The Qin siblings could not reach a conclusion in their argument, so they could only turn their attention to Long Long.

Long Long pondered for a moment, but did not say anything. Instead, he looked at Long Hu.

The little fox suddenly had an idea and said:

"Qunu is late but safe, Lianjiang is short but dangerous, why can't we take a compromise?"

"We will neither take the Lianjiang River, the closest tributary, nor go all the way south to the end. Instead, we will temporarily walk along the Qunu River for a distance."

"After all, the further south we go from Wujiang City, the less likely we are to encounter the Horn Clan monks. Then we can turn east and take other shorter tributaries to save time. How about that?"

Long Long really wanted to give her a little red flower.

Flexible! What is flexible? As expected of my fox, this quick wit is one-third of my ability!

The Qin brothers and sisters immediately realized what was going on.

Indeed, taking the Qunu River is too slow and unacceptable, and taking the Lian River is too dangerous and not suitable. So, wouldn't it be okay to compromise and choose an acceptable route?

So everyone quickly turned to the west, and thanks to Longlong's scanning capabilities, they had no danger along the way and soon successfully arrived at Qunu River.

Qunu River is the largest river in Nanzhou. Although it appears calm on the surface, the riverbed is actually turbulent.

The four of them moved forward quickly at the bottom of the river using the water escape technique. They did not encounter any dragon palace, underwater ruins, or mysterious whirlpools along the way... They went south through nearly 800 miles of water, and then turned east into a tributary.

Since this place is close to the core of Nanzhou, there are obviously fewer Horn Clan monks. The occasional ones are mostly fighting with Feather Clan monks.

Long Long watched their fight carefully and commented that it was “not strange enough, but too fierce.”

In the war between humans and demons in the late ancient times, the demons clearly outnumbered humans, so why were they driven to the Eastern Emperor Realm in the end? The human race generally believed that the reason was that they were "born from eggs in the wet environment and have always been less intelligent."

Now it seems that this conclusion is really appropriate.

The demon race's bloodline abilities are indeed powerful, but they are lackluster in areas other than bloodline abilities.

For example, the battle between the Feather Clan and the Horn Clan. The former mostly use wind and thunder techniques, while the latter are accustomed to earth escape techniques. Both sides follow the attitude of "you fight yours and I fight mine". It is purely a contest of bloodline rank and realm strength, without any cleverness or calculation at all.

If it were a human cultivator, if you used earth escape magic to attack me, I would counterattack with Jiamu magic, using the meaning of "wood overcomes earth" to suppress it. However, the demon race, whether due to bloodline restrictions or rigid thinking, rarely practiced magic other than bloodline magic.

For example, the Canglong clan mostly uses water escape magic and Jiamu and Yimu magic, but rarely uses fire, earth, and metal magic. Many dragon clan monks don't even learn these... So what should they do when they are restrained by the five elements? Just hold on.

In this case, we can do some research and construct a set of fighting methods to target most Canglong and Xuanwu monks, and teach the little fox as well.

Long Long was thinking about treason and continued to move eastward along the tributary with his team. When they were still more than 200 miles away from the border, they unfortunately encountered a group of Horn Clan monks.

"Eight people, five in the Transformation Realm, three in the Cavernous Realm." At the bottom of the river, Long Long raised his arm, signaling the people behind him to stop moving forward and restrain their breath, "Let's talk after they pass by."

Above the water in front is a simple wooden bridge.

Since most of the Feathered Tribe can fly, there are basically no bridges on the rivers in Nanzhou, and most foreign merchants pass by by boat. This wooden bridge must have been built by the Horned Tribe monks, which means that there is probably a Horned Tribe stronghold nearby, otherwise there would be no need to build a special bridge...

Long Long was thinking secretly when he suddenly saw a monk from the Horn Clan on the shore turn his head, glance quickly towards the bottom of the river, and then turn back as if nothing had happened.

Although he withdrew his gaze very quickly, how could he hide from Long Long's scan?

"We've been discovered!" He quickly warned. As soon as he finished speaking, waves of earth magic appeared under his feet.

In a hurry, Long Long pushed away the fox next to him, stomped his feet quickly on the ground, incorporated the Fenyun Bagua Step into it, and disappeared on the spot in a flash.

He saw countless earth spikes suddenly appearing at the place where he was originally standing at the bottom of the river, which looked like huge horns piercing through the ground. You have to know that the resistance in water is greater than that on the ground, so it is more difficult to burst out with speed. If Long Long had not decisively taken the risk of being exposed and performed the Fenyun Bagua Step, he might have been pierced by now.

Looking at the Qin brothers and sisters and the little fox who escaped the disaster, they were all very nervous about the sneak attack and had no time to pay attention to the footwork used by Long Long.

Long Long was also furious: You Horn Clan have no moral principles! Then I won't hold back!

He pointed his finger, and the Dragon Roar Sword broke through the water and killed the Horn Clan monk who had attacked him.

As the Horn Clan monk opened his mouth, a small sword shot out from his mouth, trying to intercept Long Long's flying sword.

However, how profound was Long Long's swordsmanship? He had practiced swordsmanship in Shushan for more than a hundred years, and he had not wasted a single minute of his time. The Longyin Sword sank lightly, and it just missed the opponent's small sword, and continued to stab the Horn Clan monk.

The Horn Clan monks around also reacted and their expressions changed drastically. They shot out flying swords or activated their Taoist magic. Some of them who were close to him even rushed forward with the power of divine movement, intending to use their bodies to block the sword for him.

It seems that the identity of the Horn Clan monk who launched the sneak attack is quite unusual?

But no matter how high your status is, can it be as high as mine?

Long Long sneered in his heart, and suddenly released his dragon might, pressing towards the river bank like an overwhelming force.

The Horn Clan monk who was trying to escape, and the subordinates who came to rescue and stop him, were suppressed by the sudden dragon's might. The Dragon Roar Sword took the opportunity to pierce through their abdomens. The Horn Clan monk vomited blood in pain. Before he could even scream, he was wrapped in the sword light and pulled back to the surface of the river.

Long Long had already surfaced from the water, grabbed the Horn Clan monk in his hand, and sealed his abdominal wound, saying coldly:

"If you don't want him to die, get out of my way!"

"Let go of His Highness!" The Horn Clan monks on the shore shouted anxiously, but no one dared to step forward - they were obviously worried that Long Long would really kill him.

"Your Highness?" Long Long frowned and looked at the Horn Clan monk who was restrained by him.

Qi Weihuan had two sons and one daughter, and all his illegitimate sons were killed except Qi Qiaosong. The eldest son Qi Qiaoan had met him before, which meant that this person was the second prince Qi Qiaofa?

Among the fur tribe, the white tiger is the most cruel and treacherous. No wonder you can even play earth escape so insidiously, I thought you were from the horn tribe!

"Brother!" The girl pushed aside several monks and rushed to the riverside anxiously. It was the little princess Qi Yingzhu, who glared at Long Long.

Tsk, I was so busy identifying their number and strength that I didn’t scan their appearance carefully... But it doesn’t matter now.

"We meet again, Your Highness." Long Long was not afraid at all and smiled slightly, "Your brother is fine. I didn't use any sword magic. He only has some flesh wounds."

Being pierced through the dantian in the abdomen would be a serious injury that required urgent treatment even if it happened to a human cultivator, but the Mao people have always been physically strong, so being stabbed by a sword was not a big deal.

Qi Yingzhu stared at Long Long's face, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said:

"Let them go."

"But, His Highness is still..."

"Let them go!" Qi Yingzhu turned around and roared.

This roar contained all the might of the White Tiger Clan, so much so that the monks of the Horn Clan retreated one after another, with uncertain expressions on their faces.

"Can I trust you, Long Long?" Qi Yingzhu stared at Long Long and asked indifferently.

"Killing your brother will do me no good." Long Long replied calmly.

"If you go back on your promise, I will chase you to the ends of the earth." Qi Yingzhu said coldly.

"Your Highness, you are joking." Long Long smiled again and said, "You and I are now serving different masters. Even if I keep my word, will Your Highness not kill me if we meet on the battlefield next time?"

…

Qi Yingzhu remained silent, only sneered and said:

"That may not be the case."

"I allow you to go along the waterway for a quarter of an hour and then put my brother on the shore, but you are not allowed to take him out of the Two Rivers Plain."

"Until then, we won't come after you."

"A quarter of an hour is too short." Long Long hesitated for a moment and said, "At least..."

"Just a quarter of an hour!" Qi Yingzhu said coldly, "If not, let's fight here. Let's see if you can escape after killing my brother!"