Elara had clearly never killed an enemy before. She hadn't even gotten past the stage of killing monsters, let alone killing human enemies, especially by such cruel means.
"Teacher... I-I feel a little sick." Seeing the gruesome state of the bandit, Elara subconsciously reached out and tugged at the hem of Ye Chuan's clothes.
"This world is not peaceful. Mercy and a bleeding heart will only get you and the people around you killed," Ye Chuan said softly.
"Kill the rest of these bandits."
"W-Wait, Lord Xixi, this is too early for Elara." Aurora immediately spoke up from the side. After all, her younger sister had always been introverted and shy.
"Do not interrupt my teaching time." Ye Chuan glanced at Aurora.
"Guh." Seeing Ye Chuan point his finger as if to cast some magic, Aurora could only swallow her words and give up.
After all, Ye Chuan was Elara's teacher. She indeed had no right to question his teaching methods.
Torres, however, understood what Ye Chuan was doing.
The Hill Empire was currently plagued by monsters disguised as humans. Being overly kind would ultimately only lead to one's own demise.
"I-I understand." Hugging her staff, Elara stepped forward. Looking at the pale-faced bandits, she could only whisper,
"I will be gentle."
"W-Wait, no, please! I beg you!" a bandit immediately pleaded. "We won't do this kind of thing ever again."
Elara shook her head, then used her staff to summon a few water spheres, placing them over their heads.
Unable to breathe, the bandits began to struggle.
In the end, they suffocated to death right then and there.
"..." Ye Chuan stood with his arms crossed. How should he put it? Even though Elara seemingly couldn't bear to do such a thing...
Suffocating them to death directly seemed even more cruel.
Whatever.
Standing to the side, the merchant Cohen watched the gruesome scene of the bandits dying in an instant. His face turned slightly pale, but he didn't dare ask any questions.
The methods of these people before him were awe-inspiring and terrifying.
He quickly composed himself and stepped forward to lead the way. "Benefactors, the main city of Valoran is just ahead. Once we pass through this tree-lined path, we will reach the city gates."
The group traveled along the main road for a short while before the full view of Valoran City unveiled itself before their eyes.
Two squads of guards in silver armor stood at the city gates. Armed with spears and with swords at their waists, their sharp eyes scanned the passing pedestrians.
Above the gates hung a flag embroidered with a lion crest, fluttering loudly in the wind, showcasing the rule of Count Leon.
"Please wait a moment, everyone. I will go speak with the guards."
Cohen hurried forward, taking out a token engraved with a merchant guild's seal from his breast pocket and handing it to the captain of the guards.
After inspecting it, the captain nodded respectfully to Cohen, though he couldn't help but pry a little into the origins of Ye Chuan's group—
Especially the door-sized greatsword strapped to Torres's back.
Obviously, this man was the strongest among the group; how could an ordinary person wield such a heavy weapon?
After entering the city, they saw numerous shops lining the streets, with the cries of vendors rising and falling. The atmosphere was similar to Yisu Town, but much more bustling.
"The city hasn't been peaceful lately, so patrols are much denser than usual," Cohen explained in a low voice, leading the group into a relatively quiet alleyway.
"The accommodation I arranged is just ahead. It has a quiet environment, which will be convenient for you benefactors to rest."
A moment later, the group arrived in front of a courtyard building.
Several servants stood at the courtyard gates. Upon seeing Cohen, they immediately bowed respectfully. "Master, you have arrived."
"Mhm."
"Master, everything has been tidied up according to your instructions. All the rooms and necessary supplies are fully prepared," a middle-aged man who looked like a butler stepped forward and said.
"Very good." Cohen nodded, turning to Ye Chuan and the others.
"Benefactors, you may choose any room here. I have also arranged for a few servants to handle the cleaning and cooking. If you have any needs, just give your orders directly to the butler."
Cohen still had his own matters to attend to. After leaving a remark that he would come by later, he left with a few servants.
"The environment of this house is decent." Ye Chuan sat on the edge of the bed in his room to rest for a moment. Because there were enough rooms, everyone could sleep in their own individual rooms.
"Teacher, is it really okay for us to stay here?" Elara asked.
"It's fine. We saved his life, so this is to be expected," Ye Chuan said, then instructed Torres, "Torres, go gather some intelligence. Pay special attention to anything regarding missing persons."
"Yes!" Torres immediately left the room to carry out his task.
Elara, on the other hand, was oblivious to the situation and genuinely thought they were just here to have fun.
"The room is alright." Aurora, meanwhile, inspected her own room. She wasn't a picky young lady, but compared to Miral's manor or the Imperial Academy, it was ultimately still lacking quite a bit.
"Hmm... This should do."
After settling down in Valoran, Ye Chuan opened his interface and prepared to save his progress directly.
Log out, log out.
Aether Continent, log out!
After returning to the real world, Ye Chuan looked at his familiar room and stretched his back slightly.
Opening his door and walking out, Ye Chuan saw Lan Xiaoke curled up on the sofa binge-watching a show.
"Yo." Seeing Ye Chuan come out of his room, Lan Xiaoke raised her hand in greeting.
"Where are the others?" Ye Chuan walked over to the water dispenser, filled a glass, and gulped it down.
"Everyone else went out, but since you were busy, they didn't bother you," Lan Xiaoke said.
"Luo Xi said there is a dinner gathering tonight and asked if you wanted to go."
"A dinner gathering?" Ye Chuan paused in surprise.
"Yeah, a gathering at Luo Xi's place," Lan Xiaoke said. "If I wasn't too embarrassed to go, I would have totally crashed it for a free meal."
"I see..."
Ye Chuan took out his phone but didn't see any messages from Luo Xi. It was probably because everyone knew he was adventuring in another world right now, so they hadn't disturbed him.
The two worlds were no longer synchronized. Ye Chuan's time spent in the other world would somewhat affect the time in the real world, though the deviation usually wasn't too significant.
This seemed to be related to the number of times Ye Chuan had entered it.
Ye Chuan sat down on the sofa, resting his head on Lan Xiaoke's memory foam pillow, and then took out his phone to call Luo Xi.
"Hello, hello, what's up, Chuan Chuan?" On the other end of the line, amidst the noisy sound of cars, Luo Xi seemed to be by the street.
"There's a dinner gathering tonight?"
"Yeah, my mom asked if you wanted to come over, but if you're too busy, don't worry about it." Luo Xi was quite understanding of Ye Chuan's hard work, so she was just asking casually.
"I'll go, of course I'll go," Ye Chuan smiled.
He hadn't visited Father and Mother Luo in a while, so he definitely needed to go see them.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
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.”
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.
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
