"Oh no, it’s the Evil Hand Squad Leader, Zou Feng!"

"A perfect, leakless body... That Poison Cultivator has reached the Second Grade!?"

"Split up and run!"

After a series of panicked shouts, the two of them really did split up without a moment’s hesitation, fleeing for their lives in different directions.

In truth, both of them were Third Grade Martial Artists and shouldn’t have been so cowardly.

But Zou Feng’s fearsome reputation was simply too widespread.

Besides, he could already defeat Third Grade opponents when he was only at the Fourth Grade. Now, he had somehow inexplicably reached the Second Grade Leakless Realm. For these two Xuanhuang Sect disciples, there was simply no way to fight back.

Their only hope was to split up and gamble that Zou Feng wouldn’t choose to chase them.

Seeing this, Zou Feng, who had originally wanted to strike up a conversation to gather more information, felt quite helpless.

’What’s the big deal... I’m not some murderous fiend. I haven’t caused any massacres, and the only people I’ve killed are those who provoked me first.’

’Is it just because I’m a Poison Cultivator and don’t follow the rules of the Central Plains Righteous Dao?’

Since neither of them had been bewitched and possessed by an "Immortal Venerable," there was nothing to refine, so Zou Feng couldn’t be bothered to chase them.

However, just as Zou Feng decided not to give chase, a figure appeared in the distance, laughing maniacally as it sped after one of them.

Zou Feng’s eyes immediately lit up.

’That must be someone who’s been completely duped by an Immortal Venerable.’

So, Zou Feng immediately gave chase, tailing the figure like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Before long, just as the "Immortal Slave" was wildly attacking the Xuanhuang Sect disciple, Zou Feng descended from the sky with a Palm Skill, slamming the Immortal Slave to the ground and immobilizing it.

After landing, he stomped his foot down, directly crushing the Immortal Slave’s skull.

In Zou Feng’s mind, those who were bewitched by the false Immortal Venerables were essentially slaves to "Grandpa Immortal Venerable," unable to control their own actions.

Thus, he had tentatively dubbed these people "Immortal Slaves."

After he crushed the Immortal Slave’s head, another wisp of humanoid smoke flew out.

Zou Feng opened his mouth and inhaled sharply. Amidst shrill, mournful wails, the wisp of smoke was sucked into his stomach.

This horrifying scene made the Xuanhuang Sect female disciple, who was already terrified from being hunted, turn as pale as a ghost.

"Zou Feng... There’s no grudge between us... There’s no need to fight to the death..."

"Why don’t we... have a nice talk..."

Zou Feng hadn’t even said a word, but the woman was already trembling, trying to appear weak and deliberately opening her collar to reveal the abyss within.

It was obvious she had not only heard of Zou Feng’s fearsome reputation but also of his usual exploits.

According to the rumors, Zou Feng was debauched beyond measure, not even sparing the untouchable Female Demons from Biyou Palace’s Silk Cave.

’Fuck, what kind of monster have the Jianghu rumors turned me into?’

Zou Feng couldn’t be bothered to explain and asked directly, "Among the people from your Xuanhuang Sect who came to the Forbidden City this time, who is the strongest fighter?"

The female disciple was stunned for a moment, then quickly answered truthfully, "That would be our sect’s Supreme Elder, Wang Guquan..."

When Su Qingyu and Gongsun Xiang dueled at the Forbidden City Peak, many experts came to watch, but it wasn’t as if every sect had sent all of their members.

That was why Zou Feng had decided to ask who the strongest person from the Xuanhuang Sect was here.

After all, if that person had been bewitched, a confrontation would likely be unavoidable later on.

"Wang Guquan?"

Zou Feng was familiar with the name. After all, not long after he killed Zhang Xun, the prodigy of the Xuanhuang Sect’s younger generation, that name had appeared on his list.

And from the brightness of the name, Zou Feng had long known he was a First Grade big shot.

In any case, if a First Grade powerhouse was bewitched, it would be a huge problem.

Zou Feng could only hope that these First Grade Powerhouses could hold their own and not be fooled by those Immortal Venerables.

In fact, under normal circumstances, these Immortal Venerables couldn’t fool a Martial Dao powerhouse.

The problem was that they were in a bizarre environment like the Glazed Immortal Palace, and many True Qi Realm Martial Artists were already mentally unstable to begin with, making the possibility of being exploited quite high.

At this moment, Zou Feng couldn’t help but think of Leng Jing from the Rakshasa Sect.

That guy had been actively searching for the Glazed Immortal Palace, and he was carrying the Immortal Treasure confiscated from Yuchi Jue. The probability that he had already been completely duped was extremely high.

A moment later, Zou Feng said to the Xuanhuang Sect female disciple, "You must have had some kind of fortuitous encounter earlier. Then some being calling itself an Immortal Venerable or an Immortal offered to teach you a Cultivation Skill to help you escape, right?"

The female disciple said, "Right after I was transported here, I did indeed pick up a piece of Jade. A being appeared from inside it, claiming to be the Immortal Palace Artifact Spirit. It said it could help me gain control of the entire Immortal Palace..."

’Ugh, it seems these "Immortal Venerables" tailor their stories for each person. There are different versions.’

"You didn’t believe it?"

"Of course not. How could there be such a good thing!" The female disciple gave a bitter smile. "The more I looked at that piece of Jade, the more I felt something was wrong, so I shattered it."

"After the Jade shattered, a wisp of humanoid smoke, similar to the one from before, drifted away and disappeared..."

Zou Feng said, "The right choice. All these ’fortuitous encounters’ are just the Glazed Immortal Palace playing tricks. If you fall for their deception, you’ll end up just like that person from earlier!"

The woman glanced at the Martial Artist whose head Zou Feng had crushed and immediately realized that the man had indeed seemed abnormal.

"So, in the Glazed Immortal Palace, there’s no distinction between the Righteous Dao and Evil Sects. There are only the bewitched ’Immortal Slaves’ and those of us who are still sane." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Hearing Zou Feng say this, the Xuanhuang Sect female disciple instantly understood why he hadn’t made a move against her.

"I understand. When I meet my fellow sect members, I will try to persuade them to temporarily set aside their grievances with other sects."

Zou Feng nodded, said no more, and turned to leave.

"By the way, my name is Lu Wei!"

Just as she finished speaking, Zou Feng’s back had already vanished from sight.

With Zou Feng gone, Lu Wei actually felt less safe. After glancing around, she quickly headed back the way she came, trying to find her fellow sect member from before.

It was worth mentioning that after being transported here by the Glazed Immortal Palace, all of the outsiders’ Communication Jade Talismans had lost their function, making it impossible to use them to establish contact.

After Zou Feng left, he naturally resumed his hunt for Immortal Slaves.

Soon, more than an hour had passed, and Zou Feng had hunted down four Immortal Slaves.

However, he hadn’t encountered any other normal, un-bewitched Martial Artists.

This wasn’t surprising. In this bizarre place, any Martial Artist who remained sane was acting cautiously, careful not to reveal their location.

Alternatively, those who were confident in their strength and had successfully regrouped with their sect members might have already formed teams and headed directly for the architectural complex where the Glazed Immortal Palace was located.

Only the bewitched Immortal Slaves would run around killing people unscrupulously.

Even other Immortal Slaves were their targets, so it wasn’t difficult to find them.

One of the Immortal Slaves seemed to have been less deeply bewitched—or possessed, rather. So after being heavily injured by Zou Feng, the Immortal Venerable within it was forced out.

And once the Immortal Venerable left his body, the person returned to normal.

So Zou Feng quickly repeated to this person what he had just told Lu Wei.

His goal, naturally, was to have this person serve as a living example, so that when they encountered fellow sect members or other sane people, they could form a united front to deal with the Glazed Immortal Palace’s schemes.

After all, to escape this place, no matter how you looked at it, they would still have to investigate the architectural complex of the Glazed Immortal Palace.

Therefore, if he could have more allies from the same camp to protect him while exploring the Immortal Palace, the margin for error would certainly be much higher than exploring alone.

As for the results of hunting four more Immortal Slaves, the effects were immediate.

"Great Universal Hand (Peak of Perfection), Progress: 67%"

After Zou Feng performed Refinement on the Immortal Venerables from those four Immortal Slaves, they all contributed to the advancement of his Great Universal Hand.

Zou Feng estimated that if he could refine a few more Immortal Venerables and raise the progress of his Great Universal Hand to about 90%, he could then try to integrate the Formless Divine Skill into it. If he did, elevating this Skill to the level of Extraordinary to Saint shouldn’t be a problem.

Once the Great Universal Hand also reached the level of Extraordinary to Saint, then even if he didn’t immediately break through to the First Grade, he would likely not be far off.

Of course, being able to achieve such rapid Cultivation was also thanks to the environment this space provided, which was brimming with Spiritual Qi.

From this perspective, the Eastern Earth Region, known as the Cultivation Realm, was truly a land for Cultivation, incomparable to the Great Yan.