Life Is Full of Partings and Reunions...

Through the contract's magical script, Xu Nan learned that this unstable portal was called Caesar's Gate.

It sounded impressive, but it was merely something a mage lord from Pro World had created and sent to Earth.

Caesar's Gate could guide people from Earth to the territory of Lord Caesar.

The news that Pro World and Earth were about to merge had not caused turmoil only on Earth. Pro World's primary plane was likewise in upheaval.

This mage named Caesar had quite a few ideas. While countless beings of Pro World were eager to descend upon Earth and plunder its resources, he had gone in the opposite direction, wanting to acquire some humans from Earth first.

Unfortunately, when the portal descended, it had been affected by a spacetime storm and was no longer under Caesar's control. Where exactly it could teleport people to was also unknown.

Still, Caesar's Gate was an excellent magical item. It could be opened once a month, and each opening could send five people to Pro World.

Moreover, the gate possessed its own spirit.

Although Magician Zhao had become her master through a lucky coincidence, she had always looked down on him from the bottom of her heart. After all, Zhao's charm was far too low.

So the moment Xu Nan appeared, she took the initiative to offer him the master-recognition contract. She moved so quickly that Xu Nan was dumbfounded.

If he had not checked it repeatedly and confirmed that there were no loopholes in the contract, he truly would not have dared sign it.

And after signing the contract, Xu Nan became Caesar's Gate's master.

Only Zhao suffered for it.

He had only just awakened from shock-induced unconsciousness when he saw this scene. Recalling how he had once begged and pleaded yet still failed to win Caesar's Gate's heart, only to have nearly all his magic drained before barely becoming her temporary master, rage surged through him. The more he looked at Xu Nan's handsome face, the more it irritated him. He felt as though the grasslands of Hulunbuir had already appeared above his head.

"I'm furious! I'll kill you!"

Zhao struggled up from the ground. Overcome by rage, he tried to cast a spell, forgetting that he had only barely survived the spell backlash and that the magic throughout his body was still unstable!

Before he could even begin chanting, a thought crossed his mind, and the spell failed automatically.

A new wave of horrifying backlash erupted. The temperature of the magic clinging to his blood suddenly soared, and his blood began evaporating at a visible rate!

At last, amid everyone's astonished stares, Zhao convulsed all over and collapsed at the mouth of the valley, utterly lifeless.

His eyes were wide open, as though he had died unwillingly.

"This guy's mental fortitude was terrible. Did Xu Nan piss him off so badly that he died?"

Qin Lele asked doubtfully, "Can someone with that kind of intelligence become a mage?"

Zhang Yingluo looked somewhat regretfully at Zhao's nearly charred and distorted body. "So he's dead."

"What we should be discussing now isn't the portal, but you people."

Zhang Yingluo stared once more at the three classholders. "Why are you fleeing Earth?"

The masked woman said calmly, "First, I am not fleeing. Where I go seems to be my freedom. Second, I have never heard of any Thousand Rays Society, nor do I believe the authorities would let a little girl like you handle matters involving H City's classholders. Third, I only want to know one thing now: can this gate still teleport people?"

Her gaze locked onto Xu Nan, and he immediately felt as though he had been targeted by a hunter.

Xu Nan pondered for a moment. "Yes."

"But..." His eyes shifted as he suddenly wanted to test something. "But activating this portal requires a price."

"I'm not a very powerful spellcaster, and a bard's magic is usually insufficient. To make up for that cost, if you want me to teleport you, each of you will have to pay three pieces of magical equipment!"

Xu Nan opened his mouth like a lion.

Everyone looked astonished. Wasn't this blatant robbery?

The baseball-cap-wearing youth, Changfeng, said indignantly, "I saw you reciting poetry so well earlier and thought you were a refined man. Turns out you're even more worldly than Zhao!"

"Three pieces of magical equipment? That kind of thing only exists in Pro World, right? We only have eight ordinary pieces of equipment total!"

Smack! A face mask was slapped over his mouth.

"The price you named is unreasonable." The tall, thin young man said coldly, "Don't force us to act."

Zhang Yingluo frowned slightly. "Junior..."

Xu Nan shook his head to show it was fine. He was examining the Quest Card that had suddenly appeared—

Ron Sorcerer Bloodline Awakening Optional Quest

Quest Name: Pluck Every Feather from a Passing Goose

Quest Description: Helping others is only right and proper, but one must always collect a little benefit; send Song Ying, Changfeng Tuo, and Changfeng, three classholders, to Pro World, but make sure they leave behind one of the most important things on their persons.

Quest Reward: 1 Shame Point

Xu Nan smiled faintly. As expected, he had already grasped the pattern behind the Ron Sorcerer Bloodline's quest system. As long as he tried doing something excessive, he might directly trigger a quest.

And the rewards were related to just how excessive the act was. For a quest like Pluck Every Feather from a Passing Goose, sending three classholders to Pro World and charging them a hefty fee was not especially shameless in the system's eyes. At most, it counted as taking advantage of a crisis, so the reward was only 1 Shame Point.

The shameless act of watching someone on the verge of death earlier had truly exceeded ordinary imagination. It fell within the realm of a lunatic, which was why the reward had been so high—not only five Shame Points, but also a specialty like Instant Spell!

"If I fully grasp the system's rules, wouldn't I be able to make it issue whatever quests I wanted?"

Just as Xu Nan was immersed in joy, a bold red line flashed across the Quest Card again—

It has been detected that the host has recently overdrawn the bloodline excessively. The bloodline moderation mechanism is now activated; bloodline quests may now only be triggered once per day!

Xu Nan's smile gradually froze, and his heart began to bleed.

The rule he had just figured out was invalidated like that? What bloodline overdraft, what moderation mechanism? This system was clearly making things difficult for Xu Nan!

This meant that it would become a distant hope for him to obtain high-quality quests regularly in the future. From now on, it really depended on luck.

"Forget it. I'll deal with this first."

Xu Nan could sense that the masked woman was not someone to be trifled with. She was the only classholder whose depth he could not gauge. He did not even dare cast Appraisal Technique on her, afraid of provoking her.

"Then let's change the condition."

Xu Nan deliberately put on a troubled expression. "The three of you can each leave behind one thing that is most important to you."

The three exchanged looks.

Zhang Yingluo frowned. "Junior Xu Nan, don't you think what they're doing counts as illegal border crossing?"

Xu Nan had a bit of a headache. He could also tell that Zhang Yingluo was not as simple as she appeared.

He had heard about the Thousand Rays Society earlier. Perhaps organizations really had already been established to deal with Pro World's descent and the emergence of classholders.

But he could be certain that Zhang Yingluo's actions had not been authorized by the authorities.

Otherwise, she would not have brought Qin Lele and people like him along. She must have stumbled upon this incident while camping and wanted to interfere.

"Senior, may I ask whether there are really any explicit rules now prohibiting ordinary people from going to another world?"

Xu Nan asked seriously.

Zhang Yingluo's expression stiffened, and she shook her head dejectedly.

"Then going to another world should... count as their freedom, right? After all, it's also an adventure, a chance to learn what another world is like. Giving up everything on Earth and starting over in a new world... that doesn't seem particularly illegal either, does it?"

Xu Nan's view on sending people to Pro World was the opposite of Zhang Yingluo's. He had seen some vague glimpses of the future.

Too many creatures from other worlds would descend on Earth and turn it upside down.

If he sent some transmigrators over first, perhaps they could also stir up the situation in the other world. He himself would not go, though. He valued his life.

"All right... you have a point. Actually, I'm not an official member of the Thousand Rays Society either. I'm only in the reserve ranks for now."

Zhang Yingluo sighed. "It's just that the boss told me I could become official if I caught ten classholders and completed their registration."

Everyone: "..."

So that was why she had been so proactive about finding classholders!

Xu Nan also felt powerless to criticize her.

The masked woman reacted the fastest. She took out her phone and made a call. After asking Xu Nan for his name and some personal information, she hung up.

"Done. At the latest, in two days, the car accident I fabricated will be confirmed. The ownership rights to the thirty-six storefronts and four office buildings under my name will be yours."

"Can you send me to the other world now?"

Xu Nan was utterly dumbfounded. The system indicated that the quest was already one-third complete, proving that the masked woman had not been lying.

"Y-Yes..."

The wealth had come too suddenly. He could hardly accept it, while everyone else seemed remarkably calm.

The masked woman stepped into the portal. Xu Nan silently activated Teleportation Spell, and with Caesar's Gate's help, the teleportation passage opened. Her figure gradually disappeared.

Changfeng silently walked over, took off his baseball cap, and handed it to Xu Nan with some reluctance. "This is the most important thing I have."

Xu Nan nodded.

The tall, thin young man, meanwhile, grabbed Xu Nan's hand with a gloomy expression and wrote down two strings of numbers and English letters. "This is my QQ account. It has the contact information for every wealthy young lady in the Jiangdong area."

"A-Kun and I haven't eaten for several days. We have nothing on us. This is one of the most valuable things I have, and I won't need it after going to the other world anyway. Take care of yourself."

Xu Nan discovered speechlessly that this actually fulfilled the system's quest requirements.

The two entered the portal and disappeared.

The quest was complete. Xu Nan was feeling rather emotional as he prepared to close the teleportation passage, when a figure suddenly rushed into the portal!

"Senior!"

Xu Nan cried out.

A-Kun smiled faintly from within the portal. "Once a teleportation passage like this is opened, you don't actually need to specifically teleport someone through it, right?"

Xu Nan said anxiously, "Senior, come back out!"

A-Kun shook his head. "You don't know how much I envy classholders like you, people blessed by fate. Ever since I was little, I've loved magnificent fantasy worlds. Being able to adventure in such a world has been my dream. You can safely become classholders on Earth—you really are so fortunate."

"Senior..."

"Junior, you don't need to persuade me!" A-Kun laughed boldly. "I can finally fulfill my wish of going to Pro World and finding a chance to become a true monk!"

"I know we understand each other, but the road ahead is long, and life is full of partings and reunions..."

"In any case, I'm going!"

"I hope we can meet again in the near future!"

A-Kun's figure gradually vanished into the teleportation passage.

Only then did Xu Nan have the chance to shout, "No, I meant that I know a doctor! As long as you go to him for surgery, you might be able to become a classholder!"

"You didn't need to take such a risk!"

The moment his words fell, the bold, burly figure deep within the teleportation passage visibly trembled.