The next morning, in front of the courtyard where Huacheng and Teng Qing Shan were stationed, a large crowd had gathered.

  "Gentlemen," Yang Taolan said loudly, "your high-quality war horses will be temporarily left here. From here to Flame Mountain, you can ride these ordinary yellow-maned horses!" At this moment, many cheap yellow-maned horses had already appeared at the gate of the mansion. This scene caused many top masters of the Return to Origin Sect to frown.

  Riding a yellow-maned horse is too humiliating.

  Ji Hong said in a cold voice, "We're going to Flame Mountain, where we'll set up camp! It'll take us one or two months to get there. The top-grade warhorses are over there, and it's easy for some warriors to covet them! Alright, let's mount up, one by one. Let's depart!"

  Ji Hong gave a loud order, and more than 80 people all mounted their war horses.

  Not just these eighty-odd people, Yang Ta also ordered ten servants to ride horses.

  "When we arrive at Flame Mountain, these ten servants of mine will take care of your daily needs for a month or two." Yang Ta smiled and said, Teng Qing Shan and the large group of people left Huacheng and rushed to Flame Mountain.

  ******

  Although the yellow-maned horse was a cheap horse, it could still run three to four hundred miles in one day. From Huacheng to the foot of Flame Mountain near Flame Mountain, it took more than two hours.

  It was already noon when I arrived there.

  At the foot of the mountain, there were many large and small tents. Around the tents, many warriors stood, chatting with each other in twos and threes. It seemed like a grand gathering. When the group from the Return to Origin Sect arrived, they immediately attracted the attention of many warriors.

  "Look, those are the men and horses of the Guiyuan Sect! The one leading them is none other than Ji Hong, one of the Four Great Marshals!"

  "The Ti Yi Men has arrived, and Lian Gui Yuan Zong is also here. I reckon it won't be long before the people from Qing Hu Island come over as well. The small sects of Xu Yang County are no match for them."

  ……

  The voices of discussion filled the air, famous figures, and people who knew them were extremely numerous. However, what they said was indeed true, like the Guiyuan Sect and the Tieyi Gate, with nearly 10,000 core disciples alone, not to mention the martial army. At the same time, there were countless outer sect disciples... Compared to these large sects, the many small schools in Xuyang County, estimated that even if one school was added up, it would only be a few hundred people, how could they compare with others?

  "Set up camp!" Ji Hong gave the order.

  At once everyone dismounted, Black Armor Army soldiers. The high-ranking disciples of the Guiyuan Sect immediately went to help those ten servants and began setting up camp together!

  A large tent was quickly set up, each one big enough for ten people to sleep and rest inside.

  There were twelve large tents in total, two of which were for the ten servants to rest in. Later on, tasks such as boiling water and cooking meals would be handled by these servants. Teng Qing Shan and his group could focus on searching for the Black Fire Spirit Fruit.

  "Green Mountain, there aren't many people here." Teng Qinghu said as he looked around, "At first glance, it's only a few hundred people!" Teng Qingshan also took a look around at the scattered warriors: "Big brother, it's daytime now, many warriors are currently in Flame Mountain, searching for that Red Scale Infant Beast!"

  Teng Qing Shan has also come three times in these two or three days.

  Hong Qing Shan could sense that the number of warriors here was astonishingly high.

  A small number of martial artists lived in the inn, while most of them stayed at the foot of the mountain, and almost all of them chose to stay at the foot of the mountain near Jinjiazhuang.

  Although it is said that the Flame Mountain is about 60 or 70 miles in circumference, everyone has recognized that the lair of the Red Scale Beast and the Black Fire Spirit Fruit are definitely near the Jin Family Village. After all, the range of the Flame Mountain is so large, and there are many villages at the foot of the mountain, but why does the Red Scale Beast specifically target the people of the Jin Family Village?

  The reason is --- Jinjiazhuang, close to his residence!

  ……

  "Come over here!" Ji Hong shouted from a short distance away.

  In an instant, more than 80 people surrounded him. Ji Hong took out a scroll: "This is the Black Fire Spirit Fruit and the Black Fire Spirit Root. Take a good look at their appearance." As he spoke, he unrolled the scroll.

  Teng Qing Shan looked carefully.

  On the scroll, there were two colored pictures. In the first picture, the Black Fire Spirit Root was silver-white in color, but its leaves were eerily black. The fruit resembled an apple and was nearly round in shape, also being black in color.

  The second deputy map, Hei Huo Ling Gen did not change, still silver and white, the leaves turned red, and the fruit also turned red.

  "This spiritual root is not white, but semi-transparent!" Ji Hong said in a low voice, "The first picture is immature, and the second picture is mature! Take a good look, don't just see the Black Fire Spirit Fruit and can't recognize it. Also, this Black Fire Spirit Fruit grows in extremely hot places!"

  After showing it to everyone for a while, Ji Hong rolled up the scroll: "Everyone eat first, after lunch, enter the mountain!"

  *******

  It's extremely hot in Huoyan Mountain during the summer.

  "With so many of us, let's divide into three teams and thoroughly search Flame Mountain!" Ji Hong instructed at the foot of the mountain. "Thirty elite Black Armor Army members will follow me! Core disciples and Master Gao will follow General Guan! Deng Du Tong, your men will follow you! Is everyone clear?"

  Teng Qing Shan and Guan Lü both nodded.

  "After entering the mountain, you must be careful," Ji Hong instructed. "There are many venomous snakes, insects and wild beasts in the big mountains. Don't wander around randomly. Commander Guan, Commander Teng, your subordinates should have people who are familiar with the big mountains, listen to them more often. I don't want to see you getting injured not from fighting other warriors, but from snake venom or insect bites!"

  "Yes." Teng Qing Shan and Guan Lü responded in unison.

  Teng Qing Shan grew up in the mountains since he was a child, but Guan Lü had no experience surviving in the mountains.

  "Return here before dusk, all right, let's enter the mountain!" Ji Hong waved his hand.

  The three of them split up and began to explore the Flame Mountain.

  ……

  The other two groups of people are unclear about the situation in Qing Mountain, but their own group is still quite smooth. Everyone is a soldier of the Black Armor Army, and most of them have experience surviving in the mountains. In the big mountain, there are Teng Qing Shan, Teng Qing Hu, and Du Hong leading the way, so they don't fear any danger at all.

  "Damn it, it's too hot!" Tian Qinghuo couldn't help but curse.

  Teng Qing Shan looked up at the sky and according to the time scale of his previous life, it should be around two thirty in the afternoon, which was exactly the hottest part of the day.

  "Green Hill, the leader said that the black fire spirit fruit will grow in a hot place. I look at this Flame Mountain, it's all hot." Teng Qinghu smiled and said, "How do we find it?"

  "Good luck!" Teng Qing Shan said, "That young red scale beast is very cunning and hard to find. The Black Fire Spirit Fruit is a dead object, we might be able to stumble upon it, but this kind of luck may take one or two months." Teng Qing Shan understood that even if they found the Black Fire Spirit Fruit now, they wouldn't be able to pick it.

  Must wait until maturity that day, can be picked.

  "Huh?" Teng Qing Shan glanced ahead, and a group of warriors were walking towards them. The warriors took one look at Teng Qing Shan's group and identified them as being from the Gui Yuan Sect based on their 'Gui Yuan Sect uniform'. The leader of the warriors was a young man with a shaved head, dead fish eyes, and a vulture perched on his shoulder.

  "Heroes of the Guiyuan Sect, I don't know which one of you is Tun Qing Shan?" The young monk asked with a bow.

  "Is Governor's name something you can call out casually?" Du Hong shouted.

  The bald young man's eyes lit up: "Governor-General?" His gaze swept across, locking onto Teng Qing Shan, "This should be Governor-General Teng Qing Shan."

  "What's the matter?" asked Tan Qing Shan as he glanced at him.

  "Teng Tuo Tong, come down from Jia Liang! I've heard of your great name and want to try my hand against you!" The bald young man had a hint of arrogance on his face. He was the second-in-command of the "Bald Vulture Gang" in Xuyang County, and also the current number one master of the Bald Vulture Gang. He had fought his way through the surrounding hundred miles, and no one was his match.

  Since he mastered the knife technique, this young master 'Jia Liang' has never lost a fight. He is full of pride in his heart, thinking that he is naturally gifted and there are not many among the younger generation who can match him.

  Hearing that Teng Qing Shan defeated Meng Tian, he wanted to challenge Teng Qing Shan!

  If he defeats Tong Qingyuan, he will step on Tong Qingyuan's shoulders and become famous all over the world.

  "No time." Teng Qing Shan said coldly, "Let's go!"

  Teng Qing Shan was too lazy to bother with this challenge. The Black Armors also gave a disdainful glance at the young master 'Jia Liang', and were too lazy to bother with such a young person.

  "Heng Qing Shan, are you afraid?" Jia Liang shouted.

  Wow!

  The Black Armor Army turned around, coldly staring at Jia Liang and his group. Jia Liang, having lived among the horse thieves, also felt a pang of fear in his heart when faced with the bloody aura of the Black Armor Army.

  "Challenge me? Then be prepared to die!" Teng Qing Shan looked at him coldly, "Do you?"

  Jia Liang was previously intimidated by the Hei Jia Jun crowd, and now being asked by Tan Qing Shan, he stood stunned on the spot for a while.

  Teng Qing Shan shook his head secretly: "The surname Xin is not firm enough, it should be a natural talent, but has not suffered much setbacks, sitting in a well and watching the sky, thinking that he is a small guy who is not worthy of attention." For this young man, Teng Qing Shan couldn't muster up any interest, and soon followed by his group, they left.

  Jia Liang finally reacted: "He's actually gone!"

  "You're just a young master, that's all. You must be afraid of him." One of the horse bandits who had not dared to speak up before immediately shouted out.

  "Hmph, coward." Jia Liang said with a hateful tone.

  "Shaodangjia is quite powerful, able to defeat Mengtian, his methods must be very formidable, don't underestimate him." Another horse bandit said.

  "Let's go!" Jia Liang shouted.

  ……

  In the late afternoon, a group of people from Tengqing Mountain had already descended and were walking along the foot of the mountain towards their original campsite.

  "Teng Qing Mountain, today three people actually challenged you! However, they look very ordinary and were intimidated by the aura of us Black Armor Army brothers. They really are overestimating themselves." Teng Qing Tiger said with emotion, Teng Qing Mountain also couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, in this world, there are indeed many people who have a good self-perception.

  However, the momentum of the Black Armor Army was indeed terrifying.

  Twenty people went to that station, with a cold and stern gaze, the momentum was more terrifying than hundreds of ordinary horse bandits. This also saved Chun Qing Shan a lot of trouble.

  "Dou Tong, you defeated Meng Tian! Many people in Xuyang and Chu know about this generation now. Many people want to step on your position! We've been here for a month or two, and there were three challengers on the first day. It's going to be even more troublesome later." said Du Hong.

  Teng Qing Shan didn't bat an eyelid, indeed many warriors spent over a decade cultivating just to become famous overnight.

  It's been more than a month, what a hassle!

  "Let's shock those people for a moment!" Teng Qing Shan thought to himself.

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