I drew a talisman to save the sun from its bleeding state.

Chapter 46 The Demon-Slaying Sword is not strong, so what does it have to do with the Heavenly Vener

Liu Zhen originally didn't want to get involved too much, after all, those who achieve great things need to go through many hardships to temper themselves and achieve their true potential.

But unexpectedly, this brat, seeing that he had his protector, started to act recklessly—taking the Thunder Stone and the Demon-Slaying Sword favored by the Thunder Ancestor to fight the Five Thunder Punishment, and even throwing down his homework book full of Five Thunder Talismans as if afraid that the opponent would not die.

However, there is good news: although the child doesn't know what he's doing, he knows how to avoid harm.

There is also bad news: this child does not have a clear understanding of his own abilities.

Moreover, the child was so polite that he even closed the door for the monster—it's ridiculous, but it's true, he really did close the door without thinking.

If Zhou Zheng hadn't closed the door, Liu Zhen felt he wouldn't need to intervene; suffering a little wouldn't be a big deal.

But he closed the door.

The iron gate flew out like a cannonball and slammed towards Zhou Zheng with incredible speed.

Zhou Zheng also started chirping at the same moment.

Liu Zhen found it amusing and had no choice but to suck the child up, throw him on the ground, and set up a protective shield.

If we don't intervene soon, this kid will really ruin himself.

Zhou Zheng fell to the ground with a thud, staring in disbelief as Liu Zhen raised a light blue circular shield in front of everyone.

Outside the protective shield, the iron-gray door was suspended in mid-air as if the pause button had been pressed, hovering in the position that had almost killed it. It was constantly being baptized by the five-colored lightning that surged up from the basement passage and overturned the concrete floor, gradually turning red and softening.

Inside the protective shield, all was calm, leaving everyone completely dumbfounded.

Outside the protective shield, the entire concrete floor of the factory was torn apart and sent flying into the sky. Five-colored lightning bolts struck the shield densely, creating circles of blue ripples.

The factory ceiling was smashed and sent flying by the cement floor and the five-colored lightning. Everything in front of them was destroyed, torn apart, and smashed away by the extremely violent five-colored lightning.

Like a fleeting moment, yet like eternity.

As the five-colored lightning completely dissipated, everything that had been smashed and thrown into the ground continued to fall, crashing into the crater, outside the factory, and onto the protective shield.

The Five Thunder Punishments, combined with the homework book, directly blew up the entire basement of the factory, and also smashed the factory building in the process. The five-colored lightning shot back into the sky and dissipated.

Liu Zhen asked curiously, "Have you always been this brave?"

Zhou Zheng stood up from the ground, clapped his hands and patted his backside, and peeked out. Only the floor inside the protective shield was intact; the floor outside the shield had long since flown out.

The floor behind them flew away, and now everyone was standing on a suspended floor, protected by a shield.

The entire first floor of the factory building had disappeared, turning into a large crater flashing with lightning. In the center of the crater lay a charred, smoking lizard body. The upper part of the lizard's corpse had spread out like a flower, making it look quite ugly.

Zhou Zheng clicked his tongue: "It's alright. I was just curious about the power of the Five Thunder Punishment. I didn't expect that one plus one would be greater than two."

Liu Zhen laughed: "If you were simply using the Five Thunder Punishments, that would be fine, but you used a magic artifact crafted with the favor of the Heavenly Venerable, and then you threw down the talisman book, which is equivalent to briefly receiving the Heavenly Venerable's blessing."

The Five Thunder Punishment was already top-tier, and the blessing of the Heavenly Venerable's magic weapon made it even more rare—the Demon-Slaying Sword wasn't strong, but what did that have to do with the Heavenly Venerable's favor?

This is also a wonderful use of the Heavenly Venerable's favor; it can be used as a way to "invite the gods" at crucial moments. But clearly, Zhou Zheng didn't know any of this; he simply wanted to test how powerful the thunder magic was and then pull off a miracle.

Zhou Zheng then took out the Qi Sword Blessing Pistol from his waist pouch, peered out from behind the protective shield, and fired at the corpse of the Poison Lizard Cursed Demon at the bottom of the pit.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

Empty the magazine directly.

A question mark appeared above Liu Zhen's head: "What are you doing?"

Zhou Zheng said sincerely, "I'm afraid it has a second life."

Liu Zhen: "..."

Xu Fan: "..."

Xiaoxue: "..."

Tang Ying: "..."

Shen Gang looked at the blasted corpse, his lips twitching slightly.

Liu Zhen shook his head, waved his hand, and used the earth magic from the Five Elements spell to restore the ground behind him. He also used earth magic to create a staircase leading directly to the center of the pit, and then smoothed out the surrounding spiritual energy to prevent the children from getting hurt.

Liu Zhen removed the protective shield.

Zhou Zheng kicked Shen Gang down.

Xu Fan: "Huh!? Holy crap! Zhou, why did you kick him down?"

Shen Gang fell into the pit and cried out in pain.

Zhou Zheng: "You're being kind again, it was just a small favor?"

Xu Fan: "...I'm not kind-hearted, it's just a bit sudden."

Zhou Zheng smiled and shook his head: "I've noticed that you can talk about wiping out someone's whole family, but when it really comes down to it, you become kind."

It can only be said that Xu Fan is a normal, kind person, but he doesn't have much experience in wiping out entire families. Unlike me, he doesn't act decisively and swiftly.

Xu Fan grinned, "You kicked him to death, how are we supposed to interrogate him now?"

Zhou Zheng rolled his eyes, channeled his spiritual energy to activate the Qi Sword Blessing, and aimed it at Shen Gang, who was screaming in agony in the pit.

Shen Gang was in so much pain that he was soaked in sweat and felt weak and powerless. Seeing the gun pointed at him, he hurriedly raised his left hand: "No, no, no! I'll talk, I'll talk!"

"Bang!"

Blood splattered between Shen Gang's eyebrows, and he lay motionless in the pit, his expression frozen.

Xu Fan was dumbfounded: "Huh?"

Zhou Zheng: "What? If he wanted to confess, he would have already. You can drag his soul out and interrogate him yourself. I'm too lazy to ask."

Xu Fan swallowed hard. "Brother Zhou, I was just kidding. It's torture to take someone's soul right after they die a violent death. I can't bring myself to do it."

Zhou Zheng raised his hand and used his spiritual power to draw the Rejuvenation Talisman and the Medicine King Talisman, which he then affixed to Xu Fan's body.

Xu Fan: "Huh? What are you doing, Brother Zhou?"

Zhou Zheng pressed down on his shoulder, making him stand at the edge of the protective barrier, and raised his foot to prepare to kick him hard.

Xu Fan, full of energy, hurriedly shouted, "I'll hook it! Brother Zhou, don't kick me!"

Zhou Zheng rolled his eyes: "What's wrong with you? Don't you think about Xiao Ye? Don't you think about how you and Xiao Ye would have been killed long ago if I hadn't been here? What kind of professional ethics do you have?"

Xu Fan chuckled: "I'm just having an occupational hazard; I'm going to go hook up right now."

Zhou Zheng kicked him down.

Xu Fan quickly transformed into black mist in mid-air and landed, avoiding damage.

Zhou Zheng shook his head: "Just talking nonsense."

They talk a big game, but when it comes to actually doing it, they can't even crack a finger properly.

Xiaoxue: "Um... I'm sorry, Brother Zhou."

A question mark appeared above Zhou Zheng's head: "What apology?"

Xiaoxue said cautiously, "I thought you went too far before, but now I understand that you did the right thing. You've done so much, yet Shen Gang still wants to harm and kill people."

Some people are inherently evil and hard to change.

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "It's normal. You've never been exposed to these things before, so it's normal that you don't understand them."

Zhou Zheng took out three coins, activated the fate calculation, and began to collect the important information remaining here.

A moment later, Xu Fan's black mist flew up and condensed into a physical form: "Brother Zhou, why don't you continue the interrogation? I'm really not as... professional as you."

Zhou Zheng: "No need, I can find the answer using deduction. You can take it back and practice on your own."

Xu Fan asked expectantly, "What's the clue?"

Zhou Zheng held up a finger: "A sect called the Nine Streams Sect, and an old man with white hair wearing a Taoist robe, but he quickly obscured my deductions."

Xu Fan nodded obediently.

Zhou Zheng gestured with his lip: "By the way, go back and kill his whole family."

Xu Fan's forehead was sweating: "Really killing an entire family? I have no experience with that."

Zhou Zheng laughed: "It's fine if you don't kill them, but you have to make sure they won't seek revenge on you later."

Xu Fan is, after all, a regular employee of the Underworld, so whether he is killed or not is unlikely to have much impact on him.

Xu Fan gasped slightly: "Okay, I'll think of something."

He only realized at the last minute that he wasn't a ruthless person. He had no qualms about killing Shen Gang, but he still couldn't bring himself to kill those unarmed ordinary people.

Zhou Zheng: "Okay, then you can handle it yourself. Brother Liu, is this corpse in the pit useful? Could you collect it for me?"

Liu Zhen raised his hand and pointed in the air, collecting the corpse of the Poison Lizard Cursed Beast: "It's useful. It can also be used as the basis for your deductions. This Nine Streams Sect is indeed meticulous in its work; they didn't leave many clues."

Zhou Zheng stroked his chin: "They can't be without flaws. We can start with the fakes and see if we can find new clues. Or we can ask Master Xuan and the others for help to see if they have any information about the Nine Streams Sect."

No matter how meticulous the investigation, it's impossible to erase all information. As long as you're willing to spend time investigating, you can catch them red-handed—even if they abandon their plans and evacuate en masse, it only increases the difficulty of the investigation.

At worst, we can upgrade our divination level and strength, and then force them out.

Zhou Zheng called Xuan Yizi, intending to ask them if they knew about the Nine Schools.

After listening, Xuan Yizi said, "I know, I still remember it very well."