Chapter Thirteen: Fellow Travelers

  A new week, rush to the list and collect recommendations clicks ~

  ————————————————

  Zhou Heng didn't pay attention to Lin Fengxiang's thoughts, he was immersed in the subtleties of Ling Tian's second move, and before he knew it, time had already arrived at midnight, the black-colored Broken Sword in his dantian shook violently, releasing a large amount of energy.

  He immediately sat cross-legged and absorbed these benefits with the Moon Shadow Heart Technique. Twenty minutes later, he opened his eyes.

  At this speed, he can reach the peak of the sixth layer of Lian Ti by the end of the year, but whether he can further break through to the Lian Gu realm is hard to say. After all, the higher the cultivation base, the more true yuan power accumulation is needed.

  He fell asleep without realizing it while thinking about things.

  He slept later, but woke up earlier. As soon as the sky brightened, he got up and hunted a wild rabbit. After catching it, he made a fire to roast it, and soon it was golden yellow in color, with fragrance spreading everywhere.

  "Smells so good!" Lin Fengxiang walked over and straightforwardly reached out her hand to grab it.

  As soon as her hand came out, Zhou Heng slapped it away! She quickly withdrew her slender hand and glared at Zhou Heng, saying: "What are you doing?"

  "Firstly, this is mine, if you want to eat it, you can, but please ask first! Secondly, are you an idiot? You're going to grab something that's boiling hot with your bare hands?" Zhou Heng started off being serious, but by the time he got to the second sentence, his face was already filled with a smile.

  Lin Fengxiang's beautiful mood in the early morning was completely ruined!

  She looked at Zhou Heng's sunny and handsome face, only to see an expression that was full of arrogance, making people feel angry just by looking at it!

  She snorted and said, "Do you think I'll starve to death if I don't eat your food?"

  She darted off with a swift leap, her elegant figure quickly disappearing into the mountains and forests, probably going hunting in a huff.

  Zhou Heng smiled and took over the roasted golden rabbit, starting to eat it.

  Lin Fengxiang, as a martial artist in the Refining Bone realm, found it easy to hunt some wild game, and soon she returned triumphantly, her left hand holding a wild rabbit and her right hand holding two wild pheasants, with a harvest much greater than Zhou Heng's.

  She gutted and cleaned the game with snow water, then put it on the roasting rack. However, this young lady didn't have a single bit of talent in this aspect, she just left it there unattended, and soon a burnt smell wafted out.

  One, two, three, all charred black, can't see any meat at all.

  Lin Fengxiang held back a breath, forcing herself to search for edible 'meat' in the charcoal, and as she looked at the black thing in her hand that was completely unrecognizable, her pretty face involuntarily twitched.

  Zhou Heng couldn't help it and burst out laughing.

  "Can you still call yourself a man when you just stand by and watch a beautiful woman suffer?" Lin Fengxiang looked up at Zhou Heng with a glare.

  "If I didn't have a generous heart, this half rabbit wouldn't be left for you!" Zhou Heng suddenly produced a branch from behind his back, with half of a roasted rabbit stuck on it, golden and oily, completely incomparable to the charred remains in Lin Fengxiang's hand.

  "Don't worry, I tore it with my hands, there's no saliva on it!" He added.

  Can't see it, this little brat still knows how to care about people!

  Hmph, it seems even the most 'mixed' eggs can't resist this lady's charm!

  Lin Fengxiang thought with a pleasant tone, while taking over the roasted rabbit, but after scanning it with her beautiful eyes, she couldn't help but feel a fire rising in her heart again - all four "legs" of this roasted rabbit were gone, and the back where the meat was the most tender and delicious had also been torn off, leaving only the head, neck, and buttocks.

  Does this count as half a pair?

  She really wanted to smash the roasted rabbit on Zhou Heng's face, but she couldn't bear the hunger in her stomach, so she had to suppress her anger and tore off the rabbit meat piece by piece, eating while staring at Zhou Heng, as if chewing his flesh.

  "Are you cursing me in your heart?" Zhou Heng said casually.

  "That's right!" Lin Xiang admitted frankly, but as a young lady from a good family, she hadn't learned many swear words, so she didn't bring out the few she knew, which were just "bastard" and "despicable little brat".

  Now let this stinky kid know that he is scolding him, and the 'bastard' will definitely fill in many dirty words, which means he is scolding himself!

  Haha, she's really clever!

  Zhou Heng didn't know about this young lady's strange way of thinking, after Lin Fengxiang finished eating, he nodded and said: "Let's set off!"

  The two of them wandered around the mountain forest again, aimlessly. The winter days were short, and soon it was night again. The two still found a cave to live in. Lin Xiangxiang didn't want to be despised by Zhou Heng, so she took the initiative to take on the task of hunting, while Zhou Heng was responsible for roasting and cooking.

  Before they knew it, ten days had passed in a flash, and the two still had no harvest, but the New Year's Eve was approaching.

  "Lin, let's stop here, if we don't head back now, we'll miss the New Year!" Zhou Heng didn't want to accompany this young lady and miss the Lunar New Year.

  Lin Fangxiang's face was unsatisfied, but if the treasure could be found easily, what would be precious about it? What was even more hateful was that a few days ago, she had encountered a demon beast, although not particularly precious, but barely able to take out.

  But in these ten days, I haven't even seen any large fierce beasts, let alone demonic beasts!

  Is that little guy beside you Moe?

  She left with a boastful promise, she must have gained something. If she returns empty-handed, wouldn't that be a loss of face!

  "Let's go another hour!" she said reluctantly.

  "Only an hour?"

  "I guarantee it!"

  "Alright!"

  The two continued to move forward, and the weather had been good for several days. The snow in most areas had completely melted, but there were still some places where the sun did not reach, and the snow was still very thick, with no signs of melting at all.

  "Huh?" After walking for over ten minutes, Zhou Heng's feet suddenly stopped. The black-colored Broken Sword that had been dormant in his dantian suddenly reacted, pointing diagonally at the ground.

  Is there a treasure down here... that can react with the Black Sword?

  "Ma Heng, what's wrong?" Lin Xiang walked a few steps and saw that Zhou Heng hadn't followed up, so she suddenly turned her head back.

  Zhou Heng didn't report his real name, this young lady obviously had a deep background, he didn't want to bring trouble to himself.

  "It's nothing, just a rush of adrenaline!" he said casually.

  A big man still has a crush? Lin Fengxiang had a kind of crazy feeling.

  She ignored Zhou Heng and walked forward with big strides.

  Zhou Heng, however, had other plans. As he walked, he inwardly gazed at his dantian, observing the direction of the black-colored Broken Sword.

  Down, down, down, straight down!

  The thing that makes the black 'colored' broken sword react is right under your feet!

  Zhou Heng circled around, his eyebrows furrowing involuntarily.

  This is a stretch of continuous mountain rocks, and it's almost impossible to dig a hole here.

  "Hey, how long are you going to slack off?" Lin Fengxiang said as she turned her head around.

  Zhou Heng smiled and pointed his finger at a cave about 100 meters away on the mountain, saying: "Go take a look at that cave over there!"

  "Ah?" Lin Xiangxiang's expression turned puzzled, "Why?"

  It's because it can't be excavated here, and I want to go to the mountain 'cave' to take a look, maybe it will extend to this position.

  Zhou Heng certainly wouldn't say it directly, so he made up a reason: "Most monsters live in 'caves', and I think that mountain 'cave' is quite big, maybe there's a monster inside!"

  "Really?" Lin Xiangxiang looked at Zhou Heng with some confusion, "Then let's go take a look!"

  Two people arrived at the entrance of the cave, only to see that it was incredibly large, with a height of over 20 meters and a width of over 30 meters. Inside, there were bursts of cold wind blowing in, giving people a feeling of having their hair stand on end.

  "Arise—"

  A low growl came, like the sound of a bell and drum ringing together, echoing continuously in the mountain cave, shaking Zhou Heng and Lin Fengxiang's ears, which were somewhat painful.

  Two people simultaneously made a vigilant gesture, and saw a black shadow emerging from the 'cave', gradually revealing its true appearance. It was a giant beast with legs as long as five meters, resembling a lion but having six legs, with an oversized head that was disproportionate to its body.

  "Six-legged Giant Beast!" Lin Xiang let out a soft cry, "A grown Six-legged Giant Beast has the strength of nine layers of Body Refining, don't underestimate it!"

  After refining his body to the ninth level, adding the brute strength of the demon beast itself, he can almost compare with a martial artist in the Blood Refining Realm.

  If there hadn't been the sudden movement of the black sword, Zhou Heng wouldn't have intentionally provoked a nine-layered demonic beast that had cultivated its body. After all, he still hadn't crossed over to the Refining Bone realm, and between them existed an enormous gap in power.

  But now he is determined to get it!

  He held his sword horizontally across his chest, with a fierce battle intent raging in his eyes. What gave him strong confidence was the Ling Tian Jiu Shi.

  "Rooooaaaar!" The six-legged giant beast let out a deafening roar, this monster was furious that two bold humans dared to intrude on its territory! And every one of these monsters had a strong sense of territoriality, viewing intruders as the greatest provocation.

  It flapped its six legs and approached Zhou Heng and Lin Xiang, opening its big mouth and drooling a long string of saliva. It had been a long time since it last ate human flesh!

  Boom!

  The six-legged giant beast simultaneously exerted its six legs, and its massive body immediately flew out like a raging wind, attacking Zhou Heng first - in the eyes of this demon beast, this slightly weaker young man gave it an even stronger sense of danger.

  Flying Cloud Step!

  Zhou Heng's body lightly dodged, just in time to let the six-legged giant beast's pounce pass by. His long sword suddenly swung up, and Ling Tian's first move was launched!

  The heavens and earth seemed to freeze in an instant!

  Zhou Heng drew his sword, and a sense of emptiness appeared in his mind. His consciousness seemed to merge with the entire universe, as unfamiliar powers gathered from all directions, pouring into the sword body, continuously amplifying the power of this sword move!

  Pfft!

  The neck of the six-legged giant beast suddenly flashed a brilliant blood "flower", and the long sword entered the "flesh" nearly a foot!

  "Ahhh——" The demon beast let out a shocking and mournful cry, its eyes emitting a frenzied glow. With a sudden flick of its neck, Zhou Heng was unable to hold onto the hilt of his sword, and it flew out of his hand!

  The six-legged giant beast swiped a paw at Zhou Heng, it wanted to kill this damned human!

  What's wrong with you, being stabbed by a sword and still not dying?

  Zhou Heng was shocked, no wonder they said that the demon beast was terrifying, a warrior of the same rank was not its opponent at all! Although he was only in the sixth layer of body refinement, after merging with the power of heaven and earth, the power of this sword was by no means weaker than that of a strong practitioner in the bone-refining realm!

  It's no wonder that the six-legged giant beast couldn't be killed, which shows just how powerful this monster's defense is!