“Wait, wait, let me take another look.” The red-bearded man scratched his head and looked at the chessboard, pondering how to turn the game around.

“No need to think.” Xue Qianbai calmly picked up the teacup, the steam rising from it particularly noticeable in this icy and snowy environment.

“You have already achieved your goal of delaying time, and the person has already left.”

Xue Qianbai took a sip and said, “If you don’t give it to me, I will really draw my sword.”

“Hehe, it seems that I have really lost.” Chu Ba grinned and stood up, taking out a letter. “Here, this is the secret news of the Qin Yang Dynasty for the past half year. There is a part about the Princess Consort.”

After Chu Ba finished speaking, he smiled and said, “Then I’ll leave first.”

Xue Qianbai remained silent, ignoring Chu Ba’s words.

Only then did Chu Ba turn around and leave.

Chu Ba’s arrival had tied Xue Qianbai down with the information from the Qin Yang Dynasty.

If it were someone else, Xue Qianbai would have drawn his sword and killed them directly. But Chu Ba was incredibly powerful, and even though he wasn’t Xue Qianbai’s match, he could easily harm innocent people in this Dao Mountain Ancient Land.

Xue Qianbai naturally knew what was happening outside the mountain gate, and with Xu Muhai and the others there, Xue Qianbai wasn’t too worried.

If he really couldn’t control the situation, Xue Qianbai would naturally take action.

But at this moment, Xue Qianbai was more concerned about the information from the Qin Yang Dynasty.

Or rather, Xue Qianbai was more concerned about the Princess Consort of the Qin Yang Dynasty.

After reading the information in his hand, Xue Qianbai carefully read the part about the Princess Consort again.

Then, Xue Qianbai took out a piece of paper and wrote four big characters on it.

The monarch comes to offer a dance.

After writing these four characters, Xue Qianbai looked up, his eyes seeming to penetrate the sky. Suddenly, a white eagle flew from the depths of the ice and snow and landed directly in front of Xue Qianbai.

“White Spirit, I’m counting on you.” Xue Qianbai put the letter into a bamboo tube and tied it to the white eagle’s foot. The white eagle looked at Xue Qianbai, flapped its huge wings, and flew into the distance.

As the sun set in the west, the disciples of Dao Mountain Ancient Land finally returned.

In the previous fierce battle, the four Peak Masters of Dao Mountain Ancient Land joined forces, along with hundreds of disciples in the Postnatal Realm. The Star of Destiny Hall and the Yin Ten Tower didn’t gain any advantage at all.

Yin Ten Tower was fortunate to have only Yun Niang herself, but the Star of Destiny Hall had brought many people.

Almost all of them perished here.

Jiang Huo managed to escape using the Painting Treasure.

And Yun Niang also left with serious injuries.

Following the principle of not pursuing a defeated enemy, the four Peak Masters did not continue to chase.

At dusk, the crowd finally returned to Dao Mountain Ancient Land.

On the way, Li Hengsheng didn’t say anything, becoming particularly silent.

The disciples who usually had a good relationship with Li Hengsheng tried to talk to him, but Li Hengsheng ignored them. They could only comfort him, saying that there would be a day when he would see Lu Qiaoqiao again.

But as they said this, they knew that their hopes were slim.

Where did Lu Qiaoqiao go?

It was the Yun Huang.

It was the Long Night Ancient Nation, the land of the Ghost Clan.

The hope of seeing her again in this lifetime was truly approaching zero.

Although they didn’t know why Lu Qiaoqiao was chosen, she had become the Saintess of the Long Night Ancient Nation.

And Li Hengsheng was just a miscellaneous disciple of Dao Mountain Ancient Land. The gap between them would only grow larger in the future, destined to be people from two different worlds.

Returning to Dao Mountain Ancient Land, all the disciples breathed a sigh of relief.

Some greedily sucked in the air, savoring the taste of peace.

In the distance, many disciples from the Peak of Ten Thousand Slaughters came out to greet them, as if they already knew what had happened to them outside.

Li Hengsheng saw Xu Yueyue among the crowd, and Xu Yueyue’s gaze also fell on Li Hengsheng. However, Xu Yueyue’s eyes were red, as if she had just cried.

“I want to control my own destiny. I don’t want to be manipulated by anyone anymore.” Li Hengsheng muttered to himself, “Junior Sister Lu, we will meet again. When that day comes, I will make the entire Cangyuan Realm hear the answer you want.”

“Everyone, go back and rest.” At this time, a Peak Master walked out and his gaze finally fell on Li Hengsheng. “You, come with me.”

“Yes.” Li Hengsheng knew that this person was the Peak Master of the Prison Peak, named Li Zhi, in charge of the disciplinary punishment of the disciples of Dao Mountain Ancient Land.

The people around whispered, not knowing what the Peak Master of the Prison Peak wanted with Li Hengsheng.

“Come with me to the Prison Peak. I have something to ask you.” Li Zhi said calmly.

Lu Qiaoqiao was taken away, and not only did the Star of Destiny Hall and the Yin Ten Tower fight desperately for her, even the rarely seen Long Night Ancient Nation took action. This made them eager to know what was special about Lu Qiaoqiao.

And it was obvious that Lu Qiaoqiao had a good relationship with Li Hengsheng. Perhaps they could find clues from Li Hengsheng.

Crossing the Bridge of Transmigration, not only Li Hengsheng and Li Zhi, but also the other five Peak Masters who had taken action today followed.

They were also eager to know the truth of the matter.

Li Zhi directly brought Li Hengsheng to his own cave.

Li Hengsheng looked around curiously. The environment here was beautiful, and even the True Essence of heaven and earth felt particularly abundant. If he cultivated in such a place, his speed would definitely be faster.

This also strengthened Li Hengsheng’s belief that it was impossible to become strong by staying in the Peak of Ten Thousand Slaughters alone.He must get out of there.

All six Peak Masters took their seats.

Without wasting any time, Li Zhi directly asked Li Hengsheng about Lu Qiaoqiao’s identity.

Li Hengsheng didn’t hide anything and told them all about Lu Qiaoqiao’s background.

However, after hearing this, all six of them wore strange expressions.

What Li Hengsheng said wasn’t anything special, it was all information that could be found in the Dao Mountain Ancient Land.

“These Ghost Clan members only appeared in Minghong Prefecture recently. Tell us what has happened to Lu Qiaoqiao recently.” Xu Muhai planned to find some clues from this.

“Not only that, but also who Lu Qiaoqiao has been in contact with recently. Tell us everything you know. That…” A slightly overweight Peak Master pointed at Li Hengsheng and then frowned, “I still don’t know your name.”

“My name is Li Hengsheng,” Li Hengsheng replied with a fist salute.

“Li Hengsheng?” Upon hearing this name, Xu Muhai’s pupils contracted.

So he was Li Hengsheng?

No wonder they couldn’t find him, he was working as a menial worker on the Peak of Ten Thousand Slaughters.

He was the son of that mysterious Li Changqing?

But why was he so ordinary?

He had thought he would be a prodigy, but he turned out to be such an ordinary person.

However, Xu Muhai remained silent and didn’t say anything.

The others didn’t notice anything wrong with Xu Muhai either, and all turned their attention to Li Hengsheng.

Li Hengsheng had no choice but to recount everything that had happened recently in great detail, all the way up to receiving the package his father had sent him, and how Lu Qiaoqiao had taken the iron plaque to make a token.

“Hold on.”

Li Zhi wore a strange expression and asked, “That iron plaque, you said there were words on it. What did it say?”

“Qi,” Li Hengsheng answered truthfully.