Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 307 - 295: The Great Earthquake (2/3)

Chapter 307: Chapter 295: The Great Earthquake (2/3)

Chapter 295: The Great Earthquake

Feng Lianqing was a troublemaker at heart; she would feel uncomfortable if she did not cause some kind of mischief each day. She had caused no fewer than eighty incidents, big and small, during her few days in this small town. But until now, she had never gone as far as to demolish the place where she stayed.

This time, it was truly outrageous; her buttocks must be spanked for ruining everything!

"It wasn’t me!" Feng Lianqing’s aggrieved voice immediately carried over.

Zhou Heng’s hands swept through the air, deflecting the falling remnants of walls and pillars. Amidst the chaos, he safely brought the innkeeper and his family out, and everyone gathered outside the inn.

Boom! The earth quaked violently, undulating like a shaking rug, its tremors unceasing.

"An earthquake!"

The crowd shouted, the evidence now unmistakable.

"I told you it wasn’t me. Zhou, you owe me an apology!" Feng Lianqing, realizing she was in the right, immediately took advantage of the situation, pounding Zhou Heng’s back with her tiny fists.

"This is not a safe place. We must leave at once!" Zhou Heng said in a stern voice.

Even as a strength-endowed expert of the Mountains and Rivers Realm, how could he match a Nascent Soul Realm that could traverse the skies? If he were to fall into a fissure opened by the earthquake, he might never come out again, buried alive within the earth.

Crack, crack-crack! The earth split open, revealing a massive rift that rapidly widened and advanced toward them. The initial narrow gap expanded quickly to ten, then a hundred li wide.

"Hurry!"

Zhou Heng, carrying the innkeeper’s family, leapt away, fleeing the epicenter of the earthquake.

Although the quake spread rapidly, they moved even faster; the more they ran, the farther they got from the spreading crack, until they eventually left it far behind. But in doing so, they had covered a thousand li!

"Strange, there have been constant earthquakes before, but none as intense as this one!"

"It’s as if the entire world is collapsing!"

"Such power is terrifying. Who could possibly contend with it?"

Having reached safety, people started discussing vehemently. There had indeed been earthquakes these past days, but they were minor; one might not even notice them if asleep. But this eruption was monumental, its ferocity stunning.

"Look!" Han Yulian pointed toward East Spirit Mountain. Her cultivation level being the highest, her vision reached the furthest.

Following her gesture, everyone saw East Spirit Mountain’s five peaks standing proudly, immovable amid the shaking earth as if they were a keystone that stabilized the Eternal ages.

"Legend has it that East Spirit Mountain is transformed from the hand of a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate. It appears that this is true; otherwise, such might is unimaginable!" Mei Yixiang said with awe.

"How can a human hand be so large?" Ying Mengfan asked, perplexed, comparing her own hands to the distant five peaks, unable to conceive of their vast scale.

"They say that places like the Death Forest and the other Four Great Death Places were transformed from the bodies of fallen Divinity Transformation Realm experts. Considering that, the enormity of this hand might not be so improbable," Zhou Heng nodded.

"Just how powerful is a Divinity Transformation Realm expert?"

Everyone displayed an envious look. Since the Great Eternal Emperor, the Divinity Transformation Realm had vanished from the human world.

Zhou Heng, however, thought of Nalan Yaoyue, the Old Swindler, and Kong Aokun in the underground world—these beings... could they all be immortals?

The Old Swindler was said to be acting on orders, and the puppet might have been given to him by his support, perhaps not being an immortal himself. Nalan Yaoyue had been sealed into a puppet and now had returned to the Immortal Realm.

But what about Kong Aokun?

Why was he imprisoned in the human world?

That’s right, he was possessed by demons! At any moment, he could go mad and slaughter everything. The aura of evil was so strong that even Nascent Soul Realm Old Ancestors dared not approach. The people from the Immortal Realm sealed him here, fearing his evil aura might seep out and spread within the Immortal Realm!

At this thought, Zhou Heng became furious—were Mortals merely free for evil to run rampant?

To a Nascent Soul Realm, those of the Spirit Sea Realm were but ants, and to immortals... all of the Mortal Realm were ants!

If Kong Aokun were to break free, who could stop a mad immortal? One didn’t even have to engage in combat; the evil aura alone could corrupt and transform them into Red-haired Monsters!

Only by growing continuously stronger could one control their own destiny!

Zhou Heng clenched his fist tightly, his eyes ablaze with resolve.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground kept collapsing, and the crack widened further. When the second and third large rifts quickly formed and merged, the entire ground sunk in completely, creating an unfathomable chasm!

Buzz!

The Black Sword suddenly vibrated in the Dantian, pointing directly underground. The amplitude was not large, as if it were infinitely far away.

Here it comes again!

Zhou Heng thought of the past when he was looking for the Spirit Core, and the Black Sword had shown a similar reaction, pointing straight to the Earth’s Core!

He suddenly flinched, could it be pointing to the same treasure?

Back in the Body Refinement Realm, Zhou Heng believed that the entire world was a flat continent, but as his cultivation level rose and he came into contact with more matters, he realized that what was called Xuanqian Continent should actually be dubbed Xuanqian Star.

They were living on a gigantic sphere!

Thus, from any place one drilled downwards, one could converge at the Earth’s Core.

The treasure that the Black Sword was pointing to... could it actually be within the Earth Core?

Hiss!

Initially, Zhou Heng only thought that the Immortal Object was deep within the Earth’s layers, but if the Black Sword pointed to the same treasure twice, then it was clear that the object could only be at the Earth’s Core.

How would one obtain it?

Indeed, becoming a Deity could help in resisting the Earth Fire, but the Earth Fire also varied in levels. The deeper one went towards the Earth’s Core, the stronger its power naturally became. Even a Divine Infant Realm Old Ancestor wouldn’t dare to guarantee entry into the Earth’s Core!

Perhaps, only a Divinity Transformation Realm Old Ancestor had such qualifications!

After a full two days, the super earthquake finally came to a complete stop. Groundwater surged, beginning to fill the depression formed by the collapse of the land, creating a massive lake approximately two thousand li in circumference in just half a day.

East Spirit Mountain still stood in its original place, resembling a sea-calming divine needle, firmly suppressing this corner of the world.

After settling the innkeeper’s family of three and leaving behind a sum of money, Zhou Heng took the women and floated away, beginning to think about the next course of action.

"Husband, now we don’t have to worry about Yaoxiang and their marriages, but Gu Lingfei definitely won’t hand them over!" Han Yulian said as she sat in Zhou Heng’s embrace. She loved feeling tightly held by the man she loved, which helped dispel her century of loneliness.

Zhou Heng’s eyebrows twitched, saying, "I pre-emptively eliminated a hidden danger for her; she should be burning incense and kowtowing to me!"

If it weren’t for him slaying the Wu brothers, once Wu Tianying entered the Spirit Sea Realm, with his deliberate schemes against the unsuspecting, Gu Lingfei would’ve likely shared the same fate as her sister or maybe become a slave to the brothers just as they were.

"Now, she should know the true nature of those brothers. However, husband, I don’t think she will be grateful to you," Han Yulian said with a gentle smile.

Zhou Heng nodded. Han Yulian was right—although he had killed two beasts, he had also exposed a scandal. It was more likely that Gu Lingfei was thinking of killing him to silence him rather than feeling any gratitude toward him.

"To rescue Yaoxiang and the others, we must reach the Spirit Sea Realm..." Zhou Heng murmured.

Han Yulian’s face flushed with color, her voice coquettish, "Actually, there’s a piece of Spiritual Medicine right in front of you, but it depends on whether you’re willing to consume it."

Zhou Heng knew she was referring to Ying Mengfan. If the two mingled, he could reap huge benefits, even reaching the peak of the Third Layer Heaven in Mountains and Rivers Realm in one fell swoop! For others, this was just the beginning of Mountains and Rivers Realm, but for Zhou Heng, breaking through a Great Realm was as simple as eating.

However, the idea of mingling with a beautiful woman who had the intelligence of a four- or five-year-old was something Zhou Heng couldn’t bring himself to do.

"Husband, Meng Fan will be yours sooner or later, and that day will eventually come, so what does it matter if it’s a few days sooner?" Han Yulian advised. "Husband, have you ever considered—if Meng Fan never recovers, are you going to let her live in confusion for her entire life?"

Zhou Heng remained silent. He couldn’t deny he was tempted, but whether it was for Ying Mengfan’s benefit or his own desires, he wasn’t clear even to himself.

"Husband, when did you become such an indecisive person?" Han Yulian giggled flirtatiously, her watery phoenix eyes brimming with seductiveness. She opened her small mouth and bit his shoulder, "When you were forceful with me initially, you were very domineering and wild!"

Zhou Heng gave an embarrassed smile, "Back then you were about to die, I didn’t have time to consider anything else!"

"Take your time to think about it, husband," suggested Han Yulian, her gaze shifting, a trace of mischief hiding in it, unfortunately unnoticed by Zhou Heng.

...

"Zhou, Heng! Zhou, Heng!"

The only one who would call him with that intonation was the big girl Ying Mengfan. Zhou Heng sat by the lakeside, gazing at the distant East Spirit Mountain. He had been contemplating how to rescue Lin Fuxiang and the other two women.

Now that the Wu brothers were dead, there was no urgent rush, but having to see someone else’s face and get their permission to have his own women by his side was intolerable to Zhou Heng.

He had to resolve it as quickly as possible!

But as for Ying Mengfan... Zhou Heng was really struggling to proceed.

Zhou Heng turned his head and saw Ying Mengfan had already sat down beside him, exuding an enchanting fragrance. While he was pondering this matter and seeing the beauty sitting next to him, recalling the erotic scene that had just surfaced in his mind, he felt guilty but also a strange impulse.

"Zhou, Heng, I want to marry you!"

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