Chapter 45 Unaccountable

  Facing Neon's repeated questioning, Yao Tianxiao said calmly: "He went to the black market. If you really want to see him, there might still be some time."

  Is there still some time?

  Nianhong furrowed her brow slightly and asked in confusion: "What does it mean?"

  Yao Tianxiao said in a low voice, "There is still half a month's time before the Spiritual Realm opens. Didn't your sect's seniors tell you that once you step out of that threshold, every thirty years, heavenly punishment will descend, and anyone who hasn't hidden in the Spiritual Realm will inevitably suffer a calamity of extinction."

  Spirit world?

  Heavenly Punishment?

  Her eyes were filled with a bewildered expression, she had never heard of this matter at all. Even when the old man saved her that year, he only taught her cultivation techniques and physical training methods, then she secretly left the country, stumbling along the way, it was all her own exploration and practice that led to her current level of cultivation.

  "You really don't know?"

  Yao Tianxiao asked with a strange expression on his face.

  "I don't know, I was just lucky and obtained a cultivation method by chance. I relied on myself to practice and didn't have anyone guiding me, so naturally I wouldn't know about the existence of the spiritual realm or the heavenly punishment."

  Yao Tianxiao and Hao Chengxiao exchanged a glance, both of their expressions slightly changing.

  Figure it out yourself?

  Can she break through that barrier that has hindered countless ancient warriors' progress? Her innate talent for cultivation is a bit too against the heavens, isn't it?

  Hao Cheng suddenly asked: "Are you an Ability User?"

  After a moment of silence, a hint of bitterness appeared on her beautiful face, and she nodded: "If it weren't for this reason back then, why would I have abandoned my husband and child, endured countless hardships to escape abroad? Even now that I possess great power, wealth, influence, and status, if I could, I'd be willing to give all these up, just hoping to be a normal ordinary woman, living a simple happy life with my family."

  Hao Cheng said faintly, "Go find Zhang Yi! If you can't find him in the black market, then go to the Western Ancient Domain! But within half a month, you must rush to the Spiritual Realm and avoid the Heavenly Punishment. Otherwise, with your current strength, there's only one outcome: annihilation."

  Nianhong's face turned slightly pale.

  She was secretly rejoicing that she had come here and met the two of them, otherwise she would not have known about this kind of thing, and the consequences would be unthinkable.

  She didn't want to die because she hadn't made it up to her son yet, hadn't fulfilled a day of being a mother; even more so, she hadn't seen her husband yet, hadn't said "I'm sorry" to him in person.

  Suppressing the urge to rush to the black market immediately, a hint of reverence floated onto her face as she opened her mouth to ask: "Two seniors, how can one enter the Spiritual Realm? And where is the Spiritual Realm?"

  Yao Tianxiao said: "The entrance to the spiritual realm is in Kunlun, when you rush there, tens of kilometers away from it, you can feel where the entrance to the spiritual realm is! With your own strength, charge in and you can avoid heavenly punishment."

  Nihong stood up, gratefully saying: "Thank you for telling me, elder. I'll hand Yinyin over to you first! I will notify that girl and have her come pick up Yinyin. Within half a month, I will definitely rush to Kunlun Mountain and enter the spiritual realm."

  Yao Tianxiao said lightly: "From now on, Yin will stay here until Zhang Yi returns. If you finally choose to enter the spiritual realm, there are two options: First, go with us and face our enemies together; Second, venture into the spiritual realm alone, where there are opportunities and crises."

  Nian Hong said without thinking: "I'm with the two seniors. You are my son's masters, he can come here in danger of being chased, it means you have a high position in his heart, people my son cares about, I also care about."

  Yao Tian Xiao smiled faintly and said: "Then we will wait for you at the entrance of Kunlun Mountain until the last moment."

  Ningxi City, Hebei Province.

  Qilian County under the Qilian Mountains, even at night, is still brightly lit, with bustling streets and crowded intersections, extremely lively.

  Unlike other places, people with long swords or waist knives often appear here, and they don't stay for a long time, coming and going in a hurry.

  When an out-of-town taxi stopped at the roadside of the central square in Qilian County, Zhang Yi and Tong Hu stepped out from the back seat.

  "It's finally here, but the black market location is not in Qilian County town, it's about a hundred kilometers northwest. So, after we've eaten and drunk enough to boost our spirits, let's set off for the black market!" Tong Hu stretched his arms, accompanied by the sound of his bones cracking, and smiled faintly.

  Zhang Yi nodded and said: "We're entering the black market, do we need to prepare anything?"

  Tong Hu said, "It's necessary to prepare some things, but the most important thing to prepare is money. In the black market, as long as you have money, you can accomplish anything, but if you don't have money, even if a super strong person comes, it will be difficult to take a single step. Unless he is so strong that he can wipe out all the strong people in the black market by himself."

  Zhang Yi hesitated for a moment and smiled bitterly: "I only have over 10 million, I don't know if it's enough to buy some of the things we need."

  Tong Hu smiled and said: "I have!"

  Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered that Tong Hu had supercars worth hundreds of millions and some money in his bank card, which was also expected!

  "It seems I have a rich guy next to me!"

  "You're just one... or is it a snake..."

  "Haha......"

  After that, the two of them ate and drank to their heart's content, then slept comfortably in a hotel, resting until they were refreshed. When they left the hotel, it was already early morning on the second day.

  "It's almost a hundred kilometers away, if we walk on our own two legs, I'm afraid it'll take until the monkey year and horse month to get there. Since we're already here, let's just find a taxi to take us there! At most, it'll only cost a few hundred yuan!" Zhang Yi suggested.

  Tong Hu smiled and said, "This is natural."

  As it was their first time rushing over, preparing to participate in the underground black market, they bought a lot of daily necessities, including food and water.

  When the two brought the distance to the black market location, there were still over ten kilometers left, when the taxi suddenly stopped, and the chubby driver stopped the car.

  "Master, what's going on? Why aren't we moving?"

  Zhang Wei glanced out of the window a few times, and found that both sides of the highway were lush green fields. A puzzled expression appeared on his handsome face.

  "There was a traffic accident ahead, and three cars blocked the way. It's strange, why is there no one at the scene of the accident? Are the people in the three cars still inside?" The driver said with a weird expression.

  Zhang Yi pushed open the car door and followed the driver who also got out of the car, striding to the front of the three collided cars. After searching for a while, they found that there was no one in the cars at all.

  Pffft! Pffft! Pffft! Pffft!

  Four figures, like ghosts, shot out from a distance and in the span of a dozen breaths or so, they had already arrived near the three people from the distant horizon, surrounding them on all sides.

  "My goodness! What kind of people are these? How come they're all carrying swords and knives? And how can their speed be this fast?"

  That fat driver's heart was filled with shock and horror, muttering to himself.

  Zhang Yi stood up straight and said seriously, "We were on our way to the black market to buy some things, but we didn't expect to encounter a traffic accident. Everyone, can you help us move these few cars? We still need to hurry along."

  "You want to leave? Are you dreaming? You think you can just wash your hands of this with a few words? Hmph... You're coming with us, and we'll investigate whether you're in cahoots with our enemies." One of the middle-aged men, his long knife pointing at the ground, spoke coldly with a strong sense of dominance.

  Tong Hu came to Zhang Yi's side and asked in a low voice, "What kind of people are you? This is too arrogant. Don't you know that this approach will make enemies with others?"

  The middle-aged man sneered and waved his hand indifferently, saying: "Take the three of them down for me. Unless it's investigated that they're not in cahoots with the enemy, if they resist, kill them without mercy."

  Three lightning-like figures suddenly rushed towards Zhang Yi and Tong Hu's trio.

  "Zhang Yi, stop wasting words with them."

  A cold glint flashed in Tong Hu's eyes, and two sharp daggers appeared in his hands in an instant. Like a fierce tiger pouncing on its prey, he lunged at two of the middle-aged men.

  Zhang Yi is not a person who likes to cause trouble, and if others do not take the initiative to offend him, he will absolutely not provoke others. However, in the face of this accident, the inexplicable crisis that has arisen has left him extremely dissatisfied.

  Remain calm in the face of danger, stand firm like Mount Tai crumbling before one's eyes without changing color.

  Having experienced bloody battles, he was surrounded by a middle-aged man at the moment, his mind was clear and calm, observing his opponent. Seeing that all of his opponent's moves were aimed at his vital points, attempting to kill him, this made him harbor a few murderous intentions.

  "Kill me..."

  Zhang Yi's right hand, two thin needles appeared in his finger seams. With a loud shout, the two thin needles shot into his two acupoints at an unexpected moment.

  "What?"

  That middle-aged man, whose cultivation was at the Mid-Heavenly Realm, suddenly stiffened and his face revealed an unbelievable expression. When Zhang Yi's fist struck his chest, his body flew backward like a kite with its string cut.

  "Beautiful!"

  While fending off the attacks of two congenital middle-tier experts, Tóng Hǔ kept an eye on Zhāng Yì's side. As a congenital high-tier expert, the two opponents didn't pose much of a threat to him. Seeing Zhāng Yì beautifully knock another enemy flying, he couldn't help but burst out laughing loudly.

  "Tiger, don't kill them, just beat them up badly."

  Zhang Yi rushed forward in front of Tong Hu and the two big men, saying loudly.

  The two daggers in Tong Hu's hands transformed into a blur of residual shadows, shrouding his vital spots as the opponent attacked, and the intent to kill surged in his heart.

  "Hmmph..."