However, Zhou Bao did not mean to make things difficult for them.
He raised his hand and untied them. "You can go now. Remember my words. From now on, I won't be polite to any martial arts practitioner who steps into this place!"
Yes, Zhou Bao was not going to be polite anymore.
He set up a sentry post outside the town centralization at the foot of Jilei Mountain. This sentry post functioned like a city gate. Anyone who wanted to enter the town centralization had to go through the sentry post. Anyone who did not go through the sentry post would be regarded as a malicious intruder. As for the place where the yard was built, it had become a forbidden area. No one was allowed to enter without Zhou Bao's permission.
All of a sudden, the martial arts world was in an uproar!
Of course, the martial arts world was in an uproar. The vigorous World Hero Competition had just ended. Everyone thought that the martial arts world would calm down for a while, but the fact was not so. First, it was said that Li Xiu, the legitimate son of the Li Family in Pingzhou, had slept with the fiancée of Yan Fei, the Eldest Son of Xining King. Then, Yan Fei chased him for thousands of miles. Later, he was rescued by Zhou Bao in the northwest region. The way Zhou Bao saved him was actually a head-on clash of Pure Yang Celestial Devices against Pure Yang Celestial Devices, which was enough to shock the whole martial arts world. In the end, Zhou Bao not only won, but also seized the Pure Yang Celestial Device, the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda, which Yan Fei had obtained in the World Hero Competition.
It was too unexpected, too arrogant, and too bold!
Just when everyone's jaws dropped and they were waiting to see how Zhou Bao would deal with the coming pressure, Li Xiu, the legitimate son of the Li Family in Pingzhou, returned to Pingzhou and brought with him another shocking news. Zhou Bao had sold the Pure Yang Celestial Device, the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda, which he had taken from Yan Fei, to the Li Family in Pingzhou. No one knew how much Zhou Bao had benefited from this transaction, but the direct result was that Yan Fei had lost a lot of face and the Imperial Family had suffered a great loss. In the minds of some people with deep thoughts, considering Zhou Bao's series of actions since his debut, they had already classified him as one of the well-known families represented by Tian Long Taoism.
After knowing that Zhou Bao had a powerful Pure Yang Celestial Device, many influences had sent spies to investigate. This infuriated Zhou Bao so much that he killed one of Prince Ning's subordinates who went to investigate. He cut off the head of an expert under Prince Ning's command. What's more, he only returned the body of the unlucky guy. As for his head, Zhou Bao hung it outside the sentry post as a warning to others. Who knew how long the head would be hung there?!
For Prince Ning, who had always been known for his toughness, Zhou Bao's behavior was a slap in the face, a naked slap in the face.
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"Bastard! Damn it! This Zhou Bao is too arrogant! How dare he humiliate me like this!"
The originally deserted Dragon-pressing River was now densely packed with tents on both sides of the river. People who didn't know would think that it was an army pressing on the border!
This was not an army pressing on the border, but the tents of the new lords and their subordinates.
It had been a year since the land of Northern Yuan was enfeoffed. Under the operation of all parties, the northern prairie had gradually become lively. However, the north was not as lively as the Central Plains. The northerners had been nomadic for thousands of years and lived on grass. There was no decent construction at all. Meanwhile, the people of the Central Plains were used to building cities. Even if they came to the north, it was impossible to change this habit. Therefore, round after round of construction projects began in full swing. Before the new city was built, the tents of the northerners became the best place to stay.
In this sea of tents, an incomparably angry roar came from an ordinary tent.
"Your Highness, please calm down. Please calm down!"
In the big tent, there was a large group of people. Except for Prince Ning, who stood in front of the table and smashed it into pieces, there were several people sitting on both sides of the table.
The people sitting on the left were dressed very gently. There was no trace of Internal Qi on them. They were all ordinary people. The people sitting on the right were all surging with Internal Qi. Seven or eight of them even had Gang Qi wrapped around them. They were all experts above Level Seven. The black-clothed old man who took the lead was tall and straight. His Internal Qi was as deep as the sea. He was actually an expert at the peak of Level Eight.
If outsiders saw all this, they would definitely be shocked and open their mouths. Prince Ning was too powerful!
He had so many experts at Level Seven and Eight. The outside world felt it was a pity that he had lost a Level Seven expert in the northwest this time. They even thought that Prince Ning's strength had been greatly damaged. However, they didn't know that a Level Seven expert was not very valuable to him.
Now, the strength in this tent had far exceeded the strength of most well-known families in the world. If he went crazy, he could wipe out most of the well-known families in the world.
But now, he didn't have such thoughts at all. Not only did he want to hide his strength, but he also wanted to take revenge on Zhou Bao!
This time, Zhou Bao's action completely angered him.
As the son of the Jin Emperor, he was a young noble. When had he ever suffered such a big loss?
Even his elder brother, the Crown Prince of the Jin Dynasty, didn't make him suffer such a big loss. Although his brothers had always been fighting openly and secretly, they didn't dare to slap his face so blatantly!
Who was Zhou Bao? He was just a wild boy from the Innumerable Huge Mountains. How dare he treat his people like this? He dared to kill his men so blatantly and hang his head outside the sentry gate. This was not only a slap in the face, but also a provocation. If he didn't get his face back, he wouldn't have a foothold in Jianghu and the Jin Dynasty in the future, let alone fight for the throne. Therefore, he was so angry that he had to get his face back.
The one who tried to persuade him was a young man in the left row. This man had a heroic appearance and a scholarly air about him. His eyes were lively, as if they were filled with wisdom. "Your Highness, please calm down. This matter needs to be considered at length!"
"Think it over. You want me to think it over? They are bullying me. How can I think it over?!" Prince Ning roared, "No, I must get back at them. I must get back at them!"
"I must get my face back. But if I expose Your Highness's strength, the loss outweighs the gain!" The scholar said unhurriedly. Facing the furious Prince Ning, he said leisurely, "Zhou Bao is very strong. He's the top expert of the young generation. His cultivation is only at Level Seven, but his combat capability is at the peak of Level Eight!" Speaking of this, he glanced at the black-clothed old man in the first row on the right and smiled. "And he has a Pure Yang Celestial Device. I believe that even if he meets a Level Nine expert, he can still fight. It's not easy to deal with him!"
"Do you think I'm afraid of him?"
"Of course you don't have to be afraid of him, but you have to worry about him. Your Royal Highness, you also know that Zhou Bao was born as a wild boy in the Innumerable Huge Mountains. Even if he ate some panacea, it's impossible for him to grow so fast. There must be a powerful force behind him, and I can be sure that this force is neither the Wu's nor Tian Long Taoism!"
"Why?"
"Needless to say, the Wu Family is just a medium-sized well-known family. Although they are as rich as a country, they have always been backed by Tian Long Taoism, so their strength is not strong. Before Zhou Bao, there was only one Elder with Level Seven cultivation. If they really had the ability, they wouldn't have cultivated Zhou Bao, a disciple with a different surname. As for Tian Long Taoism, they are indeed powerful and Zhou Bao has a very close relationship with Wang She. But similarly, he is not an authentic disciple of Tian Long Taoism. Even if he could get some benefits from Tian Long Taoism, it would be impossible for him to reach the level of a Pure Yang Celestial Device. Moreover, if Zhou Bao was a disciple of Tian Long Taoism, then not only his own Pure Yang Celestial Device, but also the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda that he snatched from Yan Fei to the Li Family of Pingzhou. After all, even for Tian Long Taoism, the value of a Pure Yang Celestial Device is immeasurable. Also, Your Highness, have you ever thought that when Zhou Bao went against the Cool Breeze Gang, he wiped out the Cool Breeze Gang by himself. When the Cool Breeze Gang was about to deal with his family, there was a mysterious force secretly protecting them. Although these people didn't show up, we can be sure that they are all experts with Level Seven cultivation.
"I understand what you mean. It's nothing more than that Zhou Bao has a powerful influence backing him up. It's not a good time to be enemies with him. But this time, he's gone too far. If I don't fight back, I'm afraid I won't have another chance in the future!"
The young scholar nodded, knowing that Prince Ning was telling the truth. It was easy to talk about face, but for a person in a high position like him, if he lost face once, the prestige he had painstakingly cultivated over the years would be destroyed, and there would be no chance for him to recover. That was why Zhou Bao's behavior made him so furious that he almost lost his cool. Zhou Bao was so cruel that he didn't care about Prince Ning's face at all. Therefore, he had to get his face back.
"I understand. But it's not necessary for Your Highness to deal with Zhou Bao!" The young man smiled. "It depends on whether Your Highness is willing to do it or not!"
"Willing to do what?"
"Zhou Bao's Pure Yang Celestial Device!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a slight commotion around.
"Make it clear!"
"Zhou Bao has a Pure Yang Celestial Device, plus his own strength. If Your Highness uses your own strength to deal with him, even if you exhaust all your strength, you may not succeed!"
Speaking of this, he smiled at the row of people opposite him. "Please don't mind. If Zhou Bao is alone, it's not a big deal. But if he uses a Pure Yang Celestial Device, then I think, even if you all attack him together, I'm afraid you will pay a great price. Senior Sun, what do you think?"
"Yes, the power of a Pure Yang Celestial Device is great. You don't have to cover for us. If Zhou Bao has a Pure Yang Celestial Device, even if we all attack him together, it will be difficult to defeat him!"
Senior Sun was the black-clothed elder at the peak of Level Eight. He opened his eyes, glanced at the young scholar indifferently, and then looked away.
"That's why we can't have a conflict with him. It's not only a waste of time, but also very disadvantageous to Your Highness's plan. It's better to give him to someone else!"
"Someone else, who, who can deal with him?"
"Your Highness, what do you think?" The young scholar did not directly answer Prince Ning's words, but pretended to smile mysteriously. "In Your Highness's plan, what is the most important part?"
"You mean —!" In an instant, Prince Ning's face froze, and his voice suddenly rose a lot. But halfway through, he suppressed his voice.
"You mean to let the people of Kunlun Mountain go?"
"Who wouldn't be jealous of a Pure Yang Celestial Device? In those days, Kunlun Mountain was a famous big school in Northern Yuan. Although it was not as good as the Palace of Destruction Demon, it still had many experts. Moreover, with the existence of Kunlun Master, no one dared to take it lightly. But now, because of the destruction of Northern Yuan, and because they saw Living Buddha Ba Siba killed by Ma Tianchang with their own eyes, they gave up. But because of this, the strength of Kunlun Mountain did not suffer too much damage. Isn't that why Your Excellency wants to cooperate with them?"
"Yes, I want to cooperate with Kunlun Mountain. But even if I have cooperated with Kunlun Mountain, this matter can't be announced!" Prince Ning sneered. "How can I let the people of Kunlun Mountain show up for me?"
"Your Highness's grand plan is amazing, but it is also full of difficulties. Your Highness's action can't be hidden from those who have ulterior motives. What you need to do now is to muddy the waters in the north, so that others can't understand your ultimate purpose. And cooperating with Kunlun Mountain is the first step to muddy the waters. This is what happened. Kunlun Mountain went to Zhou Bao not for Your Highness, but for Zhou Bao's Pure Yang Celestial Device. As for Your Highness, they were going to question Zhou Bao. But before you could do that, Zhou Bao was defeated by Kunlun Mountain and lost his Pure Yang Celestial Device. At that time, if Zhou Bao was lucky enough to survive, it would be easy for you to deal with him. "
"Well, that makes sense. What you said makes sense!" Prince Ning nodded repeatedly. "But what if the people of Kunlun Mountain can't deal with Zhou Bao? Don't forget, you've just analyzed that there's a powerful influence behind Zhou Bao! "
"If the people of Kunlun Mountain can't deal with Zhou Bao, Your Highness, you don't need to deal with him. Just find a way to make friends with him!" The young scholar said with a wry smile, "In the face of such a powerful strength, everything else is illusory, or instigate conflicts between other forces and him secretly. In short, don't be an enemy of him directly!"
"Humph!"
Although he knew that the young scholar's words were reasonable, they were still very harsh to Prince Ning's ears. "Do I, the dignified Prince Ning, a noble descendant of the Emperor, really have to bow to that wild boy?"
The young scholar did not speak. He just lowered his head gently, like a harmless lamb, with a faint smile on his face.
"Well, in that case, you go to contact Kunlun Mountain for me now. Bai Qinghu, you go with him!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
At the table on the right, a man suddenly stood up, saluted to Prince Ning, and answered respectfully.
"Your Highness, although this time we are going to use the people of Kunlun Mountain, we still have to show our attitude before that!" At this time, another man dressed like a scholar stood up. "Otherwise, others will think that we are really afraid of that boy!"
"Well, that makes sense. Yu Cai, you now arrange for someone to find Zhou Bao and ask him for justice. By the way, the cultivation of the attendants should not be too high, just Level Three or Four. I think that Zhou Bao should not be so shameless to deal with people with such low cultivation!"
"Yes, I'll do it right now!"
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"Alas, what does that bastard Prince Ning mean? Is he out of his mind? He only sent a few people here, with such rubbish strength and such a tough attitude. What on earth is he thinking? " Since Zhou Bao used violence to expel a group of martial arts masters who sneaked into his territory, the whole territory suddenly became quiet.
This made Zhou Bao, who was already a little bored, even more bored. With the establishment of the sentry post, some martial arts masters entered his territory from time to time, but they all followed the rules. No one dared to sneak into this small town centralization by relying on their Lightness Skill and martial arts. In such a small town centralization, it was simply a joke to try to hide from the spiritual mind of a Level Seven expert.
Moreover, when these people entered this town, they were very well-behaved. At most, they just asked a few questions and did not violate the rules. Therefore, Zhou Bao was a little depressed. As for the yard, there were even fewer people. The reason was very simple. The spies who came out from there had already figured out the situation there very clearly. It was just a yard that Zhou Bao used to practice martial arts.
It was just a yard that Zhou Bao used to practice martial arts. Those who could sneak in and come out at the same time must have good cultivation. Therefore, they could feel the Evil Qi under the mineral vein. It seemed that the rumor was true. There was an Earth Vein Evil Qi there, and Zhou Bao wanted to use it to practice a special technique. Therefore, he simply built his yard there. As for the original refined iron mine, hehe, for a practitioner, even ten refined iron mines could not compare to a powerful special technique!
Therefore, Zhou Bao was very bored. Just yesterday, the party of Prince Ning, whose Level Seven expert was killed by him, finally responded. They sent their literati with several guys whose cultivation was only at Level Three or Level Four or Level Five. They rushed over aggressively, demanding the head of the expert and Zhou Bao to explain the behavior of killing the subordinate of Prince Ning. Of course, Zhou Bao was dismissive of them and drove them out, but he felt very strange in his heart.
This was not like Prince Ning's style in the past!
He only sent a few people, said a few threatening words, and left without doing anything. What did Prince Ning want to do? Show weakness? Or he had ulterior motives?
Among the sons of the Jin Emperor, Prince Ning was the one who had the most contact with Zhou Bao, and the one he feared the most was naturally Prince Ning. Zhou Bao did not believe that this Prince, who was famous for his iron and blood means, would let it go after losing such a big face!
This was impossible. Even if Zhou Bao did not know Prince Ning's character, he would not be so stupid to think that Prince Ning would let it go.
Since he would not let it go and did such strange behavior, there was only one explanation — Prince Ning had a conspiracy.
"You're so restless. You're a Prince. Why don't you enjoy your life in the Central Plains? What are you doing in the north?" Zhou Bao secretly cursed the ignorant Prince Ning in his heart. "The cold and bitter land in the north is not a place for a prince like you to play around. He even bought several territories. What does he want to do? Does he want to operate in the north? "
Thinking of the conversation between the five Level Seven experts he met on the Blacktail Plain and Prince Ning's strange behavior recently, Zhou Bao could not figure it out.
Since he could not figure it out, he would just let it be. After getting rid of these thoughts, Zhou Bao soon became obsessed with another thing — practice.
Of course, it was not his own practice, but the Green-scaled Poisonous Scorpion's practice. This Green-scaled Poisonous Scorpion was controlled by his mind and had become his puppet. Moreover, it had obtained the Demon Tribe's practice method from Green Spirit, so its strength had improved by leaps and bounds. Not to mention other things, the power of the poisonous sting on its tail had been practiced to a terrifying level. It was invincible!
It was indeed invincible. Even Zhou Bao's Pure Yang Celestial Device, the Golden Flame Mirror, had to spend a lot of effort to resist it.
The Golden Flame Mirror was a celestial device that could attack and defend at the same time. It had many powerful functions, such as the powerful golden light that could attack and confine the Black Demon Chama, the green lotus that could block the four sacred mountains when facing the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda, and the mysterious flame that could erase Yan Fei's spiritual brand from the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda. All these were the effects of the Golden Flame Mirror.
In fact, Zhou Bao was very clear that the golden light of the Golden Flame Mirror could not only attack but also defend.
However, after experiments, he found that neither the golden light of the Golden Flame Mirror nor the cyan scattered light of the Treasure Green Lotus Fire could stop the Green-scaled Poisonous Scorpion's stinger. The stinger stabbed into the Golden Flame Mirror fiercely and almost damaged its pneuma. This was only the Basic Level of the Green-scaled Poisonous Scorpion's stinger. Zhou Bao could not imagine what kind of power it would have when it reached the Advanced Level.
It was also because of this that Zhou Bao realized that the Natal Divine Sense of evil beasts was not necessarily inferior to the celestial devices of human practitioners after they had been practiced.
The Golden Flame Mirror was greatly damaged by the stinger and its pneuma was damaged. Although it was still powerful, it had a flaw after all. Depressed, Zhou Bao had to calm down and nourish the Golden Flame Mirror with his natal pneuma. It was not until half a month later that this Pure Yang Celestial Device was repaired by him. During this process, he almost stepped into Level Eight three times. The strong impulse was finally suppressed by his great perseverance. However, because of this, he was still very angry.
He pushed open the door and ended his half-month closed-door training. At first glance, he saw Zhu Ba practicing in the courtyard. 49 Demon Devil Needles were surrounding him, emitting an extremely cold and gloomy spirit. They shot out in different directions in different directions.
The trajectories of the Demon Devil Needles seemed to be disorderly, but in Zhou Bao's eyes, they were extremely insidious. He could not help but smile approvingly.
"Zhu Ba, it seems that you haven't wasted your time these days. You have reached a new level in the use of the Demon Devil Needles!"
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"Finally!"
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