Chapter 941 - Fruit Ripens (1/2)

“Where’s the bell?” Zhou Wen wanted to say something to the ice maiden when he suddenly heard The Thearch’s voice in his mind.

“The Thearch, something wrong happened during the teleportation. I didn’t find the tower you mentioned,” Zhou Wen answered.

“Impossible. The bronze tripod can only teleport to one place. You must have been able to see that tower.” Although The Thearch said so, she seemed to be holding back.

She didn’t see Doctor Darkness holding the bell, and the bell could only be held by experts at or above the Terror grade. Ordinary storage spaces couldn’t store the bell.

“I’m telling the truth.” Zhou Wen immediately recounted his experience.

When The Thearch heard his description of the volcanic region, she believed him a little. This was because it was very difficult to enter that area from Earth or the dimension. If Zhou Wen had only heard of the existence of such a place, it was impossible for him to describe it in such detail.

Strange, how did he teleport there? In the cave, The Thearch muttered to herself. She already believed that Zhou Wen hadn’t obtained the bell.

The place she wanted Zhou Wen to go was in a dimensional space. And with Zhou Wen in that volcanic area, it was impossible for him to enter another dimension, so it was naturally impossible for him to find the tower to obtain the bell.

“That’s not right. If you hadn’t entered the dimension, how could you have helped the Nine-Tailed Fox pass her message to the Emperor of Shang?” The Thearch suddenly realized something.

When Zhou Wen heard The Thearch’s words, he knew that nothing in Chess Mountain could hide from her. Thankfully, he only needed to use his mind to converse with the ice maiden in the chaos space. He likely hadn’t been discovered by The Thearch. All he could do was continue, “I’m not done. After I arrived at the volcanic area, I saw a huge mountain peak. It was like a heavenly pillar that pierced into the sky. I thought the tower you mentioned was atop that, so I ascended it. To my surprise, I didn’t see the tower, but I saw an ice castle…”

Zhou Wen fabricated some changes filled with half-truths. He didn’t mention the Heaven Shrouding Bell or the ice maiden that he had abducted and brought to Earth.

What you want is the bell in the tower. The one I have isn’t the bell in the tower. It’s naturally not what you want, Zhou Wen thought. He planned on getting the Heaven Shrouding Bell from the ice maiden and monopolizing it for himself.

Seeing how detailed Zhou Wen was, The Thearch knew that something had gone wrong with Zhou Wen’s teleportation. It was already lucky for him to return alive.

“I never expected such a teleportation mistake to happen to the bronze tripod. How strange. Did you do anything during the teleportation?” The Thearch asked in thought.

“What could I do? I was just waiting for the teleportation,” Zhou Wen said.

The Thearch thought for a moment and felt that Zhou Wen’s strength wasn’t capable of affecting the spatial teleportation. Furthermore, he wasn’t a fool. Why would he deliberately make a mess of the teleportation coordinates?

Unable to figure it out, The Thearch didn’t say anything else. She waited until Zhou Wen walked to the flower outside Chess Mountain before saying, “Swear to the flower that you didn’t obtain the bell.”

Although The Thearch didn’t think there was anything wrong with what Zhou Wen had said, she didn’t trust him.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen raised his hand and swore at the flower on the mountain wall. “I swear that I didn’t see the tower or obtain a bell from the tower. If there’s any falsehood, I’ll be condemned by my conscience for life.”

Boom!

A clap of thunder sounded out of thin air. It looked like the power of the oath had taken effect, but Zhou Wen was safe and sound. Only then did The Thearch believe him.

“The Thearch, if there’s nothing else, I’ll head back now.” Zhou Wen bade farewell and left Chess Mountain to return to school.