Chapter 1007

Zhou Zhiruo's only reply was that cold snort.

After all, when it came to the Sky Fragrant Cardamom, she really couldn't just conjure it out of thin air!

Surely she couldn't cut open her belly and pull it out of her stomach to hand it to Zhu Wushi!

Although the Absorbing Power Art was terrifyingly abnormal, able to lock Zhou Zhiruo in place from a distance.

Yet in Zhou Zhiruo's hand was a immortal-grade divine weapon—the Heaven's Reliance Sword!

With the mindset of treating a dead horse as if it were still alive, Zhou Zhiruo gathered all her true essence and channeled it into the Heaven's Reliance Sword.

Then she directly unleashed the strongest move of the Great Demon-Subduing Heaven-Surrounding Divine Sword.

The Heaven's Reliance Sword trembled slowly, and indeed, within that overwhelming suction, she managed to execute this strike.

The sky, which had been clear and boundless, suddenly filled with a sky full of stars.

Under the radiance of that sky full of stars, this strike was pushed to its absolute limit.

In an instant, it shattered the terrifying suction of Zhu Wushi's Absorbing Power Art!

Then Zhou Zhiruo no longer hesitated. Clutching Abbess Extinguisher, she once again employed the Snake-Like Weasel Flip and charged out of Yunzhou Shaolin.

795 Who exactly is this Zhou Zhiruo?

"Halt! All members of the Shanzhuang, follow me in immediate pursuit!"

Zhou Zhiruo's move had also greatly exceeded Zhu Wushi's expectations.

After all, he had roamed the jianghu for many years relying on this Absorbing Power Art.

Apart from suffering a slight setback at the hands of the Invincible Urchin, he had met no other worthy opponent.

Who would have thought this Zhou Zhiruo, so young, who had clearly been restrained just moments ago, would suddenly break free?

In his urgency, he could no longer care about anything else and could only order the pursuit to continue.

Apart from Guihai Yidao and Shangguan Haitang, all of the Shanzhuang—

Even Duan Tianya, after casting a troubled glance at Guihai Yidao and the other, could only raise his blade and give chase.

All three of them knew that this Sky Fragrant Cardamom—something Zhuge Shenhou had sought for so many years—was truly an object he was determined to obtain.

Guihai Yidao and Shangguan Haitang, out of gratitude for a life-saving kindness, found it inconvenient to act, so that could be let pass.

But he, Duan Tianya, had already disobeyed Zhuge Shenhou's order once—how could he disobey a second time?

Thus, the host of experts from the Shanzhuang, together with Zhu Wushi and Duan Tianya, swiftly pursued in the direction Zhou Zhiruo had fled.

"All members of the Eastern Depot, move out at once. Do not allow Zhou Zhiruo to escape Yunzhou Shaolin.

If you fail, every one of you will be thrown into the Imperial Prison!"

Cao Zhengchun casually flung aside Seeing Gu Hongzi's corpse. Seeing that Zhu Wushi had personally entered the fray, naturally he was unwilling to let the Heaven's Reliance Sword slip away either.

He issued strict orders to the Eastern Depot experts present.

The Eastern Depot experts had always harbored their own schemes—when the wind was fair, everyone vied to be first; when the wind was against them, apart from a few, the rest were timid and hesitant.

Now that Cao Zhengchun had issued strict orders, threatening punishment by the Imperial Prison,

As members of the Eastern Depot, which of them did not know that being sent to the Imperial Prison was almost certainly a death sentence?

Naturally, they now scrambled to be first, chasing off in that direction.

Luo Jusheng, meanwhile, was groaning inwardly. Taking a moment, he said to Cao Zhengchun,

"Director, it's not that Jusheng isn't giving his all—it's just that this fellow is truly hard to handle. We can't break away…"

So much had happened here—Seeing Gu Hongzi had even died on the spot.

Yet over there, Luo Jusheng and the other four top Eastern Depot experts besieging that flame-wreathed figure still had no victor.

In truth, this flame-wreathed figure was none other than Watching Bi Xuan, who had entered the Dharma Hall together with Zhou Zhiruo.

The reason his body was wreathed in flames was, first, because he had been counterattacked by Zhou Zhiruo, and those raging flames had been drawn onto himself.

Second, he had deliberately activated the Blazing Sun Marvelous Art to conceal his own form.

He was a renowned expert of the Great Yuan of the Nine Provinces, but he did not know how many people of the Great Ming of the Nine Provinces would recognize him.

If he went unmasked and exposed himself before the crowd, he might be spotted by hidden Great Ming of the Nine Provinces martial artists.

He feared that the Great Yuan's interference this time would be immediately discovered by the Great Ming.

Therefore, relying on the Blazing Sun Marvelous Art, he deliberately made his entire body appear engulfed in fire.

Now that Zhou Zhiruo had fled, and Luo Jusheng and the other four top experts had no heart to keep fighting,

Watching Bi Xuan's heart stirred. Without waiting for Cao Zhengchun to speak, he rasped,

"Enough, enough! That Zhou Zhiruo is also someone this old man is determined to obtain.

You all fighting me so fiercely is truly a futile effort.

How about we withdraw our moves now and split up to chase that Zhou Zhiruo?"

Luo Jusheng and the others, having fought until now, had also realized that this flame-wreathed figure was clearly not the person the Director had meant to capture.

It was only that Cao Zhengchun had first taken a light wound from this person, and then the group had besieged him for a long time.

That was why the fight had become so evenly matched.

Now that the flame-wreathed figure had suddenly spoken, Luo Jusheng's heart leaped with joy, but ultimately he could not make the decision.

He could only steal a glance, eyes full of hope, at Cao Zhengchun, praying he would nod in agreement.

Those besieging Watching Bi Xuan were the five highest-ranked among the Eastern Depot's eight top experts.

With Zhu Wushi personally taking action in this pursuit of Zhou Zhiruo,

Cao Zhengchun, without bringing all his subordinates, truly had no confidence to contest with Zhu Wushi.

Happening to hear Watching Bi Xuan's words of reconciliation, he immediately nodded in agreement:

"Good! Jusheng, you all count to three, and we'll withdraw our moves and cease fighting together!"

Luo Jusheng and the others, hearing this, rejoiced inwardly.

At once, following Cao Zhengchun's instruction, they shouted "one, two, three," and both sides immediately stopped fighting.

After the fighting stopped, Bi Xuan no longer delayed. Wrapping himself in boundless raging flames, he flew off like the wind, chasing in the direction Zhou Zhiruo had departed.

Cao Zhengchun, naturally unwilling to fall behind, took Luo Jusheng and the others along and chased after them in that direction.

At this moment, the martial artists of the Great Ming Wu Lin from the foreign lands who were present all exchanged uneasy glances.

They themselves had come here in response to the summons of Yunzhou Shaolin's Master Liaofan, to attend the Tudao Assembly.

But right now, the Benefactor Guihai Yidao that the Tudao Assembly was supposed to execute was still standing there alive and well.

Yet the venue had already descended into utter chaos.

The Shanzhuang, the Eastern Depot, and unknown forces all seemed to have gone off to hunt down that woman named Zhou Zhiruo.

And Master Liaofan, for the moment, was only busy healing Zhuge Shenhou's wounds, with no mind to preside over the Tudao Assembly.

The crowd was at a loss, not knowing what to do.

"Who on earth is that Zhou Zhiruo?"

"Don't know. Looking at the Wu Gong she and that old nun and old Daoist Priest used, it seems to be Mount Emei martial arts."

"Right, right, right! Weren't Zhuge Shenhou and Cao Duzhu also questioning Master Yeyu just now?"

"Master Yeyu, you…"

After a long while, the Jidazhang Sect leaders no longer paid any attention to the Tudao Assembly. Instead, their interest had been piqued by Zhou Zhiruo, and they began to discuss her openly among themselves.

When the discussion reached its end, they found it seemed to involve Master Yeyu, so they prepared to question Master Yeyu.

Master Yeyu saw the situation was wrong, and also worried about Zhou Zhiruo's condition.

Taking advantage of Liaofan being busy, she immediately employed Mount Emei lightness kung fu and directly chased in the direction Zhou Zhiruo had departed.

"Ah! Master Yeyu, why are you also…"

"Need you ask? It must be that Heaven Fragrance Cardamom bewitching the senses—even Master Yeyu, though she has left the worldly life, couldn't resist."

"Haha! Not necessarily, not necessarily! To make Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou and the Eastern Depot Commander care so much, this Zhou Zhiruo may be more than just Heaven Fragrance Cardamom!"

"Then shall we also go take a look?"

In truth, every Gedazhang Sect leader and elder present was a shrewd old fox.

They all knew that Zhou Zhiruo had drawn such a massive response—she must be harboring some secret.

Watching the Shanzhuang and Eastern Depot forces making a great commotion and rushing off in a swarm,

and even Master Yeyu following after them,

the thoughts of these people had already become active—they too wanted to go take a look.

Who knows, they might pick up some bargain?

For martial artists of the jianghu, to raise one's cultivation, one relies on diligent hard training, and two on机缘顿悟.