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

Linhai City is extremely large, at least equivalent to two Eurasian continents. The permanent mortal population there exceeds 10 billion. Like Wanghai City in the Whale Ming Domain of the Taichu Continent, it is a large city, and the city lord is a powerful person beyond the sixth level.

Walking low-key on the busy streets.

Zhou Heng did not choose to go into crowded places like restaurants to directly inquire about the news. Instead, he slowly listened to the conversations of passers-by on the street to gain a preliminary understanding of the situation.

that's it.

He first wandered around Linhai City quietly for several days, and then secretly visited some practitioners in a friendly manner. Finally, he finally figured out the general situation of Linhai City and Taiyuan Continent.

According to the information he has received so far.

The total area of ​​Taiyuan Continent is only about four-fifths of Taichu Continent, and it is divided into eleven major domains.

The domain where Linhai City is located is called the Bolan Domain. The situation in the Bolan Domain is similar to that of the Jingming Domain on the Taichu Continent. Due to the constant threat of invasion by huge monsters in the sea, there are no sect-like forces at the middle and upper levels in the Bolan Domain, and most of the people in the domain are mortal cities.

Unlike the Taichu Continent where various supernatural paths developed in a relatively balanced manner, on this Taiyuan Continent, the influence of Confucianism and Taoism was more prosperous than other paths.

There are a total of eight high-level academies of Confucianism and Taoism in the Chongjie world, and there are as many as four of them in the Taiyuan Continent, and there are also branches of the other four academies.

You should know that in the Taichu Continent, there are only two academies of the highest level of Confucianism and Taoism, namely Aries and Ocean, and there are no branches of other academies.

The reason for this is said to be that the Taiyuan Continent is the birthplace of Confucianism and Taoism, and a sub-sage of Confucianism and Taoism who reached the extraordinary eleventh level was once born on this continent.

Of course, whether the second sage of Confucianism and Taoism really existed is just a rumor, and there is no supporting evidence in the world of evil spirits today that can make a final conclusion.

However, even so, this Taiyuan Continent has become a holy place for the vast number of Confucian and Taoist practitioners.

……

"This Taiyuan Continent can almost be considered the stronghold of Confucianism and Taoism. Once we're here, Qing Yunxi won't chase us no matter what."

Sitting in front of the window of a private room in a restaurant.

Zhou Heng leaned against the window and sipped tea, gazing out at the magnificent seascape of Fenglei Sea. His worry that Qing Yunxi might hunt him down was greatly relieved.

He believed that given Sun Lei's value, it was highly unlikely that Qing Yunxi would go to such lengths to track down the murderer overseas or delve into the land where Confucianism and Taoism flourished.

Mind this.

Zhou Heng did not delay any longer and immediately stood up and left the restaurant. He eventually left Linhai City directly and followed the guidance of an immortal to find a medium-sized city that had no backing and was built for immortal practitioners.

It is impossible for him to build a city bit by bit from scratch, so he plans to replicate his operations in the Whale Ming Domain and directly occupy someone else's city.

In this way, not only can he own a territory of his own as quickly as possible, but he can also obtain some consumables for testing his own skills in the future. It is a win-win situation and perfect.

……

a few days later.

Inside the City Lord's Mansion of Piaomiao City.

In the main hall.

Zhou Heng sat high up in the city lord's seat, looking at everyone in the hall with a smile on his face and said softly:

"I have always been a kind person. It is an honor for you to swear an oath to serve me for a hundred years.

From now on, all you have to do is serve me wholeheartedly and do good things.

By then, let alone the techniques that allow you to advance to the realm of refining the spirit and returning to the void, there will even be methods that allow you to achieve the state of refining the void and merging with the Tao that will allow you to become human immortals.

Do you understand my good intentions?"

"I understand. Thank you for your kindness, Lord City Lord."

As soon as Zhou Heng finished speaking, the senior officials of Piaomiao City in the hall knelt down in fear and trepidation in response, their faces full of respect, not daring to express the slightest dissatisfaction.

See this.

Zhou Heng nodded and waved his hands with satisfaction:

“It would be great if you could understand my painstaking efforts.

Well, it’s getting late, let’s all go back to our respective duties.

Luo Mingzhao, from now on you will work beside me and continue to manage all matters big and small in the city.

As long as you do things well, it won't be long before you can obtain the method of refining the spirit and returning to the void, and advance to the sixth level of transcendence."

"Yes, I understand. Please rest assured, Lord City Lord."

Luo Mingzhao, the former lord of Piaomiao City, responded respectfully with a slightly sad look on his face.

At this moment, he simply wanted to kill himself with a knife for selling the city for the martial arts. If he had not been so stupid, he would not have ended up in this situation where he not only lost the city but also had to be a slave for a hundred years.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he regrets now, it is too late.

After the Dao oath was made, he had no chance of turning the tables unless he waited until the hundred-year limit set by the Dao oath was over. After all, he couldn't go against the Dao oath like that freak Zhou Heng.

"Very good. I need to meditate in seclusion. You can proceed as usual from now on."

Say it.

Zhou Heng did not stop, and his figure instantly moved through the void to the underground secret room of the City Lord's Mansion.

He is not in a hurry to find a way to know the Dao and create his own skills. He plans to cultivate the Dharma to perfection first.

Although the perfection of the Dharmadhatu did not increase his strongest strength much, the perfect Dharmadhatu could enable him to observe the existence of the Great Dao through the means of observing the Dao recorded in the chapter of Refining the Void and Combining the Dao in the Sutra of Stopping the War and Stopping the War.

Although that method can only observe the fixed control avenue in the Sutra of Stopping the War, it is at least a way for practitioners to observe the avenue before reaching the seventh level, and it may be helpful to his cause of creating his own martial arts.

This is the only path he can think of at the moment.

As for going to talk to that strange skeleton, or taking advantage of the opportunity he got when he was in the mysterious Taoist world to ask the Great Heavenly Venerable Ge for answers.

He would never do such a suicidal thing unless it was absolutely necessary, even if he was beaten to death, even if it meant staying in this realm of refining the spirit and returning to the void for hundreds or thousands of years without being able to break through.

Anyway, he is less than twenty years old now, and the lifespan of those who have reached the stage of refining the spirit and returning to the void is more than five thousand years. Even if he spends thousands of years to create his own skills, it is totally worth it.

After all, whether he can switch to practicing his own martial arts determines his ultimate future: whether he can become a resource for others or become a source of his own. This does not allow for the slightest carelessness.

"But I hope it doesn't take that long, otherwise..."

Zhou Heng couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He then quickly calmed his chaotic mind and stopped thinking too much, and finally began the practice of refining the spirit and returning to the void that had been suspended for many days.