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Chapter 421: Chapter 241: The Road to Heaven

Gu Zheng roared with laughter, his voice echoing in the empty underground space.

Sen Taibai and the others guarding outside hurriedly rushed in.

"What is it? What happened?"

"What’s going on?"

"You idiot. With our Lord here, what could possibly go wrong?"

"..."

The group spoke with nervous tension.

"It’s nothing." Gu Zheng turned to face Sen Taibai and the others, a smile on his face. "We can leave."

"Leave? Leave for where..."

Sen Taibai replied instinctively. When the meaning sank in, his eyes shot wide open, his body began to tremble, and he stammered out a question.

"M-My Lord... when you say leave... do you mean leaving the ’Ice Prison’?"

As he finished speaking, Sen Taibai swallowed hard.

The other Two-Ear Race People around them all froze, standing dumbfounded.

But every one of them had their ears pricked up, their eyes all staring intently at Gu Zheng.

"Yes."

Gu Zheng replied softly, "I’ve subdued the insect. It..."

"AHHH~!!"

"HAHAHA!"

"SOB SOB SOB~~~"

Before Gu Zheng could finish, the Two-Eared Race People present went wild.

There was shouting, laughing, and sobbing.

The group was in a frenzy, shouting and jumping, completely overcome with emotion.

Leaving the ’Ice Prison’!

After being trapped in this frozen space for thirty thousand years, they could finally leave?

Surprise, excitement, elation...

A flood of emotions washed over them, impossible to suppress.

Even Sen Taibai’s eyes were wide, his breathing ragged, his body shaking slightly.

He knew all too well what leaving the ’Ice Prison’ meant.

Gu Zheng would never lie to them about this.

If Gu Zheng said they could leave, then they really could leave!

"Quiet down... Everyone, quiet down!"

After a moment, Sen Taibai snapped. He pointed at the others around him and scolded irritably, "What are you all caterwauling for? Let our Lord finish speaking."

"Hehe~"

"Right, right. Our apologies, my Lord."

"..."

The crowd of Two-Ear Race People finally came to their senses and calmed down, but their faces were still alight with excitement and beaming with smiles.

Gu Zheng didn’t scold them. He let them vent their emotions. It was better for them to get it all out.

"As I was saying, our departure depends on this little vegetable thief."

With a flick of his wrist, a tiny figure burrowed out from the Cold Liquid Vegetables on the ground and landed in Gu Zheng’s palm.

"This is it."

Gu Zheng gestured to the mole cricket in his palm. "Its name is the Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket. It can traverse the void, traveling between different spaces."

The Exotic Insect, the Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket!

This was the very prize Gu Zheng had awaited in the vegetable patch for five days.

Mole crickets are skilled at digging through earth, but this particular one could "reach the heavens," burrowing into one space after another to steal various Spirit Medicines and Spiritual Vegetables.

It is important to note: it traveled between spaces, not worlds!

A major world like the Great Zhou World or the Demon Realm has incredibly powerful barriers that involve various Dao Laws.

The Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket does not yet have the power to pierce through a world’s barrier.

However, it can penetrate and enter Spirit Realm Spaces, such as the ’Ice Prison’ and Noble Ancestral Lands.

For instance, the Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket appeared in the vegetable patch of the four great Alien Races to steal Cold Liquid Vegetables only because it happened to pass by the ’Ice Prison’, discovered the plants, and decided to stay for a while to continuously steal them.

In the end, this attracted Gu Zheng.

When he activated the Equipment Effect of the ’Lord of Hundred Insects’, the cricket automatically accepted him as its master.

The Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket just so happened to be one of the hundred Exotic Insects he could control.

...

"The Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket? My Lord, you’ve subdued this Exotic Insect?"

Sen Taibai stared at the little creature in Gu Zheng’s palm, a look of shocked delight on his face.

"Of course."

Gu Zheng nodded. "With its help, we can all leave the ’Ice Prison’. However, for this little fellow to dig a tunnel, it needs to eat constantly."

"Eat? You mean the Cold Liquid Vegetables, right? Let it eat!"

Sen Taibai waved his hand magnanimously. "We still have plenty of Cold Liquid Vegetables stored away, and we’ve also saved up some Frost Rabbit meat. It can have all these immature Cold Liquid Vegetables, too."

’It was a laughable notion to be stingy now. The only reason they needed the Cold Liquid Vegetables in the first place was because they couldn’t leave the ’Ice Prison’.’

’Now that they could finally leave, who gave a damn about Cold Liquid Vegetables?’

’After eating Cold Liquid Vegetables for thirty thousand years, every single person from the Two-Eared, Three-Eyed, and the other two Alien Races was sick to the point of vomiting at the mere thought of them.’

’They only forced themselves to eat the Cold Liquid Vegetables because there were no other options.’

’But now? Now the Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket could have them all!’

...

They could finally leave the ’Ice Prison’!

The news spread quickly.

Upon hearing the news, members of the Three-Eyed Race, the Toothless Race, and the Hidden Spirit Race all came rushing over.

Even Goron, the Undead Race Great Monarch, came running when he heard.

Goron’s injuries required Death Qi to heal, but Death Qi was difficult to gather in the ’Ice Prison’.

It had long grown tired of being trapped here.

It was just as thrilled as the others at the prospect of leaving.

After seeing the Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket, Bo Taixing, Wutai City, Ji Taihao, and the others were just as ecstatic as Sen Taibai. They brought out the unripe Cold Liquid Vegetables and let the Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket eat its fill.

Once it was full, it could start digging the spatial tunnel.

The entrance to this spatial tunnel was set to be in the Two-Eared Race’s vegetable patch.

As for the exit at the other end, Gu Zheng specifically instructed the Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket to find a Spirit Realm Space that was inhabited.

Ownerless Spirit Realms drifted about unpredictably; going to one would make returning to the mortal world just as difficult.

An inhabited Spirit Realm Space was a different story.

Even if they ended up in the Ancestral Land of some Noble Family, it wouldn’t be a problem.

With Gu Zheng’s power, combined with four King’s Body cultivators—Sen Taibai, Ji Taihao, Bo Taixing, and Wutai City—plus Goron, the Undead Race Great Monarch, their collective strength was such that they feared no Noble Family.

And so...

The Heaven-Reaching Mole Cricket feasted on the Cold Liquid Vegetables and worked day and night, tirelessly digging the spatial tunnel.

Meanwhile, Ji Taihao, Sen Taibai, and the other Aliens used their remaining time to search for Ice Dragon Fruits, digging them up to take with them.