I was almost eaten at the beginning, luckily I was able to transfer the negative status

Hear the words.

Zhou Heng quickly collected his thoughts, then spoke in a neutral tone:

"Enter."

Crunch

Soon, there was a slight knock on the door.

Huang Yuanhui walked in with a hunched back, and after closing the door behind him, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed in greeting:

"Old slave pays homage to the master."

"Well, get up."

"Thank you, Master."

Huang Yuanhui immediately responded and explained his purpose without waiting for Zhou Heng to ask:

"My Lord, I have lured all the immortal cultivators who have reached the ultimate level of the Refining Essence to Transform Qi Realm from the eleven small cities surrounding Baihui City, including Xuechuan City, Luoyun City, and Qiyuan City, here.

Moreover, after more than two months of training, including Lao Nu, Dugu Liu and Lin Fan, there are now thirty people who have broken through to the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation realm.

"These people are now all clamoring to take action against you, Master. Although I have tried every possible excuse to delay, I am almost at my limit. If I continue to delay, I am afraid it will arouse their suspicion. So I have come to ask you, Master, what should I do next?"

"Oh...are those people already so impatient?"

Zhou Heng looked at Huang Yuanhui with a half-smile as he lowered his brows and stood with his body bowed like an imperial eunuch.

Hear the words.

Huang Yuanhui immediately said with certainty and sincerity:

"Yes, Master. They all feel that the time is ripe. They are worried that if we wait any longer, it will be difficult if you break through."

"I see... It seems the time is indeed ripe, and it's time to close the net."

Zhou Heng nodded slightly.

After thinking for a moment, he gave Huang Yuanhui an order:

"Well, to avoid hurting the mortals I worked so hard to raise when you close the net, go back and tell them.

Let’s say I plan to go to Xiaoyue Mountains to collect a special resource. That resource will help me quickly break through to the realm of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation.

The time is set for the early morning of three days later, when you will lead them to ambush me there."

"Okay, I understand. Master is truly a man of unparalleled wisdom."

"Okay, go back quickly. I'll find a reason to call you over after daybreak.

Then you can say that you figured out my intention to leave the city through this conversation."

"Yes, I obey your command. I will take my leave."

Huang Yuanhui knelt down and kowtowed again, then stood up and left quickly as Zhou Heng instructed.

Looking at the door that closed again.

Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his gaze, enhanced by the art of looking at qi, couldn't help but look into the distance through the wall.

After a while.

“Haha, interesting…”

chuckled.

Zhou Heng stopped thinking about it and began to condense his Yang God and Yin God again.

It has to be said that having a large number of subordinates to help collect things that can be used to gather energy is very efficient. He has been practicing in the room for such a long time that the vital energy and dead energy stored in his dantian have never been exhausted.

At the current efficiency, if everything goes well and nothing unexpected happens, it will only take him a month at most to reach the ultimate level of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation.

……

Three days later.

It was still dark.

Zhou Heng looked at the Yang God and Yin God in his dantian, which had been condensed to over 70%, and then stopped practicing with satisfaction.

"It's time to close the net. Now that I have that big fish, I can start working on my own technique."

Thinking secretly in my heart.

Zhou Heng did not delay any longer. He immediately rode Wanliyun and slowly flew out of the City Lord's Mansion, flying straight towards the direction of Xiaoyue Mountains.

Near the City Lord's Mansion.

After seeing the rising clouds.

The people guarding nearby immediately sent a message through unknown means.

……

The sky is dimly bright.

Zhou Heng put away the human lamp that served as a torch and just happened to ride the cloud into the outskirts of the Xiaoyue Mountains.

soon.

Just when he had gone about one or two hundred miles deep into the Xiaoyue Mountains.

Dozens of figures suddenly flew over from all directions at high speed and surrounded him tightly.

Those dozens of figures all exuded the aura of the fifth realm of transcendence, and their leaders were none other than Huang Yuanhui, Dugu Liu, and Lin Fan.

"Hehehe, my dear Lord City Lord, what are you doing in Xiaoyue Mountains so early in the morning?"

Dugu Liu stood in mid-air with his arms folded, chuckling and speaking, looking at Zhou Heng provocatively. His tone was full of teasing as he spoke, as if he didn't take Zhou Heng seriously at all.

See this.

Zhou Heng's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression quickly darkened, and he scolded in a cold voice:

"Dugu Liu, what do you mean by this? Are you planning to rebel?"

"Rebellion? Hahahaha...

Zhou Gou, not only did you seize our city through conspiracy, you also wanted to enslave us.

Now we are just seeking revenge, and you have the nerve to say that we are rebelling?

You are truly shameless! If I don't skin you alive and torture you to death today, I will never be able to quench my hatred!"

"Oh... really? It seems you've forgotten my methods."

Listening to Dugu Liu's angry curse, Zhou Heng spoke in an extremely cold voice.

Hear the words.

Lin Fan, who was standing next to Dugu Liu, snorted coldly, "Zhou Gou, we are all at the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm. With thirty of us joining forces today, you will definitely die!"

"I am bound to die? Hahahaha... What a joke. It's not certain who will win. Let's do it and stop talking nonsense." Zhou Heng laughed.

The moment he finished speaking.

Ah──

A shrill scream suddenly rang out.

The originally arrogant Dugu Liu was suddenly cut in half and fell straight to the ground. The person who did it was Huang Yuanhui who was standing next to him.

See this situation.

Lin Fan and the twenty or so helpers in the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation realm who came with him to surround and kill Zhou Heng looked at Huang Yuanhui in surprise.

"Huang Yuanhui, what are you doing?"

Lin Fan exclaimed in confusion and quickly flew away to distance himself from him.

"What am I doing? Hehehe...isn't it obvious?

Of course, I killed you traitors for my master."

Huang Yuanhui chuckled and spoke, the spiritual weapon sword in his hand was still dripping with blood from when he beheaded Dugu Liu, and the color of the blood was dark red and purple, as if the spiritual weapon sword contained some kind of poisonous ability.

"Hehehe...Old Huang, you're doing great. Come here."

He glanced at Dugu Liu who had fallen to the ground and was motionless.

Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, chuckled and waved to the rebellious Huang Yuanhui, seeming to be very satisfied with the other party's actions.

"Yes, Master, I obey your command."

After receiving Zhou Heng's call, Huang Yuanhui immediately put on a flattering smile like a dog slave, and then slowly flew towards Zhou Heng with his waist slightly bent.

See this situation.

Lin Fan, who was not far away, immediately shouted angrily at Huang Yuanhui again:

"Huang Yuanhui, are you addicted to being a dog? Today I will tear you, this traitorous dog, into pieces!"