Chapter 79 - 76: Misunderstanding!

Chapter 79: Chapter 76: Misunderstanding!

Body Refinement. Qi Condensation. Grandmaster (Junior Grandmaster). Grandmaster. King’s Dao Realm. After the King’s Dao came the Saint Realm... Each realm was divided into nine levels.

Someone like Village Chief Chen had reached the Qi Condensation Realm; in the entire Chen Family Village, he was the only one who had achieved this realm. As for Xu Xiuwu, he had previously only been at the Grandmaster Realm. It was only after a fortuitous breakthrough that he barely touched the threshold of becoming a true Grandmaster, reaching the Half-Step Grandmaster Realm.

Cultivation was like sailing against the current. It was as difficult as ascending to the heavens. Village Chief Chen had worked hard for most of his life. Even with his decent talent and the fact that he had studied at an academy, he was still only at the Qi Condensation Realm. Despite only being at Qi Condensation, compared to the older generation in the village, he was the hope for Chen Family Village’s rise. If Village Chief Chen didn’t have his Qi Condensation cultivation, the neighboring villages would have swallowed Chen Family Village whole long ago.

What was the most important thing for farming? Water and land! On the surface, those resources were allocated by the Xu Family, but in the shadows, the unspoken rule was the law of the jungle. They could cut off your water supply and stir up trouble every other day. Who could you blame but your own weakness?

You want to complain to the Xu Family? Go ahead... The Xu Family might just give them a verbal warning. Who had the mood to truly care about your messy affairs? They couldn’t exactly dispatch someone to station in the village and protect you every day, could they? After you complained, don’t even dream of having a good life. They might act cordially on the surface, but their underhanded tricks could torture you to death.

One shouldn’t underestimate the scheming in rural villages. When they were simple and honest, they were truly simple and honest. But if you threatened their livelihood, their ruthlessness... was also truly ruthless! However, this probably wasn’t exclusive to rural villages; it was the same everywhere else. Ruining someone’s prospects was like killing their parents—no one could tolerate it.

Furthermore, setting aside the competition between villages, wild animals and Demon Beasts would occasionally dart out of the mountains and forests. Without the Qi Condensation Realm, what could you use to protect the village? Your mouth? The Qi Condensation Realm was crucial to a village; it was akin to a Guardian God.

Why was cultivation difficult? First, Cultivation Techniques were scarce. Second, cultivation resources were hard to find. Third... the optimal time for cultivation was easily missed. In a word: poverty! Backwardness!

Sometimes you obtained a Cultivation Technique, but you had already missed the best age to practice it. Sometimes you went through untold hardships to acquire a Spirit Medicine, but it didn’t match your Physique, or the medicine simply didn’t have much effect on you anymore... Never mind the fact that Su Tan could grab Cultivation Techniques by the handful in the Void God Realm; in the real world, Cultivation Techniques were extremely scarce.

If Village Chief Chen had obtained a Cultivation Technique in his early years, his strength might have been even greater. After all... relying on a few common, street-level Qi Condensation incantations was not enough to support cultivation in the Qi Condensation Realm. Now... Village Chief Chen was too old. Even if he had a Cultivation Technique, it would be impossible for him to achieve any Great Success.

If Qi Condensation was the Guardian God of a village, then a Grandmaster was the Guardian God of a clan. A city lord was merely at the Grandmaster Realm. As for a higher-level Grandmaster... They all mingled in the Capital City, or perhaps the ten great cities of Celestial Fragrance. They were the core strength of nations like Celestial Fragrance.

The King’s Dao Realm... Was the Guardian God of a nation. It was the absolute top-tier combat power in Celestial Fragrance.

To think that Yun Chu was actually at the King’s Dao Realm. One of the absolute top-tier combat powers in the entire Celestial Fragrance? Who could have imagined? No wonder the Yun Family cared about her so much. They were willing to save her at any cost. She was indeed worth that price.

In reality, not many people knew that Yun Chu was at the King’s Dao Realm. The people of Celestial Fragrance only knew that there was one inside the imperial palace. As for the Yun Family... No one knew.

"That woman... To think she has already reached the King’s Dao Realm at such a young age. It’s truly astonishing!" After Yun Chu and her people left, the Little White Wolf brought up the matter with Su Tan. "Furthermore, her aura isn’t weak. She can be considered an elite even within the King’s Dao Realm. It seems she isn’t as simple as an empty vase with just a pretty face. As expected... humans still cannot be underestimated. It’s just a pity that the reason her cultivation is so strong... is likely because she paid a massive price. If I’m not mistaken, her physical issues are directly related to her powerful cultivation. Had she not met you, her days would have been numbered!"

"She is an expert of the King’s Dao?" Su Tan asked, shocked. Was this the King’s Dao Realm the village chief had previously mentioned, capable of freezing everything within a hundred miles in an instant? A legendary figure like that... he had actually met her today just like that?

"You didn’t know?" the Little White Wolf stared at Su Tan with a hint of doubt. If the system hadn’t helped him analyze it, with his own cultivation, how could he possibly know?

"Of course I knew!" Su Tan paused, speaking solemnly without batting an eyelid.

The Little White Wolf was speechless. He clearly didn’t... Forget it, forget it. It wouldn’t expose him... It didn’t want to get tangled up with Su Tan over this issue anymore. It started doing its own thing. Cultivation! The last time in the Void God Realm, the Little White Wolf had truly felt the immense power of the Dominator Body. That feeling fascinated it, so it cultivated whenever it had free time.

Shifting the focus back to Su Tan. Before knowing that Yun Chu was an expert of the King’s Dao, Su Tan hadn’t had much interest in her. He only planned to save her, let her leave, and casually make a few demands to make the Yun Family owe him some favors, turning them into an umbrella of protection for his peaceful life. But upon hearing that Yun Chu was an expert of the King’s Dao, different thoughts stirred in Su Tan’s mind...

If he could get her to stay and be his bodyguard, that would be wonderful. The Little White Wolf was indeed very strong, even stronger than Yun Chu. But it was a Demon Beast after all. In the human world, that would inevitably cause a great deal of inconvenience. It could only be kept as a hidden trump card and used secretly in the shadows. If it were targeted by top-tier human cultivators, it would lead to massive trouble.

Yun Chu was different. She was human and born into a wealthy aristocratic clan. With her around, even if Su Tan openly utilized her power to resolve disputes on the human side, it would remain a domestic affair between humans rather than a Demon Beast causing chaos. At that point, Su Tan would have the Little White Wolf on the Demon Beast side and Yun Chu on the human side. Blossoming on both fronts—how perfect would that be?

In fact, Su Tan had also considered that even if he didn’t keep her as a bodyguard, he would still have options. If he encountered danger and needed the Yun Family to act, they would certainly help. But by the time the Yun Family rushed all the way from the Capital City to resolve things for him, the opportunity would be long gone. The safest approach was to make Yun Chu stay willingly... Even if she didn’t live in Su Tan’s house, living in Chen Family Village would suffice!

But this was undeniably difficult. Almost impossible... An expert of the King’s Dao possessed the arrogance of their realm. Since she was a King, why would she deign to be someone’s hired muscle?

"How can I trick her into staying?" Su Tan was troubled.

Go back on his word? Blackmail her with the medical treatment? That method could work... But it was too malicious and violated morality. If she didn’t stay sincerely and harbored resentment, it was entirely possible that one day, when she was unhappy, she might disregard everything and stab him to death. No matter how Su Tan thought about it, he wasn’t confident he could control an expert of the King’s Dao.

He decided to put the matter aside for now. Don’t play with fire! It’s too easy to burn oneself! This matter required a long-term plan. Unlike lusting after someone’s body, Su Tan lusted after her strength. A body was easy to obtain, but a heart was not... From Su Tan’s realizations in his previous life, as long as you had wealth, power, and fame, you could have any body you desired.

As he fretted over this, how could he know that Yun Chu was also currently agonizing over her own thoughts? Agonizing intensely.

"Just what is Mr. Su’s Cultivation Realm? Although I can’t feel any powerful aura from him, with just a casual tap of his finger, he injected a Vitality Power that improved my injuries... This proves his realm is extraordinary."

There were only two possibilities when one couldn’t discern an opponent’s Cultivation Realm. One was that the opponent was indeed a piece of trash. The other... was that the opponent was far too powerful, vastly exceeding one’s imagination.

Yun Chu had once heard a senior expert say that her illness could only be cured if a powerhouse at the Saint King Level transmitted half of their lifespan’s vitality to her. A Saint King! Half a lifespan’s vitality... Heaven only knew where to find a Saint King. As for that half-lifespan of vitality... Even if you found a Saint King powerhouse, how could you ask them to give you half of their vitality, causing their realm to plummet? Would they even give a damn about you?

Seeing how Su Tan nonchalantly transmitted Vitality Power to her, while seemingly completely unaffected... A thought sprouted in Yun Chu’s mind! Could it be... Mr. Su’s realm is even higher than a Saint King? At this thought, she felt a surge of excitement.

"If I can take him as my master and stay by his side to learn his skills... then after my injuries heal, my Cultivation Realm might progress even further!"

A Saint King... or a powerhouse beyond the Saint King Realm. They weren’t a dime a dozen; such encounters were subject to fate and couldn’t be sought out. Missing out on it might mean missing out for an entire lifetime. A lifetime of regret. Anyone with even a shred of ambition would want to take him as their master.

"But... I’ve heard Mr. Su has a bad temper. If I bring it up and anger him... forget about becoming his disciple, he certainly wouldn’t even save me. What... should I do about this?" Yun Chu was stumped.

Furthermore, Su Tan didn’t like being disturbed. If she stayed? She would definitely disturb him! Although she was an expert of the King’s Dao, in the eyes of a Saint King or an existence above the Saint King Realm, what did an expert of the King’s Dao amount to? Would a Saint King powerhouse care about a lowly King’s Dao expert? Impossible!

Clearly... Yun Chu was overly belittling herself.

"Sigh... forget it, forget it. I’ll put this matter on hold for now and see if an opportunity arises later!"

It was as if the two of them shared a tacit understanding... One felt it was impossible for the other to stay, while the other felt it was impossible to be taken in. This misunderstanding... might persist for a very, very long time...

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