Qian Yu rented a carriage and headed toward his destination.
It had been over half a year since the defeat of Spirit Hall.
Now, the two great Empires had occupied the majority of Spirit Hall’s legacy, and could be said to be overflowing with wealth.
Logically speaking, with the collapse of a behemoth like Spirit Hall, just as a fallen whale brings life to all, it should have given birth to many more factions.
Even if no other factions emerged, with so many people dead and so many more resources available, the lives of the middle and lower-class commoners should have been better.
But Qian Yu discovered that things had not developed as he had anticipated.
“Big brother, as a noble Spirit Master, why do you do the kind of work that only commoners can do?”
Qian Yu looked at the middle-aged man driving the carriage and asked.
He could sense that the other party was also a two-ring Spirit Master.
On the Douluo Continent, Spirit Masters were so noble; let alone a two-ring Spirit Master, even a one-ring Spirit Master could be treated as an honored guest in many places.
“Why?”
“Naturally, to survive.”
“The Empire won, which is something worth celebrating, but for us, not only has life not improved, it has actually become worse.”
“Besides not being able to go to Spirit Hall to collect gold coins anymore, five or six new taxes have been added.”
“Most importantly, we one-ring and two-ring Spirit Masters seem to have no use.
Back when Spirit Hall was around, there were jobs specifically provided for us—maintaining the Hunting Forest, performing the Spirit Awakening—these were tasks commoners couldn’t do and powerful Spirit Masters didn’t want to do, but now, all of that is gone…”
“The most ridiculous thing is, even the carriage-driving jobs that commoners could do before, they can’t do anymore, because the roads aren’t safe, and because we’ve stolen their jobs…”
Mentioning this, the Spirit Master driving the carriage chattered endlessly, as if missing the good old days, and also as if complaining about the state of the world.
“Are they even greedier than I imagined?”
“After annexing such a massive foundation from Spirit Hall, are they still not full?”
Qian Yu whispered in his heart; the greed of these nobles was even greater than he had imagined.
However, he actually felt that this was a very good era.
Without having experienced suffering, without having lost anything, one will never know the value of possessing something once again.
If a few hundred more years passed, once this generation died, their descendants would have been completely domesticated; at that time, wanting to do anything would be a very difficult matter.
In this current time period, if he could succeed, he would truly be able to have everyone answer his call.
Of course, this does not include those nobles.
For the rest of the journey, besides necessary cultivate, Qian Yu spent more time enjoying the scenery along the way.
Perhaps because the Spirit Master driving the carriage sensed the fluctuations of his Soul Power leaking out, he did not make any overstepping moves from beginning to end.
It took over ten days, and he finally arrived at his destination.
Black Stone Village, a very ordinary little village.
Not long after he arrived, three figures appeared before him.
One of them was none other than Hu Liena.
As for the other two, one had a flamboyant personality, and the other was gloomy and reserved.
Clearly, they were Yan and Xie Yue.
Although he hadn’t seen their former glory, just from their attire that was out of place with the surrounding environment, as well as their low Spirits, it was easy to see that these two had not been doing very well recently.
“Why did you have to make me come here?”
Qian Yu did not interact with the other two at first, instead looking at Hu Liena.
“Senior Snake Lance and Senior Porcupinefish do not trust me!”
Hu Liena was also very helpless about this; she knew that even without the things she had done, she would still not be favored by these two.
After all, they were closer to Qian Renxue.
“Let’s go, I will go meet these two Seniors!”
Qian Yu hesitated for a moment, but still chose to take the risk to make contact with these two.
In the current situation, he needed a Titled Douluo to provide protection.
“Brother, take Qian Yu to see the two Seniors.
I have something to say to Yan.”
Hu Liena did not step forward to lead the way, but instead looked at Yan with a fierce gaze.
Qian Yu naturally knew why Hu Liena was like this.
From the moment he appeared and spoke, Yan had been very dissatisfied with him, wanting to say something several times but holding back.
If not for whatever Hu Liena had told him beforehand, perhaps he would have already turned hostile.
Subsequently, accompanied by Xie Yue, he headed into the village.
Along the way, Xie Yue greeted passing pedestrians very familiarly.
“Aunt Guihua, you’re going to the back mountain to dig for wild vegetables again!”
“So early!”
“This is my distant cousin; he hasn’t been to the countryside, so I brought him here to stay for a couple of days.”
“…”
Clearly, Xie Yue had integrated better than Yan, and his mindset was also better.
Among the former Spirit Hall Golden Generation, Xie Yue’s Spirit quality was relatively the worst, and his talent was also the worst, but Qian Yu valued him more.
The most fundamental reason for this was naturally his mind.
“It seems you have adapted quite well, but I don’t know if this kind of life has made you forget the obsession in your heart.”
“If you choose comfort, no one will blame you; you absolutely do not need to risk your life with us.”
“Perhaps, with you here, there will at least be someone to help collect our corpses.”
Qian Yu looked at the composed Xie Yue and asked with a smile.
“If there were no opportunity, I might really choose this kind of life; living in such comfort for a lifetime wouldn’t be bad either.”
“But if there is an opportunity, even if it’s only a one in a hundred million chance, I will give up everything to try!”
As Xie Yue spoke, a sharp, cold glint appeared in his eyes.
At the same time, he finally understood why his sister had said that this child was different from everyone else.
With just one encounter, he had pinpointed his mindset.
This kind of thing was something that even the two Titled Douluo, Snake Lance and Porcupinefish, hadn’t noticed.
While speaking, the two had already arrived at their destination.
Within his line of sight, two men were lying leisurely on reclining chairs, looking exactly like two farmers.
One could not see any air of a Titled Douluo from them.
“Seniors, the person has arrived!”
Yan looked at the two who were still resting with their eyes closed, and then spoke softly.
The next moment, the relatively thinner Snake Lance Douluo immediately opened his eyes, and a sharp aura rushed straight toward Qian Yu.
Giving a show of force right from the start.
Xie Yue did not help block this pressure, but instead watched quietly from the side.
He also wanted to see if this child before him was truly as miraculous as his sister had said, and if he was worth them betting their lives on again.
“A test?”
Facing Snake Lance Douluo using powerful Mental Energy to intimidate him right from the start, Qian Yu felt no fear.
He directly activated the Flame God Eye, meeting the other party’s pressure head-on.