Even I, an Outsider, Couldn't Stand It Anymore

Although Zheng Yu did not understand the Stone-Pointing Art into gold, he had dealt with the Zheng Yu Shi Clan quite a bit.

Back then, the Shi Clan held a firm position among the three great families with a 70% success rate in producing stones, and almost all major sects were cooperating with the Shi Clan to refine stones.

Martial Emperor City is one of them.

The Shi Clan has many geniuses, and Zheng Yu even knows a few, but Shi Clan genius who can achieve an 80% or higher success rate in producing stones at the age of ten?

Zheng Yu had never seen any of them before...

At this age, a 60-70% success rate in finding stones is already incredibly high.

Zheng Yu was truly astonished by the little guy in front of her with an 80% success rate in finding stones.

Wang Tieniu's emergence broke the Shi Clan's monopoly on stone-making and kicked them off their position as the number one stone-making Shi Clan.

And now, such a young fellow possesses such terrifying abilities, which makes Zheng Yu sigh once again, truly a blessing from Vast Heaven.

"Little Zhou Chen... was punished by Senior Brother Tieniu again today for having such a low stone drop rate?" Ouyang Ming teased, eating the after-dinner fruit cut by Light of Xinghe.

"Yes, Uncle-Master Ouyang... Master said my stone-picking rate is less than 90%, I'm practically useless, and he's punishing me by making me train here extra..."

Zheng Yu: "???"

Right now, Zheng Yu's forehead was covered in question marks...

Hey... can you two even speak human language? What the hell are you talking about, some kind of underworld language?

This guy, the undisputed king among geniuses with an 80% success rate, was punished because his success rate was too low?

Why don't you guys just go to heaven?

Is there even a single normal person in the Vast Heaven Sect?

If anyone else had this success rate at this age, it wouldn't be a question of whether they were a genius or not; they would be a prodigy among prodigies!

But you got penalized even with an 80% success rate?

The reason is that the stone yield is too low?

Is that considered low?

Then tell me, what counts as high?

Soon, Zheng Yu learned the truth from the conversation between Ouyang Ming and this young Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen, with a long face, said, "Uncle-Master Ouyang... two of my classmates have already achieved a 90% success rate in obtaining spirit stones... and those aren't even the best. The two best senior brothers are now working with Master to research how to improve the quality of spirit stones..."

Compared to them, I'm really terrible... I don't even want to learn the art of turning stones anymore...

Little Zhou Chen was crying with tears in his eyes, and Ouyang Ming quickly comforted him.

Zheng Yu's eyes are brimming with tears right now... Um, Ouyang Ming, can you please not comfort him yet? Can you comfort me first?

Do you know how much emotional damage your conversation just now caused me?

And you all just blurted out that Wang Tieniu has now achieved a 100% stone-producing rate without a second thought. Have you considered the feelings of all the stone-reviving masters in the world?

Furthermore, what you're saying—that even Tieniu is starting to research spirit stones to improve their quality—is that even human?

You guys want to make spirit stones automatically upgrade, right?

Zheng Yu didn't know how he left the Artifact Refining Palace. Zheng Yu even directly rejected Ouyang Ming's suggestion to see Tieniu...

What the hell is there to see? Haven't I, Zheng Yu, been provoked enough today? I came here to see the true strength of the Vast Heaven Sect, not to seek out more thrills.

As it turns out, the thrill wasn't enough...

Later, Zheng Yu accidentally ran into Feng Yuzheng again. Zheng Yu was very curious about this master who was proficient in Divine Engraving Technique and created the Flute of Space and Time.

But listen to what Feng Yuzheng is saying—is it even human language?

Senior Brother Zheng Yu... I don't understand any Divine Engraving Techniques at all... I'm afraid I haven't even scratched the surface of Divine Engraving Technique... All I can do is create a Flute of Space and Time, I can't even imbue a spirit weapon with spirit energy, I feel like I'm no different from a piece of trash...

However, I firmly believe that with Senior Brother Xinghe's guidance, I can continue to break through. My goal is to imbue every spiritual weapon of the Vast Heaven Sect with its own spiritual consciousness... I still have a long way to go, so please, Senior Brother Zheng Yu, stop humiliating me by mentioning the Flute of Space and Time...

These words completely stumped Zheng Yu.

The Huang Clan has already divided their research on the Flute of Space and Time into their own belongings.

Now, only two of the three great families remain.

The Huang Clan dreamed of figuring out how to create the Flute of Space and Time... Everyone was overjoyed to have obtained the Flute of Space and Time.

But you, the creator of the Flute of Space and Time, just declared Flute of Space and Time worthless without warning. Please don't use the Flute of Space and Time to insult me...

Is this an insult to you? You're insulting the entire world by putting it on the ground!

Zheng Yu was numb, but Zheng Yu inner strength remained unwavering. He continued to wander among the various palaces of the Vast Heaven Sect.

Wherever Zheng Yu went, he personally witnessed the tremendous changes brought about by Senior Brother Xinghe in each palace.

The Everlasting Spring Palace researches poisons, and they randomly throw in all sorts of rare and precious medicinal herbs. Looking across the entire world, who else has such abundant resources?

The other palaces also highlight a lack of humanity...

Through his interactions with the various palaces, Zheng Yu finally understood Senior Brother Xinghe's position within the Vast Heaven Sect.

However, Zheng Yu did not visit all the palaces. When he arrived at the Dark Moon Palace, Zheng Yu was stopped.

The disciple who stopped Zheng Yu said he was afraid that Zheng Yu would suffer too much stress inside!

Zheng Yu just wants to say, I've already suffered a tremendous shock today, what other shock could I not handle?

Besides, I, Zheng Yu, know about the Dark Moon Clan... so why would I be afraid of getting excited?

The disciple then suggested that since Senior Brother Zheng Yu wasn't afraid, they should go in and take a look...

Zheng Yu entered the Dark Moon Palace with a defiant look on his face, and then... less than five minutes later, Zheng Yu came out vomiting braised pork...

Has anyone ever witnessed a welcoming ceremony where someone suddenly stabs themselves in the back at the slightest provocation?

Has anyone ever seen a palace where you enter and find two corpses lying at the entrance, and then these two corpses suddenly come back to life, sit up, and greet you?

This isn't even a question of whether someone is normal or not... This person isn't even human anymore...

Elsewhere, death is an absolutely terrifying thing, but in the Dark Moon Palace, death is practically a form of entertainment for the Dark Moon Clan...

The Dark Moon Clan was extremely excited to see Zheng Yu, an outsider, arrive.

"Brother Zheng Yu... you've come from afar, please allow me, An Lan, to demonstrate how I can kill myself with three stabs!"

"Brother Zheng Yu, what's the point of stabbing yourself to death with those three An Lan stabs... Look at me, this stuff I'm pouring on is called kerosene. Once I set myself on fire, I can sing a whole song without going off-key before the flames burn me to death!"

"Brother Zheng Yu, look at me... I'll demonstrate how to choke to death with a mouthful of water. This is a method of dying that I recently figured out, and it's really exciting!"

"Brother Zheng Yu..."

Zheng Yu was terrified this time... Being surrounded by a group of people, who then frantically demonstrated all sorts of immature ways to die, and even asked for her opinion... How could you not be terrified by such a scene?

The knife was stabbing around wildly... That guy was on fire, singing "hoo lahoo" all the while running around like a madman. Could any normal person even conceive of something like that?

Zheng Yu had escaped from the Dark Moon Palace the whole way. Right now, all Zheng Yu wanted to say to the junior brother who had stopped him was, "Senior brother, I regret my actions so much! If only I had listened to you, I wouldn't have had to go through all this..."

Most people are filled with fear of death, and the strong can achieve a level of awe towards death without fear. But the Dark Moon Clan can treat death as entertainment, becoming more excited the more they die... What the hell is this thing?

As night fell, Zheng Yu walked along the road. The surrounding darkness made Zheng Yu wonder if a shadowy figure would suddenly jump out of the darkness at any moment, grab him, and say, "Brother Zheng Yu... watch me perform a new way to die..."

Zheng Yu suddenly realized that the way the Dark Moon Clan instilled fear was different from that of normal people.

Normal people use the lives of others to instill fear, but can the Dark Moon Clan use their own lives to instill fear?

But this fear is real fear...

Can you imagine what it would be like to have a group of people around you who demonstrate new ways to die every day?

He might stab himself to death at the slightest provocation, then a while later, completely unfazed, he'd ask you if his method of death was unusual, and then demand your opinion, preferably offering a completely new perspective on death...

How can anyone be normal living with people like that for an extended period of time?

Compared to the shock of the Dark Moon Palace, the shock of the other palaces seemed insignificant to Zheng Yu at this moment.

Feeling lost, Zheng Yu prepared to return to the resting place arranged by the Vast Heaven Sect for Martial Emperor City. However, perhaps because he had been too stimulated by the Dark Moon Palace, Zheng Yu realized that he had taken the wrong path.

We've now reached the very edge of the Vast Heaven Sect's territory...

This seems to be the outer sect of the Vast Heaven Sect, right?

Zheng Yu shook his head to clear his mind, also trying to shake off the images of the various ways the Dark Moon Clan had performed their deaths. He wondered if he would have nightmares tonight.

Just as Zheng Yu turned to go back, she heard a sound coming from not far away.

The sound was muffled and not very clear, but out of curiosity, Zheng Yu took a few steps closer to hear what it was.

But as soon as Zheng Yu got close, she was stunned by the sound!

My fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven!

"I, Chu Cheng, have endured countless hardships, but hardships cannot defeat me. I will not chase the peak, because the peak will eventually be trampled under my feet. I will become the peak that others chase!"

Zheng Yu listened to these words with a completely bewildered expression, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Who dares to speak so arrogantly?"

But just as Zheng Yu was getting curious, what followed left Zheng Yu somewhat bewildered.

"Chu Xinghe, you scoundrel! You think you can subdue me by suppressing me? Let me tell you! No way! In another half month, I'll be able to get out of bed! Half a month from now, I'll begin my path to revenge!"

"Xinghe, you despicable, shameless, and treacherous villain! I, Chu Cheng, will take back everything I've lost! I will let the whole world know your despicable face... let the whole world know how you have wreaked havoc on our sect!"

Zheng Yu was stunned when she heard this... Just who exactly is this Chu Cheng?

But whoever this person is, how dare they insult Senior Brother Xinghe? And listen to what they're saying—is it even human language?

To say that Senior Brother Xinghe is a despicable, shameless, treacherous, and petty person?

Is it true that Senior Brother Xinghe is harming the Vast Heaven Sect?

Do you think I, Zheng Yu, don't already know whether Senior Brother Xinghe is a menace to the sect or not?

How can there be such a despicable and shameless person in this world!

Such slander against Senior Brother Xinghe is intolerable even to an outsider like me!