More than twenty people from the Grand Tutor Mansion heard Gao Jun's furious roar. They all raised their weapons and charged at Qin Meng and Lin Ru.😳🐺
Although Gao Jun had lost his mind, Zhou Cheng was the son of the General of the Nation. He still had his reservations about letting the Grand Tutor Mansion's guards kill him. Zhou Cheng's own guards, however, were another matter.
Just as the Grand Tutor Mansion's guards rushed at Qin Meng and Lin Ru, a blade's gleam and a sword's gleam suddenly slashed across the night sky almost simultaneously.
The blade's gleam was a peerless streak of light.
The sword's gleam was like the Milky Way pouring down from the Ninth Heaven.
The people from the Grand Tutor Mansion felt a chill at their throats and froze in place. A moment later, blood began gushing from their throats like fountains.
Gao Jun had been howling, but for a moment he forgot the pain in his hand as he stared in shock at the people from the Grand Tutor Mansion.
Among the guards he had brought this time were two Qi Refining Level Ten experts. Now, they were both clutching their throats tightly, staring in terror toward a certain direction.
Following their gaze, Gao Jun looked at Qin Meng and Lin Ru.
Qin Meng and Lin Ru sheathed their saber and sword.
Only then did the blade's and sword's gleams disappear.
Xiantian?
Gao Jun's expression changed.
But he remembered that there were no Xiantian Grandmasters in the Grand General's Mansion.
When had Zhou Wei recruited these two Xiantian Grandmasters?
"Young Master, what should we do with this brat?" Qin Meng asked, holding Gao Jun.
"Let him go," Zhou Cheng said.
At his words, Qin Meng released Gao Jun.
Relieved, Gao Jun turned to flee. But just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly saw Zhou Cheng draw his saber. Startled, he tried to retreat, but the moment the thought crossed his mind, Zhou Cheng's blade flashed through his throat.
Gao Jun touched his throat. His hands came away covered in blood. Pointing at Zhou Cheng with bloodstained fingers, he stared in disbelief. "You!" Then he fell, just like the Grand Tutor Mansion's guards before him.
Gao Jun's eyes bulged as he convulsed. Blood soon stained the ground and grass around him.
Zhou Cheng sheathed the God-Slaying Saber.
Qin Meng and Lin Ru had killed the Grand Tutor Mansion's guards, so Gao Jun couldn't be left alive. Otherwise, he would become a threat to the Grand General's Mansion.
He had killed forty-nine demonic beasts earlier, and now he had killed Gao Jun. Surprisingly, Zhou Cheng didn't feel uncomfortable.
Then Zhou Cheng discovered that after killing Gao Jun, the grade of both his God-Slaying Saber and Demon God Garment had risen by one.
However, the Demon-Subduing Saber Technique hadn't improved. It seemed that it could only advance by killing demons.
Only after confirming that Gao Jun and the others were all dead did Zhou Cheng leave the scene with Qin Meng and Lin Ru.
When they returned to the Capital City, Qin Meng and Lin Ru carried Zhou Cheng up and easily vaulted over the city wall without the guards noticing.
Thus, besides Qin Meng and Lin Ru, no one knew Zhou Cheng had gone to the Green Demon Mountain Range that night.
By the time they returned to the Grand General's Mansion, it was two in the morning.
Zhou Cheng washed up, changed, and lay down on his Plow Flower Wood bed to sleep.
He woke naturally.
When he opened his eyes, the sky was just beginning to brighten.
Although he had slept for only four or five hours, Zhou Cheng felt full of energy.
He sprang up and landed in the courtyard, then practiced the Roaming Dragon White Tiger Fist. As he moved through the yard and threw his punches, faint roars of dragons and tigers seemed to ring out.
Having reached the proficient stage, Zhou Cheng had mastered the Roaming Dragon White Tiger Fist's essence.
After practicing the Roaming Dragon White Tiger Fist, Zhou Cheng checked his character panel.
Host: Zhou Cheng
Black Tortoise Divine Skill: Sixth Layer (Progress 60)
Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill: Sixth Layer (Progress 70)
Willow-Against-the-Wind Steps: Beginner (Progress 81)
Wandering Dragon White Tiger Fist: Proficient (Progress 5)
Demon-Subduing Saber Technique: Proficient (Progress 2)
The Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique had caught up and pulled ahead. Its cultivation progress now exceeded that of the Black Tortoise Divine Technique.
Zhou Cheng took out an Ancient Body Refining Pill and swallowed it.
At once, his cultivation progress in both the Black Tortoise Divine Technique and the Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique began to rise rapidly.
In the end, the Black Tortoise Divine Technique's progress stopped at 70, while the Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique's stopped at 90.
"90."
He would go to the Heavenly Dragon Temple again later. By noon, he would certainly break through to the seventh layer of the Black Tortoise Divine Technique.
After a hurried breakfast, Zhou Cheng left with Qin Meng and Lin Ru. The Ice Snow Phoenix came along too.
The Ice Snow Phoenix followed him on its own, flapping its tiny wings and occasionally landing on his shoulder.
As Zhou Cheng made his way toward the Heavenly Dragon Temple, a luxurious carriage passed by him, traveling in the opposite direction.
Inside sat Chen Yuan, the third daughter of the Ministry of War's Vice Minister. She was on her way to the Gan Prince Mansion to attend a poetry gathering hosted by the young prince.
"Miss, that's the second young master of the Grand General's Mansion, Zhou Cheng," her maid said.
Chen Yuan drew back the carriage curtain and glanced at Zhou Cheng as he passed. Then she let the curtain fall and said, "He's good-looking, but he looks weak and frail. He's thirteen and only at Body Refining Level Three. He couldn't even withstand one of my punches."
"Someone like that isn't what I'm looking for."
She had also heard that Luo Shui, the Grand General's wife, planned to arrange a betrothal.
Her maid said, "That's true. Setting his family background aside, what makes Zhou Cheng worthy of you? And I heard His Majesty plans to strip Zhou Wei of his title as General of the Nation. If that happens, how could Zhou Cheng possibly presume to reach above his station and marry you?"
She sounded indignant. "As if he's worthy!"
Then she added, "So many people are pursuing you, Miss. We don't have to choose Zhou Cheng."
Chen Yuan said, "I'll speak to my mother later. If the Grand General's wife comes to arrange a betrothal, have her turn it down. Tell her I'm not considering marriage right now and only want to focus on studying martial arts."
Then she asked, "The Grand Tutor Mansion sent so many people out this morning. Do you know what happened?"
Her maid replied, "I heard that Young Master Gao Jun went to the Green Demon Mountain Range last night and didn't return. The Grand Tutor Mansion sent hundreds of guards there early this morning to search for him."
"But Young Master Gao Jun is deeply favored by the Grand Tutor, and he usually has Qi Refining Level Ten experts accompanying him. He should be fine."
When Zhou Cheng arrived at the Heavenly Dragon Temple, he found many more imperial guards stationed there.
After asking around, he learned that Emperor Zhu Xuan of Great Feng had also come to the temple to pray for blessings. He was in the main hall.
Well, the main hall was off-limits. But that didn't matter. As long as he was in the Heavenly Dragon Temple, his cultivation speed for the Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique would double.
So Zhou Cheng didn't mind. He found an empty corner and sat down, thinking that on his way back at noon, he'd stop by the Four Seasons Apothecary to buy some materials and try refining pills.
He still had Body-Refining Pills, but refining pills could quickly raise the grade of the Earth Cauldron. He needed to upgrade it to a mid-grade spiritual artifact as soon as possible. Its inner space was only a dozen or so cubic meters, so it couldn't hold much. Once upgraded to a mid-grade spiritual artifact, its inner space would expand greatly, allowing him to carry many more things and making travel more convenient.
Meanwhile, the hundreds of guards dispatched by the Grand Tutor Mansion poured into the Green Demon Mountain Range. After searching for a while, they found Gao Jun and the others' bodies.
When the guards from the Grand Tutor Mansion saw Gao Jun's corpse, they were struck as if by lightning, feeling as though the sky had fallen.
"Quick, report this to the Grand Tutor!" a guard captain shouted, his voice full of fear, panic, and helplessness.
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