Playing the male antagonist in a melodramatic novel is fine for a bit of fun.

barren mountain.

Chen Zhou had already brought Chen Xin and Dou Wen to the innermost layer.

Here, there is a medicinal herb garden where many kinds of medicinal herbs are grown.

Dou Wen looked in one direction, which was the place where the fire element was most active, and also the place where the foundation-building pills were refined in the furnace of heaven and earth.

Chen Xin looked at the herb garden, somewhat surprised: "So many medicinal herbs?"

"Yeah, I planted them all. Pretty impressive, huh?" Chen Zhou said, a hint of pride in his voice.

In this world where spiritual energy is extremely scarce, being able to produce spiritual herbs on one's own is truly remarkable.

Back then, Chen Zhou experimented for a very long time in order to cultivate the elixir.

The herbs in the herb garden now are all those that survived by stimulating the vitality of a large number of ordinary herbs and infusing them with spiritual energy.

Although they are still very weak now, they will play their due role when the spiritual energy of the whole world recovers in the future, and Chen Zhou is looking forward to it.

Chen Xin looked at the medicinal herbs in the herb garden with sparkling eyes.

Because some of the herbs looked like sparkling gems, and were very beautiful.

Most importantly, the breeze blowing through the leaves clearly reveals that they are leaves and not gemstones.

It has a gemstone-like appearance while retaining the characteristics of a plant, which is quite amazing.

Chen Xin squatted down, looking at one of the bright red medicinal herbs: "Brother, you're amazing! Can I touch this red herb?"

Chen Xin knew absolutely nothing about medicinal herbs.

Therefore, Chen Xin didn't know whether touching these obviously unusual medicinal herbs would cause problems with their growth, or whether she would be poisoned. So, she wisely chose to ask her older brother.

Chen Zhou nodded: "Yes, but you can't eat it. It'll explode, physically speaking."

The bright red herb in front of Chen Xin was Crimson Blood Grass, one of the few medicinal herbs that would be useful to Chen Zhou.

Its function is very simple: to enhance physical fitness.

Chen Xin glared at Chen Zhou, annoyed: "Do you think your cute little sister is the kind of person who puts everything that looks good into her mouth?"

Chen Zhou thought about it seriously for a while: "It's hard to say, after all, you didn't even wear diapers when you were a child..."

"Ugh~, stop talking, or I'm ignoring you." Chen Xin said, annoyed and embarrassed.

Chen Zhou shut up and began to happily pull out a chair to sit on and plan the connection to the next mountain.

Dou Wen looked at the area where heaven and earth were like a furnace, feeling the lingering charm of what once was here.

Because her ability is to breathe fire, Dou Wen is also quite sensitive to fire, so she was able to sense that there had once been a high-quality flame here.

Furthermore, the fire here can be reignited.

She had a premonition that if she absorbed the rekindled fire, her abilities would undergo a significant evolution.

This evolution will be a qualitative leap!

She instinctively longed for it.

As time passed while Chen Xin occasionally asked Chen Zhou which medicinal herbs were safe to touch, Dou Wen stared blankly at the area where heaven and earth served as a furnace.

She stared blankly for a long time before finally turning around and extinguishing the urge to ignite and absorb the energy within her.

"Very good, your composure is quite impressive. Even the embers left behind after a fire are indeed something you cannot withstand in your current state."

Although he was constantly thinking about the next mountain to connect to, a part of Chen Zhou's consciousness was also observing Dou Wen.

Dou Wen's thoughts are easy to see.

But this area, where heaven and earth serve as a furnace, has been used to refine Foundation Establishment Pills for seven whole years.

Even though it has been extinguished, the faint embers still lingering here are enough to burn Dou Wen to ashes.

Chen Zhou didn't warn Dou Wen beforehand, not only because he could easily save Dou Wen's life, but also because he wanted to see if Dou Wen could resist the temptation.

Dou Wen asked, "Brother Zhou, at what level of strength will I be able to absorb this fire seed?"

Although he has given up absorbing it now, Dou Wen still harbors the thought of absorbing it in the future.

"S-rank," Chen Zhou replied casually.

Dou Wen's eyes darkened; the S-rank of the extraordinary person corresponds to the Celestial Being of the martial artist.

Because of the physical harm caused by these abilities, achieving S-rank is even more difficult than becoming a Celestial.

Dou Wen didn't think he was capable of becoming an S-class superhuman; that was too difficult.

Before anyone knew it, Chen Xin had already walked up to Dou Wen's side.

She patted Dou Wen on the shoulder: "Don't be discouraged, anything is possible with effort."

"Once you get my brother's universal cultivation technique for extraordinary people 3.0, you won't have to worry about your body anymore. At that time, you might even become a celestial being."

Chen Zhou nodded: "Xin Xin is right."

Just as a smile appeared on Chen Xin's face, she heard Chen Zhou continue, "So, my lovely little sister, when will you be able to master the martial arts?"

Chen Xin fell silent.

……

The Chen family.

In the living room, Chen Mu and Tong Xiao sat opposite Wang Lang.

There was a cup of hot tea in front of each of the three people, but none of them touched it.

Wang Lang and the two men stared at each other, neither of them showing any intention of speaking first.

Finally, Wang Lang couldn't hold back any longer and got straight to the point: "I came to Shanghai this time for only one thing. Wang Zhou is, after all, my biological son, and I want to take him back to the Wang family to make up for the fatherly love he has missed for the past 24 years."

"At the same time, our Wang family will be handed over to Wang Zhou for inheritance."

Chen Mu's face was serious, and his tone was firm: "No way. A-Zhou is a child of the Chen family, and I will never hand him over to you."

Wang Lang squeezed out a few tears: "I know you like Wang Zhou, and I understand you perfectly. All parents feel this way. Put yourself in my shoes, and you can surely understand my desire to make it up to my child."

Tong Xiao snorted coldly: "If you're so eager to compensate, then bring the share transfer agreement directly."

"Without any sincerity whatsoever, how could I possibly hand Ah Zhou over to you?"

Wang Lang was stunned. He had thought that Chen Mu and his wife would disagree, but he hadn't expected Tong Xiao to be so direct.

To be honest, the Wang family can be handed over to Wang Zhou, provided that Wang Zhou returns to the Wang family.

But now, that's probably impossible.

Since the Grand Master has taken a liking to Wang Zhou, it certainly can't be anything good.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Wang family to be handed over to Wang Zhou now.

Tong Xiao's blunt retort left Wang Lang speechless for a moment.

After a moment of silence, Wang Lang said, "This matter also depends on the child's own wishes. I think he definitely wants to see his biological parents."

"Heh." Tong Xiao sneered and threw out a stack of photos.

"Take a look."

Wang Lang was somewhat puzzled, but he still looked through it.

The locations in the photo are Chen Zhou's kindergarten, primary school, junior high school, and high school, and the people in the photo are Wang Lang and Lu Lin.

"Ah Zhou knows that you have abandoned him, and he also knows that you often observe him. His meaning is very clear, that is, he will not acknowledge you."