Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 448 - 422

Chapter 448: 422

Because they had gathered before, Zhang San didn’t want a large group of people to see him off when he left.

And then there’s the clinging hugs I’d receive without wanting to let go.

Given Hu Xingxiang’s figure, hugging her a few more times wouldn’t be too bad, but it was completely unnecessary with others.

It would only increase the sorrow, and there was no need for that.

So, Zhang San had agreed with everyone that he would leave on his own on the 20th of August.

But in reality, on the early morning of August 18th, Zhang San rode Hei away from the Capital, heading north.

Of course, Zhang San entirely disliked the sentimental atmosphere of farewells; it certainly wasn’t because he was worried about being ambushed on the road, changing the time of his departure to catch his enemies off guard.

While riding Hei at full speed, Zhang San’s mind had already begun to consider what he would do once he reached the Northern Army.

First and foremost, the most important thing for him was to resolve the curse issue.

After all, one could never know when the white flame would brew a ruthless inferno, completely devouring his time.

Therefore, entering the Spiritual Platform Realm and cultivating the Five Viscera Wheel Seas was of utmost importance.

Secondly, although he had received about twenty boxes of cultivation resources from Pharaoh, with these, according to Pharaoh’s estimates, he could cultivate up to the final phase of the Spiritual Platform Realm.

But what Pharaoh didn’t know was that he had two True Cores, and Zhang San was also practicing body refinement.

As his time gradually decreased, if he didn’t have enough defense, every exchange with an enemy would be fraught with danger.

So, he needed to expedite his body refinement. Now, of the 720 Qi Acupoints all around his body, he had already cultivated 600, with the last 120 remaining. His resources and time, however, were insufficient, so it seemed he had to buckle down later on as well.

This involved a very serious problem – his current cultivation resources were far from sufficient.

Last but not least, entering the North was filled with unknowns.

And the unknown signified crisis!

Zhang San, while riding, pondered these thoughts and soon left the Capital Region Road behind.

After all, the area of the Capital Region Road was much smaller compared to other regions.

Now, just after midday, Zhang San planned to find an inn or a teahouse to rest and have some food after leaving the Capital Region Road.

But as soon as he left the Capital Region Road, Zhang San noticed an old lady selling flowers by the roadside.

The old lady stood by the roadside with a cheerful smile, softly calling out, "Flowers for sale, flowers for sale..."

Zhang San dismounted and asked curiously, "Old lady, why are all these flowers purple?"

The old lady smiled slightly and said, "Purple flowers are very difficult to grow."

"Then these flowers must be very expensive, right?"

The old lady nodded while smiling, "One Gold Leaf for one purple flower."

Zhang San looked at the basket of purple flowers the old lady was carrying and asked, "Seeing that they’re so difficult to grow, wouldn’t it be a pity to pick them?"

"A good flower is worth picking at the right time."

"Since that’s the case, I’ll buy a few. But I don’t know how many I need, can you help me choose, old lady?"

The old lady took out four purple flowers from her basket one by one and said, "Four should be good. Four, it’s a homophone for death, which is auspicious."

Zhang San took out five Gold Leaves from his Gluttonous Bag and placed them in the old lady’s basket.

"The future is uncertain; I’ll buy one extra."

With that said, Zhang San picked another purple flower from the basket.

The old lady rummaged in her basket and then produced a small rectangular brocade pouch.

"This is an amulet I made myself. Carry it on your journey for safety."

"Thank you, old lady."

"Speed up on the road. Granny is going to pick flowers," she said.

Zhang San had a premonition, and after mounting his horse, he urged Hei to sprint at full speed.

Hei, not knowing the reason but sensing they had been watched since leaving the Capital Region Road, galloped furiously with hooves thundering.

At the same time Zhang San left, from the direction of the Capital Region Road, more than a dozen fast horses charged forth.

Atop each horse sat a cultivator, each one from the Spiritual Platform Realm.

Meanwhile, the sky around them began to fill with dark clouds, and a fierce wind seemed to gather, inch by inch, in the direction Zhang San was heading.

Within the sky, four dark spots drew nearer.

Although initially, the four had some wariness of each other, as their aura locked onto Zhang San, they quickly realized they might belong to different forces or have accepted different invitations, but their goal was the same — to kill Zhang San!

They had thought that, being formidable cultivators of the Purple Mansion Realm themselves, dealing with a young man below the Spiritual Platform Realm would be a sure victory.

But they hadn’t expected there to be so many others wanting Zhang San dead.

This time, four powerful cultivators of the Purple Mansion Realm level had been asked to act.

At that moment, however, Zhang San only felt that there were even stronger individuals in the sky spying on him.

But with these dozen or so people behind him seemingly from the Spiritual Platform Realm, he had to think of a way to deal with them first.

Although he could defeat some cultivators of the same realm, Zhang San knew that this didn’t mean he could sweep through the Spiritual Platform Realm just because he was of the True Core Realm.

Moreover, with more than a dozen opponents, it wasn’t likely that all of them were at the early stages of the Spiritual Platform Realm.

He certainly couldn’t beat them all in a one against many fight.

Unless he made a breakthrough to the Spiritual Platform Realm right away and then took the opportunity to counterattack.

But he had heard that Changsun Bubai mainly cultivated the Five Viscera Wheel Seas and had completed all the Divine Treasures — he wanted to seek Changsun Bubai’s guidance after going to the North.

Now it seemed he could only first break through the Red Gold Wheel Sea and then use techniques to counter-kill those behind him.

As for those four in the sky...

At this time, the flower-selling granny glanced at the four individuals in the sky and then at the four purple flowers in her hands.

"What a pity," she said.

As she spoke, she crushed all four purple flowers in her hand.

Below the dark clouds, the four Purple Mansion Realm powerhouses were debating whether to let those from the Spiritual Platform Realm below make the first move to eliminate Zhang San, or if they should strike preemptively and erase him themselves.

Just then, in the heavens, four massive thunderbolts burst forth.

Thunder roared, and lightning flashed in all directions.

Along with the resounding rumbles in the sky,

many powerhouses in the Capital sensed the vast disturbance to the north of the Capital Region Road.

Because in that very instant,

all four Purple Mansion Realm cultivators perished.

"Who could it be, able to slay four Purple Mansion Realm cultivators in a blink of an eye?"

"Could it be the Pharaoh has acted? Looking across the Great Sui, there are not a few who can kill those of the Purple Mansion Realm, but to kill four at once, so swiftly, there can’t be many, right?"

"If not the Pharaoh, then it must be the Heavenly Punishment Sect. Could it be that this Zhang San really has ties with them?"

"Maybe it was Li Moxian who acted! After all, he is from the Town Martial Office. Even if he has gone to the Northern Army, his position in the Town Martial Office hasn’t been relinquished."

"Regardless of who acted, killing four Purple Mansion Realm cultivators for the sake of Zhang San, it’s likely that no more Purple Mansion Realm cultivators will dare to make a move against him. From now on, only those of the same realm as Zhang San, or those slightly above him, can pursue him."

"This is intimidation, as well as a warning!"