Zhang Shaochu added, “The Yunwu County Kingdom is also in a mess internally, the Queen Mother and the State Master are in favour of handing you over to quell the anger of the Four Directions County Kingdom. However, the various commanders and generals in the army are in favour of fighting to the death with the Four Directions County Kingdom and will never compromise.”
“Everyone in the great clans and sects of the Yunwu County Kingdom are also in danger, everyone feels that it’s you who have caused a big trouble and that’s why you’ve brought about the destruction of the Yunwu County Kingdom. They’re all too stupid, the Four Directions County Kingdom has already wanted to annex the Yunwu County Kingdom for a long time, and Prince Huo Xing’s death was merely an excuse. Ai!”
“Ninth brother, the situation is quite unfavourable for you right now, you’d better stay in the western courtyard and never go back.”
Zhang Ruochen laughed and said, “That won’t do, I am preparing to make a trip back to King City.”
“No, never go back.” Zhang Shaochu said, “If you go back to the King City now, you will definitely become a target, and everyone will point their fingers at you. Maybe they will cut off your head and send it to the Four Directions County as a way to quell the war.”
Zhang Ruochen stood up with a resolute look in his eyes and said, “I do have to go back, otherwise how much pressure will Mother be under when she is alone in the Royal Palace?”
Zhang Shaochu lapsed into silence, clenching his fists as if he had made a major decision, saying, “Ninth Brother, Fourth Brother will go back with you. Even if we have to duel with the army of the Four Directions County Kingdom in the killing field, how about we brothers fight side by side.”
“Good! How about we go back together!” Zhang Ruochen said.
When Zhang Ruochen and Zhang Shaochu walked out of the dormitory, Little Black was already waiting outside.
Xiao Hei sat on the back of the Two-Headed Blood Lion, stared towards Zhang Shaochu and said, “Fatty, you’re going back too?”
Seeing a cat that is even fatter than him, actually calling him Fatty, Zhang Shaochu is naturally a bit upset and strives to stare wide-eyed, saying, “Who are you talking about Fatty?”
“This Emperor just said you, how dare you?” On the back of the Two-Headed Blood Lion, the little black man stood up and rubbed his two paws, revealing a very fierce look.
“Ninth brother, the cat you raised, why is it so rude?” Zhang Shaochu didn’t show any weakness and also revealed a ferocious look, taking out the Life Snatching Scythe and squeezing it in his hand, he was about to fight with the little black man.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to waste time and said, “All of you, stop messing around and go back to the King City first.”
Little Black and Zhang Shaochu immediately separated, each glaring at the other and did not battle.
Zhang Ruochen rolled over and sat on the back of the Two-Headed Blood Lion and said, “It’s at least a two-day and two-night drive from the Western Academy to the Yunwu County Kingdom’s King City, and I’m going to enter the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone to cultivate. Little Black, if something happens, remember to call me.”
Zhang Shaochu led out a second-ranked inferior savage beast mount and walked out from inside the Savage Beast Palace, and when he heard Zhang Ruochen’s words, he asked with some surprise, “What Space-Time Crystal Stone?”
Right at this moment, Zhang Ruochen, who was originally sitting on the back of the Two-Headed Blood Lion, disappeared with a swoosh.
On the back of the Two-Headed Blood Lion, only a chained crystal stone remained.
“What happened?”
Zhang Shaochu was startled and shouted.
“What a fuss.”
Xiao Hei despised Zhang Shaochu, picked up the Time and Space Crystal and hung it around his neck.
Zhang Shaochu was shocked and looked around for Zhang Ruochen, asking, “Ninth Brother, where did it go?”
Xiao Hei looked a little impatient, riding the double-headed blood lion, strutting towards the outside of the academy gate, saying, “Why do you care so much? Follow this Emperor, naturally there will be no mistakes.”
Zhang Shaochu was a bit skeptical and sat on the back of the Second Order Lower Savage Beast Saber Tooth Thunder Tiger and chased after Little Black.
Zhang Ruochen scrambled to cultivate, spending six days in the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, refining two drops of Half-Saint True Liquid, and raising his cultivation level a little more.
Wanting to obtain the Xuanji Realm Great Extremity was not an easy task, and even if he refined all twenty-seven drops of Semi-Saint True Liquid, it was estimated that he wouldn’t be able to reach the Xuanji Realm Great Extremity.
Of course, if he were to refine the twenty-seven drops of Half-Saint True Liquid, his physique would definitely improve by a large margin, which would be very helpful for him to impact the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Xuan Extreme Realm.
“Boom boom!”
Zhang Ruochen began to practice his palms, striking out the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm over and over again, allowing the medicinal power of the Half-Saint True Liquid to completely integrate into his body through the practice of his palms.
After a whole day and night of palm practice, Zhang Ruochen’s whole body was sweating hot, almost completely absorbing the medicinal power of the two drops of Half Saint True Liquid.
“It should already be close to returning to King City.” Zhang Ruochen felt that it was almost time, so he stopped cultivating and walked out from the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone.
With a “swoosh” sound and a flash of white light, Zhang Ruochen reappeared on the back of the Two-Headed Blood Lion.
Zhang Shaochu rode his Saber Tooth Thunder Tiger and walked beside him, and when he saw Zhang Ruochen, who had suddenly appeared, he was startled again, his body shrank back and almost rolled off the Saber Tooth Thunder Tiger, and he said in shock, “Ninth Brother, where have you been for the past two days?”
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “Closed-door cultivation.”
“Where was the closed-door cultivation?” Zhang Shaochu searched around, trying to find Zhang Ruochen’s place of retreat, but in the end, he came up empty-handed.
Seeing that Zhang Shaochu didn’t discover the secret of the Time and Space Crystal Stone, Zhang Ruochen didn’t intend to tell him either. For Zhang Shaochu, knowing too much might not be a good thing for him.
Zhang Ruochen pointed at the bulging belly of the Two-Headed Blood Lion and laughed vaguely, “I’m cultivating inside the Two-Headed Blood Lion’s belly, so of course you can’t see me.”
“Really?”
Zhang Shaochu’s round face revealed a wonderful expression as he excitedly said, “When I was a child, I heard of some strange people who specialised in entering the bellies of savage beasts to cultivate, in order to absorb the savage beasts’ essence blood to provide nourishment, thus allowing their cultivation to skyrocket. Could it be that you, Ninth Brother, are also proficient in this kind of secret art?”
He actually really believed it!
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “I also found an ancient book in a cave mansion by chance and learnt about this kind of secret art from it.”
“Then can you teach me?” Zhang Shaochu looked at Zhang Ruochen with bated eyes and said with great eagerness.
“We’ll talk about this …… in the future ……” Zhang Ruochen immediately changed the subject and looked ahead, saying, “What boundary are we at now? How far is it from the King City?”
Zhang Shaochu said, “We are now at Tianyue Mountain, and after going over Tianyue Mountain, we are only two hundred miles away from the King City.”
Zhang Ruochen had heard of Tianyue Mountain, an important defence barrier to the west of the King City, the entire mountain covered a territory of three hundred miles in circumference, with poor mountains, savage beasts rampant, the terrain was treacherous, and it was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Three hundred years ago, the Yunwu County Kingdom built a city pass in Tianyue Mountain, named Tianyue Pass.
After three hundred years of operation, the city wall of Tianyue Pass was built stronger than the king’s city, a large number of formations were arranged, and 120,000 troops were stationed there to externally repel the savage beasts and internally secure the king’s city, which was of great strategic significance.
Although they were walking on the dangerous mountain path, Zhang Ruochen and Zhang Shaochu’s mounts were both second rank savage beasts, so the speed of the rush was still very fast.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen’s ears gently twitched as he looked towards the bushes not far away and said in a deep voice, “What kind of person?”
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen pulled out his Flash Soul Sword and took a defensive stance.
In the bushes, a person with a bloody body crawled out, staggering and collapsing in front of the Two-Headed Blood Lion, saying, “Save …… save me ……”
After saying these two words, the person fainted.
Zhang Shaochu was wary of that one blood-clothed person and said cautiously, “Ninth brother, be careful of deception.”
Zhang Ruochen jumped off the back of the Two-Headed Blood Lion and walked over to that one bloody man, seeing the injuries on his body, his heart was a bit terrified.
There were at least thirty wounds on this person’s body, and even one of his arms had been chopped off. The most serious wound was on the head, the skull was split by a sharp blade, one could clearly see the broken bones of the head, and the entire head was almost split in half.
Fortunately, his cultivation was powerful and his martial body surpassed normal people, so he survived.
If it was any other martial artist who had suffered such a heavy injury, he would have definitely died long ago.
Zhang Ruochen lifted the messy hair from his face, revealing a somewhat familiar face.
Seeing this face, Zhang Ruochen’s face changed drastically as he said, “How could it be him?”
Zhang Shaochu also came over and looked at the middle-aged man lying on the ground, saying, “Why do I feel that he looks a bit like Liu Xifeng?”
“It’s because he’s Liu Xifeng’s father, the owner of the Yunwu County Kingdom’s Martial Market Money Bank, Liu Chuan Shen.” Zhang Ruochen said solemnly.
“What?”
Zhang Shaochu was so shocked that he fell to the ground and said in shock, “Legend has it that Liu Chuan Shen is a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial arts myth, a Grandmaster level existence, possessing the formidable strength of splitting mountains and chopping rivers, and is considered to be the topmost martial arts powerhouse in the Yunwu County Kingdom. Who was able to injure him so badly?”
Zhang Ruochen also revealed a grave expression, feeling that this matter was not trivial, carefully observing the injuries on Liu Chuan Shen’s body, he analysed, “If I guessed correctly, Liu Chuan Shen should have been besieged by a group of Earth Extremity Realm powerhouses, moreover, within that group of enemies, there must have been another Heavenly Extremity Realm martial arts Myth with a powerful cultivation. His arm was chopped off by that one Heavenly Extremity Realm Martial Dao Myth.”
Zhang Ruochen immediately took out a bottle of healing pills, poured out a handful of them, and gave ten of them to Liu Chuan Shen in a row. However, after taking the healing pills, the effect did not seem to be great.
Zhang Ruochen’s healing elixirs were all second-grade elixirs, which had obvious effects on Xuanji Realm martial artists, but the effects on Heavenly Extreme Realm Martial Dao Myths were minimal.
The physique of a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist was too strong, and normal injuries could be healed by relying on the bloodline and true qi alone. However, once a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist was seriously injured, ordinary pills would be of no use to him at all.
Zhang Shaochu said: ”Liu Chuan Shen is the owner of the Martial City Money Bank, who dares to besiege him? Isn’t he afraid of offending the Martial City Money Bank?”
“I’m afraid that the King City has undergone a huge change.” Zhang Ruochen had an ominous premonition.
“Rumble!”
Just at this moment, the sound of loud iron hooves came from the mountain path in front of them.
From afar, a powerful aura of solemnity could be felt, and the birds of prey in the forest, flying in flocks towards the distance, disappeared into the mountain pass.
Zhang Ruochen immediately sent Liu Chuan Shen to the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, then, jumping back onto the back of the Two-Headed Blood Lion, he gave Zhang Shaochu a look, telling him to remain calm.
What kind of person was it that even dared to kill the owner of the Wu City Money Bank?
