Chunqiu was already here, he had no choice but to make a trip.
The Celestial Master Manor was situated beside a mountain and a river. It was an excellent place. The Zhang family had lived here for generations. They were good at geomancy so they naturally chose the right place.
Upon seeing Celestial Master Manor, Zhou Wen thought of a legend regarding Celestial Master Zhang.
Legend had it that Celestial Master Zhang's father was a geomancy expert. He had found an excellent cave with great traits according to geomancy for his father and wanted to bury him there.
The cave was located along an Emperor Dragon vein. This implied that there would definitely be an emperor among his descendants in the future.
However, during the burial, a burly man who was carrying the coffin couldn't hold back his bladder. He ran nearby and peed. He happened to pee on the dragon vein. A bolt from the blue sounded; dissipating the dragon aura and eliminating the possibility of a human emperor.
Celestial Master Zhang's father sighed at the Zhang family's lack of fortune, but he didn't blame the burly man. He still buried his father in the cave and left a message saying that the cave had lost its dragon aura, but the layout was still fine. The Zhang family would definitely produce a master in the future.
Indeed, his son, Zhang Daoling, eventually became Celestial Master of the Orthodox Unity. He wasn't just a master, but an immortal-like figure back then.
Zhang Chunqiu led Zhou Wen into Celestial Master Manor and led him into the main hall.
"Where's Yuzhi?" Zhou Wen asked when he didn't see Zhang Yuzhi.
Zhang Chunqiu said, "I've already gotten someone to call her over. She should be here soon. There's no rush. Let's have a chat first."
Zhou Wen thought to himself, There's nothing to chat about between us. I don't know you at all, right?
However, Zhang Chunqiu said, "That Tyrant Behemoth is your Companion Beast, right?"
Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback. He didn't know how Zhang Chunqiu knew, but he had no intention of denying it. He looked at Zhang Chunqiu and said, "Why are you suddenly asking about this?"
Zhang Chunqiu said, "Tyrant Behemoth was originally a Companion Egg from the West District. An elder of our Zhang family went to the West District to cultivate and obtained a Tyrant Behemoth Companion Beast in a dimensional zone named Genesis Garden. He originally planned on leaving it for talented juniors to use, but to his surprise, a spy appeared among us. He ingeniously did a swap and brought it out of Celestial Master Manor."
"Our Behemoth shouldn't be the same one, right?" Zhou Wen naturally didn't admit it. He didn't know if Zhang Chunqiu was telling the truth. Even if it was, Zhou Wen couldn't return Tyrant Behemoth.
"Don't worry. Since it has been lost, it means that Tyrant Behemoth isn't fated with our Zhang family. Furthermore, you have already hatched it, so we won't make things difficult for you by asking you to return it." Zhang Chunqiu continued, "Behemoth is unique. It wasn't obtained by killing a dimensional creature, but from an opportunity. It's impossible for there to be a second one. We don't plan on getting it back either. We just want to know how you obtained the Companion Egg so that we can know how it was swapped. That way, we can be on guard in the future."
"I got it at an auction. I originally thought it was a Minotaur, I never expected it to be a Behemoth." Zhou Wen recounted the process of obtaining Tyrant Behemoth.
"So that's how it was. I know how the Behemoth Companion Egg was swapped and taken out. Zhou Wen, you are indeed someone with great luck. The other party must have been prepared to bid for the Behemoth Companion Egg, but it ended up being intercepted by you. There must have been an accident, but we just aren't aware of it." Zhang Chunqiu really had no intention of pursuing the matter.
"If it's possible, can I ask you to help our Zhang family with Tyrant Behemoth? Of course, we won't scrimp on compensation. The spirit talismans created by our Celestial Master Manor are still rather useful. I'll use a Life Reversing Spirit Talisman as payment. What do you think?" Zhang Chunqiu continued.
"What do you want me to do?" Zhou Wen looked at Zhang Chunqiu in puzzlement.
He had heard of the Life Reversing Spirit Talisman before. Furthermore, he had heard of it from Liu Yun. A while ago, Liu Yun had used the Zhang family's Life Reversing Spirit Talisman to steal his Fiend-Armored Tiger Soul General. It was obvious that the spirit talisman was quite impressive.
If the Zhang family was willing to offer such a good item as a reward, it would definitely not be an easy task.
"Have you heard of the Fiend Tomb?" Zhang Chunqiu asked.
Zhou Wen shook his head. He had never heard of it.
"It's not your fault. Few outsiders know about the Fiend Tomb. Over the years, our Zhang family has been guarding the Fiend Tomb and suppressing the dimensional creatures inside, preventing them from rushing out. We paid a huge price for this. It's unimaginable to outsiders," Zhang Chunqiu said with a serious expression.
"What kind of place is Fiend Tomb?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Have you heard of the story of my Zhang family, the one about the search for a special cave to bury a father?" Zhang Chunqiu didn't answer and instead asked.
"I've heard of it. I heard that the grandfather of the Celestial Master of the Orthodox Unity found a treasure cave for the burial. The extraordinary Celestial Master of the Orthodox Unity was a result of this geomancy augmentation," Zhou Wen said.
Zhang Chunqiu nodded. "That's probably what the rumors say. Do you think they're reliable?"
"I don't know much about this." It wasn't appropriate for Zhou Wen to say that he believed it, nor did he say that he didn't.
If he said that he believed it, it would be as though he was saying that the Zhang family relied on luck. If he said that he didn't believe it, wouldn't it mean that the Zhang family was lying? They didn't obtain any mandate at all.
Zhang Chunqiu smiled and didn't say if the legend was true. He only said, "That cave is where the Fiend Tomb is."
"Ah!" Zhou Wen widened his eyes as he looked at Zhang Chunqiu in disbelief.
The legendary cave that could give birth to an emperor and produce a Celestial Master was actually the Fiend Tomb that Zhang Chunqiu mentioned. It was unbelievable.
"Under the influence of the dimensional storms, the anomaly in the already extraordinary Fiend Tomb worsened. Our Zhang family has tried everything we can to deal with the Fiend Tomb, but the situation has only worsened. If possible, I hope you can use Tyrant Behemoth to help us temporarily suppress it." Zhang Chunqiu explained what he needed Zhou Wen to do in detail.
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Chapter 832: Pill Essences
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He originally imagined that the Zhang family needed him to do something very dangerous, but after hearing this, he realized that there was no need for him to fight. They mainly needed Tyrant Behemoth's strength.
At the entrance of the Fiend Tomb, there was a type of Fiend Stone that could keep growing. Wherever the Fiend Stone grew, the creatures in the Fiend Tomb could reach it. It was equivalent to a break out.
Dealing with Fiend Stones was very troublesome. One couldn't shatter them, much less place them anywhere. This was because even if Fiend Stones were shattered into powder, they would continue to grow as though they were alive.
Shattering Fiend Stones or taking them elsewhere would only make them occupy more places.
These Fiend Stones didn't pose much of a threat, but wherever it was, the creatures in the Fiend Tomb could pass through.
Of course, this was only one of the problems with the Fiend Tomb. Zhou Wen wasn't from the Zhang family after all, so he wasn't briefed about the Fiend Tomb's other problems. All he needed to do was control Tyrant Behemoth to have it eat the additional Fiend Stones.
"If that's the case, I naturally won't shirk my duty. However, we still have to see if Behemoth will eat those Fiend Stones when the time comes. If it doesn't, there's nothing we can do," Zhou Wen said.
"Of course. I'm just afraid that it won't be able to finish all the Fiend Stones." Zhang Chunqiu was in a better mood when he saw Zhou Wen agree.
Zhou Wen wasn't worried about that. He had seen Behemoth's appetite before, so eating a small mountain wasn't a problem.
The two of them chatted for a while before Zhang Yuzhi walked in. She was very happy to see Zhou Wen. After all, she seldom had friends visiting her.
In fact, even if someone wanted to look for her, they probably wouldn't be able to enter Celestial Master Manor. Even Moses, who was a member of the six families, had to stay in a courtyard instead of Celestial Master Manor.
"There are many interesting things about Mount Dragon Tiger. Let Yuzhi take you around." Zhang Chunqiu bade farewell and left.
Zhang Yuzhi led Zhou Wen out of the Celestial Master Manor and as they walked, said , "You must have been to many dimensional zones, but we have a dimensional creature here that you definitely haven't seen elsewhere."
"What dimensional creature is it?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
"You'll know when we get there." Zhang Yuzhi acted all mysterious and refused to explain.
She took Zhou Wen on a boat and they drifted down a river. The scenery on both sides of the river was like a fairyland. There were no ferocious dimensional creatures to be seen. It was no wonder the Zhang family could live here.
If there were dimensional creatures everywhere, it would probably be difficult for the Zhang family to live in peace.
Not long after the boat set off, Zhou Wen saw red rocks that made the area appear to have a red bed with steep cliffs along its sides. And in between the mountains and rivers was a strange hill.
The hill was situated alone in the water, revealing itself over the surface of the water. It looked like a huge pill furnace, and the red color suited the scenery.
"The dimensional creature is over there," Zhang Yuzhi said as she pointed at the hill.
"You mean that hill is a dimensional creature?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.
"Just wait and see," Zhang Yuzhi said as she summoned a bow and shot an arrow at the hill.
When the arrow flew to the cauldron-like hill, it spewed out a beam of light. A red pill flew out and struck the arrow, shattering it.
The pill circled the hill a few times before charging at Zhou Wen and company.
"It's very difficult for you to see the pill essences from Pill Furnace Mountain elsewhere. This red color is at the Legendary stage, while the golden one is at the Epic stage. If you can see a pill essence with dragon patterns or tiger patterns, it will be at the Mythical stage. However, they are very rare." As Zhang Yuzhi spoke, she reached out and grabbed the red pill essence. No matter how it struggled, it couldn't escape.
Zhang Yuzhi had no intention of killing it. She touched it with her hand and the pill essence calmed down. It obediently stayed in her palm. Even when Zhang Yuzhi released her grip, it didn't escape.
"What's the use of these pill essence Companion Beasts? Can they treat injuries?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
"Some pill essences have healing abilities, but different pill essences have different abilities. For example, Poison Avoidance Pill Essence can detoxify, Rejuvenation Pill Essence can treat injuries, and some pill essences have poison-elemental abilities. They are all different."
Zhang Yuzhi pointed at the pill essence hill and continued, "If you're interested, you can give it a try. If you can find a Mythical Rejuvenation Pill Essence or Resurrection Pill Essences, that would be awesome."
"What uses do they have?" Zhou Wen asked.
"How stupid. You can tell from the name. Any one of them has the ability to revive the nearly dead. No matter how serious their injuries are, as long as they still have a breath left, they can be saved," Zhang Yuzhi said.
"Is it that powerful?" Zhou Wen was somewhat tempted.
"Of course it's powerful. However, pill essence Companion Beasts are single-use. They are gone after being used. Our Zhang family didn't obtain many of them. It's rare to see pill essences of such stages pass through a spatial rift, so to see it requires some luck," Zhang Yuzhi said.
"Alright, I'll try my luck. Perhaps I'll be lucky." Zhou Wen was interested and asked Zhang Yuzhi what to do.
"The pill essences that come through the dimensional rift are all in Pill Furnace Mountain. You just need to lure them out. It's not complicated. Just make some noise. However, don't keep your hopes up. It's rare to see a Mythical pill essence," Zhang Yuzhi said.
"Alright." Zhou Wen summoned a Poison Bat and made it fly towards Pill Furnace Mountain.
Indeed, just as the Poison Bat approached the Pill Furnace Mountain, it alarmed the pill essences inside. Another pill essence flew out. It was also a pill essence that was as red as fire. It looked like it was at the Legendary stage.
The pill essence's combat strength was lacking. It could only emit Pill Aura attacks that were similar to Essence Energy waves. Its might wasn't very strong either, so it was instantly shattered by the Poison Bat.
The Poison Bat circled around the Pill Furnace Mountain for quite some time, causing pill essences to fly out one after another. However, most of them were at the Legendary stage. Even Epic ones were rare, much less Mythical ones.
Despite finally killing an Epic pill essence, nothing dropped.
"Haha, it looks like you are also down on your luck. Not even a Legendary Companion Beast dropped much less a Mythical pill essence," Zhang Yuzhi said with a smile.
Zhou Wen was somewhat indignant as he used Truth Listener's ability to see if there were any Mythical pill essences in Pill Furnace Mountain.
However, after giving it a try, he realized that Truth Listener's hearing couldn't penetrate deep into Pill Furnace Mountain. Inside Pill Furnace Mountain was an independent dimensional zone.
From the looks of it, this Mount Dragon Tiger is similar to Dragon Gate Grotto. It's a dimensional zone formed by many small dimensional zones. Zhou Wen's heart stirred as he wanted to see if he could find the tiny palm symbol.
If he could download the Dragon Tiger Mountain dungeon, he wouldn't have to worry in the future. He could slowly grind for Mythical pill essences.
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Chapter 833: Free Labor
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Although the Chaos Egg was useful, it could only be used by himself and not others.
If his family and friends were seriously injured, the pill essences were far more useful than the Chaos Egg.
Zhou Wen sized up Pill Furnace Mountain and couldn't help but be delighted. There was a tiny palm symbol on the rocks.
There really is one! Zhou Wen was overjoyed as he looked at Zhang Yuzhi and asked, "Can I take a picture closer to Pill Furnace Mountain?"
"Definitely not for outsiders. However, just be quick. Don't let others see you do it," Zhang Yuzhi said as she blinked.
Zhou Wen hurriedly took out his phone and flew towards Pill Furnace Mountain. When he reached a distance that his phone could sense it, he snapped a picture of the tiny palm symbol and immediately the download screen appeared.
"Do you still want to continue trying your luck?" Zhang Yuzhi asked when she saw Zhou Wen return to the boat.
"My luck isn't that good. Forget it. Let's go somewhere else to take a look." Zhou Wen thought of searching elsewhere. Perhaps he could find other dungeons.
After downloading Pill Furnace Mountain, Zhou Wen realized that it was only the Pill Furnace Mountain instance dungeon and not the entire Mount Dragon Tiger instance dungeon.
From the looks of it, this is different from Dragon Gate Grotto. I can't download the entire dimensional zone at once. Zhou Wen followed Zhang Yuzhi and browsed through several important dimensional zones near Mount Dragon Tiger.
However, to Zhou Wen's disappointment, apart from the Pill Furnace Mountain, he didn't find the tiny palm symbol anywhere near the other dimensional zones.
However, having Pill Furnace Mountain is enough. After all, these pill essences are rare elsewhere.
"By the way, I heard that Earth Elemental Beast is very precious. Why is your family willing to auction it?" Zhou Wen asked.
Zhang Yuzhi hesitated for a moment before saying, "The Earth Elemental Beast is indeed very precious. It's very likely that there's only one in the world. It's impossible for there to be a second one. However, this Earth Elemental Beast was obtained through the efforts of the six heroes back then. Due to the unhappiness caused by it, my great-grandfather didn't hatch it, nor did he let any of his descendants hatch it. Because of this, he's auctioning it off. I'm not too sure about the details."
After a pause, Zhang Yuzhi continued, "I know that the other five families want it very much, so the price will be very high. I'm afraid you won't have a chance."
"Then why did you get me to come here to bid for it?" Zhou Wen said gloomily.
"Can't you just treat it as a vacation and to visit a friend?" Zhang Yuzhi smiled.
The two of them walked on the mountain path. Just as they were talking, they saw a huge immortal crane fly over from the mountains. On the back of the immortal crane was a youth with a cold expression.
"Brother, why are you here?" Zhang Yuzhi said when she saw that it was Zhang Xiao.
"I have something to discuss with Zhou Wen." When Zhang Xiao spoke to Zhang Yuzhi, his tone was very gentle, but when he turned to Zhou Wen, his tone immediately turned stiff. "Zhou Wen, do you know that Tyrant Behemoth originally belonged to our Zhang family?"
"So?" Zhou Wen asked Zhang Xiao.
Zhang Xiao was slightly taken aback and was momentarily at a loss for words. Zhou Wen had already hatched Tyrant Behemoth and fed it until it had advanced to the Mythical stage. It was clearly unrealistic for Zhou Wen to return Tyrant Behemoth.
The reason Zhang Xiao had come was because he was furious. He didn't plan on doing anything to Zhou Wen. If Zhou Wen were to take a softer stance, Zhang Xiao's anger would have dissipated.
However, Zhou Wen wasn't someone who would take a soft stance. The moment he shot back his retort, the two of them entered a frozen deadlock.
"Brother, forget it. You can't blame Zhou Wen for this." Zhang Yuzhi also spoke up for Zhou Wen, leaving Zhang Xiao even more depressed.
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Please help me feed Tyrant Behemoth. I won't ask for any payment during this period of feeding. Just treat it as free labor for you."
"What if I keep feeding it?" Zhang Xiao asked coldly.
"Then I'll let it continue working for your Zhang family for free." Zhou Wen paused before saying, "However, I have a condition. You have to feed it until it's full. You can't let it starve. Furthermore, you have to feed it until I leave Mount Dragon Tiger."
"That's more like it. Then it's settled. Summon Tyrant Behemoth. I'll feed it now," Zhang Xiao said to Zhou Wen, afraid that he would go back on his word.
"Sure." Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth and got it to follow Zhang Xiao.
"You don't have to do this," Zhang Yuzhi said apologetically.
"It's fine. If he'd like to raise it, let him try it." Zhou Wen felt pity for Zhang Xiao when he saw him leave excitedly with Tyrant Behemoth.
Tyrant Behemoth was indeed powerful. It even had a chance of advancing in the future. Others only saw its strength, but they didn't know how much food it consumed every day.
If it wasn't for the fact that there was an endless Essence Crystal mine in-game, Tyrant Behemoth would have long starved to death. Zhou Wen knew very well how much one had to pay to feed it in real life. Ordinary people couldn't afford such a price.
Since Zhang Xiao wanted to feed Tyrant Behemoth, there was no need for Zhou Wen to stop him.
Zhang Xiao happily took Tyrant Behemoth back. As long as he fed Tyrant Behemoth, he could use it for free. Where could he get such a deal?
Zhang Xiao was secretly delighted. If Zhou Wen goes back on his word, he won't have to be shamed even if I don't disparage him. If he doesn't go back on his word, I'll keep feeding Tyrant Behemoth until Zhou Wen dies. I won't return him no matter what.
"Zhang Xiao, what's going on?" Zhang Chunqiu asked in puzzlement when he saw Zhang Xiao bring Tyrant Behemoth over.
Zhang Xiao recounted the matter proudly. "Zhou Wen knows that he's in the wrong, so he lent it to us for free. There's no need to give him the Life Reversing Spirit Talisman now."
Zhang Chunqiu frowned when he heard that. He sized up the three to four-meter-tall Tyrant Behemoth and said, "I don't think it's that simple. That Zhou Wen isn't such a thin-skinned person. Why would he be so kind as to lend us Tyrant Behemoth for free?"
"Tyrant Behemoth is here. If he goes back on his word, he will be embarrassing himself," Zhang Xiao said.
However, Zhang Chunqiu didn't think so. After some thought, he said, "Legend has it that Tyrant Behemoth eats mountains daily. Although the legend might be a little exaggerated, Tyrant Behemoth is definitely a glutton. Did you ask Zhou Wen what Tyrant Behemoth eats?"
"I did. He said that it eats Essence Crystals, Essence Gold, and anything else that contains Essence Energy. So what if it can eat? Aren't we letting Tyrant Behemoth eat Fiend Stones? This is equivalent to free labor," Zhang Xiao said with a smile.
"Perhaps." Zhang Chunqiu had a nagging feeling that Zhou Wen wasn't such a nice person.
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Chapter 834: Pill Furnace Mountain Dungeon
Despite hanging out with Zhang Yuzhi for a day, Zhou Wen only managed to go to a few famous places as Mount Dragon Tiger was just so huge. There were just too many dimensional zones.
After returning, Zhang Yuzhi arranged a place for Zhou Wen to stay in Celestial Master Manor. Zhou Wen lay in bed and took out his phone, hoping to see if he could get a pill essence to drop in Pill Furnace Mountain in-game.
When he launched the game, the scene he saw was the entire Pill Furnace Mountain. He controlled the blood-colored avatar to come to the top of Pill Furnace Mountain and saw nine bowl-sized holes.
When he approached Pill Furnace Mountain, a pill essence immediately spewed out from one of the holes. It was a scarlet pill essence, undoubtedly at the Legendary stage.
Zhou Wen summoned the Golden Overlord Sword and allowed it to slay the pill essence before landing on the mountaintop.
The nine holes immediately spewed out pill essences—red and yellow ones—but they were no match for the Golden Overlord Sword. They were shattered the moment they appeared.
'Killed Legendary creature, Venom Pill Essence... Killed Epic creature, Rejuvenation Pill Essence...'
Although they looked similar on the surface, the pill essences had slight differences.
Ding!
With a crisp sound, a Companion Egg finally dropped. On careful look, it was a golden pill with the words "Rejuvenation Pill Essence."
An Epic Rejuvenation Pill! Zhou Wen couldn't help but be overjoyed. Although this wasn't as good as the Resurrection Pill, he had heard from Zhang Yuzhi that the Rejuvenation Pill's healing effects were very good. They were extremely effective treating typical internal organ, flesh, and bone injuries.
He hatched the Rejuvenation Pill and checked its stats.
Rejuvenation Pill Essence: Epic
Life Providence: Land Rejuvenation
Life Soul: Pill Spirit
Strength: 21
Speed: 21
Constitution: 22
Essence Energy: 39
Talent Skill: Miraculous Rejuvenation
Companion Form: Pill (One-time use)
These stats are quite odd. However, Zhang Yuzhi said that the other stats don't matter. The quality of a pill essence depends on its Essence Energy. A pill essence with high Essence Energy has stronger effects. This has 39 Essence Energy. It's considered excellent, Zhou Wen thought.
The Golden Overlord Sword was still killing the pill essences. All sorts of pill essences spewed out from the nine holes as they were killed by the Golden Overlord Sword.
These pill essences were odd. Apart from Companion Eggs, nothing else dropped. Zhou Wen didn't even see a single stat crystal. Instead, two more Legendary Companion Eggs dropped.
Suddenly, a white pill essence flew out from the hole. It was about the size of a fist and was crystalline like a ball of jade with misty clouds inside.
What was even stranger was the white dragon-shaped mist flowing in the pill. The entire pill essence emitted an abnormally powerful lifeforce.
A pill essence with a dragon form? Could it be the Mythical Resurrection Pill Essence that Zhang Yuzhi mentioned? Zhou Wen was delighted as he immediately ordered the Golden Overlord Sword to slash at it.
Clang!
The Golden Overlord Sword slashed at the Resurrection Pill Essence, but it failed to split it into two. It only left a sword mark.
Almost instantly, the wounds on the Resurrection Pill Essence healed.
The Golden Overlord Sword slashed several times, each strike leaving a deep mark on its body. However, it failed to slice through it fully. In the next instant, the Resurrection Pill Essence would recover.
The Rejuvenation Pill Essence's recovery ability is so strong. It's even stronger than Li Xuan's recovery ability. Zhou Wen was secretly surprised.
Unfortunately, Tyrant Behemoth was still with Zhang Xiao and couldn't be used. Zhou Wen had to unsummon it to have it projected in-game.
Now, Zhou Wen naturally couldn't take it back, so he had no choice but to let the blood-colored avatar hold the Golden Overlord Sword and use Immortal Slaying.
The Golden Overlord Sword combined with Immortal Slaying cleaved the Life Regeneration Pill Essence into two at once.
'Killed Mythical Creature, Rejuvenation Pill Essence.'
Zhou Wen was taken aback when he saw the game notification. That's it?
It was the first kill of a Mythical creature in this dungeon, but nothing dropped—not even a single strand of hair.
Although Zhou Wen was somewhat depressed, he didn't mind as there were plenty of opportunities in the future. He continued letting the Golden Overlord Sword kill the pill essences.
Ding!
After killing a Legendary pill essence, a Companion Egg dropped. Zhou Wen took a careful look and realized that it was called a Virility Strengthening Pill.
There's actually such a pill essence! Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised. After incubating the Virility Strengthening Pill, he realized that its stats were ordinary. However, its talent skill was different from the Rejuvenation Pill. Its name was "Virility Strengthening."
Zhou Wen kept counting. There were only eighty-one pill essences in Pill Furnace Mountain. After killing them, no more pill essences came out.
Apart from the Resurrection Pill Essence, no other Mythical pill essence appeared.
He dripped his blood to respawn in the dungeon, but the pill essences on Pill Furnace Mountain didn't respawn.
From the looks of it, the respawning pattern of this Pill Furnace Mountain should be the same as other Mythical creatures. It respawns once every 24 hours. Zhou Wen had no choice but to give up on grinding pill essences and switch to grinding other Mythical creatures and rare dimensional creatures.
Ding!
After killing the Golden Battle God Halberd again, another Companion Egg dropped.
This thing has such a high drop rate! Is this the fourth or fifth? Zhou Wen couldn't remember how many times it had dropped.
What's the point of dropping so many? Quickly have the nine black dragons' Companion Beast drop. Let me see what effects they have. Zhou Wen suddenly thought of something.
Previously, Liu Yun could transfer his Companion Beast to others by paying a small price. Now that I've also practiced the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art, can I be like him? If I can do it, won't I be able to sell those useless Companion Beasts? Zhou Wen really wanted to sell his Companion Beasts in exchange for the resources he needed.
Even if he didn't sell them, he could give the Companion Beasts he had no use for to his close friends to ensure their safety.
However, Zhou Wen still didn't understand how to use the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art to transfer Companion Beasts.
I'll think of a way to get the method from Liu Yun. Is this fellow here or not? As Liu Yun couldn't enter Celestial Master Manor, Zhou Wen planned on visiting Dragon Tiger Town tomorrow to prevent Liu Yun from failing to find him.
While Zhou Wen slept, Zhang Xiao didn't sleep. He was reeling in excitement. He led Tyrant Behemoth to the Fiend Tomb today to see if Tyrant Behemoth would eat the Fiend Stones.
The outcome excited him. Not only did Tyrant Behemoth eat them, but it also ate at an astonishing speed. In less than half a day, it had already eaten a large number of Fiend Stones.
At this rate, it will only take five days at most. The Fiend Stones that spread out from the Fiend Tomb will probably be eaten clean. Considering how much it has eaten, it definitely won't digest it all so easily. Considering the digestion time, it will probably take more than a month to resolve the problem of Fiend Stone growth... Zhang Xiao thought excitedly.
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Chapter 835: The Insatiable Behemoth
Translator: CKtalon
Zhang Xiao wasn't wrong. Unfortunately, he had underestimated Tyrant Behemoth's appetite. He originally imagined that after the first day, Tyrant Behemoth would definitely need a few days to rest and digest.
To his surprise, Tyrant Behemoth didn't have any intention of resting every two days. It continued eating, and it ate even more than the first day.
It should be full this time, right? Zhang Xiao already felt that something was amiss.
However, Tyrant Behemoth continued eating on the third day. It was like a black hole that couldn't be filled as it constantly devoured the Fiend Stones.
In just three days, Tyrant Behemoth resolved the problem of the Fiend Stone proliferation that had plagued the Zhang family.
However, Zhang Xiao couldn't be happy. The problem with the Fiend Stones was temporarily resolved, but how was he to feed Tyrant Behemoth?
There was still nearly a month left until the auction. Just the thought of Tyrant Behemoth eating like this every day made his knees go weak. How many Essence Energy Crystals did he have to get to feed Tyrant Behemoth like this?
I don't believe that Tyrant Behemoth doesn't need digesting. It definitely needs time to digest after eating so many Fiend Stones. Even if it isn't fed for half a month, it shouldn't be hungry. Zhang Xiao still had some hope.
But soon, Zhang Xiao realized that he was too naive.
After not feeding it for half a day, Zhang Xiao realized that Tyrant Behemoth was showing the symptoms of hunger that Zhou Wen had mentioned.
Zhang Xiao gritted his teeth and took out the dimensional crystals in his small vault to feed Tyrant Behemoth. However, only after half of the small vault was finished the hungry did Tyrant Behemoth's hunger symptoms vanish.
Zhang Xiao's expression was extremely ugly. If Tyrant Behemoth ate like this, his little vault could only feed it for four or five days at most, but what would happen after that?
Zhang Xiao suddenly realized that he had probably been tricked by Zhou Wen. Zhou Wen had said that he had to feed him until he left Mount Dragon Tiger. How could Zhang Xiao have so many Essence Crystals to feed Tyrant Behemoth?
That's not right. If Tyrant Behemoth can eat so much, how can Zhou Wen afford to rear it? If I can't afford it, it's even more impossible for Zhou Wen. Zhang Xiao felt that Zhou Wen definitely had a way to prevent Tyrant Behemoth from eating, such as letting Tyrant Behemoth sleep to reduce its expenditure.
However, Zhang Xiao didn't know what to do. All he could do was discuss it with Zhang Chunqiu.
When Zhang Chunqiu heard Zhang Xiao, he shook his head and said, "What else can we do? Apologize and get him to take back Tyrant Behemoth. Otherwise, what else can we do? Don't tell me you really want to rear it for a month? Anyway, I won't lend you any dimensional crystals."
"What I mean is that there must be a way to make Tyrant Behemoth not need to eat. Otherwise, no one could afford to feed it. It's impossible for Zhou Wen to feed it like this every day. Do you think there's a way?" Zhang Xiao had his pride, so he naturally wasn't willing to return Tyrant Behemoth.
"I have no solution. You can ask Zhou Wen," Zhang Chunqiu said as he spread out his hands.
Zhang Xiao couldn't help but be dumbfounded that even someone as resourceful as Zhang Chunqiu was helpless. However, he couldn't bring himself to apologize to Zhou Wen.
I don't believe that Zhou Wen can raise it, but I can't. There must be a way. Zhang Xiao brought Tyrant Behemoth back to think of a solution.
However, if it wasn't full, it wasn't full. Tyrant Behemoth's appetite was real. There was no way to fool it into not being hungry.
Zhang Xiao thought of many solutions. He even wanted to hypnotize Tyrant Behemoth to temporarily enter hibernation.
It was useless. Even if it fell asleep, Tyrant Behemoth's hunger symptoms remained. As long as the symptoms appeared, Zhou Wen would definitely sense them.
Zhang Xiao really couldn't afford to embarrass himself. Once Tyrant Behemoth was hungry, he had to feed it. After a few days, his little vault had been emptied, so he had to borrow from others.
Zhang Xiao was a person who cared about his reputation. He would rather sell everything to raise Tyrant Behemoth until Zhou Wen left. He definitely couldn't send him back now.
However, Zhang Xiao was filled with regret. If he had known that Tyrant Behemoth could eat that much, he wouldn't have agreed to help Zhou Wen raise it.
Now, as long as he saw Tyrant Behemoth, he felt his heart turn cold. Just a slight movement from Tyrant Behemoth made his legs go limp.
How the hell is this a Companion Beast? It's a bottomless pit. How did that bastard Zhou Wen raise it to the Mythical stage? Zhang Xiao felt extremely depressed.
But he knew that Zhou Wen had definitely invested heavily. Even if there was a way to make Tyrant Behemoth not eat or drink after advancing to the Mythical stage, he definitely had to invest a large amount of resources to advance it.
The amount of resources was unimaginable.
Zhou Wen had spent the past few nights in Celestial Master Manor and spent the days shopping nearby. He mainly wanted Liu Yun to find him, but unfortunately, he hadn't seen Liu Yun. This made Zhou Wen worry if Liu Yun had really been killed by Ya'er.
When he returned to Celestial Master Manor at night, he realized that Zhang Chunqiu was sitting in the garden he had to pass through. He looked like he was waiting for him.
"Looking for me?" Zhou Wen asked when he saw Zhang Chunqiu stand up.
Zhang Chunqiu handed a small paint box to Zhou Wen. "This is the Life Reversing Spirit Talisman we agreed on previously."
"Didn't I agree to lend Tyrant Behemoth to Zhang Xiao for free? There's no need to give me this," Zhou Wen said.
Zhang Chunqiu said with a smile, "Zhang Xiao was wrong in this matter. I apologize on his behalf. Take the Life Reversing Spirit Talisman. There's still a little something here. Consider it a token of my appreciation. On account of Yuzhi, how about we call it quits?"
"You are being too serious. It's inevitable for young people to have disputes. I'll accept the Life Reversing Spirit Talisman. There's no need for anything else. I'll take back Tyrant Behemoth and pretend nothing happened," Zhou Wen said.
"Don't take it back yet. Let Zhang Xiao feed it for another two more days. It might not be a bad thing to let him suffer a little," Zhang Chunqiu said.
"Alright, as you wish," Zhou Wen said as he took the box containing the Life Reversing Spirit Talisman.
However, Zhang Chunqiu stuffed the other box into Zhou Wen's hands. "Take this too. It has nothing to do with anything else. Just treat it as a token of my appreciation. You might need it during the auction."
"Then I'll accept it." Zhou Wen didn't decline.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Chunqiu left. Zhou Wen returned to his room and opened the two boxes. One of them contained the Life Reversing Spirit Talisman, and in the other box was a card. The card was carved from jade. It was the size of a name card without any patterns. Only the word "Celestial Master" was engraved on it.
What's the use of this thing? Zhou Wen looked at it for a while and realized that it was an ordinary jade carving. It wasn't a dimensional item.
In the courtyard of Dragon Tiger Town, Moses and the rest were discussing something.
"We have to obtain the Earth Elemental Beast. If we can't obtain it, we can only use forceful means." The elder looked at Moses and said, "You have to be mentally prepared. You might need to take action when the time comes."
Moses smiled and said, "My Guardian and I are ready. We can take action at any time."
"Let's wait until the auction results are out. Mount Dragon Tiger belongs to the Zhang family after all," the elder said. "Even if we want to make a move, we have to wait until the item leaves Mount Dragon Tiger."
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Chapter 836: Fiend Stone Rebirth
Translator: CKtalon
After two days, Zhou Wen unsummoned Tyrant Behemoth. Zhang Xiao didn't come looking for him; it was considered a tacit understanding.
When Tyrant Behemoth vanished, Zhang Xiao heaved a sigh of relief. If he reared it for a month, he would really go bankrupt.
Zhou Wen had been waiting for Liu Yun, but before he arrived, Zhang Chunqiu rushed over to find him.
"Zhou Wen, there's a problem with the Fiend Tomb. Can you lend me your Tyrant Behemoth again?" Zhang Chunqiu's expression was solemn. It looked like things were really serious.
"What happened?" Zhou Wen needed to know more due to the severity of the matter. He couldn't risk Tyrant Behemoth.
"The Fiend Stones that grew out of Fiend Tomb had already been eaten by Tyrant Behemoth. Nothing happened in the past few days, but just now, the Fiend Stones have begun to grow again. Furthermore, their growth speed is even faster than before. I want to borrow your Tyrant Behemoth to try eating them up again," Zhang Chunqiu said.
"Is it convenient for me to go with you?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Of course. Follow me." Zhang Chunqiu didn't say anything else as he turned around and led the way.
After leaving the town, Zhang Chunqiu summoned an immortal crane and set off with Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that the vicinity of Mount Dragon Tiger was like a fairyland, but after arriving at the Fiend Tomb, he realized that it wasn't the case.
There was a place in the mountain where all vegetation died. Nothing grew. In broad daylight, the sun could clearly release its rays down, but the area felt extremely dark and eerie.
In an inconspicuous spot, Zhou Wen saw a tiny grave without a tombstone. If Zhang Chunqiu hadn't said that it was a Fiend Tomb, Zhou Wen wouldn't have imagined that this tiny grave would have such a huge back story behind it.
The only strange thing about this grave was its material. The graves of ordinary people were made of mud. Higher-level ones were made of rocks or bricks. Even higher-level ones were made of jade or even metal.
Although the grave was made of stone, the stone wasn't man-made. It was as though the grave had grown out of stone.
The grayish-white stone seemed to emit a sinister aura. And near the grave, a large number of rocks appeared to have the same texture. They looked out of place with the mountain wall beside them, as though a layer of frost had covered the valley.
In every direction of the grave, there was a man-made stone platform. On each stone platform were members of the Zhang family. They monitored the Fiend Tomb from different angles.
Zhang Chunqiu landed on one of the stone platforms with Zhou Wen and pointed at the grayish-white Fiend Stones beside him. "Please get Tyrant Behemoth to eat the grayish-white Fiend Stones over there."
"Alright." Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth and got it to eat the grayish-white Fiend Stones.
According to Zhang Chunqiu's instructions, Tyrant Behemoth stopped after eating a portion of the Fiend Stones.
"Alright, we are now waiting for the outcome. If you have the time, you can stay and take a look. If you don't have time, I can get someone to take you back now," Zhang Chunqiu said.
"If it's convenient, I want to stay and take a look." Zhou Wen also wanted to see what was so special about the Fiend Tomb that the Zhang family had protected for so many years.
"You can stay, but remember not to leave this platform, especially at night," Zhang Chunqiu exhorted Zhou Wen repeatedly.
Zhou Wen naturally wouldn't joke around with his life and agreed readily.
The Fiend Stones didn't seem to grow in that short period of time. It had been a few days since Tyrant Behemoth ate the Fiend Stones last time before they grew again; therefore, they wouldn't grow back so quickly.
Zhou Wen didn't stare at that spot. Instead, he looked around the Fiend Tomb to see if he could find the tiny palm symbol. After carefully searching the vicinity, Zhou Wen's eyes suddenly lit up.
Behind the tiny grave, Zhou Wen saw a tiny palm symbol with Truth Listener. It was engraved on the grave's stone. As the stone wasn't very flat, it looked like a natural pattern. However, Zhou Wen had seen many tiny palm symbols, so he definitely wouldn't mistake them.
However, Zhou Wen was in trouble again. Although he had found the tiny palm symbol, Zhang Chunqiu had repeatedly exhorted him not to leave the platform. How could he walk to the Fiend Tomb to take a picture?
Furthermore, it was already an exception for the Zhang family to let him come here. It was impossible for him to take pictures with his phone.
How can I take a picture? Zhou Wen thought for a while but failed to come up with a good solution.
Just as he was fretting, he suddenly heard someone shout, "It's growing... It's growing again..."
Zhou Wen was alarmed as he hurriedly looked at the Fiend Stone hole that Tyrant Behemoth had produced from taking a big mouthful. He saw Fiend Stones appear on the ground that had been completely cleared.
The Fiend Stones were like bamboo shoots after the rain, rapidly growing.
This was the first time Zhou Wen had seen a stone grow.
"This time, the regrowth time is even shorter. It regrew in less than half an hour," a member of the Zhang family said worriedly.
"Has this happened before?" Zhou Wen asked.
The Zhang family had been guarding the Fiend Tomb for so many years. They should have come up with means to deal with the Fiend Stones in the past.
To his surprise, Zhang Chunqiu shook his head and said, "In the past, the growth speed of the Fiend Stones was very slow. After the dimensional storms, the speed of growth gradually increased. In recent months, the speed of growth was much faster than before. In the past, the Fiend Stones only extended less than ten meters around the Fiend Tomb. Look at it now. In just a few months, it will probably reach almost a hundred meters."
"In other words, you haven't dealt with the Fiend Stones before?" Zhou Wen found it unbelievable.
"Of course. However, we only took a small portion of the Fiend Stones and took them back for research. We didn't dig up the Fiend Stones on such a large scale. There has never been such a situation in the past. Although the place where the Fiend Stones were dug out still grew new Fiend Stones, it happened very slowly. It has never been this fast," Zhang Chunqiu said.
"What's that?" Suddenly, someone pointed at the spot where the Fiend Stones grew and exclaimed in surprise.
Zhou Wen and Zhang Chunqiu looked over and saw a human face symbol appear at the spot where the Fiend Stones grew. The symbol grew on the Fiend Stone as though a person was embedded in it. It looked extremely strange.
"Has this happened before?" Zhou Wen asked Zhang Chunqiu.
This time, Zhang Chunqiu only shook his head as he stared at the face on the Fiend Stone. At the same time, he ordered, "Everyone, enter an emergency state."
Everyone tensed up. Everyone in the Zhang family knew how terrifying the Fiend Tomb was. Zhou Wen, who had no concept of the Fiend Tomb, had an ominous feeling.
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Chapter 837: Ba
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The human face had all five facial features and its eyes were closed. Unlike ordinary stone masks, the face on the stone didn't have any vibes. It was as though it could open its eyes and come alive at any moment.
Everyone looked warily at the face on the stone. On the stone platform beside them, someone from the Zhang family suddenly leaped down.
It was unexpected, no one had the time to react. By the time they realized what had happened, the person had already jumped from the platform to the ground.
The ground was filled with Fiend Stones. The moment the person landed on the ground, the shoes on his feet strangely turned into Fiend Stone. Even his calves rapidly turned into Fiend Stone. It just took all of two seconds before both calves turned into Fiend Stone.
Everything happened too quickly. Only Zhang Chunqiu reacted. Using his hand as a saber, he slashed out a saber beam in midair, severing the petrified legs. He extended his hand and pulled him back to the stone platform.
At that moment, the person seemed to regain consciousness. He screamed as his legs kept bleeding.
"Stop the bleeding and treat his injuries," Zhang Chunqiu instructed as he stared at the leg that had been completely petrified.
The legs remained standing on the ground and became one with the Fiend Stones as though they were part of them. It was so strange that it made one's scalp tingle.
Although Zhou Wen really wanted to ask what was going on, it was clearly not the time to ask such questions. He had been using Truth Listener to scan the Fiend Tomb and the Fiend Stones, but he didn't discover anything abnormal. All he could sense was that there was Essence Energy flowing within the Fiend Stone; nothing else was special.
"Zhou Wen, go back now. The situation at the Fiend Tomb has changed. It's too dangerous. We need to prevent any accidents," Zhang Chunqiu said to Zhou Wen.
Although Zhou Wen really wanted to take a picture of the tiny palm symbol of the Fiend Tomb, it was impossible for him to request to take a picture in such a situation. He had to listen to Zhang Chunqiu and leave.
The Fiend Tomb looked a little troublesome. When the Zhang family evacuated Zhou Wen, he could see members of the Zhang family constantly rushing towards the Fiend Tomb as reinforcements.
Zhou Wen didn't know what the Fiend Tomb was like. He couldn't help even if he wanted to.
When he returned to Celestial Master Manor, Zhou Wen kept thinking about the Fiend Tomb. He didn't know what that strange face was.
It looked like a part of the Fiend Stone or some dimensional creature. Zhou Wen couldn't be sure.
And this seemed to be the beginning of a nightmare. In the next few days, it was obvious that the entire Zhang family was in a tense state. There were constantly people leaving the Celestial Master Manor, and there was a high chance that they were heading for the Fiend Tomb.
"Yuzhi, how's the situation at the Fiend Tomb?" Zhou Wen couldn't help but ask when he saw Zhang Yuzhi again.
"The situation isn't good. Over the last few days, there have been people who attempted to jump into the Fiend Tomb every day. Although they were saved in the end, it's becoming more and more frequent. No reason has been found, and questioning them comes up empty. If they still can't find the reason, they will probably be in big trouble.
"Have you tried shattering the face on the Fiend Stone?" Zhou Wen asked.
"It's useless. It will regrow if it's shattered. After the face on the Fiend Stone was shattered, stone faces grew in other places. Now, there are seven stone faces around the Fiend Tomb.
Zhou Wen knew that the Zhang family had really encountered trouble this time. If they couldn't resolve it, people would keep jumping in. In the end, the entire Zhang family might be wiped out.
"Can you tell me what's going on with the Fiend Tomb? If it's inconvenient, forget it," Zhou Wen asked.
Zhang Yuzhi hesitated for a moment before whispering to Zhou Wen, "I'll tell you about this, but don't tell anyone. Legend has it that our Zhang family's ancestor was buried in a special cave. With the help of the cave, a Celestial Master was born. Actually, that's not the case. Our Zhang family found the special cave, but we didn't find it to bury ourselves inside, but to prevent the things inside from coming out."
"What do you mean? Do you mean that someone was already buried inside?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.
"To be precise, it's not a person, but a Ba," Zhang Yuzhi said.
"Ba? Is it a type of zombie?" Zhou Wen seemed to have heard of such monsters, but he wasn't too sure. He felt that it had something to do with zombies.
"Ordinary people often mix Ba and zombies together. In fact, the two are not the same thing. In myths, a Ba is the goddess of the heavens. She descended to the human world to help Yellow Emperor defeat Chiyou. However, because she exhausted her divine power, she couldn't return to the heavens. Therefore, she can only sleep beneath the ground and wait for the day she recovers her divine power to return to the heavens."
Zhang Yuzhi paused for a moment before continuing, "Ba descended to the mortal world to deal with Count of the Wind and Lord of the Rain. Even the storm they produced was incinerated in front of Ba. Even when Count of the Wind and Lord of the Rain joined forces, they weren't a match for Ba. It's obvious how powerful her divine power was. Ba slept underground, but once her divine power recovered, she woke up from her long slumber. Or perhaps someone disturbed her and woke her up. Her divine power spread out, causing the land to be dry and barren. That's why she's known as God of Drought, or Hiderigami in other places. It's an extremely terrifying existence.
"Back then, my family's ancestor discovered that the Ba that was sleeping underground was about to revive. That's why he guarded the area to prevent the Ba from appearing. He was mistaken as having found a treasure cave. Over the years, our Zhang family has been guarding the Fiend Tomb to prevent the Ba from coming out. However, with the arrival of the dimensional storms, the power in the Fiend Tomb has become stronger. How long can our Zhang family guard it? Even we don't know. The break out is only a matter of time."
"It existed in the world before the dimensional storms. Is there really such a creature as a Ba?" Zhou Wen was somewhat alarmed.
After the dimensional storms, it wasn't surprising for any creature to appear. However, the Zhang family had already begun guarding against Ba since ancient times. This was truly surprising.
"I don't know if there's really a Ba, but there's definitely something unbelievable in the Fiend Tomb. Over the years, strange things have frequently appeared in the Fiend Tomb. If it wasn't for my Zhang family risking our lives to guard the area, I'm afraid the area around Mount Dragon Tiger would have long been plunged into misery and suffering," Zhang Yuzhi said.
After saying that, Zhang Yuzhi got up and prepared to leave. "I have to go out for a few days. Don't just wander around when I'm not in the Celestial Master Manor, lest others misunderstand."
"Where are you going?" Zhou Wen was puzzled as to why Zhang Yuzhi was heading out.
The Fiend Tomb was already extremely dangerous. Logically speaking, Zhang Yuzhi should have stayed inside Celestial Master Manor to help.
"I'm going to kill dimensional creatures with my brothers," Zhang Yuzhi said.
Zhou Wen recalled the matter regarding Zhang Yuzhi's Life Providence and said to her, "Actually, I have a golden apple that can change a person's Life Providence without any side effects. Do you want to give it a try?"
Zhang Yuzhi was first delighted before shaking her head. "There's no need. This is all the useless me can do to help everyone."
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Chapter 838: Three Realms' Best Wind
Translator: CKtalon
Zhou Wen remained silent. Zhang Yuzhi was lucky, but at the same time, she was unlucky. She had to withstand the pros and cons of her ability and pain.
Zhou Wen could understand Zhang Yuzhi's feelings. She wasn't willing to become best friends with dimensional creatures before killing them.
However, the Zhang family was in such a difficult situation. It was even possible that they would be wiped out. What she did might be saving the lives of all her family members.
Every family has its hardships. It's not easy for a large family like the Zhang family either. Zhou Wen sighed inwardly.
After Zhang Yuzhi left, Zhou Wen didn't stay in Celestial Master Manor. He went to an inn in Dragon Tiger Town. On the one hand, he didn't want to trouble the Zhang family, and on the other hand, it was also convenient for Liu Yun to contact him when he arrived.
That afternoon, Demonic Neonate completed her evolution and became an Epic. Her various skills didn't change, and only her stats increased to 41. Zhou Wen could only continue to look forward to the pleasant surprise the Wheel of Destiny would bring when she evolved to the Mythical stage.
Demonic Neonate's return made Zhou Wen feel a lot more at ease. Although she was only at the Epic stage, her combat strength was greatly beneficial to Zhou Wen.
Just as Zhou Wen was feeling gratified that Demonic Neonate had completed her evolution, Banana Fairy, who hadn't advanced to the Mythical stage, successfully advanced to the Mythical stage on the same day.
Zhou Wen was overjoyed. He had been waiting for Banana Fairy for too long. Seeing Banana Fairy break out of her egg and transform into a young girl in a jade-silk dress, Zhou Wen couldn't wait to see her stats.
Banana Fairy: Mythical (Evolvable)
Life State: Supreme Yin Spirit Root.
Life Soul: Divine Wind Immortal
Wheel of Destiny: Three Realms' Best Wind (Yin)
Strength: 81
Speed: 81
Constitution: 81
Essence Energy: 81
Talent Skill: Supreme Yin Wind
Companion Form: Fan
There weren't many changes to the other skills, but her basic stats had increased to 81 points of a top Mythical. The additional Wheel of Destiny was actually called the Three Realms' Best Wind. This name was very domineering, but he didn't know how effective it was.
Why is there the word Yin behind the Wheel of Destiny? Could it be that there's the Three Realms' Best Wind with the word Yang? Zhou Wen found it odd.
Summoning Banana Fairy in reality, he saw a girl in green clothes with a light veil. She looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old. Her snow-white legs were bare as she sat on a banana leaf.
At that moment, the banana leaf was much bigger than before. The girl sat there, floating. Her veil was lithe and she looked uncomfortable.
Although Zhou Wen didn't mind the appearance of a Companion Beast, he was naturally in a good mood with such a beautiful and adorable Companion Beast by his side.
He launched a game dungeon and entered the Metalwork Temple dungeon. Zhou Wen wanted to see how powerful Banana Fairy's Wheel of Destiny was.
There were furnaces everywhere in the Metalwork Temple and the temperature was rather high.
Banana Fairy sat on the banana leaf and floated beside the blood-colored avatar. Under Zhou Wen's orders, she puffed up her cheeks and blew at the Metalwork Temple.
Whoosh!
Large swaths of Fire Elemental Sprites and various dimensional creatures were blown away. Anything that could move was blown away. As for the huge furnaces, they were all extinguished.
As though a hurricane had passed, Zhou Wen saw the game's notification column being flooded. Notices of various dimensional creatures dying kept popping up.
Zhou Wen quickly walked into the Metalwork Temple and realized that the flames at the back of the temple had also been extinguished. It was a mess.
The Metalwork Temple that was originally filled with furnaces no longer had any flames. The temperature had returned to normal and he no longer felt hot.
What left Zhou Wen somewhat depressed was that the dimensional creatures that had been blown to death by the Three Realms' Best Wind had been sent flying. The dimensional crystals and Companion Eggs that dropped couldn't be found.
That's way too strong. As expected of the Three Realms' Best Wind! Just as Zhou Wen was feeling excited, he saw Banana Fairy looking somewhat exhausted. Her Essence Energy had been drained, and even the Three Realms' Best Wind had entered a cooldown state.
What a pity. If I could get her to do it a few times in a row, this thing would be better than nuclear bombs, Zhou Wen thought greedily.
Even without the Wheel of Destiny's augmentation, Banana Fairy's Supreme Yin Wind was considered a powerful divine technique. Ordinary Mythical creatures couldn't withstand a single strike from her. Even if they weren't blown away, they would be frozen.
Demonic Neonate and Banana Fairy's complete evolution delighted Zhou Wen.
After grinding Pill Furnace Mountain again, no Mythical Companion Egg dropped.
Zhou Wen went out for a stroll that day. When he returned, he realized that Liu Yun was sitting in his room. Zhou Wen had no idea when he had arrived.
Liu Yun didn't look well. He had dark circles under his eyes and he looked cranky. His hair was greasy and messy. He looked like he hadn't washed his hair for weeks.
The stubble on his face had grown out and his clothes weren't clean. If not for his good looks and branded clothes, he would have been mistaken as a beggar.
"Where's Ya'er?" Zhou Wen asked Liu Yun.
"Ya'er is fine. Don't worry. It's very easy to see her. Help me do something," Liu Yun said through gritted teeth.
It hadn't been easy for him all this while. Now, he could finally extort Zhou Wen.
"Do you want me to help you steal the Earth Elemental Beast Companion Egg?" Zhou Wen asked.
"That's right." Liu Yun nodded smugly. "As long as you do as I say, I'll naturally return Ya'er to you after everything is done. Otherwise..."
"There's no need to say otherwise. If you like it, continue having her," Zhou Wen said.
"What? Aren't you afraid that I'll kill..." Liu Yun was furious. He had suffered so much just for this moment. To his surprise, Zhou Wen actually said such a thing? It infuriated him.
"If you dare kill her, do it," Zhou Wen said indifferently.
"What do you mean? Do you think I don't dare?" Liu Yun said angrily.
"Did you find your journey extremely problematic?" Zhou Wen asked.
"What has that got to do with you?" Liu Yun's heart skipped a beat as he asked Zhou Wen suspiciously.
"It has nothing to do with me, but you can think about when your bad luck started," Zhou Wen said.
"Are you saying that all of this was caused by Ya'er?" Liu Yun was immediately enraged. He had always thought that it was his fault, but he never expected the problem to be with that little girl.
"Do you know Wang Lu from the Wang family? Some people are born different. Ya'er is such a person, but she's different from Wang Lu. She won't bring you luck... Do you understand what I mean? Anyway, if you like her, continue taking her around. It saves me trouble," Zhou Wen said.
Liu Yun was dumbfounded. He never expected such a thing to happen. Of course he knew Wang Lu from the Wang family. He even knew Wang Chan, but he never expected Ya'er to be such a person as well.
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Chapter 839: Nutrition Fee
Translator: CKtalon
"This... Why don't I return her to you?" Liu Yun felt a little guilty.
He originally didn't believe it, but when he thought of what he had encountered along the way, Liu Yun felt that he had to believe it.
"I've been very busy recently. I don't have time to take care of a child. Why don't you help me take care of her for a few more days? Let's talk when I return to Luoyang," Zhou Wen said with a smile.
"Take care my ass," Liu Yun said gloomily.
"Eldest Senior Brother, don't be anxious. At most, I'll pay you for your labor. How about one Epic Companion Egg a day? It won't be a problem to hire a female celebrity as a nanny for this price. It's a bargain. What do you think?" Zhou Wen said.
Liu Yun slammed his palm on the table and said righteously, "Who do you think I, Liu Yun, am? I'm the great God of Theft, Liu Yun. Am I someone who takes care of children? Ignoring the fact that you give me an Epic Companion Egg every day, even if you give me a Mythical Companion Egg every day, I won't do it. Just you wait. I'll send Ya'er back to you now. Take care of her yourself."
"Eldest Senior Brother, this isn't appropriate. Look at how you brought her all the way here only to return her to me. Aren't you losing out? I suggest that you continue taking care of her for a few more days," Zhou Wen said.
"Why would I believe you? You are terrible. Wouldn't it be worse if I took care of her?" Liu Yun said.
"Are you really returning her to me?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Of course. I, Liu Yun, never go back on my word," Liu Yun said through gritted teeth.
"Alright, but you've been taking care of Ya'er for so many days. She must have lost weight from your hunger. You have to give her some nutrition money so that I can buy her some delicious supplements, right?" Zhou Wen extended his hand in front of Liu Yun.
Liu Yun was dumbfounded. He had seen shameless people, but he had never seen someone so shameless.
"You're still demanding nutrition fees from me?" Liu Yun was extremely angry and aggrieved. His hands were trembling. "I'm the one who's skinny because of hunger, alright? Damn it, I shat out everything I ate and vomited everything I drank along the way. I didn't eat or say anything. I cried and laughed all day. In the middle of the night, I laughed until the entire hotel thought that it was haunted. Do you think it was easy for me? Let me tell you, that brat had a great time eating and drinking. I'm about to die, do you know that? Why are you asking me for nutrition fees?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, you shouldn't be shirking your responsibility in this matter. You were the one who abducted her. You make it sound as though Ya'er abducted you. Don't you feel ashamed?" Zhou Wen was finally completely at ease. He held back his laughter and said, "It's fine if you don't want to give it to me. Anyway, I plan on staying at Celestial Master Manor for a few days. If you have the ability, send Ya'er there."
"If you don't want her, I'll kill her," Liu Yun said ruthlessly.
"You dare to kill such a person? As long as you aren't afraid of being unlucky your entire life, go ahead," Zhou Wen said as he spread out his hands.
When Liu Yun thought of the days he had spent and how he would be spending the rest of his days in that manner, he immediately shivered.
Suddenly, Liu Yun's angry face lit up with a smile. "Junior Brother, we're all brothers. Why are you treating me like an outsider? Just tell me what my disciple-niece likes to eat. I'll buy it for her. She can eat whatever she wants."
"That's more what an Eldest Senior Brother should be like." Zhou Wen gave him a thumbs up. "By the way, Eldest Senior Brother, how do you transfer a Companion Beast to someone else with the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art? I've studied it for a long time, but I don't understand how it works."
"Junior Brother, if you want to learn, I'll definitely teach you. However, you have to condense a Life Soul with the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art first." Liu Yun thought to himself, You don't mainly cultivate the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art. It would be strange if you could condense a Life Soul.
"The Life Soul of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art has already been condensed. Tell me, how should I use it?" Zhou Wen said.
Liu Yun's eyes widened as he asked in disbelief, "What? Your Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art has condensed a Life Soul?"
"I just condensed it not long ago. It's too difficult to cultivate. It's still a Primordial Body," Zhou Wen said.
Liu Yun wanted to slap Zhou Wen in the face and smash his irritating face, but after some thought, he didn't dare do it.
"Junior Brother, you must not joke. If you haven't condensed a Life Soul of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art and try using my method, you will die." Liu Yun still found it unbelievable.
"What's your Life Soul's name?" Zhou Wen asked Liu Yun.
"There's no harm in telling you. My Life Soul is called Astral Soul. It means the soul of the stars in the heavens." As Liu Yun spoke, he summoned a bit of starlight. The starlight flowed as though it was condensing thousands of stars.
"My Life Soul isn't as resounding as your name. It's called Fine Dust, but it should be similar." Zhou Wen summoned his Fine Dust Life Soul.
Liu Yun was immediately stunned when he saw Zhou Wen's Fine Dust. Although Life Souls were different and their abilities might be different, he could sense that it was undoubtedly a Life Soul condensed from the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art. There was no mistake.
"Junior Brother, won't there be a problem with dual cultivating Essence Energy Arts?" Liu Yun swallowed his saliva and asked.
"Of course not. Are you going to tell me your method or not? If not, I'm going to Celestial Master Manor," Zhou Wen said.
"Don't be anxious. This method is a little complicated, but since you already have the Life Soul of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art, it shouldn't be difficult for you to learn it." Liu Yun explained his method to Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen was originally worried that his Life Soul was different from Liu Yun's. He thought the abilities wouldn't be completely the same, so he might not be able to learn Liu Yun's method.
However, after hearing Liu Yun's explanation, he realized that his worries were unnecessary. He could also use Liu Yun's method. In fact, he didn't rely on the Life Soul's ability, but the ability of the Sky-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art itself.
Soon, Zhou Wen grasped Liu Yun's method. He was just short of executing it.
"Junior Brother, continue practicing. I'll fetch disciple-niece over." With that said, Liu Yun ran off, afraid that Zhou Wen would ask him for something else.
He had always been a person who refused to suffer losses, but every time he encountered Zhou Wen, he would suffer losses. Now, he only wanted to distance himself from Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen didn't really want anything from Liu Yun, so he didn't stop him.
After a while, an employee knocked on Zhou Wen's door and said that someone was looking for him.
Zhou Wen went out to take a look and saw Ya'er standing outside, but he didn't see Liu Yun. Liu Yun was definitely afraid that Zhou Wen would extort him again, so he didn't even dare show his face.
"Ya'er, did you suffer any grievances along the way?" Zhou Wen asked as he stroked her head.
Ya'er shook her head and took off the necklace around her neck before handing it to Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback. He knew that this was the necklace that Ya'er had obtained from Liu Yun, but he didn't understand why it was handed to him.
"Do you want me to help you put it away?" Zhou Wen asked as he took the necklace.
Ya'er shook her head again and pointed at the gem on the necklace. It looked like there was something wrong with the gem on the necklace.
Zhou Wen checked the gem on the necklace in puzzlement. After taking a closer look, he really found a problem.
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Chapter 840: Red Heart Gu
Translator: CKtalon
The naked eye couldn't see anything wrong with the ruby necklace, but when Zhou Wen activated the Hell King Life Soul, he realized that there was a blood-colored shadow in the largest ruby in the middle of the pendant. It looked like a spider.
"What's this? A Spirit Body?" Zhou Wen asked Ya'er.
"Gu," Ya'er said.
This is also a Gu? Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised. No matter how he looked at it, there was a Spirit Body inside the ruby.
However, on second thought, it made sense. No one stipulated that Gu with a spirit body could not exist. The spider in the ruby was likely a spirit-type Gu.
It's no wonder Ya'er took this necklace. So there's such a strange Gu inside. I wonder what stage it is. Zhou Wen took out his phone and snapped a picture of the ruby with the spider.
To Zhou Wen's surprise, the stats appeared. Furthermore, it wasn't a dimensional creature, but a Companion Beast.
Red Heart Gu: Mythical
Life Providence: Widow
Life Soul: Queen of Hearts
Wheel of Destiny: Love Gu
Strength: 72
Speed: 80
Constitution: 71
Essence Energy: 80
Talent Skill: Neurotoxin
Companion Form: Pendant
This is a Companion Beast that has already hatched, but why is it here? Where did its owner go? Zhou Wen was somewhat puzzled.
Logically speaking, once the owner of a Companion Beast died, the Companion Beast would vanish.
This Red Heart Gu had clearly hatched, but it was trapped in the necklace. Its owner had not unsummoned it, so this was somewhat strange.
Zhou Wen wanted to ask Liu Yun about the necklace's origins, but he couldn't find him. All he could do was search for pictures online to see if there were any clues.
It was very easy to find the origins of the necklace. Zhou Wen couldn't help but be surprised. This necklace has been circulating since ancient times before the dimensional storms. Furthermore, from the looks of it, the culprit behind the fates of those who possessed it was likely the Red Heart Gu. This makes things strange. Did they already have Companion Beasts in that era?
Zhou Wen couldn't figure it out. He asked Ya'er, but she couldn't answer.
"You can control the Red Heart Gu inside, right?" Zhou Wen asked Ya'er.
Ya'er nodded. In fact, all the pain Liu Yun had suffered along the way was because of this Red Heart Gu.
"Then keep it. If you encounter danger in the future, you can protect yourself." Zhou Wen returned the necklace to Ya'er.
Ya'er shook her head and said a few words. "For you... Raise me... Don't... throw me away..."
Zhou Wen suddenly realized that Ya'er was a human and not his Companion Beast when he heard that. His attitude towards her seemed to make her feel insecure.
Zhou Wen picked up the necklace and put it on Ya'er. He stroked her head and said, "I gave you your name. Do you know who's qualified to give others a name?"
Ya'er shook her head. Clearly, she didn't understand because she didn't have a name previously.
Zhou Wen said, "Only family members can give their children names. I gave you your name. You are my family and my sister, so you don't have to worry about me abandoning you. That kind of thing will never happen. Do you understand?"
Ya'er looked at Zhou Wen and shook her head. She didn't seem to understand the concept of family.
"It's fine. You will slowly understand in the future. A family member doesn't need you to give them anything. I will treat you well. I will accompany you, sharing sadness and joy with you..." Zhou Wen tried his best to make Ya'er understand. Unfortunately, he was a person with a low EQ, so he just couldn't express it well.
As the necklace was too eye-catching, and Zhou Wen wasn't someone who loved antiques, he ended up dismantling the necklace and separated the pendant embedded inside.
The gems outside were just decorations. The ruby in the middle and a thin thread were the main body of the Red Heart Gu. Zhou Wen only needed the main body of the Red Heart Gu to be worn around Ya'er's neck. He kept the gem necklace to prevent any unnecessary trouble.
As he had noticed Ya'er's psychological problems, Zhou Wen clumsily wanted to treat her better, but he didn't know what to do.
As Zhou Wen had been very independent since he was young, he had never experienced how his elders protected and loved him. Therefore, he didn't know how to treat others well.
Zhou Wen could only do his best. He took the time to take Ya'er out for a walk and buy her some food or toys. However, Zhou Wen didn't know what girls played. In fact, he didn't know what boys played either because he had never played with any toys when he was young.
After some thought, Zhou Wen bought a phone for Ya'er and taught her how to use it. He also added his account to her friend's list. This way, Ya'er could send him a message or call him when he wasn't around.
Ya'er seemed very happy and fiddled with her phone for a long time.
However, she wasn't interested in games or movies. She only learned how to use her phone to send messages to Zhou Wen, but she didn't know how to type or write. Even when she sent voice messages, she didn't say much. It was very troublesome.
However, Ya'er worked hard to learn language and how to type.
Zhou Wen took out his phone and continued grinding. His luck today was pretty good. Just as the nine dragons respawned, another Companion Egg dropped after killing them.
Demon Blood True Dragon (Zhen): Mythical
Life Providence: Demon Dragon Bloodline (Incomplete)
Life Soul: Zhen Dragon (Incomplete)
Wheel of Destiny: Dragon Domain (Incomplete)
Strength: 80
Speed: 80
Constitution: 80
Essence Energy: 80
Talent Skill: Dragon Breath, Demon Dragon Transformation, Demon Dragon True Body, Dragon Wrath
Companion Form: Dragon Scale Armor (Incomplete)
If it wasn't for the fact that the word "Zhen" behind the Demon Dragon True Dragon was different, Zhou Wen would have imagined that it was the same Companion Egg that had dropped. Its stats and skills were identical.
I wonder if this thing can be fused? Zhou Wen tried matching it and realized that the compatibility between the two was 99%. It was almost impossible to fail.
Zhou Wen directly clicked on the fusion. After all, he couldn't wear two sets of Dragon Scale Armor alone. He could try fusing them. Perhaps there would be a pleasant surprise.
However, a notification suddenly popped up in the game: 'Incomplete. Lacking main body, unable to fuse.'
What's the meaning of this? Zhou Wen didn't know what the so-called main body was. He could only guess that he needed to obtain all nine different Demon Blood True Dragons before fusing them.
Zhou Wen had been grinding on Pill Furnace Mountain, but he didn't obtain any Mythical Companion Eggs.
The dragon-patterned Rejuvenation Pill and the Tiger-Patterned Resurrection Pill would randomly spawn one every time. However, Zhou Wen hadn't had a Companion Egg drop in the past few days.
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Chapter 841: Entering the Fiend Tomb Again
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When it was time for Pill Furnace Mountain to respawn pill essence, Zhou Wen went to farm them again. The Golden Overlord Sword killed the pill essence that spewed out one by one. As he killed them, he suddenly saw a strange pill essence spew out from Pill Furnace Mountain.
The pill essence wasn't the common red and golden color. Although it was white, it wasn't a dragon-patterned Rejuvenation Pill. It had black colors, but it wasn't a tiger-patterned Resurrection Pill either.
It was a pill that was half white, half black, half dragon-patterned, and half tiger-patterned. It looked strange and strangely harmonious. From the pill essence, one could faintly hear dragon and tiger roars.
Clang!
The Golden Overlord Sword slashed at the pill essence, but a white dragon-shaped Essence Energy rushed out of the pill, blocking the Golden Overlord Sword's sword beam.
Although the dragon-shaped Essence Energy was ultimately shattered by the Golden Overlord Sword, the latter did not then have the strength to injure the pill essence.
Before the Golden Overlord Sword could deliver a second attack, a tiger's roar sounded from the pill essence's body. A black-colored Essence Energy condensed into a ferocious tiger and pounced at the blood-colored avatar.
Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth and slammed down with his claw, shattering the Essence Energy tiger.
Tyrant Behemoth took another step forward, wanting to shatter the pill essence as well. However, a dragon and tiger's roar sounded from the pill essence's body. The shadow of a dragon and tiger rose and actually blocked Tyrant Behemoth's attack.
Tyrant Behemoth struck out several times, but it failed to shatter the dragon-tiger shadows. All it could do was activate Absolute Strength and roar as it struck out again. After more than ten punches, it shattered the dragon-tiger shadows.
The pill essence was also repeatedly struck by Tyrant Behemoth's punches. Finally, it shattered into pieces. Its healing speed couldn't keep up with the shattering speed.
'Killed Mythical creature, Dragon Tiger Pill Essence. Discovered Companion Egg.'
When Zhou Wen saw the game notification, he saw a Companion Egg drop. He couldn't help but be delighted as he hurriedly picked it up and hatched it.
Dragon Tiger Pill Essence: Mythical
Life Providence: Dragon Spirit Tiger Feracity
Life Soul: Dragon Tiger Combat
Wheel of Destiny: Resurrection
Strength: 80
Speed: 80
Constitution: 80
Essence Energy: 81
Talent Skill: None
Companion Form: Pill (One-time use)
What a powerful pill essence. Can this thing really resurrect the dead? Zhou Wen couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the information on the Dragon Tiger Pill Essence.
Ignoring the other attributes, its Wheel of Destiny was somewhat powerful. In the introduction, it said that it had the ability to revive the dead. He didn't know if that was true.
However, without a doubt, this was a life-saving item. Even if it was difficult to resurrect the dead, it would definitely have miraculous effects when used on serious injuries.
With such a treasure, Zhou Wen was even more motivated. Unfortunately, he didn't gain anything after grinding the 81 pill essences.
During this period of time, there was no news from the Zhang family. Zhang Yuzhi didn't return. The date of the auction was approaching.
This morning, Zhou Wen took Ya'er out for a stroll as usual. When he walked to the nearby river, he saw Zhang Chunqiu sitting on a bench by the river.
"What a coincidence." Zhou Wen walked over with Ya'er to greet him.
"It's not a coincidence. I came here specially to wait for you," Zhang Chunqiu said.
Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback. "Why didn't you go to the hotel to look for me?"
Zhang Chunqiu's face was filled with exhaustion, but he still said with a smile, "It's been stifling these past few days. I wanted to come out to take a breather, so I decided to wait for you here."
"What's the matter?" Zhou Wen asked.
"The matter with the Fiend Tomb is very troublesome. More than ten people from the Zhang family have died. They have all jumped into the Fiend Tomb and become Fiend Stone statues," Zhang Chunqiu said.
"Hasn't someone been watching?" Zhou Wen was alarmed.
"It's useless. No one knows who will be the next one to jump. Perhaps the next one to jump will be the person guarding it. We have already thought of many solutions and even evacuated everyone from the Fiend Tomb, but there are still people who have walked to the Fiend Tomb themselves and become Fiend Stone statues," Zhang Chunqiu said with a sigh.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" On account of Zhang Yuzhi, Zhou Wen didn't mind helping if he could.
Zhang Chunqiu shook his head and said, "Up to now, I haven't figured out a solution. I'm not here because of Fiend Tomb."
"Then why are you looking for me?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.
The Zhang family had encountered such a huge problem, but Zhang Chunqiu still took the time to meet him. It was probably something important.
"I came here to ask you a favor. The Zhang family is in contact with Sunset College. If there aren't any problems, Yuzhi should be able to be a tutor at Sunset College. When the time comes, I hope you can take care of her. She doesn't have many friends, so I can't beg others," Zhang Chunqiu said.
"Is the matter with the Fiend Tomb really that dangerous?" Zhou Wen knew that if they weren't doing it out of desperation, how would the Zhang family let Zhang Yuzhi leave Mount Dragon Tiger to go to Sunset College?
The Zhang family must have reached a helpless state before making such a decision.
"It's just a precaution. After the auction ends, I'll get Yuzhi to accompany you to Luoyang. If the Zhang family can successfully pass this trial, I'll bring her back," Zhang Chunqiu said.
Zhou Wen felt that this was an opportunity. Therefore, he looked at Zhang Chunqiu and said, "Although I don't know much about the Fiend Tomb, I have some special abilities. Perhaps they can be of some help to the Fiend Tomb. If your Zhang family doesn't mind, can you let me do a comprehensive survey of the Fiend Tomb?"
"The Zhang family is extremely grateful that you are willing to help us, so why would we mind? However, the Fiend Tomb is too dangerous. Anyone who has come into contact with the Fiend Tomb might subconsciously walk into it. I'm afraid..." Zhang Chunqiu didn't continue, but his meaning was very clear.
"I've already been to the Fiend Tomb. If there's really a problem, I won't be able to escape. I'm doing this for myself." Zhou Wen's last sentence was the truth.
Surveying was only an excuse. What he really wanted to do was take a picture of the tiny palm symbol and download the Fiend Tomb dungeon.
After Zhou Wen downloaded the Fiend Tomb dungeon, he could enter the Fiend Tomb in-game. Perhaps he could resolve the Zhang family's problems.
"When do you want to go?" Zhang Chunqiu asked after some thought.
"The sooner the better. This matter can't be delayed," Zhou Wen said.
"In that case, come with me now." Zhang Chunqiu led Zhou Wen to the Fiend Tomb again.
Zhou Wen was delighted. This time, he could finally approach the Fiend Tomb and take a picture of the tiny palm symbol on it.
When they arrived at the Fiend Tomb again, there were clearly more people from the Zhang family stationed here. On every stone platform, there were four people sitting facing each other. If anything happened, the other three would immediately know to prevent any accidents.
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Chapter 842: Digging the Fiend Tomb
Translator: CKtalon
"Chunqiu, why did you bring him here?" an elder said with a frown when he saw Zhang Chunqiu bring Zhou Wen over.
"Uncle, Zhou Wen is proficient in many special reconnaissance-type Essence Energy Skills. As he might be able to help us discover the problem with the Fiend Tomb, I invited him over to take a look." Zhang Chunqiu didn't say that Zhou Wen had requested to come.
"Hurry up. Don't affect the others." The elder frowned slightly but didn't say anything else.
Zhang Chunqiu led Zhou Wen into the region of the Fiend Tomb. Zhou Wen could clearly see that the situation with the Fiend Stone Petrification had worsened. A small portion of the nearby mountain walls had already been petrified. The last time he had come, the Fiend Stones hadn't covered such a large area.
Furthermore, there were more than ten Fiend Stone stone statues on the ground. They had different expressions and appearances. They were likely the Zhang family members who had run into the Fiend Tomb.
"How do you plan on investigating? Do you have any special needs?" Zhang Chunqiu asked Zhou Wen.
"I need to observe the Fiend Tomb up close. If possible, I would like to take a few photos," Zhou Wen said.
"You can take pictures, but you have to be fast. Furthermore, when you approach the Fiend Tomb, you can't exceed those lines or touch the Fiend Stones. Otherwise, you will end up like them." Zhang Chunqiu pointed at the red lines in the sky. They were about ten meters away from the Fiend Tomb.
"Alright, can I go now?" Zhou Wen agreed immediately. At a distance of about ten meters, his phone could lock onto the tiny palm symbol and download the dungeon.
"Go. I hope you can discover something," Zhang Chunqiu said.
Zhou Wen leaped into the air and used the Godfiend Life Providence to fly towards the Fiend Tomb. At the same time, he got Doctor Darkness to attach himself to him in his soul form and used his Eyes of Penetration to look at the Fiend Tomb.
In fact, the Eyes of Penetration didn't have a good effect on things like metal and stone. Zhou Wen was only putting on a show for the Zhang family to prove that he had such abilities and wasn't here to mess around.
When the Zhang family saw Zhou Wen's eyes shoot out two beams at the Fiend Tomb like two searchlights, they looked at him curiously.
Zhou Wen pretended to take a look before taking out his phone to take a picture. In fact, the Eyes of Penetration couldn't see the interior of the Fiend Tomb through the thick Fiend Stones. Zhou Wen circled the Fiend Tomb and took the opportunity to snap a picture of the tiny palm symbol.
The game immediately entered the download screen, allowing Zhou Wen to relax.
After pretending to look around the Fiend Tomb seriously for a while, Zhou Wen returned to the stone platform.
"How is it?" When Zhang Chunqiu asked Zhou Wen, the other Zhang family members looked at him.
"I can't tell anything for the time being. I'll go back and think about it. Perhaps I can figure out something," Zhou Wen said.
"Alright." Zhang Chunqiu took Zhou Wen back without another word.
After Zhou Wen returned to his residence, he couldn't wait to open the Fiend Tomb dungeon that he had just downloaded. Firstly, he was very curious about the Fiend Tomb dungeon, and secondly, he hoped to help the Zhang family. He didn't wish to see Zhang Yuzhi's family destroyed and for her to be sent to Sunset College.
The game had successfully downloaded. A picture of a white grave appeared on the phone's screen. Under it were the words "Fiend Tomb."
Zhou Wen clicked on the program and entered the game. What appeared in front of him was the crater in the mountain where the Fiend Tomb was. The tiny Fiend Tomb stood there, and the grayish-white Fiend Stones looked like snow under the moonlight.
Zhou Wen saw that there were many strange faces just like in real life on the Fiend Stone-filled ground. There were more than ten faces, but none of them belonged to the Zhang family who had transformed into Fiend Stones.
According to Zhang Chunqiu, humans would only be petrified when they touched the Fiend Stones after the fiend faces appeared. They hadn't discovered any similar problems back when they touched the Fiend Stones.
Zhou Wen believed in this. Tyrant Behemoth had previously eaten a Fiend Stone, and it wasn't a problem.
Zhou Wen summoned a few different types of pets and made them land on the ground. As expected, they were all petrified.
Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth again to see if it would be petrified. After all, it had eaten Fiend Stones before.
Tyrant Behemoth landed on the Fiend Stones, but its feet also showed signs of Fiend Stone Petrification. However, it was at a slower speed.
It's actually suffering from Fiend Stone Petrification as well? After Zhou Wen ordered Tyrant Behemoth to use Absolute Strength, the Fiend Stone Petrification stopped.
Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief. Thankfully, Tyrant Behemoth was still strong enough. Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy for him to enter the Fiend Tomb.
As there was no entrance to the Fiend Tomb, he could only dig it open with brute force. This heavy responsibility could only be placed on Behemoth.
The Zhang family had an ancestral rule that the Fiend Tomb couldn't be dug open. Otherwise, the Goddess Ba would awaken. When that happened, everything would be incinerated. Humans would have no chance of survival.
In reality, Zhou Wen definitely didn't dare dig either, but in-game, there were naturally no taboos.
Under Zhou Wen's command, Behemoth, who had activated Absolute Strength, slammed into the Fiend Tomb. The two horns on its head spun like an electric drill, immediately causing sparks to splatter everywhere on the Fiend Tomb. Fiend Stone powder splattered everywhere.
Just as Behemoth began digging the grave, the fiend faces on the ground suddenly seemed to come to life. They burrowed out from the ground and transformed into Fiend Stone statues.
The Fiend Stone statues pounced at Tyrant Behemoth without a word. Zhou Wen hurriedly sent out a few Companion Beasts to fight, preventing them from disturbing Tyrant Behemoth's grave digging.
As it was only a test, the Companion Beasts Zhou Wen sent out weren't his main combat pets. They were all Epic Runic Heavy-Armored Warriors. The only Mythical Companion Beast was a Golden Battle God Halberd.
The speed and strength of the Fiend Stone statues looked like they were at the Epic stage. However, after their bodies were shattered, they quickly revived inside the Fiend Stones. They couldn't be killed no matter how hard he tried.
Furthermore, anything touched by the Fiend Stone statues would be petrified. It was very difficult to deal with them.
As the Fiend Tomb was dug open, more and more fiend faces appeared around it. They transformed into Fiend Stone statues that rushed to Behemoth's side.
Thankfully, Behemoth in Absolute Strength was indeed an invincible existence. The Fiend Stone statues grabbed at its body, but they were unable to petrify it. They wrapped around Behemoth like a nest of ants.
Is there no way to completely kill them? Zhou Wen frowned slightly. He had already tried many Strength attributes, but they were useless. He could shatter the Fiend Stone statues, but he couldn't stop them from reviving inside the Fiend Stones.
Furthermore, the game didn't have any indication of successfully killing them. Clearly, shattering them wasn't enough to kill them.
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