The morning passed slowly. At some point, Fang Yu returned to the docks where he was to board his ship ride.Yes, the entrance to the secret realm happened to be on a nearby island. The island was occupied by a mortal tribe until recently when a valuable cultivation resource was discovered in it; Pure Aqua Moon Essence. For water-dao cultivators, Artifact Refiners and Alchemists, this was a very valuable treasure and a 'rush' to claim the available stock soon led to pathfinders charting a safe transport route to the area."The mortal youngsters on the island are lucky. Although not much, the compensation provided by the treasure-hunting cultivators to the natives will be enough for them to embark on the path of cultivation," Fang Yu mused whimsically. In a split moment, he had visions of passionate youngsters eagerly collecting cultivation manuals and having their first meditation sessions. "You there, are you one of those boarding the ship?" A brawny man suddenly addressed Fang Yu.

"You can quit pretending, I know it's you," Fang Yu's words created a general lull in the discourse around him. Their eyes followed his gaze to the person standing a few meters away from him. "How can it be? Surely you've got the wrong person!" The Captain of the ship protested. Fang Yu ignored his words and spoke. "When the darkness hit just now, I sensed a unique fluctuation erupt from your body and sweep across the ship in a split second." "I don't know what you're talking about," The accused, who happened to be the hostess that had debunked the outside interference claim earlier, looked aggrieved. Her expression paled further when she noticed the several unfriendly gazes cast in her direction. "Friend, we really can't take your words as the absolute truth unless you provide proof," the Captain was adamant. "Besides, you're very suspicious yourself. We're only just discovering now that you're a cultivator. Why was your aura concealed before like you were hiding something?"

The Captain sensed the sombre aura Fang Yu was exuding and looked suspiciously at the demoness who was writhing painfully on the ground. "What's going on?" He asked Granny Bam Bam."Probably nothing. But probably something," her reply was vague but the anticipation in her eyes betrayed her.Meanwhile, Fang Yu's face paled rapidly and his aura turned weak. Only he knew the pressure he was facing at the moment.Soul Guide. This ability summoned a projection of the Underworld to guide souls through. Now, to guarantee that the souls he was guiding weren't siphoned away immediately by it once he successfully withdrew them from the Banshee's body, Fang Yu had to use all his power to prevent the projection from fully materializing while keeping the ability running simultaneously. The strain it put on his body and soul was almost impossible to bear.Fortunately, he was soon able to restore the connection between these souls and their bodies. It hadn't been very long since the incident happen

''I should pay attention to collecting some spare resources for situations like this. Now that I think of it, it's a bit embarrassing that I can't gift out even a single spirit stone right now!' Fang Yu thought to himself.However, Su Ya noticed his frown and assumed Fang Yu was looking down on her. Her expression turned cold."Don't be so smug about yourself. Even with your cheat artifact, your strength is still short of being a Young Supreme!""Uhn?" Fang Yu gave Su Ya a quizzical look. What the hell was she talking about? Cheat Artifact? Young Supreme?Su Ya snorted coldly and continued in a superior tone, "Besides, the requirement to qualify as a Young Supreme is for one's personal strength to be close to a demigod's without any external assistance, including power-vessel Artifacts!" She mentioned the last part with disdain in her voice."I think she's insinuating your strength is not truly yours but derived from an Artifact. A power-vessel to be exact," Granny Bam Bam said to Fan

"Of course not, I've always had the utmost respect for Senior in my heart," Fang Yu blinked innocently.Granny Bam Bam found his farce amusing and laughed harder, "Anyways, it's good that you rejected her request. Since you know the legacy site and she doesn't, she'll be the one benefitting for free if you take her with you. What an opportunitist!""Indeed!" Fang Yu played along at first before realizing something wasn't quite right. "Err, how do you know about the legacy site?"The duo suddenly fell into an awkward silence. After a while, Granny Bam Bam sighed and spoke up."I should have known better than to keep yapping. Now that the cat is out of the bag, I guess I don't have to make any more excuses. I'm a friend of Old Li.""Oh!" Fang Yu raised an eyebrow. It turned out that Old Li sent a friend of his to safeguard his journey to the island?"How is he by the way?" Granny Bam Bam asked. "It's been ages since I saw him.""He's doing quite well," Fang Yu shrugged noncommittally. H