273: The resentment of the cultivators from the Treasure Pavilion in the hidden realm of Yanguang Mountain.

Several thousand miles south of Wanbao City.

A mountain hundreds of thousands of feet high pierced the clouds, the entire mountain emitting a faint fluorescence. The mountain was covered with various thousand-foot-tall Spiritual Plants, interspersed with many thousand-foot-sized giant boulders. Endless spiritual runes floated in the air, and the roars of Yao Beasts could occasionally be heard from within the mountain.

This mountain was precisely Yanguang Mountain, one of the Secret Realms controlled by the Treasure Pavilion.

At this time, many spirit boats were slowly flying toward Yanguang Mountain from afar, all belonging to Cultivators from various Families preparing to participate in this Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm exploration.

There were Families from Wanbao City, as well as Cultivators from Families in various surrounding cultivation cities.

“Look, so many Families' spirit boats are flying in. Isn't that the Liu Family?”

“It's said that they are the head of the Four Great Families of Wanbao City.”

“The other three of the Four Great Families of Wanbao City are here too, along with many small Families.”

“How could they not come?”

“The slots to enter Yanguang Mountain are allocated to the Families by the Treasure Pavilion.”

“It would be a waste not to come!”

“Moreover, this Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm is most suitable for Cultivators in the Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation Realms to explore. Cultivators who went before basically harvested a lot of Heaven And Earth Treasures.”

“Sigh, if only I had the qualification to enter the Secret Realm.”

“Wait, which Family does that particularly luxurious spirit boat belong to?”

“Why haven't I seen it before?”

“I remember now, it's the spirit boat carrying Fairy Chu, the daughter of the Treasure Pavilion's Chief Pavilion Master from the Central Region.”

“I was wondering why Fairy Chu would come to the Western Region; it turns out it was to participate in the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm.”

“It's said that Fairy Chu is devastatingly beautiful, but I wonder what she's actually like.”

Many Cultivators were discussing animatedly, some looking at the largest Treasure Pavilion spirit boat with burning gazes.

A moment later, the spirit boat Chu Ningyue was on slowly descended.

Inside the spirit boat.

Chu Ningyue spoke in a soft, warbling voice, telling Su Yun many things about the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm.

Su Yun nodded from time to time as he listened to Chu Ningyue's introduction, gaining a general understanding of Yanguang Mountain.

“Young Master Su, also...”

Chu Ningyue's pink lips parted slightly, wanting to continue, but the spirit boat suddenly came to a halt.

“Young Miss, we have arrived,” Xiaodie said softly.

“Fine, I still have so many things I haven't told Young Master Su!”

Chu Ningyue pouted, speaking with a hint of disappointment.

She had just talked a lot with Su Yun, and their relationship had only just begun to progress, yet they had already reached Yanguang Mountain.

“It's fine,” Su Yun said with a faint smile.

Immediately, he looked out the window. After scanning for a few moments, he found his target. At the end of a queue of Cultivators waiting outside the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm, there was an ordinary-looking Middle-aged man in gray robes.

The Middle-aged man in gray robes had a vigilant expression and did not talk to anyone. He maintained a certain distance from the other Cultivators and was constantly looking around.

“Ning Feng, you're hiding quite deeply!”

Su Yun thought to himself as he looked at the Middle-aged man in gray robes' life script.

An ordinary Cultivator likely wouldn't be able to discover Ning Feng at all.

After all, Ning Feng had likely taken some Face-changing Medicinal Pill or used a Face-changing Spiritual Artifact, so his appearance and aura had changed. Only a Cultivator in the Enlightenment Realm would possibly be able to see through Ning Feng's disguise.

But to him, this layer of disguise was as good as non-existent.

With the life script, no disguise was useful.

At that moment, the spirit boat's doors opened.

“Miss Chu, let us head down.”

Su Yun stood up directly and walked to the spirit boat's doors.

“Alright.”

Chu Ningyue also stood up, with Xiaodie and Zhao Zhi following beside her.

Subsequently, the four of them flew down from the spirit boat.

At this time, many Cultivators from the Treasure Pavilion came forward to greet them.

“Young Miss, I will protect you well in the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm later!”

A young man in white robes said with some excitement.

This white-robed young man was Wu Xingchuan, a younger generation Cultivator of the Treasure Pavilion. He was originally the most likely candidate to become the young pavilion master of the Western Region. After all, he was only a little over a hundred years old and was already a powerhouse at the Nascent Soul Stage Level Eight Realm, a well-known Genius in the Western Region.

But what he hadn't expected was that the position of young pavilion master had been snatched away some time ago by a young brat named Ning Feng who came from who-knows-where.

At that time, he couldn't accept it and asked the Pavilion Master to reconsider, but the Pavilion Master ignored him and insisted that Ning Feng was the young pavilion master.

He originally thought he had no chance of becoming the young pavilion master.

But just today, things took a turn. Ning Feng turned out to be a mole from a rival force of the Treasure Pavilion and had even attacked Miss Chu, resulting in him being directly expelled from the Treasure Pavilion.

So his chance had come. As long as he could please Chu Ningyue, he would have the chance to become the young pavilion master of the Western Region Branch Pavilion.

“No need, I'll just be with Young Master Su.”

Chu Ningyue waved her hand and said casually.

What a joke. With so many people following, how could she further her relationship with Su Yun?

Wu Xingchuan looked at Su Yun with disdain.

He didn't know who Su Yun was because he had only recently returned to Wanbao City.

Moreover, Su Yun looked so young; he likely didn't have much strength.

How could such a person be worthy of being by Chu Ningyue's side?

He immediately said in dissatisfaction:

“Miss Chu, this Young Master Su is all alone and so young, how can he ensure your safety?”

“Furthermore, this Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm is extremely dangerous for Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators. It's better if I protect you.”

“I am at the Nascent Soul Stage Level Eight Realm.”

“Hmph, you think you can compare to Young Master Su?”

Hearing someone speak ill of Su Yun, Chu Ningyue immediately said with some displeasure.

This Wu Xingchuan was a Cultivator of the Treasure Pavilion.

What if Su Yun's impression of the Treasure Pavilion worsened because of this?

“Miss Chu, let's go.”

Su Yun didn't pay any attention to Wu Xingchuan; he merely released a wisp of Divine Sense power.

Immediately, he and Chu Ningyue flew toward the entrance of Yanguang Mountain.

Wu Xingchuan was suddenly struck as if by lightning. His body went limp, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

“What exactly is his cultivation level?”

“How is his Divine Sense so powerful!”

Wu Xingchuan's eyes widened as he spoke in disbelief.

One must know that he was at the Nascent Soul Stage Level Eight Realm, yet he was shaken and injured by a mere wisp of Divine Sense power casually released by Su Yun.

Afterward, he didn't dare to follow them again and could only silently return to the Treasure Pavilion's team.

He also secretly rejoiced that he hadn't made a move just now; otherwise, it wouldn't have been a Divine Sense warning, but likely he would have been killed outright.

“Brother Wu, didn't you plan to go protect Miss Chu?”

“Why are you back already?”

“Yeah, such a great opportunity, why didn't you seize it?”

Other Treasure Pavilion Cultivators asked curiously.

Wu Xingchuan shook his head helplessly and said with resignation:

“The strength of the Young Master beside Miss Chu is unfathomable. He doesn't need me to protect her at all.”

The surrounding Treasure Pavilion Cultivators initially thought Wu Xingchuan was joking, but seeing his pale face, they slowly began to believe his words.

Soon, Su Yun and Chu Ningyue arrived at the entrance of Yanguang Mountain.

There, they saw it was shrouded by a powerful spiritual light, with many Treasure Pavilion Cultivators guarding the entrance, preparing to check the qualification tokens of the entering Cultivators one by one.