As the ripples spread, a crescent-shaped jade pendant appeared and floated in front of Zhang Ze.

"You haven't forgotten how to use the Sound Transmission Jade, right? This is my disciple Qin Ruyue's Sound Transmission Jade. She is currently in the West Continent. If you encounter any problems, use this to find her, she will help you."

The Old Sect Leader Li looked at the Sound Transmission Jade and furrowed his brow.

"Wait, why are you still in contact with Ruyue?"

Qin Lang was speechless, "She is my disciple, why shouldn't I be in contact with her? It's not my problem you can't find your son."

"You old thief..."

Watching the sudden bickering between the two, Zhang Ze was somewhat puzzled.

But soon, Lu Yuzhou's gossiping voice rang in his ears.

"Qin Ruyue is Li Wenzhou's daughter-in-law and the biological mother of Li Yueqi and Li Jue."

Enlightened by these key insights, Zhang Ze immediately looked down at his nose, then at his mouth, and finally at his heart—a typical stance of a child feigning indifference to adult matters.

The reason why the Old Sect Leader Li is the old sect leader is not because he refused to relinquish power but because the chosen new sect leader ran away.

If not for the runaway, the Beast Taming Sect would have been the first among the Six Sects to enter the next generation of leadership.

The person who ran away was named Li Qi.

He was the son of the Old Sect Leader Li and the biological father of Li Jue and Li Yueqi.

In all respects, he was essentially a background character.

To the Old Sect Leader Li, he was an unfilial son.

To Valley Master Qin, he was the Beast Taming Sect's wild boar who kidnapped his treasured disciple.

In any case, he wasn't a good person.

And according to his own son Li Jue's assessment, this father didn't seem quite like a real parent.

As for Li Yueqi, her summary was simple: two words.

Don't know him.

If one must say what he has contributed, it's the development of the advanced function for the Beast Taming Rings to contain humans.

In summary, he was quite an unreliable person in all respects.

This runaway sect leader's name was known to Zhang Ze for the first time. Normally, in the mouths of Li Yueqi and her brother, he would only appear as "him" or "that person."

'Li Qi... Sigh, Sister Qi really chose this name too casually, just combining two characters from her parents' names?'

While Zhang Ze was lost in thought, the two old figures seemed to agree that this insignificant matter wasn't worth spreading, so they stopped arguing.

The Old Sect Leader Li wanted to say something to Zhang Ze, but saw the boy just blinking his innocent eyes without speaking.

"Alas..." With a long sigh, the Old Sect Leader Li dramatically flicked his sleeves, and a golden illusion vanished instantly.

He went offline.

The others followed suit, as the news Lin Feng brought back was rather explosive, requiring lots of recalculations.

Even Old Tang remembered that he was a sect leader and hurriedly left to return to the sect and arrange tasks.

After all the old figures were gone, Lily finally took out her precious notebook to jot down the wildest anecdotes.

Halfway through, conspiracy theories cluttered Lily's mind, and she abruptly asked:

"Boss, do you think this might be a trap? Maybe some people from the Barbarian Race and the Xiao Family have a secret agreement, as part of the plan, waiting for you to walk into their net, and then snap, snap..."

After Lily finished speaking, Zhang Ze nodded, "That's possible. Are you going with me to protect me then?"

Upon hearing this, Lily shook her head like a rattling drum, but after a moment she felt uneasy again.

She indeed had some concerns, so she started nodding again.

But after nodding twice, she realized she was powerless, unable to help, and started shaking her head again.

Shaking and nodding, Lily's head began to draw circles.

Zhang Ze, "Just teasing you, you wouldn't be useful if you went. I'd have to protect you. You stay home and coordinate with Old Tang and the others and make good preparations—that's enough."

With that, Zhang Ze thought for a moment, took out a large ostrich egg-sized glass sphere filled with countless facets from his new Hundred Treasures Bag and tossed it to Lily.

"Hold on to this bonus, there will be rewards when I return."

Having said that, he too exited the Mirage Realm, leaving Lily alone laughing foolishly with her treasure in her arms, her head tilted from a sprained neck.

This time Zhang Ze didn't plan to delay, intending to set out immediately.

Time was of the essence, and if things didn't work out, he would need to quickly return to devise other strategies.

With his right hand forming a gesture inside his sleeve, Zhang Ze left the Black Tower. But just as he stepped outside, a graceful figure emerged from the corner and bumped into him. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Unfortunately, it did not trigger a love game CG.

The girl neither got shy nor sat on the ground with bread in her mouth but rather passed directly through Zhang Ze's body.

"Finally found you." Xiangxiang spun around and flew back, stopping in front of Zhang Ze.

Seeing Xiangxiang, Zhang Ze asked, "Did Chen Qin send you to find me?"

Xiangxiang nodded, then shook her head, starting to draw circles with her head as well.

"Yes and no, it's Sister Wang who's looking for you."

Zhang Ze, "Sister Wang? Didn't she go traveling the world? Is there something urgent?"

This Great Demon Venerable of the Demon Race had let go of restraints and entered a carefree mode, gallivanting across the Four Continents without caring for external affairs.

He wasn't sure why she was looking for him.

"Sister Wang is currently in the Holy Tree Division in the West Continent. She said Granny Anya has something to discuss with you, so if possible, go immediately."

Granny Anya, the High Priest of the Barbarian Race Holy Tree Division. The leader of the Western Barbarians.

In the nominally tri-power divided Three Major Barbarian Tribes conference, she holds unlimited voting rights, as well as veto rights.

Zhang Ze looked down at the crescent-shaped Sound Transmission Jade in his left hand.

His decision to go to the West Continent was only made moments ago, how did Granny Anya come to know?

Could this really be figured out with a turtle shell, or perhaps Lily's guess was correct...

But pondering this, Zhang Ze nodded and said, "Let's go, I happen to have some questions for Granny Anya myself."

Seeing Zhang Ze agree, Xiangxiang controlled a small silver ball that flew to Zhang Ze's side, circled around and drilled into his pocket.

That was Xiangxiang's projection terminal.

"I... I'll go too."

"Sure."

Using escape techniques, the two were at the junction station in a blink, ready to transfer via the Medicine King Valley line that wasn't open to the public, but they were stopped by someone.

Junior Sister stood gasping for breath, leaning against the wall, blocking the way with an expression like she'd just been beaten by her own mom.

"Where are you going? What's really going on, why is everyone hiding it from me...

"Sigh... You're not eloping, are you?"

Zhang Ze, "..."

Who knows what she's thinking.

Having understood Junior Sister's temperament, Zhang Ze realized explaining now would only drag him into a whirlpool of countless questions.

Thus he didn't refute but instead asked, "It's an elopement. Want to come along?"

"Ah... This... Don't leave me behind!"

Before Junior Sister, confused by Zhang Ze's question, could react, she was dragged into the teleportation carriage by Zhang Ze.