Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

by Srtyi

Lin Wu was a university student that died after having one too many energy drinks and then reincarnated into the body of a worm. He awakens to find out that he now has a system, but even it doesn't have a clear idea of where they are. He comes out of the ground and discoverers that he’s no longer in his previous world but rather in a cultivation world. Witness Lin Wu’s journey as

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Tian Chu felt like she had no option other than to go head with Tian Han. She herself didn't want to fail an important mission like this and put a stain on her clean mission rankings.

Every clansmen had a personal record of missions and showed how many they failed and passed. The ones who had a peerless record were highly valued and would get better resources.

The ones that were at the very top would even be taken in by the main branch of the Tian clan and be nurtured there. That was the dream that every Tian clan member had, and she was no different.

In fact, the main reason behind the rivalry between Tian Han and Tian Chu was for the position of the top disciple that would be sent to the main branch. It was something that only happened once every hundred years and the time for the next selection was going to happen soon.

Both of them thus needed to accumulate as many merits as they could by completing the missions. Plus, the better the mission was, the higher the merits they would get.

It was also why Tian Chu had an argument with Tian Han about the mission to gather Fragrant Parrot Bamboo Flowers, since it was a high paying mission that gave a lot of Merits.

If one completed it with fewer people, they would get more merits. But if they completed in a group, the merits would get divided into multiple parts. Even if Tian Han and Tian Chu got higher merit share as the leaders, it was still a good chunk of merit going to others.

That was why they suppressed others from getting it and no one from the other clansmen questioned or fought for the mission. Doing so would only mean that they would get challenged to a fight that if approved, would make them lose.

Among the Tian clan rules, infighting was not allowed. But if one took the permission for a proper fight and went according to the proper procedures, they would be allowed to fight.

Disputes over the mission could often be solved like this. Plus, one could very well state that only the stronger person was suitable for the mission and thus claim their right over the missions.

Tian Han and Tian Chu were both at the Peak of the Core condensation realm, with Tian Chu being slightly behind Tian Han. This was a cultivation base that was higher than most junior members of the clan.

Only the elders would be able to contend against them, but they weren't someone that would do the missions. Tian Xiaoge used to be one of the geniuses of the clan as well and had a good cultivation base.

But instead of staying within the clan, she chose to leave and join the Frozen Cloud sect. This turned out to be in her favor and her cultivation base rose after coming in contact with Wang Xiong.

Not to mention, she was now at the Nascent soul realm as well due to the influence of Lin Wu and the inheritance of the Taiji Celestial. If she were to ever return to her clan, she would be an elder, no doubt.

But since she had left the clan and joined a sect, she would never be included in the internal matters of the clan as per the rules of the clan. Even if her talent was good, the Tian clan's main branch would not allow her to enter there.

Tian Han took the lead and guided everyone to the depths of the forest. Hours passed by before they finally entered an area they had not been in before.

~Roar~

~Chirp~

~squawk~

Various beast sounds could be heard echoing in the forest as the group of Tian clansmen wandered around.

"Stay alert, there can be dangerous beasts hiding right around the corner." Tian Chu warned everyone.

"I hate those bird beasts. We need to keep an eye on the sky too, or a bird beast might just swoop in." A female clansman said.

"Hey! Don't say that, you'll jinx it!" Someone interrupted.

And just as he said that, another sound could be heard.

~SKREEE~

"Now look what you did…" The person said as they saw a rather large bird beast flying towards them.

~SKREEE~

The bird beast looked to be in the core condensation realm and had four wings, two beaks, and two legs. Its beaks were attached in a 'V' shape and looked rather sharp.

~SKREEE~

The bird beast swooped down onto the Tian clansmen and attacked the ones that were at the back first.

"ON GUARD!" Tian Han shouted as he took out his spirit sword.

~WHOOSH~

The sword flew out at great speed and blocked the Bird beasts's descent.

~CLANG!~

The beaks and spirit sword collided, making a loud sound that felt like steel clashing against steel.

"Attack!" Tian Chu shouted and threw out her own spirit sword.

The other disciples attacked using their own skills, and soon overwhelmed the beast.

~CHIRP~

The bird beast let out an unwilling cry before it was killed and fell to the ground.

"Take its core," Tian Han ordered one of his men.

"Yes, Senior brother!" The man replied and quickly dug out the core from the bird beast's chest.

Tian Chu and the others looked on but didn't care much about the core, since they would be getting part of the spoils in the end anyway. As per the rules, they would have to divide the spoils of the mission once they reached the clan.

"Now keep your mouth shut," Tian Han said to his companions, while glaring at the female clansman who had spoken earlier.

"Y-yes, senior brother." She replied meekly.

"You can't just stop them from speaking. You have no right to do that." Tian Chu said, not wanting to back down.

"Humph! If you want to stay alive, you will do as I say, or there will be no guarantee of you living to see the end of this mission.." Tian Han stated in a cold tone.

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The team of Tian clansmen continued onward under the lead of Tian Han and Tian Chu while the two bickered.

Lin Wu continued to observe them and got to learn a few more things from their conversations. He learned about the selection of the outstanding members who would be sent to the main clan to be nurtured.

'Hmm… interesting. Wonder if Tian Xiaoge would qualify for that. If possible, I might be able to get someone in the Tian clan and gather the information from there.' Lin Wu thought.

The beasts of the forest often attacked the Tian clan members, but so far, they had been able to fight them off. Most beasts they encountered were at the Core condensation realm and they could handle them with relative ease.

It had been about two days since they had embarked on the mission and had finally reached an area that was untouched.

"It's nearby! I can smell the flowers!" One of the clansmen shouted.

"Oh? So it's spread here too." Lin Wu was surprised.

He checked the map and realized that they had indeed reached an area that was far from the one he had originally scanned.

"Scan the area, system." Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

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SCANNING: Please wait a moment.

SCAN COMPLETED: Map updated

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Lin Wu checked the map and saw the Fragrant Parrot Bamboo flowers in the area. There were less than the ones in the previous area, but there were at least some here.

'There are even some with the Millennium Parrot Bamboo Eggs…' Lin Wu took note.

He scrolled through the map and saw that there were signs of there being more areas than just these in the distance.

"There's definitely a lot more areas with the flowers. Though the ones with eggs are significantly less. I doubt they can reach there due to the beasts here though." Lin Wu analyzed.

"Come! We need to gather them all quickly, before the beasts sense us." Tian Chu stated.

Tian Han went to one side while Tian Chu went to the other and started to gather the flowers.

"WHOA! Is this the legendary fruit?" One of the clansmen exclaimed.

"Show me," Tian Han demanded.

The clansmen obediently handed the flower to Tian Han to inspect. He looked at the small marble attached to the center of the flower and observed it closely.

"Hmm… this is it! This is the main goal of our mission!" Tian Han said out loud, feeling pleased.

Their mission had two goals; the first was to get as many Fragrant Parrot Bamboo flowers as they could get, and the second was to priorities the flowers with the eggs if they found those.

The merit points for the fruits was ten times the merit points for just the flowers.

"Quickly gather the flowers with the fruits first!" Tian Han ordered.

Tian Chu did the same and a little competition started under them to gather more of the fruits. Lin Wu was observing them all and saw that none of the fruits were big enough to have a significance chance of birthing a Bamboo spirit.

'Though the numbers are rather tempting…' Lin Wu thought to himself as his eyes glowed in a sly glint.

Tian Han and Tian Chu gathered all the fruits and then the flowers. This time Tian Han had more fruits than Tian Chu, having eight of them, while Tian Chu only had four.

'This dog… I have to find a way to get more of them. At the end even if they split the merits, he will have more due to being the leader on his side.' Tian Chu thought.

Tina Han had similar thoughts and wanted to get the Fruits that Tian Chu had as well.

'This bitch doesn't deserve even a single fruits. All of them are mine! I shall be the one to enter the main branch.' Tian Han thought with fervor.

"I think that's all the flowers, senior brother." A subordinate of Tian Han spoke as he brought the bundle of flowers to him.

Tian Han glanced at the flowers and furrowed his brows.

"This isn't enough. We need more. There should be more areas with the flowers." Tian Han said.

"But senior brother… we are already in a dangerous area, if we go any further, we might encounter Nascent soul realm beasts." Someone said with concern.

"Humph! And this is exactly why you will always stay behind. You don't dare take risks and dare to call yourselves cultivators." Tian Han taunted.

Tian Chu didn't want to be berated and replied, "being a cultivator doesn't just mean taking risks, it also means being smart about them."

"Think whatever you want, but I'm going ahead. Follow if you want to." Tian Han said and took off.

"Wait for us senior brother!" the subordinates of Tian Han flew after him.

On the other hand, Tian Chu's subordinates looked at her with confused expressions.

"What do we do, senior sister?"

"Do we follow or do we return?"

Tian Chu looked at the flowers they had and Tian Han who was already a dot in the distance.

"We follow!" She said decisively.

~WHOOSH~

Jumping onto a spirit sword she flew in the distance and the others followed.

"I swear I'll knock you down and show you your place Tian Han." Tian Chu muttered to herself.

Lin Wu who was watching all this couldn't help but chuckle.

"This is a weird rivalry. If I didn't know better, it would seem as if they were vengeful lovers instead." Lin Wu said as he checked the beast markers on the map. "But, their time might come to an end soon…"

~SHING~

Tian Han who was in the lead secretly took out a small metal plate that shone on his hand.

"Haha, she's walking right into my hand. If all goes well, the flowers she has will be mine too," Tian Han muttered to himself as a devious smile appeared on his face.

On the metal plate, several dots could be seen. The biggest dot though were emitting spirit Qi fluctuations at the Nascent soul realm and Tian Han was heading right to it!

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Lin Wu could see what Tian Han was doing and understood his plot.

"Huh, simple but decent enough." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

He watched on as Tian Han brought his companions closer to death with each step. Tian Chu had been feeling more and more anxious, but she didn't know why. Cold sweat had appeared on her back, but she was trying to keep herself calm forcefully.

'I can't falter here… why am I so afraid?' She wondered.

But a few seconds later, her fear turned out to be valid.

~ROAR!~

A bone shaking roar was heard coming from the front as a strong wind shook the bamboos and trees around them. The bamboos swayed while the ones that were at the front were directly bent enough to touch ground.

"WHAT IS THAT?" Someone questioned in alarm.

"BEAST! A NASCENT SOUL REALM BEAST!" Tian Chu's spirit sense finally discovered the spirit Qi fluctuations once she got close.

But that was not a good thing, as for her it meant she had less chance of escaping it. Her gaze went to Tian Han, who was even further than her and thus closer to the beast.

The thought of Tian Han intentionally doing this never came to her mind, as it would mean that he was putting himself in danger too. After all, he was closer to the beast than her.

'No… if he was this close, he should have detected the beast before me… why was he still moving?' Tian Chu was confused.

"Haha, time for the show to begin." Tian Han laughed to himself as he took out a paper talisman and stuck it on his chest.

~shua~

The talisman ignited and let out an azure smoke. The smoke turned into six rings and attached to each of his limbs, torso and forehead. The rings lightly glowed before Tian Han's body turned translucent.

~Whoosh~

Then without speaking another word, he flew up and disappeared.

"WHAT!?" Tian Chu was astounded at this.

"SENIOR BROTHER! WHERE DID YOU GO?" The subordinates of Tian Han were confused too.

They knew that Tian Han was antagonistic towards Tian Chu, but they never expected that he would abandon them, too.

~tch~ tch~

"Dumb guys don't even know who to trust and who not to. This is what happens when you get sheltered by a clan with weird rules." Lin Wu said.

~ROAR~

Another roar was heard as the trees and bamboos all around them were broken.

~CRASH~

Three of the men that were unfortunate were directly hit by the broken trees, and one of them was impaled through the chest with a bamboo.

~thud~ thud~

Their bodies fell to the ground lifelessly as the beast finally showed its appearance.

~GRRR~

"Crocodile head Wolf! It's a crocodile head wolf!" The Tian Clansmen shouted.

The beast in question was six meters long and two meters tall in height. It had the head of a crocodile but the body of a wolf. Its cultivation base seemed to be at the Infant Soul stage of the Nascent soul realm but the vitality exuding from him showed that it was probably stronger than that.

"Oh? That's a rather bloody aura." Lin Wu noted.

Lin Wu had seen plenty of beasts by now and but only a few of them had an aura like this. It wasn't a natural aura, but something that one gained after killing a lot of beings and being stained in their blood.

The other beasts that Lin Wu had felt this aura on were the Twin Lights Liger King, The Olive Viper King, Zhu Tianying, and the Weasel. It was an aura that was often hard to perceive because it could mix with the normal aura of the being.

Lin Wu could differentiate it easily due to his enhanced senses and the help of the system.

"S-senior sister… it's that beast… the slaughterer of the Kina village." One of the subordinates of Tian Chu said.

"How is it still alive?"

"Yeah, didn't the elders kill it back then?"

It was evident that there was some mystery to the beast that was hard for them to understand. But Lin Wu who heard all this, raised his brows.

"Huh? Those elders were unable to kill a beast at the Infant Soul stage? That shouldn't be possible." Lin Wu said as he gazed at the beast again.

His spirit sense rose from his body and directly probed the beast.

"So that's why… it's not that they were unable to kill an Infant Soul stage beast, but that it wasn't at the Infant Soul stage back then…" Lin Wu said as he discovered the internal injuries of the beast.

There were many injuries on the beast's dantian and meridians that showed that it had only started to recover recently. There were some scars on its body too, but they were hidden underneath its fur.

~gulp~

"What ever the truth may be, we now need to escape. We can't fight this thing." Tian Chu said decisively.

And just as she said this, the Crocodile head wolf pounced at them. It moved very fast despite its size and opened its jaw wide.

"NOOO!!!!!" One of the members shouted as their body was pulled into the mouth of the beast.

They were a bit too slow to respond and were sucked in by the beast's mouth.

~SNAP~

The beast closed its long jaw and crushed the entire body of the cultivator with ease. Its jaw was big enough to fit at least ten such bodies and swallow them at the same time.

"NOOO!!! TIAN XUFEN!" The companion of the person that just died shouted.

But that a mistake he made as the Crocodile head wolf swiped its claws, splitting the man into four segments. The man's face was stuck in the same screaming expression as his head was separated from his body.

Tian Chu watched on in horror but also didn't stop flying.

~DENG~

But all of a sudden, something appeared in front of her to block her way.

"TIAN HAN! YOU DARE!"

"Hahaha, do you think you can escape this easily?" Tian Han laughed as he stood beyond the barrier.

Tian Chu gritted her teeth as he saw the man in front of her. She had understood by now that they had fallen into Tian Han's plan. But the only thing that she didn't understand was that how this had even occurred.

"You dare break the Clans Rules! Tian Han, have you become so shameless?" Tian Chu shouted.

"Haha! I never broke a rule." Tian Han stated. "The rules state that we cannot kill each other, but I am not doing that. Can't you see? It's the beast. I'm just standing here." He added.

"You! The patriarch would never forgive this! Do you really think you can get the position of the top member of this generation like this? If we die, the clan will certainly investigate this all." Tian Chu said as she frantically tried to get past the barrier.

A barrier was now standing in front of her that prevented her from going any further. It was evident that the barrier had been made a long time in advance, but she couldn't tell how.

"Tell you what… if you are willing to handover all the flowers and fruits, I might let you leave." Tian Han said.

"NEVER! Do you think I'm a fool!?" Tian Chu replied.

"Well, have fun there then." Tian Han casually said as he retreated to the back.

"Are you that confident in escaping the Crocodile head wolf? When we are dead, the beast will come after you!" Tian Chu said, trying to counter the man.

"Haha, that would be possible if the beast could sense me. Right now only you can see me." Tian Han said smugly.

Tian Chu's attention went to the six rings that were on Tian Han's body and understood that it must be some other treasure that Tian Han had.

'How did he get so many items? Does Elder Jigou really favor him that much?' Tian Chu couldn't help but wonder.

She could also tell that the barrier in front of her was not simple and could not be made by just any formation master. It would take someone very proficient in such barriers and would even need some good resources to make it.

~ROAR~

~SPLATTER~

~CRASH~

"AHH!"

"SAVE ME!"

"RUN!!!"

While Tian Chu was thinking this, the other members of the Tian clan were being killed by the Crocodile Head Wolf. It was obvious that the beast could have easily killed them all at once, but was taking pleasure in hunting them down one by one.

'The beast is in collusion with that guy?' Lin Wu, who was observing it all wondered.

By now, he was finding the entire thing strange and suspicious.

A frown appeared on his face as he made a decision.

~TREMBLE~

The ground shook as the Crocodile head Wolf rushed towards Tian Chu. All the others had been killed and eaten by the beast, with the remains being stuck on its face and body. The blood dripped from the scales on his head and looked gruesome.

Its scarlet eyes glared at Tian Chu with a great desire and sent shivers down her spine.

"I WON'T DIE LIKE THIS!" Tian Chu yelled as she threw out two daggers.

~SHUA~ SHUA~

The Daggers flew at a great speed and could barely be seen as blurs.

~clink~

The first dagger struck the head of the beast and was deflected with ease. The scales were far to hard to pierce.

~Slick~

But the second dagger managed to cut the side of the beast.

~ROAR~

The Crocodile Head Wolf growled in anger as the pain from the cut affected it. Tian Chu took this opportunity to fly up and circle around the beast. She recalled the daggers, and they came to fly by her side.

Brining her hands together, she chanted something and threw out an illusory figure of a fan.

"Tempest Dance Fan!" She shouted as the illusory figure enlarged.

The fan became corporeal and Tian Chu controlled with her hands. It moved and followed her hands, sending out sharp winds that actually managed to push the Crocodile Head Wolf back.

"Oh? Seems like you do have some worth." Tian Han admitted seeing Tian Chu managing to hold for a bit. "But it's useless." He scoffed.

~ROAR~

The Crocodile head wolf roared in frustration and decided to stop playing.

~DENG~DENG~DENG~

Ignoring all the attacks that were coming towards it, the beast sprinted towards Tian Chu with its jaws opened wide. The pressure exuding from the beast was enough to paralyze a normal person and could even affect a cultivator.

Tian Chu did her best to resist and tried to dodge it. All her focus was put into the spirit sword that was carrying her and allowed her to maneuver expertly through the air.

~swoop~

The Crocodile head Wolf swiped its tail and tried to hit Tian Chu, but she avoided it by the hair's breadth.

~HUU~

She took a deep breath as death slipped past her.

'Am I gonna die here?' She questioned herself.

~Ding~

But just as she thought that, another sound was heard. As if a needle had been dropped on a metal plate, a faint but far reaching ring spread in her head.

"Do you want to live?" A voice said in her head.

"Huh?" But Tian Chu was far too confused to understand it.

"Do you want to survive this?" The voice spoke again.

Tian Chu didn't answer to this either.

"Do you want power?" The voice tempted.

As if time had stood still for Tian Chu her body froze in place and so did the Crocodile Head Wolf.

"YES!" She answered decisively as her mind finally grasped it.

She didn't know if she was hallucinating or if she was dead already having a strange dream. She wanted to take the chance and would give anything for it now. Tian Han's act had already shown her that going by the rules did not work and she would have to be better and stronger.

"GIVE ME POWER! I WANT TO LIVE!" Tian Chu shouted out loud as the beast's open maw threated to close on her body.

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Tian Han was finally feeling that his plan was coming to a fruition. His preemptive trap, set a few months ago was finally working. He had not even intended this to be for Tian Chu but for anyone that he did not want to obstruct his path.

He would have found a way to bring them here and then let them be killed by the beast. It was a relatively simple trap, but needed some really good support. If not, the barrier that needed a very proficient formation master to create, just the Crocodile Head wolf was enough of a challenge.

That was a beast which could not be controlled and Tian Han could only fool its senses to avoid it from attacking him. Though he still had reserve methods to escape in case something problematic happened and his plan failed.

He knew how to choose his allies and how to eliminate his foes. And that was exactly what he had done here.

Unfortunately for him, his plan was about to flip on its head very soon.

~ROAR~

The crocodile head wolf opened its jaws wide and surrounded Tian Chu's body with them. A glint of pleasure appeared in Tian Han's eyes as he saw the despair on the face of Tian Chu, but that pleasure froze when the beast froze.

~SLICK~

~SHING~

Three crystal spikes shot out of the ground; two of them stopped the jaws of the crocodile head wolf from closing, while the final one pierced through the body of the beast. Even though the fur and skin of the beast was tough and resistant to many attacks, this was not one that could be blocked.

~HISS~

The beast hissed in pain, unable to roar anymore since its jaw was propped open by the two crystal spikes. The spikes stopped them from closing or even opening wide as they directly sprouted more spikes from their sides that directly pierced though the two ends of the jaw.

~drip~ drip~

Blood spilled from the beast's jaw, drenching Tian Chu who was in the middle. Her eyes were left wide open as she stared at the death, which had just been halted in its place.

~RUMBLE~

But that was just the start, as the entire area started to shake. Tian Han finally grabbed hold of his mind and floated up on a spirit sword, avoiding any tree or bamboo that might fall on him.

~Thud~ thud~

~Crash~

Various trees and the Fragrant parrot Bamboos fell to the ground as the soil started to rise.

"What is this?" Tian Han couldn't help but question.

Tian Chu was having the same thought and saw as a wall of crystal started to rise from the ground surrounding her. Her head moved as she took in the view of the being that was appearing.

It was massive and seemed to be made out of emerald colored crystals. She could tell that it was a living being rather than something like a skill or spirit too because the vitality was very apparent to her.

"A beast? No… it can't be one…" Tian Chu muttered under her breath.

Tian Han's pupils reduced to a pinpoint as alarm bells started to ring.

~humm~

The metal plate he was holding in his hand started to buzz like crazy, prompting him to take a look at it. But the moment he saw it, a bead of sweat dripped from the side of his face.

"Dao Shell Realm? Impossible!" Tian Han said upon seeing the massive sized circle on the plate.

~TREMBLE~

The ground kept on shaking as Lin Wu's entire body finally left it. It was then that Tian Chu realized it wasn't exactly walls that were rising, but rather the coiled body of a beast.

Lin Wu's crimson red eyes gazed upon the three beings in front of him. The Crocodile head Wolf shivered in its place, unable to move due to the spikes restraining it. Tian Chu trembled as she saw a powerful presence staring at her.

Just the gaze was enough to soften the bones in her body and she was forced to avert her gaze.

'You'll die! You'll die! You'll die if you look!' Tian Chu's heart shouted at her.

Lin Wu who saw this, thought to himself, 'she'll need a little more training, her mentality is weak… but she's a good test subject.'

He then turned his gaze towards the third and final party, Tian Han.

"What in the name of heavens…?" Tian Han gasped.

Unlike Tian Chu, he had a stronger will power and did not cower from Lin Wu's gaze, which earned slight approval from him.

'He's a bit like Shirong. He has the ambition, but lacks the same talent or smartness…' Lin Wu assessed.

~Crack~

Lin Wu's mouth opened into what could only be called a cruel smile. The fangs and canines were prominently displayed and added another fearsome factor into the intimidating look.

"Greetings," Lin Wu's voice echoed in the ears of the two humans.

~thud~

Tian Chu fell to the ground upon hearing it. Not because she hadn't expected it, but because it sounded far too human to her.

Tian Han has the same astonishment and gave rise to a few ideas in his mind. He hid his left hand behind him and made certain hand seals.

~SHUA~

The barrier that was in front of him changed color and became far more corporeal.

~woong~

It then started to shrink inwards, trying to restrain Lin Wu who was there.

"My, my… someone is really brave." Lin Wu said as he saw Tian Han acting, despite the fear that was pressuring him.

"NO!" Tian Chu yelped upon seeing the shrinking barrier.

She knew what it meant and that it could kill very strong cultivators, reducing them to a mix of ground bones and flesh. She had once seen the elders use that to trap a group of Nascent soul realm beasts, when a beast horde had occurred.

The barrier had not only managed to stop them, but had even killed them all.

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For Tian Chu, the barrier was a death sentence. Even with Lin Wu there, she could only imagine the same fate as that of the Nascent soul realm beasts. In fact, she couldn't even sense Lin Wu's cultivation base in all the confusion.

Though even if she tried, she wouldn't be able to estimate it accurately. Tian Han was only able to do so because of the special spirit tool he had, which was specialized for that task.

Lin Wu and the system could hide the spirit Qi fluctuation well enough that even a Dao Treading realm expert will have a hard time detecting them. In fact, if it were not for the Aural Exposure hoop spirit tool that Tian Han used, Lin Wu would have thought that his secrecy was assured.

He was a bit thankful for Tian Han in that aspect, as he had potentially saved him from a great problem in the future.

Though for now, he could only laugh.

"Ahahha! Futile effort," Lin Wu said as he saw the barrier shrinking.

His eyes flickered, and he casually raised his tail before tapping on the barrier.

~DING~

A very crisp sound could be heard, as if a cymbal had been hit.

~crack~crack~

That sound was the start of a crescendo as cracks started to spread from the point of contact. Tian Han watched with his mouth wide open as the cracks covered the entire formation array.

Until finally…

~SHATTER~

The barrier broke apart, and the runes faded into nothingness as a powerful and complex formation array was reduced to dust.

Tian Han had no words for this and could only stare at the entire series of events.

"Now then… we can talk a bit more comfortably." Lin Wu continued.

Tian Han gritted his teeth and knew that the current situation had gone beyond his thinking.

"Dammit!" He cursed before throwing out a palm sized sword.

The sword quickly enlarged in size and shot towards Lin Wu. Its edge was sharp and the humming sound coming from it would give goosebumps. Even Lin Wu couldn't help but take it a bit more seriously.

"Now this is interesting…" Lin Wu muttered as he brought forth his tail.

"PROTECT ME!" Tian Han shouted as the sword attacked.

He himself though, turned tail and started to fly away.

~WEENG~

The large sword let out a cry and exuded strong spirit Qi fluctuations that surprised Lin Wu.

"Dao Shell realm power?" Lin Wu said as the sword attached him.

~DENG~

His tail blocked the attack with a sound clang as the edge of the sword grated against the crystal.

~CRACK~

As an even greater surprise to Lin Wu, the sword actually managed to put a crack in his tail's surface. Lin Wu's gaze turned a bit cold as the aura exuding from him turned violent.

~shua~

An invisible wave of energy spread from him and surrounded the sword, drowning it in it. The sword that seemed to be full of power collapsed lifelessly to the ground and impaled itself in the soil.

Lin Wu's eyes went to the escaping Tian Han and he harrumphed.

"I would be an imbecile of if I let you escape like this," Lin Wu said, finding it all to be insulting.

The Radiation in the air seethed and boiled before rushing toward Tian Han in the distance.

The unaware Tian Han took a look behind and saw that Lin Wu was still there and had not moved.

~Phew~

"Just need to a little far then I'll be able to escape!" Tian Han said as another talisman appeared in his hand.

~thud~

But just as he muttered that, he felt the spirit sword beneath his feet losing control.

"AHH!" Tian Han cried out in fear as he started to fall from the sky.

Even if he was at the Core condensation realm, if he fell from this height he was bound to break a bone or two. And something like that would just spell death for him when going against an enemy like Lin Wu.

~CRASH~

~KACHA~

And just as he had feared, Tian Han crashed to the ground, falling leg first. His right leg was the first to bear the brunt of the impact and snapped from the femur. Having absorbed most of the force, the rest of his body was able to bear the other injuries from falling.

His face and arms were covered in scratches as blood dripped from his leg. The sharp edge of a bone popped out of his thigh, looking gruesome. Tian Han cried for a few seconds, but then forcefully reeled his mind.

"Not like this!" He said and tried to stand using his hands.

Even if he had a broken leg, he wouldn't stop escaping. But when he tried to call the spirit sword, he found it not responding.

"Huh? What?" Tian Han was confused.

Thinking that it might just him being disturbed and unable to focus due to the pain, he decided to numb it using a pill. But when he tried to use his spatial storage tool, he was failed again.

"HOW!" He shouted in confusion and anger.

He then realized that it wasn't just the spirit tools that weren't working, but his spirit sense itself had stopped responding. It was forcefully shoved back into his head, making him wince in pain.

Tian Han felt as if a swamp was threatening to swallow him and was pushing him from all sides. His spirit sense as an effect was pushed as far back into his head as possible. He didn't even know how it was possible and felt that if he tried to resist, his spirit sense would just be torn instead.

Now broken and helpless, Tian Han could only watch as a foe beyond his imagination approached him.

"I have to admit, you've brought me some surprises… surprises that I did not expect from someone at your level.." Lin Wu spoke as he came to stand in front of the fallen and despairing man.

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Tian Chu was stuck to Lin Wu's side, hanging by a spike that extended from his body. She hadn't even realized when she was picked up by it and brought here. She was far too overwhelmed to do anything on her own and could only be carried by Lin Wu.

But still, it was a strange feeling for her as the appearance of Lin Wu and his actions didn't seem to match for her.

Tian Han was feeling the opposite though and thought that Lin Wu's actions and words matched accurately. His appearance made one feel terrified and his actions intimidated.

"Wh-why… Wh-what do you want?" Tian Han asked while stammering.

"What I want?" Lin Wu replied. "Well, there are a lot of things that I want. But if you mean what I want from you, there are just a couple." He added.

Tian Han heard each and every word with focus, knowing that this might determine his survival right now.

"What is it then?" Tian Han asked.

"Hmm… rather responsive, aren't you?" Lin Wu said, feeling amused.

"Very well. I'll make it easy for you then." Lin Wu stated and took a look at the girl sitting on one of his spikes.

"I offered this girl something and I would offer you the same, if you do something for me." Lin Wu spoke.

"Offer?" Tian Han repeated as he looked at Tian Chu.

"What could you have to offer?" Tian Han questioned.

"Hahaha! I know, I know… a random creature comes and says he wants something from you and offers you something. It is wise to be cautious. And don't worry I'll answer you." Lin Wu replied with a wide smile.

"Or even better… I'll give you a demonstration instead. That will be better than the answer." Lin Wu said after thinking.

So far, Tian Han was confused and didn't know what he was getting into. But Tian Chu who was there, felt something else.

"The thing that I offered this girl was… power." Lin Wu answered. "And I'll show you exactly that!"

"EEK!" Tian Chu screamed and flinched as her body was suddenly pulled up.

~whoosh~

She watched as Lin Wu's tail soared through the air and grabbed onto the Crocodile Head Wolf. The beast was still stuck there and was forcefully brought here.

"Tell me… are you ready?" Lin Wu asked, while staring into Tian Chu's eyes.

But Tian Chu was far too scared to say anything.

"ARE YOU READY FOR THE POWER?" Lin Wu asked out loud.

"YES!" Tian Chu finally responded.

"Good," Lin Wu said in a low voice. "This will hurt… quite a bit."

~SHING~SHING~SHING~

Tian Chu's eyes went wide as a soul shaking pain racked her body. Tian Han who was watching everything, felt himself tremble.

Tian Chu's body was impaled with tens of sharp and thin spikes that were no different from needles. They went into her head, arms, legs, torso and into her back. She was like a pincushion that could not move at all.

The only thing she could feel was pain. Even her fear had been forcefully wiped away by the pain. Tears streaked down the side of her eyes and she couldn't even speak. Her mouth was left wide open as drool dripped down from it.

~HISS~

At the same time, another sound was heard. Tian Han looked towards the source of the sound and found it to be none other than the Crocodile Head Wolf. His body too, had been impaled with tens of spikes, but they were many times the size of what were in Tian Chu's body.

But that was not what stunned him. No, that was the condition of the beast.

"W-what even… how?" Tian Han found it hard to speak as he saw the beast shrinking in size.

"No… it's withering." He muttered as he saw the beast's flesh and blood being dried out.

It was rapidly reducing in size and a few minutes later was just reduced to a bag of bones. It's eyes had long since retraced into its skull due to being drained and its life was all but gone.

The strong vitality of the beast was nowhere to be seen and neither could the overwhelming spirit Qi could be felt.

~Shua~

In the next moment though, Tian Han could feel a strong spirit Qi fluctuation coming from near him. Not just that, even an aura full of vitality could be felt.

"Impossible!" Tian Han exclaimed as he saw the source of it.

It was none other than Tian Chu. Her body was as if bursting with vitality and strong spirit Qi waves emitted from it. Along with that,her body was also absorbing the spirit Qi in the air at a very rapid speed.

~KACHA~

A cracking sound could be heard coming from her body as torrential waves of spirit Qi rose.

"She broke though?" Tian Han watched, feeling speechless.

Tian Chu's core cracked before the tribulation even arrived.

"No, that can't be… with the tribulation it is not possible." And just as Tian Han said, his words came true.

~RUMBLE~

Dark clouds covered the sky within seconds as arcs of lightning stirred within them.

~BOOM~

Then without a warning, the first tribulation thunder bold descended.

"NO!!!" Tian Han shouted and tried to escape.

He knew just how dangerous it was being this close to someone's heavenly tribulation, especially when they were not using a tribulation platform.

Tian Han could only despair in the fact that he was going to be struck by tribulation lightning today and perish. His eyes were shut tight, but that feeling never arrived.

He opened his eyes with difficulty and saw an unimaginable scene.

"Heavens be witness…" he muttered as he saw the state of the tribulation.

Instead of striking Tian Chu and causing destruction to the area, the Tribulation Lightings bolt was instead stopped by Lin Wu. The lightning was being absorbed by him and only a partial amount was being channeled into Tian Chu.

Lin Wu saw Tian Han observing and chuckled.

"A little tribulation is not something that matters to me." Lin Wu said causally.

~BOOM~

As if being taunted, the tribulation clouds rumbled and shot down an even thicker bolt of tribulation lightning bolt. But just like before, it was stopped by Lin Wu.

Tian Han flinched once again but saw Lin Wu controlling the tribulation lightning as if it were some water. The scene repeated over and over again until eight tribulation lightning bolts had already fallen.

This was something beyond normal already, but could be understood since there were two other beings that were not supposed to be interfering here.

~SHATTER~

And just as the final bolt's effect faded, Tian Chu's Core finally shattered.

~shua~

A bright light emitted from her body as a vortex of spirit Qi formed above her. The spirit Qi poured into her as if a dam had been broken and her cultivation base started to rise rapidly.

"That… Nascent soul realm…" Tian Han said as he watched everything with glimmering eyes.

Tian Chu's nascent soul seemed to be lively and directly jumped out of her Dantian and body, before appearing on top of her head. The Nascent soul overtook her body and directly started to absorb all the spirit Qi from the sprint Qi vortex that was infusing into her.

Lin Wu who was orchestrating all this, was also a bit surprised but kept his expression still.

'Now this was different… her Nascent soul has a stronger will than others…' Lin Wu thought.

Usually a Nascent soul would not act like this and would be under the control of the creature it belonged to. Only in rare cases would it act on its own, and it was usually in self preservation.

But it was evident right now that it was acting in greed instead.

The process continued and the tribulation clouds in the sky faded away. Lin Wu withdrew all the spikes he had inserted into Tian Chu's body and she kept on floating in the air.

Ten minutes passed like this before the phenomena passed. Tian Chu's Nascent soul had grown by a bit but had not reached the Child Soul stage yet. If one were to compare it, instead of looking like a new born baby, it looked like a six month old baby instead.

It was certain that the spirit Qi infusion directly into the Nascent soul had pushed it greatly towards the next stage.

Done with this, the Nascent soul closed its eyes and descended down into Tian Chu's body before disappearing into her Dantian where its place was. Tian Chu finally opened her eyes that had a trace of calmness in them.

No longer was there any fear or uncertainty in those eyes. Instead replacing them was sheer determination and faith. She gently descended onto the ground and looked at Lin Wu.

~THUD~

Then, in the very next moment, she fell to her knees.

~thack~thack~thack~

She kowtowed three times, hitting her head hard on the ground, creating a resounding sound.

"Your servant pays respect to master!" Tian Chu said loudly.

Her voice overflowed with respect and an aura of devotion was exuding off her body.

"Good." Lin Wu responded with a wide smile.

"Rise." He ordered.

Tian Chu stood up and faced Lin Wu with a calm expression. Lin Wu glanced at her momentarily before looking towards Tian Han.

"Well, then… was this to your liking? This will be the offer," Lin Wu asked.

Tian Han's throat felt dry and he could not speak; but at the same time his heart was shouting… YES!

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For Tian Han, the main goal in trying for the position of the top clansmen was just so that he could get into the main branch and grow stronger. He knew that even if he did manage to reach the Nascent soul realm in the coming few years and was promoted to a clan elder, his progress would most likely stop there.

He had seen many people follow the path, including his own father who was a clan elder who was at the Nascent soul realm. To him, if he wanted the opportunity to grow any further, he would have to join some sect like the patriarch's daughter had or the main branch of the Tian Clan.

He could not join a sect since doing that would mean he would have to start from the bottom and remake his influence there. Plus, he might not be able to get the same level of resources unless he made some big contributions.

Despite all that, there was a great chance that he might not even be allowed to leave the clan by the elders. If he forced his hand, he would just be punished instead. Just the Patriarch's daughter leaving the clan for a sect was considered rather controversial at that time.

But since she was his daughter, she had an advantage. Plus her talent wasn't as significant as his or even Tian Chu's thus the clan didn't mind her leaving. Additionally, when she left, Tian Xiaoge was just at the Qi refining realm.

Many years had passed since then and the girl had not visited the clan for a long time. Tian Han was sure that he had long since surpassed that and might be able to contend for the position of the patriarch in the future, since the current patriarch had no male heir strong enough to lead the clan.

But becoming a patriarch was a dead end position and he would not progress after that even if he had access to a lot of resources that the average clansmen didn't have. This left him with the Main branch of the Tian Clan as an option.

He had spent a lot on flattering and buttering up the guest elder Jigou, and had indeed obtained some benefits. But even then, there was no assurance that he would be selected since the final decision depended on the other elders from the main branch.

'But now… can I really do this?' Tian Han wondered.

His brain told him to think deeply about it, but his heart was screaming him to say yes.

"So? What will it be?" Lin Wu prodded him on.

"—ept" a faint voice was heard.

"What was that?" Lin Wu asked again.

"I ACCEPT!" Tian Han finally shouted.

"Good, good." Lin Wu said with a nod.

"But before that… you will need to give me what I want." Lin Wu stated firmly.

~gulp~

Tian Han swallowed his saliva and knew that there was no other chance for him to negotiate here. The power of the creature in front of him was far beyond his imagination. Just him allowing Tian Chu to the Nascent soul realm with such ease and stopping a heavenly tribulation made him feel dizzy.

Tian Han fully doubted that the being in front of him was hiding its cultivation base and that it was not at the Dao Shell realm like his spirit tool had shown him.

'What is this being at? Immortal Ascension realm… or even beyond that?' Tian Han wondered.

As a talented member of the Tian clan, even if it was just a branch, he had read the records of the clan. He knew about the existence of cultivation realms beyond the Immortal Ascension realm, but didn't know their names.

To Tian Han, no one in the Dao Treading realm would be able to do what Lin Wu just did. Thus, Immortal Ascension realm was the lowest he could guess.

"W-what is it that you want?" Tian Han asked. "Senior…" He added after thinking for a second.

"There are few things, but the first thing I want to know is who is behind you?" Lin Wu questioned.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Tian Han asked, feeling confused.

"This formation array, that sword that contained the power of a Dao Shell realm cultivator and your spirit tools that can track aura." Lin Wu replied.

Tian Han didn't know why someone as powerful as Lin Wu would want to know this, but decided to answer him.

"The formation array is something our clan had for a long time. My father assisted me in setting it up a long time ago. It was intended to be used on any enemy by luring them here.

The spirit tools were given to me by Elder Jigou as gifts. And as for the sword with the power of the Dao Shell realm cultivator… I don't know." Tian Han answered.

"What do you mean you don't know? You were using it, weren't you? ANSWER MASTER!" This time it was Tian Chu who had shouted.

Her entire demeanor seemed to have changed and her voice was oppressive. Lin Wu calmly glanced at her for a second before saying, "what the girl said."

"I truly don't know. It was left in my room, and I don't know how it got there. There was nothing pointing to who left it there other than a note that explained what it was." Tian Han answered.

"That is impossible! No one can enter the clan without being detected." Tian Chu said. "He is lying master!"

"NO! I'm not! I swear upon my life!" Tian Han pleaded.

Lin Wu didn't say anything and simply stared at the man. He knew that there were plenty of ways to enter the clan without being detected. He himself had done it with the help of the system.

There were other formation masters or cultivators that might be able to replicate that.. Lin Wu believed in this even more after seeing the different kind of spirit tools that Tian Han had.

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Lin Wu didn't doubt that Tian Han was lying by now. His sense had grown good enough that he could judge falsehoods.

"Is he saying the truth, system?" Lin Wu asked.

"Affirmative." The system replied.

'Hmm… then what could it be. The most likely person to do it would be someone from the clan itself, since they won't have to deal with the formation array. And considering that the sword was given to help him, the most likely person would be someone who is close to Tian Han.' Lin Wu thought.

While Lin Wu was thinking, the silence only made Tian Han more and more nervous. He felt like his heart would jump out of his throat if he did not get a reply.

"Alright… we'll get to that later." Lin Wu replied. "But… I want to know how this beast is still alive." He added.

"Of course! How the hell is this Crocodile Head Wolf still alive? I thought the patriarch and elders killed it!" Tian Chu asked as well.

"They… they did kill it." Tian Han stuttered.

"And that's clearly false." Lin Wu spoke.

"They did kill it… but my father saved it secretly." Tian Han replied.

"Explain." Lin Wu stated.

Tian Han felt hesitance for a bit, but went ahead to explain the entire thing. By the end of it though, Tian Chu seemed to be angry.

"Seems like Elder Ruan has gone astray and no longer has the clan in his thoughts." Tian Chu scoffed.

Tian Han couldn't reply to it and only stay silent.

'So they thought they killed the beast by exploding it, but this elder Ruan actually pulled the wool over their eyes and used an illusion to replace the beast with another corpse.

He then later went to the place where he had sent the beast to using a short distance teleportation talisman and healed it just enough so that it won't die.' Lin Wu thought.

All this that Elder Ruan had done was so that he could tame the beast. The crocodile Head Wolf was a rather strong beast that had lived in the area for quite a long time and they had known about it for a while.

The Tian clan and the beast had even clashed several times, but it had never reached a point of death for either party. But then the beast finally overstepped and killed a few clan members, prompting the elders to go and hunt it down.

But Tian Ruan had some other thoughts and wanted trump cards of his own. Thus, he secretly saved the beast and even managed to control it in a roundabout way. They could use the sense of smell of the beast to make it ignore certain targets.

That was how Tian Han had managed to escape the sight of the beast. That, combined with another illusory spirit tool, made it even more effective and safe for the man.

Tian Han knew very well the beast was living here for the time being and had thus chosen this area intentionally so that he could let Tian Chu and the rest be killed by the beast.

He wanted to avoid being implicated by the clan's rules and be executed for fratricide. This was a way to avoid that and also get some leeway for being unable to complete the mission.

The appearance of a beast like this could be considered to be a valid excuse and would allow him to content for the position of the top clansmen, even if the mission was not a great success.

"Seems like there are some new undercurrents in the Tian Clan." Lin Wu said as he looked at Tian Chu. "Is there anything more you know about it?" he asked.

"No master. While there have indeed been some internal conflicts in the clan, they were mostly normal and nothing serious. The only major thing that is going on is the recruitment for the Main clan." Tian Chu answered.

"I see… then there is someone definitely interfering in this." Lin Wu spoke after thinking for a bit.

"You really think so, master? But what would they get from interfering with us? The Tian clan avoids most matters with the secular world and other powers. We keep to ourselves and have no known conflicts." Tian Chu asked.

"One doesn't need to have a conflict with your clan to antagonize it. If a party has something that another party wants… a conflict is inevitable. Especially since that can't be resolved through dialog." Lin Wu replied.

Lin Wu didn't need to hide much from Tian Chu since she was all but under his control now. She was the same as other beasts and could be killed at anytime Lin Wu wanted. But he probably won't need to do something like that ever, since she had willingly offered her support.

Lin Wu even went a bit further and let the system, implant some mental restrains on her that would prevent her from ever thinking of revolting or betraying him.

This was a new thing that they were testing out and Tian Chu was the perfect subject for it, since the restrains were something that needed the willingness of the subject to work as well.

It was why Lin Wu had picked Tian Chu as a servant for now. Tian Han was also a choice, but he didn't know if he would be the same as Tian Chu and fully accept it due to potentially having someone backing him.

That would add a mental diversion that would quite likely make the restrains fail.

"Then who could be behind it all?" Tian Chu couldn't help but wonder.

"If Tian Han doesn't know it, then we can explore a bit more." Lin Wu said and looked at the man. "Tell me… where is this Elder Jigou?" Lin Wu questioned.

Tian Chu looked at Tian Han as well and had a sharp gaze.

"He… he's in Tieba City." Tian Han answered.

"What!" Hearing this answer, Tian Chu was rather offended.

"What is someone like him doing in that rat hole of a city! No honorable person would go there… ever!" Tian Chu said out loud.

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Lin Wu was intrigued by this new information and wondered what was up with this city. He felt like he had heard about the name before, but couldn't recall any details about it.

"System, what is this city?" Lin Wu questioned.

~DING~

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ANSWER: Tieba city is an unofficial city that is not under the authority of any king or sect. It was formed by various rogue cultivators and commoner bandits. It is where a lot of organizations that deal with unorthodox and illegal business reside.

The people backing the city are mostly unknown, but the couple that are known in the open, are at the Dao Treading realm. Because of this, the city can exist and is not attacked by the orthodox sects and kingdoms.

In addition to this, the kingdoms and sects also have dealings with the people of the Tieba city, providing additional support to it in secret.

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Reading this information, Lin Wu finally recalled where he had heard about Tieba city.

"The Shadow Dagger pavilion… they are originally from the Tieba city." Lin Wu remembered the bandits that Shirong had tortured while on the way to the Ling Kingdom capital.

At that time, the system wasn't as efficient as it was now and couldn't extract all the information. Thus he had not learned about the Tieba city much, simply knowing that there was a city like that.

"So it all comes full circle…" Lin Wu muttered.

Tian Chu heard Lin Wu's muttering and couldn't help but feel intrigued.

"Master knows about the city?" She questioned.

"Hmm… you could say that." Lin Wu answered.

Both Tian Chu and Tian Han were surprised by this. They knew that Lin Wu was not someone that would appear out in the open. They had no knowledge about someone like him, and it was very evident that he would be very famous if he was in the open.

It only made them wonder more about who Lin Wu was exactly. But they didn't dare ask him that either.

That was understanding since he was rather intimidating individual. They could somewhat guess that he was a beast, but at the same time, they doubted that since his actions and even appearance were far too different than any beast.

For them, he was simply an enigma at this point.

"Umm… do you want to know anything else, senior?" Tian Han asked, feeling unsettled.

"No… at least not for now." Lin Wu replied.

"Then…" Tian Han swallowed his saliva and felt a bit hopeful.

"Your reward, right?" Lin Wu asked.

"Y-yes… if that's fine with you, of course." Tian Han replied.

Lin Wu nodded his head and extended his tail and dropped a few things in front of him.

"THIS… how?" Tian Han was stunned.

Even Tian Chu was confused and surprised seeing the items in front of her.

"The fruits? How?" Tian Han said in confusion.

"This is what you need to fulfill the mission, right?" Lin Wu asked. "I reckon these many would be enough."

"YES! M-more than enough! This is plenty!" Tian Han hurriedly said.

But then a second later, he gazed at Tian Chu and felt like he was missing out.

"WHAT!? Do you want to breakthrough as well?" Tian Chu could easily guessed.

"I… err…" Tian Han didn't dare ask anymore.

"Hah," Lin Wu chuckled. "You might get that reward, too. If you continue to work for me."

"Work for you?" Tian Han repeated.

"You fool! You should be grateful master is even offering you this! BE HIS SERVANT!" Tian Chu said passionately.

Lin Wu raised a brow at seeing this.

'Did we go a bit overboard with those restrains? Check it again for the next time system.' Lin Wu said in his mind.

Tian Han thought about it for a minute before nodding his head.

"I… I'm willing." Tian Han stated.

"Good… but not so easily. You will have to prove your worth. Tian Chu did so by showing faith, you'll have to do the same." Lin Wu said with a smile.

"I'll do my best… but how?" Tian Han asked.

"It's simple. You simply go back to the clan and do what you're supposed to; Turn in this mission." Lin Wu replied.

"What about me, master?" Tina Chu asked as well.

She had no idea that her life would be flipping around like this and didn't know how to proceed now. Her heart simply told her to follow around Lin Wu, but that was also something that didn't seem right at the same time.

Tina Chu knew the difference between herself and Lin Wu, both in terms of existence and power. It was not entirely a viable option to follow him around. While she would willingly do it, she didn't know if Lin Wu would want that.

"You will go back to the Tian clan as well." Lin Wu replied.

"I will? You don't have any other use for me?" Tian Chu asked. "I know I'm weak, but I'm still at the Nascent soul realm and can do a lot of things, master!" she pleaded.

"You will be far more useful at the clan. Both of you will return to the clan and complete the mission." Lin Wu answered.

"But what about our clansmen that died?" She asked.

"I'm sure Tian Han has that sorted out already." Lin Wu said with a smirk. "Don't you? Since you were ready to do this?"

"Y-yes senior!" he hurriedly replied.

"Then I'm thinking you know what to do now?" Lin Wu asked.

"Yes! I'll modify the plan to include Tian Chu in it." Tian Han replied.

"The story will be: We went to do the mission and gather the Fragrant Parrot Bamboo Flowers and encountered an unseen beast. We managed to fight it, but it killed our comparison.

We escaped and stumbled across a spirit fruit fortunately that allowed Tian Chu to breakthrough to the Nascent soul realm." He explained.

Lin Wu nodded in approval after hearing his made up story.

"That's good enough. I'm sure you can handle any problem that comes in addition to this at the clan." Lin Wu said teasingly.

"O-of course!" Tian Han said, trying to be confident.

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