The receptionist swallowed hard, throwing a cynical glance at Alex's black robes, which looked plain and lacked the emblem of any major clan. In his eyes, the young man before him was nothing more than a wandering cultivator lost in a daydream."Sir, I suggest you look for a regular inn at the end of the street. Our high-grade isolation rooms are not for just any culti—"Syuuuk! Brakk!Before the receptionist could finish his condescending words, Alex flicked his right hand with a super casual movement.In the next split second, a spatial ripple swept across the solid wooden desk. Thousands, tens of thousands, and then millions of gleaming, deep-green energy stones suddenly poured out from within his Soul World.The stones flowed down like a cascading waterfall, piling up high until they completely filled the surface of the reception desk, with some spilling and scattering onto the inn floor with a highly resonant, spiritual clanking sound.A pure and dense aura of Earth-grade energy

"Master, y-you still have one Holy Water Lotus petal left from that time!" Juanyi shrieked softly, her pair of eyes widening as she stared at the single flower petal radiating that holy glow.Clara and Olivia, standing not far away, also held their breath. They could feel the tension inside the room instantly melt away, replaced by a wave of warm energy that soothed their very souls."Correct. And today, its efficacy will save Auriel," Alex answered firmly.Without delaying any longer, Alex focused his entire concentration. He raised his left hand, and using his own fingernail, he sliced open his right palm until fresh, deep-red blood mixed with a golden shimmer flowed out.Sreeet...Alex directed the droplets of his God blood right over the Holy Water Lotus petal floating atop the black wooden box. The moment the essence of Alex's pure blood touched the surface of the holy petal, an exceptionally powerful spiritual reaction was instantly triggered.WUUUUUUUUNGGG!!!The once-passive l

At the same time, the wave of greed that had briefly enchanted the entire tavern abruptly receded, replaced by a thick cloud of doubt. The cultivators looked at each other, and one by one, they began to shake their heads while sighing heavily. Their ambition had crashed hard against a brutal reality."A Heavenly Treasure is indeed tempting, Lia. But who do you think we are?" the large man with the giant axe spoke up again, his tone filled with a bitter sense of resignation. "If the spatial ripples of the Demon Valley are weakening and this news leaks out, the mid-tier sects on the fringes of the Immortal World definitely won't just sit idly by. Not to mention those influential ancient clans! Once the monsters from those great factions intervene, scrap cultivators like us will only end up as cannon fodder or stepping stones for them!""True!" another cultivator in a local sect robe chimed in with a bleak expression. "To the great clans, our lives are worth no more than wild grass. Join

Lia, who moments ago stood with the arrogance of a great clan's genius, was now kneeling on the ground, clutching her tight chest while her War Goddess manifestation shattered into silver particles and vanished, swept away by the wind. Just as the deepest fear began to envelop Lia's soul, and the onlookers still trembled in their forced prostration, the sound of rhythmic clapping suddenly echoed from the crowd at the edge of the street. Prok... Prok... Prok... The sound of the clapping was not loud, yet strangely, it managed to pierce through the dominance of Alex's golden mental pressure, flowing into everyone's ears with incredible clarity. Along with it, the heavy pressure weighting down the streets of Khong City gradually thinned out, neutralized by a new aura that felt warm yet incredibly profound, like a vast, bottomless ocean. A middle-aged man stepped out from the shadows of the crowd of onlookers. He wore a luxurious silver-gray robe with a wolf's head embroidered in ste

When the waves of silvery light completely faded, Juanyi’s originally elegant and divine figure had completely transformed. In front of Alex, she now appeared as a simply dressed female sword-bearer, with an ordinary face that would easily blend into any crowd without drawing a second glance.Even her energy fluctuations had been cleanly suppressed down to the elementary cultivation realm, making her look exactly like a wandering disciple out to gain experience.Alex nodded in satisfaction at his disciple's perfect transformation."Good. Let us depart before tomorrow arrives."Without wasting any time, Alex pulled his black hooded robe back over his head. The two moved silently, slipping out of the inn room through the window and leaping across the rooftops of Khong City without triggering even the slightest alarm from the city's defensive formations. Within a few breaths, they had bypassed the loosely guarded city gates, cutting through the dark night toward the vast expanse of fores