Chapter 71: Chapter 71 Seeing Through
The girls sat up, and a greenish glow appeared in their eyes.
A moment later, the glow in their eyes faded away, and they all returned to their sleep.
It was as if nothing had happened at all.
However, when those girls had awakened, their eyes shining with green light, deep in the subterranean cavern, Xuan Yang suddenly inhaled sharply from within a dark crevice.
Immediately, streaks of greenish light emerged from the void, then dispersed
into streams of the same color.
These greenish streams, like little snakes, wriggled their way into Xuan Yang’s nostrils and were absorbed into his body.
Originally, Xuan Yang’s complexion had been pale, but after absorbing these greenish “little snakes,” his skin quickly turned rosy, and his eyes brightened.
“This amount of Yang Energy should be enough for me to move around in daylight and clear air for three days,” Xuan Yang said with a smile on his face.
All living beings possess Yang Energy, regardless of gender.
The reason he had possessed Wang Tong and adjusted the appearances of those girls earlier was to leave arrangements on them under a reasonable pretext, for future necessity.
And now, they were indeed proving to be useful.
However, he hadn’t expected to need them so soon.
“An incarnation of a great power at the level of a thunder tribulation, still lost in the delusion of the womb, even their Cultivation is only at Ninth Grade- what excellent offerings,” he thought excitedly to himself. “However, I must keep him here, can’t let him leave Yuyang County City just like that; it all depends on how those girls do.”
Just now, he hadn’t only drawn Yang Energy from the bodies of those girls.
He had also planted a degree of suggestion in their hearts.
The next morning.
After capturing Wang Tong, Zhou Heng planned to take him away from Yuyang
County and return to Huangtong Mansion City.
But this Wang Tong was somewhat strange; he seemed to have no memory of
his escape from prison.
Zhou Heng suspected that it might be the influence of that “Xuan Yang.” In any case, he would first take Wang Tong back to Huangtong Mansion City and wait for the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer’s people to arrive and make a decision.
Leave professional matters to the professionals.
However, the city gates of Yuyang County City were closed at night, forbidding passage, so they had to wait until daytime.
But Zhou Heng had not expected that when he brought Wang Tong to the city gate.
The place was already so crowded that no one could get through.
Men, women, the elderly, and children, at least a hundred people had gathered here, led by a group of young and beautiful girls.
Upon seeing Zhou Heng’s arrival, their eyes immediately lit up, and they cheered loudly.
“Look! Look! It’s Young Master Zhou!”
“Ahh! He’s here! He’s here! So handsome, so incredibly handsome!”
“I’m going to die, ahh, too handsome!
“Is this the charm of a ranked martial artist? Amazing!
The cheers rose and fell in waves.
Generally speaking, when two or three girls are together, they can create a huge noise; even more so now with no less than twenty young girls gathered here.
Zhou Heng was so bombarded by these voices that his head buzzed, and he looked over in utter astonishment.
Besides these twenty-plus girls, there were many others who had come to watch the excitement, men and women, young and old, with looks of curiosity, admiration, and even envy directed at Zhou Heng.
Without a doubt, these people were all here for Zhou Heng.
This left him a bit stupefied.
What’s the situation?
Could it be comparable to fans flocking at the airport?
Zhou Heng’s eyebrows slightly furrowed as he gave the girls a more scrutinizing gaze. With his insight +1, he quickly detected something off about them.
Their features were all very delicate, absolutely perfect to the senses of ordinary people, incredibly beautiful.
But in Zhou Heng’s eyes, their features had obvious artificial traces, likely having been subtly altered.
This made him think of the man who claimed to be Xu Hai that he met last night while eating at the inn.
From the information gleaned from Xu Hai, there had been talk of some girls mysteriously becoming beautiful recently.
Although that Xu Hai was clearly a swindler, since he wanted to deceive people, he needed to gain their trust, so he probably wouldn’t fabricate such news.
At that time, Zhou Heng suspected it might be the work of the ghostly entity Yu Shang, considering Chen Hanyu had her body taken over by Yu Shang after her appearance was altered by it.
However, after the upheaval in his dream last night, Zhou Heng learned that the ghost residing here was not Yu Shang but Xuan Yang.
The abilities of the two seemed similar, could there be some connection?
Zhou Heng pondered in his heart.
At the same time, he was analyzing the situation at hand. Was this the work of Xuan Yang?
But what was the purpose? Was it to prevent me from leaving Yuyang County
City?
After all, looking at the current situation, he had no chance of leaving unless he dealt with these nearly frenzied girls.
And by the looks of it, if he continued to linger at the city gate, he feared he might be captured by these girls and taken straight to their homes.
He couldn’t use violence.
Running was the best option.
So, Zhou Heng took Wang Tong’s hand and ran toward the nearby alley, prompting the group of girls to immediately chase after him upon seeing him flee.
“Don’t run! Master Zhou! Please don’t-”
“Master Zhou runs ahead, and I chase after. If I catch him, I can… hehe…
“It’s not often we get to see a renowned genius from the Human Rankings, we can’t let this opportunity slip by!”
“Hurry, chase him!”
This spectacle caused the old onlookers who came to watch the excitement to sigh with emotion, looking at the frenzied girls with some envy.
Youth is wonderful!
In di Country, there were no confining Confucian teachings, and women were treated quite leniently. Such a public chase after an object of admiration wasn’t considered unseemly.
Not to mention that they were pursuing a reputed genius on the Human Rankings, a prodigy who had reached the Ninth Grade realm and claimed a place on the rankings at only seventeen!
It was all within reason.
Being pursued by a flock of charming ladies wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, and might even be something many men dreamed of.
But Zhou Heng knew well that these girls were clearly related to the ghost called Xuan Yang; for all he knew, they could turn into a sticky mass of wax at any moment, and he dared not get too close rashly.
Even if he wanted to deal with them, he had to wait until he understood the specific circumstances.
Luckily, Zhou Heng’s lightweight kung fu was not bad, and he had recently learned the Eighth Rank lightweight technique “Cloud Drifting Traceless Steps” from You Ziheng, making his speed even faster.
His figure moved swiftly through the streets and alleys, and he swiftly left the girls chasing him far behind.
As he rounded a street corner, a figure appeared in front of Zhou Heng.
It was “Xu Hai.”
“Brother Zhou, follow me.” This Xu Hai reached for Zhou Heng’s arm, “I’ll help you hide from them.”
Zhou Heng instinctively dodged, causing “Xu Hai’s” grab to miss.
At the same time, a prompt sounded.
“Xuan Yang’s residual will has used the martial arts technique ‘Five Dragon Claw Technique’ [Ninth Grade] against you. You successfully dodged it with an increase of +0.2 in proficiency.”
Xuan Yang?
Zhou Heng’s eyes narrowed as he looked at this “Xu Hai.