A faint green light shone within a dozen or so feet around, and in the dark corner, Zhao Danchen was staring at 'Beast King' Wu Hou in utter disbelief.

  "Impossible! From start to finish, I didn't dare relax for a moment, I tried again and again... even that bald donkey who cultivated the 'Heart Sutra of Shakyamuni' was thrown off by me. You, I've never discovered you before." Zhao Dan's mind was completely messed up, Qinghu Island had lost so much, all for the sake of obtaining the Yu Huang treasure!

  If you can get the treasure, all losses are worth it.

  But at the most critical moment, 'Beast King' Wuhou suddenly appeared. In terms of strength - Wuhou could easily kill him!

  First on the heavenly ranking, strength is beyond doubt!

  "Haha……The Heart Sutra is indeed mysterious and wonderful. But that old monk hasn't cultivated to a high level yet, in terms of concealment and tracking, compared to me, he's far behind!" Wu Hou laughed loudly, his laughter echoing through the alleyway, forming a complex series of echoes. "I must thank you, if it weren't for you, how would I have found this?"

  "Number one on the Heavenly Rankings for over thirty years!"

  'Beast King' Wu Hou is extremely skilled in many aspects.

  Originally panicked in his heart, but soon Zhao Dan Chen recovered calmness. No matter what, things have happened and must be accepted no matter how painful. What he could do was to try to make the situation better.

  Wū Hóu.

  Zhao Dan's voice sank, "For the Yu Huang treasure, Qing Hu Island has suffered heavy losses. And you, Wu Hou brother, are alone, with no sect or school! The treasures in the Yu Huang treasure may not be of much use to you. How about this... I'll let you choose one item that is useful to you personally and take it away. But if it's beneficial for the development of a sect... please let Qing Hu Island have it! We can both get what we need, and I can also make arrangements for our Supreme Elder to help you with three opportunities, how about it?"

  "Oh? Elder Taishang, could it be that 'Blind Sword Saint' from back then?" Beast King 'Wuhou' exclaimed in surprise.

  "Wu Hou, I also ask you to show some respect to the Supreme Elder of Qinghu Island." Zhao Danchen's face sank.

  More than two hundred years ago, the master of Qinghu Island was ranked second on the Heavenly List and was known as the 'Sword Saint with Eyes of Heaven'. However, in private, some people also called him the 'Blind Sword Saint'. But calling him 'blind' is somewhat disrespectful... On the surface, no one dares to say it in front of Qinghu Island's top masters.

  That blind Sword Saint later had an epiphany and reached a state of emptiness. He then secluded himself on Qinghu Island, rarely showing his hand.

  However, several times he has made his move, letting the world's top masters know that this blind Sword Saint has already reached the realm of being unpredictable by gods and ghosts... Looking at the entire nine provinces, those who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him are countable on one hand. This Void Realm expert is also the reliance of Qinghu Island's dominance over Yangzhou!

  "Will the strong ones in the virtual realm help me out three times? Among the treasures here, I can choose one that is most useful to me personally and take it away?" Wu Hou smiled and said, "Hmm, the conditions are quite good...I'm even a little tempted. Unfortunately, I, Wu Hou, am not someone who can be swayed by soft or hard means. This Yu Huang treasure, even if I don't need it, I'll throw it into the sea rather than give it to Qing Hu Island."

  Zhao Dan's face turned pale with rage, and he trembled as he pointed at Wu Hou: "Wu Hou, you——"

  "What's wrong with me?" Wu Hou sneered.

  "Don't be too arrogant! I, Qing Hu Island's Supreme Elder, can kill you like stepping on an ant." Zhao Dan Chen said in a low tone, "Why don't we just take what we need and make everyone happy?"

  "No way." Wu Hou shook his head and sighed with a smile, "I, Wu Hou, don't think much of Qing Hu Island. As for that blind Sword Saint... Haha, if we were face to face, I indeed wouldn't be a match for a Void Realm expert. But... I, Wu Hou, could treat the Barbaric Lands as my playground since I was young! Humph, wanting to kill me, there aren't many in this world who can do it."

  After finishing speaking, Wu Hou directly walked towards the entrance of the Treasure Cave.

  "You—" Zhao Dan's dusty eyes turned red, but he didn't dare move his hands. It was already good that Wu Hou didn't kill him, why should Zhao Dan fight with others?

  In this alleyway.

  "Ahhh~~" A low and soul-stirring roar echoed out.

  Wu Hou and Zhao Dan Chen's faces both changed greatly.

  All of a sudden, from the depths of the dark alley, a three-zhang-long golden dragon turtle crawled out. The end of this alley was a dead end, and in fact, sometimes this golden dragon turtle would sleep there to rest, as sleeping was the thing that dragon turtles liked to do the most.

  This alley is nearly fifty feet long, and the entrance to the treasure is in the middle of the alley.

  So neither of them discovered the golden dragon turtle.

  "Oh no!" Wu Hou muttered.

  "How did it get here? No, wasn't it at the palace gate?" Zhao Danchen's face also changed greatly. Only to see this golden dragon turtle leisurely crawling to the entrance of the cave and then lying on top of it. With its three-zhang-long massive body, it easily blocked the entrance of the cave. In those pupils shining with green light, there was a hint of complacency.

  ……

  At the corner, a black shadow was quietly walking towards the corner, it was Teng Qing Shan who came along the predicted route.

  "This route map, the terminal is just ahead." Teng Qing Shan's heartbeat slowed down to the extreme, completely stopping mouth and nose breathing, using his pores all over his body to breathe. With his control over his muscles, every step he took was extremely gentle, without a single sound. In the darkness, Teng Qing Shan glanced over.

  Only twenty or more zhang away, two bright pearls inlaid on the wall emitted a faint green glow, illuminating an area of about ten zhang around.

  A golden dragon turtle was lying there.

  Two humans, Zhao Dan and Chen, were standing there, while the Beast King 'Wu Hou' sat down casually leaning against the wall, with a low growl constantly coming from his mouth.

  "Roar~~~~ Roar~~~~" The golden dragon turtle let out two loud roars at will.

  These two men and one beast did not notice the existence of Lu Qing Shan.

  In terms of converging breath and stealthily tracking down, Teng Qing Shan is many times stronger than the Pre-Heaven Golden Dan.

  "Huh? Zhao Danchen, Wuhou are both here? The Golden Dragon Turtle is also here?" Teng Qingshan instantly judged and inferred many things, "The treasure is indeed here! The Golden Dragon Turtle is guarding the treasure, leaving Wuhou and Zhao Danchen with no way out. This Zhao Danchen must have a maze map. But Wuhou doesn't... Wuhou should be following Zhao Danchen all the way to get here!"

  Hong Qingshan silently watched all of this.

  "Zhao Danchen, don't look like a dead woman with a stiff face." Wu Hou leaned against the wall, turned his head to glance at Zhao Danchen, and smiled. "Just now I chatted with Old Dragon Turtle... you won't believe it, this old turtle has lived for almost ten thousand years! And when chatting with me, it was still very happy."

  "How boring you are!" Zhao Dan dust sneered.

  "Hmph, you don't understand," Wu Hou said with a smile. "We two are lucky, Old Dragon Turtle has spoken... If we had rushed into the cave earlier, we would have definitely died! This is also why Old Dragon Turtle was not worried at all."

  "Must be dead?" Zhao Dan furrowed his brow. "Yu Huang left behind a treasure, how can he make it so that anyone who enters must die? It's impossible."

  "Old Dragon Turtle said it! This treasure, only those who are destined can get it, and those who are not, will die if they enter. This old dragon turtle has lived for nearly ten thousand years, with a good temper. Doesn't want people to lose their lives... otherwise, it wouldn't have stopped us." Wu Hou said, Zhao Dan Chen laughed in extreme anger: "Haha, joke! This old dragon turtle blocked us, but instead helped us?"

  Wu Hou rubbed his chin: "It sounds like it's not true. But with my special feeling that I've been training since childhood... what the old dragon turtle said should be true! And with the old dragon turtle's strength, if it wanted to kill us, it would have done so at the palace gate. But it just blocked us... from start to finish, this old dragon turtle didn't kill a single human."

  Zhao Dan was taken aback.

  Indeed—

  Whether it was using a blast of air to send people flying or intimidating them, this old turtle didn't kill anyone.

  "Wu Hou, you said that the old dragon turtle said 'those who have fate can get it, those who don't have fate will definitely die if they enter', what kind of talk is this? What is meant by having fate and what is meant by not having fate?" Zhao Dan Chen hastily asked, "Could it be that Wu Hou brother, you still believe in such absurd sayings?" Having fate or not having fate is indeed a difficult concept to put into words.

  "I asked, but the old dragon turtle refused to say." Wu Hou said helplessly.

  "Haha, Zhao Dan Chen, you guys from Qinghu Island lost so badly this time. So many people died and now you're at the entrance of the treasure. This old dragon turtle is telling you... you have no fate with the treasure. Haha..." Wu Hou couldn't help but burst out laughing, "I'm dying from laughter! Haha..."

  Zhao Dan's facial muscles twitched.

  "Coincidence?" Zhao Dan's eyes turned cold, he absolutely didn't believe it.

  Qinghu Island lost so much, just got this sentence - 'no treasure'? Zhao Dan Chen absolutely does not admit it.

  "How did things end up like this!" Zhao Dan's heart was anxious, and he was so worried that his head hurt. Originally, everything was going according to plan, but now many of the Innate Experts had died, and they had fallen into such a state. "It was that person called 'Qin Lang' who caused all this! If it wasn't for him, the others wouldn't have been able to find the Bottomless Pit! If it wasn't for him, Elder Hu wouldn't have died! Although I don't know how those Elders died, but...Elder Hu's dying roar clearly implicated Qin Lang!"

  For Qin Lang, Zhao Dan Chen is a hatred that has penetrated into his bones!

  ……

  Teng Qing Shan was like a lifeless stone, silently observing from the corner, his past training had given him enough patience... He just sat there silently, even if he had to sit for three or four days, he wouldn't get impatient. He believed that opportunity would definitely come.

  ……

  On the right route, in one of the alleys.

  The five innate strongmen who are still alive in the Xiangyao Palace are with Changmei Old Monk, and Changmei Old Monk is holding a maze map: "There are three routes now... However, that should be Wu Hou's voice just now. According to the direction where Wu Hou is located, there is only one correct route!"

  The old monk with long eyebrows had been following Zhao Dan Chen and had walked a great distance along the correct route.

  It wasn't until later that Zhao Dan was shocked to discover this and immediately changed his route, finally managing to shake off the old monk with a long eyebrow after great difficulty.

  However, the old monk with long eyebrows later encountered the people from the Carefree Palace.

  Both parties met, and it can be said that the old monk with long eyebrows was lucky to have obtained the maze map! It can also be said that the masters of the Carefree Palace were lucky to have had the guidance of the old monk with long eyebrows, which narrowed down the possible route to a very small range.

  The old monk with the long eyebrows was very certain about part of the correct route. With this part of the correct route, combined with Zhao Dan Chen and the demon beast's killing position, and adding the newly obtained maze map, the old monk with the long eyebrows filtered out three routes. Wu Hou's laughter echoed, although it had many reverberations.

  He could still determine the direction with his 'heavenly ear'.

  "Master, you're indeed formidable." The elegant man in purple robes from the Carefree Palace smiled and said.

  "Let's go, there are sixteen more forks in the road, and we'll reach the treasure. If we're slow, Zhao Dan Chen and his men will snatch it away." The long-eyebrowed old monk said calmly, and immediately the six of them quickened their pace, hurrying towards the treasure location.

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