Chapter 2 of 10

Chapter 2

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"Miss Zhou!" Wang Zhongquan handed over the divorce decree that had just been stamped with the great seal.

The divorce decree, though it sounded unpleasant, ultimately resolved a long-standing issue.

Zhou Tianyin took the divorce decree, read it carefully, and put it in her sleeve.

"Miss Zhou, please invoke the Heavenly Eye to shoot the Celestial Wolf!" Wang Zhongquan knelt and bowed.

The Fourth Prince and Zhou Chi looked curiously at Zhou Tianyin, but saw her take a step forward.

As she took a step, an eerie aura suddenly appeared, and a strong wind began to swirl around Zhou Tianyin, lifting a circle of sand and stones into the sky.

"Rumble!"

A strange dark cloud gathered in the sky, a thousand feet wide, instantly covering the entire camp. A terrifying aura descended from the sky, more fierce than the Fourth Prince's earlier aura, instantly making countless soldiers feel a sense of foreboding and inexplicable fear.

Zhou Tianyin bowed respectfully to the dark cloud: "Zhou Tianyin, with reverence, invokes the Heavenly Eye to illuminate the mountains and rivers!"

"Boom!"

A loud noise echoed as the thousand-foot dark cloud suddenly split in the middle, like an eye opening. Between the cloud's split, a thousand-foot-long eye appeared, with a purple pupil that was even more powerful than before.

"Rumble!"

In the camp, three out of ten people immediately knelt, unable to raise their heads under the pressure of the purple eye. The others, though not kneeling, had their hearts racing, their bodies tense, and they dared not even breathe heavily.

"The Zhou family's Ninth Rank Heavenly Eye? Can you really control it?" The Fourth Prince looked at Zhou Tianyin in surprise.

"Sis, sis, when did you...?" Zhou Chi also showed a look of surprise.

"Ninth Rank Heavenly Eye? Ninth Rank Heavenly Eye! Young Master, you must hold on!" Wang Zhongquan clenched his fists and said with tension.

"Invoke the Heavenly Eye, the light breaks the Heavenly Malevolent Wind, and shoots directly into the Celestial Wolf Valley!" Zhou Tianyin bowed respectfully again.

"Hum!"

The Ninth Rank Heavenly Eye suddenly changed direction, its gaze turning to the southern region where the sandstorm raged.

The sandstorm region was vast, the sky and earth were murky, and the fierce wind raged like a giant barrier, isolating all contact between the inside and outside.

Wang Zhongquan had sent many servants to break through, but they could not enter. At this moment, the purple Heavenly Eye suddenly shot out a beam of divine light.

"Boom!"

The divine light pierced through the clouds and fog, split the sand, and penetrated the wind, destroying everything in its path as it instantly entered the sandstorm region.

In an instant, it illuminated the Celestial Wolf Valley that Wang Zhongquan had been hoping to see.

"Hum!"

Zhou Tianyin waved her hand, and the Heavenly Eye refracted a light screen. In the screen was exactly what the purple Heavenly Eye was illuminating. Whatever the purple Heavenly Eye saw was clearly visible in the image.

"Celestial Wolf Valley? Young Master, Young Master!" Wang Zhongquan looked at the image anxiously.

The Fourth Prince showed a faint, barely noticeable sneer.

"Look for yourself, Wang Xiong was definitely eaten clean by the wolves!" Zhou Chi sneered.

Zhou Tianyin's face was covered by a veil, making it impossible to see her expression, but she was also staring intently at the image.

In the image was a valley strewn with broken rocks, surrounded by numerous battle scars, and the ground was littered with hundreds of soldiers' corpses.

However, most of these corpses were unrecognizable, no, most of the corpses had been gnawed down to a pile of broken bones.

In just three days, no one could recognize them.

Because, in the valley, over five hundred green wolves were roaming, their eyes bloodshot, constantly gnawing on this unexpected feast.

"The Divine Tomb Sect took away the bodies of their disciples, leaving our soldiers to feed the wolves?" The Fourth Prince said coldly.

Some of the soldiers around them immediately had red eyes, seeing their comrades from not long ago being gnawed on by a group of green wolves. Their faces were twisted with hatred.

"Mr. Wang, are you sure Wang Xiong was killed in this Celestial Wolf Valley?" Zhou Tianyin asked.

"Sis, no need to look, our family's guards saw it too. Wang Xiong was shot through the brow by an arrow in this Celestial Wolf Valley, dead as can be!" Zhou Chi also called out.

Zhou Tianyin nodded silently, looking at the Fourth Prince with a hint of suspicion.

An arrow through the brow, and then being gnawed on by a pack of wolves, clearly left no hope of survival. Even his bones might have been eaten clean.

"Young Master!" A group of servants behind Wang Zhongquan cried incessantly.

Wang Zhongquan, however, kept his eyes fixed on the image. Suddenly, his whole body trembled, and he showed a look of wild joy.

"Young Master, Young Master, I see Young Master!" Wang Zhongquan stood up excitedly.

"What?" Everyone's faces froze.

"There, over there, surrounded by the pack of wolves! Young Master, it's really Young Master!" Wang Zhongquan called out excitedly.

Everyone strained their eyes to see.

Sure enough, at a pile of boulders, a dozen green wolves were surrounding a young man. The largest wolf, twice the size of an ordinary wolf, bared its teeth and snarled, along with the others, all looking at the young man in the center.

The young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, had a youthful face, but with a sword-like brow and star-like eyes, red lips, and white teeth, he was extremely handsome.

At this moment, the young man's white shirt was stained with a lot of blood, seemingly unconscious, but his chest could be seen rising and falling slightly, indicating he was not dead.

Around him, the pack of wolves seemed eager to pounce and tear him apart, but they were held back by something, and dared not approach, only standing at a distance, baring their teeth and snarling at the young man.

"Not dead? Impossible!" A guard behind the Fourth Prince exclaimed.

"Hmm?" Everyone looked at the guard.

"I saw it with my own eyes, an arrow shot into his brow, how could it be, there's no wound on his brow, where's the arrow? The arrow that shot into his brow?"

"That's right, I saw it too. The blood on Wang Xiong's chest came from the arrow piercing his brow, but how is his brow unscathed?"

...

Several guards were amazed.

The Fourth Prince's face was dark, his eyes fixed on the unconscious young man, but he said nothing, clearly not expecting Wang Xiong to still be alive.

"Wang Xiong?" Zhou Tianyin's voice carried a hint of curiosity.

"That's not right. I remember Wang Xiong had a peach blossom birthmark on his brow, so we called him a sissy. Where's the peach blossom birthmark? He doesn't have it, could it not be Wang Xiong?" Zhou Chi showed a hint of curiosity.

"Peach blossom birthmark?" Everyone was taken aback.

Even Wang Zhongquan was stunned, staring intently, and indeed, the peach blossom birthmark on Wang Xiong's brow had mysteriously disappeared.

Gone?

While others were doubting, Wang Zhongquan showed a look of great joy: "Ancestors of the Wang family, the spirit of the old lord, Young Master, the ominous birthmark is really gone! It's really gone!"

"Ominous birthmark?" Everyone looked at Wang Zhongquan.

Wang Zhongquan, however, looked at Wang Xiong in the image with tears in his eyes.

Wang Xiong had been quite dull since childhood, lagging behind others in both cultivation and studies, and had endured ridicule from outsiders. When the old lord was alive, he had sought a sage to treat him, and the sage ultimately pointed out that the peach blossom birthmark on his brow was an ominous thing that suppressed Wang Xiong's potential. Only by removing this birthmark could Wang Xiong return to normal. The old lord had sought the sage, but even the sage could not remove it. Few in the Wang family knew about this, but Wang Zhongquan, due to his loyalty, had learned of it.

Now, the birthmark that even the sage and the old lord could not remove had disappeared. Could it be that Young Master was about to return to normal?

Wang Zhongquan was overjoyed.

However, he did not explain to others.

"Miss Zhou, please save my Young Master!" Wang Zhongquan looked at Zhou Tianyin again.

Zhou Tianyin shook her head: "The Heavenly Eye's divine light can only penetrate the Heavenly Malevolent Wind, but it cannot bring a living person out."

"Then...!" Wang Zhongquan showed a look of anxiety.

"That toad Wang Xiong is still alive? What are you anxious about! But, why do the wolves not dare to approach him?" Zhou Chi asked.

Zhou Tianyin shook her head: "The Heavenly Eye can only see the image, but cannot sense anything else."

The Fourth Prince looked at Wang Xiong in the image with a cold gaze.

There he lay peacefully in the center of the pack of wolves, the wolves growling continuously, but none daring to approach him.

The image was quite eerie.

"Could it be that Wang Xiong has some treasure on him, emitting an aura that makes the wolves fear him?" Zhou Chi asked curiously.

"Impossible. These green wolves are already at the Qi Sea realm. Even if their intelligence is still shallow, the largest wolf king must have intelligence not inferior to a human. If Wang Xiong had a treasure, the wolves would not be scared away, but would try to take it for themselves!" the Fourth Prince said solemnly.

"If it's not a treasure, then what is it?" Zhou Chi asked in confusion.

"There is one possibility! But...!" Zhou Tianyin said solemnly.

"What possibility?" Everyone looked at Zhou Tianyin.

"It could be the power of the soul. A person with a strong soul can emit a fierce aura, which makes the wolves sense danger!" Zhou Tianyin explained.

"Impossible. That waste is only at the first level of the Qi Sea realm. How could he have any fierce aura? Any green wolf here could eat him, let alone the wolf king, who looks to be at the third level of the Qi Sea realm, and still dares not approach?" Zhou Chi was puzzled.

Zhou Chi was puzzled, and everyone else was also puzzled, looking at Wang Zhongquan.

Wang Zhongquan was also amazed, but he did not show it.

No one knew. At this moment, although Wang Xiong was unconscious, his body was indeed emitting a strange fierce aura. This fierce aura, even just a trace of it, made the dust around him tremble.

The pack of wolves wanted to eat him, but the fierce aura made them feel an inexplicable pressure, a sense of kneeling and worship.

The wolves growled continuously, and the closer they got, the greater the pressure, as if they would die the moment they pounced.

The wolves did not dare to approach, and everyone outside was puzzled.

At this moment, the Wang Xiong who had been unconscious for three days and three nights suddenly moved his eyelashes.

Just this slight movement.

"Whine!"

The pack of wolves surrounding him immediately bristled, like startled birds, instantly retreating three steps, growling and baring their teeth, on guard against Wang Xiong.

"His eyelashes moved, Wang Xiong is waking up?" Zhou Chi's eyes lit up outside.

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