Chapter 153: An Unexpected Guest

In the Sunset Forest, Bai Yuan held Bai Yu in one arm while his other arm was embraced by Wang Qiuer, his eyes gazed reverently toward the horizon at the newly risen blazing sun.

Actually, Bai Yuan was thinking about something right now.

Gu Yue Na possessed strength on par with ordinary Divine Kings; to kill her, if the Divine Realm intervened, at least two Divine Kings would have to be deployed.

If only a few Divine Kings were involved, the current Bai Yuan actually has a countermeasure: using a Five Elements array built on four formation bases to elevate Mu Junwu to the Half-step Divine King level.

In that case, she could easily confront the god‑level Five Great Divine Kings, unless those five bring the Divine Realm here and use its power to forcibly suppress Mu Junwu.

Although an ordinary Divine King's cultivation is only at the early Divine Transformation stage, if the five combine and add Divine Realm power, they can fully reach the Dragon God tier, which is the mid Divine Transformation stage.

Cultivation becomes increasingly difficult and requires leaping levels in later stages, especially since Mu Junwu's own cultivation is still at Foundation Establishment Completion; only because of the Five Elements array's boost did he reach the Half-step God Transformation Stage.

This is like a rootless tree, and under such circumstances, to cross the boundary between Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation and achieve a level‑leap challenge is simply absurd.

"I hope it's only the Divine Realm's Divine Kings that have taken notice, not some other thing that shouldn't appear under normal circumstances," Bai Yuan muttered to himself.

In the cosmology of the Douluo Continent, the apparent highest realm seems to be the Dragon God, but above that lie the Lord of the Divine Star and the Cosmic Enforcer.

It was Lan Xianyu who, upon inheriting the Dragon God throne, comprehended the Heavenly Substitute Enforcement, thereby enabling him to become the Lord of the Divine Star and later the Cosmic Enforcer.

Bai Yuan had also estimated this: the Lord of the Divine Star's strength is roughly equivalent to late Divine Transformation, while the Cosmic Enforcer is at Divine Transformation Completion.

"I hope we don't get some damned Lord of the Divine Star or Cosmic Enforcer," Bai Yuan sighed, then shook his head, casting all distracting thoughts from his mind.

Right now, the priority is still to boost his strength.

He only needs to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, obtain a million Merit Points, then exchange them for the final wood formation base of the Five Elements array, bringing it to Divine Transformation Completion.

By then, even if a Cosmic Enforcer at Divine Transformation Completion appears, Bai Yuan can still elevate Mu Junwu and give him two grand contests.

"Master, what are the Lord of the Divine Star and the Cosmic Enforcer?" Bai Yu rested both hands on his shoulder, her bare feet wrapped in white silk swaying there, occasionally brushing his waist.

Bai Yuan pondered briefly and said, "They are kinds of foes that I cannot currently contend with, so you two stop fooling around and go cultivate for your master."

Bai Yuan's past cultivation, even if higher than his disciple's, was not much higher; after all, three late Foundation Establishment cultivations could not push him to Foundation Establishment Completion.

Now after the Core Formation stage, the gaps between each minor realm are larger; five or six early Core Formation disciples might not even lift him to the mid stage, let alone this group, each of whom is only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Thinking of this, Bai Yuan couldn't help feeling a bit depressed.

After all, he currently lacks the most needed treasure chest, unable to grant Di Tian and Xue Di any techniques; otherwise, if their cultivations were fully transferred, they would be at least in late Core Formation.

That would completely push him to Core Formation Completion.

As for Gu Yue Na, relying on cultivation equivalent to the Half-step God Transformation Stage, she has long gradually transformed, reaching Core Formation level, and even Core Formation Completion.

Even more absurd, Gu Yue Na has already passed the "Nine Origin Manual" and condensed nine distinct attribute Great Dao Golden Cores.

They correspond to the water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, space, creation, and destruction that Gu Yue Na once controlled.

This made Bai Yuan regret to the utmost degree.

He should have taken Gu Yue Na as a disciple from the start!

Then he would now also be at Core Formation Completion.

Bai Yuan could only admit it was a miscalculation.

But now there are no bound slots left.

Otherwise, it would still have been not too late.

"Later, let Na Er not rush to transform his cultivation; let me reach the Nascent Soul stage first, then take him as a disciple," Bai Yuan whispered to himself.

Bai Yu, however, with an innocent face and wide eyes, said, "Master, I also want to cultivate! But first give me the Merit Golden Lotus, Karmic Fire Red Lotus, World‑Ending Black Lotus, Purifying White Lotus, Reincarnation Purple Lotus, and Creation Blue Lotus, and I guarantee a great breakthrough in cultivation."

Bai Yuan's thoughts were pulled back.

He heard it and didn't know how to answer Bai Yu.

He had already seen those six items in the System Shop; they do exist, but the price is a bit outrageous.

One blossom costs 1.2 billion Merit Points.

Buying them all totals 7.2 billion Merit Points.

If she swallows all these items, Bai Yu won't achieve a great cultivation breakthrough nor reach the Tribulation Crossing stage, and Bai Yuan would have to let her know why the flowers are so red.

But fantasies remain fantasies.

Where can Bai Yuan go now to find that many Merit Points?

Bai Yu certainly also knows how precious those items are.

Hence she brought them up to block Bai Yuan's mouth.

"Is there nothing that can substitute them?" Bai Yuan asked.

Bai Yu met Bai Yuan's jet‑black eyes, her gaze flickering; after a moment she said, "There is: we need the Seed of Merit, Seed of Karmic Fire, Seed of World Destruction, Seed of Purifying World, Seed of Reincarnation, and Seed of Creation."

Bai Yuan didn't hesitate; he immediately opened the System Shop and searched for them in the search function.

In no time, the six items appeared before Bai Yuan's eyes, each costing 120,000 Merit Points, totaling 720,000 Merit Points.

Currently, Bai Yuan has 824 million Merit Points, more than enough to purchase them all and still have 100,000 Merit Points left.

This price is worlds apart from the previous items.

"Xiao Yu, are you not wanting to cultivate, and thus deliberately mentioned those items to fool your master?" Bai Yuan's eyes showed a slightly malicious smile as he said.

He had already seen through it; his senior disciple had previously deliberately listed the highest‑grade setup, and now mentions the lowest grade because he truly feels Bai Yuan needs help.

He then decided to acquire the resources and start cultivating seriously.

Bai Yu didn't answer him, leapt straight off Bai Yuan's hand, turned her back to him, bent over and proactively performed the Pi Yue Shu.

"Master, come whenever you wish; stop making so many excuses, the disciple won't mind," Bai Yu said, looking back with lingering eyes at Bai Yuan.

Bai Yuan's expression froze; he realized that now he was completely under Bai Yu's control, and when she acted like this, he had no idea how to respond.

At that moment, the space before Bai Yuan suddenly tore open a three‑to‑four‑meter crack, and a gold‑eyed man stepped out.

But Di Tian, having just emerged, wanted to retreat, because he sensed something slightly off about the situation.

"Di Tian, stop. You came here—what business do you have?" Bai Yuan hurriedly called, halting the newly arrived gold‑eyed man.

Di Tian halted his retreat, stepped out from the spatial crack, and respectfully clasped his fists in a bow, saying, "Master, a human wishes to see you; it seems to be something very important."

(End of chapter)