Hateful Realm Lord

"Then... many thanks, Your Highness." Moluo really couldn't find a way to decline, so he had no choice but to agree.

Seeing this, Chen Beixun wore a satisfied expression, then reached out to stroke the dark strands of hair falling by An Changyan's temple.

Observing this, Moluo tactfully made a quick exit.

Was it my fault? Chen Beixun felt a pang of self-reproach. He lifted his head and thought to himself, I'll be more thoughtful next time.

"Mmm..." An Changyan turned over at this moment, muttering in his sleep, "Why hasn't he come to provide reinforcements yet..."

"Sigh!" Chen Beixun smiled bitterly and rubbed his forehead, then immediately split off a strand of consciousness to enter the Virtual Universe, preparing to transfer a sum of money to Moluo.

At this moment, Moluo, who was conversing with the others via telepathy, suddenly received a transfer of 630 billion Universe Coins!

It wasn't that he hadn't expected Chen Beixun to give a generous amount, but he hadn't expected this much!

Moluo turned his head to look at Chen Beixun with a shocked expression. The others seemed to sense something was wrong and all asked Moluo via telepathy what had happened.

He immediately relayed this breathtaking news to the group!

"Hmph!" They all revealed expressions of shock.

While they were indeed relatively formidable existences among Universe-level powerhouses, such a massive sum falling into the hands of any one of them was like a bolt from the blue!

630 billion Universe Coins!

There weren't many Domain Lords who possessed such wealth (excluding those with absurd luck and outrageous opportunities, of course!).

"Big Brother! How do you plan to split it?" one of the guards asked via telepathy.

Moluo smiled and replied, "Split it equally, of course. This was given to us by His Highness!"

"His Highness? Which Highness?" the guard asked via telepathy.

"His Highness Chen Beixun!" Moluo replied.

"How magnanimous!" the guard smiled and replied.

Given the current situation of the team, they needed to rest and reorganize for a period of time.

In the command center of the Lotte Family's occupied territory...

"Has the secret technique appeared yet?" Luote Wosi looked at the holographic sand table in front of him.

"No," the female adjutant beside him shook her head.

A burst of hurried footsteps approached, causing the two of them to look up involuntarily.

"Captain of the Fifth Squad, what is the matter that has you in such a rush?" Luote Wosi's gaze sank instantly, and he asked with a hint of caution.

The guards he had planted around Chen Beixun were basically all men belonging to the Captain of the Fifth Squad!

If the other party was this anxious, it must be a major event!

"That... I~~ huff, that Chen Beixun seems to have found the secret technique!" the Captain of the Fifth Squad said, panting heavily.

Luote Wosi's eyes lit up instantly!

"What, he found the secret technique?" Luote Wosi stepped forward quickly, placing a hand on the other's shoulder in excitement.

The Captain of the Fifth Squad nodded, then added, "It is likely that secret technique."

Luote Wosi pondered for a moment and said, "Send people over!"

"Quick!" Luote Wosi looked at the female adjutant, "Send people over!"

"Yes!" the female adjutant said in a deep voice.

Obtaining that unknown secret technique was equivalent to victory!

Luote Wosi could not hide his mood, and his laughter rang out clearly.

"Good lad!"

In this treasure hunt, his contribution is indispensable! Luote Wosi thought to himself. He now needed to enter the Virtual Universe to report the current situation.

Virtual Universe, Tianchen Island.

Inside a cubicle of a large building.

A man in white robes and a man with a hooked nose were conversing.

The two seemed to be having a very unpleasant disagreement!

"Luote Tejier, do not think that just because you have your teacher to rely on, you can do whatever you want!" the hooked-nose man said with some anger.

"I have already done enough!" Luote Tejier said with a grim expression.

"Heh, I will give you one day to consider!" After saying this, the hooked-nose man logged out of the Virtual Universe.

Luote Tejier slammed the stone table in front of him, the force so great that the items on the table were jolted into the air.

His eyes seemed ready to spit fire!

Bang-bang-bang.

A short, urgent knocking sounded at the door.

"Come in!"

The dark oak door opened, and a man walked in.

"Is there a problem?" Luote Tejie'er asked, immediately tidying the items on the stone table.

"My Lord, I have important intelligence!" Luote Wosi said.

He then reported the matter regarding Chen Beixun's suspected acquisition of a secret technique.

Luote Tejie'er stood up and listened carefully.

"Are you finished?" Luote Tejie'er said calmly.

Luote Wosi nodded solemnly.

Under Luote Wosi's gaze, Luote Tejie'er walked to the corner of the partition, pulled a yellowed, ancient-looking book from a haphazard pile, and began to read.

Luote Tejie'er carried the book to the stone table, sat down, and said, "On behalf of the Luote Family, I restore all of your father's family titles and absolve him of his crimes!"

Luote Wosi was so overcome with emotion that he immediately knelt down!

He wept bitterly and shouted, "Thank you, My Lord!"

Luote Tejie'er ignored him, instead flipping through the book to find the 'Luote Late' lineage and stamping the name 'Wokesi'.

"It is done!" Luote Tejie'er said. "You may withdraw!"

Luote Wosi stood up tremblingly and then logged out of the Virtual Universe.

He had waited a long time for this moment! Other members of the Luote Family only needed to reach the ninth level of the Star rank to earn their surname, but he had to reach the Universe rank!

Luote Wosi's background was quite tragic; his father had been convicted by the family for smuggling contraband years ago and sent to a remote mining planet as a slave, where he was abused to death. His mother had been implicated, exiled to a special department to perform degrading tasks, and eventually committed suicide, unable to bear the humiliation.

Luote Wosi's goal had been to restore his parents' titles.

Now, half of it was accomplished.

Meanwhile... Chen Beixun had finished his rest...

"Everyone, please enter my World Ring," Chen Beixun said.

With a wave of his hand, he brought everyone into the World Ring.

His plan was to send them out of here first, then return to explore on his own.

"No time to lose!" Chen Beixun stepped onto the Gold Cloud Shuttle and flew out.

But not long after, he returned dejectedly, as the exit gap had closed.

"What a cruel twist of fate!" Chen Beixun struck the wall viciously, then looked at the corridor, smiled bitterly, and released everyone.

"Why are we still here?" An Changyan looked at the all-too-familiar surroundings.

"We can't get out the way we came," Chen Beixun said helplessly.

"Huh?!" An Changyan tilted her head, focusing her gaze on the corridor behind Chen Beixun; she kept feeling a faint, indistinct ticking sound coming from within.

"Changyan, what is it?" Chen Beixun sent a telepathic message to her.

An Changyan frowned, puzzled as to why he had suddenly used telepathy.

Was it out of habit?

Or did he think she had noticed something?

An Changyan thought for a few seconds, then replied via telepathy, telling him about the strange sound she had heard.

Chen Beixun smiled and replied, "It seems you can also feel that attraction."

"Attraction?" An Changyan was confused; she hadn't felt any so-called attraction at all!

Was he testing her?

It seems he still hasn't let down his guard. An Changyan felt a bit dejected; faced with his distrust, she felt an indescribable sadness.

"Shall we explore together?" Chen Beixun sent via telepathy.