The Devil King? No, Please Call Me The Immortal King Xiaoyao.

Outside Qingmao Mountain, within a hundred li, a pair of travelers hurried along.

"Father, why don't you rest for a bit? We're not far from Qingmao Mountain now."

The speaker was a young, crisp voice.

"Ruo Nan, speed is of the essence. Based on the news we've gathered from the merchant caravans along the way, the outcome is already clear."

Beneath the bronze mask, the voice that emerged was deep and resonant. Although his expression was concealed, the excitement in his profound gaze was evident.

Tie Ruo Nan, however, felt that her father had been acting strangely these past few days, almost as if he had reverted to his younger self, on the verge of catching a criminal. But was the case of Jia Jin Sheng really worth her father's concern?

Meanwhile, within Qingmao Mountain, the place they both were thinking about.

Yi Xin was inside a room, meticulously counting the primeval stones within his Elder Gu. After confirming the number was correct, he stored them back into his aperture. Then, he walked out of the room, towards a deep pool outside the pavilion.

He was alone in the pavilion, and there was no one on the way to the deep pool.

A few days ago, after Yi Xin and the others acknowledged Fang Yuan's advancement to rank three, he privately sought out Gu Yue Bo. He told him that he wanted to attempt rank four and hoped the clan would provide him with what he needed, and also dismiss the Gu Master guards and mortal servants in the back mountain, as the Devouring River Toad would be responsible for his safety.

Upon hearing Yi Xin's words, Gu Yue Bo was overjoyed and immediately said that everything would be satisfied. He even jokingly opened up with a look of relief that 'he could finally retire'.

The deep pool was relatively close to the pavilion, only about a hundred steps away. The Devouring River Toad usually resided there.

The pool water was clear and deep, like an abyss. Aquatic plants grew along the edge, and insects and birds chirped.

The Devouring River Toad had extremely high requirements for water quality and loved tranquility. Furthermore, the clan members were afraid of provoking it, so no one frequented the area near the pool, leaving it in a wild state.

And this was where Yi Xin chose to hide the Fire Essence.

Yi Xin opened the Cloth Bag Gu, and tens of thousands of Fire Essences were poured into the deep pool. Only after three quarters of an hour was there no more sound.

Looking down at the red light that occasionally flashed within the deep pool, Yi Xin smiled softly and left the place.

After he left, only the sounds of birds and cicadas remained, and a gentle breeze rustled through the trees.

But the question was, where had the Devouring River Toad gone?

Inside the Bai Clan village,

The Bai Clan leader looked at Bai Ning Bing with surprise: "What, you say you are the Northern Dark Ice Soul Physique, and you felt Bai Xiang's call?"

Bai Ning Bing nodded again to confirm his question.

Seeing Bai Ning Bing's actions, the Bai Clan leader felt as if he were in a dream. He staggered and slowly leaned back in his chair.

"How could this be? Back then, when we tested your aptitude, it was clearly a Grade A with 99%, not the Northern Dark Ice Soul Physique at all," the Bai Clan leader still couldn't accept it.

"That is indeed the case. But in the process of cultivation, suddenly one day, my aptitude advanced. I consulted the clan's records, and the books also recorded this situation. A Grade A aptitude of 99% has the possibility of becoming one of the Ten Extreme Aptitudes during cultivation," Bai Ning Bing said.

Hearing this explanation, the Bai Clan leader could only sigh helplessly: "Forget it, since things have come to this, we have no choice but to accept it."

At the Bai Clan's primeval spring, the two passed through layers of secret passages and arrived above the spring.

"This spring is where Bai Xiang is?" Bai Ning Bing asked.

"Indeed, it is where the Great Immortal resides," the Bai Clan leader said solemnly.

"Great Immortal?" Bai Ning Bing asked in surprise.

"Great Immortal is a respectful title for it. It is a snake Gu left behind by our Bai Clan's first ancestor. It is naturally clean and feeds on the water of the primeval spring, secretly residing in the spring all along," the Bai Clan leader introduced.

"Before the first ancestor passed away, he set up a legacy treasure and left this snake Gu as a clue. If one can gain the Great Immortal's approval, it will lead them to open the legacy treasure. If one does not gain its approval, they will be killed by it."

The Bai Clan leader's expression was solemn as he looked at Bai Ning Bing: "And since you can feel its call, then go."

Gu Yue Village,

Fang Yuan suddenly received a message from the clan leader, asking him to go outside the village to welcome arriving guests.

Fang Yuan didn't want to go, but unfortunately, the clan's secret treasury was suddenly closing for renovations recently, and the rank three Gu worm he was rewarded for advancing to elder hadn't been issued yet.

Just as he was preparing to demand an explanation, Gu Yue Bo assigned him a task to welcome distant guests. If he succeeded, not only would the Gu worm be issued immediately, but he would also be rewarded with entry into the secret chamber to choose Gu recipes.

Driven by profit, Fang Yuan had no choice but to go.

While waiting outside the village, Fang Yuan couldn't help but think about his future plans:

"The Flower Wine Secret Treasury is almost completely explored. As long as I get the final inheritance, I will leave Qingmao Mountain immediately."

"Hmph, there are really too many things happening recently. First, I was chased by Bai Ning Bing, then Gu Yue Yao Ji frantically suppressed me, and the Gu Yue clan is also undergoing turbulent changes. After I suddenly advanced to rank three and became an elder, many eyes are constantly watching me, and I have no time or opportunity to explore the secret realm."

"Fortunately, I have already explored most of this secret realm. I just need a little more time, and I can take everything and run away."

"Heh, the beast tide is about to erupt. Bai Ning Bing probably won't be able to hold on for long. By then, the entire Qingmao Mountain will become a dead zone, and you still don't know anything. This is the advantage brought by five hundred years."

As Fang Yuan was sighing, he suddenly thought of someone: "Gu Yue Yi Xin… I originally wanted to use you to test what impact changing the past would have on the future."

"I didn't expect that you would be a cultivation genius, growing to this point in just three short years."

"Heh, forget it. Considering the favor you did for me in the previous life, and the fact that you haven't caused me any obstacles, I'm too lazy to care. After all, when I was at my most difficult in the Gu Yue Village, only you were willing to help me, and you were even bullied for my sake. It's just a pity that you died young, and I was squeezed out of Qingmao Mountain, and didn't even have the chance to pay respects at your grave."

"I didn't expect that in this life, we would both undergo such great changes."

Just as Fang Yuan was sighing, two figures suddenly rushed towards him.

"Who!"

Fang Yuan asked.

The two strangers stopped in front of him.

Both of them were dressed as Gu Masters. One was older, tall and sturdy, with a straight back, as steady as a mountain and as profound as an abyss. The most attractive thing was the bronze mask he wore on his face.

The mask was simple and exuded an ancient aura. There were three openings on the mask, revealing the wearer's eyes and lips.

His eyes were full of vicissitudes, revealing a dignified righteousness. His lips were pursed, with lines like carved by a knife, showing his firm will, and a rank five Gu Master's amethyst waist牌 hung on his waist.

The other was a young man, with eyebrows as straight as swords, and a pair of eyes that were bright and clear, radiating sharp light, like an eagle or a tiger.

Her skin was slightly dark, and her lips were also pursed. She exuded an air of competence and vigor. Her chest was slightly raised, obviously a young woman, and the badge was engraved with the mark of a rank three Gu Master.

"Tie Xue Leng!" Fang Yuan was shocked. "Why would he come here? Could it be that the guest I'm welcoming is him?"

It turned out that this person was Tie Xue Leng, known as the number one Divine Catcher in Southern Border. His cultivation had reached rank five, and he was like a god in solving cases. Countless demonic paths were arrested by him, and petty criminals were killed by him. He had a great reputation in the Southern Border.

Looking at him, Fang Yuan felt something: "Tie Xue Leng only goes out for cases. Why did he suddenly come to Gu Yue Village? Could it be?"

"Little brother, I am Tie Xue Leng, entrusted by Jia Fu of the Jia family, and invited by the Gu Yue clan leader, to come and investigate a case. May I ask if this is Gu Yue Village?" Tie Xue Leng asked with a cupped fist.

Even if Fang Yuan was very unwilling for this person to come to Gu Yue Village at this moment, seeing that he was in a hurry and had a clear purpose, he couldn't lie and could only nod in affirmation.

"Then I will trouble little brother to take me to see your clan leader. Everything has been explained in the letter."

It turned out that Gu Yue Bo wrote in the letter: The Gu Yue clan will send someone to wait outside the village. When Tie Xue Leng arrives, let this person lead him to the patriarch's hall to meet.

Although he didn't know why Gu Yue Bo arranged this, Fang Yuan couldn't get away at this moment and could only lead Tie Xue Leng and Tie Ruo Nan to the patriarch's hall.

Along the way, Tie Xue Leng was very talkative, constantly asking Fang Yuan questions. Fang Yuan also answered everything, only because the letter stated: "The person receiving him should explain the situation in the clan as much as possible."

Finally, after this "long" journey, Fang Yuan led the two of them to the patriarch's hall. Fang Yuan originally thought that the task was completed and he could leave, but who would have thought that Gu Yue Bo wanted to set up a banquet to welcome Tie Xue Leng and wash away the dust, and all the elders had to attend unless the reason was approved by everyone.

There was no way, he couldn't get away again.

At the banquet, all the elders came, except for Gu Yue Yi Xin, because he was preparing to advance to rank four recently, and everyone already knew about it, so they didn't invite him.

The banquet was normal in the early stages, and everyone was talking and laughing. Tie Xue Leng also specifically inquired about Yi Xin's situation with Gu Yue Bo, and then kept praising and sighing.

But when the question came to the wolf tide, the atmosphere was a little wrong. Everyone's emotions were low, and their faces were ugly. Gu Yue Yao Ji even launched an attack on Fang Yuan on the spot. After the previous friction, she hated Fang Yuan to the bone.

She once again brought up the matter of Yao Le and even requested Tie Xue Leng to help investigate.

Fang Yuan once again confronted her in court, and in the end, he even gave up his position as an elder and left the banquet in anger.

Originally thinking that he could get rid of Tie Xue Leng, who knew that the two of them chased after him again, because they wanted to ask him about Jia Jin Sheng and Jia Fu, and for a while, he couldn't get away again.

And just when Fang Yuan was being restrained layer by layer, where was Yi Xin?

In a certain place in Gu Yue Village, Yi Xin looked at the person in front of him wearing a wide cloak and slowly said: "Did you get it?"

Under the cloak, a cold voice came: "I really think you are a bit outrageous now."

Yi Xin smiled softly: "No matter how outrageous, I can't achieve it alone."

Under the cloak, he also smiled: "I know, I will be waiting for him here."

"Okay, I have something to do, so I will leave first."

Looking at Yi Xin's gradually receding figure, under the cloak, those bright eyes became more and more interested: "Compared to Fang Yuan, I think you are more interesting."

The reconnaissance bee flew in front, passing through bamboo forests and rocks, and came to an inconspicuous stone crevice.

"Is this where the Flower Wine inheritance is hidden? It's really hard to find. Fortunately, that day when you brought Jia Jin Sheng, my reconnaissance bee was following behind."

Yi Xin fiddled with the bee in his hand, his eyes gloomy.

Stepping into the secret treasure, Yi Xin did not immediately go to the depths, but took out a blank note, put it in an envelope, put it in a letter tube, and then said a few words to the pigeon, letting it fly away from the Flower Wine secret treasure.

"Next is the big show."

After that, Yi Xin no longer hesitated and went straight to the depths of the secret treasure.

Most of the things seemed to have been explored. Yi Xin did not stop, and with his rank three peak strength and the River-Crossing Immortal in his body, which had already recovered to rank three middle stage, the alien beasts along the way could not stop him at all.

Before long, he reached the deepest part of the secret treasure.

At the end of the road, there was a crystal wall. Behind the crystal, there were streams of gray and white water, rotating spirally with each other. It was like a miniature tornado, rising and falling, constantly regenerating.

"Is this the spirit spring?" Yi Xin looked delighted.

He looked up and saw a blue and white flower bud floating leisurely in the spring water.

"The Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus has not been taken away yet. Heh, Fang Yuan really doesn't have time to explore here."

"I let Bai Ning Bing give him life and death pressure, and secretly sent people to instigate Yao Ji to target Fang Yuan. Under multiple pressures, he can only spend a lot of time to advance to rank three, how can he have time to care about the Flower Wine secret treasure."

Then Yi Xin took out the Elder Gu and directly invested a large number of primeval stones into it. Soon, the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, like a phantom, appeared in reality.

From a flower bud, it grew into a full lamp, a brilliantly blooming lotus flower.

Seeing that the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus was fully developed, Yi Xin was not in a hurry, but sank his mind into the aperture and drove the Gu worms.

River-Crossing Immortal!

A beautiful figure in a water-blue dress appeared beside Yi Xin.

Her appearance was delicate, her figure elegant, her full and moist lips seemed to smile but not smile, and her affectionate eyes flowed with water.

People can't help but praise:

Light as dust and mist, ethereal like a fairy.

The skirt is like a orchid, and the green silk dances with fragrant wind.

Deep feelings in the eyes, and the vermilion lips mean more.

Originally a bitter fate, but Yi Xin understands.

"Please, Sister Qing Yao," Yi Xin said softly in his heart.

I saw the beautiful figure move, flutter away, and stretched out her hands to penetrate the crystal barrier. She gently held the lotus flower in the spring in her palm.

Yi Xin immediately released his primeval essence and revealed the River-Crossing Immortal's aura, and then,

Instantly refined.

As soon as the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus was refined, Yi Xin instantly put it into his aperture, and then threw out large pieces of boulders from the cloth bag Gu, and threw them all into the depths of the primeval spring. The River-Crossing Immortal also moved and hugged Yi Xin, quickly flying away from the secret treasure.

It was only a short while after Yi Xin left that a dazzling blood light suddenly erupted from the depths of the primeval spring. A huge suction force suddenly arose, and those boulders were all pulled down.

At the same time, Tie Xue Leng, who was interrogating Fang Yuan, suddenly had a sharp look in his eyes, raised his hand and clipped an object between his fingers, which was a letter tube.

Tie Xue Leng squinted his eyes, then bid farewell to the confused Fang Yuan and Tie Ruo Nan. When he left, he patted Tie Ruo Nan's shoulder and nodded.

Fang Yuan's heart was in a mess: "The things that happened today all reveal a strange feeling."

The more he thought about it, the more wrong he felt. The alarm bells in his heart were ringing loudly. His subconscious told him that something big was about to happen.

So, with an icy expression, he bid farewell to Tie Ruonan. Strangely, she didn't stop him, but instead stared intently at the direction Fang Yuan left, until his figure disappeared. Only then did she head towards Gu Yue Bo's home.

Regardless of what conclusions they might reach, Fang Yuan didn't want to appear before them again. He hurried towards the location of the Flower Wine Secret Stash, but he hadn't gone far when a figure suddenly rushed out, a sharp ice blade directly hacking towards him.

"Bai Ningbing! Why are you here!"

Fang Yuan was shocked and dodged. He looked up and saw someone he never expected.

Under the cloak, Bai Ningbing stared at him with an excited expression.

"How could Bai Ningbing suddenly come to Gu Yue Village!?"

Bai Ningbing didn't say a word, and continued to attack Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan was struggling to cope.

Fang Yuan really couldn't understand it now. Even though the three villages were allied to resist the beast tide, it didn't mean that Bai Ningbing could freely enter and exit Gu Yue Village without permission.

Risking his life to sneak into the village to find him, what was he planning to do!

Just as he was hurriedly dealing with Bai Ningbing's attacks while pondering the reasons,

"Boom!"

A deafening roar suddenly came from the back mountain, like a volcanic eruption. A towering fire shot straight into the sky, and a large number of sparks scattered, illuminating the entire Gu Yue Village as if it were daytime.

Immediately, the entire Qingmao Mountain experienced a huge tremor. The wolf packs lurking in the mountains erupted into howls that spread throughout the area. The beast tide was startled and out of control!

The crazed wolf packs directly began to attack the various villages, and for a time, wails of despair and screams echoed throughout Qingmao Mountain.

Fang Yuan's pupils dilated, and various thoughts flashed through his mind, but he couldn't find the reason.

Before he could think for a moment, another anomaly occurred. The cries of cranes came from afar, hundreds of thousands of flying cranes, covering half the sky, pressed down on Gu Yue Village like a pair of large hands.

But that wasn't the end of it.

On the plaza of Gu Yue Village, a stream of blood suddenly spurted dozens of meters high, and a vermilion coffin flew out vertically from it. Then, a huge blood python rushed out and engaged in a fierce battle in the air with a figure. Upon closer inspection, that figure was Tie Xue Leng.

So many strange events occurred in such a short period of time that even Fang Yuan, with his five hundred years of experience, couldn't help but shout in his heart:

What on earth is happening?!