Big Yellow jumped excitedly. It no longer bothered about why it passed out just now.
Ou Yangming brought it forward and sliced a section of Ghost Mo’s body into a few pieces, where Big Yellow swallowed after. As for the other sections, the young fellow kept them inside his interspatial bag.
In actual fact, top-grade spirit beasts had extremely tough bodies, which could not be hurt by ordinary weapons at all. Fortunately, Ou Yangming smithed Good Grade magic tools, and the spirit insect’s body was terribly ruined, or he could not have slashed its body.
After sorting out everything, Ou Yangming sighed and noted, “Big Yellow, we really owe Sir Venerable One this time…”
Big Yellow nodded as if it understood him, but it did not care much about favors. In any case, it would simply enjoy being by Ou Yangming’s side. After all, even if the sky fell, the tall fellow would carry it, thus the big yellow dog was not afraid.
Ou Yangming identified his direction and brought Big Yellow to hurry into the distance.
Soon after he left, a small and thin figure appeared discreetly.
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One frowned as it watched Ou Yangming leave. It seemed like it had left earlier, but it did not go far away; it was prying the young fellow at a certain distance away through a secret technique.
It was cautious to avoid being noticed by Ou Yangming, but this was also the reason it could only see things on the surface.
Having said that, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was shocked by Ou Yangming’s performance. In particular, the way the young fellow handled the inner core was also beyond its reach.
Ou Yangming managed to refine the massive inner core into a small poisonous pill. Even if the Venerable One had attempted it, it could only slowly upgrade and gather the core’s essence through patient and precise work. On the other hand, the young fellow finished it in a short period, which was so efficient that it exceeded the Venerable One’s understanding.
However, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One vaguely understood the reason behind it when it recalled the appearance of the dragon and the phoenix displayed by Ou Yangming.
It pondered for some time and looked into the distance, then it mumbled, “Fine, I’ll go through the trouble for that young fella.”
With that, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One extended its thin arms, then a tremendously fearsome aura was released from its body.
Under its precise control, the aura only covered a roughly 36-meters circumference. If any cultivators were inside the area, they would be suppressed by the invincible momentum and pass out.
Once the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One’s momentum expanded to an extremity, it suddenly stretched its arms and did a pulling motion in the air.
As a result, the space was forcibly torn by the forceful power, where a gigantic slit was formed.
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One moved and stepped inside without any hesitation.
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On a humongous mountain, monstrous centipede, whose size was indescribable, lay leisurely on the ground. It closed its eyes and pretended to be asleep, and its breaths sounded as loud as thunders.
Without moving at all, its very existence affected the space around it.
At the spur of the moment, the terrifying creature opened its eyes and looked ahead.
Over there, a passage had suddenly appeared, and a horrifying aura could also be sensed.
The giant centipede was shocked. The space of the place it was at was being controlled by it, but a certain being wanted to tear the space apart at the moment. The centipede was undoubtedly being challenged, so nobody would question it even if it ripped the provoker into pieces.
Nonetheless, just as the centipede became enraged, it finally sensed the owner of the aura from the interspatial passage.
The 10,000 Legs Venerable One’s legs shivered, and it felt uneasy and slightly afraid.
Back then, the deep, unerasable, and unpleasant memories surfaced, and its violent aura instantly calmed down.
‘I can’t afford to offend it, I can’t… Afford to offend the incoming fella!’
In actuality, not only him, but it also seemed like nobody from the Insects could offend that being.
Living beings from Danzhou that offended that fellow had all been pulled into pieces without any exception, and they became nourishments for its advancement.
Perhaps the fellow was not the greatest powerhouse in Danzhou, but it was publicly acknowledged as a being that must not be offended no matter what.
As a light flickered above the passage and disappeared, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One stood in front of the centipede with its hands behind its bag.
There was a huge disparity between their sizes as though they were a giant dragon and an ant, but their attitudes were the opposite of their sizes as they confronted each other. The large being was humble and respectful, whereas the small being was proud and domineering.
“10,000 Beasts Venerable One, long time no see.” The centipede lifted its head and nodded. “Given that you’re here on your own, did something serious happen?”
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One responded arrogantly, “I’ve come to notify you about something.”
“Ah! What’s so important that you have to come here yourself?”
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One grinned. For some reason, the 10,000 Legs Venerable One had a bad feeling about this when it saw the smile.
“I’ve come to tell you that Ghost Mo from your bloodline has been killed by me.”
Chapter 605 - Coercion
“What? Ghost Mo’s dead…”
The 10,000 Legs Venerable One began to move its enormous body. Although it was only a slight movement, the whole mountain seemed to be shaking.
What momentum was that? It affected the entire world on its own.
Nonetheless, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was not moved by the momentum at all. Instead, it responded with a scornful look, “That’s right, Ghost Mo’s dead.”
The gigantic centipede stared at the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One. A vicious look could be seen in its eyes as though it wanted to swallow the formidable enemy.
Upon seeing this, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One put its hands behind its back and cast a cold look at the centipede. The strong and substantial aura on its body vanished in the blink of an eye. At this moment, it seemed to have become transparent and did not exist at all.
The centipede’s momentum declined, and it shouted in shock. “You, you’re…”
Heavy pants became louder, and the centipede saw a marvelous state from the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One. It was a state desired by every Venerable One. It was worth noting that the centipede had cultivated in isolation for a century in a nearly absolutely quiet environment in pursuit of the boundary. Even so, it had not gotten a clue about advancing at all.
At this moment, it somehow saw hints of that boundary on the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One.
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One sneered and questioned, “Why? You don’t want to attack anymore?”
“There are definitely very few in Danzhou that have the guts to attack you, and I’m not one of them.” The centipede sighed.
As it spoke, its overflowing fearsome momentum dispersed quietly as though it was a deflated balloon.
“10,000 Beasts Venerable One, Ghost Mo is one of the most talented juniors from my race. It was invited to the 10,000 Beasts Ridge this time, and it wanted to look for a suitable set of equipment. May I ask why it offended you?” The centipede asked in a deep voice.
It knew the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One would answer it for sure.
This was because the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was the one that held the Trading Meet, and it would not let the meet’s reputation be ruined.
Sure enough, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One sneered and answered, “Your precious younger generation attacked human blacksmiths after the Trading Meet ended. Not only did it knock out Bai Zhiyi from the Beast King Sect with its mist, but it also went i
n hot pursuit of another blacksmith and wanted to kill him. Hehe, I killed it to make it serve as an example!”
“That’s impossible. Why would it do something so unreliable?” The centipede widened its eyes. It was startled, and it continued to raise another question?” Who’s the human blacksmith that Ghost Mo was after?” It vaguely had a feeling that the person was the key to the problem.
“The person’s Ou Yangming,” the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One answered.
“Ou Yangming…” The centipede’s voice suddenly trembled. “It’s him!”
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One scoffed. “You’re aware of his origin indeed. Heh, how did you cross paths? Can you tell me?”
“Fine. That young human fella’s a genius from the lower realm, and he has unspeakable secrets. I ordered my child to go to the lower realm to obtain some information from him, but he was tyrannical and killed the child that I sent.” The centipede sighed, then it added after a pause, “Ah, I made this happen to Ghost Mo, my child…”
“Why didn’t you just send Ghost Mo to the lower realm? If it had gone instead, perhaps you would’ve gotten what you wanted.” The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was disdainful.
A flash of a furious look could be seen on the centipede’s large face. “10,000 Beasts Venerable One, back then, the 4 of our races joined hands and snatched the portal to the lower realm from the Humans. Every race was given a spot, but the spot for the Insects isn’t with me this time!”
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was slightly stunned, and it could not help but laugh. “I see, you smuggled it into the lower realm. No wonder.”
Back then, the 4 races had agreed to send a representative each to the lower realm every once in a century as a trial when the time-and-space circulation was the safest.
Even though they controlled the portal, a spot would be occupied for every living being that they sent. The time-and-space disturbance this time had increased the size of the slots, which was why the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One could send Multi-armed King Kong’s to the lower realm after suppressing its aura.
As for the Birds and the Aquatics, they sent a high-rank spirit beast each. The Insects were the only ones with an ulterior motive, thus Ghost-clawed Venerable One, which was in charge of sending a representative to the lower realm, deliberately planned to make more transfers.
Moreover, among the transferred items, the Inescapable Trap and the omnipresent mist that bothered the little red bird were included too. Those were treasures made by the Venerable One, hence their shares of the spot were bigger than that of an ordinary spirit beast.
Therefore, Ghost-clawed Venerable One could only send a low-rank spirit beast to guarantee a successful transfer.
With that, there was no other option but to smuggle the spirit centipede and the Blood Devil follower into the lower realm.
They wanted to send a top-grade spirit beast and even wanted to be there themselves, but it was impossible. It would be fine to think about it but if they acted on the thought, it would be a one-way trip for them.
The centipede lowered its head and expressed, “10,000 Beasts Venerable One, since Ghost Mo was at fault first, that’s its fate. I hope you won’t investigate this further.”
“I’m not an unreasonable being, so I won’t investigate it further but…” The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One responded proudly. Frightening lights were seen in its eyes as it added, “Old friend, I hope that that young human fella won’t be disturbed anymore.”
“Since it’s your request, I understand,” the centipede replied to it without any hesitation.
“Alright, you’re very agreeable.” The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One laughed out loud. It nodded and pulled the void in front of it, causing another gigantic, black passage to appear. Following that, it flashed and disappeared from the boundless mountain.
The centipede was rather infuriated. Given that the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One simply tore the space enveloped by its aura, it was undoubtedly a contemptuous act.
Nevertheless, was it not a form of suppression in terms of strength?
At the very least, the centipede could not do this at all.
After falling silent for some time, the centipede mumbled, “Seeing how the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One didn’t ask about his secret, could it have known? Ah, what a pity, that person can’t be touched now. That said, as smart as you are, I’m afraid that you can’t guess that I wasn’t the one that made a move on the young fella. Heh, heh… Looks like I’ll have to find a way to inform Ghost-clawed.”
It dared not offend the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One, but it was even more unwilling to let Ghost Mo sacrifice for nothing.
Even if it could not take revenge, it would drag the other powerhouses from the Insects into the matter so that they would suffer bad luck too!
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Ou Yangming and Big Yellow successfully found Bai Zhiyi and the others.
Ghost Mo was merciful as it did not kill them. In actual fact, in that situation, if the spirit insect really wanted to attack regardless of the costs, the hidden 10,000 Beasts Venerable One would not have let it have its way.
After all, Bai Zhiyi and the others had participated in the Trading Meet on the 10,000 Beasts Ridge. If they were killed by a creature after they left, what would happen to the Venerable One’s image?
Ou Yangming retrieved his pills for Bai Zhiyi and the others to consume, thus they awoke very soon.
The pills were refined in the lower realm, but they were surely not substandard if they were kept by Ou Yangming. If one wanted to detoxify someone effectively, one would naturally have to use the immortal liquid as well. Despite that, the pills were more than enough to drive away the bit of poisonous gas.
Bai Zhiyi and the others were outraged after they woke up. In particular, the elder proposed to return to the 10,000 Beasts Ridge to seek justice from the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One.
After a thorough explanation from Ou Yangming, they finally understood that the culprit had been killed, thus they finally calmed down.
In the end, they had a brief discussion and decided to continue toward the Beast King Sect.
Having said that, due to the unforeseen change earlier, Bai Zhiyi and the others became unusually careful. They initially thought there were no taboos and that they did not have to worry about being attacked if they left after joining the Trading Meet on the 10,000 Beasts Ridge.
However, the fact was right in front of them, so they had to admit their mistake.
When they left this time, they were not obstructed anymore. After several days of a threatening but safe journey, they finally returned to the Humans’ boundary.
In Danzhou, the Humans and the various races of the Beasts coexisted and governed in different boundaries. Needless to say, there were always all sorts of grievances and gratitude between the Humans and the Beasts, as well as among the different races of the Beasts. Hence, even in the respective boundaries, there were incredibly few beings from other races.
As long as those beings from dissimilar races did not cause any troubles, none of the human powerhouses would provoke them without any reason.
This seemed to have become a tacit understanding and custom in Danzhou.
Once Bai Zhiyi and the others returned to the Humans’ boundary, they were evidently relieved.
A medium-scaled town could be seen at the border. It was not massive, but Bai Zhiyi and the others had made arrangements here in advance.
They entered a huge residence and settled down right away as if they were very familiar with the place. Nonetheless, before they could rest, someone visited them.
It was a disciple from the Beast King Sect, and he was the person-in-charge. He was delighted upon seeing Bai Zhiyi. “Elder Bai, it’s great that you’re back!”
Bai Zhiyi questioned snappily, “Why? Were you hoping that I won’t return?”
That person quickly waved his hand and responded, “Elder Bai, you misunderstood me. I received a smithing task here, but
the others haven’t been able to succeed after several days in a row. Luckily, you’re here. You’re truly my savior!”
Bai Zhiyi cast a cold look at him and replied to him, “Hmph, if they’re not capable enough, they shouldn’t force it. If you’d like me to accept the task, you should know the rule.”
“Elder, don’t worry, you won’t receive any less than you deserve.” That person smiled.
The elder nodded as he was pleased. He suddenly turned to say, “Lil’ Ou, as long as we can finish tasks given by the sect, we won’t be refrained from accepting tasks outside. Hehe, to us, this is the right path for us to profit the most.”
Chapter 606 - Recommended Himself
Ou Yangming was startled for a while, and he had a strange look on his face.
Bai Zhiyi gave him an extremely positive impression. Even though they had only met once, the elder was willing to teach him through a unique form the secret technique to smith Good Grade magic tools. He suddenly looked greedy, hence the young fellow suspected if he met another Bai Zhiyi.
The elder grinned and asked as though he perceived Ou Yangming’s thought, “Lil’ Ou, I’m a cultivator too. Do you know what the most important thing for a cultivator is?”
Ou Yangming answered after some thought, “Opportunities.”
He was telling the truth because his opportunity to obtain the Military Fire was unquestionably the most important thing for him.
Without the opportunity, Ou Yangming could not have excelled in smithing art. Not to mention coming to the Spiritual Realm, even in the lower realm, he would not have achieved anything. In fact, he might have died long ago due to the beast tide this time.
Nonetheless, Bai Zhiyi was slightly stunned at first, then he responded with a smile, “Opportunities are incredibly important, but that’s not the most important thing to us.”
Ou Yangming was dumbfounded for a while, then he expressed sternly, “Elder Bai, please guide me.”
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