“Are there any benefits to joining the guard team? Compared to the Hundred-Eyed race, would I just be standing guard at the gates too?”
Mo Tianxiao was quite interested in Liya’s offer to join the guard team.
Liya shook her head. “How could that be? The Hundred-Eyed race only has an employer-employee relationship with the Feather Spirit race. They’re too weak, so all they can do is guard the gates.”
“You’re different. As a Dao Mastery Realm cultivator, you naturally have far greater authority than the Hundred-Eyed race. Since I’m making you vice-captain, your authority will be second only to mine.”
Mo Tianxiao fell silent for a moment. “Becoming a member of the guard team and helping you manage the Void Land does sound pretty good. However, the human race is weak here. What if the other races refuse to submit to my authority? After all, I’m only human.”
After hearing Mo Tianxiao’s concern, Liya waved her hand dismissively. “Don’t worry. If anyone refuses to obey, you have the authority to suppress them by force.”
“The four Dao Mastery Realm cultivators who surrounded and attacked you before were also members of the Feather Spirit guard team. Normally, whenever I encounter someone who has reached the Dao Mastery Realm, I try to recruit them into the Feather Spirit guard team.”
“Oh? Then why didn’t you save them earlier?” Mo Tianxiao asked curiously.
“That was their own choice. Naturally, they must bear the consequences themselves. As members of the guard team, I paid them their agreed-upon compensation on time.”
“Tsk, tsk. So this is the peace-loving Feather Spirit race?”
Liya shot Mo Tianxiao a glance. “The Feather Spirit race loves peace, but that doesn’t mean we’ll interfere in other people’s affairs.”
“In that case, I’ll accept the position of vice-captain. How much are you planning to pay me?”
Mo Tianxiao had decided to develop himself properly in the Void Land. There were plenty of resources here for him to use, and it was relatively safe for him as well.
Liya tossed him a token. “This is the vice-captain’s token of the Feather Spirit guard team. You can command ordinary members with it. If anyone refuses to obey, you can also use the token to intimidate them. As for your salary, it’s one thousand source stones a year.”
“One thousand source stones? Are you trying to fob off a beggar?”
Mo Tianxiao’s brows furrowed slightly. The vice-captain of a guard team and an annual salary of only one thousand source stones?
The Hundred-Eyed race members guarding the gates probably made more than one thousand source stones a day in bribes.
“Ah, we can’t help it. Resources are just that scarce in the Void Land. Just bear with it for now—we’re friends, aren’t we?”
Liya winked at Mo Tianxiao, clasping her hands together in a pleading gesture. “Besides, you’re not short of source stones. Do us a favor, please? I’ll find a way to make it up to you later.”
“Sigh, fine. Who can blame me for being kindhearted?”
Mo Tianxiao put away the token and accepted Liya’s offer.
Although one thousand source stones a year was a little too little, this was the chaotic Void Land. Now that he had both authority and strength, making a million source stones a year would be effortless.
“You really are a good person! Brother Mo, from now on, I consider you a true friend!”
Seeing that Mo Tianxiao had agreed, a satisfied smile finally appeared on Liya’s face.
What an ordeal. They had nearly come to blows.
In the Void Land, every Dao Mastery Realm cultivator was an invaluable asset. Naturally, it was best to keep such people under one’s control.
And so, the two of them completed a transaction while harboring their own ulterior motives. As for who would gain more from the deal, that would depend on who was shameless enough.
After discussing some details, including the scope of his authority and the content of his duties, Liya happily departed. Mo Tianxiao put away his flying vessel and returned to Tang Jin’s home.
“Uncle Li! You’re back!”
Tang Shuang, who had been swinging in the courtyard, immediately ran over when she saw Mo Tianxiao.
Mo Tianxiao squatted down and gently patted Tang Shuang on the head. “Where’s your father?”
“Father’s cultivating. I’ll go call him!”
Tang Shuang was about to run off to call Tang Jin, but Mo Tianxiao stopped her. He could sense that Tang Jin was on the verge of breaking through, so he said, “There’s no need. Let him cultivate.”
Mo Tianxiao then took out several ordinary medicinal herbs. Flames ignited in his palm, melting the herbs, and in an instant, they condensed into pills. Their rich medicinal fragrance drifted into Tang Shuang’s nose, making her swallow eagerly.
Mo Tianxiao filled a small bottle with the pills and handed it to Tang Shuang. “Little Shuang, these pills are for you. Take one every day from now on, and make sure you cultivate diligently too, all right?”
“Thank you, Uncle Li! Tang Shuang understands! Once I become as strong as Uncle Li, I’ll be able to protect Father!”
Tang Shuang gripped the bottle tightly, her eyes filled with determination.
Although she was still young, she already understood the harsh truth that the weak would be bullied.
“Good girl.”
“Your uncle has something to take care of. Once your father comes out of seclusion, tell him to come find me at the Resource Exchange City. I’ll give your father a great gift.”
“What kind of gift?”
“You’ll find out later.”
Mo Tianxiao did not tell her. He smiled, vigorously ruffled the little girl’s hair, and then left.
A new official was expected to make a strong first impression. While few people knew of his new identity, Mo Tianxiao hurried straight back to the Resource Exchange City.
There was still a long line at the city gates. The various races waiting in line behaved impeccably as they fawned over the two Hundred-Eyed guards at the entrance, occasionally slipping a few extra source stones into their hands.
“Hmph. Not a single rule is being followed.”
Mo Tianxiao snorted coldly and walked straight past the many races waiting in line, arriving at the very front.
“Hey! Ugly human! Who said you could cut in line? Get to the back!”
A mutant goblin in the queue immediately shouted at him. The surrounding races also glared angrily at the short human.
“Another disgusting human. We just killed two of them a few days ago, and now we run into another one. When will these human vermin finally leave our territory?”
“Exactly. If the Feather Spirit race’s lordships weren’t so kind, all the humans here would have been wiped out long ago.”
The two Hundred-Eyed guards were somewhat surprised to see Mo Tianxiao, but neither of them reacted. Clearly, they still did not know that he had become their superior.
A Dao Mastery Realm cultivator was certainly worthy of their respect and fear. Unfortunately, he was only human. Even with Captain Liya’s warning, the two Hundred-Eyed guards still felt nothing but disgust toward Mo Tianxiao.
“Human, everything in the Resource Exchange City must be done according to the rules. Cutting in line is not permitted.”
One of the Hundred-Eyed guards issued a warning.
Hearing this, the corners of Mo Tianxiao’s mouth lifted. He looked at the two towering figures. “According to the rules?”
“So accepting bribes is also according to the rules?”
“Hm?”
The two Hundred-Eyed guards’ expressions changed, and a trace of anger appeared in their eyes. “Human, don’t push your luck. This is the Resource Exchange City, not a place where you humans can run wild!”
“Who exactly is running wild here—you or me?”
Mo Tianxiao let out a cold snort. His violent aura erupted like a storm, and the might of his Dao Mastery Realm cultivation instantly crushed down upon every alien race present.
In the blink of an eye, the many aliens fell to their knees with a series of thuds, their expressions undergoing a dramatic change.
“This human is a Dao Mastery Realm cultivator!?”
Both members of the Hundred-Eyed Clan dropped to one knee as well, their bodies trembling slightly as they fixed solemn gazes on Mo Tianxiao. “Human! You dare make a move here!?”
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."
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
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.
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
