Upon hearing Xie Zhen's words, the man referred to as Mr. Ji slowly stepped out of the carriage. He appeared to be at least fifty years old, with a thin frame, an aged face, and an aura of death emanating from him. With his movements, a powerful pressure instantly spread out.
"Huh, I didn't expect that a mere prefect could recruit a Titled Douluo?" Jun Yi was slightly surprised.
Over the past decade, with the elevation of the Douluo Continent's plane, the cultivation speed and even the talents of all Soul Master have improved to varying degrees. As a result, many Titled Douluo have emerged on the continent. However, it is quite peculiar that Jun Yi, a prefect, was able to recruit a Titled Douluo.
"Fierce ghosts snatch souls, a hundred demons roam the sky."
Behind Mr. Ji. Ji, a series of eerie black wisps instantly condensed, exuding a dense aura of death. As the black wisps condensed, hundreds of ghostly spirits suddenly appeared in the sky, emanating powerful resentment, and roared towards Jun Yi.
"Wow, what a peculiar Martial Soul! No wonder you have so much death energy on you; it turns out the host is a multitude of Yin spirits."
Jun Yi smiled slightly, a golden light flashed in his hand, and Divine Power surged. His golden fist instantly transformed into a golden light, followed by dozens of golden sword energies that instantly condensed. With Jun Yi's swing, these golden sword energies instantly coalesced into a huge golden longsword, which slashed towards the Yin spirits.
In an instant, all the vengeful spirits vanished, and the so-called Mr. Ji was directly annihilated by the giant golden sword, leaving not even a trace of his soul behind. A Titled Douluo was killed in an instant.
"How... how is this possible?"
Xie Zhen couldn't believe what he was seeing. Jun Yi was only thirty years old at most, yet his strength was enough to instantly kill Titled Douluo?
"Now, do you still want to kill me?" Jun Yi said with a smile.
Upon hearing Jun Yi's words, Xie Zhen's expression faltered slightly. "You... you can't kill me. I... I am the Prefect of the Capital, appointed by the Empress herself..."
"Your Majesty the Empress personally appointed me, and if you kill me, you will be defying Her Majesty's orders!"
Although Xie Zhen was terrified, he still pretended to be calm and tried to threaten Jun Yi in the name of the Empress.
"Oh? The Empress? Xue Ke? She's dead. Go and join her." Jun Yi sneered.
"How... how is this possible?" Before Xie Zhen could finish speaking, Jun Yi slowly snapped his fingers, and Xie Zhen's body vanished like quicksand in the wind.
"To cut the weeds, you must pull them out by the roots, Uncle Ning. You taught me this principle. Do you think I've learned it well?" Jun Yi turned to look at Li Murong standing to the side and smiled.
With Xie Zhen's death, the surrounding crowd instantly erupted into chaos, scattering in all directions. Jun Yi's power made it impossible for them to resist.
"You're next."
With another snap of his fingers, the fleeing men vanished into thin air. He then folded up his recliner and said, "I've already sent a message to Xie Yue, instructing him to send men to ransack the Xie residence. As for the people, leave no one alive."
Upon hearing this, Li Murong couldn't help but chuckle and said, "That's the mindset a leader should have—decisive and ruthless." Then, Li Murong picked up Jun Yi's recliner and returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy with him.
Soon, news of the Xie family's property being raided by the Imperial Guards spread throughout the entire Heaven Dou Imperial City. Xie Zhen's death was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples. People discussed it extensively, unable to believe the fact. After all, the Xie Clan's influence in the court was extremely high, but now their property had been suddenly raided. Many people began to speculate about the reasons behind it.
Meanwhile, subtle changes were also occurring at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, especially in the students' attitude towards Jun Yi, which shifted from initial respect to...
It turned into awe, because although many students had heard of Jun Yi's reputation, ten years had passed after all. Even the most influential figure would lose his influence once he retired, and Jun Yi was no exception.
This incident has thoroughly piqued the interest of many students in the college in Jun Yi's past deeds, and they all want to know what kind of person this teacher, who seems to do nothing all day at the college and is extremely kind to everyone, is really like.
As for Jun Yi himself, he spends his days lounging in a deck chair on the mountaintop of the academy, basking in the sun. He doesn't care about anything else; he has already achieved his wish from back then, living happily every day, eating and drinking without worrying about today or tomorrow.
"Host, you haven't contacted the system in a long time. Is it because the system makes you feel uncomfortable?"
A gentle voice reached Jun Yi's ears, but it was actually a complaint from the system within him.
"Sorry, I completely forgot about you," Jun Yi said with a smile.
"Host, you now possess sufficient strength. Do you wish to travel to other dimensions?" the system asked Jun Yi.
"No need, this is fine. System, you know me best. I don't have any grand ambitions, just enough to eat and wear."
"Too."
"By the way, System, I have a question that has been bothering me for a long time and I'd like you to answer it." Jun Yi suddenly became interested.
"Please speak, host."
"It's like this. I remember asking you before whether my actions would change the storyline of the Douluo Continent. Your answer back then was no. No matter what I did, everything would proceed according to the storyline of Douluo I. But why did things develop in a way that completely exceeded the timeline I knew?"
Jun Yi asked the system. He had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but because his enemy was too powerful at the time, Jun Yi was immersed in cultivation every day, so this question had always been on his mind. Today, the system suddenly chatted with him, so Jun Yi simply brought it up.
"This issue is actually a bit complicated. The system's existence is not only to help the host, but also to restrain the host," the system said slowly.
"To control me?" Jun Yi asked, puzzled.
The system slowly explained, "Yes, generally speaking, the system will assign different tasks to the host and give different rewards. This is what we did before you became a Soul Ancestor."
"The tasks issued by the system are mostly designed to make the host a part of the original storyline, becoming one of the driving forces behind the plot without disrupting the original timeline."
"But then, an accident happened." The system couldn't help but sigh as it said this.
"The 'accident' you mentioned, could it be the one that Sword Douluo chased after us?" Jun Yi guessed.
...(End of this chapter)