Hao Lie stared at Yun Lintian for a while and asked. "Are you going to share it with me?"
He couldn't understand why Yun Lintian kept saying as if he was certain about the mystery inside the forest. And even if it was truly an inheritance or top treasure, why would Yun Lintian want to give him?
"No matter what it is, it's all useless to me. As for Ning Yue, I have my way of helping her," Yun Lintian replied faintly.
In fact, helping Hao Lie was just a matter of raising a hand for Yun Lintian, but he didn't plan to do anything. After all, he wasn't familiar with Hao Lie, unlike Ning Yue, who saved his life.
Although Hao Lie doubted it, he didn't press this matter further and continued to eat.
"By the way, what kind of currency are people using here?" Yun Lintian asked.
Hao Lie looked at him strangely. "Normally, we need either Profound Stone or Divine Stone for a transaction. A hundred of the best grade Profound Stone equals a single lower grad Divine Stone."
"I see." Yun Lintian nodded slightly.
Hao Lie hesitated slightly and decided to ask. "Could it be you are an ascender from the lower realm?"
Yun Lintian smiled and didn't reply.
"Sorry. I didn't mean it." Hao Lie quickly said. "If that's the case, you should hide your identity well."
"Why?" Yun Lintian asked. Although Hongyue had told him about this before, he still wanted to hear it more from a native like Hao Lie.
Hao Lie's expression became deadly serious as he explained. "Most people here overly take pride in anything. They always believe they are a higher existence than those from the lower realm."
"In the past, I saw ascenders from the lower realm got killed for no reason, and many of them were enslaved and sold like a commodity."
He looked at Yun Lintian and said solemnly. "In short, you cannot expose your identity no matter what. Otherwise, you will be haunted by endless trouble."
A cold glint flashed through Yun Lintian's eyes upon hearing this. He hated this kind of thing as he always believed everyone had one life equally.
He asked. "You are not like them?"
Hao Lie shook his head and said. "It's because I am also someone at the bottom of the food chain. I never consider anyone better or inferior to me. Whether you are rich or poor, everyone is human. There's nothing different."
A trace of appreciation appeared in Yun Lintian's eyes. "You're right. Everyone has one life."
Hao Lie frowned and said. "However, I still don't truly understand this as well. Many of them are aiming at those ascenders like it's their mission. There's even an organization dedicated to it."
Yun Lintian's brows raised slightly. "An organization?"
Hao Lie nodded heavily. "It's called the Star Hunter Organization. From what I heard, there are many branches all over the Divine Realm. There's one in the capital city."
"Star Hunter Organization…" Yun Lintian noted the name in his heart. He would look into it when he had a chance, as he felt they had other motives behind this.
Hao Lie looked deeply at Yun Lintian and asked. "You're not going to kill me?"
Yun Lintian laughed and said. "It's surely uncomfortable having your secret held by someone, but it doesn't matter much to me. Moreover, I believe you won't tell others about this… Would you?"
Hao Lie was relieved inwardly. He simply bet on Yun Lintian's character previously.
He said seriously. "Your secret will rot in my stomach. Anyway, I gain nothing from this. Furthermore, my secret is also in your hand. As long as you tell the Hao Clan my location, it will be a dead end for me."
Yun Lintian smiled faintly. "It seemed your life was indeed difficult in the past."
Hao Lie was clearly fifteen years old this year, but his thinking process was no different from an adult. Obviously, he was forged to be like this by the horrible experience of the past.
Hearing this, Hao Lie clenched the chopsticks tightly as a killing intent emerged in his eyes. "I will definitely avenge my mother."
"You will." Yun Lintian said with a smile.
To him, Hao Lie was no different from those protagonists in the novels he had read. He believed such a person would end up with a fortuitous encounter that changed his fate.
Perhaps meeting Yun Lintian here could be counted as one.
After finishing the meal, Yun Lintian stored everything away and resumed the journey.
While Yun Lintian was aware of the location of the mysterious thing, he wasn't in a hurry to go over. He wanted to use this chance to let Ning Yue and Hao Lie temper themselves.
The number of beasts increased as they got closer to the core of the forest.
Moreover, these profound beasts were clearly in a frenzied state. They would instantly pounce on Yun Lintian and the others once they saw them as if they hadn't eaten anything for years.
Puff!
Yun Lintian cut two tigers in half and frowned slightly. He was extremely familiar with such a situation but didn't find any dark energy inside these beasts. They must be influenced by other things.
Thinking of this, Yun Lintian didn't waste time further. He waved his hand, carrying Ning Yue and Hao Lie and rushing to the forest's heart directly.
Soon, Yun Lintian's group arrived at a relatively open space with powerful isolating and protecting barriers at the center. Countless profound beasts could be seen surrounding that area as if they were watching this place.
"Roar!"
Upon noticing Yun Lintian's group, all the two-hundred-odd profound beasts let out deafening roars before rushing toward them.
This scene immediately made the legs of Ning Yue and Hao Lie go weak.
"Stand behind me." Yun Lintian said and pointed two fingers at the incoming profound beasts.
Instantly, his aura surged, and countless golden swords appeared behind him before shooting toward the profound beast horde.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Each blade immediately killed the profound beast like a hot knife cutting through butter.
At the same time, Yun Lintian stomped his right foot on the ground, and several earth pikes emerged from the ground, piercing into the incoming profound beasts.
In a span of ten seconds, all the profound beasts were dead, leaving a bloody stench behind.
Yun Lintian was about to speak when the blood was suddenly pulled into the barrier as if something was sucking it away…
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