"Go take a look!"
Chen Xuan looked at Ning Xin, "Youâve really worked hard all this time."
"These people will be around here in the future, so thereâs no need to be concerned about anything."
"Choose more, and in the future, youâll have time to cultivate."
Ning Xin understood what he meant and didnât refuse, "Alright, Iâll go take a look with them."
After giving a few more instructions, Chen Xuan then left the place.
...
Jiuxian County!
"I didnât expect that it would be Uncle Zhi Sha himself who came."
The clone slightly bowed, respectfully saying.
"Since Iâm free anyway, I chose you!"
Hong Zhisha sat at the top, his gaze falling on him.
Suddenly, he let out a small exclamation.
In the next moment, his eyes suddenly burst with a brilliant light.
After a moment, he slowly spoke,
"Your physique feels several levels stronger to me, Uncle!"
He even had a feeling that just based on physique alone, he might not be as strong as him.
This thought suddenly made him feel absurd.
Although his cultivation technique wasnât of the body refinement type, he was at the peak of the seventh layer of Dao Realm, just a step away from the eighth layer.
Over the years, he knew there was almost no hope of advancing further, so he also began body tempering.
He spent countless great medicines.
The ten-thousand-year ones were not absent, either.
But now he really felt his physique was inferior to his.
The clone slowly stood up, bowed to Hong Zhisha, "Thanks to Uncle Zhi Sha, without your help, I wouldnât have obtained those ten-thousand-year great medicines, and I couldnât have tempered my body to this extent."
"Phewâ, sit down!"
Hong Zhisha let out a long sigh, looking at him with a satisfied gaze.
"Your father will surely be very pleased with your current achievements."
"With your current strength, you should not end up at the bottom."
"Your father... he also has hope."
"Hmm, I will definitely be able to save father."
The cloneâs face turned solemn, nodding firmly.
"Iâm here!"
Just as he sat down, Chen Xuanâs voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
It almost startled him.
However, even though he quickly returned to normal, Hong Zhisha noticed and asked with a curious expression, "Whatâs wrong?"
"Nephew is just worried that the other eight gates might have some tricks, which could be troublesome when the time comes."
The clone immediately made up an excuse.
Unexpectedly, Hong Zhisha laughed upon hearing this.
He then revealed some news to him.
"A strong physique is advantageous this time; Uncle canât tell you the specifics, but I assure you, with your current physique, you definitely wonât be in last place."
The reason why the Nine Gates Battle hasnât started yet is because Zhou has prepared some things on the island.
"Really?"
The clone asked again.
"Of course, would Uncle deceive you?"
Having said this, Hong Zhisha slowly stood up, "Iâll go see your father, you prepare yourself, at dawn, we set off for Tangyun Lake with me!"
"Yes, Uncle!"
The clone promptly stood up as he saw this.
Only after Hong Zhisha left the hall did he slowly exhale.
"Brother, you really startled me, if Hong Zhisha had sensed it, then our efforts would have been in vain."
He couldnât help but blame Chen Xuan.
"If even he could discover it, then why bother going!"
In the inn, Chen Xuan pouted.
"Ah!"
The clone sighed helplessly, thinking that although he had a point, it was still too dangerous...
"When are we setting off?"
"At dawn, as Hong Zhisha just said."
"Hmm, Iâll follow behind you the whole way, donât worry, Iâll maintain a distance of about a thousand miles, he wonât sense me."
With those words, Chen Xuan cut off their connection.
Even though Hong Zhisha was at the peak of the seventh layer of Dao Realm, with extremely keen senses, with his current understanding of the rules of space, he could completely hide in a space rift.
If even then he sensed him, that would be too much.
...
In Xiao Mingâs room.
Hong Zhisha sat in a chair, holding a wine vessel and cup, looking complexly at him lying on the bed.
Then slowly poured a cup of wine.
Suddenly, a gulp!
The intense spiciness made his brows furrow slightly.
"Phewâ"
He let out a long exhale, murmuring as he looked at Xiao Ming, "If it werenât for you blocking Liu Daoxinâs palm back then, it would be me lying there now."
They say in the Martial Dao, thereâs more interest than anything else.
But the bond between the two of them was like real brothers, surpassing even actual sibling ties.
Back then, the two led Hidden Killâs men to ambush a batch of Dao Realm from Great Yu.
But it turned out to be a trap set for them.
In the end, Hidden Killâs top fighters died in large numbers, and they were also targeted by Liu Daoxin.
Just when it seemed they were about to be killed by Liu Daoxin, Xiao Ming blocked that palm with his body, resulting in his current state.
If Zhou hadnât appeared in time, they both would have died.
But afterwards... Xiao Ming was gravely injured, his internal organs, Dao bones, meridians, and dantian completely destroyed by Liu Daoxinâs palm.
Xiao Ming was only alive because Zhou intervened to save him.
"But thereâs some good news."
Hong Zhisha squeezed out a hint of a smile, "Xiao Yu has already reached the fifth layer of Dao Realm, his spirit cultivation has reached Dao level, and heâs still so young. In the future, heâll definitely be even more powerful than you!"
"Oh, by the way!"
"His physique is very strong; Iâm not afraid to admit that even my physique canât compare to his."
"Did you hear that?"
Hong Zhishaâs eyes turned red, his voice choked up.
He wished Xiao Ming could give him a response, even if it was just a twitch of his eyebrows.