"You were so arrogant before, why are you backing down now?" Zhou Yan spoke coldly, his voice devoid of emotion, his chilling killing intent piercing their very souls.
"Deity, please spare us. We were just speaking casually, with no intention of offending you," the foreign powerhouses replied hastily.
"You had no intention of offending me, so consider me intentionally offended."
With that, Zhou Yan waved his hand again, sending a strand of the Law of the Dao towards them.
"No, no, no, please listen to me…"
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!!!"
The remaining few semi-god powerhouses, who were under constraint, were also annihilated by Zhou Yan's casual wave of his hand. Not even their physical bodies were left behind, their forms turning into blood mist.
However, their treasures, including their storage equipment, were all collected by Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan then turned his gaze towards the Celestials. A mere glance from him sent them plummeting into an abyss, making them feel the threat of death.
"Hurry, let's go! We can't stay here!"
The formerly overbearing Celestial prodigies, now sweating profusely, unfurled their divine feathers, transforming into streaks of light that shot towards the sky.
The other Celestials, filled with dread, also turned into streaks of light and fled into the distance.
But they hadn't flown far before the entire void collapsed. A terrifying energy annihilated them all, leaving nothing behind.
Witnessing this, the other foreign races who had intended to flee dared not move. They were filled with fear.
Now, they could neither escape nor stay. They could only await their judgment, their will to resist completely extinguished.
The human powerhouses, upon seeing this, were overwhelmed with joy, tears streaming down their faces.
"It's a deity of our Human Race! Our Human Race has actually produced another deity! Our Human Ancestors protect us!"
"You foreign races were so arrogant before, why are you silent now? Weren't you looking down on our Human Race not long ago?"
"With a deity emerging from our Human Race, let's see if you foreign races dare to attack us now! Come if you're not afraid of death!"
"We pay our respects to the Human Deity!"
"Long live the Human Deity!"
These foreign races were thoroughly berated by the humans, their faces flushing red, but they dared not utter a single word, nor even display a hint of killing intent.
With a Human Deity present, how could they dare to act presumptuously?
"Let's go in," Zhou Yan said to Ye Xun.
"Alright."
Zhou Yan paid no mind to these foreign races. In fact, if they didn't attack him, he wouldn't have bothered with them at all.
Seeing that the Human Deity was not making things difficult for them, these foreign races breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"Quick, report back! The Human Race has a deity. We must not make enemies with the Human Race!"
"Go, go, go! Our clan is warned. Never again shall we step into Human territory, even by half a step. If we provoke the Human Deity, our clan will not be held responsible for any consequences."
"A deity has appeared in the Human Race. We can never contend with the Human Race. Let's retreat and never easily provoke the Human Race again."
Some human powerhouses wanted to pursue them, but an elder intercepted, "Do not chase a cornered enemy. Let them return to report this matter. It is a good thing for our Human Race."
Upon hearing this, everyone felt it made sense. The emergence of a deity in the Human Race, regardless of who it was, was enough news to make countless foreign races cease their hostilities.
A Human Deity was surely a protector of the Human Race. If they wanted to bully the Human Race as they had before, they would have to consider whether their own race possessed the strength to contend with a Human Deity.
As long as their race had no deity, they could not challenge the Human Race and would even voluntarily withdraw from human territories.
Furthermore, the alliances formed by these foreign races would dissolve due to the appearance of a Human Deity.
This was the awe inspired by a top-tier expert of a race.
Zhou Yan and Ye Xun entered the mansion. It was merely a mansion that had been sealed by a peak semi-god expert.
This was a real space, incredibly vast. Upon entering, one could see countless islands floating in the sky, with a building on each island.
Each island was protected by numerous formations. After entering, Zhou Yan and Ye Xun flew towards one of the islands.
"Quite a few spiritual herbs have been planted here. It seems like there's been another considerable harvest," Zhou Yan remarked, looking at the medicinal field ahead, filled with rows of crystal-clear spiritual grasses, each at least ten thousand years old.
"It seems this mansion is at least ten thousand years old," Zhou Yan stated.
"To be precise, thirteen thousand five hundred and eighty-one years," Ye Xun replied.
Zhou Yan glanced at Ye Xun and asked, "Is it necessary to be so accurate?"
"What's seen is shared. We'll split the spiritual herbs inside fifty-fifty," Ye Xun said.
"Can you refine medicine?" Zhou Yan asked.
"In my memory, I can. But my alchemy isn't very strong; I can only refine third-tier divine pills," Ye Xun replied.
Zhou Yan: (¬_¬)
Third-tier divine pills?
And you say your alchemy isn't very strong?
"You're talking about alchemy in the Divine Realm, aren't you?" Zhou Yan said.
"It should be. The strongest alchemist in your territory is worse than me; they can't even refine divine pills," Ye Xun replied.
"They've only been refining medicine for a few years since I summoned them. Do you, an old man who's lived for tens of thousands of years, have the nerve to compare yourself to them?" Zhou Yan retorted.
Ye Xun was speechless. He had overlooked the age factor.
But Ye Xun replied, "I'm not tens of thousands of years old."
"Who knows? You might even be over a hundred thousand," Zhou Yan said.
Ye Xun: (¬_¬)
Zhou Yan unleashed his divine power, attacking the entire formation. The guardian formation erupted with a surge of power and began to tremble violently.
"This formation is quite good. It seems the other party's formation mastery is quite high," Zhou Yan commented.
Zhou Yan activated the Tai Chi Formation Diagram, enveloping the entire formation. After dissecting it, Zhou Yan finally understood the formation's intricacies and proceeded to dismantle and destroy it.
"Crack!"
The moment the entire formation was destroyed, the aroma of medicine wafted outwards.
This medicinal field had been sealed for over ten thousand years. The medicinal fragrance was so potent it was almost tangible, manifesting as illusory figures of a Qilin, a Phoenix, and a Divine Dragon.
These were formed by the medicinal aromas of three types of spiritual herbs, extremely precious and suitable for refining divine pills, making them incredibly valuable in the lower realm.
Zhou Yan surveyed the entire medicinal field, then activated his great divine ability, segregating all the spiritual herbs he needed. He then said to Ye Xun, "Don't say I'm not loyal. Half of this is yours."
Ye Xun didn't mind and collected the other half of the medicinal field. He also possessed his own storage space, which he had opened himself.
Unfortunately, it didn't contain many valuable items, leaving Ye Xun somewhat regretful.