Behind the opportunity

After Zhou Ziming left, he went to find the First Division Chief.

The two of them met up quickly.

"What's the situation?"

The First Division Chief asked.

Zhou Ziming shook his head.

"Nothing, I just ran into an old man who was lost. I just sent him home!"

First Division Chief: "???"

"Meaning, you just killed someone on a whim?"

Zhou Ziming was speechless.

"What are you saying? Do I look like the kind of person who likes to kill people at the drop of a hat?"

The First Division Chief chuckled.

"You aren't, but I am!"

Zhou Ziming nodded.

"At least you have some self-awareness. You should still create less slaughter in the future!"

First Division Chief: "..."

Afterward, the two of them set off for the East Continent again.

However, once they reached the borders of the East Continent,

They felt that something was extremely eerie.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were vacant.

They had even lost hope for the entire East Continent.

But Zhou Ziming found it somewhat difficult to understand.

Nothing major had happened in the East Continent, right?

Wasn't it just that the Zhong Family and the Heavenly Demon Palace had stopped fighting?

Currently, the Heavenly Demon Palace wasn't invading the East Continent, and the Zhong Family had also called a truce.

Shouldn't this be a good thing?

Why did the East Continent's Cultivators look as miserable as if their parents had died?

Zhou Ziming and the First Division Chief found a random tavern to stop at.

Zhou Ziming pulled the waiter over and gave him two Spirit Stones.

"We're from out of town, so we'd like to understand what the current situation is in the East Continent!"

When the waiter saw the Spirit Stones, he quickly and nervously tucked them away.

He even looked around to see if anyone was watching him.

Finding that no one was paying attention, the waiter finally spoke.

"No, why are you guys still coming to the East Continent now? Why are you so reckless?"

"Take it from me, if you're not short on money, head to the Central State of the Northern Continent!"

"I heard a Daoist Sect has recently been guarding the Central State; that's the only safe place!"

The First Division Chief frowned.

"Did something happen?"

The waiter sighed.

"Before, when the Zhong Family guarded the East Continent, things were peaceful. With the Zhong Family around, the East Continent was relatively safe!"

"But recently, the Zhong Family withdrew, and the Heavenly Demons stopped invading. This was originally a good thing!"

"But who could have imagined that the reason they stopped fighting was because all sorts of eerie demons appeared between heaven and earth."

"The appearance of those things is even more ridiculous than the Heavenly Demons. Heavenly Demons eat people, and at least Cultivators can deal with them, but those eerie things... ordinary Cultivators can't handle them!"

"Even that female Goddess of War from the Zhong Family hasn't been heard from lately!"

But the First Division Chief still felt something wasn't right.

"Are the eerie things truly unkillable?"

"That's impossible. If they are eerie, then wouldn't items of extreme Yang be the natural nemesis of these things?"

Speaking of this, the waiter felt helpless.

"Actually, there really were such things."

The waiter then recounted a very tragic tale.

The East Continent has many Opportunities.

Furthermore, the Young Miss of the Wu Family, the number one Family in the East Continent, had even better luck.

She took her elder brother and younger brother to the East Sea and found three supreme treasures.

They were the Blazing Sun Spear, the Raging Thunder Fork, and the Demon Sealing Bag.

At the beginning of the eerie outbreak,

They relied on these three Magic Treasures to suppress or even kill the eerie beings.

But... the three of them were eventually slaughtered by a Great Eerie.

Their deaths were extremely horrific.

The entire Wu Family, young and old, were skinned alive.

As for the three outstanding talents of the Wu Family who obtained the supreme treasures, the woman was ravaged to death.

The other two were eaten alive.

They watched as their own bodies were consumed bit by bit.

Without those three supreme treasures,

The East Continent has already become the domain of the eerie.

It's just that you can't tell during the day, but at night, it's very 'lively' here.

As for the Cultivators of the East Continent,

Those who could flee have long since fled.

Those who couldn't flee, if they want to survive, can only become servants to those eerie things at night!

The First Division Chief's expression was quite remarkable.

Mainly because what the Wu Family did seemed very familiar.

Could it be that this was also someone intercepting Zhou Ziming's Opportunities in advance?

It's just... However, the First Division Chief found it reasonable.

Why were these Opportunities meant for Zhou Ziming?

It indicated that only when Zhou Ziming obtained these Opportunities would he have the ability to solve the future troubles.

Behind this Opportunity, the path one must Face was already predestined.

Meanwhile, Zhou Ziming breathed a sigh of relief.

At least this proved something.

It wasn't that wherever a so-called Child of Destiny went, bad luck followed.

Rather, it was because of the bad luck that a Child of Destiny existed.

And the things given to the Child of Destiny were the weapons for them to combat the disaster.

Even if the Child of Destiny didn't come, the disaster would still arrive.

If the Child of Destiny comes, he will help block it!

Zhou Ziming suddenly thought that, except for Xiao San, it seemed that the Children of Destiny in other Xuanhuan worlds,

Might have been arrogant or had poor character, but they were never afraid of trouble.

When the world faced disaster, the Child of Destiny truly bore the burden.

It was only later that people gradually came to hate harems and forced stupidity, and thus began to dig into the character flaws of the Child of Destiny, until eventually, the Child of Destiny became the villain.

Like the 'Conan Physique' of the Child of Destiny.

Looking at it now,

It wasn't the Child of Destiny's fault; even if the Child of Destiny didn't come, what was meant to happen would still happen.

It just depended on whether someone could withstand it.

But looking at it now,

They couldn't withstand it.

They clearly had methods to restrain the eerie, and even had three supreme treasures.

In the end, they still couldn't withstand it.

"If they have such an Opportunity, they must also Face the challenges brought by the burden of that Opportunity!"

Zhou Ziming sighed.

The First Division Chief sighed as well.

"The Heavenly Dao never plays favorites. If the Heavenly Dao insists on favoring someone no matter what, then one should think carefully about why the Heavenly Dao is doing so. After all, He is up in the sky and sees more than we do!"

Zhou Ziming frowned.

What he said seemed to make sense.

But the problem was, the Original Owner was tortured for nine lifetimes, his Dao Heart ground down, and his hope extinguished.

Why was that?

Did this really have nothing to do with the Heavenly Dao?

Zhou Ziming shook his head.

There was no need to overthink this matter.

He came here this time to save someone; if he could save them, he would, and if not, he'd leave.

As for acting as a savior himself,

To hell with that.

Whoever took the Opportunity should be the one to bear the burden.

If you don't have the ability, you die; if you do, then you become famous!

It had nothing to do with him, Zhou Ziming.

As long as you don't provoke him, you live your life, and I'll live mine.

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The two of them sat in the tavern for a while and then left one after another.

Asking around along the way, they searched for the place Zhong Yan had gone.

Falling Dragon Valley.

Hearing this name, Zhou Ziming couldn't help but recall the Original Owner's memories.

Falling Dragon Valley, he and Zhong Yan were together in a cave.

Then the Original Owner hugged a rock while Zhong Yan was dealt with by others.

Although it wasn't something Zhou Ziming had personally experienced,

To some extent, Zhou Ziming felt a bit like not wanting to bother with this matter anymore.

Seeing Zhou Ziming's expression,

The First Division Chief grew nervous.

"Brother Zhou..."

Zhou Ziming waved his hand.

"We'll see how things go. If I'm in a good mood, I'll step in. If I'm in a bad mood, I'll turn around and leave. I'm only here for your sake anyway!"

The First Division Chief nodded.

"Alright!"

Afterward, the two of them headed toward Falling Dragon Valley.

As they walked, a dense mist began to rise ahead.

Within the mist, eerie laughter even began to mingle.

The First Division Chief became serious.

But he didn't stay serious for long.

Zhou Ziming's entire body was covered in lightning, and his eyes began to glow with a red light.

He simply said indifferently: "Scram!"

In the next instant, the mist completely dispersed.

First Division Chief: "???"