Ten Thousand Gu Insect Mountains! Five Manifestations United! Five Aspects Sealing Technique!

The Southern Border, the Ten Thousand Gu Insect Mountains.

Mountains abounded in the Southern Border. The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains sprawled like a coiled dragon, shrouded in mist all year round.

Traveling south from Linjiang County, crossing the Five Ridges and passing the confluence of three rivers brought one into the Southern Border.

The mountains here were several times steeper than those of the Central Plains, their cliffs sheer as blade cuts and their valleys deep as abysses.

A damp, cloyingly sweet scent permeated the air-the mingled smell of miasma and rotting vegetation.

Ordinary merchants and travelers stopped here. Farther in lay the territory of the Southern Border Three Tribes. Outsiders who trespassed did so at their own peril.

Using Cloud Dragon Nine Manifestations, Zhang Chu flitted through the mountains like a phantom.

He had dealt with the temple's affairs.

Then he had left.

He had not lingered.

A master could lead one through the door, but cultivation depended on the individual.

He had left many things for the True Martial Temple.

Any one of those things, brought out into the world, could cause a sensation and spark a bloody struggle.

If the disciples still could not grow quickly with such resources, there was nothing more he could do.

In the end, everyone had to walk their own road.

Bzzzt!!...

Zhang Chu moved incredibly fast.

Each leap carried him several thousand zhang, and the treetops beneath his feet barely trembled before becoming still again.

Shangguan Hongye followed roughly three li behind him.

Her red robes flickered in and out of the mist like a flame scattered by the wind.

Ever since they had made that agreement,

she had waited without leaving.

That was what she and Zhang Chu had agreed upon.

Whoosh!...

Her movement technique was exceedingly unusual. Rather than