"Shut the hell up, all of you! I already made myself clear. Buy it or get lost!"
Tang Yizhou and the others tried to guilt-trip Shen Zhao into giving them free pills. He wasn't one for reasoning, preferring to let his fists do the talking.
He went straight to Li Yudong and asked about the situation.
"Brother Li, what happened in just one day? Did you run into some big trouble?"
"Senior, don't even ask. We were set up by that bastard Chu Yang. He said he found a giant dragon in Yinwind Canyon, a dragon with a treasure.
He wanted everyone to work together to take it down. He even said he wouldn't want any of the treasures on the Evil Dragon, only a box it was holding."
"So, we believed that scumbag's lies and followed him into Yinwind Canyon. But who knew that the Evil Dragon would be so ridiculously strong? We Nascent Yuan Realm experts lost half our numbers after just one encounter with the Evil Dragon..."
"After a night of fierce fighting, we suffered heavy casualties, countless losses. Chu Yang seized the opportunity when the Evil Dragon took flight and ran off with the box. The Evil Dragon immediately gave chase, and we were fortunate enough to escape.
Thanks to Ma Jun's introduction, we were able to find you, Senior, to heal our wounds. I never expected your pills to be so miraculous."
After listening to Li Yudong's words, Shen Zhao finally understood the reason.
The Evil Dragon, the box…
That must have been the Ancient Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, along with the mechanism to unlock the Innate Dao Body within the box.
If it were in his previous life, he might have been tempted by these two treasures (Dragon Core), but not now. He already had clues to the even stronger Chaos God-Devil Body. He just needed to break the final barrier behind him to obtain the last fragment.
Thinking of the Innate Dao Body, Shen Zhao couldn't help but glance at Yu Xiyan.
For how many lifetimes had he sacrificed himself for this woman, time and again, to obtain the Innate Dao Body? Even if it was due to the system, as time went on, he had indeed fallen in love with her, truly and irrevocably.
However, what did it bring?
"Shen Zhao, if it were possible, I truly wish you would hurry up and die! Every day with you is just disgusting. If there's a next life, even if I have to bear the infamy of being unfilial, I wouldn't choose you as my husband."
These words were spoken by Yu Xiyan when she saved Lin Feng, who was severely injured by her, and looked at him with eyes filled with immense hatred.
It was like a sharp blade, piercing his heart and leaving it completely battered, extinguishing the open nature of his heart.
However, how could Yu Xiyan know that Lin Feng's goal in approaching her wasn't just because of the female emperor's stunning beauty, but also to gain control over the Great Yin Dynasty.
Because of him, Lin Feng's plans were repeatedly thwarted. But every time he ruined one of Lin Feng's plans, Yu Xiyan's attitude towards him became colder. In every lifetime before Shen Zhao's final moment of reincarnation, their relationship would completely fall apart.
If that was the case, then in this life, he would grant her wish. He wouldn't fawn over her anymore, nor would he love her.
Once he had eliminated all the threats, he would definitely become a happy, carefree cultivator.
"Roar~~"
Just as Shen Zhao was deep in thought, a dragon's roar pierced the clouds.
Upon hearing the dragon's cry, the cultivators all revealed expressions of despair.
Looking up, a giant dragon was circling in the distance, its trajectory aimed directly at Shen Zhao's location.
Witnessing this, Li Yudong exclaimed in alarm, "Senior, it's this Evil Dragon! It's killed so many of us."
Yu Xiyan frowned upon hearing this. Judging from the Golden Dragon's aura alone, she could tell that even dozens of Soul Sea Realm ninth-grade cultivators together might not be able to subdue it.
Thinking this, she couldn't help but glance at Shen Zhao.
If you really are Shen Zhao, how will you deal with this Evil Dragon? Back then, when you entered the Fuxi Abyss, you were only at the Nascent Yuan Realm.
As for Ding Buer, he'd already dug a hole at some point, burying himself headfirst with only his legs sticking up, perfectly embodying the idiom "to bury one's head in the sand."
Meanwhile, Shen Zhao didn't make a move, appearing remarkably calm.
To the Ancient Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, his "old friend" of nine lifetimes, he had hundreds of ways to deal with it now.
It's just that in the previous nine lives, he had to use strategies and tactics to lure it into a trap because of his own strength limitations.
But in this life, with absolute power, why bother with those petty tricks? A single punch would be enough.
His gaze landed on a figure ahead of the Golden Dragon, a guy covered in smoke and running:
Chu Yang!
Chu Yang was having the worst luck. He'd finally managed to lure a large group of cultivators to act as cannon fodder for him. After snatching the box, he fled east, intending to leave the Fuxi Abyss.
However, for some unknown reason, the barrier in the east had vanished. It was the same in the west, and the north as well.
This made Chu Yang want to curse, "Damn it, what the hell is this!" He could only flee south in a sorry state.
When he saw the familiar figures in the distance, his eyes lit up. He couldn't help but use all his strength to quicken his pace, hoping to use the others to buy himself a chance to escape.
But this time, he had miscalculated again.
"Haha, business is here again! Ding Buer! Where are you, Ding Buer!?"
Shen Zhao kicked Ding Buer out of the sand.
Ding Buer patted the dust off his body, then looked ahead and exclaimed in shock, his legs went weak, and he slumped back to the ground.
"Such a coward."
Shen Zhao sneered in disdain, then crossed his arms and calmly stared at the distance.
Chu Yang sped forward another dozen miles, and seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Shen Zhao and the others, he immediately shouted, "Fellow Daoists, this Evil Dragon has already been severely injured by me. Let's work together to solve it!"
However, the cultivators all narrowed their eyes upon hearing this.
The Evil Dragon was injured?
Looking at that dragon, hopping around and able to make an "S" shape one moment and a "B" shape the next in the air, did it look the least bit injured?
They may not be the sharpest tools in the shed, but that didn't mean they were idiots. They'd been fooled by the great Prince Chu once, and there wouldn't be a second time.
Seeing that no one responded, Chu Yang ignored them and, using the last of his strength, plunged into the crowd, trying to escape from the Fuxi Abyss.
However, as he passed by Shen Zhao, he was stopped.
"Ninth Prince, don't be in such a hurry to leave. Stay and help us kill the Evil Dragon."
Hearing this, Chu Yang immediately struggled, trying to shake off Shen Zhao's grip.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't budge Shen Zhao even a little.
"Let go of me!"
"You haven't bought the pills, you can't leave."
"Didn't I already buy them yesterday?"
"You said it yourself, 'yesterday'. Yesterday's are expired. You need to buy them again."
"Holy shit! Can you be any more shameless?"
"What's a face worth?"
Chu Yang was moved by Shen Zhao's shamelessness. He really hadn't imagined there could be such a shameless person in the world!
Wait a minute, that seemed a bit contradictory.
But it didn't matter.
What mattered was getting out of this godforsaken place as quickly as possible.
"Alright, here, one thousand spirit stones."
Seeing the Evil Dragon getting closer, Chu Yang immediately took out another thousand spirit stones.
However, the next sentence made him explode.
"Sorry, the price has gone up. It'll be 100,000 spirit stones!"
"Are you trying to rob me?"
"Isn't this the same thing? Ah, damn it, no, this is called tiered pricing, you understand?"
Chu Yang was furious. Who carries 100,000 spirit stones around with them? That much could be the annual income of a mortal kingdom on the Immortal Martial Continent.
"Senior, are you really not going to give the Great Xia Dynasty any face?"
"I'm not forcing you to buy it. You don't have to buy it, but you can't leave without buying it, otherwise, I can't do business."
"But I really don't have that much money on me."
"You can trade with treasures."
Speaking, Shen Zhao pointed at the box in his hand.
Chu Yang glanced back. The Evil Dragon was less than ten miles away. It seemed that if they didn't compromise for now, they might not even survive.
"Give him the box first. We'll find a way to get it back after we leave the Fuxi Abyss."
Thinking this, Chu Yang threw the box in his hand to Shen Zhao.
"That's more like it."
After taking the box, Shen Zhao naturally let go of Chu Yang's hand. He also tossed him a pill and strode over to Yu Xiyan.
Before he could even try to persuade everyone to retreat, he heard Yu Xiyan say, "You retreat first, and find a chance to leave here."
Shen Zhao replied expressionlessly, "Sorry, I'm not used to letting a woman stand in front of me, so please move aside. I need to get down to business."
This statement made Yu Xiyan's mind reel, staring at Shen Zhao in astonishment.
In her past life, during her inspection of the empire's southern regions, countless evil cultivators had ambushed her phoenix carriage. Numerous guards were slain, and Shen Zhao, who was accompanying her, was severely wounded.
Just as she was about to dismount and take action, Shen Zhao stood up with difficulty, sword in hand, and blocked the carriage, saying coldly, "Please, Your Majesty, remain seated in the dragon carriage. This one, in his life, is not accustomed to letting his wife shield him from the storms of blood and gore!"
At that moment, Yu Xiyan was both angered and moved by Shen Zhao's masculine spirit.
Almost every time they encountered danger after that, Shen Zhao had always protected her behind him, fulfilling his duties as a husband.
And she?
What had she done for him in return?
While Yu Xiyan was lost in thought, Shen Zhao had already leaped forward, rushing towards the golden dragon.
"Hahaha! Old friend, can you take this punch of mine!"
"Roar~"
Responding to him was a burst of scorching dragon flames, instantly engulfing Shen Zhao in a ball of fire.
"No~"
Everything happened too fast. Yu Xiyan immediately cried out in alarm, immediately preparing to fly her sword to save Shen Zhao.
But the next moment, the entire scene fell silent.
Only a loud boom could be heard.
A huge explosion erupted in mid-air, actually rising into a black mushroom cloud.
Dazzling light obscured the view…
When he came to his senses, he was in mid-air.
A man, his upper body bare and radiating flames, held a red, glowing sphere the size of a lead ball. He slowly descended to the ground along with the falling dragon fragments.
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