Chapter 599: Point The Way

Ye Guan and Mu Yuan finally arrived at the First God Paradise.

Mu Yuan's expression was heavy. "The Wang Clan are descendants of a god. They can communicate with those self-proclaimed gods. My identity might get exposed."

Ye Guan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."

Mu Yuan looked at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan said deeply, "If your identity gets exposed, then so be it."

Mu Yuan smiled. He truly appreciated Ye Guan's confidence. A cultivator had to remain fearless and decisive throughout their journey to the summit of cultivation.

Ye Guan looked at the First God Paradise and asked, "Have you been here before?"

Mu Yuan shook his head. "No."

"No?" Ye Guan was surprised.

Mu Yuan nodded. "I do know about this place, but I've never been here. The First God doesn't really like people coming here, so he sealed it with divine power. This place will suppress everyone, and the higher their cultivation base, the stronger the suppression is..."

"Does that mean the people inside have no cultivation base?"

"I don't know."

"Let's go take a look."

Mu Yuan nodded and entered the world inside the tiny pagoda to cultivate. He had grown fond of Ye Guan's tiny pagoda. It was the perfect divine artifact for cultivation!

Ye Guan stared at the First God Paradise in the distance. His figure trembled as he transformed into a ray of sword light that flew toward the First God Paradise.

Swoosh!

An invisible divine power immobilized Ye Guan before he could approach the First God Paradise. An aged voice echoed, saying, "Outsiders are prohibited beyond this point."

Ye Guan thought briefly before opening his palm, revealing the Divine Imprint.

A few moments later, the invisible divine power disappeared. Ye Guan transformed into a ray of sword light once again and flew straight into the First God Paradise.

Just a few minutes after Ye Guan disappeared into the First God Paradise, two people appeared in front of it. They were a man and a woman—the man was wearing a white robe, and the lady was in a plain skirt.

The man in the white robe stared at the First God Paradise before walking toward it.

An invisible divine power immobilized them, and the same aged voice earlier echoed loudly in their ears, saying, "Outsiders are prohibited—"

Plain-Skirt Destiny waved her sleeve, and the divine power disappeared.

The aged voice sounded helpless. "Please come in."

The man in the white robe had no idea what to say.

...

After an unknown amount of time, Ye Guan opened his eyes and found himself in front of a small town. Ye Guan saw several children kicking a ball around amidst laughter.

Ye Guan's curiosity was piqued. He was about to step forward when he sensed something amiss. He frowned, realizing that his cultivation had been suppressed. He tried to resist but to no avail.

Ye Guan was shocked. The First God was no longer around, but the divine power he had left behind was still strong enough to suppress any outsiders.

Sensing something, Ye Guan's brows furrowed even more as he looked up at the sky. He saw two streaks of white light passing by, followed by terrifying explosions that echoed throughout the sky. Ye Guan was stunned.

What on earth is happening? Does everyone else here still have their cultivation bases intact?

"A fight broke out!" a child shouted from somewhere near the gates. Ye Guan looked at them and saw that the children were all gazing at the sky with excitement rather than fear.

Boom!

A deafening explosion echoed, and a wave of terrifying energy descended from above.

Ye Guan's expression changed drastically. The wave of energy was incredibly powerful, and it would easily reduce the small town before him into rubble if the wave of energy managed to hit the small town.

Ye Guan's face went blank moments later. The wave of energy had vanished as soon as it got close enough to the town. There was a mysterious force protecting this town!

Just then, a figure descended and landed inside the town.

Meanwhile, an old man was looking down at the town below from the sky, and his expression was extremely grim.

Ye Guan looked at the old man.

The old man sensed Ye Guan's gaze and made eye contact with the latter.

"What the hell are you looking at?!"

Ye Guan's eyes narrowed, and killing intent rose in his heart. However, a sword light pierced through the old man's forehead just then. The old man disappeared, flying thousands of meters away before he was finally pinned to a mountainside.

Ye Guan was stunned. The old man was dumbfounded as well. He did not even have time to react, much less find out who had made a move against him. He looked around, somewhat bewildered.

There weren't any traces of movement whatsoever!

The old man respectfully said, "I don't know which senior is here. If I have offended you, I ask for forgiveness on account of the Virtuous Law Clan."

The old man was confident that the attacker would show some respect upon hearing his clan's name. However, his attacker remained silent.

The old man's face darkened. "Do you really want to become enemies with my Virtuous Law Clan?"

He received zero response.

The old man's expression soured. "I concede defeat today. Give me your name. In the future, my Virtuous Law Clan will come and 'seek guidance' from you."

Since being civil was not working, the old man had no choice but to resort to threats.

"Where is the Virtuous Law Clan? Point the way." A voice echoed from the shadows, and the voice seemed to be laced with a certain power, which made the old man point to the right unconsciously.

Thousands of kilometers away, a sword abruptly manifested above a mountain. The next moment, the sword descended upon the mountain, annihilating the entire mountain along with the Virtuous Law Clan.

Ye Guan looked at the sky with a puzzled expression. The old man had been taken away by a ray of sword light, and he couldn't track the old man, as his cultivation base was under suppression.

Ye Guan's expression became heavy, realizing that the town was more dangerous than he thought. The cultivation bases of outsiders were under suppression, but it didn't apply to the natives of this place.

Of course, it did make sense in Ye Guan's opinion.

Fortunately, he could still use his tiny pagoda and storage ring. Regardless, he had to be careful

Ye Guan walked toward a group of children in the distance. The battle was over, so the children resumed their game earlier. The children were all very young, looking to be about eight or nine years old; the oldest among them seemed to be around ten years old. There were both boys and girls, and they had no cultivation bases whatsoever

However, Ye Guan was surprised upon instantly noticing that the children all had remarkable talent when it came to cultivation. One of the girls, who was around ten years old, became somewhat wary of Ye Guan's approach.

"What are you doing here?" the girl asked.

Ye Guan pulled out a hawthorn candy instead of replying.

The little girl accepted the candy and glanced at Ye Guan. "Do you really think that you can bribe me with candy? You're underestimating me."

Ye Guan took out another hawthorn candy.

Lin Daimei blinked and went silent.

A young boy about six to seven years old tugged at Lin Daimei's sleeve and said, "Sister Dai, our teacher once said, 'one who offers unsolicited hospitality must be harboring evil intentions.' He just came up to us and immediately offered us snacks. He must have ulterior motives. Do not get fooled!"

Lin Daimei silently took another hawthorn candy from Ye Guan, which made the young boy frown. "Sister Dai, how come you're so easy to fool? It's just two hawthorn candies. What if they're poisoned? Come on... let me try them for you."

Lin Daimei turned around and slapped the boy on the head with her palm.

"You little rascal, are you asking for a beating?" Lin Daimei asked with a glare.

The little boy clenched his tiny fists, and his face reddened as he muttered, "Lin Daimei, my name is Guo Dan, not 'little rascal.' Call me that again, and I'll..."

"What?" Lin Daimei glared at him with her hands on her hips. "What are you going to do about it?"

Seeing that Lin Daimei was about to resort to violence, Guo Dan lost a bit of his bravado and hesitantly said, "Lin Daimei, you should think twice. Hit me, and I will definitely complain to Teacher. You'll come back to hit me again once Teacher punishes you, but I'll complain to Teacher again. You'll then be punished again...

"In the end, you're the one who's going to get hurt!"

Ye Guan was at an utter loss for words.

Lin Daimei glared fiercely at him before she turned to Ye Guan and said, "Teacher says that 'one who offers unsolicited hospitality must have ulterior motives.' Tell me, what do you want?"

Ye Guan smiled. "I just want to ask about a few things."

Lin Daimei's brows furrowed. "That's all?"

Ye Guan nodded. "Yes."

Lin Daimei cast a doubtful gaze at Ye Guan and said, "There are seven of us here. Why don't you give us a few more hawthorn candies?"

"Sure!" Ye Guan smiled. He took out more hawthorn candies and handed all of them to Lin Daimei.

Lin Daimei accepted the candies and handed them out one by one to the other children. When Guo Dan received his portion, he hesitantly said, "Lin Daimei, shouldn't we listen to what he has to ask first before accepting the candies? What if he asks something we can't answer or a question we're not supposed to answer?

"It wouldn't be right to take his hawthorn candies, then, right?"

Ye Guan cast an astonished gaze at Guo Dan, feeling surprised by the latter's intelligence despite his young age.

Lin Daimei tore open the wrapper of the hawthorn candy, licked it once, and then calmly said, "Being cautious is not wrong, but being overly cautious is not right either. This man is an outsider, so I guess he just wants to know more about our world here. If we can answer his questions, we'll answer. If we can't, I don't think he'll insist that we answer, right?"

Ye Guan smiled at Lin Daimei.

Guo Dan stared warily at Ye Guan. "What if he's a bad person?"

Lin Daimei held out her hand and said, "Give the hawthorn candy back to me."

Guo Dan hurriedly shook his head. "I'll be quiet."

Lin Daimei glared at Guo Dan before she turned to look at Ye Guan and said, "Ask away!"

"What place is ?" Ye Guan asked.

Lin Daimei took out a scroll and said, "Give me seven hawthorn candies and this map is yours. This map contains the answer to your questions."

Ye Guan nodded and handed over his "payment."

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Lin Daimei accepted the candies and handed the map over to Ye Guan.

Just as Ye Guan was about to open the map, Lin Daimei pulled out another map and said, "Give me seven hawthorn candies, and I'll give you this map. This map contains many pieces of information that are missing in the first map."

Ye Guan fell silent.

What a bunch of crafty kids!