When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

Thanks to the professional treatment provided by Xiao Tian's five henchmen, Xiao Tian finally regained some vitality!

Zhu Chongjiu looked at Xiao Tian, ​​whose eyes were tightly closed, and said, "Xiao Tian, ​​don't think that you got a beating for nothing."

Actually, I had considered that when I encountered you here, I would kill you.

As for the strength of your Peace Chamber of Commerce, in my eyes you are nothing more than a bunch of clowns in the shadows.

I've lived on the holy mountain for twenty years, and I've stopped caring much about time.

While searching for the source of the Five Elements, I could even uproot all your peaceful trading companies in this world.

It's just a waste of a little more time.

Moreover, with my current strength and lifespan, living for another thousand or eight hundred years is no problem.

I'm keeping you around so you can tell your father not to try anything funny with me.

"The price of angering me is too high for you to bear!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Tian opened his tightly closed eyes and said to Zhu Chongjiu with some annoyance, "Are you crazy?"

Do you realize that if you actually did what you said, the world would be in chaos?

Chaos?

How did things get so chaotic?

With a single sword strike, I can slay the demons.

I spent twenty years venturing alone into the Holy Mountain to resolve the crisis that threatened the Flame Empire's destruction.

Having acquired the sources of water and fire, I then obtained the sources of the other five elements.

"So, Xiao Tian, ​​what do you think I couldn't do back then in this world?"

Xiao Tian was stunned when he heard Zhu Chongjiu's words.

The light that had just risen in their eyes dimmed.

The five attendants of Xiao Tian, ​​after rescuing Xiao Tian, ​​stood aside in the face of Zhu Chongjiu, who was unpredictable and ruthless in killing, without daring to utter a word or move a finger.

At this moment, Zhu Chongjiu saw Xiao Tian, ​​who had been utterly defeated by him, and thought to himself, "It seems the old saying is true: you can't hit too hard, or you'll just make someone stupid."

Zhu Chongjiu's attacks weren't just physical; they also targeted the mind!

After waiting for a while, Zhu Chongjiu realized that he had almost finished his boasting. Looking at Xiao Tian, ​​who was staring blankly, and his five bewildered followers, he asked, "You five know the route to the Houtu Continent, right?"

The five men nodded repeatedly upon hearing Zhu Chongjiu's question!

Now lead the way and head to the Houtu Continent as quickly as possible.

Two of the five people took out a stretcher from their storage rings, placed Xiao Tian on it, and then, at Zhu Chongjiu's signal, quickly headed towards the Houtu Continent.

Xiao Hei carried Zhu Chongjiu, following behind the five people at a leisurely pace.

At this moment, Zhu Chongjiu, lying comfortably on Xiao Hei's back, was formulating his next plan.

"First, we must know the specific reasons why the Peace Chamber of Commerce wants to obtain the source of the five elements."

As for how to obtain it, we can only act according to circumstances.

Second, you must know the location of the Peace Chamber of Commerce's headquarters.

As for how to obtain it, we can only act according to circumstances.

3. After obtaining all the sources of the five elements, how do we uproot the Peace Chamber of Commerce?

We can only play it by ear.

After Zhu Chongjiu's analysis and deductions, he ended up with nothing to show for it.

Zhu Chongjiu cursed inwardly, "It seems my blockhead is not cut out to be a strategist."

At this moment, Zhu Chongjiu thought of Xukong, "If only I could learn its mind-reading technique."

Why was I in such a hurry to say goodbye? I've already stayed for twenty years, what's one or two more?

Regret is regret, but there's no going back in this world.

Zhu Chongjiu thought to himself, "Once I obtain the Source of Earth, I must return to the Holy Mountain and learn the Mind-Reading Technique from the Void."

I had to beg it to teach me, no matter how shameless I was. It wasn't that I was greedy; it was just too useful to me.

And so, a month and a half later, Zhu Chongjiu and his entourage finally arrived at the border between the Flaming Mountain Continent and the Houtu Continent.

With their speed and abstaining from rest, these five people could have reached the border between the two continents in a month.

On the way back, there was an extra stretcher, and an extra person on it.

That's why the speed slowed down.

Normal. With Xiao Tian's high-level Emperor-level physique and the healing medicines from the Peace Chamber of Commerce, Xiao Tian has already recovered completely.

Throughout the journey, Xiao Tian kept his eyes closed and remained silent.

He was so devastated by Zhu Chongjiu that he completely lost his self-confidence. When he woke up, he didn't know how to face the situation.

Or are they biding their time, enduring hardship and waiting for their chance to come?

No one knew what Xiao Tian was thinking.

During this time, Zhu Chongjiu did not say anything, letting Xiao Tian act as he pleased.

After reaching the border barrier, Xiao Tian was placed on a flat area.

Just then, five figures quickly stepped forward.

They formed a mysterious formation that Zhu Chongjiu had never seen before.

Everyone kept their lips tightly closed and silently recited an obscure and difficult-to-understand incantation.

As the chanting grew louder, a powerful and invisible force began to gather around them.

Suddenly, this force, like a surging torrent, simultaneously bombarded the seemingly indestructible boundary barrier.

With a soft "hiss," the once impregnable boundary barrier began to melt away at a visible speed, as if it were ice and snow exposed to high temperatures.

In the blink of an eye, a huge opening, about ten meters square, appeared before everyone's eyes.

Zhu Chongjiu looked at the opening but found that he could not see the other side at all.

It's like there's a frosted film blocking the middle.

This method is completely different from any other method I've seen before for opening the barriers between the Divine Void and the Flaming Mountain.

It seems to be a secret technique unique to the Peace Chamber of Commerce.

Immediately afterwards, the five men lifted the unconscious Xiao Tian off the stretcher again and rushed into the opening without hesitation.

Upon witnessing this astonishing scene, Zhu Chongjiu did not hesitate at all. He took a step forward and followed closely behind the five people in front of him, slipping through the newly opened opening.

When he stepped across that boundary, he felt as if he had entered a completely different world.

After regaining his footing, Zhu Chongjiu raised his head slightly and looked out at the world ahead.

What appeared before Zhu Chongjiu was a swampy area covered with dense forest.

Zhu Chongjiu thought to himself, "This must be the Houtu Swamp described in the book!"

At this moment, Zhu Chongjiu turned around and looked at the border barrier that had just been opened by Xiao Tian's five henchmen.

The border barrier was rapidly closing in, leaving only the size of a fist.

The moment Zhu Chongjiu saw it, it had completely returned to its original state, as if it had never been touched, without any trace.

With the five people leading the way, Zhu Chongjiu had now ventured deep into the unfamiliar environment of the Houtu Swamp.

Relying on his superior skills and daring, Zhu Chongjiu showed no signs of tension or unease while traversing the Houtu Swamp.

Occasionally, he would sense a few Emperor-level demonic beasts, but they were all extremely far away from him.

It seems that this route through the Houtu Swamp is a safe route unique to the Peace Chamber of Commerce.

Moreover, Zhu Chongjiu felt that...

The Peace Chamber of Commerce definitely has five continents and safe routes within all restricted areas.

Otherwise, how could it safely and frequently travel between continents to make a very profitable business?

As Zhu Chongjiu continued to venture deeper into the Houtu Swamp, he also compared the differences with those in the Shenxu Swamp.

Shenxu Zaozhe is a vast, boundless expanse of pure, clean water.

The swamps on the continent of Houtu are covered with dense forests, and without the perception of divine sense and internal energy, one's vision is extremely obstructed.

However, these dense forests consist of low-growing trees, the tallest of which are only a dozen meters or so.

Moreover, the trees have almost no leaves, as if they are all withered and about to die!

Nothing happened to Zhu Chongjiu and his party along the way. Xiao Tian remained lying on the stretcher, eyes closed, without uttering a sound, just as before.

Another month and a half has passed!

Zhu Chongjiu was finally able to sense the boundary of the Houtu Swamp, and at the same time, he sensed the first human city on the Houtu Continent.