esty, it's dangerous to stay here any longer. We should retreat…" A personal guard stepped forward and whispered a warning.The Eternal Emperor turned his head to look at the prince in the distance, na..."What do you say" Fang Yu looked at Hong Yaozhu in front of him and said, "Have a seat."

Hong Yaozu sat opposite Fang Yu.

Zhixi also poured him a cup of tea.

"Zhixi, the Holy Maiden, is coming to make tea for me. How embarrassing," Hong Yaizu said.

"It is my honor to make tea for Young Master Hong," Zixie smiled softly.

"Now we can speak." Fang Yu said.

Hong Yaozu nodded, raised his teacup and took a sip, then said: "Big Brother, I spent a lot of money, spreading out my intelligence network. I went directly over the Southern Continent, extending my hand to the Northern Continent, deep into the Demon Clan's territory... Finally, I managed to get news about those two mountains that you, Big Brother, have been concerned about!"

“Among them, the information about Wukou Mountain is very clear and precise.”

In his speech, Hong Yaozu took out a book from the inside pocket of his jacket.

This book looks a bit worn, with four large characters on the cover.

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Hong Yaozu opened the thick book, flipped through the first dozen pages, and then pointed to a passage, saying: "Big brother, this records the situation of Wukun Mountain... It says that Wukun Mountain was destroyed in a war and completely razed to the ground after the war, no longer existing."

Fang Yu took the book and looked at the passage that Hong Yaozhu was pointing to.

Indeed, as he said, Wukou Mountain has been razed to the ground.

But Fang Yu cared about more than just that sentence.

He wanted to know if the book had a detailed account of the war mentioned in the text.

However, I flipped through several pages and didn't see a detailed account of the war.

Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Where did this book come from Who edited and wrote it"

"This must be a book published by Zhixin Pavilion, quite authoritative." Hong Ya zu replied, "The content recorded should not be false."

"The Heart-to-Heart Pavilion" Fang Yu narrowed his eyes.

"Big brother, haven't you heard of the Zixin Pavilion" Hong Yaizu blinked and said, "This is a very famous organization on the Yunyun Continent. Currently, most of the secret manuals, magic weapons, and elixir circulated on the Yunyun Continent... If you want to evaluate their grades, you must go through the Zixin Pavilion. Only then will it be authoritative enough to circulate throughout the continent."

For example, let's say I have a piece of jade in my hand. Even if I describe it eloquently, saying how far away it came from and how rare and precious it is, even if I provide evidence... it wouldn't be convincing.

“To prove that this jade is truly worth so much, it has to be assessed by the Zhixin Pavilion. If the Zhixin Pavilion also ranks this jade as top-grade, then no matter if I sell it from the southernmost point to the northernmost point, I could still get a sky-high price... Of course, going to the northernmost point is impossible, that was just an example.”

"Only the Zhixin Pavilion is authoritative" Fang Yu asked with narrowed eyes.

"It's not quite like that..." Hong Yaozu said.

“Only the authority of Zhixin Pavilion can cover the entire Yunyun Continent, Fang Da,” Zhixi said, standing beside him. “For example, at Tianfu行, they also have appraisers, and before the auction, they will evaluate the items to be auctioned. But the authority of their evaluation is limited to within the Tiansha clan. If you go to a second clan, you have to re-evaluate it. And there are appraisal institutions within the second clan, but the authority after appraisal is also limited to their own clan.”

Only those who are ranked in the Zhixin Pavilion can be recognized by any clan on the entire continent. This is the authority of the Zhixin Pavilion.

"I see." Fang Yu nodded slightly.

“The Inner Circle represents authority. They not only rank individuals but can also provide all sorts of intelligence, or publish secret manuals, ancient texts, including the production methods for magical artifacts and elixirs...” Hong Yaizu continued, “Most importantly, they have no bias. Regardless of which group you belong to, as long as you can afford the price, they can sell you intelligence or any other item…”

"Who's behind them" Fang Yu asked with narrowed eyes.

“As for that, I’m not sure… The existence of the Zhixin Pavilion is very special. Both the Divine Clan and the Demon Clan acknowledge its existence and authority, which is a rare occurrence. It can even be said that… throughout the Yunyun Continent, the only entity that could achieve consensus between the gods and demons… is this unique existence called the Zhixin Pavilion.” Hong Yaozu replied.

Fang Yu's eyes flickered slightly, holding the book in his hand, he pondered for a moment before closing it.

"Without Kunshan being razed to the ground, what about Tian Dao Mountain that day" Fang Yu asked.

"Yes, the key point is Tiandao Mountain!" Hong Yaizu said excitedly, "Getting information about Wukun Mountain isn't difficult. It's just like going to Zixin Pavilion and buying a book... But for information about Tiandao Mountain, the source is within the territory of the demon clan in the northern continent!"

Having said that, Hong Yaizu reached into his breast pocket and took out a scroll.

He unfurled the scroll, and it revealed itself to be a map.

Hong Ya zu got up and came to Fang Yu's side, unfolding the map.

The map's outline is very large, resembling a semi-circle.

"Brother, this is a rough map of the Northern Continent that I spent a lot of money to obtain," Hong Yaozu said. "If you look closely, it's indeed very rough, but it's already quite rare, such a map... there's only one in the market!"

Fang Yu looked at the map, his eyes flickering slightly.

Judging from the traces, this map is obviously hand-drawn.

And the content above is, to put it mildly, very rough.

Some sections don't even have a name, while others just mark the clan name.

The closer one gets to the center, the more the information becomes blurred.

Fāng Yǔ looked into the deepest part, only to see dozens of circles drawn here.

And within one of the circles, a red dot was marked.

"Brother, this red dot... is where Heavenly Dao Mountain is!" Hong Yaizu pointed at the red dot and said, "Look, it's located within the territory of the Demonic Tide Tribe!"

Fang Yu looked at the red dot. It was indeed located within the area named "Demonic Tide Clan".

"This map... has very little information. It would be better if you just told me that Tiandao Mountain is located within the Demon-Taming Clan," Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and said.

"Of course it's different, big brother... This map's use is in the routes!" Hong Ya zzu pointed at the map and said, "Although there's no information marked for many places on here, it still records the key locations, from the outer perimeter to the deepest part... This straight line going in, the direction along the way is very clear."

"Big brother, if you're going to Tian Dao Mountain... having this map would be very convenient. You wouldn't have to stumble around blindly."

"Look, starting from the Water River Clan on the outermost edge, and heading northwest all the way to the Taiyuan Clan, then northwards across the Xinggui Clan…"

Hong Yaozu followed the line and pointed towards the location of the red dot.

Fang Yu's eyes flickered.

Indeed, this map though rough, at least provides a clear line of travel.

As long as the Shuihe tribe reaches the starting point successfully, the rest of the route will be confirmed. was the wisdom of yesterdayBefore absolute strength, he is just an ant.So-called courage, tactics... are nothing in the face of hard power.Fang Yu stood up and looked at the many human beings behind...