I practiced with a cheat

"Two seniors, do you know this thing?" Zhou Heng asked.

Tai Zun and Tianli reacted so strongly, obviously they knew this black finger, but judging from their reactions, they seemed to be a little scared?

These two are celestial beings!

"I know it, but it should just be contaminated by it." Tai Zun calmed down a little and said in a deep voice: "Master Star Lord, where did you get this thing?"

"I just killed it." Zhou Heng said.

"..." Tai Zun was stunned when he heard it, and after a long time he smiled and said: "Master Star Lord's strength is really extraordinary. The strength of this thing is probably comparable to the fifth grade of the sect."

He could see that Zhou Heng had just broken through to the sixth grade of the secret, but with such a realm of cultivation, he actually killed a pollutant comparable to the fifth grade of the sect.

Such strength is completely beyond the level of the normal sixth grade of the secret.

"At the beginning, the flesh of me and Tai Zun was actually destroyed because of this thing." Tianli looked at the dozens of black fingers on the half head, and his face under the mask had a complicated expression.

"Ah?" Zhou Heng was stunned when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "Isn't it because of the great demon Canghua who came out of the Western Wilderness Forbidden Land 1,600 years ago that the bodies of the two seniors were destroyed?"

"Canghua has an extremely powerful magic treasure, which is a piece of pitch-black finger bone." Taizun often sighed and continued to explain: "In fact, Tianli and I had a chance to escape at that time, but that magic treasure was so powerful that it directly suppressed the two of us, and we failed to escape and suffered a great disaster."

"Is it the piece of finger bone suppressed underground in Huangtong Prefecture?" Zhou Heng frowned slightly, a little puzzled.

Because he had heard Wu Zongshan say before that the piece of pitch-black bone finger was not recorded in various documents of the court, and he had no idea where it came from.

This means that the time when the piece of finger bone was sealed should be at least 3,000 years ago, or even in the Middle Ages before the formation of the Central Dynasty.

But now according to Taizun, 1,600 years ago, the great demon Canghua had a piece of finger bone in his hand.

"No, not that one." Tianli saw Zhou Heng's doubts, so he shook his head and explained: "I heard Jiao Su talk about the half bone finger in Huangtong Mansion.

"From the description, that finger bone should include the finger tip, which is different from the part from the root to the end in Canghua's hand. The difference is obvious.

"However, I have always had a guess that the half finger bone suppressed underground in Huangtong Mansion may come from the same finger as the finger bone in Canghua's hand."

"One thousand six hundred years ago, Canghua brought that finger bone from the Western Wilderness Forbidden Land into the territory of Daqi, probably to find this bone finger." Taizun said in a deep voice.

"Yes, it is possible." Tianli also nodded and said, "At the beginning, it was so powerful with only half of it. If it can get a complete bone finger, its power will definitely increase greatly."

"Let's not talk about these." Taizun brought the topic back and said, "Master Xingzhu, looking at the half head, someone should be contaminated by this evil spirit?"

"Yes, this is the master of Anhe Mansion." Zhou Heng nodded and said, "I suspect it is the residual influence of the half finger bone that broke the seal last time. I am worried that Huangtong Mansion will also be affected, so I came to ask the two seniors what the finger is, and the contamination ability is so strong."

"Master Tianyi once told us about the origin of this finger bone. He suspected that it was the finger of a certain demon king." Taizun thought for a while and said to Zhou Heng, "From the previous explanation of Jiaoxu, the ban that sealed the half finger bone in Huangtong Mansion should have existed in the Middle Ages or even earlier."

"Suspected to be the finger of the demon king..." Zhou Heng took a breath.

Demon king!

This is an existence at the same level as the second-grade Dao Lord, which symbolizes the power of a certain avenue. In many worlds, it can even sit firmly on the position of a Dao Ancestor.

However, since it is suspected to be the finger of the Demon Lord, why didn't it be completely destroyed?

Whether in the Middle Ages or now, there is no shortage of God-level 1st-grade people in the world.

Zhou Heng asked this question.

The answer given by the Grand Master made Zhou Heng feel familiar-

Because the upper three-grade monsters are immortal, even the Dao Lord cannot completely kill the Heaven-level monsters and can only suppress them. The immortality of the Demon Lord level is even stronger, and even the God-level 1st-grade can kill it.

In this way, the body can only be divided as much as possible and sealed in a very far place.

"Two seniors, what exactly is a demon? What's going on with the Western Wasteland Forbidden Land?" Zhou Heng said in a deep voice: "I already know something about ghosts and evil things, but I know almost nothing about this demon."

"This..." The Supreme hesitated for a moment and said: "Demons, like evil things, actually come from another world. We call it the Demon Realm or the Nine Netherworld.

"It's just that if evil things want to come to our world, they need to go through many obstacles and cross one world after another. In the end, even if they succeed in coming, their strength will be greatly weakened, but demons are different.

"The Nine Netherworld Demon Realm is directly connected to our world, which means that if demons want to come to our world, they only need to pass through the connecting interface."

"Is this connecting port the Western Wasteland Forbidden Land?" Zhou Heng said.

"That's right." The Supreme nodded slightly and said: "The Western Wasteland Forbidden Land is directly connected to the Nine Netherworld Demon Realm. If it weren't for the Taoist Lords and the Holy Ones resisting at the forefront, I'm afraid that there would have been countless demon disasters by now."

"As powerful as the Great Demon Canghua is, he is just a fish that slipped through the net." Tianli said bitterly: "The crisis facing our world is far more serious than it seems on the surface."

"..." Zhou Heng was silent.

Originally, he thought that the many evil gods that he had seen with the power of Ziwei Star Palace were all the crises facing this world. He didn't expect that there was a Nine Nether Demon Realm that was eyeing it covetously.

That is a big world, and the monsters in it are immortal, can't be killed, can't be killed, can only be sealed, and must always be on guard against breaking the seal.

No wonder ordinary members are not allowed to know these things, because they are afraid that the more they know, the more desperate they will be.

"The information about the Nine Nether Demon Realm..." Zhou Heng wanted to continue asking.

"Master Star Lord, we don't recommend you to continue to learn more." Taizun and Tianli reminded at the same time, stopping Zhou Heng from asking.

"Why?" Zhou Heng asked in confusion.

He remembered that the rules of the Zhoutian Patrol Division before were that one should not know anything about monsters before reaching the sixth level, because the more one knows about monsters, the easier it is to go crazy.

But now he has reached this level.

Are there any other restrictions?

"Master Star Lord, this is actually because the situation in the world has changed recently." Tai Zun explained hurriedly: "In the past, it didn't matter much for the sixth level to know about monsters, and it was convenient to investigate the traces of monsters when completing tasks in other worlds.

"But, at the gathering on January 18th, you also heard what the two masters Tianyi and Qinglong said. The Ninety-Nine States Formation was hit with cracks, and monsters will breed everywhere in the Central Plains Three Kingdoms.

"This means that the chance of seeing monsters has greatly increased, and when facing monsters in person, the more relevant information you know, the easier it is to be mentally polluted and the easier it is to go crazy.

"Now we are trying our best to recall the sixth level of the secrets who have known about monsters, and let them complete tasks in other worlds, so as not to encounter monsters in this world and fall into madness. "

"There is such a thing..." Zhou Heng couldn't help but be shocked.

In this case, the harm of monsters is much greater than that of evil things and ghosts.

"Please don't misunderstand, Lord Star, this is not something we deliberately concealed." Tianli's eyes were very serious, and he said in a deep voice: "You are our hope now."

"Well, I know." Zhou Heng nodded slightly and said: "Two seniors, if I improve my cultivation, can I know more about the situation?"

"Of course I can." Tianli nodded.

"In fact, when your realm reaches the fifth level of the sect, this impact will not be great." Taizun added.

"Or my cultivation realm is too low." Zhou Heng smiled slightly, and then said seriously: "Two seniors, I will go to Huangtong Prefecture City next to find out if anyone has been contaminated by the half finger bone. Is there anything to pay attention to? "

"The pollution of monsters is extremely secretive. The contaminated people may not know it, and usually only occasionally subconsciously have some unusual performances. "Tianli said in a deep voice: "You need to observe carefully to find it."

"Although the half bone finger has been sealed, the pollution now should only be the mark left by the previous appearance, but it should not be taken lightly." Taizun also said seriously: "The polluted person may use some powerful and strange means, be careful."

"There is one more thing." Tianli reminded: "Be careful not to let yourself be polluted."

"If necessary, you can ask your companions to help you." Taizun said: "Zhoutian Patrol Division is an organization, you don't have to fight alone."

"Thank you, two seniors." Zhou Heng bowed and smiled: "I will go over to investigate the situation first. If I really need it, I will come back for help. "

...

Through the Starlight Bridge of Ziwei Palace, Zhou Heng arrived at the nearest entrance to Huangtong City.

Riding a red horse, he soon arrived at the city he was most familiar with.

It had been spring in Huangtong City in April, and the leaves of the Huangtong trees planted on the streets had begun to turn yellow.

This is a very strange tree. It has leaves in all seasons, but in autumn and winter, the leaves are green. Once spring comes, the leaves will turn yellow.

It is completely opposite to normal trees.

Since Zhou Heng's reputation in Huangtong City is already very big, as soon as he appeared, many people immediately surrounded him, wanting to see what he looked like now.

But although there were many people, Zhou Heng did not feel how lively it was, because people's voices were very small.

It seemed that they were all weak when speaking.

Zhou Heng frowned slightly, his eyes swept over these people, and his spiritual consciousness also explored them.

Soon, he found that most of these people were entangled with a force similar to disease in their bodies, which seemed to be eroding their lives.

Almost 70% of people here have this.

"What's going on? "He was a little confused.

At this time, there were at least 3,000 people gathered here, and 70% of them were more than 2,000 people, all of whom had a force similar to disease entangled in their bodies.

Who did this?

The Plague Emperor Sect?

Or was it someone else?

Or was it that someone was already contaminated at this time?

Zhou Heng guessed in his heart.

However, this situation is not the time to ask in detail.

I can only ask Yu He and others about the situation when I return to the martial arts hall.

Well, I have to check their conditions too.

……

Now Chunyang Martial Arts School has been put on the right track and has become the largest martial arts school in Huangtong City.

Although no martial arts school disciples have been recruited by Chunyang Palace yet, everyone is hopeful because they all know that they have a bright future.

Zhou Heng, as the owner of Chunyang Martial Arts School, is also the world-famous Purple Lightning Sword Immortal. Now he has stepped into the sixth level of the Secret Rank and has become a big shot. This time he came back and naturally caused quite a stir in the martial arts school.

Many apprentices wanted to get close to him.

Zhou Heng didn't hate this situation. He liked to see the apprentices in the martial arts school being so energetic.

In addition, he also met Xie Chong.

This kid made rapid progress and is now a ninth-rank warrior.

The gatekeeper, Mr. Jiang Er, was also there. Zhou Heng greeted him and the old man nodded to Zhou Heng.

"Haha! Zhou Heng, you're back!" At this time, a hearty laugh came. It was Yu He who heard the news of Zhou Heng's return and rushed over with a happy face.

"Hey, shopkeeper Yu, you are getting fatter and fatter." Zhou Heng couldn't help laughing when he saw Yu He. Since he started running Chunyang Martial Arts School, Yu He's martial arts skills have almost been completely abandoned, and his body has quickly become plump.

"Hey, come on, come on, follow me, don't talk nonsense, I'll take you to drink!" Yu He came over and said with a smile: "This is our own restaurant, with plenty of good wine and food, to welcome you."

"Then I'd rather obey than be respectful." Zhou Heng smiled. He didn't detect any sickness in the martial arts school or Yu He, which made him feel a little relieved.

As for other situations, he would ask at the wine table.

...

Yu He hosted a banquet to welcome Zhou Heng, and of course he was not the only one there. Lin Cang and Lei Xiuyuan were also there.

Including Zhou Heng, there were four people in total.

This can almost be said to be the "founding team" of Chunyang Martial Arts School.

After three rounds of wine.

Zhou Heng started to get to the point and asked, "Yu He, Master Lin, Master, have you found anything unusual recently?"

"Abnormal?"

"What's abnormal?"

"Are there any?"

The three looked at each other in confusion, thought for a moment, and finally shook their heads to indicate no.

"When I entered the city, I found that many people were sick." Zhou Heng said in a deep voice: "And these people are weak and sick, there are more than 2,000 of them, which is not normal."

"Ah, you mean this?" Yu He seemed to suddenly realize and smiled: "Actually, this is related to the old man Jiang Er who guards the door of our martial arts hall."

"What?" Zhou Heng was stunned.