Xuanhuang Realm, the royal family's decline
Su Chen sat there for three hours, while Tongtian continued to repeat the same actions. During this time, the woman left twice, then returned and sat there staring blankly at Tongtian.
Soon, evening arrived, and the woman had already left.
Tongtian also snapped out of his daze. He wiped the sweat from his face, his eyes showing a hint of exhaustion. But as soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he noticed Su Chen sitting outside.
Tongtian trembled instantly, then quickly walked to Su Chen and knelt down respectfully:
"Greetings... Young Master!"
He almost blurted out "Divine Master," but then he realized what he meant.
Su Chen smiled and nodded, then gestured for him to stand up. "I've come today mainly to discuss something with you. Would you be willing to become my Attendant, the kind where we sign Life and Death contract?"
Attendant?
Tongtian's eyes narrowed; he understood what Su Chen meant by "Attendant."
This Attendant likely had some kind of contract, similar to a slave contract, but perhaps with fewer restrictions.
He didn't hesitate for long.
"My life was given to me by the young master, so of course I'm willing."
Su Chen nodded again. Tongtian was extremely loyal to him, and this had never changed from beginning to end.
"Use the Binding Card!"
Su Chen silently recited in his heart.
Soon, Tongtian sensed a strange power enveloping him, a power that forcibly stripped away a portion of his soul power.
Immediately afterwards, his soul seemed to be drawn to a void, but his vision returned to normal in an instant.
What is that?
Tongtian's eyes were filled with shock. How could this be completely different from the slave contract?
His current state feels extremely strange. About a third of his soul is missing, but his Divine Soul power is still incredibly strong, showing absolutely no abnormalities.
And their strength was not affected.
The main concern was that he didn't feel any discomfort whatsoever, nor did he experience that feeling of having his Life and Death controlled. Could it be that he had guessed wrong, and it wasn't something like an Enslavement Mark?
[Ding, binding successful. Tongtian has become the Host's Attendant!]
With the system's cold voice ringing in Su Chen's mind, the matter was considered to have come to a satisfactory conclusion.
Su Chen said to Tongtian, "We have already signed Attendant relationship. Strictly speaking, as long as I live, you will live forever."
"Even if you perish, as long as I have enough power, I can resurrect you directly."
Tongtian's expression changed upon hearing this. Such a spell actually existed?
He couldn't help but swallow hard; even with his knowledge and understanding, he simply couldn't do that.
Similar spells do exist, such as turning a person into Puppet, whose power is bound to the user, so that as long as the user lives, the Puppet will also live forever.
But he had never heard of a living person achieving such an effect.
Su Chen stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and then disappeared from the spot.
With this new layer of protection, Tongtian felt much more at ease. He knew he wouldn't die, and now Tongtian wouldn't die either, so he could just go about his business as he pleased.
The main reason is that Tongtian is not from this world. If he were to encounter some accident and perish, he would be unable to be resurrected forever.
After doing all this, Su Chen returned to the Imperial Palace.
Everything returned to calm, and Su Chen seemed somewhat idle. Although communicating with women was enjoyable, it wasn't very interesting to continue like this.
It's time to find something else to do.
Suddenly, Su Chen thought of his Inner World. Since returning to the Upper Reaches of Time, he had hardly paid attention to the changes in his Inner World.
Countless years have Past since then.
According to Su Chen's guess, the Inner World is at least large enough to accommodate Immortal.
Thinking of this, Su Chen entered his Inner World. There was indeed Immortal Energy here, but it was not very concentrated, and only a very few places had generated Immortal Energy.
Even if Immortal Stage Cultivator were to emerge, their strength would likely not be very great.
"Um?"
Su Chen suddenly frowned.
He hadn't noticed Karma fluctuations in the Great Qian Empire. Could it be that the Great Qian Empire had vanished all these years?
Su Chen looked somewhat dazed. He had originally planned to build the Great Qian Empire into an eternal force within his Inner World, but he never expected that this force would eventually dissipate.
Su Chen couldn't help but sigh slightly, but he still didn't give up. Instead, he meticulously investigated the Karma fluctuations that were close to the Great Qian Emperor.
Even descendants of the original Imperial Family of the Great Qian Empire are acceptable.
If the Great Qian Empire truly vanishes without a trace, then Su Chen will no longer care about the development of this world. If the Great Qian Empire still exists, he might as well have some fun here.
Soon, he noticed a slight change.
"There really is."
Su Chen opened his eyes and looked in a certain direction, where his figure had disappeared.
In a small town on the outskirts of the Xuanhuang Realm.
The Li Family!
The plaque bears the marks of time, weathered and worn, with one corner seemingly peeling off and the plaque leaning. The gate itself also shows signs of age.
Su Chen arrived at this location.
His gaze was filled with complex emotions as he looked at the Li Family's gate. Had the once- Royal Family of the Great Qian Empire, controlling the strongest force in the entire Xuanhuang Realm, fallen to this state?
Su Chen discovered that many of them were Bloodline of the Li Family, but their Bloodline had become extremely faint. Too much time Past, and the erosion of time had made their Bloodline extremely blurred.
However, Su Chen was still certain that these people were descendants of the Royal Family of the Great Qian Empire.
Having experienced many things, Su Chen knew that it was extremely difficult for any force to exist in this world for a long time.
The city was almost entirely populated by ordinary people, with only a dozen or so cultivators, and their strength was quite weak.
While Immortal can indeed be born in the Xuanhuang Realm, the number of cultivators is still very small, perhaps one in ten thousand. Cultivators tend to gather in one place, and cities like this one are places with scarce Spiritual Qi, so cultivators don't come to such places.
Su Chen looked up into the Li Family and saw that more than thirty members of the Li Family were sitting around an ancestral hall.
At the very top of the ancestral hall is a jade tiger, inside which is sealed a Jade Token.
Su Chen's pupils trembled slightly after he saw the Jade Token clearly.
Because this Jade Token belongs to him!
Or perhaps it was the Token he used when he Avatar the identity of the Ancestor of the Great Qian Empire.
Su Chen never expected that he would see his original Token again after countless years.
The Old Man was chanting in front of the Token.
"May the Ancestor!"
This is the Li Family's annual ancestral worship ceremony. They don't know when it started, but his father's generation and his Grandfather's generation did it the same way.
They naturally followed suit when they came to him.