'Hermes is one of the eyes of Chaos? Is that a bad thing?' Truly, Alex did not understand what his friend was saying.

Hermes continued, "Alex, I had to tell you this because I wouldn't ever be able to sleep if Chaos hurt you."

"Because I'm one of those eyes, the day you came to this world, Chaos asked me to put you two in contact, but I refused..." Hermes grit his teeth.

Then, he had an outburst of emotion.

"I should have known that he'd use one of his other eyes to contact you if he can't go through me...."

Alex placed his two hands on his friend's shoulders.

"Look at me, Hermes." 

Hermes raised his face.

"I'm safe, I won't take the Essence now, I promise, I don't know why you'd be a servant of 'that' but I know you have your reasons," Alex calmly stated.

Hermes smiled and asked, "So, you're not going to go anywhere?"

"Of course not, you tea-loving dummy!" Alex hit his friend on the head.

Suddenly, the sound of a gong echoed in the pagoda.

"Oh, it's dinner-time, we should go," Alex stood up.

"Wait, I'll brew you the best tea I can make, and show you the skills of a tea lover!" Hermes exclaimed.

Fortunately, the atmosphere returned to its casual and light state.

As Alex waited, a strange thought came over to him.

'Why did he ask me if I was going anywhere? That sounded intense...' Alex didn't know much of anything about Hermes' past, and he didn't know if he could ask yet.

Shortly after, Hermes returned with a full kettle of tea and poured him a cup.

Alex sipped the tea and found the experience rather enjoyable.

However...

'I'd kill to have some coffee beans right now,' He was starting to miss the most common drug of the modern world, caffeine.

Hermes also swiftly drank his cup, and the two flew out towards the communal eating hall.

They entered it, but an overseeing elder came over to them and said, "Sirs, this place is for disciples, I'll lead you to the eating hall for sect elders."

The two shrugged and followed the elder.

He led them to a smaller eating hall, and in the center of the place, Zhen Hong waved at them.

He sat at a table with the sect leader, Liuxian and Lingxi.

The two did the same and greeted everyone.

"You're going to be staying here until the delegate comes, right?" The sect leader asked while eating a bowl of cold noodle soup.

'Do you want to chase us out that much?' A strange expression emerged on Alex's face.

"Probably, we don't know where to go from here, and the delegate would guide us to the heavenly domain directly," Hermes stated.

The table fell silent, and they ate their food.

In the middle of the meal, Liuxian stood up.

"Our expedition today was a massive success, however, I may have some bad news..."

The sect leader and Zhen Hong frowned, whereas Lingxi simply nodded.

"I've analyzed the ghost mother, and it has taken me to a horrifying conclusion," Liuxian gulped.

'What could it be?' Alex wondered.

Hermes was indifferent.

"The ghost mother is clearly refined from human organic matter!"

Hermes spit out his tea in disgust.

The sect leader exclaimed, "What? What do you mean? Isn't it formed from yin qi?!"

Liuxian shook his head and replied, "The lower-grade ghost mothers are, but this one was different, I'll let Martial Sister Lingxi explain."

Lingxi stood up from her seat and cleared her throat.

Meanwhile, Hermes whispered, "Alexei-boy, I'll move, this is disgusting."

Alex waved at him and focused his attention on her words.

"Not only is it clearly a human organic matter that is used but from analysis....

She clenched her fist and reluctantly continued.

"It's refined from the bodies of newborn children!" She collapsed and began crying.

Everyone frowned heavily, and Alex's face simply did not move.

'This must be the doing of the ghost emperor, isn't it?' Alex breathed heavily.

This was a bottom line in terms of morality, and the atmosphere completely broke down.

An elder had to come up and took Lingxi to her pagoda since she didn't stop crying.

'I'll vanquish that ghost emperor.....'

They could clearly not continue their meal, and all of them stood up to leave.

However, a sect elder came running to the sect leader.

He was breathless, and he said, "The delegate from the heavenly domain is here!"

The sect leader's eyebrows folded, "It's too soon in the month for them to come..."

"But, they showed me a divine decree!"

"Hmmm, take me there,"

Alex also followed them since they were supposed to leave with a delegate.

"Did something happen inside? They brought out that woman and she was crying," As they left the hall, Hermes, who stood in the hallway, asked him.

Alex simply replied, "You don't want to know, Hermes."

Hermes shrugged and followed the rest of the group.

They could see an enormous dragon lying down next to the sect leader's pagoda from the sect town.

Over the blue dragon's body, they perceived a leather saddle.

There was a dark silhouette, but they were too far away to distinguish the person.

A group of elders gathered around the pagoda, and the sect leader and his crowd were also close.

Zhen Hong told him, "Be careful how you act, the delegate is probably a Silver Immortal."

Alex nodded.

'Silver Immortal? The ghost king asked me if I was one.'

They landed, and the figure was now visible.

It was a man wearing golden robes and his long hair was adorned with jewelry of all kinds.

The sect leader ran up and bowed to the man, "Good afternoon, Esteemed Sir."

The man smiled and politely reciprocated the greeting.

"If I may ask, haven't you come rather early this month, Esteemed Sir?"

"I've received news from Lord Jade Emperor that we have foreign guests that need an escort to the heavenly domain."

Suddenly, everyone's eyes turned to Alex and Hermes.

Hermes, who was yawning, looked around strangely.