After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Shan Zhouyan approached the remains of the Eastern Peak Emperor. At this moment, Zhouyan and Xuanwu were already seven kilometers above the ground. The air was thin, and neither of the two true gods were afraid of altitude sickness. However, strong winds blew from time to time at high altitudes, blowing the hems of Zhouyan and Xuanwu's clothes and hair.

Even the robes of the Eastern Peak Emperor began to flutter, yet the Eastern Peak Emperor's corpse did not sway in the slightest.

Zhou Yan looked down at the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, his gaze quickly settling on the Great Emperor's feet.

The Eastern Peak Emperor was not wearing shoes. To be precise, the Eastern Peak Emperor's feet were fused with the stone of the ground. From the Eastern Peak Emperor's ankles down, the bones beneath were no longer white jade, but black stone.

However, cracks have already appeared between these black stones, and these cracks are very conspicuous in the reflection of light.

Qun Zhouyan stared at the cracks for a long time.

: The ancestral essence of the Five Sacred Mountains.

Before his demise, the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak seemed to be worried that something might happen to the Heavenly Pillar, so he went up to the Heavenly Pillar and injected the essence of the Five Sacred Mountains into the mountain.

Oh no……

Zhou Yan rubbed his temples, then looked on in surprise.

"South Heavenly Gate?!"

Xuanwu asked from behind.

"what?"

Zhou Yan turned around with a wry smile and explained to Xuanwu.

"I just learned that the time when the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak came here to pass away seems to be close to the time when he fell from the Southern Heavenly Gate."

The Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak came here to inject the essence of his Five Sacred Mountains into Tianzhu Mountain, perhaps because he foresaw the future collapse of the Southern Heavenly Gate and feared that Tianzhu Mountain could not withstand it.

As it turned out, the Eastern Peak Emperor's foresight was indeed successful; the fall of the Southern Heavenly Gate did not have a significant impact on Tianzhu Mountain.

Even during the period when the North Heavenly Gate was falling, the Heavenly Pillar didn't react much. Oh no, the foot of the Eastern Peak Emperor, which was integrated with the mountain, cracked open.

If the Western Heavenly Gate were to bloom like fireworks again, Zhou Yan suspected that the Eastern Peak Emperor's foot might break off at the ankle.

When the Eastern Peak Emperor's corpse is no longer there to suppress it...

Bixia Yuanjun...

Zhou Yan had originally planned to rest for a while before considering matters concerning Mount Ling, but now it seems the plan needs to be brought forward.

No matter what, we must rescue Bixia Yuanjun as quickly as possible.

"Um?!"

The Xuanwu behind Zhou Yan suddenly made a sound.

While still marveling at the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, Zhou Yan turned around and saw the Xuanwu fly up from the ground and land on a protrusion a hundred meters above Zhou Yan's head, where it reached out and grabbed.

Xuanwu seemed to have touched something. After landing, it flew to Zhou Yan's front and opened its hands to him.

The black fragment in Xuanwu's palm has intricate patterns on its surface, suggesting that the original fragment must have been a fine and exquisite object.

"Bai Ze, what is this?"

Xuanwu asked.

Zhou Yan stared at the fragment for a while.

"Fragments of Laozi's Furnace..."

Zhou Yan: "..."

Lao Jun Furnace...

Fragments...

Zhou Yan looked up in disbelief at the top of his head.

Just now, Zhou Yan's attention was entirely focused on the remains of the Eastern Peak Emperor, and he didn't pay attention to other places. Now, based on this fragment of Laozi's Furnace, he scanned upwards and was astonished to find that there were more than twenty fragments of Laozi's Furnace above his head, distributed in different corners.

"Yes……"

Zhou Yan swallowed hard.

"Fragments of Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace..."

Xuanwu: "..."

Xuanwu was at a loss for words.

In his second life, Xuanwu felt so insignificant that when looking to the future, he felt powerless, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Zhou Yan stammered.

"It must be that Laozi's furnace exploded, and many fragments fell from the Heavenly Court. The fragments came down along the Tongtian Road."

After a few seconds, Xuanwu spoke with difficulty. *Whoosh*

"Laojun's furnace exploded... Was it at this moment that the Heavenly Court, not wanting the aftermath to spread to the mortal realm, had no choice but to close the road to heaven on Tianzhu Mountain?"

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"I do not know."

Zhou Yan rubbed the fragments of Laozi's furnace between his fingers.

"I wonder if Laozi is not in good condition."

What could possibly happen to cause Laozi's alchemy furnace to shatter and fall onto Mount Tianzhu?

Zhou Yan and Xuanwu began searching Tianzhu Mountain, hoping to find all the fragments of Laozi's furnace in order to gather clues and see what happened to this treasure of Taishang Laojun before it was destroyed.

...sugi

Outside the gate of the Taishan Secret Realm. (Part Three)

Zhuque sat on a relatively clean rock, one hand cupping her face, the other holding her phone and checking the latest trending topics online.

Zhou Yan had previously told his driver that, in the eyes of ordinary people, nuclear weapons development, parliamentary inquiries, and presidential elections are all minor matters; the real big deal is when your neighbor cheats on you, or when one of your kids brings their girlfriend/boyfriend home. *Sigh*

And most importantly, what to eat this morning/noon/dinner.

Therefore, the number one trending topic online is an interior designer complaining.

This interior designer encountered a client unlike any other.

This client was a tall, rich, and handsome guy. In college, he became obsessed with anime and started wearing women's clothing. One day, his roommate saw how beautiful he looked in women's clothing and couldn't resist teasing him.

That day, the rich and handsome guy opened the door to a new world. After that, he had many relationships with his roommates. Until he graduated from university, with the help of his parents, he married a wife, started a family, and got a high-paying and leisurely job.

One day, the rich and handsome man reunited with his roommate who had rejected him years ago. At his roommate's prompting, the rich and handsome man once again dressed up as a woman and went to a hotel with his roommate.

After that, the rich and handsome guy acted like a man in front of his wife, but like a woman in front of his roommate.

That wasn't the end of it. Because of his long-term, in-depth interactions with the rich and handsome guy, his roommate, whose weekly salary wasn't very high, started to blackmail him, constantly taking money from him.

The rich and handsome guy didn't object at first, but then he went to meet his roommate's wife.

The guy was tall, rich, and handsome; he had money and a great physique. After just a few days of flirting, he managed to get his roommate's wife to go to a hotel with him.

Then one day, when the roommate started dating the rich and handsome man dressed as a woman again and tried to extort money from him, the rich and handsome man produced photos of him and the roommate's wife checking into a hotel.

He boasted that while his roommate always acted superior in front of the rich and handsome guy, his wife didn't seem to care. >※#』♂●，★

The two sides had a fight and never spoke to each other again.

Zhuque liked this trending topic.

The second most searched topic was a TV series. The plot was about a son who wanted to be a girl and had sex reassignment surgery because his father angered his mother to death. He then fell in love at first sight with his father's brother, who had always been good to him and had taken care of him.

Both this uncle and father have wives.

Thus began a love triangle between the three men.

The release of this TV series' synopsis shocked the entire internet, with many people saying that a TV series that can be this melodramatic must be really good!

"Waaaaah..."

The sound of an engine could be heard from a distance.

Zhuque looked up from her phone.

This place isn't a tourist attraction on Mount Tai, but rather a deserted spot far from Mount Tai.

Normal people wouldn't be here, so how could there be the sound of a car engine?

Following the sound, Zhuque turned her gaze, and within seconds, she saw a convoy of more than ten cars heading towards her from a hilltop, kicking up wind and dust.

Something's not right.

Whether it's a car, a motorcycle, or even a bicycle, there are requirements for the road surface. The larger the vehicle, the higher the requirements for the road surface.

7. As the main force of freight transportation today, vehicles are generally not small. Therefore, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Only by building long, numerous, and large roads can larger and more vehicles transport your goods out to earn money.

It's no exaggeration to say that the more developed a region is, the better its road infrastructure will be.

So, given that this is the Suzaku no-man's-land, where there aren't even any primitive roads left by humans, how could someone possibly drive a convoy through here unimpeded?

Where in this place can you find the facilities for a driving team?

Zhuque stared intently at the ground, understanding dawning on her.

The ground cracked open—or rather, as the vehicles drove down the nearby hill, the trees, shrubs, and other vegetation in front of them all parted to automatically create a path for the convoy to pass.

The convoy drove smoothly to the front of Zhuque, the dust kicked up by dozens of wheels covering a large area of ​​the surrounding environment.

However, as soon as dust gets close to the Vermilion Bird, it will naturally disperse and disappear, leaving the Vermilion Bird spotless.

The car that Ling drove up to Zhuque stopped, and the doors opened one after another, with a group of intimidating-looking bodyguards in black getting out of the car.

Zhuque cupped her face in one hand and smiled playfully.

I'll just sit here and watch you guys show off.

Several of the strongest and most imposing men, who could easily play the role of a powerful gangster boss in any movie, walked to a car with bulletproof glass. The men stood in line and let a man with a scar on his face walk to the passenger seat and open the door.

A glamorous young woman, so alluring that even Zhuque couldn't help but whistle and flirt with her, stepped out of the car.

When she came out, she displayed a textbook example of feminine beauty, a gesture that could grace the cover of any adult magazine: a flick of her hair, letting it sweep from her shoulders to the back of her head.

The young woman who got off the bus silently turned her head, and her gaze met that of Zhuque, who was whistling.

Zhuque raised an eyebrow.

"Zhu Jiuyin?"

The young woman took off her sunglasses and placed them in front of her mouth.

"Bai Ze told you about me?"

Suzaku got up from the rock he was sitting on.

"Hmm, He also asked us if we wanted to eat braised dragon tendon with scallions, braised dragon meat, braised dragon ribs, nine-turn dragon intestines, and stewed dragon elbow."

Zhuque looked at the young woman's body again and shook his head.

"I think Bai Ze is a bit dim-witted. You need fat and juicy dragons to braise, that's the best way to cook them. Yours is too dry, you're better suited for soup."

The bodyguards from Zhujiuyin looked at each other, but none of them moved.

They were all hired by Zhujiuyin at great expense to maintain appearances. If any normal person dared to insult their BOSS like that, they would have gone to that person in the morning and slapped them to teach them a lesson.

But it was Suzaku speaking on the other end...

None of the bodyguards dared to move, not even daring to breathe too heavily, for fear of making a sound that would displease Zhuque.

Zhu Jiuyin emerged from the encirclement of his bodyguards, speaking as he walked.

"Young man, empty words are meaningless, especially since you might need my help in the future. You're not afraid of offending me now..."

Zhu Jiuyin looked at the gate of the Mount Tai Secret Realm beside Zhuque.

"I ran away without caring about anything."

In terms of age, Zhu Jiuyin, the ancient dragon that preserves the memories of the primordial beginning, is definitely much older than Zhuque, who is only a little kid over a hundred years old.

Therefore, Zhu Jiuyin spoke in a condescending tone, acting as if he were an elder.

Of course, Zhuque showed no respect whatsoever to such an elder who was so self-important.

"When we need you, just guess..."

Zhuque's tone grew more somber.

Do you have the right to refuse?