Opening his eyes after the meditation, Yang Ze looked at the group of girls in front of him who were still asleep before he shook his head with a smile.

Three days ago, he taught them the way of cultivation, and from then on, they have been doing nothing except practising.

Unfortunately, they weren't some kind of geniuses or once-in-a-millennium talent. Their progress in these three days was abysmal. It would be better to say that there wasn't any progress at all. The four of them were still trying to refine their skills to step into the early stage of Body Forging, but judging by their progress, it was going to take them an entire year just to be able to step into the path of cultivation.

As for Qing Cao, who chose the Mystic Nether Art… Yang Ze had lost count of how many times she fell asleep while looking at the small black branch in front of her, trying to visualise it. If he had to make a guess, then it would be a miracle if she could visualise this branch in the next ten years.

But even though they were ordinary children with no particular talents, Yang Ze didn't mind it. On the contrary, he enjoyed his rather peaceful time with them. They would occasionally ask questions, and he would answer and even take his time to explain it to them. For a moment, he was even tempted to stay at this place for a long time. Until he had reached the peak of this world before going out to take his revenge.

Unfortunately for him, he needed Lin Meilin's 'milk' to step into the peak of the Vein Expansion realm, and for that, he needed to complete the task of gathering information about this place and head out.

"I hope you all can live long lives in peace and harmony." Even though he had spent only a few days with them, Yang Ze liked them much better than the people from the so-called 'outside world'.

Once he took them out of this place, he didn't know whether their mentality would change or if they would remain the same, but it didn't stop him from hoping for the best.

After taking one last look at their sleeping faces, which were tired after an entire night's practise, he merely let out a smile before walking out of the house.

There was still some time before the sunrise, so he didn't disturb anyone. He simply walked around for a while and, after using his sign-in, checked the Golden talent, 'Withering Year Mark' that has (5/10) behind it.

"Just five more times." Looking at how close he was, Yang Ze could hardly contain his excitement. He couldn't help but clench his fists in excitement over what the next grade was going to be.

And just when he was lost in his train of thought, he felt the wind stir.

"Huh!?" This was the first time he saw the wind in this village. Usually, the entire village was deathly silent without even the noise of the insects. From the day he came here, he couldn't remember the last time he felt a breeze upon his face.

And now that he was suddenly feeling the wind… he couldn't help but look around warily.

As Yang Ze tried to look around, hoping to find something different, the wind only got stronger.

In less than a few breaths' time, the wind was blowing at a speed of roughly a hundred miles per hour.

The trees around him were like pieces of paper, easily torn apart and uprooted, being carried around by the winds.

Yang Ze couldn't help but narrow his eyes. This sudden burst of wind caught him by surprise. The wind was strong enough to carry all the dust, stones and trees with it, making it hard for one to look in the distance. The entire world in front of him seemed to be going through an apocalypse as the only thing he could see was pitch black darkness.

"What the hell?" Even though Yang Ze was surprised by this sudden wind, what truly stunned him was the fact that even with such a strong wind, it didn't cause any damage to the village. Not to mention destroying it, the wind didn't even enter the village.

As for Yang Ze, who was standing outside the village, the winds of this calibre couldn't even make him move, much less cause him any harm.

He merely looked around, hoping to find the cause of this, but to no avail.

And just when he was wondering what was going on with this wind, he saw the sky suddenly darken.

"HUH!?" Raising his head, Yang Ze looked at the cloudy sky that was previously filled with countless stars.

"Where the hell did these clouds suddenly came fro…" Before Yang Ze could even finish his sentence, he saw the entire sky lighten up for a moment as an earth-shattering sound of thunder echoed in his ears.

*Rumble

Even after the sky went dark, the sound of thunder kept on echoing in his ears, even making his body as well as the ground underneath him tremble for a moment.

Looking at the gloomy sky, Yang Ze felt a sense of palpitation. It was as if the entire sky was going to crash upon him. And with every passing second, it only increased.

In less than ten breaths, he saw twenty flashes of lightning in the clouds, each one leaving a deafening rumble that constantly rang in his ears.

"Damn it. What the hell is going on?" This was the first time he saw something like this after coming to this world. The sudden climate change caught him by surprise.

"Is it going to rain next?" And just when he was wondering if it was going to rain, he saw a flash of lightning illuminating the world around him. But unlike the previous lightning, this one actually fell down, and its target seemed to be the mountain above the village.

"What the…" Yang Ze dind't know what was going on anymore. He wanted to rush towards the village, afraid that the lightning strike might affect the village and the children there, but before he could even lift a foot, he saw ten more lightning strikes similar to the first one fall one after another, seemingly wanting to destroy the entire mountain along with the village.

But the next moment, a burst of dark fog rolled out of the mountain's top at a rapid pace before retreating. And with that, the world suddenly seemed to pause, and in the next instant, the wind stopped, the clouds disappeared the world was back to normal.

"...."

"...."

Only Yang Ze, who witnessed all this, found himself at a loss for words.

"What the hell was that?" Yang Ze couldn't understand what just happened. One moment it was wind, next it was a lightning strike, and then everything went back to normal as if it never happened. No matter how hard he tried to think, he just couldn't understand what happened.

"Only one way to find out." Gritting his teeth, Yang Ze covered himself with an illusion, completely blending himself before rushing to the mountain, especially towards the place where the lightning kept on striking.

"EH! It's this place?" Looking at the cave that was filled with dense dark fog, Yang Ze couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He looked around, hoping to find something amiss, but couldn't see anything. The previous lightning strikes didn't even leave any traces, much less destroy the cave.

After searching for a while, the only thing he found was a rather black stone that was emitting some lightning arcs.

[Thunder Stone: Made from the continuous bombardment of the heavenly lightning in one place.]

Looking at the description of the stone in his hand with his all-seeing eyes, all his previous assumptions were thrown out of the window. Although he didn't know what the so-called Heavenly Lightning was, he had read enough novels to have a rough idea.

Basically, it was like a heavenly tribulation for someone or something. Or it could be heaven's punishment… wanting to destroy someone or something.

Yang Ze didn't know if it was the case here as well, but he was sure that it was somewhat close to the truth.

After looking at the thunder stone in his hand for a while, he simply put it in his pocket and then observed the cave for any changes, but other than the feeling of the fog being slightly thinner than before, he didn't see anything different or out of place.

In the end, Yang Ze simply turned around and headed down the village.

The entire village was still as peaceful as ever. Neither the storm nor the thunder seemed to have caused any disturbances.

Yang Ze simply entered his room and once again sat in meditation, trying to increase his realm.

He didn't know how long he had been sitting in meditation. It wasn't until he heard a sharp whistle that he came out of his meditation.

*Weeeeeeeeeeeee

Listening to the ear-splitting noise that seemed to pierce through his mind and directly affect his soul, he couldn't help but let out a frown before walking out of his room.

The moment he got out of the house, the first thing that greeted him was a cloudy sky and a group of children standing in the middle of the village, circled around what looked to be an old and frail man who seemed to be in his eighties.

The man was thin with a set of coarse clothes on his body, which were somewhat familiar with the coarse clothes the children were wearing, except his clothes were clearly well-made, unlike the messily stitched clothes of the children.

Yang Ze used his illusion to completely hide his figure as he slowly walked towards the crowd while scanning the old man from top to bottom.

His hair was completely white, like a field of snow. Instead of tying them up, he had let them loose.

Even though he was old, his face was rather clean, and his eyes were clear and shining like bright stars, unlike the old men of his age.

The old man's appearance wasn't anything special. If Yang Ze had to point out the thing that stood out the most, then it would be a large black mole on his right cheek.

Once Yang Ze was close enough, he used his system to look at the old man's personal panel, and the moment he saw it, his eyes narrowed into slits, and his breathing almost stopped.

Just like the girl before, there was just a single word on the personal panel of the old man.

[Apostle]

"....."

"....."

"What the hell?" This was the second time Yang Ze had seen such a unique personal panel. For a moment, he couldn't help but wonder if his system was truly powerful or not. Otherwise, how could he fail time and time again to know information about people? First, it was Lin Meilin, then it was that bitch who took over Cang Yue's body, then it was the so-called Incarnation and now the old man in front of him.

Every single one of them was someone his system couldn't seem to see through.

And that is without mentioning the thing he saw in that damn ocean with his clone…

The more Yang Ze thought about it, the more he felt his scalp tingle. Unknowingly, he had been involved with beings whose true scope couldn't be measured by the system… or this is what he thought.

"Is every one of you here?" Just when he was lost in his train of thought, the old man finally spoke.

His old and hoarse voice was filled with an unquestionable authority as he looked at the children in front of him.

"Where is the team?"

After taking a rough look at the group of children, he spoke in a hoarse voice.

And the moment he spoke, the group of five girls walked in front of him before giving him a respectful bow.

"Oh!" The moment the old man saw the girls, his eyes flashed with brilliance as he narrowed them into slits before waving his hand to the group of children.

Though the children were confused why the priest dismissed them so soon this time, they didn't ask. Instead, they simply headed back to their houses before shutting their doors.

"Why wasn't there any sacrifice this time?" After looking at the group of girls in front of him, the old man simply asked a question.

"I can smell the blood of a beast… a large beast."

"What did you do with it?"

"Why didn't you throw it in the cave?"

The more he spoke, the more ferocious his voice became. By the time he reached the end of his sentence, he was practically screaming.

"I… We…" The girls didn't know how to explain it to him. And just when they were trying to find what to say, Yan-er took a step forward before replying in a soft voice.

"We chose to eat it."

"We needed the food this time."

Though she was afraid and her body was trembling, she still chose to speak those words.

"The old man looked at the girl in front of him, who was gazing at his face as a smile ran across his face.

"Oh!" He couldn't help but reach out to her head as he gently began to caress it, and then, before anyone could react, he grabbed her hair, lifted her entire body like a doll and threw her like a discarded piece of cloth before letting out a cold snort.

"Do you think just because there is an outsider here, you can do as you please?"

His words instantly made the girls' expressions pale as they took a step back.

Ignoring the reaction of the girls, he simply raised his head before shouting at the top of his lungs.

"COME OUT. WHEREVER YOU ARE."

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