Under One Person: Please Call Me Golden Flash

Chapter 73 The Strange Black Shadow

The next morning, as the first rays of sunlight shone through the window onto Zhao Zhen's face, Zhao Zhen slowly opened her eyes.

"I haven't slept this well in ages..."

Zhao Zhen sat up in bed and murmured softly.

Ever since being placed on the assassination list of the Hieiyama ninja, Zhao Zhen has had to remain vigilant at all times, even when he is sleeping, whenever he acts alone.

After all, these treacherous guys are essentially no different from the Tang Clan, specializing in assassination.

Even if Zhao Zhen has mastered the Golden Escape Technique, what use is it if he doesn't play fair and instead plays dirty tricks?

If you can only be a thief for a thousand days, how can you prevent a thief for a thousand days?

The methods of the superhumans in this world are incredibly diverse. Even though Zhao Zhen has traveled all over the country for so many years, he wouldn't dare say that he knows all the methods of the superhumans in China like the back of his hand, let alone the methods of the completely unfamiliar Japanese.

If the opponent also possesses a similarly bizarre and extremely strange method as the Tang Sect's Dan Shi, then the consequence of being slightly careless could be that you die without even knowing how you died!

This is why Zhao Zhen became so close to Zhuang Bingwei in the first place.

The gun is easy to hide, and the dark arrow is hard to prevent.

The most dangerous enemies always come from the shadows; only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you prepare countermeasures in advance.

However, now that he is sleeping on the Gao family's land, Zhao Zhen doesn't need to worry too much about assassination attempts by the Hieiyama ninja.

After all, the Gao family is one of the four families that have been passed down for thousands of years. Even though they are now being suppressed by the Japanese due to the current situation, their family heritage is still intact.

If the Higeyama ninja could sneak in silently without being detected, the Gao family would have been wiped out by the Japanese long ago. How could they possibly have the chance to come to Fusong County to fight as "guerrillas"?
After washing his face and sitting cross-legged on the ground in a five-point-up-the-sky posture to cultivate the alchemy for a while, Zhao Zhen slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"Everyone possesses the elixir of immortality, but they have strayed onto the wrong path and wasted their time..."

Each time Zhao Zhen circulated his energy according to the records of alchemy, he always gained new insights.

According to the philosophy of Ziyang Mountain people, everyone is born with the "elixir of immortality," but they simply waste it because they don't know how to use it.

This is somewhat similar to the philosophy of the Trinity Alliance.

The San Yi School advocates "defying the laws of nature" to resist the laws of life and death. Its core concept is that when a person is born, the innate Qi is manifested into a physical body.

This is the way to follow the natural order, but this kind of compliance is destined to lead to death. In order to pursue longevity, one must cultivate oneself to reverse the physical body back to the state of primordial Qi.

In other words, one must go with the flow to avoid calamity and go against the tide to achieve great success!
This concept of "following the natural order is mortal, going against it is immortal" is also in line with the legendary Zhang Sanfeng's "Rootless Tree" which says "following the natural order is human, going against it is immortal, it's just a matter of reversing the order."

In other words, both Zhang Boduan of Ziyang Mountain and Zhang Sanfeng believed that the "method of longevity" existed within the human body!

Following this line of reasoning, wouldn't that mean everyone actually has the qualification to "ascend to immortality"?

Suddenly, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but shake his head.

Ascension? Such an ethereal thing is ultimately too far, far away from me.

The best course of action now is to first consider whether we can even survive this chaotic world.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen slowly opened his eyes.

But just as Zhao Zhen opened her eyes, a dark shadow suddenly flashed past the window!

“Who is it?!!!”

Zhao Zhen suddenly sat up from the ground, a look of wariness flashing in his eyes.

Could it really be that the ninja from Mount Hiei sneaked in?
Without much hesitation, Zhao Zhen used the Golden Escape Technique to dash out.

But just as Zhao Zhen rushed out of the room and looked around, the dark figure vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.

“Disappeared…” Zhao Zhen frowned and murmured softly.

I was absolutely certain that I saw that dark figure correctly. It probably escaped my perception range in an instant with the "extreme speed" of my Golden Escape Flowing Light technique. Could that dark figure really be a Japanese soldier?
Just as Zhao Zhen was standing there frowning in thought, Gao Qing happened to come looking for her.

"Brother Zhao, what's wrong?"

"Brother Gao, did you see any suspicious figures on your way here?"

"A suspicious figure?"

Gao Qing frowned, pondered for a moment, and then shook his head.

"I didn't see it... Brother Zhao, did you find something?"

"Yes, I just noticed a dark shadow staring at me outside my window, but as soon as I rushed out of the room, the shadow vanished without a trace."

"A dark figure? Could it be a Japanese soldier?!"

Gao Qing's expression changed drastically, and then he turned and ran away.

"Brother Gao, where are you going?"

"I'll go and inform my father right now, and have him search the Gao family's house inside and out!"

About half an hour later, Gao Qing returned.

"How about it?"

"That's strange, Brother Zhao, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

It's not that I don't believe you, brother, it's just that Dad just searched the entire clan compound, inside and out, but there wasn't a single trace of the Japanese devils."

Gao Qing replied with a bitter face.

"Is it……"

Zhao Zhen nodded, but didn't say anything more.

Did I see it wrong? He wouldn't think so.

With Zhao Zhen's current cultivation level, even if the head of the Tang Clan in Sichuan came, he didn't believe that the other party could conceal all his aura so quickly under his Golden Escape Flowing Light speed.

Moreover, this place is the Gao family's territory, and there are Gao family members' spies everywhere, and these spies are not limited to people!
Even if the Tang Clan Master were here, it would be impossible to come and go silently under such heavy security!
Looking at the entire world of supernatural beings in Japan, perhaps only Ono Noriyoshi, the leader of the Hieiyama Ninja Clan, can be barely compared to the Tang Clan leader.
According to Zhao Zhen, most of the members of the Hieiyama Ninja Clan are still on the island and have not come to the country.

Even if the bombing at the Yuntai Hotel had brought all these people over, it shouldn't have happened this quickly.

Thinking of this, a thoughtful look flashed in Zhao Zhen's eyes.

"I'm sorry, Brother Gao, perhaps I really did see it wrong."

"It's alright. It's a special time, so it's always good to be careful."

Gao Qing casually patted Zhao Zhen on the shoulder, then continued, "How did you sleep last night?"

"Oh, that's alright."

"That's good. I was worried that the conditions were a bit basic and you wouldn't be able to adapt."

"Brother Gao, you're joking. I've been traveling all over the country and sleeping in the open for years, so I'm used to it. Now that I have a bed to sleep in, how could I possibly not be able to adapt?"

"Haha, that's good. Let's go, Brother Zhao. I got back a bit late yesterday, so I'll show you around Fusong County today."

(End of this chapter)