Seeing the awkward situation of Rod and Elowen, Sophia realized that she misunderstood the situation.

Sophia bowed politely toward Rod and Elowen: “Forgive me, Sr. I thought you were a couple because you do look like a match made in heaven.”

Even though Elowen wore a skin mask, her disguise still looked beautiful. Almost no woman would wear an ugly disguise. On the other hand, Rod was burning red from shame when he heard Sophia's words. Elowen noticed Rod's expression, but she only looked at Rod and controlled the flying boat again.

Sophia and her clansmen watched the flying boat moving away until they lost sight of it.

Seeing that they could no longer see the flying boat, Sophia spoke: “Let's go.”

Meanwhile, Rod and Elowen were silent while moving forward toward the location that Mike mentioned, the air was awkward. Elowen looked at Rod, and she saw that Rod was still looking at Mike's small finger. She spoke.

Elowen: “What are you trying to find on Lord's fingers?”

Upon hearing Elowen's question, Rod's body tensed up, and he put down Mike's hand. He replied while laughing awkwardly: “Hehe, nothing. I just wanted to stare at Lord's fingers.”

When Elowen heard Rod's response, she smirked and said: “Why are you acting like such a baby?”

Rod took a quick glance at Elowen, and Elowen noticed this and laughed: “What? You feel shy because of the young lad's words? You are too hilarious, junior brother. We are old enough not to get ashamed by those words, and also, you are already grown up.”

On the other hand, Rod only nodded his head: “Yes, big sister.”

Seeing this, Elowen was a little annoyed, but she didn’t speak again, and they traveled toward their destination with an awkward situation. After some time, Mike finally awoke. Mike slowly opened his eyes and saw Mike's face staring at him blankly, like a dead person.

Mike's skin crawled, and he asked: “Hey! Rod, what's wrong with you?”

Rod returned to his senses and took a quick glance at Elowen before replying while blushing: “Nothing, my lord. Nothing important.”

Seeing this, Rod got a hint, but he was not sure about it, and he was still confused, so he asked Elowen: “Sister Elowen, what happened?”

Elowen was still a little annoyed: “Nothing, my lord. It was not important. Junior brother was just acting like a child, nothing much.”

Hearing Elowen's response, Mike became more confused, and he started to feel weird while looking at Rod and Elowen.

To be honest, Rod and his senior brother Daxton, when Daxton and Rod were still young, both of them were enchanted by Elowen's beauty. They decided to hide it among themselves because, for them, it was hopeless. They were only mortals, and Elowen was a cultivator. Furthermore, they would grow old faster and die faster, while Elowen would still look like a teenager. But now, Rod's situation had changed, and it was not the same as before. He became a cultivator, and what's more, he became young again. Rod was acting odd because Sophia's words reminded him of the true appearance of Elowen, and his heart started to beat faster, thinking that he now had a chance.

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Mike looked at Rod again: “Hey, Rod, what's wrong with you guys? You two act too suspicious.”

Upon hearing Mike's question, Rod changed the topic: “My lord, why when you address Sr. Sister, you call her sister, and you only call me by my name, Rod?”

When Mike heard Rod, he smiled: “Okay, okay, brother Rod. What makes you blush, and why does Sister Elowen look annoyed, as if she wants to pummel you so bad?”

Hearing this, Rod's face blushed again, and Mike's eyes widened while looking at Elowen as if he was asking, “What's wrong?”

Seeing the awkward situation, Mike no longer asked. Instead, he took out 100 heavenly crystals and gave 50 to Elowen and 50 to Rod to change the awkward situation.

Mike then gave the heavenly crystals: “Brother Rod, this 50 is for you, and this other 50 is for you, Sister Elowen.”

Both Rod and Elowen were shocked because the reason for their trip was to retrieve heavenly crystals, but now Mike had them.

Elowen asked: “My lord, why do you have heavenly crystals, and all of these are high-grade heavenly crystals?”

Mike casually replied when he heard Elowen's question: “Oh, that? I found them in my ring. I forgot to check it before, I only checked it on our way.”

Rod: “So should we go back now, my lord, since we already have heavenly crystals?”

Upon hearing Rod's question, Mike shook his head: “No, we are still going. I want to retrieve the gold coins that I buried in the caves.”

When Elowen couldn't help but ask when she heard Mike's reason: “My lord, we can just sell one high-grade heavenly crystal to get up to 200,000 gold coins if we auction it.”

Mike disagreed: “No, those gold coins should be around 2 million. Money is money; we can’t just throw it away. And also, I have another reason to get those gold coins.”

Rod asked: “What are you going to do with gold, my lord?”

Mike looked toward the Zeit clan's direction: “I want to give some of it to my clan, since we have a flying artifact, and we can also hide our cultivation.”

Upon hearing Mike's reason, both Rod and Elowen didn’t ask any further, and they continued forward. After 3 hours and 24 minutes, they finally reached their destination.

Mike looked down at the boat, and he pointed toward the cliff valley: “Go over there, and you can see some bushes.”

Elowen followed Mike's finger, and she was confused because the cliff valley was full of bushes: “My lord, bushes are everywhere.”

Mike looked at Elowen with a confused face, since from Mike's perspective, there were only a few bushes. But he didn’t know that other than him, when they looked at the valley, it was full of bushes because it was part of the concealment formation. The reason Mike could see through the illusion was that he was not restricted.

Mike: “What? Okay, never mind. Follow my command, and I will point the way.”

Elowen then followed Mike's instructions, and they landed. But all they could see were bushes, and there was no cave.

Rod looked around, and he asked in confusion: “My lord, I can’t find the cave that you've been talking about?”

Upon hearing Rod, Mike was confused: “You guys can’t see it? It was just in front of us.”

Both Rod and Elowen checked the surroundings, but they still couldn't find the cave. So Elowen replied: “My lord, maybe you are the only one who can see the cave.”

When Mike heard Elowen, he was not sure if they were joking, so he stepped out of the boat and walked toward the entrance, pointing: “See, this is the entrance.”

The two were bewildered because all they could see was a mountain with no caves. Seeing the two's reaction, Mike decided to enter. When Mike entered, both Elowen and Rod followed, but they couldn't enter. Rod then touched the surface, but all he could feel was land and bushes. Mike, who was looking from inside, decided to step out.