"My heavens, is that a pureblood ferocious beast?"
Shi Hao had a different way of looking at people.
A woman as beautiful as Yun Xi was nothing but a pureblood ferocious beast in this brat's eyes?
He really had no sense of romance!
Meanwhile, at the sight before him,
Little Tiger immediately shrank his neck.
He slunk away with his servants.
By the time Shi Hao noticed something was wrong, Little Tiger had already become a tiny black dot.
He vanished from the brothers' sight!
"Little Tiger, once we enter the Hundred Broken Mountains, we'll roast you and eat you."
Shi Xiu's earlier domineering display
had only fanned the flames of Shi Hao's arrogance.
Moreover, the Supreme Bone inside the boy contained power that could almost destroy heaven and earth.
With that ultimate move, he had no reason to fear any high-level enemy!
The Supreme Bone could easily help him kill enemies two tiers above him.
But just as the brothers looked in the direction Little White Tiger had fled,
a delicate fragrance suddenly reached their noses.
At some point,
Yun Xi had climbed down from the Golden Beast's back.
With a shy look in her eyes, she walked toward Shi Xiu.
Though it was still a secret,
Heavenly God Mountain had used every conceivable means to uncover Shi Xiu's identity.
He was the very Heavenly Dao Treasure Body everyone under heaven was searching for.
Although Yun Xi had come to the Hundred Broken Mountains to cultivate,
she had come even more to find this legendary Heavenly Dao Treasure Body.
But she could hardly say that outright.
She had to find some excuse to approach him!
"May I ask if you're Shi Xiu, the one renowned throughout the Void God Realm?"
There was no denying it.
As a member of the Celestial Human Race, Yun Xi had a lovely voice.
Soft and sweet.
It was much nicer than that of the willful little princess of the Fire Kingdom.
And the hint of shyness and unease in her tone made her all the more endearing!
At any rate, Shi Xiu liked this type.
As she spoke, she casually brushed back her beautiful purple hair.
She seemed to be trying to hide her flustered state.
Yet that only made her more captivating.
But just as Shi Xiu was about to answer,
the little brat beside him stepped forward and stole his line.
"Hehe, what do you want with my big brother, you ferocious beast? Aren't you afraid we'll eat you?"
What the hell?
What on earth went on inside this little brat's head?
Even if Yun Xi really were a ferocious beast, could you bring yourself to bite into her?
Pushing the clueless little fellow aside,
Shi Xiu answered with a perfectly serious expression.
"I'm Shi Xiu. May I ask your name, miss?"
Although he had read the original story, Shi Xiu pretended to know nothing at this moment.
Otherwise, wouldn't it seem a little strange?
"I'm Yun Xi of the Celestial Human Race, from Heavenly God Mountain. I was wondering whether I might accompany you next, Young Master Shi..."
At heart, Yun Xi was still a young maiden.
Although she knew that the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body before her would greatly benefit her cultivation,
she still couldn't help feeling shy when saying something like this.
If not for the purple veil she wore,
Shi Xiu would have been able to see her little face flushed bright red.
Saying those words had already pushed her shyness to its limit.
Yet, for some reason,
perhaps because of her Celestial Human Race constitution,
Yun Xi instinctively wanted to grow closer to the possessor of the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body before her.
She wished she could become his cultivation partner right away.
While his mistress struck up a conversation with the young man before her,
the Golden Beast from Heavenly God Mountain unleashed his aura without restraint.
He scared off all the primordial variant beasts and offspring of high-level ferocious beasts nearby.
It was a suppression rooted in bloodline.
It wasn't something ordinary people could perceive.
Yet that little brat Shi Hao stared at the shaggy creature before him, drooling.
"You look so delicious!"
Was that any way to greet someone?
If his mistress hadn't been right beside him,
the Golden Beast would have attacked the little brat on the spot!
There was nothing to be done.
Everything had been arranged by Heavenly God Mountain's higher-ups.
Their orders had already been given.
Once they encountered Shi Xiu, they were to stay by his side, even if they had to cling to him.
As long as they could become cultivation partners, even temporarily,
it would be a great blessing for Yun Xi.
If the two could have a child,
combining the bloodline of the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body with Heavenly God Mountain's Celestial Human Race inheritance,
an exceptionally powerful descendant would surely be born!
Such a thing sounded a little mercenary.
But surely, once everyone learned the true uses of the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body,
they would flock like ducks to send over the most beautiful girls in their families!
Of course, everything happening around the Hundred Broken Mountains somehow failed to escape certain watchful eyes in the Upper Realm.
One such observer was Great Emperor An Lan, who had taken part in the earlier agreement.
"Damn it! These women of the Sin Province actually dared to steal a march on us! Where are the divine maidens I told you to prepare?"
Looking at the servants prostrate before him, not daring to move,
Great Emperor An Lan grew angry.
First, the Fire Emperor, one of the foremost figures in the lower realm, had wanted to marry his princess to the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body.
Now Heavenly God Mountain and its Celestial Human Race wanted to stick a foot in the door too.
He had even heard that the Heavenly Fox Clan's heir had sent an avatar down to the lower realm.
What had become of the rules they had agreed upon?
Did they think a Great Emperor had no one at his disposal?
"Reporting to you, Great Emperor, we did find several divine maidens and Saintesses, but none of them are willing to descend..."
It wasn't actually that the descendants of those families were unwilling to serve their ancestor.
The main issue was that going from the Upper Realm to the lower realm required them to slash their own cultivation.
No deity was willing to relinquish their current standing...
"Hmph, are you all so chicken-hearted and narrow-minded?"
"Please punish me, Great Emperor. I'll tell those candidates right away that they must go, whether they want to or not!"
"No need. I'll choose them myself. As long as they succeed, I'll personally bring them back to the Upper Realm!"
This was a promise from Great Emperor An Lan.
It was also a heaven-sent opportunity!
If anyone could help their family obtain the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body,
the couple would receive the Great Emperor's personal care.
This was no simple reward.
After all, aside from a few ancient inheritances,
the paths from the lower realm to the Upper Realm had essentially all been severed.
Even Shi Hao in the original story had needed to consult Lord Bird and Grandpa Finewall.
Then, after expending the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, he had finally found a damaged teleportation formation.
After hearing their ancestor's words,
the faction led by An Lan instantly erupted with excitement!
The reasonably attractive Fairies and Saintesses in their families jostled to the point of cracking heads as they signed up.
Whether ordinary mortals
or these divine maidens of the Upper Realm,
who would have thought they were all so pragmatic!
While Yun Xi and Shi Xiu were talking,
the passage to the Hundred Broken Mountains ahead suddenly burst with dazzling light.
"It's open, it's open! The Hundred Broken Mountains are open!"
"It really opened so much earlier! I wonder if there are any new treasures inside!"
"Charge, charge! Today's our chance to become supreme experts!"
No one knew who had taken the lead.
The pureblood ferocious beasts surged toward the portal before them like an army of thousands.
Quite a few disciples of the Human Race were mixed into their ranks.
It seemed everyone shared the same goal.
Whoever entered first would have a better chance of obtaining treasures!
"Roar, roar, roar!"
Perhaps feeling pressed for time,
the Golden Beast began urging Yun Xi onward.
Yet she seemed to still have a thousand things she wanted to say to Shi Xiu.
Then this ear-biter took off one of her earrings and gently placed it in the palm of the man before her.
What was going on?
According to the original story,
didn't this have to involve biting?
Otherwise, why call her an ear-biter?
"Big Brother Shi Xiu, this is the token of love of our Celestial Human Race, the Lingxi Pendant..."
My heavens!
Were all the girls from Heavenly God Mountain this bold?
At the sight of the exquisite earring before him, someone was left a little dazed.
By the time he came to his senses, Yun Xi had already followed the Golden Beast into the Hundred Broken Mountains...
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