Investment Return System, Start by taking Demon Empress as a Disciple - Chapter 173: Glimpses of Ephemeral Splendor

Li Yourong was enthusiastic and soon filled her own spirit beast bag full of demonic beasts.

“Sister, can I use Yours?” Li Yourong, who hadn’t had enough fun, looked at her Senior Sister with eager eyes and asked softly.

“Go ahead.”

Leng Yanran wasn’t very interested in this matter, so she simply handed over her spirit beast bag to Yourong. She even helped her carry the one that was already full.

“Thank you, Senior Sister!”

After receiving the spirit beast bag, Li Yourong continued to capture various demonic beasts in the mountains that looked particularly tasty.

“Hmm? Why is this demonic beast sneakily observing me? Catch it, catch it!”

Li Yourong noticed a demonic beast secretly watching her, and in an instant, she teleported forward and captured it in her spirit beast bag.

Upon hearing this, several other hidden demonic beasts quickly withdrew their gaze, not daring to look at her.

“How dare you demonic beasts not even spare me a glance, not putting me in your eyes!? Capture them, capture them all!”

Holding her spirit beast bag, Li Yourong looked like a rascal. Apart from the ones that didn’t look appetizing to her, the rest had no chance of escaping her grasp. And those captured demonic beasts were feeling utterly wronged.

To look and be captured, or not to look and be captured? What were they supposed to do!?

“You guys can move around freely for now. Your Master will explore deeper,” Chen Daoxuan rubbed his chin. He wasn’t particularly interested in this activity of capturing low-level demonic beasts, so he decided to investigate the depths of the Illusory Void Mountain.

Naturally, no one had any objections to his decision. Leng Yanran and Yu Youwei stayed behind to accompany Yourong in capturing demonic beasts.

Chen Daoxuan walked forward with his hands behind his back, seemingly taking a leisurely stroll. Although it looked like he was just walking, each step covered a distance of a hundred miles. His figure disappeared from the sight of everyone.

After a while, he began to see some Divinity Separation Realm demonic kings who had already achieved human forms. Going deeper, traces of Void Refining Realm monsters appeared, but these didn’t pique his interest.

Although killing a Void Refining Realm monster would earn him hundreds of thousands of system points as a reward, he, who was now financially well off, wasn’t keen on needlessly slaughtering these demonic beasts. After all, it took much longer for a demonic beast to cultivate to the Void Refining Realm compared to a human. Without any grievances, he didn’t want to randomly kill them.

After a while, Chen Daoxuan arrived outside a cave. Although he didn’t release his divine sense to investigate, he could sense the presence of a formidable monster inside.

“This must be the leader of the Illusory Void Mountain demonic beast clan that lives here, right?”

Chen Daoxuan halted and observed the cave for a moment before walking directly inside. As he entered, the several Divinity Separation Realm demons hiding outside the cave were filled with worry.

“We’re done for, done for. It’s that presence from the pavilion! Why did this presence suddenly come looking for Master Ao today?”

“I wonder if it’s a blessing or a curse…”

Originally, they were the demonic kings guarding outside the cave, but upon sensing Chen Daoxuan’s aura, they didn’t dare make a sound. They all shrank back into the darkness. After all, the presence from the pavilion had long been revered like a deity throughout the Illusory Void Mountain.

Over the past month alone, the Heavenly Tribulation had struck twenty times, as regular as clockwork. Even if they came out, they wouldn’t be able to stop it. They might even incur trouble by annoying this terrifying presence, so the several demonic kings had no choice but to continue hiding in the shadows and watch how things unfolded.

As Chen Daoxuan ventured deeper into the cave, he found it quite luxurious. The ground was paved with top-grade spirit stones, and the walls were adorned with various spirit herbs as if they were decorations.

“Tsk, quite stylish…”

Chen Daoxuan couldn’t help but marvel. The leader of the Illusory Void Mountain demonic clan was living quite extravagantly. Even the floor tiles were made of top-grade spirit stones, which would require at least two or three hundred thousand of them. If he were to exchange them for system points, it would still be a considerable income!

At the same time, in the deepest part of the cave, Ao Lan was surrounded by a pile of precious materials, her body bare. Her smooth skin and voluptuous figure glistened under the light of treasures. She seemed to be greatly enjoying being enveloped by these valuable treasures.

As a member of the dragon race, she was naturally attached to and fond of these precious materials. Meanwhile, Chen Daoxuan, who had covered his and his disciples’ auras earlier, had approached the deepest part of the cave without her sensing his arrival.

“Sigh, I wonder when this Heavenly Tribulation will end. Once daily, it’s impossible to break through to the next realm during this trial period. My Dao Heart is becoming unstable due to this constant barrage. If it continues like this… should I leave the mountain for a while?

“But after leaving the mountain, it won’t be as comfortable as staying in this cave. If I were to move all the treasures out of the cave, it would be such a hassle… sigh…”

Ao Lan curled up in the treasure heap, her voice weak and lifeless as she sighed.

As long as the Heavenly Tribulation continued on the mountain, she would find it difficult to break through to a higher realm and reach the Tribulation Crossing Realm. However, if she left the mountain, she would be reluctant to abandon the perfect cave she had spent years constructing.

Just as she was feeling despondent, a silent figure had already entered the vast space of the cave’s deepest part. Chen Daoxuan gazed at the graceful figure lying amidst the treasure

This scene feels a bit irregular…

“Cough, cough.”

Seeing that the figure amidst the treasure pile hadn’t noticed his presence for a while, Chen Daoxuan cleared his throat.

“Ah!?”

Sure enough, upon hearing the noise, Ao Lan screamed in surprise. Without time to put on clothes, she transformed directly into her true dragon form!

She couldn’t comprehend how a man suddenly appeared in her cave. Were the several guards outside dead? Moreover, the other party managed to enter without making a single sound, catching her entirely off guard!

Startled and angered, Ao Lan transformed into her dragon form. Even before she could take a look at the intruder’s face, she unleashed a burst of dragon flames toward the entrance!

“Uh, calm down. In fact, this Pavilion Master didn’t see much, just saw a tiny bit. If it’s really not possible, should I compensate you with some money?”

Chen Daoxuan felt a headache coming on. Not because of the dragon flames, but because he hadn’t anticipated encountering such a provocative scene.

As he spoke, he casually waved his hand, dispersing the dragon flames that were filling the air.

However, these words, upon reaching Ao Lan’s ears, further infuriated her. What did he mean by ‘not possible, should I compensate you’? She was a noble dragon, and he was suggesting her body could be appeased with money!?

No, this wasn’t about money at all!