Chapter Twenty-Five: Feng Yu City

  Sensing the sudden release of killing intent from Zhou Heng, even with Feng Tianyu's cultivation, he couldn't help but feel a chill rising from the bottom of his heart.

  This young man has a bright future ahead of him!

  Feng Tengyuan shook his head and said, "Those who have been hit by the Red Flame Heart Palm will feel like their body is being scorched by flames. They must constantly use their own true yuan power to counteract it. However, this is an attack at the Gathering Spirit Realm level, gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Its power is so strong that even a cultivator at the 12th layer of Body Refining would find it difficult to block. It will slowly drain one's true yuan power until..."

  "I am old and powerless!"

  Zhou Heng's heart was cut like a knife, and his father had been enduring such pain all the time. But yesterday when talking to his father, he didn't reveal any unusual expression at all. How much willpower does it take to suppress this?

  So Father would immediately faint after he walked out!

  "Can't seniors do anything about it?" Zhou Heng's fists were clenched tightly, his fingernails piercing through the skin, and fresh blood oozed out.

  "I'm powerless, but there must be someone in the clan who can cure it!" Feng Teng suddenly changed his tone.

  Not bad, Jiuling Sect has a strong master in the Gathering Spirit Realm, it's definitely possible!

  "Senior, when can we set off?"

  "This time I came to Yuanshi Town, it was to find talent for our sect. In another month, it will be the opening of our sect's mountain gate and the recruitment of disciples!" Feng Tengyuan hesitated for a moment before smiling, "Speaking of talent, there is one right in front of me!"

  The old man was overjoyed, and even if Zhou Heng didn't have the identity of "Gū Yé", just relying on his ability to kill a Blood Refining Realm warrior in the Bone Refining Realm was enough to make the sect pay attention and focus on cultivating him!

  Being able to find such talent is also a great achievement!

  "The lowest requirement for selection is to reach the Bone Refining Realm but not yet be twenty years old. In the past few days, I have observed that only two people have met this requirement. One of them is you, and the other..." He smiled wryly, the other one had already been beheaded by Zhou Heng with a single sword!

  "At the earliest, we can set off today!"

  Zhou Heng nodded and said, "The sooner the better!"

  Father's injury is too severe!

  Feng Tengyuan naturally wouldn't object, although he's a top-notch expert in Yuanshi Town, but in Jiuling Sect, he's just a nobody. His cultivation level is nothing special within the sect! So, of course, he'd want to flatter Master, who knows, maybe there's even hope for him to advance to Jiling Realm!

  Zhou Heng and Feng Teng consulted with each other, only to find out that the Jiuling Sect was far away in Fengyucheng. Although it was also at the foot of the Pingtian Mountains, they would have to take a detour of over a thousand miles.

  He borrowed a horse-drawn carriage from his family, and at this time he relied on the prestige of beheading Zhou Xianming. When they learned that he was going to take Zhou Dinghai to a distant place for treatment, one by one, they naturally would not stop him, and they were eager for this demon to no longer interfere in the power struggle.

  In less than an hour, a luxurious carriage was ready, drawn by four fine horses, with the interior of the carriage being like a beautifully decorated bedroom, complete with everything one might need.

  Zhou Heng was quite satisfied, and with his father on the horse-drawn carriage, Feng Tengye also followed suit. The coachman cracked a whip, and amidst the crisp sounds, the carriage slowly moved forward, heading towards the distance.

  Although the road was bumpy, this horse-drawn carriage was well-made and had done a great job in shock absorption, making it almost imperceptible to feel the bumps. This allowed Zhou Heng to completely put his mind at ease, but after Zhou Dinghai's brief "daze", he didn't think about coming over again, which made him very anxious.

  He was a man who could put down what he had picked up, and knowing that worrying now would be useless, he began to ask Feng Tengyu for advice, inquiring about the situation outside.

  Feng Tengyuan was just thinking of getting along with him, so he naturally didn't say anything without knowing it and spoke without leaving out any details.

  The outside world is truly beyond Zhou Heng's imagination!

  There are over a hundred small towns like Yuanshi Town near Ping Mountain Tianmai, and Yuanshi Town is still one of the smaller ones. The larger towns even have tens of thousands of people!

  So many towns all belong to Fengyucheng's rule!

  Jiuling Sect, Baiyu Valley, and Qingyun Sect are the three overlords of Fengyucheng, sharing the right to rule. However, just like within a family where everyone is fighting for power and influence, the struggle between the three sects is even more fierce and bloody, each wanting to suppress or even completely eliminate the other two!

  But the three major forces have always been evenly matched in strength, and no one can overpower anyone else, so they can only divide and rule, sharing power.

  Over a hundred small towns were divided among the three major sects, and coincidentally, Yuan Shi Town happened to be under the jurisdiction of the Jiuling Sect. Otherwise, Zhou Heng might not have been able to kill Zhou Xuanming!

  But Fengyucheng seems very large, yet it is only one of the small cities under Tianhang City, and Tianhang City is just one of the eight major cities in Hansheng Country. Countless towns like Yuanshitown and small cities like Fengyucheng have built up the vast ruling system of Hansheng Country.

  Outside of the cold and desolate country, there are many more countries, as for how many and what their national strength is like, this has exceeded Feng Teng's understanding. In fact, he can't even clearly explain the situation in Tianhang City.

  This world is really big!

  If he were to travel alone, with the speed and endurance of a cultivator in the Refining Bone realm, he would probably arrive at Fengyu City in two or three days. However, since they were traveling by horse-drawn carriage and also had to consider Zhou Dinghai's injuries, their speed was even slower, taking nineteen days to finally arrive.

  During this time, Zhou Dinghai woke up several times, but each time he was confused and unclear in his mind. He would call out "Ke Xin" one moment, and then "Heng Er" the next. His face was as dry as withered wood, and it almost brought tears to Zhou Heng's eyes.

  The "Ke Xin" in Zhou Dinghai's mouth is Zhou Heng's mother, whose surname is Zhao. She passed away due to illness shortly after Zhou Heng was born, so Zhou Heng only has the concept of a mother, but he has no impression of what Zhao Ke Xin looks like.

  "This is Fengyucheng!" Zhou Heng looked at the majestic ancient city in front of him, and couldn't help but reveal a hint of shock.

  Wow!

  The city wall stretches for hundreds of miles, tens of meters high, and looks like a giant dragon lying down in the distance, as if it will come to life at any moment, with an aura of majesty!

  Yuanshi Town can't even compare with this!

  But can such a huge city be considered a small town in the country of Hansheng? Then how magnificent is Tianhang City? And what will be the grandeur of Shengyuan City, the imperial capital of Hansheng Country?

  Zhou Heng involuntarily rose with a heroic spirit, wanting to travel throughout the world and see it clearly.

  The horse carriage soon arrived at the city gate, and Feng Teng took out a token that was taken over by sixteen city guards for inspection. After a brief examination, they immediately bowed respectfully and let them pass. Zhou Heng had sharp eyes and saw that one side of the token had the words "Nine Spirits" written on it, while the other side was blank, with an all-black body.

  The style of the token is the same as what Zhou Heng saw in the Valley of Extremes, except that the other side of the token in the Valley of Extremes also has a "Su" character engraved on it, and its color is different, being purple.

  It seems that the different colors of the token also represent the high and low status.

  The horse carriage entered the city, and Zhou Heng stayed in an inn arranged by Feng Tengyuan. This was opened by Jiuling Sect, as these days were used to accommodate young people who participated in the 'entry' assessment, so all those who came in and out were sixteen or seventeen years old, and the youngest was not even fifteen!

  To participate in the entrance assessment, the first condition is to reach the Bone Forging Realm!

  So everyone here is at least a seven-layer cultivator, Zhou Heng couldn't help but secretly sigh in admiration. His current progress would be considered genius back in Yuanshi Town, but here it's become quite ordinary.

  Everyone is a genius, it seems that the connotation of the word "genius" has been greatly devalued, at most it can only be considered as talented.

  This is normal, the path of martial arts is difficult, and only one or two people out of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands can reach the peak! How many people are in Yuanshi Town? At most, it can only be said that they are the tallest among dwarfs.

  Only when one reaches the level of Feng Yuccheng can they be considered a genius if they stand out.

  What a genius!

  After Zhou Heng'an stabilized, Feng Tengyuan took Zhou Dinghai away to find a high-ranking person in the sect to treat him, at least to control his injuries and prevent them from worsening. Zhou Heng stayed behind to participate in the entrance examination ten days later, if he could rank among the top three, he would receive an extraordinary reward.

  In Feng Tengyuan's view, Zhou Heng is the future son-in-law of Jiuling Sect, so he should be led directly into the 'door', but he doesn't know the real situation. Finding a piece of Diyan Yunshi ore was indeed a great achievement, but Zhou Heng had already used it to exchange for the opportunity to cure Zhou Dinghai.

  So he felt no different from others, and since there were rewards for entering the top three, why not participate?

  After Feng Teng went far away, Zhou Heng sat down to adjust his breath. In these ten or so days, although he hadn't practiced for much time, his cultivation had still risen to the late stage of Refining Body Seventh Layer. With another half a month, he would be able to reach the peak of Refining Body Seventh Layer and directly impact Refining Body Eighth Layer.

  Unfortunately, there wasn't so much time given to him.

  After resting for a while, the sky also darkened, and the lights were just turned on. Zhou Heng felt a wave of hunger in his stomach, so he went out of the room and walked towards the main hall of the inn.

  This inn has four large courtyards, enough to accommodate two or three hundred people, and is one of the largest inns in the city - the other two naturally belong to Baiyu Valley and Qingyun Sect.

  At this time, many people were having meals in the hall, because they were all young people, even if they didn't know each other, they had common topics to talk about, and the atmosphere was very lively.

  Everyone is a genius in their own town, so naturally no one will give in to anyone. Talking about the assessment ten days later, everyone becomes flushed and claims that they are the genius among geniuses.

  Boom!

  "There's no need to argue, the first place can only be our Qingfeng brother!" A young man heavily slapped the table and put one foot on another table, looking extremely arrogant.

  "What kind of scallion are you?" This instantly sparked public outrage.

  "Hei Tu Town, Shi Jia!" The young man's face was full of pride. "You haven't heard of our Qing Feng Ge's name? He's only 19 years old this year, but he's already at the ninth level of body refinement!"

  As soon as these words came out, the surroundings suddenly fell silent. Perhaps this is not the strongest innate talent, but it is absolutely the strongest cultivation realm among the young people present.

  In this world where might makes right, everything else is false!