Stumbling into the Emperor's Palace

We are here! Brother Tianxiao, follow me!

Just after landing on the branch of the Divine Tree, Huang Xiaoyao led Mo Tianxiao and Yun Sangyi toward her secret base.

Gazes from the surroundings immediately shot over, surrounding the group.

It is Grandpa Turtle, Grandpa Turtle is back!

And humans?

Why would humans come back together with Elder Feng and the others?

What is the deal with those two humans? Why does Princess Xiaoyao seem so familiar with them?

The gazes of various demonic beasts gathered on the two of them, making them feel completely uncomfortable. Yun Sangyi even hurried two steps forward, practically sticking to Mo Tianxiao's side.

The feeling of being stared at like food instantly made her hairs stand on end, and she dared not look around.

Most of the demonic beasts here did not understand humans very well; they only knew from their family elders that humans were cunning creatures.

Seeing humans daring to come to their base camp for the first time made them incredibly curious, and quite a few demonic beasts also exuded hostility.

Huang Xiaoyao did not care about the surrounding gazes; she just excitedly led Mo Tianxiao and his companion toward her secret base.

Seeing his little sister like this, Feng Jiu's eyelids twitched violently, feeling extremely displeased in his heart.

The old turtle, however, chuckled twice. Let the little ones cause him some trouble. Now that he is here, we call all the shots.

A glint flashed through Feng Jiu's eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. True. He is only in the Void Refinement Realm. It is a good opportunity to let these little ones interact with an outsider human, so they can learn how dangerous humans can be.

Daring to deceive Xiaoyao's feelings, he definitely would not let this kid off easy.

He immediately turned his head to look at Little Tiger and Little Lion beside him, and Feng Jiu said sternly, You should know what to do.

Hearing this, Little Tiger and Little Lion turned pale. They really wanted to refuse this errand, but under the pressure, they still nodded and agreed.

If the various demonic beasts on the Divine Tree learned about that human kid's background, his fate would probably be miserable.

They really did not want to betray Huang Xiaoyao, but they had no choice. They were just two little demonic beasts in the Profound Realm; even if their family elders were also Saint Realm elders, it would not help.

If their family elders found out, they would probably go even further than Elder Feng Jiu and might just personally find that human kid to teach him a lesson.

Feng Jiu took the old turtle and headed to the Heavenly Demonic Phoenix's territory.

Meanwhile, Little Tiger and Little Lion began their mission, spreading the rumor that Huang Xiaoyao was being completely fooled by this human, Mo Tianxiao.

On the other side, Mo Tianxiao and Yun Sangyi were brought by Huang Xiaoyao to her secret realm base.

After twisting and turning on the tree branches and flying for nearly half an hour, they finally reached their destination.

The secret base was a medicinal garden.

A medicinal garden cultivated right on the Divine Tree.

Even before arriving, Mo Tianxiao and Yun Sangyi could smell the mouth-watering scent of natural treasures.

Brother Tianxiao, come in quickly! This is my private treasury.

Huang Xiaoyao cast a few spells, and ripples appeared on the tree branch ahead, which was covered in various mysterious patterns. Then, she stepped in first.

Mo Tianxiao and Yun Sangyi exchanged a glance and followed her in.

Upon entering the inner space, their vision instantly opened up. Under a blue sky was a vast medicinal field. At a glance, this field was even larger than a city in the human world.

The field was planted full of all kinds of natural heavenly treasures. Tender leaves and branches glowed with various colors, and the soil continuously surged with Saint Essence power, nourishing these treasures and allowing them to thrive.

Natural treasures ranging from hundreds of years to thousands of years, and even over ten thousand years old, dazzled the eyes. More importantly, all the treasures, various herbs, and spirit fruits here were premium rarities; ordinary types were nowhere to be seen.

Sweeping a glance across, Mo Tianxiao saw no fewer than ten ten-thousand-year-old treasures alone. The thousands-of-years-old ones were countless, and there were even a few unique world wonders planted separately in special zones.

A single stalk would be enough for a treasure hunter to live off for a lifetime, yet she had an entire massive field of them.

And this was merely Huang Xiaoyao's private medicinal garden.

Yun Sangyi stood frozen on the spot, her mouth wide open, her eyes almost popping out of her head.

Mo Tianxiao was also speechless at this moment. He and Yun Sangyi had looted so many treasures, but combined, they probably would not amount to a single corner of this place.

This truly felt like accidentally stumbling into the treasury of heaven...

If the demon race were willing to cooperate with humans, they would probably be the richest in the world. The wealth of the Floating Cloud Chamber of Commerce was as childish as a kindergarten kid when compared to the demon race.

Um, Xiaoyao, are there many medicinal gardens like this in your demon race?

Mo Tianxiao asked in a low voice.

Huang Xiaoyao showed a thoughtful expression. After a moment of silence, she replied, There should be quite a few. Anyway, Grandpa Tree said he has more Saint Essence than he can use, so he might as well let us cultivate some herbs and spirit fruits.

Hehehe, is that so...

Mo Tianxiao could not find the words to describe this. So much Saint Essence that it could not be used up? Used just to cultivate some herbs?

Was this just some?

Did all the natural treasures in the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains combined add up to as much as what was on this Divine Tree?

As expected of the Divine Tree that had existed since the birth of the plane, it was simply tyrannical in its wealth.

Brother Tianxiao, just take whatever catches your eye. Please do not stand on ceremony with me!

Huang Xiaoyao pushed Mo Tianxiao toward the medicinal field.

Every herb and spirit fruit in the field occupied its own separate area, growing quietly without interfering with each other.

Mo Tianxiao kept swallowing his saliva. A massive amount of resources was waving at him, dazzling his eyes.

If possible, he wanted all of it!

But...

Xiaoyao, these are such precious things, let them keep growing well. If I need anything in the future, I will come ask you for it, how about that?

He was certainly greedy, but that was toward outsiders.

For a Child of Destiny and auspicious beast like Huang Xiaoyao, he would do everything he could to make her one of his own people.

Once they were all on the same side, her things would naturally be his things. It did not matter whether he took them away now; as long as he could come and get them when he needed them, it was fine.

But, Brother Tianxiao finally came to play with me. How can I not give you a gift? Do good human friends not always give each other gifts?

A trace of disappointment appeared on Huang Xiaoyao's small face, thinking that Mo Tianxiao was just finding an excuse to brush her off and did not want to accept her gift.

Did this mean that in Brother Tianxiao's heart, their relationship was not good enough to exchange gifts yet?

... Mo Tianxiao was speechless.

As soon as Huang Xiaoyao said this, Mo Tianxiao felt a bit guilty.

He had actually come to see Xiaoyao without preparing a gift, yet Xiaoyao was letting him pick whatever he wanted from the natural treasures in this medicinal garden.

Many of these were priceless treasures, existences that could not be bought on the outside even if one wanted to.

In an instant, Mo Tianxiao felt the purity and sincerity of the demonic beast, and at the same time, his conscience seemed to twinge with pain.

Xiaoyao, the Seven-Colored Saint Lotus you gave me before is already enough.

Oh right, this trip was a bit rushed, so I did not prepare any gifts. Take this quasi-Saint artifact for self-defense.

Mo Tianxiao flipped his palm, and a miniaturized version of the Xuanhuang Bell hovered above his hand as he passed it to Huang Xiaoyao.