Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 772 - 749: First Arrival (3/3)

Regardless of what Zhou Heng thought, he had no way out now and could only seek an exit in this unfamiliar world.

"The Star Sea pirates said that the mysterious gate occasionally spewed forth powerful Demon Beasts, meaning there must be a place connected to that portal. Once I find that place, I can retreat in one piece," he mused.

After some thought, he decided that leaving safely was his top priority. If the fragments of Black Sword were indeed in the possession of that being, it would definitely be impossible for him to snatch them with his own strength!

After leaving this place, I must immediately summon Huo Tian over!

Facing an Expert from the Bright Realm and acting tough wasn’t about testing his Cultivation Level, it was gambling with his very life!

Once Zhou Heng made up his mind, he was about to call everyone to set off when he noticed the three ladies each showed different reactions.

Mu Tongtong was still a child, naturally playing carefree, while the Red Dragon Empress lay lazily on the ground, looking as if she would rather sleep forever, and the Blue Dragon Empress was pacing back and forth with her hands behind her back, like a Great General.

They had all lost their memories, but their personalities remained intact.

What about Black Donkey?

Zhou Heng approached Black Donkey, who was busily nibbling grass, and took out a pile of Treasures from the Immortal Residence, clinking and cluttering them on the ground.

"Hee-haw—hee-haw," Black Donkey immediately stopped its grazing and stared at the mound of Treasures with shining eyes, drooling profusely, leaping up and pouncing on the pile in the shape of a big ’X’, continuously rubbing its head against the Treasures and making motions to collect them.

But its Cultivation Level was lost, and it was incapable of opening the Space Artifact, merely flailing its hooves in vain.

Indeed, this damned donkey’s greediness hadn’t changed one bit!

Zhou Heng sighed. So they say "A river can change its course, but one’s nature is hard to alter," this donkey was truly beyond hope.

Suddenly, he paused, turning his head toward the lakeside. There, a little girl was approaching from the distance, humming a tune softly, with her left arm carrying a bamboo basket, and kicking pebbles along the path.

There are actually humans here...?

The little girl was only about twelve or thirteen, dressed in modest clothing, with no Cultivation Level, as ordinary as a Mortal Realm person.

How could there be humans here?

This was a fragment of the Fairy Continent, and if it had been struck and shattered by a supreme force, how could any life still survive upon it? Zhou Heng had "witnessed" the power of that sword Qi, a force capable of instantly slaying even a Super Creation Emperor!

If so, shouldn’t the people on this continent have perished long ago?

Could it be that a Big Shot who was hidden here had arrived millions of years ago and it was his immense power that had preserved this place?

But if there really was such a powerful being, why would he hide in the Immortal Realm? He would be the strongest existence in the Bright Realm, is there a need to hide in the Immortal Realm? And if not, then how did the lives here come to be?

When Zhou Heng first arrived in the Immortal Realm, he indeed saw some ferocious Demon Beasts in the starry sky, which probably weren’t carried up from the Mortal Realm by Experts of the Bright Realm, but rather the offspring of beasts lucky enough to escape the disaster of the past.

But those were just a few isolated cases!

Yet humans are social creatures, and judging from the little girl’s attire, she seemed to have come from a village. But how did so many people manage to avoid the disaster in the first place?

Forget about Treasures, when even the Black Sword was shattered during the conflict, what Treasure could have protected them all?

Zhou Heng waved his right hand, gathering all the Treasures back into the Immortal Residence, then picked up Mu Tongtong and approached the basket-carrying little girl. Black Donkey immediately acted as if deprived of food, biting the hem of Zhou Heng’s clothes without letting go, scratching deep marks on the ground with its hooves.

"Little girl—" he called out with a wave and a smile.

"Big brother, where are you from? Yin has never seen you in the village before!" the little girl wasn’t shy, tilting her head and asking Zhou Heng.

"I come from a place far away!" said Zhou Heng as he sat down next to her, "Yin, what’s the name of your village?"

"Hu Family Village!" Yin looked for something by the lake, her eyes never leaving Mu Tongtong, the lovely little girl so adorable that everyone would love her, "Big brother, are you from Baiming City? Mommy said Baiming City is a thousand times, no, ten thousand times bigger than our village with a lot of delicious food!"

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "In the future, big brother will take you to Baiming City, and let Yin eat lots of delicious things!" freewёbnoνel.com

"Really?!" Yin cheered repeatedly.

The little girl’s knowledge was limited; she was only about a dozen years old and had never left the Hu Family Village. In her eyes, the whole world was only that much bigger than the village, and she didn’t even know where Baiming City was.

It wasn’t difficult to entice a little girl. Zhou Heng brought out some food from the Immortal Residence, which made her exclaim in excitement, eager to pull him back to the village right away—she had originally come to pick mushrooms to add a little to the household, but now with plenty of food, she no longer needed to toil.

"You two, let’s go!" Zhou Heng called out to the two Dragon Clan Empresses.

"Let someone sleep a little longer!" the Red Dragon Empress said lazily, while the Blue Dragon Empress walked over, yanked her to her feet, and dragged her toward Zhou Heng. It used to be the Red Dragon Empress looking after the Blue Dragon Empress, but now it was the other way around.

However, the Red Dragon Empress was just putting on airs, and she quickly got up and walked on her own.

After all, they had only lost their memories, not their intelligence.

In this unfamiliar world, remembering only my name was by no means reassuring! And this man... although a bit stern, I could feel his concern and instinctively trusted that he wouldn’t harm me.

So, I definitely had to follow him!

Zhou Heng carried Mu Tongtong in one arm and dragged a Black Donkey biting the hem of his clothes behind him, with Yin walking in front. The two Dragon Clan Empresses followed, with the Red Dragon Empress claiming to be tired every few steps, only to be relentlessly dragged along by the Blue Dragon Empress without rest.

"Yin, how much farther is it to the village?" Zhou Heng asked after walking for almost half an hour.

"We’ve already walked just under half the way!" Yin thought for a moment before replying.

"I can’t walk any further!" The Red Dragon Empress turned pale at this answer and pretended to faint, leaning against the Blue Dragon Empress and refusing to move.

Now that both women were in ordinary bodies, the Blue Dragon Empress couldn’t drag her along unless she exerted force herself, so they both ended up sitting down.

Were they really Super Creation Emperors?

Zhou Heng sighed and said to Yin with a smile, "Big Brother will perform another magic trick for you, watch carefully!" With a wave of his hand, he gathered the two Dragon Clan Empresses into the Immortal Residence.

"Wow, that’s amazing! So amazing!" Yin’s eyes sparkled with stars, and she clapped continuously.

Zhou Heng smiled. He didn’t want to scare the little girl, so he had been cautious to describe it as magic tricks.

"Wow, how fun! Do it again, make them come back!" Mu Tongtong, who was hanging onto him, also started clapping and calling out, unable to hide the excitement on her face.

Hearing her say this, Yin looked at Zhou Heng with hopeful eyes.

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but sigh, having forgotten about the troublemaker Mu Tongtong, who also had lost her memory. Clearly, this master was not a docile person either. He thought for a moment and said, "This trick can only be performed once a day, to bring them out will have to wait until tomorrow!"

Mu Tongtong and Yin both showed disappointed expressions.

"Yin, do you always walk this long to pick mushrooms?" Zhou Heng quickly shifted the focus.

"Yes, there are man-eating beasts all around the village; only this direction is safe!" Sure enough, Yin took the bait.

That must be at least twenty miles away!

Zhou Heng felt a stirring of pity and said, "Come on, Big Brother will carry you!"

"Yin is very heavy, no need!"

"No problem, Big Brother is very strong!" To prove it, he even lifted the Black Donkey with one hand.

Only then did Yin nod her head; she had walked tiredly to the lakeside for half a day, and then started out again with Zhou Heng without proper rest. Now her little feet were truly weary.

Zhou Heng carried a little girl in each arm and immediately strode forward with long steps.

The poor Black Donkey had no choice but to bite down hard on Zhou Heng’s clothes, not daring to let go, much less wanting to. Instinctively, it knew this person had many things it found exciting and likable, so it had to follow!

Death would not part it from its grip, damn it!

With Yin’s guidance, they returned to Hu Family Village in just a few minutes.

"How could this be!" The little girl’s face was filled with panic as tears uncontrollably streamed down her cheeks.

Before them blazed a soaring firelight!

This was a small village, with no more than twenty households, and now they were all ablaze. There were also bodies lying around in disarray, heads severed or limbs missing, an utterly gruesome scene.

Zhou Heng’s gaze darkened involuntarily, should this place not have been a peaceful haven away from the world’s struggles? Who could be so heartless?

"Dad— Mom—" Yin cried out loud, struggling to get down from Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng didn’t relax his grip. Regardless of whether it would scare anyone, he concentrated his mind, and a wave of power swept over, immediately extinguishing the raging flames. He unleashed his Divine Intent and was surprised to discover that there were still people alive.

He quickly flew over to see someone trapped under a pillar, with a pool of blood flowing beneath them.

As long as a single breath remained, meeting Zhou Heng meant not dying!

With a casual flick of his finger, the pillar turned to flying ash, and Zhou Heng placed his hand on the person’s body. A burst of Spiritual Power gushed forth, nourishing and immediately healing the person’s injuries.

"Grandpa Hu!" Yin finally got down from Zhou Heng’s hold and immediately threw herself onto the person.

This was a nearly seventy-year-old man with strong vitality, surprisingly a Body Refinement Ninth Layer Minor Warrior. He abruptly sat up, touching his chest, his face showing confusion—there ought to have been a fatal wound there.

"Yin!" The old man didn’t ponder on this mystery, and upon seeing Yin hurriedly embraced her to protect her behind himself, showing a wary stance towards Zhou Heng.

"Grandpa Hu, Big Brother is not a bad person!" Yin spoke from behind the old man; she knew Grandpa Hu was very formidable, the village’s only hero who could fight tigers and kill wolves. She dearly hoped he wouldn’t injure Big Brother.

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