A Brand-New Path Revealed, Coexisting with Pestilence (2)

The road stretched far into the dusk.

At night in the Great Ao Mountain Range, vast swathes of disease mist churned.

By now, electrical signals were completely unable to reach the outside world.

Looking out from the highest point, all that remained was an endless expanse of dense forest.

Changsun Wenliang, with her little bowl cut, seemed distressed by what had happened during the day. A flower clearly raised in a greenhouse truly needed a little harsh reality.

Zhou Zhi did not beat around the bush to ask what exactly the [Spiral] that Twenty-Three had sensed was. After all, in this age of great contention, every faction had its own secret arts. Everyone displayed their own abilities; there was no need to ask about someone else's trump card. This little bowl-cut girl was the sole exception.

"Plague Exterminator Zhou, your Plague Extermination Art is so unusual. I've never seen it before. Is it an exclusive Plague Extermination Art?"

Old Song had not wanted Changsun Wenliang to ask, but the little girl was simply too curious.

"More or less."

Zhou Zhi thought for a moment. "It's a path similar to 'blood.' The details aren't convenient to discuss—I signed a non-compete agreement."

Changsun Wenliang cried out, "A non-compete agreement!"

That term, something only corporate drones would have, left the little girl utterly shocked.

All major hospitals and factions had such agreements. For example, Zhong Panxi's Eye Secret Guard—if one wanted to learn Zhong Panxi's ophthalmological Plague Extermination Art, one had to pay some price.

"Then... is that legendary dragon among men, Prince Di Qiuyan, very fierce?"

"I heard she killed two disease dragons at the coronation ceremony a few days ago."

Changsun Wenliang spoke softly, afraid that Old Song, who was patrolling nearby, might hear her.

Fierce?

Zhou Zhi had not felt