Even a Gentleman Must Be Guarded Against?

Xiao Bai closed his eyes and focused, activating Remote Sensing.

Instantly, his Sea of Consciousness was a vast expanse of white, illusions like clouds, thin as mist, faint and indistinct.

His Divine Sense, like a long mirror, looked down from the nine heavens, parting layers of mist, and quickly locked onto Mu Yun's location—

True Origin Continent, on the edge of the Monster Beast Mountain Range, at the center of a swirling black cloud.

A man wearing a black cloak, whose blood-red eyes could be seen through the fabric, had his hands clasped together and was chanting a spell.

Xiao Bai was startled, almost thinking this guy was Mu Yun's true form...

Until a bone-chilling female voice came from behind him.

"Du Ya, what are you doing?"

Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed the Demon Race was behind this.

But the culprit wasn't Mu Yun, but the cloaked man.

Mu Yun seemed to have come to save him...

The cloaked man didn't turn around, continuing to control the Crow Tide, and said coldly:

"Mu Yun, what are you doing here?"

This time, Xiao Bai finally saw Mu Yun's true form.

A black shadow behind the man condensed into a graceful human figure.

Faint black mist swirled around her body, obscuring the black silk that tightly wrapped her figure.

This made her petite frame appear slightly larger.

The Daoist child's hair bun on her head became loose hair, and her originally arrogant eyes were filled with a faint killing intent.

Especially her calves, wrapped in poisonous vines and shrouded in black mist, seemed to have subtly lengthened considerably...

As if she had gained half a foot in height from the poisonous vines, her entire demeanor became much more like a mature woman.

Xiao Bai thought it was good, but also a little annoyed.

He was using Remote Sensing, so why couldn't his sight penetrate the black mist to see the black silk?

Was she even guarding against gentlemen?

"Answer my question first."

Mu Yun said coldly.

The cloaked man replied:

"Disguising ourselves as members of the Demon Alliance to kill this child and provoke conflict between the Dao Alliance, the Demon Alliance, and the Snow Flame Sect, isn't that the Honored Master's policy?"

Xiao Bai heard this and thought the Demon Race was too despicable...

Xiao Bai had heard of the Five Great Venerables of the Demon Sect. Was the Honored Master the man spoke of one of them?

Could this Honored Master be a woman?

Xiao Bai's imagination ran wild.

Mu Yun looked slightly annoyed, her tone bitingly cold.

"You didn't notify me about something involving the Cambrian Kingdom?"

The cloaked man showed no weakness:

"It was an emergency; I could only act first and report later."

Xiao Bai could tell that within the Demon Race, Mu Yun's rank was slightly higher than the cloaked man's, but not high enough for him to completely obey her.

"Alright, since I'm here, leave this matter to me. You should go, lest the Dao Alliance discover you."

Mu Yun said.

The cloaked man's tone was displeased.

"You want to steal the credit?"

Mu Yun shook her head, black energy swirling around her.

"He is my chess piece; you cannot touch him."

Xiao Bai was very pleased. To him, Mu Yun's words meant:

—He is my man; you cannot touch him.

Only I can touch him...

The cloaked man immediately became angry and sneered:

"Just a little girl, thinking you can act recklessly and without restraint because the Honored Master values you? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... This child must die!"

Mu Yun raised her right arm, which was covered in black mist.

"The Honored Master values me more simply because I am stronger than you."

After speaking, the cloaked man's eyes froze, the bloody light within them dissipated, and the veins all over his body bulged, almost bursting, looking like they were covered in burls.

At the same time, he couldn't move.

"You—"

Xiao Bai thought to himself, My second wife really does love me. To think she secretly followed me and was willing to beat up her own teammate to protect me.

He roughly calculated their combat power: the cloaked man was clearly stronger than Zhang Yufeng, and Mu Yun was clearly stronger than the cloaked man. From this, it was evident that Mu Yun wasn't bragging when she said she was stronger than Yu Hu.

It seemed her Peak Foundation Establishment cultivation and Pastoral Female Cultivator persona were deliberately created to keep a low profile.

Meanwhile...

Remote Sensing ended.

The Black Crow that covered the sky dispersed in a rush.

The sounds of self-detonation outside the Flying Boat stopped abruptly.

The black clouds overhead scattered, revealing a clear blue sky.

Zhang Yufeng, who had held on until the last moment, his health bar completely empty, knelt on his sword, confused as to why the flock of crows had suddenly dissipated...

Xiao Bai disembarked, reached out, and grabbed Zhang Yufeng, preventing him from falling off his sword.

"You're in quite a state."

Zhang Yufeng returned to the Flying Boat and immediately took medicine to heal his injuries and recover his Spiritual Power.

Recalling the near-death experience just now, he still felt shaken, almost losing his composure.

In contrast, in his opinion, Xiao Bai, who only had Qi Refining cultivation, was overly calm.

Unnaturally calm.

Balanced Five Elements allowing for Qi Refining, and the exquisite Butcher's Sword Technique and Xiahou Body Technique...

Who exactly was he?

Could it be that he was absolutely confident of victory?

Or could it be that he was the one who scared away the Beast Tide?

No matter how he looked at it, Zhang Yufeng felt that Xiao Bai had too many secrets.

At first glance, he had an ordinary appearance, ordinary cultivation, an ordinary personality, and was even a bit sly and prone to bullying based on his connections...

But upon closer inspection, the more he looked, the more mysterious and unfathomable Xiao Bai became.

Xiao Bai sat cross-legged at the bow of the boat, quietly watching Zhang Yufeng's face full of suspicion, arms crossed over his chest. He spoke earnestly:

"I told you early on, don't be a Crow's Mouth, don't raise flags. You refused to believe me, and now something's happened, hasn't it?"

Zhang Yufeng still found it too unbelievable.

"Martial Uncle is completely fine?"

Xiao Bai spread his hands and pouted, saying:

"How could I be in trouble? At most, the boat is in trouble."

Zhang Yufeng barely recovered his Spiritual Power and inspected the boat, finding that the hull had indeed suffered internal damage from the vibration.

"There's no time to repair the boat. The danger hasn't completely passed yet. We'd best abandon the boat and use Sword Riding to go to Chaoge."

Xiao Bai shook his head.

"The hull isn't completely ruined yet. Let's still take the boat. Firstly, it's more comfortable to sit, and secondly, it saves face. When we get to the Dao Supervision Palace, we'll act like nothing happened."

Zhang Yufeng:

"..."

Chaoge City.

After three years, Xiao Bai was back.

Facing this new city of the Tian Yuan Era, Xiao Bai, who had finally reached Qi Refining after three years of cultivation, still felt the same shock as when he first entered the city after transmigrating.

All the buildings in the city were both majestic and exquisite. Sword Riding practitioners filled the air, flying beasts stirred up wind, and in the sky, morning glow rolled and auspicious energy rose.

It gave him a feeling of spiritual punk.

As the Flying Boat passed over the city, Sword Riding practitioners and Beast Taming practitioners all cleared a path, allowing Xiao Bai and Zhang Yufeng to go directly to Yellow Rock Mountain.

This was the prestige of a Dao Alliance Skyship.

Yellow Rock Mountain.

Xiao Bai had admired the Dao Supervision Palace many times, especially the Five Sword Teleportation Array on top of the palace, which he infinitely yearned for.

He once fantasized about climbing onto the teleportation array and traveling back to the 21st century.

After all, the Modifier hadn't activated back then, and he didn't have much affection for this world.

Now, if he had to choose, he wouldn't go back even if it killed him.

He wanted to subdue all the wicked women of the True Origin Continent!

Approaching Yellow Rock Mountain.

What appeared before Xiao Bai was a dark, imposing tower cast from Mysterious Iron, integrated with Yellow Rock Mountain.

The Dao Alliance sword emblem stood tall amidst the vast, auspicious clouds.

And, the Five Sword Teleportation Array rotating at the top of the tower!

Xiao Bai gazed at it as if looking upon the Heavenly Dao, a sense of fairness towards all things in Heaven and Earth spontaneously arising in his heart...

As if!

After all, someone in the Dao Supervision Palace wanted to kill him.

At least, they used to want to kill him.

To achieve their unspeakable goal, the Dao Alliance actually tried to murder an unremarkable laborer disciple.

Then, after he displayed extraordinary talent, they turned around and tried to win him over.

Despicable.

Zhang Yufeng stopped the Flying Boat at the base of the mountain and led Xiao Bai into the first floor of the Dao Supervision Palace from the foot of the mountain.

The first floor of the Dao Supervision Palace was extremely tall and vast, as empty as a heavenly palace, as majestic as a divine temple, exuding a mighty heavenly power.

At this moment, seeing the two enter, a middle-aged man in a black supervisor uniform, short in stature, unremarkable in appearance, and dark-skinned, walked over to greet them.

"Zhang, Enforcer of Discipline, you don't look so good."

Zhang Yufeng gritted his teeth and puffed out his chest, his expression normal.

"Sect affairs are busy, and the journey was tiring. It's inevitable to be a bit weary... Brother Xuan Shi is too kind."

The dark-skinned supervisor smiled and nodded, no longer pressing about Zhang Yufeng's injuries. Instead, he turned to Xiao Bai.

"I am Xuan Shi, the supervisor in the Dao Supervision Palace responsible for receiving Fellow Daoist Xiao. From now on, I will be in charge of all matters concerning Fellow Daoist Xiao's daily life."

Xiao Bai's face darkened. He definitely didn't want his life to be managed by a man.

However, this news startled Zhang Yufeng.

One must know that Supervisor Xuan Shi was a favored person before the Sect Overseer.

He had thought Supervisor Xuan Shi was only here to receive the two of them, but he didn't expect him to also be responsible for supervising Xiao Bai's life.

"It seems Martial Uncle Xiao is also a person of great status."