Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 277 The Number One Prodigy!

The carriage continued on its way, its wheels creaking and groaning as they rolled over the gravel.

Liu Jianjian rode her horse alongside, chatting with Lin Fu.

Lin Fu didn't leave, surprisingly because she really liked Liu Jianjian and they chatted all the way.

The two hit it off; one was innocent and carefree, oblivious to the ways of the world, while the other was gossipy and wanted to know everything. When they chatted, one dared to ask and the other dared to answer, and they even seemed to regret not having met sooner.

Zhu Sisi leaned on Liu Jianjian's shoulder, chewing on mulberry leaves, listening to the two's conversation, occasionally interjecting with a blank expression, leaving Lin Fu stunned.

The True Lord of Annihilation lay in the carriage, covering his head with a blanket, breathing evenly—this time he was truly asleep.

In this world, the fragrance of rice remains.

The air above that powerful rice plant was slightly distorted, like an invisible flame burning.

Zhu Ge sat cross-legged by the irrigation ditch, looking at the sturdy rice plant, but his thoughts were on Linzhi.

Take a breath.

Lin Fu only lasted a moment against the twelfth man.

The twelfth-ranked player, under Linzhi's command, probably wouldn't even last a breath.

A star can withstand ten breaths from Linzhi, while a primordial supernatural being can withstand twenty breaths from a star.

The gap between the top ten is unimaginably large.

"My journey is still long," Zhu Ge murmured to herself.

I was hit hard.

He's a bit weak.

"Quickly cultivate to perfection, and then advance to the third realm."

He closed his eyes and focused his mind into his body. Thunderous sounds resonated within his meridians, tempering his soul.

The array star rotated in the dantian, condensing array patterns.

The power of witchcraft surged in his blood, nourishing the Blood Armor Immortal.

A scholarly spirit flowed through his heart, solidifying his Confucian heart.

The four forces each follow their own path and do not interfere with each other.

The hurricane rhinoceros beetle, also known as the blood-armored beetle, lay at the bottom of the wooden box, its six claws gripping the thousand-year-old peach wood tightly, its single horn trembling slightly.

Its carapace changed from crimson to deep red, and the golden patterns on the carapace became denser than before, with a faint aura of spiritual energy flowing through it.

Zhu Ge infused a wisp of witch power into its body, and the Blood Armor Immortal's body glowed slightly, with a thin stream of pale blue air emanating from the tip of its horn.

The airflow swirled in the air once before dissipating.

"It's the eighth day." Zhu Ge silently counted in his mind, put the Blood Armor Immortal back into the wooden box, and put it into his sleeve.

He stayed in his own world for three days, without eating, drinking, sleeping or resting.

He practiced the Thunder Sound Refining God Technique, the Zhou Tian Star Array Diagram, the Witchcraft Gu Insects, and the Confucian and Taoist Literary Mind in turn, leaving no stone unturned.

Three days later, he left the boundary and returned to the carriage.

The carriage had already left the mountains and forests of Sichuan and entered a wide plain.

The plains were dotted with farmland and irrigation ditches. Occasionally, a few farmers would work in the fields and look up with curious eyes when they saw a horse-drawn carriage passing by.

"Master, you're finally out!" Liu Jianjian excitedly rushed over. "Sister Lin Fu told me so many stories!"

"Sister Lin Fu?" Zhu Ge raised an eyebrow.

"Sister Lin Fu?" Hua Liusha, who had been weaving the spirit garment in her mind, was also somewhat surprised.

"She said I could call her 'sister'." Liu Jianjian smiled, her eyes curving into crescents.

Zhu Ge looked at Lin Fu.

She rode a giant centipede alongside the carriage, her entire body shrouded in a purple robe, her lips jet black.

Her bare feet were on the centipede's carapace, her eyes filled with curiosity about everything around her.

Sensing Zhu Ge's gaze, she turned her head, a slight smile playing on her lips: "You broke through?"

"No," Zhu Ge shook her head, "I'm just cultivating."

He didn't want to say that he was devastated.

"You're very strong," Lin Fu said. "Once you break through to the third realm, I want to fight you again."

"Okay." Zhu Ge did not refuse.

Putting everything else aside, Lin Fu, as a mountain shaman, alone can test the growth of Zhu Ge's physical strength.

The carriage continued its journey, heading towards Zigong City.

Zigong is a large city in central Sichuan, famous for its salt wells and lantern festival.

It is said that there is a thousand-year-old salt well in the city. The well water is salty and bitter, but it can be used to extract high-grade spiritual salt crystals, which are good materials for alchemy and weapon crafting.

Every summer, Zigong City hosts a grand lantern festival, with tens of thousands of Kongming lanterns rising into the night sky, illuminating the entire city as if it were daytime.

Linzhi waited for the congratulatory song in Zigong City.

This news filled Zhu Ge with some anticipation.

What I'm really looking forward to is finally seeing the number one genius on the "Social Ranking".

Although he was discouraged, it did not affect his confidence or his martial arts spirit.

There are always strong and weak, and Zhu Ge will not demand that he be the strongest right now.

He will not be defeated by setbacks and failures.

"What do you think of Lin Zhi?" Zhu Ge asked Lin Fu.

Lin Fu thought for a moment and said, "Very strong, anyway, everyone before me was very strong."

What a load of nonsense literature — Zhu Ge pretended to be deep in thought.

Before long, the city of Zigong came into view.

A series of colorful lanterns floating in the sky formed a cluster of buildings.

At the very front is a lantern with the words "Zigong" written on it.

Arrived!

What attracted Zhu Ge the most was not the architecture of Zigong City, but a woman standing not far in the sky in front of Zigong City.

The woman, clad in armor and armed with weapons, stood with her back to the blessing song, leisurely watching the lanterns of Zigong City.

The woman's presence was striking; despite wearing only simple ancient armor, she made people momentarily overlook the prosperity and splendor of Zigong City in front of her.

The moment Zhu Ge saw this woman, she felt the wind stop blowing, the birds stop singing, and even her heart almost stopped beating.

Liu Jianjian stopped talking, Zhu Sisi stopped eating mulberry leaves, and Ma Zhu stopped walking forward.

The cold was gone, but the ever-sleepy True Lord of Extinction had also woken up.

"Linzhi!"

Lin Fu was the first to speak.

This is Linzhi!

Zhu Ge's pupils contracted.

Even though the shadow of a person's name on a tree was prepared in advance, Zhu Ge still couldn't help but be captivated by it.

However, Lin Fu and Lin Zhi were probably acquainted, so she didn't have any feelings for each other.

Of course, in an instant, Zhu Ge also came to her senses, and her expression became calm and composed.

It's just a matter of being number one. If we don't surpass it today, we can surpass it tomorrow.

"Oh?"

At this moment, Lin Zhi turned her face upon hearing Lin Fu's voice.

Zhu Ge couldn't help but tear up again.

I can't hold it in any longer!

So beautiful!

This is the face of a national goddess, and she also has a strong, heroic air about her, not delicate at all.

Zhu Ge personally prefers longer hair, while Lin Zhi's hair is a bit shorter.

Of course, this is just his personal opinion. He supports and appreciates whether people like long hair or short hair.

"Haha, Little Lin Fu?"

Lin Zhi looked at Lin Fu, her eyes brimming with pride: "Did you win or lose against Zhu Ge?"

"Never mind all that, let's fight!" Lin Fu roared, and the Spider Mother crawled out of her mouth, instantly transforming into a strange pattern imprinted on Lin Fu's face.

Human and Gu combined into one!

At the same time, Lin Fu's body instantly transformed into a mountain shaman state, and her aura surged to its peak.

Zhu Ge even felt that he might be comparable to the previous Redmi Daxian.

"Take this punch!"