Tick-tock! Tick-tock!

  In the cold cave, water droplets fell from time to time. In the darkness, Teng Qing's face was also blurred.

  "The Heavenly Flood Dragon Palace is near the bottomless cave where Qinghu Island is stationed, and it's even closer to me than that." Teng Qing Shan furrowed his brow, "Once Gu Yong returns to the main camp, he'll definitely arrange for the troops to disperse and search, and set up checkpoints at critical points. They'll probably find this bottomless cave too. When that happens, we'll be in trouble."

  Teng Qing Shan did not dare to delay.

  He immediately released the pre-heavenly true yuan, binding the Wheel of Reincarnation and the Mountain-opening Divine Axe behind his back, holding a rock wine jug in his hand. He looked down at the two empty cauldrons and Teng Qing Shan's heart moved: "Bring them along." These two cauldrons were also bound by the pre-heavenly true yuan on his back.

  "Hurry back to Jiangning Prefecture City!"

  Teng Qing Shan swiftly left the cave, jumped into the waterway and then along the bottomless pit, quickly leaped up.

  A few leaps and he was out of the bottomless pit a hundred feet deep.

  Teng Qing Shan glanced around and a smile appeared on his face: "I'm fast. Even if Gu Yu sends out a large army, they probably won't be able to catch up with me in time. Hmm, I need to find a wooden plug for the wine jar quickly, or some of the 'North Sea Spirit' will leak out during the journey." In this vast mountain range, wood was abundant, and soon Teng Qing Shan had crafted a fitting wooden plug, sealing the mouth of the wine jar.

  Looking around Mount Qingyun, the sky had already completely darkened.

  "Heaven helps me!" Teng Qing Shan didn't dare delay and immediately quickly ran out of the mountain.

  ……

  Dae Yeon Mountain, inside the military camp on Cheongho Island, next to the Bottomless Cave entrance.

  Gu Shiyou and some other high-ranking figures of Qinghu Island were gathered there, quietly waiting. A large number of Jinlin guards also surrounded the area, each holding a weapon, ready to kill at any moment towards the entrance of the cave where other sect experts emerged.

  "Hehe~~~" A torch was lit one by one.

  An old friend from a bygone era sat beside me on the muddy ground, his face indistinct in the flickering firelight.

  "Master Shu, this time all the major sects and Father are going in together to fight for the Yu Huang treasure. Won't something go wrong?" Gu Shiyou's fists clenched and relaxed alternately, his eyebrows always furrowed, "Father entered the underground, I've been feeling uneasy in my heart. It's all because of that Qin Lang! If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be so much trouble."

  "Easy, old friend."

  A middle-aged man wearing armor beside him said in a low voice, "This time the masters have come too many! It's hard for Qinghu Island to monopolize that Yu Huang treasure alone. However... inside that treasure, no one is more familiar with it than us Qinghu Island. Believe in the island master and others, even if we can't get all of the treasure, at least we'll get most of it."

  "Hmm." Gu Shiyou nodded, then gritted his teeth and said, "Hmph, the treasure should have been ours alone. Now, we still have to let other sects take a share, it's really unbearable."

  "Anything new?"

  Many powerful individuals on Qing Hu Island beside the Bottomless Pit suddenly stood up and stared at the pit entrance.

  "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

  One after another, figures shot up into the sky, all of them flying out from the cave entrance.

  "It's the island owner!"

  "Old Zhao!"

  The masters of Qinghu Island let out a sigh of relief.

  The island owner Gu Yong, led four elders out of the cave. After the five people from Qinghu Island, it was a group of people from the Ying family, followed by masters from various sects who came out one after another, and in an instant, there were a large crowd of people standing around Wubidong.

  "Father, what about Yuwen and the elders?" Gu Shiyou and some of his seniors came up to greet him.

  "Senior brother, where are the other elders?"

  The people of Qinghu Island, these post-heavenly masters, one by one, were all a little terrified and didn't dare to believe it. Yuwen Changlao, Hu Changlao and others were all super strong men who could be counted among the top in the world, and there were many other elders, each of whom had reached the level of Xiantian. But none of those people appeared.

  "Elders, you are already dead!" Gu Yong said coldly.

  Gu Shiyou and others changed their faces greatly.

  "Shi You, except for the vanguard of 10,000 soldiers, all other soldiers of the Silver Snake Army are to disperse immediately and search the entire Da Yan Mountain!" Gu Yong's face was gloomy, "Also, set up checkpoints on the mountain paths surrounding Da Yan Mountain and at each key pass. No matter what, we must capture Teng Qing Shan!"

  "Teng Qing Shan?" Gu Shiyou and other soldiers of the Green Lake Island were all shocked, how did this involve Teng Qing Shan?

  Next to Zhao Dan Chen, his eyes were icy cold, and he said in a cold voice: "That Qin Lang is Teng Qing Shan. Teng Qing Shan is Qin Lang! The death of the elders has nothing to do with Teng Qing Shan. And...the Yu Huang treasure, part of the treasure has fallen into Teng Qing Shan's hands. Remember, no matter what it takes, let Teng Qing Shan escape!"

  "Is it Tian Qing Shan? I knew he was no good!" Gu Shiyou's eyes blazed with anger, and he gritted his teeth in response.

  "What's still lingering here for? Hurry up and make arrangements." Gu Yong shouted.

  "Yes." Gu Shi Yong replied obediently.

  Gu Shiyou immediately flew out to gather his men and horses.

  His gaze turned to one of the high-ranking Silver Python Army officers: "Younger martial brother, send out a message via carrier pigeon... in the three counties surrounding Jiangning County, each deploy 600,000 troops and enter Jiangning County!"

  The people of other sects around heard some surprise.

  "This is outrageous, has he gone mad?"

  "It's probably because the loss was too great this time. Hmph, eight elders died and not even one tripod was obtained. And all of this, the true source can be traced back to Teng Qing Shan. Will he not be angry?"

  "Ying Haojiang, you underestimate Gu Yong. What Gu Yong is doing... is to intimidate the return of Yuan Zong and seize those two tripods. If they can get the two tripods, what does it matter if tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers die?" The masters of other sects were all very cold-blooded.

  For a sect, the army, generally the Silver Python Army is an elite army. Ordinary city defense armies are much more numerous.

  Like the capital, the city of Jiangning has a garrison of nearly 800,000. If you add the garrisons of the eight cities of Yicheng and Yanjiang, there will be over one million people. A prefecture has over one million people... Qinghu Island now controls twelve prefectures! Except for Chu Prefecture, which was devastated by massacres and had a small military force, all other prefectures have large numbers of troops and horses.

  The three counties around Jiangning Prefecture, Qinghu Island, with one order, can easily dispatch a large number of troops.

  "Yes, Island Master." A man in black armor said repeatedly.

  "Zhao Lao Lao, you personally go and write a secret letter, send a message to the island, inform Tai Shang Lao Lao of everything that has happened here!" Gu Yong said.

  "I'm going right now."

  Zhao Lao also left swiftly with a cold face, without even giving the other sect's experts a glance.

  "Good grief, it's come to inviting Tianyan Sword Saint now, this is getting out of hand."

  "With such a great loss, the two tripods in Teng Qing's hands are a must-have for Gu Yu. However, it's not easy to deal with Guiyuan Sect either... It is said that Guiyuan Sect also has a powerful Void Realm expert."

  The big sect masters were delighted to watch the show.

  "Ahh~~" A sharp cry rang out.

  Five enormous shadows descended from the sky, which were exactly the Five-headed Snow Eagles of the Xueying Sect.

  "Old Wan." Gu Yong bowed his head and looked at a hawk-nosed old man from the Snow Eagle Sect, "It's already evening now, it's dark! Although there is moonlight, but in this vast mountain range, the moonlight is not obvious. I also know that your Snow Eagle Sect's snow eagles can see clearly over ten miles high and can see objects at night... Please, Old Wan, take a good look around the sky for Teng Qing Shan."

  "Of course, no problem." The old man with the eagle nose nodded his head, "That Tun Qing Shan, killed my junior apprentice Tie Yu, we won't let him off either."

  "Go."

  The old man with a hooked nose waved his hand, and the three surviving Snow Eagle Sect experts immediately got on the eagle's back. With a few loud calls, the five snow eagles quickly flew into the dark night sky.

  "Brother Shī." The woman beside Gǔ Yōng furrowed her brow, looking at him with evident distrust towards the Snow Eagle Sect group.

  "No way, Teng Qing Shan is extremely fast. If we rely on our Silver Dragon Army soldiers... I'm afraid that before we can even surround the entire Da Yan Mountain, Teng Qing Shan would have already escaped. And with five Snow Eagles in the sky, as soon as Teng Qing Shan enters an open area, the Snow Eagles will be able to spot him at a glance! He won't be able to escape! As for those two Ding... Hmph, once they're discovered, those two Ding, the Snow Eagle Sect won't be so easy to bring away." Gu Yong said in a low voice.

  At this moment, other sect experts also bid farewell and dispersed one by one.

  "The island owner, now in our military camp north, that Zhuge Yuanhong led the black armor army stationed there. At dusk, he also asked us to withdraw from Dayan Mountain, saying it was the territory of the Return to the Origin Sect." An old man said in a low voice, "However, we forced them to station in the north with an attitude of not being afraid of a war."

  "Zhuge Yuanhong?"

  Ancient and stern, his eyes narrowed, a faint cold light flickered.

  "He dares to come again! I haven't found trouble with him yet!" Gu Yong ordered, "Go, go to the front line and find Zhuge Yuanhong!"

  At once, Gu Yong led a large group of people and horses to rush towards the front line.

  ……

  Teng Qing Shan is now holding the rock wine jug, using rattan as a belt, with the Wheel Return Gun and the Kai Shan Divine Axe hung at his waist. As for those two tripods, Teng Qing Shan had buried them somewhere in the depths of the great mountain. It was now nighttime... Teng Qing Shan did not dare to release his Pre-Heaven True Yuan, that fiery red Pre-Heaven True Yuan was too eye-catching.

  Hoo! Hoo!

  Hong Qingshan sped through the mountains at incredible speed.

  "Unexpectedly, Master actually brought a large army to Da Yan Mountain." Teng Qing Shan's heart was also moved. The Black Armor Army was stationed there, and the high-flying military flag, which Teng Qing Shan occasionally discovered while fleeing. However... Teng Qing Shan did not immediately return to the army.

  "The safest way is to sneak back alone first. Although it's safer to mix in with the master's army, there's still a chance of something going wrong." Teng Qing Shan understood this point.

  After hurrying for dozens of miles on the mountain road.

  "Huh?"

  Hong Qingshan's eyes swept across the night sky, his face changing color involuntarily.

  "It's a Snow Eagle! This is terrible!" Teng Qing Shan gazed at the tiny dots in the high sky, but didn't dare to be careless. After all, even in the previous life where spiritual energy was scarce, the sharp eyesight of eagles was renowned. And as for Snow Eagles, being an extremely ferocious demonic beast, their eagle eyes were even more terrifying.

  Snow Eagle: A demonic beast with incredible speed, capable of traveling over 10,000 miles in a day. Its eagle eyes can spot human figures on the ground from an altitude of over 10 miles, making it the most feared tracking demon beast, and only the Snow Eagle Sect can tame it.

  Human speed is generally not as fast as that of fierce land beasts, and the speed of land beasts is not as fast as that of flying beasts. Some specially trained carrier pigeons can even exceed the three great dragon horses in speed, let alone the snow eagles which are naturally good at flying.

  "There are mountains and forests inside Da Yan Mountain, I can still be careful to avoid them. But once out of the mountain, it's all empty around me! The Snow Eagle can see me with one glance!" Teng Qing Shan furrowed his brow and stopped in his tracks.

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