639: There's no way my grandfather was a baby-stealing human trafficker.

"Alright then."

Seeing Gu Qing's resolute attitude, Luo Li didn't waste any words. She quickly picked five Saint Origin Dao Fruits, placed them in a jade box, and sealed them to prevent their medicinal properties from dissipating.

Immediately, Luo Li's Divine Thought penetrated underground. The Innate Spiritual Crystals were embedded in soil as hard as divine iron; even an Immortal King would find it difficult to dig them out.

However, under a Saint's Divine Thought, the soil was like tofu. With a single thought, she collected three hundred billion Innate Spiritual Crystals.

She took two hundred billion for herself and put the remaining one hundred billion into a storage ring, placing it in Gu Qing's palm.

Gu Qing immediately put it on his hand, and also transferred the one hundred billion Innate Spiritual Crystals from his Boundless Space into it.

Only then did he use a Divine Ability to move the entire Saint Origin Tree into his Boundless Space.

"Senior Brother, Long Chen escaped. Do you have a way to find him?" Luo Li asked.

Just now, Long Chen broke free from the illusion and fled without hesitation.

It was too late for her to pursue him.

"I remember his Aura. If we were outside, I could sense him, but the Calamity Qi covering Myriad Tribulation Valley isolates everything, so I can't sense him at all." Gu Qing shook his head slightly.

Long Chen was indeed the protagonist of destiny. Even with insufficient strength, with the help of the power of heaven and earth, he could still break through illusions and escape from a desperate situation.

"It seems we can only kill him after we get out." Luo Li was a bit annoyed, having let Long Chen slip away inadvertently.

If she had known this, she would have crippled Long Chen first.

But now, it was too late to say anything.

Luo Li's gaze turned to Xu Ying and the other two, her eyes gradually chilling. "They all have Innate Dao Artifacts refined from top-grade Innate materials. Does Senior Brother want them?"

"That's your Senior Brother. Are you willing to kill him?" Gu Qing asked in surprise.

Others were one thing, but Xu Ying was Luo Li's sycophant, bringing her countless benefits.

"Heh! I've never considered him a Senior Brother, and he has never been my Senior Brother."

Luo Li retorted seriously, then a look of disgust flashed in her eyes: "His self-righteous deep affection can only move himself."

"But in my eyes, his entanglement is my bother."

Xu Ying had a high status and could help Luo Li with many things. Killing him would be a pity, but at least it would make her feel a little more at ease.

"Let's not, for now."

"The one who adheres to the Dao gains much support, while the one who deviates from it gains little."

"As long as he doesn't pose a threat to you, and as long as he can bring you benefits, keep him. You might need him someday."

Gu Qing pondered for a moment before speaking.

"I know."

Luo Li smiled brightly. Senior Brother truly cared about her and considered everything for her.

"Senior Brother just lost some money, so I was thinking of letting Senior Brother make a windfall. But since Senior Brother doesn't care for their paltry assets, then forget it."

"By the way, when will Senior Brother wear women's clothes and return to Spirit Void Sect with me?"

"With us sisters working together, we'll surely be invincible and reach the Peak of the Great Dao."

When Gu Qing heard the first half of the sentence, he was quite touched, feeling that Luo Li's filial piety was commendable, and he felt relieved.

But when he heard the second half, his face darkened.

Gu Qing pinched the soft flesh of her cheek, lectured her a few times, and then, taking her with him, came before Xu Ying and the other two, waking them from the illusion.

"Hiss~"

"What happened to me?"

"Oh no, Junior Sister, hurry and leave, there's great terror here."

The three reacted differently. Xu Ying's first reaction was to try to pull Luo Li and escape.

It was too terrifying.

Just the sound made him sink into endless sorrow. If they were to meet its true form, they probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single glance from it.

"Boom!"

Luo Li released her Aura, sending them flying, and said coldly: "I have Senior Sister protecting me, so I am safe and sound. You should worry about yourself instead; you're more likely to mess things up than achieve anything."

Hearing this, Xu Ying immediately felt ashamed and embarrassed.

He was an invincible Prodigy of the Origin Continent, renowned and revered by all.

Yet in Luo Li's eyes, he had become a good-for-nothing who messed things up more than achieved them.

Xu Ying wanted to retort, his face flushed red, but he couldn't utter a single word.

After all, the facts were right before them.

If Yu Qing hadn't woken him up, he really would have been eternally lost in the illusion, until his Qi and life force were depleted, and his Dao dissipated.

"Junior Sister Yu Qing, what exactly is going on with the Dao sound here?"

Guo Dongchen quickly cast several layers of shields on himself and looked at Gu Qing, asking.

"A Heavenly Dao Realm mighty figure once stayed here, leaving behind Their Dao sound, which even the rules of heaven and earth couldn't erase." Gu Qing said with a calm expression.

"Ah? Who exactly would be so... heartless as to even steal the offspring of a Heavenly God?" Guo Dongchen said, startled.

"What do you think?" Gu Qing's heart stirred, feeling that this matter might be related to Guo Dongchen's grandfather.

After all, the protagonist might not have much ability, but his Luck was Heaven-Defying.

The truth that others sought for countless years, calculating heavenly secrets and searching tirelessly, the protagonist only needed to go out once and meet someone to find the crucial clue.

And Guo Dongchen's grandfather had visited Myriad Tribulation Valley and obtained Myriad Tribulation Mother Gold.

It was highly possible that he was the one who stole the child.

The more Gu Qing thought about it, the more he felt the truth was revealed.

"What does Junior Sister Yu Qing mean?"

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Being stared at by Gu Qing's fervent gaze, Guo Dongchen felt uncomfortable all over.

It made it seem as if he was the one who stole it.

"I suspect your grandfather stole it." Gu Qing said bluntly, her tone certain.

"What?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Guo Dongchen was furious: "Although you saved me, that's no reason to slander my grandfather."

"Brother Guo, calm down. Junior Sister Yu Qing is just guessing." Meng Yonghuai tried to mediate, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Calm down? How can you expect me to calm down?"

Guo Dongchen was enraged: "Every time the Boundless Secret Realm opens, countless mighty figures enter Myriad Tribulation Valley."

"My grandfather entered Myriad Tribulation Valley hundreds of millions of years ago. After such a long time, how could he possibly be the child trafficker who stole the child? You actually slander my grandfather, you are simply too much..."

His grandfather was his god; no one could slander his grandfather.

"Shut up."

"If you don't want to die, then shut up."

Luo Li roared, her Aura erupting. A Divine Phoenix bathed in fire soared across the sky, bringing with it monstrous Divine Might, incinerating everything in its path.

The Immortal-infused Secret Realm instantly turned to ashes.

Guo Dongchen's voice abruptly stopped, as if someone had choked him.

Gu Qing slowly said: "To my knowledge, this mighty figure is the Calamity Divine Beast Itself. Your grandfather obtained Myriad Tribulation Mother Gold, so he is the most likely one to have conveniently stolen the child."

"What?"

The several people were so shocked by this news that their eyeballs almost popped out.

The Calamity Divine Beast actually had offspring?

Didn't they say that the Calamity Divine Beast was neither human, nor spirit, nor object?

How could It have offspring?

"Also, our Auras have all been remembered by It. If It can't find Its child, It will come for us sooner or later." Gu Qing added.

The several people "..."

The several people were drenched in cold sweat.

Meng Yonghuai stammered: "Junior Sister Yu Qing, is this true? Are you sure you're not mistaken? Is It really the Calamity Divine Beast?"

Guo Dongchen also stopped speaking, standing in place with a pale face, trembling.

Although his grandfather was his god, and he had always looked up to his grandfather as a role model, wanting to catch up to his grandfather's footsteps, become like his grandfather, and surpass his grandfather.

But now, it was a matter of life and death.

Being targeted by the Calamity Divine Beast meant certain death, utterly beyond salvation.

No, he still had a chance to be saved.

That was to find the Calamity Divine Beast's child and return the child.