Chapter 147: Eastern Zhou – 6K Subscribers Wanted, Part Two Delayed

"Aren't you going a bit too far like this?"

His body is now controlled by his master, but his mouth still belongs to himself; looking at Mi Xian's hand already frozen, Wang Wu said, "There's no need to have to do this in front of others, right? Is it fine to kill the person first?"

Although Wang Wu also seems to have done something like this before, that was because the other party forcibly broke into Zhao Xingyue's residence, which caused it.

Moreover, at that time the relationship between Zhao Xingyue and my senior brother could no longer be called a couple, because the senior brother had already made a choice between my two junior sisters, and he chose Yu Qingwan.

But that's not important; let's look at Mi Xian, who was stunned because his arm was cut off, everyone.

"You……"

Wang Wu's voice pulls Mi Xian out of his dazed state; he lifts his head a bit stiffly, looking at the man before him.

He still appears in his own form now; the master didn't change Wang Wu's image to hers, which is actually fine.

Mi Xian couldn't get the words he wanted to say out, because before that his head had already broken off from his neck and fell to the ground.

He is already dead.

This is the last thought that Mi Xian's consciousness flashed before it completely shattered and slipped into boundless darkness.

Then the head smashed on the ground, shattering into pieces.

Demonic cultivators of the Heavenly Communication Realm are indeed powerful enough, because they represent the ultimate level that human civilization on this planet can reach on the path of transcendence.

At this realm, their flight speed can reach three hundred mach, even close to four hundred mach.

That's 360,000 km per hour, enough to fly from Earth to the Moon in an hour.

Wang Wu is now Sixth Rank; although in raw power he certainly can't match Heavenly Communication, after all they top at three hundred eighty mach, while his maximum is only one hundred mach.

But strength doesn't represent everything; just because Wang Wu is now a Sixth Rank expert doesn't mean he can't spar with a Heavenly Communication realm strongman.

After all, he has a powerful master as a solid backing; if the master possesses him, he could be lifted directly to Third Rank warrior strength.

Even if it's only the entry‑level strength of a Third Rank warrior, at this level Wang Wu can already wield terrifying power.

The entry‑level Third Rank warrior speed can reach twelve hundred mach, a tenfold increase over a Sixth Rank warrior.

Moreover, beyond that, when reaching Upper Third Rank—more precisely starting from Fourth Rank warriors in the middle Third Rank—Wang Wu will unlock a universal skill for the warrior profession:

True Warrior.

True Warrior can boost a warrior's attributes by about tenfold, and it's a comprehensive boost; aside from the accelerated true qi consumption, there are no drawbacks.

And if the true qi recovery rate can keep up with consumption, staying in True Warrior state continuously is also fine.

Of course, in this state Wang Wu is being forcibly accelerated by his master's power, so even though he can activate True Warrior, he can't enjoy any attribute bonuses.

Because his body can't bear it.

Even though his realm has already reached Fourth Rank expert, officially unlocking the "True Warrior" power, after being possessed by his master he can still only be raised to Third Rank expert strength, only being able to use more of the Third Rank warrior's power.

Because when reaching Upper Third Rank, the gap between the previous and next realms is separated by a Heavenly Rift.

When a warrior reaches Third Rank, according to the standards of the assassin brother's hometown, that warrior can be considered truly "qualified".

As for the middle Third Rank before Third Rank, any casual martial‑arts enthusiast, as long as they practice daily without slack, can slowly grind their way up here.

When the temperature drops to a certain degree, the human body becomes extremely fragile.

Wang Wu had heard such an example before: in the harsh past conditions, in a northern winter, just because one stubbed a toe, the toe would be broken.

In front of Yin Shenli, Mi Xian is no stronger than an ordinary person, even though she now uses Wang Wu's body.

Not only Mi Xian is frozen, but also the cultivators in the sky. They fell from the air, smashed into the ground and shattered.

Wang Wu doesn't know who they are, but there's no need to worry about that now.

"Eek!! Supreme Immortal! Supreme Immortal, save me, save me!!!"

Ji Gong Sheng seemed to have grasped a straw for salvation; he sniffed and wept, looking at Wang Wu, his expression showing an uncontainable joy:

"Supreme Immortal, Supreme Immortal, you must be, must be here to save me, right??"

"Supreme Immortal!!!"

"If you save me, if you save me, I am willing, I am willing to offer my queen to you; she can become yours, become any person you like!!! Supreme Immortal!!!"

"Whether a slave, a toy, or…"

"Shut up."

Listening to the other side's endless chatter, Yin Shenli grew impatient, dug at her ear, then walked up to Ji Gong Sheng and kicked him.

Wang Wu didn't intend to rescue anyone, but also didn't intend to kill him, so Yin Shenli only gave a kick and did nothing else.

Ji Gong Sheng obviously loves Bao Si a lot, but compared to Bao Si, he clearly loves himself more.

"Master, let me do it?"

Returning control of his body to Wang Wu, Yin Shenli didn't leave Wang Wu's body; she is still within enemy territory now, so she can't be careless.

"So how do you plan to handle this Bao Si?" Yin Shenli was also curious, "Capture her?"

"Capture her for what?" Wang Wu didn't understand why the master thought that way, "I'm not lacking women; she's just good‑looking, but I also have plenty of good‑looking ones around."

"I am a monster, not a human. Women who can topple a nation are everywhere in our monster city."

While speaking, Wang Wu also walked up to Bao Si, his dark golden eyes looking down at her for a moment. Then he crouched and placed his hand on Bao Si's forehead.

A surge of power poured from Wang Wu's fingertips into Bao Si's body, forcibly breaking the restriction Mi Xian had set on her.

"Now I am yours."

Freed, Bao Si stood up from the ground, quietly looking at Wang Wu and said.

"Idiot, is there something wrong with your brain, thinking that every man in the world wants to get with you?" Wang Wu glared at the woman, bluntly cursing, without any politeness.

He isn't very polite to people he doesn't have a good impression of, and Bao Si left that impression on him.

He doesn't like her, but it's not that he hates her much; it's a slightly negative ordinary attitude.

As for why he feels that way, there's no reason; it's simply that a glance made him think she wasn't appealing. Anyway, in his eyes Bao Si definitely doesn't count as "appealing".

"You are now free, you can go back." Looking at Bao Si, whose expression twitched noticeably after being scolded, Wang Wu said.

He waited a while, seeing the other not move, Wang Wu asked again: "What, do you still want me to send you back or not?"

"I have nowhere left to go."

After her chest rose and fell a few times, Bao Si took a deep breath and replied.

Logically, even if Wang Wu cursed her once, in this condition she shouldn't have reacted at all. Yet, for some reason, his insult succeeded in igniting an unnamed fire deep within her heart.

"No place to go?" Wang Wu was startled. "What about your family? Go back home? Are you an orphan whose family is already dead?"

"Ji Gongsheng has been defeated; now Great Zhou no longer has any room for my Si family."

"What does that mean?" Wang Wu didn't understand her meaning.

"Are you taking pleasure in me?" Bao Si frowned.

"It means her family and her husband have already lost in the Empire's power struggle, and even if she returns now, her fate is only to be killed."

It was not Bao Si who answered Wang Wu's doubt, but Yin Shenli. Seeing her disciple's unchanged saintly demeanor, she sighed.

You can't force a vase's intellect; it only needs to look good.

"So she has nowhere to go now; Great Zhou is unreachable, and she clearly can't stay here either. Such a good opportunity—are you sure you won't take her in?"

"Master, why do you always want me to take her?" Though grateful for the master's explanation, Wang Wu couldn't quite grasp his pursuit of Bao Si.

Over there they have no legend of Bao Si, and Wang Wu, who carries the Bao Si legend, has no particular thoughts about her, so why is the master in such a hurry?

"I find her unsightly, so I want to see you harshly humiliate, torture, and beat her. Use your extreme perversion to embarrass her, break her, and make her lose consciousness entirely."

"Um..."

Wang Wu was also a bit stunned.

"My hobbies aren't perverse, right? That's perfectly normal..." Facing the master's attack on his fetish, Wang Wu was annoyed, but he couldn't fight back, and as a disciple he also couldn't contradict his master.

So he could only silently endure, crushing his teeth and swallowing it.

"Don't you love smelling? She's barefoot now; go check if her feet smell."

Honestly, he had no thoughts about Bao Si. Yet when the master said that, Wang Wu's gaze still glanced at the ground.

"Haha! You were peeking just now, weren't you?!"

"Cough cough!"

Ignoring the master's words in his mind, Wang Wu coughed twice, cleared his throat, then looked at Bao Si and asked, "Are you sure you have nowhere to go?"

"No."

"Alright then," Wang Wu nodded. "Although I don't find you very appealing, I'm still a kind person. Besides, you should still be of some use."

Bao Si said nothing, merely tilting her head at Wang Wu, waiting silently.

She didn't think she had any chance left; she had become a piece of fish meat on a cutting board.

The man before her clearly had no interest, and having lost the title of "Lady Si", she was now no better than a commoner.

"Have you considered going to Demon City to develop?" After a moment's thought, Wang Wu asked.

This Bao Si was not the same as the historical Bao Si of Wang Wu's hometown; she possessed a bit of ability inside.

When Emperor Zhou announced to the world that he would take this woman as wife, he had heard passersby discuss Bao Si and seemed to hold a decent opinion of her.

She entered the palace early, serving in Emperor Zhou's palace. Initially she was a "Stitcher of Garments", managing his attire, later promoted to a minister of the Hundred Offices, overseeing external court affairs.

Later she also served as Minister of Works, managing national constructions.

Her abilities were commendable; at least before being taken as Emperor Zhou's consort, her talents had earned popular recognition.

Although Wang Wu didn't know whether it was her looks that added points or truly her ability, after all those who discussed Bao Si were merely ordinary people from South Province, and none had ever served in Wang Court.

"Demon City?" Bao Si was startled. "What do you mean, sir?"

"The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains are my territory, so the Demon City there is also mine," Wang Wu said. "I happen to need talent in my city; I heard that before you became Emperor Zhou's consort, you seemed to have performed well at work."

"Since you have nowhere to go, why not completely leave human society and work for the Demon Race?"

He almost blurted out that his bald mouth revealed his own monster nature, but Wang Wu reacted quickly and swallowed the words before they left his mouth.

"Demon Race?" Though a bit puzzled, Bao Si didn't hesitate and immediately nodded.

"Everything is up to you,"

Although curious why Wang Wu was linked to the Demon Race, that wasn't something she needed to worry about now. As a piece of fish meat on a cutting board, she could only submit to Wang Wu's slaughter.

She did practice cultivation, but her strength was modest; she was only at the Recognizing Truth realm, weaker than Ji Gongsheng.

Nevertheless she was very young, much younger than Ji Gongsheng, just turned eighteen this year. Reaching Recognizing Truth at that age was actually decent.

If compared only to ordinary cultivators.

"Alright, then come with me."

Having said that, he handed back control of his body to his master, preparing to let the master fly Bao Si to Heavenly Python City.

As for Ji Gongsheng on the ground, Wang Wu had no concern.

That fellow had already failed in the power struggle; not dying here was already the best outcome. Wang Wu at least saved his life.

"Ah, master, aren't you flying?"

Seeing himself still standing in place, Wang Wu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Fly?" Yin Shenli chuckled lightly. "Disciple, there are things you can't yet reach, but I can still let you see them."

After speaking, Yin Shenli extended a finger and drew a cross in the air before them.

White frost solidified, forming a mirror in the air that reflected Wang Wu and Bao Si.

"Come here," Yin Shenli waved at Bao Si; seeing she didn't move, she pulled her over and slapped her behind.

Bao Si was propelled by a great force, crashing into the mirror and instantly shattering into countless fragments.

Immediately after Bao Si, Yin Shenli also controlled Wang Wu's body, crashing into the mirror.

Likewise, Wang Wu's body was pulverized at that moment, flowing into the mirror.

"What is this?"

"Mirror Flower, Water Moon."

Heavenly Python City.

A few minutes later, Wang Wu and Bao Si appeared inside the Heavenly Python Palace within Heavenly Python City.

Carrying Bao Si, Wang Wu moved unhindered through the Heavenly Python Palace, pushing aside the coiling serpent demons and other female monsters, and hurried to the Demon-Restraining Stone Chamber where the Heavenly Spirit resided.

"This is an acquaintance of mine; he couldn't make a living among the humans and wants to earn a living in Heavenly Python City," Wang Wu said, looking at the Heavenly Spirit before him, who had improved considerably since before.

"Just assign her any job in the city; she previously served in the Zhou Emperor's court as Minister of Works, Tailor, and one of the Hundred Officials of the Presentation Department."

"Who is this…?" The Heavenly Spirit did not know who Bao Si was, but recalling the positions she held in the Great Zhou royal court, felt a vague familiarity.

"Don't worry; no one will recognize who you are now," Wang Wu told Bao Si. "From now on you'll be a human official in Heavenly Python City, if you have sufficient ability."

"If that's not enough, or you just want to be an ordinary person, that's fine too. If you wish to marry, look for a reliable man among the bird demons; if you want a bit of fun, seek ordinary monsters."

"Of course, you can also look for compatriots, but there are few permanent residents in the demon city."

After the explanation, seeing that Bao Si was still not in a daze, Wang Wu turned to the Heavenly Spirit, "Later, explain to her our Extreme Heaven Divine Palace."

Having said that, Wang Wu cleared Bao Si's confusion about the Heavenly Spirit; after looking at Bao Si again, the Heavenly Spirit immediately recognized who she was.

"Understood, Commissioner Wang… err, Wang."

"Then I'll head back now."

After bidding farewell to the Heavenly Spirit, Wang Wu once more traced a mirage of reflected flowers and moonlight in the air, then slammed into it and vanished on the spot.

"The Extreme Heaven Divine Palace is truly marvelous…"

Watching Wang Wu disappear, the Heavenly Spirit sighed.

After the sigh, the Heavenly Spirit turned to Bao Si, saw that she had come to her senses, and smiled, saying:

"Should I call you Madam, or what?"

In the twenty‑ninth year of King Zhou You, the Zhou Emperor Ji Gong Sheng launched an attack on Shen State on charges of "rebellion"; Shen State allied with Zeng State to resist, ultimately defeating the Heavenly Army.

The Chu general Mi Xian executed the Emperor beneath Li Mountain, and later Mi Xian was slain by a Great Zhou cultivator.

After King Zhou You's death, the governors of the Thirteen States of Great Zhou and the Thirty‑six Great Clans jointly installed the deposed Crown Prince Ji Yijiu as successor.

After Ji Yijiu ascended, he stripped the Emperor of the authority to appoint or dismiss the governors of the states and other key positions, greatly curtailing imperial power. From then on, the Great Zhou dynasty reverted to the state it had before King Mu of Zhou.

In July of the same year, Yuan State merged with South State, renamed South Yuan State, and its first governor came from the former Yuan State noble Xing family.

For the Great Zhou dynasty, this year was extraordinary, a year that would be heavily recorded in history.

Of course, such national affairs had nothing to do with Wang Wu; he only knew that the new year's autumn had arrived.

This month, Wang Wu was at the Qing Ping Sect, first to visit Wang Lan, and second to see his adoptive sister Yao Qing.

Wang Wu didn't know whether King Zhou You ultimately died, but the Emperor had certainly been replaced.

Ji Gong Sheng's funeral was simple; by imperial standards, it was even somewhat modest.

Because he died in his prime, Ji Gong Sheng had not yet begun constructing a tomb for himself.

However, in this extraordinary world, building a tomb didn't take much time.

In just seven days, Ji Gong Sheng's tomb was excavated, then hastily interred without much burial goods, and no one was sacrificed for the Emperor.

As for Bao Si, no one cared about her ultimate fate. Yet in the annals, Bao Si was still listed alongside the other queens of successive Zhou Emperors.

The Sword Palace's base is not on Qing Ping Island but at the headquarters of the Qing Ping Sect.

Like the Upper Void Sect, the Qing Ping Sect's headquarters also lie among the mountains; Qing Ping Peak is the sect's central summit. The Sword Palace is situated on Wan Ren Mountain of the Qing Ping range, at an altitude of seven thousand meters.

Its territory is modest, only a few dozen square kilometers, yet at its foot lie two cities with a combined population of 1.7 million, plus numerous villages surrounding them.

Within Wan Ren Mountain lies a massive mine; many sect treasures require its ore, so more people naturally gather here.

The mine is also the lifeblood of the Qing Ping Sect, as the ore produced each year not only supplies all sect disciples but also generates substantial export revenue.

At the foot of Wan Ren Mountain, White Sword City.

"Hey Xiao Qing, why are you only drinking and not eating any dishes?"

Seeing Yao Qing's face already flushed, Wang Wu tried to take the wine cup from her hand, but Yao Qing handed her cup to his own lips.

Smelling the rich aroma in the cup, Wang Wu looked at Yao Qing beside him, gazing at her sparkling, smiling eyes.

"Brother, did you drink it for me?" She exhaled a stream of hot breath onto Wang Wu's face.

Wang Lan wasn't here; for some reason, this woman seemed to deliberately find excuses to leave when Yao Qing was present.

But it wasn't because she and Yao Qing had a poor relationship; on the contrary, Wang Lan and Yao Qing got along very well when Wang Wu was absent.

Wang Wu was a bit puzzled, but since it wasn't due to a bad relationship, he didn't mind.

"After I finish this cup, you must not drink any more," Wang Wu nodded, then drained the wine in one gulp.

This wine is called "Immortal's Drunk"; whether it can intoxicate an immortal is unknown, but below the Cave Void Realm one cannot withstand it.

Thus it's very expensive, but Yao Qing, being a Sword Palace disciple, incurs no cost for consumption in the "Thousand Drunken Tower." Of course, there is a monthly limit; it's not unlimited free food and drink.

Although slightly tipsy, Yao Qing was actually quite sober at this moment and knew what she was doing.

Her heart hammered and her face was flushed, but because she was drinking, Wang Wu couldn't tell the exact cause of her redness.

Seeing Wang Wu's lip imprint on the cup rim, which also bore her own imprint, Yao Qing felt a surge of pent‑up breath in her chest, as if it would burst forth the next second.

"Brother… brother…"

She lightly opened her red lips, voice trembling: "I… I'm a bit sleepy, brother, could you… take me back?"

"Won't you eat something?" Wang Wu asked. "You haven't eaten much, have you?"

"I… I'm not hungry…"

"Alright then."

He lifted Yao Qing beside him, placed her hand on his shoulder, and led her out of the tavern, heading toward the cable car that leads to the summit of Wan Ren Mountain.

(End of Chapter)