Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 485 New Generation
Taking advantage of his drunkenness, Zhao He shouted, "Just because I didn't last more than 10 hours in the Divine Blood Magma Trial and couldn't reach my older brother's level, my dad said that if I had cultivated properly, I wouldn't be this bad. Is it really necessary? My older brother is a genius on par with Chen Shouhu and Wang Boxiong. Why should I be compared to him?"

"I told him Zhou Leng was great and I hoped he would personally recruit him, but he didn't believe me at all, saying my cronies couldn't possibly be that capable. Are all fathers like this?"

"Yes, I was never as good as my eldest brother when I was young, but I was better than that third brother, right? But he usually prefers to believe the third brother rather than me."

"Being the second son is really damn bad, neither here nor there. The third son died, and because I failed to lure Tong Tianxia out for revenge, my dad looks down on me even more."

"Tong Tianxia isn't stupid. You couldn't even handle him yourself, so why blame me?"

"And what's with all this talk about considering the bigger picture? If we really try to recruit Zhou Leng, the other major clans will definitely object. Ha, what kind of useless people do those clans have, making a fool of themselves in the news every day? Do you think I don't know that? Can all those people put together compare to even a single finger of Zhou Leng?"

“I wasn’t talking about you guys. You are all the best of the best from the great clans, a hundred times better than those people.”

Lou Feiqiong and the others knew that Zhao He was drunk, but they didn't care.

Late into the night, Zhao He saw everyone off, then slowly circulated his qi to dispel his drunkenness.

He sighed deeply.

There were some things he didn't say.

His father, Zhao Haoming, forbade him from getting close to Zhou Leng again and even hinted that if given the chance, he would send someone to kill Zhou Leng to eliminate any future troubles.

Even his elder brother Zhao Cong encouraged him to do so.

Zhao He naturally understood that there was some reason for doing so, but he felt unhappy when he thought about how his family would stop him from doing anything.

"However, I've heard that Zhou Leng's rise has already attracted the attention of other major clans. If we deal with Zhou Leng now, perhaps..."

Lou Feiqiong left Zhao He's house and returned to the Lou family's old residence.

As soon as I entered, I was called to the conference room.

As he entered the conference room, several familiar elders smiled, but his father, the head of the Lou family, had no smile on his face.

"You came back from Zhao He's place?" Lou Shanding asked.

"Yes."

What did Zhao He say?

Lou Feiqiong sighed and said, "Zhao He values ​​Zhou Leng highly and even complained that the Zhao family was hindering him from recruiting Zhou Leng. I'm also very conflicted now, afraid that if I investigate Zhou Leng too hard, it will cause me to fall out with Zhao He. So, I haven't reported Zhou Leng's matter to the family."

The other elders still wore smiles, while Lou Shanding snorted coldly.

"So, you've been keeping Zhou Leng in the dark all this time?"

"Huh? What are you hiding? It's all in the report, I didn't hide anything." Lou Feiqiong looked puzzled.

Lou Shanding asked, "Why didn't you report that Zhou Leng had rapidly advanced to the Bone Forging stage?"

Lou Feiqiong said with a wry smile, "I just found out from Zhao He. I didn't have any evidence before."

"Then why not report that he obtained massive resources in the Tree People world and advanced rapidly?"

Lou Feiqiong said helplessly, "Although I investigated, I have no idea exactly how many treasures he obtained. Without specific data, how can I report to the family? Haven't you always taught me to speak with solid evidence? I was afraid you would say I was trying to take credit, so I've been looking for evidence."

"Why didn't you report Zhou Leng's whereabouts in the Demon Spirit World?"

Lou Feiqiong said, "Dad, it's not that I don't want to report it, but think about it, what benefits could a martial artist gain from running to the Demon Spirit World? Besides, that..."
Whether 'Zhou Tian Ji Han' is actually Zhou Leng, I still can't be sure. Zhou Leng is particularly good at flattering and seducing women, and he's always scheming and manipulative. It's not surprising that he might gain some advantages in the Demon Spirit World. But this kind of person will never amount to anything!

"He has forged his bones! He stayed in the divine blood magma for 13 hours!" Lou Shanding said.

"But the head of the Zhao family told Zhao He personally that he did not believe Zhou Leng could stay for 13 hours, and that there must be dwarves helping him."

"Shut up!" Lou Shanding slammed his hand on the table.

Lou Shanding angrily said, "In less than half a year, Zhou Leng has advanced from the Vitality Stage to the Bone Forging Stage. His talent is terrifying, and you're still pretending! You don't need to worry about eavesdropping on Zhou Leng anymore. From now on, you stay at home and are not allowed to go anywhere. If you can deal with Zhou Leng, you can make a big problem small, but if Zhou Leng causes trouble in the future..."

Lou Shanding stared at Lou Feiqiong and slowly said, "Get out of the Lou family and be expelled from the family register!"

Lou Feiqiong looked at his father in disbelief and hurriedly said to his elders, "Uncles, you can say that I am lazy and have many concerns, but why are you imprisoning me?"

“Feiqiong, you can’t blame your father for being angry. The Huang family, the Dong family, and the Xu family joined forces, took the evidence to your father, and asked him if he wanted to deal with the trouble caused by Ma Xingkong. They also asked your father what your relationship with Zhou Leng really is.”

"Feiqiong, how can this be called confinement? You just stay at home and cultivate diligently. Once we've dealt with Zhou Leng, the sky will be your oyster, and it won't matter."

“You’re not a child anymore, you should be more understanding of your father.”

Lou Feiqiong remained silent, his heart as cold as ice.

He vaguely understood that the Lou family had already guessed his actions, but things hadn't gotten out of hand yet, and his father was preparing to downplay the matter by confining him to his residence first.

Lou Shanding stretched out his hand and said, "Give me all your external communication equipment. From today onwards, you are prohibited from contacting the outside world, everything."

Lou Feiqiong sighed softly, knowing that things had come to this point and there was nothing more he could do.

The ruthlessness of these elders far exceeds imagination.

As expected, they are already preparing to join forces with the major clans to deal with Zhou Leng.

Their fear of Ma Xingkong surpassed everything else.

Zhou Leng, this is all I can do to help you.

I really hope you can survive and become a different person, instead of being like these people.

Lou Feiqiong glanced at his elders while removing his personal items, including the Demon Brain.

Lou Feiqiong loved reading history. He suddenly realized that his elders used the products of this era and spoke the language of this era, but their minds were still stuck thousands, tens of thousands, or even more ancient times.

Like the animals in the documentary, they do nothing but fight for food.

Lou Feiqiong felt at ease.

The consequences had already been considered when the decision was made to help Zhou Leng.

Lou Feiqiong knew everything that happened back then.

The Lou family and other powerful clans were also fully aware of what they had done.

I am different from you.

Zhou Leng is different from you.

I, Lou Feiqiong, do not eat people. If one needs to eat people to be included in the family genealogy, then such a genealogy is better left unincluded.

He turned and walked out of the conference room.

Lou Shanding's roar echoed from inside the conference room.

The world of dwarves, the array of ancient kings.

The huge underground cavern is filled with countless ancient artifacts.

There are those belonging to the dwarves themselves, those from various races, and even traces left by the stars.

Zhou Leng enters every morning and quickly senses the surroundings.

I don't look at anything unrelated to martial arts, and I only write it down if I feel a particularly strong connection to it.

Each type of martial arts imprint is sensed for only one minute.

There's too much stuff and too little time.

It took three whole days of sensing to detect thirty-seven ancient traces.

The intensity of each trace is no less than that of the advanced exhibition halls at the Xiongjing Relics Museum.

The three items had the strongest effect.

One of them was a shield-shaped fossil with intricate patterns carved on it. It had nothing to do with martial arts, but it was somewhat similar in shape to the Battle Shield of the Great Battlefield.

One item is a broken sword, clearly a space weapon, but unfortunately it was broken.

One was a three-eyed crystal, in which three eyeballs of some unknown monster floated within a clear, colorless crystal.

It always gives the impression that those eyes are alive.

The Iron Dwarves have discovered the use of the Three-Eyed Crystal; it can be used to temper one's mental strength, that is, one's martial will.

When the time came, Zhou Leng stepped out of the ancient king's formation.

Molten Hammer was waiting outside and came over when he saw him.

"So, have you made your choice?"

Zhou Leng shook his head and said, "No rush, let's wait a few more days. I'll start sensing carefully tomorrow."

The next day, just as the two arrived at the gate of the Ancient King's Array, a green dragon flew over.

"Zhou Leng!"

Zhou Leng and the Hammer turned around and saw the Emerald Wings.

Emerald Wings landed and said, "Come, follow me to the Crimson Dragon's Nest."

"how?"

"The Queen has granted your request, sending you the Battlefield Shield Token to ensure you obtain the Dragon Blood Body, and signing an alliance blood pact with you. She will absolutely not harm you. She also told me privately that she allows you to conduct business in the Dragon Clan in her name, but she will take 20% of the net profit."

"If I remember correctly, Scarlet Eyes has a terrible reputation in the Dragon World. Using her name will bring me terrible luck."

“It’s alright, we can use the name of the entire Red Dragon Clan, there won’t be any problems,” Emerald Wings said.

Zhou Leng said, "Let's wait a few more days. I need to study the Ancient King Array."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you here."

Zhou Leng walked into the ancient king's formation.

Emerald Wings and Molten Hammer stared at each other blankly.

"Are you very familiar with Zhou Leng?" Hammer asked.

"It's alright. How about you?"

“Iron brother,” Hammer said.

"I remember you. You were here at the Tomb of the Armored King. I didn't expect you to still be so weak."

“You are indeed very strong,” Molten Hammer said.

"Bullshit! I'm weaker than you. I'm the weakest dragon in the entire dragon race!" Emerald Wings shouted loudly, as if afraid others wouldn't know.

Hammer was taken aback for a moment, then said, "You like it this way?"

"I like to tell the truth."

"I understand……"

The two chatted casually, neither initially showing any interest in the other.

But Zhou Leng had been inside all day, and the two couldn't just sit there doing nothing, so they started chatting.

With Zhou Leng as a guarantor, and given that Rongchui was a social terrorist who could chat with anyone, the two quickly became close.

When Zhou Leng came out that evening, Yi Long and Zhou Leng drank, ate, chatted, and had a great time.

On the third day, Zhou Leng entered again.

As Emerald Wing and Molten Hammer were chatting, a primordial red dragon flew over.

"Emerald Wings, Her Majesty the Queen has ordered you to take Zhou Leng back to the Crimson Dragon's Nest immediately. The Great Battlefield may open at any moment!"

"So fast?"

"It's already later than last time. Hurry up and find Zhou Leng! Where is he?"

"I'll go in and find him right away," said Molten Hammer.

Molten Hammer ran into the Ancient King's formation and, led by a guard, found Zhou Leng and explained the situation.

As Zhou Leng walked, he said, "So early? This is too sudden."

(End of this chapter)