Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 89 - 77: Completely Suppressing, Bamboo Horse War Soul?!

Chapter 89: Chapter 77: Completely Suppressing, Bamboo Horse War Soul?!

"They were both beaten up by a Mountain Cat," Zhao Xing said indifferently.

"Served them right," Zong Shichang applauded, "I’ve disliked that chrysanthemum face for a long time."

"Do you have a grudge against him?" Zhao Xing asked in surprise.

Zong Shichang snorted, "My father once wanted to hire a Ritual Repairer to accompany me up the mountain and sought him out."

"Didn’t come to an agreement?"

Business is business, and benevolence remains. Just because we didn’t agree doesn’t mean we have a grudge," Zong Shichang said, "He set his price, and was quite enthusiastic at first. After we didn’t make a deal, he turned around and put on a show of aloofness, claiming that the Zong family’s money was filthy and he was too proud to associate with us. Isn’t that smearing my family’s name?"

Zhao Xing chuckled, "This man is truly despicable. What’s the deal with you and Li Chengfeng then?"

Zong Shichang’s expression turned complex, "That was before we entered the mountain, don’t ask... I once truly regarded him as a friend. Now that our friendship has ended, I don’t want to speak ill of him behind his back."

Zhao Xing nodded and didn’t inquire further.

Just at that moment, a steady voice entered their ears, "Mr. Zhao, I am sorry for being late."

Zhao Xing turned his head and saw a familiar figure briskly coming toward them. It was Shen Zhui, the martial arts prodigy from the military department he hadn’t seen for the past two days.

"You’re not late, Brother Shen, there’s still half an hour. You’re actually early," Zhao Xing reassured.

"It was my broken promise," Shen Zhui said with a look of shame, "I accidentally entered an idyllic land and couldn’t find my way out no matter what I tried. It was only after a great difficulty that I finally got out and realized it was the third day, so I hurried over here."

"Oh? Such a thing happened?" Zhao Xing became interested, "It seems Brother Shen had quite an adventure there."

Shen Zhui nodded, "After I entered that idyllic land, I found two ten-zhang-tall giants playing chess under an enormous willow tree and they even called me over."

"I don’t understand chess and found the place strange, I just wanted to get out, but they threw a chess piece at me, and suddenly, I was on a battlefield," he continued.

"Then what happened?" Zong Shichang asked eagerly, "How did it turn out?"

Shen Zhui looked up at Zong Shichang, "All of a sudden, there were black and white soldiers in front of me, fighting on the battlefield."

"I was forced to follow the white soldiers and attack the other side. Strangely, every time I killed a soldier, a sword move would flash through my mind, and vital energy would enter my body. When the battle ended, I was suddenly outside that idyllic land."

"And I had also stepped into the Ninth Grade Realm."

"Shh!" Zong Shichang gasped in shock.

Zhao Xing teased, "What are you hissing for, as if you understood anything."

"Even though I didn’t understand, it feels very incredible. Uncle Cang, Uncle Hu, don’t you think?" Zong Shichang said.

The two of them nodded repeatedly. Such an event would be astonishing anywhere.

Yuan Bo suddenly spoke, "The world is the chessboard, vital energy the chess pieces, divine beings in a game. You’ve mistakenly entered into the game and become a chess piece. By being on the winning side, your cultivation has greatly increased."

"What if he had been on the losing side?" Zong Shichang asked.

"Death," Yuan Bo uttered a single word.

Shen Zhui’s expression changed slightly, as he only now realized the danger of the situation.

Zhao Xing patted his shoulder, "Regardless of the reason, it’s good that Brother Shen has gained something. There’s no need to overthink the past."

"Yes," Shen Zhui nodded, "I had this understanding before climbing the mountain, just didn’t expect such an event to happen."

After a pause, he looked at Zhao Xing, "Brother Zhao, now that I have entered the grade, whether I get the first incense or not is no longer that important. Tonight, I’ll help you seize the first incense, to make up for my earlier broken promise."

"Hahahaha."

Shen Zhui frowned and looked at Zong Shichang, "Why do you laugh, sir?"

Zong Shichang pointed at Zhao Xing, "If you had come out yesterday, you indeed could have helped him, but now, Zhao Sanjia doesn’t need you and he already has a good chance of winning the first incense."

"Hmm?" Shen Zhui was taken aback for a moment. He re-examined Zhao Xing and noticed that the latter had reached Gathering Essence Ninth Rank.

That in itself wasn’t much, but upon closer inspection, he realized that Zhao Xing’s temperament was quite unique, like an unfathomable deep sea, even giving him a sensation of danger.

It was then that Shen Zhui noticed a small cat’s head sticking out from Zhao Xing’s chest.

When he made eye contact with the cat’s cute large eyes, Shen Zhui got startled, "A Divine Beast of rank?!"

Zhao Xing tucked the Mountain Cat’s head back, "Brother Shen, there is no need to panic, the Mountain Cat has been tamed by me."

Shen Zhui exclaimed, "I didn’t even notice its presence, this... I’ve spoken arrogantly just now."

It seemed not only did he have an adventure, but Zhao Xing’s experiences were even more powerful.

You must know that before climbing the mountain, Zhao Xing was only at Gathering Essence Fourth Rank.

Now, not only had he reached Gathering Essence Ninth Rank, but he also tamed a Divine Beast!

"A lot of people are looking at you with hostility, Brother Zhao, what exactly did you do?" Shen Zhui asked, somewhat surprised, as he keenly felt the looks around them.

It wasn’t on the Mountain Cat, but on Zhao Xing himself.

This made him quite curious about Zhao Xing’s experiences over the past two days as well.

"It’s nothing, just the Mountain Cat had a friendly exchange with them," Zhao Xing said.

"Don’t tell me you had the Mountain Cat steal a lot of people’s Spiritual Beauty? Where is the friendship there?" Shen Zhui seemed to understand something, as Zhao Xing’s skills and magic both seemed to have improved significantly.

Even he, a Martial Artist who had entered the grade, felt threatened. How many Spiritual Beauty did he have to use?

But one could never find so much on their own!

It must have been the Mountain Cat helping to rob it!

Zhao Xing casually fabricated, "Brother Shen doesn’t know, the Mountain Cat is wild and aggressive, and wants to take people’s lives whenever it encounters them. It’s only because of my kindness and persuasion that it only robbed them of Spiritual Beauty and didn’t harm any lives."