Wow, you!

"You don't need to ask about this!"

Zhou Ziming did not state his purpose.

Zheng Yunyun was also sensible enough not to ask further.

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With the matter settled, Zhou Ziming and Qian Dafu went back together to pack their things and prepare to return to the Sect.

However, before leaving, Zhou Ziming gave Qian Dafu a ru xuan pill.

"The Hall Master of the Demon Suppression Hall was assassinated. Upon our return, a new Hall Master will likely be chosen. You are already the Vice Hall Master; if you can reach the Tongxuan Realm, the position of the actual Hall Master will be yours. As for whether you can achieve a Breakthrough, that will depend on your own luck."

Qian Dafu was deeply moved.

He had worked hard for the Sect and even risked his life for it.

Yet over the years, the ru xuan pill the Sect promised him was nowhere to be seen.

And how long had he been following Zhou Ziming?

Not only did he give him the Nine Heavens Responding Thunder True Art to help him break through quickly, but now, he even provided an Opportunity to enter the Tongxuan Realm.

He was practically his second father.

"Master Zhou, rest assured. With this ru xuan pill, I have a seventy percent chance of entering the Tongxuan Realm!"

Zhou Ziming nodded.

In truth, Zhou Ziming did this partly to see Fatty Qian's potential and partly because the fatty was now one of his own.

If the fatty became the Hall Master of the Demon Suppression Hall, it would save him a lot of trouble on the Demon Suppressing Peak.

The fatty then went into secluded meditation.

Zhou Ziming also wanted to Cultivate.

However, he was called away by Old Huang.

He said the City Lord had matters to discuss.

Zhou Ziming didn't think much of it and headed straight to the City Lord's Manor.

But after arriving at the City Lord's Manor...

Zhou Ziming was somewhat stunned.

Because Zheng Shuangshuang had changed back into women's clothing.

Her attire was somewhat revealing and seductive, and more importantly, Zheng Shuangshuang was very beautiful.

She possessed a kind of mature beauty.

"Oh, Zhou-lang, you're here!"

Upon seeing Zhou Ziming, Zheng Shuangshuang lunged toward him.

Zhou Ziming frowned.

"Do you have something on your mind?"

As he spoke, Zhou Ziming pushed against Zheng Shuangshuang's forehead.

Zheng Shuangshuang circled behind Zhou Ziming and said with a resentful face, "Can't I be like this with you even if nothing is wrong?"

Zhou Ziming said skeptically, "Stop it. I don't have some IQ-lowering aura around me; it wouldn't make you cling to me like this. You definitely have an ulterior motive!"

Zheng Shuangshuang was quite helpless.

"Fine, fine. I do have a motive. My motive is that as a weak woman guarding Tianyin City alone, seeing a Spirit Casting Realm expert has left me unable to eat or sleep in peace."

"After all, I was the one who invited the various Sects to help me suppress the Mountain Lord. But who could have known that behind that Mountain Lord, there was actually a Spirit Forging expert!"

"So, will you help me?"

Zhou Ziming rolled his eyes.

"How can I help? I'm only at the Tongxuan Realm myself!"

Zheng Shuangshuang suddenly smiled.

"But your Cultivation speed is very fast. Besides, I have an even faster method here. Do you want to try it?"

Zhou Ziming shook his head. "Not interested!"

Zheng Shuangshuang spoke again, "You have already entered the Tongxuan Realm. Battles in the Tongxuan Realm aren't just about Spell and Divine Ability confrontations; there are also Magic Treasure confrontations."

"I have them all here. Besides, if we Cultivate together, it would benefit both of us. Why refuse?"

Zhou Ziming said bluntly, "It's not that I don't want to. You're beautiful, and I have my desires, but you know, I Cultivate very quickly. I'm afraid you'll Cultivate too slowly, and I'll have to take responsibility for you in the end."

Zheng Shuangshuang's breathing began to heave.

"You... are you saying I'm a burden?"

Zhou Ziming nodded. "Exactly!"

Zheng Shuangshuang turned red with anger.

"Zhou Ziming, don't you run!"

With that, Zheng Shuangshuang grabbed a large cleaver.

Zhou Ziming turned and ran.

Both being in the Tongxuan Realm...

Zheng Shuangshuang couldn't catch up to Zhou Ziming at all.

This infuriated Zheng Shuangshuang.

"Wow, fine then, Zhou Ziming, you're really something..."

Zheng Shuangshuang was now extremely frustrated.

His words were too irritating, and his reason for refusal was brutally honest.

But it was precisely this honesty that made her so annoyed.

"Wait!"

Suddenly, Zheng Shuangshuang felt she had forgotten something.

"Where's my daughter?"

Thinking of her daughter, Zheng Shuangshuang rushed to Zheng Jiaojiao's residence.

When she saw her daughter was still there, Zheng Shuangshuang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Zheng Jiaojiao, meanwhile, looked at her mother speechlessly.

"Failed to throw yourself at him again today?"

Zheng Shuangshuang: "..."

"What kind of talk is that? What do you mean 'throw myself at him'? I'm investing for the both of us."

Zheng Jiaojiao looked at Zheng Shuangshuang, wanting to say something but hesitating.

Seeing her daughter like this, Zheng Shuangshuang said directly, "If you have something to say, say it. What's with all this hesitating?"

Zheng Jiaojiao was speechless.

The truth was, although Zheng Shuangshuang was now in women's clothing...

perhaps because she had cross-dressed as a man for too long...

her current movements and demeanor didn't have a shred of feminine grace.

Nonetheless, Zheng Jiaojiao still asked.

"Mother, do you really think highly of Zhou Ziming?"

Zheng Shuangshuang looked at Zheng Jiaojiao, her eyes suddenly narrowing.

"It seems you've learned something, or perhaps you've obtained some intelligence."

Zheng Jiaojiao directly took out a blue bead.

"This is a memory bead; it contains recordings of certain events!"

Zheng Shuangshuang took the bead suspiciously.

After a moment's hesitation, she finally placed it against her forehead to watch it properly.

Before long...

Zheng Shuangshuang finished watching the contents and chuckled.

"So, you believe what's inside?"

Zheng Jiaojiao nodded.

"I do. Moreover, Mother, I believe you should also be able to sense that the things in here are real."

"And now, although some things have deviated slightly, Zhou Ziming has indeed offended the Little Spirit King—that White Tiger!"

"And there truly is a powerful figure behind that Little Spirit King."

"Everything matches up. In that case, the people from the Heavenly Demon Palace will still come for revenge, and we will be the first to bear the brunt of it."

"Doesn't all of this boil down to the fact that we know Zhou Ziming?"

Zheng Shuangshuang was somewhat speechless.

"As the daughter of the City Lord, how can you say something so heartless?"

"Let me ask you, who was the one who invited them to suppress the Mountain Lord?"

Zheng Jiaojiao: "..."

"Your mother was the initiator of this matter. Zhou Ziming only came to suppress the Mountain Lord because of his Sect's orders. His ability to kill the Mountain Lord is his own skill, but the fault does not lie with him."

"Even if the Heavenly Demon Palace really comes for revenge, your mother is still the person who can bear that responsibility, rather than pinning it all on Zhou Ziming!"

"In life, I won't say you must have a conscience, but I hope you don't twist your basic values to be as warped as a child born of a concubine."

Zheng Jiaojiao's face turned beet red from Zheng Shuangshuang's scolding.

Yet she still said, "Then is there a solution now?"

Zheng Shuangshuang pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Pin everything on Zhou Ziming? And then you'll cooperate with the person who gave you this bead to deal with him together?"

Zheng Jiaojiao remained silent.

Zheng Shuangshuang's expression became serious.

"I want to ask you something!"

Zheng Jiaojiao nodded.