Outside the Forbidden Ancient City.
A figure strolled across the wilderness beyond the ancient city!
With every step!
That figure vanished like a ghostly phantom, disappearing in an instant beyond the end of the wilderness.
A short while later.
A young man with an alluring smile at the corners of his lips appeared beyond the Forbidden Ancient City's flight-restriction range.
That was right!
It was Cheng Buzheng's avatar, having removed his conical hat and cloak.
Just then.
Cheng Buzheng turned back and cast a deep glance at the Forbidden Ancient City, sprawled across the earth like some primordial behemoth.
"Guan Ping, you old thief—wait well for the grand gift I have prepared for you!"
In an instant.
A surge of exhilaration rose in his heart!
Of course!
If possible, Cheng Buzheng truly wanted to do it himself.
Rather than splash mud on someone as he was doing now.
But reality did not bend to one's will. The gap between them was simply too vast—so vast that there was not the slightest possibility.
He could only borrow another's hand to exact a small measure of revenge.
Then.
Cheng Buzheng no longer delayed. With a thought stirred...
A hazy radiance lit up beneath his feet.
The next moment.
A streak of flowing light shot skyward from the Forbidden Island, plunging into the Nine Firmaments Cloud Sea.
However.
Not long after Cheng Buzheng's avatar stepped out of the Hidden Information Pavilion...
An Old Daoist with white hair and beard emerged from the Hidden Information Pavilion's hidden door, then headed directly toward the Spirit Sky Tiger Clan's residence within the Forbidden Ancient City.
That was right!
That white-haired Old Daoist was precisely the master of the Hidden Information Pavilion.
He was also a powerful Mortal Cultivator at the Half-Step Venerable realm.
Very soon!
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