"The Changsheng Clan’s Ancestral Land is in the border region between the Wind Kingdom and Xin Country, a bit to the south."
Ying Jiuxin held nothing back, telling him directly, "I don’t know the exact location, only that it’s within the Si Leng Mountain Range. Once Gu gets there, you should be able to find it with a simple search."
"Speaking of which, the Changsheng Clan actually stole that Ancestral Land from the Zheng Family."
"The Zheng Family?" Gu Zheng asked curiously upon hearing this. "A fallen Noble Family?"
"Correct."
Ying Jiuxin nodded. "The Zheng Family fell into decline two thousand years ago and has very few mbers left. They couldn’t protect their Ancestral Land. The ones who coveted it at first weren’t the Changsheng Clan. Organizations like the Martial God, The Gods, and the dicine God also wanted to get their hands on it. But once the Changsheng Clan appeared and made their intentions clear, everyone else imdiately retreated."
"However, so were unwilling to let it go. Afterward, people from the dicine God Organization captured a mber of the Changsheng Clan, killed them, and used their body for Alchemy. Their thods were very sophisticated. They never spoke a word and stayed out of sight the entire ti, leaving the Changsheng Clan with no target for revenge."
"...Impressive," Gu Zheng praised.
The Changsheng Clan’s special "Heart-to-Heart" ability drove them mad, but it also made others wary of them.
The dicine God Organization, which killed people, ate their flesh, and used them for Alchemy, didn’t dare to provoke the Changsheng Clan openly.
They could only secretly snatch one away to kill and use for Alchemy.
The flesh and blood of the Changsheng Clan were, admittedly, excellent materials. The Elixirs refined from them were sure to be extraordinary.
"Gu, if you’re going after the Changsheng Clan to eliminate them for good, it’s best to take care of them all at once."
Ying Jiuxin advised, "Changsheng Zhentai is dead, but the Changsheng Clan still has Changsheng Zhenlu, a King’s Body, and three others at the Heroic Body Realm. It’s best to deal with all four of them at the sa ti. Otherwise, if they escape and scatter, it will be difficult to find them again."
"You’ve probably guessed the reason, Gu. mbers of the Changsheng Clan can just dig a hole and hide underground for years without eating or drinking."
That was right. The mbers of the Changsheng Clan not only lived long lives, but their physical state was also unique. They ate a lot, but they were also capable of hibernating for long periods without food or water.
This wasn’t just a trait of a King’s Body.
After advancing to the King’s Body Realm, one could transcend the need for mortal food, surviving without eating or drinking by directly absorbing the Power of Heaven and Earth to maintain their physical body at peak condition.
Below the King’s Body, even those in the Heroic Body Realm had to eat periodically.
However, the Changsheng Clan’s Undying Tai Sui and Demon Power allowed them to go without food for extended periods with no ill effects.
Although Gu Zheng already knew this, he still thanked Ying Jiuxin for the reminder.
...
After leaving the Wind Kingdom Capital, he headed straight for the southern part of the border region between the Wind Kingdom and Xin Country.
He first located the Si Leng Mountain Range, then floated in the air, slowly sensing for any strange fluctuations in the surroundings.
A Noble Family’s Ancestral Land was also known as a Spirit Realm.
These Spirit Realms were independent yet connected to the mortal world. Although their entrances could be opened and closed, spatial fluctuations would still emanate from them even when closed, impossible to completely conceal.
This gave Gu Zheng his chance. It was just as Ying Jiuxin had said: he could find it with a simple search.
Every cultivator who had advanced to the King’s Body Realm had a very strong perception of space.
The only difference was that so were average, while others were stronger.
Gu Zheng happened to be one of the latter; his perception of space surpassed that of others.
After flying slowly over the mountain range for a day and a half, he found the location of the Changsheng Clan’s Ancestral Land.
It was halfway up a mountain, near the edge of a cliff.
From the outside, it looked like a sheer rock face. The entrance was right at the cliff’s edge. An ordinary person who accidentally stepped there would fall to their death, smashed to pieces.
Gu Zheng didn’t bother hiding his presence. He descended to the entrance and sensed it.
He discovered that the spatial fluctuations at the entrance were very stable. It wasn’t closed, but wide open!
’This should be fun.’
Gu Zheng scanned the area with his Eyes of Golden Fla and entered directly.
To an outside observer, it would look as if Gu Zheng had slamd headfirst into the cliff wall and then vanished.
But in reality, Gu Zheng had stepped into a passageway. The tunnel walls on either side were dry and completely unadorned.
He walked along the passageway for less than a hundred ters before an independent space with no sun, moon, or stars suddenly opened up before his eyes.
Although there were no stars, sunlight and moonlight still shone down.
This was a peculiar feature of a Spirit Realm. Since it was connected to the mortal world, the light that bathed it naturally ca from the mortal world as well.
Therefore, the Ancestral Land had everything it should: grass, trees, plants, birds, and beasts.
Moreover, the Power of Heaven and Earth here was much richer than in the outside world.
The mont Gu Zheng entered, he sensed the abundant Power of Heaven and Earth.
However, he didn’t linger on the feeling. He flew into the air and began searching for mbers of the Changsheng Clan.
WHOOSH—
WHOOSH!
Afterimages flickered as two massive mountains of flesh flew in from the distance, blocking Gu Zheng’s path.
They were just as ugly as Changsheng Zhenfan—fat and bloated, with bloodshot eyes staring intently at Gu Zheng.
"How dare you..."
SHING! SHING! SHING!
Wielding the Heaven-piercing Halberd, Gu Zheng swung it rapidly, cutting down the two who intercepted him.
The minds of the Changsheng Clan were not normal.
It wasn’t just that they weren’t normal; they were completely brainless.
Gu Zheng had killed Changsheng Zhentai. Although it happened quickly, everything Changsheng Zhentai had seen and heard during the fight was also seen and heard by the other mbers of the Changsheng Clan.
They were also well aware that Gu Zheng was in the King’s Body Realm.
Yet now, upon encountering Gu Zheng, they didn’t run. Instead, they threatened and confronted him.
’What kind of person with a brain would do that?’
It was true that the mbers of the Changsheng Clan were difficult to kill completely.
Gu Zheng chopped the two of them into a dozen pieces, but they didn’t die and continued to scream curses.
There was nothing more to be said. He naturally had to separate the pieces for now.
Wrapping the dozen-odd pieces of flesh in his Divine Wondrous power, he hurled them in all directions.
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