Wang Baole: Senior, the Great Void Sect Is No More

"Delicious?"

Nangong Yu looked at Wang Baole with a puzzled expression, sniffed the air, but couldn't smell anything.

Looking at her adorable face, Wang Baole smiled and said, "Just come with me, I promise you won't be disappointed."

"Um."

Nangong Yu nodded slightly.

The two flew together into the enormous crevice.

Initially extremely narrow, after flying for a quarter of an hour, the two discovered that there was a hidden world inside the mountain, and the Spiritual Qi inside was much richer than outside.

Could it be that Young Master Wang's sword strike just now almost hit the spiritual vein of Hundred Treasures Mountain?

A thought flashed through Nangong Yu's mind, and he saw countless points of light ahead.

The two flew toward the points of light and discovered that the stone wall was covered with countless glowing mushrooms, like twinkling stars.

However, none of these mushrooms were edible, so the two did not pick them but left them on the ground and continued on their way.

Nangong Yu followed closely beside Wang Baole, curious about what could possibly attract the young master.

The two walked in the darkness for an unknown amount of time before suddenly hearing the sound of rushing water.

This was an underground river. Nangong Yu bent down, took a sip of the water, and was surprised to find that the river was full of Spiritual Qi.

"This is a sacred river; it seems there's a sacred spring in these mountains."

Wang Baole's eyes lit up immediately. If he could bring the spiritual spring back to the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, wouldn't he be able to drink from the spiritual spring every day?

Thinking of this, he cupped the water in his hands, took a sip, and exclaimed, "Ah... so refreshing! I wonder if there are any fish in this spring."

Nangong Yu said, "Just use your divine sense to investigate."

The two then used their divine senses to search the spirit river. Before long, they discovered dozens of fish, each a foot long and the size of a palm, with transparent bodies and dragon tails, swimming around in the dark river.

Let's eat the fish first.

Wang Baole excitedly rolled up his sleeves and began fishing.

These fish seemed to have lived in this underground river for countless years, completely unaware of the danger that was about to strike.

With a single stroke of his machete, Wang Baole pierced one fish, while the others remained oblivious to the danger.

This made Wang Baole very happy. After taking the fish off his machete, he caught two more, and the Dragon-Tail Fish in the underground river scattered and fled.

Seeing this, Wang Baole was not discouraged and began cooking.

Soon, an enticing aroma filled the entire cave.

Even though Nangong Yu had eaten many delicacies before, he still couldn't help but secretly swallow a mouthful of saliva when he smelled this aroma.

Glug!

The sound of her swallowing wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet cave.

Nangong Yu's face flushed instantly. She secretly glanced at Wang Baole, who was busy at work, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he didn't react.

"Let's get started."

Wang Baole prepared three fish in various ways: one for soup, one for grilling, and one for steaming.

"Yes, thank you, Young Master Wang." Nangong Yu held the chopsticks, her face flushed, whether from excitement or shyness, it was hard to tell.

Half an hour later, the two finished eating three fish and felt very full.

Even someone with the Taotie Physique like Wang Baole could barely eat two fish.

"This fish has so much Spiritual Qi, let's cultivate for a while first, hiccup."

Wang Baole couldn't help but let out a burp as he spoke.

"Giggle..."

Nangong Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud, and halfway through her laugh, she involuntarily let out a hiccup. "Hiccup."

"Ha ha..."

Wang Baole finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, then sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.

When he finished cultivating, he discovered that his cultivation level had actually increased by a small realm. He turned his head and saw that Nangong Yu beside him had also broken through.

After taking a breath, Nangong Yu said, "The fish in this Spirit River are amazing. Why don't we catch a few to take back as a gift to our elders?"

Wang Baole nodded. "That's exactly what I was thinking."

After they finished speaking, the two began to catch fish. An hour later, each of them had caught more than a dozen fish, and then they continued walking into the mountains.

As the two ventured deeper, more and more glowing mushrooms appeared around them, and the stone walls, which had previously only shown scattered starlight, were now filled with a sky full of stars.

It illuminated the pitch-black cave as if it were daytime.

Wang Baole suddenly stopped in his tracks, staring intently ahead, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

Nangong Yu, standing to the side, froze on the spot, her mouth forming an "O" shape.

In the huge cave pile in front of the two, there stood a fleshy Ganoderma lucidum, tens of feet tall, attached to a large rock, with a head and tail, and a reddish color.

Beside this fleshy Ganoderma lucidum, there was a cluster of fleshy Ganoderma lucidum several meters tall, in white, black, green, and yellow.

"Tai... Taisui!"

Nangong Yu blurted it out subconsciously.

Just as Wang Baole was about to ask, the Crimson Taisui suddenly spoke up, "Are you the ones who will be undergoing the trial this time?"

As soon as it opened its mouth, it exuded a terrifying and ancient aura, causing Wang Baole and Nangong Yu to feel a chill in their hearts.

Wang Baole mustered his courage and said, "That's right, we are the ones who will be undergoing the trial this time."

"You people of the Great Void Sect are really something! You promised to send someone to train once every ten thousand years, and so many ten thousand years have passed. If you still don't come to train, my disciples and grand-disciples will fill up my entire place!" Crimson Taisui complained.

Upon hearing this, Wang Baole almost blurted out. "Senior, Great Void!"

But for the sake of these fragrant Taisui (a type of fungus), he chose to keep his thoughts to himself.

"Then let's begin the trial," said Crimson Taisui somewhat impatiently.

Wang Baole asked, looking completely bewildered, "What are the steps of the trial, senior?"

Upon hearing this, Crimson Taisui snorted coldly, "Hmph! You Tai Xu are going Great Void, you don't take me, Taisui, seriously at all!!!"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Yu immediately replied, "Senior, please forgive me. It's all my junior brother's fault for not explaining things clearly. My master said that our Great Void Sect hasn't participated in the trial for so many years, and he feels deeply guilty. That's why he asked us to convey his message: this assessment will be decided by you, Senior."

Upon hearing this, Crimson Taisui snorted unhappily, "Hmph! It's good that you people from the Great Void Sect have good judgment. Since you guys like eating Taisui meat so much, then this assessment will be a test of eating Taisui meat. The size of the Taisui you eat will determine the size of the Taisui you take away."

"Thank you so much, senior!"

"Such a good thing!"

Nangong Yu and Wang Baole spoke at the same time, and although they said different things, their tone was full of surprise.

Crimson Taisui said coldly, "Don't be too happy yet. This time, I'm only giving you one day for the assessment."

Both nodded and said in unison, "We are willing to accept the test."

"Let's begin."

As Crimson Taisui spoke, that powerful aura dissipated. Nangong Yu whispered to Wang Baole beside him:

"Our target is the smaller ones. These Taisui are obviously not old enough, and they don't contain much spiritual energy, so we can eat more of them."

Wang Baole nodded slightly. "Good idea, let's get started then."

"Good."

Nangong Yu responded, and the two searched for their target together inside the cave...