by Zhi Bai
He spoke slowly, "But for the sake of the Xiao Qi Dao, I must leave as well. It's just that it might not be the Fanggu, or any other place. "
No one knew what happened to An Zheng until they heard that Principal Qiu was dead.
"Now you think about it."
An Zheng turned around and walked out, "If I come back, I hope to hear the result. If I didn't come back, Fatty … "Take them away."
"Where are you going?!"
Du Shoushou shouted.
An Zheng waved his hand, and the Bronze Bell floated in midair.
"To kill, or to be killed."
He once again walked out of the Martial Arts Academy's gate. good old man Cat seemed to have sensed his master's thoughts, flying over from afar and jumping onto An Zheng's shoulder. A man and a cat walked towards the academy.
"Bring them into the Heaven Defying Seal."
An Zheng instructed the Old Huo before tossing the key of the Heaven Defying Seal back. Old Huo caught it in one go, and before Fatty and the others could rush out, he brought everyone into the Heaven Defying Seal. Only Gu Qianye was still climbing out of the window. After being stunned for a while, she jumped out and ran to the door.
An Zheng took a deep breath and muttered to himself, "I'm a little too stupid, you still have a revenge to take."
"But this is me."
As he walked, he cut his finger and smeared the blood on the Blood Pearl Bracelet. His right hand held onto Hong Luanzan and his left hand held onto the Bronze Bell.
On the side of the academy, Zhen Zhuangbi's face turned ugly. In his hand was a sword, an ordinary-looking longsword. Mu Changyan said, the great swallow was named as the ninth sword, and was ranked seventh on the sword.
The sword was called Broken Sword.
"You are courting death."
Zhen Zhuangbi scoffed, "You are only at the Elementary Level, but you actually dared to challenge me. Originally, I had thought that with my status and position, if I killed you directly, you would probably be mocked by others. You can't blame me for coming here to die. "
An Zheng walked to the entrance of the academy and looked at the surrounding disciples who had gathered around him. "You guys can go now.
Some of them were afraid, others sneered.
"An Zheng, do you really think you're amazing? At the end of the day, you are merely at the third grade of the Ascension Realm. Many years ago, the Headmaster had already stepped into the realm of Xumi, even if there were a thousand of you, you wouldn't be able to do it. "
"Arrogant man, if you kneel down and beg for forgiveness now, the dean might give you a chance to beg for your life."
Zhen Zhuangbi weighed the broken sword in his hand, and felt reassured: "Have you thought it through? Even though your bell is very strong, as long as I can block one of your bell's attacks, I can instantly kill you. "
An Zheng took a deep breath again, and asked himself if he acted rashly. Then, he gave himself a definite answer … Yes, impulsive. In this world, there had never been a person who could challenge a cultivator of the Sumeru Stage at the third grade. The difference between a three grade Ascendant and Sumeru Stage was just like the difference between a drop of water and a large lake. It's the difference between a stone and a mountain.
If he could challenge her casually, then what was the point in having different realms?
But An Zheng knew that he was impulsive, and he was very rational. If he did not take the initiative to attack, Zhen Zhuangbi would attack as well. Zhen Zhuangbi could not tolerate for them to continue to live, so he did it not only for Qiu Changchen, but for everyone else and for himself.
This was not a cross-border challenge. This was courting death.
"Idiot!"
Gu Qianye growled as she clutched onto something. Ever since she inherited the position of clan head, she had never used this thing before. It was very small and usually hung around her neck, hidden within her clothes.
An Zheng knew what Zhen Zhuangbi said was right, he only had one chance to attack. If the Bronze Bell could kill Zhen Zhuangbi this time, it would be for the best. But if it couldn't, Zhen Zhuangbi would definitely kill him.
The difference in strength between the two was too great.
This was a decisive battle that he had no choice but to take action. From the moment Qiu Changchen died, he had no way out.
"Little bastard, although you are very idiotic, your name will probably spread for a long time after you die. The number one idiot in the world, actually dared to challenge me with the level of a third grade pure spirit realm. "
Zhen Zhuangbi laughed out loud: "Now that I have the Broken Sword in my hand, your bell might not be able to stop it."
Inside the Heaven Defying Seal, the Old Huo was almost shaken to pieces.
"You guys don't have to be too nervous, An Zheng might not lose."
The Old Huo knew that his explanation was futile, and Qu Liuxi and the others wouldn't believe it. But in the heart of the Old Huo, she really did think so … That's right, An Zheng was a child, his cultivation was only at the third stage of the Elemental Realm, but he was lucky. Until now, the Old Huo still did not understand what fate it was. A person who had just started cultivating, a novice in the cultivation world … But he had a lot of good stuff.
It was too strange, so strange that no matter how Old Huo thought about it, he couldn't explain it. Things that reached the Purple-Rank would have their own intelligence. Generally speaking, they wouldn't be obtained by new people in the cultivation world, and even if they were, they wouldn't recognize someone as their master.
That Hong Luanzan, that Blood Pearl Bracelet, that fish scale, that Enchantment Cloth, these things together, could not even be bought by a small country.
At the academy's gate, beside Qiu Changchen's corpse.
An Zheng took a deep breath for the third time before bowing towards Qiu Changchen's corpse, "Thank you for taking care of me before. I didn't promise you that, but I will do it."
He stood up straight and looked at Zhen Zhuangbi.
Zhen Zhuangbi felt a bit of fear in his heart. He had always been ridiculing An Zheng, always ridiculing him, but he did not have the courage to do so. His words, instead of ridiculing An Zheng, were more like encouraging himself. An Zheng was obviously just a third grade Innate Ranker, what was there to be afraid of? What was there to be afraid of? What was there to be afraid of?
Afraid.
Still afraid.
Zhen Zhuangbi couldn't help but imitate An Zheng and take a deep breath. Then, he suddenly couldn't hold it in anymore.
He made the first move.
The fact that he lost an arm greatly affected cultivators. His blood energy was severely injured, and when he fought with Gu Sha, the consumption of his Cultivation Power was also very severe. Therefore … In truth, he was not confident that he could defend against one of the Bronze Bell's attacks, even though he had the Broken Sword in his hand.
Zhen Zhuangbi made his move, a cold sword flash.
In the dark night, a bolt of lightning flashed.
In the sky, the faint sound of a dragon's roar could be heard.
The sword flew over in an instant, An Zheng had no time to defend at all. His reaction was already very fast, but the difference was still the gap.
For a Zhen Zhuangbi at the fourth stage of the Sumeru Stage, killing a An Zheng at the third stage of the Primordial Profound Realm was as easy as flipping his hand.
When the sword arrives, the person will perish.
An Zheng saw Zhen Zhuangbi brandishing his sword, he wanted to defend, but just as he was about to move, the sword had already arrived.
Just as the sword was about to pierce An Zheng's chest, his Blood Pearl Bracelet lit up with a pearl, and his third pearl appeared... There are fish in Darknorth.
The fish scales appeared, and blocked in front of An Zheng.
But he had blocked the sword, he could not block the power of the sword. The scale was struck backwards and st
ruck An Zheng's chest. An Zheng's body almost fell apart in an instant, if not for the fish scale absorbing most of the energy, An Zheng would have been smashed into pieces. This was not a fight on the same level, An Zheng knew that he was still too confident, there was no way he could fight.
Yes, there was no way to fight it.
But he didn't need to.
Sometimes, luck was just this strange. To him, it was luck. To the enemy, he could only be angry.
If Zhen Zhuangbi had lived a second longer, he would have definitely been angered to death.
But he didn't. He died very quickly.
The fish scales blocked the sword and the sword thrust did not break. Zhen Zhuangbi was startled and furious in his heart. He activated all of the Cultivation Power s in his body to shake An Zheng to death. The Bronze Bell turned into a copper bell and enveloped An Zheng within, blocking the energy once again. Zhen Zhuangbi was furious. He used all his strength and saw a pair of eyes that were as bright as the sea of stars.
good old man suddenly roared towards the sky. It was not a meow, but a lion's roar.
An enormous illusory image of a white master appeared, and the white lion's claws fiercely pressed onto Zhen Zhuangbi's face. Zhen Zhuangbi cried out, and his body was firmly pressed on the ground. good old man picked up Hong Luanzan who had fallen on the ground and leaped up. The gigantic white lion simulacrum pressed down on Zhen Zhuangbi, and with Hong Luanzan in its mouth, it rushed forward.
Hong Luanzan thrusted down.
The kitten lost all its strength and fell onto Zhen Zhuangbi's body softly.
All of the surrounding disciples were stunned. Everyone stood there stiffly, and no one dared to move. They were waiting for An Zheng's flesh to shatter before they saw a white cat piercing Zhen Zhuangbi to death.
Was that a cat? A cat that hasn't grown up yet.
Before good old man fainted, he let out a soft cry as if he was calling his old friend. The image of the White Lion immediately disappeared, but the corpse shroud appeared … The corpse cloth that he had previously fought alongside the Eye of Nine Incarnations swept out and cut off Zhen Zhuangbi's head. After that, the shroud stirred up a hurricane and blew away all the disciples. No one knew how many people had died, and how many had lost their arms and legs.
Chapter 65 - Waiting three years
When An Zheng woke up, he was in a swaying carriage. When he opened his eyes, he couldn't help but let out a groan in pain. Every part of his body was in pain, as if someone had broken all his bones with an iron rod.
"I'm finally awake."
In a daze, An Zheng heard Du Shoushou's voice.
An Zheng's vision was still blurry, there was only a gap in front of him. Then, he heard Qu Liuxi's voice. "Don't be in such a hurry to open your eyes, your eyes are swollen."
Old Huo laughed at the side: "I knew it, this guy's luck is really weird. He doesn't make sense, and he doesn't make sense."
Qu Liuxi said: "Before I treated him, there was already a powerful medicinal energy healing his injuries. I am only following the help of the medicinal strength. This is definitely not some form of luck, but his body already has the medicinal strength to save him. "It's just that it's strange that the medicinal strength is still being adjusted automatically. It's very minute. It's a change made according to his injuries."
Old Huo laughed and shook his head, "Destiny... You don't understand, you don't understand. "
Qu Liuxi also laughed. She, who had already endured for three days and two nights, looked so haggard, but that smile was like a spring breeze blowing.
"I don't understand, I don't understand, alright? Gramps, you should go to sleep as well. It's been a long time since you've had a good rest."
Old Huo said: "It's better if you go to sleep. You haven't even eaten a single mouthful of food for three days and two nights."
Qu Liuxi smoothed out the hair on his forehead, and said softly: "I'm fine. It's been three days since I changed the medicine for his external injuries.
Hearing these words, An Zheng wanted to cry.
He opened his mouth, but could not utter a single syllable.
"Don't talk."
Du Shoushou said from the side, "Xiao Liu'er said that you don't have a single good thing on you. Although you managed to block Zhen Zhuangbi's attack, your body was still unable to withstand the attack. Dozens of your bones are broken and your internal organs are damaged. "Right now, your face is even bigger than mine. Your eyes are as swollen as a bun."
An Zheng grinned, looking like he was smiling.
"You're a madman."
Du Shoushou said: "Old Huo said, you may be someone that has never been seen before. No one had ever dared to challenge an expert of the Sumeru Stage realm before. He said luck, but I don't know what luck is. In any case, other than a miracle having happened due to luck, Old Huo didn't think of how you could have killed Zhen Zhuangbi. However, this is also good. You were previously so unlucky that you were always bullied by others. However, one day, you suddenly went into a different world and everything was just good luck … "Hahahaha."
Du Shoushou laughed out loud: "Seeing your face swollen like this, I know that my smile isn't too good, but I still can't help it …"
Qu Liuxi: "Scram back to your carriage and sleep."
Fatty shook his head: "Don't, don't, don't. I am so bored on the carriage by myself, Xiao Qi Dao had just fallen asleep, when I went back and he woke up again. "I promise I won't laugh …"
Old Huo was silent for a while and then said: "An Zheng, there is something I want to discuss with you. I know you probably felt that you owe Qiu Changchen something, but you didn't save him at that time … But you can't save them. When you attacked at that time, you would only sacrifice your life for Du Shoushou and the others. If you say you want to go to the great swallow, I will not oppose it. But I want to advise you... Now was not the time. If you are willing to listen to me, then we will find a safe place where you can focus on cultivating. "
"Three years later, Xiao Qi Dao is eight years old. With his talent, an eight year old cultivation was enough to deal with ordinary dangers. You guys have also improved, so I feel more at ease going to Fanggu. Some people said that the Fantasy City was the most vicious place in the world, but the viciousness of the Fantasy City was shown on the surface. A place like the Fanggu was hiding in the dark. You are all still young and your strength is still weak. If you are not careful, you may be swept into some quagmire and be unable to extricate yourselves.
An Zheng nodded slightly, but was unable to speak.
After killing Zhen Zhuangbi, An Zheng calmed down a lot.
In fact, although he had no choice but to go and kill Zhen Zhuangbi, it was not the best choice. He knew that he had a few divine tools on him, but only one of them could unleash their power. If he was calm enough, he would pretend that he didn't know anything, and then, he would bring everyone away from the Fantasy City at night. Zhen Zhuangbi would definitely not let them live, but it was still a good idea for An Zheng to go all out and kill them.
Even if he were to temporarily hide inside the Heaven Defying Seal s and not be able to get out, Zhen Zhuangbi could only relax his guard after searching for a while.
Impulse, until now, was a habit that An Zheng had never been able to fix, or perhaps this was something within his nature. Especially for his friends, he was always more impulsive. For example, when he heard that the Great Western Prince had met with danger in Mount Cang Man, he did not hesitate at all.
If not for this, he wouldn't have been ambushed in the Mount Cang Man without a single helper. His friends knew him, his enemies knew him, and sometimes there was no distinction between enemies and friends.
When An Zheng heard the Old Huo's words, he told himself not to be rash. That's right, before Qiu Changchen died, she still held some expectations for him, and this expectation couldn't be disappointed. However, if he wanted to live up to his expectations, the only way was to become stronger.
The four carriages meandered along the road, and Mount Cang Man was no longer visible behind them.
By the tenth day, An Zheng could already move about on his own. This was a difficult phenomenon to explain for Qu Liuxi. Given how severely injured she was, she should have to lie in bed for at least three months.
An Zheng was not worried about the people from the Academy taking revenge, but when they killed Zhen Zhuangbi, he exposed too many magical equipment, so the people in Fantasy City were unavoidably greedy. The Old Huo had the right to bring everyone and leave in the middle of the night. The one who brought everyone to safely avoid the first group of pursuers was not Old Huo, but Gu Qianye.
This weird Old Hunters girl had followed them out of the Mount Cang Man, leaving the place where their Old Hunters had lived for generations. Perhaps it was related to An Zheng, or perhaps it was for some other reason.
Old Huo had experience, but not much Jianghu experience. Gu Qianye, on the other hand, had a rich jungle survival skill. She led everyone into the jungle, avoided the pursuers' search from the bottom of the water, and then hid in the cave for a long time. After that, she sent people back to the Old Hunters to find a few carriages, and finally bypassed the Fantasy City and headed south. The great swallow was in the northwest, in the south was the State of Zhao's territory.
The State of Yan was on the border with the State of Zhao, and they were friendly for generations, so they were one of the rare sixteen kingdoms where there had never been a war before. Right now, the great swallow's empress dowager was from the State of Zhao Royal Family.
After walking for an entire day, a large lake appeared before them. The locals called this lake Xiushui Lake, with a circumference of a hundred miles. There were some fishermen by the lakeside of Xiushui Lake. They had simple natures. In the distance, there were a few small mountains. They were not towering, but they had a sense of wilderness.
