From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 207 Fishing Mountain Lord

The mountains rise majestically into the clouds, like a giant stretching the earth towards the sky. Among the rare and exotic plants, there is a rare herb with small yellow flowers and fruits that resemble dodder seeds.

Chen Xuan stood in the Feng Shui secret path, observing the group of fox demons whose every move exuded elegance, and estimating their cultivation level and strength.

“Nine thousand miles away…” Based on the secrets of the Green Bag, Hua Liuli calculated the distance and end of this feng shui secret route. The journey was too far. Even with the secret techniques of the Green Bag, it would take a considerable amount of time to reach the hidden essence of Guyao Mountain.

Her subordinates, tasked with creating the furnace, had passed through this area but hadn't discovered a single clue. The feng shui array that isolated the inside from the outside must be of an incredibly high level.

"How strong are those foxes lying in ambush?" Hua Liuli asked Chen Xuan telepathically.
“...Ordinary.” Chen Xuan examined it for a moment and uttered this word.

"Huh?" Hua Liuli was taken aback, looking at Chen Xuan with surprise.

Qingqiu Mountain is a powerful force on par with the Little Dragon Palace, holding an unparalleled position among the demon race. Why would they send only a group of "ordinary" fox demons to lure Chen Xuan?

“There are four old fox demons at the Cauldron Realm in total… and about ten young Daoist monks.” Chen Xuan replied with a frown.

In fact, this setup was no ordinary one. Four cauldrons plus more than a dozen Daoist scriptures—wherever they were placed, they could reign supreme and domineering. After all, even the most prestigious thousand-year-old families in the Chu Kingdom might not be able to muster such a force…

However, Qingqiu Mountain occupies an ancient mountain and sea on its own, making it a super demon clan power that can rival ancient Daoist temples. This kind of presence is somewhat inconsistent with their status.

After all, even the Golden Crow God, who controls a large part of the Southern Wilderness, could forcibly restrain more than forty great ghosts and monsters to fight against Chen Xuan with a single test.

"There's no hidden old thing... right?" Chen Xuan's eyes, imbued with the power of the Mind Cleansing, carefully scanned the world at the end of the Feng Shui secret path, but still found nothing noteworthy.

"Ordinary? Ah! That Chen Xuan called us ordinary. He looks down on us cauldrons!" In the mountains, a handsome six-tailed blue fox demon shrieked at his three cauldron companions.

He was a top-tier cauldron expert, whose strength was even slightly higher than that of the Southern Wilderness Raven Saint, yet he was actually looked down upon by a human Daoist!

“He’s incredibly arrogant. What is he, a mere child? He’s just a Taoist priest relying on the Emperor’s Banner and his divine soul body.”

An elderly green fox demon, resembling an old woman with three tails, sneered and continued, "The Qingqiu Heavenly Fox Clan is born with a strong soul and inherits the supreme wind energy, the Nine-Tailed True Scripture. We are the ancestors who manipulate souls."

In the tales of mountains and seas, the nine-tailed celestial fox, with a single howl upon ascending a mountain, bewitches the mortal world, causing all souls to fall at its feet.

Many of the true scriptures and secret techniques concerning the soul in the Qi Refining world originate from the ancient beast Nine-Tailed Fox of Qingqiu Mountain.

Bai Gangan, a three-tailed red fox from the Southern Wilderness, possessed a trace of celestial fox blood, making her exceptionally powerful and turning her into the most famous fire-based weapon-refining master in the Southern Wilderness.

"Terrifying." Chen Xuan stared at the foxes' mouths, slightly stunned. He had been communicating with Hua Liuli using a communication talisman, and they had overheard everything?

Moreover, he and Hua Liuli are in a feng shui secret path with disordered orientation!
No wonder Zhang Dongxuan of the Qingnang Daoist Temple dared not speak loudly; he was truly afraid of startling the foxes in the mountains.

There are countless schools of thought on the Dao of Qi in the world, but Qingqiu Mountain stands out from the crowd and is famous throughout the world. Indeed, there are no unworthy people under a great reputation, and it is impossible to guard against them!

"No, they're eavesdropping on Hua Liuli," Chen Xuan thought to himself. Tianyan Qi hadn't issued a warning. You see, Tianyan Qi could even detect Wu Taotie's spying and malice. No matter how strong these four fox demons were, they couldn't possibly be stronger than Wu Taotie.

They must have overheard Hua Liuli through the escaped golden pheasant.

"The two realm lords, who are traveling with Chen Xuan, have long said that Zhang Dongxuan, that cowardly rat, will definitely entangle her. This is a good opportunity to settle old scores together," the six-tailed green fox demon said in a deep voice.

"Fellow Daoist Hu Qing, your scheme has attracted Chen Xuan and the two realm lords, making a great contribution. You will surely win the favor of the White Fox Goddess and Prince Zhao the Fox God, and will be bestowed with the noble surnames of [Kang] and [Bai], becoming famous throughout Qingqiu."

The old fox demon bowed in congratulations and sighed, "The feng shui formation that seals off this area makes it easy to leave but difficult to come back in... When the White Fox God went out to capture those big monsters like the Mountain Lord and Little Mad Dog, she almost couldn't find her way back."

Among the fox spirits of Qingqiu, those with the surnames Zhao and Zhang are the most prestigious, followed by those with the surnames Bai and Kang.

Normally, only ancient celestial foxes with seven, eight, or nine tails can be given these four surnames... Below these four surnames, it is the turn of a major surname like Hu.

But at the end of the Mountain and Sea Era, humanity rose to power, leveling the mountains and seas and changing the world. In that catastrophe, which continues to this day, the Kang lineage of the fox demon clan vanished without a trace.

The one who carried out the act was the ancient Qingnang Daoist Temple.

"Whether one's surname is the common Hu or the noble Kang or Bai, one is serving the supreme Qingqiu."

The six-tailed green fox demon named Hu Qing remained calm. Suddenly, his long, thin ears twitched, and his expression changed. He said, "It's the voice of Taiyin Qi. Chen Xuan is very alert; he's changed direction!"

Hu Qing's expression was solemn. Chen Xuan was more troublesome than expected. Just as he was about to arrive, Chen Xuan suddenly used Taiyin Qi, causing Hu Qing to lose his target for eavesdropping for a moment.

"..."

Within the secret feng shui path, Chen Xuan was guiding Hua Liuli to deviate from her direction and change her landing location.

Although this group of Qingqiu foxes who can observe all things are only four cauldrons, they are clearly confident that they can deal with him and the two realm lords by waiting for the rabbit to come to them.

"Buzz!" Hua Liuli activated the Qingnang Secret Technique with all her might, and countless strands of brilliant Xuanhuang light emanated from her fingertips. Under Chen Xuan's guidance, she changed the landing point.

This is no easy task, because the secret path found by the blue jade is fixed, and even if the trajectory is forcibly changed, it cannot deviate too far. Moreover, the slightest mistake could lead to a direct deviation from Guyao Mountain, ultimately resulting in an unknown destination.

However, the two realm masters, Hua Liuli, are naturally compatible with the Feng Shui Qing Nang lineage, and have mastered the Qing Nang secret technique after many years of cultivation, so she can barely do this.

Soon, Chen Xuan and Hua Liuli arrived at the end of the secret path, passed through a water-like barrier, and landed in a mountain forest a dozen miles away from the group of foxes.

"Wow!"

The moment Chen Xuan stepped off the feng shui secret path, a dark, crescent moon rose into the sky, casting a clear, black moonlight that concealed his presence with Hua Liuli.

"Let's leave here first," Chen Xuan said. He was too close to the foxes, and his Taiyin and Tianyan Qi were only at the Daoist level, making it easy for the foxes to discover him again.

Chen Xuan and Hua Liuli carefully traversed the ancient mountain forest, not using their maximum speed, and trying their best not to make a sound.

"Woo!"

Just then, a blue fox rose from the forest like a thousand-foot mountain, its eyes scarlet, and its six long, slender tails, like pillars of heaven, swayed in the sky. Immediately afterwards, three smaller fox images appeared, their cold gazes sweeping over the earth.

"Come out! Chen Xuan, you can't escape!" they roared, using the power of the wind to search the mountains and forests at lightning speed.

“The ‘Valley Wind Transformation Fox Technique’—they’ve used the Heavenly Fox Dharma Form.” Hua Liuli glanced back. A gentle breeze swept across the land, causing the forest to ripple, but the effect of the wind was neutralized by the Heavenly Qi.

The "Valley Wind Fox Transformation Technique" of Qingqiu Mountain is as famous as the "Purple Cloud Dragon Transformation Technique" of Xiaolong Palace. Any Qi cultivator with a little knowledge can tell which force is behind this secret technique once they see it.

“The residual influence of the True Lord Tai Xuan here is more severe than outside. This feng shui formation is to isolate this influence.” Hua Liuli murmured, her face somewhat pale: “The earth element and yellow qi in my body have completely disappeared, not a single drop is left.”

This is the true forbidden land of the Earth element, thousands of times stronger than the outside world. Despite the passage of thousands of years, it seems to have remained untouched.

Hua Liuli took out the Qi-gathering elixir from her treasure and prepared to swallow it, but in an instant, the elixir lost its luster and turned into quicksand that could not be held and slipped through her fingers.

"Even pills are useless." Chen Xuan's gaze sharpened slightly, somewhat surprised.

Less than a breath after the Earth Virtue Immortal Qi Elixir was taken out, it turned into dust and scattered.

"I can't use my immortal energy at all." Hua Liuli frowned. At this moment, she couldn't use any of her secret techniques or the power of her treasures. She sighed, "From now on, I can only rely on my physical body to fight. This is a headache."

Chen Xuan glanced at Hua Liuli. The two realm masters were more focused on development than on combat, unlike the chosen ones like Wu Taotie who were good at fighting. Her cultivation level was entirely due to the accumulation of money and food, and her combat skills relied on external forces such as high-level treasures and subordinates. Even the Qingnang Secret Manual she cultivated was mainly for support and did not have much direct combat power.

However, Hua Liuli was too wealthy, and she nurtured her divine body of two realms to near perfection. Even with just her empty body, she was no less powerful than most top-tier cauldron experts.

Chen Xuan immediately waved the Human Emperor Banner and summoned the Heavenly Evolution Dao Treasury from his physical body.

"Go!" he commanded Tianyan Daozang, ordering them to flee quickly in the exact opposite direction.

"Ah!" The little man of the Heavenly Evolution Dao Treasury was filled with terror and trembled. Then, he gritted his teeth, covered his head and ran away. His little human world was about to collapse, but it was no better in the real world.

"The sound of Taiyin Qi flowing." After about ten breaths, Hu Qing turned his head and looked in a direction dozens of miles away. Immediately afterwards, the other three Heavenly Foxes also looked in that direction.

“Chen Xuan was too eager to escape and his speed was too fast, which caused abnormal fluctuations... He is still too young.” The old woman Qinghu speculated. The fluctuation of Taiyin Qi appeared for a moment and then disappeared quickly. It should be that Chen Xuan readjusted his escape speed.

"Chase!" Without hesitation, the four elegant celestial foxes with sleek body lines immediately set off, riding the wind and clouds at high speed through the sky to launch the pursuit.

But at that moment, from another direction, another wisp of Yin Qi trembled and made a sound, then disappeared.

"A diversionary tactic? Or are they trying to split us into two groups? Both methods are crude," Hu Qing said, frowning.

"Although the method is crude, it is effective. We can only split our forces into two groups," said the old woman, Qinghu. If Chen Xuan, who possesses Taiyin Qi, escapes more than a hundred miles away, it will be difficult to track him down, and it will be hard to hear his movements again.

"The three of you, keep chasing from here!" Hu Qing immediately changed direction and went off alone in another direction.

"Good!" The old woman, the green fox, and the other two cauldron demons burst forth with extreme speed, forming an encirclement, and arrived at the place where the Taiyin Qi had fluctuated earlier after twenty breaths.

"Chen Xuan is even more cunning than us foxes. Which direction did he escape to with Hua Liuli?" the old fox woman said in a deep voice, placing her hand beside her ear and listening to the sound of the wind in the air.

"A person leaves a trace, a goose leaves a sound; once he reveals his true colors, he cannot escape!" The ears of the other two old foxes twitched, also listening to the nearby wind; no slightest sound could escape their ears.

"It seems to be from the North..."

The old fox suddenly turned her head, looking back at the path they had come from. Her pupils contracted, and she cried out, "Oh no!"

Chen Xuan didn't run away; instead, he approached them and ambushed them on their inevitable path!
"Zheng!"

Just above the forest they had passed through, a clear, dragon-like sword cry suddenly rang out, vibrating their eardrums and almost deafening their fox ears.

The old woman, Qinghu, was particularly focused, bringing her fox clan talent to its fullest potential. She listened intently, completely absorbed, until the sword's cry pierced through the Yin Qi like a thunderclap from the heavens, causing a trickle of blood to seep from her ear.

The True Martial Sword Qi was as white as a long rainbow, arriving even before the sound was heard.

"Crack!"

The moment the old woman, Qinghu, turned her head, the gleaming sword light entered her eyes. First, she saw rows of ancient trees, as thick as water vats, falling down in the mountains and forests. Then, the snow-white sword light engulfed her vision. Finally, her head fell from her neck, blood splattering everywhere.

"A secret sword technique!" The other two old fox cauldrons were shocked and immediately went to help the old woman, Green Fox.

They were shocked. Chen Xuan not only did not run away, but instead set up an ambush for them, launching a deadly attack from behind!
and.

Knowing that the fox clan possessed naturally powerful divine souls, Chen Xuan did not launch a close-range attack with his divine soul body wielding the Emperor's Banner, as he had done with the great demons of the Southern Wilderness. Instead, he chose to use the secrets of immortal qi to sever the old woman's head with upright sword energy.

"Old Fox Granny is a high-level cultivation vessel of the sixth heaven, yet she couldn't even withstand a single sword strike!" The two old foxes were horrified. Could this be an attack from a Daoist master? It was terrifying: "Chen Xuan used... it seems to be the lost True Martial Seven-Section Sword!"

The old woman, Qinghu, was shattered by a single sword strike using the "Valley Wind Fox Transformation Technique." Her enormous body, now separated from her head, shrank rapidly and fell from the sky, her blood raining down like a curtain.

The two old foxes didn't have time to save the old woman, Qinghu, because two streaks of light, following closely behind the sword light, rushed towards them.

Chen Xuan, clad in the Dew-Covered Armor, shone like a crimson sun, his flames blazing fiercely. Hua Liuli, on the other hand, emerged from the mountains and forests like a pure white celestial light, launching a fierce attack.

"Don't worry about me, hold them off! Hu Qing will be here soon. Besides, Princess Zhao Shenhu left the battlefield besieging the [Wushan Goddess Shrine] half an hour ago and is heading this way!"

The old woman, Qinghu, roared fiercely as her head flipped and fell from the sky, sword energy rolling at the wound on her neck, extinguishing any remaining life force.

"Wow!"

Chen Xuan and Hua Liuliren faced off against a six-tailed blue fox, going all out to take down the foxes in the shortest possible time.

Chen Xuan first used the Emperor's Banner, which swelled to hundreds of meters in length. He wrapped his arms around the banner's thick pole and swept it horizontally. A wisp of black smoke seemed to sweep across the sky, and with a bang, it struck an old fox's head.

"Clang!" This was also an old fox at the sixth level of the Cauldron Realm, with terrifying strength. A bloody gash appeared on his face from being whipped by the Human Emperor Banner. Moreover, the banner seemed to come alive, enveloping the old fox's head, and countless ghostly soldiers and souls surged into his mind like a tide.

"The Emperor's Banner? What a treasure! It belongs to Qingqiu now!" The old fox not only didn't avoid the Emperor's Banner, but instead burst into wild laughter. A gentle divine light flowed from its entire body. This was a divine soul technique that temporarily resisted the attack of the Emperor's Banner.

It swatted away the spirits on its shoulders with its claws, then gripped the banner of the Human Emperor. Smoke billowed from its claws, and at the same time, its three fox tails cascaded down like a waterfall, firmly wrapping around the Human Emperor's banner.

Chen Xuan's gaze sharpened; these vixens were indeed quite capable.

Although the Human Emperor Banner can still inflict damage on the old fox, it is far less effective than other cauldrons, which would either kill or severely injure upon contact. It would be difficult to subdue the old fox in a short time.

"This is the 'Secret Technique of the Unity of God and Flesh' of Qingqiu. The soul and spirit dissolve into the physical body, becoming one. Only when the body dies will the soul perish."

The old fox was enveloped in a gentle divine soul power. It exerted force with its claws and six tails at the same time, trying to pull the Human Emperor Banner out of Chen Xuan's hands. It laughed loudly, "This kind of divine soul secret technique is piled up like a mountain on Qingqiu Mountain... When Hu Qing and Prince Zhao Shenhu arrive with heavy weapons, you will have nowhere to run!"

During the great battle, it still had the leisure to talk and chat, not taking Chen Xuan seriously... The True Martial Secret Technique, with its astonishing power, requires a lot of time to activate, but it will not give Chen Xuan that opportunity.

"brush!"

Chen Xuan released the Emperor's Banner and instantly activated the "Purple Cloud Dragon Transformation Technique." The black-gold dragon body circled the Emperor's Banner pole and swam forward at high speed. The black dragon Chen Xuan was wearing scarlet armor and holding the Jingzhe Immortal Sword. He slashed at the old fox one sword after another, and the sword light containing the True Martial Sword Intent surged and raged.

"This... the secret technique of the Little Dragon Palace." The old fox's expression changed slightly. It had intended to use a divine soul secret technique to shatter the Human Emperor Banner's trump card, causing Chen Xuan to suffer a blow and become trapped in a quagmire, unable to advance or retreat. However, it did not expect that Chen Xuan had no intention of relying on the Human Emperor Banner at all.

In the blink of an eye, a dazzling sword light surged forth, unstoppable, severing a fox tail that was blocking its path, blood splattering as it swept in with overwhelming force.

The old fox's hair stood on end. He released the Emperor's Banner, and his body floated lightly as he retreated at lightning speed.

Black Dragon Chen Xuan pursued through the air, and wherever the Jingzhe Immortal Sword went, its sword light shone as brightly as the sun, seemingly capable of cutting through everything in the world.

"Old Fox!" the old fox roared, its two fox tails snapping straight, carrying orange gale force, creating phantoms that pierced towards Black Dragon Chen Xuan, displaying the terrifying demeanor of a high-level cauldron, the wind and clouds changed color, and the knife-like gale raged.

Behind them, the old woman Qinghu was trying her best to reassemble the corpse and head. Upon seeing this, she was shocked. This Chen Xuan, who was at the Daoist Realm, was indeed terrifyingly strong.

In fact, they had been discussing Chen Xuan these past few days, placing him on a very high pedestal, believing that he possessed the strength to fight ordinary beginner-level cauldrons during the Daoist Canon era.

After all, over the past six months, they had heard a lot of talk about Chen Xuan, who possessed the identity of the Holy Son of the Southern Wilderness, and how he had managed to trigger three Heavenly Tribulations without triggering them. This achievement was comparable to the Heavenly Fate Cauldron in his youth, and perhaps even surpassed it.

But now, upon actual contact, I was astonished to discover that it was even stronger than the rumors suggested.

"Clang clang clang!"

Sword light and gale collided one after another, bursting out with a dazzling brilliance like fireworks. The wind whipped up the flames, and the aftershocks of the battle ignited and burned the damp mountain forest.

Chen Xuan displayed great strength, intending to finish the battle quickly and completely close the distance to the old fox. He used every means at his disposal, not only slashing with his immortal sword but also launching a tearing attack with his dragon claws and dragon teeth.

Old Fox was now truly enraged. Logically, he was six minor realms higher than Chen Xuan, and one of those realms represented a qualitative leap from Daoist Canon to Cauldron. Yet, he was being suppressed by Chen Xuan, whose immortal sword was sharp and domineering, slashing wildly and leaving trails of blood.

Covered in blood, he relied on the "Valley Wind Fox Transformation Technique" to engage in the most primal battle with the black dragon, using all available fighting techniques, including fangs and claws.

"rumble!"

Chen Xuan and the old fox fought from the sky to the ground, flattening mountains and crushing trees. Every move drew blood. Even the incomparably defensive Morning Dew Armor was scratched with white marks by the old fox's claws, which were as sharp as peerless treasures.

"Zheng!"

Black Dragon Chen Xuan coiled his body around the old fox, biting the old fox's arm with his mouth. A flash of snow-white sword light, and the old fox's severed arm flew off.

"Ooh!" The old fox cried out in agony, growing more and more alarmed as the battle progressed. Chen Xuan's divine soul reflected in the mortal world, with various immortal energies and divine light flowing around it, carrying all sorts of divine effects. Even he, a high-level cauldron, was inevitably affected.

Engaging him in close combat was a mistake!
But the old fox, as expected of an experienced aging furnace, secretly activated a secret wind qi technique of Qingqiu during the close combat. It raised its head, and wind qi surged from its mouth, creating a tornado-like storm, as if it were about to spew out thousands of invisible divine weapons.

"You've got some skills," Chen Xuan thought to himself with admiration.

This old fox can activate the Fox Transformation Secret Technique and even operate a second secret technique. Although this is because the fox clan's bloodline is compatible with the "Valley Wind Fox Transformation Technique," it is still astonishing. This old fox is not comparable to those young and strong "incompetent furnaces."

But he only has a little skill... Chen Xuan thought to himself.

"brush!"

Suddenly, a black dragon tail emerged like a dragon rising from the abyss, stirring the Emperor's Banner that was poised to strike. The tip of the banner shone with a cold light, drawing a shimmering arc of light that pierced the old fox's mouth.

"Stab!"

The Emperor's Banner pierced through the old fox's head, pinning it firmly to the ground. The piercing wound was excruciating, and blood gushed out, reflecting the ferocious face of the black dragon above.

"puff!"

A massive ball of divine soul light, nascent in the shape of a fox, struck and shattered the Emperor's Banner, scattering across the ground.

The old fox secretly used a deadly move with extremely high destructive power, and the previous "Divine Flesh Unity Secret Technique" could no longer be maintained steadily. Chen Xuan found a flaw in it and killed him in one blow.

"Cough, the old fox is not reconciled." The old fox, his life force extinguished, crawled forward a few steps in the pool of blood, his eyes gradually losing their light: "Qingqiu...revenge..."

"You're trying to defend against the Emperor's Banner while simultaneously using secret techniques repeatedly, you old fox, who do you think you are?"

Chen Xuan said quietly, his expression cold. He admitted that no cauldron master was simple, but this old fox wasn't strong enough to reach the level of a Heavenly Fate or Immortal Seed. The fact that he could simultaneously operate two secret techniques was already quite remarkable.

However, wanting to use all three at the same time? The old fox directly let Chen Xuan find a tiny flaw, and in an instant, life and death were separated.

"Wow!"

The Emperor's Banner enveloped the rapidly shrinking old fox, and a spiritual crystal the size of a quail egg condensed from it. Killing such a Qingqiu fox would yield more than ten times the spiritual realm gained from killing other cauldrons.

In just a dozen or so breaths, a bloody battle came to an end.

Chen Xuan turned his head and looked at the battlefield between Hua Liuli and another old fox.

"boom!"

Hua Liuli's body had no flowing immortal energy, but relying solely on her peak-level divine body, she was still terrifyingly strong. She grabbed the old fox's tail and swung it up and slammed it to the ground again and again. It was as if a white ant had lifted a mountain, causing the earth to shake.

There are no dazzling magical techniques, only extreme and brute force.

"Let go!" The old fox tried to use a secret technique, but Hua Liuli didn't give it a chance. The immense force in her hand traveled along the fox's tail to the entire fox's body, like undulating waves. She smashed the old fox dozens of times, breaking its bones and causing it to bleed profusely. Finally, she smashed its head to pieces.

"You're so fast?" Hua Liuli left the dead old fox behind, clapped her hands, and turned to look at Chen Xuan with a surprised look in her eyes.

"..." Chen Xuan blinked, thinking to himself that he had used all his skills and only finished two or three breaths earlier than Hua Liuli, who only had the power of her physical body left. Was this what he called fast?

"That top-tier six-tailed blue fox at the cauldron level is arriving soon. I'll try to open the Two Realms Blessed Land here. You hurry up and go ask for news," Hua Liuli urged. Fate is unrelated to cultivation level; even mortals can use it normally, though there will be more restrictions.

Chen Xuan nodded, used the Emperor's Banner to pick up the two old fox corpses on the ground, and then turned to look into the distance.

The old woman, Qinghu, was reuniting her corpse and head, and was placing the head on her neck. However, the True Martial Sword Intent swirled around the wound, making it difficult to clear in a short time. With just this one sword strike, Chen Xuan had left her severely injured and unable to heal.

"Damn it!" Old Woman Green Fox thought to herself, realizing the situation was dire. She had been caught off guard and ambushed first, followed by the swift killing of her two companions, who had done absolutely nothing to delay her. She turned and fled.

"Zheng!"

Chen Xuan threw the Jingzhe Immortal Sword, which accurately struck the old woman, Qinghu, on the back. The seriously injured and dying old woman flew out and was firmly pinned to a large tree.

"Where are the Mountain Lord and other great monsters of the Southern Wilderness now?" Chen Xuan asked in a deep voice as he approached rapidly.

"This..." The old woman held the head in her hands, her expression terrified, her eyes darting around, unwilling to be a spineless beggar.

"laugh!"

Chen Xuan's expression was icy as he slowly pulled on the immortal sword, its blade gleaming coldly. He slid it horizontally across the back of the old woman, Qinghu, cutting into her heart and spine, intending to cleave her entire body in two and kill her quickly.

Unable to bear the pain and the danger of death, the old woman immediately began to confess.

"At the [Goddess Shrine] atop Guyao Mountain... the Mountain Lords were originally captured by the White Fox Goddess, but they later escaped and sought refuge in the abandoned temple of the Mountain Ghost Goddess." The old woman, Qinghu, hurriedly said. Hu Qing, the top-tier cauldron cultivator, was not far from here. If they could just buy a few dozen breaths, the situation would improve. She didn't want to die.

Moreover, Prince Zhao Shenhu of Qingqiu Mountain, who has received the news, should be arriving soon. In addition, not only him, but all the foxes in the entire Guyao Mountain should have heard the commotion here.

"Where is the White Fox God?" Chen Xuan asked succinctly.

The news that a mountain god from Qingqiu Mountain had entered Guyao Mountain was astonishing; no wonder he was able to capture the mountain god and other powerful monsters so easily.

However, when he was fighting the old fox high in the sky, he discovered that this hidden area with the aura of life was not very large.

A hundred miles behind them lay a desolate, lifeless brown land, while at the end of the verdant mountains in front of them, a majestic mountain rose abruptly from the ground, its beauty unparalleled. This must be the main mountain of Guyao Mountain, which was about several thousand miles away from here.

There was nothing unusual in those eyes... Could it be that the White Fox Goddess has left Guyao Mountain?

The old woman, Qinghu, looked embarrassed and whispered:

"That little mad dog ate it..."

"??"

Chen Xuan was taken aback: "You ate it?"

He was shocked. Wasn't the Mountain Lord in Guyao Mountain a place fraught with danger? This caused him to worry frequently during his secluded cultivation. He never imagined that the Mountain Lord was so terrifying, having even devoured one of the mountain gods... How horrible.

"The White Fox God was careless. She wanted to train a dog pet, but the mountain lord's little mad dog ambushed her and swallowed her whole."

The old woman, Qinghu, slowly said, "The Mountain Lord is currently in the shrine of the Mountain Goddess. He will probably need to borrow the help of the White Fox God to ascend to godhood in one step."

"In the past six months, we have entered the Goddess Shrine many times, searching for the True Lord Tai Xuan and capturing the Mountain Lord for a hundred years, but we have accomplished nothing. Just one day, a fox heard about your presence in Guyao Mountain, and we were forced to make a last resort. In the past few days, we have been secretly planning to take action against you."

Chen Xuan's expression froze upon hearing this.

What is this thing called?

The Mountain Lord is thriving in Guyao Mountain, causing great losses to Qingqiu Mountain, so there's no need to worry about him at all! Moreover, he is attempting to ascend to godhood and become the third mountain god in the Southern Wilderness!
"Who wrote the words on the blue talisman?" Chen Xuan asked in a deep voice.

"There were words originally on the talisman stones. Not only on the talisman stones, but there are many places in this Guyao Mountain covered with those four words..." The old woman Qinghu answered all her questions. At the same time, she secretly glanced at the sky, wondering why Hu Qing had not appeared to save her yet!
"This matter..." Chen Xuan sighed inwardly, realizing he had worried unnecessarily about the safety of the mountain lord and other great demons.

The two cyan runes were unrelated.

The former was brought out of Guyao Mountain by the Mountain King, perhaps to remind the descendants of the various ghosts and monsters in the mountain not to venture into the dangerous Guyao Mountain.

The latter was simply a small group of fox demons from Qingqiu Mountain who, on a whim, decided to "fish" out the Mountain Lord by using him.

"Chila!"

Chen Xuan obtained the information he wanted, and then directly slid the Jingzhe Immortal Sword, cutting open the old woman Qinghu's body, blood splattering everywhere.

This isn't exactly a secret. There are also Taoist scriptures and alchemical foxes from the Qingnang Taoist temple nearby. If we capture a few and verify them, we can easily determine whether it's true or false.

(End of this chapter)