Volume 4: It's Dark, Please Close Your Eyes Chapter 48: Holding a rope to show off
Tang Zheng had been staying in Tangjiabao for seven or eight days. He felt like he had come back to life. His fourth and fifth life palaces gradually stabilized, allowing his strength to be fixed at the middle five-star level. Unfortunately, there was no way to restore the star lord origin of Ziwei Star Lord, otherwise, it would not be a problem for him to reach the peak of five stars in one breath.
However, being able to save one's life in that situation is already good enough. If people are too greedy, they will be struck by lightning.
Boom…
It was a sunny winter day and there was actually thunder.
The snow fell in waves, covering Tangjiabao layer by layer. The facilities underground in Tangjiabao, such as the swimming pool that Tang Zheng had specially requested to be built, were as warm as spring in such a cold winter. Naturally, he was not polite and had to hide underground for at least six hours .
Hua Yingxiu came to Tangjiabao at the invitation of Luo Fei. The day after Tang Zheng came back, he told her about the Butterfly Zombie Gu. When she heard that Xu Qingyan had finally swallowed up the Dream Mirage by himself in exchange for the lives of all of Tang Zheng and his companions, she agreed without hesitation.
However, she had never left the territory. If she wanted to go to the demon tribe’s territory to capture the North Sea Demon Butterfly, she was still a little hesitant to do it alone.
Tang Zheng laughed immediately. It was certainly impossible to let a girl do such a thing alone. After celebrating the New Year in Tangjiabao, he, Jiang Wuyan and Tang Xiaotang, together with Hua Yingxiu, would cross the border and head to the vast land outside the border!
Outside the border has always been a must-go place for every warrior in Xingyao Continent to practice martial arts.
Some people say that the place is full of yellow sand and overgrown with weeds, but others say that the place has a unique style and a special flavor.
Tang Zheng and Hua Yingxiu had made an appointment, but Luo Fei refused to accept it.
He had been trapped in Tangjiabao for several months because of an astonishing blueprint from Tang Zheng. This time, he had to go out with Tang Zheng for some fresh air no matter what.
Although Tang Zheng was a little speechless about his "leaking the wind" statement, considering that Luo Fei had made another breakthrough in the past few months and advanced to four stars, and his strength was slightly higher than Hua Yingxiu, he simply agreed to take him along.
However, the prerequisite is that Luo Fei must adjust his Hanjiangxue and Fanbi to at least six stars. It would be best if they could be raised to seven stars in one go...
After hearing his request, Luo Fei rolled his eyes at him.
No matter how talented he is as a four-star warrior, it is impossible for him to perform casting that directly surpasses the three-star level, right?
"I'll discuss this with Uncle Lu Huang. You're not allowed to leave before I come back." Luo Fei could only ask for help from the audience outside the venue.
"Go ahead, go ahead. You've taken all the weapons. How can we set off..." Tang Zheng waved his sleeves and let him take a chicken leg away.
Wulong Town is not the town closest to the border, but throughout the winter, the sound of war drums can be heard in the distance in Wulong Town. Although it is like this every winter, this year the war drums seem to be beaten particularly frequently.
The Xingyao Continent regards the birthday of Emperor Zi Jin as the first day of the new year.
The New Year is celebrated for about a month. However, as the year draws to a close, it is indeed not very safe to be outside. Small groups of one-star and two-star monsters often appear on remote mountain roads, intercepting grain carts and various precious New Year goods. The children of Tangjiabao fight at the various entrances and exits of Wulong Town almost every day to guide various items into the city.
After all, Wulong Town now basically belongs to Tangjiabao. If they don't care about it, can they expect the officers and soldiers to do so?
"The way Tangjiabao prepares for the New Year is...well, it's really special." After watching for a few days, Tang Zheng finally couldn't sit still anymore. Early in the morning of the fourth day, he followed Tang Zixie and the others to a mountain road connecting Wulong Town and Wuqing Mountain.
Two snow-covered war horses were walking on a narrow mountain road.
On one of the horses sat Tang Zheng, and on the other sat Miss Tianxiang...
Miss Tianxiang was almost the last person to know about Xu Qingyan's accident. After hearing it, she didn't say a word. She just asked Tang Zheng for Xu Qingyan's Snow Warhorse and went to Tianyi Valley alone.
Miss Tianxiang insisted on having her own way, but Tangjiabao certainly did not agree.
Originally, Tangjiabao sent two carriages loaded with all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, and also sent several independent regiments stationed in Tangjiabao to escort Miss Tianxiang to Tianyi Valley.
But not far from Wulong Town, they encountered a small group of demons who came to rob and kill the grain carts. Miss Tianxiang played a piece of music from afar, and the small group of demons immediately slowed down their pace, their eyes became blurred, and finally, they foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.
"Let's say goodbye now." Miss Tianxiang still had a calm face. Without saying goodbye or see you again, she pulled the reins of the horse and walked towards a fork in the road.
It was not until she had gone far away that Tang Zheng and the others remembered those monsters.
But when I turned around, there was no trace of those demons. They had already run away.
"Have a safe journey." Tang Zheng looked at Miss Tianxiang's back and finally came to his senses - she wanted to walk this road alone, but if someone followed her, she probably wouldn't even be able to cry out loud.
…
Tang Zheng and his group headed towards Wuqing Mountain.
In the opposite direction of them were horse-drawn carriages loaded with goods, heading towards Wulong Town.
Wulong Town is very chaotic, but it is an ideal trading place. Apart from anything else, the fact that there is no tax on transactions here can attract a large number of caravans.
However, benefits and dangers often coexist.
The defense line has been tightened this year, and it has become difficult for high-level demon tribes above three stars to break through the border. Relatively speaking, their strength is weaker than in previous years, but the number of one-star and two-star demon tribes that have come in to burn, kill and loot this year is much greater than before.
Less than half an hour after they said goodbye to Miss Tianxiang, three monkeys appeared in front of them with evil fire rising from their backs, looking slyly at the people walking on the path.
Tang Zixie rushed forward directly.
The two stars behind him seemed a little dimmer than when Tang Zheng left.
After Tang Zheng asked Tang Xuan, he learned that after the reconstruction of Tang Family Castle was completed, he climbed the sky tower to attract stars. He was about to break through three stars, but because of the attack of the demon tribe, he failed to attract the stars and the star veins were damaged. It will probably take several months to recover.
"So he came out to fight like this?" Tang Zheng was stunned.
"There's nothing I can do. I can't persuade him..." Tang Xuan shook her head.
"Little kid... you're so energetic." Tang Zheng had no intention of dissuading him. He just raised the star and pressed forward.
Squeak, squeak.
Of the three monkeys, two are two-star and one is one-star. If Tang Zixie and the others were to deal with them by themselves, it would be a bit troublesome.
However, Tang Zheng used almost three martial arts skills and killed the three macaques directly on the roadside.
He put away the branch in his hand and saw that Tang Zixie and the others were looking at him as if he were a ghost.
"What's wrong?" Tang Zheng looked at them strangely, "Go on..."
"Master, you...you..." Tang Xuan pointed behind him with a pale face.
"Is there a black bear behind me?" Tang Zheng turned his head, but there was nothing.
"One, two, three, four, five... No, no, no, I must have counted wrong. Let me try again, one, two..." Tang Zixie pointed at Tang Zheng's constellation, his breathing trembling.
"My students can't be so confused as to not be able to count numbers below ten." Tang Zheng was even more puzzled.
"Master! You've already reached five stars!" Tang Xuan's legs almost went weak and she fell to the ground.
"Uh..." Tang Xiaotang also looked puzzled, "Didn't I say that? I remember I said that when I came back that day..."
"Are you talking about the day when the Master got drunk again?" Tang Xuan asked.
"Don't you dare not add the word 'again'?" Tang Zheng was very embarrassed.
"That's not the point. The point is, when did you ever say that... the Master is already five stars!"
When Tang Xiaotang was heading to Yisu Academy, what was the entire Tang Family Castle happy about?
After entering the Aristocratic Academy and climbing the Star-Seeking Tower, your breakthrough to three stars is guaranteed!
But when Tang Xiaotang came back, not only had he broken through to three stars, he had already reached the initial stage of four stars, which shocked the independent regiments stationed in Tangjiabao.
As for Tang Zheng...
Although Tang Xiaotang seemed to have said a few words that the Master was more powerful than her, who could have imagined that her casual remark "more powerful" would have such an incredible impact!
Tang Xiaotang simply sat down and told them everything about the dream they had and how Tang Zheng committed suicide after waking up.
Tang Zixie and Tang Xuan were both stunned.
"Master, to use your own words, you are so pretentious... I give you zero points!" Although Tang Xuan was listening to Tang Xiaotang's weakened version, she was still frightened to the point of breaking out in cold sweats.
Breaking through five stars is of course an amazing thing!
However, compared with the process of his breakthrough to five stars, it is not surprising at all.
"Okay, okay. I feel like if I continue talking, you're going to hold a criticism meeting for me." Tang Zhengyi pulled the reins of the Snow Region Warhorse and continued to walk forward .
The feeling of home is so subtle.
After being scolded by Tang Xuan and Tang Zixie, I actually felt like I had done something wrong!
It’s obviously not wrong!
"Oh, by the way, when General Tian Meng left Tangjiabao before... um, it was right here where we are now! He specifically asked us to tell you that because his star veins were completely destroyed, he managed to break the thing on his star veins... the Three Evils Star-Suppressing Curse, so that you don't have to help him find a way to break the curse!" Tang Xuan was talking when she suddenly remembered Tian Meng.
"He also said that in his letter. I understand." Tang Zheng nodded.
Suddenly, an idea came to his mind...
Although it was just a sentence that he remembered to say when he walked to the place where Tang Xuan and the others said goodbye to Tian Meng.
But Tang Zheng seemed to be struck: "Wait... the star veins are completely destroyed... the Three Evils Star Suppression Curse..."
