Chapter 360: Three Secrets
“When the time is up, your head will move. Do you understand?”
Zhou Tong’s icy voice made the other party shiver.
In the moment of hesitation, Zhou Tong casually waved his hand, and a blade of energy sliced through the void, hitting another sage from the Profound Sky Hall who was in the midst of a fierce battle!
Immediately after, the opponent let out a piercing scream, filled with terror as he was beaten to death in the assault!
With that, the fate of the remaining sage was already sealed. Five against one, he didn’t even have the qualification to self-destruct.
Watching his two companions easily killed right before his eyes, the last remaining person completely broke down.
“Ah, ah, ah…”
“Cry! Crying still counts as time!”
Zhou Tong’s indifferent voice came from above, instantly bringing the other party back to calm.
“I’ll say it, I’ll tell you everything…”
The other party took a deep breath and said, “Your father wasn’t being hunted down because he offended the Profound Sky Hall, but rather we targeted your Li family from the very beginning, to be precise, we targeted you!”
“We were carrying out a grand plan that required sacrificing a person of great fortune to unlock the Golden Great Era!”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Tong’s heart trembled; he had indeed guessed correctly.
However, he was also puzzled. In his previous life, he was not sacrificed. How did the Profound Sky Hall unlock the Golden Great Era?
Then he chuckled. Such a person of great fortune could not just be him alone; it must have been some unlucky fellow who was targeted by the Profound Sky Hall…
With this thought, his pupils slightly trembled again.
If one were to speak of someone with great fortune, Tang Qi was undoubtedly the first choice. But why was he not sacrificed? Instead, he actually allied himself with the Profound Sky Hall and became their accomplice?
But soon, he figured out the reason.
“So that’s how it is… I understand now. In my previous life, that guy Tang Qi must have stolen the fortunes of Mo Liushu and those other women, using it as a bargaining chip to collaborate with the Profound Sky Hall!”
But in this life, that few people were either sealed, fallen, or dead, and probably had long lost their value for exploitation. Zhou Tong wanted to see how the Profound Sky Hall would unlock the Golden Great Era.
Suddenly, the hourglass started to glow, indicating the time was up!
“Ah, ah, ah!”
The other party screamed in fear.
“Don’t be scared, I’ll give you another hourglass!”
Zhou Tong smiled as he flipped the hourglass over, resetting the timer. “Continue from where you left off.”
“Your father wasn’t confirmed dead!”
The other party spoke rapidly.
“What do you mean?”
“To be honest, the one who personally hunted down your father was me. At the final moment, he suddenly disappeared, and no one ever saw him again!”
“Impossible!”
Li Mu exclaimed in shock, “I saw my son’s corpse with my own eyes. He has already been buried in the Li family graveyard. How could he still be alive?”
“That was just a fake corpse, crafted to the point where it could fool anyone, all to shake you!”
Hearing this, Li Mu collapsed to the ground, his hands covering his face, tears streaming through his fingers.
“Grandpa, don’t cry; isn’t this good news?”
The Little Demoness stepped forward and helped the elderly man up. The Empress also wanted to support the old man’s other arm but was subtly pushed away by the Little Demoness, much to the Empress’s displeasure.
“Yes… you’re right, good child! At least my poor child still has the hope of being alive!”
The old man’s eyes shimmered with mixed feelings, worried that that tiny hope might shatter once again.
“What are you worried about? Have you forgotten? Zhou Tong is a Fortune Star! His luck will keep Uncle safe!”
As soon as those words were spoken, Li Mu’s eyes widened. How did he forget this important detail? With the protection of a Fortune Star, perhaps, maybe his son was still alive!!
“Not only that…”
The sage from the Profound Sky Hall continued to speak to Zhou Tong, “There were too many participants in that plan back then, taking multiple approaches against anyone related to you.”
“Not only is your father perhaps alive, but even your mother might still be in the world; I don’t have specific details!”
“And that Luo Zhen is locked in the Profound Sky Hall, being closely guarded, someone ordinary simply cannot get a glimpse!”
This series of revelations took Zhou Tong a long time to digest, ultimately revealing a faint smile.
With that said, this was truly wonderful!
“This information satisfies me greatly. Now you can tell me the third secret.”
“You must not go to the Li family in the Central Continent; they have already set up the formation. Once you go, you will be refined by the Great Formation!”
As soon as this was said, the expressions around changed instantly, making the situation much trickier.
However, Zhou Tong remained indifferent as if he didn’t take this seriously.
He merely stated casually, “I already knew this, so your third statement does not count!”
Slowly, he drew out the Three-pronged Double-edged Saber, causing a look of horror in the other party, thinking he was about to kill.
“Wait, wait, I can save your uncle; it’s true! He’s under a special restriction, and only his relatives can use their blood as the catalyst, combined with a special secret technique to unlock it!”
“And I just happen to understand that secret technique; I can teach you, but it will take a long time!”
At these words, the people around broke into cold laughter.
The other party’s scheme had fallen flat on their faces.
This guy was clearly trying to buy time to give himself a chance to survive.
“Hand over the secret technique, and I won’t kill you!” Zhou Tong said.
“That’s really not possible. This secret technique is too profound. Even if a sage were to forcefully practice it, it could lead to mental discord or going berserk. It must be learned step by step, unless you have already mastered the so-called Ignorant Realm!”
The words of the Profound Sky Hall’s expert were entirely true; if something happened to Zhou Tong, the other party wouldn’t survive either!
“Hand over the secret technique. Don’t make me say it a second time, or do you want to experience the taste of the Soul Search Technique?”
Zhou Tong’s tone was filled with killing intent again, forcing the other party to succumb.
“Alright, alright, I’ll teach you. Why is my life so miserable?!”
The other party reluctantly said, handing over a jade slip to Zhou Tong, containing the knowledge of the secret technique.
With a crack, Zhou Tong crushed the jade slip without concern, releasing his spiritual power to absorb all the information within!
“Hiss…”
Seeing this scene, the other party gasped sharply.
Now it was over; such a violent absorption would surely make Zhou Tong lose his mind from the information contained in the secret technique!
He was certain that Zhou Tong would soon clutch his head in pain, rolling on the ground, then going insane and slaughtering everyone, leading to his own death at the hands of others.
But nearly fifteen minutes passed, and still, nothing happened.
“Strange; this defies logic. That brat should have gone mad even with sage-level spiritual power by now. Could it be he really grasped the Ignorant Realm? That’s absolutely impossible!”
The expert from the Profound Sky Hall pondered inwardly but failed to realize Zhou Tong had a double insurance policy—Imperial Realm Spiritual Power paired with the Ignorant Realm; no matter how strong the spiritual pollution was, it could not erode him, especially not a little forbidden knowledge!
Moments later, Zhou Tong opened his eyes, pure clarity in his gaze!
“How is this possible?”
The other party, as if seeing a ghost, couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.
