The Snake Moves

"Zhong Shan, how did you know Senior Brother was here?" Tian Ling'er asked, looking at Zhong Shan as they walked.

For some reason, Tian Ling'er didn't seem as eager to meet Senior Brother anymore. All the way here, Tian Ling'er kept trying to convince herself. I have to see Senior Brother, I must see Senior Brother. Besides, I'm already at the Innate Tenth Stage and will soon reach the Golden Core Stage. Once I reach the Golden Core Stage, Senior Brother will call me Little Junior Sister. In Senior Brother's eyes, I won't be a little girl anymore.

"Hao San has been found. He's just past this canyon. With so many Immortal Sect disciples surrounding the area, our Kaiyang Sect people must be there too," Zhong Shan said after thinking for a moment.

"Oh," Tian Ling'er nodded, then lowered her head, lost in thought. She kicked at the small stones on the path as she walked.

Seeing Tian Ling'er's actions, Zhong Shan shook his head and smiled.

Finally, the two of them walked out of the canyon and reached its mouth. They saw a hill completely surrounded by white mist. Around it, there was a circle of tall mountains.

On the circle of tall mountains, many figures stood in groups of two or three. Everyone was staring intently at the white mist hill in the center.

Seeing this scene, Zhong Shan's heart tightened, and he immediately analyzed the current situation.

"Senior Brother! It's Senior Brother! And Third Senior Sister!" Tian Ling'er suddenly pointed at a mountain peak to the north and exclaimed excitedly.

What Tian Ling'er didn't notice was that this time, her eyes weren't solely on Senior Brother. Bei Qing Si was also in her sight. In the past, no matter how many people were around Senior Brother, Tian Ling'er's eyes would only see Senior Brother alone.

When Tian Ling'er saw Senior Brother, her heart suddenly felt lighter. Perhaps it was a reflex, but her figure quickly darted out of the canyon and ran towards the mountain peak where the Kaiyang Sect was located.

"Wait..."

Zhong Shan had just called out, but it was already too late. Tian Ling'er had already run off. Seeing this, Zhong Shan sighed softly and chased after her.

Two people suddenly ran out of the mountain valley, instantly attracting the attention of all the onlookers.

Everyone was staring at the white mist hill, waiting for Hao San to appear, while also being wary of the various forces. Unless one had absolute strength, the first person to rush out would definitely not be the one to obtain the fruit.

The sudden appearance of Tian Ling'er and Zhong Shan caused all the onlookers to pause. Did these two want to snatch Hao San?

Some people became vigilant, but then they realized that the two were not running towards the white mist hill. After coming out of the canyon, they headed straight for the northern mountain peak.

What were they doing?

On a mountain peak to the east.

"Qian You, those two made the first move," Gu Lin immediately called out to the young woman beside him.

Hearing Gu Lin's call, Princess Qian You frowned and glanced at Gu Lin with some annoyance.

"Young Master, those two are only at the Innate Stage. And they're running towards the north, so they shouldn't be the ones attacking Hao San," Mister Shui Jing explained.

"Innate Stage?" Gu Lin indeed believed what Mister Shui Jing said.

To the north, where the Kaiyang Sect disciples were.

"Senior Brother, it's Ling'er, and that new disciple the sect took in," Yun Qian recognized Tian Ling'er and Zhong Shan below at a glance.

Seeing the two below quickly approaching the northern mountain peak, Senior Brother Tian Sha paused for a moment, then looked at Bei Qing Si beside him. His brows furrowed slightly.

Tian Sha wasn't stupid. He naturally knew about Tian Ling'er's affection for him. However, Bei Qing Si was by his side at the moment. If any misunderstanding arose, it wasn't something he wanted to see.

At this moment, Bei Qing Si was also staring at the two below. More precisely, Bei Qing Si was staring at Zhong Shan. Seeing Zhong Shan, Bei Qing Si couldn't help but think of the enchanting scene of their last encounter at the hot spring, and her body involuntarily felt warm.

This man, Zhong Shan? Why has he appeared again? During the Kaiyang Hall meeting, I didn't go temporarily because I was afraid of the awkwardness of meeting him. How long has it been, and we're meeting again?

Bei Qing Si also frowned slightly, a hint of awkwardness flashing in her eyes. She didn't know how she should face Zhong Shan later.

However, Tian Ling'er was rapidly approaching from that direction, and Tian Sha and Bei Qing Si naturally couldn't pretend not to see her.

Zhong Shan followed closely behind Tian Ling'er because he saw a hint of something amiss in the eyes of the powerful cultivators on the four surrounding mountain peaks. The way everyone looked at him wasn't very friendly. Clearly, his appearance had touched upon a taboo in their hearts. Moreover, that White Mist Mountain in the center, could it be Hao San?

Just as Zhong Shan was accompanying Tian Ling'er and running towards the northern mountain peak, a loud noise suddenly erupted from the White Mist Mountain behind them.

"Roar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

The loud noise caused Tian Ling'er, who was running ahead, to suddenly stop and turn her head in astonishment towards the White Mist Mountain.

Similarly, on the surrounding mountain peaks, everyone shifted their gaze from Zhong Shan to the White Mist Mountain, because the White Mist Mountain was everyone's objective. Even the people from the Kaiyang Sect all stared at the White Mist Mountain.

After the loud noise, the white mist slowly dispersed. Everyone saw that the area beneath that mountain was no longer the color of earth, but a golden expanse. Clearly, this great array, when defending, had made even the ground below as solid as diamond.

The great array was withdrawn, and the golden ground slowly faded. However, around the entire mountain, numerous white flags were planted.

A flag array.

A black-robed old man holding a dust whisk made a hand seal, and all the white flags flew into his hand.

Snakes. On the mountain were fifty-one giant snakes, thirty meters long, raising their heads and hissing angrily. Their appearance was incredibly terrifying. One snake, one hundred and fifty meters long, no, a dragon. It was a Horned Dragon. The Horned Dragon had a single horn on its head, pointing towards the sky like a blunt knife, incredibly terrifying.

A Horned Dragon?

The people on the peaks of the four surrounding mountains stirred. How could this be? How could it be a Horned Dragon?

The Horned Dragon was one hundred and fifty meters long, with one-third of its body standing vertically in the air, reaching a height of fifty meters. Its eyes gleamed with coldness. Such a massive body looked incredibly terrifying and possessed immense presence.

On the location of the giant dragon horn, a man in white clothes with white hair was standing. A cold indifference flickered in the man's eyes, along with an aura of defiance against the heavens.

"Roar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

The Horned Dragon let out another long roar towards the sky, as if demonstrating its power to all the strong cultivators.

However, along with the Horned Dragon's long roar towards the sky, the fifty-one giant snakes quickly slithered down the mountain, splitting into three groups and moving in three different directions.

One of these groups, consisting of sixteen large snakes, was moving directly towards the north.

While Tian Ling'er was still shocked by the astonishing scene, Zhong Shan felt the hairs on his entire body stand on end.

"Run~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Zhong Shan roared with bloodshot eyes, pulling Tian Ling'er, and ran towards the distant mountain peak, quickly deviating from due north and running towards the northeast.

The speed of the large snakes was terrifying. In no time, they had slithered down the mountain. Moreover, some of them even raised their bodies, slammed their heads downwards into the ground, and actually burrowed into the earth, entering the underground.

Pulling Tian Ling'er to run quickly, Zhong Shan also saw the situation behind him, and his heart grew even more anxious. The large snakes were getting closer, and these large snakes seemed extremely bloodthirsty. Their slithering paths were actually slowly deviating towards Zhong Shan's direction.

On the mountain peak where the Kaiyang Sect was located, the disciples were startled. Bei Qing Si and Tian Sha quickly rushed downwards, and the disciples behind them also followed.

On the eastern mountain peak,

Princess Qian You frowned, looking at the many large snakes that had slithered away, and then at the Horned Dragon on the peak of the mountain.

"A Horned Dragon? It's actually a Horned Dragon?" Gu Lin frowned and looked at this scene in surprise, a strong sense of difficulty revealed in his eyes.

Mister Shui Jing fanned his feather fan, his eyes slightly narrowed. He only glanced at the Horned Dragon and Hao San on the dragon's head before shifting his gaze to the black-robed Lao Wei.

Gu Lin frowned, looked at the Horned Dragon, and then shifted his gaze to Princess Qian You. Seeing the solemn expression on Princess Qian You's face, Gu Lin suddenly felt a surge of heat in his head and said, "Qian You, I'll send someone to capture Hao San for you."

After speaking, Gu Lin turned his head, preparing to instruct his subordinates, "You..."

"Silence." Princess Qian You glared at Gu Lin.

Beside them, Mister Shui Jing shook his feather fan, sighing slightly. Clearly, he also felt a sense of regret regarding Gu Lin, who was a burden.

Below, the speed of the large snakes was terrifying. In the blink of an eye, they were about to catch up to Zhong Shan and Tian Ling'er.

Tian Ling'er also came to her senses at this moment, realizing the gravity of the situation. She and Zhong Shan headed towards the hillside. They reached the foot of the slope, and above, Bei Qing Si and Tian Sha were also about to fly down. It was close. However, the dozen or so large snakes behind them were even faster than the people above.

"Step on the boulder, jump," Zhong Shan shouted.

This was because, right in front of them, there was a large black stone. If they jumped onto that large stone, and then jumped with all their might, the people flying down from above could catch him and Tian Ling'er on their flying swords, and then quickly fly higher, thus being saved.

Tian Ling'er could already smell the fishy odor from the mouths of the large snakes behind them. As soon as Zhong Shan finished speaking, she immediately did as he said. Perhaps it was due to the pressure from the large snakes, or perhaps it was the blind admiration she had accumulated for Zhong Shan over the previous period. At this moment, Tian Ling'er did not hesitate at all.

The two of them stepped onto the large stone almost simultaneously and simultaneously exerted their strongest force, pushing off with their legs. The giant stone was shattered by their steps, but their bodies flew up in a parallel trajectory.

Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From the side of the shattered giant stone, the ground suddenly shook. Endless mud and gravel shot up into the sky. A snake head, a huge red snake head, emerged from the large hole. It opened its blood-pool-like mouth and bit towards their flying bodies with terrifying speed.

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