Realm of Returning Home

"Ah, so that's how it is..."

Hu Ma listened quietly to Miss Red Wine, his thoughts surging tumultuously, though his expression remained calm.

At first, he had only worried about how many Reincarnators would be willing to meddle in the affairs of the mortal world.

He had not even known how many would come help fight the Li Family.

He had been too short-sighted.

It was not even a question of whether they would get involved. On many matters, they had thought more deeply and clearly than he had.

From an objective perspective, Monkey Wine's original proposal to settle things with the Ten Surnames through a contest of magic had been the most rational and clever course. Yet Tieguanyin had seen its shortcomings from the very beginning.

That woman was domineering, too. Once she realized the flaw in the proposal, she had made a different decision without telling anyone, to prevent their efforts from being spread thin and their opinions from wearing one another down.

Only someone who deeply understood this world and had become part of it could do that.

Back in the Imperial Capital City, he had guessed that Tieguanyin was hiding something. He had never imagined it would be this.

His mindset had been badly skewed all along. After learning about his origins, he had treated himself as the host and everyone else as guests, so he had proceeded with caution. But with this decision, Tieguanyin had told him plainly: he was wrong.

The Reincarnators might look down on this world or act arrogantly, but deep down, how many of them could truly stand apart from it?

Erguotou had Xiao Hong Deng.

Monkey Wine had his younger sister, Wu Ya.

Even Sweet Potato Shochu had her whole gang of ghost brothers and sisters.

On certain levels, their