As the white fog dissipated, the road ahead opened up, and the caravan's journey became unimpeded.

The caravan continued onward without encountering any obstacles.

"stop!"

Suddenly, Ao Lan's voice rang out in front of everyone.

"What exactly happened?"

"Could there really be the corpse that Shen Gongbao described?"

"How dare they attack the caravan of the Four Seas Treasure Pavilion! No matter who they are, the Four Seas Treasure Pavilion will not let them get away with it. Shen Gongbao even dared to say that their identities are special and cannot be revealed. I'd like to see just how special their identities are that they can't even be spoken of?"

Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to look in front of Ao Lan.

But the next moment, everyone was disappointed.

There were indeed some corpses in front of them.

However, the owners of these corpses were not disciples of any great power, nor were they some infamous ancient beasts, but rather some ordinary horse-like monsters.

Although all the horse-like demonic beasts in front of them were lifeless, it was still easy for everyone to see from their corpses that their original strength was only at the entry level, reaching the stage of Qi induction.

Calling them horse-type demon beasts is acceptable, but calling them horse-type demon cultivators is absolutely unacceptable.

"Are these really the low-level demonic beasts that Shen Gongbao mentioned before, the ones he couldn't disclose?"

Looking towards the carriage where Shen Gongbao was, everyone's eyes were full of suspicion.

Having learned from past mistakes, others dared not mock Shen Gongbao at this time, but the Long-Browed Master had no such concerns.

"Haha, Shen Gongbao, we can accept that you killed a few Golden Immortals because of their special status, but you actually served up a few newly initiated beasts? Are you trying to make us laugh to death?"

Previously, when Shen Gongbao mentioned killing several people within the white mist, Master Changmei was somewhat flustered, as the identities of those hidden within the Taixu Immortal Locking Formation could not be exposed. However, now, seeing that those killed were merely a few beasts, Master Changmei immediately calmed down:

"What's so special about a few mere animals?"

"These beasts are really quite special."

Just then, Ao Bing, who had been looking down at the corpses of the horse-like demon beasts on the ground, suddenly spoke:

“Each of these horse-like demonic beasts has body-strengthening runes engraved on its body. The greatest effect of these runes is to improve their physical attributes.”

“Under normal circumstances, only when the weight of the rider exceeds the tolerance limit of these horse-like monsters would it be necessary to inscribe such body-strengthening runes for assistance. The existence of these body-strengthening runes is itself abnormal.”

At this moment, the others indeed discovered that there were mysterious runes faintly engraved on the horse-like monster corpses beneath their feet, and there were also mysterious fluctuations contained within them.

"There really is a body-strengthening talisman!"

"Although these horse demons have only just begun their cultivation, they have no problem riding ordinary cultivators. If these horse demons need to inscribe body-strengthening talismans before they can be ridden, how exaggerated must the rider's weight be?"

"It's not necessarily that the rider is excessively heavy. It's possible that he was carrying something that was too heavy. I think the more crucial point is that there isn't just one of these horse demons, but a whole group of them!"

A bead of cold sweat instantly dripped from Long Eyebrow's forehead, but he still forced himself to remain calm and said:

"But a few horse demons shouldn't prove anything, right?"

Ao Bingli ignored his unconvincing words.

At that moment, he began to understand why Shen Gongbao had said that the identities of these corpses were hard to say.

"continue!"

At Ao Bing's command, he took the lead and walked forward.

"There's a horse demon here too!"

"Me too!"

"The same type of strengthening runes were drawn on all the horse demon corpses, which means that these horse demons all came from the same faction."

"It's not something that some small, insignificant force could possess at the same time, with so many inscribed body-strengthening runes."

"The key point is that the rider of a horse demon of this level is not an ordinary cultivator."

As one horse demon after another was discovered, exclamations of surprise rang out, and everyone's eyes instinctively turned to the carriage where Shen Gongbao was located.

Although these horse demons were not particularly powerful, they had the advantage of sheer numbers and were much faster than ordinary cultivators.

And what about Shen Gongbao?

He had only been in this white mist for a short time, yet he had already killed so many horse demons. How did he manage to do that?

Just then, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out from the edge of the crowd:

"Come quick, what did I just see?"

The man's voice was filled with boundless panic.

"What happened?"

Without hesitation, everyone quickly headed in the direction from which the sound came.

Soon, several corpses appeared in front of the group.

There really were dead people.

Shen Gongbao previously said he killed several people, and it seems he wasn't lying after all.

However, when someone revealed the identities of the corpses in front of them, everyone present was completely stunned.

"I know this man. His name is Fu Linye. He is a centurion in the Chongcheng Army!"

"That man's name is Zuo Hang. I've met him a few times. Although I don't know his specific position in the Chongcheng Army, I'm certain he's a member of the Chongcheng Army!"

"Wu Jiang is also from the Chongcheng Army!"

...

Suddenly, the temperature at the scene dropped by several degrees.

At this moment, they were heading towards Chongcheng, but now, lying at their feet were the corpses of Chongcheng's soldiers.

How are they supposed to explain this to Chongcheng?

As soon as this thought crossed their minds, everyone present felt a chill run down their spines.

It's true that the Four Seas Treasure Pavilion is powerful, but the Marquis of the North is no pushover either. What's even more terrifying is that they are located on the Marquis of the North's territory.

What will the Marquis of Bei do if he finds out that his soldiers in Chongcheng were killed by Shen Gongbao?

The further they went, the more terrified they became.

Because they encountered one or more corpses at almost every certain distance.

The owners of these corpses varied in cultivation level, but they all shared a common characteristic: they were all soldiers of Chongcheng.

How could the sudden deaths of so many Chongcheng soldiers have been kept secret from the Marquis of Bei?

Previously, Shen Gongbao said he had killed several people.

But now, this is not just a few people.

However, while others worried about the possible retaliation from the Marquis of Bei, Ao Bing was constantly relieved that he had left Shen Gongbao in the Sihai Tongbao Pavilion caravan.

"This time, Chongcheng's attack on us was clearly premeditated. First, they lured us to Chongcheng, then used a large formation to prevent them from returning to reinforce us. At the same time, they even sent a large army to attack our Sihai Tongbao Pavilion camp. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Shen Gongbao, we would have suffered heavy losses this time."