Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 178 - 172: Mao Family (3/5, Vote for Monthly Tickets)_2

Chapter 178: Chapter 172: Mao Family (3/5, Vote for Monthly Tickets)_2

"Let’s hope so! But really, what are we doing, harvesting human hearts? It just feels chilling to the bone!"

"It’s a decision from above, what right do we have to question it? We should just keep our heads down, work without looking, asking, or speaking too much, and avoid bringing trouble upon ourselves!"

"I’m just curious, you know. Tell me, Wei, don’t you want to know?"

"Of course, I want to know, but will anyone tell me, a mere pawn, the truth?"

"True!"

After retrieving several buckets of water, they returned the same way they had come.

Zhou Heng loathed this mysterious organization with a passion!

They had nearly killed Zhou Dinghai, and if it weren’t for the Shadow Evasion Talisman he had obtained in the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, Zhou Dinghai would certainly have perished by now.

He did not immediately appear and kill these two men because he was still trying to use them to find the camp of this mysterious force. Clearly, they hadn’t left yet and were stationed somewhere around here.

Zhou Heng quickly dressed and, with a move, had left the Nine Mystic Trial Tower. Unleashing the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, he covered dozens of miles in an instant, catching up with the tall and short duo after just seven or eight leaps.

With his current Land Cleaving Realm cultivation level, coupled with the miraculous Speed of the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, those two men couldn’t possibly detect Zhou Heng, unknowingly leading the way ahead.

After ten minutes or so, the two entered a dense forest. Zhou Heng didn’t follow them in because he sensed many people inside.

There were experts of the Mountains and Rivers Realm in this mysterious force. Although not sure if they were currently there, Zhou Heng did not want to startle them; he wanted to fully understand the details of this force.

If they dared to target his father, he did not intend to show mercy—wipe them all out!

There were many people he did not know, but Zhou Dinghai also had no enmities with them; still, he almost met a deadly fate due to inexplicable reasons. Hence, why would Zhou Heng show any mercy?

Kill!

His family was his Achilles heel, whoever touched them would die! Even if this mysterious force had Heaven-Opening Realm experts or even stronger experts, that he couldn’t deal with them now didn’t mean he couldn’t deal with them later.

Zhou Heng waited for a while, but no one came out of the forest and it was clear he wouldn’t achieve anything by continuing to wait outside, so he decided to sneak in.

He leapt forward, but was already halfway into the Nine Mystic Trial Tower while still in midair. This treasure turned into tiny particles, maintaining its momentum as it continued to fly forward.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, four figures shot out at once, stopping at the spot where Zhou Heng had entered the Nine Mystic Trial Tower.

"Where is he?"

"He disappeared out of thin air?"

"How is that possible?"

The four of them each spoke in turn, all frowning. They sensed the unfamiliar aura from Zhou Heng and thus appeared immediately, but bizarrely, they didn’t catch him!

If one person had sensed wrongly, it was possible, but for four people to be mistaken at the same time was almost impossible.

But, where was he?

The aura they sensed was only at the Land Cleaving Realm; theoretically, it was impossible for the intruder to react faster than them, but in reality, the invader had disappeared, vanished, as if he had some strange ability to become invisible.

All four opened their Divine Sense to sweep the forest over and over again, but found nothing.

Their glances met, mutual surprise evident in their eyes, but reaching their level of cultivation, they were adept at keeping their emotions from showing on their faces. They turned and left, each heightening their alertness.

Zhou Heng suppressed his entire aura, donned a set of black clothing, and also covered his face with black cloth—a set of attire no Martial Artist would go without. He quietly left the Nine Mystic Trial Tower. As long as he didn’t activate his Spiritual Power, even Heaven-Opening Realm experts would have difficulty sensing his presence.

He thus brazenly walked through the dense forest, seeing about a hundred tents set up with very few people going in or out.

"Man, you really are addicted, still dressed like this?" A middle-aged man who was just emerging from a tent saw Zhou Heng and chuckled.

Zhou Heng nodded at him and walked past, heading towards the tent of a Heaven-Opening Realm expert. He entered the Nine Mystic Trial Tower again where he could eavesdrop on every move inside.

"Zhou Heng, what exactly is going on?" Xiao Huoshui and Orchid Concubine were utterly confused, watching him enter and exit, donning a masked disguise. Were they playing a game of bandits kidnapping people?

Zhou Heng briefly explained the situation, and both Xiao Huoshui and Orchid Concubine realized the gravity of the situation and began to worry. However, they were not the owners of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower and could not project their Divine Sense outside, so they could only listen to Zhou Heng’s relay.

This waiting lasted for three days.

Zhou Heng listened to countless trifles at the corners for three days, but occasionally, one or two important pieces of information slipped through, gradually dissipating the fog cloaking this mysterious entity.

They all came from the same family, the Mao Family. As for where the Mao Family was located or what level of experts they had, Zhou Heng did not hear, but he discovered why these people had not left.

It turned out that a Heaven-Opening Realm expert suspected that the Spirit Stone Mine here was not of Lower Grade!

The situation was complex; indeed, most of the Spirit Stone Mines here were of Lower Grade, but that expert was well-versed in Spirit Stone Mines and theorized, based on certain signs, there might be a segment of Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine Veins!

And a Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine Vein could potentially nurture a Spirit Core!

That was why some of them had not left but were searching for the potential location of that Middle Grade vein!