Liu Yang was planning to return to the village. Before him, Liu Shengtian had already returned from the ruins.
Gu Xiao did not give him the name Liu Shengtian for nothing. This kid had stayed in the ruins for such a long time and had experienced countless life-and-death battles. There were many scars on his body, and even his face had two centipede scars that made one's heart turn cold.
What this kid brought back was even heavier. He carried a beast head that was about the thickness of a bucket and returned to the village. Along the way, everyone who saw him would hide as far away as possible.
Liu Shengtian returned to the village. Although he did not obtain any treasures, it was already impressive that he could escape unscathed from the ruins and even kill a peak Postnatal fierce beast.
After Liu Shengtian paid his respects to the village chief, he went up the mountain and came to Gu Xiao.
"Lord Divine Tree, I failed to bring back the treasure. I did not live up to your expectations."
Gu Xiao was very satisfied with Liu Shengtian at this moment. A few months ago, Liu Shengtian was still a young man from the countryside who stuttered and was a little shy.
A few months later, this kid's murderous aura was so dense that it was suffocating. He had completely turned into a warrior!
If Bai Mingxuan was a genius who could turn a female cultivation technique into a male cultivation technique, and Liu Yang was a genius with great talent, then Liu Shengtian was a genius who was born to fight.
"It's already very good. There's no need to be obsessed with that treasure. It's good as long as you can return safely."
Liu Shengtian nodded gratefully. Then, he took off a bag from his body and opened it. Inside were piles of storage rings.
"Lord Divine Tree, these are the storage rings of the people I killed in the ruins. I haven't checked the items inside. I want to offer them all to Lord Divine Tree!"
Gu Xiao was really touched. Not only was Liu Shengtian a natural warrior, but the first thing he wanted to do after obtaining the spoils of war was to come back and show filial piety to an old willow tree like him. He was really a good child.
"Leave some rings for yourself. The cultivation techniques and medicinal pills in the sect will be very helpful to your cultivation level."
Under Gu Xiao's request, Liu Shengtian picked five storage rings. Then, this kid took out a bag from his body and took out the bird egg.
This bird egg looked very strange. It was clearly different from ordinary bird eggs. It was much bigger, and there was something like scales on it. The scales reflected the seven colors under the sunlight and were very beautiful.
Liu Shengtian said, "There should be a very powerful demon beast raised in this bird egg. I'll offer this demon beast egg to Lord Divine Tree."
Gu Xiao didn't know what kind of egg it was, but just by looking at the eggshell, she knew that it wasn't ordinary.
This was how the world worked. Good things were superficial and could be seen at a glance.
Gu Xiao looked at the items in these storage rings. Among them was a Dragon Blood Sapling and a Spiritual Observation Inkstone. Other than these two items, Ling Shengtian had also left behind a lot of spirit stones.
The remaining things were not very useful to Gu Xiao. Even if they were useful, they could only be used after he had reached Level 100 and cultivated into a human form. Instead of not knowing, he might as well let Liu Shengtian bring them back for his cultivation. He would also give some to Ling Yao and distribute the rest to the villagers.
This was especially true for things like spirit stones. Spirit stones contained deep spiritual qi. Most of the time, these things could be used to absorb spiritual qi to help increase one's realm. Although they could not break through the bottleneck, it was better to cultivate as much as possible without any obstruction.
After another period of peace and stability, Liu Shengtian had completely consolidated his initial-stage Connate realm and had even broken through to the middle-stage Connate Realm.
Gu Xiao could tell that Liu Shengtian's breakthrough this time was mainly because of his combat experience in the ruins. For someone like him, the more combat experience he had, the faster he would break through. Therefore, he still had to travel. Staying in the village all the time was useless.
Thus, Gu Xiao asked Liu Shengtian to leave the village and travel. The first stop was naturally Bai Mingxuan and Liu Yang's Divine Martial Sect, who had already laid the foundation.
Liu Shengtian was also someone who could not stay still. After leaving the Divine Tree Village, he quickly arrived. Under the recommendation of Bai Mingxuan and Liu Yang, Liu Shengtian's small show of strength also shocked the entire Divine Martial Sect. Naturally, he stayed in the Divine Martial Sect very easily.
The Divine Martial Sect was also very curious. Why had they never heard of this Divine Tree Village before? How could any one of them be so heaven-defyingly talented?
In the next three months, Liu Shengtian was loved by almost everyone in the Divine Martial Sect.
Perhaps it was because Liu Shengtian was loyal and strong, and had a little cold humor, but these disciples who usually only knew how to cultivate felt like they had just eaten a very delicious meal. It was very precious.
At night, Liu Yang and Liu Shengtian were in Bai Mingxuan's room. Three people from the Divine Tree Village were drinking wine and chatting.
As they chatted, the three of them suddenly talked about Lord Divine Tree.
Bai Mingxuan held his wine glass and looked at Liu Yang and Liu Shengtian. "Do you think Lord Divine Tree is hinting at something by specially arranging for Liu Shengtian to come to the Divine Martial Sect?"
When Bai Mingxuan mentioned this, Liu Yang also felt that something was amiss.
"Once or twice is a coincidence. Could it be that the third time is still a coincidence? Moreover, this time, it was Lord Divine Tree who took the initiative to suggest it. In the past, when the two of us came out, we always wanted to go out and travel."
Bai Mingxuan and Liu Yang looked at each other before looking at Liu Shengtian. He shrugged.
"Don't all look at me. How would I know what sacred material Lord Divine Tree has?"
"However, now that the two of you mention it, I also feel that it's a little coincidental. Could it be that Lord Divine Tree wants us to gradually control the Divine Martial Sect?"
Bai Mingxuan was shocked when he heard this. He quickly made a shushing gesture and looked around. After confirming that no one was eavesdropping, he lowered his voice.
"Why didn't I think of this before? The first stop of our village is the Divine Martial Sect. This has simply become a rule."
"However, if Lord Divine Tree really has such a plan, the three of us definitely won't be able to succeed alone. We still need help. If everyone in the village comes, it will be easy."
Liu Yang shook his head.
"How is this possible? If everyone in the village comes, what will happen to the family? I think Lord Divine Tree must want to send just the talented ones to the Divine Martial Sect!"
"If it's really as we think, if Lord Divine Tree really has this intention, then what we have to do is to gradually pull over the talented people in the village. With more people, we will have more say and gradually control the Divine Martial Sect. This way, the Divine Martial Sect will be our village in the future."