A village.
After years of absence, the place was as tranquil and peaceful as ever, resembling a true utopia.
Ten small wooden houses nestled among the mountain forests, exuding an air of detachment from the mortal world.
At the entrance of the village, a river flowed gently. The water was crystal clear, and because the weather was currently quite cold, wisps of white mist rose from the surface.
"Swish!"
Accompanied by the appearance of a Time-Space Channel, three figures emerged and landed right at the village entrance.
They were none other than Qin Feiyang, Long Chen, and Mo Xiaoke.
"Is this the village you guys were talking about?"
Mo Xiaoke looked around, her eyes filled with suspicion.
It was just a very ordinary little village. What could possibly be fun about it?
No!
Suddenly.
She sensed an invisible force surrounding the village, feeling very much like the Power of Laws.
Moreover.
Beneath the village, she could also detect the aura of a Time Formation.
All of this undoubtedly indicated that this was far from an ordinary village.
"There shouldn't be anyone here!"
Long Chen chuckled, his gaze sweeping straight past the village and landing on the back mountain peak in the distance.
What could possibly attract him here?
Naturally, it was Old Ji's divine tea trees.
He would rather forgo the inheritance of the Supreme Profound Truths than give up those tea trees.
"Ahem!"
Qin Feiyang gave a dry cough and looked at Long Chen. "I'm only taking these tea trees to keep them safe for now. We still have to return them to Old Ji eventually."
"What are you thinking, kid?"
"Did you really think I'd take advantage of someone's misfortune and line my own pockets?"
"I meant the same thing—we're just holding them for Old Ji temporarily."
Long Chen gave him a dissatisfied look.
"Is that so?"
Qin Feiyang chuckled dryly.
He knew Long Chen too well. Even if the True Meaning of Profound Truths were laid out right in front of him, Long Chen could resist the temptation—yet when it came to tea trees, he simply couldn't.
It was the exact same principle as the Madman and the White-Eyed Wolf's obsession with fine wine.
Long Chen rolled his eyes slightly and smiled. "How about this? When Old Ji comes back, we just tell him that a dozen of them accidentally got destroyed during the relocation?"
"Destroyed a dozen of them?"
Qin Feiyang's lips twitched.
That really was a lousy excuse.
Pondering for a moment, he looked at Long Chen. "Let's do this instead. When we get back to the Four Continents, we'll say we didn't have time to move them, so the entire tea garden was destroyed by the Divine Kingdom Master."
Long Chen paused for a moment and asked, "And then we split the tea trees here fifty-fifty?"
"Right."
Qin Feiyang nodded.
"Would that even work?"
Long Chen hesitated slightly.
"Of course not."
Qin Feiyang shook his head with a bitter smile.
He had just been joking, but he hadn't expected this guy to actually be tempted.
Long Chen froze for a second before realization dawned on him. He had been played by Qin Feiyang, and his face instantly darkened.
Boom!
Right at that moment.
As Mo Xiaoke stepped into the village, an invisible wave of the Power of Laws suddenly surged forth, rushing toward her.
Qin Feiyang and Long Chen froze, quickly looking over and shouting, "Careful!"
"Careful?"
"Do you really think this little bit of the Power of Laws can hurt me?"
Mo Xiaoke looked utterly disdainful. She raised her small hand and waved it lightly, shattering the Power of Laws into nothingness.
"We weren't worried it would hurt you; we just wanted you to be careful not to wreck the village."
Qin Feiyang sighed helplessly.
With Mo Xiaoke's strength, mere Power of Laws certainly couldn't harm her.
However, if Mo Xiaoke were to accidentally misjudge her strength and end up destroying the village, that wouldn't be good.
Destroying the village wasn't a huge deal—it could always be rebuilt.
But the tea garden on the back mountain definitely couldn't be ruined!
If the tea garden were accidentally destroyed, not only would their hearts ache, but they wouldn't be able to face Old Ji either.
"Hmph!"
Mo Xiaoke looked taken aback, then muttered, "Have you two lost your conscience? Instead of worrying about me, you're worried about this little village? In your eyes, I'm not even worth as much as this place?"
"No, no."
The two men hurriedly waved their hands.
How could that be?
In our eyes, you are our most precious treasure.
"Hmph!"
Mo Xiaoke gave a cold snort, stepped further into the village, and began strolling around.
"Who goes there?"
"How dare you trespass into the forbidden grounds of the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon Clan!"
Suddenly.
Two cold shouts rang out.
Qin Feiyang and Long Chen froze.
Those two voices sounded so familiar.
Long Zi?
Ji Shaoyi?
The two men looked up and saw two figures darting out from the peak of the back mountain.
Both were young men in their early twenties, dressed in long purple robes with slender figures and extraordinary bearing.
Weren't they Long Zi and Ji Shaoyi?
"What are they doing here?"
Long Chen asked suspiciously.
"No idea."
Qin Feiyang shook his head.
In the past, they had never seen these two take the initiative to visit the village.
A sharp glint flashed across Qin Feiyang's eyes. He grabbed Long Chen, flashed to the side, and quietly watched the two youths.
Long Zi and Ji Shaoyi also spotted Mo Xiaoke, and their expressions instantly froze.
How could it be a little girl?
"No!"
"If she were really just a child, how could she possibly have broken into the village?"
Long Zi's pupils constricted. He landed in front of Mo Xiaoke and demanded, "Who are you? Why have you come here?"
Mo Xiaoke glanced at the two of them, then looked behind her, only to find that Qin Feiyang and Long Chen had vanished. A trace of suspicion immediately crept up her brow.
What are those two guys up to?
"I asked you a question!"
Ji Shaoyi shouted.
He also glanced toward the village entrance, but there was nothing there.
"Don't raise your voice at me."
Mo Xiaoke arched an eyebrow.
"You dare refer to yourself as 'this king'?"
The two men were stunned, staring at Mo Xiaoke in shock and skepticism.
Could this be a divine beast in human form?
After all, only fierce beasts or divine beasts typically referred to themselves as kings.
"And who are you two?"
"The master isn't here, so what are you two doing running around this place?"
Mo Xiaoke eyed them unkindly.
"What?!"
Long Zi and Ji Shaoyi were dumbfounded.
This little girl actually had no idea who they were?
"Leave, quickly."
"This isn't a place for you."
Long Zi waved his hand dismissively.
"Not a place for me?"
Mo Xiaoke was taken aback, feeling somewhat bewildered.
Didn't they say this was the residence of those old-timers? Why did two youngsters pop out instead?
Meanwhile.
Qin Feiyang and Long Chen were also quite surprised.
Long Zi actually told Mo Xiaoke to leave instead of attacking her outright.
After all, given Long Zi's personality, he would usually resort to killing without a second thought.
Could it be that after all these years, even this kid had changed his ways?
If so, it meant this fellow had truly grown up.
"Hurry up."
"We don't want to hurt you."
Long Zi urged impatiently.
Hearing this, Mo Xiaoke couldn't help but laugh.
They didn't want to hurt her?
Are you kidding me?
Were they seriously talking to her like that?
"Did you hear me tell you to leave!"
Cold light flashed in Ji Shaoyi's eyes, and a terrifying wave of pressure rolled outward, pressing down toward Mo Xiaoke.
However!
He still held back somewhat, as if he really didn't want to injure Mo Xiaoke.
"I suppose Ji Yunhai has spent these past years properly guiding them. If they still had their old personalities, everyone wouldn't have reached such a bitter impasse back then."
Long Chen shook his head with a smile.
"They're finally growing up!"
"People only truly mature after experiencing setbacks and hardships."
"Take the two of them, for instance—born with silver spoons in their mouths, getting whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted."
"If they hadn't run into us, they'd have no idea what failure even tastes like."
Indeed.
Whether it was Long Zi or Ji Shaoyi, both were direct descendants of the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon Clan.
Especially Long Zi.
At a very young age, he had already inherited the Three Thousand Avatars.
With such a heaven-defying technique as the Three Thousand Avatars, how could he not be arrogant? Naturally, it fostered a mindset of looking down on everyone, believing that no one among the younger generation of the world could compete with him.
To put it bluntly, they hadn't yet experienced the beatings of the real world and knew nothing of its sinister ways.
...
Meanwhile, Mo Xiaoke stood completely motionless.
She directly ignored Ji Shaoyi's pressure.
Seeing this, Ji Shaoyi and Long Zi exchanged glances.
Why did this little girl look more and more unfathomable the longer they looked at her?
"Not leaving, are you?"
"Then don't blame us for being impolite!"
Cold light flickered in the eyes of the two youths, and a burst of Heavenly Dao Will erupted fiercely.
"What?"
"They've actually mastered the Heavenly Dao Will?"
Qin Feiyang and Long Chen were startled.
Immediately following that.
The two of them slapped their own foreheads.
Ten thousand years had already passed in the outside world, not to mention the existence of the Time Formation.
And Long Zi and Ji Shaoyi had originally mastered two or three Ultimate Profundity techniques. Coupled with opening the Gate of Potential and receiving the inheritance of the Ultimate Profundity, it was completely normal for them to have mastered the Heavenly Dao Will by now.
If they hadn't mastered the Heavenly Dao Will, that would have been the abnormal part.
Calculating it this way, didn't that mean the three major races now possessed at least several thousand experts wielding the Heavenly Dao Will?
"I wonder how many there are in the True Martial World right now."
Qin Feiyang muttered, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Mo Xiaoke swept her gaze over Long Zi and the other, then nodded. "Not bad. For youngsters, you two are doing reasonably well."
Hearing this, the two men looked at each other in bewilderment.
Youngsters?
You're just a little girl; is there any need to speak in such an aged, world-weary tone?
The corners of Mo Xiaoke's mouth curled up.
The killing intent within her body was on the verge of awakening.
"Xiaoke, stop."
But right at that moment.
Qin Feiyang and Long Chen walked out with smiles on their faces.
"Qin Feiyang!"
"Long Chen!"
Long Zi and Ji Shaoyi glared fiercely.
How could it be these two?
Didn't rumors say they had gone to the Central Dynasty?
"What took you guys so long?"
Mo Xiaoke looked at them with dissatisfaction.
"Nothing much."
Qin Feiyang waved his hand.
In truth, they just wanted to see if Long Zi and the other had changed over the years, or if they were still the spoiled brats they used to be.
From the looks of it now, they were doing all right.
"Qin Feiyang, prepare to die!"
Coming back to their senses, Long Zi and Ji Shaoyi let out a furious roar and charged straight toward Qin Feiyang to kill him.
"Huh?"
Qin Feiyang paused slightly, asking in confusion, "What deep grievance do we have that makes you want to kill me this badly?"
"You killed our fathers!"
The two roared.
"So that's it."
Qin Feiyang suddenly understood.Strictly speaking, the deaths of Ji Tianjun and Ji Tianfeng were indeed related to him.
However.
Ji Tianfeng had purely brought it upon himself.
Who told him to collude with the Sea Clan and the Fierce Beasts?
As for Ji Tianjun.
He was currently inside the True Martial World, comprehending the Supreme Profound Truths!
Boom!
As the dual Heavenly Dao Will erupted, Long Zi and Ji Shaoyi instantly jolted, hurriedly coming to a stop as they stared at Qin Feiyang in horror.
That's right!
Qin Feiyang had comprehended the Ultimate Profundity of the Law of Life and Death and mastered the dual Heavenly Dao Will!
Even though they had both mastered the Heavenly Dao Will now, they were still no match for Qin Feiyang!