With Ning Shuangrong on the team, they naturally didn’t need to worry about the rules of the Jian Ge anymore.

The group of five flew straight across the Jian Ge’s territory, passed through Liang Guo without stopping, and arrived at Ku Hai Ya.

It wasn’t until they reached this point that Jiang Wang still felt a little unreal, as if in a dream. Si Ge Zhu hadn’t done anything to Dou Zhao and just let them go like this.

Could it be that I was narrow-minded and underestimated Si Ge Zhu’s tolerance?

Or could it be that Si Yu’an only targeted me, Jiang someone?

Ku Hai Ya is the location of the Xie He Zong’s mountain gate, and it can also be called the eastern end of Nan Yu. Ji Li, who was holding a chubby white fox cat, was already waiting here.

She was thin and dark, not very noticeable, and even had a somewhat dull appearance.

But her intelligence and literary talent were easily felt as long as you had truly read her articles or discussed the Dao with her.

As soon as they met, she spoke, “I’ve already told the people from the Xie He Zong, we can go straight in.”

She was also someone who didn’t beat around the bush.

Everyone had no objections and followed the stream into the sect.

The Xie He Zong itself was built above the entrance to the Calamity Water, acting as its gateway. However, they wouldn’t impose any restrictions on passers-by.

Since ancient times, places like the Calamity Water, which are absolute forbidden zones, have all allowed free entry and exit.

The only requirement before entering the Calamity Water is to inform the Xie He Zong. This is to avoid any sudden turmoil erupting within the Calamity Water, or any “Da Qing” activities from the human side that might cause conflict if one were to enter rashly.

In the Bing Huang and the Yu Yuan, it is the same reason.

For example, if Jiang Wang went to the Bing Huang to chop down a true demon’s head and returned without informing the guard army, and the demon race suddenly strengthened their counterattack, it would be possible for them to break through the guard army’s defense line. At that time, it would be truly difficult to distinguish between merit and fault.

The Xie He Zong has been established for fifty-four thousand years, and its strength has always been considerable.

Taking the time of Huo Shi Ji as an example, in addition to the sect master, there were also left and right guardians and three elders, making a total of five True Person experts. Among them was Peng Chong Jian, who was known as the “number one mountain mover” and was a top-tier True Person expert. In the Nan Yu, they definitely had the qualifications to command wind and rain.

Now, Huo Shi Ji died in the Calamity Water, and Elder Xu Ming Song, who triggered the change in the Calamity Water, was executed. The sect’s strength suffered a heavy blow.

But Peng Chong Jian took over the sect in a timely manner and promoted the Dao, which also allowed the Xie He Zong to maintain its prestige.

The Xie He Zong, carved and built within Ku Hai Ya, was far more vast than people imagined.

The group quickly arrived at a blood-colored square and saw the Hong Chen Men suspended in the center of the square. Opposite the square were three deep red tunnels, which led to the core important areas of the Xie He Zong. Entry was restricted to those who were invited.

This square had many names, but in the end, everything was washed away by time, including the names. Only the color of blood remained.

There were cultivators scattered around the square in groups of two or three, and people occasionally entered and exited through the Hong Chen Men.

As the pioneer of the Calamity Water, Jiang someone, who had achieved the feat of Xia Di Zhen suppressing the Calamity Water, naturally took on the responsibility of introducing the environment to the newcomers. “Senior brothers, look, those people numbering around thirty or fifty, forming teams to enter the Calamity Water, are basically all cultivators from the Xie He Zong.”

Zhu Weiwo was free anyway, so he cooperated and listened to him introduce some background information: “Oh? How do you determine that?”

“Because they are all wearing the clothes of the Xie He Zong,” Jiang Wang said.

Ning Shuangrong covered her mouth and chuckled.

Zhu Weiwo’s face was expressionless.

When their group walked in, they immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

Who in the Nan Yu didn’t know Dou Zhao’s signature flashy martial attire with a red base and gold edges?

Jiang Wang, with his green robes fluttering and a sword at his waist, was even a milestone in the cultivation world.

Furthermore, Ning Shuangrong from the Jian Ge and Ji Li from the Mu Gu Xueyuan were both renowned figures.

Only Zhuo Qingru from the San Xing Gong had only been traveling and studying for the past two years, and Zhu Weiwo’s current appearance was too disheveled, so not many people recognized them.

But with the six of them walking together, their obvious equal status indicated that none of them were simple.

For a while, people scattered and avoided them. Even the cultivators of the Xie He Zong, as hosts, subconsciously made way for them.

And they just walked forward calmly, and stepped into the Hong Chen Men like this.

The Hong Chen Men itself formed a world. It was empty inside, and there was no yuan force at all, so there was nothing to say. Cultivators who had fought in the Calamity Water for a long time would often return here to rest, but they wouldn’t stay for too long. They would either leave directly or continue fighting.

Only Zhu Weiwo and Zhuo Qingru were here for the first time, so they looked around curiously for a while.

Stepping out of the Hong Chen Men, the first thing that caught their eyes was the blood-colored boundary river that flowed around the Hong Chen Men. The blood river surged, reflecting a一片 red light in their eyes.

Dou Zhao took the lead, walking at the very front. He held Tian Xiao in his palm and could hardly suppress it.

His momentum was fierce, but he turned back and said: “Which way do we go?”

He was asking Jiang Wang.

Jiang Wang had designated him as the vanguard general, and he had designated Jiang Wang as the logistics and grain officer.

The edge of the Calamity Water had not been explored by humans until now.

Advancing in any direction from the Hong Chen Men would lead to increasingly strong evil views, and there was no end to them.

The Hong Chen Men was an absolutely safe place.

The blood river served as the boundary river, blocking the evil views outside.

Outside the surrounding blood river, there were ten thousand li of clear waves. This was the pure water domain formed by the human race’s continuous clearings for ten thousand years. It was also a relatively safe place within this rootless world, unless the Calamity Water rioted on a large scale, the evil views would not easily step into this water domain.

Over the years, its range has continuously shrunk and expanded. The changes in clarity and turbidity depend on the strength of the evil views and the human race’s defense forces.

Since the start of the Dao Calendar, the human race’s governance has been very effective. The ten thousand li of clear waves in this Calamity Water can be called governing the world.

Outside the clear waves, turbid waves surged to the sky.

The clear and turbid areas had a clear division, similar to the line of life and death in the Bing Huang.

The human race was on this side, and the evil views were on that side.

What is inside the Calamity Water?

Every drop of turbid water is a condensation of evil.

Every inch of water domain has the possibility of giving birth to evil views.

Killing evil views yields no harvest. The so-called gift of the present world is illusory to many people and cannot be seen or touched.

To put it plainly, killing dozens or hundreds of evil views, what significant impact does that have on the present world? What kind of gift of the present world can it bring?

Currently, the Calamity Water is governed by the Xie He Zong, suppressed by the San Xing Gong, and the Jian Ge and Mu Gu Xueyuan also send cultivators regularly. However, outside of these, a large number of cultivators are still needed to help clear the turbid water.

Relying solely on the self-awareness of the world’s cultivators is obviously not a long-term solution.

Therefore, as the largest and most powerful country in the present world, the six major dominant countries allocate special funds every year to govern the Calamity Water, which is the “Chop Evil Gold.”

It is similar to the exchange of demon skulls for money in Mu Guo.

This fund is supervised by the San Xing Gong and issued by the Shu Shan.

Cultivators receive corresponding rewards for each evil view they kill.

Although evil views are astonishingly strong, they lack wisdom and knowledge, and there are many ways to deal with them. Therefore, cultivators who have not yet reached the God臨 realm often form teams and come here. Each kill is a huge harvest.

In addition, there are some unique spiritual materials in the Calamity Water. The more evil the place, the more strange treasures are born. Picking them up accidentally is like a sudden windfall.

There are also true living beings here, mostly evil beasts from distant eras—those that can survive in this place are inherently evil.

For example, True Person Ge Shi once entered the Calamity Water to seek the Fei and ultimately died here.

Speaking of Ge Shi, he was once a famous True Person expert. Before entering the Calamity Water, he left behind a passage of words that is worth pondering.

Before he insisted on delving deep into the Calamity Water to seek the Fei, many people advised him, saying that the Calamity Water was too evil and seeking the Fei so deeply was too dangerous.

And his answer was—

“In ancient times, strange beasts were quite numerous. Until the near world, they became sparse. Those strange beasts lived in the Calamity Water, but they are actually extinct in the human world. Is the Calamity Water evil? Is the human world evil? Have you not heard that the evil of the human world is even greater than that of the Calamity Water!”

Jiang Wang had already seen the most evil things in the world.

At this time, in this rootless world, he hadn’t planned which direction to take in advance, because there was no way to plan—the Calamity Water was always changing, and those evil views were also without rules. If anyone dared to sell a map here, they would be beaten to death as a swindler.

Although he had no strategy, he acted as if he had confidence, pinching his fingers to calculate: “Seven stars align, favorable to the east, we will walk towards the north.”

There was not a single word connected in these three sentences.

But this group of people really did change direction and headed north.

Jiang Wang’s trip had no clear goal, just to fight and kill evil views, govern the Calamity Water, and temper his killing methods.

As for Ji Li and Ning Shuangrong, they were more there to learn from the two youngest True Person experts in the present world. In this brilliant great world, cultivation records were continuously being broken, and infinite possibilities were unfolding. They were also chosen ones, who received orders from their master’s gate to go to dangerous places with Jiang Wang, just to clearly see where the gap was between themselves and the absolute top chosen ones of their generation, where they could catch up, and where they could not surpass.

Especially Zhuo Qingru, her goal was originally clear. She left Tian Xing Ya to seek the truth and enter the world, but her companion on her first journey to Mi Jie had already become a True Person, while she was still on the road to seeking the truth. The world was too unpredictable. How could she be left behind after just hearing a few stories?

As the most eye-catching team in the Calamity Water today, this group of people attracted endless sighs from cultivators of all paths as soon as they started fighting.

Dou Zhao was still the first to charge, holding Tian Xiao in one hand, cutting through thousands of li of turbid waves. The God臨 level evil views were completely no match for him.

Zhu Weiwo’s cultivation was not as high, but he never backed down in a fight. He walked on air, and the point of his Xin Jin Gun scattered cold light across the sky! He and his gun were one, like a terrifying bolt of lightning swimming in the water. Wherever he passed, evil views fell one after another.

Ji Li’s fighting style was unique. She held a cat in one arm and a pen in the other. She walked freely on the waves, holding the pen in her right hand and drawing in the void.

Or she would paint a tiger and add a few strokes of lightning.

Then a flying tiger carrying lightning would cross the sky, roaring and pouncing on the evil views, driving them into the water.

Or she would paint a dragon, with a few sketchy strokes, a giant dragon would flip out from under the water. With one swat of its claw, giant waves surged to the sky. With one swing of its tail, it was like a knife cutting through the enemy. All the evil views were cut down!

This team carved a clear and straight path in the muddy and dangerous Calamity Water, like a bridge extending forward continuously!

Zhu Weiwo hadn’t expected this. He originally just wanted to cultivate alone with his gun, find a suitable place to explore the limits of his gun techniques. As a result, after talking to Jiang Wang, he didn’t know how, but he became a luxurious team composed of six chosen ones of the present world.

He didn’t feel that Junior Brother Jiang was a person who was good at socializing since he came, but his interpersonal relationships were truly extensive!

He had also been tempered in the Yu Yuan, but he had never felt so exhilarated. He didn’t need to worry about anything behind him and only needed to fully unleash his killing power. With various gun techniques unfolded, his chest was filled with heroic spirit for a while.

Unlike the strenuous fighting of the three of them.

Junior Brother Jiang, whom Senior Brother Zhu was muttering about in his heart, walked leisurely behind them, with an indescribable ease and elegance. He was even willing to flick a few strands of sword qi to help out, but his teammates were too strong and stubbornly didn’t give him a chance!

He could only regret standing by with folded arms.

Ning Shuangrong also didn’t make a move. She just walked beside Jiang Wang, using the various changes within the Calamity Water and the world cultivators encountered along the way to occasionally mix in some discussions about sword techniques, and chat with Jiang Wang from time to time.

And Zhuo Qingru… watched them chat.

She watched with relish.

That sidelong glance from time to time really made Jiang Wang a little uneasy. He finally said: “Senior Sister Zhuo, why don’t you try to recruit?”

Zhuo Qingru waved her hand: “What I need now is no longer those.”

Jiang Wang said: “Senior Sister doesn’t seek to recruit, only to seek the Dao.”

“Indeed.”

“Is Senior Sister’s Dao on me?”

Zhuo Qingru coughed for a while.

Fortunately, Dou Zhao was not someone who was idle and did not let her awkwardness continue for too long.

He rushed forward all the way, taking on most of the attacks, but still felt that he hadn’t killed enough to be satisfied, so he paused Tian Xiao—

“Something’s not right. The strength of the evil views here is obviously not enough. I’ve been killing for so long, how come not even a single Cave True level one has appeared? Let’s look ahead!”

Since Dou someone was at the Cave True level, only Cave True level evil views were worthy of him making a move.

Without waiting for anyone, as soon as his words fell, violent saber energy expanded from him as the center, like the fierce sun on a golden day, making him instantly like a golden giant saber, suddenly accelerating. It crushed everything in its path, cleared the gray sky, and chopped the turbid waves into clear water droplets!

His body was like a golden rainbow patrolling the sea, and he instantly disappeared from their sight.

Everyone hurried to follow.

This time, Zhu Weiwo and Ji Li also didn’t need to make a move.

Where Dou Zhao passed, nothing was left, only an empty water domain.

“Good… powerful!” Zhuo Qingru made a shocked expression, successfully shifting the topic.

The white fox cat in Ji Li’s arms also let out a cry.

He was indeed very strong.

After all, this time everyone was on the same team. No matter how strong Dou Zhao was, he couldn’t be left alone to charge wherever he pleased.

For a while, each person displayed their movement techniques and soared in the Calamity Water.

With the speed of these chosen ones, they still had to fly for a full quarter of an hour before finally catching up to Dou Zhao’s figure and finally seeing the surging giant waves and fierce fighting ahead.

They had flown for a quarter of an hour, while Dou Zhao had cut straight through the Calamity Water for a quarter of an hour with extremely terrifying saber energy!

At this moment, Dou Zhao was still fighting, engaged in a fierce battle with a Cave True level evil view.

But everyone’s gaze fell on a male figure in white clothes fluttering in the wind—the Champion Marquis of Da Qi, Zhong Xuan Zun!

He was unexpectedly also practicing his saber techniques in the Calamity Water, and was also challenging a Cave True level evil view alone. He was fighting within it, and his white clothes were still fluttering, elegant and outstanding.

Ji Li couldn’t help but look to the side. Dou Zhao, Zhong Xuan Zun, Jiang Wang, the three youngest True Person experts under heaven today, were unexpectedly gathered here! A simple Calamity Water experience, unexpectedly brought together such a terrifying lineup by coincidence.

It was very obvious that Zhong Xuan Zun was the reason why the strength of the evil view monsters along this path was insufficient. From the Hong Chen Men to here, this area of water domain had already been cleared by him.

“Good!” Jiang Wang strode forward, clapping his hands and praising: “Two people fighting a Cave True level evil view alone, truly heroes! I wonder who can take the lead and be the first to chop the evil view under their saber? Chosen ones are common, but world-class heroes are not. Dong Champion and Nan Dou Zhao, who is exactly better? Let us wait and see!”

“Come, come, come.” He also greeted Ji Li and the others: “I am the banker, no cheating on children and elders, everyone bet a little.”

“Noisy!” Dou Zhao chopped a saber energy towards him with a backhand, making Jiang Wang quickly shut his mouth: “How can you and others judge my strength, Dou Zhao?”

But although he spoke harshly, the Tian Xiao Saber in his hand was obviously several points heavier.

The saber energy flew towards him and was caught by Jiang Wang with one hand and burned in flames. He also lowered his voice: “This fellow has a bad temper, let’s be quiet. Is there anyone else who wants to bet? Buy it and leave it!”

Zhong Xuan Zun seemed to look back at Jiang Wang with a mock or sarcastic gaze, probably meaning ‘this thief is so childish’.

But beside him, Dou Zhao was chopping fiercely, each strike heavier than the last. Seeing that he was about to chop that wisdomless and ignorant evil view to death, he finally couldn’t remain composed either. In a flash, saber light was like snow, hitting the enemy up close!