Seeing that the system wasn't responding directly, but just repeating its previous words,

Ye Ran sighed as well, deciding to stop dwelling on it.

He then looked up at the myriad divine soul essences within the treasure vault, as well as the various divine artifacts.

For a moment, I was filled with boundless pride...

"So what if it's bizarre..." Ye Ran muttered to himself.

"At worst, I'll just build another Heavenly Court. I refuse to believe I can't keep you under control..."

After speaking, Ye Ran slowly detached himself from the system.

They arrived in their own divine kingdom.

At this moment, he looked at the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords floating in the four cardinal directions of his divine kingdom.

His expression shifted slightly.

The four longswords seemed to sense Ye Ran's summons.

They flew towards Ye Ran like children running wild.

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, it rubbed its sword hilt affectionately against Ye Ran's palm, just like four little dogs that hadn't seen their owner in a long time...

Ye Ran smiled and touched the four longswords, silently sensing the changes in the Four Swords of Zhuxian.

Due to system upgrades,

Ye Ran's access to information about the Four Swords of Zhuxian was no longer ambiguous.

[The Immortal Slaughtering Sword: The supreme treasure of the Tongtian Sect Leader, one of the main swords of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation, representing "profit," and hanging above the "Immortal Slaughtering Gate" directly east of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation...] (Current development progress: 50%)

The Immortal Slaughtering Sword: A supreme treasure of the Tongtian Sect Master, one of the main swords of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation, representing "death," and suspended above the "Immortal Slaughtering Gate" to the due west of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation.

[...] (Current development progress: 50%)

The Trapping Immortal Sword: A supreme treasure of the Tongtian Sect Leader, one of the main swords of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation, representing "desire," and hung above the "Trapping Immortal Gate" directly south of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation.

[...] (Current development progress: 50%)

The Immortal-Slaying Sword: A supreme treasure of the Tongtian Sect Leader, one of the main swords of the Immortal-Slaying Formation, representing "evil," and hung above the "Immortal-Slaying Gate" directly north of the Immortal-Slaying Formation.

[......] (Current development progress: 50%)

[The current Zhuxian Sword Formation has a hidden quest. Do you want to unlock it?]

"There's nothing wrong with this..." Ye Ran muttered to himself curiously, looking at the status of the Four Swords of Zhuxian displayed by the system.

The four swords of Zhuxian before them did not show any abnormal status in the system's display.

But why was it that when I faced the black sphere before...

The Four Swords of Zhuxian seemed oblivious to the black sphere passing through their defenses...

Unable to understand, Ye Ran shook his head, then clicked on the hidden quest below the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

[Ding! The host has unlocked a hidden quest for the Zhuxian Sword Formation. The host needs to accelerate the unlocking of the Four Swords of Zhuxian by completing the awakening of the essence of five disciples of the Jie Sect. The current progress is 50%. Each time the essence of a disciple of the Jie Sect is awakened, a progress reward of 10% will be given.]

Upon hearing this,

Ye Ran suddenly paused, then frowned slightly.

The system had just been upgraded, the Master Teacher Treasury had just opened, and I had just browsed through those soul essences.

The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation suddenly triggered a hidden quest.

And this hidden quest is actually directly related to those soul essences...

This gave Ye Ran the feeling of being led by the nose.

In a short time,

Ye Ran always felt like there was an invisible hand...

It's pushing itself forward.

Before that black sphere appeared.

The arrangement and movement of that large hand weren't so obvious...

But it seems that ever since that black sphere appeared, the invisible hand has become anxious...

"Now is not the time to consider these issues..." Ye Ran muttered to himself.

Then he turned around and accepted the hidden quest to unlock the progress of the Four Swords of Zhuxian...

"Ye Ran...you haven't finished eating yet!!"

Just as Ye Ran finished doing all this,

The door to his bedroom,

The branches were suddenly opened again.

The giant tortoise's head poked out from under the door.

He frowned as he looked at the untouched bowl and chopsticks on Ye Ran's quilt:

"Ye Ran, you need to eat. When that old man Bai Xu brought you here, he specifically told me to make sure you eat a lot. How can your energy and blood recover like this...?"

Listening to Duobao's speech, Ye Ran smiled and placed the plate from the blanket onto the bedside table.

Then, with incredible lightness, she rolled over and got off the bed.

"Don't worry, I don't actually have that many problems. Look at me, I'm doing pretty well now..."

As he spoke, Ye Ran subconsciously stirred his qi.

The extraordinary power of that being made Duobao tremble involuntarily.

Ye Ran looked at Duobao: "But speaking of which, why are you suddenly so concerned about me???"

Duobao tilted his head back and said proudly:

"What's wrong? I, Daoist Duobao, just wanted to check on you. Is there a problem?"

Ye Ran smiled at Duobao: "When you ran away from home before, you just left without a word, without even uttering a sound..."

Ye Ran even added a sentence as she spoke:

"You'd better tell the truth. If you don't speak today, don't ever open your mouth again. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..."

Hearing Ye Ran's threat, Duobao gave an awkward chuckle.

It opened the door, slowly and hesitantly entered the bedroom, and said in a coy manner:

"I'm just asking for your help to get all the items I was scammed out of back..."

"That's more like it..."

Ye Ran nodded in satisfaction, then walked towards the living room.

He poured himself a glass of warm water in the living room, comfortably lay down on the sofa, and watched Duobao while drinking the water.

"They must have been fooled quite a bit this time, otherwise so many diamond-level grandmasters wouldn't have had to work together..."

Hearing Ye Ran's question, Duobao stammered and said:

"Actually, it's not that much..."

"Tell me the truth, how much is it? If you don't tell me, I won't help you..."

Seeing Ye Ran's firm stance, Duobao sighed helplessly and revealed his hand:

"All the assets we received from Bai Xu have ended up there..."

"Pfft..." Upon hearing Duobao's words, Ye Ran, who had been elegantly holding her water glass and sipping her water, suddenly spat it out.

He straightened his clothes, then looked up at Duobao in disbelief:

"How much did you say???"

Duobao lowered his head shyly and whispered:

"Not only that, I also signed a contract with them, owing them hundreds of millions..."

Duobao's voice grew softer and softer as he spoke.

Finally, it became so faint, almost like the sound of a mosquito, that it was barely audible...