Yun was astonished to see Su Luo and Little Yu calmly sipping herbal broth together, as if nothing unusual was happening.
"Oh dear, did I just see something I shouldn't have?" Yun exclaimed.
"Yes, perhaps you should leave with some dignity?" Su Luo casually tossed the knife he had been using to process the medicinal herbs at Yun's feet.
"Don't kill me! I understand the rules, I didn't see anything," Yun said, turning around and covering her eyes.
Su Luo sighed, "Stop pretending. You already knew what was going on when you started yelling."
Otherwise, why would she have shouted "I'm scared" instead of just summoning someone directly? This wasn't the first time Little Yu and Su Luo had met in secret either. Ever since the hostage exchange, they had managed to sneak in a meeting whenever they could.
It wasn't surprising that Yun had figured it out, especially with the intelligence network of the Seven Stars Sword Sect at her disposal.
"You can't fool the mighty Su Luo, can you? Don't worry, I don't need to know what kind of relationship you two have. I won't ask, and I definitely won't spread rumors," Yun said, sounding very resolute.
Su Luo was satisfied with this response, "That's good to know."
Yun then turned to Little Yu and said, "Hello, we've met before. My name is Yun."
"I'm Little Yu. Why do I feel like I know you?" Little Yu asked, voicing her curiosity.
She had felt the same sense of familiarity the first time they met, but if they hadn't crossed paths again, she might have forgotten about it. Now that they had met again, the feeling was even more pronounced.
"Maybe I just have a very common face. It's probably just your imagination," Nangong Xiyun said, glancing at Little Yu more closely.
Could she have figured it out? No, it shouldn't be possible. Her disguise was almost perfect.
Little Yu tried to think back, trying to recall anyone in her memory who gave her this feeling.
Before Nangong Xiyun could intervene, Su Luo spoke up, "Feeling familiar is normal. Maybe you met at some point. Don't overthink it; you might understand later."
After all, they were all from the Seven Stars Sword Sect. It wouldn't be strange to have run into each other at some point.
"Okay," Little Yu said, deciding not to dwell on it anymore, since Su Luo had spoken.
Yun then sat down casually, "Am I interrupting anything?"
"Since you've already taken a seat on your own, do you expect me to kick you out?" Su Luo replied.
"Su Luo, you're the best! Here, have some soup."
By this time, the medicinal soup was ready, and the aroma was enticing. Yun quickly poured three bowls, handing one to Su Luo first, then Little Yu, and finally herself. Her eagerness clearly showed that her main goal was the soup.
"You certainly don't hold back," Su Luo commented.
"It's delicious," Yun said, savoring the broth.
...
Meanwhile, the small Divine Tiger had just hatched.
Thank you, I'm a newborn beast, currently being chased.
A commotion had erupted in Medicine King Valley because of the small Divine Tiger. It wasn't uncommon for people to fight over it.
After being pursued for a while, the small Divine Tiger encountered Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan, focused on his own cultivation, seemed completely uninterested in the small Divine Tiger, unlike others.
After a brief interaction, the small Divine Tiger developed a strong liking for Lin Xuan. It had just been born and didn't know much, but its instincts told it that this person was good.
Moreover, the eyes of a Divine Tiger were special; they could see certain fundamental truths.
The small Divine Tiger felt that this person was shining, unlike the dark and gloomy people it had encountered before.
At that moment, Situ Ye noticed the small Divine Tiger next to Lin Xuan and immediately felt a surge of greed within him, demanding that Lin Xuan hand over the small Divine Tiger.
Naturally, Lin Xuan refused.
A fight between Lin Xuan and Situ Ye was imminent.
With Medicine King Valley already in chaos, breaking a few rules here and there didn't matter.
Situ Ye was confident that even Medicine King Valley wouldn't dare to offend everyone.
Situ Ye went all out, taking out a vial of pills in each hand and downing them.
His body turned crimson, and steam emanated from him.
Lin Xuan didn't dare to underestimate him, summoning Eight Extremes Collapse with one hand and Dire Dragon Fist with the other, carefully countering Situ Ye's moves.
Situ Ye, having recently purged his body of dan poison, was fully capable of maximizing the effects of the pills, making him extremely fierce.
For a moment, even Lin Xuan was at a disadvantage.
Seeing Lin Xuan in danger, the small Divine Tiger got anxious and tried to help, though it was barely capable of doing much.
But its intentions were good, and who said that lack of strength meant one couldn't be of help?
Situ Ye kicked the annoying small Divine Tiger away.
Lin Xuan was furious, "Don't hurt my friend, you bastard!"
Lin Xuan erupted, launching a fierce counterattack that Situ Ye couldn't withstand.
This greatly bruised Situ Ye's ego.
How could this be? As one of the Heavenly Demon Seven Elders, he had been suppressed and humiliated repeatedly. No, Situ Ye, you should be the one everyone looks up to!
Recalling recent events, being toyed with by Su Luo, being beaten up by the Seven Stars Sword Sect, and now being pushed around by Lin Xuan, who was supposedly an unknown nobody.
What kind of joke was this? You were the esteemed Situ Ye of the Heavenly Demon Seven Elders!
Anger, resentment, and frenzy melded together, and Situ Ye erupted once more, swallowing another vial of pills.
Lin Xuan struggled to hold his ground.
Facing the frenzied Situ Ye, Lin Xuan had his own reasons not to lose.
"Don't think that having power gives you the right to do whatever you want. It isn't an object, it isn't something you can just demand!"
His rigorous training allowed Lin Xuan to remain undefeated even in adverse situations, always ready to counterattack.
Situ Ye, resorting to underhanded tactics, attacked the vulnerable small Divine Tiger, and Lin Xuan was injured while trying to shield it.
"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you!"
"Protect what? You're just going to end up dead by my hands!"
"Humph, twisted methods. I've already seen through you!"
Lin Xuan erupted, enduring the pain to unleash a series of punches.
Situ Ye initially managed to fend him off, but gradually became completely overwhelmed. The slightest lapse in defense was met with relentless strikes from Lin Xuan.
Eventually, Situ Ye's defenses crumbled, leaving him at the mercy of Lin Xuan's punches.
Situ Ye was utterly defeated, but even in defeat, he had left himself an escape, using his last bit of strength to flee.
Just as Lin Xuan was about to give chase to finish the job, Yin Youming appeared.
"I knew I wasn't wrong about you. Well done, but stop the chase now."
With Yin Youming blocking the way, there was no chance of pursuit.
Situ Ye left Medicine King Valley directly. By now, he had purged all the dan poison from his body, so leaving without issue was no problem.
...
While Medicine King Valley was in chaos, Su Luo and the others remained focused on their own affairs, savoring the medicinal soup and occasionally chatting.
At that moment, the Divine Tiger descended.
Accompanying him were three other sacred beasts and a legion of underlings.
Sacred beasts were different from ordinary yao-shou armies.
Sacred beasts were created through the cultivation of 'lingshoushou', had no grand ambitions, and usually remained in their own territories, rarely hostile towards humans unless provoked.
The Divine Tiger was about to let out a roar, demanding the Valley Master of Medicine King Valley to come out. He could sense that his son was inside.
But he also understood the etiquette and wanted to see how Medicine King Valley would respond.
Just as he was about to bellow, his attention was drawn to Su Luo and the others.
Su Luo and Little Yu had arranged to meet at the edge of Medicine King Valley, an area rarely frequented by others.
Though Su Luo and the others wouldn't normally catch the attention of the Divine Tiger, the presence of his son's aura near them was impossible to ignore.
The Divine Tiger leaped, landing before Su Luo and the others.
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."
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.
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?”
