"Lu Zun, as you've seen, if we hadn't expelled your son from the sect, how would our sect have received such blessings today?" Fang Jin said, "Otherwise, forget about these blessings—our sect might have been suppressed to unimaginable depths."
"You..."
Lu Zun clenched his fists tightly, hanging his head in silence.
"Ah!"
Seeing this, Fang Jin came over and patted Lu Zun's shoulder. "There's no other way. It's all for the sect's benefit, so I'm afraid we'll have to trouble you further."
"What do you mean?"
Lu Zun raised his head.
"Since the Continent Lord has favored us by entrusting the crystal mines to our Great Transformation Sect, we should do even better," Fang Jin said, looking up. "So, I'm afraid I must ask you to leave the Great Transformation Sect as well!"
"You..."
Lu Zun's eyes immediately turned red.
"I, Lu Zun, have been with the Great Transformation Sect since childhood, contributing countless merits. Not only did I lose a son, but I've also suffered eight severe injuries and countless minor ones for the sect, leaving me with chronic ailments."
"Even my son Chong's foundation problems were caused by injuries sustained while carrying out sect missions in his early years."
"You could say our entire family has given our lives to the Great Transformation Sect, yet we never imagined we'd end up like this."
"I have nothing more to say."
Lu Zun removed the Great Transformation Sect's emblem from his clothes and walked out of the hall, his figure dejected.
"Hahaha..."
Behind him came mocking laughter and excitement about the invitation from the Continent Lord's mansion.
Not a single person spared a sympathetic glance for this old man who had given everything to the Great Transformation Sect.
After Fang Jin and the others made their preparations,
Led by Fang Jin, a group of elders changed into formal new clothes and set off for the Xining Immortal Continent with beaming faces.
Fang Jin's group moved so quickly through the air their feet could have sparked fire, and finally, after a day, they arrived outside the Xining Immortal Continent Palace.
As the saying goes, joy makes one's spirit soar.
Fang Jin's face was glowing with happiness.
He led the group of elders, all wearing bright smiles, toward the Xining Immortal Continent Palace.
Several dedicated reception staff politely led them into the guest hall.
"Please wait a moment, I'll notify the Continent Lord right away."
"Very good, very good!"
Fang Jin responded politely, and after the staff left, he couldn't help but sit down in the grand chair, patting it while saying joyfully, "Look, look! This is truly the Continent Lord's palace—even the wood of these chairs is extraordinary."
"Indeed, our Great Transformation Sect has finally reached its peak."
"When has the Continent Lord's palace ever been so courteous to any sect?"
"Exactly! It seems the Continent Lord is truly a man of character who appreciates those who know how to adapt."
"Haha..."
The elders discussed enthusiastically.
"Eh!"
Just then, one of the elders, looking through the main door, seemed to notice something and couldn't help but exclaim softly.
"What's wrong?"
Fang Jin and the others asked.
"That person squatting on the ground, doesn't he look like Lu Chong?"
The elder rubbed his eyes and couldn't help asking.
Hearing this,
Everyone couldn't help but look over, and they were immediately shocked.
"It really does look like Lu Chong!"
"How could he be here? Shouldn't he be on Dark Shadow Island?"
"Indeed, this is the Continent Lord's palace—how could he be here!"
Everyone wore expressions of disbelief.
"Let's go take a look. Maybe the Heavenly Immortal Palace caught the wrong person, letting the real culprit roam free," one of the elders couldn't help saying.
"Maybe we shouldn't. After all, he's inside the Continent Lord's palace. What if he's a guest of the Continent Lord?" another elder asked.
"What are you thinking?"
"How could a worthless person like Lu Chong be a guest of the Continent Lord?" that elder said disdainfully. "Besides, look at him squatting there cleaning waste buckets—at most he's just doing menial work at the Continent Lord's palace."
"But this still doesn't make sense. Lu Chong should be imprisoned on Dark Shadow Island, so how did he end up here doing menial work?"
"That's exactly what makes this suspicious," that elder said. "I'm beginning to suspect that Lu Chong and his father might have found someone to take their place to avoid Dark Shadow Island."
"This is outrageous!"
"This would be deceiving the Continent Lord's palace and the Heavenly Immortal Palace."
"Indeed, if this turns out to be true, our Great Transformation Sect will surely be implicated."
Everyone became angry.
"Let's go check it out."
Fang Jin organized his thoughts and agreed with that elder's words.
Otherwise, there was no way to explain why Lu Chong would appear here.
If things were really as they suspected, he would have to take action—he couldn't let Lu Chong ruin their chances at the crystal mine rights.
The group advanced menacingly toward Lu Chong.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
