Just as Ning Beichen was about to finish off the Rhino King with a sword, the Rhino King suddenly had an epiphany and immediately knelt before Ning Beichen, declaring its surrender.
Even the Golden Lion knew to surrender, and the Rhino King was not stupid. This human before him was too powerful. The Rhino King knew it was no match for Ning Beichen without even using its innate divine abilities, so it surrendered decisively and cleanly.
Ning Beichen's ancient bronze sword was poised at the Rhino King's neck, but its original sharpness had already seeped into the Rhino King's skin from a distance.
Although the ancient bronze sword did not touch the Rhino King's neck, a sword mark about a finger deep had already appeared on its neck. If the Rhino King's hide were not so thick, it would have been bleeding profusely by now.
The Rhino King was also so terrified that it dared not move. It wasn't that this beast king was a coward, but rather that this human expert was too terrifying.
If it had surrendered any later, its head would likely have been gone by now.
What followed was the same as with the Golden Lion. The Rhino King also connected its soul with Ning Beichen, becoming a fellow unfortunate comrade to the Golden Lion in a relationship of love and hate.
After subduing the Rhino King, Ning Beichen was able to move freely within the Rhino King's domain. Moreover, with the Rhino King as an additional mount, Ning Beichen and his group did not have to ride entirely on the Golden Lion's back.
Although the Golden Lion's back was vast enough to accommodate more people, Ning Beichen's aura was too imposing, making many uncomfortable.
With the Rhino King, they could also have it clear the path ahead. While they might not be able to deal with beast kings, they could handle other fierce beasts without issue.
Furthermore, with two beast kings acting as deterrents, even after leaving the Rhino King's domain, few fierce beasts would dare to provoke them.
The mountain range, which was originally very dangerous, became remarkably safe with the escort of two beast kings. When passing through the domains of other beast kings, ordinary beast kings, unless they were tigers, would not foolishly come out to challenge the two beast kings.
Since they were merely passing through their domains and not trying to seize them, as long as they were not provoked, there was no need to come out and fight.
As Ning Beichen and his group were swaggering towards the central continent, riding the Golden Lion and the Rhino King, a massive airship appeared in the sky.
This colossal airship was more than ten times the size of their original one. As it flew overhead, it almost covered the entire sky, naturally attracting the attention of Ning Beichen and his group below.
"It's the Wang family's airship."
One of the three people from the central continent whom Ning Beichen had spared saw the giant airship in the sky and exclaimed loudly.
"What? Is the Wang family very influential in the central continent?"
Ning Beichen looked up at the massive airship in the sky and asked curiously.
"The Wang family, the Zhou family, and the Chen family are the three major powers of the central continent, and also the three ancient families with the most wealth in the central continent. They are equivalent to emperors in the central continent."
"Especially the Wang family, they are the wealthiest among the three great families. They control more than thirty percent of the industries in the central continent, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, medicine, weapons, and so on."
"What about the sects? Are the three great families still above the sects?"
Ning Beichen found it somewhat interesting. These three great families were very similar to the old aristocratic families in Europe from his world.
Those old aristocratic families in Europe also possessed immense wealth, had connections everywhere, and were powerful. In some countries, their word was even more effective than that of the president.
Even the president dared not offend them because, without their support from behind the scenes, even a president would have to step down.
"Many sects are related to the three great families, either supported by their wealth, or through marriage alliances..."
Although his words were incomplete, Ning Beichen understood.
This situation was not unique to this world; it was the same in his own world. Many overt major powers were actually supported by aristocratic families, or even secretly controlled by them.
Knowing the nature of the three great families, Ning Beichen couldn't be bothered to pay them any mind.
In this world, Ning Beichen was like a barefoot person. As the saying goes, the barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. As long as they didn't provoke him, Ning Beichen wouldn't be so idle as to challenge them.
Of course, if they came after him, Ning Beichen would not be polite.
Meanwhile, aboard the Wang family's massive airship, a young girl was leaning over to look down. She then spotted the two beast kings below.
"Stop! Look quickly, there are two beast kings below. Go and capture this beast king, I want to take it back as a mount."
The girl commanded.
"Yes, Miss."
The Wang family's airship began to descend, slowly landing on an open space ahead.
Ning Beichen also noticed their actions, but he paid them no mind and had no intention of taking their airship to the central continent.
With these two beast kings as mounts, they could also help Yang Qianrou and the others improve their own strength along the way, a win-win situation, so there was no need to ride in an airship.
"Miss, there are people on the beast king's back."
After the airship landed, they saw that there were people on the backs of both beast kings, realizing that these two beast kings already had owners, which spoiled their joy.
"So what if they have owners? Go and tell them to hand over the two beast kings, and we'll give them some money to send them away."
The girl said with a nonchalant air, clearly accustomed to such actions.
"Yes, Miss."
An old man, leading several people, disembarked from the airship and landed before Ning Beichen and his group, speaking arrogantly.
"Our Wang family's young lady fancies your riding beasts and wants to buy them. Name your price."
Yang Qianrou and the others all looked at Ning Beichen. To them, the Wang family was a behemoth that could not be offended, and they naturally dared not provoke them. Whether to sell or not depended on their leader, Ning Beichen.
"Not selling."
Ning Beichen replied, his tone relatively calm. If it wasn't necessary, he didn't want to offend a Wang family, as it would bring him no benefit.
Moreover, both the Golden Lion and the Rhino King were his spirit pets. They had helped Ning Beichen a lot along the way and were not mere commodities. In fact, Ning Beichen planned to release the Golden Lion and the Rhino King once they left this mountain range, so how could he sell them?
"We are from the Wang family."
The old man still spoke arrogantly.
"It doesn't matter which family you are from, I am not selling."
Ning Beichen ignored his arrogance and directly refused.