Zhang Ruochen naturally did not believe what Zhang Tiangui said, but he was not in a hurry to kill Zhang Tiangui and continued to ask: "Then answer me, who killed my mother, Concubine Lin?"
Zhang Tiangui continued to shake his head and said: "Concubine Lin...is not dead..."
"What?"
Zhang Ruochen grabbed Zhang Tiangui's lapel, lifted him up, and said, "You'd better not lie to me, otherwise, I won't give you a happy death."
Zhang Tiangui said quickly: "Ninth brother, Concubine Lin... the empress is really not dead, she was rescued!"
"who?"
"I don't know... I just know that he is a killer from the Underworld Sect... a very powerful sword-wielding killer..." Zhang Tiangui said.
He did not lie to Zhang Ruochen, but tried his best to answer Zhang Ruochen's words without angering Zhang Ruochen. As long as Zhang Ruochen softened his heart a little, he might be able to spare his life.
In the future, after recovering from his injuries, he will naturally have a chance to make a comeback. When the time comes, it will not be too late to slowly take care of Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen gently let go of his hand, showing a thoughtful expression, wondering in his heart, could it be A Le who rescued his mother?
In the Underworld Gate, only Zi Qian and A Le have friendship with Zhang Ruochen.
When the incident in the palace happened, Zi Qian was still in Tongming River, so there was no way it was her.
It should be Ale.
After learning that his mother was not dead, Zhang Ruochen felt much better and looked at Zhang Tiangui again.
"Nine...Brother, I was wrong. It was all my fault in the past. Please let me live. After all...after all, we are brothers..."
Zhang Tiangui stared at Zhang Ruochen with pleading eyes and shed tears, looking very pitiful.
Now, as long as he could save his life, let alone asking him to beg for mercy and admit his mistake, even if he was asked to crawl under Zhang Ruochen's crotch, he would do it immediately.
A real man can bend and stretch, Zhang Tiangui thought in his heart.
It's a pity that Zhang Ruochen is no longer the innocent young man he used to be. In the past three years, he has seen all the human emotions in the world, and he also knows that the martial arts world is a cruel world. In many cases, there are only two outcomes: either you die or you die.
That is my death.
"Since mother is still alive, I won't make it difficult for you. I will give you a happy life now."
Zhang Ruochen's eyes were extremely sharp. He raised his arm and knocked out the demon-breaking needle, turning it into a stream of light and piercing Zhang Tiangui's eyebrows.
"No... Zhang Ruochen... you can't kill... me..."
The demon-breaking needle carried a wisp of Qingxu Qi, which pierced Zhang Tiangui's Qi sea in just an instant.
With a bang, Zhang Tiangui's Qi sea exploded.
Crazy true energy surged out from the sea of energy and rushed into the meridians in Zhang Tiangui's body.
A moment later, Zhang Tiangui's meridians were severed and he died. His body gradually became cold and he stopped breathing.
On the surface, there were no scars, as if he was asleep.
"it is finally over!"
Zhang Ruochen let out a long sigh, feeling quite complicated in his heart. He returned to his original position and continued to practice.
After spending three days and two nights, Zhang Ruochen finally condensed a hundred drops of true energy and began to attack the middle stage of Tianji Realm.
There is almost no bottleneck for warriors to break through from the early stage of Tianji Realm to the middle stage of Tianji Realm. As long as they can condense a hundred drops of true energy, 99% of the warriors can break through to the middle stage of Tianji Realm in one fell swoop.
For Zhang Ruochen, it is naturally a piece of cake.
It took almost only an hour for Zhang Ruochen to break through the realm and officially enter the middle stage of Tianji Realm.
When a warrior reaches the Tianji Realm, every time he breaks through a realm, the strength of his martial soul will increase by one point. Just when he broke through to the middle of the Tianji Realm, Zhang Ruochen felt that his martial soul had strengthened again!
"Chichi!"
The true energy in the body continuously penetrates into the muscles, bones, internal organs, and meridians, nourishing the body and tempering the martial soul. The whole body seems to have been sublimated.
However, there are still only a hundred drops of true essence in the Qi Sea.
"With the Dragon Ball, it is really easy to break through to the middle stage of Tianji Realm, but it is much more difficult to break through to the late stage of Tianji Realm."
If you reach one hundred drops of true essence, you can reach the middle stage of Tianji Realm.
However, the amount of true energy must reach 10,000 drops in order to reach the late stage of Tianji Realm.
The amount of true energy has increased by a hundred times.
Even if Zhang Ruochen has now reached the middle stage of Tianji Realm and doubled the speed of absorbing the power of the Holy Dragon, it will still take an estimated five months to cultivate to the full 10,000 drops of true essence. Moreover, he can only do so while in seclusion.
Do it.
The higher your cultivation level, the harder it is to improve.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen has the space-time crystal, which gives him three times more time than others. If he goes into seclusion, he should be able to reach the late stage of Tianji Realm within two months.
In the past three days, Hua Qingye has not been to the secret room. Perhaps in his opinion, Zhang Ruochen, whose meridians and Qi seas have been sealed, cannot make any big waves at all, so he is too lazy to pay attention to him.
As for Zhang Tiangui, Hua Qingye doesn't even care about his life or death.
These days, almost every day, Hua Qingye would enter the royal city to inquire about news.
It was not until the fourth day that Hua Qingye finally received the news, and it was news that shocked the entire Tianmoling martial arts world.
"Zhang Ruochen defeated Di Yi, the young master of the black market First Grade Hall, and dug out Di Yi's demonic heart."
Although Hua Qingye had heard from Zhang Ruochen a long time ago and was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he heard the news with his own ears. After a while, he showed an expression of ecstasy again.
Zhang Ruochen was able to defeat Di Yi, who had the Holy Body and Demon Heart, in the same realm. This also proves from the side that the ancient cave where the Bodhi Fruit grew must be an amazing place. If he can also get some treasures from it, he might be able to do so in the future.
He reached the semi-saint realm in one fell swoop.
Now, Zhang Ruochen is a huge treasure.
And he has this treasure in his hands, so how can he be unhappy?
Hua Qingye immediately returned to the secret room. He couldn't wait to ask Zhang Ruochen to take him to find the ancient cave now.
However, Hua Qingye didn't know that Zhang Ruochen had already broken the seal and was waiting for him in the secret room for a long time.
Hua Qingye pressed his palm on the surface of the stone door of the secret room and closed the formation. A rumbling sound sounded and the stone door slowly rose, revealing Zhang Ruochen sitting cross-legged in the secret room.
"Zhang Ruochen, you are really powerful. You actually killed Emperor Yidu. Haha! Tianmo Ridge can give birth to a proud man like you. I am reluctant to kill you."
Hua Qingye glanced into the corner, his eyes fell on Zhang Tiangui, and found that Zhang Tiangui was dead.
He seemed to have expected this result, and was not surprised at all. Instead, he showed a smile on his face and said: "Since Zhang Tiangui is dead, shouldn't you take me to that ancient cave now?"
Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes, stood up, and said calmly: "It seems that the news about Tongming River has reached the royal city. It's good, we will leave now."
For some reason, the moment Zhang Ruochen stood up, Hua Qingye felt a sense of danger in his heart.
Why is Zhang Ruochen so calm and indifferent?
not good.
Almost instantly, Hua Qingye kicked off his feet and rushed to the left.
"Wow!"
A spatial crack tore open to the right of Hua Qingye, more than three meters long, forming a strong suction force that pulled Hua Qingye into the crack.
Zhang Tiangui's body was sucked in in just an instant. Before it entered the space crack, it was torn into bloody powder, leaving only a skeleton.
"What kind of martial arts is this?"
Hua Qingye clenched his teeth and mobilized his whole body's energy. His legs sank, crushing the ground. Below his knees, he completely sank into the ground. His whole body seemed to be frozen there to resist the power of the space crack.
Zhang Ruochen took action decisively, hitting Hua Qingye in the chest with both palms at the same time.
"Bang!"
Hua Qingye flew out and hit the stone wall, cracking the stone wall with lines.
In the center of the crack, there is a deep human-shaped pit, and Hua Qingye's body is embedded in the pit.
With a swish sound, Zhang Ruochen rushed to the stone wall, made palm prints with both hands, and hit Hua Qingye's chest.
"Bang bang!"
Zhang Ruochen's hands were about to move out, and all he could see was a series of palm prints.
In one breath, Zhang Ruochen struck more than seventy palms, all of which hit Hua Qingye's body. Hua Qingye sank two meters deeper into the stone wall, and his whole figure seemed to be buried inside.
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"Boy, you are looking for death!"
Hua Qingye roared with a ferocious face, clenched his five fingers, and the true energy like water waves surged out from the hundred thousand pores in his body.
"boom!"
That power was only possessed by fish-dragon realm warriors. It burst out from his body and turned into a powerful wave of air, knocking Zhang Ruochen back.
"Not dead yet?"
Zhang Ruochen steadied his steps and stared at the big hole in the stone wall. He took out the ancient Shen Yuan sword, controlled it with his sword intent, and drove it into the big black hole.
"Bang!"
"Wow!"
Hua Qingye walked out of the deep pit and kept punching, knocking Shen Yuan's ancient sword away.
Hua Qingye was seriously injured by Zhang Ruochen's critical attack just now. His chest was covered in blood, and his chest was almost collapsed.
It's a pity that Hua Qingye's cultivation level is too high. He resisted Zhang Ruochen's more than seventy palms and still managed to walk out of the pit. I'm afraid only warriors in the Fish and Dragon Realm can do this.
Hua Qingye had a gray face, his face, body, and legs were all stained with blood, and his old and thin face looked like a ghost crawling out of the ground.
"Ouch!"
Hua Qingye roared and rushed towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen immediately released his martial soul, mobilized the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and condensed a huge Zhenqi handprint, which was three meters long. The five fingers were like pillars, and the handprints on the palm could be clearly seen.
"Bang!"
Hua Qingye was knocked upside down again, and his body hit the stone wall, causing the entire secret room to shake.
"Have you broken through to the middle stage of Tianji Realm?" Hua Qingye asked in shock.
How did Zhang Ruochen break through the realm so quickly?
Zhang Ruochen stood opposite Hua Qingye in a remarkable manner, emitting a burning blue aura of light, and his whole aura changed, like an unsheathed sword.
Needless to say, Hua Qingye knew that he had fallen into Zhang Ruochen's delaying strategy. Previously, Zhang Ruochen deliberately showed weakness to the enemy, with the main purpose of delaying time and impacting the realm.