A World Worth Protecting

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“Yifan! We are brothers. I, Wang Baole, have morals, and am not someone who is so shameless!” Wang Baole was a little sheepish, but the more sheepish he was, the more he tried to showcase how upright he was. When he looked at Zhuo Yifan, his gaze was extremely clear.

That gaze wavered Zhuo Yifan slightly. Zhao Yameng, who was standing at the side, rolled her eyes at Wang Baole, but she also felt helpless about the situation. She decided to not care about the matter anymore, and Zhuo Yifan, after thinking about the situation for a while, also sighed and no longer spoke.

Wang Baole blinked his eyes and cleared his throat. He thought to himself that this was a matter that he could never tell others. He didn’t hide the matter from both of them on purpose, there were simply too many secrets in Wang Baole’s internal world.

<em>It’s all these Little Inheritances’ fault. I need to teach them a lesson when the dark screen descends later, so they will know the consequences of offending their daddy! </em>Wang Baole snorted in his heart, and then sat down with his legs crossed again. When the dark screen descended, and Zhuo Yifan and Zhao Yameng went on with their enlightenment, Wang Baole leaped up and shouted.

“Little Inheritances, how dare you complain about me? This time, daddy is angry!” Wang Baole charged out as he screamed. Even though the meditating figures around him instantly escaped and vanished, Wang Baole was experienced and swiftly leaped up, scavenging at high speed. Eventually, after a Herculean effort, he managed to grab one of the figures, just as the dark screen was about to dissipate.

It was the figure of an old man this time. After arriving in Wang Baole’s internal world, a look of hopelessness was seen on his face. After imparting his inheritance and undergoing a round of scaring, he was finally let off.

As a result of this incident, after the dark screen dissipated, no single figure appeared around Wang Baole and company…

This journey of enlightenment finally ended, with Zhuo Yifan and Zhao Yameng both completely solidifying their enlightenment, while increasingly feeling that something was amiss.

When they were about to leave, figures that never appeared previously showed up. They were worried about them losing their way and spending too much time there, so they would occasionally appear to show them the way. What made Zhuo Yifan and Zhao Yameng speechless was that every time those figures showed up, they were trembling as if they would instantly escape as soon as they detected something was wrong.

“Are we so scary? That’s just too much!” As Wang Baole responded with righteous anger, Zhuo Yifan didn’t bother to speak anymore. Zhao Yameng also felt mentally exhausted. She thought to herself that it was clear that those figures were afraid of Wang Baole, and that he shouldn’t implicate the both of them.

Under the guidance of the figures in the land of inheritance, the trio soon neared the border and began to see the dividing line with the white-colored land!

Beyond the dividing line was the Sea of Fire, with mountains in the sky. Numerous fragments of the pavilions were floating, and this familiar scene made the three of them realize immediately that they were about to reach the exit.

After contrasting the Sea of Fire with the land of inheritance, both Zhuo Yifan and Zhao Yameng felt that the land of inheritance was the safer area in the sword body region.

In addition, it must be mentioned that Wang Baole played a significant role here. Therefore, after thinking about it, Zhao Yameng looked at Wang Baole.

“Baole, tell us the truth. Would staying in the land of inheritance be safer than going out?”

Seeing how serious Zhao Yameng looked, Wang Baole stopped to think before looking at his surroundings and nodding his head.

“Indeed, compared to the area out there, it is safer here. If any of those inheritance figures dared to make a single noise, I would suppress it!” As Wang Baole spoke, a look of arrogance appeared on his face.

“If that is so, then we should stay here for now. I can feel that after receiving the Disaster Firmament Ancient Array Formation, my cultivation level has reached the point of advancement, and I could breakthrough into the Core Formation realm anytime!” Zhao Yameng took a deep breath, and as she spoke, Zhuo Yifan, who was beside her, nodded his head.

“That’s the case for me too. I am confident of breaking through from late-stage Foundation Establishment realm to the level of perfection after being in seclusion for a period of time!”

“Once Zhuo Yifan and I achieve a breakthrough, it might be safer for our journey back. Baole, is that the case for your cultivation as well?” As Zhao Yameng spoke, she looked at Wang Baole once again.

In reality, Wang Baole gained the most from this encounter. At the same time, he had long sensed that his cultivation was sending continuous signals. All that was needed was a push to achieve a breakthrough from early-stage Core Formation realm to mid-stage Core Formation realm.

Clearly, what Zhao Yameng said made sense. In addition, as it was definitely dangerous outside, achieving breakthrough here, where it was safer, was the best choice. Therefore, after a moment of silence, Wang Baole agreed to the matter.

“I wonder how long this round of seclusion would last. Let’s tidy up what we have gained previously at the cave abode. I managed to get numerous pills, and they could perhaps be useful to achieve breakthrough in our cultivation.” As Zhuo Yifan spoke, he took out the items he obtained from the penthouse of the cave abode.

The three of them had immense trust in each other. As such, along their journey, they didn’t think about organizing their gains. Having received the inheritance and being guaranteed exit from this place anytime, and with their cultivation on the brink of a breakthrough, they began to think about their gains.

Zhao Yameng also nodded her head and placed the items she obtained in between them. Wang Baole did the same as well. His biggest gain, other than the identity token of a core disciple, was the core disciple’s corpse.

“There’s also a storage bag on this corpse…” As Wang Baole spoke, he retrieved the storage bag from the corpse. He looked through it and found a dull necklace around the corpse’s neck.

Finally, after the trio gathered all their items and opened up the storage bag, they began organizing the items. In the process of organizing them, there were gradual changes in their auras. Without a doubt, their individual gains were significant, but the gains that they had piled together were so significant that even a calm person like Zhao Yameng could hardly suppress the agitation in her heart.

When they finally finished organizing the items, the trio looked at each other, noticing the surprise and excitement in each other’s eyes.

“We’ve struck it rich!” Wang Baole took a deep breath as he looked at the items that all of them had. There were over fifty disciple identity tokens, with one core disciple’s identity token, three inner sect disciple identity tokens, and the rest of them outer sect disciple identity tokens. Just those identity tokens alone were worth thirty thousand battle credits.

Other than that, Zhao Yameng also gained three Dharmic treasures, which were a broken black-colored pike, a compass, and a large banner!

After Wang Baole analyzed the items, two of the three Dharmic treasures were similar to an eighth-grade Dharmic Armament! Those two items were the compass and the large banner. What was most important was that those two Dharmic treasures were more or less intact. Wang Baole only needed to repair them slightly, and they could be used directly!

The black pike surprised the trio most, as it was a ninth-grade Dharmic Armament!

However, as it was severely damaged, it required a large amount of time and resources to repair. Other than that, there were also over thirty bottles of pills, numerous refinement pills, as well as refinement materials—most of which the trio found hard to recognize.

Those were just a small proportion of everything. Zhuo Yifan’s gains also included three jade slips, where three cultivation techniques were recorded. Even though it was incomparable to the inheritance that the trio obtained, but Wang Baole, who had been to the Vast Expanse Techniques Chamber, remembered that those three cultivation techniques were worth approximately five thousand battle credits each.

Besides that, there was also a set of spell arrays named the Astral Guidance Lumina Array!

The value of those items was difficult to estimate. However, the trio soon excitedly found out that there was an item whose value far exceeded all the other items’ value combined!

That item was the necklace that Wang Baole had retrieved from the core disciple’s neck. It wasn’t a treasure, but a unique storage item, with a beast skin stored within it!

The moment the beast skin was taken out, an indescribable sense of antiquity could be felt. Opening the beast skin up, a method of refining a Divine Armament was recorded on it!

“Divine Armament recipe!” Zhao Yameng, a calm person, couldn’t help but scream in delight. Zhuo Yifan’s mind buzzed, while Wang Baole’s eyes bulged, extremely agitated as he looked at the beast skin.

Divine Armament… There was only one in the entire Federation. Even though Wang Baole possessed a Dark Artifact that was also a Divine Armament, it was severely damaged, and it was difficult to repair it.

At the same time, because he possessed the Dark Artifact, he knew better than anyone how powerful the Divine Armament was!