“There’s no mistake. That hunchbacked old man isn’t from your demon race. He’s a rather infamous alien beast in the Immortal World called a ‘Mountain-Moving Macaque,’ or ‘Mountain-Moving Ape.’ It likes to carry mountains on its back, and the stronger its cultivation, the higher the mountains it carries, using this to cultivate and comprehend the Great Dao. Some can even carry entire mountain ranges.” Wang Yu replied through voice transmission.

“No wonder the ground shook when he wasn’t around earlier, and the teacups fell, but he didn’t come out to clean up. As soon as the earthquake stopped, he immediately came back,” Shi Chuan Kong said after pondering for a moment.

“It’s said that in the Azure Leaf Immortal Territory of the Immortal World, an elder of an immortal sect once killed a young Mountain-Moving Macaque to refine an immortal artifact and relied on the sect’s power to injure an adult Mountain-Moving Macaque who came to seek revenge several times. After repelling the Mountain-Moving Macaque for the last time, everyone thought it was over. But unexpectedly, after only ten thousand years, the entire mountain range where their sect was located had its roots severed and its earth veins destroyed by that Mountain-Moving Macaque who had sneaked under the mountain, and it carried it directly into the sea,” Wang Yu continued through voice transmission.

“I didn’t expect this beast to be so fierce…” Shi Chuan Kong couldn’t help but look back in the direction of the small town, speaking slowly.

“However, looking at the people in the town, it seems they have lived here for generations and are already accustomed to the frequent earthquakes in the town. It can be seen that this Mountain-Moving Macaque has cultivated the Dao, not only is its cultivation comparable to a Grand Luo Realm cultivator, but its fierce nature seems to have been smoothed out by the long years,” Wang Yu said through voice transmission.

“It’s hiding here, probably not wanting to be recognized. As the saying goes, the greatest concealment is in the city. Anyway, as long as it’s not here to cause trouble for us, that’s good,” Shi Chuan Kong nodded and said.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a figure silently appeared on the mountain road ahead, with a thin body, hunched back, and hands behind its back. It was the old man from the tea stall in the small town.

“Brother Shi, is your mouth really blessed?” Wang Yu asked with a wry smile.

Seeing this, Shi Chuan Kong was immediately dumbfounded and wanted to slap himself.

“Greetings, Senior. I was blind and didn’t recognize Mount Tai earlier. Please forgive me, Senior.” After hesitating for a moment, Wang Yu took the initiative to step forward and bowed to the hunchbacked old man from afar, saying.

Shi Chuan Kong didn’t speak, but lowered his head with a somewhat unsightly expression, following Wang Yu’s bow.

“You can rest assured, this old man has no ill intentions towards you,” the old man said with his hands still behind his back, his lips moving slightly, his voice unusually hoarse.

“I wonder why Senior is waiting for us here. Is there anything you wish to instruct us?” Wang Yu didn’t dare to relax in the slightest and still asked carefully.

“There is nothing to instruct. It’s just that I’ve been in the Demon Territory for many years and haven’t seen anyone from the Immortal World for a long time. There are some things I want to ask you,” the old man waved his hand, revealing a wrinkled face under his disheveled hair, and said.

“Senior, please ask. As long as I know, I will tell you everything. But if I don’t know, I wouldn’t dare to speak recklessly,” Wang Yu considered his words and said.

“Where did you come from?” the old man looked at Wang Yu and asked.

“Reporting to Senior, I came from the Black Mountain Immortal Territory,” Wang Yu said without hesitation.

The old man was slightly silent, a trace of reminiscence flashed across his face, and after a moment, he spoke again:

“Black Mountain Immortal Territory… This old man also stayed there for a while. Although it was a very miserable time, I have to say that I am quite nostalgic for it… By the way, have you ever been to a place called ‘Idle Cloud Mountain’? Do you know how it is now?”

“I happened to stay there for a while. Could it be that Senior also stayed at Idle Cloud Mountain?” Wang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.

“That’s right, but I can’t remember how long ago it was. I only remember that at that time, there were only a few of us living on the entire mountain range. Later, some people gradually opened up caves on the mountain, and the entire mountain range became less peaceful,” the hunchbacked old man said slowly.

“Idle Cloud Mountain has changed greatly now. There are many people living on the mountain, and it has almost become a self-contained outlaw area. It’s a pity that when I left there, the situation changed a bit. The Heavenly Court seems to have strengthened its control over there, and many people have left the mountain. I’m not too clear about the current situation,” Wang Yu sighed and said.

“The past is just the past, it doesn’t matter how it changes… You should have already seen through my true form, right?” the hunchbacked old man suddenly changed the subject and said.

Hearing this, Wang Yu and Shi Chuan Kong couldn’t help but become nervous again.

“Senior’s true form, I wouldn’t dare to speak recklessly. I can only see that Senior’s cultivation is extremely high, and your realm is extremely high,” Wang Yu said after calming himself down.

Although it was just a simple compliment, it was said just right. The hunchbacked old man nodded secretly after hearing it and said:

“I heard you talking earlier about finding a place to retreat and refine Dao Soldiers? Actually, there are many uninhabited valleys in this Baxia Mountain Range. You can go and use them. You don’t have to worry about any external interference.”

“How dare we trouble Senior to protect us? We are only roughly refining some Dao Soldiers. We will find a secluded place ourselves and would never dare to disturb Senior,” Wang Yu said quickly.

“Since that’s the case, then we are not meant to be. Let’s pretend we never met,” the hunchbacked old man said meaningfully upon hearing this.

“Senior, rest assured, the two of us have never met Senior,” Wang Yu immediately understood what he meant and cupped his fist and said.

“Yes, we’ve never been here at all,” Shi Chuan Kong naturally knew what he meant and quickly said.

The hunchbacked old man heard this, looked at Shi Chuan Kong deeply, and said, “You kid was born into a good family… Alright, you guys go.”

Hearing this, Wang Yu and Shi Chuan Kong didn’t hesitate at all, immediately bid farewell, and turned into a stream of light and flew away.

After flying out of the entire Baxia Mountain Range, the two finally relaxed slightly and looked remotely in the direction of the small town, only to see the entire mountain range rising and falling, shaking violently.

Purple light lit up in Wang Yu’s eyes as he looked down at the base of the mountain, and under a lush green mountain range, he could vaguely see the arched back of a huge figure, carrying the entire Baxia Mountain Range on it.

Most of the hunched figure was prostrate on the ground, covered in grass and vegetation, almost merging with the mountain. If it weren’t for the spiritual eye power, it would be almost impossible to distinguish.

As Wang Yu was looking into the distance, he suddenly saw a huge, rounded mountain head at the very front of the mountain range suddenly turn slightly. The trees on the mountain were torn apart, and the earth and rocks collapsed, revealing two enormous eyes with golden pupils that revealed a hint of indifference.

Seeing this scene, Wang Yu immediately put away his Nine Nether Devil Eyes and quickly flew away with Shi Chuan Kong.

The two didn’t stop for a moment until they had flown for three days before they stopped again and temporarily stayed on a nearby ordinary mountain peak.

The reason for stopping so quickly was not because the two felt that this place was already safe, but because Crab Daoist’s Dao Soldiers had reached the most critical stage of refinement and Wang Yu had to engrave the runes as soon as possible, which could no longer be delayed.

After landing on the mountain peak, Wang Yu didn’t even have time to build a temporary cave and could only entrust Shi Chuan Kong to watch over him outside, while he directly opened the Flower Branch Cave and came to the bamboo building near the Spirit Medicine Garden.

Inside the bamboo building on the second floor, the sound of “thunder” was constant, and the purple-gold electric light almost filled the entire room. As soon as Wang Yu arrived at the door of the room, he took a light breath, feeling as if a Bone-Cleansing Thunder Pond had appeared in front of him again.

However, this feeling was only momentary. After all, the purple-gold lightning that was jumping frantically as if boiling in front of him only had a similar aura to the Bone-Cleansing Thunder Pond, and its essence was naturally thousands of miles apart.

However, even so, such a strong lightning aura was enough to deter countless Yin spirits and ghosts.

“Fellow Daoist Wang, if you hadn’t come, I wouldn’t have been able to control this gradually forming purple-gold thunder pool,” Crab Daoist said with a slight sigh of relief when he saw Wang Yu’s arrival.

“Sorry, leave the rest to me,” Wang Yu said.

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flashed, and he moved horizontally into the room, entering the formation.

Seeing Wang Yu come in to suppress the formation, Crab Daoist immediately retracted his hands and retreated, standing outside the door and watching silently.

Wang Yu was already very clear about the runes to be engraved this time, so he didn’t need to say anything more.

Wang Yu’s chanting grew louder and louder, and the magic formations formed by lightning runes under his feet began to become clearer and clearer, gradually peeling off from the ground and floating towards the void above.

In mid-air, all the golden bean grains were also suspended in the air one by one, and Wang Yu used his spiritual crystal threads to string them all together one by one, connecting them to the huge golden light tree standing in the center of the bamboo building.

At this time, the lightning rune formation spiraled upwards, came to the top of the dome, and merged with the light released from all the beans, covering the entire golden light tree.

Seeing this, Wang Yu changed the hand seals, and blue light burst forth from his eyes, and the light from the spiritual crystal threads that emerged from his brow became brighter and brighter. His hands began to outline runes back and forth in the void in front of him.

The movements of his hands became faster and faster… as if he had already carved them thousands of times.

In fact, after learning about this rune formation, Wang Yu had already practiced it silently hundreds of times, just to become proficient and make the actual carving as smooth as sailing.

But engraving runes was an extremely slow process. Wang Yu had already had one experience, so naturally he wouldn’t be anxious.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

Wang Yu successfully completed the rune engraving, and thousands of new Dao Soldiers were successfully born.

After handing over the Dao Soldiers to Crab Daoist for management, Wang Yu immediately left the Flower Branch Cave and continued on his way with Shi Chuan Kong.