Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

Unsurprisingly, his eyes met those of the old man with the yellow beard, eyes filled with annoyance.

"How many times have I told you not to be greedy for small gains? In our line of work, we have to keep a low profile. I've told you so many times, but you've ignored me. You'll ruin my Hunting Alliance sooner or later!"

While angrily cursing Chen Shuan, the yellow-bearded old man came to Yunping and the others, raised his head, glanced at the three-meter-tall scarred chicken, was stunned for a moment, and then his gaze fell on Yunping and the others.

At this point, Chen Shuan also began to protest his innocence: "No, Boss Huang, this time it really wasn't me who robbed them... Look at me, I've been beaten up like this, how could I have robbed them? It's more like they robbed me..."

The old man with the yellow beard glanced at Chen Shuan and immediately noticed the bruises on the boy's body and the bones that had almost been ruptured. He frowned and realized that things were not simple.

Chen Shuan's cultivation level is quite good within their Hunter Alliance. Although he's always causing trouble, he's never made any major mistakes.

I actually suffered such a huge loss today.

Huang Xiaoliu reacted quickly; he realized that this kid had probably bitten off more than he could chew.

As the leader of the Hunter Alliance, Huang Xiaoliu had seen many powerful figures he couldn't afford to offend in his life. He only glanced at Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue, two particularly eye-catching beauties, and sensed a dangerous aura from them.

That's an existence that even I can't afford to offend.

Thinking of this, he quickly put on a fawning expression, placed his hand on Chen Shuan's head, and bowed down with Chen Shuan, along with his old bones.

"I am so sorry, everyone. I have failed to discipline this boy properly, and he has become too unruly."

"If you have any complaints, feel free to come at me. Of course, if that brat Chen Shuan does anything outrageous, I can also punish him properly on your behalf!"

The old man with the yellow beard surrendered so quickly that Ye Yuchan and the others were somewhat stunned.

Perhaps having witnessed too many scenes of "beating the young, and the old man comes to punish," Ye Yuchan was genuinely taken aback when she saw the yellow-bearded old man apologize without a second thought.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. To put it bluntly, the Hunter Alliance is just an organization that lives a life of survival, scraping by on the border of the spiritual veins. They keep a low profile and behave in a similar way. I doubt the Hunter Alliance would be so arrogant as to provoke others.

They prefer to settle things peacefully rather than humiliate the other party.

This is how the weak survive.

Before Yun Ping and the others could answer, Huang Luo, standing behind them, called out in a trembling voice:

"Grandpa... my seventh maternal uncle... it really is you?"

"Grandpa?"

Upon hearing it, Huang Xiaoliu thought, "This voice... sounds familiar."

With some doubt and confusion, he slowly raised his head and saw Huang Luo, who had just walked out from the back of the crowd.

"Luo'er!"

"Grandpa!"

The two were like father and son who hadn't seen each other for many years. Yunping even caught a glimpse of Huang Xiaoliu's old eyes filled with tears.

Just when Yunping thought the two were about to embrace each other in a moment of emotional reunion—

Suddenly, Huang Xiaoliu exerted force with his right hand, shoving Chen Shuan's head directly into the ground.

"You dare to steal my Luo'er? You've got some nerve!!"

Chen Shuan, who was already seriously injured, suffered another heavy blow. He was now embedded in the ground, twitching a few times.

Then it stopped moving and making no sound.

Everyone: "...That's really ruthless."

……

……

Inside the cave.

To be precise, it was inside the row houses at the center of the hunting alliance.

Huang Xiaoliu invited everyone to sit at the table and had his own son, Huang Luo, sit next to him.

He first poured wine for Ye Yuchan and the others, then filled his own glass, a forced smile on his face the whole time.

"So... you guys are planning to go to the Azure Secret Realm, right?"

Just now, Yunping told Huang Xiaoliu about their purpose and wanted to ask the leader of the Hunting Alliance if he could help them.

Although barging in directly wouldn't be a big problem, there would be plenty of trouble. At least for now, Yunping doesn't intend to clash with Xiandu.

Because it's not the right time yet.

If it can be resolved peacefully, then let it be peacefully. After all, their purpose in going to the Azure Secret Realm this time is... to find Jiang Yuetian.

Yun Ping took a small sip of wine, his tone calm and composed: "Can this fake certificate be made?"

Faced with Yunping's question, Huang Xiaoliu pondered for a long time, seemingly thinking about something.

He glanced at Yunping furtively, then turned his gaze to Lu Yingqiu not far away, seemingly amazed at how this little girl possessed such an extraordinary aura. He took another sip of wine, his aged fingers lightly touching the wine glass twice.

A few seconds later, he answered with certainty, "This certificate can be issued."

Zhang Ruoxue and Ning Xuchen breathed a sigh of relief, but Ye Yuchan, Gu Xingzhuo, and Lu Yingqiu's expressions did not soften.

Judging from Huang Xiaoliu's slightly hesitant expression, things didn't seem so simple.

Yun Ping swirled the wine in his glass, squinted, and asked, "Is there any price to pay?"

"Price?" Huang Xiaoliu was taken aback, then shook his head with a wry smile: "Since you are all traveling with our Luo'er, there is naturally no price to pay... I can help you get this certificate."

"but--"

The key turning point arrived as expected.

Huang Xiaoliu pondered for a few seconds and noticed that Yun Ping and the others were silent, waiting for him to speak. So he continued, "I can't keep it from you all. In fact, even if I've taken care of the Immortal Capital's ban for you, this Azure Secret Realm... isn't so easy to enter."

Gu Xingzhuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "What do you mean by that?"

"As you probably know, these spirit beasts that come out of the Azure Secret Realm are living beings. We originally thought that these spirit beasts would turn into spiritual energy and dissipate after they died, but in fact... that's not quite accurate."

"The border area of ​​the spiritual vein is fine, but the area from the border into the interior of the spiritual vein is now blocked."

"What's blocking the way?" Lu Yingqiu pushed her wine glass away and asked, "Is it someone from Xiandu?"

"No...it's a spirit beast."

"A spirit beast?"

"To be more precise—it should be something like a vengeful spirit."

The silver-haired girl's face turned deathly pale on its own, and her expression suddenly became somewhat flustered.

A vengeful spirit... This... Isn't this thing usually associated with ghosts?!

Huang Xiaoliu continued, "Perhaps it's because the Immortal Capital and we hunted too many spirit beasts... Some of those dead spirit beasts turned into vengeful spirits, gathering around the spirit veins. Compared to when they were alive, they are even more aggressive after death... Moreover..."

"Besides what?" Ye Yuchan's voice sounded a little strange.

Huang Xiaoliu paused for a moment before continuing the previous sentence.

"Moreover, the few ultimate spirit beasts that were transformed from the essence of the Paradise of Living Beings... seem to have been hunted down by the Immortal Capital. The vengeful spirits of these ultimate spirit beasts should still be wandering in the spiritual veins."

“The vengeful spirits of those spirit beasts… are not something anyone can afford to offend.”

29. Seriously, I've seen a ghost!

Mythical beast.

The beast is born from the foundation of spiritual energy and the ultimate palace.

Most people's impression of the paradise of living beings is limited to the superficial level of "Shangri-La" or "land of happiness". However, those who have a little understanding of the Twenty-One Extremes will know that the existence of the paradise of living beings is not just a simple idyllic garden.

The Land of Living Beings is where new life is born, and among these, the life born from the essence of the Land of Living Beings is the ultimate spirit beast.

"Essence?"

Walking through the dense forest, sunlight filtered through the needle-like green leaves, casting dappled shadows on the girl's snow-white skin, while also making the scorching sun seem less harsh.

With her feet firmly planted on the unusually soft soil, the silver-haired girl looked at Yunping with a puzzled expression: "I feel like I've heard this word somewhere before."

Yunping didn't stop walking. He reached out and flicked Ye Yuchan's forehead.

Ye Yuchan couldn't help but let out a soft "Ouch!" and covered her head, giving Yun Ping a reproachful glare: "What are you doing?"

Yunping glanced at the girl and said indifferently, "Have you forgotten that you're actually a goofball?"

These words, which sounded like an insult calling someone stupid, made Ye Yuchan suddenly realize their meaning.

Yeah, she's a total goofball!

To be precise, the body is made of sand, but this sand is not the sand and dust that can be seen everywhere, but the essence of the gray earth among the twenty-one extremes - gray sand.

Ye Yuchan's physical body was formed from the essence of the twenty-one ultimate beings.

That's why it sounded somewhat familiar to her.

As one of the twenty-one ultimate beings, the Unpredictable Life and Death, Gu Xingzhuo was naturally very familiar with the term "essence and soul." He turned his head and looked at the yellow-bearded old man beside him: "So now, have all those ultimate spirit beasts been hunted down by the immortals?"

"I don't know if it's clean or not—" Huang Xiaoliu shook his head and skillfully led everyone onto the path in the dense forest: "But as far as I know, three supreme spirit beasts have already perished at the hands of the Immortal Capital."

"And then these ultimate spirit beasts transformed into vengeful spirits, indiscriminately slaughtering any human who dared to approach them..."

Ye Yuchan lowered her head slightly, feeling that the plot sounded somewhat familiar: "Why does it feel a bit like a scene from a disaster movie—over-exploitation of resources leads to nature's wrath?"

Yunping: "Your summary is quite insightful; it does have that meaning."

"So, does that mean Xiandu and their team are considered the production company?"

"I feel it's about the same? But even if this movie is made, not many people will watch it."

If you break down each word of their conversation, everyone else can understand it.

But when pieced together, they couldn't understand the meaning at all.

Huang Luo and Huang Xiaoliu, grandfather and grandson, exchanged a glance, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes. At this moment, Gu Xingzhuo said in a deep voice, "Don't worry about these things. They often say things that are hard to understand. Just ignore them."

“Mhm.” Zhang Ruoxue nodded seriously: “Then we’ll try to fool them with local specialties and our local dialect.”

Ye Yuchan and Yunping exchanged a glance—they hadn't expected that even Zhang Ruoxue would realize that their excuses were just to fool people.

It seems I'll have to come up with a few different ways to keep fooling people.

Thinking of this, Huang Xiaoliu stopped in his tracks.

The group stopped and looked in the direction from which the irregular spiritual energy fluctuations were occurring.