61: Chapter 61 Easily Solved

"What do you mean? You actually don't even care for me?"

Ouyang Ling was so angry that her chest heaved violently and her cheeks flushed bright red.

In all her years, she had never suffered such an insult.

Her pursuers could line up from the Core Area to the Outer Sect, yet Xiang Tian actually dared to look down on her?

"Uh? What else?" Xiang Tian shrugged.

With an innocent look, he said, "I really do have a way to deal with Spirit Beasts; I'm not bragging. There's no need for me to just marry a wife randomly just to save my life, right?"

His words added fuel to the fire.

Ouyang Ling was so angry she almost drew her sword.

"Xiang Tian, I am a woman of my word!" Ouyang Huamei stepped forward, blocking the space between the two and interrupting

their conversation. "As long as you can save our lives, let alone being a concubine, I'm even willing to be your slave or servant!"

"I..." Ouyang Ling was about to retort.

But Ouyang Huamei firmly covered her mouth.

"Sister Ling, if our lives are gone, what's the point of being reserved?" Ouyang Huamei lowered her voice.

"Besides, Xiang Tian isn't bad at all. His Family background and strength are all right here. Even if it's a bit of a grievance, it's better than dying in the mouth of a Spirit Beast! Anyway, if I can get out of here alive today, I've set my heart on him!"

Xiang Tian snorted in disdain.

This woman clearly wanted to latch onto him!

Did she really think he couldn't see through her little scheme?

"Miss Huamei, there's no need to make such promises to me." He pointed at the Waist Tokens on their belts.

"If you crush your Waist Tokens now, you can still leave the Secret Realm safely. There's no need to take risks with me."

Ouyang Huamei's expression froze as she thought to herself.

Oh no, he saw through it!

She coughed twice and squeezed out a few non-existent tears.

She said pitifully, "Young Master Xiang Tian, there's something you don't know. If we Core Disciples achieve nothing in the Secret Realm, we won't receive any preferential treatment from the Family resources after returning. Our future path of Cultivation will only become harder and harder..."

Lines of black appeared on Xiang Tian's forehead.

With this level of acting, it's a pity she's not a performer!

"Alright, you two stand aside." He stopped wasting words.

His gaze turned sharp.

He looked toward the swarm of Spirit Beasts sweeping in from the distance. "The Spirit Beasts are almost here. Watch closely!"

A brilliant golden light suddenly erupted from Xiang Tian's body, shooting straight into the clouds.

Within the light,

a massive Dragon shadow spiraled out.

The Dragon's body snaked several dozen feet long, its scales shimmering with a cold glint, exuding immense majesty.

"Roar—!"

The Dragon shadow let out a deafening roar that rippled outward.

Instantly, the Spirit Beasts running at the front froze.

They collapsed straight to the ground, dead.

The Spirit Beasts flying in the sky plummeted toward the ground one after another.

Seeing this, the Spirit Beasts behind were scared out of their wits, Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, and they turned around to flee.

The swarm of Spirit Beasts that had originally blotted out the sun,

scattered in the blink of an eye, leaving only a ground full of corpses.

"Hiss! Xiang Tian, you're way too strong!"

Ouyang Huamei's eyes lit up, and she could no longer hold back.

She rushed forward and hugged Xiang Tian's back, her cheek pressed tightly against his clothes.

She said in an obsessed tone, "I'm certain now, you are the man I will pursue for the rest of my life!"

"Miss Huamei, let go of me first." Xiang Tian's whole body stiffened.

He tried to push her away.

"I won't!" Ouyang Huamei hugged him even tighter.

"I'm afraid that if I let go, you'll run away!"

Xiang Tian was helpless.

"Sister Huamei, how can you be like this?" Ouyang Ling watched from the side, dumbfounded.

Although she was also shocked by Xiang Tian's strength,

she couldn't just throw herself at him so shamelessly, could she?

"Sister Ling, Xiang Tian is my destined one, there's no mistake!" Ouyang Huamei turned her head.

With a firm gaze, she added, "From now on, you're not allowed to call him a scoundrel anymore, or I'll turn against you!"

Ouyang Ling rolled her eyes, completely speechless.

"Miss Huamei, let's part ways here!" Xiang Tian forcibly pried off Ouyang Huamei's hands.

He called out to Bai Yu, "Bai Yu!"

Bai Yu immediately transformed into her original form, and Xiang Tian flipped himself onto her back.

He patted her back. "Let's go!"

"My Xiang Tian, where are you going?" Ouyang Huamei stamped her feet in anxiety.

She wanted to chase after him, but was held back by Ouyang Ling.

"Sister Huamei, he's already gone; you won't be able to catch up."

"That's right!" Ouyang Huamei suddenly realized.

Her eyes lit up. "Doesn't he have a connection with the Fifth Lord? Once the Secret Realm is over, I'll just go to the Fifth Lord's Changting Peak to find him!"

She breathed a small sigh of relief.

Turning to look at the Spirit Beast corpses scattered all over the ground, her eyes shone even brighter. "Sister Ling, so many Spirit Beast corpses! Let's hurry and collect them!"

"I don't want to." Ouyang Ling curled her lip, but her heart wavered slightly.

"Sister Ling, you have the Seventh Elder backing you, so you don't care about these Spirit Beasts, but I'm different." Ouyang Huamei had already rushed over, and while collecting the Spirit Beasts,

she murmured, "Xiang Tian hunted these; it would be good even just to take them back as souvenirs..."

Ouyang Ling shook her head helplessly.

In the end, she joined in and started picking them up too.

...

Half a day later.

Inside a hidden cave.

Bai Yu snuggled in Xiang Tian's arms.

Holding a piece of fragrant roasted mutton in her hand.

She asked indistinctly, "Master, why didn't you let me collect those Spirit Beast corpses earlier?"

"Didn't you see Ouyang Huamei's stance?" Xiang Tian rolled his eyes.

"She was dying to tie me up and take me back as her husband. If I kept tangling with her, who knows what would have happened."

"Doesn't that suit your wishes perfectly?" Bai Yu looked up.

"Master, do you just like that kind of proactive woman?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xiang Tian tapped her head.

"Am I that kind of person? Besides, if I really took her in, would Ouyang Batian just let it go? That guy is in the Martial King Realm; we can't beat him yet."

"Oh... Master is still the clever one." Bai Yu came to a sudden realization.

But in her heart, she secretly grumbled: Master is just an old fox!

"Master, what do we do next?"

"Hunt more Spirit Beasts, of course!" Xiang Tian's gaze was firm.

"Only by becoming stronger will we be safer in the Secret Realm. Once you achieve a Breakthrough, we won't have to fear even if we run into Ouyang Ling or Ouyang Batian!"

"Hunting Spirit Beasts again..." Bai Yu pouted.

But she still nodded obediently. "Alright, as long as I can be with Master, it doesn't matter how many we hunt."

A night passed without words. Bai Yu curled up in Xiang Tian's arms and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, the man and the fox appeared in another forest.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The forest was filled with the roars of Spirit Beasts everywhere.

However, the auras of these Spirit Beasts weren't very strong.

Most were low-tier Spirit Beasts of the first or second rank.

"Master, the Spirit Beasts here seem too low-level." Bai Yu wrinkled her nose in slight disdain.

"Something is better than nothing." Xiang Tian was more open-minded.

"Every little bit counts. Besides, you can use them to practice and consolidate your cultivation."

And so, Bai Yu led the way, hunting.

Xiang Tian followed behind, picking up the leftovers.

In the blink of an eye, half a day passed, and the two had already harvested quite a few low-tier Spirit Beast Inner Cores.

"Friends ahead, please wait a moment!"

Just then.

The sound of footsteps approached as a group of people hurried toward them.

There were a full dozen or so people, each of them at the Martial King Realm.

The leading man was startled when he saw Xiang Tian.

He immediately recognized him. "You are... Young Master Xiang Tian?"

"And you are?" Xiang Tian stopped, his gaze wary.

"We are the Sunshine Hunting Squad." The man cupped his hands in greeting.

He said politely, "Young Master Xiang Tian, why are you here? This place is full of low-tier Spirit Beasts; they have little value."

"The forests with powerful Spirit Beasts must have been occupied by other squads, right?" Xiang Tian asked casually.

"Young Master is indeed clever." The man smiled. "The high-tier Spirit Beast areas in the Secret Realm have been divided up by powerful squads. Our strength is average, so we can only try our luck in the low-tier areas."

He glanced at Bai Yu beside Xiang Tian.

He then suggested, "Young Master Xiang Tian, would you like to join our Sunshine Squad? With you and your spirit pet, we might be able to go to higher-tier areas to hunt Spirit Beasts. When the time comes, we'll give you half of the harvested Spirit Beast Inner Cores!"

"I'm only in the Supernatural Realm. Joining you might hold you back, wouldn't it?" Xiang Tian feigned humility.

"Hmph! It's good that you know you'll be a burden!"

Before the man could speak, a tall, thin youth beside him glanced at Xiang Tian with disdain.

His mouth curled up high. "A mere Supernatural Realm dares to enter the Core Disciple Secret Realm? Didn't you just come through the Fifth Lord's back door? You really think you can walk tall just because you have a spirit pet?"

Xiang Tian was helpless.

As expected, no matter where he went, there were always people who disliked him.

And what this youth said wasn't wrong.

He really had come in through the back door.

"You are not allowed to insult my master!"

Bai Yu immediately shielded Xiang Tian.

She bared her teeth and snarled at the tall, thin youth.

The fox ears on her head pricked up slightly. "My master is very powerful! Even without joining your squad, we can hunt high-tier Spirit Beasts. We don't care about your little share!"

She clung tightly to Xiang Tian's arm, looking fierce.

"Oh, quite protective of your master, aren't you?" The tall, thin youth sneered.

His gaze was contemptuous. "Just a Martial King Realm fox demon. You really think you can turn the world upside down? Our squad has over a dozen in the Martial King Realm. Your bit of strength isn't enough to look at."

"Guangyuan, shut up! Don't be ridiculous!" The man immediately stopped the tall, thin youth.

He turned to apologize to Xiang Tian. "Young Master Xiang Tian, I'm truly sorry. This team member of mine is young and lacks tact. Please don't take it to heart."

"Young Master Xiang Tian, your spirit pet's strength is formidable. If you're willing to join our squad, we can go to the third-rank Spirit Beast area to hunt." The man invited him again.

His tone was even more sincere. "When that time comes, we will still give you half of the harvested third and fourth-rank Spirit Beast Inner Cores. We will never go back on our word!"

The value of third and fourth-rank Spirit Beast Inner Cores

was much higher than that of low-tier Inner Cores.

Xiang Tian's heart stirred.

If he could follow a squad to hunt high-tier Spirit Beasts, it would indeed save a lot of trouble.

Moreover, Bai Yu could also take this opportunity to increase her strength.

It was killing two birds with one stone.