Chapter 9: Death is Not Worth Lamenting

  Death is not worth grieving over

  At this moment, Zhou Yuan was still cultivating in the room. He had just activated the War God's Magic Classic and instantly absorbed all of Li Zhong's spiritual energy. This vast and powerful spiritual energy immediately allowed Zhou Yuan to break through to the Spiritual Soul realm.

  Even so, Li Zhong's vital energy had not been completely consumed, and a part of it still remained in Zhou Yuan's body, only that for the time being, Zhou Yuan could not digest it.

  This vital energy was compressed within Zhou Yuan's body, slowly refining itself.

  "It seems that my body is still not strong enough, the essence I absorbed from Li Zhong can't be fully refined, my body is now at a saturated state and can't be further refined. It looks like my body needs to become even stronger! The Wild Ox Great Strength Technique is indeed a unique physical cultivation method, but it's still too slow, the day of the Zhou family's destruction is approaching, I must break through to the realm of magic before that, otherwise, I'll really be in danger!"

  Actually, Zhou Yuan didn't know that his cultivation speed was already astonishing to others. Moreover, the reason he couldn't fully refine Li Zhong's essence wasn't because his body wasn't strong enough, but because Li Zhong's entire essence was too overwhelming. In the Zhou family, it could be said that below the Law Enforcement Realm, Li Zhong was the strongest. Although both were in the Spiritual Sense Realm, Li Zhong's essence was much more majestic than Zhou Chao Fan's, because he was at the peak of the Spiritual Sense Realm. As long as there were sufficient opportunities and coincidences, he could advance to the Law Enforcement Realm.

  He lacked only that one thread of opportunity and epiphany.

  Wow...

  Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, and then exhaled. Instantly, the vital energy within his body surged like a tidal wave, only to recede again. The vital energy inside him rose and fell in an extraordinary rhythm, as if it were the ebb and flow of the sun and moon.

  "My vital energy is all hidden inside my body, although it has already reached the level of the daily ebb and flow of the tides, with its wonderful and mysterious rise and fall. However, after all, it's still just a physical realm, only when I release my vital energy externally will I truly reach the realm of magical techniques. At that time, my power will increase by countless times, it's really something to look forward to..."

  "Hmm, someone's coming... Not just one, many people are coming!!!" Zhou Yuan's eyebrows furrowed heavily as he tidied up his clothes and opened the door.

  He stood there in an instant.

  At this time, outside his door, many people were standing there in a neat line. The first one was the master of the Zhou family, Zhou Tianchen, who was Zhou Yuan's grandfather. Behind him was Zhou Tianbao, and behind them were the high-ranking members of the Zhou family, all of whom were coldly sizing up Zhou Yuan.

  An invisible force emanated a huge pressure, Zhou Yuan felt his heartbeat speeding up, and a cold sweat slowly dripped down from the back of his head.

  "Honorable master of the house, respected elders, you..."

  Zhou Tianchen took a glance at Zhou Yuan, his face filled with shock. With his discerning eye, how could he not see that at this moment, Zhou Yuan had once again broken through, reaching the Realm of Inspiration? Moreover, his vital energy was majestic and powerful, fluctuating like the ebb and flow of the tides, a sign that he was about to reach the peak and advance into the Realm of Law.

  Suppressing the shock in his heart, Zhou Tianchen coldly hummed, "Zhou Yuan, do you know your crime?"

  Zhou Yuan's heart skipped a beat. "Could it be that Li Zhong's death has already been discovered? Impossible, I handled the body very cleanly!!!"

  "Could it be that you think Li Zhong's death will go unnoticed by heaven and earth, allowing you to remain so hidden?"

  Zhou Yuan's head buzzed and suddenly enlarged, in the Zhou family, although the status of blood relatives is very high, however, the crime of casually killing a great general manager is still very serious, at least it will be abolished. When Zhou Yuan thought that he had just started on the path to becoming a strong man, he would have to bear such a heavy sin, suddenly, a stream of unwillingness, anger, and fear emotions slowly flowed out, and all the high-level members of the Zhou family felt it clearly.

  However, contrary to Zhou Yuan's expectations, Zhou Tianchen did not blame him again. Instead, he clasped his hands behind his back and walked towards Zhou Yuan's room. The first thing that entered Zhou Tianchen's eyes was the bed that had been blasted into pieces, with a faint smell of gunpowder still lingering in the air.

  "Is this Thunderbolt? You two are just sparring, how could you use such a powerful killing move?" Zhou Tianchen said coldly to Zhou Yuan.

  Zhou Yuan keenly caught on that Zhou Tianchen said "sparring" instead of "killing", apparently, Zhou Tianchen wasn't as cold and detached as he seemed to be, it seemed like Zhou Tianchen was trying to make excuses for himself.

  Zhou Yuan wasn't stupid, and he immediately said, "At the time, I was in the middle of cultivating when Li Zhong suddenly snuck up on me. As soon as he made his move, he used Thunderclap to attack me. If I hadn't escaped quickly, I probably would have been blown to pieces by now. He didn't come to spar with me; he came to kill me! I only fought back because I had no choice. Originally, I wanted to hold back, but his strength was far greater than mine. If I had held back, I definitely wouldn't have made it out alive. With no other choice, I could only use my full strength and ultimately killed him!"

  "Nonsense!!" Zhou Tianbo shouted loudly, "I'm asking you, how did you break through to the Spiritual Inspiration Realm? When you were fighting with him, were you in the Blood Aperture Realm or the Spiritual Inspiration Realm?"

  "I am in a state of inspiration, I was in the Scripture Pavilion, where I received guidance from mysterious seniors, and as soon as I returned, I made a breakthrough!!!"

  "Nonsense! Breaking through with just a pointer? How is that possible? From the Blood Aperture Realm to the Spiritual Inspiration Realm, it's not just about comprehension, but also requires strong spiritual energy as support. No matter how much guidance that senior gives you, without transmitting his spiritual energy to you, you won't be able to break through. Your strength is breaking through faster and faster, yet the cultivation method you're using is unclear in our Zhou family. I ask you, where does your power really come from?"

  Zhou Yuan was momentarily speechless, Zhou Tianbo's words were correct, without the support of strong vital energy, no matter how great one's perceptivity is, it would be impossible to break through to the realm of inspiration in a short period of time.

  The next moment, Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth, "This is my own privacy, I don't need to tell you everything, do I?"

  "How dare you!!" Zhou Tianbo bellowed, about to take action against Zhou Yuan.

  Zhou Tianchen's face suddenly turned stern, "Tian Bao, retreat!!!"

  "Landlord!!"

  "Get out!!" Zhou Tianchen bellowed in a stern tone, "Don't you even listen to what I have to say?"

  Although Zhou Tianbao was furious, he still didn't dare to openly defy Zhou Tianchen's intentions. In the Zhou family, Zhou Tianchen was the absolute authority, and no one dared to disobey him.

  Zhou Tianchen looked at Zhou Yuan and said, "So you're saying that Li Zhong wanted to assassinate you, and you had no choice but to fight back. Then, in the heat of the moment, you accidentally killed him?"

  Zhou Yuan nodded, "Not bad, exactly so!"

  Zhou Tianchen nodded, "Assassinating a member of the Zhou family is a serious crime. You failed to kill him and instead killed him, which is also justified. This matter, you are not at fault!"

  Having said that, Zhou Tianchen walked out of the house and was about to reach the door when he turned his head back. "In a few more days, it will be the time for the Zhou family to select their successor. At that time, there will be a competition, and the champion will be the chosen one to inherit the family. All participants are third-generation disciples, so prepare yourself!"

  Zhou Yuan was taken aback at first and wanted to say something, but the next moment, he realized that in this situation, it was suitable, so Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "I know, Grandpa!!!"

  When Zhou Yuan called himself Grandpa, Zhou Tianchen smiled and turned his head to the other high-level officials, saying, "Let's go, everyone go back and prepare, soon there will be a fierce battle to fight!!!"