Pollution Evolution

......

......

He logged off.

The familiar ceiling, the familiar window.

Ye Chuan lay on his bed. As he watched the icon of the Weird World dim, he suddenly realized something—had he failed to farm any Spirit Essence?

"After all that trouble, are there no rewards at all?"

Ye Chuan scanned his inventory, discovering there really wasn't a single reward inside.

"Huh? ↗"

He immediately opened the logs and finally found the quest rewards.

[Obtained Weird World "Death Train" A-Rank Reward. Your Cognitive Contamination ability has improved.]

[Your Cognitive Contamination can now cause Area of Effect (AoE).]

[After your Cognitive Contamination kills a unit, it will permanently increase your Mental Contamination ability.]

"A single-target crowd control skill turned into an AoE crowd control skill?" Ye Chuan was actually quite satisfied after seeing this reward. After all, crowd control abilities were incredibly useful.

"It's alright, I guess."

Ye Chuan looked at the ceiling. For some reason, he suddenly thought of Gua Xiaotian.

"..." And that world evolved from the heart.

"Knock, knock~" Just as Ye Chuan was lost in thought, Luo Xi's voice came from the door. "Chuan Chuan, Chuan Chuan~"

Hearing this voice, Ye Chuan was dazed for a moment, but the door had already been pushed open.

Luo Xi hopped in with light steps. Seeing Ye Chuan still lying in bed, she asked with a beaming smile, "Lazy pig, what do you want to eat tonight?"

Hearing the familiar words, Ye Chuan zoned out for a good while, until the girl before him waved her fair little hand in front of his face.

"What's wrong?"

"What's left in the fridge?" Ye Chuan asked.

"Hehe, nothing left. Will you come with me to buy groceries?" Luo Xi wrapped her arms directly around Ye Chuan's neck. "Okay?"

Ye Chuan's eyes suddenly softened a few degrees. "Mm, okay."

Following Luo Xi out of the room, Ye Chuan looked toward the living room, only to find a young girl slumped paralyzed on the sofa.

Lan Xiaoke was currently sprawled out in a complete slouch, holding a remote control in her hand.

"Watching TV?" For some reason, Ye Chuan felt a bit disappointed, but he asked anyway.

"Wuhehehe." Lan Xiaoke scratched her belly. "The new release is pretty good."

Hearing this, Ye Chuan glanced at the remote. Realizing Lan Xiaoke wasn't watching TV at all, he pressed a button on the remote. The white-haired girl immediately rolled her eyes back.

Ye Chuan: "..."

This is the new release?

"Let's go, Chuan Chuan."

"Mm." Following Luo Xi out of the house, the weather outside was quite fine. Luo Xi held onto Ye Chuan's arm, seemingly in a very good mood.

"Hum, hum, hum~"

However, Ye Chuan didn't speak; he just silently watched the sky.

"Chuan Chuan, are you in a bad mood?" A voice came from beside him. Ye Chuan snapped back to reality to find Luo Xi staring at him.

"Yeah, had a nightmare."

"A nightmare?"

"Right. I dreamt of my parents, and you..."

"Does that count as a nightmare?" Luo Xi extended a finger. "What happened?"

"I dreamt you all disappeared," Ye Chuan said.

Luo Xi noticed the look on Ye Chuan's face and immediately hugged him tighter. "It's okay, it's just a nightmare. I won't disappear."

"Aiya, cheer up a bit. I'll let you touch."

"I'm fine." Ye Chuan smiled.

"Then, a hug?" Luo Xi opened her arms, signaling that Ye Chuan could bury his face in her bosom. "A hug will make it better."

Ye Chuan originally wanted to say he wasn't a child anymore, but for some reason, he honestly hugged Luo Xi tight.

Feeling the sensation against his face, resting like this was more comfortable than any pillow. It allowed Ye Chuan's slightly tense nerves to finally relax.

"Is your mood a little better?"

"A little bit."

"Do you want to hug without the clothes in between?"

"..."

"Let's talk when we get home."

......

Several days passed in a row, and Ye Chuan finally managed to adjust.

During these few days, Ye Chuan didn't enter any adventure worlds. Instead, he chose to accompany the people in his home.

Going shopping for groceries with Luo Xi, cultivating techniques with Qianshuang, playing games with Xiaoke, studying with Ye Yue, doing experiments with Ke Ning...

Time passed very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, whether due to the Spirit Gathering Array or the Empress's inheritance, Bai Qianshuang's cultivation had even begun to approach the Mahayana Realm.

"Ye Chuan, with my current strength, can I go take my revenge?"

Inside the training room, Bai Qianshuang wore a snow-white long robe. She held a spirit sword in her hand, her long black hair dancing without any wind.

The Emperor's Seal on her forehead flickered slightly, accentuating her cold and aloof temperament.

"I feel..." Ye Chuan actually felt it was about time as well.

Qianshuang's cultivation was one thing, but Ye Chuan's cultivation was another matter entirely.

Relying solely on Bai Qianshuang to go to the Qingyun Sect for revenge was definitely unlikely to succeed, but if Ye Chuan went along, it shouldn't be a problem.

Ye Chuan wasn't clear on what the peak combat power of the Qingyun Sect was, but he had compared it to that Patriarch Qingyun's cultivation—that was a powerhouse of the Mahayana Realm.

However, Ye Chuan had also seen the true intensity of a Mahayana Realm attack. With his current abilities, taking one down wouldn't be an issue.

Having absorbed the Demon Pill from inside the Investiture of Gods Cauldron, Ye Chuan didn't even know what level his own combat power had reached.

Even the half-step Mahayana Qin Tianya had been insta-killed by him countless times.

Bai Qianshuang was currently a little apprehensive because she knew she should ideally cultivate for a while longer—but for some reason, perhaps due to the influence of an Inner Demon, she found her cultivation suddenly unable to progress.

Perhaps, if she wanted to break the Inner Demon, the matter with the Qingyun Sect had to be brought to an end.

"If you've decided, I will go up to Qingyun with you." Ye Chuan saw through Bai Qianshuang's inner thoughts and simply reached out to pat her shoulder.

"It's okay. I'm always here."

Ye Chuan's gentle words made Bai Qianshuang's heart feel much more grounded. She nodded lightly. "Mm."

Since they had decided to go to the Qingyun Sect, Ye Chuan planned to prepare a little.

The Qingyun Sect would inevitably have saved some trump cards; after all, they were the head of the Upper Three Sects. If they were going for revenge, it would be best to wipe them out completely in one go.

"We could actually invite some people to join us." Ye Chuan rubbed his chin, suddenly having a good idea.

Invite people?

"Ye Chuan, how do you plan to invite people?" Bai Qianshuang was stunned for a moment. The Qingyun Sect was a top-tier sect in the Tianxuan Continent; ordinary forces really wouldn't dare to provoke such an existence.

"I did some part-time work in the Tianxuan Continent recently and made quite a few friends." Ye Chuan suddenly remembered the Holy Son of that Sacred Land and started smiling.

It was a Sacred Land, after all—an existence a tier higher than a Sect.

Wouldn't it be better to borrow some manpower and steamroll the Qingyun Sect together?

"Quite a few... friends?" Bai Qianshuang tilted her head. Did Ye Chuan's friends actually have such capability?

To not hesitate in offending the Qingyun Sect?