"It's you?!"

White Lotus Child's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

Seeing the procession of the Nine Dragons Chariot, he had thought it would be the Emperor of Heaven arriving, but it turned out to be that mysterious Profound Immortal!

Could it be... that he is one of Emperor of Heaven's men?

White Lotus Child's thoughts were tumultuous as countless ideas burst into his mind.

The Incense Fire Divine Dao is a tool to gather Human Dao Destiny, and it is very likely that the Emperor of Heaven would have designs on this.

After all, the positions of most Immortal Gods in the Heavenly Court are also along the Divine Dao lines, and items like Incense Bronze, Earth Silver, and Heavenly Gold, which are condensed from the Incense Fire Divine Dao, seem tailor-made for them.

As far as he knows, a considerable amount of Incense Bronze, Earth Silver, and Heavenly Gold has flowed into the Heavenly Court and have been treated like treasures by those Heavenly Gods.

However, these Heavenly Gods do not have Divine Temples in the Human World, no incense worship, so they can only exchange these materials with the incense fire spiritual beings in the Human World to obtain Incense Bronze, Earth Silver, and Heavenly Gold.

After learning this, White Lotus Child even considered cooperating with the Heavenly Court, helping the Heavenly Gods establish divine temples in the Human World to receive incense worship while he would take a portion of the Heavenly Gold behind the scenes.

In this way, with the big tree of the Heavenly Court shielding him, he could rest easy.

But since the matter was of great significance, he did not dare make decisions on his own, planning to report to the two Saints at Sumeru Mountain after some time, but unexpectedly, he was blocked by someone sent by the Emperor of Heaven!

It seems that the Emperor of Heaven is indeed as ambitious as the two Saints have described!

But why did he only send two Profound Immortals?

That's right, this matter is equivalent to competing with the Three Sects for Human Dao Destiny, so one naturally needs to act carefully.

Dispatching these Profound Immortals carrying treasures is more than enough to deal with the Divine Spirits of incense fire in the Human World.

If it happens to attract the attention of the disciples of the Three Sects, it wouldn't be too painful a loss even if it meant a desperate move.

As White Lotus Child's thoughts raced, Yu Yuan had already put away the Chasing Sun Chariot and looked at him leisurely, "Now we can have a proper talk."

White Lotus Child gave a slight nod, "You managed to find my hiding place so quickly, it seems you indeed have quite a background.

Speak, what exactly does the person behind you want to do?"

At this moment, he had already concluded that Yu Yuan was one of the Emperor of Heaven's subordinates, acting on the commands of the Emperor of Heaven.

Otherwise, what gives a superior Profound Immortal the right to have treasures and the Emperor's Chariot? Or to be able to find his true body location so quickly?

Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly, sensing that the other party might have misunderstood something.

He was able to find White Lotus Child, naturally relying on the Chaos Bell with the ability to calculate the Heavenly Mechanism.

From the moment White Lotus Child used the lotus flower to transform, he realized that the other party's true body might not be far from the Nameless Valley.

Because to use such Divine Skills that borrow objects for transformation, one needs to split off a strand of Primordial Spirit.

The Primordial Spirit travels extremely fast, but it cannot disregard the distance and just appear from one place to another instantly.

Otherwise, Immortal Gods in Primordial times wouldn't need something like the Sound Transmission Treasure Pearl.

At that time, the Daoist surnamed Shen had barely lit the incense candles, and White Lotus Child already appeared.

The speed of his arrival indicated that his true body was not far from there.

Therefore, Yu Yuan secretly activated the Chaos Bell to deduce the other's location.

This was naturally not an easy task.

Given the extraordinary status of White Lotus Child, usually even Daluo Golden Immortals skilled in this area wouldn't be able to deduce his whereabouts easily.

But that is under normal circumstances.

The Innate Treasure Chaos Bell is by no means ordinary!

This treasure has the might to suppress the "Hongmeng World," the power to twist "the myriad heavens and spacetime," the function to calculate the "Heavenly Dao Mysterious Mechanism," and the ability to refine "the elements of earth, water, fire, and wind."

Calculating the Heavenly Mechanism is one of the four Great Divine Powers of the Chaos Bell.

Even so, it could only deduce a rough area of the other's location.

Therefore, Yu Yuan bluffed a bit, and unexpectedly, it really scared out the White Lotus Child.

If he had remained hidden in the cave mansion, Yu Yuan would probably have needed to search carefully within a radius of tens of thousands of miles to find him.

However, these details Yu Yuan did not plan to reveal.

Now faced with the question of White Lotus Child, he spoke in a mysteriously low voice: "You should know what the person behind me wants, the question is whether you have the authority to make a decision or not?"

A trace of faint anger appeared in White Lotus Child's eyes, and he said arrogantly, "I am different from you, I have the final say in all affairs here, big or small."

Yu Yuan smiled.

Where did this sense of superiority come from?

He looked at White Lotus Child and made a formal request.

"Alright, I want three million bars of Heavenly Gold, and two thousand Divine Temple Water Mansions."

"Three million Heavenly Gold... Are you joking?"

White Lotus Child's eyebrows twitched, wishing she could slap dead this shameless person who had made an outrageous demand.

Two thousand Divine Temple Water Mansions would be okay, but three million Heavenly Gold...

Does he really understand how huge that number is?!

If a divine temple had a thousand mortals offering incense worship, then the power of faith generated by the incense worship in this temple could only condense into roughly ten bars of Incense Bronze per month.

Since these Divine Spirits need a lot of the Power of Faith to maintain their divine might, the contributions are not much, usually about one-third.

In other words, even if he has a million temples with at least a thousand mortals offering worship, he would only be able to collect three million Incense Bronze, equivalent to thirty thousand Heavenly Gold per month.

But the fact is he does not have that many temples under his command, and not every temple is flourishing with incense offerings, plus there are some losses to account for, so on average, he can only collect about ten thousand bars of Heavenly Gold per month.

By such calculation, it would only accumulate to a hundred and twenty thousand Heavenly Gold a year!

To gather three million without spending any would take twenty-five years!

"This is absolutely impossible!"

White Lotus Child was furiously indignant, looking at Yu Yuan and coldly saying, "I tried to negotiate with you in good faith, not wanting to cause any resentment, but your outrageous demand is completely insincere.

If that's the case, then we have nothing more to talk about.

Farewell!"

Saying this, he suddenly turned into a streak of light and rushed away.

Yu Yuan was not pleased.

Previously, when the other party used the White Lotus to "explode" him once, he didn't say much.

Now, he had specially sought him out to have a proper talk with this "leader of the Divine Spirits of Incense Fire," but the other party didn't give him face, not even willing to give him a bit of Heavenly Gold.

Could it be that the blow he just suffered was for nothing?

Isn't this bullying an honest person?

"Did I say you could leave?"

Yu Yuan roared, without hesitation summoned the Mixed Gold Hammer, instantly shrinking the ground beneath him to appear right in front of White Lotus Child, swinging the hammer and smashing it over.

The White Lotus Child had no idea that a Profound Immortal like him possessed such divine skills, and in the haste of the moment, it was too late to dodge. He quickly spurred the white jade lotus beneath his feet to ascend, confronting the hammer radiating a seven-colored brilliance.

"Crash!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the white jade lotus shattered into countless fragments in an instant.

The White Lotus Child's eyes widened in disbelief, reflecting the rapidly enlarging hammer.

"Bang!"

The hammer struck down, and suddenly a shower of blood rained from the sky.

A lotus seed, glowing with a pearly white brilliance, emerged from the blood rain, surrounded by several treasures, from which the panicked voice of the White Lotus Child could be heard.

"How dare you lay a hand on me!"

"Do you know who I am?"

"The one behind you will never allow you to do this!"

"..."

Yu Yuan didn't waste any words and once again swung the hammer.

"How dare you!"

One after another, the treasures were raised.

Then they were crushed under the hammer.

The voice of the White Lotus Child grew increasingly fearful.

"Don't kill me!"

"I'll give…ugh!"

A muffled sound, and the lotus seed instantly turned to ashes.

Yu Yuan controlled his strength with great precision, only shattering that one lotus seed, while the two radiant objects beside it remained completely unharmed.

One of them was a lush bamboo basket. Upon opening the lid, it was filled with nothing but ingots of celestial gold.

With a sweep of his divine thought, Yu Yuan reckoned there was no less than two million ingots of celestial gold in this basket!

"So, it's less than three million, huh? You should have said so earlier; it's not like we couldn't negotiate... Look at what a mess this has become."

Yu Yuan sighed, stuffed the basket of celestial gold into his Qiankun Ruyi Bag, then turned his attention to the other object.

It was a small triangular flag of gold and cyan, with faint scents of incense surrounding it.

With a beckon of his hand, the triangular flag flew into his grasp.

Suddenly, an indescribable sense of thrill surged in his heart.

It was as if he could sense countless points of light in the vast mountains and rivers, lakes and seas.

Each point of light represented a flag, all derived from this gold-cyan triangular flag – they were the sources of power for those incense fire divine spirits.

This was not an offensive spiritual treasure, nor a protective spiritual treasure, but rather a functional spiritual treasure crafted purely for the establishment of a divine spirit network.

To control this triangular flag was to control all the divine spirits under one's command!

Now that the flag was in his hands, someone was likely to become restless!

...

Western Continent

The Pure Land of Sumeru Mountain.

The air was thick with colorful auras, and a thousand auspicious colors intertwined.

In the deepest part of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, a twelve-petaled golden lotus slowly rose from the water.

As the golden lotus bloomed, it revealed a skinny figure.

His face was full of concern, his eyes filled with compassion.

"My child has perished."

"Do～"

The sound of a wooden fish rang out.

Then, a Bodhi Tree filled with great, mysterious Taoist teachings slowly materialized beside the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

Sitting cross-legged beneath the Bodhi Tree was a gaunt figure, embodying utmost compassion.

It was Saint Zhunti of the Western Sect – the second highest hierarch!

"Does my brother have any idea who did it?"

"I can only sense a vague blur, as if a Saint is shielding the culprit, making it difficult for me to see clearly," lamented the Saint who brought people onto the path.

Saint Zhunti frowned slightly, "The Human Sect and the other are facing the Sealing God Tribulation, even if they have discovered something, they shouldn't be calculating against our Western Sect at this time... Maybe the one from Daluo Mountain who prefers inaction is contemplating making a move to drag our Western Sect into the fray?"

"It's not impossible," the path-usher said, furrowing his brow.

The one who resided in Xuan Du Cave within Eight Sceneries Palace of Daluo Mountain, although reluctant to interfere in the affairs of the Sealing God Tribulation, did not mean he would sit idly by.

Moreover, the Human Sect had its foundation rooted in the destiny of the Human Path; their act of siphoning off the human race's faith was akin to stealing the others' foundation.

Thus, even if they took decisive action, it would be justifiable.

Thinking this, the path-usher pressed his palms together and sighed, "It is good! It is good!"

"It's just pitiful for my White Lotus Child."

Saint Zhunti chuckled, "Brother, your child has been dwelling in the mortal world for these years and his thoughts have become problematic. It's better to enlighten a new one.

As for those incense fire divine spirits, it would truly be a pity to leave them unattended.

In my opinion, we should send someone to investigate.

If it is indeed the one from Daluo Mountain making the move, then let it be, but if it's someone else... then we might need to make a trip down ourselves."

"It is good! It is good!"

The path usher sighed and pointed at a white lotus on the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

A lotus seed shot out from the green pod and transformed into a handsome young man in mid-air, wearing a white robe.

Despite appearing much younger, he bore a striking resemblance to the White Lotus Child.

The young man respectfully knelt down, his hands pressed together, "White Lotus pays respects to the two Saints."

"Hm."

The path-usher then waved his hand, and a big flag appeared out of thin air.

Instantly, white mist filled the sky and golden light shined from ten thousand directions, revealing a Shariputra on the flag's surface.

Next, the flag waved gently, and a gold-cyan triangular flag manifested in the White Lotus Child's hand.

"You must act with caution on this journey... Go."

"I shall heed the decree."

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