As soon as he finished asking, the system's voice rang out again.
【Of course you cannot see through them, host. Even Zhao Jiu, who ranks second from the bottom, has already reached the Heavenly Mandate Realm, which is five major realms higher than yours.】
Upon hearing this, Ye Chang'an froze again.
He wanted to laugh, but he could not.
The good news was that the people of his Primordial Divine Hall were truly powerful.
The bad news was that his realm was only higher than Shangguan Shiyi's.
“By the way, where is my wife? At my current realm, I actually cannot sense her presence.”
【Host, your wife is in a higher world. With your current realm, you still cannot sense her. However, I recommend that you do not interfere in Ling Xianyue's affairs. This is a knot in her heart that she must sever herself. Host, rest assured—she is fine.】
After hearing the system's words, Ye Chang'an finally relaxed, but he still said to the several elders:
“You know that my wife, Ling Xianyue, exists, right?”
Seeing this, the five of them immediately nodded in agreement.
“Hall master, we can sense that Madam is currently in the Xuanhuang Ancient Realm.”
Ye Chang'an had only guessed that the five of them could sense Ling Xianyue's presence. After all, the system had said that they were very powerful.
He had not expected them to really be able to.
At the same time, Ye Chang'an remembered the Xuanhuang Ancient Realm.
“If necessary, lend her a hand.”
Although the system had said that he could rest easy, Ye Chang'an still felt that he should make some arrangements.
As the hall master, there was no reason not to use this authority.
“Yes, hall master.”
After hearing Ye Chang'an's instructions, the five of them immediately agreed.
“System, doesn't the Primordial Divine Hall have something like a resource treasure vault?”
【Of course it does. As a supreme faction, mere resources are nothing to us.】
“That's good. Then Xinran can level up quickly. However, she cannot rely entirely on resources. Otherwise, how could she stand above all the heaven's chosen beneath the heavens?”
Originally, Ye Chang'an had only hoped that Ye Xinran would remain safe and happy, but now that he had the Primordial Divine Hall, everything was different.
It was not that Ye Chang'an wanted to place pressure on Ye Xinran. Rather, he had seen the system's rewards before. As long as Ye Xinran did not fall into depravity, it would be easy for her to become an existence that her peers could scarcely hope to match.
After all, with the system's rewards, so many resources, and experience, it would naturally be effortless.
Thinking of this, Ye Chang'an looked at the fifteen people before him and smiled.
“Little Ten, stay behind. All of you, go tend to your own affairs.”
Soon, the five elders and the nine disciples took their leave.
Looking at Shangguan Shiyi's puzzled expression, Ye Chang'an smiled.
“You will come with me to protect my daughter as her dao protector. At the same time, you can demonstrate what a true young heaven's chosen is and let the world know how powerful my Primordial Divine Hall is.”
His daughter needed experience, and he also had to rely on her to level up and improve his own realm. Thus, Ye Chang'an decided to protect her at Ye Xinran's side.
“That's wonderful, hall master. I haven't really felt like cultivating lately.”
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Shi was delighted.
This left Ye Chang'an confused. “You don't feel like cultivating? As a heaven's chosen, why have you stopped striving?”
When asked this, Shangguan Shi felt somewhat embarrassed and slightly troubled.
“Hall master, I was simply discouraged by ninth senior brother.”
“Discouraged?”
Ye Chang'an already knew that Zhao Jiu was extremely powerful, with a realm even higher than that of him, the hall master.
But he could not understand how Shangguan Shi, also a peerless heaven's chosen, could have been discouraged.
“Yes, hall master. On the path of cultivation, I cannot even see ninth senior brother's back. The gap is simply too great. But rest assured, hall master, I will be fine after some time.”
Shangguan Shi explained, his expression first filled with envy before he smiled again.
Clearly, he had not been completely discouraged.
Upon hearing this, Ye Chang'an did not know what to say. As the hall master, he was slightly better off than Shangguan Shi—at least he could see Zhao Jiu's back.
Fortunately, because of the system's existence, the people of the primordial divine hall could not see Ye Chang'an's strength.
“System, grant Xinran the Primordial Divine Phoenix Physique and Primordial Sword Heart from the rewards.”
Halfway through speaking, Ye Chang'an suddenly remembered that the system's rewards had not yet been given to Ye Xinran.
“Little Ten, let's go.”
After communicating with the system, Ye Chang'an led Shangguan Shi away from the Primordial Divine Hall.
.....
The Tianhuang Continent, a forest in the eastern region.
A girl in a white long dress was hurrying along. She wanted to reach a nearby city as quickly as possible.
Just then, Ye Xinran suddenly sensed something unusual in her body. A warm sensation instantly filled her entire body.
“Hmm? What is this?”
Ye Xinran immediately stopped and found a secluded place, where she sat cross-legged.
Soon, she was enveloped in a radiance.
In truth, she did not need to find a place to hide at all.
Because, at that very moment, two men were watching her from the void above.
One appeared to be middle-aged, while the other was in the prime of youth. Both were dressed in white robes.
They were none other than Ye Chang'an and Shangguan Shi.
“Hall master, why didn't we meet the young hall master just now?”
Shangguan Shi asked.
“I also want to see what my daughter is like when she ventures out alone—how she treats people and how she handles matters.”
Ye Chang'an replied with a gentle smile as he looked at Ye Xinran, who was surrounded by radiance.
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Shi nodded.
Soon, the radiance receded. Ye Xinran excitedly opened her eyes and sensed the changes in her body. Because her constitution had fused, her cultivation level directly rose by one major realm, reaching the Celestial Spirit Realm.
Subsequently, a trace of confusion appeared in her eyes. “Why did I suddenly awaken a new constitution? It is so, so much stronger than my previous talent!”
“Forget it, who cares? Being able to awaken such an incredible constitution is proof of my own ability. Hahahahaha! I am destined to be the world’s number one heaven’s pride!”
Then, she excitedly jumped up again and laughed aloud.
She skipped and hopped toward the city.
In the void above.
【Ye Xinran has been detected to have advanced by one major realm. Host has advanced by one major realm, reaching the Heavenly Authority Realm.】
At the same time, the system's voice rang out in Ye Chang'an's mind.
“The Heavenly Authority Realm? Not bad.”
Feeling his realm rise, Ye Chang'an was very satisfied.
“Uh... The young hall master's personality is lively. She's really cute.”
The corner of Shangguan Shi's eye twitched almost imperceptibly twice.
Ye Chang'an naturally noticed this and continued smiling as he explained, “Xinran has always been lively and cute.”
There was actually one thing he had left unsaid: she was also very chuunibyou.
Of course, Shangguan Shi would find that out soon enough. Ye Chang'an did not need to explain it.
No, he could find out now.
Because Ye Xinran's laughter drifted over once more.
She was moving incredibly fast, shouting as she traveled, “I, Ye Xinran, have arrived! Give up second place, all you heaven's chosen!”
Hearing this, Ye Chang'an did not look at Shangguan Shi's expression.
There was no need to look.
The corner of his eye was twitching while he struggled to hold back his laughter.
Shangguan Shi did not know that, because Ye Chang'an had transmigrated here, his way of educating Ye Xinran since childhood was different from that of this world.
Of course, if Ling Xianyue had been by their side, she might have disciplined her somewhat.
.....
At dusk, Linjiang City.
“We finally made it. Linjiang City, let this be the first step on my path to overwhelm the ages!”
Looking at the three large characters on the city gate before her, Ye Xinran's heart was filled with anticipation.
Following the flow of people, Ye Xinran arrived at the entrance.
There were two guards at the entrance. Ye Xinran could tell at a glance that they were only in the Qi Refining Realm.
“One low-grade spirit stone per person!”
The guards shouted as they collected the spirit stones.
Ye Xinran took out a spirit stone and handed it to a guard.
All her spirit stones had been left behind by Ling Xianyue when she departed.
Just as Ye Xinran handed over the spirit stone, the guard looked at her in confusion.
After handing it over, she entered the city with light steps.
The guard was left with a strange expression. He then looked at the spirit stone Ye Xinran had just given him. It was clearly a mid-grade spirit stone.
Shaking his head, he muttered, “This girl looks pretty bright. How can she not even tell spirit stones apart? Forget it. I’ll treat it as a rich person’s gift.”
After saying this, he slipped the spirit stone into his pocket, replacing it with a low-grade spirit stone in the bag where he had been collecting them.
The other gatekeeper was also collecting spirit stones and paid no attention to what was happening here.