Curiosity killed the cat!
The curiosity they felt about Yang Zhen had already made the two Heaven-Favored Person begin to question the meaning of life.
Mo Shuiyan spent her days mingling on the commercial street, becoming familiar with almost all the business owners. Some even started joking with her. Although most people were still respectful, they were no longer afraid of Mo Shuiyan.
As for Wu Tao, she hadn't cultivated for four days and was starting to feel lost. Walking down the commercial street, if it weren't for the chubby boy beside her reminding her, she would have fallen more than ten times a day and bumped into more than twenty people.
The chubby boy was a bit slow on the uptake, but his talent was in no way lacking. He had already clearly sensed the changes that had occurred in Wu Tao and Mo Shuiyan, and he avoided Yang Zhen like the plague.
It was obvious that the chubby boy felt he was in a good state right now and was afraid of being led astray by Yang Zhen.
Yang Zhen was too lazy to argue with this straightforward chubby boy. In fact, no matter how many thoughts he had, Yang Zhen was helpless against a chubby boy who was more stubborn than a donkey. People with strong principles are hard to be swayed by others' ideas.
However, we still need to find out more information. We've already led Mo Shuiyan and Wu Tao astray; all that's left is for the chubby Jin Heng to take the bait.
In two days, the group will set off for the Western Region.
Yang Zhen has managed the affairs of the commercial street very well during this period. He even asked many Ancient Clan holy lands with which he had a Yang Zhen relationship to take care of things. Among them, the Beiqi Clan has long been accepted by the people of the commercial street. There are also the Great Saint, Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and Heavenly Snow Sacred Land. Even the Holy Lord of Heavenly Spring Holy Lord and the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord often come to the commercial street to stroll around. The snacks here are really too delicious.
These past few days should have been enough time to get to know anyone, but Jin Heng found that the three of them were finding Yang Zhen increasingly difficult to understand.
No, it's not just the three of them. Mo Shuiyan and Wu Tao have become a bit abnormal. One spends all day eating, drinking, and having fun with the common people, while the other is absent-minded all day long, squatting on the ground watching ants move house for an entire day. She won't come back until the ants have finished moving house.
Few people know that Jin Heng is not as dull as he appears. In fact, if he were truly dull, how could he have cultivated to the Ninth Heaven of the Spirit Transformation Realm, let alone become Heaven-Favored Person?
Jin Heng was simply lazy by nature and disliked interacting with people.
Early that morning, Wu Tao went out again and squatted on the street to watch a bunch of ants and a green caterpillar fight. It was just an insignificant hunt in the world, but Wu Tao saw the feeling of a battle between powerful beings, and even his breathing rose and fell with the battle.
Jin Heng had nothing better to do, so he laboriously squatted down on the ground, mimicking Wu Tao's posture. After hesitating for a moment, he said, " Wu Tao, you haven't cultivated for four days. With your body-tempering methods, if you don't cultivate regularly, you won't improve; you'll actually regress, right? What are you thinking? You actually believe what that guy Yang Zhen said?"
Wu Tao seemed not to hear Jin Heng's words. Jin Heng had gotten used to it. These past few days, Wu Tao had often been absent-minded and seemed unresponsive when spoken to. No, it wasn't that she was unresponsive; she genuinely couldn't hear her.
Jin Heng pursed his lips. Squatting was too uncomfortable, so he simply sat down on the ground. He glanced at the bustling commercial street and muttered to himself, "I wonder how Junior Sister Mo is doing. Compared to you, Junior Sister Mo is more worrying. She actually spent so much time interacting with those mortals for an answer that's almost irrelevant. Isn't she worried at all that her cultivation will fall behind them?"
Upon hearing those people's names, Wu Tao's expression hardened. She turned to look at Jin Heng, who was sitting on the ground, and said, "Aren't you wasting my time here too?"
"Me?" Jin Heng pointed to his nose, looking frustrated. "We came here together. If you get overtaken, I'll suffer too. We might even form a team, and I'll be the one who suffers then. So I'm not wasting my time; I'm making you understand that we don't have much time left."
Wu Tao smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I've stretched my legs. After tomorrow, I can start cultivating again, and then we can have a competition."
Upon hearing this, Jin Heng hurriedly retreated, sliding a considerable distance on the ground. His face turned deathly pale as he waved his hands, saying, "What a joke! Who wants to fight you?"
Wu Tao smiled, tilted her head to look at Jin Heng, and suddenly asked, "Do you think that Senior Sister Mo and I are wasting our time?"
"Isn't that right?" Jin Heng curled his lip and said, "That bastard Yang Zhen not only doesn't cultivate properly, he's a complete good-for-nothing. I really don't know how such a lazy cultivator could have received the favor of the heavens. But you two actually fooled around with him too. If your master finds out, he will definitely punish you, definitely!"
Wu Tao chuckled, then looked at Jin Heng with interest and asked, " Jin Heng, between you and Senior Sister Mo, who is more powerful?"
"Of course it's me..." Jin Heng's eyes widened, then he sneered, "Alright, we've fought many times and neither of us has won. Although her soul power is strange, my Heavenly Phoenix Spirit Fire is not to be trifled with."
Wu Tao glanced behind Jin Heng and continued, "If you were to have a match with Senior Sister Mo right now, would you be confident you could beat her?"
Jin Heng looked behind him suspiciously, and seeing no one, he chuckled and said, "Now? She hasn't cultivated for several days. If she's willing to compete with me now, I'll definitely show her what it means for a fat person not to be trifled with."
"You're so confident?" Wu Tao asked, surprised.
Jin Heng laughed heartily and said, "You don't know yet, do you? Just yesterday, I broke through a minor realm. I've cultivated the Heavenly Phoenix Spirit Fire to a state of perfection, and now I can condense six Heavenly Phoenixes. I've already firmly surpassed Junior Sister Mo in terms of realm."
Seeing Jin Heng's smug expression, Wu Tao said with a half-smile, "But you're already dead!"
"Dead?"
Upon hearing Wu Tao's words, Jin Heng was completely dumbfounded. How could he have died so suddenly?
Then, as if sensing something, Jin Heng's expression suddenly changed, and the hair on his head swung in a perfect arc, slapping all of it against his face with a loud thud.
Upon seeing someone standing behind him, Jin Heng let out a strange howl, darted backward, and landed on his bottom. He quickly looked up and was immediately startled.
"Mo... Mo... Junior Sister Mo?" Jin Heng's expression changed repeatedly as he stared at Mo Shuiyan in horror. He then shook his head violently and said, "Impossible! How could you have no aura at all? Even a mortal walking behind me wouldn't be unable to sense you. This must be your soul power creating an illusion for me. Yes, it must be an illusion... But even illusions have soul power fluctuations, so why don't you have any?"
Seeing Jin Heng's bewildered expression, Mo Shuiyan Jin Heng, squatted down, and looked at him, saying, "Little fatty, I heard you think you might be able to beat me? How about it, wanna have a match?"
"Compare?"
Jin Heng shook his head like a rattle-drum, "What are you comparing? What a joke!"
The Mo Shuiyan standing before him now seemed like a completely different person. The eerie demonic aura that had surrounded her had vanished without a trace, and he couldn't even sense a fluctuation of True Essence. Clearly, she had far surpassed others in terms of cultivation level.
"You... how did you do that?" Jin Heng asked, his face filled with shock.
In this state, Wu Tao was right; if Mo Shuiyan had attacked him just now, he wouldn't have had enough lives to react.
But how is that possible?
After spending a few days with ordinary people, his cultivation level has suddenly improved so much?
Mo Shuiyan seemed to have anticipated Jin Heng's question, and said with a smile, "Because I've found the answer."
"The answer?" Jin Heng looked at Mo Shuiyan with a blank expression, then at Wu Tao: "What answer?"
Wu Tao could no longer hear what Jin Heng was saying and turned back to continue studying the battle between the insects and ants.
Suddenly, Jin Heng seemed to remember something, his expression changed, and he leaped up with a roar, rushing towards the thatched hut.
Yang Zhen, it must be Yang Zhen!
It must be that monster who did something strange to Mo Shuiyan.