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"": "What did the black-gold toad know about any of that?
It only knew that the Golden Silkworm Gu was issuing commands.
It only knew that it was very close to a certain presence!
Gu had little intelligence.
It vaguely knew that its master had died.
But the message conveyed by the Golden Silkworm Gu said the exact opposite.
And the presence it sensed so close by was extraordinarily familiar.
That familiarity made it tremble with excitement.
Its tiny brain could not possibly consider that Fourth Master Gray had been running for days, until the skin on his feet had worn raw.
"Squeak, squeak..." Fourth Master Gray's cries grew a little quieter.
Sighing as he spoke, he said, "I've been saddled with two stubborn fools. Just one final push, eh? Fine, but let's get this straight first: I'm going to that blasted cliff of yours. The venomous bugs there are nice and fat. I can't wait to have a turn at being a Grand Ancestor myself."
Lowering his head, Fourth Master Gray picked up the Cinnabar Tortoise's shell in his mouth.
The black-gold toad drew its head in slightly, unable to retract it completely like a real tortoise.
A blur flashed past as Fourth Master Gray broke into another sprint, darting into the forest and racing toward Three Perils Mountain!
Just how fast was a Gray Immortal?
His escape from Dai Zhixiong in the Underground Palace offered some indication.
Of course, nearly dying in subsequent direct confrontations with Dai Zhixiong or Zhou Sanming was another matter.
When it came to simply fleeing, Fourth Master Gray had all sorts of methods. Crossing mountains did not require him to climb over peaks and ridges like a human. He only needed to follow the foot of the mountains, continually