Homecoming

Yao Shi slightly raised his hand, dispersing the ice that had frozen the Aberration, and the exposed flesh began to wriggle again.

He then summoned a vine from the earth, infused it with a sliver of Abundance Power, and extended it toward the Aberrant's flesh.

Sensing the approach of life energy, Yao Shi clearly felt that the fleshy ball was emitting excited emotions.

From the gaps in the flesh, several yellow-pink tentacles slowly emerged, instantly binding the vines the moment they approached.

Regardless of whether the things it approaches struggle, its tentacles release a kind of mucus. When the vine touches this mucus, it instinctively sticks to the pieces of flesh, allowing them to devour it.

Yao Shi watched clearly as the Aberration first devoured the Abundance Power within the vine, and only then did it begin to consume the vine itself. Deprived of its Abundance Power, the vine gradually withered as it was devoured, until finally not even a trace remained.

"Looks like from now on, we'll have to deal with these kinds of things directly."

After witnessing the entire process of the Aberrant devouring lives, Yao Shi couldn't help but shake his head.

Possessing the Abundance Power grants immortality and regeneration, making one fearless of death. However, this thing can directly devour the Abundance Power of its prey, thereby blocking and stripping away the abilities of immortality and regeneration.

No wonder a pointed head becomes stronger; it turns out that losing the ability to think can be exchanged for such amazing abilities.

Yao Shi stopped studying this lowest-level Aberration and immediately unleashed a Life Deprivation on it.

He can bestow immortality upon all living beings, so naturally he also has the ability to strip it back.

When Yao Shi stripped away the Abundance Power and vitality within this Aberrant, it died instantly, and the entire ball of flesh withered away like a flower or plant, quickly turning into a puddle of mud.

"Goodbye, little sister, I'm leaving now."

After eliminating the Aberrant, Yao Shi greeted the girl and immediately flew north.

Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy

"It's been a year... a whole year without any news from Shi'er... is he really still alive?"

Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen looked at the reports on the table with a worried expression. Apart from information about the Divine Tree and the Immortal, there was nothing about Yao Shi.

A year ago, after the war for the Divine Tree ended, Jing Hongchen took Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen to Bluestone Town where Yao Shi lived.

Following the clues provided by their scouts, they successfully located Yao's shop.

At that time Abundance Power had not yet begun to spread among humans, and the three of them were quite startled when they first saw Yao.

You mean this muscular old man in front of you, who looks like a guy in his twenties or thirties but is actually in his seventies or eighties, is the old man Yao Shi has been longing for?

"This... sir, you must be Yao Shi's grandfather, right?"

Meng Hongchen took the initiative and asked the question first.

"Oh? You know Xiao Shizi?"

After a series of inquiries, it was finally confirmed that he was Yao Shi's grandfather, and it was also confirmed with him that Yao Shi had not returned these past few days.

From this, Jing Hongchen guessed that Yao Shi might really have encountered an accident. The three of them did not stay long and discussed with Yao whether they should go to the Sun Moon Empire with them. When Yao learned that the three people in front of him were his grandson's teacher and senior brother and sister, he naturally agreed.

Although Jing Hongchen hadn't spent much time with Yao Shi, he was particularly attentive to the fact that he had encountered a disciple with even greater talent than his own grandchildren.

Moreover, Future he grows up, he might even add to the Sun Moon Empire's fighting strength in unifying the continent.

"Speaking of which, Xiao Zi's talent is very strong. I didn't expect his grandfather to be such a figure as well. He was clearly just an ordinary person without Soul Power or awakened Martial Soul, yet his physical body was stronger than that of an average three-ring Soul Elder."

"And without using Soul Power, an ordinary person actually reached the level of Level 2 Soul Engineer in just one year of study. That's truly impressive, an old man still going strong."

As she spoke, Jing Hongchen slowly stood up and sighed.

Shi'er, if you're still alive, hurry back, otherwise your grandfather's Soul Tool Technology might catch up with yours.

Star Luo Empire, Bluestone Town.

"Grandpa, I'm back!"

Yao Shi landed in front of the shop that he had previously acquired, he shouted happily.

In the past two years, Bluestone Town has not changed much, and people continue to live their lives in an orderly manner.

Although the entire continent has been transformed by the Abundance Power bestowed by the Jianmu, becoming Immortal Body, these ordinary people are unaware of the changes happening to them.

There is almost no fighting or killing here. Apart from birth, old age, Immortal Regeneration are still relatively distant for them. They only know that, from some unknown day, the injuries and disabilities they had sustained while working in the past suddenly healed on their own.

They were unaware that they possessed the ability to Immortal Regeneration. They believed it was a sign of divine mercy, a mercy that showed compassion for their already difficult lives and that the heavens could no longer bear tormented them with illness, thus bestowing blessings upon them to drive away their suffering.

Most ordinary people may not crave immortality, but they certainly hope to be free from illness and disaster.

There was no movement inside the shop.

Yao Shi stepped forward and opened the door. The inside was almost empty, and the floor, tables, and chairs were covered in dust, clearly indicating that no one had cleaned it for a long time.

Upon seeing this scene Yao Shi, Yao's heart tightened suddenly.

Has something happened to Grandpa?

This was Yao Shi's first thought. After all, Yao had lived in Woodleaf Village for most of his life and had only lived in the town for a few years. It was impossible for him to abandon the shop and leave.

At that moment, Yao Shi noticed that there seemed to be a piece of paper on the dusty table.

He walked closer and gently blew away the dust with his Soul Power.

Little one, if you see this letter, it means I'm currently with your teacher and senior classmates. If you see this letter, just go there to find me. ----Yao Liu

Besides the letter Yao left behind, there was another piece of paper underneath.

You brat, didn't you say you were going home to visit your family? How come you've disappeared before even returning? I've kidnapped your grandpa! If you don't want anything to happen to him, get back here right now after you see this letter, or you'll regret it! Hehehe. ----Jing Hongchen

The letter was short, but after reading it, Yao Shi felt a warmth in his heart. Although he knew that Jing Hongchen must have had ulterior motives in taking him as a disciple, he was still quite moved by his act of taking his grandfather in.

"Teacher, you're a truly loyal person. I've made up my mind. From now on, I'll help you unify this continent, and you can be the emperor of this land."

With that, Yao Shi placed the two letters into the Glazed Pure Land and then prepared to fly towards the Sun Moon Empire.