Zhang Ruochen retreated nine feet backwards, and with a point of his toes, he re-stabilised his stance.
Huang Yichen also retreated nine feet backwards, as if it was a flower petal, gently landing on the ground.
Looking towards Zhang Ruochen once again, a look of astonishment appeared on Huang Yichen’s stunningly beautiful and clear face as she said, ”How could your power be so strong? You’ve reached the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Xuan Extreme Realm?”
One must know that when she was at the great circle of the Xuan Extremity Realm, she had first cultivated the Sentinel Wind Flying Dragon Shadow, and later refined a drop of the Holy Liquid, and her battle power was comparable to that of a powerhouse ranked in the top ten of the Xuan Rankings.
Now, he had even broken through to the Earth Extremity Realm, and his martial cultivation was on the verge of reaching the middle stage of the Earth Extremity Realm.
Among the martial artists of the Earth Extremity Realm, she was considered to have entered the ranks of the strongest. With such an advantage, yet she could only fight Zhang Ruochen to a draw.
That was why she suspected that Zhang Ruochen had crossed over into the Supreme Extremity Realm of the Xuan Extremity Realm, or else he couldn’t have been so strong.
Reaching the Supreme Extreme Realm was equivalent to cultivating one more realm than other martial artists.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “Not yet.”
“Impossible!”
Huang Yichen’s beautiful eyes stared, saying, “Unless, you have reached the Supreme Extreme Realm in the Yellow Extreme Realm, only then can you be so powerful.”
Zhang Ruochen neither admitted nor denied it, saying, “Senior Sister Huang, I’ve already caught one of your moves, so the Dragon Horn will be kept by me. You don’t have an opinion, do you?”
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen didn’t deny it, Huang Yichen became more certain of the conjecture in her heart. It was likely that Zhang Ruochen had really reached the Supreme Extreme Realm at the Yellow Extreme Realm.
This matter was not trivial, and once it was spread out, it would surely create a sensation that would bring Zhang Ruochen a killing curse.
Since there were outsiders around, Huang Yichen did not continue to pursue Zhang Ruochen.
In Huang Yichen’s opinion, Zixi was an outsider, and there were some secrets that he could not let her know.
Huang Yichen steered the topic above the dragon horn and stared at Zhang Ruochen with less arrogance and more coldness, saying, “The dragon horn can be given to you for safekeeping, but do you know the purpose of this one?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “It should be a key to open a certain important place, perhaps in the Red Sky Secret Mansion.”
Huang Yichen shook his head and said, “It can’t be in the Red Sky Secret Mansion.”
“Why?”
Zhang Ruochen vaguely felt that Huang Yichen seemed to know something?
Huang Yichen once again coldly glanced towards Zi Xi and said, “Senior Sister Zi, Zhang Ruochen and I need to talk about something important, can you back off?”
Zi Xi glanced towards Zhang Ruochen and without saying a word, she immediately turned around and travelled towards the distance, disappearing from Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen’s sight.
Seeing Zixi who had gone far away, Huang Yichen’s heart was very pleasant and he nodded with satisfaction as he said to Zhang Ruochen, “Five hundred years ago, the Thousand Waters County Kingdom also participated in that battle of crusading against the Four-Winged Earth Dragon. On top of the secret scrolls of the royal family, there are some unknown things recorded about that battle. For example, the dragon horns.”
“According to the records of the secret scrolls of the royal clan, five hundred years ago, after the human army killed the four-winged earth dragon, they found a dragon horn from its body. Using that one dragon horn as a key, the human race army opened the door to the Four Pole Dragon Cave in the Red Sky Secret Mansion, and scraped away ninety per cent of the treasures in the Dragon Cave.”
“That one dragon horn is still kept in the Thousand Water County Kingdom’s royal treasury.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed as he said, “There are a pair of dragon horns, and one of them can open the door of the Four Pole Dragon Cave, so what does the other one open?”
The Four-Winged Earth Dragon, using its own two dragon horns, refined them into keys. From this, it could be seen how much importance it placed on the two treasure places.
The other treasure place was definitely a place of the same level as the Four Extreme Dragon Cave.
Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen blurted out almost simultaneously, “Underwater Dragon Palace.”
In the Heavenly Demon Ridge region, there were only two intermediate-level relics, the “Red Sky Secret Mansion” and the “Underwater Dragon Palace”, both of which were established by four-winged Earth Dragons.
The Underwater Dragon Palace was located at the bottom of the Tongming River, and was even more dangerous than the Red Sky Secret Mansion, and so far, no one had been able to open the gate of the Dragon Palace.
Only martial artists below the Heavenly Extremity Realm could escape the suppression of the formation and enter the periphery of the Dragon Palace in search of treasures.
In the view of the four-winged Earth Dragon, martial artists below the Heavenly Extreme Realm were as weak as ants. Therefore, when it set up the formation to guard the Dragon Palace, it did not take martial artists below the Heavenly Extreme Realm into consideration at all.
Even if a martial artist below the Heavenly Extreme Realm was able to evade the formation and enter the outer perimeter of the underwater Dragon Palace, they would still encounter all sorts of dangers. If ten martial artists went in, only two or three would be able to come out alive.
More than 90% of the treasures in the Four Extreme Dragon Cave had already been taken, and the remaining treasures had been searched for countless times by the trainees who had entered the Red Sky Mysterious Mansion over the centuries.
However, ninety-nine per cent of the treasures in the underwater dragon palace had not been taken away, and were still locked in the dragon palace.
That was the dragon palace of a four-winged earth dragon, the lair of a Saint level existence, it was hard to imagine how many precious things were inside?
No wonder Huang Yichen had to sidetrack Zixi, originally she had already guessed that this one dragon horn was probably the key to unlocking the underwater dragon palace.
Huang Yichen clasped his hands in front of his chest and said, ”This matter can’t be known to anyone, including your father, County King Yunwu, and my father, County King Qianshui. There are too many heirs of the royal family, if we let them go and open the Underwater Dragon Palace, how much more will be shared in our hands by then?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded, “The less people know about it, the better, if word leaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable.
However, with just the two of us, we are able to swallow the treasures in the Underwater Dragon Palace?”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Zixi, whose figure loomed in the distance, wanting to bring her along, after all, it was she who had found the Dragon Horn, so naturally, she should be given a share of the benefits.
Huang Yichen also revealed a grave expression as he said, “Only martial artists below the Heavenly Extreme Realm can escape the formations of the Underwater Dragon Palace. Of course, the stronger the cultivation level, the higher the survival rate of entering the Underwater Dragon Palace. There’s no need to be too hasty with this matter, it’s not too late to enter the inner palace of the Martial City Palace of Learning and then slowly discuss it.”
Suddenly, Huang Yichen stared at Zhang Ruochen with a smiling face, revealing a very complicated expression.
Zhang Ruochen said, “What are you looking at me for?”
Huang Yichen laughed, “You reached the Supreme Extreme Realm in the Yellow Extreme Realm, right?”
“That’s right.” Zhang Ruochen said frankly.
Zhang Ruochen was not a man who was too cowering to admit it. Moreover, he wasn’t very good at lying to people.
Since this was the case, then he would admit it frankly.
Huang Yichen sucked in a breath, his eyes became incomparably wonderful, and an indescribable elation unexpectedly arose in his heart, as if he had picked up a treasure.
To be able to cultivate to the Supreme Extreme Realm, it was like being one more realm than other martial artists.
How high of a talent would one have to be to be able to do that?
Huang Smokey said, “What is the fastest burst of speed you can reach right now?”
“Seventy-five metres per second.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Yellow Smoke Dust choked slightly, still coldly saying, “With your current strength, it’s enough to become the number one on the Xuan Ranking in the Heavenly Demon Ridge Region, and even have a chance to impact the Supreme Extremity of the Xuan Extremity Realm.”
Huang Yichen didn’t dare to imagine how terrifying it would be if Zhang Ruochen reached the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Xuan Extreme Realm again.
Huang Yichen was also a woman, and would also adore gifted celestial heroes and heroines from the bottom of her heart.
In the past, she felt that Zhang Tiangui’s natural talent was incomparably astonishing, and had always used Zhang Tiangui as her goal to strive for. However, she now realised that this fiancé of hers seemed to be even more outstanding than Zhang Tianwei, with even more astonishing talent.
Zhang Tianwei was simply too far behind compared to him.
“After three years, it’s better not to regret the marriage! If I were to regret the marriage, wouldn’t it be cheaper for another woman?” Huang Yichen’s jade finger gently stroked her chin, a bright smile in her eyes as she thought so in her heart.
Since she was already engaged, how could there be any reason to regret the marriage?
Of course, it was impossible for her to tell Zhang Ruochen what was in her heart right now, still maintaining her noble and cold temperament.
Huang Yichen lightly stared at Zhang Ruochen and said, “If you want to impact the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Xuan Extreme Realm, I can help you. If you need cultivation resources, give me a word, even if it’s Holy Liquid, I can get some for you. Of course, it’s not for nothing, we’re only falsely engaged, we’re not that well acquainted yet. In the future, you have to return it to me.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at Huang Yichen with a slight smile, and for the first time, he felt that this Senior Sister Huang, apart from being a bit more temperamental, was actually a good person. One could be a friend.
Of course, one had to wait until three years later, after they broke their engagement, to be friends again.
Suddenly, Huang Yichen’s face was solemn as she added, ”There’s one more thing that I forgot to tell you. The Red Sky Secret Mansion has become quite dangerous, not only did the evil people in the black market escape, but a bloodthirsty monster has also appeared. I’ve decided to end the Intermediate Ruins Exploration Exam early and leave the Red Sky Secret Mansion now.”
Huang Yicun’s words had just fallen, when Zixi, who was standing in the distance, suddenly let out a miserable scream, seemingly under attack.
Both Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen’s reaction speeds were extremely fast, and almost at the same time, they executed the Wind-Resisting Flying Dragon Shadow, transforming into two residual shadows as they rushed towards Zixie’s direction.
