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

Chapter 25 He's practically a superman

"Thank you, God of Thunder. My home is nearby; I can get off here."

Zhou Zheng helped open the car door and pointed to the back: "The shared bikes are in the trunk. You can ride them back yourself. By the way, don't go around telling everyone. Let's leave it at that for today, so you don't get yourself into trouble."

The clever rabbit quickly clasped its hands together in gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Thunder God!"

Zhou Zheng: "Uh, my name isn't Lei Gong. Never mind, see you later, be careful."

A bead of sweat appeared on Ling Tu's forehead. After a moment's hesitation, she pressed on, "Lei Gong, we made a lot of money from this livestream. How much do you want?"

Zhou Zheng asked curiously, "How much did you earn?"

Lingtu hurriedly opened the backend and handed over the data: "Look."

Zhou Zheng glanced at it; it was a multi-figure sum. He smiled and said, "Not bad, but I don't need that much money. You can use some of it for charity. Doing a good deed every day will make up for today's earnings."

The clever rabbit was deeply grateful and clasped its hands together in thanks, saying, "Thank you, Living Thunder God!"

Zhou Zheng waved his hand, turned around and got into the car, watching Lingtu take the shared bicycle down, and then signaled the driver to drive back to the villa area.

A pop-up window appeared.

[Lei Zu is very satisfied with your actions tonight and has reduced the amount you owe for fulfilling your grand vows, granting you a seven-day rest. If your performance is outstanding, Lei Zu may bestow upon you a permanent trait at his discretion.]

Zhou Zheng smiled slightly. "If Lei Zu tells me to rest, then I should rest? Wouldn't that make me seem too passive? No, I won't. After resting and training, I'll go out and play with the evil spirits again."

……

Back at Xiaoxue's house, Aunt Xue Ting didn't rest. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her daughter was safe and sound, and then came forward to inquire about Zhou Zheng's injuries.

Zhou Zheng spread his arms wide: "A speedrun without taking any damage, it's just a pity about the clothes and pants. Auntie, could you please prepare another set for me?"

Xue Ting looked at the bloodstains on Zhou Zheng's body, but couldn't see any wounds, and became puzzled: "Master Zhou, weren't you going to fight evil spirits? Evil spirits have blood too?"

Zhou Zheng laughed and strode towards the bathroom in the corner of the first floor: "Anyway, I've already completed the speedrun without taking any damage, so I'm going to take a shower first."

Xiaoxue hurriedly took off her fanny pack and put it on the sofa, then rushed upstairs: "I'm going to take a shower too! I can't stand it, it's so dirty!"

The two of them each took a bathroom and ran away at lightning speed.

The people in the hall looked at each other, and finally looked at Tang Ying and the armed team members who had not yet left.

Tang Ying took the recorder off her collar: "I just asked the lady for the live stream replay video. Boss, would you like to play it now?"

Xiao Zhengjun sat upright on the sofa and nodded: "Put it down."

Xue Ting, Xuan Yizi, and the others sat on the sofa and had Tang Ying transfer the data to their mobile phones, which were then played on the large TV in the living room.

Tang Ying: "This is how we entered the abandoned villa."

The video begins when Zhou Zheng steps into the villa and is not long, less than three minutes in length.

Zhou Zheng charged up the stairs, carrying his blue high-pressure sword, his dashing and fearless figure leaving everyone stunned. When the video reached the part where the argument intensified and thunder roared, everyone watched with wide eyes.

In less than ten seconds, Zhou Zheng was sent flying, crashing through the railing and landing in the lobby on the first floor. He slammed against the wall and fell down, then stood up while holding onto the wall, violently swinging his right leg and right arm against it to straighten his arm.

Xiao Zhengjun pressed pause, his eyelids twitching slightly: "Tang Ying, can you do that?"

Tang Ying nodded: "I can, but... I can't fly off the third floor, hit a wall, and still stand up."

Xiao Zhengjun turned around, looked back at his villa, his gaze lingering on the third-floor railing, then gliding across the air to the nearby wall, where he made a serious assessment.

Everyone followed Xiao Zhengjun's gaze, then glanced at the video, their expressions complex and strange.

This is absolutely superhuman.

Xue Ting covered her mouth: "Master Xuan, are cultivators really this robust?"

Xuan Yizi looked at his old arms and legs, his face contorted with embarrassment: "It's because Master Zhou is so robust that I now understand why his talismans are so powerful. It turns out that a powerful person came to draw powerful talismans."

This person is good at drawing talismans, no. This person is also very good at other things, even if they don't draw talismans.

The armed security guards clicked their tongues in amazement: "My goodness, Master Zhou is simply superhuman; he can actually withstand this."

"This is one person fighting five evil spirits alone. If it were me, I would have run away long ago. Master Zhou actually rushed up without even blinking. That's amazing."

"Just kidding, the moment I saw the five evil spirits, I called for backup."

In formal training, solo combat and individual heroism are never encouraged. Instead, the focus is on outnumbering the enemy, using superior strength to defeat weaker opponents, and employing tactics such as encirclement and suppression of reinforcements to minimize losses and casualties and maximize the success rate.

Xuan Yizi was taken aback: "Is the Thunder Ancestor's test this strict?"

That shouldn't be the case, right? Or is Master Zhou somewhat special?

Xiao Zhengjun made a serious assessment and finally had to admit that Zhou Zheng's strength far exceeded his expectations: "He's practically an iron man."

Even after falling like that, he didn't forget to get up, comfort everyone, and boost morale before charging forward again with renewed fighting spirit to take on one-on-one challenges.

Xiao Zhengjun turned around and clicked to continue playing.

Everyone eagerly gathered around to watch, and the more they watched, the more speechless they became.

This is simply superman.

……

When Zhou Zheng finished showering, changed his clothes, and came out drying his hair with a towel, he was taken aback when he saw everyone in the hall analyzing his battle frame by frame: "What are you all looking at?"

Xuan Yizi turned around: "Let's study how you, Daoist Zhou, became an immortal."

Zhou Zheng smiled: "Master Xuan, how were your results?"

Xuan Yizi shrugged: "Not so great. Those guys are incredibly cunning. By the time I caught up, they were already gone. I had to ask a friend to track them down. Let's talk about you, Master Zhou. Can you tell me what your reasons were for challenging the Five Elements Formation of the Fierce Ground?"

Zhou Zheng asked in confusion, "What Five Elements Array? But I did hear Xu Fan mention something about a Yin Gathering Array or something? Is it an array that amplifies evil spirits?"

Xuan Yizi: "...The Five Evil Spirits often use some enhancement techniques. Whether they do it actively or passively, they all possess some rudimentary skills, especially a family like this. Is Lei Zu being so demanding of you? Making you go and fight the Five Evil Spirits one-on-one at midnight."

Zhou Zheng put the towel on the table and gestured with his chin: "I was originally going to check out a haunted place nearby, but then I saw some living people around, so I went over to see what was going on. Then I saw five evil spirits in the villa, and I figured if there were evil spirits, I'd just go for it, and that was it."

Five health bars have leaked, so why shouldn't I go in?

He paused for a moment.

Zhou Zheng added, "Lei Zu originally intended for me to come here to learn about evil spirits. He didn't expect me to choose such a difficult task and risk my life."

Xuan Yizi was stunned: "What did Lei Zu say?"

Zhou Zheng remained expressionless: "Hahaha."

Xuan Yizi: "?"

Zhou Zheng: "...That's really what he said."

Xuan Yizi chuckled and coughed, "Young and promising, young and promising."

From Lei Zu's perspective, this is absolutely hilarious. He assigns a child a learning task to observe and learn, but the child just goes up and knocks five evil spirits away. Although the learning task isn't completed, the combat task is overachieved.

The child is a bit careless, but he is very good at fighting.

"Wow, are you guys analyzing Zhou Ge's amazing battle replays?"

Xiaoxue ran out with slightly damp hair, wearing a bright summer outfit, her eyes shining.

Zhou Zheng: "There's nothing to study. These past few times, it seemed like I was being knocked away, but in reality, I deliberately used space to buy time, stalling for time to heal and recover before going back to fight them."

Xiao Zhengjun looked at the frozen frame in the video. Zhou Zheng looked as if he had been hit by a huge force and crashed through the guardrail, flying into the air. It didn't look like he was deliberately knocked away.

Zhou's complexion remained normal.

Xiao Zhengjun stood up: "Alright, I'm going to rest. Everyone should rest early too, we still have to work tomorrow."

Everyone made way, watching as the big boss went upstairs to rest.

Aunt Xue Ting comforted her daughter and then walked briskly to catch up with her husband.

Seeing this, the others had no choice but to leave or return to their posts, whispering among themselves about whether Master Zhou was truly a superhuman.

Soon, only Zhou Zheng, Xiao Xue, Tang Ying (who kept a low profile as the security captain), and armed security guards who occasionally patrolled the hall remained in the lobby.

Zhou Zheng shrugged, lay down on the sofa, picked up the remote control, turned the volume down to the lowest setting, and then played the entire video to see where there was room for improvement.

Xiaoxue sat down beside him eagerly, and asked in a soft, sweet voice in Mandarin, "Brother Zhou, what do you think of my performance?"

Zhou Zheng shuddered and hurriedly rubbed his arms to suppress the goosebumps: "Please stop pinching it, it's really uncomfortable."

Xiaoxue usually speaks mostly in her local dialect, with only a little Mandarin. It's quite friendly to chat with her, just like talking to a close relative. Plus, after playing games together for so long, I'm used to hearing dialect-accented Mandarin, so it feels really strange when she suddenly speaks Mandarin with that mixed accent.

Xiaoxue puffed out her cheeks in anger and sat cross-legged: "I'm ignoring you!"

Zhou Zheng almost burst out laughing.

Xiaoxue was even angrier.

Zhou Zheng suppressed a laugh: "What exactly do you like about me? Should I change it?"