I am a full-level celestial master, you let me enter the strange talk of rules?

Zhang Yangqing waved his hand, bringing the topic back on track: "That's not important. The key is that, according to the rules and the clues we've gathered, Wangchuan Lake should be in this area. It's just that its form of existence or its entrance might be rather special or hidden. Let's wait for him to come and see if there are any clues."

Zhang Yangqing believed that the chairman had just been observing and might have made some discovery.

Sure enough, after waiting for about ten more minutes, the laborers finally finished unloading the ore and rested in twos and threes, waiting for further instructions or to receive their meager wages.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the chairman quietly slipped away from the crowd and, using the terrain as cover, quickly arrived behind the boulder where Zhang Yangqing and the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes were hiding.

"How is it?" Zhang Yangqing asked directly.

The chairman wiped the sweat from his face; it seemed he wasn't faking it, moving things was indeed tiring.

However, a hint of excitement flickered in his eyes as he whispered, "I've got a lead! While I was queuing at the warehouse entrance to get my wages, I overheard a few familiar old laborers chatting and complaining in hushed tones."
One of them said that after finishing this job, he thought he could go back and rest, but the dark-faced foreman in the warehouse called out a few more names and made them stay, saying that there was another "dirty job" to do later, which was to move the drowned wet goods.

"Wet goods" is just a term used by laborers; simply put, it refers to corpses, specifically drowned corpses.

He paused, looked at Zhang Yangqing, and said with certainty, "I noticed it immediately. This area is completely dry, so where would a drowned body come from? Unless the body was pulled out of Wangchuan Lake! This could very well be a direct clue to the location of Wangchuan Lake!"

The chairman didn't take on this dirty work because he was afraid that if he did, it would be difficult to extricate himself from the situation midway, or it would arouse suspicion.

But as long as you know which people were left behind, you can secretly follow them when they set off to move the 'wet goods' and find the place!

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yangqing nodded, agreeing that it was indeed a more prudent and intelligent approach.

The chairman's performance this time was indeed remarkable. He was able to keenly capture key information from complex details and fragmented conversations, and make reasonable inferences and action plans.

This is the difference that comes from training under Zhang Yangqing.

Other chosen ones who reach this stage can only find complicated clues on their own, but Zhang Yangqing saves them this trouble. That's the difference.

After the main group of warehouse workers had gone far away, the four workers who were left behind were urged by the foreman to head towards the north side of the warehouse, towards a more desolate area with strange rocks.

They walked slowly, seemingly reluctant to do the dirty work that was about to begin, and kept complaining and talking in hushed tones along the way.

"They're the ones," the chairman said in a low voice.

The three men maintained a safe distance, using the terrain and shadows to silently follow the four laborers like the most experienced hunters.

The four laborers in front were chatting and laughing, their topics mainly consisting of complaining about how stingy their supervisor was.

Zhang Yangqing and his two companions were fully focused, tracking the target while remaining vigilant for any potential dangers in their surroundings.

As they ventured deeper into this desolate rocky region, the air seemed to grow colder and drier. Even the twisted, withered trees gradually disappeared, leaving only massive, gray-black rocks of various shapes, standing like silent giants on the vast earth.

We were getting close to the location of the drowned corpse the laborers had mentioned, which was likely the location of the Forgotten River Lake.

suddenly!

Zhang Yangqing, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped, his brows furrowed instantly, and a sharp glint flashed in his purple pupils!
He suddenly looked up and gazed at the side and rear of the group, in the direction they had come from, at that seemingly empty, gray sky.

Zhang Yangqing shouted in a deep voice, his tone more serious than ever before: "Not good! You two, quick! Find a place to hide immediately! Conceal all your presence and don't come out!" The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes and the chairman were startled by his sudden reaction.

They followed Zhang Yangqing's gaze, but all they could see were hazy mists and irregular rock outlines; they couldn't perceive anything else.

"Big brother, what's wrong?" the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes asked subconsciously, her heart pounding.

Because she is at her weakest right now and her combat power is very low, he is the one who would be in danger if something unexpected happened at this time.

Zhang Yangqing spoke rapidly: "Saint Realm! A true saint has arrived!"

Saint Realm?!

This word struck like a thunderbolt in the minds of the chairman and the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes!
That was a terrifying existence far surpassing a half-saint, truly touching upon the laws of heaven and earth, worthy of being called an ancestor!
In the face of beings of this level, they are not even ants; the aftershocks of the battle alone would be enough to annihilate them!
The two men turned deathly pale instantly, but dared not hesitate for a moment.

Even though they couldn't see it, they had absolute trust in Zhang Yangqing's judgment. Like startled rabbits, the two of them darted away at top speed to the deepest, most inconspicuous corner of the rock crevice in the distance.

He desperately suppressed all his aura, almost stopping his breathing, his heart pounding wildly, and his palms sweating with nervousness.

Almost the instant the two had hidden themselves!
boom! ! !
An indescribable, terrifying pressure, like the collapse of the tangible sky, descended from the direction Zhang Yangqing was staring at!
It didn't spread slowly, but instantly filled the entire barren rocky area!
The already gloomy sky suddenly became even darker, as if an invisible hand had wiped away all the light.

The dark gray clouds began to churn and swirl violently, forming a faint vortex. At the center of the vortex, dark red lightning flickered silently, emanating a destructive aura of law!

The surrounding air became viscous like glue, and gravity seemed to increase a thousandfold. The fine sand and gravel on the ground began to tremble spontaneously, float, and then silently turn into dust!

Those enormous rocks, which had stood for countless years, began to show fine cracks on their surfaces, groaning as they groaned under the weight of the weight!

Extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth! A resonance of the laws!
This is the true journey of a sage, and his power has already begun to trigger a response from the local laws of heaven and earth!

A hoarse, yet resounding voice, like the grandest of bells, echoed through the heavens and earth, directly shaking the soul, from the depths of the churning clouds, carrying both a playful, cat-and-mouse-like quality and an undeniable authority:

"Young friend from outer space! You've injured my Hidden Clan members and disturbed my peaceful slumber, and you think you can just walk away like this?"

"This place is not a place you can come and go as you please."

The sound echoed, each word seemingly carrying immense force, striking one's heart.

As the voice spoke, from the center of the swirling cloud vortex, a gaunt figure shrouded in heavy shadows, its exact form indistinct, only a vague human outline, slowly "walked out".

With each step he took into the void, dark, distorted ripples spread out beneath his feet, as if the entire world could not bear his weight.

It was that terrifying being from the Hidden Clan who had been asleep for countless years and was called "Ancestor" by Tongxu!
He did not intentionally release killing intent, but the crushing feeling that came from the level of life and absolute power made the chairman and the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes hiding in the rock crevice feel suffocating despair, as if their souls would be shattered by this pressure in the next second!

Zhang Yangqing stood alone on the empty, barren rocky ground, looking up at the shadow in the sky that resembled a demon god descending to earth. His purple pupils reflected the dark red lightning flashing in the clouds and the unfathomable shadow.

The solemnity on his face slowly faded, replaced by a strange calm, and even a hint of barely perceptible excitement.

Faced with the oppressive aura of a Saint Realm expert locking onto him, Zhang Yangqing showed no intention of hiding, which surprised everyone!
(End of this chapter)