"What's going on? Such a big commotion?" Old Zhang wondered, looking out through the window.

  On the street below the restaurant, many passersby were also discussing it enthusiastically.

  "Judging from the sound, it should be coming from the north. Moreover, it should be dozens of miles away." Ma Jin Xiao said, Teng Qing Shan looked at him and said: "This Ma Jin Xiao has sharp senses, he can actually distinguish so clearly. This is extremely rare among the strong in the later stages." Generally, an explosion sound would not carry that far.

  So when it is transmitted over a long distance, many echoes are produced, making it difficult for people to distinguish directions.

  However, the sound should have come from high altitude, with little echo, and Ma Jin Xiao was able to distinguish it.

  "Dozens of miles to the north?" Hei Zi exclaimed, "Isn't that Xīyáng Mountain?"

  "Xiao Yao Mountain is dozens of miles north of the city, a considerable distance from the city center. But that's the Xiao Yao Palace's old nest! Who dares to slap a tiger's butt and provoke the Xiao Yao Palace?" Old Zhang exclaimed, his eyes widening in alarm. Ma Jin Xiao listened with narrowed eyes, his voice cold as he sneered: "Xiao Yao Palace, one of the eight major sects that control billions of people across the nine states! Who dares to provoke them? Their ordinary warriors number nearly a million, and their elite 'Divine Guard' has 80,000 soldiers!"

  Teng Qing Shan suddenly sensed...

  This horse's neigh sounds somewhat off.

  "Xiao Yao Palace is a place where no one dares to provoke. But what was that explosion just now?" Old Zhang shook his head in confusion.

  Teng Qing Shan suspected in his heart: "Such a strong explosion sound, even the strongest of the First Heaven Golden Elixir wouldn't be able to achieve it, unless thousands and tens of thousands of people simultaneously made a huge noise. There's another possibility... that the existence of the Void Realm caused such a commotion!" Teng Qing Shan was very clear about how terrifying the strong practitioners of the Void Realm were.

  "Never mind those things, let's eat and drink first." Old Zhang said with a smile.

  Several people returned to the table, but only Xiao He, who was full of curiosity, leaned against the window and looked out.

  Suddenly——

  The door of the room opened and a waiter brought in a large bowl of steaming hot eel soup.

  "Master Zhang, the soup is ready. All your dishes are now served, would you like anything else?" The waiter said respectfully.

  Old Zhang frowned and said: "Little Er, I asked you, what was the explosion just now? It seemed to be a pretty far place that exploded. But here, we all felt the shock."

  "Mr. Zhang, you've just returned from doing business in the county town, haven't you?" The young waiter smiled.

  "Really?" Old Zhang said in surprise, "You know?"

  "Of course, I know! Now, in our county town, I'm afraid no one doesn't know about this matter." Xiao Er's eyes lit up, somewhat excited. Old Zhang handed over a stool: "Sit down and tell me, what's going on?" The others also perked up their ears to listen carefully.

  Hong Qingshan also looked at this little servant.

  "To talk about this explosion, we have to start from half a month ago!" The shopkeeper continued, "That day, also at noon, I was busy attending to customers. But suddenly - boom! Just like today. It made the whole building tremble slightly. At that time, we were busy with business and didn't pay attention. I thought it was an explosion somewhere nearby."

  "It wasn't until evening, when I talked to others who knew about it, that I found out. The explosion at noon was heard by everyone in the county town! At the time, I thought, 'Where on earth did this explosion happen?'"

  Later, it was passed down from the Xīyáng Shān side. The mountain people at the foot of Xīyáng Shān saw with their own eyes... a bolt of lightning as thick as a waist, striking Xīyáng Shān!

  Teng Qing Shan was secretly shocked and Old Zhang and the others all cried out in surprise. However, Teng Qing Shan did not quite believe in this so-called 'thick waist'.

  The lightning is splitting in the distance.

  If you feel like your waist is thick, the actual thickness, when looked at closely in front of your eyes, will probably be even thicker.

  "Xiao Yao Palace has offended the heavens, and now the heavens are punishing it?" Old Zhang exclaimed.

  "What a thunderbolt! It must be a huge one, we can hear it from so far away." Hei Zi exclaimed in surprise, while the little kid Tan He beside him had his eyes wide open with wonder.

  The little second continued: "Mr. Zhang, listen to me! After that explosion, about ten days passed. It was noon again, and there was another loud noise. This time... the mountain people at the foot of Mt. Wandering saw it clearly. Some people only saw a thick bolt of lightning striking the mountain, and many people died in the Wandering Palace. But others saw... that the one releasing the lightning was a terrifying monster. Do you know what this monster is?"

  Several people in Qing Shan stared at this little servant.

  The little servant smiled complacently and said slowly: "This monster is a divine eagle!"

  "Divine Eagle!"

  Lao Zhang and others were all stunned, what about the divine eagle that released thunder and lightning?

  Heng Qing Shan knew that this wasn't strange. There were many demonic beasts in the world, some could spit fire, some could spit cold air, some could spray out poisonous liquids, and some could even spit out lightning. However, their powers weren't as exaggerated as this.

  "According to what people saw, that divine eagle was in the clouds, extremely high. He could still see it with his naked eye. He estimated... if this divine eagle were to land on the ground, it would be at least as big as a house!" The young servant exclaimed, "You say, a house-sized divine eagle that can spew out such thick lightning, isn't it a monster?" This young servant spoke with extreme excitement.

  He was just a small second-in-command with low status, yet he could speak freely in front of a group of wealthy merchants, and afterwards, he also had the capital to boast.

  "That divine eagle, why did it specifically peck at the Carefree Palace?" Old Zhang exclaimed in surprise.

  "Old Zhang, I think Xianyao Palace must have committed a great evil, provoking the heavens to send this divine eagle to strike it with lightning." Hei Zi chuckled and said. These ordinary merchants knew very little about demons and monsters, only knowing that there were some fierce beasts and monsters on this earth.

  However, they can spout thunder and recklessly destroy the Carefree Palace. They simply cannot imagine that.

  "What's going on?" Old Zhang muttered, "The Carefree Palace is one of the eight major sects, with masters as numerous as clouds, and also has formidable innate experts. Why didn't those innate experts go kill that divine eagle? Are they just letting it destroy their Carefree Palace?"

  These ordinary people only knew that the legendary 'Xiantian' was the most powerful among martial artists. They thought that even Xiantian strongmen could deal with such demonic beasts.

  But Teng Qing Shan was clear...

  The beast that can unleash such a powerful lightning bolt is probably comparable to the second one I saw in Bihanchi, the terrifying dragon-like creature with dragon claws and whiskers.

  "Old Zhang, I heard that the carefree palace was struck by lightning released by the divine eagle, killing many people. As a result, not a few horses and men from the Carefree Palace have moved into our Tiger Leaping City," said the little servant. "Many people saw with their own eyes that a large number of horses and men came down from Mount Carefree and entered our city. Fortunately, they relocated quickly, otherwise today's lightning from the divine eagle would have killed even more people. This is already the third time."

  Old Zhang and his friends were also extremely excited.

  The Eight Great Schools, they were lofty existences.

  It's exciting to see these sects being punished, and ordinary people will also be thrilled at heart.

  "There must be a Void Realm expert in the Xianyao Palace." Teng Qing Shan thought, "But that Void Realm expert didn't kill the Divine Eagle. The Divine Eagle has spat out lightning three times from the beginning to now, blasting the Xianyao Palace! It's very clear...the Void Realm expert of the Xianyao Palace should not be able to handle the Divine Eagle. Or they don't have the ability to kill it!"

  "Xu Jing level demon beast, its intelligence is very high. This divine eagle, why did it release thunder and lightning to attack Xianyao Palace?" Teng Qing Shan was puzzled in his heart.

  According to what Deng Qingyang knows...

  Regarding the records of demonic beasts in books, virtual realm-level demonic beasts are also revered as divine beasts! In the entire nine states, the four great divine beasts have the greatest reputation. That is to say, the four virtual realm-level demonic beasts. These four divine beasts are located in Rongzhou, Yu Zhou, Yongzhou Qinling, and the northern grasslands respectively.

  The reputation of the Four Great Divine Beasts is probably known by some top sect experts.

  The ordinary people living around the habitats of these four divine beasts probably all know about these four divine beasts.

  In the world, there may be more than four virtual boundary-level demon beasts! However, the strongest of the evil surname is probably these four divine beasts. These four great divine beasts, precisely because they are strong in attack, will often attack humans. They even occupy a place, extremely arrogant, and kill countless people... That's why their reputation is so great.

  Many hidden and obscure virtual beasts are silently nameless, like the golden dragon turtle!

  There must also be virtual realm-level demon beasts in the desolate wilderness.

  But unknown in the wilderness.

  Like the golden dragon turtle of Mount Tai, or the 'Zi Xi' python that has existed since the tribal era. They are all willing to hide and make humans around them unaware of their existence.

  ……

  Illusory realm level demonic beasts, because they all possess wisdom.

  Some disdain contact with humans, focus on understanding the Tao, and want to break free from the shackles of the demon beast, also producing an extremely powerful being.

  But some, however, like to tease humans, and even - eat people!

  From a monster's perspective, monsters eating humans is no different from humans eating wild beasts.

  "The four great divine beasts, but no divine eagle! I didn't expect that besides the four great divine beasts, there is also a divine eagle that can release lightning and likes to attack humans." Teng Qing Shan thought to himself, "I have seen the golden dragon turtle before. In the deep water passage of Bihanchuan, I also saw that python with two forked dragon horns, dragon whiskers, and dragon claws... These two should also be void realm demonic beasts. Adding them up, I now know of seven void realm demonic beasts!"

  "It seems that the four great divine beasts, which have made their public appearance, are only a small part of the virtual demon beasts. Throughout the nine states, there may still be many more terrifying demon beasts lurking!"

  Hong Qingshan sighed endlessly.

  "That's right, there are many types of demonic beasts, and those with high innate abilities are extremely numerous. Plus, they have long lifespans, so the number of living Void Realm demonic beasts surpasses that of human Void Realm experts. It's not surprising."

  If it weren't for the opening of the Yu Huang treasure this time, probably no one would have thought that the ordinary Da Yan Mountain actually had two terrifying Void Realm demon beasts. Causing heavy losses to various major sects, and Qing Hu Island was once again annihilated with over 10,000 Silver Dragon Army soldiers dying.

  "I wonder... how many powerful demons are still lurking in the nine continents. Maybe on this trip, I'll encounter a few." Teng Qing Shan thought to himself.

  The Thunderbolt Eagle incident left everyone in awe and sighs of wonder.

  After getting enough wine and food, Teng Qing Shan, Ma Jin Xiao and others were led by Old Zhang and Hei Zi to leave the restaurant, bringing their horses and goods to find a place to stay.

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