Chapter 599: Point The Way
Ye Guan and Mu Yuan finally arrived at the First God Paradise.
Mu Yuan's expression was heavy. "The Wang Clan are descendants of a god. They can communicate with those self-proclaimed gods. My identity might get exposed."
Ye Guan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."
Mu Yuan looked at Ye Guan.
Ye Guan said deeply, "If your identity gets exposed, then so be it."
Mu Yuan smiled. He truly appreciated Ye Guan's confidence. A cultivator had to remain fearless and decisive throughout their journey to the summit of cultivation.
Ye Guan looked at the First God Paradise and asked, "Have you been here before?"
Mu Yuan shook his head. "No."
"No?" Ye Guan was surprised.
Mu Yuan nodded. "I do know about this place, but I've never been here. The First God doesn't really like people coming here, so he sealed it with divine power. This place will suppress everyone, and the higher their cultivation base, the stronger the suppression is..."
"Does that mean the people inside have no cultivation base?"
"I don't know."
"Let's go take a look."
Mu Yuan nodded and entered the world inside the tiny pagoda to cultivate. He had grown fond of Ye Guan's tiny pagoda. It was the perfect divine artifact for cultivation!
Ye Guan stared at the First God Paradise in the distance. His figure trembled as he transformed into a ray of sword light that flew toward the First God Paradise.
Swoosh!
An invisible divine power immobilized Ye Guan before he could approach the First God Paradise. An aged voice echoed, saying, "Outsiders are prohibited beyond this point."
Ye Guan thought briefly before opening his palm, revealing the Divine Imprint.
A few moments later, the invisible divine power disappeared. Ye Guan transformed into a ray of sword light once again and flew straight into the First God Paradise.
Just a few minutes after Ye Guan disappeared into the First God Paradise, two people appeared in front of it. They were a man and a woman—the man was wearing a white robe, and the lady was in a plain skirt.
The man in the white robe stared at the First God Paradise before walking toward it.
An invisible divine power immobilized them, and the same aged voice earlier echoed loudly in their ears, saying, "Outsiders are prohibited—"
Plain-Skirt Destiny waved her sleeve, and the divine power disappeared.
The aged voice sounded helpless. "Please come in."
The man in the white robe had no idea what to say.
...
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Guan opened his eyes and found himself in front of a small town. Ye Guan saw several children kicking a ball around amidst laughter.
Ye Guan's curiosity was piqued. He was about to step forward when he sensed something amiss. He frowned, realizing that his cultivation had been suppressed. He tried to resist but to no avail.
Ye Guan was shocked. The First God was no longer around, but the divine power he had left behind was still strong enough to suppress any outsiders. Rread latest chapters at n/ov(e)lbin(.)co/m
Sensing something, Ye Guan's brows furrowed even more as he looked up at the sky. He saw two streaks of white light passing by, followed by terrifying explosions that echoed throughout the sky. Ye Guan was stunned. What on earth is happening? Does everyone else here still have their cultivation bases intact?
Lin Daimei blinked and went silent.
A young boy about six to seven years old tugged at Lin Daimei's sleeve and said, "Sister Dai, our teacher once said, 'one who offers unsolicited hospitality must be harboring evil intentions.' He just came up to us and immediately offered us snacks. He must have ulterior motives. Do not get fooled!"
Lin Daimei silently took another hawthorn candy from Ye Guan, which made the young boy frown. "Sister Dai, how come you're so easy to fool? It's just two hawthorn candies. What if they're poisoned? Come on... let me try them for you."
Lin Daimei turned around and slapped the boy on the head with her palm.
"You little rascal, are you asking for a beating?" Lin Daimei asked with a glare.
The little boy clenched his tiny fists, and his face reddened as he muttered, "Lin Daimei, my name is Guo Dan, not 'little rascal.' Call me that again, and I'll..."
"What?" Lin Daimei glared at him with her hands on her hips. "What are you going to do about it?"
Seeing that Lin Daimei was about to resort to violence, Guo Dan lost a bit of his bravado and hesitantly said, "Lin Daimei, you should think twice. Hit me, and I will definitely complain to Teacher. You'll come back to hit me again once Teacher punishes you, but I'll complain to Teacher again. You'll then be punished again...
"In the end, you're the one who's going to get hurt!"
Ye Guan was at an utter loss for words.
Lin Daimei glared fiercely at him before she turned to Ye Guan and said, "Teacher says that 'one who offers unsolicited hospitality must have ulterior motives.' Tell me, what do you want?"
Ye Guan smiled. "I just want to ask about a few things."
Lin Daimei's brows furrowed. "That's all?"
Ye Guan nodded. "Yes."
Lin Daimei cast a doubtful gaze at Ye Guan and said, "There are seven of us here. Why don't you give us a few more hawthorn candies?"
"Sure!" Ye Guan smiled. He took out more hawthorn candies and handed all of them to Lin Daimei.
Lin Daimei accepted the candies and handed them out one by one to the other children. When Guo Dan received his portion, he hesitantly said, "Lin Daimei, shouldn't we listen to what he has to ask first before accepting the candies? What if he asks something we can't answer or a question we're not supposed to answer?
"It wouldn't be right to take his hawthorn candies, then, right?"
Ye Guan cast an astonished gaze at Guo Dan, feeling surprised by the latter's intelligence despite his young age.
Lin Daimei tore open the wrapper of the hawthorn candy, licked it once, and then calmly said, "Being cautious is not wrong, but being overly cautious is not right either. This man is an outsider, so I guess he just wants to know more about our world here. If we can answer his questions, we'll answer. If we can't, I don't think he'll insist that we answer, right?"
Ye Guan smiled at Lin Daimei.
Guo Dan stared warily at Ye Guan. "What if he's a bad person?"
Lin Daimei held out her hand and said, "Give the hawthorn candy back to me."
Guo Dan hurriedly shook his head. "I'll be quiet."
Lin Daimei glared at Guo Dan before she turned to look at Ye Guan and said, "Ask away!"
"What place is ?" Ye Guan asked.
Lin Daimei took out a scroll and said, "Give me seven hawthorn candies and this map is yours. This map contains the answer to your questions."
Ye Guan nodded and handed over his "payment."
Lin Daimei accepted the candies and handed the map over to Ye Guan.
Just as Ye Guan was about to open the map, Lin Daimei pulled out another map and said, "Give me seven hawthorn candies, and I'll give you this map. This map contains many pieces of information that are missing in the first map."
Ye Guan fell silent. What a bunch of crafty kids!
