Chapter 345: The Empress and the Demoness’s Night Raid
“Master, I want a…”
Zhong Ningxue’s face turned red, fidgeting as if she had become a stutterer.
Zhou Tong’s expression was as cold as ice, looking down at her with a mocking smile already forming in his heart.
He had a premonition that this girl’s next words would definitely infuriate him.
“What do you want?”
“Nothing too serious…”
Zhong Ningxue pointed at the members of the Zhong Family behind her, seeming to muster her courage and said, “I want to give them a home!”
“Ha ha… don’t they have family?”
“No, no, that’s not it! I want to move them back to the ancestral land!”
“Then just move them!”
“I was thinking the same, but that place has already been occupied by the Four Heavenly Kings… Master, you’re so powerful; you should be able to… help me…”
“Oh, I see!”
Zhou Tong revealed an expression of realization, unable to suppress his mocking laughter.
“You really didn’t surprise me!”
From the first day he accepted her as a disciple, he had noticed Zhong Ningxue’s inherent flaws.
This girl was gifted but had an extremely low character.
To make her stronger, unless she was thrown into a desperate situation, otherwise, as long as she was given a shortcut, she would climb up the ladder!
During this time, she had been prodded by Zhou Tong to become stronger, undergoing one devilish trial after another, finally activating the God King Gu and gaining the potential to defeat the Celestial King.
And now, she actually wanted to cling to shortcuts again and have Zhou Tong step in to help her solve her troubles.
As a Master, it was only right to help a disciple resolve a dire issue.
However, as a disciple, being unambitious and relying on the strong whenever encountering problems was an unforgivable mindset!
After defeating the Four Heavenly Kings, there would still be Three Heavenly Kings; Zhou Tong could not protect her for a lifetime.
“I have three ninth-grade pills here…”
Zhou Tong opened his palm, revealing three colorful pills lying in his hand: red, yellow, and blue.
The red pill could increase your physical strength tenfold, the yellow one could enhance your spirit, and the blue one could elevate your cultivation; which one do you want?
Upon hearing this, Zhong Ningxue’s eyes widened immediately.
“Can I have them all?”
“Can you not choose any?”
Zhou Tong scoffed, making the girl unable to look him in the eye.
“I… I need to think it over, give me some time.”
“You really dare to think that? Do you think there are truly such things in the world? Do you just want to evade reality? After so many hardships, why haven’t you improved at all!”
Hearing this, Zhong Ningxue’s face turned pale; she could clearly feel that her Master was truly angry this time!
“Master, I was wrong!”
She flawlessly executed the sliding kneel that the head of the You Family had failed to do, tightly hugging Zhou Tong’s waist, crying like a distressed flower: “I will definitely practice hard from now on, and I won’t let you down again.”
“Very good, now that’s more like it!”
Zhou Tong smiled, gently stroking the girl’s hair.
“If you really put in the effort, even if you remain a useless person forever, Master will still stand by your side and protect you!”
Upon hearing this, the girl immediately broke into a smile and, full of hope, asked, “Is that true?”
“Of course, it’s false! You little parasite, stop crying and get up and practice!”
“Wow!!”
Zhong Ningxue completely lost her composure; the earlier was fake crying, and this was the real deal.
“Okay, okay, stop crying, I really can’t do anything with you. There’s one thing I lied about earlier; those three pills are actually real.”
Zhou Tong opened his hand again, with the red, yellow, and blue pills radiating enticing light.
“Then… I want the blue one…”
Zhong Ningxue sobbed, looking pitiful.
With a loud smack, Zhou Tong crushed the three pills in his hand.
“You still believe it!”
Seeing this scene, the people around couldn’t help but sympathize with Zhong Ningxue.
The Zhong Family members had an impulse to fight Zhou Tong, but thinking of his previous performance, they could only pretend nothing happened.
“Master, he’s bullying me!”
Zhong Ningxue pounced into the Little Demoness’s embrace, wanting to complain directly and relieve her own embarrassment.
“Good…”
The Little Demoness smiled teasingly, gently asking in her ear, “Which number disciple wife am I to you?”
Upon hearing this, Zhong Ningxue immediately stopped crying, standing straight as if she hadn’t heard anything.
This was a definite death question!
“Not family, not in the same door!”
She mentally scoffed, no wonder Master liked torturing people, turned out she had an even more devious disciple wife.
“Let’s go home!”
The Little Demoness smiled sweetly, holding Zhou Tong’s arm, with the Empress following behind, and Li Mu and others from the You and Zhong Families at the back, everyone exchanged knowing smiles, their hearts bursting with joy.
Steady!!
These forces intertwined with each other, even the Sacred Ground would have to give them some face. Additionally, with the connection to the Joyful Union Sect, they were an unshakable presence throughout the entire Central Continent.
“When tomorrow comes, I will directly take the Li Family, eradicate the evil and restore the orthodox!”
Zhou Tong said calmly, his voice light, yet it felt like a declaration from the Heavenly Dao, clearly heard by all!
“We shall remember this!”
The people around responded in unison, already prepared for battle.
…
That night, with the moon bright and stars few, the Celestial Master Clan was quiet.
Zhou Tong went to bed early, not in a meditative cultivation state, but in actual rest, completely relaxing his spirit.
Today, he had recovered all his memories from before the age of four, thoroughly clarifying his origins and untangling several grudges, making significant progress within the Void Self Realm.
The Void Self Realm comprises the True Self, the Reflecting Self, the Love Self, and the Divine Self, along with the Departing Self and the Slashing Self.
Now he had gathered the first four; as long as he comprehended the Departing Self and the Slashing Self, he could completely enter the Void Self Realm.
The so-called Departing Self realm refers to the ‘future me’, while the past and present serve as the foundation for the future; now that the foundation was complete, he could officially begin to construct the “Skyscraper”.
In his dreams, Zhou Tong repeatedly operated the Imprint of the Reflecting Self, reliving his previous and current lives multiple times.
This wasn’t something he was doing intentionally, but rather his inner essence was circulating spontaneously, using the past and present as templates to attempt to deduce the future, showcasing all possibilities.
This was a vast undertaking, arduous and obscure, yet Zhou Tong remained immersed in his dream, unaware, letting it develop freely until the merging of his past and present faced an obstacle.
Evidently, he lacked a core to connect both lives, causing a rejection between the two, making it impossible to complete for a long time.
At that moment, his room was not quiet.
“Knock knock knock!”
The sound of bare feet on the floor echoed, revealing a shapely figure sneaking in with a pillow.
“Stop!”
Immediately, a fuller figure rushed in with tea, sternly stopping the other.
“It’s you!”
The Little Demoness and the Empress locked eyes, saying in unison!
