The Empress's No.1 Lackey

Lang Shiba, hair disheveled, with a wine gourd and a curved blade hanging on his waist.

Ji Yue, whose mind is still blank, clueless about the situation.

And Zhang Han and Haitang, whose individual strength might be slightly lacking but can briefly contend with the Worldly Realm when combined due to their outstanding combined abilities.

"What the hell are you up to? What did you bring us out of the city for? Where are we going?"

Haitang, unaccustomed to the teleportation, landed with a dizzy head, covering her mouth and bending over to dry heave.

Now straightening up, she asked irritably, her almond eyes with a tear mole glaring at him in anger: "Can't you tell us in advance next time you plan something? Why don't you trust us?"

How could I not trust anyone, but I would definitely trust Eunuch Hai's great-granddaughter... Zhao Douan said apologetically:

"I couldn't be sure before this, so..."

The expressionless Zhang Han said:

"Junior Guardian Zhao, where are we going next, can you tell us now?"

Zhao Douan nodded and said: "I've found Zhuang Xiaocheng's old lair."

During this period, he repeatedly scrutinized the map of Feng City countless times, thus locking onto the location with just the image shown in the mirror.

"Really?" Haitang could not conceal her surprise.

Zhao Douan nodded and smiled:

"Now, Zhuang Xiaocheng has sent his men away, leaving the headquarters inevitably empty. We must use the time difference, employ elite strategies, and hurry to take down the leader. Once we capture the bandit chief, the rest of the rabble will collapse without a fight."

"What are we waiting for? Oh no, we didn't bring our horses." Haitang slapped her forehead.

"Hahaha..."

Suddenly, Gongshu Tianyuan's triumphant laughter rang out. He folded his hands behind his back, puffed out his chest and head, exuding an air of a master, and smiled slightly:

"Did you think Brother Zhao wouldn't have thought of this? Today, I'll show you the means of the Heavenly Master Mansion."

Gongshu Tianyuan lifted his robe and pulled a few talismans from inside the Warlock Robe, throwing them forward with a swishing sound.

The cinnabar on the surface of the talismans lit up, and large components appeared out of thin air on the ground...

Mostly made of wood and metal, bizarre in shape, only a few huge wheels stood out.

"What the..." The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Wait a moment." Gongshu Tianyuan stylishly grabbed a hammer, and then "ding ding dong dong" on site, started assembling the pile of components.

Moments later, something resembling a ship, yet with wheels incongruously attached, appeared before the crowd.

"This thing is one of my creations as a Heavenly Master, named 'Land Ship' — as the name implies, it can carry us on our journey, much faster than ordinary horses..."

Zhao Douan interrupted Gongshu Tianyuan's desire to express himself, and leaped onto the ship first:

"We must hurry, we need to be faster than Ren Kun and Qi Yuchun, before they regain their composure."

The rest of the group immediately jumped onto the ship, and Gongshu Tianyuan, slightly dissatisfied, had to come to the "driver's" seat and began to fiddle with it.

The ship slowly floated, a few feet off the ground, the wheels "whizzing" rotating, and two flat "exhaust pipes" at the back spewing red flames.

"Boom..."

The Land Ship accelerated with a roar, speeding towards the mountains in the southeastern suburb at a horse-racing pace.

About half an hour later, the group of people, their faces stiff and expressions numb from the cold wind, disembarked from the "ship" and looked up at the mountain path ahead.

At the end of their sight was the continuous ancient architecture on the mountain.

"Forbidden Mountain Villa, here it is." Zhao Douan, comparing the view with the reflection in the mirror, looked serious:

"Let's go."

"Hey, wait for me." Gongshu Tianyuan removed the key components of the Land Ship, stuffed them in his pocket, and followed the group.

The group moved swiftly on foot, until halfway up the mountain when Jin Jian suddenly stopped, turned his head to look down the mountain, and said:

"Someone's coming."

Zhao Douan paused, turned his head to look back, and saw a cloud of dust rapidly coming from the bottom of the mountain.

Then, two figures came out of the Earth Escape state, looking up to meet the eyes of the people on the mountain from afar.

"It's Qi Yuchun and Ren Kun! They've returned!"

Haitang's expression changed as she looked at Zhao Douan:

"What should we do?"