73: Qingyun has earned the White Deer Token again.

"Go!" Facing an Old Monster who had existed for an unknown number of years, Cao Meng naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to recklessly fight him head-on.

He had Transmigrated to this world less than a month ago, and both his strength and Divine Ability had undergone earth-shattering changes; he absolutely could not fail at this juncture.

Moreover, he had already gained more than enough from this endeavor.

A beautiful Prodigy subordinate whose divine body was tempered like a Spirit Treasure.

Plus the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Swords, the seven swords of absolute gods, hundreds of sentient sword artifacts, and the Primordial Spirit of King Gou Yuan Hao's Master stored inside the immeasurable sword gourd... that was enough for him to digest for quite some time.

At Cao Meng's command, his two Prodigy subordinates quickly followed.

The nine-tailed Fox Spirit Su Rui glanced unwillingly at the rolling sea of magma before following as well... This happened precisely as the Li Clan Sword Tomb collapsed.

Tens of thousands of miles away in the Vast Mountain Range, in a blessed Immortal land surrounded by towering, cloud-shrouded Immortal mountains, there was a floating mountain suspended between heaven and earth, and in the center of this floating mountain was a magnificent and resplendent hall.

A bald elder with a snow-white beard, who had been meditating, suddenly opened his eyes.

Before the elder was a jade plate, and a blood-red light spot appeared within it, rapidly flickering as if trying to fly out of the plate.

"Oh no, a demon has emerged!"

The white-bearded elder abruptly stood up. "Order the Seven Beauties of Qingyun to immediately descend the mountain and rush to the Li Clan Sword Tomb to suppress and kill the demon!"

"Yes!" A cold, faint voice came from outside the hall.

Half a day later, seven young men and women of immortal bearing arrived, travel-worn, at the location of the Li Clan Sword Tomb.

All that remained was a deep pit with a diameter of over ten miles; the Li Clan Sword Tomb, which had shaken the Nine Kingdoms of the Eastern Continent, had long since vanished.

"It's a demon of the Divine Emperor Realm, we are too late!"

The handsome young man leading the group looked extremely grim.

"Divine Emperor Realm?" Beside the man, a young woman wearing a long blue palace dress, possessing crystalline skin and radiating Immortal Qi, changed her expression. "If it is the Divine Emperor Realm, then we are in trouble. I fear not a single person in the Nine Kingdoms of the Eastern Continent is his match."

The man pondered for a moment. "Investigate what exactly happened at the Li Clan Sword Tomb and why the grand formation was destroyed. If a demon coordinated the attack from inside and out, that would be truly troublesome..."

"Senior Brother, on my way here, I used a fire feather message to ask Junior Brother Qian of the Dao Palace. The Li Clan Sword Tomb had reached an agreement with the White Deer Academy, allowing White Deer Academy Disciples to enter the Sword Tomb to observe the swords..."

"The White Deer Academy?" The Senior Brother in white nodded. "Junior Sister Xue, you and I will first visit the White Deer Academy to see if we can find any clues from them."

"As for the other Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, first search for the monster's whereabouts. Once you find it, do not act without permission; just send me a message!"

"Yes!"

... Let us now turn our attention elsewhere.

Meanwhile, the four people—Cao Meng and his group—left the Li Clan Sword Tomb and headed toward the White Deer Academy.

They hadn't traveled far when they saw a white Kunpeng Bird flapping its wings in the distant sky, rushing toward them as if chasing stars and catching the moon.

Xuanyuan Baiying stood gracefully atop the Kunpeng, Little White, a hint of worry flickering in her beautiful eyes.

Only after clearly seeing Cao Meng and the others did the worry in her eyes subside.

In just a few breaths, the Kunpeng stopped in front of the four of them.

"A Kunpeng Bird... what a beautiful woman. This is how a woman should be!"

The Fox Spirit Su Rui and the Female Demon Head Yan Yumo were both stunned. This woman and this bird were simply too magnificent and too beautiful.

Her mount was the legendary Kunpeng, said to soar ninety thousand miles high.

Her owner was also a peerless Prodigy who dominated her generation; even though the two women possessed world-shaking beauty, they still paled slightly in comparison to her.

"Xuanyuan, are you alright?" Seeing Xuanyuan Baiying, Cao Meng also breathed a sigh of relief.

If such a heaven-toppling Immortal Wife had perished, then this trip would have been a loss.

"I'm fine." Xuanyuan Baiying shook her head, but her gaze fell upon Yan Yumo.

"Isn't she one of the Li Clan's Twin Devils? How could she..."

"Her Primordial Spirit was confined by the Li Clan's Saint Emperor, and she couldn't act on her own. Chi Ling helped her escape." Cao Meng said, leaping onto the broad back of the white Kunpeng Bird. "Let's go to the White Deer Academy first. We can talk on the way. Someone formidable is about to emerge."

"Formidable?" Xuanyuan Baiying didn't think too much about it. "You all come up too. Little White is fast."

Chi Ling and Yan Yumo didn't stand on ceremony either, flying up and landing on Little White's back.

"Thank you, but I still have things to attend to, so I won't be traveling with you." The Fox Spirit Su Rui smiled slightly at Xuanyuan Baiying, then transformed into a streak of white light and headed north.

The Kunpeng spread its wings, and the space around them slightly warped. *Swoosh*

The mountains and rivers rapidly flowed past their eyes.

"So fast, truly worthy of being the legendary Kunpeng." Even the Chi Ling Demon Empress couldn't help but praise. "With this mount, the Mistress can completely treat that Li Clan Devil Head like a monkey."

"Mm," Xuanyuan Baiying curved her lips into a slight smile. "Little White teased that Devil Head, letting him chase for a while. Later, for some reason, he stopped pursuing. I originally thought he was going to meet up with the Yin Demon, but I didn't expect..."

As she spoke, she gave a meaningful look at Yan Yumo beside Cao Meng... On that day, the Li Clan Sword Tomb was annihilated, and the Li Clan, which had lingered for over twenty years, was formally destroyed.

At the same time, the Imperial Legion of Great Liang, which had been lurking three hundred miles northwest of the Li Clan Sword Tomb, preparing to join forces with the Li Clan to suppress and kill Qingluan, the peerless female Divine General of Great Zhou, and her one hundred thousand Divine Strategy Army, was attacked by a three-eyed monster engulfed in flames.

The elite legion, composed entirely of one hundred thousand Martial Artists, suffered over seventy thousand casualties, and the commanding general also died unexpectedly.

Following this, that Devil Head slaughtered three cities outside the Heavenly Sword Mountain Range before completely vanishing.

As soon as the news spread, the world was in an uproar.

When Cao Meng and his group returned to the White Deer Academy, the bad news had not yet spread.

Inside Xuanyuan Baiying's Cultivation residence.

"Even an ancient mighty figure of the Undying Emperor Realm is willing to acknowledge you as Master, Brother Cao, you truly surprise me." Xuanyuan Baiying poured Cao Meng a cup of tea and said meaningfully.

"The feeling is mutual. Xuanyuan, your performance today also greatly exceeded my expectations." Cao Meng chuckled. "To even take the Kunpeng from ancient myths as a mount, tsk tsk..."

"Are we complimenting each other?" Xuanyuan Baiying smiled freely. "You raided the Li Clan Sword Tomb, released an ancient Devil Head, and killed Void Sword Walker, causing White Deer to lose its Master. Don't expect peace now. You better start thinking about how to deal with the consequences."

"What is there to deal with? If the sky falls, the tall people will hold it up." Cao Meng adopted an attitude of 'I don't care if the heavens flood.'

"You are certainly reckless." Xuanyuan Baiying shook her head. "Just wait, trouble will find you soon. Furthermore, Void Sword Walker's Dean's Token is in your hands. This is the key item for controlling the ancient forbidden formation of the White Deer Academy and accessing the White Deer Cave Secret Realm. It's truly a hot potato~"