Infinite transcendence began with Covering the Sky.

Chapter 100 Bounty for Prodigies
"Pfft! Pfft!"

Qi Zhe showed no mercy, and the bandit group of dozens of men was wiped out in no time, exploding into ashes in mid-air.

The strongest among them was only at the Divine Bridge Realm; in his hands, not even a splash could be made, and no one could escape his gaze.

When Qi Zhe finished off his opponent, the once excited stone village fell silent, and everyone looked at him in disbelief.

Master Zhang was equally astonished as he looked at Qi Zhe, who had just soared into the sky and was now slowly descending, exclaiming, "This little immortal is truly a divine being!"

Some villagers around were in the same boat, but they were at a loss for words and could only use the local slang for expressing their shock in the northern lands.

Qi Zhe wasn't particularly excited and smiled, saying, "You flatter me."

He knew that this group of people were just lackeys, supported by a cultivation sect, and that even if one group died, another group would soon follow.

The bandits in the northern regions are like weeds that cannot be eradicated. Qi Zhe does not yet have the ability to manage them, nor does he want to.

Making a move now is simply a matter of timing.

But Master Zhang was quite pleased. This band of bandits had been running rampant near Zishan for a long time, making Shizhai feel suffocated. Now they could finally catch their breath.

"You flatter me. If it weren't for you, young man, we would have been in trouble again." Master Zhang sighed and then led Qi Zhe into the stone house.

He had already realized that Qi Zhe meant no harm, and now he had let down his guard and was ready to have a good talk with Qi Zhe.

But when he heard Qi Zhe's purpose, he exclaimed in surprise, "Our ancestors did leave behind many things, but they have long been used up. There is no divine treasure that you are looking for, young man."

He wasn't lying. In his later years, the fifth-generation Yuan Tian Master left a great legacy for this stone village, including not only a pair of infants with extraordinary bloodlines, but also many treasures.

Ten thousand years have passed, and the offspring of those two babies have long since disappeared, and the treasures they left behind have long been consumed by their descendants.

But he didn't know that Master Yuan had left behind a treasure trove, all of which were stone artifacts left over from the village, containing treasures that had been hidden for ten thousand years.

Qi Zhe didn't say much, only that, "I'm not looking forward to those things, I just want to see what it's like, I'll just take a walk around the stone village."

As he spoke, Qi Zhe walked out of the stone house and began to wander around the stone village, looking for stone tools and tapping them, as if he were searching for treasure.

"What are you looking for, buddy? Let me help you look for it." Wang Shu and Lei Bo, who weren't very bright in the village, kept asking Qi Zhe all sorts of questions.

Don't let their lack of intelligence fool you; they're quite shrewd. Seeing Qi Zhe fiddling around, they figured he was looking for a treasure and wanted to try it out himself.

Neither of them were very old, not even twenty years old, and they had only recently embarked on the path of Caiyuan. They did not go out today because of Qi Zhe's arrival.

Qi Zhe remained silent, searching for stone tools on his own, sometimes touching the stone bench, sometimes tapping the stone table.

In less than half a day, he had examined all the stone artifacts in the village, including stone benches, stone tables, stone mills, and even the stone houses.

"My skill in source arts is still insufficient; I can't be sure about any of them." Qi Zhe clearly knew that there were treasures among these stones, but he couldn't be sure about any of them.

These stones hold a great secret, which no one in the Zhang family's generations of source gatherers noticed over the millennia. Naturally, his source-gathering technique is not enough to compare.

And he's not in a hurry right now, since these stones contain nothing more than divine essence and human essence fruit; the real rare treasures have already been taken by an unknown entity.

He had a fist-sized piece of Divine Source, but he couldn't use the Human Source Fruit. Now, he wanted to use these stones to hone his Source Technique.

So Qi Zhe settled down in the village, preparing to wait for Duan De to break out of Zishan. During this time, he secluded himself in Zhangjia Village to cultivate and hone his Origin Technique.

But unexpectedly, this wait lasted for many days. Duan De disappeared after entering Zishan that day, as if he were trapped inside.

Another day, Qi Zhe went out early in the morning and sat down at the entrance of the tomb dug by Duan De. He stared at the tomb with a deep disbelief in his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

It wasn't until noon that he was heard muttering under his breath, "Damn, it's been half a month, and even Duan De still can't get over it?!"

Duan De has been missing for a full half month and hasn't left Zishan since, without a single trace, which is truly outrageous. However, he felt that Duan De shouldn't have died inside; he guessed that Duan De, like Jiang Taixu, was trapped by ancient creatures.

"What a rip-off! Is there no halo?" Qi Zhe muttered again, then got up and left, returning to the stone village once more.

He didn't know when Duan De would be able to break out of Zishan, but all he could do now was wait. As for going deep into Zishan to rescue Duan De, that was impossible.

When Qi Zhe returned to Shizhai, Wang Shu spotted him from afar at the village entrance and shouted, "Brother Qi is back!!!"

His expression was somewhat strange, and the way he looked at Qi Zhe was odd, making Qi Zhe feel a little confused.

"whoosh"

Qi Zhe flashed and appeared before Wang Shu in an instant, frowning as he asked, "What do you want?"

As Wang Shu shouted, some villagers came out of the village, all looking at him with strange eyes, which made Qi Zhe even more confused.

A moment later, Zhang Wuye led an unfamiliar cultivator out of the stone house and hurriedly said to Qi Zhe, "Brother Qi, please don't be offended!"

Qi Zhe frowned slightly upon seeing the unfamiliar cultivator appear and asked, "What happened?"

Upon hearing this, Master Zhang smiled wryly and said, "Brother Qi, please forgive us. None of us have ever seen much of the world before. This is the first time we've heard of a person being worth 500,000 jin of Yuan."

As he spoke, Master Zhang took out a wanted poster and handed it to Qi Zhe.

This is a bounty notice for Qi Zhe, anonymously issued by various forces in the Eastern Wilderness, offering a total reward of 500,000 jin of Origin, all for the sake of taking Qi Zhe's life.

This is extremely rare in the Eastern Wilderness. You know, no one would be willing to spend so much money on a bounty for murder, but now someone has put one on.

The fact that they can take Qi Zhe's life and claim the 500,000 jin of Origin means that the other party is not after the Emperor Weapon and Immortal Treasures on Qi Zhe's body at all.

This is extremely rare; it's a truly unprofitable deal, made solely to eliminate a prodigy.

Qi Zhe was quite surprised to see his own portrait on the wanted poster, and couldn't help but say coldly, "Five hundred thousand catties of Yuan, what a pity!"

Qi Zhe's eyes were surging with killing intent, and even his demeanor changed. The faint killing intent revealed caused some villagers to back away.

Looking at Qi Zhe, Uncle Zhang said with some concern, "Brother Qi, don't worry, our village will never spread your news!"

Only then did Qi Zhe realize what was happening. He turned to the unfamiliar cultivator and asked, "Fellow Daoist, are you Zhang Wang?"

Zhang Wang is the only cultivator in this village, only at the Life Spring Realm. Although he migrated from elsewhere, he has some blood relation to the Zhang family.

Upon hearing Qi Zhe's words, he shuddered and looked at him with some fear, saying, "It's me. I just returned to the village this morning."

Qi Zhe's name had already spread throughout the Northern Region. Zhang Wang, who was traveling, had heard of him and knew that he was a ruthless killer. He would stay far away from him if he encountered him.

He brought the bounty back to the village to warn the villagers not to provoke such a person, but he never expected that the person was in the village.

Upon learning the news, he intended to flee, but Master Zhang said that Qi Zhe was not a bad person and would not kill, which prevented him from escaping.

Qi Zhe was speechless at his reaction and continued to ask, "Is there any other news?"

Seeing this, Zhang Wang breathed a sigh of relief and thought for a moment before saying, "The Yaochi Holy Land is going to hold another grand event, the grandson of the bandit Xu Tianxiong is celebrating his birthday, and evil spirits have appeared in the Yaoguang mining area again."

"These are all major news stories recently; everyone in the Northern Region knows them."

Qi Zhe raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, and suddenly said, "The Yao Guang Holy Land is in the mining area of ​​the Primordial Forbidden Land? Another evil spirit has appeared. Tell me about it!"

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