Feng Yiyuan twitched his mouth, and he was extremely anxious.
It turned out that he and his people relied on the scholar and thought they were treating Ou Yangming and his companions with enough courtesy, but they did not treat them as peers. After witnessing the unreasonably fearsome powers of Ou Yangming and his fellows, one could imagine how Feng Yiyuan and his people were feeling.
The great ancestor hurried over to Ou Yangming and smiled bitterly as he asked, “Master Ou, what orders do you have?”
There was a huge difference in his attitude this time.
Ou Yangming looked up and questioned, “Where did this fool come from? How dare he disturb us from sleeping late at night? Does he not know basic manners at all?”
He was earlier immersed in the little red bird’s spiritual world and gained some knowledge from the Phoenixes’ secret techniques, hence he was clueless about the events in the outside world. It was not that he was being reckless, but he strongly believed that his people would not be in serious danger without his help because the little bird and Big Yellow were around.
Nonetheless, Ou Yangming immediately awoke when the scholar released his aura as a supreme powerhouse.
The young fellow left the little red bird’s spiritual world but instead of showing up right away, he observed in the dark. Although he did not know where the man came from and could not figure out why he came to court his death, he figured that it would be perfect training for Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei.
All in all, Ou Yangming did not have a favorable impression of the man that came to ask for a beating.
Feng Yiyuan was stunned for a brief moment. He looked at the miserable scholar and did not know how he should answer the question.
“Master, t-this is the Almighty Being from the upper realm. We’ve been addressing him as our sir, but we know nothing about his origin.” Feng Yiyuan forced a smile as he continued, “There was a theft case in the city today, and he suspected…”
Ou Yangming furrowed his eyebrows. “Are you suspected that we did it?”
Feng Yiyuan immediately waved his hand and said, “Master Ou, please don’t misunderstand us. We never thought that’s the case; it’s sir’s speculation, and we were forced to come here with him!”
He cried for injustice but thought, ‘You’re probably the only ones in the entire city that can discreetly take the Tree of Splendour away.’ Nevertheless, unless he was tired of living, he would not have the guts to say that out loud.
Ou Yangming frowned. “What went missing? Heh, judging from how you came here with great fanfare, I suppose it’s not an ordinary item.”
Big Yellow glanced at the young fellow and was relieved when it noticed that he was not suspecting it at all.
In actuality, Ou Yangming was not a deity, so how could he associate the matter with the big yellow dog?
Feng Yiyuan answered with respect, “Master Ou, the treasure that went missing is a rare plant brought by sir from the upper realm. I think it’s called… The Tree of Splendour?”
“The Tree of Splendour? That’s impossible. How could a petty human like him possess a rare treasure like the Tree of Splendour?” Before Ou Yangming could say a word, he heard the little red birds’ voice in his head.
After the run-in period between their mental powers, Ou Yangming and the little red bird no longer needed to communicate through speech.
Needless to say, Ou Yangming was not accustomed to this communication method yet, so unless they were in public, he was not willing to communicate in this way.
He frowned and asked, “Lil’ Red, what’s the Tree of Splendour?”
Even though many bizarre events were recorded in the ancient books in this realm, he never read about the Tree of Splendour.
“The Tree of Splendour is a peculiar plant with the shape of an inverted pyramid. As long as it’s provided with sufficient energy, it’ll secret a type of liquid with wonderful effects for every living being. It’s truly a rare treasure in the universe.”
“Oh? What liquid is that? What does it do?” Ou Yangming asked casually.
“Regeneration!” The little bird chirped. “Let’s go and get this thing. It’s born to be noble, and its effect will only be fully unleashed if we have it!”
Ou Yangming could not help but laugh because the little red bird turned out to be a greedy creature too. Having said that, the things that it coveted were too high-grade, by which it would not lay its eyes on ordinary items at all. As such, he misunderstood that it did not desire anything in this world.
Struck with a thought, Ou Yangming suddenly asked, “Regeneration? Can it prolong one’s life?”
“Of course. The liquid can be used for our recoveries as it contains the purest energy. The prolongation of life is only its basic function.”
Ou Yangming became incredibly interested because he cared about prolonging Old Craftsman’s life the most. Though Wu Yuanwei promised that he could enter the upper realm to seek an opportunity for that, nobody could guarantee that he could find the kind of medicine with that function.
Now that something with that effect was somewhere around him, he was not going to let it go.
“Senior Feng, how did the Tree of Splendour go missing?” Ou Yangming asked sternly.
Feng Yiyuan smiled bitterly. “Master Ou, we placed the tree in a hidden courtyard, which was guarded by specifically assigned people. Who knew, it disappeared just like that, and nobody saw how it was lost.”
Ou Yangming frowned and understood why the scholar came to denounce them so fiercely.
The time the item went missing was too coincidental. Even if Ou Yangming was in the scholar’s shoes, he would have had the same suspicion too. Despite that, the suspicion was one thing, whereas it was a fact that the scholar was incapable and was defeated by him.
“Big Yellow,” Ou Yangming uttered in a deep voice.
The big yellow dog shivered and turned around to wag its tail at Ou Yangming.
“Follow them to see if you can find any clues. No matter what, what is lost must be found,” Ou Yangming said.
Big Yellow was relieved. It nodded and jumped cheerfully before it went over to Feng Yiyuan and stared at him fiercely.
Feng Yiyuan was aware of Big Yellow’s real identity, which was a spirit beast—a formidable and irresistible spirit beast. Anyone would not feel happy being stared at by a spirit beast like that.
“Yes, I’ll go right now,” he forced a smile and said. Before he left, he looked at Ou Yangming and wanted to say something but was hesitant.
Ou Yangming noted, “Regardless of what this person lost, he can’t leave unscathed since he came to find trouble. Leave him to me, and you may leave.”
Feng Yiyuan and the others dared not say a word, so they left in a hurry. They felt that it would be too dangerous for them to stay.
That said, they did not dare to escape too, so they brought Big Yellow to the courtyard. The big yellow dog sniffed about pretentiously, and every move it made caused Feng Yiyuan and the others to worry. After all, they would suffer if it suddenly went crazy here.
Fortunately, Big Yellow inspected the place conscientiously and left after some time.
Feng Yiyuan and the others were startled for some time before one of them asked softly, “Master, what do we do now?”
“What can we do? I’m helpless!” Feng Yiyuan replied to him snappily.
The other people quickly backed away when they sensed his anger.
When Feng Yiyuan finally calmed down, he sighed and said, “Forget it. Let the others know to never bring this up in the future, or don’t blame me for taking ruthless measures.”
Everyone else was appalled, and they responded obediently.
Feng Yiyuan let out a long sigh and looked at the courtyard in the distance. There was a complicated look in his eyes, and nobody knew what was going through his mind.
