Chapter 211: Fists hitting flesh of Divine Transformation (6k)

But thinking about it, it was reasonable. On their Taiqing Sect side, except for the eight Supreme Elders, all the Peak Masters, including the Sect Master, were almost all late-stage Soul Formation.

Last time, the Master went into seclusion to try to break through, but it ended in failure, which showed how difficult it was to cross this small step.

"Little friend, please stay!" Seeing Zhou Qing's speed getting faster and faster, Luo Hou hurriedly shouted.

Just a Soul Formation realm, he definitely wouldn't know about such hidden matters, let alone use an image stone to record it.

And this matter was long ago, even he couldn't remember which year it was.

The only reasonable speculation was that this person was just a runner, and there must be someone else behind the scenes.

This matter was of great importance. If these image stones were copied in bulk and spread, let alone in this Five Ghost Sect, he would probably become the laughingstock of everyone in Haomiao Prefecture.

"Senior, you're chasing so fast, I'm scared!" Zhou Qing's figure turned, his face feigning panic, and he turned to look at Luo Hou and shouted.

Luo Hou immediately slowed down, trying to make his tone sound gentle and friendly.

"Don't worry, this seat knows you are just a runner. I just want to know, what exactly does the person behind you want? Just ask, as long as it is within my ability, everything is negotiable."

Zhou Qing, who was originally speeding, seemed to have received some information, suddenly stopped, kept a distance from Luo Hou, and revealed a meaningful smile.

"Thank you for your understanding, Senior. However, Senior, you only have one hour. Once the time passes, the remaining image stones will be sent to your Sect Master. As for where those things are, you can search my soul and see!"

Zhou Qing said seriously.

Luo Hou heard this, his eyes narrowed, a flash of cold light in his pupils.

But in an instant, he changed into a gentle smile, raised his hand and patted his storage bag, and ten supreme-grade spirit stones floated out.

"Fighting and killing is so boring. Moreover, this seat doesn't have the habit of bullying juniors. These ten supreme-grade spirit crystals are the deposit. As long as you tell me where the other image stones are, I will give you ten more afterward, how about it?"

Luo Hou started to negotiate.

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up suddenly, never expecting the other party to be so generous.

You have to know, twenty supreme-grade spirit stones were something ordinary Divine Transformation cultivators really couldn't take out.

After a brief ponder, he shook his head slowly.

During these nine months in Haomiao Prefecture, he had experienced many things and understood many truths.

Coming here this time, his purpose was just to ask someone for "help" to perfect his realm of understanding. If he used this opportunity to blackmail, he would instead fall into cause and effect.

If he could do this, with so much black material of major sects in Er Dadie's storage bag, plus that terrifying disguise method and high cultivation, he would have long become a nouveau riche.

"Senior, please make a move!" Zhou Qing opened his mouth with a calm expression, a hint of expectation hidden in his eyes.

Seeing this situation, the originally playful smile on Luo Hou's face instantly disappeared without a trace, replaced by full killing intent.

Eating hard but not soft, right!

Fine, then this seat will search your soul personally.

Shoo, shoo, shoo!

Just at the next moment, on the branches of the surrounding mountains and forests, obscure and difficult runes appeared.

Immediately after, beams of light soared into the sky, intertwining with each other in the air, like an inverted giant bowl, carrying an unstoppable momentum, directly trapping the two inside.

Luo Hou only felt a powerful pressure rushing toward him, the spiritual power in his body being suppressed by an invisible big hand, his cultivation actually being directly suppressed to the early-stage Divine Transformation.

This made his expression change instantly.

It seemed that someone had deliberately set a trap here.

He wanted to escape, but was worried that the other party would spread the image stones everywhere by then.

Once that happened, only death awaited him, and he would even be disgraced for the rest of his life.

In that case, it was better to see what exactly they wanted to do.

"Senior, less than an hour left, please use your full strength!" Zhou Qing reached out his hand, making a gesture to invite a fight.

Luo Hou, after confirming that it was just his cultivation being suppressed and there were no other hidden attacks, snorted coldly.

"In that case, little friend, be careful!" As soon as the words fell, he stepped forward, and his aura changed instantly.

The originally clear space was instantly shrouded in a strange and gloomy aura.

Zhou Qing only felt dark before his eyes, as if he had been pulled into a dark abyss by an invisible force, his body falling uncontrollably.

He hurriedly circulated his spiritual power, forming a defensive shield around his body, and became alert.

Only then did he discover that thick, ink-like black mist was permeating all around, and miserable ghost wails and wolf howls were coming from the mist, as if countless wronged souls were struggling in pain.

On the ground, bones were rugged, and the smell of decay rushed into his nose.

It was like being in a ghost territory.

"What a strange realm of understanding!" Seeing this scene, Zhou Qing couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle.

His heart was pounding, unable to control the fear in the bottom of his heart.

His whole body's blood, including his spiritual power, seemed to be freezing, and a rich sense of dizziness rushed toward him, making his consciousness a bit blurred.

"Is this the mature-level realm of understanding that Er Dadie mentioned? It's far from what that Lin Jin's Divine Transformation realm could compare to!"

Zhou Qing murmured to himself, his voice carrying a hint of exclamation and awe.

The next moment, the bones on the ground began to roll, colliding and splicing, turning into skeletons by themselves.

In the mist, countless evil ghosts were ferocious, baring fangs and brandishing claws as they rushed toward Zhou Qing, each emitting a chilling aura, launching a crazy attack.

Zhou Qing let out a long breath, and as his spiritual power circulated, his eyes suddenly bloomed with dazzling golden light.

Afterward, the light was like the sun breaking through the dawn, instantly illuminating this ghost territory space.

Even with him as the center, a circle of golden ripples spread rapidly, and wherever it touched, the space trembled and twisted.

"Break!" Zhou Qing roared, his voice like a great bell, resounding through the entire ghost territory.

This angry shout, wrapped in his domineering realm of understanding, turned into an invisible force, sweeping toward all directions.

Those evil ghosts and skeletons rushing over with bared fangs and brandished claws stalled, their originally ferocious faces instantly revealing fear.

Immediately after, the evil ghosts' bodies began to dissipate like smoke, and the skeletons turned directly into powder.

No matter what kind of evil thing it was, it gradually vanished in this golden light without exception.

Luo Hou, who had just walked out of the darkness, suddenly groaned, spat out a mouthful of blood, his face full of shock.

"What kind of realm of understanding is this? It actually almost broke my Nine Nether Ghost Prison!"

But Zhou Qing's realm of understanding was just taking shape, and it couldn't thoroughly break this realm of understanding area. The black mist in the ghost territory, after a brief retreat, rolled and surged again, coming toward Zhou Qing.

But compared to before, whether it was the fear or the number of ghosts, it had decreased by at least thirty percent.

"This is enough!" Zhou Qing seemed very satisfied with his performance.

Then, it was time to properly comprehend the other party's realm of understanding and his final performance of fists hitting flesh.

A flash of golden light, and Zhou Qing directly transformed into the Jin Peng true form.

However, at this moment, he was in the second form of the Jin Peng true form, his figure the same size as a normal person, but his whole body was like the purest gold, every inch of skin flashing with metallic luster, revealing an indestructible sense of power.

Behind him, there was a pair of wings burning with raging flames.

"Fight!"

Zhou Qing moved his neck, a roar shaking the wilderness.

As his wings flapped, he brought up storms of destruction.

The storm was mixed with flames and thunder, sweeping toward those gloomy ghost shadows.

For a time, screams were continuous.

"Let's fight hand-to-hand!" Zhou Qing looked at Luo Hou, his eyes excited.

Before the words fell, his figure was like a golden lightning bolt, instantly arriving before Luo Hou.

Golden fists wrapped in terrifying power slammed toward Luo Hou.

Seeing this, Luo Hou's expression changed greatly, hurriedly circulating his spiritual power to form a black shield before him.

Boom, boom, boom!

Zhou Qing threw punches one after another, actually causing the surrounding air to vibrate violently...

Outside the array, Er Dadie sat on a rock, drinking wine leisurely, his face full of appreciation.

Before him, a purple crystal wall floated in mid-air, emitting a soft purple light, clearly presenting the scene of Zhou Qing and Luo Hou fighting at this moment.

"Fight, fight, fight, kick, good job!"

"Left hook, oh my, this punch down, the shoulder will definitely be dislocated."

"Just hammer that chest for me, damn, it feels so good!"

Yan Xiaohu on the side was so excited his face turned red, shouting at the top of his lungs. Zhou Qing's fists hitting flesh made him so excited that goosebumps were almost falling off his body.

Time passed bit by bit. In the picture, both sides were almost evenly matched, but if one observed carefully, one could find that Luo Hou had gradually fallen into a disadvantage, falling into a predicament of passive defense.

He wanted to pull away the distance between each other to readjust his tactics and find an opportunity to counterattack.

But Zhou Qing was like a leopard tightly biting its prey, not giving him a moment to breathe.

Relying on the speed advantage granted by the Jin Peng true form, he followed Luo Hou like a shadow. Every punch and every attack forced him to defend with all his might.

But the other party's defense was terrifyingly scary; he couldn't cause much damage, and Zhou Qing's momentum was still climbing.

By the end, with the operation of the array, his cultivation, which had been suppressed, was restored to the mid-stage Divine Transformation, and only then did he have a chance to counterattack.

Not long after, after a violent collision, the two finally separated briefly.

Zhou Qing had never felt so satisfied.

Using the realm of understanding in the fierce battle made him seem to enter a state of selflessness.

Every punch and every defense gave him a deeper understanding of the use of power.

Besides that, his own realm of understanding had new growth on this basis, but as it went on, it seemed to encounter a bottleneck, no longer growing or evolving.

It seemed that this Luo Hou's mature realm of understanding could only catalyze it to this point.

"Who exactly are you?" Luo Hou stared tightly at Zhou Qing, his heart full of shock.

A teenager who had clearly only initially comprehended a realm of understanding and was still at the Soul Formation perfection, his combat power was actually on par with a Divine Transformation expert.

Who would believe this if it were said out loud?

Which region and which sect's heaven-gifted talent was he?

Facing Luo Hou's questioning, Zhou Qing originally wanted to say something, but suddenly a hen flew out from below and landed steadily on Zhou Qing's shoulder.

Zhou Qing was stunned!

Yan Xiaohu and Er Dadie outside the array were also stunned.

"It's over, it was still here just now?" Yan Xiaohu said.

Er Dadie was full of disbelief: "This is a one-color array, how did it get in?"

Cluck, cluck, cluck—

The hen landing on Zhou Qing's shoulder clucked, seeming very excited.

Zhou Qing hurriedly hugged it, full of speechlessness.

This Third Shixiong's way of doing things was not reliable at all.

Soon, an image stone shot out from one side of the array and was caught by Zhou Qing, and there was Er Dadie's voice transmission.

Zhou Qing nodded, then threw it to Luo Hou.

"Let this matter end here. Regarding the things inside, no one else will know, I can guarantee it!"

After Zhou Qing finished speaking, he turned back into his original form and flew rapidly toward the outside of the array.

Luo Hou looked at the image stone in his hand, his brows furrowing, wanting to chase, but a terrifying pressure suddenly came.

This made his face instantly turn pale, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Soul... Soul Severance realm—"

After the two opened their eyes again, they had appeared in the academy.

"Rest well, we will continue in three days!" After Er Dadie left this sentence, he grabbed the hen, tucked it under his arm, and turned to leave.

He couldn't wait to study this hen properly.

Yan Xiaohu stood in place, his face full of disbelief, regretting: "No, this matter just ended like this? Twenty supreme-grade spirit stones, you just didn't want them?"

Zhou Qing smiled and said: "You will understand later, Third Shixiong. Cultivate the mental cultivation method Er Dadie gave you, strive to break through early."

After speaking, he returned to the cave dwelling, using spirit stones to recover while savoring the fierce battle just now.

That kind of satisfaction of fists hitting flesh and the shock of the collision of realms of understanding made him gain a lot.

Three days later, when they appeared again, they had arrived before the mountain gate of the Wan Hua Valley.

This place was full of flowers, the fragrance was pungent, truly like a poem and a painting.

Seeing that the other party was now being handled by Old Four, Yan Xiaohu became even more spirited, and proceeded to press, "Speak, why exactly?"

"Where is the hen?" Zhou Qing couldn't help but ask.

Er Dadie's expression stalled slightly, hurriedly saying: "That, I am still studying it, don't worry, would I eat it?"

Seeing this, Zhou Qing had to give up.

Afterward, Er Dadie gave Zhou Qing another wooden puppet and image stone.

"What is this time?" Zhou Qing asked curiously.

Er Dadie chuckled: "The Wan Hua Valley Valley Master, the scene of killing and seizing treasures back then."

Zhou Qing looked at his ill-intentioned appearance, hesitated, and then activated it.

Fortunately, Er Dadie didn't lie to him this time. The scene recorded in the image stone was indeed the scene of killing and seizing treasures.

It had to be said that the beautiful woman did have some means, but the person killed also resisted for a long time.

Both sides were almost evenly matched.

"The two people who died at the end were the younger brother and the only son of the current Jiehuo Hall Master. Until now, that old guy is still offering a high reward for the person who killed his son and brother!"

Er Dadie said leisurely, his tone carrying a hint of emotion.

"I happened to be in seclusion in that mountain range back then, so I luckily saw this scene. Time, fate!"

After hearing this, Zhou Qing was full of shock.

The strongest in the Western Region was the Hunyuan Sect that suppressed the other five sects with the power of one sect, its prestige spreading far, making countless forces awe-struck.

And the Southern Region was also full of hidden talents, with a total of seven major sects, the leader being the Jiehuo Hall, which was on par with the Hunyuan Sect.

It just so happens that this Wan Huagu is one of these seven major sects; if the secret in this image stone were known to the Jiehuo Palace, tsk tsk—

Sure enough, no matter when or where, these so-called major sects are righteous on the surface, but behind the scenes, they may stop at nothing for the sake of profit.

"She will definitely kill me!" Zhou Qing said with a bitter smile.

Er Daye waved his hand dismissively and urged, "Hurry up, I'll wait for you over there."

Zhou Qing nodded, transformed back into the appearance of Li Hanshan, and went to report.

Not long after, the formation was activated.

The Master of Wan Huagu, Tan Tai Xue, had a cold expression, with almost every move being fatal, wanting to kill to silence him.

The flower petals in her realm of understanding looked soft, but were actually as sharp as blades, especially the naturally emitted floral fragrance, which seemed fresh and pleasant but actually hid deadly poison.

If it weren't for Er Daye's secret reminder, he would have really fallen for it.

A few days later, Zhou Qing headed straight for the Chixiao Sect in the Western Region; after resting, it was the Blood Moon Sect in the Southern Region.

After the first round, it was the second round, then the third.

After all, what was recorded in these image stones were extremely private scandals of individuals; no one dared to leak them to others or ask for help.

Of course, there were also empty runs; some Divine Transformation elders had already been killed or died by self-detonation during the initial civil war.

"Don't worry, your Great Uncle here has plenty of gossip and secrets; there are still others in the other two regions. After we're done, we'll go to other prefectures under Long Yuanjun, enough for you to break through to Divine Transformation!"

Er Daye said proudly while drinking wine and stroking the hen.

Zhou Qing was moved.

And Third Shixiong Yan Xiaohu, after successfully cultivating the "Purple Mansion Heart-Asking Art," had his spiritual power greatly improved in both circulation and deployment.

Afterward, he followed Zhou Qing to gain experience; it was just a pity for those elders who wanted to kill to silence them—after Zhou Qing enjoyed the realm of understanding, their cultivation would be suppressed to the Nascent Soul realm, and Yan Xiaohu would appear yelling.

The difference was that Zhou Qing always retreated unscathed and wanting more, while Yan Xiaohu was beaten black and blue, wandering on the edge of life and death several times, almost losing his life.

But the effect was very obvious; three months later, he successfully broke through to the mid Nascent Soul realm!

Excited, he spent a fortune, dragging Zhou Qing and Er Daye to the best restaurant, setting up a sumptuous banquet to treat the two.

Likewise, Zhou Qing's realm of understanding was also being supplemented; now, there were several times he almost directly broke the other party's realm of understanding.

It really gave the other party a big fright.

But what was strange was that after experiencing so many battles, Zhou Qing's realm of understanding was like a glutton that could never be full.

No matter how much insight from battles and the power of other powerhouses' realms of understanding it absorbed, it was always thirsting for more, like a bottomless pit that would never be satisfied.

This put Zhou Qing in a difficult position, but Er Daye was excited, as if he saw the limitless potential of Zhou Qing's future.

"The stronger the realm of understanding, the more unusual it is; let's go to the next prefecture!" Er Daye's eyes flashed with excitement, and with a wave of his hand, he tore through space and took the two away.

Three years later!

A certain mountain range in Qingming Prefecture!

The spiritual power of heaven and earth vibrated, and clouds rolled in.

Yan Xiaohu, who was walking the chicken outside, saw this scene and was filled with envy.

After fighting countless Divine Transformation powerhouses, Old Four had spent another two months in seclusion, and now he finally ushered in his final transformation.

Er Daye stood with his hands behind his back, but his expression was somewhat worried.

After all, when this child broke through to Nascent Soul, the four-flower gathering at the top illuminated the entire Lingyun Prefecture.

Now, although he deliberately chose such a remote place, no one knew exactly what would happen.

"Great Uncle, after Old Four reaches Divine Transformation, are you really going to take him to the border?" Yan Xiaohu asked.

Er Daye said, "What, do you want to go?"

Yan Xiaohu instantly looked embarrassed and became coy.

With a Soul Severance realm powerhouse guiding and protecting, anyone would want to follow along forever.

And ever since breaking through to the mid Nascent Soul realm, in these past few years, Old Four ate meat while he drank soup, and his progress speed was also top-notch.

"Great Uncle, no one has washed my socks for the past few days..."

"I'll do it, I'll do it! Great Uncle, you don't know, I, Yan Xiaohu, love washing socks the most; if your underwear is convenient, I can do that too."

"Forget the underwear; it's just that the border is near the Taiyao Mountain, and I offended several Demon Emperors there."

"What's a Demon Emperor? Being bullied by you, Great Uncle, is a blessing they cultivated for eight lifetimes!"

Er Daye burst into laughter.

Boom, boom, boom!

Dark clouds rolled, and thunder roared.

The next moment, a black and white beam of light shot into the sky, piercing the clouds.

The two hurriedly looked over.

Yan Xiaohu couldn't help but recall the scene when Second Shijie broke through to the Divine Transformation realm, because when she was Foundation Establishment, she used the eighteenth-ranked Lingxi from the Heavenly Dao Qi, so it was a green beam of light.

Old Four refined the first-ranked Yin-Yang Qi.

Soon, in the core area of the beam, Zhou Qing's figure slowly condensed; at this moment, his whole body was emitting an indescribable radiance.

As time passed, the pressure climbed to the peak, and the entire heaven and earth were distorted and deformed under this power.

And Zhou Qing's Nascent Soul shone brightly, constantly pulling at the surrounding spiritual power storm.

At the critical moment, his golden domineering realm of understanding, like a golden giant dragon, roared and integrated into the Nascent Soul.

This caused the Nascent Soul to be constantly tempered and strengthened.

Until the next moment, a light flashed between Zhou Qing's brows, and his Nascent Soul rushed toward the clouds in the sky; in an instant, a huge Primordial Spirit Dharma image slowly condensed.

It was a hundred zhang tall, standing between heaven and earth, emitting unparalleled majesty.

Its face was exactly the same as Zhou Qing's, but with a bit more of a transcendent charm.

Seeing this scene, Er Daye, who had been nervously watching from the side, finally let out a long sigh of relief, a gratified smile appearing on his face as he muttered, "It's done!"

As soon as the words fell, a huge four-colored flower phantom slowly appeared behind the giant Primordial Spirit Dharma image.

Er Daye couldn't help but spit and grumble, "Sure enough, I spoke too soon!"

Without caring about anything else, he hurriedly took to the air, his powerful spiritual sense spreading out like a tide, instantly covering an area of tens of thousands of miles.

While forming seals with both hands, he tried his best to isolate this anomaly to avoid prying eyes.

(End of chapter)