Erya licked her hawthorn candy as she leisurely walked down the streets. Perched on her shoulder, Little White was still holding the Qingxuan Sword, and her eyes darting around every now and then. Four Dao Soldiers stood behind the four, and they had been following the two for quite a while now. They had considered working together to subdue these two brats, but after witnessing the little girl knock out one of the Dao Soldiers with a punch, they quickly abandoned the idea.

At this point, they couldn't do anything other than just wait for the Judicial Sovereign's arrival.

They could only hope that these two brats wouldn't cause any trouble.

Suddenly, the little girl stared at the distant teleportation array and said, "Did we just see our grandson in that array?"

Grandson?

Little White quickly looked in the direction of the teleportation array as well, but it was empty. It blinked before it waved its little claws around.

Erya licked her candied haw and said, "Hmm, was it just my imagination?"

Little White waved the Qingxuan Sword around, as if trying to say something.

After a moment of silence, Erya said, "I don't think I would've seen it wrongly… Let's go, we'll check it out."

Then, she walked over together with Little White.

However, they were quickly stopped by the old man standing next to the teleportation array. He glanced at both of them and said, "One Ancestral Origin per person."

Erya opened her palm and two Ancestral Origins floated to the old man, who stepped aside after receiving it.

With Little White in her arms, Erya walked into the teleportation array. As they passed by the old man, Erya glanced at him sideways, her face full of confusion as she asked, "Why do you even want this junk?"

The old man: "???"

Little White hesitated for a moment before she handed an Ancestral Vein to the old man, which made him very puzzled.

Erya explained, "She finds you too pitiful."

The old man was speechless.

And so, Erya entered the teleportation array together with Little White.

At the same spot, the old man stood there, completely bewildered.

Am I really that poor?

Meanwhile, the four Dao Soldiers in the distance heaved a sigh of relief. Those two brats had finally left. They had to admit that having those two troublemakers wandering around this place put a lot of pressure on them. It was good that they finally left. However, this did not mean it was over, because the four of them realized that there were many obscure auras hiding around them.

That white creature was a Spirit Progenitor! Moreover, there was only a little girl following it. Even though this little girl seemed capable of fighting, she did not seem that terrifying. Hence, many people were harboring bad intentions. A Spirit Progenitor was not something that divine treasures could compare to. Furthermore, this Spirit Progenitor possessed countless of its own divine treasures.

Hence, many people had secretly contacted their family members to send some elites over.

…

After an unknown amount of time had passed, Ye Guan opened his eyes. When he did, he found himself in a vast mountain range. Mountains stretched endlessly in all directions, as far as the eye could see.

𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Meanwhile, all around him, everyone in his expedition group was on high alert.

Captain Mu ordered, "Let's go."

Then, she turned around and walked off into the distance.

Beside Ye Guan, Wang Shou explained, "We can't fly in here. If we do, we will alert the great demonic beasts here. So, we can only walk. Not only that, we also have to conceal our auras."

Ye Guan nodded in understanding and concealed his aura immediately.

Wang Shou pointed at Captain Mu and added, "Captain Mu has come here the most times and is the most experienced. I obtained the War Qilin's scale back then when I followed her into this place."

"Where did you find it?" Ye Guan asked.

Wang Shou pointed into the distance and said, "War Beast Mountain."

Ye Guan looked at the direction he was pointing at and saw a towering mountain at the end of his sight. It seemed to be tall enough to touch the skies, and it looked very majestic.

Ye Guan asked again, "Is that War Beast still alive?"

Wang Shou nodded. "Yes. The strength of that War Beast ranks at least in the top three within Mountain Sea World. A demonic beast like that is unlikely to die."

Ye Guan nodded slightly, not asking any further questions.

He had come to Mountain Sea World this time in the hopes of finding more of such scales, so that Ao Qianqian could absorb more battle intent and reach the Ancient Sovereign Realm.

He was one with her, so if her strength improved, he would become stronger too. If Ao Qianqian could break through to the Ancient Sovereign Realm, then he would have the confidence to fight against Divine Spirits that were in the Divine Dao Realm. Both him and Ao Qianqian were geniuses among geniuses. Challenging people that were in higher cultivation realms was not a problem for them. Moreover, when the two of them fused together and fought with all their might, they were even stronger.

As for him now, he was more focused on improving his own Sword Cultivation Realm and Sword Intent.

If those three Divine Spirits chose not to gang up on him, he actually did want to have a one-on-one fight with them. He was curious about how strong these individuals in the Divine Dao Realm were, but he knew very well that these Divine Spirits would definitely not give him this opportunity.

Not long after, the expedition group arrived at a lake. The lake was hundreds of meters wide and the water was very clear, but the bottom of the lake was not visible. At a glance, the lake was just pitch-black, resembling an enormous dark hole.

"Look!" Someone shouted as they pointed to the end of the lake, where a corpse lay. The corpse was huge, it was almost as big as a small hill. Its aura was non-existent.

Someone else exclaimed excitedly, "It's a demonic beast in the Divine Dao Realm!"

Ever since Ye Guan started following Wang Shou, he had also asked him for some information about cultivation realms. Above the Ancestor Sovereign Realm was the Human Dao Realm, the Heaven Dao Realm, and then the Divine Dao Realm. The Divine Dao Realm was further divided into different percentages of divinity, and the higher one's divinity, the more terrifying they would become.

Demonic beasts that were in the Divine Dao Realm were precious, especially their internal pills. If it was a complete one, it could sell at a sky-high price. Hence, everyone was excited when they saw the corpse.

Their luck was too good to be true! They had encountered a divine beast in the Divine Dao Realm as soon as they arrived!

However, Captain Mu just took a glance at it before walking in the other direction. Upon seeing this, everyone was stunned. One of them hurriedly stopped her and said, "Captain Mu, that's a corpse of a demonic beast in the Divine Dao Realm! You…"

Captain Mu replied blandly, "When something out of the ordinary like this happens, there must be another demonic beast around."

With that, she continued walking in the other direction. Everyone else looked at each other, hesitating.

At that moment, a middle-aged man said, "Everyone, this is a great opportunity for us. As long as we obtain the corpse of this divine beast, we won't need to worry about cultivation resources for the next one thousand years. If its internal pill is intact, we'll profit even more from that. And we won't have to continue risking our lives to explore this place deeper."

He glanced at everyone and added, "Wealth comes from taking risks. Those who want to get rich, follow me."

After saying that, he walked towards the corpse of the demonic beast. After hesitating for a moment, the rest of the expedition group followed suit.

Wang Shou also wanted to go, because he was tempted as well. It was a huge corpse, but he would still make a lot of money even after splitting it among the expedition group. However, Ye Guan pulled him away.

Apart from Ye Guan, Wang Shou, and a black-robed young man, everyone else had chosen to take the risk of retrieving the demonic beast's corpse. The three of them quickened their pace to catch up with Captain Mu.

They had not walked for very long before they heard miserable screams echoing from behind them. He was about to turn around to take a look when Captain Mu coldly ordered, "Don't look back. Keep walking."

With that, she quickened her pace.

Ye Guan hesitated for a moment, but then chose not to look back and followed Captain Mu into the distance.

Soon, they entered a dense forest. Behind them, the wails continued echoing, and it wasn't until half an hour later that the screams finally stopped. In the midst of the forest, Captain Mu continued to tread on without saying a word.

Beside him, Wang Shou's face paled a little. If Ye Guan had not pulled him away, he would have followed that group into retrieving the demonic beast corpse. He wiped off the cold sweat that formed on his forehead and said, "Brother Ye, you knew that was a trap?"

"No, I didn't know," Ye Guan replied.

Wang Shou was puzzled.

Ye Guan looked at Captain Mu who was in front of him and said, "The captain is right. When something out of the ordinary happens, there must be a demonic beast nearby. This method is somewhat similar to the way the people in my family handle things…"

He stopped abruptly mid-sentence.

Wang Shou laughed bitterly. "Actually, I also felt that something was amiss, but I still wanted to go and try my luck…"

The black-robed young man spoke in a cold tone, "On the path of cultivation, the worst thing you can do is rely on luck. Someone might save you this time, but it might not happen next time."

Wang Shou sighed, no longer saying anything.

Ye Guan glanced at the black-robed young man before looking back at Wang Shou, saying, "Brother Wang, just take this incident as a lesson. Besides, the reason why I chose not to go with them is not entirely because I thought it was a trap…"

Wang Shou looked curious. "Is there another reason?"

"Yes."

"What's the reason?"

"Because I'm very wealthy. I'm not interested in a demonic beast in the Divine Dao Realm at all."

Wang Shou's expression froze.

The black-robed young man looked at Ye Guan and asked, "Are you very rich?"

Ye Guan nodded.

The black-robed young man chuckled and snapped, "You're this inexperienced, and you dare to say that you're rich? What a joke."

Ye Guan merely smiled, not bothering to engage in the youth's provocation. He continued saying to Wang Shou, "If I were also poor, I would also have such greedy thoughts and I would want to take risks too. So, Brother Wang, don't think too much about it. It's normal to have such thoughts, but in the future, you should be more cautious. After all, greed can often consume our rationality, which may lead to our demise."

Wang Shou smiled slightly, feeling warm inside.

Brother Ye truly has such a good personality!

Captain Mu glanced at Ye Guan for a second before continuing to lead the way.

Right at this moment, the black-robed young man chimed in, "Aren't you very rich? Since you're rich, why did you take the risk to come here?"

Ye Guan replied, "We have no grievances between us, so why are you being so hostile towards me? It's better to work together so we can get rich together."

The black-robed young man glared coldly at him and said, "I hate people like you, who pretend to be something you're not, with no real skills. All you do is pretend. Furthermore, you're not qualified to work together with someone like me…"

Suddenly, Ye Guan disappeared from where he was standing, and before the young man could react, he received a resounding slap across his face.

Smack!

The young man was sent flying for more than ten meters.

Ye Guan smacked his hands together and then remarked calmly, "I guess sometimes it's better not to let someone get too carried away with their insults. Sometimes, when you tolerate someone too much, they think they can trample all over you…"

Then, he rushed towards the black-robed young man, who immediately raised both his hands and said in a trembling voice, "Sorry, Big Brother Ye, don't hit me, I surrender…"

Ye Guan and Wang Shou were both speechless.