Beiyang Dao.
Barren mountain, mountaintop.
Xu Wencai, clad in a feather fan and silk headscarf, stood atop a massive boulder, surveying the terrain within a hundred li. Before him, two Eastern Depot eunuchs guarded him closely while unfurling an enormous map of Beiyang Dao.
Holding a brush, he marked and sketched across it. After a long while, he slowly set it down. "Done. Submit it to General Feng Yong."
"Yes, Lord Chancellor!"
One of the eunuchs rolled up the scroll and carried out the order.
He had been blazing with fury just now, thinking only of slapping Wu Yi across the face. How could he have known that he had overlooked such a crucial point—if Wu Yi was only Tier 2 Earth Realm, how could he have slain three Earth Realm experts in a single exchange before their very eyes?
Just thinking about that monkey's strength made Bai Rufeng shudder. Not to mention that shameless bastard Liu Feng had actually equipped that thing with a staff weighing one hundred and eight thousand jin. One blow could smash an entire swath of people dead.
The secret beneath Biluo Lake had thus been uncovered. It led directly to the inheritance grounds of the Ancient Demon Lord, and that was merely the main entrance. There was more than one secondary entrance, one of which lay within the mysterious cave behind the mountain where Zhang Di's parents were imprisoned. General Zhu and the others were currently working together to break through it.
Another benefit was the reduced wind resistance. Combining two vehicles cut it in half, while combining three reduced it to one-third, and so on.
With this, Li Huo Hall taking the last place among the Four Great Halls was as certain as a nail driven into a board. There might even be