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n“The trip to the Secret Realm is over?”

nNext to Ye Xuan, Athina was dumbfounded.

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nShe turned her head to look at Ye Xuan. “Ye Xuan, what is that supposed to mean? The trip to the Secret Realm is over? Have all of the Silver Star Fruits in this Secret Realm been collected already?”

nShe was really in a daze.

nOnly a short time had passed.

nShe had not even gotten a chance to do anything with Ye Xuan yet.

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n“Well, that is quite likely.”

nYe Xuan was too embarrassed to say more.

nWhat could he say? To tell her that it was actually all thanks to him?

nWouldn’t that girl fly into a rage?

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nHe would be able to get out of this easily when they left the Secret Realm anyway.

nHe might not see Athina again for the rest of his life.

nSo, he said, “Let’s go. Let’s go back to our start point to see what happened.”

nThen he called the Heavenly Punishment Thundercloud Wings out to take him into the air.

nAthina had to call out her flying beast as well.

nThey flew to their start point together after she had caught up with Ye Xuan.

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nYe Xuan intentionally slowed down while flying.

nAbout three or five minutes later, the four Tidal Treasure Snails he had sent out again earlier showed up within in a range of one thousand and five hundred feet away from him.

nYe Xuan shifted his consciousness to take the four Tidal Treasure Snails back to their Beast Lair after detecting their return.

n“Six, ten, seven, and nine… That makes thirty-two Silver Star Fruits!”

nYe Xuan instantly counted the four Tidal Treasure Snails’ gains of this trip.

nSo.

n32 plus 256 plus 3 equals?

nYe Xuan added the numbers in his head and got the sum of them instantly.

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nSo, in the end, he had got all of the Silver Star Fruits except for the nine that were still out there.

nI did it. I collected so many Silver Star Fruits that there are only less than ten out there.

nYe Xuan beamed after finishing with the counting.

nHe knew he had done something really awesome this time.

nAnd one of the nine Silver Star Fruits out there actually also belonged to him.

nAt the thought of this, he took a look at Athina, who was next to him.

nI have been talking to you, walking, and hanging out with you. I can’t do all this for free, can I?

nAnd next to him, Athina had no idea what had happened at all.

nIn this way, while she was only wondering what on earth had happened.

nYe Xuan put dozens more of Silver Star Fruits into his pocket without disclosing his secret.

n“Brook, how many Silver Star Fruits have you got?”

nYe Xuan and others arrived in the Secret Realm earlier, more and more Beast Tamers from the two clans were gathering.

nThe Beast Tamers from the Dragon Horn Clan gathered together as soon as they came back.

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nThey made a promise to Elder Kasa before coming into the Secret Realm.

nBut what was the current situation?

n“How many Silver Star Fruits have I got?”

nBrook, who was severely frustrated by the loss to Ye Xuan earlier, looked desperate. “Zero. I have seen zero Silver Star Fruit since I entered the Secret Realm. Could you believe that?”

nHe achieved the Silver level after the fight against Ye Xuan.

nAnd that helped him find some of his confidence back.

nHe had pinned great hope on this trip to the Secret Realm before coming here.

nHowever, in such a short time, the hopeful feeling had completely turned into desperation.

n“What about you?”

nHe looked at the Beast Tamer from the Dragon Horn Clan who had posed him the question.

n“What about me? I am a little bit luckier than you, you know. At least I saw one Silver Star Fruit.”

nThat Beast Tamer from the Dragon Horn Clan added in anger, “But someone beat me to it when I had just seen it.”

n“There was this beast, I don’t know whose it is, but it was as fast as greased lightning.”

n“It seemed it had anticipated every movement of ours. It beat me to the Silver Star Fruit and flew over a hill. Then I lost sight of it.”

nYe Xuan’s Tidal Treasure Snails showed up in the fight against Brook.

nHowever, this time, they had become stronger. They were able to release swirls within a greater range around them.

nSo, no one could see what they were like at all.

nTherefore, no one had ever recognized they were actually Ye Xuan’s beasts.

nAs to those who tried to chase down the Tidal Treasure Snails, they just lost sight of them after chasing for a little while.

nThe Tidal Treasure Snails had calculated the timing of every attack perfectly.

nAt the same time.

nBesides Brook and his companions.

nOthers were also talking about the same thing.

nMost people did see Silver Star Fruits. It was not that they had seen none of them.

nHowever, there was always this someone who beat them to the fruits they had seen.

nTherefore, everyone was complaining there.

nSimultaneously, since everyone had come back, the Beast Tamers from the Dragon Horn Planet and the Xia gathered together to count the Silver Star Fruits they had respectively got.

n“What?”

nAfter the counting, things turned out to be not too bad for the Xia because they had gained eight Silver Star Fruits in all.

nHowever, the Dragon Horn Clan all exclaimed aloud in shock.

nBecause as many people as they were, they only had got one Silver Star Fruit in all.

nWhoosh! Whoosh!

nAt this moment, after taking back the four Tidal Treasure Snails, Ye Xuan sped up in the return trip with Athina.

n“Athina, go and remind the Beast Tamers of your clan that they should give me the Silver Star Fruit that they promised me earlier.”

nYe Xuan turned his head to tell Athina after landing.

n“No problem.”

nAthina gave Ye Xuan a nod.

nShe had felt there was something odd in the atmosphere there, but no matter what had happened, they could not eat their words by refusing to give Ye Xuan what they had promised him, could they?

nTherefore, she walked into the crowd where the Beast Tamers of the Dragon Horn Clan were.

n“Ye Xuan, what is going on with you?”

nSeeing Ye Xuan back, Tang Mengxia, Huo Tong, and Bu Zi’ang came up to him.

nAs to Fang Luotian, for some unknown reason.

nHe turned around to speak to others at the sight of Ye Xuan.

nIt was strange that he did not come over to greet Ye Xuan.

n“What what is going on with me?”

nYe Xuan asked, confused.

n“That teenage girl from the Dragon Horn Clan.” Staring at Ye Xuan, Tang Mengxia asked, “How come you came back with her?”

n“Oh, you mean Athina.”

nYe Xuan instantly told them how he had run into Athina and the two companions of hers and agreed to protect her in exchange for a Silver Star Fruit.

nOne Silver Star Fruit?

nThey were quite jealous of Ye Xuan.

nIf it were in other times, they absolutely would think Ye Xuan was stupid.

nHowever, it was different this time.

nThe entire Xia had only got eight Silver Star Fruits in all.

nOf course, with the one Ye Xuan had got from the Dragon Horn Clan, the total number would be nine.

nAs to the Dragon Horn Clan…

nSuddenly, they seemed to be struck dumb by something, and then they showed an odd face.

nThey heard the Dragon Horn Clan’s exclaim earlier.

nSo, they knew the Dragon Horn Clan had got only one Silver Star Fruit in the Secret Realm this time.

nIf they gave that one Silver Star Fruit to Ye Xuan, they would have nothing left, which meant they had gained nothing at all in this trip.

n“What? We should give one Silver Star Fruit to Ye Xuan?”

nWhen Athina had walked into the crowd of the Beast Tamers from the Dragon Horn Clan.

nAnd had told them about the agreement she and the other two Beast Tamers from the Dragon Horn Clan had made with Ye Xuan.

nAll of the Beast Tamers from the Dragon Horn Clan were left in shock.

nThis one Silver Star Fruit they had was their last dignity.

nIf they even lost this Silver Star Fruit, which was the only one they had, they would lose face out and out.

nWhen they left the Secret Realm, how would they face Elder Kasa? How would they explain to him?

nGood heavens! Should they really find a pig for each of them and bang their heads against the pigs to kill themselves?

nHowever, they would break their promise if they refused to give this Silver Star Fruit to Ye Xuan.

nThere were so many Beast Tamers from the Xia staying with them at the moment. How could they break their promise in the presence of all of them?

n“Athina, give this Silver Star Fruit to Ye Xuan.”

nThe Beast Tamers’ leader from the Dragon Horn Clan extended his shaking hand to give Athina the only Silver Star Fruit they had.

nBy then, after talking to her clansmen.

nAthina already knew the total amount of the Silver Star Fruits they had got on this trip was only one.

n“But how is it even possible?”

nTaking the Silver Star Fruit, Athina felt her mind had gone blank.

n“Athina.”

nAt this moment, something seemed to occur to a Beast Tamer from the Dragon Horn Clan. He asked her, “Ye Xuan didn’t get any Silver Star Fruits while you were staying with him, did he?”

n“No, he absolutely got nothing.”

nAthina answered confidently. Then she added, “But he is a fortunate man. He had already got three Silver Star Fruit before he ran into us.”

n“He has three more Silver Star Fruits?”

nAthina’s reply put her companions embarrassed. They seemed to be greatly annoyed.

n“Something is wrong. Something must be wrong with this Secret Realm.”

n“A Silver Star Fruit Tree can bear three hundred Silver Star Fruits every year, but even though we add all the Silver Star Fruits, we have got together, both ours and those the Beast Tamers from the Xia have got, the figures just don’t add up.”

n“Besides, we saw a giant beast which we doubt is on the Gold level in this Secret Realm. I am sure it is this Secret Realm that has some problem, instead of us. It is really not our fault.”

n“The elders have told us to leave ahead of schedule. This is not what we planned. Maybe it is because they have found something is wrong, too.”

n“Exactly. Well, so I guess they won’t blame us for anything after we go out.”

nBuzz!

nWhile they were speaking, several powerful wills pierced through space and shrouded them in.

nThen those wills made an effort all at once.

nAnd all of the young Beast Tamers were taken out of the Secret Realm.

nWhoosh!

nA few seconds later, Ye Xuan and others found the environment around them had changed. When they had been back on their feet, they had returned to the Red Flame Valley.

n“Gee!”

nHowever, Wang Tianshan and other Beast Tamers on the Challenger level saw Ye Xuan and others extremely frustrated after being taken out of the Secret Realm.

nSo, they asked immediately, “What happened in there?”

nThe young Beast Tamers were embarrassed.

n“You have no idea what happened in there?”

n“If you have no idea what happened in there, why did you tell us to come back?”

n“Carlo.”

nAt the same time, Kasa walked up to a young Beast Tamer from the Dragon Horn Clan.

nLooking at the young man, he asked, “What exactly happened in there? How many Silver Star Fruits have you got in the Secret Realm this time?”

nJudging from their facial expressions, he had a hunch that something bad must have happened.

nBut he still asked Carlo, thinking there might be a gleam of hope.

n“Elder, we… We only got one Silver Star Fruit. But Ye Xuan protected Athina, so we gave it to him as a reward.”

n“? ? ?”

nOne Silver Star Fruit?

nSo many of you entered the Secret Realm, but you only got one Silver Star Fruit?

nAnd you gave it to Ye Xuan?

nAre you crazy? Or am I the one who is crazy?

nKasa instantly flew into a rage.

n“Elder Kasa, I think there is something wrong with this Secret Realm. We ran into a monster which we think could be on the Gold level or even a higher level.”

n“And not just we didn’t get many Silver Star Fruits. Neither did the Beast Tamers from the Xia. They also got very few of the three hundred Silver Star Fruits. The figures don’t add up.”

nThere was a monster seemingly on the Gold level in the Secret Realm?

nAnd the Silver Star Fruits you had got were far away from three hundred?

nWhat that Beast Tamer from the Dragon Horn Clan had disclosed shocked Kasa and Wang Tianshan and other Beast Tamers on the Challenger level.

nThey released their Mind Energy one after another to explore the Secret Realm.

n“Ahem. Ahem.”

nAt the sight of that, Ye Xuan coughed out of embarrassment. He hurried to shout at Wang Tianshan in the distance, “Mr. Wang, there is no Gold-level monster in that Secret Realm. It was me. I made that up to fool them.”

n“And I have all the other Silver Star Fruits.”

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