346: Departure to Mount God

According to the information Shen Bei gathered from conversations with other odd people in the cabin, entering the tidal surge of Shenxiu Lake allows for the Regeneration of severed limbs.

Looking at the form of Heaven-Shaking Slave, one of the Eight Great Killers, with his empty left arm…

Shen Bei couldn't help but connect this, thinking that Heaven-Shaking Slave might be heading to Shenxiu Lake to reattach his severed arm.

Of course, this was merely Shen Bei's speculation; he himself didn't know much about the Eight Great Killers.

Not just Shen Bei, but even other Martial Artists had only heard of the name Eight Great Killers.

Who would study the Eight Great Killers if they weren't members of the Headhunter Tribe?

After all, the country was still relatively stable.

The Eight Great Killers rarely set foot in the country.

The only one of the Eight Great Killers Shen Bei knew who had entered the country was Nine Lives Raven.

And he was chased out by Bai Wei.

Rather than being killed.

Shen Bei still needed to verify his guess. He knocked on the mirror and softly asked, “Is Heaven-Shaking Slave, one of the Headhunter Tribe's Eight Great Killers, a one-armed man?”

As long as this point was verified, he would know the true purpose of Heaven-Shaking Slave.

Zhuang Bifan felt bewildered by Shen Bei's question and retorted, “Why are you suddenly asking about this?”

Shen Bei pointed to the ceiling and directly said, “I saw Heaven-Shaking Slave.”

“What?!”

Zhuang Bifan shrieked, “How is that possible? Heaven-Shaking Slave is in a private room upstairs?”

Zhuang Bifan was a little flustered.

One should know that the current location of the two in the underground cave was not too far from Hope Camp.

If Heaven-Shaking Slave appeared here and tried to attack Hope Camp, it would be an unimaginable disaster.

A Divine-Grade level, it simply couldn't withstand it!

Such things had happened before, though it wasn't one of the Headhunter Tribe's Eight Great Killers, but a Martial Artist from an unknown country who launched a sneak attack on a domestic underground cave camp.

Moreover, this Martial Artist behaved very strangely; outwardly, his Rank couldn't be discerned, but the strength he displayed was Divine-Grade level!

The camp was almost destroyed, with heavy casualties. More than a hundred Six-Rank Martial Artists died, and there were over thirty Seven-Rank and Eight-Rank ones combined.

Below Five-Rank, there were even more.

Perhaps that time, this Divine-Grade was simply passing by and acted on a whim.

To this day, the military had mobilized all its forces but had not found any information about this Martial Artist, who had Divine-Grade strength but an indiscernible Rank.

One should know that information about Divine-Grade individuals in every country is almost public.

But only this Divine-Grade could not be matched with any corresponding information.

Initially, the country suspected Nine Lives Raven, as that fellow had nine faces.

However, his fighting style was different from Nine Lives Raven, and at the same time, Nine Lives Raven's Rank could be seen once he made a move.

This guess was incorrect.

Only the appearance of this strange Martial Artist was known: a six-pointed star was embroidered on his forehead, and there was no other information.

Therefore, when Zhuang Bifan heard Heaven-Shaking Slave's name, he was panicked, fearing a repeat of past events.

At this moment, Shen Bei, facing Zhuang Bifan's question, said with a composed demeanor, “I saw him with my own eyes.”

Zhuang Bifan tentatively asked, “Have you seen Heaven-Shaking Slave before?”

“No.”

“That makes me doubt what you're saying.”

“What those odd people said felt true.”

Shen Bei answered with certainty, without any hesitation.

Zhuang Bifan was silent for a moment, then said, “According to the data, Heaven-Shaking Slave is not one-armed; he is a complete human with all four limbs intact.”

Shen Bei raised his eyebrows.

That meant his guess was correct.

Shen Bei licked his lips: “Heaven-Shaking Slave's left arm is broken for some unknown reason now, and he's probably heading to Shenxiu Lake.”

Zhuang Bifan paced back and forth in the mirror world, stroking his chin and deep in thought.

This was a lot of information.

Heaven-Shaking Slave would definitely not remove his arm for fun; it must have been severed by an enemy.

Hiss~~~

Thinking of this, Zhuang Bifan couldn't help but gasp. Who did it? That's quite fierce!

One should know, this was the arrogant, notorious Headhunter Tribe; provoke one, and you provoke a whole nest!

To dare to lay hands on Heaven-Shaking Slave and even sever an arm, he was truly a brave man.

In Zhuang Bifan's opinion, this brave man was probably dead; Heaven-Shaking Slave's brutality was unimaginable.

Zhuang Bifan spoke again, “Never mind this mess. You need to calm down now and don't provoke Heaven-Shaking Slave. Although we're on the same path as Heaven-Shaking Slave, our destinations are different, so let's not stir up trouble.”

Shen Bei rolled his eyes, his tone a bit heavy: “Do you take me for a fool? That's a Divine-Grade! Give me ten times the courage, and I wouldn't dare to even look at him. What's more—”

Shen Bei stopped mid-sentence, his ears twitching.

This made Zhuang Bifan incredibly anxious.

People who stop talking mid-sentence should all die, should all croak!

Just as Zhuang Bifan was about to speak, Shen Bei pressed his hand down: “Don't make a fuss.”

At this moment, Shen Bei walked towards the odd people in the cabin who were fully awake and chatting together.

Shen Bei stood behind them, and their conversation became clearer.

Although these odd people were chatting, their voices were kept very low, as if afraid of being heard by someone.

“It really scared me to death!”

“Yes, I thought it was just ordinary thieves, but it turned out to be people from the Royal Court of the Da Zhou Dynasty!”

“Exactly, exactly! Those golden horns on their foreheads are the mark of the Royal Court Bloodline!”

“My legs are still weak. It's truly a miracle from the gods that we're still alive.”

“The people of the Royal Court are very reasonable after all, not like the rumors say, where they chop people down with a single wrong look. See, we even got our gold beans back.”

“What do you know?! Didn't you see there was a human in that private room? The Royal Court people probably had some considerations and didn't want to kill us.”

“No, I need to take a calming pill. My little heart really can't take it. When I think that I was the one who kicked that door, and then saw the Royal Court people, for a moment I thought I was going to be fed to the fish.”

“Yes, people of the Royal Court Bloodline, relying on the prestige of the Da Zhou Dynasty, are even more terrifying when they go on a killing spree than earth's surface humans.”

…

The odd people's panicked expressions had just dissipated, and they kept glancing at the cabin door, afraid that the Royal Court people upstairs would come down and start a massacre.

After all, disrespecting the Royal Court Bloodline was disrespecting the Da Zhou Dynasty.

This was purely like lighting a lantern in a toilet, seeking death.

The Royal Court of the Da Zhou Dynasty couldn't provoke the Cultivators within the barrier, but couldn't they still control these common people?

This survival from disaster was simply a miracle for these odd people.

It must be said, let alone Maru Go stealing their gold beans, even if he stole their wives, these odd people wouldn't dare to say anything.

The Royal Court was so overbearing within its Domain of rule.

Compared to the country's history, it was like Zhu Houzhao.

Shen Bei turned and walked back.

Sitting in the corner, he sniffed: “Did you hear that? The odd people accompanying Heaven-Shaking Slave have extraordinary identities; they are actually people from the Royal Court.”

Zhuang Bifan merely hummed faintly.

This also resolved Shen Bei's doubts.

According to Bai Wei, a Divine-Grade entering the underground cave was very troublesome.

This trouble did not mean they couldn't enter.

The underground cave could be entered at will.

The main issue was that the appearance of a Divine-Grade in the underground cave could easily attract the attention of odd people Da Shouzi for surveillance.

Nothing could be done.

Even a slight overstep would result in a major confrontation.

And after learning that the human was Heaven-Shaking Slave, logically speaking, since he had already deeply entered the odd people's territory, he would naturally be pursued by Da Shouzi.

But now, Heaven-Shaking Slave had no problems.

Presumably, Gu Jiu, Maru Go, and the other odd people of the Royal Court Bloodline were providing protection for him.

The only thing Shen Bei couldn't figure out was what price Heaven-Shaking Slave had paid to make Gu Jiu and the others willingly provide “identity” protection?

It was quite intriguing…

…

The passenger ship continued to sail on the Lengshui River.

Shen Bei gazed out the window, having the illusion that the passenger ship was motionless on the water.

The Lengshui River was simply too vast.

It was like a spacecraft cruising in the Universe.

The passenger ship constantly docked, with passengers getting on and off.

On the fifth day.

A crew member ran into the cabin and shouted, “Hongye Town is about to dock!”

Shen Bei sprang up from his seat, slung his full-length mirror on his back, and stretched his somewhat stiff limbs.

Ever since discovering Heaven-Shaking Slave and Gu Jiu and Maru Go of the Royal Court Bloodline, Shen Bei had been cooped up in the cabin and hadn't gone out on deck for fresh air.

He was afraid of encountering them, and a wrong look might lead to unpredictable consequences.

Compared to Heaven-Shaking Slave going to Shenxiu Lake, Shen Bei's search for the Martial Dao Pinnacle was the top priority.

To assess the situation, avoid direct confrontation, and make the journey smoother was more important than anything.

And Shen Jiang Mountain, the information obtained from Immortal Storyteller, was near Hongye Town.

After disembarking, he could simply hike up the mountain.

The passenger ship slowly docked at Hongye Town.

Shen Bei disembarked with a few odd people.

He looked back at the passenger ship.

On the spacious deck at the bow of the ship, only Gu Jiu, Maru Go, Heaven-Shaking Slave, and others were out getting fresh air.

Normally, at every port the passenger ship docked, other odd people would stand on the deck to watch the scenery and entertainment on the shore.

Now that they were on the deck, other odd people had to voluntarily retreat, otherwise, if something went wrong, the outcome would be being fed to the fish.

At this moment, Maru Go also saw Shen Bei carrying the mirror on his back.

Their eyes met for a moment, and Maru Go suddenly grinned: “I like your eyeballs.”

Shen Bei frowned upon hearing this and jokingly replied, “For the Da Zhou Dynasty, I am willing to dedicate everything.”

This sentence made Maru Go freeze.

He had never thought that there would be such a fool in this world…

Maru Go pursed his lips: “Then I'll reserve your eyeballs.”

Shen Bei smiled silently, made no reply, and turned to walk into Hongye Town.

Because he had been cooped up in the cabin for several days, he hadn't eaten or slept well.

Shen Bei first found a tavern, ordered some food, and packed some more.

Then he found an inn.

He performed the Breath Concealment Art and took off his mask.

He looked in the mirror; his face was even more swollen, but fortunately, the problem wasn't too big.

“This thing is really poisonous.” Shen Bei threw the odd object mask into his storage mirror.

Then he threw the food into the mirror.

Zhuang Bifan ate while saying, “Rest for one night, and you won't need this mask when you go into the mountain tomorrow.”

Shen Bei stretched lazily and said leisurely, “How do you think Yun Zhiyi managed to get to this place in the first place?”

“That wording isn't accurate. We haven't confirmed that the Martial Dao Pinnacle is here yet.” Zhuang Bifan paused and continued, “If we calculate by this distance, they would have to travel at least a thousand kilometers in circles, and also avoid odd people. Conservatively estimated, it would take two or three months…”

Shen Bei lay on the bed and chuckled, “We only spent less than ten days.”

“Is that pride you mean?”

“It's luck. With this luck along the way, I feel we are very close to our destination.”

…

He went to bed early.

The next day, after the sky was bright.

Shen Bei, full of energy, put on his mask, carried his mirror, and subtly inquired at the inn owner's place.

He walked out of Hongye Town and headed straight for Shen Jiang Mountain in the North!