Chapter 7: Deception Across the Sea

  Zhou Jian's method is very simple, which is to deceive heaven and cross the sea.

  He first withdrew his feet and wrapped them in white cloth, making it seem as if they were severed. When Zhou Feng and Deng Yun saw this, they would surely have no doubts about him and be overjoyed. Immediately, he invited Zhou Wang to prepare for the enthronement of the crown prince.

  As for the various countries on the mainland, the kings' ascension to the throne and the establishment of crown princes were not things that could be done casually. They required the approval of the Immortal Sect, who would send an elder from within the sect to confer the title.

  The elder of Xianmen is not easy to invite, once an invitation is issued, a crown prince must be established.

  Zhou Feng thought that if his legs were crippled, he would have no chance. Zhou Feng could be unexpectedly appointed as the crown prince with the status of a younger son. But what if he appeared in court with perfectly fine legs? At that time, there must be elderly officials who respected the tradition of the eldest son succeeding to the throne and would speak up for him.

  This will catch Zhou Feng off guard, and with the elder of Xianmen present, it's impossible to delay any further. Unless King Zhou has truly gone mad, he will definitely appoint him as the crown prince.

  Zhou Jian's character is that once he has made a decision, he will charge forward, even if it means shedding blood.

  "Is this what they mean by 'love at first sight'?"

  Thinking of this, Zhou Jian coldly smiled and said.

  As soon as he thought about it, Zhou Jian sat down cross-legged and began to circulate the Zhou Tian changes. The demonic energy that had been dormant in his heart suddenly burst out and flowed through his entire body. Zhou Jian's body also became extremely soft, and he imagined himself as a demonic snake.

  Immediately, Zhou Jian concentrated his mind on his left leg and desperately manipulated the evil energy to shorten it.

  "Rustle rustle."

  As the demonic energy circulated, Zhou Jian's left leg miraculously began to shrink slowly, his skeleton seeming to be crushed, emitting a series of crackling sounds. The process was accompanied by unbearable pain.

  This pain is nothing compared to when I swallowed that rich, fresh blood just now.

  Zhou Jian's face turned slightly pale, but he gritted his teeth and endured it. Soon after, Zhou Jian's leg shrunk smaller and retracted into his thigh, his left leg seemed to have been cut off, and it was smooth and flat, without any signs of abnormality.

  "Alright, if you want to hit someone, first withdraw your fist. Now just bear with it for a moment." Zhou Jian opened his eyes, took a glance at his left leg, and revealed a smile, then stood up.

  Now Zhou Jian is also a humanoid monster, his physical body has naturally become stronger. He can balance with just one leg.

  Zhou Jian moved a bit and found nothing wrong. However, this appearance was really not pleasant to look at.

  After some thought, Zhou Jian arrived at a small palace within the Qing Shui Palace.

  It was pitch black all around, but Zhou Jian saw everything clearly, as if it were daytime.

  The situation inside the palace is really out of place with this world. Because everywhere there are scattered parts, springs, screws, various wooden and iron materials, as well as a toolbox and a small drill press.

  There was even a small car, although somewhat rough, but it was Zhou Jian's heart and soul.

  Zhou Jian is a mechanical expert, more importantly, he is also the eldest son of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and in the past, whatever he wanted, he had. These things, to Zhou Jian, are just toys.

  Zhou Jian smiled, picked up the small cart, which was powered by a spring. He had made it himself after learning that his mother was pregnant and he might have younger siblings. Unfortunately, his sister couldn't see it, so the cart had been left here all along.

  Zhou Jian was dismayed for a moment, abandoned the small cart on one side, and opened the toolbox.

  Inside there are screwdrivers, wrenches, grinding stones and all sorts of tools.

  Then, Zhou Jian sat down and started carving the wood. Soon, a foot and a small leg were completed. Zhou Jian took out two steel plates, processed them, removed the screws, and fixed the foot and small leg in place.

  Then comes the thigh.

  Zhou Jian wanted to make a wooden prosthetic leg so he wouldn't have to walk with one leg.

  At this moment, Zhou Jian's strength was immense and everything he did was extremely fast. Before long, a prosthetic leg appeared, complete with a knee joint that could move slightly, truly lifelike.

  After finishing, Zhou set up the prosthesis on his thigh. After moving around a bit, apart from being slightly lame, there were no major defects.

  "This way, my second brother won't suspect that I'm faking a broken leg either." After walking around with the fake limb for a while, a smile appeared on Zhou Jian's face, and he actually looked forward to attending the morning meeting as soon as possible.

  What is more hateful than a treacherous sword, and what can make an enemy suffer more?

  However, Zhou Jian didn't go as far as to find Zhou Feng and say that he had broken his own leg. He just waited for three days, then showed off his fake limb to Zhou Feng and Deng Yun, pretending to be weak.

  Seize the only opportunity.

  Therefore, for the next three days, Zhou Jian cultivated the Heavenly Transformation, hoping to make further progress and transform into a Scarlet Python, but the time was still too short, with no significant effect.

  On this day, Zhou Jian woke up from his cultivation.

  He felt a strange change, and immediately got up to the side of the copper mirror. In the mirror, the reflection of a strong young man was projected, after taking a look, Zhou Jian cast his gaze towards the youth's eyes, is this the snake pupil?

  Zhou Jian saw his own eyes change into snake pupils.

  Immediately, Zhou Jian opened his palm, and a ball of flame appeared in the center of his hand. It was very bright, but Zhou Jian didn't feel any heat, instead, he felt a sense of intimacy.

  Zhou Jian's mind recalled the introduction in Yu Jian, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, which was somewhat effective.

  "Brother, brother, there are many people coming from outside." At this time, Zhou Meng's voice rang out, slightly panicked.

  Zhou Jian instantly knew that Zhou Feng and Deng Yun had arrived at his doorstep. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and his palm clenched into a fist, causing the bright fireball to suddenly dissipate into dust and disappear.

  At this time, Zhou Meng had rushed in from outside, her small face pale and looking very timid.

  "Don't worry, brother not only has the power, but also has a plan. Can protect you now." Zhou Jian sighed and stretched out his hand to hold Zhou Meng's waist, embracing her in his arms, gently stroking her hair, saying.

  He is now completely different from three days ago.

  "Uh-huh."

  Zhou Meng nodded vaguely, but still nodded, only feeling extremely at ease in her brother's arms.

  After comforting Zhou Meng and letting Zhou Meng hold Xiao Bai in the house, Zhou Jian went out.

  A moment later, Zhou Jian saw Zhou Feng, dressed as the prince three days ago. However, Zhou Feng's face was much darker than three days ago, and Deng Yun was nowhere to be seen.

  Is he nursing his wounds or simply too ashamed to show up?

  A cold smile appeared on Zhou Jian's face.

  Zhou Feng didn't look at Zhou Jian, but instead looked at Zhou Jian's leg. A cultivator in the Qi Refining stage could sense that one of Zhou Jian's legs was a prosthetic, made of wood.

  "Big brother is indeed big brother, with the demeanor of an elder brother." Zhou Feng's originally gloomy face suddenly cleared up, he took a deep breath and spoke to Zhou Jian.

  "Your purpose has been achieved, you can leave now." Zhou Jian said indifferently without giving Zhou Feng a good look.

  "No rush." Zhou Feng said with a cold smile.

  He continued, "Originally, I was going to break your leg, Elder Brother, so that you could explain it to the imperial court. And it would be said that Elder Brother's legs were born inconvenient. But now that your leg is broken, this explanation needs to be changed. If you encounter an official asking about it, please say that you were bitten by a poisonous snake and there was no cure, so you had to grit your teeth and cut off the leg."

  "Alright." Zhou Jian said without hesitation, it didn't matter how things went, anyway his leg was fine now, as long as he showed up at the morning assembly and made an appearance.

  "I won't be in your way anymore, big brother. Goodbye." Zhou Feng nodded and turned to leave.

  "The deer will die in whose hand, let's see later."

  Facing Zhou Feng's back, Zhou Jian coldly said a sentence in his heart.