"I'm not going to take your stuff!"

The Supreme Long Huang flew into a rage upon seeing Jiang Chen's reaction and said angrily, "You ungrateful kid, you'd rather give spiritual wine to all the major families than share any with me. I thought we were close!"

Jiang Chen smirked and looked askance at the Supreme Long Huang, "Oh, please! Do you think your Yanhuang Group is short on cultivation resources? That massive sweep a hundred years ago almost emptied the Martial Dao World, just to train a few of you powerhouses? Do you expect me to believe that?"

Supreme Hu Sha's expression changed as he looked at Jiang Chen with astonishment.

Supreme Long Huang opened his mouth, gave a bitter smile, and shook his head helplessly, "What goes on in that brain of yours? How do you even come up with this stuff?"

"A smart brain!"

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows and waved his hand dismissively, "I don't care if you're secretly building an army. But if you're just hoarding resources without using them, I have to warn you."

Adopting a contemptuous expression, Jiang Chen said righteously, "If you're still sitting on resources and letting them rot at a time like this, you're crazy! Whether we can defeat the three major organizations is still uncertain, yet you're worried about stockpiling supplies. That's a whole new level of selfishness!"

"Who's crazy? Who's selfish? Do we seem so pathetic in your eyes?" Supreme Long Huang barked out angrily.

Jiang Chen said knowingly, "So, you're secretly building an army then?"

"You, you punk, you're tricking me!" Supreme Long Huang realized, his eyes widening!

Jiang Chen looked at Supreme Long Huang doubtfully and tentatively asked, "You aren't really planning to swipe my spiritual wine, are you?"

"You... you punk, did you do all this just to confirm that?!" Supreme Long Huang was almost choked with anger, roaring loudly, "Do you think I have no class at all?"

"Given the current situation, who knows!" Jiang Chen said, full of doubt.

"You, you, you... you're driving me mad!"

Fuming, the Supreme Long Huang growled out the reason, "It's because I believe that spiritual wine might be something from the Era of Martial Decline, and if something like that has appeared, that era might be dawning soon. Do you understand?"

"Nope! I don't even know what that era means!" Jiang Chen shrugged.

Supreme Long Huang was momentarily stunned, then suddenly remembered that indeed, this had never been explained to Jiang Chen.

After hesitating for a while, Supreme Long Huang gently shook his head, "I can't tell you. With your current strength, it wouldn't do any good to know, and would only give you unnecessary pressure. Just take me there, I promise not to take your spiritual wine!"

"Alright, I didn't get anything out of you!" Jiang Chen spread his hands helplessly.

"You punk, you were still trying to trick me? You, you, you..." Supreme Long Huang was so angry he could hardly speak!

*Pfft!*

"Haha!"

"Haha..."

Elder Qing and the others couldn't help but burst into laughter.

When Jiang Chen first expressed his suspicion that Supreme Long Huang wanted his spiritual wine, Elder Qing and the others knew Jiang Chen was setting a trap. By the second time, even Supreme Hu Sha had figured it out, but Supreme Long Huang, caught up in the situation, hadn't realized it and let Jiang Chen lead him by the nose!

"Alright, if you're dumb, who can you blame?"

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow and waved a hand, "No rush on this, let's take a break today. Tomorrow, I'll have Xuan Long take us there."

With those words, Jiang Chen got up and went upstairs to find Ling'er. He was still a bit worried about the young girl's psychological state, leaving Supreme Long Huang stewing in his own frustration!

...

The Flame Dragon's East Sea region.

*Rumble, rumble...*

A helicopter hovered over a tiny island with a three-meter diameter in the outer waters of the East Sea.

Around the island were three fishing boats, each manned by two men dressed as fishermen.

Noticing the helicopter overhead, the six men raised their heads, casting a wary glance at the aircraft.

"This is the place!"

Inside the cabin, Xuan Long pointed toward the small island, speaking softly.

"I didn't expect it to be within my Flame Dragon's territorial waters!" Supreme Long Huang said with some surprise.

This was where Xuan Long had discovered the spiritual wine, and the three fishing boats below were manned by guards sent by the Dragon Flame Mercenary Group.

There were five people in the cabin: Jiang Chen, Yan Hu, Ying Zi, Supreme Long Huang, and Xuan Long. The helicopter was piloted by Spirit You and Elder Qing!

Originally, both Elder Bai and Elder Hei were supposed to join, but Elder Bai received a call and left in a hurry, with Elder Hei following him!

Glancing down through the window, Jiang Chen remarked in amazement, "An Long and An Hu personally leading An Feng, Dark Thunder, Dark Rain, and An Dian here to guard?"

"They started guarding this place last month. Someone accidentally stumbled upon this location last month, and we had to deceive them into leaving. The spiritual wine is too valuable; we can't afford to drop our guard for a second!" Xuan Long explained quietly.

Jiang Chen nodded lightly, "Alright, it's in the sea, right?"

"Yes!" Xuan Long nodded lightly with a smile.

"Let's go!" Jiang Chen called out, reaching for the cabin door.

*Click!*

The cabin door opened, and the eyes of the six guards below, led by An Long, flashed coldly as they sent out a subtle aura probing the helicopter.

Subsequently, the six exhaled in relief, retracting their auras and resuming their fishing charade.

"This bunch is cautious indeed." Jiang Chen chuckled softly, not bothering to greet An Long and the others, instead leaping downwards into the sea.

*Plop, plop, plop!*

A series of light splashes followed as the five of them jumped into the water.

*Rumble, rumble...*

The helicopter flew off in one direction, then began circling in a thousand-meter radius around the island.

Underwater.

Following Xuan Long's guidance, Jiang Chen and his companions dove along the rocky walls.

*Buzz, buzz!*

Once they had reached nearly three thousand meters deep, a faint light glimmered.

Xuan Long pointed to the source of the light, transmitting as he spoke to everyone, "That's it, we've placed a Luminous Pearl there."

Sound transmission is something that the Venerable Realm can achieve using Soul Power, but generally, martial artists won't resort to it unless necessary, as it consumes quite a bit of Soul Power. Venerables enhance their Soul Power to drive the improvement of their Inner Qi, similar to the cultivation technique Ying Zi practices, so no one casually wastes Soul Power!

Receiving the sound transmission, Jiang Chen and the others quickly sped downward, soon reaching the light source.

Instead of a mere three-meter wide stone pillar, they were now facing an endless stretch of underwater mountain wall. Above the sea, it would align with the midsection of an unbroken mountain range!

The Luminous Pearl, as Xuan Long mentioned, was set in the center of a recessed rock wall. Below it, the recess widened as the gap expanded downward, eventually reaching a width sufficient for two adults to walk side by side when it no longer extended downward as a gap.

Xuan Long pointed to the crevice and stepped inside, with Jiang Chen and the others following suit.

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