The Demon Babata

In just a few days, Tang Ping had merely laid a foundation for his younger siblings, but the one who gained the most was undoubtedly Luo Feng.

In that short span, not only had Luo Feng successfully elevated his Nine-Layered Thunder Blade to the fifth layer, but both his movement techniques and blade skills had reached the Perfect-level. It could be said that even without accounting for his strength as a Spirit Reader, he could now be considered an Invincible War God.

A few days later, the elders prepared to return home, and Tang Ping naturally accompanied them.

However, the separation was only temporary.

His grandmother, Luo Hongqin, and his uncle had only remained in Tianjin due to the Grand Nirvana all those years ago, living there out of necessity. Now that the family was reunited and had the means, they naturally prepared to relocate the entire household back to South China Base City.

After discussing it, Luo Feng's family also felt that having more people around would be livelier. Furthermore, since Luo Feng had joined Tang Ping's squad, living nearby would make it more convenient for them to head out together, so they also prepared to move their entire family to the Oriental Residential District where Tang Ping lived.

Upon returning home, Tang Ping finally settled back into his comfort zone, spending his days either gathering with his brothers or lying quietly by himself reading.

He primarily read various ancient Huaxia classics. Tang Ping had discovered that while his system seemed capable of triggering critical hits on everything else, it could not do so for his state of mind. Since he was genuinely interested in these ancient texts, he simply used them to pass the time, which also served to patch the only potential flaw in his cultivation—why wouldn't he?

Not many days later, Tang Cheng's family and Luo Feng's family moved into the Oriental Residential District one after another. Their homes were quite close to those of Tang Ping and his brothers, making them neighbors.

With everything back on track, Tang Ping's leisurely, "lying flat" lifestyle was as delightful as ever.

Meanwhile, Luo Feng and Tang Ping's brothers all successfully broke through to the Planetary Level one by one.

Like Tang Ping, they all chose not to disclose their strength to the outside world, continuing to live their plain lives instead. It just went to show that being a "salted fish" was truly contagious.

However, while his brothers who had reached the Planetary Level chose to be lazy, Tang Ping was not pleased. He knew that this world was not as peaceful as it appeared on the surface; the disaster-ridden Earth was far from a place where they could afford to just lie flat.

Therefore, after some consideration, Tang Ping decided to take them to Mist Island, hoping that Luo Feng would apprentice under Hu Yanbo sooner. This way, they would realize the cruelty of the universe earlier and hopefully stop choosing to be "salted fish."

Moreover, this held an advantage for Tang Ping: he could follow along to the universe sooner and enter the Virtual Universe earlier.

Ever since he confirmed that he had transmigrated into the world of Swallowed Star, the Virtual Universe was what he looked forward to most. Not to mention that after choosing to "lie flat," his dream way of passing the time was to immerse himself in the Virtual Universe and play games.

Tang Ping had actually visited Mist Island alone once before. The Millennium Willow Heart he gave to Luo Feng came from there, as did the Spirits of Vegetation used to build the foundation for his younger siblings and the ones used to nourish the elders' bodies—all of them had originated there.

It was just that he hadn't reached the Planetary Level at the time and didn't want to attract the attention of the Mo Yun Vine, so he had only gathered a few specimens from the periphery. In his view, without external interference, no one would discover this place for a long time, and sooner or later, it would all be his brothers' harvest.

Soon, the time arrived for the brothers' scheduled trip to the Wilderness Zone to relax. This time, Tang Ping took the opportunity to suggest going a bit further; they had a Smart Fighter Jet for travel, so it was fast enough, and the brothers naturally had no objections.

Thus, the group followed Tang Ping's plan and successfully arrived on Mist Island.

Just as they landed on the island, 105,000 meters deep underground, inside an ancient and massive spaceship:

A little demon was howling frantically, "My god! How is this possible? On such a remote little planet, how could three such genius Spirit Readers appear at once? One with a brain region width of 88, one with 72, and even the worst one is at 46! 88... even the core geniuses of the great powers in those universe kingdoms are only about this much, right?"

After the excitement, the little demon's emotions slowly calmed down.

"However, for me, the more genius, the better. Perhaps... in the future, he really might have a sliver of a chance to avenge the Boss and the others." A glimmer of something called hope appeared in the eyes of the little demon, Babata.

Before this, he had only hoped to find an average genius who could inherit the legacy of his boss, Hu Yanbo. Now, heaven had taken pity on him, allowing him to encounter such Spirit Reader geniuses on this remote little planet, finally igniting the deep-seated longing in his heart.

"Hehe... now I will deploy the Wood Bud Crystals to lure them underground." Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Babata immediately began his luring plan.

"Hmm? What's that smell? It smells like rice, do you guys smell it?" Luo Feng, who had just finished slaying a Spirit of Vegetation and was sitting down to rest, suddenly twitched his nose and asked the others.

"It does seem like it," the others said after sniffing hard.

"There's obviously no real rice here; it might be some kind of treasure. Everyone, hurry and look for it." Tang Ping didn't even need to think to know that the demon Babata had finally discovered them and was casting out Wood Bud Crystals as bait. He immediately took the opportunity to guide his brothers to start "harvesting the wool."

Since these Wood Bud Crystals were intentionally thrown out by Babata to lure them, they were naturally found quickly.

"This is... a Wood Bud Crystal?" Tang Ping said, feigning surprise.

"What is a Wood Bud Crystal?" The other brothers clearly hadn't heard of this item.

"A type of treasure. Eating one can directly allow a War God-level to break through to the Beyond War God-level. Of course, that is the most wasteful way to use it; it is actually a treasure used by those at the Beyond War God-level for cultivation. Opportunities like this are rare, brothers, hurry and look for more. Since one Wood Bud Crystal can appear here, there might be more," Tang Ping explained briefly to his brothers and then urged them on.

"That rice-like fragrance is still there; it seems to be coming from underground," the chubby Li Ze said, sniffing the air.

"Alright, let's go underground and look."

And so, Tang Ping's group continued to pick up Wood Bud Crystals, step by step, venturing deep into the underground.

"No, I have to separate them. After all, the master's Inheritance Soul Seal only left behind one copy, and there are several Martial Artists in this group; they can't possibly be accepted as the master's disciples." Seeing that Tang Ping and the others were almost there, Babata suddenly remembered something and changed his mind.

He deployed several Wood Bud Crystals in different directions, finally managing to temporarily separate Tang Ping and his group.

"Change the suggestion, begin the guidance!" After his frenzy, a calmed-down Babata hurriedly activated the suggestion and guidance device, terrified that he might miss such genius Spirit Readers and have to wait who knows how long for the next ones.

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