Chapter 1283

Since the Mountain Spirit was dead, everyone could pass through.

However, for safety reasons, Zi Chen signaled for everyone to recover from their injuries before proceeding.

Everyone present was a special existence. Even if they were heavily injured, they could recover quickly.

Zi Chen had just recovered from his injuries when Shang Guan Hong stood up. It was obvious that she had used the vitality of the Treants.

Thinking of the Treants that were full of vitality, Zi Chen could not help but feel a chill in his heart. Then, he saw the Beast Tamer silently dissecting the Battle Beasts.

Zi Chen was a little dissatisfied with this and frowned slightly.

He thought for a while and decided to go forward. He said to the black-robed person, "Don't you think this is bad?"

The black-robed person raised her head and looked at Zi Chen with a pair of bright but confused eyes. She seemed to be very confused.

"They are fighting for you and for everyone. No matter what, they are still considered allies. Isn't it unfair to treat them like this?" Zi Chen said.

"Fair." The black-robed person spoke. Her voice was very light and it was a woman's voice.

This was the first time she had spoken. However, Zi Chen did not expect that the other party was a woman. He was stunned for a moment.

The others were also very surprised and looked over.

"Unfair? You are actually talking to me about fairness. Is there fairness in this world?" The black-robed person Dong Qing spoke again, but this time, there was an obvious smile in her words.

She lowered her head again and continued to dissect the Battle Beasts. She seemed to be very focused.

"Let's not talk about fairness. They are still on our side."

Zi Chen said helplessly. Actually, after knowing that the other party was a woman, he regretted rashly poking his nose into other people's business.

"I agree with this sentence. They are my summoned beasts, so of course they are on our side. However, I have lost so many of my own people. The losses are very heavy. Shouldn't I reduce the losses as much as possible?"

Dong Qing's rhetorical question made Zi Chen speechless. In Zi Chen's heart, this sentence was completely wrong. You can't possibly use your own people to make an example of your own losses.

Although he felt that Dong Qing was wrong, he still decided to remain silent. This was a good habit that he had developed after interacting with women for many years. He would never argue or quarrel with women.

And from the other side's point of view, there was nothing wrong with this. Just like Shang Guan Hong's treants, if they took the things from the beasts, Dong Qing would have more resources, and it would not be a waste.

Zi Chen was ready to leave.

"I've seen you kill people before. You're ruthless and merciless. Looking at your methods, I'm afraid that you've already killed countless people. However, you're actually so kind as to plead for mercy for some dead beasts. This makes me very surprised. You're really … a weirdo." Dong Qing laughed lightly. Her voice was very pleasant to hear, but her words were not.

"Alright, everyone has suffered a great loss this time. I can understand. These are compensation. I hope you don't mind."

At this time, Huan Long stepped forward and took out five spirit rings. He first walked to Zi Chen and handed one to Zi Chen.

Then, he gave it to the other four.

After Dong Qing received the spirit rings, her expression did not change much. She was still focused on dissecting the corpses of the beasts.

However, she seemed to have thought of something and could not help but glance at Zi Chen. Then, she stopped what she was doing and put away the corpses of the beasts.

Other than talking to Zi Chen, she had been silent.

Shang Guan Hong also did not speak.

When Zi Chen saw the wealth in the spirit rings, he was naturally surprised.

There was a total of one billion in his spirit rings.

One must know that the spirit weapon he had lost earlier was not even worth ten million.

"Hey, Huan Long, you're a rich man," Man Shi said after inspecting the spirit rings.

Huan Long smiled and said, "You flatter me."

Huan Long had obtained a lot of wealth from the last auction, so he did not care about the money. What he cared about was whether they could bring him to his destination.

Everyone's injuries recovered one after another. Then, under Huan Long's signal, they continued on their way.

This area was not big, and there was only one powerful existence, Shan Ling. After Shan Ling died, there were no more dangers here. Soon, they reached the end.

After walking out of this place, they once again encountered natural restrictions and Arrays.

They needed Huan Long to lead the way with the correct map.

The Arrays here were very powerful. Some were natural and some were acquired. They could even trap a Domain Realm expert. Naturally, Zi Chen and the others did not dare to casually step into them.

Huan Long, who was walking in front, was very careful and cautious. Almost every step he took required him to think for a long time.

"It seems that he's an Array Grandmaster." Zi Chen's voice rang out. It was Shang Guan Hong's voice.

Huan Long had spent a lot of time breaking the Arrays. During these days, Shang Guan Hong would occasionally send Zi Chen messages.

"His attainments in Arrays are indeed high." Zi Chen naturally agreed.

"His attainments in Arrays are high, but I don't know how strong he is. I haven't seen him fight yet."

Shang Guan Hong's message rang out again. Zi Chen chose to remain silent.

"By the way, Huan Long seems to think highly of you. The compensation he gave me last time was three hundred million. How much is yours?" Shang Guan Hong asked again.

Zi Chen thought for a moment before replying, "One billion."

"What? One billion? He really thinks highly of you. I also contributed quite a bit." Shang Guan Hong pretended to be shocked.

"If you think it's unfair, I can give you a bit. Or … I can kill Huan Long." Zi Chen rarely joked.

"If you kill Huan Long, you'll get all the wealth inside. Do you want to run away with me?" asked Shang Guan Hong.

Zi Chen fell silent once more. In his heart, Shang Guan Hong was a femme fatale. Furthermore, women who grew up in this world had a completely different way of thinking from Zi Chen.

Perhaps it was because of their environment, but their way of thinking revolved around resources. Other than resources and survival, there was nothing else in their minds.

However, Zi Chen was different. The Martial Heaven Continent he grew up in was filled with morals and kindness.

Furthermore, most of the people he knew might seem vicious and merciless, but sometimes, they would talk about principles and distinguish between right and wrong.

In the same situation, Zi Chen believed that Su Mengyao, Shangguan Yue'er, and the others would never do such a thing.

They would shed tears for the deaths of the weak. They would fight for the injustice of others. They would also kill people. They were also very kind.

It might seem contradictory, but it wasn't.

However, in the eyes of Shang Guan Hong and Dong Qing, the Zhanwu Continent only had resources. The same was true for other people.

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In Huping City, the people of Hunter's Castle still hadn't been able to contact Zi Chen and the others.

The last time they contacted Shang Guan Hong and the others was before they entered the depths of the Hengduan Mountain Range. Of course, Zi Chen wasn't among them.

Just as they were extremely anxious and had sent out many people to investigate, a man walked out of an inn in Huping City.

It was a blue-clothed man. He was only in the Void Realm, but his appearance was somewhat similar to Huan Long, who was in the late Corporeal realm.

After he walked out of the inn, he walked towards Hunter's Castle. He didn't enter the castle, but instead stood outside. He looked at the eye-catching sign above Hunter's Castle and then at the endless stream of people entering and leaving the castle. He immediately sneered a few times.

"Bang."

As he turned to leave, he accidentally bumped into someone. The latter was a Corporeal realm expert who immediately pointed at his nose and cursed.

While the Corporeal realm expert was cursing, he kept apologizing and then quickly left.

"Idiot, you motherf * cker …"

The Corporeal realm expert who was still cursing suddenly changed his expression and stopped cursing abruptly. This was because he saw a yellowed piece of paper that looked very old on the ground.

He glanced at the Void Realm expert who was hurriedly leaving, then immediately picked up the paper and quickly left.

The same scene played out in various places in Huping City over the next two days.

Many Corporeal realm experts picked up a yellowed piece of paper. Then, they took the paper away and found a secret place to quietly open it.

Although everyone chose to keep the paper a secret after picking it up, the news still spread.

One spread to ten, ten spread to a hundred, and a hundred spread to a thousand. In a short two days, the news of a treasure map had spread throughout the entire Huping City.

Many factions began to send people to investigate. Naturally, Hunter's Castle was one of them. This was because the location of the treasure map was in the Hengduan Mountain Range.

Over the years, treasure maps about the Hengduan Mountain Range would occasionally circulate, but there weren't any truly important treasures. The reason why Hunter's Castle paid attention to it was because of Zi Chen and the others.

On the meeting table in Hunter's Castle was a yellowed piece of paper. The path of the treasure was clearly marked on the paper.

If Zi Chen and the others were here, they would definitely be able to tell at a glance that the path indicated on the map was their path forward.

Five days passed, and the news about the treasure map became more and more intense.

On the sixth day, someone even began to sell photocopies of the treasure map.

These photocopies were made using real maps, so they were exactly the same as the real treasure map.

Wang Jun had been trying to contact Zi Chen for the past few days in the army in the city, but he was unable to do so. He sent people to Hunter's Castle to inquire, but the reply he received was that Zi Chen was in seclusion and would not see anyone.

Wang Jun naturally did not believe that Zi Chen was in seclusion and would not see him. He guessed that Zi Chen might have left Huping City and gone to complete a secret mission for Hunter's Castle.

Zhou Chong had successfully found a powerful ally.

His criteria for finding allies was that they had to be unafraid of Zi Chen after seeing images of Zi Chen's massacre. Only then would they be qualified to join him.

Furthermore, he had indeed found a few powerful existences during this period of time. In the eyes of these powerful existences, Zi Chen, who had crazily slaughtered Corporeal cultivators, was simply an incompetent clown.

Zhou Chong sought out Wang Jun to discuss the matter of searching for the treasure, but Wang Jun kept delaying it.

"Big Brother, look at what this is." Hei Zi rushed in with a piece of white paper that was not of good quality in his hand.

"What is it?" Wang Jun stood up and asked.

"It's a treasure map." Hei Zi handed the paper over and said excitedly, "I spent a lot of money to buy it."