Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 56 - Backstage

“Did what?” Zhou Heng was clueless about matters between men and women, blinking his eyes as he looked at Lin Fuxiang.

“You jerk!” Lin Fuxiang’s face grew even more charming, she couldn’t help but roll her eyes at Zhou Heng again, exuding allure.

Zhou Heng felt as if something in his heart suddenly came to life, an unusual emotion started blooming, which he hurriedly suppressed, saying, “Unjust accusation, I really don’t know what you’re talking about!”

“You still deny it!” Lin Fuxiang stamped her foot in a pretense of anger, her face pouting, “In any case, Jin Tengyi did something shameless, and then there was the birth of the Jin Xiulong brothers!”

Zhou Heng finally understood.

Although a master and disciple had no blood relation, their union was still taboo in society.

Lin Fuxiang mentioned that Jin Tengyi did something shameless, which probably meant he had forced Lv Sue, hence the bad blood between her and White Jade Valley.

“Lv Sue has high talent and possesses Bloodline Power; she is a Human Spirit Body of Eight Stars status.

Although she only broke through to the Gathering Spirit Realm in her late forties, her later accomplishments were explosive, and in just twenty years, she reached the Third Layer Heaven of the Gathering Spirit Realm, and was taken as a disciple by Black Water Hall.

It’s said she’s close to breaking through to the Initial Separation Realm!” Lin Fuxiang said with a serious expression.

“The Initial Separation Realm!” Zhou Heng’s expression also turned solemn.

Although he was capable of killing Jin Tengyi, that was because the opponent had greatly underestimated him; otherwise, he would never be Jin Tengyi’s match.

After advancing to the Spirit Gathering Realm, he also understood more clearly the gap between the Body Refinement Realm and the Spirit Gathering Realm—a gap that similarly existed between the Spirit Gathering Realm and the Initial Separation Realm!

Lv Sue might wish for Jin Tengyi’s death, but how could she remain indifferent upon learning that both her sons had died at Zhou Heng’s hand?

If Lv Sue was still at the Third Layer Heaven of Gathering Spirit, then even if Zhou Heng could not win, there was still hope for escape, and in a life-or-death struggle, both could suffer.

But in the Initial Separation Realm… Zhou Heng couldn’t see a glimmer of hope!

He wouldn’t underestimate himself, but he held an even more realistic view of the disparity between their strengths.

Even though his power was increasing rapidly, the world was full of experts, and the Spirit Gathering Realm was just the beginning of the Martial Path.

He simply had no right to be complacent.

“However, you don’t need to worry too much.

Even if Lv Sue truly has advanced to the Initial Separation Realm, she wouldn’t dare come to the Nine Spirit Sect to commit murder!” Lin Fuxiang said confidently, “Because my grandfather happens to be the Silver Elder of Black Water Hall!”

“Oh?”

“Ah, I have to give a lesson to a dummy who doesn’t know anything!” Lin Fuxiang sighed on purpose, shrugging her fragrant shoulders, “The Black Water Hall is full of experts, and only those in the Initial Separation Realm can serve as elders!”

“Among them, the ones in the First Layer Heaven are the Bronze Elders!”

“Those in the Second Layer Heaven are the Silver Elders!”

“And those in the Third Layer Heaven are the Purple Gold Elders!”

“Why aren’t they called the Gold Elders?” Zhou Heng interjected casually.

Lin Fuxiang felt the urge to bang her head against the wall and glared fiercely at Zhou Heng, “Why must they be called Gold Elders?”

Zhou Heng shrugged and said, “I was just asking!”

He finally understood the confidence of the Nine Spirit Sect; they had a Silver Elder from Black Water Hall as their backup.

Presumably, the Azure Cloud Sect also had similar backing, which is why the three major powers couldn’t overtake each other; they could only rely on their own strength and not external power.

Because they were all under the rule of Black Water Hall.

Lin Fuxiang, who had been in a great mood seeing Zhou Heng again after a long time, now felt provoked into anger, thinking this guy was just as irritating as before!

She said impatiently, “So, just stay nicely within the Nine Spirit Sect, that’s absolutely safe.

Otherwise, I can’t be bothered with you!”

She walked away in a huff, and as Zhou Heng watched her captivating figure disappearing swiftly, he couldn’t help but shake his head with a chuckle.

Next, he had to consider his path forward.

The Black Sword possessed an ability against the heavens; this completely changed Zhou Heng’s previous intention to walk the path of slaughter!

Staying in the Nine Spirit Sect was indeed safe, but it also meant that he would not be using the most powerful weapon he had, which was an incredibly foolish act.

Now that he was an expert in the Spirit Gathering Realm, and with the miraculous Cloud Flying Step, even if Lv Sue were to monitor him through White Jade Valley people, it would be almost impossible to catch him.

—Unless he was unlucky enough to bump directly into her.

Zhou Dinghai’s safety had to be considered.

What if Lv Sue couldn’t catch him?

What would she do if she grabbed Zhou Dinghai to threaten him instead?

After much thought, Zhou Heng decided he must swallow his pride and ask the Nine Spirit Sect to shelter his father.

With the Silver Elder as a deterrent, Lv Sue would not dare to act rashly.

He had to return to Origin Stone Town.

There were no incidents that night, and just as Zhou Heng was waking up the next day, he heard a loud knocking on the door.

When he opened the door, he saw it was Lin Fuxiang again.

“Why are you here again?” Zhou Heng shook his head.

“No wonder your cultivation progresses so slowly; you’re wasting all your time!”

Lin Fuxiang was so angry she almost jumped up.

How was she wasting time when few people in the younger generation of the Nine Spirit Sect could compare to her?

However, standing before her was a genius, and including another genius, Jing Tian, she could only rank third.

“Forget it, I’m a generous person, I won’t argue with you over this!” she walked into the courtyard unceremoniously and said, “Hurry up, pack your things, we’re going to the Pingtian Mountain Range!”

“Why are we going there again?” Zhou Heng had just come back from there and had no intention of entering the mountains again.

“Something strange has happened!” Lin Fuxiang said mysteriously.

“I received news yesterday that there are ghosts in that cave!”

“Cave?” After a moment of surprise, Zhou Heng immediately thought of the mine where the Earth Rock Cloud Stone was located.

“Ghosts, what do you mean?”

“I’m not clear on the details either, but I heard that many miners suddenly grew red hair, became impervious to weapons, displayed incredible brute strength, and attacked anyone they saw.

Now they can’t even mine anymore!” Lin Fuxiang explained excitedly.

Red-haired Monsters?

Zhou Heng thought of Misty Death Valley, where under the influence of the blood-red stele, the bones on the ground “came to life” with red hair – a frightening thought to this day.

But how could there be a similar phenomenon in the Earth Rock Cloud Stone mine, which was who knows how far from Misty Death Valley?

“I heard you also encountered red-haired monsters in Misty Death Valley, let’s go and see if it’s the same on both sides!” Lin Fuxiang urged.

Zhou Heng felt tempted.

He still didn’t understand how those corpses had turned into red-haired monsters, and the blood-stained stele was suppressing a donkey, the whole thing shrouded in mystery!

Under the blood-colored stele was a bottomlessly deep hole which he dared not descend into.

So, could the mine be a breakthrough?

His blood surged with a strong spirit of adventure, making him restless.

“Let’s go!” Zhou Heng made an instant decision.

The two left the Nine Spirit Sect and headed toward the mountains.

Along the way, Zhou Heng asked, “What does the sect master say about this matter?”

“My father says it’s too eerie; he wants to enlist help from Black Water Hall!”

“Hey, if Black Water Hall gets involved, the owner of the mine will have to change, won’t it?”

“Can’t help it, who expected such a weird incident to occur?”

Five days later, the two reached the cave where the Earth Rock Cloud Stone mine was located.

The area had changed greatly; a vast platform had been built around the cave entrance, covered with tents enough to house a hundred people, and around ten people were guarding the entrance.

“Who goes there?

Oh, Miss Lin!” someone called out upon seeing Zhou Heng and Lin approaching, but their tone quickly turned respectful as soon as they saw Lin Fuxiang.

“What’s the situation now?” Lin Fuxiang asked.

“All the miners who turned into red-haired monsters have lost their minds; they attack any living creature on sight!” The man hastily replied respectfully, “Elder Chenyu is currently sitting at the entrance.”

Lin Fuxiang pulled Zhou Heng to the entrance and called out sweetly to a man in his sixties, “Uncle Fei, Fuxiang has come to see you!”

“Hey, why has Miss Fuxiang come?” The elder glanced at Lin Fuxiang, then his gaze shifted to Zhou Heng and instantly sparkled with interest.

He grunted and said, “Gathering Spirit Realm!”

“What!” More than a dozen Body Refining Twelfth Layer martial artists exclaimed in unison.

This youth, not yet twenty years old, was actually in the Spirit Gathering Realm?

Fei Chenyu had been sent by the Nine Spirit Sect to take charge of the mine.

Considering the precious nature of the Earth Rock Cloud Stone, deploying an Elder from the Spirit Gathering Realm was justified.

He was not aware of Zhou Heng’s feat of slaying Jin Tengyi with a single sword strike, but a Spirit Gathering Realm expert under twenty was impressive enough.

“What’s your name, brother?

Forgive my poor eyesight; I haven’t seen you before!” Fei Chenyu greeted Zhou Heng with a bow.

Despite their substantial age difference, in the world of martial artists, strength was what mattered.

If Zhou Heng had been in the Initial Separation Realm, Fei Chenyu would not even dare to call him ‘brother’ and would instead have to respectfully call him ‘senior’.

“My name’s Zhou Heng.

I joined the sect just half a year ago, so it’s quite normal for Brother Fei not to have seen me,” replied Zhou Heng, returning the gesture without falsely modestly claiming to be a junior.

“Half a year ago?” Fei Chenyu murmured.

He was assigned here half a year ago and had not been present to witness the rise of a genius.

However, he couldn’t possibly imagine that his assignment to this place was exactly because Zhou Heng had discovered the Earth Rock Cloud Stone mine.

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“Uncle Fei, we want to enter the cave!” Lin Fuxiang didn’t want to stand idly by and immediately made her request.