Does anyone actually Believes That My Master Is A Mortal?

Early the next morning.

The sky was bright.

Chu Yuan stretched, preparing to set off and continue on his way, to leave this forest behind.

Anyway, Chu Yuan had no expectations that the creature beside him could lead him out of the forest.

Chu Yuan glanced sidelong at Ao Ye, squatting on the ground, lost in self-doubt.

It seemed that failing to find anything valuable during the night had left him huddled there, muttering to himself.

To be guided by someone who loved money and reeked of avarice...

Chu Yuan disdained the thought!

In fact, it wasn't because Chu Yuan feared the other would only lead the way for money.

It was simply disdain!

Chu Yuan harrumphed, dusting off his buttocks, ready to leave.

He stood up, intending to step out directly.

But then something occurred to him, and his gaze fixed on the stone chessboard on which he'd sat all night.

Honestly, sitting on the chessboard was quite comfortable.

Cool to the backside.

It would be like having air conditioning when sitting on it during a hot day.

The chessboard was actually nice.

Take it, take it.

Chu Yuan stroked his chin and, before leaving, picked up the chessboard and took it with him.

As for Ao Ye squatting on the ground.

After glancing at Chu Yuan, then at the chessboard in Chu Yuan's hands, he had no intention of paying any mind.

In his eyes, that chessboard had nothing special about it.

So he spared it no attention.

"What on earth is going on? I clearly deduced that the Ancient Venerable Taoist's treasure was lost here; it makes no sense."

"Is this guy also unable to find the Ancient Venerable Taoist's ruins, so he decided to leave?"

"Could it really be that my deductions were wrong?"

Ao Ye began to harbor doubts.

The entire night had been a waste.

To say he wasn't upset would be impossible.

Half an hour passed.

Ao Ye stood up, sighing deeply.

"Enough, enough, since it can't be found, I shall give up."

Having said this.

He was ready to stand and transform into Canglong to depart.

But he suddenly paused.

Turning around, he looked at the hall within the ancient temple.

Coldness flickered through his eyes.

"I can't find the Ancient Venerable Taoist's treasure doesn't mean it's truly not here."

"But if I can't have it, neither can anyone else."

Ao Ye's figure flew out of the ancient temple, waving his hand as terrifying power emanated from him.

In an instant, the ancient temple was obliterated.

Under absolute power.

The temple did not crumble to dust, nor did the earth shake; it simply disintegrated into nothing, dispersing into the world.

Having done all this, Ao Ye was about to turn and leave.

At that moment.

Two objects from where the ancient temple once stood caught his attention.

Ao Ye looked down and beckoned with a gesture.

The two objects flew into his hands.

Upon close inspection.

They were two stone chess jars, one black and one white.

"Hm? These jars are actually of magical treasure level; I didn't notice them before... no, it's not right... It seems that some restriction on the jars disappeared after that Chu fellow left, allowing me to detect them."

"If the jars are magical treasures, then that chessboard is the Ancient Venerable Taoist's left-behind treasure, an item that may exceed the level of a Spiritual Treasure!"

Ao Ye became frantic.

Deploying his Divine Sense wildly, he attempted to locate the departing Chu Yuan.

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But the moment he released his Divine Sense, he quickly retracted it.

It was at the very moment when he released his Divine Sense.

He remembered where he had seen Chu Yuan.

Not long ago, on his four-thousandth birthday, his Dragon Son had brought him a piece of news.

That news was about the emergence of a Hidden Sect from the East State that had been inherited for three million years.

And that Dragon Son had produced a scroll, claiming it to be the portrait of the current Sect Master of the East State Hidden Sect.

Wasn't the person in that portrait none other than Chu Yuan?!

If it really was Chu Yuan who took the Chessboard.

Ao Ye was indeed at a loss for what to do.

Not to mention the true strength of this Sect Master of the Hidden Sect, just mentioning the heritage of a sect that lasted for three million years could suppress him with ease.

Moreover, it was said that the Sect Master of the Taiyi Sword Sect, which is the Holy Ground of the Eastern State, originated from the Hidden Sect as a disciple...

All these reasons.

Made Ao Ye lose any desire to pursue Chu Yuan.

"Holding stars and plucking the sun and moon, in this world there is no one like me..."

"What a Chu Yuan! What a Hidden Sect Master!"

"I, Ao Ye, since my birth, four thousand years! Have never suffered a loss anywhere! Chu Yuan! Sect Master of the Hidden Sect! You are the first!!"

In his shock and rage, Ao Ye's voice was not contained.

It resounded loudly and clearly.

Ao Ye had no intention of staying any longer.

Transforming into a Thousand Dragon, he soared away towards the regions beyond East State.

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At the same time.

Two cultivators were flying over a forest.

These two cultivators were from the 'Cultivators Alliance; they learned yesterday that Ao Ye, a powerful member of the Demon Race, had entered Eastern Province.

Therefore, the Cultivators Alliance sent two people to gather intelligence.

These two cultivators were navigating their Flying Swords above the forest.canopy.

The two moved with a deliberately slow pace, their actions suggesting they were hardly in a rush.

While the populace within East State might be unaware of Ao Ye's whereabouts, these people from the Cultivators Alliance knew all too well.

Ao Ye, a monarch-level figure of the Demon Race, had lived for four thousand years, and his formidable strength made many powerful beings from the Human Race wary of him.

Similarly, due to that formidable strength.

Ao Ye had earned an honorific in both the Human and Demon Races, Dragon Lord!

"Hey, hey, hey, you think, if we get close like this, we won't run into trouble, right?"

"What are you thinking? The message said that the Dragon Lord appeared around East State's border, not this forest below us. You think the Dragon Lord would pop up right beneath our feet? Heh, if he really did appear beneath our feet, I'd perform eating a Flying Sword while standing on my head for you!"

The two cultivators chatted while guiding their swords through the air.

At that moment.

A thunderous voice came suddenly.

The sheer force of the voice nearly shattered their minds and souls.

"What a Chu Yuan! What a Hidden Sect Master..."

"I, Ao Ye, since my birth, four thousand years! Have never suffered a loss anywhere! Chu Yuan! Sect Master of the Hidden Sect! You are the first..."

The two hadn't come to their senses yet.

The next instant.

A Thousand Dragon rose into the sky with the turbulence of wind and clouds, swiftly disappearing into the horizon.

The two cultivators had no power to resist.

Struck to the ground by an unwittingly unleashed dragon's prestige.

A good while passed.

Only then did the two cultivators come back to their senses, staring blankly in the direction where the dragon had vanished, unable to recover for a long time.

"That just now... was that Dragon Lord Ao Ye?"

"Yes! That was Dragon Lord Ao Ye! It seemed like Dragon Lord Ao Ye mentioned the Hidden Sect Master..."

"Chu Yuan! Right, according to the words of the Dragon Lord, that name belongs to the Hidden Sect Master!!"

"I'm not asking you that, did you hear clearly what the Dragon Lord just said?"

"It seemed like he said the Sect Master of the Hidden Sect made him suffer a loss?"

"Is that so? Didn't the Sect Master of the Hidden Sect defeat the Dragon Lord?"

"..."

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