The woman shook her head shyly, "No, even if there was, it has already been consumed by me."
"Alright," Zhou Hong thought with a wry smile. He had been hoping to find some treasures in the immortal mansion, but it turned out to be all for naught.
"I'm sorry. How about I compensate you with something?" the woman offered.
"What can you compensate me with? Didn't you say there were no good things in the immortal mansion?"
"I can write an IOU first."
"Heh, forget it."
At that moment, Zhou Hong's grandfather's voice from his past life echoed in his mind, "You silly boy, if there are no treasures in the immortal mansion, then this immortal mansion itself is a treasure."
"Grandpa, what use can I have for this immortal mansion?"
"Isn't that obvious? You can treat it as the best defensive weapon. Carry it with you. If you encounter enemies, just hide inside the immortal mansion. No matter how powerful the enemy is, they won't be able to break in."
Zhou Hong's eyes lit up.
"Ruolan, I have a request," Zhou Hong said quickly.
"Okay, I promise you anything," the woman, Ruolan, blushed slightly and lowered her head, looking a bit shy.
Zhou Hong's heart skipped a beat. Had Ruolan misunderstood something?
"Don't misunderstand. I'm not after your body. I mean, after I bring you to the surface, could you give me your father's immortal mansion?"
"Oh," Ruolan replied with a hint of awkwardness.
"What do you think? After all, this is your father's遗物 (relic). I must ask you."
"No problem. I can't take it with me anyway. If you have the ability to take it, then it's yours."
"Thank you."
Zhou Hong immediately contacted his grandfather in his mind to ask how to carry it with him.
Under his grandfather's guidance, Zhou Hong successfully stored the immortal mansion in his palm. From then on, Zhou Hong only needed to flip his palm, and the immortal mansion would instantly appear.
At this moment, outside the immortal mansion, those who were waiting suddenly saw the immortal mansion disappear the next second. In its place was a large hole, and Zhou Hong and a woman were seen inside it.
"What's going on? Where's the immortal mansion?" Everyone was bewildered. They had no idea that Zhou Hong had collected the immortal mansion into his palm.
"Who is this woman?"
A murmur went through the crowd.
Zhou Hong stepped forward and addressed them, "Everyone, this immortal mansion has an owner. This woman is the owner of the immortal mansion. This immortal mansion belonged to her father. I only found out after entering the immortal mansion. Now, the immortal mansion has been taken by me. Everyone should leave. This thing is gone."
The crowd looked at Zhou Hong with doubt.
Zhou Hong was direct. He flipped his palm, and the next second, an immortal mansion instantly appeared before them, startling everyone. Zhou Hong took this opportunity to test it out.
A few seconds later, Zhou Hong instantly retracted the immortal mansion back into his palm.
"As you can all see, the immortal mansion has become something I carry with me. Of course, you must all be wondering if there are any treasures inside. I can only regretfully tell you that there are none. It's empty. Otherwise, I would have certainly bestowed some upon you."
Although disappointed, the crowd could only accept what Zhou Hong said. Even if Zhou Hong had treasures and refused to share them, what could they do? After all, they had witnessed Zhou Hong's abilities, which were beyond their imagination.
"Ruolan, let's go."
"Okay."
Zhou Hong led Ruolan, rushing towards the surface. After a while, they arrived above ground.
Ruolan looked up at the sky, tears streaming down her face. She thought she would never see the outside world again in her life.
"Thank you, Zhou Hong, for letting me see the light of day again."
"You're welcome. What are your plans now?"
"I...!" Just as Ruolan was about to say something, the sky suddenly became overcast with dark clouds, as if a heavenly tribulation was about to descend.
Indeed, the next second, a thick bolt of lightning struck down from the sky towards Ruolan.
It turned out that Ruolan had reached the surface and finally sensed the heavenly tribulation. In fact, if she hadn't been hiding in the immortal mansion all along, she would have passed the tribulation long ago and even ascended to immortality.
"Boom!" The thick lightning struck Ruolan's body, but it seemed to have no effect, as if it were merely a tickle. She easily passed the first heavenly tribulation.
Ruolan's cultivation realm finally advanced to the early stage of Tribulation Transcendence.
"Zhou Hong, I've finally improved," Ruolan said, crying.
"Yes, congratulations. You sensed the heavenly tribulation as soon as you reached the surface."
"Mhm."
Just then, the dark clouds in the sky gathered again, and a even greater heavenly tribulation seemed to be imminent.
Zhou Hong's brows furrowed, and he asked in confusion, "What's going on? Could it be? Two heavenly tribulations at once?"
As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, a lightning tribulation ten times stronger descended from the sky towards Ruolan.
Similarly, Ruolan's body was as if forged from iron. The strike landed on her without any abnormality, and she easily passed it again.
Ruolan's cultivation realm increased once more, reaching the middle stage of Tribulation Transcendence.
Zhou Hong couldn't help but smile. It turned out that these heavenly tribulations were debts from the past, which were now descending all at once. If his prediction was correct, the third one would arrive soon.
As expected, the dark clouds in the sky intensified again, and a lightning pillar one hundred times stronger than the previous one roared down from the sky. Even Zhou Hong felt a chill.
"Boom!" Under the bombardment of the third heavenly tribulation, Ruolan's clothes instantly turned to dust. However, her body was incredibly strong. Even though her clothes were gone, her body did not turn charred.
Thus, despite being a bit precarious, she easily passed the third heavenly tribulation.
Zhou Hong quickly stepped forward and wrapped Ruolan's body with his jacket. Ruolan seemed a bit weak and fell onto Zhou Hong's body, as she had endured three consecutive heavenly tribulations. Su Dan Novel Network
"Congratulations. The three heavenly tribulations you owed from the past have arrived simultaneously at the moment you emerged from the ground. You are now in the late stage of Tribulation Transcendence, and the next step is to enter the Mahayana stage."
Ruolan gave a faint smile and then fainted.
Zhou Hong quickly carried her away from the scene and found an inn.
About two hours later, Ruolan woke up.
"Where is this?" Ruolan asked, sitting up abruptly. She noticed that the clothes she was wearing were strange. She had a white t-shirt on top and tight gray jeans on the bottom. She had never seen such clothing before.
"This is an inn. You were probably too tired earlier," Zhou Hong said, stepping forward quickly.
"My clothes?" Ruolan looked at Zhou Hong questioningly.
"Don't blame me. I couldn't find any other clothes, so I had to find these for you. However, you have a great figure," Zhou Hong chuckled. Ruolan, wearing Earthling clothes, looked incredibly sexy at this moment.
(More tonight)