The faint breeze turned into Sword Intent, mountains and rivers emerged, and a golden dragon was coiling inside the mountains and rivers.

“Junior brother, the three of them are on you!”

Xu Yan looked at the other three men in black robes and said.

“Senior brother, rest assured, I’ll cut them down immediately!”

Meng Chong gave a sinister grin, dismissing Guardian Bai and attacked the other three.

After executing the Martial Arts secret technique, the energy of the Great Grandmaster had weakened, killing him would only take a slash or two.

The same goes for the other two men.

The color on Guardian Bai’s face changed slightly, but he didn’t dare to move and stood alert, watching Xu Yan closely without any negligence.

The threat was growing stronger, and the breath of death seemed to seep into his chest.

This was a feeling he had never experienced since he became a Peak Grandmaster.

“Run!”

Guardian Bai said in a low voice.

“Can they escape?”

Meng Chong sneered, his blade light flared, spanning across the sky, slashing towards the three who were trying to flee.

One slash cut off their escape route.

“Three moves! If three strikes do not kill you, I will let you live!”

Sword Intent flowed from Xu Yan’s body, a streak of sword light burst forth, mountains and rivers emerged, as if a landscape was formed in the sky above the valley.

“Arrogant!”

Guardian Bai snorted coldly.

He thinks he can kill me in three strokes?

Even Xie Tianheng from Sword Master Cliff couldn’t do it!

Moreover, even though 1 am Lord Bai, a Peak Grandmaster, wouldn’t I be able to escape?

Boom!

Guardian Bai made a move, exerting his peak strength, displaying the extreme power of a Peak Grandmaster.

But Xu Yan, stroke his sword!

Roar!

Rumbling Dragon of Mountains and Rivers!

Then the second stroke cut out, transforming the mountains and rivers into myriad images, with a dragon leaping amongst them, turning it into a world-ending sword.

The third stroke slashed out, the shadow of life and death in the myriad scenes of mountains and rivers, swinging the sword down!

The Sword Dao of mountains and rivers realized by Xu Yan had evolved, from Rumbling Dragon of Mountains and Rivers to the second style derived from it, Dragon Rampage Ends the World, and then to the Sword of Life and Death in the Myriad Scenes of Mountains and Rivers.

Three strokes slashed out.

The turbulent power that stirred up nature’s spiritual energy was already buried in the mountains and rivers.

Guardian Bai’s eyes widened in disbelief, his body crumbled piece by piece, turning into dust, and scattered in mid-air.

A Peak Grandmaster had fallen!

On the other side, two of the three escaping Grandmasters had already been killed by Meng Chong. The last Great Grandmaster, before his death, was horrified to see the boy kill Guardian Bai with three strokes!

How terrifying it was to kill a Peak Grandmaster with three strokes!

What’s even more frightening is, how old is he?

Not even twenty, right?

Splash! His body disintegrated under the sword light and turned into dust.

In his last moment, he did not feel wronged in his death. After all, Guardian

Bai, a Peak Grandmaster, was killed by three strokes.

How about himself?

In this valley, there were no longer any men in black robes.

This was not the lair of the men in black robes. But with a Peak Grandmaster and a Greatest Grandmaster, along with two other Grandmasters, a total of four Grandmasters ruled here.

It illustrated the importance of this place.

“Senior brother, is that a fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine?”

Meng Chong excitedly looked at one of the secret compartments in the mountain wall.

“It’s very likely.”

Xu Yan was also excited.

The two of them didn’t rush in, but waited for Meng Shushu to come. As for Spiritual Medicine, Meng Shushu was naturally more familiar.

Soon, Meng Shushu arrived.

He was equally elated.

Senior Brother Xu was as invincible as ever, a Peak Grandmaster was killed just like that.

He was outrageously strong.

“Let’s go, have a look inside.”

As soon as Meng Shushu arrived, Xu Yan took the lead and entered the secret room of Guardian Bai.

Upon entering the room, the first thing they saw was a gray plant growing in the rock crevice.

“It’s a five-grade Spiritual Medicine!”

Meng Shushu was beyond excited.

“What kind of Spiritual Medicine is this?”

Xu Yan asked in curiosity.

For some reason, approaching the grey grass bestowed a sense of peace of mind.

Meng Shushu approached carefully and observed the grey grass for a long time, frowning, “I don’t know either.”

“Bro, aren’t you a spirit medicine scout? How come you don’t know?”

Meng Chong was taken aback.

“Fifth-grade spiritual medicines are practically extinct in the Inner Domain, the information 1 have from my family records is also limited. It’s not strange that I don’t know.”

Meng Shushu shook his head.

“Harvest it quickly. Since it’s a fifth-grade spiritual medicine, it must have extraordinary effects, especially since it was cared for by a Great Grandmaster. It must have exceptional divine effects.”

Xu Yan spoke.

Bring it back, let Su Lingxiu look at it, and she will know what effects this spiritual medicine has.

“Leave it to me.”

Meng Shushu began to enthusiastically harvest the grey grass.

While Xu Yan and Meng Chong started to inspect the secret chamber, particularly the belongings left by Guardian Bai.

The secret chamber was simple, near the spiritual medicine was a bed carved out of stone. On top of it laid some envelopes and bags in a slightly messy arrangement.

Xu Yan picked up one of the bags, inside were some pills, two seventh-grade spiritual medicines, and a bag containing spirit bills.

“Kind of broke for a Great Grandmaster.”

Xu Yan couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed.

The spirit bills were only worth over a hundred thousand spirit crystals, which seemed a lot, but it didn’t match up to a Great Grandmaster.

Moreover, there was no storage pouch.

He had killed a Great Grandmaster for the first time and hadn’t found a storage pouch, revealing the rarity of such pouches.

“Senior Brother Xu, Great Grandmasters are at the top, they receive preferential treatment in Tianbao Pavilion, including credit facilities and direct access to needed items. So they usually don’t carry many spirit bills.”

While digging up the spiritual medicine, Meng Shushu explained.

“I see!”

Xu Yan realized.

Meng Chong was studying the envelopes, attempting to find clues to the black-robed man’s allegiances.

Unfortunately, the letters did not mention their affiliation, and some were even encrypted communications, making it impossible to fully understand the contents of the letter.

Among them, one letter mentioned the murder of the Grandmaster and the ongoing investigation into Su Lingxiu, which had yet to make any progress.

It seemed that Guardian Bai was a key figure in the black robe men’s organization.

It was not surprising, considering he was a Great Grandmaster.

“All done!”

Meng Shushu had dug out the spiritual medicine and properly sealed it with a medicinal wrap.

Then, the three moved on to another secret chamber.

Inside each chamber, there was grey grass.

Two were seventh-grade, one was sixth-grade. The harvest of spirit bills and the like was actually richer than that of the Great Grandmaster.

“They’re nurturing spiritual medicines!”

Meng Shushu spoke in a deep voice.

Xu Yan nodded.

Upon exiting the secret chambers, Xu Yan slashed his sword, reducing a layer of the mountain wall, but no other secret compartments were found.

Looking around the valley, this place indeed was a treasure trove, where nature’s spiritual energy converged. Considering the lingering spiritual energy on the cliffs, it was no wonder that spiritual medicines could grow here.

Around the valley, numerous spiritual medicines had grown, mostly of the ninth-grade and a few eighth-grade, all harvested.

After sweeping everything clean, Xu Yan pondered, “Shall we stick around a few days? If someone comes, we’ll kill them.”

Meng Shushu reasoned, “Senior Brother Xu, with a Great Grandmaster stationed here, the black-robed forces probably don’t circulate often. Most of the time they rely on bird messengers for communication.

“Now, with the bird messenger gone and communications cut off, they won’t realize something’s amiss until people are dispatched when countless days have passed. There’s no need to wait around here.”

Xu Yan pondered it over, as on Canglan Island, the Demon Lord Huo Tu was still making a commotion. It was time to deal with him.

“In that case, let’s be on our way.”

The three left the valley.

“Senior Brother, are we going to Canglan Island to kill the Demon Lord?”

Meng Chong asked eagerly.

Xu Yan smiled, “No rush. He seems very keen on me going there. How can I not make him pay a little? Although I, Xu Yan, am going to kill him, he can’t skimp on the service fee.”

“Makes sense!”

Meng Chong nodded.

“Send a message to the Demon Lord Huo Tu. If he wants me to face him, he should prepare a million spirit crystals. That’s the service fee, along with all his assets, so I can easily gather them after killing him.”

Xu Yan said, in a cheerful tone.

Who could refuse when money’s being handed out on a plate?

The Demon Lord Huo Tu was a good guy. He was offering both his money and his life. Such individuals were hard to come by and were thus worth cherishing.

Meng Shushu twitched at the corner of his mouth, mourning for the Demon Lord Huo Tu in his heart. Of all people to provoke, he had to choose Xu Yan. If he wanted Xu Yan to face him, he would indeed have to fork out a million spirit crystals.

Would the Demon Lord Huo Tu agree to Xu Yan’s terms?

He must!

If Xu Yan chose to avoid combat, the Demon Lord Huo Tu would be helpless. Since he wanted to kill Xu Yan, how could he be reluctant to pay up?

“I wonder how many Grandmasters are waiting for me on Canglan Island.”

Xu Yan smiled brilliantly, not at all feeling like he was walking into a lion’s den..