About an hour had passed when, in another room within the Heavenly Dragon Sect, Gu Long looked at the Celestial Dragon Sect Disciple who had just consumed the Golden Core formed from Beitang Mo's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. He nodded repeatedly, and after a moment, he finally asked with satisfaction, "What is your name?"
"Reporting to the Sect Master, I am Ye Hua."
Standing respectfully in front of Gu Long, Ye Hua seemed to be still worried about having dissected Beitang Mo's corpse, as he did not dare to raise his head to meet Gu Long's gaze. This made Gu Long find it somewhat amusing. He smiled and continued speaking to Ye Hua, "I know what you're worried about. Don't worry; I won't hold you accountable for what happened with Beitang Mo. Instead, there is another matter I need you to handle."
"Just give your orders, Sect Master!"
Upon hearing that Gu Long would not pursue the matter regarding Beitang Mo, Ye Hua finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly expressed his loyalty to Gu Long with a loud voice. His fearful demeanor made it hard for anyone to believe that he was the one who had personally opened Beitang Mo's Dantian.
"Good! As expected of my Celestial Dragon Sect Disciple. You will deal with that fellow named Ye Huan!"
Suddenly, after hearing Ye Hua's words, Gu Long proposed that he take care of Ye Huan. Ye Hua was taken aback, his mouth agape in shock. After a moment, he regained his composure and repeated incredulously, "Sect Master, you really intend for me to deal with Ye Huan?"
"Exactly. Having absorbed Beitang Mo's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, if I teach you a technique that allows you to utilize this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy for yourself, do you think you won't be able to handle a Golden Core Stage Ye Huan?"
Emphasizing the teaching of the technique, Gu Long's voice was filled with temptation. For Ye Hua, this was precisely what he needed because even after swallowing Beitang Mo's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, without the ability to absorb it, that energy would merely dissipate little by little and serve no purpose.
Nodding eagerly, Ye Hua readily agreed to Gu Long's request, prompting Gu Long to laugh heartily. He took out a Spatial Ring from his robe and tossed it directly in front of Ye Hua, saying, "This is for you; it contains the technique for refining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy."
"Thank you, Sect Master!"
In a hurry, Ye Hua picked up the Spatial Ring, overwhelmed with excitement. He was just about to find a quiet place to examine the techniques within the Spatial Ring when Gu Long added, "Oh right, you have three days. I will only give you three days to refine the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. After that, you must help me deal with the disciple of Yuxu Palace named Ye Huan."
"Yes! Sect Leader... If there’s nothing else, I will take my leave now."
Fearing that Gu Long might call him back, Ye Hua had learned to be more cautious this time. After confirming with Gu Long, he left the room at the nod of approval. Little did he know that shortly after he left, Gu Long sat in the only chair in the room with a grim expression, coldly watching the direction Ye Hua had departed. After a long silence, he finally spoke in a chilling tone, "You people from the demonic path have actually set your sights on Yuxu Palace. Well then, since we are about to become enemies with Yuxu Palace, it would be better to let you dogs bite each other."
The demonic path...
No one could hear what Gu Long was saying at that moment, but if there had been another person present, they would have been shocked. In recent years, the Eastern State's Righteous Path and the demonic path had kept their distance from each other. The sudden emergence of a demonic disciple within the Heavenly Dragon Sect signified something significant.
Rubbing his aching forehead, Gu Long stopped considering Ye Hua for now. After all, as long as Ye Hua remained near the Eastern State's West Coast, finding him wouldn’t be too difficult given Gu Long's strength. What truly worried him was that Ye Huan mentioned by Beitang Mo...
Meanwhile, completely unaware that he had been marked as a target by the leader of Heavenly Dragon Sect, Ye Huan had exhausted a great deal of Divine Sense and stamina after fighting all night and found a quiet place to fall asleep. Just as he was sleeping soundly, a figure slowly approached him and loudly called out his name: "Ye Huan!!!"
"Who!"
With a startled leap from the ground like a fish out of water, Ye Huan recalled that to prevent disturbances while sleeping, he had specifically chosen a cave near Yuxu Palace's outskirts and set up several warning mechanisms around it. However, he never expected those mechanisms would prove useless as someone easily approached him.
"It’s me, Bai Yulin. Don’t be so alarmed..."
Seeing Ye Huan jump up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on startled Bai Yulin instead. He hurriedly revealed his identity, causing Ye Huan to widen his eyes in surprise as he recognized Bai Yulin.
Returning to sit on the cold ground, although Ye Huan was curious about how Bai Yulin found this place, he didn’t voice his doubts but instead asked him directly, "What do you want?"
"I'm looking for the bastard who burned down the village outside Yuxu Palace, not for you. I just happened to come over after catching your scent."
Bai Yulin rolled his eyes at Ye Huan, pointing to his own nose as he spoke, indicating that it was his keen sense of smell that led him here. As for the bastard who burned down the village, Ye Huan suddenly recalled the smoke bombs he had left behind in various villages last night.
'Could it be that my smoke bombs made the disciples of Yuxu Palace mistakenly think the village was on fire?'
A ridiculous thought flashed through his mind, but Ye Huan wasn't wrong. Last night, the thick smoke rising from the villages was visible even from where Yuxu Palace was located. How could the disciples of Yuxu Palace, who had never seen such arms as smoke bombs, think otherwise?
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Ye Huan decided not to say anything more to Bai Yulin. Instead, he lay back down, planning to let the disciples of Yuxu Palace figure it out themselves. He believed that once they personally checked those villages, the misunderstanding would naturally be resolved.
Noticing that Ye Huan seemed unconcerned about what he had said, Bai Yulin vaguely connected Ye Huan's departure from Yuxu Palace with this incident and realized it must have some relation to him. He chose not to pursue the topic further and instead asked Ye Huan, "So, where do you plan to go next?"
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