Ao Bing's expression returned to its icy coldness, his voice as calm as still water:
"Aunt Lan, I know I was wrong, and I will never make the same mistake again!"
Seeing Ao Bing like this, Ao Lan felt a pang of heartache in her eyes. She sighed softly and said gently:
“Bing’er, Aunt Lan didn’t mean to scold you just now, but this is no longer the era when our Dragon Clan and the Phoenix and Qilin Clans were fighting side by side in the primordial world. We must be very careful in every move we make, especially since that person is a saint, someone our Dragon Clan cannot afford to offend.”
"I understand, Aunt Lan!"
Ao Bing nodded, but Ao Lan could easily hear the resentment in his words.
Seeing this, Ao Lan immediately steered the conversation back to Shen Gongbao:
“Ao Bing, no matter what the reason Shen Gongbao was expelled from the Chan Sect by Yuanshi Tianzun, he is still a disciple abandoned by the sage. I think that in order not to offend the sage, we should not put him in the team.”
Upon hearing this, Ao Bing frowned immediately:
“Aunt Lan, although Shen Gongbao is a disciple abandoned by the sage, the Chan Sect has not explicitly forbidden others from associating with him. We are just giving him a ride, and I think the Chan Sect will not mind.”
Ao Lan frowned:
"You know what kind of people from the Chan Sect are. Such a small matter would not be of much concern to others, but it's hard to say if it's someone from the Chan Sect."
"So what if we can't say? We don't have any close relationship with Shen Gongbao. Do you think they'd take their anger out on us just because we traveled with him?"
"To be honest, I actually think highly of Shen Gongbao. He was able to advance from a Celestial Immortal to a Golden Immortal in just a few decades at Yuxu Palace. His future prospects are absolutely limitless. In my opinion, befriending him would be more beneficial than harmful."
Upon hearing this, Ao Lan's expression changed drastically:
"My dear nephew, please don't try to scare your Aunt Lan. No matter how talented Shen Gongbao is, can he compare to a sage? If our East Sea Dragon Palace offends the Primordial Heavenly Lord because of Shen Gongbao, then we're truly finished!"
"Alright, alright, I won't go out of my way to win over Shen Gongbao, okay?"
Ao Bing's face showed a hint of grievance:
"But Aunt Lan, I've already promised Fellow Daoist Shen Gongbao that I'd travel with us. You can't expect me to go back on my word, can you?"
Ao Lan sighed helplessly:
"Alright, since you've already agreed to let Shen Gongbao travel with us, then let him come with us. But I need to sound him out a bit more, so that even if something unexpected happens, we can prepare in advance."
………
Just then, Shen Gongbao sat down in the carriage that Ao Bing had specially arranged, when a line of ice-blue information suddenly appeared in front of him.
[The host is traveling through the prehistoric world and has an unexpected encounter with Ao Bing, the third prince of the East Sea Dragon Palace. As a stage reward, you will receive one bronze-level lottery draw. Bronze-level lottery draw is now available.]
The next moment, a lottery disc surrounded by rewards for different cultivation levels appeared.
Shen Gongbao's face lit up with joy as he looked at the lottery wheel in front of him.
This wasn't the first reward Shen Gongbao received after accepting the quest to travel through the prehistoric world.
As Shen Gongbao spends more time traveling through the prehistoric world, the chances of obtaining rewards will gradually increase. He will also receive random rewards when encountering certain special events and characters.
This pattern of winning awards is very much in line with the setting of the quest "Traveling Through the Primordial World," but at this moment, Shen Gongbao's mind was no longer on studying the quest itself.
As the lottery pointer slowly came to a stop, the final reward was revealed to Shen Gongbao.
A reward of ten years of cultivation!
Good luck!
In an instant, a vortex of spiritual energy appeared around Shen Gongbao.
The next moment, a large amount of spiritual energy began to converge uncontrollably towards Shen Gongbao.
Then comes the second and third rounds.
In the end, a total of ten vortexes of spiritual energy appeared around Shen Gongbao, frantically devouring the surrounding spiritual energy.
Such a dramatic change immediately attracted the attention of a large number of people in the surrounding area.
"Is this... an epiphany?"
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! This person is truly lucky to have encountered such a great opportunity that ordinary people might not even have once in their entire lives!"
"How envious I am! Every moment of enlightenment is worth years of arduous practice. Why don't I have such good fortune?"
...
The people around Shen Gongbao were naturally filled with envy at his sudden enlightenment.
While they were filled with envy, they suddenly realized that they had never seen Shen Gongbao before.
Naturally, everyone present started asking about Shen Gongbao.
After asking around for a long time, all they knew was that the Third Prince had invited him, but they had no further information.
Just then, squads of shrimp soldiers, led by Xie Hengjiang, suddenly appeared in front of Shen Gongbao's carriage.
Xie Hengjiang first stopped the convoy from moving forward, then asked everyone else in Shen Gongbao's carriage to get off. His gaze swept over everyone around the carriage, and he announced loudly:
"By order of Steward Ao Lan, no one is allowed to disturb Fellow Daoist Shen Gongbao during his enlightenment period; otherwise, it will be considered a provocation against our Sihai Tongbao Pavilion!"
Upon hearing this, although the surrounding crowd did not make any rash moves, the discussions became even more intense than before.
"So that person's name was Shen Gongbao. I wonder where he came from, such a genius, who was able to enter a state of enlightenment!"
"Shen Gongbao? That name sounds familiar; I feel like I've heard it somewhere before."
"Shen Gongbao? Could he be one of the demon disciples of Yuanshi Tianzun?"
Finally, someone remembered Shen Gongbao's previous identity.
These words immediately caused an uproar in the audience.
They never expected to encounter a disciple of a sage here, especially such a special individual as Shen Gongbao.
Suddenly, everyone present became excited.
At this moment, there were quite a few demon cultivators present, and before this, Shen Gongbao could be said to be the role model that many demon cultivators aspired to become.
As a demon, Shen Gongbao not only gained the favor of Yuanshi Tianzun, a saint who looked down on demons, through his outstanding talent and unremitting efforts, but was also accepted as his personal disciple by him.
It can be said that Shen Gongbao's experiences showed many demon disciples what it means to turn the impossible into the possible.
And now, a figure who should only exist in legends has actually appeared before them.
"Do you think if I build a good relationship with Fellow Daoist Shen Gongbao, he might reveal to me how to join the Chan Sect?"
"Haha, I've made up my mind. I'll become sworn brothers with Shen Gongbao in a little while, and then I'll leave the matter of me joining the Chan Sect to Shen Gongbao!"
...
Just as the group was staring at Shen Gongbao's carriage with gleaming eyes, imagining their bright future, a leisurely voice came from in front of them:
"What are you daydreaming about? Don't you know that beast Shen Gongbao has been expelled from the Chan Sect?"
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