"Boom"

  Two powerful forces collided with each other, forming a fierce confrontation.

  All leaves turn into powder.

  That warrior from the four-sided county retreated over a dozen steps, barely stabilizing his footing, as if he had been struck in the chest by a massive hammer, with his internal blood and energy churning, having suffered a severe internal injury.

  Looking back at Zhang Ruochen, he was still standing in his original position, looking calm and unruffled, with even the hem of his clothes unscathed.

  "How can a martial artist in the early stages of Xuanji Realm be so strong?" The warrior from one of the four counties covered his chest, staring at Zhang Ruochen in disbelief.

  Zi Yan walked out from behind the back of a warrior and said, "Dont you know that he was once the number one ignorant on the Huang Bang list of Yun Wu County, which is also a kind of sin."

  "There is still a strong one"

  That martial artist from the four-sided countys face changed color, and a word floated up in his mind.

  Escape

  He immediately performed a kind of body technique martial skill, his foot soles stomped the ground, and his body suddenly shot out, with a speed that was astonishingly as fast as thirty-two meters per second.

  But Zhang Ruochens speed was even faster, and he quickly caught up with him. With a finger pointing out, he struck the third vertebra of the warriors back spine.

  "Boom"

  That warrior let out a miserable cry, his whole body going limp as he fell to the ground.

  "Youve ruined my Zhong Tian Mai!" The warrior lay on the ground, his whole body trembling, glaring at Zhang Ruochen with venom.

  A warrior, if his spines heavenly pulse is crippled, then from now on, it will be impossible for him to make any progress in his cultivation, and he can be considered half a cripple.

  "Hmm"

  Zi Yan swung her sword and beheaded the warrior, with bright red blood gushing out from his neck.

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  Zhang Ruochen stared at Zi Qian, saying: "His Zhong Tian Mai has been abolished, he no longer qualifies to be a student of the Wu Shi Xue Gong, its impossible for him to threaten us again, why must we kill him?"

  Zi Yans icy voice returned, "He was able to cultivate to the late stage of Xuanji at such a young age, there must be a considerable force backing him. If he doesnt die, he will definitely take revenge on us."

  Zhang Ruochen was speechless.

  To be honest, what Zǐ Qiàn did wasnt really wrong. However, Zhāng Ruò Chén felt that the punishment didnt fit the crime and disabling his Zhōng Tiān Mài was already a severe penalty for a martial artist.

  Zi Yan searched the body of that warrior and found 21 spirit crystals, 500 silver coins, and a box containing beast eyes.

  She opened the box, and a delighted expression appeared on her pretty face. "Six beast eyes, equivalent to three second-rate lower-tier savage beasts."

  Zi Yan immediately put away that box, then she looked at Zhang Ruochen again and said: "You are a prince, shouldnt you be short of money?"

  "Not short."

  "In that case, Ill take the spirit crystals and silver coins on him." Zi Yan was quite unceremonious, taking all twenty-one spirit crystals and five hundred silver coins.

  Zhang Ruochen was somewhat curious and asked: "Are you very short of money?"

  Zi Yans expression turned solemn: "Without cultivation resources, no matter how high a warriors innate talent is, they cant become strong. To cultivate resources, one naturally needs to spend a large amount of money to purchase them. Of course, for people like you who are born with a silver spoon, youve never lacked cultivation resources from the moment you were born, so you cant understand the importance of money in cultivation."

  "His war knife, yours."

  Zi Yan kicked up the corpses hand holding the three-piece true martial treasure-level battle knife and flew it towards Zhang Ruochen.

  Zhang Ruochen took over the fight, without any courtesy, and put his war knife into the spatial ring.

  Zi Yans eyes widened slightly as she stared at the ring on Zhang Ruochens finger, exclaiming in surprise: "Spatial treasure!"

  "Right"

  Zhang Ruochen didnt hide anything and said: "If you want it, I can give it to you"

  Zhang Ruochen took off the white ring carved with phoenix patterns and handed it to Zi Cai, smiling: "To be honest, this space ring has too many patterns, its more suitable for women to wear"

  Zhang Ruochen thought it didnt matter, anyway it was just a space ring, and besides, it was only half-finished. Even if he gave it away, he wouldnt feel heartbroken. At worst, he could refine another one in a few days.

  In Zǐ Qiàns view, however, it was completely different. A spatial treasure, absolutely priceless, extremely rare.

  "He actually gave me Mo Fei for free, this Ninth Prince is really a bit foolish"

  Zi Yan deeply stared at Zhang Ruochen for a moment, but found that Zhang Ruochens face was wearing a faint smile, as if he really intended to give her the space ring.

  Zi Yan gave Zhang Ruochen a cold glance and didnt take the space ring from his hand, saying: "Dont you know that men cant casually give rings to women?"

  After saying that, Zǐ Qiān walked to the side of the silver dragon lion and dug out a piece of spiritual meat weighing three or two liǎng from its body.

  Zhang Ruochens hand was suspended in mid-air, and he slightly hesitated before smiling and saying: "I just saw that youre carrying too much on your back, so I wanted to give you a spatial ring to store your items. What were you thinking? Im only 16 years old, how could I have any other intentions?"

  Zi Yans eyes turned even colder, and she tossed the spiritual flesh of the Silver Dragon Lion to Zhang Ruochen. She stretched out one hand and said, "Bring that spatial treasure over and let me take a look."

  Zhang Ruochen took over the Ling Rou and handed the Space Ring to Zi Qians hand.

  "How to use it?" Zi Yan asked.

  Zhang Ruochen said, "Just infuse your true energy into the ring."

  Zi Yan infused her true energy into the spatial ring, and immediately a faint white glow appeared on its surface.

  She stretched her hand into the spatial ring and found that the inner space of the spatial ring was not large, only the size of a small house, and it was not like the legendary spatial treasures that could hold mountains and collect heaven and earth.

  However, using space rings to store personal items is quite sufficient.

  Zi Yan naturally liked this space ring very much and was reluctant to return it to Zhang Ruochen. Her beautiful eyes stared at Zhang Ruochen, saying: "If you give the space ring to me, what will you do?"

  "I still have other spatial treasures"

  Zhang Ruochens face wore a faint smile as he took out all the items from the spatial ring and put them into the inner space of the spatial crystal.

  Zi Yan took back the space ring and put all the items on her body into it one by one. Soon, she was empty-handed, with only a phoenix-patterned jade ring left in her hand.

  "Its indeed a spatial treasure, its really too wonderful" Zi Yan pinched the spatial ring, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

  She then took out thirty Ling crystals from the spatial ring and handed them to Zhang Ruochen, saying: "I dont want your spatial ring for nothing, thirty Ling crystals, Ill give you."

  Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, "If you want to sell it, that one spatial ring would have to be sold for at least two hundred spirit crystals."

  Zi Yans eyes turned cold as she glanced at the spatial ring in her hand, saying: "If you want to sell two hundred spirit crystals for this one spatial ring, Im not interested."

  Zhang Ruochen smiled and said: "If I were to sell it to you, it would naturally be two hundred spiritual crystals. But since Im giving it away for free, I dont want a single silver coin."

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  Zi Yan clenched her crystal-like teeth and said, "Fine, Ill accept it. Why did you want to give me something so valuable?"

  Zhang Ruochen continued walking forward and said faintly, "Fated."

  Zi Yan said: "Arent you afraid that Ill kill you and take all the other treasures from your body?"

  Zhang Ruochen looked at her and said, "People who repay kindness with enmity are after all a minority. There are still more good people in this world. I dont believe Im so unlucky to have met you."

  Zi Yans sword, she didnt know when it had already left its scabbard, was pointing at Zhang Ruochens neck. All she needed to do was make a slight forward slash and Zhang Ruochens head would fly off.

  Zhang Ruochen stared at Zi Qian, calm and composed, without any panic.

  He secretly injected his true energy into the soul vein, releasing his martial soul, and within a radius of ten meters, formed a spatial domain.

  As long as Zi Yan dares to move a little, Zhang Ruochen can go out faster and kill her.

  Zi Yan didnt notice the spatial domain, her eyes had a few strands of struggling color, deeply staring at Zhang Ruochen for a moment, then sheathing her sword, said: "I just wanted to tell you, Ninth Prince, youre too naive. Human hearts are treacherous, and being cautious is essential. Have you always been cultivating in the palace, never going out to gain experience?"

  Zi Yan sheathed her sword, and Zhang Ruochen also dispersed his spatial domain, saying lightly: "Indeed"

  Zi Yan was speechless and didnt bother to reason with Zhang Ruochen, saying: "Lets continue to hunt down the warriors of the four directions and the state of Guang"

  Zhang Ruochen stared at the back of Zi Qian, his fingers rubbing his chin, a hint of a smile on his face. "Her swordsmanship is exactly the same as Chen Lei Bing, the killer from the Netherworld Gate. Moreover, only professional killers can train their auditory and olfactory senses to her level. It seems my guess was correct, shes also a killer from the Netherworld Gate."

  Zhang Ruochen is someone who has already died once, how can he still be as naive as before?

  Since Zi Yan intentionally approached him, he had already become vigilant, but he was still unable to confirm whether Zi Yan was the killer of the Nether Gate.

  After repeated probing, Zhang Ruochen finally confirmed Ziqings identity.

  Even if she was a killer at the gates of hell, Zhang Ruochen was not afraid in the slightest, and it would be a kind of training for himself.

  "Zi Gu Niang, wait a minute, why are you walking so fast?"

  Zhang Ruochen immediately chased after him.

  The first round of exams lasted for three days.

  Before the sky turned dark, Zhang Ruochen and Zi Qing met two more warriors from the Four Sides Country. The outcome was obvious: both warriors died under Zi Qings sword.

  Beasts Eye, Crystal Stone, and Silver Coin were taken away by Zi Yan.

  The two warriors weapons and the elixirs on their bodies all belong to Zhang Ruochen.

  "Its nighttime, I can finally get a good rest." Zhang Ruochen said.

  Zi Yan gave Zhang Ruochen a glance and said, "After nightfall, most warriors have the same idea as you, looking for a safe place to rest. So, this is the best time for us to hunt them down. Tonight, we must kill at least twenty warriors from the Four Sides County to complete our mission."

  "Where did this task come from?" Zhang Ruochen said.

  Zi Yan said: "We have given ourselves the task. The four-sided county and country not only robbed Yunwu Countys mines, but also took away seven cities of Yunwu County, and countless soldiers and civilians died miserably. Dont you want to avenge them? Huo Xing Wangzi threatened to kill you, dont you want to kill him? Dont you want to give the four-sided county and country a painful lesson?"

  Zhang Ruochen was speechless.

  "After a while, Zhang Ruochen said: Lets fight"