The Four Directions County King’s face was a little unnatural as he cautiously asked with re-confirmation, “Young Lord wants to go to the Underwater Dragon Palace?”
“You have a problem?”
Emperor Yi stared at him, his eyes like two sharp swords.
For some reason, the Four Directions County King’s martial arts cultivation was clearly far superior to that of Di Yi, yet he was taken in by Di Yi’s eyes, and his heart trembled slightly as he hurriedly said, “The Underwater Dragon Palace is extremely dangerous, moreover, only martial artists under the Heaven’s Ultimate Realm are allowed to enter it, so in case the Young Lord encounters any dangers in there, how can we afford to do so?”
Di smiled, “It is precisely because the Underwater Dragon Palace is extremely dangerous that I have invited all of you here. I now need a thousand martial artists who are at the great circle of the Earth Extreme Realm to accompany me into the Underwater Dragon Palace. I believe that all of you should be able to help me get enough people together, right?”
The crowd hesitated slightly and looked at Hua Qing Ye, who had broken an arm, and immediately said in unison, “Within three days, I will definitely help the Young Lord gather enough martial artists for one thousand Earth Extremity Realm Great Circle.”
Right at this moment, Zhang Tiangui, who was standing in the corner, immediately knelt down on one knee and said, “Zhang Tiangui is willing to follow Young Lord and head to the Underwater Dragon Palace together.”
Emperor Yi lightly glanced at Zhang Tiangui as if he had already seen through him, the corner of his mouth revealing a hint of an arc as he said, “Four absolute geniuses? In the Heavenly Demon Ridge, to be able to give birth to a Four Jedi Genius is already quite remarkable.”
After all, the Heavenly Demon Ridge was only a small place, and the cultivation techniques were relatively low grade. If the cultivation technique was inferior, then the starting point would be lower than others.
Moreover, the cultivation resources of the Heavenly Demon Ridge were also relatively low grade. Then not only is the starting point lower than others, even the cultivation environment, taking pills, martial arts teacher, also far less than others.
Under such an environment, to still be able to reach the level of a Four Extreme Genius at the Earth Extreme Realm, the talent was indeed quite remarkable.
The Earth Extreme Realm, after all, was still only the stage of cultivating the martial arts and refining the body, the roots and bones were not yet fixed, and in the Heavenly Extreme Realm and the Fish Dragon Realm, there was still a lot of room for improvement. If one was able to enter the best cultivation environment and receive the best training, even a Four Extreme Genius could potentially grow to a Six Extreme Genius or even a Seven Extreme Genius.
Just like Luo Xu at the beginning, he started out as just a second absolute genius, but later, he grew step by step to the level of a seventh absolute.
Cultivation path, not at the beginning of the predetermined space for your growth, as long as you are willing to work hard, as long as you have a good chance, the future achievements of anyone can not be predicted.
Of course, at the beginning to lay a solid foundation, step by step forward, then your martial arts road will be more flat than others, more solid, but also more likely to succeed.
After all, the martial artist who relied on late-stage strength to become a top powerhouse might only come out one in a hundred thousand. However, geniuses who relied on honest accumulation and steady progress, one out of ten, would be able to become a top powerhouse.
Obviously, Di Yi was the latter, and Zhang Tianwei was the former.
It was ten thousand times more difficult for Zhang Tianwei to become a top powerhouse than it was for Di Yi. Perhaps, he was one of those 9,999 failures. Not everyone, could become a miracle.
Right at this moment, outside the account, an old man wearing a bucket hat and a grey cloak walked in. The old man walked up to Hua Qingye, the General Master of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, and spoke to him in a low voice.
Hearing the old man’s words, Hua Qing Ye’s expression moved slightly, and a killing intent flashed in his eyes.
Emperor Yi’s ears twitched as he asked, “Guildmaster Hua, what happened?”
“It’s just a small matter, there’s no need to alarm the young lord.” Hua Qingye said.
“Big things are piled up from one small thing after another, aren’t big people climbed up step by step by small people?” Di Dao said.
Hua Qingye said, “It is indeed just a small thing. Just now, the black market undercover agent lurking in Sky Demon Martial City discovered that Zhang Ruochen left Sky Demon Martial City.”
“Zhang Ruochen? Who is Zhang Ruochen?” Emperor Yi asked.
The General Master of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce said, “Zhang Ruochen is the number one expert of the younger generation of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, and together with the Young Lord, he has been featured in this issue of the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper, only that the Young Lord occupies the front page of the front page, and Zhang Ruochen only occupies a small piece of the end page edition.”
“It seems to be quite a small matter.” Emperor Yi smiled.
It was just a genius from the Heavenly Demon Ridge, with Di Yi’s status, he naturally wouldn’t put it in his eyes.
The Four Direction County King stood up boldly, an angry look on his face as he said, “Young Lord, Zhang Ruochen is an enemy of our Black Market, killing several Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists of the Black Market. It is because of him that our Sifang County King’s Clan exposed their identities and suffered the sanction of the Eastern Region Saint King’s Palace. This person must be eliminated, otherwise, he will definitely become a great enemy of the Black Market in the future.”
Emperor Yi clearly did not place Zhang Ruochen in his eyes and said, “Alright! Since the King of the Four Direction County wants to get rid of Zhang Ruochen, this matter, it is up to you. Don’t tell me that even with the power of the Four Square County King’s clan, you can’t kill a young genius in the district.”
Receiving Emperor Yi’s approval, the Four Square County King was overjoyed and hurriedly said, “If Zhang Ruochen had honestly stayed in the Heavenly Demon Martial City, we might not have been able to do anything about him. Since he has come out now, this king will definitely dismantle him.”
Zhang Tiangui said, “I am willing to help the County King.”
“It seems that that Zhang Ruochen has made quite a few enemies in the black market, so you guys can go if you want! However, remember not to let the news slip, if anyone dares to spread the news of the Dragon Relic, don’t blame me for being impolite to him.” Emperor Yi said coldly.
Everyone was in awe for no reason, their vests chilling slightly.
In the entire tent, only Ah Le and Zi Xi’s eyes revealed a trace of strange light.
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In order to cover their tracks, Zhang Ruochen, Huang Yichen, Duanmu Xingling, Si Xingkong, Chang Qiqi, and Chen Xi’er left the city alone, deciding to meet up again when they arrived at the Tongming River.
After leaving the city, Zhang Ruochen sensed that he was being followed, moreover, there were more than one way.
His heart secretly said, ”Sure enough, there are still people who have developed suspicions, thinking that I am going to that ancient cave from the Middle Ages to dig for treasures. I must get rid of them before I can do so, and I definitely cannot let them follow me to the underwater dragon palace in the Tongming River.”
The corners of Zhang Ruochen’s mouth hooked slightly as he carried the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword on his back and rode a savage beast, which suddenly, picked up speed and rushed into a dense jungle.
“Swish swish!”
Those martial artists who were following behind Zhang Ruochen immediately executed their body techniques and chased into the jungle.
However, after entering the jungle, only a savage beast was visible, and Zhang Ruochen was nowhere to be seen.
“Where is the person?”
“The entire dense forest is blocked off and the person is nowhere to be found, could Zhang Ruochen still be able to vanish?”
“Keep searching, we must find Zhang Ruochen out.”
A hundred miles away from that piece of jungle, the void twisted slightly, as if a ripple had appeared.
“Wow!”
Zhang Ruochen stepped back out of that circle of translucent ripples, glanced back, and continued on his way.
With the power of spatial distortion under his control, it was just a breeze for Zhang Ruochen to get rid of those people.
Four days later, Zhang Ruochen sat on a small boat and appeared on the surface of the Tongming River.
He was sitting on top of the boat, cultivating the five sword waves of the Ten Veins Sword Wave with the Yin and Cold attribute. Those five sword waves were located on his right hand.
Zhang Ruochen’s right hand’s fingers were constantly gesturing, forming a stream of real energy.
“Tongming River is worthy of being a place of extreme cold, it is indeed suitable for the cultivation of sword waves with Yin Cold attribute.” Zhang Ruochen’s heart secretly said.
The small boat, travelling downstream, appeared to be very smooth.
The Tongming River was an ancient river hundreds of thousands of miles long, running through forty-two counties, and at the wide part of the river, the water flowed gently, so that one could not see the other side of the river at a glance, just like a sea area.
If the Heavenly Demon Ridge was the gathering place of land savage beasts, then the Tongming River was the gathering place of water savage beasts.
Empress Chi Yao had ascended to the throne for five hundred years, and the country had become increasingly powerful, with saints coming out in droves and martial arts flourishing. On land, almost all of the savage beasts that dared to be enemies of humans have been eradicated, and the entire Kunlun Realm is honoured by the human race, with all the beasts hibernating.
There has never been a period where the human race was as powerful as it is now, almost completely suppressing the various races of savage beasts. Whoever dares to be an enemy of the Human Race is looking for death.
Right now, in the entire Kunlun Realm, apart from the barbarians far to the north, there were only barbarian beasts in the waters that dared to call out to the Human Race.
The waters of the Tongming River were naturally a place where barbarian beasts gathered. The number of barbarian beasts was still more than ten times that of the Heavenly Demon Ridge.
The harm of the savage beasts in the waters was no less than that of the land savage beasts, and they were always on the rise, slaughtering the human villages and towns along the river.
Especially the deathly section of the Tongming River was a forbidden place for the human race, once they got close, there was no way to live.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen was travelling towards the Death River section with a small boat.
He and Huang Yichen, Duanmu Xingling, Chen Xi’er, Si Xingkong, and Chang Qiqi had arranged to meet at the only human city in the Death River section, the “City of Death”.
Suddenly, the originally calm surface of the water was rocked by a huge wave.
The water waves rose more than ten metres high, like a wall of water, wanting the boat to fly into the sky. At the same time, the surface of the water, blowing a gale, forming a whirlwind tornado, emitting “whistling” whistling sound.
“Ow!”
Savage beast cries rang out, resounding for hundreds of miles around, and even the clouds in the sky were roared apart.
A huge black shadow, rushed out from the water, revealing a piece of hideous scales, each of which was as huge as a palm.
“Boom!”
The water used to, slapping violently.
That one canoe, immediately split into pieces and shattered into wood shavings.
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen transformed into a white light and rushed up into the sky, his true qi transported to his legs, and after a pause in mid-air, he rushed up high once again, reaching a position more than thirty metres above the water.
Right at this moment, a huge black head rushed out from the water, opening its mouth wide, wanting to swallow Zhang Ruochen in one bite.
“It turns out to be a fourth stage medium savage beast, the Black Wind Water Python.”
The Black Wind Water Python was an overlord in the waters, not only was it able to come and go freely in the water, but it was also able to manipulate the power of the hurricane, whipping up gusts of wind and forming huge waves of water.
As long as the Black Wind Python was angry, the villagers in the hundreds of miles of river sections would suffer.
Zhang Ruochen’s index and middle fingers pinched, and the Heart of Sword Intent in the Qi Sea of his brow immediately lit up, forming a force of Sword Intent.
“Swoosh!”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword let out a sword sound and flew out from Zhang Ruochen’s back like a sword dragon, flying into the Black Wind Water Python’s mouth with a “giggling” sound.
