In the north of Changbai Mountain, deep into the cold grassland, I don't know how far away, there is a rolling mountain, the mountains are surrounded by hundreds of miles of grass, and the hill is full of poplar trees that can only be found in the middle of the continent, straight and straight.

――These mountains are called Mt. Kinabalau.

There is a huge peak of the legendary Eight Immortals of the Sky who have ascended to become the stars in the sky, and at the bottom of this peak sits a temple.

This temple is called the Temple, and it is one of the four known mystical places in the Five Domains Continent.

As the morning sun rose from the east of the mountains and shone on the temple at the foot of the peak, a sacrificial man with a high pointed hat stepped out of the temple, facing east, took a deep breath against the rising sun, and then coughed again.

A woman in white with a slender figure and a translucent tulle on her head walked over amid the cough of the sacrifice, bent down slightly in front of him, and whispered "Old Sacrifice".

The old priest turned around, but instead of facing the woman, he was facing south, his eyes passing through the vast white Changbai Mountain in the distance, looking further south.

"How are those people of Dashun behaving in the temple?" After a moment, the old priest spoke faintly.

"Starlight hasn't been their turn yet. The woman's voice was slightly raised, and her attitude was as cold as that of the old priest.

"What do you think of them?" the old priest did not pay attention to this, or that was the usual way they communicated with each other, he continued.

"Those who should have come have not come, and those who should not have come have come. The woman replied with a hint of displeasure on her face.

"Shouldn't you go and see the person who should come?" asked the old priest, turning his head at this time, looking at the woman in white.

Listening to the old priest's words, the woman in white couldn't help but be silent, and after a while, she bowed slightly and asked the old priest, "What should I do if I see him?"

"What do you want to do?" asked the woman with a smile on his face.

"I want to observe again. The woman in white straightened up and said respectfully but resolutely.

"However, in Changbai Mountain, you have already spared him once. The smile on the old priest's face disappeared and became serious.

This woman in white is Xiao Tianhou, the Great Spirit Master of the Five Realms who investigated Li Qing and others in Changbai Mountain, and her real name is Xiao Yao.

"Still, I wanted to observe. Xiao Yao is very stubborn, or when it comes to her realm, either she doesn't make a decision, once she makes a decision, it will be difficult for others to shake it, even if this other person is an old priest of the temple, her master, and a descendant of the Eight Immortals of the Heavenly Dome.

"If you let that hidden blade sword unsheath, it will cut your hand. The old priest was also stubborn, and he continued to persuade Xiao Yao.

"Isn't there still a temple, and there is an old priest for you, if I can't do it, I will definitely ask the old priest for your help. Xiao Yao laughed, and her face was as beautiful as a flower.

"Okay, you can observe carefully, but pay attention to a degree, and don't make things out of control. The old priest was persuaded by Xiao Yao, and he nodded.

"Thank you for your understanding, old priest!" Xiao Yao bowed slightly to the old priest again, and then, he turned around and walked down the mountain.

The old priest did not return to the temple, but still stood there.

"The sword of the hidden edge, the sword of the hidden edge. The old priest muttered these four words in his mouth, and looked at the south of Changbai Mountain again, but this time he looked farther, far beyond the grassland in the north of Saibei, far beyond the winding and extremely long city wall, and then, his brows furrowed tightly.

"To kill, or not to kill, that's a real question. The old priest frowned.

But at this time, Xiao Yao had already gone far.

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Unlike the boundaries of the Middle and Northern Regions, the Western Continent does not border any of the Northern, Central, or Southern Regions, and is separated by a vast sea.

However, this did not prevent the travel between several continents, as early as thousands of years ago, the adventurous caravans of the Central Continent explored a sea route to the Western Continent.

Originally, the silk produced in the Central Continent was transported to the Western Regions in exchange for precious stones, firearms, spices and medicinal materials, so this maritime route was named the Silk Road.

Now it is not only silk that is transported to the Western Regions through the Silk Road, but also tea, porcelain, black iron weapons, etc. are transported through this road, and the Silk Road has become a prosperous commercial road connecting the Central Regions and the Western Regions, and even caravans from the Southern Regions reach the Western Regions through here.

This is not because there is no sea route to the Western Regions in the Southern Regions, but because the vast sea is dangerous and abnormal, first of all, the unpredictable weather is a great obstacle, the wind and rain at sea can come as soon as it is said, and it is extremely fast and huge, and the huge merchant ships may also be overturned.

In addition to the weather, what is more dangerous is the various sea beasts hidden at the bottom of the sea, these sea beasts are huge in size and fierce in temperament, some of them are difficult to tame even if they are the spirits of the Four Realms, not to mention that the ordinary caravans can't afford to invite the spirits of the Four Realms at all, and it is already a great caravan to have a spirit warrior of the Three Realms in charge.

The Silk Road is very safe and calm, only two or three thousand nautical miles away is not far away, there are many islands in the middle to dock, there are sheltered harbors for the fleet to avoid the wind and waves on the mountains, and what is even more commendable is that there are no fierce sea beasts on this road, only some docile herbivorous sea beasts, may occasionally play a game with the fleet or something, but will never attack the fleet, let alone hurt people.

The reason for this quiet and peaceful situation is not because this sea route is not suitable for those fierce sea beasts, but because of an island that is not small in size near the Western Regions Continent - this island is the Great Demon God Palace, which is known as one of the four mysterious lands of the Five Domains.

If people who don't understand history and psychic know hear the name of the Great Demon Shrine, they feel that it is too domineering and fierce, and it has no beauty at all, and it seems vulgar and uncultured, but in fact, this name is just that the island is full of demons.

The demons are born spirits, they have patterns on the surface of their bodies, there are crystal nuclei in their bodies, they are born to be psychic, they are born to cultivate, and after the four realms, they can even hide the patterns on the surface of their bodies, becoming exactly the same as the humans in the Middle Continent.

It is also the existence of the Great Demon God Palace that deters all the fierce sea beasts around them, making them dare not approach, so that the humans of the Central Continent can come and bring what they need, which is why the Silk Road is so quiet and peaceful.

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