Mount Tai's Whereabouts

"Star Lord, is it not allowed?"

"No, we can't break through this Mountain and River Forever Formation!"

"I refuse to die in a place like this!"

"I'm not resigned to this! I still have 120 years left to live, I never imagined I'd be starving to death in this desperate situation!"

"Damn it, there was a pattern when we entered this place, so why is it different when we leave!"

"Someone must have tampered with it!"

The sound Zhang Xuezhou heard was very faint, as if it were the last lingering echo of someone who had run out of strength.

Perhaps because he had once controlled the Tai-level Six Symbols, or perhaps because Zhang Xuezhou's perception was stronger, Li Shaojun didn't hear anything, but Zhang Xuezhou did hear some strange sounds.

"Something was tampered with?"

Zhang Xuezhou thought for a moment, wondering who had tampered with the Yin-Yang School's secret location.

Clearly, without the Tai-level Six Symbols, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't just wander into this kind of place.

He touched the stone wall, then thought that without the opportunity to enter and exit on the fifteenth of each month, he could only shake his head.

Did you hear that thumping sound?

Zhang Xuezhou closed his eyes for a long while before Li Shaojun asked in a low voice.

"The sound is very rhythmic," Li Shaojun said. "I think there must be some kind of impact-related treasure inside, like a bell or a drum!"

"You could try prying this open and crawling inside to look for it," Zhang Xuezhou quipped.

"That won't do," Li Shaojun shook his head repeatedly. "I've been digging here for over ten days now, and I can't dig any deeper. Every time I dig two feet and then rest, it gets filled in!"

"That's a real shame," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"This is likely some kind of formation, which can only be activated by powerful destruction to a certain extent. We can't open this place, but that Zhenyuan might have the ability to do so!"

"Go and invite Zhenyuan!"

Seeing that Zhang Xuezhou showed absolutely no interest, Li Shaojun was understandably disappointed.

Treasure hunting would be entirely beneficial to him. If Zhang Xuezhou invited Divine Lord Zhenyuan, whose strength was just enough to open this passage, Li Shaojun might have a chance to use underhanded tactics and perhaps even eliminate such a formidable enemy.

If Divine Lord Zhenyuan could forcefully enter, even if he didn't get any treasures, he could still make a good impression and reduce the conflict between them.

For Li Shaojun, although he had discovered a treasure trove, a treasure trove that he couldn't obtain was useless; it was better to use it for scheming or to do favors.

But Zhang Xuezhou was completely uncooperative, which greatly disappointed him.

"They're gone!"

Li Shaojun muttered something uninspired, indicating that his physical condition had fully recovered and he wouldn't want to stay in this cold and gloomy passage any longer; he needed to leave first.

See you then!

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, not minding that Li Shaojun went first.

In the dark cave passage, Li Shaojun's footsteps faded into the distance, while Zhang Xuezhou did his best to recover the Demon Power within his body.

For him at present, his means of restoring his demonic power after his Law Power was sealed were extremely limited, and the ways to restore his Demon Power were also limited. Most of the time, he relied on Zhang Xuezhou to eat to fill his body.

The effect of replenishing Spiritual Qi is quite good, but the area where Spiritual Qi surges is limited, and the cost of using spiritual jade for recovery is extremely high. Few people can afford such a luxury, and it is rare for Zhang Xuezhou to rely on Spiritual Qi to replenish his Demon Power.

He leaned against the stone wall, constantly inhaling and exhaling, gradually accumulating Demon Power within his body.

In the quiet space, he could hear some faint sounds again.

"... That old Zhu Jiuyin..."

"It must be the work of Zhu Jiuyin; he's been appearing in the Mount Tai area recently!"

"So what if we know it was him?"

"He controls the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man. If any one of them is destroyed, our Immortal Court is finished!"

"Alas, we don't know if the Immortal Court is finished, but we are probably finished right now!"

"I refuse to accept this fate!"

"Yuan Quezhong, what are you going to do... you..."

"Master Fu, since you've decided to die, why not grant my wish? Let me eat your flesh to prolong my days and wait for a chance to escape!"

A rapid and deadly blow rang out, followed by the sound of panting and the ceasing of breathing. The conversation around Zhang Xuezhou stopped, leaving only the faint sound of tearing and biting.

In the stillness, Zhang Xuezhou, who was eavesdropping, couldn't help but shudder, feeling as if the other party had struck him.

He touched his chest and realized that the monk named Fu Sima had been fatally stabbed in the heart without warning of his companion.

In the eyes of ordinary people, cultivators have a long cultivation period and need to fight three to five hundred moves to determine the winner, fighting back and forth for several days or even years. However, most cultivators fight to the death in a very short time, sometimes so short that they can't even react in time.

No matter how many skills one has cultivated, no matter how long one has cultivated, and no matter what glorious achievements one has had in the past, one could be killed if given the chance.

In battles among cultivators, one must either possess talismans and Law Treasure with rapid reflexes, or be skilled in body tempering; various means of self-protection are necessary to give oneself more room for error.

Zhang Xuezhou took a deep breath, feeling that while seeking to advance his Realm Technique, he would also try his best not to neglect his physical body techniques, lest he make a single mistake and lose everything.

It's fine if he didn't practice physical techniques, but if he had reached his current level, he could have put in more effort to ensure he could both escape and take a beating in the future.

Zhang Xuezhou's method of promoting the physical body technique was also very simple. Once his cultivation reached the Sole Self Realm, he could take the Locking Yang and repeat his original cultivation method, thus releasing the power that Locking Yang had sealed away once again.

Many things become easier with practice; you might make a mess the first time, but you won't be as bad the second time.

Moreover, Dong Zhongshu's art of Unity of Celestial Person and Heaven is constantly advancing. Combined with the new leaves of the poisonous tree on Broken Soul Ridge, Zhang Xuezhou's future ability to achieve harmony Unity of Celestial Person and Heaven will no longer be a matter of luck, but rather a high success rate with repeated successes.

"Once I survive the clutches of the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, I'll be free and unrestrained, and I should have a place in the Three Realms!"

He shuddered and got up, not caring that his Demon Power had not fully recovered, and groped his way out of the cave in the darkness.

Li Shaojun had probably flown two or three hundred miles away by this time, and Zhang Xuezhou was too lazy to chase after him to rendezvous.

He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his arms, from which pale white, jade-like feathers appeared.

Like a fish returning to water, he moved his arms without even stirring up any waves, and his body lightly rose into the air.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that he could reach Chang'an City by flying more than two thousand miles quickly and using his Law Power to control the clouds.

Besides contacting Li Shaojun, who was the obvious shield, Zhang Xuezhou also needed to contact Divine Lord Zhenyuan was actually providing manpower and resources.

He flapped his wings from side to side, his body shifted from standing upright to lying flat in the air, and he also soared into the high sky.

"This is incredible!"

Zhang Xuezhou's flying speed was so fast that even Divine Lord Zhenyuan praised him highly.

He leaped into the air, flying like an Airbus. When he heard the sound, Zhang Xuezhou felt his heart pound again, startled by his earlier eavesdropping.

"People are scary, they're terrifying!"

Zhang Xuezhou's leaping speed is extremely fast, but as long as someone skilled in leaping maintains a similar speed, the two will appear as if they are still when they look at each other.

Zhang Xuezhou Zhang Xuezhou glanced around and saw a strange crane spreading its wings in the sky, stretching its neck to look down at him.

"You're a human being, I'm not!"

The crane responded, clicking its tongue in amazement, and moved even closer, almost flying alongside Zhang Xuezhou.

"Left Envoy Feiyu, what are you doing here?" Zhang Xuezhou called out first.

"I found the atmosphere in the underground palace too stuffy, so I floated in the air for a while. Who knew I'd suddenly spot a skilled flyer, so I flew over to give chase. I never expected it to be you!"

The demon crane opened its beak to reply, and its bird head transformed into a human form in a short moment, revealing the human appearance of the Left Envoy Feiyu, as well as the astonished human expression of the Feiyu Demon King.

Clearly, the Feiyu Demon King was extremely surprised by Zhang Xuezhou's leaping ability.

For demons with relatively long lifespans, ten years is not a long time; his daughter, Lingyu, had only just taken human form.

But in this short period of time, Zhang Xuezhou actually developed an extremely strong ability to fly.

The Feiyu Demon King was a master of flight, and he was quite certain that Zhang Xuezhou's flying skills were extremely high. There were no more than fifty people in the Three Realms who could surpass his flying level.

Thinking back to when Zhang Xuezhou still needed him to carry Fei Zong, the Feiyu Demon King could hardly imagine such a speed of progress.

He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something more important.