Seven Ingenious

"Wu Youtian, I'll fuck your mother!"

Zhang Zhonghu cursed angrily.

He never imagined that simply passing by would lead to the other party wanting to kill him to silence him. After all, he had previously donated ten contribution points to ' Wu Youtian '.

Not only did the other party not thank him, but they also held a grudge. What a son of a bitch!

He was initially hesitant about whether to grab it, but now it seems he has no choice but to.

A beam of azure light suddenly appeared, shooting towards the cultivator closest to him, piercing through his chest in an instant. Then, it traced a slight arc, piercing through another cultivator before shooting towards Fairy Qingwu.

Just then, Fairy Qingwu was about to unleash her Law Technique to surround and attack Zhang Zhonghu, to show her loyalty, when suddenly her heart tightened. She found her vision spinning, and heard a frightened voice beside her, "Be careful..."

Wu Kongqing roared angrily, and a protective aura appeared on his body. Then his body stiffened, and the azure light pierced through his protective aura without any hindrance, passing through his heart meridian.

"How dare you!"

Just as the azure light shot towards Xu Junting, Wu Youtian reacted and shot out the Spirit Snake Sword, intercepting the azure light.

Xu Junting's body trembled violently. He scanned the corpses of the other three people with his Divine Sense and looked at Zhang Zhonghu in disbelief, "How do you have Spirit Artifact!"

Zhang Zhonghu had no time to pay attention to Xu Junting. He held a high-grade Spirit Stone in his palm and desperately absorbed its Spiritual Qi to replenish himself. At the same time, he released the Spirit Artifact shield to protect himself.

With a flick of his wrist, he retrieved the talisman and activated it frantically!

A violent surge of Spiritual Qi suddenly dissipated. Xu Junting glanced at the talisman that appeared in Zhang Zhonghu's hand, and the next moment he fled into the distance, "A talisman treasure..."

Wu Youtian had already sensed something was wrong. Instinctively, he flew back on his sword to protect himself and was about to flee into the distance.

"Hey..."

Just then, a Phoenix Cry cry rang out, and the talisman in Zhang Zhonghu's hand transformed into a bird, swooping towards Wu Youtian. Its form rapidly expanded during flight, transforming into a giant firebird that engulfed Wu Youtian in the next moment, before turning around and swooping towards Xu Junting.

"Senior brother, spare me... ah..."

In the blink of an eye, the firebird caught up with Xu Junting and turned him to ashes, leaving only a Storage Bag.

"Call..."

Zhang Zhonghu suddenly collapsed to the ground, feeling as if all his Law Power had been drained. He gasped for breath, took out several high-grade Spirit Stone, and desperately tried to restore his Law Power.

The firebird in the distance turned around, its body growing smaller and smaller until it transformed back into a talisman, which landed in Zhang Hu's hand. Immediately afterward, the peach wood sword returned to Zhang Zhonghu's side along with several Storage Bag.

Zhang Zhonghu put away his Storage Bag, looked around, gritted his teeth, tore open a Divine Movement Talisman, and ran off into the distance.

*****

"He's starting to look like a chosen one!"

Fang Yu watched as Zhang Zhonghu suffered an undeserved calamity, was forced to kill someone, and fled in a disheveled state. He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and nodded to himself.

It was worth it for him to give Zhang Zhonghu the talisman he had used before; otherwise, the other party would already be dead.

Now that he has killed Wu Youtian, a cultivator with a Heaven Spirit Root, with a single move, he has offended a Nascent Soul Elder, and his future path will certainly be even more difficult.

It's unknown whether the Nascent Soul elder left any tricks on Wu Youtian, or whether they can find out that Zhang Zhonghu was behind it.

For a disciple with such a Heaven Spirit Root, that Nascent Soul elder must have left a tracking method on Wu Youtian. Once Zhang Zhonghu leaves the secret realm, he will surely be found out.

Although the Immortal Sect has its own rules that once you enter the secret realm, you are responsible for your own life and death, that applies to ordinary disciples.

For Nascent Soul Elder, there are countless ways to avenge his disciple. Zhang Zhonghu will definitely be dancing on the edge of a knife in the future.

However, this actually makes it easier for him to guide them.

Fang Yu put down his teacup, lost in thought, and watched as Zhang Zhonghu found a secluded spot and began to take inventory of the Storage Bag.

The Storage Bag of Xu Junting and the others contained only some freshly picked spiritual materials; there wasn't anything of great quality.

Wu Youtian's Storage Bag contained quite a few good things, including several top-grade purple Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, which made Fang Yu somewhat tempted.

Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone are precious even for Nascent Soul, and for Golden Core cultivators, they can be used to quickly restore Law Power during battles.

Besides this Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, there's also that Spirit Artifact flying sword.

Although its grade wasn't top-tier, it was just right for Wu Youtian to use freely without worrying about consuming too much Law Power. From this perspective, the Nascent Soul elder valued Wu Youtian highly; otherwise, he wouldn't have considered such a detail.

Zhang Zhonghu is definitely in big trouble!

Fang Yu murmured to himself, poured himself another cup of tea, and continued watching the live stream.

However, things got a bit boring after that. Zhang Zhonghu simply found a place to hide and didn't go anywhere, seemingly waiting to leave the secret realm.

*****

Two weeks later.

As Zhang Zhonghu emerged from the secret realm, he heard murmurs and discussions in the square.

"I never expected the competition to be so fierce. I heard that several people with Heaven Spirit Root died!"

"Yes, I heard that Wu Tianling, the Golden Core cultivator from Seven Ingenious Workshop, was killed by a disciple of the Sword Pavilion."

"I think he deserves it. That Wu Tianling is so arrogant, I've disliked him for a long time."

"Shh! Keep your voice down, it's said that Wu Tianling's master Ding Yue, has come in person."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhonghu immediately felt a pang of panic. 'How did these people know that Wu Tianling was killed by a disciple of the Sword Pavilion lineage?'

He pondered as he pushed through the crowd toward the platform's exit, wanting to leave this place as soon as possible.

Just as he reached the entrance, a figure appeared in front of him. "So, you're the one who killed my disciple, Wu Youtian?"

Zhang Zhonghu was startled and looked at the person. He felt that the person had no aura at all, just like an ordinary person. However, the other cultivators around seemed not to see the person at all and walked past him naturally.

"Da da da..." Zhang Zhonghu's teeth began to chatter. He steeled himself and said, "I killed him, so... so what!"

Ding Yue was slightly taken aback, looking at Zhang Zhonghu with some surprise. "You do have some guts, not bad, not bad. Since you killed my disciple, then you will take his place."

"Ah!" Zhang Zhonghu was immediately stunned. "Me, me?"

Ding Yue nodded and said, "That's right. From this moment on, you are a disciple of my Seven Ingenious Workshop lineage, and I am your master, Ding Yue."

"Suck..."

Although Zhang Zhonghu had vaguely guessed that the person before him might be a Nascent Soul elder from the Seven Ingenious Workshop Pavilion lineage, he still gasped in shock upon confirming it.

"Grand... Grand Ancestor, spare my life!"

"Hahaha!" Ding Yue burst into laughter upon seeing this. "What 'Ancestor'? That's what outsiders call me. You should call me Master."

"Yes... yes... Master!" Zhang Zhonghu quickly bowed and said, "Disciple greets Master!"

"Good, good, good!" Ding Yue said three times. A spiritual light appeared beneath his feet. With one step, Zhang Zhonghu felt a blur before his eyes and found himself in front of an unfamiliar grand hall.

He looked closely and saw a plaque above the main hall that read "Seven Ingenious Workshop). Ding Yue was walking into the hall.

He quickly followed, then couldn't help but ask, "Master, you... you don't blame me for killing Wu Youtian?"