"Brother Lei, accept this bow from your humble subordinate! From now on, you are my elder brother, and I will rely on you to protect me!"

With that said, Bai Baofu tore off his storage bag and offered it with both hands, his respect evident.

His subordinates followed suit.

After all, everyone knew Young Master Lei's principles.

The crowd was once again stunned. They had experienced too many shocks today.

Wan Lei's mouth twitched. This move felt strangely familiar.

Back then, the patriarch of the Ba family had used the same tactic...

"Um... I..."

"Say no more, Brother Lei. I've heard of your great name for a long time and have long wished to pay my respects, but I've never had the chance. Today, meeting you, my admiration flows like a mighty river, never-ending.

In the Central Region, in the Thunder Wind Realm, in this life, I, Bai Baofu, only respect one person, and that is you, Brother Lei.

Your great achievements, I engrave them in my heart.

Brother Lei, you are handsome and dashing, elegant and unrestrained, like a jade tree before the wind, a dragon among men, divinely strong and invincible, number one in the universe, righteous and honorable, surpassing all in history and present, humble and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask those below you, intelligent and lively, sharp-witted and trustworthy, eloquent and graceful, imposing and noble in bearing, knowledgeable and profound, with talent enough to fill eight dou measures, looking down on all beings. You are swift as wind, still as forest, fierce as fire, and steadfast as mountain. They say you are a single pear blossom overwhelming a crabapple, the embodiment of handsomeness and wisdom, a fusion of chivalry and benevolence..."

Damn it, did a female cultivator from Qishan County in Lanning Kingdom teach you those lines?

Not a single word is out of place.

"Actually... I'm not that outstanding."

Young Master Lei smiled bashfully, scratching his head, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"Ugh..."

The crowd felt a surge of nausea in their stomachs.

Can you have some dignity?

"No!"

Bai Baofu roared to the sky,

"I will not allow you to say a single bad word about my Brother Lei! My Brother Lei is just that outstanding!

Brother Lei, please, you must accept me as your subordinate. If not,

I...

I will die before you!"

Bai Baofu's face was filled with grief and indignation. He raised his palm as if he would smash his own head if Wan Lei dared to utter a refusal.

*Dong!*

Everyone felt as if their heads had been struck by a heavy hammer.

How could there be such a shameless person in this world!

"Um... you don't need to do that. I accept, I accept."

Young Master Lei quickly dissuaded him.

"Please, Brother Lei, accept my storage bag!"

"Um... just give me the wood-attributed lightning. You can keep the rest."

Even someone as thick-skinned as Young Master Lei felt a little ashamed to take more from others.

"No!"

Bai Baofu roared again,

"This is my heartfelt offering. If Brother Lei doesn't accept, it means you look down on me and don't want me as your subordinate!

I...

I will die before you!"

Bai Baofu's subordinates quickly signaled him.

Young master, that's enough. The act is over. Don't rush to give things away.

But they didn't understand how clever their young master was.

If you're going to offer a token of allegiance, do it thoroughly and decisively.

Do it to the point where no one can say anything, maximizing the benefits.

This is the correct way to do things.

"Alas, so be it. It's just that I'm so kind-hearted. I can't bear to see someone die tragically before me, nor can I bear to see others unable to achieve their desires.

Fine, fine. Then I shall accept it."

Young Master Lei sighed, accepting Bai Baofu's storage bag with great reluctance and apparent unwillingness, as if it contained bombs rather than treasures, and he was sacrificing himself to save Bai Baofu's life, making a great sacrifice.

Shameless!

On this day, Young Master Lei and Bai Baofu made everyone realize once again what the highest realm of shamelessness was.

Wan Lei took out the white jade box, opened it, took out his Thor's Hammer, and manipulated it to absorb the mass of wood-attributed lightning.

As the wood-attributed lightning entered the hammer, it shone brightly.

Everyone saw that the fourth rune on Wan Lei's hammer was completely lit.

Wan Lei looked at his hammer with satisfaction.

He had taken another big step towards fully recovering his authority as the God of Thunder.

"Brother Lei, Brother Lei,"

Bai Baofu, having broken free, quickly came to Wan Lei's side and said with a smile,

"Let's go. We'll head to the fringe areas. There are more treasures there."

"Fringe areas?"

Wan Lei was a little confused.

"Yes, you don't know? We're not far from the other side of the Terrifying Forest, maybe a day and a half's journey. Most people have already reached there.

That's almost the end of the Wood Immortal Secret Realm. Beyond that, there's nothing, just void and darkness. Even divine sense cannot be released there, and nothing can be seen.

After some people explored it, they came out, saying there was truly nothing.

However, in the hills on the fringe of the forest's end, there are some good things. Everyone is gathered there."

Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu exchanged glances. They were nearing the end, so their goal was the one-sixth token at the destination...

"Alright, let's go. By the way, how did you get here?"

"One of my puppets sensed the aura of wood-attributed lightning and followed it all the way here, which is how I met you."

"And how did Liu Yuxin follow along?"

"She didn't follow me. I only left puppet markers on some safe routes along the way. These markers sensed her, and that's how I knew she was coming."

"Alright then, let's go."

Wan Lei nodded and led the increasingly large group onward.

As they got closer to their goal, Wan Lei felt a bit apprehensive.

Bai Baofu mentioned that there were too many people there, possibly hundreds of thousands. The pressure of so many people vying for the token was immense.

But then he thought, if the token were so easily found and snatched, no one would have obtained it in fifty thousand years.

Something so important must have very difficult trials, and he wondered what they would be.

Wan Lei hurried along, pondering, following the markers left by Bai Baofu.

Suddenly, a beast roar echoed from not too far away.

"Judging by the sound, that beast is not weak. It should be guarding some inheritance. Let's go take a look."

Wan Lei led the crowd over.

After flying for a short while, they saw a formation, and within it was a white tiger.

The tiger was not large, just of ordinary size, and its aura was not strong, at most around the early Nascent Soul stage.

"Human, if you wish to accept the trial and obtain the divine ability, begin.

If not, leave quickly and do not disturb my sleep."

The white tiger glanced at the crowd, stretched, let out a soft howl, and settled into a more comfortable resting position.

"What trial? What divine ability?"

"The divine ability is called Great Heavenly Thunder Technique, a technique that can summon heavenly thunder punishment.

As for the trial, first, break this formation, and second, defeat me. Once you've done that, you can obtain it."

The great white tiger didn't even lift its eyes, showing a hint of impatience.