When Yang Zhen and the Shameless Cat swaggered into the middle of the crowd, everyone was dumbfounded.
Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei exchanged bewildered glances, especially Fang Zhongjian, who glared at Yang Zhen with exasperation. "With so many of us here, isn't he afraid?"
Lu Tianwei nodded and said, "It seems he really isn't afraid!"
"He..." Fang Zhongjian was stunned. "On what grounds?"
Lu Tianwei thought for a moment before saying in a serious tone, "We couldn't catch him when he ran!"
Fang Zhongjian's lips twitched. Although what he said was embarrassing, it was the truth. Among the people who came from the entire Mountain and River Ruins, although the vast majority of them had higher cultivation levels than Yang Zhen, none of them could do anything to Yang Zhen.
Yang Zhen can burrow underground, and he can burrow very quickly.
This is insane!
I have a slight, dull ache somewhere.
Fang Zhongjian glanced at Master Tie, who was still breaking the restrictions, then turned to Yang Zhen and said in a deep voice, " Yang Zhen, the Mountain and River Academy Ruins are not a place for you. You know that if you act recklessly here, you'll offend not just one person, but three major sects that you can't afford to offend even once."
Yang Zhen nodded and said, "I know."
Fang Zhongjian was stunned. He looked around at the equally bewildered people. Clearly, no one had expected Yang Zhen to admit it so readily.
Damn it, you knew that, why did you still come?
No one present believed that Yang Zhen had come to this place simply to sit quietly and watch the excitement.
Wherever Yang Zhen is, trouble never stops.
The fairy giggled, approached Yang Zhen, swayed her hips, and said with a beaming smile, "Little one, we meet again."
Yang Zhen nodded politely to the female demon and said, "Hello, Miss!"
The fairy was stunned for a moment, then a hint of joy flashed across her face, and she said, "When did you become so eloquent?"
Yang Zhen, with an expression that always said "I'm a good kid," replied, "I... I have always been so polite and courteous, and I always speak the truth. I hate liars the most, so I never lie."
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the people around them trembled uncontrollably.
Who do you hate most?
So you never lie?
No one would believe that. Among everyone present, besides that fat, Shameless Cat, who could outwit Yang Zhen at lying?
The demones' eyes flickered with surprise and uncertainty, but their faces remained smiling, their minds preoccupied with Master Tie.
Clearly, the female demon really wanted Yang Zhen to cause trouble. The bigger the trouble Yang Zhen caused, the safer Master Tie would be.
However, what no one knew was that Yang Zhen's visit this time was not to cause trouble. He was as low-key as a refined scholar, looking completely powerless, perfectly embodying the saying that a scholar is useless.
Fang Zhongjian didn't believe Yang Zhen's trick. He stared at Yang Zhen with a gloomy face, not playing along with Yang Zhen act at all, and said coldly, "What exactly do you want?"
Upon hearing Fang Zhongjian's words, everyone present was startled and all turned their gazes to Yang Zhen.
Although the others couldn't catch up with Yang Zhen Yang Zhen couldn't move freely through the rocks and mud like he could, in terms of combat strength, ten Yang Zhen could stay here.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yang Zhen showed no fear, even adopting a slightly humble attitude. He said to the Fang Zhongjian, "Fellow Daoist, don't panic. Your affairs do not conflict with my affairs. If it weren't for my good brother's urgent matter, I wouldn't even have come back here."
Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei were practically grinding their teeth to dust, yet they couldn't bring themselves to attack Yang Zhen Yang Zhen. If Yang Zhen Yang Zhen didn't cause trouble, all would be well; but if they attacked him and he actually did cause trouble, delaying Master Tie's attempt to break the seal, they would be helpless. They could only forcefully suppress their anger, gritting their teeth almost hysterically, "Bastard, what exactly do you want? What urgent matter could that Shameless Cat possibly have?"
Cough cough cough!
The Shameless Cat coughed lightly, put its left hand behind its back, and clenched its right fist to cover its mouth, instantly transforming into a refined... cat!
"To be honest, I buried a treasure here a few years ago. Now that the time is almost up, I want to take the treasure away. That's all. It has nothing to do with whether you break the restriction, take the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit, or refine the Mountains and Rivers Painting."
"You bastard!" Fang Zhongjian roared, pointing at Yang Zhen and saying, "This is the urgent matter you were talking about?"
A group of people glared angrily at Yang Zhen, shouting and rebuking him. Even the female demon looked at Yang Zhen with a blank expression, a hint of amusement flashing in her eyes.
Lu Tianwei said in a deep voice, " Yang Zhen, this is the Mountain and River Court's small world. The two layers of restrictions are also things left behind by the Mountain and River Court. Where is there any treasure? Do you think we will believe you after you say these things?"
"Exactly! Don't you even look at the ridiculous things you've done in the past? You say this is a treasure you buried, so it really is? I could also say that all the legacies of the Mountain and River Court were left behind by me back then."
" Yang Zhen, don't push your luck. If you continue to act so unreasonably, even if we can't kill you, we'll have to be ruthless with you."
"So what if you can burrow underground? If you're so capable, go burrow underground and enter the sealed area, and see if you can get out."
Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei, leading the people from Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain, surrounded Yang Zhen Yang Zhen and the Shameless Cat Shameless Cat, their spittle practically spraying onto them.
The Shameless Cat couldn't keep up the act any longer. Its eyes widened as it cursed, "Damn it, what did I tell you? Even if we don't cause trouble, they won't believe I'm telling the truth!"
Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "Don't be angry. We still need to be reasonable. If we really can't win through reasoning, then we can resort to fists."
The Shameless Cat pouted, climbed up Yang Zhen's Yang Zhen leg to his shoulder, and muttered, "Try reasoning with them. Call me 'Master' when it comes to fists."
Yang Zhen nodded and said with a smile to Fang Zhongjian and his group, "Fellow Daoists..."
"Bah! Who's your fellow Daoist, Yang Zhen? Everyone says you're not to be trifled with, but now that you're facing disciples of our Holy Land, aren't you just as cowardly?"
In the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land, a disciple sneered, "The treasure you buried—have you lived for tens of thousands of years?"
A hint of mockery flashed in Fang Zhongjian's and Lu Tianwei's eyes, especially Lu Tianwei's, which also held a hint of doubt. He seemed to not understand why Yang Zhen had become so cowardly. If it were the old Yang Zhen, why would he have made up so many excuses?
At this moment, Yang Zhen took a deep breath and said, "Don't you really believe what this ' Sage of Saunter' is saying?"
Fang Zhongjian laughed loudly and said, "Don't you know in your heart whether anyone believes what you say? Yang Zhen, stop pretending. In my eyes, you're nothing but a clown."
The others watched Yang Zhen with schadenfreude. The female demon's eyes flickered with hesitation as she looked at Yang Zhen with suspicion, muttering to herself, "He can even endure this? Yang Zhen... is he really just eccentric and immature?"
No one noticed that behind a rock not far behind them, Feng Lingqiao was furious, her face ashen, and she gritted her teeth and tried to stand up several times.
At this moment, Yang Zhen suddenly sighed, which sent a chill down everyone's spine.
"Sure enough, everyone is selfish. All crows are black, so no one should accuse anyone else!" Yang Zhen walked step by step towards Master Tie, glanced back, and said, "Actually, this time, this ' Sage of Saunter ' really just wanted to be a good person!"
A chill ran through everyone; for some reason, a bad premonition suddenly arose in their hearts.
As Yang Zhen walked step by step to Master Tie's side, and slowly entered the restriction while Master Tie's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets in astonishment, everyone gasped.
"This... is impossible!"
Buzz--!
A buzzing sound swept across the heavens and earth. In front of Master Tie, it seemed that a seal of heaven and earth had been triggered by Yang Zhen. Waves of chilling sealing energy surged out from around Yang Zhen in all directions.
The entire lockdown suddenly became unusually volatile.