Chapter Ninety-Nine: The False World (Requesting Recommendations, Requesting Favorites!)

"See the light again? Father, I think our life is just fine, and we can keep living like this forever!" Kun Li said with a frown.

Kun Sha smiled, shook his head, and said, "Silly girl, do you know that in the world we inhabit, the sky is a formation laid out by the Lord of the Forbidden Land back in the day, the sun is a fireball refined by that same Lord, and the thunder, lightning, and raging storms were all arranged by him as well. The place we live in is nothing but an illusory world.

For so many years, no one above the tenth rank has ever been born in our world. The eleventh rank requires condensing one's own Great Dao, fusing the Dao into the body and into the spirit. But our world has no Dao to begin with—the very heavens and earth are illusory, so where could a Dao possibly exist?

When your father took charge of the tribe, I was at the peak of the ninth rank. How many years has it been now? I've been wandering at the tenth rank the whole time. No matter what method I try, I cannot break through to a higher level. Now, everyone in this entire world faces the same predicament: they cannot enter the eleventh rank, cannot attain the Dao, and their lifespans do not exceed eight hundred years. After eight hundred years, the minor world within their bodies withers, their flesh ages, and life comes to an end. Your father refuses to accept that fate, so I have been searching for a way all along. The Day of Heavenly Revelation is one opportunity.

Legend has it that on the Day of Heavenly Revelation, the Dao traces of the original World Lord will manifest. If one is fortunate enough, one may contemplate them. But after all these years, no one has ever succeeded.

Now an even better opportunity has presented itself. We have connected with the great outside world, and we can leave. As long as we get out and experience the Dao laws of that complete, vast world, your father is almost certain to break into the eleventh rank and lead the tribe one step further. This is my chance, the tribe's chance, and the world's chance!"

Kun Li listened in a daze, but in the end she understood what her father meant: as long as they could get out, her father would live longer and grow stronger. Nothing else needed to be said—nothing was more important than that!

Kun Li sorted through her thoughts and said, "I understand now, Father. So it seems the people I brought back are visitors from the outside world. Are we to spend resources nurturing them?"

Kun Sha looked at his daughter, smiled, and nodded before asking, "What are their cultivation levels?"

Kun Li answered without hesitation: "Six in total. One is at the peak of the fourth rank like me, two are at the third rank, and the remaining three are all at the peak of the second rank!"

"So weak?" Kun Sha was somewhat taken aback. According to the scant records of the outside world left behind by their ancestors, the outside world was incomparably powerful. The master of this minor world they inhabited had not been considered invincible even in the outside world, and figures like the later Lord of the Forbidden Land, with eleventh-rank combat power, could not run rampant there either. It was said that the Lord of the Forbidden Land had once been suppressed by a single hand in the outside world!

Every description boiled down to two words: "formidable." But the ones who had entered this time were all low-level cultivators, which made Kun Sha feel rather puzzled!

"Are you sure you didn't sense wrong?" Kun Sha asked again.

Kun Li pouted and said, "Father, how could I possibly sense wrong..."

Kun Sha smiled and patted Kun Li on the head, then fell silent.

Kun Li waited for a while, and seeing that her father wasn't speaking, she continued, "Father, you still haven't said how we should treat them! They're all locked up in the prison right now. If we need to curry favor with them, we should let them out immediately!"

Kun Sha's train of thought was interrupted by Kun Li, and after hearing her words he was caught between laughter and tears. His tone rose a few notches: "Curry favor? You foolish girl, what are you thinking? Your father is at least the chieftain of a tribe, ranked among the top ten in the entire world, and a Martial Emperor at the peak of the tenth rank. Are you saying I should go back and curry favor with a few low-rank cultivators?"

Kun Li grinned, with an expression that said, "I know exactly who you are."

Kun Sha shouted for a while, then felt helpless, and said dejectedly, "Go on, release them and bring them to me. I'll ask them a few things myself."

Kun Li wore the look of "I knew it," and scurried out.

...

While Yang Fan, Li Xianyi, and the rest were still discussing what to do, Kun Li, who had left earlier, returned.

Without a word, she directly had her people escort Yang Fan and the others out again!

Ropes and steel blades were all back in place without exception!

Kun Li strode confidently at the front, showing not the slightest awareness that she was supposed to be inviting guests. Yang Fan and the others followed behind, blades at their throats, with absolutely no other thoughts in mind!

When they entered the chieftain's residence, the burly Kun Sha received Yang Fan and his companions in the reception hall. The moment he saw the ropes and steel blades arranged around them, he shot his daughter a glare—this girl had no idea how to handle things.

Then he ordered that all of it be removed.

After Yang Fan and the others sat down on the chairs, still somewhat baffled, Kun Sha began to speak.

"You must be visitors from the outside world, yes?"

Yang Fan and the others exchanged glances. Should they admit it or not? What were they supposed to say? In the end, everyone's gaze converged on Li Xianyi.

Li Xianyi shot fierce looks back at each of them, but the other five didn't budge an inch. Damn it—you're the one with the highest cultivation. If you don't step up now, who will?

Li Xianyi was left with no choice, but he still didn't dare speak recklessly. How was he supposed to answer this?

Kun Sha watched the silent exchange of glances among them and found it quite amusing. These little fellows were rather entertaining! Since he had already said they were visitors from the outside world, what was there left to hide? His words were hardly a question!

Then Kun Sha continued, "Alright, all of you. I know you came from the outside world. As for that world, our ancestors left behind some records of it. I've called you here simply to learn more about it."

Li Xianyi and the others continued to exchange looks, saying nothing. They truly didn't know what to say!

Kun Li couldn't bear it any longer. Were these people addicted to practicing the silent meditation technique or what? She barked, "What do you lot mean by this? I saved you at the very start and asked you questions—you didn't say a word. Now I've brought you back, and my father asks you questions—and you still stay silent. My father is a tenth-rank Martial Emperor! How dare you treat him like this!"

At those words, Kun Sha cast a look of approval at Kun Li. Yang Fan and the others were also somewhat shaken—they had never imagined that this seemingly burly man, who had been smiling warmly all along, was a tenth-rank Martial Emperor. That was the same level as Zhang Daoyi, the principal of the Demon Capital Cultivation Academy who guarded the outside!

The group exchanged rapid glances, and then Li Xianyi looked at the others helplessly and said, "Greetings, Senior. This junior was just rude a moment ago; please forgive me. We have just arrived and are all juniors. We truly don't know which words we should or shouldn't say. If we have shown you any disrespect, Senior, please be lenient!"

Kun Sha looked at the respectfully bowing Li Xianyi and the others beside him, who no longer seemed as comfortable as before, and smiled. As long as they were speaking, that was a good sign. As long as communication was possible, he would find a way to learn everything he wanted to know!