Yuqi the Venerable One walked slowly but left the mountain in the blink of an eye.

This time, the Venerable One did not intend to fly at all. He led the way and walked slower after he left the peak as though he was deep in thoughts.

Ou Yangming found it strange, but he followed the Venerable One quietly and calmly.

He naturally knew there would be a sensation if he revealed the flying carpet. He would not have been so reckless if he had just entered the Spiritual Realm. Nonetheless, after seeing Yuqi the Venerable One, as dumb as the young fellow was, he could figure out something.

From a certain perspective, exposing the flying carpet was not a life-saving trick, but a test that he did.

Sure enough, Yuqi the Venerable One had not only shown up, but he was also rather hesitant. Given that he was a Venerable One, it was extremely rare for him to act like that.

At last, Yuqi the Venerable One stopped and said, "I've sent a message to Mount Wuzhi, but they're not willing to send your friends here."

Ou Yangming was slightly stunned. "Why is that so?"

"Heh, because Mount Wuzhi is at the end of the passage." Yuqi the Venerable One turned around and continued, "Those old fellas invited you over. I won't stop you if you'd like to go there." He stared at the young fellow with his lightning eyes.

Ou Yangming raised his eyebrows. He immediately thought about Multi-armed King Kong and the rest, and he would be lying to say that he was not moved at all.

Nevertheless, he asked after some thought, "What do you think, senior?"

Yuqi the Venerable One pondered for a long time and finally made up his mind. "Your gift in smithing art is unique and unreachable indeed. Ah, given how gifted you are, is there anywhere that you can't go to?" He shook his head and expressed, "I won't ask you to stay anymore, so let Mao Jianbi and Bai Zhiyi go with you."

Ou Yangming suddenly looked up in shock.

He initially thought that Yuqi the Venerable One would more or less try to make him stay. Who knew, the Venerable One was so decisive and decided so quickly. The only thing was that the outcome was out of the young fellow's expectations.

At this point, even Ou Yangming suspected if his talent in smithing art was not as great as what was said by the Venerable One. "Are flying carpets actually not that precious in Danzhou? If not, why is Yuqi the Venerable One letting me go so easily?'

Yuqi the Venerable One added, "Ou Yangming, I'll give you 10 days—if you manage to refine flying carpers within this period, leave one behind; if there's nothing you can do, head to Mount Wuzhi after the 10 days are up."

Ou Yangming was bewildered. He lowered his head and suddenly remembered something, "Senior, what about Ghost-clawed Venerable One?"

"You don't need to care about Ghost-clawed. Heh, it's not only recently that the Insects are thinking about invading the Beast King Sect. Without you, a war will break out between us sooner or later."

"Are the Insects really going to invade this place?" Ou Yangming came to a sudden realization.

Yuqi the Venerable One was startled for a brief moment, and he could not help but laugh. "You fella, how dare you try to worm something out of me?"

Ou Yangming smiled embarrassedly. "I only want to know the truth. Please forgive me, senior."

"Forget it, you meant well anyway." Yuqi the Venerable One waved his hand. "Since you guessed it, there's no need for me to hide this from you anymore. Heh, Ghost-clawed has been a good-for-nothing. After it returned this time, it incited many Venerable Ones from the Insects to send armies to the Beast King Sect. Hmph, I can't believe that it was thick-faced enough to tell them that you wiped out its disciples and their disciples. It embarrassed itself well."

He was disdainful, which was evident that he disapproved of Ghost-clawed Venerable One's actions.

Ou Yangming questioned after some thought, "Senior, it still managed to convince the Insects' Venerable Ones, am I right?"

Yuqi the Venerable One clicked his tongue and sighed. "That's right; it managed to persuade the insect powerhouses with its sweet talks, and it also sent a letter of challenge to the Beast King Sect." Seeing as Ou Yangming was worried, he laughed and added, "Don't worry, the Insects haven't reproduced so much that they'd come to get themselves killed, so they'll be limited during the challenge. All in all, it won't be a life-or-death fight between us."

The young fellow was relieved, but he knew the Venerable One must have simplified everything. If not, he would not have let him leave.

"Senior, what will the Insects do?" Ou Yangming asked.

"You're about to leave anyway, so why bother?" Yuqi the Venerable One shook his head.

Ou Yangming smiled apologetically and replied to him, "I'm only curious, so please give me some pointers, senior."

Yuqi the Venerable One sighed. "Ghost-clawed thinks that the Beast King Sect was the one that eliminated its Twelve Walkers, so it instigated 2 insect powerhouses to bring their disciples and their disciples to attack the Beast King Sect after 10 days. Heh, aren't they just 3 insect Venerable Ones altogether? How dare they attack our sect? They don't know where they stand!" He eventually spoke sinisterly and with strong killing intent.

On the other hand, Ou Yangming was slightly relieved to hear that there would only be 3 insect Venerable Ones.

He had long known that an influential sect like the Beast King Sect, which had 10,000 years of inheritance, would be protected by a huge formation. If the sect's disciples spread out and attacked the insect Venerable Ones outside the sect, they would be courting death; if they hid in the sect and activated the formation to protect the mountain, the outcome would be entirely different.

Ou Yangming did not believe that 3 insect VEnerable Ones could break the formation hosted by Yuqi the Venerable One and the old macaque.

He rolled his eyes and asked, "Senior, may I stay?"

Yuqi the Venerable One was taken aback. "Why would you want to stay?"

Ou Yangming looked up and answered righteously, "This happened because of me. If I were to just leave like that, I'm afraid that I won't ever get over it."

The Venerable One cast a weird look at Ou Yangming. He was dubious as he thought about his conversation with the young fellow along the way.

'Is that what the young fella is really thinking?'

Having said that, he had no idea that that was indeed Ou Yangming's thought. Needless to say, if the Insects were not attacking an influential sect, but a small sect that did not have top-grade Spiritualists at all, the young fellow would definitely be the first to leave.

Since Ou Yangming was aware of how formidable the Beast King Sect was, why would he leave?

It would be satisfying to hide inside the sect and kill a few insects to vent his anger.

Even at this point, the numerous corpses from the small towns had left an unerasable mark in his heart. If he wanted to make the sad memory fade away, other than leaving it to time, he would also feel better by killing some insects.

Yuqi the Venerable One fell silent for some time, then he noted, "Young fella, you must think this through. The invasion from the Insects won't be a joke. If anything unusual happens, even I won't be able to guarantee your safety."

"Senior, don't worry. I know my limits too, so I won't anyhow leave areas protected by your formation." Ou Yangming giggled. He paused for a moment before he added, "I can utilize this period to smith some divine weapons and sharp tools. As long as more of the Insects can be eliminated, I'll be happy."

The Venerable One could not help but laugh. "Can divine weapons and sharp tools be smithed so easily? Judging from your natural gift, you might as well refine more flying carpets."

Apart from Ou Yangming, many other people from the Beast King Sect could smith divine weapons and sharp tools? Besides, based on the sect's foundation, one could imagine how many divine weapons they stored in their treasure house. As for flying carpets, Yuqi the Venerable One was the only one in the sect that possessed one.

Therefore, Yuqi the Venerable One and the others felt that Ou Yangming's biggest value was to refine flying carpets. Other than that, he did not need to worry about anything else.

Taking the unusually gifted blacksmiths that could refine interspatial bags in the sect, their only job was to refine those bags. Consequently, they became more familiar with refining the small interspatial bags, but they became inferior to equal-ranked blacksmiths in terms of the smithing of other pieces of equipment.

Ou Yangming wondered for a while and answered, "I'll do my best and refine 2 flying carpets before the Insects come."

"2?" Yuqi the Venerable One's eyes lit up. "Are you sure?"

"I'll do my best." Ou Yangming chuckled.

Yuqi the Venerable One shook his head and said, "If you manage to refine 2 of them, I'll take one for the sect. As for the other one, you can sell it and let those little fellas present you with their best treasures; I guarantee that you'll be satisfied with your options."

Ou Yangming thought, 'Those top-grade Spiritualists are such arrogant beings, but the Venerable One regards them as little fellas.'

The Venerable One pondered for a while more, then he laughed and added, "If you really succeed, keep the other flying carpet to yourself first. Once the Insects invade, go ahead and pick from their treasures."

"I understand." Ou Yangming was moved.

Judging from how the top-grade spirit beasts reacted to the flying carpet, they would not give up until they achieved their goal.

In that case, it would be good to make them stay in the Beast King Sect by using the exchange of a flying carpet as an excuse. Once the war broke out, these Spiritualists with notable combat powers would not stand by idly for sure. It was worth noting that Yuqi the Venerable One was scheming and had great foresight; he did not want to miss those combat powers at all.

"What do you want in return for staying here?" Yuqi the Venerable One asked.

Ou Yangming was struck dumb. He answered with a smile, "I'm content with being able to read freely in the library. Thank you, senior."

Yuqi the Venerable One then waved his sleeves and responded, "Okay, since you insist on staying, I won't force you to leave. Just be careful." He left the secluded area with a faint smile on his face.

As expected, Ou Yangming was not going to leave easily.

If someone like him stayed in the Beast King Sect, how could the Humans' 8 other sects ignore this?

'A young man's a young man indeed; full of vigor but short of experience.'

However, how could he know the number of trump cards that Ou Yangming had? Since the young fellow knew they would likely triumph over the Insects, a blacksmith like him would not need to be directly involved. If that was the case, what did he need to be afraid of?