Chapter 175 - 174: An Alternative Market

"Exactly. That’s why I was thinking you could earn some Origin Beads from Old Yu."

The old man was deeply worried, but the thought of trading for a good number of Origin Beads soon brought him some temporary relief.

"That’s one thousand Origin Beads! With those, the World Origin can definitely start to recover."

’No wonder the old man was winking at me so much back then. It was all about the Origin Beads.’

Chu Liangyu was also a member of the Beast World; she couldn’t just stand by and watch her world slowly head toward destruction.

But she still had some questions, like the issue with Li Jingxuan. Thinking of this, she asked, "What are the consequences of a Child of Fortune becoming a Fallen Demon?"

"The consequences are numerous. Just think about it—a Child of Fortune is someone the Heavenly Dao has placed great hope in. If even they go down a crooked path, wouldn’t it be even worse for everyone else?"

"You wouldn’t see much in the short term. But if it goes on for too long, not only will demons and monsters run rampant, but the entire world will be thrown into chaos."

In addition to what he’d already said, the old man explained many other things. Finally, he looked at her and seriously warned, "Since you can trade with the Children of Fortune from other worlds, it means you are also a Child of Fortune of our Beast World."

"Remember, you must not walk the path of a Fallen Demon."

Chu Liangyu’s heart skipped a beat. She didn’t know if it was because he had called her a Child of Fortune of the Beast World, or for some other reason.

"I understand," Chu Liangyu replied, secretly committing his words to memory.

"Alright, we can’t delay any longer. It’s time to head to the Sumeru Realm."

Watching the old man’s back, Chu Liangyu was lost in thought. She was beginning to understand why most Beastmen in the Beast World revered him so much.

But there was something strange about all this—the Beast God Temple.

She had heard that long ago, the Beast God Temple was magnificent and revered by the Beastmen, and it even housed many statues of the Beast God.

Yet, when Chu Liangyu went there to build her tribe, she found the Beast God Temple in a state of utter ruin. Even the statues of the Beast God were destroyed beyond recognition, to the point they were no different from ordinary rocks.

’What exactly happened to destroy the Beast God Temple?’

’And what caused some people’s attitudes toward the Beast God to change? Why did a large number of anti-Beast God Wandering Beasts even start to appear?’

Musing over it, Chu Liangyu still couldn’t figure it out.

"Old man, I..."

"What is it you want to say, girl?"

Chu Liangyu swallowed the question she was about to ask and said instead, "It’s nothing. I just wanted to ask how many Origin Beads you think we can get this time, and whether it’ll be enough to temporarily alleviate the crisis."

’The things I’m confused about probably aren’t simple. The old man is already so worried as it is.’

’Making him take the trouble to explain all that would only add to his worries.’

The old man pondered for a moment. "Five hundred?"

He wasn’t entirely sure either. After all, not every world was as wealthy as Elder Yu’s.

But no matter the amount, any income of Origin Beads was a good thing for them.

As they spoke, they passed through the spatial tunnel created by Tu Bai and arrived at the Thundercloud Area. The two of them flew toward it together.

When the Thunder saw Chu Liangyu, it was like a reunion of old friends. It crackled and zapped, striking down at her to express its enthusiasm.

Chu Liangyu could have endured the Thunder with a stoic expression, but when she saw how quiet and peaceful it was around the old Beast God, she couldn’t hold it in anymore.

In a rare show of pique, Chu Liangyu’s tone was tinged with indignation. "Why is it like this? We’re walking together, but it only strikes me!"

Seeing her acting so childishly, the old man couldn’t help but burst out laughing, and he couldn’t stop for a long while.

When he saw Chu Liangyu’s expression growing darker, he coughed once, immediately stifled his laughter, and explained, "Its duty, after all, is to guard the Void Island. And the Void Island is the exclusive residence for all successive Beast Gods. That’s why it’s so polite to me."

Even though the old man had explained the reason, Chu Liangyu only felt more frustrated.

’Next time I come here, I’ll make this thing be polite to me too!’

"I get it. Let’s go to the Void Realm."

Chu Liangyu stopped dwelling on the matter and instead urged the old man to hurry up and open the passage.

Unlike Chu Liangyu, who had to tear open space, someone of the Beast God’s status could sense where the most people were and could even travel to any location in the Sumeru Space at will.

"Alright."

He raised his hand and waved it toward the empty air. In the next instant, a tunnel appeared before them.

The old man walked in first, with Chu Liangyu following close behind.

After arriving, Chu Liangyu found the place a little familiar. Looking around more carefully, she finally remembered that this was where she had found the old man the last time she came here.

Chu Liangyu handed him the Heaven and Earth Soul Plate and asked, "What now?"

"Shout."

He said only a single word. Before Chu Liangyu could even react, the old man’s voice was already ringing in her ears.

"Everyone, come and take a look! Today, someone maliciously dropped a batch of stowaway souls into the world I protect!"

"Acting on the principle of not involving the innocent, I have brought them here. If you want to trade for them back, it’ll only cost one hundred Origin Beads for each one!"

In an instant, Chu Liangyu felt the gazes of everyone present turn toward them.

At that very moment, the old man released all the souls from the Heaven and Earth Soul Plate, containing them with only a transparent Barrier.

"Th-th-this... How could one world be flooded with so many Otherworldly Souls!"

Someone exclaimed in disbelief while looking at the souls. Others focused their attention on the souls themselves and were shocked to find some from their own worlds.

Their expressions changed instantly, and they began walking toward the pair.

A young girl with pigtails took out all the Origin Beads she had and hesitantly asked the two, "One hundred beads? Is it really that many? I only have thirty. Can you... give him back to me?"

"Well..." Chu Liangyu hesitated, but the old man directly took the Origin Beads.

He then placed the soul the little girl pointed to into her hands, but said, "Little girl, I can give him to you, but you’ll have to sign an IOU. How about you pay back the remaining seventy beads when you have them later?"

The little girl pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and finally said, "Okay."

The old man turned his head to look at Chu Liangyu, signaling with his eyes for her to quickly write it down.

Chu Liangyu understood instantly and immediately took out a pen and paper from her storage bag.

Coincidentally, they were left over from when she was previously planning the trial routes for the young cubs. She had put them away without much thought, never expecting they would come in handy at a time like this.