He Went Toward East Mountain

"Brother Zhou, I feel like throwing up whenever I see you. Are you taking your medicine too often?"

"I'm not exactly hardworking, ugh~"

"Look at you, you're still throwing up!"

"I had already stopped vomiting, but then the purple gladiolus triggered it!"

Zhang Xuezhou was still worried about Zhou Rihui vomiting in front of Luo Fudi's tomb, so he had to take care of him for a while.

Nearly half an hour later, Zhou Rihui had barely regained his senses, which reassured Zhang Xuezhou and allowed him to approach more closely.

He could not possibly admit that he defeated Zhou Rihui, but fortunately, there were quite a few people to take the blame.

Zhou Rihui attributed his symptoms to the purple gladiolus or Huang Daoxian's intervention, which induced him to vomit so violently that he became delirious and disoriented.

"Go for it, Zhou, go for it! Pull that weed out!"

Zhang Xuezhou urged him on, while Zhou Rihui nodded through gritted teeth.

But when Zhang Xuezhou tried to push Zhou Rihui into the tomb, Zhou Rihui showed some obvious resistance.

"I'm not wearing any sun protection gear, and I still can't stand that plant... Where did you get your black clothes? Is it easier to wear black clothes for test flights?"

Amidst muttering doubts, Zhou Rihui had no choice but to put on Zhang Xuezhou's black leather jacket.

The leather jacket was quite loose, even covering Zhou Rihui's stiff feathers. If he were to meet people, Zhou Rihui felt that he could only wear this kind of loose clothing until he had completely shed his feathers.

He was initially quite satisfied with Zhang Xuezhou's black leather jacket worn during the test flight.

"Then I'll go into the Luo Fu Emperor's Mausoleum to investigate," Zhou Rihui said. "The probability of me being beaten to death by the grass is zero, but the probability of me vomiting to death is fifty percent. If I vomit again inside, or if I haven't come out after half an hour, you'll have to call for backup!"

"No problem!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, and he even thoughtfully gave his flashlight to Zhou Rihui.

After the handover, Zhang Xuezhou found himself empty-handed, with only two pieces of jade in his pocket.

Having cleared himself of suspicion for retaliating against Zhou Rihui, he felt much better and found a stone tablet next to the imperial tomb to sit down and wait.

Zhou Rihui's search of Luo Fudi's tomb was destined to yield little result, and Zhang Xuezhou could only patiently wait for the other party to emerge from the tomb.

"Come out, you dog! You had the guts to ambush your grandpa, but you're too spineless to show yourself!"

Occasionally, Zhang Xuezhou could hear Zhou Rihui's angry curses coming from the deepest part of the underground.

Zhou Rihui shouted and cursed, but his ability to express himself was limited. After his outburst, Zhou Rihui finally emerged, greatly disappointed.

"Brother, that grass probably burrowed underground again; we couldn't find it!"

Zhou Rihui took off his leather hat, his head shaking repeatedly, occasionally showing signs of wanting to vomit but forcibly holding it back.

He briefly explained his exploration, then frowned and looked around at the perimeter of the cemetery.

"It's alright, it hasn't even crawled out of the cemetery in over a month. It'd be ages before it reaches Western Capital City, it won't affect us at all!"

Zhang Xuezhou offered a word of comfort to Zhou Rihui.

If it is located in a tomb, the harm caused by purple gladiolus is limited.

Zhang Xuezhou was eager to catch a living plant to see if this gladiolus was related to the fortune of Dongshan and whether it had the potential to connect to the area of Dongshan's fortune.

However, this hope is somewhat unattainable. Among the tombs of emperors who had seen the zodiac, three out of four plants had died, and the remaining gladiolus was difficult to find.

It would be difficult to dig up the entire cemetery area, which spans dozens of miles, let alone allow it to be damaged.

He didn't know how to lure the plant into revealing itself.

Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to give up after failing to find the purple gladiolus when he infiltrated the imperial tomb, and Zhou Rihui's search also yielded no results. He then prepared to seek to take over the Dongshan Imperial Tomb in the future.

You're right!

Zhou Rihui was very satisfied with Zhang Xuezhou's reasoning.

These imperial tombs have been under construction for a century, and the purple gladiolus has not affected the Sequence Committee in all that time. Zhou Rihui does not believe that they are so unlucky as to be affected by the impact.

After quickly filtering through Zhang Xuezhou's information, Zhou Rihui couldn't help but excitedly share the good news of his entry into the Sixth Sequence.

"Congratulations, Brother Zhou, on becoming the number one in our Alliance States!"

"I can't claim to be number one; I'm still far from being the best!"

Zhang Xuezhou offered his congratulations.

Besides Zhou Yueyan being informed by Zhou Rihui, Zhang Xuezhou was the second person to know the information.

Zhou Rihui's breakthrough to the Sixth Sequence is a significant event, but as someone hiding behind the scenes preparing to eliminate the rebels, news of Zhou Rihui's sequence will not circulate widely.

This forced Zhou Rihui to keep it to himself until he told Zhang Xuezhou about it, and Zhang Xuezhou congratulated him repeatedly, which made Zhou Rihui feel much happier.

"I originally came here to check out the purple sword orchid at the Imperial Mausoleum for a sequence upgrade, but I didn't expect to fall victim to its poison. This skill is still not enough to make me proud. Only by breaking into the Seventh Sequence can I be more secure," Zhou Rihui said cautiously.

"So, all you need to do next is inject the beast extract to enter the Seventh Sequence, right?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"It's not that simple," Zhou Rihui corrected. "The beast extract is a necessary condition for reaching the Seventh Sequence, but injecting the beast extract at the Sixth Sequence doesn't guarantee entry into the Seventh Sequence!"

Are there any other conditions?

"This requires our bodies to have an extremely high degree of adaptability, so as not to cause physical collapse after injecting the ferocious beast extract," Zhou Rihui said. "You can simply understand this adaptability as individual strength. The stronger we are in the Sixth Sequence, the more we can reach what we consider the limit of the sequence, before we can inject the corresponding ferocious beast extract."

So you're still a ways off from entering the Seventh Sequence?

"Even with the corresponding ferocious beast extract, I think it would take me three to five years of training to have any chance of entering the Seventh Sequence!"

Zhou Rihui spoke very conservatively about when he entered the Seventh Sequence, and this time was based on the premise of possessing the corresponding ferocious beast extract.

In reality, most Sixth Sequence individuals waste decades without finding a suitable ferocious beast.

Even Zhou Rihui couldn't guarantee that he would be able to hunt a ferocious beast and complete his sequence transformation.

Compared to other Sixth Sequence individuals, he was simply more resilient and had a greater margin for error when facing ferocious beasts. Moreover, he had allies skilled in healing, which greatly reduced Zhou Rihui's worries.

With all these advantages, Zhou Rihui felt that he had at least a 20% chance of entering the Seventh Sequence.

His probability isn't low; it's extremely high.

"What did it feel like when you stepped into the Sixth Sequence? Did using the beast-based drugs to advance your sequence cause any problems?"

Having recounted the Seventh Sequence, Zhang Xuezhou was also curious about Zhou Rihui's entry into the Sixth Sequence.

Unless the sequence is advanced in exactly the same way, the differences between those Sequence Holder are not very helpful to others. However, Zhou Rihui entered the Sixth Sequence by stimulating himself with the Spirit-Forging Pill- Forging Pill, which is similar to Zhang Xuezhou's future reliance on drugs.

He can learn directly from others now to avoid taking detours in the future.

"Let me tell you, only someone with Zhou's physique can handle this. Ordinary people shouldn't even think about using beast-derived drugs to boost their rank; it's simply beyond the capacity of a normal person..."

Zhou Rihui touched the black leather jacket. He wanted to take it off, but then he thought about the stiff feathers all over his body and pulled his hand back.

In pursuit of the ability to fly thousands of miles, he endured drugs beyond his tolerance, almost causing the collapse of his original genes. By injecting blood serum far exceeding what he would normally use, Zhou Rihui also grasped the critical point of the Sixth Sequence.

"It felt like... you need to find a woman to settle down with. Anyway, I just couldn't hold back anymore, and it just happened naturally," Zhou Rihui vaguely expressed.

"You need to find a woman for this kind of thing?"

Zhang Xuezhou suddenly felt troubled. He felt that Zhou Rihui's experience was useful to learn from, but impractical. He couldn't imagine what it would feel like to have the same experience.

The conversation eventually turned to Zhou Rihui's recommendation that Zhang Xuezhou find women, which made Zhang Xuezhou hesitant and submissive.

He's good at everything, but he just can't bring himself to ruin a woman's life.

"This is too difficult!"

Zhang Xuezhou complained.

He was about to change the subject and suggest that Zhou Rihui go get some hot water to remove his hair when a communicator with a weak signal in Dongshan suddenly started beeping.

When Zhang Xuezhou noticed, he saw that there were already twenty-one missed calls and more than ten unread messages on the communicator.

He connected the call, Zuo Teng's voice immediately came through the communicator.

"He went towards Dongshan!"

Zuo Teng spoke in a low voice, briefly recounting the message that Zhang Xuezhou had repeatedly emphasized must be conveyed.