A month later, Chen Liancang hurried back to the Capital City.

He brought the specific reasons why Tianlong Temple wanted to surrender.

"Your servant pays respects to Your Majesty!"

"Rise, Elder Chen."

Zheng Yi gestured with a hand and said, "Elder Chen, you returned in such haste. Were you able to find out the reason for Tianlong Temple’s surrender?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Chen Liancang respectfully replied, "It turns out we were all mistaken. Inside Tianlong Temple, there aren’t just Fayuan alone but five cultivators!"

"Five?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Chen Liancang said, "Tianlong Temple is actually a branch of the ’Longyin Temple’, one of the sects in the overseas cultivation realm, controlled and developed by two disciples of Longyin Temple."

"Besides them, there are three other loose cultivators they recruited."

"One of them is Fayuan, who we managed to suppress and fell."

"The second is the current abbot of Tianlong Temple, Fa Hai, with seventh-layer Qi cultivation, and one of the leaders in surrender negotiations."

"The third, with the name Fahong, is a junior brother of Fayuan and Fa Hai, with sixth-layer Qi cultivation, serving as the head of the Dragon Subduing Hall, also leading the surrender talks."

"As for the two ’Longyin Temple’ disciples, there was a conflict concerning the surrender with Fa Hai and Fahong, leading to a major fight, and eventually, the two were expelled."

"Afterwards, Fa Hai and Fahong led the monks of Tianlong Temple in surrender."

Zheng Yi’s tone turned slightly strange, "Are you saying that two loose cultivators drove away two disciples of the Longyin Temple sect?"

This Longyin Temple, he had heard Xuan Jizi, Tianxingzi, and others mention before, was considered a large sect in the overseas cultivation realm, occupying several Spirit Islands.

Unexpectedly, their disciples were so incompetent as to be driven away by two loose cultivators?

Chen Liancang said, "Your Majesty, you might not know, but the overseas cultivation realm doesn’t think much of Great Yu. The disciples stationed in Great Yu are just ordinary disciples, or even outer sect disciples, not very powerful."

"After those two Longyin Temple disciples were expelled, I heard they set to sea, probably returning to Longyin Temple."

"To the sea... returning to Longyin Temple?"

Zheng Yi frowned slightly; the overseas cultivation realm is extremely far from Great Yu. Ordinary cultivators simply cannot use sword flight to reach there; they can only rely on ships.

And the sea route is challenging. Cultivators’ flights take three years round trip.

In ordinary sailing, it would take about ten years or more from Great Yu to the overseas cultivation realm. Can these two really reach safely?

Moreover... the overseas cultivation realm.

With such upheaval in Great Yu, will the overseas cultivation realm hear about it?

What will they plan to do?

After pondering for a moment, Zheng Yi asked, "As for my proposition of unconditional surrender, how do Fa Hai and Fahong view it?"

"In response to Your Majesty, the old servant did not meet those two and has no specific information."

"Seems they still want to wait for a better offer."

Zheng Yi said with indifference, "Send orders to Cui Xiawu, asking them to intensify their offensive and break through the mountain gate of Tianlong Temple at the earliest!"

"The old servant obeys!"

Just then, Zheng Yi felt a sudden impulse and stood up, "You may withdraw first. I have important matters to handle."

"Understood!"

Zheng Yi quickly went to the quiet chamber in Baiyu City, and his divine thought immediately entered the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror Fragment, crossing through the Canglan Realm.

It turned out that through the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror Fragment, Zhang Shaoyang’s signal for help was transmitted.

With a thought, the grand and tranquil Baiyu City disappeared, replaced by the deep and dark Black Wolf Canyon.

"Roar...~!"

Upon opening his eyes, he sensed Zhang Shaoyang and Gao Meijing.

As for Xie Baichuan from Qingyang Sect, he was nowhere to be found, whether missing or already fallen was unknown.

The two of them were desperately fleeing for their lives, not daring to use flying magical artifacts, relying only on their speed and the Divine Movement Talisman to escape within the canyon.

A sweep of his divine thought revealed the truth.

Behind them, indeed, a pack of giant black wolves was in hot pursuit.

Netherworld Wolves!

In a month-long trial, they happened upon a large crew of Netherworld Wolves, leaving them no choice but to flee desperately.

Besides this pack of Netherworld Wolves, there were numerous Netherworld Flying Wolves with wings pursuing them overhead!

This was the primary reason they dared not use flying magical artifacts for flight.

"Damn it!"

Gao Meijing swore, "That useless Xie Baichuan, he was advised not to steal that Jiao Berry Grass but didn’t heed our warning."

"Now look, he got himself devoured by the wolf pack and burdened us, forcing us to flee for our lives!"

"Netherworld Wolves are the most vengeful of the Nether Beasts! Damn it...!"

Zhang Shaoyang, while running, smiled bitterly, "Senior Sister Gao, since things have come to this, let’s focus on escaping this place."

"That Jiao Berry Grass can be refined into ’Breaking Cliff Pill’ to break through to Golden Core from Foundation Establishment. Junior Brother Xie’s greed was somewhat justified."

"Enough chatter!"

Gao Meijing darkly warned, "Do you have any means to temporarily shake off the wolf pack?"

"I have an exotic treasure here that requires ten breaths to activate. At that time, it could temporarily double our speed to escape these Netherworld Wolf packs."

Zhang Shaoyang’s eyes flickered: "Yes!"

Just as he spoke, he slapped his storage pouch, taking out ten Celestial Thunder Seeds, binding them together.

Gao Meijing curiously asked, "What’s this?"

Zhang Shaoyang didn’t answer but secretly pulled the fuse and threw the ten Celestial Thunder Seeds backward.

After doing this, he didn’t pause and took out four more bundles of Celestial Thunder Seeds, totaling forty, and threw them backward.

"Boom!"

"Boom Boom Boom...!!!"

Suddenly, the successive explosions erupted violently.

The intense shockwave and shrapnel explosions directly blasted the fastest Netherworld Wolves, sending them flying.

Hot air blew from behind the two, nearly knocking them to the ground.

"Goodness!"

Gao Meijing’s eyes widened: "Celestial Thunder Seeds?"

"Senior Sister, don’t just stand there, move quickly!"

Gao Meijing didn’t hesitate; she patted her storage pouch, producing a talisman that shimmered with faint silver light in her hand.

Her hands continually made incantations, and magical power from her body surged into the talisman like a tide.

"A Tier Three Talisman?!"

Zhang Shaoyang’s eyes flickered intensely, surprised that this ordinarily plain-looking senior sister had such a treasure!

At this point, Zheng Yi’s divine thought also happened to appear above the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror Fragment.

Zhang Shaoyang’s urgent plea for help was ignored by him.

He couldn’t send Puppet Xuan Ye again.

The initial shock he provided was sufficient, and dispatching Puppet Xuan Ye again would surely arouse Zhang Shaoyang’s suspicion.

Was the system’s means so limited?

"Buzz...!"

In the blink of ten breaths, the silver talisman in Gao Meijing’s hand shone brightly.

In the next moment, a silver brilliance enveloped Gao Meijing, making her appear ethereal.

She barely moved, and her entire being crossed more than ten zhang in an instant, leaving Zhang Shaoyang standing on the spot in a daze.

From the chaotic wolf pack behind, a Netherworld Wolf was already catching up.

"Senior Sister Gao! Me! I’m still here! I haven’t applied the talisman yet..."

"Hehehe..."

Gao Meijing’s coquettish laughter came from within the silver light, filled with both mirth and chill.

"Junior Brother, I’m sorry. Senior Sister’s ’Divine Speed Talisman’ is a single-use talisman, effective on only one person."

"Compared to Junior Brother, Senior Sister needs the Divine Speed Talisman more."

"Thanks for the Celestial Thunder Seeds earlier, once Senior Sister returns to the market, she’ll be sure to bring someone back... to collect your corpse!"

With those words, Gao Meijing’s figure turned into a silver light and rapidly vanished.

"Damn it...!"