"NOOOOOOO!

"You cannot do this to me!

"YOU CAN'T!"

A treacherous roar of indignation was the first thing to grace Lin Fan's ears when he regained his facilities.

Stunned by the sudden harsh stimulus, Lin Fan immediately came to his wits and whisked through his memories trying to piece together his current situation. However, it wasn't long until a deep frown painted his face.

Where was he?

What had happened?

Wasn't he in the midst of tussling with the host of this pain-struck voice mere moments ago?!

Whilst Lin Fan was dealing with his confusion, the anguished screech of the enraged Demon Sovereign continued.

"I've waited millennia in a forsaken box for this chance to establish my sovereignty, my very own invincibility!

"With my main obstruction 'Azure Profound Emperor' biting the dust at last, the fruits of my patience were almost certainly to be within my grasp!

"...But now."

As his speech seemed to have reached its emotional crux, the demon's face scrunched up to the extreme and a manic look appeared in his eyes.

"But now... NOW EVEN THE HEAVENLY LAWS STAND IN MY WAY!

"DAMN FOX, DAMN REALM, DAMN HEAVENS!"

Lin Fan still understood nought.

He couldn't.

Everything was a blur, yet racking his brain and deciphering the meaning within the horrid voice's sentences, he came to realise that the demon had reached some sort of blockade. Therefore his threat had now been rendered null, leaving Lin Fan to feel somewhat better and fall into some sense of security.

Taking this chance he decided to scout his surroundings only to see that he was encased by moist, grimy walls- Seeing his peculiar surroundings, Lin Fan couldn't help but become shocked.

However, a voice suddenly popped up in his head and screamed at a head-ache inducing pitch,

Lin Brat!

This is no time to be tarrying around!

Hurry...quickly find a route to escape else we'll be turned into a bloody pulp within moments!

The ever-reliable old man's voice echoed, snapping him out of his stunned state and prompting him to follow the orders of the voice- Strangely enough, this time the always rebellious draconic bloodline seemed to not refute this order either.

Unfortunately, no matter where he searched- left, right, up or down- there seemed to be no escape route, causing the bewildered Lin Fan to want to call out to the old expert in his head for some advice.

Sadly, such an opportunity did not present itself once more, as instead of hearing the fastidious response of the old man, what greeted him was an earth-shattering jolt of heavenly thunder!

Unable to react or resist, Lin Fan could do nothing more than scream to himself.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

H-HELP MEEEEE!

The instant after, a powerful suction dragged him in against his will- as if he were a marionette- leaving him to helplessly flail his arms in desperation.

Then he sunk into the darkness dubbed, unconsciousness... Again.

...

Uhhhh!

My head's throbbing!

W-What happened?

Where even am I?

The scene of a young man sitting up on a bed holding his head with an expression of agony could be seen. The surroundings could be chalked up to a minimalistic wooden room with a single bed and a couple of pieces of furniture littered throughout.

On the bedside where Lin Fan had been laying, a roll of bandages and a lantern could be seen sitting atop a small drawer.

Seconds after awakening, the creak of a door could be heard as well as a subsequent high-pitched squeal and a loud thud, as if something had been dropped, resounded throughout the room causing Lin Fan to spin his head over to the source.

"Up?!

"Sir immortal has awakened!"

The source of the commotion was none other than a cute-looking woman with long chestnut brown hair, rosy cheeks and an enticing body- She gave the vibes of a village girl.

Seeing such a refreshing beauty, Lin Fan's mind couldn't help but spring up with some unsavoury thoughts, however, such thoughts were quickly repressed as the face of another fairy-like woman flashed in his mind.

Before having the opportunity to even mutter a word, another thud resounded- This one resulting from the girl suddenly falling to her knees and kowtowing down to Lin Fan!

Seeing such a scene would normally cause Lin Fan to be quite flustered, however, the draconic blood flowing within his veins seemed to quell any sense of embarrassment- Forcing Lin Fan to take people bowing their heads to him, as a matter of course!

So instinctively he donned an apathetic expression and kept a chillingly calm demeanour whilst saying,

"You may rise, mortal girl.

"Such courtesies are unnecessary at the present, rather, I'd appreciate it much more if you could fill me in on where I am and the situation that which led me to be here."

Hearing his own flamboyant words, Lin Fan couldn't help but feel a tinge of embarrassment, and curse this damn bloodline and its side effects.

Fortunately, though, the young lady seemed to understand his words and quickly grabbed the bottle she dropped earlier, then hastily stood back up and looked at Lin Fan with sparkling eyes filled with excitement and reverence.

She then hurriedly spoke up, replying to Lin Fan with an accent he had never heard before.

"Responding to Sir Immortal, the place we are currently located in is called Blooming Flowers Village located on the very outskirts of the Huanyi Empire.

"As for your question of what led up to you being here..."

The young lady suddenly paused for a moment, and then said with a tinge of nervousness.

"...This mortal doesn't know much about anything before, however, what I do know is that we found you after a sudden tear in the sky eclipsed the village.

"And out of that spatial tear, you flew out and crashed down in Old San's catato fields!

"As we approached you, you were unconscious and riddled with grievous injuries leaving us no choice but to carry you in here and tend to your wounds, and since the time you fell from the sky, it's been approximately two weeks."

Hearing the lady's words, Lin Fan's heart skipped a beat.

Spatial tear?

Huanyi Empire?

After taking in the information completely, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes and a cold seat trickled down his cheek.

Although Lin Fan couldn't say he knew everything, he still considered himself quite knowledgeable about the continent's geography- As from a young age Lin Fan had always been immensely curious about the world around him.

And in his knowledge, a place like the Huanyi Empire... did not exist.

Forcing back the intrusive negative thoughts, Lin Fan gulped loudly and decided to stay positive.

Perhaps it's just a tiny, new mortal empire that hadn't been included in the maps he had studied before?

Yes, that is definitely it!

As he let out a brief sigh of relief after convincing himself that things weren't anywhere near as bad as some of the conclusions and assumptions he had conjured up in his mind, the young woman hesitantly spoke again,

"Sir Immortal, I've just brought some of our medicinal concoction that we've been using to treat your wounds, would it be alright if I change your bandages and apply the medicine?"

Hearing the question, Lin Fan simply gave a nod of affirmation and said,

"Please, go ahead.

"I also have some more questions that need to be answered, and I'm wondering if you could help me."

Although his injuries were basically healed, Lin Fan still decided to opt for accepting the medicine as he felt it would relieve the tension a bit and allowed him to ask more questions in a more natural manner.

Hearing the positive response from the handsome and mysterious immortal, the lady said with a respectful expression,

"Of course, Sir Im-"

Interrupting her response in an un-immortal-like manner, Lin Fan said with slightly red ears,

"It's Lin Fan.

"Call me Lin Fan, not 'Sir Immortal'."

The young lady's eyes widened slightly after hearing such an uncharacteristic response from an immortal, but she also felt it was quite cute that this mighty character would get embarrassed just from a name.

With a stunning smile on her face, the young lady said in a happy tone.

"Of course, Lin Fan!"

...

As the sound of the door closed, and the sound of footsteps drained by the second, Lin Fan was left alone in the tiny wooden cottage.

With the advent of the young lady, who Lin Fan found out was called Cai Yi, leaving, his composed expression crumbled and he couldn't help but throw his head back down to the pillow and lay in silence.

After a bit, he heaved out an emotional sigh and began summarising the general information he had gathered through his conversation with Cai Yi.

Xuan Continent...huh.

So, at the very least, I'm on a different continent.

Worst case scenario, I'm in another realm.

FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!

How is this possible?

What about my revenge against the Lin family that abandoned me?

What about my promise to Xiu'er to stay by her side and protect her in her times of need?

What about that fancy restaurant me and Brother Bao were going to dine and dash at?

What about... wait!

Old Man Yi!

A spark of hope arose in Lin Fan.

Honestly, he never thought there'd come a day when he'd miss the old fogey yet if there was anyone who could help him with this situation, it'd be him.

But after minutes of shouting for Old Man Yi in his head, there was not even a whisper, causing his excitement to wane and despair came once more.

Things just kept getting worse and worse.

The more he thought about it, the more Lin Fan realised he had lost, and the more he lost, the worse he felt.

But who would Lin Fan be, if he were to give up here and accept the situation?

Deciding he'd explore his new environment first and gather more information before making any intricate plans, Lin Fan got out of his bed and started stretching- After all, two weeks of being bedridden wasn't the best for his joints and tendons.

In the midst of doing that, the booming sound of someone's voice entered his ear causing Lin Fan to raise in eyebrows in confusion.

To be able to talk so loudly without shouting or screaming, this person is surely a cultivator infusing spiritual energy into their voice!

But how could a village that even treated a Spirit Tempering Realm cultivator like me as a revered existence, contain another cultivator that can control spiritual energy?

After all, one is only considered a true cultivator once they reach Spirit Tempering Realm and gain the ability to manipulate the spiritual energy more freely and also be able to manipulate it outside their body, without the need of a medium such as a talisman or formation.

This guy is definitely an outsider like me!

Why is someone like that in a mortal village like this?

The moment the first word rang out, these thoughts and questions had already flashed through Lin Fan's mind due to the influence of the unnamed technique.

In an arrogant and disdainful tone, the scruffy voice of the man entered everyone's ears, saying,

"Old village head, our young master has given face to Lady Cai's woes and allowed her to spend time with her family for two weeks!

"This is already enough magnanimity to fill entire oceans and drown mountains!

"Now that the two weeks have passed, I have come to collect Lady Cai and bring her to my young master!

"Please don't make things difficult, otherwise, you may be stepping on the toes of our Coiling Canopy Sect!"

His conjectures were indeed proven to be right.

However, a grim frown still etched itself on Lin Fan's face.

Coiling Canopy Sect?

I remember Cai Yi mentioning it is one of the local overlords in this region, and is the subsidiary of one of Xuan Continent's top sects, the Resplendent Dragon Sect!

I wondered why she had such a rueful expression when talking to me about the topic, it seems this is why.

As he began thinking about the situation, he started to clench his fist and a flash of rage appeared in his eyes.

Although he hadn't known Cai Yi much at all, he had already felt positively about her when she meticulously changed his bandages and happily answered all his questions - Therefore allowing him to feel more at ease with his current dilemma.

Even putting emotions aside, just the fact that she had been taking care of him for the past two weeks made him indebted to her.

So, naturally, seeing the person he was indebted to being forced do to something against their will, Lin Fan couldn't sit still!

After all, if he were to let this injustice happen, his name wouldn't be Lin Fan!

Storming out of the cottage, Lin Fan spearheaded towards the source of the commotion, only to be invited to a scene where a wrinkly old man could be seen kowtowing and begging an arrogant-looking middle-aged man to spare the young lady behind him- All the while a crowd of villager could be seen in a line watching with saddened expressions.

The main character of this farce, Cai Yi, could be seen trying to pull the old man up from the ground whilst saying in a distressed and sorrowful tone,

"Grandpa Hu, you don't have to do this for me!

"Cai Yi is already immensely grateful for everything you, and everyone else in the village, have done to raise me!

"You can't risk offending a force like the Coiling Canopy Sect, so I don't mind making this sacrifice if it means everyone here gets to live well!"

Hearing the beautiful young lady's words, the expressions of the villagers seemed to become even worse- Some even covering their eyes, or wiping their eyes.

In contrast to the scene, the middle-aged man with a goatee and an arrogant expression burst out with laughter and said with joy,

"Hahaha!

"Yes, old village head, just listen to the young lady's words and stop doing such meaningless actions!

"It is her honour of a lifetime for her to have caught our great young master as a stupid mortal, you should be rejoicing and jumping in joy!

"Plus even if none of you agreed, between the vast heavens and earth, there is nothing that our mighty Coiling Canopy Sect cannot get out hands on!"

After saying his bit, he scornfully glanced at all the surrounding villagers as if they were disgusting worms and went over to grab Cai Yi and get this task over and done with.

However!

Just when he was about to grab onto her, another grabbed his arm and stopped him!

Shocked by the fact someone in this measly village dared to do such a thing, his eyes immediately darted to see which impudent mortal was acting suicidal.

As he looked over, a relatively tall young man, with dashing facial features and a strong gaze was looking at him with disdain.

Seeing this kid dare to overstep his boundaries the man was no longer in the mood to waste time there, so without a second thought he struck with a spiritual energy-infused punch using his other hand whilst scoffing and saying the words,

"Courting death!"

The man had not a shred of doubt that the kid would die at his hands, yet suddenly the feeling of his punch coming to an abrupt stop as if his fist had just connected with an indestructible wall!

Giving the situation a proper glance, the man comes to realise that his other fist had been caught by the kid!

Impossible!

He, a servant of the Coiling Canopy Sect's young master, and also a disciple of the sect, has had his punch blocked by some nobody?!

He could not accept such a result, as if word of it had spread around, then it would not only affect his reputation but also affect the sect's reputation.

"AHHHH!"

Just as he was about to spew another sentence worth of nonsensical arrogance, a vivid pain came upon him causing him to be unable to think straight- Let alone talk.

Amidst the howling, the man was able to peer at the source of the pain only to witness the places where the kid's hands were placed had been scrunched like an empty plastic bottle!

The understanding of what the source of this anguish was, only made him scream louder.

And before he could do anything else, he was sent tumbling sidewards as he was kicked by that devilish kid.

As the man was sprawled on the dirty ground floor seemingly unable to move, cheers began to cry out from the crowd behind and Cai Yi and the old village head both had expressions of shock and joy.

However, the cheers were soon put to rest as the man on the ground seemed to have successfully grabbed onto a string of sanity between the agonising pain, and shouted out with unhinged fury,

"How...How dare a vermin like you treat an esteemed disciple of the Coiling Canopy Sect, such as I, with such impudence!

"Can your filthy commoner mind not understand the grave mistake you have just made by moving against a disciple of the Coiling Canopy Sect?

"By doing this you've not only infringed on my young master's authority and face, but you've also besmirched the name of our mighty Coiling Canopy Sect!

"Kowtow, break all your bones, ruin your cultivation base, hand over that girl, then, and only then, will I consider not reporting this village's transgressions against the Coiling Canopy Sect!

"Coiling Canopy Sect..."

As the young man who injured the man, Lin Fan stared down at the man who was waffling on about his sect and couldn't stop his lips from twitching.

This guy... is he a spiritual parrot in human for, or what?

No, perhaps that may even be an insult to all the parrots of the world.

Anyways, regardless of his brain deficiencies, I must shut him up!

Thinking like that, Lin Fan approached the man who was still babbling on about the Coiling Canopy Sectand quickly whacked him on the head knocking him unconscious.

After letting out a small sigh of relief after regaining peace from all that rambling, he turned around only to see all the villagers chatting amongst themselves and Cai Yi running towards him with a concerned expression.

As she reached Lin Fan, she hastily jumped at him and hugged him tightly as if not wanting to ever let him go.

Although a bit shocked, he also reciprocated the hug whilst thinking to himself.

...Maybe this new place isn't so bad after all!

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Author's notes:

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

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