Chapter 294.
The air around them became incomparably cold.
And aside from the gloominess, it was boundless terror, as well as despairing palpitations.
Streets appeared within the Linglong Painting, ancient and bleak.
A strong sense of age filled the surroundings, as if staying here for a moment would be washed away by the years and turned into a withered bone.
And besides the street, a single bizarre, appeared out of nowhere in front of the stall.
The Verticality Leader was slightly stunned, “A Creepy Gathering?”
How could someone of his level not be able to see it.
But he really didn’t expect that Zhou An would be able to get the Creepy Gathering out.
This intelligence, they had never had, and it was only now, that they had gotten it.
“Hoo……”
A cold wind blew, bringing up half a dust cloud.
The Guile Gathering dressed in black, with the eerie unique coldness and fear, descended from the sky above.
Black Jade made a split second decision and threw out the inner elixir.
The inner elixir turned into a graceful arc, swinging in midair.
Within moments, it landed in Guile Gathering’s hands.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the inner elixir gradually melted into Guile Rally’s palm and disappeared rapidly.
On the body of the Guile Assembly, the instincts that originally belonged to the Guile were constantly hovering.
But as the inner dan was grabbed by the Guile Rally, the bizarre instinct on the Guile Rally’s body had disappeared.
“This is …… the same level of power.”
The Creepy Coven froze slightly, and then, looked at Zhou An with astonished eyes.
“No, are you playing for real?”
She usually said that Zhou An would bring in someone of the same level, and was still just joking.
But she really hadn’t expected that she would actually encounter one.
It was simply outrageous!
Zhou An awkwardly said, “Auntie, I really can’t beat this.”
It couldn’t be helped, this thing was going to personally make a move to obliterate him even at the expense of its own face, it would be strange for Zhou An to be able to withstand it.
The Vertical Leader’s face, completely sank, “They say that you, Zhou An, have someone beside you to protect the way, I originally did not believe it, but now it seems that it is the Creepy Gathering.”
“Being able to make Guile awake, Zhou An, I suddenly don’t want to kill you.”
“If I can capture a living soul and study it properly, wouldn’t it be a benefit to my verticality?”
Zhou An raised an eyebrow, “You can beat my aunt first.”
Catch him?
Funny.
You beat this one up first, then talk about catching.
In the past, most of the people, after encountering a trickster assembly, were in awe, but the Vertical Leader was different.
The Verticality Leader put his hands behind his back and shook his head, “If it was in its heyday, I would have fought you, but unfortunately, there is only half a moment now, so do it.”
He did not put up the slightest resistance, his face bland.
This was the aura of being an expert of the same level.
If he had come over in his heyday, even if he had to battle with the Guile Rally for dozens of days and nights, he would still go to battle.
If he won, he would tie Zhou An away.
But now, half a moment, not enough.
Who knew that after these words were said, the Creepy Coven would not make a move, but instead looked the Vertical Leader up and down with a strange look.
“What happened within the rift, you’re the one who messed it up.”
The Creepy Coven sneered, “On you, there is the same aura, and the recent unsteadiness of the rift has something to do with you.”
Zhou An listened from the side and said a word of truth.
Last time, he knew about this.
At that time, Zhou An was still puzzled, it was clear that they hunted Guile, but it still caused chaos within the rift.
The Guile Rally had said that there was someone else who was messing with the rift.
Now, it seemed that it was the Vertical Leader.
“The scent of a human is the most capable of evoking guile.”
The Verticality Leader said indifferently, “What’s more, I am placing the Eight Extremities separately in the rift, think about it, after the founder of the Eight Extremities, who had already died within the rift and transformed into the Creepy in the first place, sensed the Eight Extremities by virtue of his instincts, would it cause him to go crazy?”
The Creepy Gathering didn’t feel much after these words were said, but Zhou An frowned.
He understood the meaning of these words and how the Vertical Leader was able to tickle the weirdness within the rift.
Within the rift, the weirdness was all by instinct.
No living person went in, and that instinct was slowed down to a point.
But the Eight Extreme Techniques were different.
If the founder of the Eight Extreme Techniques, as the Indulgent Leader had said, had really died in the rift and turned into weirdness, then this thing would likely cause the instincts of the founder of the Eight Extreme Techniques, making the situation within the rift even more complicated.
Zhou An stroked his chin and said, “Moreover, there are also the vertical leaders from the front who died inside, and if they were to turn into weirdness, they would also be triggered by the Eight Extremist Techniques, causing the entire rift to become a mess.”
“You’re smart.” The Verticality Leader didn’t shy away from it and nodded, saying bluntly, “It is indeed as you said, so what’s the harm in telling you, you guys can’t stop it either.”
“And I’m actually doing all of this not just to let the chaos within the rift fall away, but also because of you.”
“Because of me?”
Zhou An raised his eyebrows and said, “Why would it be because of me?”
The Verticality Leader said blandly, “Every single one of the Eight Extreme Techniques put in carries a trace of your aura with it, so in the future, if you have the opportunity to enter the rift, you will definitely be prioritized to be struck.”
Speaking of this, the Vertical Leader was slightly regretful.
“I also didn’t know that you were able to bring Creepy back to his senses, if so, I wouldn’t have done that, but fortunately, you won’t be able to enter the rift within a short period of time, and I have enough time to think of all the ways to bring you to the Verticality and study it properly.”
Zhou An laughed at this and did not reply.
He felt that this fellow was a little overconfident.
At this moment, Guile Gathering turned his head and looked at Zhou An.
“It seems that you will have quite a lot of trouble in the future.”
Zhou An was of course clear that the trouble in the future would not be small, especially after entering the rift.
Originally, that Creepy, who was covered in heads, had already set his sights on him.
As long as Zhou An went in, no matter how far away it was, it would rush towards him.
Now with the addition of the Eight Extreme Techniques Founder, and those vertical leaders from before, it was only to be feared that once he went in, it would be a siege.
At that time, it would truly be a case of calling the heavens and the earth.
Of course, that was a matter for the future, Zhou An didn’t care about the future, let’s get the present done first.
“Auntie, finish him off.” Zhou An said.
He had summoned the Guile Gathering to settle the Vertical Leader, and now he would just settle it even if it was straightforward.
In front of his eyes, the golden eight trigrams were no longer dark, all of them were a picture of great fortune.
The Verticality Leader did not resist either, just standing calmly with his hands behind his back.
But his eyes looked at Zhou An, as if he wanted to study him thoroughly.
Zhou An felt his scalp tingle, thinking that the Verticality Leader had more or less an orientation problem.
The Guile Gathering didn’t nag much and pointed at the Verticality Leader.
Originally, the Vertical Leader had half a moment, but after he didn’t resist, just a single finger made the Vertical Leader’s doppelganger, completely turn into ashes.
At this moment, although the Verticality Leader had turned into ashes, the Linglong Painting was still there.
The surrounding streets and the landscape of the Linglong Painting overlapped each other, giving off a very mysterious feeling.
The feeling grew as the coldness and the freshness in the landscape intertwined with each other.
The Guile Gathering looked around and laughed, “This thing, to be a treasure, but it doesn’t seem to be of much use to you.”
Zhou An nodded, indicating that it really wasn’t of much use to him, just in that moment just now, he had already figured out the rules of the Linglong Painting.
He should have walked into the space in the painting, that’s why he felt that everything around him was fake.
Even if it was made real, it wasn’t real.
However, these things looked very high class, and were even a treasure for many people, which really didn’t do much for Zhou An.
But it was better to have this thing than not to have it.
Thinking of this, Zhou An asked.
“Auntie can you put it away, I still want to put it into my money bag, so that I can take it out and play with it when I have the chance in the future.”
“How refreshing to say? Actually, you just want to put it away, right?” The Guile Rally was somewhat helpless.
Zhou An didn’t deny it either, and just hemmed and hawed.
He had thought that Creepy Coven would want to help him, but what he hadn’t expected was that Creepy Coven would shake his head.
“This thing isn’t just as simple as letting you put it away, it can give the opponent a heavy blow.”
“Give who a heavy blow?” Zhou An asked strangely.
The Guile Gathering pointed at the painting and slowly said, “On this painting, there is the aura of the Taoist Sect and the Buddhist Sect, it was created by the two forces together, and I don’t know who you have offended, but if you completely destroy this painting, the person who created it will have to be revolted alive.”
“Not to mention anything else, getting an internal injury that can’t be cured in a short period of time, that’s still considered light.”
“In fact, the opposite side is very smart, because this painting cannot be destroyed even by a Vertical Leader, but I am different, as my street enters the painting and is considered to be a part of it, I, then, have the qualification to destroy it.”
Zhou An’s eyes lit up when he heard this.
He already knew what kind of person had done it, the aura of the Taoist Sect and the Buddhist Sect, to say that these two forces were dealing with himself, it was impossible, but if he really had to be involved with these two forces, then it would only be the Wild Taoist Sect as well as the Wild Buddhist Sect.
The painting was so powerful that Zhou An was able to associate who the real black hand that made its painting was.
Other than the bigwigs behind these two forces, there was really no way to find anyone else to do it.
Without hesitation, Zhou An said, “Auntie, can we find the hiding place of these two guys by the way, and take advantage of the fact that they are seriously injured to strike a direct blow?”
Guile Gathering shook his head and said, “If it was that simple, I’m afraid that these two forces would have been uprooted as a result of this, but it’s possible to have them and those involved seriously injured.”
“If their strength is not good, it’s not just as simple as being seriously injured, it’s more likely that they will directly die.”
“They have offended you, so let them pay the price accordingly.”
Zhou An thought about it and felt that this seemed fine, so he nodded his head and agreed.
The painting was destroyed, and Zhou An felt that it was a bit of a pity.
But actually, on second thought, there was nothing to pity about, as there was nothing he could do with the painting.
After the Guile Gathering received Zhou An’s consent, it did not nag, and then pointed slightly at the surroundings.
Immediately afterward, this Linglong Painting, which had the ability to repair itself, turned into ashes in an instant.
“Alright.”
The Guile Rally clapped his hands, indicating that it was ready.
“So simple?” Zhou An was surprised.
“How hard do you think it is? Do you think destroying a painting is difficult for me?” Guile Rally said breathlessly.
“That’s not true.” Zhou An hemmed and hawed.
Anything that could bring trouble to the other party, especially enemies, Zhou An was fond of.
“Then please, Auntie, see me out.” Zhou An continued.
He still had things to do outside, so he didn’t want to stay here.
After all, the enemy had already been resolved, so there was no point in staying here.
Earlier, he would finish that Guile Hunting Activity, and also return to the Great Chu Kingdom earlier.
It was in the Da Chu Kingdom that was the safest and would allow him to liver his proficiency with confidence.
When the Guile Coven heard this, she did not say anything else and nodded her head in agreement.
She pointed a finger in the air at Zhou An, and soon, in front of Zhou An’s eyes, the golden color began to gradually become blurred, and he gradually disappeared into this space.
By the time Zhou An opened his eyes again, he had already returned to the Sanqin Mansion.
The surroundings were still quiet, the people walking back and forth, looking no different than usual.
“It’s almost over.”
Zhou An looked around, knowing in his heart that the people from Verticality had failed, and the people from Wild Dao Sect and Wild Buddha Sect had also failed, and that this trip to the Guile Hunt should have already come to an end.
He stretched his back, no longer thinking about this matter, and continued to wait patiently.
And while he waited, at this moment, the Wild Dao Sect and the Wild Buddha Sect, were suffering a great terror.
In a secret place, there were countless members of the Wild Dao Sect and Wild Buddha Sect, wailing in pain on the ground.
On their bodies, all sorts of densely-packed wounds appeared, and blood was flowing continuously.
In the blink of an eye, it had spread over the entire land, and the Buddha Lord and the Dao Lord came out of the room, both of their faces extremely pale.
Even at the corners of their mouths, there were still blood stains that hadn’t been wiped away.
A large pile of corpses on the ground, at a glance, could not be counted.
Letting people look at it, they all felt frightened.
Lord Buddha’s face was filled with grief, gripping the human head Buddha beads hanging around his neck, his entire body was so angry that he was trembling.
“Vertical dogs, the Linglong painting was destroyed, the strength of our two sects, directly cut by seventy percent, it’s simply outrageous!”
The expression of the Daolord was similarly grave.
At this moment, his hair became extremely messy, especially which pair of eyes were covered in blood.
“Failed again, it’s Zhou An again, just how hard is he to kill!”
The two of them glanced at each other, both seeing a hint of helplessness in the other’s eyes.
They knew that the situation was that the Vertical Leader had failed, and that the Linglong Painting had been completely destroyed.
In the beginning, those who had participated in the production of the Linglong Painting had long since become the top echelons of the Wild Dao Sect and the Wild Buddha Sect after countless years.
With this failure, those with high strength amongst the top echelons were severely injured, while those with low strength died completely.
Even the two of them had suffered extremely heavy injuries.
The two forces were directly cut by seventy percent, which was the most tragic ever.
“Rest and recuperate, don’t act rashly for now.”
Buddha sighed and wiped off the blood stains at the corner of his mouth.
The two of them stopped talking and began to make amends.
As for the Great Domain Jade Seal, it was too much to think about now.
On the other side, Emperor Feng Teng seemed to sense something and came to the window, opening it.
A dark shadow, appeared in the doorway.
“How is the situation?” Emperor Feng Teng said indifferently.
The black shadow fell to his knees and said respectfully, “I don’t know about the rest, but the thousands of vertical members that the vertical leader brought with him have all died.”
“Zhou An seems to be unharmed.”
Unharmed?
Even Emperor Feng Teng couldn’t help himself at this moment.
“How is this possible, that fellow from Verticality would never do anything that he is not sure of.”
“Did you find out the specifics?”
The black shadow shook his head, “Didn’t find out, it was in the Linglong painting, no one could find out the specifics, this matter, only the Leader of Indulgence knows.”
Emperor Feng Teng fell into deep thought.
Speaking of which, it was indeed only the Verticality Leader who knew.
It was difficult for him to understand now.
It was because the detachment of the Leader of Verticality had already disappeared.
It was even harder for him to contact the Verticality.
Thinking about this, Emperor Feng Teng waved his hand and told Black Shadow to go down.
The Black Shadow did not nag, lowered his body, and left the place.
When the Black Shadow left, Emperor Feng Teng closed the window and returned to his seat, gently tapping the desktop with his fingers.
The sound of doodads resounded continuously in the room.
After a few moments, Emperor Feng Teng raised his head and looked into the void in front of him.
He drew out a quill and a piece of paper, and wrote in detail on it.
After writing, he put the paper into an envelope and came to the window.
Outside the door, the black shadow reappeared and took the letter in Emperor Feng Teng’s hand.
Emperor Feng Teng slowly said, “Zhou An is about to solve the matter of the Guile Hunt, and after he solves it, he will surely receive a reward, and I here will let him choose a treasure, and when the time comes, let him, along with those Guile Hunters, come into the palace to see me.”
“As for this letter, you go to that lake to the north of the palace, and place the letter on the island in the center of the lake, under the biggest rock on it.”
“Yes.”
The black shadow hurriedly replied and disappeared once again.
Only after the black shadow disappeared did Emperor Feng Teng return to his seat once again, as if he was thinking about something.
The Guile Hunt was still continuing, and now, as time went on, the follow-up work, was to sweep the tail.
For Zhou An and the others, it was quite a bit simpler.
In the blink of an eye, another period of time had passed.
The matter of hunting shenanigans had come to an end, and the growth in proficiency on Zhou An’s side had also reached a critical point.
In front of his eyes, the smoke changed for a while, eventually transforming into a line of text that appeared in front of his eyes.
[Pot Zhen Fa lv.8 (Strength +12, Destruction +12, Seal +12): 1/140000]
[Storage Proficiency: 55000/100000]
Finally after a long period of wild liver, his Pot Suppression Technique had reached level 8, and the Storage Proficiency was also 55000, so close to half of that, he would be able to use it again.
Of course, Zhou An felt that it was better to continue to liver Pot Zhen Fa, and then after the stored proficiency was full, he would use the stored proficiency to add the next skill.
Another step away from the All Saints Realm.
The Guile Hunt had just ended, which also meant that he had time to go back to the Great Chu Kingdom and go to the Liver Proficiency.
As for the matter of sending troops to the Barbarian Kingdom, it would not be right next to the Sneaky Hunt, there would be a little bit of spare time, and Zhou An would liver skills for a while before looking for whether or not he could cause some trouble for the several Jianghu Demon forces when he sent troops to the Barbarian Kingdom.
But right now, the most important thing was to go back to Da Chu Kingdom, and before he went back, he needed to choose a treasure from the treasure trove of Da Qi Kingdom.
“Lord Zhou, it’s almost time, it’s time to depart.” Zheng Quan had already made his preparations and would be heading to the capital of the Da Qi Kingdom soon.
Zhou An nodded, then without any nagging, he joined the crowd and rushed towards the Great Qi Kingdom’s national capital.
The Great Qi Kingdom, the National Capital.
This was the most prosperous place in the entire Da Qi Kingdom.
Even for Emperor Feng Teng, who did not focus on the people of the Da Qi Kingdom, the people here were all living richly enough.
At this moment, Zhou An was bringing sixty All Saints Realms to the Imperial Palace, which was located in the most prosperous part of the National Capital.
Outside, there was already a eunuch waiting there.
Upon seeing Zhou An and the others coming over, the eunuch respectfully came over and saluted, before leading them, into the palace.
The palace here, compared to other countries, had a different flavor.
Zhou An had been to the other two countries, and had also been inside the palace.
Unconsciously, they compared each other.
From the details, it could also be seen that the heritage of this Da Qi Country was indeed much stronger than Da Chu Country and Da Yue Country.
It was also because of this that in the beginning, the Da Qi Kingdom became one of the most important lines of defense to block the barbarians.
But unfortunately, the subsequent Da Qi Kingdom also became more and more greedy.
There were times when the warrior who slayed the dragon became an evil dragon after all.
Zhou An admired it while slowly walking inside.
After this trip, there would be twenty less All Saints Realm experts, as the twenty All Saints Realm that belonged to the Great Qi Kingdom would stay here.
Zhou An had come over to choose an inner elixir and would leave afterward, so there would be no delay.
As for the question of whether it was safe or not, before he came in, he had already used the Heavenly Worker Divine Calculator to measure it once, and it showed a great fortune.
So Zhou An was indifferent.
It wasn’t long before Zhou An was led by the eunuch to a separate courtyard to rest.
Those twenty experts from the Great Qi Kingdom all arched their hands at Zhou An and said.
“Lord Zhou, once we part on this trip, I’m afraid that we will rarely have the chance to meet in the future, this trip, after enjoying Lord Zhou’s elegance, we will have no regrets in this life, and we hope that we will have the chance to see Lord Zhou again, in the future.”
They were going to go and pick first, and after that, they would immediately stand open, and as for the other All Saints Realm experts, they would have to slow down a little.
The reason was simple, the imperial treasury, no matter which time of the year it was, would have a large amount of good things entering it.
Allowing them to choose first would be beneficial to their country’s interests, as well.
This was an unwritten rule that everyone understood and did not refuse.
Zhou An nodded and said, “Everyone, you have worked hard during this time, if there is an opportunity in the future, come to the Great Chu Kingdom, I, Zhou An, will be the host and give a big banquet to the guests.”
The crowd nodded and agreed, then left.
Zhou An had originally thought that he and the other forty All Saints Realm experts would enter the other courtyard to rest, and he himself would incidentally liver the Potentate Zhen Dharma for a little while longer.
However, he did not expect that before he could take two steps, the old eunuch who had brought him in, quietly stepped forward.
“Lord Zhou, you stay first, our family still has some things that we want to talk to Lord Zhou about.”
Zhou An narrowed his eyes and looked around, wanting to say something.
The old eunuch looked at the surrounding All Saint realm experts, meaning that it was not convenient to talk here.
The other All Saints Realm experts, who were all smart people, knew it in their hearts as well, so they all found a reason to leave on that note.
Only after this group of people had left did the old eunuch walk over to Zhou An and respectfully bend down.
“Sir Zhou, please move to the Imperial Study Room, His Majesty has something to see you.”
See me?
Zhou An raised his eyebrows and asked, “I don’t know what His Majesty wants to see me about, can the eunuch tell me first.”
The old eunuch shook his head, “We don’t know either, we will know when Sir Zhou goes.”
Zhou An massaged his chin and after a little contemplation, he nodded his head, “Then please lead the way, Eunuch.”
The old eunuch did not nag, and then led the way in front.
Zhou An then followed behind.
This walk eventually led to the entrance of the Imperial Study.
The old eunuch turned around, said that it was inconvenient to go in, and then excused himself and left.
Zhou An didn’t make a fuss, and before going in, he utilized the Heavenly Worker Divine Calculator to measure once more, and after finding that there wasn’t any problem, he then came to the door and knocked on the door.
Soon, inside the Imperial Study, a calm voice rang out.
“Come in.”
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