A group of fully armed soldiers followed behind Bai Feng, and Ao Yuan could sense a powerful aura emanating from them.
Most of them were at the Body Tempering realm, with only a few having reached the Tendon Refinement realm.
As for the Bone Quenching realm, there was only Bai Feng.
It was clear that these soldiers were part of the cultivation team established by Great Xia.
However, what was worth mentioning was that Ao Yuan could see the fervor hidden in the soldiers' eyes as they looked at him.
"It seems the image of our Great Xia totem is truly deeply ingrained in people's hearts," Ao Yuan muttered inwardly, feeling a sense of emotion. Humans were indeed born with Dao bodies.
Less than half a month after the spiritual energy surge, many people had already embarked on the path of cultivation.
And their progress was not weak.
"Your Highness, the Guardian Divine Beast."
Upon seeing Ao Yuan, Bai Feng immediately stepped forward and greeted him, "May we depart now?"
"We may," Ao Yuan nodded calmly.
With Ao Yuan's consent, Bai Feng immediately led Ao Yuan and Dai Xiaomei onto a dedicated helicopter to depart for Shen Province.
Ao Yuan's initial intention was to fly there himself, as a helicopter was too slow for him.
However, after a moment of contemplation, Ao Yuan eventually agreed.
After all, without Bai Feng leading the way, Ao Yuan going alone would be of little use.
Several hours later.
The helicopter had already arrived at the location where the small world was discovered in Shen Province and began to descend slowly.
Even before landing, Ao Yuan saw thousands of soldiers guarding various entrances in a circular formation around the area where the small world was located.
And in the sky above, a thick iron net was erected. Through the faintly visible electric arcs, Ao Yuan could tell that the wire mesh was definitely charged with high voltage electricity!
Looking around further, Ao Yuan was slightly stunned.
He saw that the streets in the surrounding area were filled with Great Xia citizens lining the path.
They were all waiting patiently, looking up expectantly at the slowly descending helicopter.
It was clear they were all awaiting Ao Yuan's arrival.
When the helicopter landed and Ao Yuan and his party disembarked, Dai Xiaomei immediately opened her live stream.
Meanwhile, at the scene.
"Daidaidai, Daidai, Daidai!"
"Hello Daidai!!"
"Daidai, I love you!"
"Like a mouse loves rice."
"Daidai yyds."
"Daidai, come back soon. Without your and Dai Xiaomei's live streams, my meals don't even taste good."
...
The moment Ao Yuan stepped out of the vehicle.
The previously silent Great Xia citizens all roared at the top of their lungs.
Ao Yuan paused his steps, immediately looked up, and walked forward with an arrogant posture.
"Hahahaha!"
"Daidai is too tsundere! I'm done for."
"As soon as you hear the voice, the posture is already set?"
"Hahahaha, I originally wanted to welcome Daidai."
"To prevent him from getting any prouder, I've decided, old woman, old woman."
"Old woman, snuggle up!"
Ao Yuan casually glanced at the live stream. Dai Xiaomei playfully greeted the viewers before quickly catching up to Ao Yuan.
Amidst the welcoming cheers of the surrounding populace, Ao Yuan, Bai Feng, and the rest of the group finally arrived at the entrance to the small world.
In mid-air, a dark rift lay quietly above.
The dense spatial fluctuations made the rift seem to undulate as if it had a life of its own, appearing extremely mystical.
"Your Highness, the Guardian Divine Beast, this is the entrance to this small world."
Beside Ao Yuan, Bai Feng's voice became considerably more serious.
"According to our Great Xia's investigation, the danger level of this small world is rated as 4-star!"
Ao Yuan nodded calmly upon hearing this. He had heard similar things from Bai Feng before.
Previously, all the small worlds discovered by Great Xia were 3-star. This was the first 4-star small world.
"Of course, according to our estimations, the higher the danger level of a small world, the better the rewards will be compared to other small worlds!"
"Enter," Ao Yuan nodded and then said.
To him, a 4-star small world was not something to be trifled with.
With his strength, even if he couldn't conquer it, there was at least no existence within that could pose a fatal threat to him.
As the saying goes, why not go in and take a look?
After all, the more small worlds entered, the richer the experience would be.
This would definitely be useful later on.
Hearing Ao Yuan's words, Bai Feng took a deep breath.
He then immediately directed the soldiers to enter the small world in an orderly fashion.
Ao Yuan, along with Dai Xiaomei, engaged in a simple interaction with the viewers in the live stream.
After some time, when Bai Feng had led all the soldiers into the small world.
Ao Yuan then curled his tail and brought Dai Xiaomei into the small world as well.
Soon!
Their figures appeared within a huge cave.
Looking around, the cave was about ten meters high and equally wide.
The interior was also very spacious, resembling a large tunnel.
Only a few torches were lit around, and through the vast entrance of the cave, Ao Yuan could clearly see that the sky outside was dark.
The land outside was desolate, but there were weeds growing everywhere by the roadside.
And...
For some reason, within this small world, he couldn't sense the spiritual energy contained in the air.
It wasn't that the spiritual energy was meager, but that there was no sensation at all.
How to put it, it was as if this world simply had no spiritual energy.
Strange, a very strange place.
Within the live stream, many viewers watched the scenes inside the small world.
Everyone's eyes widened as they explored their surroundings.
For them, it was their first time entering a small world, so how could they not be curious?
"Strange, Daidai, have you sensed any spiritual energy here?"
At this moment, Dai Xiaomei beside him looked around and asked with some uncertainty.
"This is a world devoid of spiritual energy."
Ao Yuan took a deep breath and said slowly.
"Ah!"
Dai Xiaomei froze, her expression instantly becoming much more frightened.
No spiritual energy, doesn't that mean they would be in great difficulty within this small world?
After all, the source of their cultivation realms was spiritual energy.
"Be careful," Ao Yuan rumbled, and began to explore outwards step by step.
Wait!
Suddenly, Ao Yuan stopped.
*Bang.*
Dai Xiaomei, who had been following closely behind Ao Yuan, bumped into him due to a moment's inattention.
"Ah!"
Dai Xiaomei was startled first, and upon realizing it was Ao Yuan, she immediately asked.
"Daidai, what's wrong?"
"Do you feel like something is missing beside us?"
Ao Yuan slowly turned his head and asked in a deep tone.
"Ah..."
"Miss... something is missing."
Dai Xiaomei's eyes darted around, her small face filled with nervousness.
"Where are Minister Bai and the others?"
Ao Yuan said softly.
As soon as these words were spoken, not only Dai Xiaomei, but even the viewers in the live stream were stunned.
Then, a chill spread through their bodies instantly.
Bai Feng and those soldiers were not a small number.
But where were they now?
Where were their figures in this vast cave?
...