Chapter 43: Unwise Friendship

  As soon as they saw Zhou Heng, the four people opposite immediately became vigilant and subtly protected the young man in the middle.

  Zhou Heng smiled and said, "I didn't mean anything bad!"

  These four people were all young men in their early twenties. The boy in the middle pressed his hand, indicating that it was nothing serious, and said: "Old brother, do you know the way?"

  Don't know the way but dare to enter the mountain?

  Zhou Heng thought to himself that he didn't know the way when he first entered Pingtian Mountains either. He couldn't help but smile again, saying: "Actually, I do!"

  The four of them all showed a delighted expression, and the young man in the middle said: "We originally brought the Tiān Xīng Yí (Celestial Star Instrument), but unexpectedly met a demonic donkey halfway, which snatched everything away!"

  When it comes to being robbed by a donkey, the other three people all showed an expression of shame and anger, apparently this is a very embarrassing thing.

  The Tianxing instrument is a very precious map indicator, which combines the celestial bodies and maps to sense the position of people through the formation method, making it impossible to get lost even in deep mountains and deserts.

  No wonder these four people didn't know the way but dared to run into the Pingtian Mountains, with the Tianxing instrument they really don't have to worry about getting lost, it's just that I didn't expect to be robbed.

  "That cheap donkey..." Zhou Heng couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

  "Old brother, have you also suffered at the hands of that demonic donkey?"

  "Alright then!" Zhou Heng nodded his head, he had been ambushed several times by that black donkey and even got kicked in the chest.

  Under the same affliction, the four of them suddenly became sworn allies and greatly narrowed their distance with Zhou Heng.

  "Brother, can you take us away from here? We want to go to Feng Yu City!" another young man said.

  Zhou Heng hesitated slightly, he was preparing to make money in the Pingtian Mountains, taking these few people to Fengyu City would inevitably waste at least four days of time. Four days were acceptable, so he would help them once.

  He nodded and said: "Alright!"

  Those four young people all cheered up, as if they had met a great savior.

  Zhou Heng walked back and forth with four people. Everyone was young and naturally communicated without any difficulty, and soon they all knew each other's names.

  The young man who was vaguely the leader of the four was called Zhū Zhìhé, and the other three were Liú Yán, Yú Zhènyè and Wàn Liàng. As for where they came from, they didn't say, and Zhōu Héng wasn't interested in prying.

  When it came to that demon donkey, Zhū Zhì and the four of them were all filled with righteous indignation.

  When they first met the black donkey, they were naturally shocked that it could speak, and when the black donkey boasted of being a divine beast, no one doubted it, so they reverently carried the worthless donkey on their shoulders all along the way.

  However, the black donkey soon revealed its true form. After Zhì and the four others realized they had been deceived, they naturally wanted to flay the wretched donkey alive, but unexpectedly, the black donkey was extremely formidable, and with a ruthless hand, it thrashed them soundly before cleaning them out completely.

  It's already not easy to keep one set of clothes!

  "What are you going to do in Fengyucheng with nothing on your backs?" Zhou Heng asked.

  "Huh? Aren't you from Fengyucheng? Don't you know that Miss Zixing is going to Fengyucheng?" Liu Yan asked back hastily.

  "Miss Purple Star?"

  "Hey, hey, you're telling us that you don't even know who Miss Zixing is?!" The four of them looked at Zhou Heng with strange eyes.

  "I really don't know!"

  "Hey, brother, I see you're spending all your time on cultivation!" Zhū Zhì and Lián shook their heads in unison. "Life can't be spent on dull and boring cultivation, one must enjoy it properly, cultivation can wait!"

  Zhou Heng didn't argue back, only smiled slightly. These four people must have a big background, each of them around twenty years old, yet they were all already at the ninth layer of body refinement.

  Although it's said that there are dozens of people in this age group with such attainments in the Jiǔ Líng Zōng, which one didn't come from diligent practice? These four people obviously aren't focused on martial arts, yet their attainments can keep up with the best among their peers, so it can only be said that they have a deep background.

  If you can eat Yuanyuan Dan every day, then just spending half an hour on cultivation each day will have three times the effect of diligent and uninterrupted practice!

  The poor are inferior in literature and superior in martial arts. Cultivation is extremely dependent on resources, with or without it being a difference between heaven and earth. Any effort cannot make up for it.

  "Speaking of Miss Purple Star..." The four of them immediately showed a mesmerized expression.

  “She is a star in the sky, beautiful and radiant!”

  "She is a pearl in the ocean, dazzling and captivating!"

  "Her dance skills are unmatched, intoxicating people's hearts!"

  "Her song lingers on, for three days without fading!"

  Zhou Heng burst out laughing and said: "The four of you not becoming poets would truly be a waste!"

  Zhū Zhì patted Zhou Héng's shoulder and said, "Miss Zǐ Xīng is recognized as the number one beauty in Hán Cāng country. Just taking a look at her can add three years to your life!"

  Zhou Heng just smiled with his mouth, he had never been involved with women, and didn't think that a stunning beauty was anything special, in his eyes, even Ming Yu's medicinal bath ingredients were more attractive.

  "You stinker, I don't believe you can resist Miss Zixing's charm!" Zhū Zhì and the other three looked at Zhōu Héng with unwilling eyes.

  These four people have good hearts!

  Although it was only the first meeting, some people are hard to know each other's hearts for a lifetime, but some people can be like old friends at once. Zhū Zhì and Sòng Língyún were just such people, making Zhōu Héng feel a strong sense of human connection.

  A martial artist focuses on martial arts, seemingly with only one thought in mind - to become stronger, everything else can be ignored.

  In the religious circle, all this turned into fierce competition, everyone wants to step on each other's head to climb up, and there is no friendship at all.

  At night, they hunted a wild boar and had a big meal. After that, Zhū Zhì and the four others deliberately made trouble, telling Zhou Héng about romantic affairs in great detail. However, Zhou Héng had not experienced any romantic relationships before, so he only half-understood what they were saying. Although there was an inexplicable turmoil stirring inside him, he suppressed it immediately.

  It was actually the four of them who ended up with flushed faces, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. The next morning, they all woke up with a pair of bright red eyes.

  Two days later, they walked out of the mountain forest and stepped onto the official road. Zhou Heng argued about the direction and led the four people to Fengyu City.

  Arriving at Feng Yu City, the four of them refused to let Zhou Heng leave and dragged him along, saying not to worry about money issues as they would help resolve it.

  Zhou Heng had never made friends before, and the four of them were so sincere that he couldn't bear to refuse, so he agreed. As for why he entered the Pingtian Mountains, Zhuzhi and the others naturally asked him about it, and then there was no need to worry about Qian Yisi.

  Of course, Zhou Heng would never mention the matter of Juegu Xiangan.

  It wasn't until he was dragged by those four guys to a tavern that Zhou Heng regretted it!

  "Sir, my family will treat you to a drink!" In the private room, a 28-year-old girl with a beautiful face and a bright red mouth pouted at Zhou Heng, who had already been entangled with him for countless times.

  "Haha!" The four of them, including Zhū Zhì, were laughing wickedly, each with a beautiful woman sitting beside them, enjoying their service and indulging in debauchery.

  This is not an ordinary tavern, but the first signboard of Fengyue City's wind and moon venue - Xingchun Building. The girls inside accompany wine and sleep, only the consumption is astonishingly high, a common family's annual income can only afford to come here for a luxurious visit once.

  Be careful when making friends!

  Zhou Heng shook his head repeatedly, but Zhū Zhì and the four others didn't make too much of a fuss either, just taking a slight advantage with quite some style.

  "Zhou Heng, I just inquired about it, and it turns out that Miss Zixing won't arrive at Fengyucheng until tomorrow. Today we'll eat and drink well, and tomorrow Brother will take you to see what's called 'heavenly beauty and national color'!" Zhu Zhi laughed loudly.

  Just then, the door was knocked open and a shop assistant pushed in with a smile on his face, saying: "Gentlemen, I'm really sorry, but there's a distinguished guest who has arrived and asked for Spring Lotus and a few other girls to go over! Let me reassign a few more girls for you gentlemen!"

  "What!" Liu Yan immediately jumped up, pointing at Xiao Er's nose and said, "Blind your dog eyes, can't you see we're not easy to bully?"

  "No, no!" The shop assistant shook his head repeatedly. He was only at the third layer of body refinement and couldn't withstand the aura of Liu Yan's ninth layer peak. His legs were trembling with fear. "That noble guest is Jin Shao, the young master of Bai Yu Valley. I dare not offend him!"

  "So you can afford to offend me?" Liu Yan's voice was calm, and in this moment, the air of a superior being flowed out.

  "Don't be offended! Don't be offended!" The shopkeeper hastily shook his head repeatedly.

  "Get out!"

  "Yes! Yes!" The shop assistant turned around and ran away.

  "Come on, come on, let's keep drinking!" Liu Yan sat down and raised his cup in invitation.

  Is it Jin Xiuyi?

  Zhou Heng thought to himself, as for Bai Yugou, he had long defined him as an object to be eliminated, so naturally he was not afraid of confronting him. However, looking at the expressions of Zhu Zhihe and the other three, who were completely nonchalant, it wasn't that they were arrogant and unaware of the heights of heaven and earth, but rather that they truly had a deep foundation, which allowed them to treat this matter as if it was nothing.

  What kind of background would make someone who doesn't care about Bai Yugou?

  Those five hostesses were scared to the point of trembling all over, they were like floating duckweeds, a slightly bigger wave could make them perish forever.

  Boom!

  A loud noise echoed, and the door opened again. This time it was kicked open, unlike last time when it was pushed open.

  A young man in brocade clothes walked in, followed by four attendants, each of whom seemed to be looking down their noses at the world with unparalleled arrogance.

  "Are you few useless things competing with Ben Shao for women?" The young man in brocade clothes held a folding fan in his right hand, pointing at the four people including Zhū Zhì, and when he pointed to Zhou Heng's face, he was stunned, "It's you this bastard!"

  Zhou Heng smiled slightly, what a coincidence, this young man in brocade was actually Jin Xiuyang!

  "Brother, do you know him?" Zhū Zhìhé immediately said, "It's not right, didn't you snatch his girl last time too?"

  It's really a blind cat hitting a dead mouse!

  Jin Xiuyi's face suddenly became extremely ferocious, he waved his hand and said: "Today, I will let the five of you leave horizontally!"

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