Chapter 192 Eating the melon and eating yourself
After Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian parted ways, he rode his red horse to the nearest entrance to the Ziwei Palace.
To see Jiao Su.
It was still the familiar overlapping of light and shadow, the bright stars, and the prayers that seemed to be recited by countless creatures at the same time. After all this, Zhou Heng came to the Ziwei Palace again.
In addition to seeing Jiao Su, he also wanted to ask Tai Zun and Tianli about the situation of the Five Emperors' Inner Seats.
After all, it has been a long time, why hasn't there been any information about the third task?
As soon as he arrived in this world where the Ziwei Palace was located, Zhou Heng saw Jiao Su, who was wearing a golden robe and a mask. He seemed to have been waiting here for a long time.
"Meetings, Master Ziwei." Jiao Su, like other members of the Zhoutian Patrol Division, maintained enough respect for Zhou Heng in this world.
Well, to be precise, it should be respect for the identity of the Master of Ziwei Star.
Then, he took Zhou Heng up into the clouds and came to the mountains surrounded by the galaxy, and found a secluded and uninhabited mountain to land.
After the clouds dispersed, Jiao Su took off his mask, revealing an ordinary-looking but majestic face, looking about thirty or forty years old.
Obviously, he wanted to introduce Zhou Heng's true identity to him, just like the "Si Ming" before.
"Huh? This facial features..." Zhou Heng was slightly stunned when he looked at the man's appearance, and couldn't help frowning. He felt as if he had seen him somewhere, but it seemed that he had never seen him.
"Master Ziwei, let me introduce myself again." Jiao Su seemed to see Zhou Heng's confusion and smiled: "I am Wang Xueyuan, the eldest son of the side branch of the Wang family in Xuanzhou. The Wang Xiuye you know is my son."
"Ah??" Zhou Heng was immediately shocked. Jiao Su, the top grandmaster of the world, was actually the eldest son of the side branch of the Wang family in Xuanzhou, and the father of Wang Xiuye? !
This identity really surprised him.
First of all, the current head of the Wang family is also at the top level of the fourth rank, and if the eldest son of the side branch is also at the fourth rank, how could he be unknown?
Secondly, he had heard that although Wang Xiuye was a descendant of the Wang family of Xuanzhou, his family background was very ordinary. Although his father had some status in the family, he was not valued because he was only a collateral branch.
"Don't be surprised, Lord Ziwei." Wang Xueyuan smiled and said, "My identity outside is just an ordinary sixth-grade innate. Xiuye doesn't even know my true realm."
"Wang Changfang is well versed in the art of keeping a low profile." Zhou Heng praised.
This is from the heart. A fourth-grade top grandmaster, or the head of the Qinglong Seven Stars of the Zhoutian Patrol Division, can actually disguise himself as a sixth-grade innate without being discovered. It is really rare.
"But it is also a last resort." Wang Xueyuan smiled bitterly and said, "Let's not talk about this, Lord Ziwei, I came to you this time to tell you something."
"What?" Zhou Heng asked in confusion.
"Half a month ago, a demonic disaster broke out in the Western Wasteland Forbidden Land. A peerless demon broke out of the Western Wasteland. All the celestial beings of Da Qi went to Liangzhou, and many of the top 4th-rank masters also went there." Wang Xueyuan briefly explained the situation and said, "Although the demonic disaster is about to subside, many celestial beings and top 4th-rank masters have been seriously injured. Among them, the Dharma body of the Five Emperors was severely injured and almost died. He is still recuperating from his injuries. So I will assign your third task next. Do you have any requirements?"
All the celestial beings of the time went to Liangzhou? !
Zhou Heng was shocked when he heard this. This was the first time he heard this news. No wonder Yulong Sanxian was so fearless. It turned out that the celestial beings at that time had no time to care about his rebellion.
Moreover, he smelled an unusual smell from it.
It was just a demonic disaster and a peerless demon.
All the celestial beings of the time had to be mobilized, and even many top 4th-rank masters went there. Moreover, after half a month, the demonic disaster had not been completely subsided.
This undoubtedly means that the power of Daqi to deal with the "demon disaster" is seriously insufficient.
Based on this speculation -
Perhaps it can withstand this time, or even calm down, but what about the future? Will there be stronger demon disasters and stronger demons?
What should we do then?
Rely on Daojun and Shengsheng?
He has not forgotten what Taizun and Tianli said before. Since the Tianyang War three thousand years ago, Daojun and Shengsheng have been extremely difficult to take action.
Celestial beings are the strongest fighting force in the usual sense.
If there are demons that even celestial beings cannot take down... and there are more of them.
Then for Liangzhou, for many states and counties in the west of Daqi, and even for the people of the entire Daqi, I am afraid they will usher in a catastrophe!
This world, or Daqi, does not seem to be as safe and peaceful as it seems on the surface.
Is it because Pingzhou is located in the central part, far away from the Western Wilderness, and not bordering the Northern Zhou and Southern Jin, there are few wars and disputes, so there is a "false impression" of safety and peace?
For a while, many thoughts flashed through Zhou Heng's mind, and he suddenly felt that he knew too little about this world.
"Master Ziwei, Master?" Wang Xueyuan saw Zhou Heng was stunned for a long time, and couldn't help asking twice.
"... Well, I just thought of something." Zhou Heng came back to his senses, and thought about what Wang Xueyuan said just now, and pondered: "Is there a task related to monsters next?"
Although the more you know about monsters before the sixth level of martial arts, the more dangerous it is, but Zhou Heng still wants to know more about monsters in advance.
What if you encounter one someday?
"I really don't have that." Wang Xueyuan shook his head and said, "The guards in Liangzhou are extremely strict. As long as there are monsters that break in, they will be wiped out at all costs."
In fact, he didn't say another sentence, that is, even the weakest monsters are not something that a warrior of the lower third rank can deal with. They are terrible monsters that are completely different from ghosts and evil things.
"In that case, try to choose tasks that can fight against relatively powerful ghosts and evil things, preferably evil things." Zhou Heng had no choice but to make such a request.
The stronger the opponent, the higher the reward he can get.
The reason why he emphasized evil things is that his current special attack against Yin spirits has reached the level of +3, and the Pure Yang Dan Sutra has finally broken through to the fifth level. The innate skill has reached its peak, and the power of the innate pure yang internal energy has naturally skyrocketed.
In addition, he also has the extremely strong and yang three palms of the sky, as well as the thunder Dao and martial arts such as the Divine Sword Yu Lei Zhen Jue, the Five Thunders Zhengfa Jinshu, and the Purple Thunder Sword Technique that have been added with the proficiency gift package.
In front of this series of bonuses and special Taoist martial arts, even the top ghosts of the seventh rank, which are only a little away from the sixth rank, will probably be killed by him in one encounter.
With such a thing as the mission target, it is estimated that at most you can get a "vulnerable" reward, which is meaningless.
—— On the way to the entrance of Ziwei Palace, Zhou Heng used up several available fifth-rank proficiency points of the sect, learned the Taoist methods that he had not yet learned, and used the proficiency gift pack to improve the proficiency of these newly learned Taoist methods.
"Well, I know." Wang Xueyuan nodded and said, "After selecting the task, I will send the information to your mask."
"Thank you." Zhou Heng smiled.
At the same time, he couldn't help but complain a few words in his heart that the Zhoutian Star Map can only transmit information in one direction, which is too troublesome.
If it can be two-way communication, or even real-time communication between masks, then he doesn't need to come to Ziwei Palace at all, and can contact Wang Xueyuan in the air to discuss things.
Sure enough, changing technology can change life.
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After leaving Ziwei Palace, Zhou Heng looked for the nearest city, Hongye Mansion.
He found an inn and stayed there temporarily.
Before receiving the task sent by Jiaoxu, he didn't have any place to go for the time being.
Although he wanted to challenge the top ten masters on the human list, he couldn't find their whereabouts in a short time, which was a bit troublesome.
So, after finding an inn and settling down.
Zhou Heng prepared to take advantage of the last bit of time left in the "lucky" state to quickly open the only three remaining silver lucky bags.
"Open the silver lucky bag!"
"Congratulations! Your luck is off the charts! Get basic attributes: Constitution +2."
"Congratulations! Your luck is off the charts! Get additional attributes: Destroy evil +2."
"Congratulations! Your luck is off the charts! Get special skill card: Peerless Beauty Card (Female)."
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"Peerless Beauty Card (Female): After using it, you can transform into a real female peerless beauty, which lasts for up to nine days. You can cancel the transformation at any time, and the time will be reset after canceling it."
What the hell? ?
What the hell is this?
Is it impossible to escape after all?
After seeing this reward, Zhou Heng was stunned, and felt that there were 10 billion horses galloping through his heart.
He was a little messy.
A dignified seventh-grade warrior, a warrior who had been reborn, almost rolled off the bed in the inn.
"Take it to the bottom of the box! Take it to the bottom of the box!"
Zhou Heng decisively made the right decision that any man would make.
Then he fell asleep.
Although he no longer needed to use sleep to restore his spirit with his current cultivation level, he still liked the feeling of sleeping, and it was better to sleep more when he could.
The next morning, Zhou Heng walked out of the inn to have breakfast outside.
This Hongyefu City is a famous food town in Pingzhou. It is said that the breakfast is also unique and quite flavorful, especially the wonton noodles, which is even more unique.
Since he was here, Zhou Heng naturally didn't want to miss it.
He found a restaurant with many people and ordered a bowl of wonton noodles. While waiting, he heard three men at the next table not far away discussing interesting stories in the martial arts world.
As he listened, he actually heard news about Yunxiao Palace and Plague Emperor Sect.
"Hey, have you heard that both Yunxiao Palace and Wenhuang Sect have issued a hunting order."
"I heard it, I heard it, the conditions are too generous, as long as you can kill this person, you can get 10,000 taels of gold and a treasure, and this is just the reward from Wenhuang Sect!"
"Fuck! Treasure! That is at least equivalent to the secret sixth-grade innate treasure, priceless!"
"That's not all, Yunxiao Palace offers a higher reward, 30,000 taels of gold, a beautiful female disciple, and a unique skill that points directly to the fourth-grade realm."
"Fuck, a beautiful female disciple is also rewarded?! I'm tempted!"
"You only know the beautiful female disciple, didn't you hear the fourth-grade unique skill behind it? This is a unique skill that can make people cultivate into a Yangshen Dharma body, reach the top, and get close to the Tao!"
"I heard it, I heard it, I don't know whether the beautiful female disciple is good-looking, hehe..."
The discussion was in full swing, and soon they talked about the key points.
Why would Yunxiao Palace and Wenhuang Sect, two evil sects, issue a hunting order so blatantly?
Zhou Heng listened with great interest, having the pleasure of eating melons.
But as the discussion progressed, he felt something was wrong. The more he listened, the more familiar the situation seemed.
So, he approached carefully and asked in a low voice: "Excuse me, who is the person that Yunxiao Tiangong and Wenhuangzong issued a hunting order to kill?"
"You don't even know this, but the news spread early this morning!"
One of the men was quite enthusiastic. Seeing that Zhou Heng knew nothing, he kindly explained: "That person is the young master who has been in the limelight recently, the sixth generation of Chunyang Palace, the Purple Lightning Thunder Blade Zhou Heng!"
"..." Zhou Heng fell into silence, looked down at the bowl of wonton noodles that had just been served, and immediately felt that it was not fragrant.