If they didn’t have a hobby of torturing living beings and that abbot was a special case, this meant it was done for a specific purpose.

It also made sense to send their most depraved member, considering the task.

“Do you have proof?”

“I have one in captive with me; send this picture.”

Alex put his finger on Ying Xue’s forehead and sent out the image of the snake brother.

He was prepared to take them out rather than the sister.

In his opinion, the brother was easier to deal with, and they also lacked knowledge of any important information.

Ying Xue’s expression turned more solemn as she sent the message.

“Let’s look for Mom and go to the Xue patriarch then.”

Alex didn’t plan to wait for Elder Xue to return; better to just talk with the patriarch and have it over with.

He was sure they had some kind of proposal to cooperate; after all, they had Feng Xue to link both of them.

Or maybe it was to talk about some matter regarding her.

“Alright, but this place is owned by Elder Xue. I am sure we will face some kind of resistance when trying to go out.”

Ying Xue said while taking a step to exit the place.

But no one responded to her; she couldn’t feel Alex and Ming Yue’s presence.

Turning her gaze back, no one was there.

“Alex? Ming Yue?”

But her words only reverberated in the empty room.

Both of them found themselves in a place with many complicated formations.

Alex would have loved to focus on this if not for the being in front of them.

It was a spirit in the form of a small boy.

His eyes were emotionless, his golden hair cut short.

“Are you the guardian?”

“Yes, you can just call me Guardian; that is how my master called me in the past.”

‘Just Guardian? It seems Xue’s ancestor is bad at giving out names.’

“Now, can you tell me about this silver snake clan?”

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“I think it will be easier for me to show the proof.”

Alex flicked his hand, and the silver snake brothers appeared in front of them.

The guardian raised his palm.

A strange energy spread from the formation; it then engulfed both of the snakes.

‘It feels like qi, but something is different about it.’

Alex felt it was more complex than normal qi. It was like it was alive with its own intent.

After three seconds, the energy disappeared, leaving behind two dazed silver snake clan members.

“What did you do?”

“I just interrogated them. I know enough of the situation now.”

He then flicked his finger, sending two talismans toward Alex and Ming Yue.

“Take that. I will send you to the Neko clan; you will need to convince them to go through to the beastmen territory.”

“That’s it? Nothing more?”

Alex was surprised by how easily the guardian gave him permission.

“With the beastmen’s action, we need to do something to stop them.

I would have asked for your help or sent someone out to take care of this, but since that is already your goal, I don’t need to do anything more.

Just take Ying Xue with you.”

Alex frowned at the request, and Ming Yue felt the same way.

‘Why do you think he’s sending Ying Xue with us?’

‘I don’t know. If the purpose is to make sure our mission is completed, he should have sent someone stronger.’ Alex replied telepathically.

‘Then can he spy through Ying Xue?’

The emotionless guardian suddenly let out a chuckle.

“Don’t you know how rude both of you are? If you have questions, just ask me.

And no, she is not a spy. I just need someone to make sure that if something happens to all of you, I will get the news.

For example, if you fail and get killed.

I am sure you already have your own plan with the beastmen clan; this is my discretion, so you do what you want without interference from my side.”

Alex wanted to say something, but the guardian spoke first.

“No, I am not reading your mind; it’s just the most probable reaction from your character, young progenitors.”

Alex and Ming Yue’s gazes turned serious; they knew the guardian probably speculated this from Ying Xue’s information.

But for him to know about progenitors and even use the plural term meant he knew both of them were one.

“Don’t worry, I am not your enemy. In fact, you can call me an ally…

But I will just remind you, young progenitors, don’t be conceited.

Both of your strengths now are admirable; unfortunately, in the universe, it’s not strong enough.”

“How strong are we on the scale of the universe then?”

“I believe you have some information from the progenitor era, but the universe has changed a lot by now.

Let’s say if the progenitor at their peak had a power level of 6, then the current peak of this universe should be 9.”

“15? What is the difference in strength between each level?”

“Hard to say, but they were separated by levels for a reason. For someone to beat those above the level, it would be very hard, while beating those lower would be very easy.”

The information was a surprise to Alex; he didn’t know how much truth was hidden inside it, but if this was true…

“How about the current us now?” Ming Yue asked, her tone filled with worry.

Lately, both of them did feel confident with their current strength.

In their mind, no one could beat them here; they could do as they wanted.

But it seemed things were not that simple. Just like the guardian in front of them, they couldn’t measure his strength.

Alex also tried to use the system to measure his power level, but it failed.

He wasn’t surprised by the result.

After all, he already knew the system’s power level detection was assumed based on the being’s life force.

If someone could hide their life force or, for example, was undead, the result wouldn’t be accurate at all.

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