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The Zhu Mu Mountain Range wasn't far from the Huazhe County, and there was only one county between them. After Su Xing bid farewell to the Wu and Sun families, he immediately set off for the Zhu Mu District.

Along the way, Su Xing continued his journey as per usual. He also increased his familiarity with the second chapter of the Five Elements Arts, Deadwood.

The Five Elements Arts were incomplete. It was difficult for Su Xing to master it in one go. Su Xing could only slowly figure it out by himself. Although Xue Wei was here, her arrogant and pampered attitude rendered Su Xing speechless!

On the way to the mountain range, Su Xing could clearly feel the terrain continuously rising up, and the desolation feeling also became stronger.

As they neared the mountain range, Su Xing was attacked a few times. Those people who saw Su Xing's appearance immediately knew that he was from outside the mountain range. Moreover, he was still young and his cultivation didn't fluctuate much.

As local tyrants, what they loved to do the most was pinch the soft persimmon.

However, in the end, they were all counter-attacked by Su Xing!

There was a small city at the foot of the mountain. The old friend that Wu Tao mentioned lived here.

Su Xing brought along Wu Tao's cultivation book and inquired about it along the way. In the end, they arrived at the person's residence!

"Cheng Manor."

Su Xing looked at the plaque at the entrance of the manor. There was no one there.

'This should be it, 'Su Xing thought to himself.' But it's strange though. Such a huge mansion doesn't even have a guard! '

Su Xing walked in with large strides. After entering, he found himself in a huge courtyard. In the courtyard, there was a group of young men and women gathered together. From the looks of it, they were cultivating!

"Little Peng, you lost!" A skinny youth said as he held his sword horizontally.

"Brother Jin, you're too awesome!" The teenager named Xiao Peng had lost, but he did not seem depressed. Instead, he looked at the skinny teenager with a face of worship as he spoke.

"Ordinary." The youth waved his hand with a nonchalant expression on his face. However, the faint smile on his face indicated that he seemed to enjoy this feeling very much!

He opened his mouth and said, "Who else wants to challenge me? Hurry up, there aren't many opportunities like this! "

"I, I, I …" The group of people all began to shout.

"Alright, you." He ordered one of the sweet-looking girls.

After another round of sparring, the girl lost as expected.

Su Xing watched them fight back and forth for several times.

Only when the skinny youth became tired from fighting did the competition stop.

It was also at this moment that the skinny youth noticed Su Xing.

"Let's go take a look." The youth ordered the people beside him.

That person did not say anything else. He quickly ran up to Su Xing and asked, "Who are you? What business do you have with the Cheng Clan?"

Su Xing replied unhurriedly, "May I ask if this is Senior Cheng Yao Cheng's mansion?"

"That's right. I wonder what business do you have with our Patriarch?" the man asked again.

Su Xing courteously said, "I just need to discuss something with you. I hope that brother can go inside and report that someone from the Great Zhou Empire's Hua Ze Country has come. Bring an old friend cultivation manual!"

The person did not dare to act arbitrarily, so he could only run over to the skinny youth and report to him.

"Go!"

The skinny boy nodded his head and walked in front of Su Xing as if he was examining him!

Su Xing gave him a polite smile. Since the other party did not speak, he did not speak either.

After a while, a fat middle-aged man hastily walked out.

The moment he saw Su Xing, he happily held Su Xing's hand and excitedly said, "Nephew, welcome to be a guest. Come, come, let's sit in the room!"

Su Xing didn't expect this person to be so passionate. At this moment, he was at a loss.

After Cheng Yao entered the main hall, a servant girl quickly brought him some tea and some pastries.

After Su Xing sat down, the two of them began to chat.

"Nephew, Old Wu asked you to come over. Is there something you need?" Cheng Yao asked.

Su Xing nodded his head. Then, he took out the letter written by Wu Tao and handed it over to Cheng Yao.

"Senior Wu told me to bring this to you."

Cheng Yao hurriedly opened the envelope and carefully read its contents.

After he finished reading, he folded the letter with a smile and placed it in the envelope.

"My dear nephew, since Old Wu has spoken, I will certainly do my best to settle this matter."

Cheng Yao replied, "The opening of the ancient monument should be in the next few days. When the time comes, you just need to listen to my arrangements. Entering the ancient monument shouldn't be too big of a problem."

Su Xing's heart was filled with joy. He turned to Cheng Yao and said, "Many thanks. I'll be troubling Senior Cheng."

"It's fine!"

With a smile, Cheng Yao shook his head and stood up. He walked to the door and shouted, "Jin'er, come in."

Following which, Su Xing saw the skinny young man walk in.

"Dad, you're looking for me?" he shouted.

So this Cheng Jin was actually Cheng Yao's son. No wonder those people were so polite to him.

"Oh, Jin'er, I have something that I want to discuss with you!" Cheng Yao asked.

Cheng Jin said, "Father has something to tell me, so I'll just listen to it."

Cheng Yao glanced at his son with a gratified expression before saying, "Regarding the quota for participating in the ancient monuments of the Mt. Evergreen, I intend to give it to this nephew of mine."

He could not believe that his father would make such a decision. He immediately asked, "Why? You said earlier that you were leaving this quota for me, but how did this guy become his? Is he your son or am I your son?"

"Jin'er, what are you saying?"

With a frown, Cheng Yao shouted, "What do you think I usually teach you? Only cultivators with a family of their own can rule the country and rule the world. By the looks of it, where did your cultivation go?"

Cheng Jin glared at Su Xing with his tiger-like eyes. It was obvious that he was not convinced.

Su Xing didn't quite understand. He immediately asked, "Senior Cheng, do we still need a placing to enter the ancient monument?"

However, if an ordinary person were to enter, they would not be able to gain anything, and might even lose their life because of this. You have to know, those who want to enter the monuments are the top powers of the three great beast kings, and if you do not have any strength to rely on, then you will not be able to take even a single step inside the monuments, let alone snatch any opportunities!

Cheng Yao said, "Our Cheng Family, as the communications office of the Great Zhou Empire, is definitely here to receive the people from the Great Zhou Empire. When you follow them into the ancient ruins, I'll have them take you there. This way, you'll be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort and save you a lot of trouble!"