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“This mountain is mine, this tree is mine. If you want to pass, leave the toll!” — Xu Ming had an imposing air about him.

Collecting tolls?

Near the exit of the Mountain and Rivers World, more and more geniuses were gathering.

“Did I hear correctly? You want to collect tolls from us?”

“Kid, are you out of your mind, obsessed with money?”

“Damn, you're just relying on an illusion formation, right? You think you can rob all the geniuses of our human race? Haha, what a joke!”

“Too arrogant! Kid, if you don't immediately withdraw the illusion formation, believe it or not, I'll kill you after I get out?” A fierce, bald, burly man shouted.

… …

Xu Ming turned a deaf ear to these shouts — in this world, strength speaks; not the mouth!

“Whoever is willing to pay the toll, just shout, and I will naturally let you out!” Xu Ming's voice rang out again, “By the way, ten thousand low-grade Dao Stones is just a temporary price, and it may be adjusted at any time! As for whether it goes up or down… it depends on my mood!”

After saying this, Xu Ming made no further sound.

No matter how the geniuses inside and outside the illusion formation cursed and scolded, he ignored them.

“Hehe, next, I'll just wait to collect money!”

Xu Ming directly placed a chair in front of the teleportation gate and comfortably waited to collect tolls — this area was the core of the illusion formation; without Xu Ming's guidance, no one else could reach this area.

… …

Many of the human race's great powers at the Dao Inquiry Banquet looked at Xu Ming with strange expressions.

Xu Ming's appearance was really…

Too despicable!

Too deserving of a beating!

But precisely because the “Myriad Flowers Illusion Sea” illusion formation was placed here, no one could find Xu Ming within the illusion formation, let alone beat him!

Many great powers showed displeasure.

Among them, the ones with the most unsightly expressions were undoubtedly the elders of the Purple Moon Holy Land — after all, Xu Ming first made a name for himself by stepping on Lin Chen, and now he was doing such a “despicable” thing; it would be strange if their expressions were good!

The “Demon Blade Elder” of the Purple Moon Holy Land couldn't help but scold on the spot, “Outrageous! Simply too outrageous! He's actually using an illusion formation to block the exit of the Mountain and Rivers World, preventing other geniuses from coming out! — What does Xu Ming think the Dao Origin Battle is? A game?”

The Demon Blade Elder didn't know that Xu Ming was indeed treating the Dao Origin Battle as a game.

Another elder of the Purple Moon Holy Land also said, “He's extremely mischievous! This child must not be nurtured, otherwise, he might cause a great disaster for our human race in the future!”

The inspector Nangong Xiong, who had been silent all along, also showed displeasure and said, “The Dao Origin Battle is a place to test strength and luck! Xu Ming's disruption will ruin the entire Dao Origin Battle!”

Many great powers looked towards Palace Master Po Tian and Elder Xuan Qing.

“Palace Master, we can't let this kid Xu Ming continue to play around! Otherwise, he'll ruin this Dao Origin Battle!”

“Elder Xuan Qing, please revoke Xu Ming's Dao Origin Battle qualification and remove the ‘Myriad Flowers Illusion Sea’ illusion formation to restore order to this Dao Origin Battle!”

Inspector Nangong Yan also said, “That's right, the Dao Origin Battle is a place to test strength; what kind of skill is it to use formations?”

Tie Ning's attention had been focused on Xu Ming; the more he looked, the more he felt that Xu Ming was to his liking.

Xu Ming was too arrogant?

A man is not frivolous in his youth!

Xu Ming was too despicable?

Invincibility lies in being utterly despicable! — Besides, does it matter if he's despicable? What matters is how to amplify one's own strength; and being despicable is a good way to amplify one's own strength!

In short, in Tie Ning's view, Xu Ming was the perfect candidate for a disciple!

“This Xu Ming, with his talent, despicableness, and wretchedness, is definitely the perfect successor for the path of formations!” Tie Ning looked at Xu Ming, his eyes shining brighter the more he looked.

But just then, Tie Ning heard some very grating voices, instantly ruining his pleasant mood.

“Nangong Yan!” Tie Ning's eyes burned with anger, and his dragon-like arm directly pointed at Nangong Yan, scolding, “You better explain yourself clearly! What do you mean by ‘what kind of skill is it to use formations’!? — Formations don't count as skill? Damn! If you have the ability, set up a formation for me to see! If you don't have the ability, what are you yelling about!?”

Nangong Yan's face immediately turned green.

In a place like the Dao Inquiry Banquet, where great powers gathered, he was being pointed at and scolded, so his expression couldn't be good!

“Elder Tie Ning, you… how can you scold people!” Nangong Yan, as an inspector of the Dao Inquiry Palace, was also a Dao Lord great power, but his status was still slightly inferior to that of an elder of the Dao Inquiry Palace. Compared to Tie Ning, who was a highly respected elder, he was even less comparable.

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“Scold people!?” Elder Tie Ning snorted angrily, and flames emerged from both nostrils, “If you don't explain yourself clearly today, I'll beat you up after the Dao Inquiry Banquet is over!”

“Hiss—” Nangong Yan immediately gasped for air.

Many great powers couldn't help but mourn for Nangong Yan — this unlucky child, who shouldn't he have provoked, but he accidentally provoked Tie Ning… it's his own fault for being scolded!

It should be known that Tie Ning's status in the Dao Inquiry Palace was extremely high; even the palace masters were polite to Tie Ning and didn't dare to offend him in the slightest. Because… if Tie Ning was unhappy, he might quit!

It should be known that Tie Ning was the number one weapon refiner of the human race. If he quit, that would be a very serious matter!

The equipment of the entire human race's top great powers might not be able to keep up!

“Tie Ning, bring us two along when you beat him!” Elder Maple Leaf and Elder Mo Zixuan also said with unkind expressions.

Maple Leaf was the number one alchemist of the human race, and Mo Zixuan was the number one inscription master of the human race; and the foundation of alchemy and inscription was also formations. When someone said “formations are not a skill,” they were naturally also indignant.

“Hiss—” Nangong Yan's face became even paler — what stupid things had he said!

Just Tie Ning alone was enough for them to handle! And Maple Leaf and Mo Zixuan's status in the human race was no less than Tie Ning's!

“Elder Tie Ning, Elder Maple Leaf, Elder Mo Zixuan…” Nangong Yan repeatedly smiled apologetically, “Slip of the tongue! Slip of the tongue! I really didn't mean that! — How could formations not be a skill? Of course, formations are a skill, and a great skill that relies heavily on talent!”

“Oh?” Tie Ning glanced at him, “You didn't mean that? Then what did you mean?”

“I meant… I meant…” Nangong Yan thought for a moment and said, “I meant — using formations in the Dao Origin Battle is too unfair!”

“Unfair?”

Upon hearing this, Tie Ning, Maple Leaf, and Mo Zixuan's expressions not only didn't improve, but became even gloomier.