Preparing to Open the Heaven-Connecting Path

More than a hundred Heaven-Connecting Secret Transmissions were delivered into Chu Qing's hands in less than an hour.

Though King Shiyu and the others were reluctant to part with them,

compared to the Heaven-Connecting Secret Transmissions, they feared that Golden Toad even more.

The Red Copper Golden Toad had caused them grievous losses.

The Golden Toad that had leaped out from within the Red Copper Golden Toad was even more terrifying.

Their accumulated foundations were no match for it at all.

Had it not been for Chu Qing, this state city would likely have been ravaged clean by the Golden Toad.

After Chu Qing carried the Golden Toad away, they examined the traces of the battle.

Then they sighed in awe.

Chu Qing was far too violent.

He had actually grabbed the Golden Toad and swung it around like a massive hammer, smashing it wildly.

That was an anomaly against which countless great families could do nothing.

Yet once it fell into Chu Qing's hands, it was suppressed in three or five moves.

Though they did not know what method Chu Qing had used to suppress the Golden Toad,

they knew this:

That anomalous Golden Toad was definitely not dead.

Rather, Chu Qing had carried it back to the Shi Residence.

Before the extraordinary people returned, they did not want to provoke Chu Qing.

They were terrified he would release the Golden Toad again.

Therefore:

They obediently delivered the Heaven-Connecting Secret Transmissions.

Chu Qing told the group, "I once suppressed this Golden Toad in the city moat."

"Under normal circumstances, it would never have appeared."

"But... it appeared anyway!"

"Someone definitely released it on purpose!"

King Shiyu and the others said with bitter smiles, "Master Qing, everyone knows this Golden Toad is an anomaly. It is dangerous."

"No one would