Saying this, he turned to Liu Yunfeng and spoke, "Second Brother, I know you're not happy inside."

"Actually, I understand that your choice, that of Big Brother's and Third Brother's, is correct. As of now, we really can't handle the responsibility of taking down a saint. But indeed, I feel extremely dissatisfied. I think that letting him go like this is really letting him off too lightly!" Liu Yunfeng sighed.

At this moment, Chu Mo suddenly tossed a Shadow Sound Stone to Liu Yunfeng: "Second Brother, take a look at this."

Liu Yunfeng was momentarily startled, not knowing when Chu Mo had gotten a Shadow Sound Stone. After activating it, he immediately burst into laughter. It turned out that the Shadow Sound Stone had recorded the entire scene of Xue Chunqiu bowing his head and admitting his wrongs to them!

"How did you pull this off? He's a saint; how could he not have sensed it?" Liu Yunfeng looked at Chu Mo with a face of pleasant surprise, and the gloominess on his face faded quite a bit.

Chu Mo smiled and said, "Actually, I've recorded the previous events as well. I was just quietly..."

"Third Brother, you're too devious!" Liu Yunfeng's eyebrows danced with a smile as he gave Chu Mo a thumbs-up.

At this time, Zi Dao spoke, "Second Brother, do you feel that letting Xue Chunqiu go makes us seem a little weak?"

"Mhm, although it was the right move, it indeed..." Without pretense, Liu Yunfeng spoke in the presence of his two sworn brothers.

Zi Dao looked at Chu Mo with a smile: "Third Brother, what do you think?"

Chu Mo nodded: "Alright, I'll say it." He looked at Liu Yunfeng, "Second Brother, why did we enter the Dried Leaf Forbidden Zone?"

"Why? To find that senior monkey... Huh? Eh? Um..." To be honest, Liu Yunfeng was not a fool. He was extremely astute; it's just that he hadn't thought of some things momentarily. With just such a prompt from Chu Mo, Liu Yunfeng completely woke up.

"I understand now, I understand... Hahaha, you two guys are too ruthless; isn't this still thoroughly setting him up?" Liu Yunfeng was so excited he nearly jumped up, but Chu Mo grabbed him in time.

"Second Brother, be careful, the deadly zone is right next to us!" Chu Mo reminded.

But Liu Yunfeng said, unconcerned, "What is a deadly zone with brothers by my side?" Then, his face filled with excitement: "We find that Great Saint Monkey, release him, and once he starts making trouble again, people will surely connect this matter with that old thief of the Xue Family. Hahaha. Because lately, he's the only saint to have entered the Trial Field!"

Chu Mo nodded: "That's just one aspect. This matter will leave him and the Xue Family stressed and unable to explain themselves clearly. The second thing is... they'll have to strive to cover up the incident as being related to us."

Zi Dao nodded: "For them, what we hold in our hands is even more critical. So, Xue Chunqiu will not only have to strive to distance himself, but he will also have to work hard to cover for us! By then, although he knows this matter is almost certainly related to us, he won't be of any use. He dares not speak out."

"Hahahaha!" Liu Yunfeng couldn't help but burst into uncontrollable laughter. The feeling was just too exhilarating.

Zi Dao looked deep into Chu Mo's eyes: "The key is Third Brother; this guy is too crafty. From the start when he lured Xue Chunqiu into that terrifying deadly zone, he probably had already thought of these steps."

"Really? Third Brother, was that really what you were thinking?" Liu Yunfeng looked at Chu Mo in disbelief.

All three of them had been together all this time, always escaping with Chu Mo leading them. There had been no exchange amongst them. Yet, while being pursued by a saint, to have the devising capacity to layout such a terrifying scheme. Such mental acuity, such depth of character... it was truly frightening.

Chu Mo smiled a bit sheepishly, "Second Brother, don't listen to Big Brother's nonsense. Am I that impressive? I'm not a god. Wasn't it because things just got to that point?"

"Really?" Liu Yunfeng obviously didn't believe it. Seeing Zi Dao's dismissive smirk, he felt even more incredulous. Looking at Chu Mo, he then shook his head with a wry smile: "It's good, it's good that we're brothers."

The journey ahead for the trio became much more relaxed. During this time, three unlucky individuals emerged.

Two cultivators from the lower ranks of the Earth List and one from the high ranks of the Man List. Probably carrying the thought of picking up an easy windfall, they challenged Chu Mo.

The result was a direct tragedy. Two of them, the moment they appeared in this space, didn't even have the chance to understand what was happening before they were overwhelmed by the surging toxic miasma. Their cultivation rapidly dissipated. What's tragic is that they were poisoned to death before their cultivation was even fully exhausted.

Another was slightly more fortunate, at least he understood where he was. With the terrifying forces frenziedly wearing away at his cultivation, he only managed to scream out, "Dried Leaf Forbidden Zone!"

And then he fell, perishing on the spot.

Liu Yunfeng and Zi Dao both looked at Chu Mo speechlessly; this battle was won too easily.

Liu Yunfeng said with a wry smile, "Anyone who challenges Third Brother at this stage is simply jinxed for eight generations. If you want to put someone in a spot, it's just too easy, just hide here. Cultivate on the side, and wait for those fools to come and deliver themselves to death."

Zi Dao spoke: "Yeah, even saints who come here have to return in defeat. I'm saying, Third Brother, can you also walk freely through Yellowstone Forbidden Zone and Black Rain Forbidden Zone?"

Chu Mo rolled his eyes: "Wait until the day I become a Supreme."

Now it was the turn of the two brothers to roll their eyes.

Joking aside, Liu Yunfeng and Zi Dao both expressed their joy at Chu Mo's abilities. Because in the future, to trap someone, they need only lead them into the Dried Leaf Forbidden Zone. Guaranteed to wipe out one by one, even a group at once!

The three brothers, laughing and joking, made their unobstructed way deep into the withered Leaf Forbidden Territory. It was unknown if anyone had ever managed to achieve this before, but at least, they had never heard of it.

And along the way, the trio had reaped significant benefits. They had gathered a large number of medicinal herbs and collected plenty of divine metals and rare minerals, many of which were incredibly valuable and exceedingly rare throughout the entire Luotian Cosmos.

As for chances and opportunities, at their level of cultivation, ordinary fortunes could not provide them with an immediate, massive advancement. However, everyone still gained quite a bit. Chu Mo's cultivation realm also made no small progress. His cultivation status had now reached the middle and late stages of supreme.

Zi Dao's realm was even closer to the peak of Quasi-Saint, for him, achieving saintliness still required the right opportunity.

The one who gained the most was Liu Yunfeng. Originally a cultivator who started his path with the blade, under Chu Mo's selfless impartation of insights, he gained the most enlightenment. He has already stepped into the domain of Quasi-Saint. This was a true, transformative, and substantial progression.

In Liu Yunfeng's own words, he should now have the strength to battle with Zhong Sheng, Wu Fei, and Du Chuan.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed. They had delved deep into the heart of the Withered Leaf Forbidden Territory. This was a place almost no one had set foot in.

The reason it took so much time was that even if Chu Mo could avoid the terrifying places and find the perfect Tunnel, his speed definitely couldn't be compared with his usual pace of crossing billions of miles in a single step. Still, the speed at which they passed through this forbidden land was enough to strike fear into anyone.

Zi Dao had with him an exceptionally ancient map, which detailed the exact location where that Great Saint Monkey was imprisoned. Now, they were less than ten billion miles away from that place.

The three brothers stopped as they needed to consider how to speak upon meeting that Great Saint.

"I heard that the Great Saint is hot-tempered and very cruel. A disagreement could lead to a massacre. Countless creatures perished under that Great Saint's cudgel regardless of their kind, gender, or age. The moment they angered it, they would be met with a cudgel strike." Zi Dao spoke softly, "Although that guy is of the Great Saint Realm, in actuality, his battle strength is said to have surpassed the Great Saint Realm. Facing the ancestral realm, he is fearless and dares to engage in battle."

Liu Yunfeng marveled, "That is the pursuit of cultivators like us!"

Zi Dao gave him a glare, "That's not the main point! Focus on what's important!"

Liu Yunfeng shrank his neck, muttering, "I know, I know, we just shouldn't provoke that guy when we get there."

Chu Mo said, "The problem is, we don't know what counts as provoking him."

"The youngest hits the nail on the head. We really don't know what counts as provocation to that guy. So, when the time comes, we'll have to play it by ear. If it really doesn't work out..." Zi Dao pondered.

Chu Mo said, "We would rather turn around and leave."

Liu Yunfeng fell silent for a moment, then nodded. Indeed, that was the case. The trio intended to stir the waters of the Luotian Great Cosmos, to give those Supreme Beings who were already too busy to care about them, something to do. But that Great Saint surely wasn't a fool.

Clever as monkeys — isn't that what they say about monkeys?

If it happens that he discerns their intentions, the first thing he might do after getting free could be to smash his cudgel at them.

That's a Great Saint!

They would not be able to defeat even a Holy Realm cultivator, let alone a Great Saint. Not to mention that this guy was the Great Saint among Great Saints! His battle strength was terrifying to the extreme.

"Alright, it's decided then. We'll see how it goes when the time comes," Liu Yunfeng also nodded.

Afterward, the three of them continued on their journey.

Ten billion miles was a long way to go, but after half a month of continuous travel, they finally arrived at the region.

A massive mountain rose from the ground, soaring high into the clouds, its height immeasurable.

This mountain's base covered an area of at least tens of millions of miles.

Then, within the tens of millions of miles surrounding the mountain, it was unexpectedly quiet.

There were no poisonous miasmas or forces eroding people's cultivation paths.

Utter silence prevailed, and there wasn't even... any spirit energy!

Although the mountain was colossal, the flowers, plants, and trees growing on it were all the most common kind, just like the vegetation Chu Mo encountered in the secular world, with no trace of spirituality.

Zi Dao gazed at the mountain and lamented, "The Sealing Spirit Land indeed exerts dominance!"

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