"Humans are like this, unable to pay the price, yet always wanting to seize by force. There's no such thing as a free lunch!"
The Lion King burst out of the cave, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake, his lips curled in mockery of Yun Yun.
Yun Yun knew she was in the wrong, but that's how cultivation is—a struggle against heaven and earth. Therefore, she didn't waste any words, raising her hand, and a small cyan tornado condensed on her left side.
"Arrogant!"
The Lion King snorted coldly, a purple light shooting out from its mouth—the very same powerful move that had sealed Yun Yun's cultivation that day.
"Holy crap! He unleashed his ultimate move right away, his rage already fully charged?"
Chen Mo below was astonished at the sight. Usually,
it starts with basic attacks, then one side realizes they can't win, taunts, says "you forced my hand," and finally unleashes their ultimate move.
Unleashing an ultimate move right from the start? This isn't following the script!
Chen Mo had no time to think too much, which meant the battle wouldn't last long, and he needed to hurry.
He gathered most of his battle qi into his legs, touched the ground with his toes, and quickly leaped out of the dense forest.
Once out of the forest, following the route he had scouted beforehand,
a huge cave entrance appeared in Chen Mo's sight.
Most of the magical beast guards at the entrance had been dealt with by Yun Yun, but due to the time constraints, two third-tier magical beasts remained.
Third-tier magical beasts were equivalent to human Grand Battle Masters, and given their powerful physiques and expertise in close combat, Chen Mo was clearly no match for them. After
a brief moment of contemplation, he used a concealment technique, tore a strip of cloth from his left trouser leg and tied it to his foot, using the terrain for cover to reach the top of the cave.
Finally, he leaped down from the cave entrance; the moment his feet touched the ground, Chen Mo's body arched slightly as he shot into the cave.
"Ding, amethyst block found. You can spend a little bit of luck points to snatch it."
"A little bit? That little?" Chen Mo asked in surprise.
"The host can also take it himself, but items snatched by the system can be directly stored in the system's storage space."
In short,
only things snatched by the system can be put into the system. Items not snatched, including Chen Mo's personal belongings, cannot be put into the system.
That is to say, if Chen Mo wants to put anything into the system in the future, he will have to spend luck points to snatch it first.
Damn! Although the luck points spent to snatch his own things are very small, Chen Mo still felt it was a rip-off.
Along the way, the system only showed him some worthless amethyst blocks, but the deep and spacious cave interior, decorated with these amethyst blocks, was extremely beautiful.
Since it was the Lion King's residence, there were no other magical beasts inside the cave, which made Chen Mo's heart, which had been on edge, relax a little.
However, this relaxation did not last more than half a minute. When Chen Mo came to a fork in the road and chose the left fork to enter, he was halfway through...
The system notifications sent a chill down Chen Mo's spine.
"Ding, a weakened nine-star Dou Zun soul has been detected. You can spend 190,000 Luck Points to peek at its cultivation!"
"Ding, a seven-star Dou Zhe has been detected. You can spend 270 Luck Points to peek at its cultivation."
"Note: Peeking at a creature with a lower cultivation level than yourself will result in an exchange."
Chen Mo immediately stopped warily, but he was still noticed.
"Be careful, something seems to have broken in?"
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"Someone else?"
"Not sure yet, the aura is very weak."
"Could it be one of her people?"
"Very likely. That girl's cultivation was sealed that day, yet she still managed to evade the magical beasts' search. Clearly, someone helped her. Plus, she specifically came to the cave today to kill the magical beasts guarding the entrance..."
Xiao Yan withdrew his hand from the companion amethyst source.
"Who? Come out?"
"Damn it, the protagonist beat me to it. I was fast enough, but the protagonist was even faster, like he was already lying in wait at the entrance." With a curse in his mind, Chen Mo stepped out.
Handsome features, though still retaining a touch of childishness, but the strong physique displayed by his bare upper body seemed to perfectly erase that childishness, making him appear strong.
"So handsome." Immediately, Xiao Yan slapped himself, "What am I thinking?"
Chen Mo was also sizing up this transmigrator senior in front of him.
Wearing a black robe, tall and slender. Carrying a heavy black ruler on his back, his gaze moved down, settling on the ancient ring on Xiao Yan's right hand.
"The old master is hiding in this lumpy thing?"
Chen Mo's lingering gaze made Xiao Yan frown involuntarily. It felt as if his trump card had been laid bare before Chen Mo.
"Who are you?" Xiao Yan asked, slightly annoyed.
"Chen Mo." With this annoyed tone, Chen Mo's gaze shifted to Xiao Yan's face, thinking, "He's not as handsome as me, so why are so many beauties smitten with him? Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Ya Fei, Little Fairy Doctor..." "
Could it be because of the protagonist's halo?"
"Chen Mo? Never heard of him."
Xiao Yan looked at Chen Mo, who was holding his chin up, his expression of disbelief and his brow furrowed slightly. He immediately took off the Xuan Heavy Ruler from his back and held it in his hand, ready to retaliate if Xiao Yan ruined his plans.
"It doesn't matter if I haven't heard of you, it's enough that I've heard of you." Seeing Xiao Yan's reaction, Chen Mo thought to himself, then smiled and said, "Peace brings wealth, I have no hostility towards you," silently adding "temporarily" to his mind.
"That symbiotic amethyst source, and that little amethyst winged lion king that appeared later, they're all yours. I only want the amethyst crystal."
"Why?" Although he didn't understand what he was talking about, the fact that he recognized the symbiotic amethyst source at a glance was enough to shock Xiao Yan.
"Why? Heh." Chen Mo sneered, his entire body enveloped in a Dou Qi veil formed from the power of the Underworld God.
"Just because you're a Dou Shi?" Xiao Yan scoffed.
"No, no, no!" Chen Mo raised a finger and shook it, saying calmly, "I know you have a powerful soul entity backing you up, so I'll hide it in the ring you're wearing!"
Xiao Yan's left hand shrank back; this was his biggest secret. He immediately said coldly, "Who exactly are you?"
"Chen Mo."
"I'm talking about your identity."
"I come from Zhongzhou." Chen Mo knew his intimidation had worked, and immediately gave an ambiguous answer.
"Teacher..." Xiao Yan knew this involved knowledge beyond his reach.
"Zhongzhou? Even among the eight ancient clans, few could recognize me at a glance. Could he be from there?" Yao Lao's words carried a hint of anger.
"Teacher?" Hearing Yao Lao's angry tone, Xiao Yan was shocked. What kind of being could anger such a powerful figure?
"For some reason, his battle aura made my soul feel a slight danger, though only a little, but..." Yao Lao's tone shifted, "...I'll agree for now."
(End of Chapter)