After dealing with She Yin, Ye Ming and the three Xu brothers headed to the Land of Heavenly Guardians.
"Brother Ye, if it weren't for you this time, my three brothers and I would have been in grave danger."
Recalling what Ye Ming had learned from Yu Yin, Xu Du still felt a chill down his spine.
It turned out that the three brothers had long been targeted by Yu Yin and his disciple.
And the reason they were targeted was actually related to the power they had previously offended.
"I told you, meeting you is a rare fate, no need to be polite!" Ye Ming smiled and said, "It's just that there's one thing I'm curious about, and I hope Brother Xu can help me answer it!"
"Of course! Please speak, Brother Ye!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Du responded readily.
"It's like this, I believe Brother Xu has heard of the Battle of Heavenly Guardians three years ago?" Ye Ming asked.
"That's natural! That battle stirred up quite a storm in the ancient martial arts world!" Xu Du was a bit confused as to why he would ask that.
The Battle of Heavenly Guardians!
It was no secret!
"Since that's the case, why did you still come to this dangerous place?" Ye Ming said directly, "With your strength, coming here..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but the three Xu brothers should understand what he meant.
Although the Enlightenment Bodhi Tree was very attractive, it was clearly not something Xu Du and others were qualified to covet.
"My three brothers and I naturally know this!"
Xu Du didn't mind Ye Ming's bluntness and said with a wry smile, "Therefore, this time we are only planning to try our luck in the outer areas of the Land of Heavenly Guardians, to see if there are any opportunities for us."
"Hmm?"
Hearing this answer, Ye Ming suddenly stopped and said, "Outer areas? Opportunities? What does that mean?"
Not only him, but even Du Yuemian beside him was a little stunned.
"You... don't know?"
Seeing their expressions, it was now the turn of the three Xu brothers to be bewildered.
"Yuemian! Didn't Grandpa Du tell you any other news?" Ye Ming looked at Du Yuemian beside him.
"This... no!"
Du Yuemian thought back carefully and said, "Grandpa only told me that today is the day the Enlightenment Bodhi Tree appears, but he didn't tell me anything else."
Hearing their conversation, the three Xu brothers finally confirmed that the other party seemed to truly not know any other news about the Land of Heavenly Guardians.
"Brother Xu! Can you tell us in detail about the outer areas and opportunities you mentioned?" Ye Ming asked.
"Uh... alright!"
Afterwards, Xu Du recounted some other news about the Battle of Heavenly Guardians to Ye Ming.
It turned out that after the news of the Enlightenment Bodhi Tree first spread, some new information followed.
The most important of these was the following point:
On the day the Enlightenment Bodhi Tree appeared, there would be some heavenly spiritual treasures, weapons, and martial arts techniques distributed along the path to the core area of the Land of Heavenly Guardians.
Those who were fated could take them.
Therefore, the ancient martial artists who came here divided the area around the Land of Heavenly Guardians into three zones.
They were the outer circle, the inner circle, and the core circle.
And the Enlightenment Bodhi Tree would appear within the core circle.
"So that's how it is!"
Only now did Ye Ming and Du Yuemian understand why there were so many ancient martial artists in the Land of Heavenly Guardians this time.
"Yes! The cultivation of my three brothers has reached a bottleneck, so we want to take this opportunity to see if we can find our own opportunities!" Lu Qifeng said.
"I just didn't expect to encounter Yu Yin and his disciple!" Lu Qiming sighed, "If it weren't for Brother Ye, we would have been found by our enemies as soon as we arrived at the Land of Heavenly Guardians!"
Before, Yu Yin and his disciple did not rush to act because they did not want to alert their enemies. After arriving at the Land of Heavenly Guardians, they would capture the three brothers in one fell swoop.
"Big brother! Since those people are also coming, why don't we not go..." Lu Qifeng suggested after thinking.
"This..."
Xu Du looked at his two brothers, clenched and then loosened his fists, and finally shook his head, saying to Ye Ming, "Ye Ming! I'm afraid I can't go with you this time!"
For the safety of his brothers, Xu Du gave up the idea of going to the Land of Heavenly Guardians to seek opportunities.
After all, their enemies were too terrifying.
Hearing that Xu Du had given up, Du Yuemian looked at Ye Ming beside her, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, she didn't speak.
"Just giving up like this?"
Ye Ming gave her a reassuring look, then looked at the three brothers and said indifferently, "The Land of Heavenly Guardians might be an opportunity to change your destiny!"
Hearing this, the merchants' eyes showed a look of resignation. Xu Du said with some melancholy, "If it were just me, I wouldn't have any worries, it would just be death. But..."
He looked at the Lu brothers and said, "Qifeng and Qiming still have elders above them, I must ensure their safety! Otherwise..."
Otherwise, it was very likely that the old would send off the young.
"Big brother! We..."
"Enough! It's decided!" Xu Du raised his hand and said sternly, "Don't be willful!"
"Brother Ye! We'll part ways here..."
Stopping them, Xu Du was about to bid farewell to Ye Ming when Ye Ming smiled and patted his shoulder, "Come with me! You can't solve the problem by constantly avoiding it!"
"No! Brother Ye! I..."
"I know what you want to say, and I know what you're worried about." Ye Ming said frankly, "Actually, you're also afraid of implicating me and Yuemian, right?"
Implicate them?
"I... yes!"
After hearing this, Xu Du fell silent.
That's right!
Ye Ming was right, Xu Du was also afraid of implicating them.
"Don't worry!"
Ye Ming's eyes deepened, and two cold glints shot out from his pupils. "You might not believe it, but the faction you offended actually has some personal grievances with me as well!"
"This..."
Hearing this, Xu Du immediately thought that Ye Ming was saying this to ease his burden: "Brother Ye! You don't need to..."
"Brother Xu! Do you really think I'm lying to you?"
Ye Ming stared into Xu Du's eyes, the cold glint in his pupils still flickering. "You must be aware of the methods of that sect. It's not strange that I have a feud with them, is it?"
Hearing this explanation, Xu Du finally calmed down and analyzed carefully.
"Big brother! Brother Ye is right, in the ancient martial arts world, those people have made many enemies, and their reputation is already notorious. I'm afraid..."
Lu Qiming said beside him.
"That's true!" Lu Qifeng also agreed.
"Alright! Let's go!"
Ye Ming walked past the three Xu brothers, waved his hand, and said, "If you trust me, follow me. If you want to go back, I won't stop you. You choose yourselves!"
Du Yuemian glanced at them, then followed.
The choice had been given.
As for how they would choose, it depended on themselves.