Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

"Damn it!"

Xie Sheng was filled with remorse at that moment.

He should have known that he was not the only one who knew about this place.

I should have just cleaved Lin Yu in two with one sword.

Then quickly gather some herbs, at least you'll have some harvest.

And now, he has brought twenty people here in a grand procession.

They didn't even manage to gather a single herb; instead, they were attacked, injured, or killed, suffering heavy losses.

It's truly a case of trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead.

Not only did they end up empty-handed trying to fill a basket with water, but the basket itself also broke.

But there's nothing we can do now.

"Brothers, fight your own battles, every one of you who survives is a life saved!"

Xie Sheng roared.

Upon hearing this, the Crimson Fire Sect disciples who were fiercely fighting all around abandoned their formation and scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in all directions.

"Don't let them get away! Kill as many as you can!"

Tang Jiannan roared and pointed his long sword straight at Xie Sheng.

How could Xie Sheng dare to confront Tang Jiannan head-on?

He flew along the stone wall, passing through a group of Tongtian Sword Sect disciples, and then pulled out some kind of magical artifact from his robes.

Suddenly, bursts of blue light enveloped his body.

Then, with a whoosh, he flew out and disappeared.

"You're lucky you ran fast, otherwise I wouldn't believe Tang if I didn't kill you today!"

Tang Jiannan stared at Xie Sheng's back and shouted coldly.

With the defeat of the Crimson Fire Sect disciples, the battle quickly came to an end.

The last disciple of the Crimson Fire Sect died under Tang Jiannan's sword, and Dragon Tooth Valley returned to its former tranquility.

The ground was littered with corpses lying haphazardly.

There were members from the Tongtian Sword Sect and members from the Chihuo Sect.

However, there were even more corpses of the Crimson Fire Sect disciples, about ten in total.

It seems only a few people escaped.

"Excellent! I've finally vented my anger, letting those Crimson Fire Sect disciples be so arrogant!"

Tang Jiannan sheathed his longsword and said resentfully.

The other disciples also had expressions of excitement and relief on their faces.

The Tongtian Sword Sect and the Chihuo Sect have a deep-seated grudge.

Basically, anyone who meets someone in this training ground will start fighting.

Today's resounding victory here has filled all the Tongtian Sword Sect disciples with excitement and exhilaration.

"Alright, let's hurry up and finish cleaning up the spoils, then gather all the herbs in Dragon Tooth Valley! The Crimson Fire Sect might not let this go easily, especially Chen Fan; I still don't know where he's been teleported to!"

Tang Jiannan said in a deep voice.

The disciples of the Tongtian Sword Sect received the order and began to collect herbs.

"Senior Brother Tang, thank goodness you came, otherwise I would have fallen victim to Xie Sheng's wickedness!"

Tang Jiannan, who was gathering herbs, suddenly frowned as Lin Yujiao walked over to him.

Her eyes were sparkling as she looked at Tang Jiannan, her voice sweet and coquettish.

But Tang Jiannan wasn't buying it.

He said coldly,

"It's good that you're alright. If you still have the energy, hurry up and gather more herbs!"

Lin Yu felt a little embarrassed after being met with Tang Jiannan's cold attitude.

But she didn't believe in superstition.

Her seductive skills had always been effective; no man could resist them.

Suddenly, a surge of spiritual energy emanated from her body.

Then, a strange pink light appeared in her eyes, and she attacked Tang Jiannan.

But the next second!

boom!

Lin Yu coughed up blood and flew backward.

Tang Jiannan stood there with his hands behind his back.

He looked at Lin Yu coldly and said:

"If you dare to use these underhanded tricks on me again, believe me, I'll kill you on the spot!"

Sensing the overwhelming killing intent emanating from Tang Jiannan, Lin Yu turned pale with fright.

They ran away, tumbling and crawling.

Tang Jiannan snorted coldly, but did not want to argue with Lin Yu.

After all, he was a member of a sect; if he were killed, the higher-ups would have to explain it to them.

Tang Jiannan disdained wasting his time on these ants.

In his eyes, there was only one goddess, and that was Lu Shuang.

I wonder where Lu Shuang has been teleported to?

As he was thinking, he suddenly remembered something.

By the way, when I first landed in Misty Valley, I sent five disciples to hunt down Li Ping'an.

Why haven't those five people returned yet?

Didn't we agree to meet at Dragon Tooth Valley?

So he frowned and asked the disciple beside him.

"Why haven't those five brothers returned yet? Haven't they caught that old man yet? Can you contact them?"

The disciple shook his head and said.

"I don't know why, but I can't contact them at all. It's as if their presence has vanished into this mist; I can't reach them at all."

"Disappeared?"

Tang Jiannan frowned.

It couldn't be Li Ping'an... No, that's impossible.

He actually shook his head.

How could Li Ping'an's meager strength possibly be a match for the five Lin brothers?

Perhaps they've encountered other troubles.

Forget it, I don't want to.

Tang Jiannan shook his head.

Now that the disciples had gathered most of the herbs in Dragon Tooth Valley,

He then spoke loudly.

"Everyone, hurry up! After we gather the herbs, we'll head straight to the central pool in Misty Valley!"

"As long as we can harvest the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus from there, our Tongtian Sword Sect's championship this year is secured! We absolutely cannot let the Crimson Fire Sect surpass us!"

The disciples echoed loudly, their fighting spirit soaring.

Li Ping'an, who was lying prone on the platform, also heard these words.

Mysterious Snow Lotus?

Central Pool?

What place is that?

Li Ping'an carefully took out the sheepskin scroll map from his pocket and began to examine it.

Sure enough, a place called Central Pool was found in the center of the map.

However, the name "Mysterious Snow Lotus" was not marked on it.

According to Tang Jiannan, there is a Xuan Tian Snow Lotus in the central pool.

What kind of herb is that? Is it valuable?

Why do people say that if you get it, you're guaranteed to win the championship?

Li Ping'an became more and more excited the more he thought about it.

Looking down at the Tongtian Sword Sect disciples who were still gathering herbs, he thought to himself.

They were still busy gathering those herbs.

Disciples from other sects probably won't be able to get there so quickly.

I have a map that allows me to navigate around the thick fog and take shortcuts whenever possible.

If we can get to the central pool in advance, we can obtain the Mysterious Snow Lotus.

Wouldn't that mean I'd be rich?

Furthermore, Li Ping'an discovered that the things Hong Lin had asked him to retrieve from the mist were also near the central pool.

This is a win-win situation.

Otherwise, once all the major powers arrive at the central pool...

I'm afraid I won't even be able to get what Honglin wants.

Now that things have come to this, Li Ping'an no longer hesitated.

Like a gecko, it quietly climbed up the cliff face.

They disappeared from everyone's sight.

After confirming that Tang Jiannan could not sense his presence.

Li Ping'an immediately took out a map and started running as fast as he could, following its directions.

He tried to take shortcuts whenever possible.

Along the way, they also encountered many disciples from other sects.

They are either gathering herbs, teaming up to kill spirit beasts, or fighting each other.

Li Ping'an always narrowly and skillfully evaded them.

After passing through a valley shortcut, Li Ping'an's view suddenly opened up.

Suddenly, a pool of water appeared before them.

It was called a pool, but when Li Ping'an got closer, he found that it was not water at all.

It's mud!