Wearing a human skin mask, changing his height and weight, Teng Qing Shan was completely transformed and followed closely behind.

  Even if the worst happens and the Iron Clothes Sect discovers him, they won't know he's Teng Qing Shan... probably not even if someone tells them directly that he is Teng Qing Shan. The people of the Iron Clothes Sect wouldn't believe it!

  "Not a single trace!" Wei Canglong and the others from the Iron Clothes Sect continued to search, wasting more than an hour. At this speed, they would almost reach the top of the mountain.

  "Big brother, just ahead is the mountaintop. If there's nothing at the mountaintop, what will we do?" Wei Canglong hastily asked.

  Deng Geng looked up at the mountain top, gritted his teeth and said: "Since our ancestor founded the Iron Shirt Sect and left the world, he passed down a will to find this treasure map for future generations! For over a thousand years, my Iron Shirt Sect has never given up. Everyone, let's make an effort, this is the best chance for us to get the treasure map!"

  "Uh-huh."

  Everyone who listened felt their blood boiling with excitement.

  For over a thousand years, the Iron Clothes Sect has indeed never given up searching for this treasure map. In fact, throughout the entire realm, it's not just the Iron Clothes Sect, other sects and factions also have their top masters searching for it.

  "As soon as we get that treasure map, Iron Clothes Sect will surely surpass Returning Origin Sect and Green Lake Island within decades and become the number one sect in Yangzhou! We'll be ranked among the top eight sects in the world!" Deng Geng said with great enthusiasm. "Whether Iron Clothes Sect can rise to prominence depends on this trip. Everyone must search carefully, we'll definitely find it!"

  "Right, I'll definitely find it!"

  These people one by one stared with wide eyes and searched carefully.

  ……

  "Looking for a treasure map? Beyond the Return to Origin Sect and Qinghu Island?" Teng Qing Shan was shocked, "For a sect to dominate an entire province, what's needed is a large number of powerful experts, or rather, dozens of pre-heavenly strong practitioners! Only then can they rule over a province! But judging from their words..."

  "Can it be done with just one treasure map? What secrets does this treasure map actually hold?" Teng Qing Shan was puzzled.

  A treasure map can make Tie Yi Men dominate Yangzhou for decades?

  What secrets are hidden within the treasure map?

  "And it seems that the Iron Clothes Sect, since its creation by the ancestors, has never given up searching." Teng Qing Shan inferred that this treasure map had existed for at least over a thousand years. And it must contain earth-shattering secrets. Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible for a sect to spend a thousand years not giving up on searching.

  What's the secret?

  What is treasure map?

  "This time, I've caught a big fish." Teng Qing Shan's face revealed a hint of a smile as he quietly followed behind.

  ******

  Iron Clothes Sect's group of five people searched all along the way but ultimately still arrived at the mountain top. They only had the mountain top left to search.

  "If we can't find it on the mountain top, then we're in trouble." Wei Canglong and others also climbed to the top of the mountain.

  "Search for me, search every inch of the entire mountain top! It must be found!" Deng Geng shouted with a sinking face, he was obviously getting impatient. In fact, what he and his subordinates said was only part of this secret, the complete part of this secret was known only to the innate strongmen of the Iron Clothes Sect.

  Because he knew this secret, Deng Geng wanted to get that treasure map even more!

  ……

  For years, few people have visited this mountain top, which has grown full of weeds and thorns.

  "Stone house!"

  "Master, look, that stone house." Wei Canglong and the others were overjoyed. They saw that on the northern part of the mountain top, there were indeed three stone houses. However, the current state of the stone houses was that they were covered in plants and vines, with moss growing all over the walls, and cracks visible on the stones. It was clear that no one had lived there for many years.

  In front of these three stone huts, there is a vast expanse of lake water, stretching over ten zhang in length and width.

  "Master, this mountain top has many large pits. Look, there are deep gullies everywhere." The people from the Iron Clothes Sect discovered some special marks on the mountain top.

  Those huge pits and deep ditches seem to have been smashed down by a giant with a large hammer, the deep ditches are very long, one after another, extremely chaotic.

  Deng Geng carefully observed and a smile appeared on his face: "This is clearly the mark left by two innate experts fighting to the death, and... both of their strengths are very strong. One of them used a large hammer or fist, a blunt instrument. And the other person should be using a sword! If I'm not mistaken, this big pit should be the mark left by Senior Wei's double fists. And those gullies are the marks left by a strong swordsman."

  Others nodded in agreement.

  "These large pits and ravines were caused by the uncontrolled outburst of the two seniors' innate true yuan!" Deng Geng said confidently, "They are strong enough to make it impossible for these two powerful individuals to fully control their innate true yuan. These two people... must be fighting for their lives!" Deng Geng was also an innate strong practitioner, and he was very clear about Wei Dan's strength!

  A master of Innate Golden Elixir, with every move and gesture, the Innate True Essence is fully retracted.

  Unless he encounters a formidable opponent and engages in a life-or-death struggle, he will be unable to control himself.

  "Everyone, hurry up and search the house thoroughly, and carefully search around. Don't rush to find the treasure map for now, first find the skeleton!" Deng Geng said as he rushed into the stone house, while others also rushed towards various places on the mountain top.

  ……

  Teng Qing Shan hid tens of meters below the mountain, only able to rely on his ears to listen. With his hearing, he could distinguish what these people were doing.

  After a while, Teng Qing Shan listened with his ears on the mountain rocks and could feel that those footsteps were gathering together.

  "Big brother, can't find it."

  "Master Shibo, we haven't found it either."

  "We've searched everywhere, Brother Shifu, what should we do now?"

  Obviously, Deng Geng fell silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Look, that!"

  "Underwater?"

  "That's right, only the top of the mountain and the bottom of the lake are left. Now everyone goes in together and searches carefully. Human bones are the easiest to find, and once we find the bones, it will be easy to find the treasure map." Deng Geng ordered, "Don't dawdle, go, get in the water." The voice was still echoing when Teng Qing Shan heard a 'splash' sound.

  Plop! Plop!...

  Five consecutive splashes into the water.

  Teng Qing Shan smiled: "Looks like they've all entered the lake bottom." He sprang up to the top edge of the mountain with agility, hiding behind a thick cluster of vines and thorns. From there, he gazed out at the distant lake water, waiting quietly.

  "Plop!" A moment later, someone emerged from the water's surface, took two breaths, and sank back down.

  "Breath-holding ability is too poor." Teng Qing Shan shook his head secretly, "Postnatal strongmen are just strong in internal energy, but their five organs and six viscera are ordinary. The pores on the surface of the body can't breathe either. Indeed, they won't last long. Innate strongmen, however, have innate true yuan that can prop up a protective shield, contain oxygen, and hold out for a very long time."

  Among the five people of Tie Yi Men, the four later-day masters would stay at the bottom of the lake for a while before coming up to breathe. However, the innate expert 'Deng Geng' was always at the bottom of the water.

  "Peng." Wei Canglong emerged from the water's surface, holding a skeleton, and exclaimed excitedly, "I found it! I found it!" The sound echoed in the empty space above the mountain.

  Pffft! Pffft! Pffft! Pffft!

  Another four people almost simultaneously emerged from the water surface, Deng Geng shouted: "Everyone ashore!"

  Teng Qing Shan lowered his head and observed carefully.

  As soon as the five men in iron armor landed on the shore, they surrounded the skeleton. Even from a distance, Teng Qing Shan could see that the skeleton's hands were wearing purple boxing gloves.

  "His five fingers are thick and powerful, even after so many years have passed, except for the two broken bones at his chest, there is no damage to his skeleton elsewhere... He is absolutely a born strongman. Moreover, on his hand, he is still wearing a glove, which should be the 'Tianying Claw' that was extremely famous 600 years ago!" Deng Geng said.

  The people beside him also nodded: "Wei Dan, the senior, is a killer with both hands, and the weapon 'Tianying Claw' is indeed his unique skill."

  "It seems that someone has killed Wei Dan. Judging from the wound on his chest, he should have been stabbed to death." said Wei Canglong.

  "It's probably related to the bloody marks around here." Deng Geng shook his head and said, "I thought Wei Dan was old and died of age, but who would have thought he was killed by someone! However...the opponent didn't take this 'Tianying Claw', I estimate it's also a super strong person. Doesn't care about this 'Tianying Claw'. You guys keep the 'Tianying Claw' well, and bring it back to my Iron Clothes Sect later, this is a good soldier." Deng Geng instructed.

  "Yes." Several people responded.

  "Big brother, where's the treasure map?" The others didn't even notice that there was a treasure map on this skeleton.

  "Hundreds of years have passed, and the clothes of Wei Zhongxian's predecessor have long rotted in the water, but the treasure map cannot rot. Either it was taken away by that sword-wielding strongman or it was washed away by the undercurrents at the bottom of the lake to another place. Deng Gong immediately stood up, 'You two stay here and watch, while the other two follow me into the water to continue searching for the treasure map.'"

  "Yes."

  The ones who stayed on the shore were Wei Qinglong and his one-armed middle-aged man. The other three all went into the water again, one after another.

  "Master Wu, look at this small trinket that Wei Dan senior is wearing on his chest." The one-armed middle-aged man took out the small pendant hanging from the skeleton's chest, and Wei Canglong looked at it and smiled: "I didn't expect that Wei Dan senior would still like to wear a pendant on his chest. I reckon it's a family heirloom or has some special meaning. Don't look at the pendant anymore, look at this 'Tian Ying Zhao', this is an extraordinary divine weapon."

  Wei Canglong said as he took out the pair of purple gloves 'Tianying Claw' and put them on his hands, then fiercely clawed at the ground.

  Hah! Hah!

  The rocks on the mountain top are as easy to grasp as a lump of mud.

  "It's indeed worthy of being the divine artifact of a congenital Golden Elixir expert, it's incredible! I don't even know what material this is made of." Wei Canglong exclaimed in admiration, while the one-armed middle-aged man beside him also put down the pendant and focused his gaze entirely on the divine sword 'Tianyingzhao'.

  ……

  The distant Teng Qing mountain was originally calm and observing, but when his eyes fell on the pendant, his eyes suddenly widened.

  With Ting Qing Shan's eyesight, he clearly saw that the pendant was a small black tripod, only about the size of a thumb!

  "This small Ding..." Teng Qing Shan felt his heart racing, as if struck by lightning, "It's exactly the same as the small Ding that Xiao Mao left me!" Since Xiao Mao's death, Teng Qing Shan had treasured that small Ding, wearing it on him every day. However, after dying and arriving in the Jiuzhou world...

  Xiao Ding also existed in memory alone. He didn't think that he could actually see an identical item!

  "Let's go!" Teng Qing Shan narrowed his eyes, tapped the ground with one foot and instantly darted out silently, both hands grasping a flying knife that shone with cold light!

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