She widened her eyes at Dao Lord Taichu and said, "husband, you're actually this powerful? You can kill these ferocious beasts in an instant."
Dao Lord Taichu shook his head. "You're wrong. It isn't that I can instantly kill ferocious beasts—it's that these beasts are too weak to withstand a single blow."
These ferocious beasts were all low-level creatures with extremely weak combat power, so Dao Lord Taichu killed them with ease.
Dao Lord Taichu led Bai Ling'er farther inside.
"Husband, look. What is that over there? It looks like a pearl."
Bai Ling'er looked at a pearl and pointed toward a distant mountain peak. The peak was incredibly steep.
Dao Lord Taichu and Bai Ling'er walked over and got a clear look at the pearl atop the mountain.
"It is a pearl. This pearl must be very precious. Why don't we put it away?" Bai Ling'er said as she looked at it.
Dao Lord Taichu also wanted to collect the pearl, but it was shrouded in mystery. He did not know whether taking it rashly would bring danger.
Just as Dao Lord Taichu hesitated over whether to take the pearl, he suddenly caught a scent.
Dao Lord Taichu smelled an exceptionally strange fragrance, one that held a powerful allure for him.
When Bai Ling'er saw Dao Lord Taichu's expression, she immediately understood what was happening.
"Husband, what's wrong?"
"Ling'er, I sense a very unusual fragrance," Dao Lord Taichu said.
"Really? Then let's go take a look. Perhaps it's the fragrance of some spiritual herb," Bai Ling'er said.
Dao Lord Taichu nodded and flew toward the mountain peak with Bai Ling'er.
As Dao Lord Taichu and Bai Ling'er drew closer to the mountain, the fragrance became even richer.
Bai Ling'er and Dao Lord Taichu exchanged a glance, then flew toward