The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Mo Lie looked up at Chu Xiu, who stood in mid-air and watched his master undergo tribulation, his eyes flickering.

This kid can directly refine the holy mist that permeates the outer sea. With such a physique, he is a good candidate to study his master's cultivation techniques.

Mo Lie sighed helplessly. Even if he had more courage, he wouldn't dare to keep the information to himself, nor would he dare to compete with his master for the inheritance.

Thinking of this, Mo Lie immediately chose to send a telepathic message to his master:

“My lord, this child… is a human from the Southern Continent. This old servant abducted him from the Southern Continent to the Eastern Continent…”

"This child has a special physique, capable of directly absorbing and refining the Holy Breath Mist into pure energy for his own use!"

"Six months ago, following the old custom of my Demonic Underworld Sect in accepting new members, this old servant abandoned him on the Misty Sea for a trial."

To this old servant's surprise, he possessed imperial aura, using it to pierce the fog and land safely, arriving as promised... This young man truly has a bright future!

"He also possesses imperial aura?" The young man in the brocade robe was taken aback upon hearing this, and asked, "How much?"

Mo Lie pondered for a moment and said, "The mist has blocked my senses, but there must be more than a dozen layers, otherwise it would not be able to block the erosion of the holy breath."

"More than ten dishes, that's quite a lot... You did very well!"

After saying this, the young man in the brocade robe waved his sleeve, and another wisp of imperial aura flew out from his body and went straight into Mo Lie's forehead. The other old monsters gritted their teeth and were quite envious of this.

Mo Lie was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Although Chu Xiu did not know what Mo Lie said to the young man in brocade robes, he saw Mo Lie beckoning to him and flew towards his location.

"Senior," Chu Xiu said, bowing.

"Young brother, you're too kind!" Mo Lie rubbed his palms together and laughed, "What's with the 'senior'? You are a guest of honor of the Venerable Lord, and therefore a distinguished guest of my Mo Yan Sect!"

After saying that, Mo Lie leaned forward and whispered to Chu Xiu, "Please, young brother... don't mention our past in front of the Lord..."

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, deliberately delaying his words, "This..."

"Ahem!" Mo Lie quickly interrupted Chu Xiu's words, immediately reached out and retrieved the divine soul mark he had previously planted on Chu Xiu, then took out an item from his storage ring and stuffed it into Chu Xiu's arms.

Chu Xiu looked closely and realized it was the Dao Source Fruit!

After fully absorbing the Dao Source Fruit that had been served by successive sect leaders of the Demon Luo Sect, his spiritual realm had already reached the late stage of the Transcendent Realm.

If I refine this Dao Source Fruit again, I might be able to raise my Divine Soul Realm to the Great Perfection of the Transcendent Realm!

At that time, even if my cultivation level is only at the early stage of the Transcendent Realm, I can still use the divine soul power of the Great Perfection of the Transcendent Realm to circulate the imperial qi, and I can fight against even the early stage of the Reincarnation Realm!

Chu Xiu quickly stored the Dao Source Fruit in his hand into his storage space, took two steps back, cupped his hands in greeting to Mo Lie, and smiled:

"This lad has not yet thanked the senior for bringing me... safely... to the Eastern Continent."

"Thank you, senior."

Seeing that Chu Xiu was willing to let the matter rest, Mo Lie immediately breathed a sigh of relief and returned the greeting, saying, "Young brother, you're too kind!"

Seeing Mo Lie whispering furtively to Chu Xiu, one of the other old monsters immediately spoke up and asked:

"Mo Lie, you old bastard, what are you doing? Bribing the Lord's distinguished guest?"

Mo Lie glared angrily and said, "Bullshit! This young man has a past with me, what's wrong with chatting for a bit? It's none of your business!"

The two old monsters started fighting without saying a word, but they didn't use their cultivation. The situation was just like old men fighting at the village entrance.

Seeing this, Chu Xiu dared not lower his guard in the slightest. He knew that these old monsters, especially Mo Lie, were all ruthless killers.

The gap between my cultivation level and theirs is too great; I must proceed with extreme caution.

Just then, a roar came from high above.

Chu Xiu looked over upon hearing the sound and was slightly taken aback.

Unexpectedly, the time it takes for an incense stick to burn has passed, and the young man in brocade robes has already survived the imperial tribulation.

The calamity clouds that had covered the entire sky of the Southern Continent of the Eastern Continent had dissipated, and from beginning to end, apart from Chu Xiu, no one else had entered this place.

The young man in brocade robes disappeared high in the sky and appeared in front of Chu Xiu the next second.

Chu Xiu immediately clasped his hands and said, "Congratulations on safely passing the tribulation, Senior!"

The young man in brocade robes smiled slightly, reached out and pressed down Chu Xiu's clasped hands, saying, "It's just a minor tribulation of reincarnation. If I were to be injured because of it, wouldn't I have lived ten lifetimes in vain?"

"My name is Ye Wujiang, the sect leader of the Demon King Sect. May I ask how you should address me, friend?"

"Chu Xiu".

"Chu Xiu..." Ye Wujiang said, "To be honest, there is something on you that I am very interested in..."

"Of course, I'm not referring to the... imperial aura on you, fellow Daoist."

Chu Xiu was stunned. Looking at Ye Wujiang's slightly narrowed eyes, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Did this old monster sense the imperial aura within me from the very beginning?!

Seeing Chu Xiu's slightly pale face, Ye Wujiang smiled and comforted him:

"Brother Chu, there's no need to worry. I am not the kind of person who would seize by force."

"Even if you possess more than a dozen strands of imperial aura within you, it still cannot surpass the accumulation of my ten lifetimes and ten thousand years!"

A dozen or so?

Chu Xiu turned his head slightly and looked at Mo Lie.

It seems that even though I used my imperial aura to isolate myself from the mist that day, this old monster still noticed.

Perhaps because the mist blocked most of its senses, blurring the scale of its imperial aura, it unexpectedly saved its life.

Chu Xiu took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and looked Ye Wujiang in the eye, saying:

"what do you want?"

Ye Wujiang smiled and said, "What I want is the favor of Heaven that you have received!"

"But I know very well that the so-called favor of Heaven is your unique fortune, which no one else can take away. When you die, your fortune will end."

"Therefore, what I truly desire is simply to keep you by my side until my cultivation reaches the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm and the bottleneck of the Qiankun Realm!"

Bottleneck in the Qiankun Realm?

Chu Xiu asked in confusion, "Didn't you just break through the bottleneck of the Reincarnation Realm? The bottleneck of the Qiankun Realm... how many years would that take? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand?"

Ye Wujiang smiled mysteriously: "It doesn't need to take that long."

"Only... one year is needed!"

“A year? How is that possible?” Chu Xiu frowned.

Ye Wujiang explained, "The cultivation technique I've been studying allows me to directly absorb the gray mist energy permeating the Misty Sea and refine it for my own use!"

This is similar to what Mo Lie told me about your physical abilities.

"The enormous energy required to advance from the early stage of the Reincarnation Realm to the Great Perfection is not a difficult thing for me. What's difficult is the luck at the very last step..."

Ye Wujiang sighed, "I have reincarnated ten times, each time spending tens of thousands of years trying to break through the bottleneck that blocks my path to the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm..."

"Even if I gave it my all, I still couldn't survive the final lightning tribulation of the Qiankun Realm..."

"What I lack is just a sliver of luck to survive!"

"It is only because my Yaksha clan is a clan forsaken by the heavens! The so-called destiny of heaven has never descended upon the Yaksha clan!"

But you gave me hope!

"You merely stood there, yet you were able to influence the established rules of Heaven, causing my Imperial Tribulation to suddenly increase in scale and allowing me to obtain more than ten strands of Imperial Qi from the Heavenly Dao!"

"I have never heard of such a thing in all my years of life!"

Ye Wujiang suddenly grabbed Chu Xiu's hand, his emotions running high, even carrying a hint of pleading:

"Brother Chu!"

"One year, you only need to stay by my side for one year! Bestow upon me the blessings and favors of Heaven upon you!"

"If I successfully advance to the Qiankun Realm in a year, you will be the benefactor of my Demon Yama Sect and even the entire Yaksha Clan!"