The Heavenly Demon Ridge, located at the border of the Eastern Domain, bordering the East Sea and the Barbarian Wasteland, was far away from the boundaries of the First Central Empire.
On this piece of land, there are thousands of counties, which are ruled by one side, i.e. they claim to the First Central Empire, but also have their own court and royal family.
In the Heavenly Demon Ridge, there were originally thirty-six counties, but now they have been unified and consolidated into one superior county, the Yunwu County.
Half of the territory of Yunwu County is human civilisation, and the other half is a primitive jungle, which is rare and dangerous, and only cultivators who practice martial arts are allowed to step into it.
In the area where the human civilisation and the primitive jungle meet, there is a big river flowing, and in the wide part of the river, the water flows gently, just like a quiet lake.
It was called “Luoshui”.
Legend has it that Luoshui fell down from the nine heavens and turned into a river, nourishing tens of millions of people and making this barren land incredibly fertile.
At this moment, a green wooden boat, floating on the Luo water.
A man with dishevelled hair, lazily lying in the stern of the boat, with thick whiskers sprouting out from his lips, he did not know how long he hadn’t been trimmed, and in his hand, he was grasping a wine gourd, pouring the wine in the gourd into his mouth desperately.
On the bow of the boat, stood a woman with elegant temperament, holding a bamboo pole, was supporting the boat.
This woman, not only had a clear and beautiful appearance, but also had an extraordinary identity, being the number one expert of today’s Yunwu County Kingdom, as well as the County King’s younger sister, the former Nine County Lord, Zhang Yuxi.
Such an honourable status, but even to a drunkard to support the boat, if it is spread out, must be to shake the entire county country.
Zhang Yuxi’s pair of beautiful eyes, with a look of concern, there is also some intolerance, finally said: ”Ninth brother, how much more do you want to drink? Do you want to stay so decadent and stop pursuing your holy path?”
Zhang Yuxi was naturally very happy that his ninth brother was able to come back, however, seeing his will so depressed, his heart was incomparably hard to bear.
“Holy Way? What is the Holy Way? Drinking wine today is not better than the Holy Way? Being carefree and without restraints, isn’t that better than the Holy Way? Travelling the mountains and rivers, watching the wind and enjoying the moon, isn’t that better than the Holy Way? The Days of the Gods, none of them can compare to me.”
Zhang Ruochen took another sip, pursed his lips, and said, “The Wine Crazy Man is indeed a great master of winemaking, never letting me down.”
Zhang Yuxi sighed softly, not knowing whether he should be happy or sad.
On the surface of the Luo Water, smoke rose up like a fairyland.
Zhang Ruochen drank all the wine in the gourd and directly threw the gourd out, rolled over and stood up, saying, “Ninth Sister, I’ll teach you a set of boxing techniques, do you want to learn?”
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen was actually willing to practise boxing again, Zhang Yuxi’s eyes lit up and she hurriedly nodded, saying, “Learn, you should have taught me a few moves a long time ago, I want to learn it every day.”
“Still want to learn every day, why are you so greedy? I’ll only teach once, how much you can learn depends on your perception.”
Zhang Ruochen exuded a thick aura of alcohol, a drunken look, his body staggered, a somewhat unsteady look, lifting his limp arm, he struck out a fist move, “First stance, Heavenly River Dividing.”
“Second stance, Nine Queries and Nine Turns.”
“Third stance, Crossing the Heavenly Road.”
……
Zhang Yuxi looked at Zhang Ruochen’s staggering appearance and frowned straight away, thinking that Zhang Ruochen was already drunk and was just throwing punches haphazardly, the punches he threw out were soft and flimsy, not powerful at all.
“Ninth Brother, what kind of punching technique is this?”
Zhang Ruochen said drunkenly while punching, “Luo Shui Fist Technique.”
Zhang Yuxi was naturally aware of the Luo Shui Fist Technique, it was a fist technique created by Senior Luo Xu, it was profound and powerful, and it had a great reputation in the First Central Empire. However, the fist technique that Zhang Ruochen had struck out was very childish, very much like he was drunk and was gesticulating in a haphazard manner.
“Ninth brother, we’d better go back …… ah …… what’s going on ……”
Zhang Yuxi’s words hadn’t even finished, when suddenly, the green wood canoe actually rotated violently, almost throwing her out.
However, Zhang Yuxi’s cultivation, is not what it used to be, and immediately steadied her footsteps and looked downwards, only to see that, underneath the canoe, a vortex had actually appeared.
It was not known whether the vortex existed in itself, or whether it was born just now.
Zhang Ruochen, who was in the middle of punching, immediately stopped.
Immediately after, that vortex also gradually became calmer, and surprisingly disappeared as well.
As if he had sensed something, Zhang Ruochen stared at the water, and some divine splendour was actually born in those misty eyes.
“What the hell is going on? How did such a powerful rotating force disappear again in a moment?”Zhang Yuxi revealed an unbelievable expression.
On the shore, a laughing voice came from the shore.
Yunwu County King Zhang Shaochu, dressed in a golden king’s robe, looked at Zhang Ruochen and Zhang Yuxi on top of the canoe and shouted, “Ninth Brother, Ninth Sister, you guys came out to swim and play in the mountains, but you didn’t even call me, do you still think of me as a brother?”
After Zhang Shaochu became a county king, he gained a big circle of weight again, as if he was a ball, when he smiled, the meat on his face was throbbing.
“Fourth brother, you’ve come at the right time, deploy an army over and help me with something.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Zhang Shaochu asked, “What is it?”
“Digging the river.”
Zhang Shaochu was stunned and said, “Digging what river?”
“Just digging the bottom of the river underneath this canoe and see if you can dig out anything.”Zhang Ruochen laid down on the bow of the boat and added, “Also, send me another jug of wine, must remember, it must be the strongest wine brewed by the wine maniac.”
The County King personally ordered, and an army stationed nearby immediately rushed over, rushed into the Luo water, and started digging with all their might.
This army, a total of three thousand people, each one of them had drunk the Six Sacred Ascension Wine brewed by the Wine Crazy Man, and possessed a physique that far exceeded that of normal people.
A year ago, after arriving at the Yunwu County Kingdom, Zhang Ruochen did not leave.
Wine Crazy Man and Ancient Songzi were originally two idle people, and were worried that the Ming Tang Sacred Ancestor would come back to settle scores with them, so they didn’t dare to leave Zhang Ruochen behind, thus, they also stayed in the Yunwu County Kingdom.
With nothing to do, the two of them started brewing the Six Sacred Ascension Wine, along with refining the Sacred Transformation Pill.
Whether it was the Six Sacred Ascension Wine or the Sacred Transformation Pill, neither of them could be refined in one go, and naturally, they had to go through repeated experiments before they could be refined into the real thing.
The Yunwu County Kingdom’s army, naturally, became their experiments.
Of course, even the half-finished Six Saints Ascension Wine and Sacred Transformation Dan had endless benefits for the average cultivator.
After half a day had passed, on the Luo Water, a clamour resounded.
“Ninth Brother, Ninth Brother, an extraordinary thing was dug out, hurry over and take a look.”
Zhang Shaochu didn’t have a trace of the appearance of a county king and was so excited that he danced around.
Zhang Yuxi revealed a strange look and muttered, “Surprisingly, he really dug out something, is Ninth Brother really dishevelled or is it a fake dishevelled, how do I feel that he didn’t come to Luoshui to swim in the mountains and play in the water as simple as that.”
Zhang Yuxi and Zhang Ruochen ascended the bank, only to see, a team of soldiers, dragging six chains, dragging a stone tablet up from the bottom of the river.
To be exact, it was a broken stele.
The broken monument, six zhang high, four zhang wide, and one and a half feet thick, was incomparably heavy, and it took a total of three hundred soldiers with great strength to drag it.
Zhang Shaochu laughed and said, “Ninth Brother, do you think it’s coincidental that this broken stele, was dug out from the location where that canoe of yours was just now.”
After those soldiers washed the sludge off the broken stele, Zhang Ruochen walked over.
“What an ancient script, never seen it before.”
“Such a heavy piece of broken monument, is it really carved out of stone?”
……
All those soldiers were whispering, feeling incredulous.
Zhang Yuxi was also carefully observing the stone tablet, his brows furrowed as he said, “What kind of writing is it, how come I’ve never seen it before?”
“There are thousands of scripts under the heavens, and no one can possibly understand each and every one of them, yet, using spiritual power, one can decipher the meaning of each and every one of them.”
Zhang Ruochen uttered this sentence and began to observe the stone tablet, using his spiritual power to decipher it.
After a long time, Zhang Ruochen was the one who retreated backwards, only to feel a sharp pain in his brain, almost falling to the ground as he was unsteady on his feet.
Zhang Yuxi hurriedly supported him and asked with concern, “Ninth Brother, what’s wrong with you?”
Zhang Ruochen quickly recovered again, reopened his eyes, and said, “What a powerful script, with the strength of my spiritual power, I can’t even decipher it.”
“Even you can’t decipher it, what the hell?”
Zhang Shaochu was shocked because he knew better than anyone how terrifying Ninth Brother’s cultivation was, it was a Saint.
There are still words that a Saint can’t decipher?
“There is someone who might be able to decipher the words on it.”
Zhang Ruochen used his spiritual power to transmit his voice and told Gu Songzi about this.
A few moments later, Gu Songzi and Wine Crazy Man flew over, descending from the sky and landing next to the broken monument.
“Haha, brat Zhang, after a whole year, you’re finally interested in an item again, let old me take a look at what’s so extraordinary.”
Gu Songzi glanced towards the broken stele, and in the next moment, his face changed violently, hastily putting away his smile and walking over, unable to take his eyes off the top of the stele.
Gu Songzi’s face was incomparably serious as he stroked the text above the broken monument, and the further down he looked, the more shocked his face became as he muttered to himself, “Reverse …… God …… Monument……”
The wine madman was slightly moved and asked, “Old ghost, what exactly is recorded on the stele?”
Seeing the contents on the stele, Gu Songzi’s closed eyes were trembling, and he did not speak for a long time.
The wine madman was quite anxious and said, “Why don’t you speak?”
Gu Songzi exhaled a long breath, waved his hand, his eyes incomparably grave, and said, “The rest of you, all of you, step back.”
Zhang Shaochu obviously realised that what was dug out from the Luo water, I’m afraid it’s something extraordinary, so he hurriedly ordered, saying, “Everyone listen to the order, all of you retreat.”
Soon, the sergeants, all of them, retreated.
Gu Songzi glanced towards Zhang Shaochu and Zhang Yuxi and said, “You guys also retreat.”
“This king …… can’t …… know either ……”
Zhang Shaochu skimmed his mouth, and seeing Gu Songzi’s stern eyes, he eventually retreated.
Only after Zhang Shaochu and Zhang Yuxi left did Gu Songzi say, “This monument, I’m afraid that it doesn’t belong to Kunlun, but rather it fell down from the Heavenly Court.”
