The Heavens: One World, One Superpower

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

Su Chen dispelled his avatar, got up, and opened the door. He saw a lively young woman dressed in purple. A glint of light flashed in his eyes as he asked, "Is there something you need, young lady?"

The girl blinked and asked, "Can I come in?"

Su Chen said, "It's not appropriate for a man and a woman to be alone together in my room."

The girl said, "I don't mind, so why would you?"

Su Chen made way for the girl to enter, then closed the door.

After entering the room, the girl poured herself a cup of tea and gulped it down.

She said, "My name is Ji Ziyue."

Su Chen replied, "My name is Su Chen."

At this moment, the auras of four Dao Palace Secret Realms swept across the sky. One of them lingered above the inn, scanned it with divine sense, and then quickly left.

Above the room, a talisman depicting profound Dao patterns was pasted on it, now shining brightly and concealing the divine sense of the Dao Palace Realm expert from earlier.

Ji Ziyue looked at the golden talisman above her head, her eyes fixed on the runes, as if nailed to them, and said, "These runes are truly mysterious."

Su Chen said, "This is a concealment talisman that I created after comprehending a secret technique. It can shield against divine sense detection and can be considered a minor method for self-protection."

Ji Ziyue said, "Could you give me one? This rune doesn't seem as simple as you described."

Su Chen nodded, and a golden paper talisman flew out from the Sea of ​​Bitterness and handed it to the girl.

Ji Ziyue carefully put away the gold paper talisman and said, "Thank you. Aren't you wondering why I came here?"

Su Chen shook his head and said, "Meeting is fate, why bother asking so many questions?"

Ji Ziyue's eyes lit up, and she said, "What a wonderful saying, 'It's fate that we met.' Indeed, you carry a great destiny for my Ji family. Please take it out; I can exchange it with a treasure."

Su Chen thought of the Void Mirror fragment he had obtained in the Taoist temple, and immediately took it out of the Sea of ​​Bitterness. The girl wanted to reach out and take it, but he took a step back and held the fragment firmly in his hand.

Ji Ziyue said, "This is a fragment of my family's most precious treasure. Give it back to me, and I'll give you a large sum of resources."

Su Chen said, "Do you think I don't know what this is?"

Ji Ziyue asked, "What is this?"

Su Chen said, "These are fragments of the Void Mirror."

Ji Ziyue raised an eyebrow and said, "I didn't expect you to already know. Then you should also know how important this fragment is to my Ji family."

Su Chen said, "Answer one question to me first."

Ji Ziyue said, "Okay."

Su Chen asked, "How did you know I had a fragment of the Void Mirror on me?"

Ji Ziyue took out an ancient bronze mirror from the Sea of ​​Bitterness. The mirror was covered with many mysterious divine patterns and imprinted with the laws of the void. She said, "This is a protective treasure given to me by my family. It contains a projection of the Void Mirror and is what sensed the existence of the Void Mirror fragment."

Su Chen said, "I see."

He tossed the fragments of the Void Mirror to Ji Ziyue.

Ji Ziyue took it, raised an eyebrow, and said, "You just gave it to me like that?"

Su Chen shook his head and sighed, saying, "You've even brought out a treasure with a Void Mirror projection. If I don't give it to you, you might just smash it on my head and I'd be dead!"

Ji Ziyue blushed and said, "I'm not a wicked woman who bullies and dominates the market. I won't take your Void Mirror fragments for nothing."

Su Chen said, "I see that you even have the treasure projected by the Void Mirror. You must be a direct descendant of the Ji family, an ancient noble family. That's what novels say. The descendants of those noble families like to seize things by force."

Ji Ziyue puffed out her cheeks and said, "Hmph, I didn't, I'm not, don't talk nonsense. Now I'll give you some source and pills as a supplement." She immediately took out a large amount of source and pills from the Bitter Sea. Although she said "some", the room was almost filled with them.

Su Chen shook his head and said, "Do you think these are comparable to fragments of the Void Mirror?"

Ji Ziyue thought for a moment, then shook her head.

Su Chen said, "Since you knew it couldn't compare to the Void Mirror, didn't you still force a sale in the end?"

Ji Ziyue asked, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Su Chen said, "I heard you possess a very special bronze ring. Trade it for it."

Ji Ziyue's eyes widened, and she said, "How did you know I have a bronze ring? I didn't even tell my brother about this."

Su Chen said, "Never mind that, just tell me whether you want to change it or not."

Ji Ziyue retrieved the pills and source energy from mid-air and took out an ordinary ring. It was made entirely of bronze, very plain, and had no runes engraved on it.

Su Chen thought to himself, "I wonder what the Ruthless Great Empress is thinking. How could she let something her own brother made for her be left to languish outside? Could there be some scheme involved? Oh well, I've already taken the Devouring Demon Jar, what's a little ring to me?"

Ji Ziyue said, "Then you can have it. We're even now."

Su Chen took the ring and casually put it into the Devouring Demon Jar, saying, "Are we really even? In that case, please leave my room, young lady."

A blush rose to Ji Ziyue's face as she said, "I'll have to wait a little while. I'm being chased by my enemies and need to take refuge here."

Su Chen nodded and said, "Please make yourself at home, young lady. I need to go back to my cultivation."

He activated the digital secret once more, creating three incarnations.

Ji Ziyue exclaimed in surprise, "What kind of secret technique is this?"

Su Chen's lips curled up slightly, but he quickly suppressed it and said, "This is the Secret of Numbers, one of the nine secrets created by the Celestial Venerable of Morality in the mythological era."

Ji Ziyue said, "Why aren't you afraid that I'll find out? The more people who know about this kind of profound secret technique, the greater the risk."

Su Chen said, "I have the ability to see through people's hearts, and I believe in your character."

Ji Ziyue said, "You're too trusting. As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not their heart. Are you so sure I won't covet your secret technique?"

Su Chen said, "If you want it, I can send it to you."

Ji Ziyue's eyes widened, and she was speechless for a long time.

Finally, she shook her head and did not ask for anything.

After a while, Su Chen went downstairs and asked the bartender to bring up a lot of food and drinks, which he then ate with Ji Ziyue.

Ji Ziyue took a bite of the roast chicken, her mouth was full of oil, and she almost swallowed her tongue.

Su Chen laughed and said, "How many days has it been since you last ate?"

Ji Ziyue said, "I have never eaten anything so delicious before."

Su Chen said, "Isn't roast chicken a normal dish?"

Ji Ziyue said, "My family never makes roast chicken. We only eat the meat of some demon beasts. Although it tastes good, it gets a bit bland after a while."

Su Chen glanced at the roast chicken in the bowl and suddenly felt it was junk food from a wealthy family. He said, "If you have the chance, please invite me to your house to try some demon beast meat."

Ji Ziyue stopped talking, glanced at Su Chen, and said, "Your cultivation is still at the Sea of ​​Wheels Realm. I'm afraid you can't enter my family."

Su Chen concealed his aura, revealing only his Sea of ​​Wheels Realm level, and said, "This is too much of a bully. I won't be treating you to the roast chicken."

Ji Ziyue said anxiously, "No, no, no, I'll find an opportunity to try later. It's just that I'm currently training and have gotten into trouble with a group of bandits, so I can't go back for the time being."

Su Chen said, "Then it's settled. Take me back when you have the chance."

Ji Ziyue asked, "Where are you planning to go?"

Su Chen said, "The Crimson Cloud Mountain Range."

Ji Ziyue stared at Su Chen for a while before asking, "That's the demon race's territory. What are you going there for?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "I heard that the demon princess Yan Ruyu is there, and I want to go and see her beauty."

Ji Ziyue's eyes widened, and she said, "Look at me."

Su Chen said, "I'm watching."

Ji Ziyue said, "Am I not beautiful enough? Is Yan Ruyu more beautiful than me?"

Su Chen secretly compared Yan Ruyu and Ji Ziyue. Both were stunningly beautiful; Yan Ruyu possessed a cool and aloof beauty, while Ji Ziyue had a lively and vibrant one. They each had their own merits in appearance, though Ji Ziyue's figure was slightly inferior. Overall, Yan Ruyu's unique temperament was more likely to attract men's attention.

He said, "Beautiful, very beautiful."

Ji Ziyue said, "Then just look at me."

Su Chen nodded and said, "That makes sense. Then I'll watch you." After saying that, he stared straight at Ji Ziyue, not even eating the roast chicken in his bowl.

Ji Ziyue felt that Su Chen's gaze was almost tangible, making her skin itch. She said, "Don't stare at me like that, it's embarrassing."

Su Chen withdrew his gaze and said, "Then I'll go see Yan Ruyu. She shouldn't mind me watching."

Ji Ziyue bulged out a puff on each cheek, glared at Su Chen, and said, "If you want to see, then go ahead, but you have to come with me to Four Dragons Mountain."

Su Chen asked, "What place is that?"

Ji Ziyue said, "It's the stronghold of those bandits. I was passing through the Four Dragons Mountain when I don't know what went wrong with the people in that stronghold. They kept chasing me, and I decided to take care of them all."

Su Chen scrutinized Ji Ziyue from head to toe, then from toe to head, and said, "Are you crazy? They are powerful experts from the Dao Palace Secret Realm, while you and I are just minor cultivators from the Wheel Sea Secret Realm. Aren't we just sending ourselves to our deaths?"

Ji Ziyue said, "I have a brilliant plan. Just come with me."

The two left the city and flew directly east to Mount Silong, eight hundred miles away. Once there, they concealed their presence and became indistinguishable from the surrounding plants and trees.

As they quietly made their way up the mountain, Ji Ziyue suddenly stopped Su Chen and pointed upwards.

Su Chen was puzzled. Ji Ziyue took out a round jade plate with many Dao patterns floating on it and faintly emitting divine light.

She formed a hand seal, and divine power gradually gathered on it to form the character "开" (open). She pointed it at the jade plate, and the jade plate hummed and flew to the spot she had just pointed to.

Many array patterns appeared where the jade plate hovered. It turned out to be a large array set up by the Four Dragons Mountain. Now, the jade plate had broken a large hole in it, which neither affected the operation of the array nor prevented the two of them from passing through.

Su Chen couldn't help but raise a thumbs up.

Ji Ziyue smiled smugly and led Su Chen through.

Upon entering, one is immediately greeted by an extremely rich aroma of medicinal herbs. Sure enough, rows of medicinal herbs are neatly planted in a medicinal field.

There were also two spirit fruit trees nearby, their bright red fruits looking very tempting.

Ji Ziyue's eyes lit up. She picked two, giving one to Su Chen and wiping the other before taking a bite. Juice splashed everywhere, and her mouth was filled with a sweet flavor.

Su Chen also ate one, nodding repeatedly.

Ji Ziyue used her divine power to empty all the spiritual herbs and fruits, storing them in a storage container. There was more than one medicinal field here; the two of them searched through all three fields, leaving them completely ransacked.

There was a wooden hut where a young man was fast asleep; he was probably a handyman who managed the medicinal herb fields.

Su Chen couldn't help but silently mourn for him for three minutes.

The two reached the mountaintop and crept into an imposing building, where they heard several people talking. Peeking inside, they saw three men and one woman.

A burly man sat in the main seat, with a charming and beautiful mature woman to his left.

Below, on the left and right sides, sat a man and a woman. The man was obese, and the woman's face was pockmarked and scarred, making her look quite frightening.

The man sitting in the main seat said, "The four of us received that man's payment, but now that woman has escaped, what should we do? We might as well return the payment and say that this woman is protected by a rare treasure, which prevents us from getting close to her, and then we can get away with this matter."

The woman with a pockmarked face said, "Brother, we can't let this cooked duck fly away. The reward that person offered is quite substantial, enough for the four of us to cultivate to the second level of the Dao Palace."

Da Long said, "Fourth Sister, tell me the truth, did you give all the cultivation resources to that pretty boy again?"

Si Long looked uneasy and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, brother? The resources are all in my hands."

Da Long punched his own palm and sighed, "Go and make him hand over the resources, and we'll return them to that person."

Another fat man said, "Brother, our Four Dragons are renowned in this area. Even if we can't catch that woman, we don't have to return the reward. Does she think she'll attack us? If so, let her experience the power of our Four Dragons."

The woman sitting in the main seat on the right said, "Eldest brother, third brother, fourth sister, please listen to me."

The other three remained silent, only looking at the woman, wondering what profound insights she had to offer.

Erlong asked, "Did you notice what kind of magic the person we were chasing used?"

All three shook their heads. Only the big dragon pondered for a while and said, "That method of breaking through the void and traveling for more than ten miles is really brilliant. If the buyer hadn't given us a treasure for tracking, we probably would have lost track of them even before the first fifty miles, let alone the eight hundred miles of mountain road."

Erlong said, "That's right. Such a secret technique must have originated from a powerful family or a sacred land. Think about it, in the vast Southern Region, which family or sacred land is the most renowned?"

Sanlong said, "That goes without saying, it's naturally the Ji family, an ancient and powerful clan."

Upon hearing this, the burly man, the obese man, and the woman with pockmarked faces all changed their expressions drastically.

Si Long exclaimed in surprise, "Second Sister, are you saying the woman we're chasing is from the Ji family?"

Ji Ziyue, who was secretly watching, thought to herself, "Looks like she's not too stupid after all."

Erlong nodded.

Da Long, San Long, and Si Long felt a chill run down their spines, from their tailbone to the back of their heads, and cold sweat poured out.

Da Long slammed his hand on the table and said, "Oh dear, we've fallen for the buyer's trap today. I'm afraid that person is the Ji family's mortal enemy. He won't do anything himself, but he's paying a huge sum of money to send us to our deaths. Even if we manage to kill the Ji family woman, that person won't let us go."

Sanlong, his face pale, said, "Even if that person lets us go, the Ji family won't."

Si Long asked, "Second Sister, what should we do?"

Erlong sighed and said, "I don't know what to do either. The best way is to abandon this base at Four Dragons Mountain and run away."

At this moment, Ji Ziyue spoke up: "You have another option."