Chapter Thirty-Nine: Out of the Valley

  Zhou Heng never thought he would get into an argument with a donkey!

  This donkey is really too cheap, so cheap that it's not enough to scold him a few times! Zhou Xianming and those people are shameless and despicable, but at least they still want face, but this donkey has no face or skin, taking the word "cheap" to the extreme.

  "Halt! Halt!" The black donkey repeated its old trick, proposing to surrender again, but Zhou Heng would not be deceived a second time and wielded his long sword even more swiftly.

  It's just that this black donkey is really powerful, and there's no way to defeat it without using the Lingyun Nine Styles. However, as soon as Zhou Heng activated his sword intent, the black donkey ran extremely fast, and even Han Yulian couldn't catch up with it.

  They fought for more than half an hour, both of them panting heavily.

  "Listen up, kid! I don't have time to mess with you. Get the old man out of here quickly, or else I'll bite your head off in one go!" Black Donkey said, sticking out his long tongue.

  "You're not a dog, what are you barking at!" Zhou Heng quickly calmed his breathing, he had consumed nearly half of his true yuan force, and the physical exhaustion was also extremely astonishing, tired to the point where sweat rolled down his forehead.

  "Ha ha, I'm so happy!" The black donkey proudly said, then stretched out a donkey leg and pointed at Han Yulian, saying "Little beauty, give grandpa a back massage!"

  Never seen such a lazy donkey thief!

  "No wonder he was suppressed by others, too cheap to be hated!" Zhou Heng said with a big laugh.

  "Ah——!" The black donkey angrily shouted, "Your family's donkey grandpa suffered an unjust disaster, sleeping and being absorbed by that damn stone monument of his lifelong cultivation. Otherwise, with my current strength, I could have killed you all with just one spit!"

  This wretched donkey seemed to have been truly enraged, its eyeballs bulging out extremely large, and it also revealed two rows of snow-white teeth, biting them with a crisp crackling sound.

  I don't know if this is true!

  Zhou Heng muttered in his heart, he really didn't believe anything this cheap donkey said: "You're so cheap, you deserve to be sucked to death!"

  "You little rabbit, I'm going to kick your butt and make you know why the flowers are so red!" The black donkey didn't lift a hand, but scolded Zhou Heng furiously, its verbal combat skills were in no way inferior.

  "You wretched donkey, how long have you been pressed down there?" Zhou Heng said casually.

  The black donkey was not having it, staring at Zhou Heng for a moment before saying: "You little brat thinks you can play tricks on me and get the better of me? You're still too green! These are all leftovers from when your old man was three years old!"

  "Hurry up and take your donkey grandfather away, I'm going to sweep across the four seas and eight wildernesses and become the overlord of heaven and earth!"

  As it spoke, it still didn't change its cheap nature, stood up on its hind legs, and struck a strong and powerful pose with its two front hooves, its black fur fluttering wildly, making it impossible for people to look directly at it.

  Zhou Heng and Han Yulian stared at each other, both of them couldn't help but grit their teeth. The donkey's cheapness completely overshadowed everything else, making people only want to beat it up.

  "You two, aren't you convinced by my invincible heroic appearance?" The black donkey leaned against the mountain wall, with one hind leg raised and propped against the wall, its two front hooves crossed and clasped to its chest, while its tail was scratching its back in a very unflattering manner.

  Facing this black donkey that was full of evil intentions, Zhou Heng wanted to get angry but didn't know where to start, only feeling wave after wave of powerlessness.

  "Alright, I'll take this stupid donkey out!" Zhou Heng thought for a moment before nodding in agreement.

  "It's Donkey Grandpa!" The black donkey protested discontentedly.

  "But there's a condition!" Zhou Heng continued, "What exactly are you?"

  "This great master is, of course, the supreme and unparalleled Black Donkey God in heaven and earth!" The vile donkey said shamelessly, while complacently raising its hooves even higher.

  "How can you speak?" Han Yulian interrupted, this was the most bizarre place, she had never heard of any demon beast that could speak human language, this completely overturned all common sense.

  "This throne is a rare beast nurtured by heaven and earth, an existence above all existences. What's so strange about being able to speak?" The black donkey continued to say with an air of superiority, its cheap appearance making people feel uncomfortable at a glance.

  "No matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary donkey!" Zhou Heng looked up and down at the donkey, shaking his head repeatedly.

  "You stinky little brat! I've told you a hundred times, a thousand times - I am the Heaven and Earth Rare Beast!" The black donkey said in a fluster.

  "How did you get suppressed?"

  "Pfft, that's my bad luck. I was originally in seclusion here, but unexpectedly someone set up a large array at some point and almost drained me dry!" Hei Liu said with a face full of anger and discontent.

  This might be true.

  "You wretched donkey, you've been oppressed for so long, do you even know what kind of place this is?"

  "It's the Supreme God Donkey!" The black donkey gritted its teeth and said, kicking a hoof against the mountain wall. "I don't know either, I just know this place is extremely evil!"

  Doesn't this stupid donkey know either?

  Zhou Heng shook his head and said to Han Yulian: "Sister Han, let's go!"

  "Hmm!" Han Yulian naturally had no objection to this. Here, her life was in Zhou Heng's hands, and without his leadership, she would never be able to leave. Who would be willing to entrust their life to someone else?

  Two men and a donkey set out on their journey, entering into the thick fog.

  "I say, you cheap donkey, since you're a donkey, how about letting me ride on your back?"

  "I'll bite you to death!"

  "You're not a dog!"

  "This throne is pleasant, what can you do about it?"

  In the midst of the noise and commotion, the two men and a donkey soon walked out of the valley.

  "Haha, I've finally come out! A mere maze can't trap the great Hee-haw, haha!" After laughing loudly for a while, Black Donkey suddenly kicked off with his four hooves and ran away, swift as a gust of wind, and instantly vanished without a trace.

  This despicable donkey actually knows how to burn bridges after crossing the river, without even leaving a word of thanks!

  "Teacher Han, Teacher Zhou!" At this time, Mao Xianzhi and Lu Qing rushed over from nearby, seeing that Zhou Heng was relieved.

  "Come to think of it, I seemed to have heard another person's voice just now. Was that someone from the valley?" Lu Qing asked.

  These two did not see the black donkey.

  Han Yu Lian shook her head, a donkey that could speak, if not seen with one's own eyes and heard with one's own ears, who would believe such an existence? She said: "There is no one else, just me and Zhou Shidi!"

  Lu Qing and the others did not suspect anything, although they felt that the strange duck's voice was inconsistent with Zhou Heng and Han Yulian, but this valley was too weird, so it wasn't surprising if they misheard.

  "Zhou Shidi, you...you...you've reached the 9th level of Body Refining!" Lu Qing suddenly said with a trembling voice.

  "What?" Ma Xianzhi immediately jumped up and after sensing Zhou Heng's aura, he also showed an extremely shocked expression!

  One Thousand and One Nights!

  How did it suddenly become Refining Body Ninth Layer when I was just at Seventh Layer before?

  "There are some strange encounters in the mountain valley!" Zhou Heng casually brushed it off, this kind of miracle was unrepeatable, others didn't have a black broken sword, entering the mountain valley would only lead to death!

  Lu Qing and the other person were filled with envy, their hearts full of regret. If they had also mustered up the courage to enter the valley at that time, wouldn't they have been able to reach the ninth layer of Body Refining as well?

  Being able to leap over two small boundaries at once is what a wonderful stroke of luck!

  They were all at the eighth level of body refinement, originally one realm higher than Zhou Heng, but now they had been surpassed by a small realm. This made them feel a huge gap. But no matter how envious they were, they could only congratulate Zhou Heng.

  After arriving at the agreed time, Zhou Heng and his four men joined forces with Qi Guangyao's team and returned to Jiuling Sect.

  They made a big harvest this time, not only achieving the expected goal, but also making a lot of profits, so they got the reward from the sect. Everyone got a contribution value from the sect - except for Qi Guangyao, who came to help voluntarily.

  The contribution value of the sect is a currency exclusively used by Jiuling Sect. It's worthless outside, but inside Jiuling Sect, it's more precious than gold and silver.

  Because the things like Gongfa, Wugong, Dan medicine and so on in the sect can only be exchanged with contribution value, for example, Jiling Dan needs 10 contribution points to exchange, which seems much cheaper than gold and silver, but the difficulty of obtaining is also extremely high.

  Not long after returning to the sect, Han Yulian sent him ten Yuanyuan Dan, which was the reward for getting first place in this sect assessment.

  Ten Aggregating Origin Pills, what a lavish gift indeed!

  Zhou Heng was overjoyed, the black broken sword could provide him with less and less energy, ten Yuanyuan Dan could increase a month of bitter cultivation, which was exactly what he needed most.

  His "adventure" in the Misty Valley was naturally impossible to keep secret, and had long been spread by Lu Qing and others until it was all the rage. However, they couldn't guess what kind of adventure Zhou Heng had encountered, speculating that he must have eaten some heavenly material or treasure, which made him a celebrity in the sect for several days.

  Such a famous method, Zhou Heng really didn't care about it at all. He himself was hiding a big secret, and if someone were to discover the existence of the black broken sword... he didn't think that his current self could contend with the existence of the Gathering Spirit Realm.

  It's okay, Dan Tian has formed his own world, and others can't even find the existence of the black broken sword by reaching into his body with their hands, so there's no need to worry for now.

  The Misty Valley of Death gave him a very strong impact, suddenly broadening his horizons, even more so than when he left Yuan Shi Town.

  "The figure under the cold pool of the precipice, the speaking donkey, and the resurrected skull... what secrets are hidden in this mountain range!" Zhou Heng's confusion gave rise to intense curiosity, and he wished he had the power to sweep away the universe and clarify the cause and effect of things.

  "In a few more days it will be the beginning of the month, I can challenge the top ten strongest outside the sect. I must get a position to obtain the best cultivation resources and break into the Blood Refining Realm as soon as possible!"

  He patiently waited, taking one Spirit Gathering Pill every day and spending the rest of his time circulating the Moon Shadow Heart Technique to accumulate True Yuan Force. The energy provided by the black broken sword was getting less and less, he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.

  As for Ling Tian Jiu Shi, he has been stuck on the fourth move all along. To comprehend the sword intent within it requires a catalyst; otherwise, no matter how much time is spent, it will be in vain.

  Zhou Heng seemed to have returned to the decade where he couldn't cultivate, spending all his time on cultivation except for necessary rest.