I Cheated While Cultivating

“Qianjiao, don’t be anxious, I didn’t mean that,” Mrs. Bai shook her head gently, smiling slightly “I was just curious, nothing more. I wonder if Mr. Zhou could give me an answer?”

“I am also a bit curious,” Yao Guangshun nodded and added with a smile “Could the gentleman please answer our questions? These are chaotic times, and we must be cautious. We ask for your understanding.”

The rest of the members of the Yao Family also looked towards Zhou Heng. Although they didn’t speak, their intentions were clear—they all hoped that Zhou Heng would explain how he was able to slay monsters.

“Heh, interesting,” Zhou Heng laughed, scanning over the Yao Family members, finally landing his gaze on Yao Guangshun and Mrs. Bai, and said with a smile, “Haven’t you heard that curiosity can kill, not to mention monsters?”

In the next instant, his body burst forth with golden light. Innate Pure Yang True Qi circulated within him, immediately connecting with the heavens and earth, drawing upon the omnipresent elemental energy.

Boom!

A thunderous roar sounded as if the heavens were furious.

At the same time, Zhou Heng seemed to transform into a deity standing there, high above, looking down at everyone present.

He simply couldn’t be bothered to explain.

With thunderous methods, he planned to eradicate the monster plague, which was the most straightforward way.

“Monster! Pretending to be something you’re not, I could tell at a glance that you are not human!”

With a fierce shout, Zhou Heng raised his hand and threw a punch directly at Mrs. Bai.

The strike was as fast as thunder and hit Mrs. Bai in an instant. At the moment of impact, Mrs. Bai was still in shock, having no time to react.

She had actually prepared for a possible assault from Zhou Heng and had planned to dodge and, if necessary, to flee.

However, Mrs. Bai hadn’t expected that this seemingly young man could be so overbearingly powerful, to an extent that she couldn’t comprehend.

She didn’t even have a chance to dodge.

Though she wanted to evade the attack, her body just couldn’t keep up.

All she could do was watch helplessly as this overwhelmingly powerful punch hit her.

This invincible presence, this terrifying power, reminded her of the feeling she had when she faced the Empress days ago.

Their strength seemed very similar.

That’s what Mrs. Bai thought in her heart, but her body had already started to disintegrate, flesh and bones collapsing from within, verging on an explosion.

She was about to lose her human form.

“Nevertheless, this is precisely the task of the Monster Emperor… Besides, I will not die,” Mrs. Bai thought to herself and quietly awaited the end of this life.

Bang!

A loud explosion was heard as Mrs. Bai’s body burst open on the spot, turning into a mist of blood, obliterated by Zhou Heng’s punch.

The Yao Family members on the scene were dumbstruck. Whether it was Yao Guangshun or Yao Qianjiao, all were stunned, staring blankly at the blood mist falling from the sky, their expressions frozen.

“Ah!” Yao Qianjiang was the first to scream terribly, with a piercing and heartbreaking voice.

But the scream was not an angry roar at Zhou Heng, rather it was one of terror, of self-doubt.

Because, among the blood mist formed from the explosion of Mrs. Bai, there appeared to be a thick white snake skin, quivering. As the blood mist scattered, the snake skin also fell to the ground.

This snake skin was over three meters long, covered with scales.

It seemed that what had exploded wasn’t the young and beautiful Mrs. Bai.

But a massive White Snake.

Seeing this, the Yao Family members all showed unbelieving expressions, unwilling to trust the spectacle before them. It was simply too inconceivable.

“White… White Snake?” Yao Qianjiao’s voice trembled, “Sister-in-law is a white snake? Is, is she a monster?!”

Her mind felt muddled as if turned into mush.

Zhou Heng had mentioned that there was a monster aura in her family, and she thought some monster must be hiding in her house, but she never expected that the bride her brother had married just half a month ago was actually a monster.

How could this be?

“This, this is…”

Yao Guangshun seemed to have just regained his senses. He saw the snake skin on the ground and his whole body shuddered, his eyes becoming incredibly lucid before his expression darkened again, “I actually fell for this monster’s trickery?!”

In fact, as early as half a month ago, Yao Guangshun had already been subtly manipulated and controlled by the Bai family.

Even though Yao Guangshun still retained his normal memories and consciousness, his judgment on certain matters was influenced by the Bai’s, which led him to do things he wouldn’t normally do.

Such as stepping forward this time to question Zhou Heng alongside the Bai family.

“Teacher, sister-in-law, no, this monster, is it dead?” Yao Qianjiao couldn’t help but ask.

“It has lost one life…” Zhou Heng said indifferently. Suddenly, he leapt into the air and threw a punch forward, “Child’s play!”

Bang!!

With a dull thud, a woman in white, who was originally absent from the empty space, suddenly fell down. It was the very Bai Family member Zhou Heng had just destroyed.

As it turned out, Bai had indeed been killed by Zhou Heng’s punch.

But as a different kind of white snake, she did not have just one life.

Even if killed, as long as she shed her snake skin, she could secretly escape.

But little did she expect that Zhou Heng’s Divine Soul perception was incredibly strong; a snake demon of her caliber, barely equivalent to an ordinary Seventh Rank, had no chance of escaping.

Gazing at Bai who had suddenly “reborn” in the courtyard, the members of the Yao Family felt that all their past knowledge had been overturned, and a strong sense of fear involuntarily rose in their hearts.

Is this what monsters are like?

It’s too terrifying, to still be alive after being turned into a mist of blood!

“Come now, tell me, why did you provoke me?”

Zhou Heng chuckled softly, his interest piqued as he looked at Bai, who had collapsed on the ground, his eyes slightly squinting, “You should be aware that with your strength, you are absolutely no match for me, so why provoke me? Did you want me to attack you, to give up your life for nothing?”

“Heh, you’re not worthy of knowing,” Bai said with contempt, turning her head away from Zhou Heng and showing no intention of answering.

“No need to rush to respond, there’s plenty of time on the road for you to consider,” Zhou Heng said with a smile. With a lift of his hand, a golden light shot from his fingertip and turned into a rope that bound Bai and also sealed her mouth.

Demon Binding Rope!

Afterward, Zhou Heng got a map from Yao Guangshun, roughly figured out the location of Seven Lords Mountain, and then set off on the road with Bai, bound by the Demon Binding Rope.

Horrified and quickly overcome by the monster calamity, the Yao family remained dumbfounded long after Zhou Heng had left, not regaining their senses until much later. Eventually, led by Yao Guangshun, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the direction Zhou Heng left, as a sign of gratitude.

Yao Qianjiao planned to hire a skilled artist to paint Zhou Heng’s likeness, so she could admire him daily. If possible, she still wanted to find Zhou Heng.

…

The White Snake was tight-lipped.

In the beginning, no matter what Zhou Heng asked, she wouldn’t answer.

But under the restraint of the Demon Binding Rope, the White Snake’s will also eroded day by day.

Finally, on the third day.

Zhou Heng pried open the White Snake’s mouth.

“If you knew, you would regret it, and you would no longer dare to be as arrogant as you are now, heh heh,” the White Snake said through gritted teeth, her eyes filled with resentment as she looked at Zhou Heng.

“Zhou, you’re going to Seven Lords Mountain, aren’t you? Trying to find out the whereabouts of the Empress, to make sure if she’s really dead? Haha, give it up!

“That woman with the surname Cheng is already dead, killed by our Demon Emperor! However, our Demon Emperor is very interested in the strange powers she used and has instructed all monsters to be on the lookout.

“After hearing Yao Qianjiao’s description, I knew your power was special, which is why I provoked you—to feel the nature of your power.

“And as long as I have felt it, the Demon Emperor would also sense it. Soon, you will be done for!”