The Nine Cauldrons

Book 8 Chapter 20 Teng Qingshan Versus the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal!

The palace that the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal dwelled in occupied a large area. It was a building with three halls, the front hall, main hall, and the back hall, and two gardens. All of the palaces were constructed with white grayish bricks and light brown roof tiles. Each and every palace had pointed roofs, and all the roofs were covered with snow; however, most of the snow accumulated on the roofs had melted.

“The Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal is one of the two great Martial Immortals in the Duanmu Continent!” Teng Qingshan looked at the entrance of the palace and thought to himself, “When I reach the Emptiness Realm and return to the Land of the Nine Prefectures, I would need to deal with experts like these!”

Teng Qingshan knew that whether it was in the Land of the Nine Prefectures or the Duanmu Continent, the ones who decided the fate of the continent and stood at the pinnacle were still the Emptiness Realm (Martial Immortal) Experts! The Duanmu Continent only had two Martial Immortals. Because there were so few Martial Immortals, the innate experts had very high statuses. As for the Land of the Nine Prefectures, one prefecture probably had the same number of Emptiness Realm Experts as the number of Martial Immortals in the entire Duanmu Continent.

Some prefectures, like Yuzhou, which was governed by Emperor Yu’s Hall, and Yongzhou, which was regulated by the Ying Family, probably had more Emptiness Realm Experts than the Duanmu Continent!

The Land of the Nine Prefectures had a significant number of Emptiness Realm Experts, all of whom were figures that stood at the pinnacle of the world!

“After I finish helping the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal complete this task and obtain those six stone inscriptions, I will be able to reach the Emptiness Realm.” Teng Qingshan planned secretly, “Even if the six stone inscriptions didn’t help me reach the Emptiness Realm, I would be very close to the Emptiness Realm!”

Teng Qingshan and the Whole Gale Eagle stood outside the entrance of the palace.

When the patrolling elite guards saw the Whole Gale Eagle, which was even taller than a human, they were astonished.

After a while—

“Brother Teng, come. Come in with me,” Great Elder Mu Wang said with a smile as he came out of the entrance.

“Little Grey, let’s go.”

Teng Qingshan patted the Whole Gale Eagle’s feathers, and the human and demonic beast stepped into the entrance of the palace at the same time.

“Old Brother Mu, where is the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal’s palace?” Teng Qingshan asked.

“It’s in front.” Great Elder Mu Wang laughed and said, “My instructor has an excellent temper. However, don’t act arrogantly in front of him, because he hates that kind of person the most. If my instructor hates someone, he might kill that person.”

“I am not that arrogant,” Teng Qingshan grinned.

Walking along the hallway of the main hall and passing by it, they arrived at a spacious garden at the back.

The floor of the garden was paved with slabs of azure rock, appearing very organized. A carpet covered one of the azure rock slabs, and a table was placed on top of the carpet. An elder wearing a snowy white leather coat and a felt hat sat cross-legged on the carpet. A jug of wine and two wine cups were placed on the table before him.

Beside the table was a sheathed massive war blade. Some weird engravings could be seen on the sheath, and the image of a wolf head could be seen on the handle of the blade.

“Instructor!” Mu Wang greeted respectfully.

“Teng Qingshan pays respect to senior,” Teng Qingshan said in a respectful manner.

“Oh, the fellow named Teng Qingshan has arrived?” A very friendly voice sounded. The silver-haired, white-bearded elder looked at Teng Qingshan with a face full of smiles. He then flicked a glance at the Whole Gale Eagle by Teng Qingshan’s side, and the smile on his face became even brighter. He immediately instructed, “Yes. Mu Wang, you should go back first. Let me chat with this young fellow.”

“Yes, instructor.” Mu Wang departed while showing respect.

Teng Qingshan only began scrutinizing the Dreamy Cloud Martial Immortal at that moment.