In the beginning, he was ranked alongside An Shigeng as a spoiled brat.

Facing an almost vertical 90-degree drop, each leap and subsequent horizontal flight was a brush with death.

However, what excites her is the repeated breakthroughs on the edge of death.

This was also a spur-of-the-moment decision by Zhang Xiaoshan.

After all, with his current skill level, even if he really stumbles, he can ensure that he and Azi can get out perfectly intact.

Moreover, given his control over his Qi and the adaptability of his skis, there would be absolutely no problem with extreme skiing.

The thrill of extreme skiing, the life-or-death race, allowed Zhang Xiaoshan to make up for the regrets of his previous life.

"Stimulate!"

Half an hour later, Zhang Xiaoshan had already slid ten miles away.

Under the avalanche, all things perished, and countless innocent lives were swallowed up in the snow-covered mountains.

However, these were not things that Zhang Xiaoshan cared about.

Those who can live at the foot of this Tianshan Mountain are no ordinary people. If they die, they die; it can only be said that such is fate.

19

He could no longer go to offer condolences and elegiac couplets.

Anyway, it was an unintentional mistake; who knew that his sword strike would cause an avalanche?

"That scared Ah Zi to death! How could a single sword strike have caused an avalanche?"

"It must have been a subsequent outburst. Even a Grandmaster would have been doomed with that sword strike. While the avalanche wasn't my intention, it's not entirely unexpected."

Seeing that the avalanche behind him had stopped, Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At least stop it; if it continues to spread, even more people may suffer.

"Let's go. If anyone is down there, it will be a matter of life and death."

No one knows I did it yet; they just think it's a celestial phenomenon. I'll smooth out the sword marks later, and everything will return to nature!

Although Zhang Xiaoshan was not afraid of these people who were suffering, trouble was still trouble.

Therefore, he will send Ah Zi to rescue people, but he will never reveal that he is the culprit.

Even Ah Zi rolled her eyes.

"I want hush money!"

"Three days."

"Three months!"

"Half a month, that's the longest it's ever taken."

There are many things about the Zhang family that I need to handle personally. This whole process has taken seven or eight months.

If you add three more months, it will be a year; many things cannot be delayed.

"Half a month is half a month!"

Azi was quite satisfied after getting half a month's time from Zhang Xiaoshan.

If she could give up the vast Lingjiu Palace business and follow Zhang Xiaoshan into the Zhang family, she could easily become the young mistress.

However, she knew that entering the Zhang family was like entering a birdcage, becoming a canary in a gilded cage, which was nothing compared to the exhilarating feeling of being supreme in Tianshan.

Looking at the vast snow-capped mountains, Zhang Xiaoshan quickly left the starting point with Azi.

At this moment, the snow-covered mountains were just as Zhang Xiaoshan had imagined.

Although the mountainside atop the Tianshan Mountains is sparsely populated, there are still some people who explore, hunt, and retreat into seclusion there...

With the collapse of the snow-capped mountain, it is conceivable that natural disasters are beyond human control.

Not only did they lose their homes or temporary residences, but those who lacked the strength found it even more difficult to escape.

Therefore, their first priority upon emerging was to find the culprit.

This is the first time an avalanche has occurred in all the time they've been here, and it's no coincidence.

However, due to the avalanche, the heavy snow blocked the mountain, and even those who were lucky enough to survive could not reach the summit without leaving a trace in the snow.

On the contrary, Zhang Xiaoshan erased the sword marks on the sword when he was on his way.

Zhang Xiaoshan isn't afraid of trouble, but he also doesn't want to invite trouble for no reason.

Moreover, given the scale of this avalanche, who knows if there are any 'Avengers' involved? It's best to erase all traces.

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"You wretched beast, trying to run away!"

At Tianchi Lake in the Tianshan Mountains, a figure stood on the water, holding a snake's tail to prevent it from disappearing into the water.

Even Ah Zi on the shore was dumbfounded.

This is the legendary Tianchi Lake Monster, whose body alone is seven zhang long. Its black, ferocious dragon scales, as if forged from refined iron, are impervious to swords and spears, and even divine weapons cannot break through its terrifying defenses.

The bite force of a single large jaw can cleave a cruise ship in two, utterly crushing it.

At this moment, this terrifying monster was like a toy in Zhang Xiaoshan's hands, unable to even escape.

It's not that the water monster was too weak, but rather that Zhang Xiaoshan's power combined with his true qi was truly terrifying.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

After dragging the Tianchi Lake monster ashore, Zhang Xiaoshan shook it violently a few times, and it was completely dead.

Snake gallbladder, soft skin on the abdomen, venomous fangs...

In just half a month, Azi led Zhang Xiaoshan to explore all the remote and precious places near Tianshan.

Three-hundred-year-old snow bear bile, a thousand-year-old ice silkworm, a snow mountain silver python...

The harvest of rare and precious materials was so plentiful that there were seven or eight Tian Shan snow lotuses alone.

These are not the snow lotuses that are 'specialty' of the Tianshan Mountains, which can only be used as ordinary Chinese medicine. All eight snow lotuses are over a hundred years old and are treasures that can cure all poisons.

There are also rare and precious herbs comparable to snow lotus, such as the thousand-year-old snow fungus, snow ginseng, and udumbara flower...

All of these treasures were found by Zhang Xiaoshan under Azi's guidance.

These treasures are rarely seen in normal times, and are usually found in dangerous and remote places.

387 Cliffs so steep even the most skilled climbers would struggle to ascend, areas teeming with silver pythons and snow bears, and the remote depths of the Tianshan Mountains…

These treacherous places, which would be a matter of life and death for others, were often as easy as walking on flat ground for Zhang Xiaoshan.

Whether it's Dragon Wing Sasuke or the power of the Dragon Balls.

While sightseeing and searching for treasure, Zhang Xiaoshan ended up touring the entire 'splendid scenery' of the Tianshan Mountains.

In the miasma-filled abyss, the frigid and terrifying glaciers, the treacherous mountain crevices... Zhang Xiaoshan found numerous silver pythons, snow lotuses, and snow fungus there...

The sheer amount of gains from just these few days has left even Azi extremely excited.

You should know that snake gallbladders, bear gallbladders, snow lotus... are all essential ingredients for refining the secret medicines of Lingjiu Palace!

After the death of Tianshan Tonglao, the number of Nine-Turn Bear Snake Pills decreased year by year.

After all, Azi had not yet reached the level of the cunning and shrewdness of the Heavenly Mountain Child Granny. Although she had the Divine Wood King Cauldron in her hands, the most terrifying thing on the Heavenly Mountain was not the poisonous creatures, but the perilous environment.

A single storm could cause even the most skilled martial artist to perish in the Northwest.

A moment's carelessness, and a single misstep can lead to eternal regret...

This time, in those perilous places, with the help of the Divine Wood King Cauldron, A Zi found more than a dozen extremely poisonous creatures from the Heavenly Mountains—

Thousand-year-old ice silkworm, snow mountain flower spider, ice soul silver snake...

Chapter 517 The Beginning of Chaos: Qiu Long, the Caravan

It has been more than half a year since Zhang Xiaoshan left the Zhang family, and his seclusion has had no impact on the Zhang family.

The Zhang family has grown into a massive and well-established entity, with numerous experts and immense power. Unless Zhang Xiaoshan has concrete information, the Zhang family will remain the same, and no force will dare to touch it.

Just as Zhang Xiaoshan said, the Zhang family can spare five peerless masters at any time.

With such overwhelming and domineering strength, who would dare to be the first to speak out?

The world of Kyushu is different from the world of martial arts. In the half year since Zhang Xiaoshan left, the situation has changed dramatically.

The number of righteous forces that have been wiped out in the martial arts world is not just one or two.

In chaotic times, demonic forces run rampant, or rather, masters emerge in great numbers.

The White Lotus Sect, the Demonic Sect, and the Northern Yuan demons have returned with renewed force; the Western Xia and Liao dynasties, weakened by their defeats, were wiped out by the Northern Yuan, whose iron cavalry still points directly at the Central Plains; the Tibetans, the Yuezhi, and the Turks attack the Protectorate of the Western Regions, preparing to annex the land…

Even the Zhang family, unknowingly, had become involved in quite a few...

But the Zhang family remained in the shadows, and no one was willing to awaken this sleeping tiger.

However, there were saviors within the Nine Provinces. The Later Zhou Empire officially began its struggle for hegemony, launching the War for the Unification of the Nine Provinces.

What is a wise ruler?

These aren't the hidden talents selected by Cihang Jingzhai; this time, they're real dragons.

But to outsiders, this situation appears to be beset by both internal and external troubles.

With foreign invasions from the outside and warlords vying for power within, the entire land could easily fall into an extremely passive situation if it were not careful, and enter the darkest period of history known as the Five Barbarian Invasions.

After returning from Lingjiu Palace, Zhang Xiaoshan spent three more days at the Witch's Palace, imparting his knowledge to the White-Haired Witch.

Mingyu Gong, Feixue Sword Technique, and Jiuyin Zhenjing.

Furthermore, he took the opportunity to hand over one of his personal treasures—the Fish-Dragon (Invisible) Whip—to the White-Haired Witch.

Zhang Xiaoshan had very few experts around him who were skilled with whips, and this treasure had never appeared in the world.

Besides her Anti-Tianshan Sword Technique, the White-Haired Witch's most outstanding skill is her whip technique. Keeping the Fish-Dragon Whip is useless; it's better to increase the White-Haired Witch's sense of belonging to the Zhang family.

Thus, the trip to Tianshan was completed!

However, Zhang Xiaoshan did not return directly to the Zhang family, but instead went to the East China Sea.

In the East China Sea, Zhang Xiaoshan met Qiu Long, the Vajra Arhat, whom he had been waiting for.

At this time, Qiu Long was already a top expert, and he was not weak even among top experts, but here, he was at most considered a leader.

"Qiu Long greets you, young master!"

By this time, Vajra Arhat Qiu Long had become a pillar of the caravan and held a highly respected position in Southeast Asia.

He originally thought he was a big shot in the Central Plains, but it was only what he saw, heard and learned at the base during this period of time, and the frequent trips to Ghost Street by ship to trade, that made Qiu Long realize that even a starved camel is bigger than a horse, and a broken ship still has three thousand nails!

The Zhang family left Lin'an Prefecture and shifted their focus.

However, in the Jiangnan region, he encountered at least two peerless masters and at least five or six top-tier masters, and these were not simply masters who had just entered the top-tier realm.

As for maritime bases, needless to say.

Besides the three prominent monks in the open, Qiu Long naturally noticed the Blood Droplets secretly stationed there.

However, after explanations from several stationed leaders, they understood the existence of the Flying Guillotine.

Moreover, it was one unparalleled master and two top-tier masters. This terrifying strength was only from one team of Zhang family's Blood Droplets.

And this was the strength the Zhang family retained in Jiangnan after their relocation.

"Please rise, Chief Qiu!"

Zhang Xiaoshan nodded and gestured for Qiu Long to stand up.

At this moment, Qiu Long looked at Zhang Xiaoshan, who hadn't changed in nearly ten years, and couldn't help but sigh.

Even in Dali, Zhang Xiaoshan's status as a Grandmaster was an absolute deterrent, not to mention that the power the Zhang family had amassed in Dali was already vaguely comparable to that of the Duan family of Dali.

However, there is no conflict between the Buddhist concept and the caravan's profit-making activities.

The only conflict might be with the mining farms!

After all, Dali had given the Zhang family three mines back then, all of which were near the source of the Emerald River.

Over the past decade, the profits from these mines have been so enormous that even though they have secretly stored more than a thousand pieces of top-grade jadeite ore, the huge profits have made the Duan family of Dali envious.

Anyone with a discerning eye in Southeast Asia can see that the jadeite rough produced by Zhangjia Mine is of superior quality.