"No!"

"Mother said that everyone outside is bad. I want to go home."

With that, Xiaohai the little sea lion was prepared to go back through the hole.

"Uh—"

Chen Xuan, upon hearing this, was slightly taken aback. Indeed, still a child at heart.

However, having finally encountered a living one, how could he just let it go so easily?

So he took out a pill of elixir from his embrace and tossed it over, "Don’t go, this is for you to eat!"

The little sea lion froze immediately, its gaze drawn to the green pill on the ice.

It slowly crawled over, first sniffing it with its nose, then looking around carefully, seemingly confirming whether the pill was problematic.

Finally, it looked up at Chen Xuan, "You’re really giving this to me?"

"Yes, it’s yours."

"It’s very tasty and good for you, too."

Chen Xuan smiled as he said this.

"Hmm....."

But the little sea lion hesitated, clearly struggling inside.

This seemed to be the elixir mother had mentioned. It smelled good and contained energy it liked.

"I really want to eat it!"

At this moment, its heart was very conflicted.

Because mother had said you shouldn’t eat things given by others.

After struggling for a while.

The little sea lion lightly slapped the pill, sending it back to Chen Xuan’s hand.

"What? You don’t want it?"

Chen Xuan asked, somewhat surprised.

This was a top-grade elixir, even he could restore half of his spiritual power with just one.

One could only imagine how pure the energy inside was.

Unexpectedly, this little sea lion could resist the temptation.

"I want it!"

"But mother said we shouldn’t take things from strangers, because they might be bad people."

The little sea lion said this, yet its gaze was fixed on the pill in Chen Xuan’s hand.

So fragrant!

"You truly have a good mother."

Chen Xuan sighed inwardly.

Of course, soul searching wasn’t out of the question, but he actually kind of liked this creature.

Couldn’t bring himself to harm it!

"Forget it, if you don’t want to tell me, it’s fine, you can go back, it’s still very dangerous out here." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

With that, Chen Xuan prepared to continue walking further in.

The little sea lion looked a bit puzzled, wondering if this person wasn’t actually a bad guy?

"Don’t go further in, it’s very dangerous inside, lots of powerful big creatures."

The little sea lion shouted.

"Really? How far away?"

Chen Xuan turned his head to look at it and asked.

"I don’t know exactly, mother told me anyway, it’s very dangerous, you shouldn’t go."

The little sea lion advised him again.

"Heh!"

Chen Xuan chuckled lightly, it’s better to have demon beasts than not, otherwise, it would be troubling.

Then he tossed the pill to it again, "Pretty tasty, if you’re worried, take it back to your mother to see, I’m off."

With that, he stomped his foot and shot up into the sky.

Just relying on his body strength, he leaped several thousand meters high.

The little sea lion was full of doubts, looking at the pill on its flipper, "Really doesn’t seem like a bad guy, could mother be wrong?"

This might have been the first time it doubted its mother’s words since it was born.

But it still didn’t eat it right away, instead carefully keeping it safe before returning under the ice through the hole.

...

After parting ways with the sea lion, Chen Xuan walked a thousand miles deeper into the Southern Plains and eventually started encountering demon beasts scattered around.

And these demon beasts’ strength was at least at the Profound Realm level.

"So strong."

Chen Xuan observed a bovine-like demon beast in the distance.

Absolutely not weaker than a Late-stage Profound Realm, possibly even a Half-Step Dao Realm, and on the Southern Plains, likely even ordinary Dao-level experts would not be its match.

"Roar!"

This bull noticed Chen Xuan, a strange aura, its eyes instantly turned bloodthirsty.

"Hmm?"

Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow, why was this bull so excited to see him?

Logically, demon beasts at the Profound Realm should already possess intelligence, his presence here as a human should hint at undeniable strength.

"Bang!"

Just as he was still curious, this bull stomped on the ice, its entire body bursting with demonic energy, charging directly at him.

"Stupid bull!"

Chen Xuan muttered lightly, standing there unmoving.

In an instant!

The bull closed in just a step away.

Chen Xuan calmly extended his hand, a punch striking out.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion!

The bull’s advance halted abruptly, Chen Xuan seized its horn, slightly exerting force, hurling it far away with a hard throw!

"Bang!"

A huge hole was smashed onto the ice surface.

"Huff huff huff...."

The bull breathed heavily, its entire body sprawling within the ice hole.

Chen Xuan stood on the ice, "Divine Soul Technique!"

With a spiritual power as thick as an arm, he forcefully invaded the bull’s sea of consciousness.

He was not merciful with it, directly performed soul search.

After a long while!

Chen Xuan wielded a spiritual power, directly refining the bull, leaving only five drops of essence blood.

"So that’s how it is."

Roughly within a ten-mile radius, all this territory belonged to the Cyan Heaven Bull.

The demon beasts of the Southern Plains would fight unhesitatingly to protect their territory regardless of whether it’s humans or other beasts trespassing.

Additionally, he gained a general understanding of the situation on the Southern Plains.

Not many demon beasts, but all extremely strong.

There’s still over a hundred thousand miles to go to the core of the Southern Plains.

The core is the most dangerous part of the Southern Plains, according to the memories of this bull, there are three king beasts there.

These are the true rulers of the Southern Plains.

"Must be more cautious."

Chen Xuan murmured to himself.

According to the memories of this Cyan Heaven Bull, these three king beasts are terrifyingly strong. A thousand years ago, a human expert came here and fought with the three king beasts.

Ultimately, it ended in a draw.

And that person was no other than Emperor Yu.