Wan Lei pulled Fang Xiaoyu into his arms, but feigned alarm,
"Benefactress, please get up quickly. Don't lean into this monk's embrace. This monk has pure senses and cannot be tainted by such things."
"Then let me go!"
The more Fang Xiaoyu struggled, the tighter Wan Lei held her.
"Alas, the scriptures say desire is the devil, and beauty is a skeleton. I didn't expect it to be true. The more I push away, the tighter this devil clings to me. How terrifying, how terrifying."
"Wan Lei!!!"
Fang Xiaoyu scrunched her nose into a fierce expression, which made Wan Lei burst into laughter.
"Hmph, you cultivate comfortably here while I exhaust myself helping you with these techniques and divine abilities, and then you bully me! I'll beat you to death!"
"Hahaha, isn't the happiest thing in this world bullying sister Xiaoyu?"
"Of course not. The happiest thing is bullying sister Yaoyao."
Fang Xiaoyu retorted immediately.
"Oh, it seems you've bullied her quite a bit recently?"
"What, are you worried about her?"
Fang Xiaoyu tilted her chin down, looking at Wan Lei, her big eyes narrowed into slits.
"Hahaha, so cute."
Wan Lei rubbed his face against sister Xiaoyu's chest, then stood up and walked towards the table.
"Heartless one, I've been fiddling with these things all this time. How could I have had time to bully her? And you're still thinking about your concubine.
Besides, I can't bully her even if I wanted to. She's already returned to the Sea of Bitterness battlefield."
"What is she doing in the Sea of Bitterness?"
Wan Lei asked, surprised.
"Qi Man Yao is a general at Base Number Sixteen. She already violated regulations by guarding you at the Ghost Emperor's Hall for two months. If she doesn't report back, does she expect to live happily ever after with you?
She's not a member of your Thunder Rain Team. She's a proper military officer who leads troops into battle. She's not your personal plaything."
"The way you put it, it's like I'm some kind of evil bully who harms men and dominates women."
"Aren't you?"
Wan Lei laughed heartily and, with a wave of his hand, swept Fang Xiaoyu's hard-earned results from the table into his own possession.
"Let's go, let's see how our companions are doing."
Suddenly, Wan Lei's spirit slip beeped.
"Heh, the Immortal Venerable is indeed watching me. Just as I finished cultivating, a mission arrived."
Wan Lei smiled and, with Fang Xiaoyu, looked at the content of the spirit slip.
"Thunder Rain Team mission: Lead the First Army Group's Fifth and Sixth Corps of the Immortal Realm Defense Army to Kunxu Realm for rescue.
Kunxu Realm is currently invaded by demons. The demon army numbers a million, led by a lower-tier demon god. The Kunxu Realm's defending general, Feng An, is at the Taiheng realm cultivation base and cannot defeat the enemy. He is currently leading his remnant forces to retreat to Kunxu Realm's capital, Kunyang Star. The situation is extremely urgent!
The Fifth and Sixth Corps will assemble at the Five Elements Hall within half an hour and will immediately depart for Kunxu Realm.
Mission: Annihilate all enemy forces."
"It looks like it's really urgent,"
Fang Xiaoyu said with a frown.
"Immediately summon our people."
Wan Lei picked up the spirit slip and called everyone in his team one by one.
Fortunately, everyone was at the Five Elements Hall at the time and none were in secluded cultivation. In just two minutes, everyone had gathered at Wan Lei's place.
"Is there an urgent mission? Where are we going to kill demons?"
Xia Yubing exclaimed as soon as she arrived.
"Kunxu Realm, have you heard of it?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked bewildered and shook their heads.
Apart from the few people from the Leifeng Realm, the others had not yet traveled to other planes.
At most, they had only wandered around the Immortal Realm, Ghost Realm, and the Sea of Bitterness.
"I just received a mission asking us to go to Kunxu Realm for rescue. The human race there is in a state of retreat and is currently holding a planet defensively. It's estimated that the entire universe has fallen. After the army assembles, we will immediately head to that universe and kill all the demons."
Wan Lei said, looking at everyone.
Wan Qianxin nodded.
"Yes, the most important thing is to ensure the Heart of the Universe is unharmed. If a universe loses its Heart of the Universe, the entire universe will perish rapidly, and all beings within it will die."
Everyone nodded and remained silent, the atmosphere a little heavy.
Wan Lei's gaze swept over everyone and suddenly spotted a figure that shouldn't have been there.
"Ao Lie? Why are you here too?"
Hearing this, Ao Lie, standing next to Fire Phoenix, joked,
"I heard that the Thunder Rain Team is the strongest team in the Five Elements Hall, so I came here admiringly, shamelessly asking Captain Wan if I could join. But from Captain Wan's tone, it seems you don't welcome me."
"No, no, how could we not welcome you? After all, we've fought side by side before. We're overjoyed to have a Boundless Realm expert like you join us."
Wan Lei said quickly.
Fire Phoenix rolled her eyes and directly exposed Ao Lie,
"Tch, it's not that the Dragon Clan couldn't tolerate you anymore, so you came to our team for refuge."
"Tsk, Sister Fire Phoenix, you can't say that. I only escaped the Dragon Clan because of you."
Fire Phoenix pouted and said nothing. It was true that she had asked Ao Lie to steal the Dragon Transformation Pool water, which led to Ao Lie's current predicament.
"Oh? What's going on?"
Wan Lei asked curiously.
Fire Phoenix then explained how Liu Yuxin had been borrowing merit points everywhere to buy Dragon Transformation Pool water. To help Liu Yuxin, she had gone to the Dragon Clan to ask Ao Lie for help. After stealing the Dragon Transformation Pool water, they were pursued by the Dragon Clan and fled to the Immortal Realm.
After hearing the whole story, Wan Lei finally understood.
Liu Yuxin's eyes widened, and then she lowered her head guiltily and said,
"So that's why you've been in the Five Elements Hall recently. It's all because of me.
I'm sorry. I didn't know you fled to the Five Elements Hall to take refuge because you were being hunted by your own kin.
You helped me get the Dragon Transformation Pool water, and even rebelled against your clan because of me. I'm truly too sorry for you. I don't know how to repay you. I will find a way to return the Dragon Transformation Pool water and help you return to your clan..."
"Stop, stop, stop."
Ao Lie smiled and waved his hand,
"It's not a valuable thing, just some pool water. It's not a non-renewable resource. That stuff is produced continuously. If some is taken away, it will recover soon.
In my opinion, this thing should be brought out to benefit the proper plane, allowing more people to have dragon bodies.
It's just that the old stubborn people in the clan have too strong a concept of race, always thinking that the Dragon Transformation Pool water should only be used by the Dragon Clan. Even the annual tribute to the Five Elements Hall is stingy and they are unwilling to give more.
As for my situation, you don't need to worry. The Sacred Land Patriarch Ao Zhan is my own grandfather, and he dotes on me the most. What can he do to me over some pool water? Him chasing me is just for show to the other tribesmen.
After a while, when my grandfather calms down and the clan forgets about this matter, and the dust has settled, I will still be able to return to the Dragon Clan.
I was originally a disciple of the Five Elements Hall, so it's only natural for me to return to the Five Elements Hall now. You don't need to feel guilty. Besides, it's been a long time since I've returned to headquarters for cultivation."