Chapter 3036

Black Emperor added, "You two should cultivate diligently. Strive to break through your bottlenecks and ascend back to the Immortal Realm as soon as possible."

"Godfather, are you leaving now?" Yan Xiwan asked.

Black Emperor nodded slightly. "Naturally, I am returning. Although the plane of the Cultivation World is robust, if I visit too often, I might crush it. Then your father-in-law would hold me accountable."

Ouyang Tianyun, standing nearby, said, "Godfather, surely my adoptive father knows you are here."

"Of course. I came to handle this matter because I was discussing things with your adoptive father when I received your communication." Black Emperor explained.

"Since my adoptive father knows and agreed to your presence, he clearly doesn't take the Cultivation World too seriously. If you destroy one, he can simply create another. It saves the trouble of those evil cultivators causing chaos from time to time, especially since the Heavenly Dao fails to manage them properly," Ouyang Tianyun stated directly.

The Heavenly Dao felt deeply wronged. Hearing this, it rumbled gloomily twice.

"Still not convinced?" Ouyang Tianyun let out a cold, mocking laugh.

The Heavenly Dao instantly vanished. Forget it, it thought. No point arguing with someone who has such powerful backing. I’d only be the one to suffer.

Yan Xiwan, watching from the side, nearly burst into laughter but held it back. She merely waved slightly at Black Emperor. "Then goodbye, Godfather. We won’t see you off."

"No need to see me off. Cultivate well and strive to ascend early. Godfather and Godmother will celebrate with you then," Black Emperor said seriously.

"Okay," Yan Xiwan nodded directly. "I will work hard at my cultivation."

Ouyang Tianyun also added, "Rest assured, Godfather. I will supervise her."

"Do not bully her, understand?" Black Emperor said, and then departed.

Seeing this, Ouyang Tianyun slowly remarked, "Whether I bully her or not depends on the timing. Godfather, you’ve been through it yourself. Why say such things to me?"

Yan Xiwan was speechless at Ouyang Tianyun’s subtle innuendo. She simply pretended not to hear it.

Ouyang Tianyun hadn’t intended for Black Emperor to hear it anyway; it was merely an expression of his attitude. Seeing Yan Xiwan glare at him, he found his wife particularly cute.

Yan Xiwan didn’t want to watch Ouyang Tianyun’s eccentric behavior any longer. She said, "Since Godfather has resolved the issue of evil cultivators in the Cultivation World, can we go do something else?"

"Yes, let’s go through some trials," Ouyang Tianyun agreed without hesitation.

Black Emperor’s intervention was ideal, but because she handled it, Yan Xiwan missed the opportunity to gain experience from the evil cultivators. Therefore, they needed to find another way for her to train.

Yan Xiwan had no objections. "Then let’s stroll around Four Seasons City first." She sighed, "It’s such a pity. There used to be the Delicious Tower. Now, I fear even that is gone."

Pan Hongmei agreed, "Although we knew the food at Delicious Tower was poisoned, without it, if we want to eat good things, we must cook them ourselves."

"Exactly," Yan Xiwan sighed.

Ouyang Tianyun said helplessly, "Alright. No need for those speechless expressions. You just want to eat what we two make, don’t you?"

"Husband, you’re amazing. You saw right through it. So, will you make it?" Yan Xiwan asked Ouyang Tianyun.

Ouyang Tianyun smiled lightly. "I will. If my wife wants to eat it, I must make it."

Seeing this, Yan Xiwan chuckled.

The others laughed along with them.

Since Ouyang Tianyun had promised to cook for Yan Xiwan, she naturally went straight into the kitchen and prepared her favorite sweet and sour fish.

She also made several other dishes, totaling four dishes and one soup. Although not a large feast, it was enough for them to taste and enjoy a meal.

With the evil cultivators gone, their days seemed to settle into peace. They decided to take a walk. After strolling through Four Seasons City, they would depart for the next city.

No sooner had they left Four Seasons City than they saw someone driving another person away.

"Go, go! What 'Spirit Mine Prince' are you? You can’t even distinguish waste ore from good ore."

"That’s right. The Gentleman Sect is gone now. The Spirit Mine Prince has become a Beggar Prince."

Yan Xiwan and Ouyang Tianyun exchanged a glance and walked over. Ouyang Tianyun asked a bystander who was watching the commotion, "Friend, what is happening here?"

"What else could it be? The one being driven away is the former Spirit Mine Prince. For some reason, the Gentleman Sect was destroyed overnight. His ability to identify spirit stones was also ruined overnight. So now, he is a useless person."

Ouyang Tianyun looked as if he suddenly understood. "Even if he can’t tell real from fake spirit stones now, since he was once the Spirit Mine Prince, he must have been successful in gambling for stones. He should have plenty of money."

"Friend, hearing you say that, I know you don’t live in Four Seasons City. Although this Spirit Mine Prince isn’t from Four Seasons City, he stays here all year round. Moreover, he kept several women from the Joy Sect for dual cultivation. Naturally, his money ran out." The man looked at the Spirit Mine Prince with disdain in his eyes.

Ouyang Tianyun was slightly stunned. "He actually kept disciples from the Joy Sect? Isn’t that asking for death?"

The disciples of the Joy Sect, while sounding pleasant, practiced a unique technique. This method could increase both parties’ cultivation through dual cultivation. However, this growth was not from orthodox dual cultivation manuals; it had flaws. Since the cultivation increased through mutual stimulation, one usually had to find ways to consolidate it oneself. Furthermore, ordinary people who kept Joy Sect disciples would typically keep only one, unlike this Spirit Mine Prince, who kept several.

"Indeed, he sought his own ruin," Pan Hongmei remarked with emotion.

Yan Xiwan nodded. "Such people bring shame to the Cultivation World." She then looked at the sky. "Do you think the Heavenly Dao knows about these irregular events?"

"How could the Heavenly Dao not know? Nothing in the world can hide from the Heavenly Dao," Ouyang Tianyun said, though he occasionally teased the Heavenly Dao.

"Then why does someone like the Spirit Mine Prince still exist in the Cultivation World?" Yan Xiwan expressed her confusion.

"It is merely cause and effect. This Spirit Mine Prince could exist in the Cultivation World only because he had accumulated karmic merit in the past. Now that he has become a Beggar Prince, it means that merit has been offset. He must now pay for his past actions."

Ouyang Tianyun looked at the Beggar Prince—no, the Spirit Mine Prince—who had been pushed to the ground and was struggling to rise. His eyes were filled with intense hatred and ambition. If given the chance, he would likely seek revenge on everyone.

However, she did not know that from the moment she encountered Yan Xiwan and her group, her fate was sealed. she would never rise again.

Yan Xiwan tilted her head and thought for a moment. "By the way, should we go over and take a look?"